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entire village is unique monument to wooden architecture. There
are some buildings which demonstrate architectural problem-solving
nowhere else to be found. The beauty of Paanajärvi's architecture
has been remarkably well-preserved. In fact, Paanajärvi is one of
the most well-preserved villages.
Church and the Old Graveyard The present church, which in the 1930s was converted into a cultural
centre, was built in the 1950s. The church and the graveyard are surrounded
by a handsome stone wall, which indeed lost most of its stones to
building construction, when the so-called Uusi (New) Paanajärvi flourished
in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Graves are no longer visible in
Valkehinen The fate of Paanajärvi village rests on the Valkehinen Rapids.
Harnessing the rapids will destroy the unique village, the rapids,
and the last stretch of the Kemi River in its natural state.

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Microsoft President Phil Spencer has confirmed that the Xbox Series X, which will be introduced in the coming months, will come with backward compatibility. So Xbox Series X will support all Xbox games, including older generation console games.
With the arrival of 2020, the competition between game consoles started to reign. On the one hand, Sony continues its work for PlayStation 5 without slowing down, while on the other hand, Microsoft is strengthening its hand for the Xbox Series X. In this context, Microsoft, who made statements today, talked about some details of the new generation game console.
Xbox President Phil Spencer, who shared the details in a blog post; he said that the new console will support all existing Xbox games retrospectively, including Xbox 360, Xbox One and original Xbox games. At this point, the new console will offer older games with faster load times, improved resolution and improved visual quality.
We can learn more about the Xbox Series X in the coming days:
With this technology, Microsoft President Phil Spencer said that it would be enough for players to buy the game only once, and said: “With Xbox Series X, we will experience a real improvement in processor and graphics power. The latest technologies will offer more advanced game worlds with higher frame rates. In this way, an inclusive experience that we have not seen in other consoles can be experienced. ”
Another of the most curious questions about Microsoft’s new console is the release date. Earlier claims were saying that the next-generation game console will be introduced towards the end of 2020. Although the company is not hasty about this for now, the company says we will hear more details about the Xbox Series X until the E3 event next June. At this point, the new generation game console may be introduced in the coming summer.
If we look at the explanations, it seems that we will get more heard about the Xbox Series X in the coming days. In case of any improvement in this process, we will continue to inform you. Stay informed to be aware of all the developments.

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The Effective Prognosis of Kidney Failure with GFR 35 without Dialysis
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Cyprus Airways has added its 17th destination to its 2024 schedule, launching twice weekly flights on Monday between Larnaca and Brussels. The EU and Belgian capital will be served every Monday and
Low cost airline Wizz Air carried 2.2 mln passengers to and from Cyprus last year, totalling 11,063 flights or an average 7.5 daily from its Larnaca hub, nearly double the 2022 schedule.
Low-cost operator Ryanair launched its biggest flash sale of the year on Wednesday with a 30% discount on over 1 mln seats to book for January-April travel. This is the airline’s second
Hermes Airports, operator of the island’s two main airports in Larnaca and Paphos, announced record passenger traffic of 11.6 mln last year, a 3% increase over 2019 and optimistic of a further
Cyprus Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced that this year’s passenger traffic at airports will go down in the history books as it surpassed the record set in 2019. In a statement on
Cyprus Airways launched its summer 2024 flight schedule, increasing it’s seat capacity by 40%, with two new aircraft expected early in the new year and a handful of new destinations. The airline
Intentional disruptions in the global positioning system (GPS) from the Middle East, specifically through spoofing attacks, are causing concerns for flight safety in the Cyprus and regional airspace. German aviation news site
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has reached a milestone of 7 million passengers travelling to and from Larnaca airport since the airline started its operation in Cyprus. To celebrate this milestone, LSE-listed Wizz
Hundreds of British Airways passengers booked to return to the UK were stranded at Larnaca airport Saturday as the airline and low-cost carrier easyJet reportedly cancelled or delayed at least 60 flights.
Cyprus helped evacuate 2,611 people from Sudan, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos declaring on Saturday that the 11-day airlift operation at Larnaca airport has ended. “The Special National Plan ‘Estia’, which was

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I’m working on a game that will have many linked levels and I want to make it seamless. I have transition areas where both levels need to be loaded. I’ve now set this up so that its pretty easy to switch maps “seemlessly”, but it freezes the game while this happens. I would like to do it in the background if possible. Since my main hub area has many transitional areas in it, they ALL need to be loaded with this map. This causes about a 1-3 second delay. I’ll include a screenshot of my load map function, which gets called via a foreach loop. I’ll also include a screenshot of my interface to detect if its done loading or not. When its done loading some actions are performed.alt text
An update on this. I attempted to separate the load and visibility settings into separate functions. Unfortunately I discovered that the freeze occurs at the setting of the loaded option. Toggling the visibility doesn’t seem to have any major impact. However I discovered if you toggle too many visibility options completely without unloading them first, the engine crashes.
So I guess my question now is. Is there any way to load multiple levels in the background without freezing the gameplay? If I can get that issue resolved, I can handle the visibility issue.
did you solved this?
Anyone ever managed to load streaming levels without freezing the game?
How is it possible that there is no reply to this question? Isn’t level streaming Epic’s “answer” to have huge maps that pop in and out of existence based on the player location? Isn’t this what would be required to make a GTA type city?
I think that world partition could solve this problem since instead of loading and unloading entire maps the system handles actors individually. But EU 5.0 seems a bit broken for game developers… I’ll wait for an update to 5.1.
I’m having the experience in World Partition of only being able to traverse a few cells, when I get to hard limits that freeze gameplay.
The trigger areas that freeze are consistent, but do not necessarily make obvious sense when I look at the RunTimehash2d. Maybe they correlate somewhat to lines of the preview grid, but not really.
Anyway, if World partition is still buggy maybe that’s it.
I’m also seeing similar behaviour. I use the commands “Ghost” and “Slomo 20” to test fast movement.
The world partition streaming is set to blocking.
When I run away from the cells off the map to unload them all then back in to load them again it won’t block the game for any significant amount of time. After that the game will still be running, animations playing, stats updating, but the character will stop moving and the input will completely freeze. I can’t move, can’t open the PIE console, nothing. If I click on the game viewport the input will resume and I will be able to move and input again. This also appears in builds of the game.
I’m doing more research into this to see what’s up. Is anybody else noticing anything similar?
For me this turned out to be user error on my side of things. Once I fixed up the bugs in game I no longer noticed any freezing.

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PLC technology application on pipeline inspection robot
Pipeline inspection robot is an Integration system of machine, electricity and instrument, it can walk along with inside or outside of the small pipe to finish the inspection work with one or several sensors and operating instruments. The robot transfers the data which collected by video collector and sensor via wire transmission style, then shows the data through display device, the spot workers can guide the operation according to these real-time data(video/photo).
For the robot works in the underground, it can not transfer the data through wireless mode, the only option is wire mode. Transmission distance surpasses 200 meters and the common Ethernet cable can’t transfer the data in such a long distance, fiber optical is also can’t be applied by the complexity of pipes in the underground, so the best option is PLC solution, it has following features:
The transmission medium is 2 cores line, it has a small wire diameter and can be bended, can meet the demand of real application environment.
High transmission rate can meet the demand of video real-time transmission.
The transmission distance is up to 600 meters.
Easy to install: no extra wiring or configuration, just plug and play.


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The hard right Mr Lieberman ordered the circulation to Israeli embassies of copies of the notorious wartime photograph of Hitler meeting the then Mufti of Jerusalem, an overt sympathiser with the Nazis who helped them raise an SS division in Bosnia. The move has alarmed some experienced Israeli diplomats who believe it will be counterproductive. It came after the US State Department expressed its disapproval to Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador in Washington, over plans to build at least 20 apartments for Jewish settlers at the site of the old Shepherd’s Hotel building in the inner East Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah.
The building was once used as a headquarters of the Mufti, a member of the one of the most prominent Palestinian families in Jerusalem. The Palestinian nationalist Faisal al-Husseini, grand nephew of the Mufti, was a frequent interlocutor and strong advocate of peace moves with Israel in his later years until his death in 2001.

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Urban Innovator of the Week: Doria Robinson
posted by Nicole Rupersburg December 19, 2016
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities.
Doria Robinson is a third-generation resident of Richmond, California. Her great-grandparents moved to the city from the South after World War II and she still lives in the neighborhood she grew up in. Though she did leave for college and spent some time living outside of the city and the country, she found herself drawn back to her home.
“I felt that the best way I could use all the privilege I was given was to come back here and do good work here,” she says.
As Executive Director of Urban Tilth, Robinson is helping her community to build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system.
Robinson had led efforts in daylighting creeks and watershed restoration in Richmond through The Watershed Project and Urban Creeks Council, so that “kids like me growing up don’t have to travel far to experience a sense of peace and a sense of connectivity.” She also co-founded Richmond SPOKES, an
entrepreneurial youth training program rooted in cycling culture.
She remembers receiving a “visionary” email from Park Guthrie, the founder of Urban Tilth, talking about an abandoned railroad track and what the space could be: a public space with living gardens where people could gather and meet instead of break apart; a place that could treat urban water runoff with bioswales and serve other environmental mitigation, agricultural cultivation, and education purposes. He saw its potential to be an inspiring space instead of a depressing space.
“I wrote him back right away and said I want to be involved in this. I want to make this happen.”
She began working with Urban Tilth on creating the rail-to-trail Richmond Greenway project covering three miles of this previously derelict, abandoned railroad track that had become a popular illegal dumping ground and a dividing line for gang activity. “It was a place where a lot of things happened and none of them were good,” she recalls.
Now the Richmond Greenway is a space for family-friendly outdoor recreation and a symbol of a healthier, more engaged, more active, more connected community, a success story of Urban Tilth in their mission to be a local leader in community-focused projects that address environmental issues and food justice.
She remembers “Berryland” being one of the many ideas Guthrie mentioned in his email. It was Urban Tilth’s first garden, and it has become an all-berry garden filled with 18 different varieties of berries that gets “picked clean by the kids every year.”
“That started my engagement with food and public space, and rebuilding and nurturing derelict public spaces so they can be these engines of inspiration where people gather, where uncommon relations can be made and we can rebuild our city together,” she says.
Robinson has been working for Urban Tilth since 2006, and became Executive Director when Guthrie stepped down in 2008.
“I saw the potential power of this transformative work. I knew if we could engage young people like me at that age, if they were given a chance to step into this organization and look around them at their environment with the assets that we have, what could they do as individuals? I just couldn’t step away. I took on the role of Executive Director and slowly began to build what I felt like was this powerful vehicle for kids like me, residents like me, who are smart, capable, but don’t have the access to really make a change.”
Now Urban Tilth oversees seven school and community gardens, two farms, a summer apprentice program for youth 14-24 years old, and a watershed restoration and training program. It has a permanent year-round staff of 13, many of whom are youth who have grown up with Urban Tilth. Community members are hired and trained by Urban Tilth to use growing food as a vehicle for community transformation. The organization runs comprehensive programs in Richmond schools, with 40 kids meeting every day for a year learning about fresh, healthy food and the history of global agriculture, running a pop-up salad bar in school where all of the ingredients used in the salad was grown by the kids, and more generally having the opportunity to have conversations around food access with other.
The organization is also delving into the policy side of food justice, having launched the Richmond Food Policy Council in 2011 in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office. It is now a collaborative of agencies, organizations, and residents working together to create, address, advocate for and adjust food policies in Richmond, bringing underserved communities and other diverse constituencies to the food policy table.
“With the Richmond Food Policy Council we work on same issues that we address on the ground from a policy perspective in order to eliminate structural barriers to food access.”
The organization re-launched a formal CSA last year and is currently feeding 50 families through it. Robinson says they plan on raising that number to 150 with the addition of their new farm, which just broke ground in October.
“We’re thinking bigger,” Robinson says. “We have a 30-year lease on three acres of land and are developing a farm as a social entrepreneurial project. People in the community will have jobs transforming a space that has been derelict for 30 years into this community hub for healthy food.”
Plans for the new farm include a farm stand that will be the only daily fresh fruit and vegetable stand in Richmond, a café, a community commercial kitchen, an amphitheater, a watershed learning center, a bike shop co-op with Rich City Rides, an agricultural co-op incubator space to create meaningful employment opportunities for residents of North Richmond, and an expanded CSA program. The farm stand and CSA program will both be youth-run, creating educational and employment opportunities for young people in the community as well.
“We are creating jobs based on something that the community needs that we can supply and that the community can afford,” says Robinson.
It will still take a few years for the extensive plans for North Richmond Farm to be completed, but progress is moving steadily forward.
“We’re going to be slowly growing our farm,” Robinson says. “This is literally a lot that had been vacant for the last 30 years and just dumped and dumped and dumped on, so it’s really a radical transformation of this huge vacant lot slowly becoming something that’s beautiful where people want to hang out.”
Re-launching the CSA was also big news for Urban Tilth to literally see the fruits of the labors.
“There is just a profound joy for me and the youth I’m working with to see the food we’re growing actually go to real people,” she says. “The land was trashed before. Our efforts are not just ‘cute.’ The produce actually goes into a box and people depend on it week to week.”
There is a subsidized CSA for low-income families, who only have to pay $10 every week for 10-20 pounds of food either grown by Urban Tilth or by other local farmers that are certified organic.
“It’s a kind of access people wouldn’t otherwise have. In Richmond, to have a place you can actually afford to have food that hasn’t been purposely sprayed with chemicals is something not common in this area. It’s also just a really amazing way to connect with people who are your neighbors who you might not even talk to or connect with, knowing this cabbage is for Brook and Kim and picking out an extra-special cabbage for them because you know they love cabbage.”
Just seeing the transformation of the farm helps to create these kinds of stronger community connections, Robinson says.
“First they see the transformation of the land from a dump space to, ‘Wow, it’s really pretty! Wait, I can get my food from there? And it tastes really good? And as I’m doing that it employs kids who wouldn’t otherwise have jobs?'”
A project like North Richmond Farm helps to heal the social disconnect and isolation that can happen in urban communities. Urban Tilth is focused on these kinds of “big” projects now, and looking towards to future Robinson says they also see a larger role for re-envisioning corner stores, an institutional staple of urban life.
“What would it mean for a block to say, ‘Let’s collectively run that store and work with local farms to have fresh produce in it and carry what we want’? We are focused on how we can reconnect broken parts of the city, reconnect with each other, and build relationships with each other both environmentally and socially.”


Janet Jackson Memorabilia Auction Tracks Artist’s Decades-Long Career
Janet Jackson’s brothers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 as the Jackson 5. Despite her own substantial success, Janet Jackson was in awe of her brothers. “I was always crashing their rehearsals; I was always tagging along, always with my brothers,” she remembered years later. She was doing more than tagging along, though, building a career few could match. In 2019, it was her turn to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Tonight, your baby sister has made it,” she declared in her enshrinement speech.
An upcoming Julien’s Auctions event will feature numerous outfits and accolades from Janet Jackson’s career as a musician and actress. The catalog also offers a look into the items that brought her comfort in her limited downtime, from porcelain dolls (lot #11; estimate: USD 100 – $150) to a Virtua Cop 2 arcade machine (lot #23; estimate: $300 – $500).
Auction Daily takes a look back at Janet Jackson’s life and career ahead of the sale.
Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation World Tour, 1990
By 1990, Janet Jackson had broken records with her third and fourth studio albums. Control, her third record, produced five Top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, the first time any woman artist had accomplished this. Her next album, Rhythm Nation: 1814, would do even better with seven Top 5 singles, a first for any artist. Janet Jackson’s most political album to that point, Rhythm Nation: 1814 would also prove to be incredibly evergreen, becoming the first album to produce a No. 1 single in three different years. After years of waiting, it was finally time for Janet Jackson to headline her first tour.
Coming to auction this month is a black coat worn by Janet Jackson during the Rhythm Nation World Tour (lot #92; estimate: $4,000 – $6,000). Designed by Richard Tyler, Jackson wore the coat at the top of every set to perform “Control” and “Nasty,” two of the most well-known singles off her third album.
The Rhythm Nation World Tour was not a light introduction to headlining for Janet Jackson. The 131-show tour stretched across ten months and three continents, including two separate trips to Japan. Despite grossing over $28 million and earning very positive reviews, critics were quick to compare Janet Jackson to her brother. “The tour, her first after 16 years in show business, does not present a serious threat to brother Michael,” said Sun Sentinel music writer Deborah Wilker at the end of a mostly positive review.
“Poetic Justice” and Oscar Night for Janet Jackson, 1994
Among the top lots in the upcoming Julien’s Auctions event is a pantsuit and matching boots worn by Janet Jackson to the 1994 Academy Awards (lot #985; estimate: $2,000 – $3,000). Richard Tyler, the same celebrity designer behind the available Rhythm Nation World Tour coat, created the pantsuit. The boots come from French shoe manufacturer Stephane Kélian.
That year, Janet Jackson’s “Again” from the Poetic Justice soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Song. Jackson not only contributed to the soundtrack, but she also co-starred in the film with Tupac Shakur. After recurring roles on television shows like Good Times and Diff’rent Strokes, Poetic Justice was Jackson’s first foray into movies. Critics panned the film’s writing, and the project lived in the shadows of writer-director John Singleton’s previous outing, Boyz n the Hood (1991). But most critics agreed that Shakur and Jackson, assisted by poems from Maya Angelou, brought a powerful star quality to the production.
Janet Jackson wore the available ensemble to perform “Again” live at the Academy Awards, surrounded by candles. Jackson’s appearance was filled with the excitement and awkwardness typical of Oscar Night, including a slightly confusing introduction by Whoopi Goldberg: “Here is a woman who looks and sounds like me when she’s having a very, very bad day… not! Janet Jackson!”
Awards From 2001 to 2019
The 2000s were a decade of contradictions for Janet Jackson. Another stretch of certified platinum records such as All for You and Damita Jo solidified her legacy. Meanwhile, she was disproportionately punished for a mistake made during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show compared to fellow performer Justin Timberlake. Also, continued allegations against her brother, Michael Jackson, once again brought to light the unhealthy pressure placed on the family of entertainers during their childhood.
Representing Janet Jackson’s early 2000s career in the Julien’s Auctions sale is an ensemble worn by the artist to the 2001 MTV Icon event in her honor (lot #479; estimate: $3,000 – $5,000). The outfit includes white Levi’s jeans with rips at the knees and an asymmetrical leather jacket.
The televised event, part of a larger annual series that honored other stars, looked back at Janet Jackson’s career to that point. R&B artist Aaliyah was among the presenters, just six months before she tragically died in an airplane crash. Outkast, Destiny’s Child, Usher, and others performed, capped off by Janet Jackson singing “All for You.”
Eighteen years later, it was time for Janet Jackson to join her brothers in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Collectors interested in the event can bid on the gown Janet Jackson wore to the induction ceremony (lot #1305; estimate: $4,000 – $6,000). Brown feathers and slits break up the floor-length black gown. It also comes with the gloves and boots Jackson wore during the ceremony.
The Iconic Treasures sale from Julien’s Auctions begins on Friday, May 14th at 1:00 PM EDT. Lots will come to auction in six different sessions between the start time and May 16th at 4:00 PM EDT. View each of the lots and register to bid on the Julien’s Auctions website.
Want to learn more about pop culture and the auction industry? Auction Daily recently looked back at the career of movie poster artist John Alvin ahead of a Heritage Auctions event.
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Heritage Moment WIth Dr.Delores Carpenter:
Remembering the African American tradition of Watch Night! Happy New Year
Tolson's Chapel was built in 1866 by the African American community in Sharpsburg, MD and served as a Freedmen's Bureau school 1868-1870.
Visits can be arranged by email to [email protected] Friends of Tolson's Chapel (FOTC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit association established in 2006. Donations are gratefully accepted:
Friends of Tolson's Chapel
P.O. Box 162
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
Operating as usual
Remembering the African American tradition of Watch Night! Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
In person or live online at 4:00!
Friends, join us today until 2:00 for our Open House or at 4:00 for Christmas by Candlelight!!!
In this season
of gratitude, Friends of Tolson's Chapel is grateful for the visionary souls who worked for a better future for Black citizens of Sharpsburg.
Blessed with a visit from the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area tour group! African American History is American History!
Take a listen! We are ready for a season of Thanksgiving and joy! Christmas by Candlelight, in person or on fb live. December 10, 4:00PM.
We are getting tuned up!!! Join us December 10th at 4:00 in person or on fb live for Christmas by Candlelight!
Celebrating Maryland Emancipation Day with FREED(Female Re-Enactors of Distinction)
Celebrating Maryland Emancipation Day representing Tolson's Chapel. Board member, Renee Emmanuel, story telling and Board member, Dr. Emilie Amt's book Black Antietam on display!
Tolson's Chapel is being represented at the Maryland Emancipation Day Celebration, Brookside Nature Center!
Great things are happening at the Chapel!!! Stay tuned.
𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗬 𝗩. 𝗣𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 (1844-1905)
Henry Vinton Plummer was an American Baptist preacher and a chaplain with the United States Army with the Buffalo Soldiers. Plummer was born into slavery on July 30, 1844 on the Three Sister Plantation near Bowie, Maryland. His father was Adam Francis Plummer, and his mother was Emily Sauders Plummer. His siblings included Sarah Miranda Plummer Clark and Nellie Arnold Plummer. In 1851, Plummer and his mother were sold and taken live first in Washington D.C. and then later in Ellicott Mills, Maryland.
In 1862, Plummer escaped slavery while searching for his father who was on the Riversdale Plantation in Prince George’s County, Virginia. Finding Adam Francis Plummer, they both hid until they were able to free his grandmother and get her to Washington D.C. where slavery had just been abolished.
In 1864, Plummer enlisted with the United States Navy and was honorable discharged after a year. He initially returned to the Riversdale Plantation to live with his parent and siblings but in 1866, they sent him to New Orleans, Louisiana to search for his sister, Sarah who was sold in 1860. Plummer reunited with his and remained in Louisiana where in 1867, he married Julia Lomax. The couple had nine children together.
The Plummers returned to the Washington D.C. area where in 1870, he founded the Union Association of Bladensburg, Maryland. A year later, he received an appointment as a watchman for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington D.C. In 1872, Plummer enrolled at Wayland Seminary in Washington D.C and after he graduated, he became the pastor at St. Paul Baptist church in Bladensburg, Maryland. Plummer remained at St. Paul from 1876 to 1881 but in 1876, he co-founded Mount Carmel Church in Washington D.C. In 1882, Plummer became pastor of Mount Carmel where he served there until 1884. Plummer was also involved in politics where he was a representative for Prince George’s County at the Maryland State Republican Convention both in 1872 and 1876.
In 1883, Plummer was a Republican candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates but he believed because of his race he was passed over for the nomination. Plummer, however, remained active in the local GOP and in 1884, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Plummer chaplain of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, a Buffalo Soldier unit. At the time he was the only black officer in the U.S Army. Plummer was stationed at Fort McKinney in Wyoming from August 1, 1885 to March 10, 1891. He also served for a time at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Controversy swirled around Plummer while he stationed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. In the 1890’s, he started a newspaper that called on black soldiers to physically defend themselves from abuse. In August 1894, with the support of famed minister preacher Henry Turner, a former member of the Georgia legislature, Plummer proposed a scheme to Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamount for moving some African Americans to Africa. On August 23, 1894, Plummer was court martialed for drinking, furnishing liquor to enlisted men, and behaving inappropriately. Despite protesting his innocence, he was found guilty and dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army. Plummer and his family then moved to Kansas, where he pastored churches and held offices in the Kansas State Baptist Convention. Henry Vinton Plummer died on February 10, 1905 in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 60.
#𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 #𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗢𝘂𝗿𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 🤎 ✊🏾
Saturday October 1,2022, open house CANCELLED due to weather concerns. Please stay safe and send positive thoughts and acts of kindness to those affected.
What a great Cemetery Preservation Workshop at Tolson's Chapel & 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam & signing of the book, Black Antietam on Sept 17th. Thanks to Zola Barnes, Preservation Maryland, Dr. Emilie Amt and all the Tolson's board members and participants.
Friends of Tolson's Chapel is grateful to be a recipient of a Sharp Recovery Grant by Maryland Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities! Maryland Humanities .gov.
Today 10am-12pm Book signing and Cemetery Preservation Workshop at Tolson's Chapel & 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam
111 E. High St Sharpsburg
Great article about the new exhibits at Antietam National Battlefield that address the outcome of the battle and the Civil War - FREEDOM for millions of enslaved African Americans.
Lincoln had to wait for a Union victory to issue his Emancipation Proclamation. That victory came 160 years ago at the Battle of Antietam.
Tolson's Curious??? Tolson's Chapel will be open for touring this Saturday, August 6 from 12pm-4pm!!! All are welcome.
Many thanks to the Town of Sharpsburg for purchasing and hanging these wonderful banners celebrating Tolson's Chapel and School!
"May everything change."
Hymn For The Hurting by Amanda Gorman
Our hearts shadowed and strange,
Minds made muddied and mute.
We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.
And yet none of it is new;
We knew it as home,
Even our children
Cannot be children,
It’s a hard time to be alive,
And even harder to stay that way.
We’re burdened to live out these days,
While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.
This alarm is how we know
We must be altered —
That we must differ or die,
That we must triumph or try.
Thus while hate cannot be terminated,
It can be transformed
Into a love that lets us live.
May we not just grieve, but give:
May we not just ache, but act;
May our signed right to bear arms
Never blind our sight from shared harm;
May we choose our children over chaos.
May another innocent never be lost.
Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed & strange.
But only when everything hurts
May everything change.
National Historic Landmark Plaque Dedication pictures. Courtesy of FOTC Board member ZSun-nee Kimbal Matema
Tolson's Chapel's National Historic Landmark Plaque!
National Historic Landmark Plaque Dedication!
Join us today at 1:00 for Tolson's celebration of National Historic Landmark designation!
Historic black chapel and school in Sharpsburg designated National Historic Landmark
A dedication and unveiling will be held June 11 to recognize Tolson's Chapel in Sharpsburg as a National Historic Landmark.
The more you know…
Blessed Memorial Day
Alexander Thomas Augusta was rejected from medical school in the United States for the color of his skin. Refusing to give up, he moved to Canada and earned his degree in medicine from Trinity College of the University of Toronto.
With the Emancipation Proclamation and creation of the United States Colored Troops, Augusta offered his services to the U.S. Army.
Once again, he faced institutional racism. The Medical Department Board of Examination focused on his being "a person of African descent," but also tried to argue that he could not be admitted as a surgeon because "he is an alien & a British subject - his entrance into the US Military Service is an Evident violation of her Britannic Majesty's Proclamation of neutrality." The proclamation was issued on this day in 1861.
It took an appeal to the highest levels of government to finally admit Augusta as a surgeon. He would eventually become the highest ranking black officer of the Civil War and led a distinguished career
NARA M1820. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops, 2nd through 7th Colored Infantry, 1861-65, via Fold3.
Alexander T. Augusta CDV, Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives via National Library of Medicine.
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Here's a taste of some of what we heard - Shana Oshiro, executive director of HALO, an all-woman African American barbershop quartet.
Historic Shepherdstown & MuseumE German Street, Shepherdstown
Washington County Rural Heritage MuseumSharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro
National Road Heritage FoundationN Main Street, Boonsboro
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South Mountain Heritage SocietyEast Main Street, Burkittsville
The Living Civil War Mobile MuseumShoreline Drive, Harpers Ferry
Williamsport Area Historical AssociationSpringfield Lane, Williamsport


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According to Mecklenburg County jail records, 53-year-old Karl Logan was arrested Aug. 9 on six counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. That charge involves possessing material showing a minor engaged in sexual activity.
The band acknowledged the charges Oct. 26, when it issued a statement from management company Magic Circle Entertainment. The statement says Logan will not perform with Manowar "due to the fact that Karl and his attorneys are dealing with these issues."
The band has several 2019 tour dates, concentrated in northern and eastern Europe. It says that tour and its new album won't be affected.
Reports didn't include comment from Logan's attorneys.

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‘PA will build in Israeli-controlled parts of Area C’
by Daniel Siryoti
September 1, 2019
The Palestinian Authority announced on Sunday that it was unilaterally canceling the division of Judea and Samaria into Areas A, B, and C, which has been in effect since the Oslo Accords were signed. The PA’s local authorities minister, acting under instructions from PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, instructed heads of Palestinian local authorities in Judea and Samaria to prepare long-term development plans for their areas, regardless of whether the lands in question fall under Palestinian or Israeli civil and security control or whether they are open public lands or currently populated. READ MORE
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Nothing expresses the angst of contemporary Republicans like this U. S. News article, published just a day or two ago. The first sentence says it all: "Republicans hold a dour outlook on the country. . . . Just 30% of all Republicans say the country's best days are still ahead of it." No doubt, their Party leaders have also read this article and surmise that Republicans mostly feel afraid. I wonder what their leaders will say about it. First step: give the voters some reassurance.
More than anything else, present-day Republicans need a sense of collective engagement, in order to secure their future. This presents a problem for them, because few words outrank "collective" for arousing the witch-hunter in us. Few Republicans who really believe in their political philosophy should doubt that Democrat collectivism presents a problem for the nation by devaluing individual achievement, an individual's conscience, and his ego strength.
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Scotload, a part of global marine specialist James Fisher, has developed significant expertise in this area offering specialist products designed to withstand the harshest of marine environments. From simple splash zone protection to highly rugged, marine-grade components for total sub-sea submersion – we offer load monitoring solutions that are ‘fit-for-purpose’ with a proven track-record in numerous differing marine applications.
The demands and environmental factors found in the marine and offshore industry dictate the very best of design, materials and testing.
The more common uses for load cells in marine applications are;
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|Buoy force measurement||Dry-dock hoist systems|
|Dam force measurement|


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Jade's signature house, jacking, and acid sounds, taking inspiration from the likes of Robsoul, We The Brand and I'm a House Gangster have established her as a performer in and around the UK.
After making her debut at Sankey's, Manchester for Queen's of Sankeys in 2012 and be asked to feature a guest mix for Uglyhouse UK, Chicago House FM, House Salad and Ride Top Records, 2013 saw Jade feature guestmixes for the likes of Line Up Radio (France), 294 Records (Brazil), Moodytech (Romania) and DJ Sneak's mix series I'm A House Gangster.
Jade's debut EP came out in September on Robsoul Recordings.
Jade plays and hosts live weekly on Chicago House FM every Tuesday 9-11pm GMT.
2013 also saw Jade play at Pacha,London alongside Phil Weeks, and made her debut playing in both Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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Cirad, UMR Eco&Sols
Montpellier SupAgro, bâtiment 12, 2 place Viala
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, Montpellier, France
I am a soil scientist specialized in soil nutrient cycling in tropical plantations.
I am interested in understanding biogeochemical cycling and soil nutrient availability in tropical forests and agricultural systems, in particular under different management practices.
I was recruited to investigate the nutrient biogeochemical cycles in of multi-species tree plantations in tropical environments.
- Since 2020: researcher in soil biogeochemistry at Cirad Eco&Sol.
- 2016-2020: PhD in tropical soil, University of Göttingen (Allemagne).
- 2013-2015: master in environmental sciences, University of Parma (Italie).
- Formaglio G, Veldkamp E, Duan X, Tjoa A, Corre, MD (2020) Herbicide weed control increases nutrient leaching compared to mechanical weeding in a large-scale oil palm plantation. Biogeosciences 17, 5243–5262. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5243-2020
- Darras KFA, Corre MD, Formaglio G, Tjoa A, Potapov A, Brambach F, Sibhatu KT, Grass I, Rubiano AA, Buchori D, Drescher J, Fardiansah R, Hölscher D, Irawan B, Kneib T, Krashevska V, Krause A, Kreft H, Li K, Maraun M, Polle A, Ryadin AR, Rembold K, Stiegler C, Scheu S, Tarigan S, Valdés-Uribe A, Yadi S, Tscharntke T, Veldkamp E (2019) Reducing fertilizer and avoiding herbicides in oil palm plantations-ecological and economic valuations. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00065

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2018 Mazda Roadster Preview And News
2018 Mazda Roadster. The presence of Roadster makes life richer and more enjoyable. With this, a small sports car convertible, we want to offer more people the life of a fun-filled by paying pleasure. Many people who would like to own a convertible end up choosing Hard Top fixed instead a car. In the hope of participating in the wonder and excitement that comes with a top to bottom with this type of customer, and we have the power retractable hardtop for the first time on the third-generation Roadster’s.
The first and second generations alike offered a fixed detachable cap, but with a ceiling of engines have a retractable, made the third generation of absolute pleasure model convertibles driving access to a wide group of people, and it was a great success with customers all over the world. With solid version of the fourth-generation 2018 Mazda Roadster, we stayed true to our goal of making open-top driving even easier, but freed from the traditional ways of thinking and take on new challenges in order to create something completely new, the 2018 Mazda Roadster RF.
And 2018 Mazda Roadster weighs just 2, 100 pounds (22 pounds lighter than the previous model). . and the dimensions of the car are; 154. 1 inches long, 68. 1-inch display, and a height of 48. 2 inches and a wheelbase of 91. 1 inches. Technically the new model sheds 3 inches in length and a half inches in width than the previous Miata. The new model is not curved like its predecessor but it does not have the same muscle tone as the CX-5 or Mazda 3, in fact, it is infused latter two models with the new Mazda design engine philosophy.
The the car is closer to the center with being a center closer to the Earth than any other Miata that existed ever. Form that contains a rear suspension system re-design of the new, front suspension are made of aluminum and custom components to lose weight. It also has electric power steering and a more solid structure. Miata remains to be bike still has a manual transmission. After all, the Miata not be what it is without the six-speed manual transmission as it’s all about simplicity with models Miata.
Near the center of the 2018 Mazda Roadster sits a 2. 0-liter four-cylinder direct fuel injection, which is likely to pave the way for the new version of the generation Skyactiv, similar to the one in the Mazda 3. However engine produces up to 155 horsepower on the Mazda 3, but gives the output of up to 167 horsepower Miata current. Each of the new Miata structure is likely to accommodate a larger 4-cylinder engine Mazda, which is a 2. 4-liter model produces up to 184 horsepower.
However, the inclusion of this engine beats the logic Miata being smaller and lighter. However, there is the possibility of a four-cylinder engine is smaller with a higher power output. Miata in addition to the standard, has an automatic option due to customer preference.
After its release in September 3, 2017 on Channel Mazda Laguna Seca 2018 Mazda Roadster has a starting price of about $ 25,000. This is the exact price to remain competitive and the basic charm of being still in hand.


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Evaluation of tomato hybrids for yield and attributing traits under agroclimatic conditions of Kokrajhar district, Assam
A field investigation was conducted to study the performance of four tomato
varieties for growth, yield and yield attributing characters under agro-climatic condition of
Kokrajhar district, during the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 at seven (07) different locations.
Four tomato varieties namely Arka Abhed, Arka Samrat, Arka Rakshak and farmer’s variety
Trishul 1458 (check) were studied under the present experiment. The trial was laid out in
randomized complete block design with four replications. Results revealed the superiority of
Arka Abhed in terms of yield and growth and produced firm, oblate round fruits with average
weight of 111.10g and average yield of 162.80 q/ha. Parameters like plant height (111.7 cm),
number of fruits per plant (73.4) and average fruit weight (111.10g) were observed highest
in Arka Abhed whereas farmer’s variety Trishul 1458 (check) was found with lowest values
for all the parameters. Arka Abhed was also found to have the highest gross returns of Rs.
9,76,800.00 with a Benefit cost ratio of 6.94 with the lowest values in the check variety Rs.
4,04,400.00 and 3.06 respectively. Hence, the farmers of the district were convinced to go
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Romania is facing a social crisis, with steadily decreasing natality, demographic decline, and an unwanted top ranking in infant mortality and abortions across the EU. In 2018, Philips Avent, market leader in products for baby and toddlers, needed to tap into new opportunities to secure its decade-long leadership and further increase its share on a shrinking market. Graffiti PR created a brand campaign that regained followers, advocates and consumers by confronting Romanians’ cultural stereotypes regarding parenting.
A child’s fulfillment is shaped before he is born. Before even being able to decide for himself what fulfillment is. Romania is facing an unprecedented social and medical crisis, ranking first in infant mortality and registering an abortion rate that’s more than double the EU average. Since the early 2000s, the birthrate has been steadily decreasing while the country’s divorce rate increased to a staggering 120 divorces a day. One dissolved family every five minutes.
Philips Avent, the leader of a baby-care market in decline – a yearly drop of 1.3% since 2014 in Romania – was the recognized expert in newborn care and had previously focused its communication on breastfeeding. But with fewer babies to take care of, fewer moms to talk to and a striking last place in EU rankings regarding breastfeeding during the baby’s first six months of life, the brand’s local audience was shrinking at alarming rates.
Position Avent as a parenting expert, drive brand consideration to support a 7% market share increase and lead parents to engage in a dialogue about inclusive parenting in a branded platform.
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Our research, backed by validation with Philips Avent professional experts, showed us that to win back brand fans and gain new advocates, Avent had to tackle a cause that sabotaged the very root of parenting. We needed a dual voice, an act of courage coming from both parents to disclose emotions and daily fears, relying on an in-depth insight: the worries of becoming a parent make you act with a single-parent mentality within your relationship. Quite a paradox, right?
In Romanian, “care” means “to nurture”, but also “to worry”. “The Science of Caring” put a positive spin on fears to show that worry becomes caring through open dialogue. We planned for a three-step approach that would validate the cause with the largest parenting community in Romania, change the dialogue through an experiment involving real parents, and get scale with a content-led campaign.
First, we confronted real parents with a key question: “What worries do you think your partner has now, when becoming a parent?”. Three couples in their final months of pregnancy answered the question and the emotion-filled video was shared within the parenting community and beyond with the help of parent influencers, while Avent experts offered support with advice on how to tackle the worries shared by parents across channels.
For the first time, Avent got to dads: 69% of video watchers were men. The shift from worry to dialogue was real: 150,000 unique visitors on the landing page, 49% increase in conversion versus a 20% KPI, and an 83% video view rate, the highest in the brand’s history. The repositioning was a winning business case: market share increased 19.8% in value during the campaign.


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Russia has ordered hundreds of new Iranian drones and ballistic missiles in response to an acute shortage of military supplies, according to a diplomatic source at the United Nations. News of the shipment follows several drone attacks on military bases deep in Russian territory that are widely believed to have been carried out by Ukraine.
“We know that Iran is planning to increase its deliveries of unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles to Russia in significant quantities,” the source said on condition of anonymity
Russia has already used hundreds of Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. Moscow has denied the use of the so-called kamikaze drones, while Iran admitted in November that it had supplied drones to Russia.
EU countries subsequently imposed additional sanctions on Iran, which was already subject to a range of punitive measures.
A UN Security Council resolution passed after the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran bans Iran from such arms deals. The US, Britain, France and Germany in October called for a UN investigation into the Iranian weapons’ attacks in Ukraine.
In November, the Washington Post reported that Moscow and Tehran had struck a deal to build hundreds of attack drones in Russia.
Citing intelligence seen by the United States and other Western security agencies, the report said that the deal’s details were finalized in recent weeks. In a matter of months, it said, production may begin, which would significantly boost Moscow’s stockpile of attack drones – a vital component in its bombardment of Ukraine.
The report quoted one official familiar with the agreement as saying that the effort to produce these drones in Russia “is moving fast and it has a lot of steam.” Since August, over 400 such Iranian-produced drones have been used by Moscow in attacks on Ukraine, including on vital civilian infrastructure.
The deal to locally produce Iranian-designed drones would be a boon to both countries; Moscow is low on munitions as the war stretches on, and Iran would reap the economic and political benefits. The sources added that, aside from the clear monetary benefits and ties to a world power, it is unknown exactly what Iran is seeking in exchange. Possibilities include assistance with the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
Earlier in November, CNN reported that Iran requested help from Russia in obtaining additional nuclear materials and with nuclear fuel fabrication. The fuel may be intended to help Iran power its nuclear reactors and could potentially cut down on the time it takes Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon.


Metro, Portland’s regional government, says it has a plan to reduce transportation greenhouse gases
But in the 8 years since adopting the plan, the agency hasn’t bothered to look at data on GHGs—which have increased 22 percent, or more than one million tons annually.
Metro’s Climate Plan is “Don’t Look Up”
In the new movie “Don’t Look Up,” Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio play two scientists who identify a planet-killing comet headed for earth. Their warnings go largely ignored, and by the end of the movie, there’s an active anti-scientific movement, which as the comet becomes visible in the sky, tells its adherents to simply “Don’t look up.”
The movie is an allegory for our climate peril: faced with mounting scientific evidence about the trajectory of climate change, and the increasingly evident manifestation of heat waves, storms, flooding and fires, too many of our leaders are simply looking away.
And in Portland, which prides itself as being a green leader, the regional government has, effectively been pursuing a “Don’t Look Up” climate policy.
Noble intentions, soaring rhetoric
Here’s the background. In 2007, the State Legislature set a goal of reducing Oregon greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2050. And in 2014, Metro, Portland’s regional government adopted what it called a “Climate Smart Strategy” to reduce greenhouse gasses.
On paper, seems good.
The Metro plan had a few policy ideas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, for example by expanding transit and promoting more compact land uses, which would enable more cycling and walking. But for the most part, it relied on expectations that federal and state regulations and car makers would figure out a way to quickly make cars non-polluting. Recognizing—at the time, at least—that there was a lot of uncertainty in the efficacy of these policies and the evolution of technology, Metro promised that if its efforts weren’t reducing greenhouse gasses, it would revisit the plan and take even tougher measures.
Here it is, eight years later. How is that “Climate Smart Strategy” working out?
Well, you might read through Metro planning documents, but nowhere in them will you find any data on the change in transportation-related greenhouse gases in Metro’s planning area in the years since 2014. In essence, after adopting its plan, Metro hasn’t looked up.
But just like in the movie, scientists are looking up. And what they see, specifically in Portland, is that the Metro strategy is failing—greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, not decreasing, as called for in Metro’s plan.
Here, the parts of Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are played by real-life Boston University physicists Conor Gately, Lucy Hutyra and Ian Sue Wing. Their research was sponsored by NASA, published by the National Academy of Science, and their database is maintained by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. What they’ve done is to create a nearly four-decade long, very high resolution map of greenhouse gas emissions from on-road transportation in the US. They’ve mapped emissions down to a 1 kilometer (0.6 Mile) square grid for the entire nation, for each year from 1980 through 2017. (There are more details about the project below). Their data is the best evidence we have on the trajectory of this comet. And for Portland, the news is not good.
Here’s what their data show for the tri-county Portland metro area:
The green line on the chart is the actual amount of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties from 1990 through 2017. The blue line shows the trajectory of emissions needed to achieve the greenhouse gas reduction goals spelled out in Metro’s 2014 climate action plan. In 2013, the year before Metro adopted its plan, emissions were about 6 million tons. The plan envisioned the emissions levels going down by roughly a million tons by 2017. But instead, as the green line shows, transportation greenhouse gas emissions in the Portland area increased by nearly 1 million tons a year after 2013, to 7 million tons.
Metro’s “Climate Smart Strategy” isn’t just somehow behind schedule. It is failing. Emissions are increasing, not decreasing. The comet is accelerating towards earth. So what are the leaders doing?
Not looking up
Metro’s climate plan promised to track emissions. To be sure, Metro has published annual sustainability reports since 2014. And they proudly mention the adoption of the Climate Smart Strategy. But the only thing Metro tracks in these reports is greenhouse gas emissions (and other environmental effects) of its own internal business operations. There’s absolutely no mention of overall regional trends from the transportation system Metro is charged with planning. Neither does the 2018 Regional Transportation Plan provide a time series of data showing the trend in regional transportation greenhouse gas emissions.
Metro’s plan also promised to take additional and tougher measures if those in the Climate Smart Strategy weren’t working fast enough. On page 1 of the 2014 strategy document, Metro committed to periodically assessing its progress and said:
If the assessment finds the region is deviating significantly from the Climate Smart Strategy performance monitoring target, then Metro will work with local, regional and state partners to consider the revision or replacement of policies, strategies and actions to ensure the region remains on track with meeting adopted targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
But if you don’t track your progress, you don’t have to admit you’re failing and you don’t have to bother with considering more serious steps to reduce greenhouse gases. Don’t. Look. Up. It’s a recipe for disaster, and it’s the approach Metro is taking.
The science behind the DARTE database.
The tragedy here is that we have sound scientific data that tell us what is happening. The research, undertaken over a period of years, sponsored by NASA, gives us a very granular, long-term picture of how our climate efforts are fairing. You can’t claim to be taking climate change seriously if you aren’t paying attention to this kind of data.
Gately, C., L.R. Hutyra, and I.S. Wing. 2019. DARTE Annual On-road CO2 Emissions on a 1-km Grid, Conterminous USA, V2, 1980-2017. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1735
Their results were featured in the New York Times in October 2019. We alerted Metro staff to the availability and importance of this data in October 2019 (Cortright to Kloster, October 16, 2019).