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Is Dallas big enough for another authentic Neapolitan pizza restaurant? Absolutely. But in the old Chocolate Angel space at Preston and Forest that once was home to Il Cane Rosso, one of the most justifiably buzzed-about pizzerias to hit the metroplex? That’s right where San Antonio transplant Dough will soon open. Talk about déjà vu.
Tasked with the delicious assignment of doing a little pizza recon 300 miles away, I headed to the Alamo city to check out Dough mere days before owners Doug and Lisa Horn plan to open their second location. (By the way, it was reading an article in Rachael Ray’s magazine that forced me to realize the genius of the name Dough. Doug H? DougH?) Yeah, took me a minute, too. But in my defense, I was too focused on the amazing spread on my table.
Two things other than the delicious pizza are working in Dough’s favor as it heads to a bigger market. One is its Mozzarella and Burrata Bar. According to Mrs. Horn, Dallas’ will be far more expansive than the San Antonio one, which is very impressive already. The Spiedini, which will definitely be coming to Big D, is a must-order. Oven-roasted, house-made Mozzarella wrapped in Prosciutto di Parma represents a spectacular combination of salty, creamy and meaty.
The second big differentiator for Dough is its Food Network street cred. Featured on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’ “Porktastic” episode earlier this year, the tiny pizza place immediately became overwhelmed with customers—all of whom are more than happy to wait for a table and a couple of amazing pies.
When Dough opens in a couple weeks (if all goes according to plan), check out the Pork Love, a decadent-yet-balanced combo of salami, sausage, pancetta and speck with tomato sauce and house-made mozzarella. All on the wood-fired, Italy-certified Neapolitan crust.
If the trend of great pizza continues to take over Dallas with the arrival of authentic, Neapolitan enthusiasts like the Horns and Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso before them, it might be time to start learning a few key phrases in Italian. And maybe learning to drive a Vespa.
Catch Dough on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives tonight, 8:30 PM CT and tomorrow at 11:30 PM CT.


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Tags epic songs, epic, awesomeness, emotional
Artists Josh Groban, John Legend, Journey
February 23, 2012
Basically these are just some really epic songs that always get me pumped or make me wanna cry every time I hear them. Enjoy!
Let Me Out by glittercat
Ever have days where you just want to run away? Here are some songs to help you escape for a while and know you are not the only one who's thought abo...
running away, leave, let's get out of here, time to get away, keep going
Obligatory Summer Mix by glittercat
Every summer there are always a bunch of summer playlists- and I finally caved and made one haha.
summertime, upbeat, pop, fun, get happy
Broadway by Numbers by glittercat
This is just a fun mix if you're a fan of Broadway, and are looking for a random list of great songs.
broadway, numbers, fun, sing along
Sleepy Time by glittercat
These are all songs I love to relax with, and could fall into sweet slumber while listening to.
sleepytime, sleep, sleep music, relaxing, calming

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We start off with De Palma's favorite theme: voyeurism. On a corny television program called Peeping Toms, the candid camera guest, Philip (likeable Lisle Wilson) has to choose whether or not to let a blind woman know he's in her dressing room when she's changing clothes. He opts to be a gentleman and leave the room before she takes off her brassiere.
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It was on this day (June 15th) in 1979 that Joy Division unveiled their iconic debut album 'Unknown Pleasures'.
The best Stephen King adaptations in film history.
Download Festival finally got the stunning weather it deserved, as over 100,000 fans descended with the likes of Guns N Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and...
Slaves sweat it out in the video for their latest single 'Cut And Run'; the first single from their forthcoming new release, the details of which are...
This year's winning shows were 'The Cursed Child' and 'The Band's Visit'.


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Masthead Studios has released the latest patch for the MMO Earthrise, which includes new vehicles and monsters (as well as bug fixes and enhancements, of course).
New, ride-able vehicles allow players to use game mechanics to perform stunts and jumps and the development team says that racetracks will begin appearing throughout the game’s maps to allow players to face off with one another.
New monsters that will “provide more challenge to players and better rewards” are also part of the new additions.
If you are a former Earthrise player, the developers are offering a 14-day comeback visit to check out changes and updates since the game’s launch. Find out more information at the Earthrise website.

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Call for UK fiduciary duty to include extra-financial factors and engagement
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20 June 2011
The FGRE and CFA Institute have called for actions including:
- For trustees and other investment fund board members, develop an equivalent to Companies Act 2006 Section 172 (1), which requires directors to act in good faith to promote the success of a company for the benefit of its members as a whole, having regard for issues including the impact of the company's operations on the environment.
- Establish a duty regarding engagement on a range of matters, such as corporate strategy, risk management and environmental impacts, in investment strategies and mandates.
- Create standards to ensure effective and constructive engagement, and principles for asset owners to consider when deciding to require engagement by fund managers.
Engagement between investors and public companies: Impediments and their resolution, FGRE and CFA Institute
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Phase 1 of 4.5-mile spur trail will eventually connect to the
ATLANTA – Mayor Kasim Reed, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the PATH Foundation, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership will officially dedicate the Atlanta BeltLine Southwest Connector Trail on Saturday, August 10 at 10 a.m. next to Beecher Hills Elementary School. This new one-mile spur trail will be part of the 33-mile network of Atlanta BeltLine trails, and will eventually connect to the 22-mile Atlanta BeltLine in the Westview neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. The spur trail winds through a serene stretch of woods, originating at the existing Lionel Hampton Trail and emerging onto Westwood Avenue. With connections between the Beecher Hills and Westwood Terrace neighborhoods, the trail will allow for improved access to Beecher Hills Elementary School.
“The Southwest Connector Trail is another exciting step towards making Atlanta a more green and sustainable city,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. “We must continue to ensure that residents throughout the city have safe options for exercising, walking or biking to school, and enjoying the outdoors. With seamless partnerships, we will continue to build impactful projects like this one.”
The Atlanta BeltLine Southwest Connector Trail is funded by City of Atlanta Park Improvement Bonds along with $200,000 from the PATH Foundation. The Department of Watershed Management and the Atlanta Independent School System provided critical easements for the trail. The PATH Foundation led the design and construction for the project.
This new trail will be patrolled by the Atlanta Police Department’s Path Force Unit. This specially-formed team of police officers started patrolling all Atlanta BeltLine parks and trails in July of this year.
The Southwest Connector Trail, along with the Eastside Trail, the West End Trail and the Northside Trail, will bring the total of permanent trails to nearly seven miles along and near the Atlanta BeltLine corridor.
The Southwest Connector Trail dedication ceremony will be held next to Beecher Hills Elementary School located at 2257 Bollingbrook Drive, 30311. Family-friendly activities in a festival-like atmosphere will also take place in the school’s parking lot.
Parking is available along the street and in the school’s parking lot. More information about transportation and parking at the event is available online at the Atlanta BeltLine website.
About the Atlanta BeltLine
The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive economic development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment and mobility projects currently underway in the United States. The Atlanta BeltLine is a sustainable redevelopment project that will provide a network of public parks, multi-use trails and transit along a historic 22-mile railroad corridor circling downtown and connecting many neighborhoods directly to each other. Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) is the entity tasked with planning and executing the implementation of the Atlanta BeltLine in partnership with other public and private organizations, including City of Atlanta departments. The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (ABLP) is a non-profit organization committed to raising funds from private and philanthropic sources to support the Atlanta BeltLine, working with the community and partners to raise general awareness and support, and serving as a catalyst to mobilize resources to address social concerns. For more information on the Atlanta BeltLine, please visit www.BeltLine.org.
About the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership
The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership (ABLP) is a non-profit organization committed to raising funds from private and philanthropic sources to support the Atlanta BeltLine, working with the community and partners to raise general awareness and support, and serving as a catalyst to mobilize resources to address social concerns. For more information on the Atlanta BeltLine, please visit www.BeltLine.org.
About the PATH Foundation
The PATH Foundation was founded in 1991 with a vision to build a network of greenway trails in and around Atlanta for commuting and recreating. Now preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary, PATH has evolved from a spirited start-up organization to a nationally recognized model for trail-building success. PATH’s trails connect residential and commercial centers and provide safe places for walking, jogging, biking and “neighboring.” Today, 150 miles of PATH trails traverse the state of Georgia, stretching from the farmlands at the Alabama state line in Polk County, through the City of Atlanta to the granite outcroppings of Arabia Mountain Park in southeastern DeKalb County, and along the Georgia coast on St. Simons Island. For more information, please visit www.pathfoundation.org.


Over the past few weeks, I have heard a lot about Chris Kelly. Kelly is the Democrat trying to unseat incumbent state Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia, for the 24th district House seat.
If you've listened to the radio lately, you know what commercials I'm talking about. If you haven't heard these commercials, just keep your ears open for the phrase "I'll be knocking."
For the past several weeks, we have been talking about national politics - this week I wanted to take our conversation to a more local level.
A few weeks ago, I met Chris Kelly, and today I want to compare Kelly and his campaign with Robb.
It only takes a five-minute drive through Columbia to see the legion of Robb signs. Robb, an economist and former MU professor, enjoys support from Republicans and Democrats across the 24th district. First elected in 2004, Robb has remained a popular Columbia figure and has delivered millions of dollars to MU and Columbia Public Schools. Robb has supported stem-cell research and other popular Boone County bioscience initiatives. He holds a doctorate in economics and serves as vice chairman of the House Budget Committee. His qualifications are impeccable and his record of achievement is clear.
A few weeks ago, I met Kelly knocking on doors in southern Columbia. On this hot Sunday afternoon, I met him as I was knocking on doors for Sen. John McCain. Even though he knew my political leanings, he was polite and we had a short conversation about the upcoming election. I asked him to explain why voters would replace Robb, an experienced state representative with a doctorate in economics, with Chris Kelly. Chris said that he supported stem-cell research and MU. He didn't know that Robb has strongly supported stem-cell research and delivered millions in state funds to the university.
Chris retorted by saying he would not engage in partisan bickering. I asked if he knew of any times when Robb had engaged in partisan bickering - again he was clueless.
If Chris Kelly expects to win by repackaging all of Ed Robb's ideas as his own, "clueless" does not even begin to describe his campaign plan.
Our founding fathers warned against electing men to serve as career politicians. Ed Robb represents everything public service should be in America. Robb is a successful economist and one of the nation's leading experts in state-government finance. He spent his life in the professional sector and now has turned to public service. I agree with the founding fathers - they were wise men and I think their advice is worth the listen.
Chris Kelly just doesn't meet the mark. To date, Chris Kelly's campaign has done nothing more than repackage Rep. Robb's ideas and achievements. I call on Chris Kelly to define the real reasons he wants this office. He should explain his motives and describe what he would do differently than Rep. Robb.
If you support Chris Kelly, I would like to hear from you. E-mail me firstname.lastname@example.org or write a letter to this paper. I hope to see your input next week


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A daily fiber supplement can improve brain function in people over 60 in just 12 weeks, according to a study by researchers at King's College London.
Memory diseases can be prevented by consuming two cheap fibers PHOTO archive The Truth
According to the study, the pills, sold at affordable prices in health food stores, can improve performance in memory tests associated with early signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to the Daily Mail.
“We are excited to see these changes in just 12 weeks. This holds immense promise for improving brain health and memory in the aging population. Uncovering the secrets of the gut-brain axis could offer new approaches to a healthier, longer life”, said Dr Mary Ni Lochlainn from King's College London.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, tested two plant fiber supplements, inulin and FOS, to see if they impacted muscle health and brain function.
The pills, which contain plant fibers that help the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut, were given to half of 36 pairs of twins, while the others were given placebo pills.
Subjects performed better on tests that assessed brain function
All study participants also performed resistance exercise and consumed a protein supplement designed to improve muscle function.
While there were no significant changes in muscle strength, the subjects who took the fiber supplements performed better on tests that assessed brain function.
They showed improvement in the paired-associate learning test, which is an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease, as well as in tests of reaction time and processing speed. These aspects are important for everyday tasks, such as reacting to traffic or avoiding a simple imbalance that could lead to a fall.
“These plant fibers, which are affordable and available over the counter, could benefit a wide group of people in these financially constrained times. They are also safe and acceptable. Our next task is to see if these effects hold over the longer term and in larger groups of people“, said teacher Claire Steves.
The prevalence of conditions such as cognitive decline and muscle wasting is increasing as the world's population ages.


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Having rolled grass into a neat round bale of hay or silage, it makes sense to dispense it neatly too. Peter Hill looks at equipment that can do just that.
For many farmers, a cutter that simply slices the bale in half and leaves the contents in a heap on the floor is just fine. But for a more controlled approach to dispensing fodder from round bales along a barrier or out in the field, an unroller will save having to fork the material into place.
So what’s out there?
The Daisy D Bale Unwinder is about the simplest on the market. It comprises a frame carried on a tractor’s three-point linkage or front-end loader with bales held by either one or two sets of twin spikes that rotate via hydraulic drive from a self-lubricating motor. To feed-out unchopped hay, silage or straw, you simply spike the bale, remove the plastic wrap and netting and drive along with the spikes turning – job done. Unrolling speed can be adjusted from 1-50rpm which, together with the travel speed of the tractor, determines the size of the resulting “swath” of preserved fodder.
All other implements performing this task cradle the bale and use some form of conveyor or teasing rotor mechanism to rotate it so that material is dispensed more actively.
The Combi-Feeder from Rekord is designed for more than round bales. Its chain and slat conveyor, which can be set at three different angles by tilting the entire machine, can dispense straw, meal, some roots and silage cut in a block as well as heavy chopped silage bales.
With a discharge height of up to 1.7m, it can dispense these feeds into a trough or over a rail, as well as along a barrier, plus the implement has adjustable offset for reach. In addition, the three-point linkage headstock can be attached so that the machine dispenses to the left, right or in-line behind the tractor.
Operators can do the same with turntable versions of the Altec Axial bale unroller from Broadwater Machinery simply by rotating the machine on a spindle. There is a basic fixed version, too, and hydraulic loading arm and offset delivery models to suit different situations, as well as versions to work on the back of a tractor or the boom of a telescopic handler.
Add the optional pair of horizontal spinner discs to the rear of the machine and the Axial can also dispense bedding straw.
The Göweil RBA round bale unroller from Lely can also have straw spreading tines added and can dispense in one of three directions – but in this case by slotting the separate pallet fork carriage mounted on the tractor’s three-point linkage into different slot positions.
Although the high-sided RBA can be loaded from above using a bale grab, the optional self-loading telescopic arm is a better bet. It also makes it easy to remove plastic and net since the bale is inverted by the loading process. Plastic wrap and netting can be cut away from the upper half of the bale first, then from the lower half once it has been placed on the flat platform. A plain chain and slat conveyor pushes and rotates the bale against a set of flexible tines projecting from a curved housing similar to a baler pick-up.
The tractor-mounted Duncan Eco Feeder imported by Dales Agri Sales is another self-loading machine, only this design has a fixed loading arm. It is lowered to pick up a bale by tilting the entire machine by hydraulic cylinder. Apart from minimising hydraulic requirements, this approach also means the spiked chain and slat conveyor can be set at different angles to influence its aggressiveness as it rotate and teases material from the bale.
A three-stage loading process is used with another four bale unrollers – the Rekord Sidewinder; the Hustler SL-350 and Chainless 2000, both imported by Broadwood International, and the Forager X10 from Quad-X.
In each case, the implement is carried on a twin-spike frame attached to the tractor’s three-point linkage. The spikes are disengaged from the machine to put a bale on board the low-sided platform, and then slotted in again to take it to the feeding location.
Where an automatic hydraulic-drive coupling is fitted, the operator only needs to hop off the tractor seat to cut away any plastic wrap and/or netting during the loading process.
The Hustler SL-700 and Chainless 4000 also self-load but using a pair of spikes on a linkage mechanism at the back of the machine. The spikes can also be used to carry a second bale to the feeding location.
A fodder cutting mechanism is built into the Tonutti Wolagri Bale Shredder from Rekord.
It comprises a single oscillating knife that cuts the forage into neat wads as it comes off the bale, which is rotated by a set of indexing tines in the base of the machine. The size of wads produced is adjustable and a belt conveyor can be added to deliver the material further away from the side of the machine. The tractor-mounted machine – which comes in two models to accommodate different bale sizes – is supported on a set of four castor wheels. A hydraulically-manipulated arm gets each bale on board.
See all these and more at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham on 5-6 September.

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Fast Track Litigation: Commercial Courts
BTO's commercial litigation team has vast experience in dealing with commercial litigation. Both the Court of Session and various sheriff courts offer commercial litigation procedures that are designed to "Fast Track" cases to a speedier resolution.
Parties are expected to come to court having fully explored the boundaries of any dispute and cases are managed aggressively by specialist commercial judges. From the outset those judges push past any delaying defences and force parties to confront the core issues in any case.
Today's commercial courts are likely also to allow parties to recover greater amounts of the fees incurred in contesting any action by way of penalising any party who has occasioned unnecessary expense.
In order to succeed you need an experienced, focused team and BTO can provide such a team.
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In Italy, the main battle tank C1 Ariete was upgraded, which received a set of reinforced armor. In particular, much attention was paid to the protection of lateral projections. On the sides of the hull and turret, blocks of “reactive armor”, lattice anti-cumulative screens appeared.
Also reported on the installation of new gunner’s and vehicle commander’s sights, which will improve the ability to use 120-mm guns at different times of the day. The gun itself will remain the same, but the use of more effective ammunition has been announced, the number of which reaches more than four dozen.
The upgraded tank uses an updated IVECO V12 MTCA power plant with a 1500 hp Common Rail fuel injection system. Such a motor will allow maintaining the maneuverability of a tank that has become heavier by several tons. Before modernization, he weighed 54,000 kg.
Production of the original C1 Ariete began in the mid-90s. In total, two hundred tanks were manufactured until 2002, of which only three dozen remained in service.


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In a groundbreaking collaboration, UNIST and the University of Ulsan College of Medicine joined forces to host the inaugural ‘UUCM & UNIST Digital Healthcare Hackathon.‘ The event took place in the Market Hall and Event Hall of the University-Industry Cooperation Building at UNIST from November 17 to 18, 2023.
The hackathon aimed to foster innovation and discover promising startup ideas in the field of digital healthcare through intensive collaboration over a short period. Fifty-six students from UNIST and the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, who are currently enrolled in the UNIST-U of U College of Medicine Health Sciences Technology (HST) Program, participated in the competition. This program, similar to the renowned Harvard-MIT Program in HST, is a joint interdisciplinary course that efficiently integrates scientific and medical education, operated by both universities to nurture physician-scientists. Notably, the UNIST―U of U College of Medicine HST Program stands out by offering undergraduate-level courses.
The competition covered a range of topics, including patient monitoring and management, medical and diagnostic imaging, telemedicine, emergency medical care, and drug selection. Students presented innovative startup ideas that leverage digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to revolutionize the medical field.
Team GTA won the grand prize with their app development idea, aimed at enhancing communication with individuals on the autism spectrum. In addition, four other teams (DODO, NEBULA, STEM, and USU) were recognized as excellent teams. These five selected teams will receive exclusive training opportunities in prestigious institutions in the United States, including UCLA, in January next year.
Sung Chul Bae, Director of the UNIST Graduate School of Health Science and Technology, said, “I hope this competition will fuel interest in the convergence of digital healthcare technology and medical science, and further enhance collaboration among students from diverse disciplines.”
The hackathon was organized by the UNIST Graduate School of Health Science and Technology, the Smart Healthcare Research Center, the UNIST Laboratory Startup Innovation Group, and the Laboratory-Specialized Startup Leading University project, supported by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and ICT. The event was also generously sponsored by LG Plus Corp.

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Kids Love To Read #51
Happy new year and welcome to the 51st monthly linky of Kids Love to Read, I hope you all enjoying half term? This linky is one that I co-host with Acorn Books and Book Bairn. Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up!
I am linking up with my feature on Feminist Books for Children.
Book Bairn is not participating this month due to personal reasons, but will be back in April.
Last Month’s Favourites
Last month my favourite link up was The Rebel Tribe Blogs review of personalised adventure books. Acorn Books favourite was Book Nerd Cafe’s post on Books Missing Toddler Alert.
I have now set up a Pinterest Board for Kids Love to Read, where I am to pin everyone’s posts featured, as well as lots of lovely bookish posts. If you would like to join as a co-contributor please message me. The more the merrier!
– Write about reading with children, share your love and your children’s love of books, what do you love to read together, how do you encouraging reading and books with your little or not so little ones? Books you love or book reviews.
– This Linky is open every 3rd Monday of the month for one week.
– Grab the Kids Love to Read badge and pop it in your post
– Use the #KLTR hashtag on Twitter and Instagram
– Share the love – try and read & comment the host’s posts and on 2 other blogs listed on the Linky
We look forward to reading your posts!
Laura, Kim and Anna x
Each month, to encourage reading with kids and to go along with our #KLTR Linky, we host a Book Giveaway.
We have a fabulous giveaway this month of Fantastically Great Women that Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst.
*Terms and conditions: Entries are open to UK and Ireland residents. The competition closes on the the 12th April 2020. Winners will be announced on social media and contacted via email. If the winner does not respond to the email in two weeks, a new winner will be randomly chosen.a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Some of the most exotic cars on the market lately have been outfitted with paddle shifters, and the public sees that type of shifting as a very cool feature. Many enthusiasts prefer the manual trans, but want something that improves shifting and makes it quicker. MasterShift has answered the call, and their shift conversion kits have the exotic feel of the best cars in the world, and brings paddle shifters to performance musclecars.
The electronic shifters remove the factory gearshift lever and replace it with cables that are operated with the MasterShift control unit, with built-in safety features that prevent over revving the engine, and provide positive up or down shifting at the touch of a paddle or a button. The shifting is based on speed, not engine RPM, and the computer prevents shifting to a lower gear.
An optional bump shifter is also available for those who don’t want the paddle shifters, but like the convenience of an electronic shifter that eliminates searching the standard shift lever. The kit is available for many factory and aftermarket transmissions, and includes software and instruction for installation, and requires no internal modifications to the transmission. Depending on options, the kits can run between $3,500 and $4,500.
Also shown at SEMA this year, MasterShift brought out its automatic transmission push button shifting kit that will work with almost any automatic transmission, and will also work with GearVendors Over/Underdrive units. The automatic kits come in around $1,950, and also have features to help protect the engine and transmission.
Shifting to park or reverse is disabled until the speed is less than 1 MPH, and shifting can be done from the steering wheel or the MasterShift panel. Check out the MasterShift web site for more information on these kits, and how to purchase one for your manual or automatic transmission.


By Lucia Binding, news reporter
Airbnb has apologised to a family who discovered they were being livestreamed by a hidden camera at their accommodation in Ireland.
The Barkers, from New Zealand, had been staying at a property in Cork, southwest Ireland, when they found a camera concealed in the living room.
Mother-of-five Nealie Barker described the family's unexpected discovery as "very frightening".
She wrote on Facebook: "We just found a camera hidden in a smoke alarm case in the private living room of a listing. We were travelling with children.
"The host admitted to the concealed camera over the phone, only after presented with our irrefutable proof."
Her husband Andrew, an IT consultant, found the camera live feed after trying to connect his phone to the WiFi.
Mrs Barker told Sky News: "We were all looking at ourselves on his phone, I had one of those horrible adrenaline rushes you get when you sense danger.
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"We looked at one another mortified as the realisation of the situation sunk in."
She said the children became frightened after realising the host could see and maybe hear them.
"We felt an immediate violation of our privacy in a private residence we had paid to occupy.
"It was very frightening and the first time we've considered we could have potentially been in danger while travelling through the UK with our family."
Airbnb promised the Barkers that a thorough investigation would take place.
But after several weeks, the family received a message from the company saying they had exonerated the host and had "found no wrong-doing on his part".
She also said Airbnb had reinstated the listing shortly after the incident.
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YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT. All 6 original cast members (Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry) are going to be a part of a 2 hour special on NBC that pays tribute to sitcom director James Burrows, who recently aired his 1,000th TV episode. He also directed 15 episodes of Friends. Now if that means we’ll get a special episode or maybe ever a special skit with all 6 members…we don’t know. But this is the closest thing we’ll get so I’ll take it!
Other reunions are happening that night too including the cast of Cheers, Fraser, Will & Grace, and Fraser. The special is set to air Sunday February 21st on NBC.
This sounds like a good time to spend a few hours on YouTube watching some of the best scenes….
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According to Caixin, auditing firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) examined Kaisa Group Holdings’ assets on behalf of the Guangdong provincial government to analyze the company’s financial situation. Kaisa is one of a raft of liquidity-squeezed property developers in China.
PwC has requested Kaisa entities to submit project information such as loan contract documents, but no significant audits or site checks have been executed yet.
A person close to Kaisa said, “The ongoing audit is seemingly not a thorough one. Instead, it’s just for some special purpose. The government wants to determine whether Kaisa is solvent.”
Although the audit’s findings have not been made public, authorities have temporarily agreed that Kaisa has the financial wherewithal to pay its loans.
In October 2021, Kaisa’s troubling financial states were exposed when the company abruptly postponed investor meetings, making its dollar bonds decrease. A month later, Kaisa failed to make payments on wealth management products it had guaranteed.
Kaisa’s ability to secure additional capital and sell projects was further hampered by speculations about its financial hardship, exacerbating its liquidity crisis.
According to the company’s financial report, Kaisa had total assets of 319.1 billion yuan (about 50 billion USD) as of the end of June 2021, with liabilities of 237.7 billion yuan (about 37 billion USD). Kaisa also has significant off-balance sheet liabilities that are difficult to estimate.
Kaisa has increased asset sales to raise funds. The corporation is attempting to sell 18 properties in Shenzhen, most of which are urban redevelopment projects, for 81.8 billion yuan (about 13 billion USD). Last November, the list of its on-sale projects was enlarged to 25, but no agreement has been reached.
The Guangdong government had taken steps to assist Kaisa and other cash-strapped developers in approaching potential state-backed buyers.
Besides, Kaisa has also contacted other developers, including Yuexiu Property, China Poly Group, and Gemdale Group, for asset sales.

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The groundbreaking series COPS aired for 25 seasons on FOX from 1989 to 2013, and was instrumental in launching the reality genre with its video vérité style. Focused on police officers, federal agents, and other law enforcers, the show detailed real crime and police activities as they occurred. Over the course of its long lifespan, COPS became a cultural touchstone.
COPS has profiled law enforcement agencies in over 140 United States cities and has also filmed in Hong Kong, London, Central and South America, Moscow and St. Petersburg. It was the first American television program to follow the police in the former Soviet Union.
John Langley was the creator and executive producer of COPS, which was produced by Langley Productions, Inc. and Fox Television Studios. Doug Waterman served as supervising producer, while Morgan Langley and Jimmy Langley served as producers.


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Market researches show that companies implementing outsourced B2B lead generation plans have greater chances of capturing quality leads than those using in-house services.
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Riots in Baltimore... if anything, they are overdue. The endless stream of pointless deaths caused by police who are just a little too ready to use lethal force at the slightest provocation has become numbingly painful. If I were in Baltimore, I'd want to march as well.
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According to the Daily Express, Red Devils new boy Rojo has backed Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao to fire United to title glory.
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This is the first time since 2012 that Harvard women sailors have qualified for Nationals (Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Harvard sailing team recorded four top-10 results, including a ninth-place finish at the New England Women's Championship/Reed Trophy (Yale), a first-place mark at the 81st Boston Dinghy Club Challenge (Harvard/MIT), a seventh-place tally at the Morris Trophy (Boston University), and a 10th-place result at the Admiral's Cup (USMMA).
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At the 81st Boston Dinghy Challenge Cup, hosted by Harvard and MIT, the three divisions of Crimson sailors raced to a first-place result, the team's first of the spring season. The B-division of Nick Sertl and Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj crossed the finish line with a total of 41 points, the best for the Crimson, while the A-division of Marek Zaleski and Julia Lord and the C-division of Juan Carlos Perdomo and Catherine Tang recorded 53 and 58 points, respectively, in the 27-race regatta. The sailors raced to 15 top-five results, including five first-place marks.
The Crimson finished seventh at the George Morris Trophy hosted by Boston University. Two divisions of vessels including the B-division of Adam Brodheim and Pricilla Russo registered 63 points, while the A-division of Nick Karnovsky and Alejandra Resendiz tallied 67 points. The squads finished the Morris Trophy with 13 top-10 results in the 16-race regatta.
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The present paper describes a new type of floating platform that was specifically designed for estimating air-sea fluxes, investigating turbulence characteristics in the atmospheric surface boundary layer, and studying wind-wave interactions. With its design, it can be deployed in the open ocean or in shallow-water areas. The system is designed to be used from a research vessel. It can operate for ~10 h as a drifting wave rider and 3 h under power. Turbulence and meteorological instrument packages are placed at a low altitude (1-1.5m). It was deployed for validation purposes during the Front de MarÉe, VariabilitÉ (FROMVAR), 2011 experiment off the west coast of Brittany,
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Air-sea fluxes of momentum and heat, atmospheric turbulence in the surface atmospheric boundary layer, and wind-wave interactions are key characteristics that are needed to validate and improve dynamical models of the atmosphere, the upper ocean, and waves.
There remains a need to better parameterize the flux- drag relation as a function of sea state (e.g., Donelan et al. 1993, 1997), the determination of the so-called wind input function (e.g., Donelan et al. 2005), and to improve the Kolmogorov (1941) and Monin and Obukhov (1954) theories in stable boundary layers (e.g., Weill et al. 2003) or in the presence of swell (Smedman et al. 2009).
There are three main methods for estimating air-sea turbulent fluxes, namely, the eddy covariance (EC) method (e.g., Katsaros et al. 1993; Anctil et al. 1994; Edson et al. 1998), the spectral method or inertial dissipation (ID) method (Edson et al. 1991), and the similarity or bulk method (e.g., Liu et al. 1979; Fairall et al. 2003).
An experimental determination of air-sea turbulent exchanges has to fulfill four different requirements: 1) using reliable and accurate instruments and recording a complete set of variables; 2) using a measurement platform that has the least possible impact on the quality of measurement data; 3) using instruments as close as possible to the sea surface, that is, not too far from the mean water level; and 4) having a correct operating strategy. Although these rules are purely technical and operational, they can affect substantially the overall quality of collected data. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize not only the measurement instruments but also the measurement strategy and the platforms themselves.
The second, third, and fourth requirements are strongly conditioned by the platform used, which until now has been either a fixed platform, a towed platform (e.g., Edson et al. 1998), a research ship (e.g., Katsaros et al. 1993;
Fixed platforms such as the Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institution (WHOI)
Towed platforms, the use of which was pioneered by Katsaros (1980), are helpful for sampling small-scale variations of the sea surface temperature (SST) and of the sea surface salinity (SSS), for example. However, they have limitations for wave, downwelling radiation, and atmospheric turbulence measurements, because the apparatus naturally places itself in the disturbed atmo- spheric wake or in the bow wave of the ship. The prox- imity of the ship might affect radiation data because of its color and its thermal radiation.
Quality air-sea flux data can be collected in the open ocean with a research vessel (R/V) or a floating plat- form, such as the Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP; e.g., Miller et al. 2008). Unfortunately, such platforms are difficult to operate and ship cruises are expensive and thus infrequent. In spite of this, the use of R/Vs is by far the most convenient way to document flux variations in a large area, because R/Vs can cruise for up to several months. The main limitation of R/Vs is that they are affected by aerodynamic distortion of bulk quantities, but probably also at turbulent scales (Bourras et al. 2009). Note that data may also be affected by thermal effects (Berry et al. 2004). The aerodynamic distortion effect may have a large impact on the accuracy of flux estimates, because wind data are affected as a function of the shape of the ship, the location of the instruments on the ship, and the angle between the ship and the relative wind (Yelland et al. 2002). In addition, due to their large weight and dimension, most R/Vs have a large spectral motion peak in the same frequency range as waves and turbulence production (0.01-1 Hz), which is problematic for applying the EC method, for example. Other issues include the height of measurement, which may be considered as too far from the air-sea interface (17to117 and 23 m for SST), or the position of the instruments that are located at the bow of the R/V, that is, far from the center of gravity of the R/V. As a result, the measurement height varies and the vertical wind component is disturbed. Associated with measure- ments on R/Vs is the issue of the displacement height, which may be difficult to assess (e.g., Brut et al. 2005; Popinet et al. 2004).
Buoys appear to be a good compromise for pro- ducing quality air-sea data, although an obvious limi- tation of buoys is that a ship is required for deployment, recovery, and maintenance, which is again a major operation. In addition, for buoys that are held in place for a long time (more than one month), instruments are more vulnerable to water, salt (corrosion or deposit on sensors), and fouling. To date, the
To overcome the above-described limitations in de- signing a new platform, the five following desirable cri- teria were taken into consideration:
1) Height above the sea surface should be constant, for analyzing wind-wave interaction.
2) Flow distortion, thermal effects, and effect of the platform on waves would have to be small.
3) Wind, temperature, and humidity measurements would be taken at heights smaller than existing designs (,3 m), and possibly at several heights, for investigating surface boundary layer profiles.
4) Data would be sampled far from the host ship, to avoid the effects of host ship wake and radiation.
5) Deployment and recovery would be as easy as possible, in order to ensure instrument check, clean- ing, maintenance, and for maximizing data return.
We propose a new platform design following these criteria: the Ocean Coupled to Atmosphere, Research at the In- terface with a Novel Autonomous platform (OCARINA). It is described in section 2.Insection 3,webrieflydescribe the environmental conditions of the experiment during which OCARINA was recently tested. Next in section 4, its main features, including flow distortion and motion characteristics, are discussed. In section 5, different esti- mates of air-sea fluxes done by this platform are compared and the wind stress angle is analyzed with respect to the mean wind direction. In section 6, eight cases of wind- wave interaction for which swell and wind travel in the same direction and in the opposite direction are presented, to further check the quality of the wind measurements in the presence of swell. Last, the results are summarized and discussed in section 7.
2. Description of the platform
a. The platform
The OCARINA platform is a 2-m-long trimaran boat that weighs ;35 kg (Figs. 1, 2). It has a streamlined shape and a low profile. As such, OCARINA has small aerodynamic distortion whatever the direction of the incoming wind is (see section 4a). OCARINA is mo- torized with a propeller coupled to an autopilot and a remote control. It can be controlled to follow a par- ticular route, drift as a wave rider, or maintain its posi- tion, within the limit of its battery life, which is currently 3 h at low speed (1.5 kt; 1 kt 5 0.51 m s 2 1). Two in- dependent 5000-mAh lithium polymer batteries of five 4.2-V cells each provide power for navigation, commu- nication, science instruments, and data storage, for up to 12h.
The trimaran configuration was chosen because it re- duces self-roll as opposed to monohull designs. Another advantage of the configuration is that the whole payload can be installed on the central float. A catamaran is easier to construct, but the payload has to be split between the two hulls, or it has to be installed in a bulky compartment between the two side hulls.
Weightwaskeptaslowaspossibletofacilitate transport and deployment. But above all, weight is a key point that conditions structure motion together with the position of the instrument that measures tur- bulent wind and temperature fluctuations, presently located at the top of a central mast (so-called turbulent mast) on OCARINA, as can be seen in Figs. 1, 2.On OCARINA, the low weight coupled with a turbulent mast at the center of the ship induces minimal vertical motion relative to the surface (the platform does not dive or bounce on the surface). Note, however, that OCARINA presents the characteristic motion of tri- marans, which consists of a small precession-like mo- tion, that is, it rotates in circles between its two lateral hulls.
One particular feature that results from its low weight and its large projected horizontal surface is that the trimaran naturally follows the waves. Thus, to some extent (wavelengths larger than 4 m), it is possible to deduce wave features just from the recorded motion/ inertial package.
The small size of OCARINA was well appreciated while carrying it on almost every type of host boat. It was even held on the rear deck of a 7-m-long inflatable boat. Thus, it was easily accepted on science experiments, which helps for missions planned at short notice, for example.
Overheating of electronic and mechanical compo- nents inside the main float was avoided by choosing an electric engine located in an underwater bulb.
b. Science payload
The science instruments are installed at five different locations on OCARINA, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2. There are three masts for atmosphere and radiation measurements, one Sea-Bird Electronics SBE-37 on the side of the main hull for SST and SSS measurements, and one inertial platform at the horizontal center of OCARINA and at the level of the waterline. The in- ertial platform is an Xsens MTI-G device, which fea- tures three magnetometers, three accelerometers, three gyroscopes, a GPS, and a barometer. The MTI-G is light, weighs 70 g, and is small. Motion data are re- corded at 50 Hz. The turbulent mast holds a
c. Data acquisition, automatic pilot, and transmission
A specific field-programmable gate array (FPGA)- based electronic board was designed for data acquisi- tion. It provides a lightweight, low power consumption, and, above all, reliable method for sampling, sorting, and adding time and date independently for all data. After experiencing data synchronization problems from various serial ports in past experiments, we de- cided to proceed with on board asynchronous data processing. Every datum has its own time tag. Next, data are put in a heap memory and then stored and duplicated into two memory cards [secure digital (SD) cards] for robustness of the system, as repre- sented in Fig. 3. Time is inferred from an internal clock that is periodically synchronized to a GPS clock signal. This system was tested and verified: the time deviation was never larger than 0.01 m s, which is small compared to the sampling period of the instruments, that is, 20 m s.
OCARINA currently has four operational modes. The first mode is a manual mode, which means that OCARINA is remotely controlled by an operator. This mode is helpful for deploying and recovering OCARINA from the host ship in minutes. The second mode is called ''waypoint navigation'': OCARINA follows a list of pro- grammed waypoints and cruises from one waypoint to the next. This mode can be used for surveys, or to test the im- pact of wind or wave orientation with respect to the plat- form. The third mode is ''drift then return.'' OCARINA first records its original position. Next, it drifts for 30 min and cruises back to its original position, repeatedly. The fourth and last mode is called ''record position and route to follow.'' The boat cruises for 30 min following the recorded route, and cruises back to its original position. Note that wave data cannot be inferred from recorded motion when OCARINA has its engine on.
OCARINA is controlled via a remote control with a 400-m range, or via satellite (
3. The FROMVAR 2011 experiment
The Front de Mare^e, Variabilite^ (FROMVAR), project was devoted to the study of the Ushant tidal front in Mer d'Iro^ise, off the west coast of Brittany,
During FROMVAR, OCARINA was deployed eight times in five days, from 30 min to more than 2 h each time. The locations at which OCARINA was deployed during the cruise of the CDLM are represented in Fig. 4. Bathymetry ranged from ;20 to ;120 m. Several de- ployments were conducted in the Bay of Douarnenez, thus not in open sea conditions. The 14 different weather conditions (referred to as 14 cases in the following) en- countered during the experiment were from low to moderate wind speeds, from ;1to;8ms21, as reported in Table 2 (column 6). The surface boundary layer was either unstable or stable, with sometimes strong thermal stratification (Table 2). In the most stable case, the maxi- mum difference between air temperature and sea surface temperature was equal to 11.18C, with the formation of gravity waves in the boundary layer, as independently in- ferred from lidar measurements. Significant wave heights H were estimated with OCARINA data; H was calculated as 4 times the standard deviation of the elevation (h,which is the difference between the actual vertical position and the mean sea level), an output from the MTI-G in- strument. The H estimates ranged from 1.1 to 3.3 m. OCARINA significant wave height estimates were al- ready compared to two buoy datasets in the report by Morisset and Reverdin (2011). Their conclusion is that OCARINA underestimates the wave height for wave- lengths smaller than 4 m, which was expected because it is on the order of the size of OCARINA. It is likely then that the physical configuration of OCARINA and its dynami- cal interaction with the surface act as a low-pass filter with respect to the recorded motion of small spatial wave- lengths. A further comparison of OCARINA-derived wave heights to output fields from the PREVIMER pre- operational prediction system for coastal environment (LecornuandDeRoeck2009; see also http://www. previmer.org/en) is presented in Fig. 5a. Although it is not a strict validation of OCARINA data, PREVIMER was chosen because it was the only available source for estimating wave characteristics in the investigated area. The root-mean-square (rms) deviation between PREVIMER and OCARINA estimates of H is 0.3 m, which is ac- ceptable, although small wave heights do not compare well. Note that the outliers in Fig. 5a correspond to small and short waves in shallow water, which could be mis- represented both in the model and in OCARINA data. To assess the accuracy of H estimates for small but long waves, an additional comparison based on data collected in 2010 in the vicinity of Porquerolles (near
4. Distortion and motion characteristics
a. Flow distortion
Simulations were performed following the method described in Bourras et al. (2009). The fluid simulation software used is an industry standard named ''Fluent,'' from
According to FROMVAR observations, the mean vertical wind angle is 1.278 at the height of 1.5 m, as can be calculated from the angle values reported in Table 3 for the 14 cases. Thus, the actual distortion angles are ;28 smaller than in the simulations presented above, which is encouraging. Similarly, the mean vertical velocity is 0.12 m s21, which is small compared to the velocity commonly found for research vessels, that is, ;1ms21 (e.g., Bourras et al. 2009). It was determined that rotation of the wind vector of an angle that would cancel the mean value of the vertical wind component had a very limited impact on the estimates of turbulent fluxes. It was concluded that it was not necessary to apply any distortion correction to the OCARINA data.
b. Motion and its impact on wind measurements
Understanding how OCARINA moves on waves as a function of data sampling frequency is important be- cause its shape and characteristics are different from other platforms. A typical wind and motion power spectrum is presented in Fig. 7, for a 20-min interval that started at
The peak at 1 Hz in Fig. 7 fits the linear velocity of OCARINA (deduced from roll angular velocity). After application of the correction, the peak is almost totally removed, which confirms that it was almost totally related to OCARINA motion.
Note the presence of a sharp peak at 10 Hz in Fig. 7 that presumably corresponds to a flexion mode of the turbulent mast, which is a vertical carbon tube, in in- teraction with the structure of the platform.
The frequency range that can be used for estimating fluxes with the spectral method, or ID method, in the following (Dupuis et al. 1997) is restricted to 3-9 Hz without correction because in this range, the slope of the linear fit to data is the closest to the value of 25/3, which is nominal for applying the ID method. Note that after correction, the frequency range could be extended to frequencies in the 1- 3-Hz range. However, only the 3-9-Hz band was used be- cause it is sufficient for applying the ID method.
In contrast, for the EC method the maximum fre- quency of the wind or temperature data was restricted to 2 Hz with a first-order low-pass filter. This cutoff fre- quency corresponds to the end of the turbulence pro- duction range and to the beginning of the ''clean'' inertial range, as illustrated in Fig. 7. The filter was ap- plied so as to avoid parasite signals, such as the peak at 10 Hz in Fig. 7. The impact of this filter was tested: if no filter was applied, then the EC method slightly over- estimated the other fluxes. In addition, the application of the filter improved the comparisons to the bulk and ID methods.
5. Air-sea fluxes
Friction velocity u* is related to the turbulent mo- mentum flux, which is (...) in vector form, where u0 , y 0 , and w0 are the turbulent fluctuations of the wind in the along-wind, crosswind, and vertical directions, re- spectively. The relation between u* and the momentum flux is written as
In the present paper, u* was estimated with the bulk method, the ID method, and the EC method. The comparisons between the three estimates of u* are en- couraging in spite of the small number of points avail- able, as shown in Fig. 8. The rms deviation is 0.02 m s21 between both EC u* and bulk u*, and between EC u* and ID u*, which is good compared to R/V data (e.g., Pedreros et al. 2003). However, the slope of the linear fit between EC u* values and bulk or ID u* estimates is 1.1-1.07, which implies that large EC u* values are higher compared to the bulk and ID values of u*.
To analyze why there is an overestimation for EC u* values, the cospectra of 2u0 w0 were calculated as a function of a normalized frequency ( fz/U) and the experimental values found were compared to the em- pirical universal model of Kaimal et al. (1972), as shown in Fig. 9. Cases with a similar behavior were grouped together, namely, moderate wind (Figs. 9a,b; Table 2, rows 1-6 and 11-13), light wind and unstable conditions (Fig. 9c; Table 2, line 10), light wind and stable conditions (Fig. 9d; Table 2, rows 7-9), and no wind and stable con- ditions (Fig. 9e; Table 2,row14).InFigs. 9a,b,thereisan overall good agreement between the model of Kaimal et al. (1972) and OCARINA data. However, at time periods larger than 20 s, the data have higher spectrum power than the model. In contrast, in light wind conditions (Figs. 9c,d), the model and data do not agree well. Specifically, in stable cases (Figs. 9d,e) there is a peak in the OCARINA co- spectra at fz/U 5 0.5-0.9, which is not present in the model. Asatest,theECtimeseriesofu0 and w0 were high passed with decreasing cutoff time periods T from 1000 to 20 s. For each test, the rms and systematic deviations between EC and bulk u* estimates were checked. The best agreement was found with T 5 35 s, which is shown in Figs. 10b,c. The rms deviation between the different u* estimates is 0.01 ms21, and the slope of linear fit is 0.96-0.99, which is rather good. This indicates that for this platform there is a strong sensitivity to the cutoff period retained for esti- mating the covariance fluxes.
No humidity fluctuations were available with the set of instruments installed on OCARINA during FROMVAR. As a result, the latent heat flux could not be estimated with the EC method or the ID method. As the sensible heat flux also depends on humidity, a virtual sensible heat flux Hsv, better known as the buoyancy flux, was calcu- lated instead.
The comparisons between Hsv estimated with the EC method, with the ID method, and with the bulk method are shown in Figs. 10d-f, respectively. Although there are not enough points of comparison to draw firm con- clusions, the comparisons between EC and bulk Hsv values are encouraging (Figs. 10d,e). The rms deviation between EC (ID) and bulk Hsv values is 2.5 (3.3) Wm22, which is reasonable. However, the results pre- sented in Fig. 10e indicate that in stable cases the large negative ID Hsv values are overestimated in comparison to the bulk values. The comparison between EC and ID Hsv values further reveals that the range of ID Hsv values is globally too large with respect to the range of EC Hsv values, as shown in Fig. 10f. The sensitivity of the bulk estimates to several input parameters inside the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) algorithm (Fairall et al. 2003), namely, jwave, jwarm, and jcool, which relate to the parame- terization of the aerodynamic roughness length and to the skin minus bulk sea temperature calculation, was further tested. This had little impact on the results. We also attempted to account for the surface current from PREVIMER analyses in the calculation of the bulk es- timates but this also had little impact on the results. Thus, for this platform, we recommend for Hsv to use EC or bulk estimates, but not the ID estimates of Hsv.
As two anemometers were available on OCARINA (at 1 and 1.5 m), we also attempted to estimate u* values with the profile method, which is written as
where k is the von K^arm^an constant, equal to 0.4; L is the Monin-Obukhov length; and the C function chosen follows Smith (1988). Comparisons between estimates of u* calculated according to the profile method and to the bulk method are presented in Fig. 11. As shown in Fig. 11, the profile and bulk methods produce compa- rable u* estimates when the wind blows from the port side of OCARINA. We hypothesize that if the wind is coming from the starboard side, the starboard mast may disturb the wind at the location of the WXT-520 weather station (which is then in the wake of the starboard mast). The good performance of the profile method is uncommon, because it is challenging to apply it at sea for two reasons: either data are sampled at heights that are too large, in which case the wind variations between the two levels are too small to be detected (because the curvature of the log profile is large only at small heights), or because of height-dependent flow distor- tion, which is difficult or impossible to correct. Note that the results were hardly changed whether stability was accounted for or not in the calculation, as also shown in Fig. 11, which possibly results from the small w, thus a small z/L. This suggests that in certain con- ditions, the wind profiles estimated on OCARINA are very reasonable.
Along-wind and crosswind components of the EC stress define the so-called stress angle .... The angle u was plotted versus the horizontal wind speed in Fig. 12.AsshowninFig. 12,thescatterislarge if the wind speed is smaller than 6 m s21.Incontrast, if the wind speed is larger than 6 m s21,thenwindand stress are almost aligned with each other, which fits well with existing data (e.g., Grachev et al. 2001), in spite of the very limited number of points available for comparison.
6. Wind-wave interaction
In this section, we investigate the relation between the instantaneous horizontal wind modulus U calculated with respect to the ground (as opposed to the wind rel- ative to OCARINA) and h.
Eight cases are available for analysis, namely, four cases with wind and swell traveling in the same direction-that is, cases 7-10 in Table 2-and four cases when swells are traveling in the opposite direction to the winds-that is, cases 11-14 in Table 2. Each case corresponds to a time interval of 20 min, which corresponds to 60 000 samples.
First, we estimated the dominant wave period T0 of the swell, as the inverse of the frequency f0 that cor- responded to the maximum of the power spectrum of h, over 20-min intervals. Next, the f0 estimates were used to calculate the dominant wavelength L' ,the wavenumber k, and the phase speed of waves at the peak frequency c using the linear wave dispersion re- lationship, with the hypotheses that wave amplitude a is small and that water column is deep. Wave age (c/U) and wave steepness (a/k) were then calculated, the value of a being approximated as 0.5H. The max- imum of the orbital speed (Vorb)max,whichisthevalue of the orbital speed at the crests of the waves, was fi- nally estimated as
There could be significant differences between the cal- culated value of (Vorb)max and its actual value, but un- fortunately it was not possible to get a more direct estimate of it because no log instrument (which would measure the speed of the platform with respect to the sea surface) was available on OCARINA during FROMVAR. The above-mentioned wave characteris- tics are summarized in Fig. 13.
The existence of a relationship between wind and waves was investigated by studying the spectral co- herence coh and the phase u between h and U. The values of coh and u were computed as
where DFT is the discrete Fourier transform and the angle brackets (hi) operator denotes ensemble averaging. Eight spectra of coh and u are shown in Fig. 14, for ex- ample. To summarize the results for the eight cases, and to test the detection of the coherence between coh and u,the mean value of coh was calculated in the spectral range of the swell (i.e., between 0.06 and 0.18 Hz for cases 7-10, and between 0.08 and 0.15 Hz for cases 11-14), and then it was divided by the standard deviation sf of coh. As shown in Fig. 15a, coh is larger than 2s for each case, which means that it is meaningful to interpret the phase between h and U in the frequency range of the swell, as shown in Fig. 15b.
Cases 7-10 present a phase shift of 3.08 between wind and waves. For cases 11-14, the average phase shift is even smaller-that is, 1.98-as can be checked in Fig. 15b. The phase shift u between h and the wind relative to the waves, which is defined asUr 5U 2 c, is best il- lustrated in Fig. 16, averaged over all cases. As shown in Fig. 16, the wind maximum occurs near the crest of the swell, but with a small phase shift on the side of the windward face. This could result from errors associated with the values of u given above. We expect that the correction of the motion of OCARINA (based on ac- celerometer and gyroscope data) is the most important source of error. To check the impact of this source of error on u, we performed new calculations of u with a perturbation factor in the motion correction, in a ratio of 230% to 130%, which is a worst-case scenario. The result was a shift of phase of 688 to 138. Surface current was taken into account in the calculation of U. We also checked the impact of an error on the value of the cur- rent. If the current is not taken into account, then the values of u are modified by 218 only; thus, current has little impact on the phase found. Finally, we found that the average value of u was 12.486148.
Since real waves are not pure monochromatic sinu- soidal functions, it is difficult to illustrate the mean wind profile along the phase of the wave. Instead, we analyzed the statistical relation between U and h. The time series of U and h were band filtered in the spectral region of maximum coherence, that is, between 0.06 and 0.18 Hz for cases 7-10, and between 0.08 and 0.15 Hz for cases 11-14. Next, the time series of U and h were normalized as Un(t) 5 U(t)/4sU and hn(t) 5 h(t)/4sh, respectively, and then were shifted according to u. Next, the corre- lation coefficient and the slope a of the first-degree linear fit between Un and hn were calculated. As shown in Fig. 17, there is a statistical linear relationship be- tween Un and hn, even though a varies by more than 50% depending on the case under consideration. Wind amplitude was estimated as 2sU. Its values are plotted in Fig. 17c. On average, we found that 2sU 5 0.9 m s21 for following-swell cases, and 2sU 5 1.4 m s21 for counter- swell cases, which is comparable to the maximum orbital speed values represented in Fig. 13. This supports the idea that OCARINA is well adapted to further study the wave-induced wind undulation and stress.
A new design of platform is proposed for determining air-sea turbulent fluxes, surface heat budget, and some aspects of wave characteristics. OCARINA design and the results found in the present paper with OCARINA data are discussed hereafter, despite only a limited test set of 14 cases was available for validating the use of the platform and for investigating wave characteristics, turbulent fluxes, and wind-wave interactions.
It was observed that the platform motion character- istics were fully compatible with the determination of fluxes (section 4b). OCARINA orients itself perpen- dicular to the relative wind, which is not the best con- figuration for airflow distortion. However, distortion is still small, ;38, as was shown in section 4a.
The proposed design is obviously not the only possible response to the design criteria mentioned in section 1. Furthermore, the design is probably not better in terms of aerodynamic performance than what can be obtained by the ASIS buoy (Graber et al. 2000), at least for measurements performed at heights larger than 1.5 m.
With the chosen configuration, the three main fol- lowing criticisms can be made. First, a host ship is still required to deploy and recover the platform. Second, it would be impossible to get time series longer than a day with no gaps because batteries would have to be charged after 12 h. Last, a light design means a very limited payload and electric power; thus, the range of in- struments that can be installed on OCARINA is limited. Electric power would be even more limited in cold re- gions, where batteries would be less efficient. On the contrary, OCARINA was recently tested with success in tropical regions, with no overheating issues.
Wave heights for wavelengths larger than the size of the platform could be inferred from the motion of the platform with reasonable accuracy, on the order of 0.1 m in rms. However, as opposed to systems like ASIS, OCARINA cannot currently sample short waves. In addition, directional spectra of waves (hodographs) are presently not available. Note that ancillary gauges could be installed for obtaining these data, in the future.
Another limitation of OCARINA is that it drifts rather quickly under the effects of wind and surface current (,0.5 m s21 drift in a 10-kt wind). Drift is an issue that must be taken into account while planning the mission of the host ship, or if obstacles are present, as in coastal areas. Adding a drogue (parachute) to limit the drift of OCARINA was not attempted, as it could affect the motion of OCARINA and thus the quality of the wave height estimates.
While designing OCARINA, a major concern was water intrusion on the instruments so close to the waves. Water could affect the quality of sonic anemometer and radiation data. In practice, this did not happen for winds up to 17 kt (recorded in the Bay of Douarnenez at the beginning of the FROMVAR experiment) and for waves up to 3.3 m (on
b. Air-sea fluxes
Four flux estimation methods were applied, namely, the EC method, the ID method, the bulk method, and the profile method (for u* only). Only the friction ve- locity and the buoyancy flux were discussed in the present paper, as no instrument was available for mea- suring humidity fluctuations during the experiment. Cospectra of u0 w0 exhibited similar behavior as the em- pirical model of Kaimal et al. (1972) for cases of unstable surface boundary layer. However, in the lower-frequency range, OCARINA cospectra were higher than those of the model. In addition, it was noticed that the comparisons between EC u* estimates and bulk and ID u* estimates were improved by a factor up to 2 if the lower parts of the spectra were filtered out in the EC method, with a cutoff time period of 35 s. Under stable conditions or in low wind conditions, the OCARINA cospectra of u0 w0 were sig- nificantly different from the Kaimal et al. (1972) model, although the corresponding u* estimates were in good agreement with the other methods.
As OCARINA is a wave follower, the EC u* values measured at constant height above the surface could slightly differ from the EC u* values that would have been be measured at constant altitude [see the relationship in Grare et al. (2013), appendix A]. The order of magnitude of the differences will be checked in a future work.
We found that the bulk buoyancy flux compared well to EC estimates of the flux. In contrast, the buoyancy flux estimates from the ID method did not have a good fit to EC fluxes or bulk fluxes, especially in stable con- ditions. Unfortunately, too few points of comparison were available to draw firm conclusions. In a future work, this issue will be further investigated. The expo- nents of the inertial ranges of wind and temperature spectra, the critical Richardson number, and z-less pa- rameterization will be tested and compared to recent results of Grachev et al. (2012).
c. Wind and waves
It was shown that the alignment between stress and the mean wind direction was good when the wind speed was larger than 6 m s21, which is consistent with earlier results (Grachev et al. 2001). Wind and swell were spectrally coherent for eight cases. Furthermore, statis- tical linear relationships were found between wind var- iations and surface elevation. The phase shift between wind and swell was 12.486148 (average of following- and counterswell cases). Currently, there is a lack of data showing the phase between wind and surface ele- vation in the open sea. However, numerical models have been run (e.g., Sullivan et al. 2008), and wind tunnel data (Grare et al. 2013) as well as theoretical models (Kudryavtsev et al. 2001; Semedo et al. 2009) were al- ready published on the subject. According to the simu- lations made by Sullivan et al. (2008, p. 1231, their Fig. 5), wind should be in phase with the elevation, that is, wind accelerates on wave crests and slows down in wave troughs, consistent with what was found for OCARINA. Following previous authors (Belcher and Hunt 1993; Cohen and Belcher 1999), a model of airflow above waves was proposed by Kudryavtsev et al. (2001), in which the atmospheric layer was split into two re- gions, the inner and the outer regions. The altitude l of the limit separating both regions was defined by the following expression:
According to OCARINA data, the value of l is ;0.9 m, which means that OCARINA data at 1.5 m are made at the bottom of the outer region. According to the simu- lations and to the validation data of Kudryavtsev et al. (2001) as well as Sullivan et al. (2008), wind would be smaller in the trough of the waves than over the crests, which is in qualitative agreement with the present data. However, one would expect a larger phase shift value, that is, wind would be at maximum on the windward sides of the waves-in advance with respect to the crest. The phase would also increase with wave steepness, and decrease with wave age (Grare et al. 2013). In the present paper, wave age is large, that is, 2-12, and wave steepness is rather small, from 0.03 to 0.06, which might explain the small value of the phases found. No clear relationship was found between wind amplitude and orbital velocity, although they are of compatible magnitude.
An effort to add a humidity fluctuation measurement instrument, a log, and a set of wave gauges to OCARINA is in progress. In its present configuration, OCARINA was recently deployed during the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) Subtropical Atlantic Surface Salinity Experiment (STRASSE) (e.g., Reverdin et al. 2013), providing 120 h for data collection. Data processing and analysis are ongoing at Laboratoire Atmosph^eres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), and will be the object of a future paper. The masts of OCARINA will be adapted to a wave glider in the near future (http://liquidr.com).
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