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|2013-01-09, 23:05
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I like the ED better than the OP though.
|2013-01-09, 23:15
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K-On Season 3 Tamako Market is off to a good start. Tamako herself is wonderfully charismatic (She looks really snazzy in that top hat in the opening song, she should glue it to the top of her head so it never comes off imo), and the series has a lot of energy and charm to it. The opening and ending themes were both nice. I liked the cute bit in the opening scene where Tamako dances with her younger sister, who shines with the kind of adoration and hero worship that younger siblings often do whenever they have an older sibling much older than them (assuming they're fun and friendly like Tamako is, anyway).
Also, I didn't get that the bird's original made-up name was a pun until well over halfway through the episode. I am slow.
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|2013-01-09, 23:42
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I remember reading somewhere (think it was the Kyoani thread) that the staff are aiming to be more "family friendly" in their future projects.
The "restrain on moe" is my personal comment, nothing noted by the staff. Just something that I feel Kyoani over-indulges on to the point it sometimes becomes cringe-worthy if you're not into that kind of stuff. I'm talking about reliance on excessive antics, slapstick comedy or the next cute marketed catchphrase. I hardly felt that in Hyouka (vast majority of it was in Chitanda and the "Kimi ni Arimasu"), I felt it in flying in colours in Chuunibyou and I'm feeling about half and half from this pilot episode. However, I also felt a family friendly vibe with a dash of Cardcaptor Sakura from this which was nostalgic and pleasant. Hopefully the latter will keep up, and given Kyoani's general good track record when it comes to consistency (not necessarily quality) I'm optimistic this time.
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That was a pretty fun start to the show. I wish I could sneeze on a bird as awesome as that!
I...don't know if I should've felt sorry for all of them failing to give Tamako presents though. Wonder how many times that makes it for them.
Especially Michizou...keeping past presents in a drawer?!
|2013-01-10, 00:29
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Anyway, Tamako Market 1 has some of the nicest animation I've seen lately from Kyoani shows. The mochi making scenes were awesome, Tamako throwing the bird out of the shop was awesome, and the whole intro before the op was amazing.
I'm not yet entirely sold on the content of the show or on the characters, but the bird has an interesting personality. I also like Tamako, she is a really balanced character; she has that "airhead" trait but it's not exaggerated at all, she actually feels like a normal air-headed person would feel, instead of the anime conception of an airhead. When the interviews were commenting on Tamako loving everyone and all that jazz , I was expecting something much more emphasized to the point of being unrealistic, but it didn't come off that way at all. There were moments when she was actually annoyed by things!
All in all, the episode surpassed my expectations broadly on the technical department, but felt just a bit underwhelming compared to the hype. I liked it though, and I trust in Yamada to make each episode better than the rest.
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after watching the first episode. I dunno what to think about the story how will this go on when I saw the ending of the episode(searching for a bride for his "Prince" plot) with that bird I can say he's interesting, but he annoys me a bit, I think he needs to grow on me a little more. Characters are good well done and written.
I felt it was good episode, cute funny, but not nothing really special yet.
Tamako Market Ep.1 - 7/10
|2013-01-10, 01:53
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
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i didnt find it very compelling but it had its moments that had me chuckle, i also found it extremely similar to wooser sono higurashi, wooser and the parrot even sound conpicuously similar.
|2013-01-10, 02:57
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Dat fabulous bird. This was actually rather nice. I went in expecting to stay for the bird and that's exactly what happened. Found it really amusing how Dera somehow changed his speech style by the end of the ep. Did he hang around Mochizou too much? Everyone one else who doesn't have feathers was still pleasant to watch but I'm really glad Dera seems to have as much focus (if not more, hopefully more) as Tamako and her friends, because I can't see myself finding the latter interesting enough to stick around. So based on episode 1 I'd say my reasons for watching Tamako Market would be broken down to: 90% Dera, 5% Mochizou, 4% Everyone else, 1% Etc.
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Aha, so the prince has shown his face. Mochizou better start acting quick before he shows up. Though calling her dad otousan is a start.
And for some reason, I find the OP where Tamako and Mochizou high fiving endearing. It just looks so darn cute. XD
|2013-01-10, 03:37
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Watched the first eps, the animation is nice as always, but the show itself has a little bit too much laid back and atmosphere is too tame. It feels like Tari Tari and Tamayura, a true slice of life show that soothes but tones down the comedy. I got nothing against these type of shows, I actually like what they are about and always plan to watch them but I can never find enough enjoyment while watching to get enough drive to finish them.
I love Kyoani but this is just too far removed from the insanity and fun of Haruhi or the drama and mysteriousness of Air, probably the first Kyoani show I'll drop.
|2013-01-10, 03:52
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
However, more eps of Tamako Market needs to be aired to confirm as it may change later down the track.
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Ocean current, stream made up of horizontal and vertical components of the circulation system of ocean waters that is produced by gravity, wind friction, and water density variation in different parts of the ocean. Ocean currents are similar to winds in the atmosphere in that they transfer significant amounts of heat from Earth's equatorial areas to the poles and thus play important roles in determining the climates of coastal regions. In addition, ocean currents and atmospheric circulation influence one another.
The general circulation of the oceans defines the average movement of seawater, which, like the atmosphere, follows a specific pattern. Superimposed on this pattern are oscillations of tides and waves, which are not considered part of the general circulation. There also are meanders and eddies that represent temporal variations of the general circulation. The ocean circulation pattern exchanges water of varying characteristics, such as temperature and salinity, within the interconnected network of oceans and is an important part of the heat and freshwater fluxes of the global climate. Horizontal movements are called currents, which range in magnitude from a few centimetres per second to as much as 4 metres (about 13 feet) per second. A characteristic surface speed is about 5 to 50 cm (about 2 to 20 inches) per second. Currents generally diminish in intensity with increasing depth. Vertical movements, often referred to as upwelling and downwelling, exhibit much lower speeds, amounting to only a few metres per month. As seawater is nearly incompressible, vertical movements are associated with regions of convergence and divergence in the horizontal flow patterns.
Distribution of ocean currents
Maps of the general circulation at the sea surface were originally constructed from a vast amount of data obtained from inspecting the residual drift of ships after course direction and speed are accounted for in a process called dead reckoning. This information is collected by satellite-tracked surface drifters at sea at present. The pattern is nearly entirely that of wind-driven circulation.
At the surface, aspects of wind-driven circulation cause the gyres (large anticyclonic current cells that spiral about a central point) to displace their centres westward, forming strong western boundary currents against the eastern coasts of the continents, such as the Gulf Stream–North Atlantic–Norway Current in the Atlantic Ocean and the Kuroshio–North Pacific Current in the Pacific Ocean. In the Southern Hemisphere the counterclockwise circulation of the gyres creates strong eastern boundary currents against the western coasts of continents, such as the Peru (Humboldt) Current off South America, the Benguela Current off western Africa, and the Western Australia Current. The Southern Hemisphere currents are also influenced by the powerful, eastward-flowing, circumpolar Antarctic Current. It is a very deep, cold, and relatively slow current, but it carries a vast mass of water, about twice the volume of the Gulf Stream. The Peru and Benguela currents draw water from this Antarctic current and, hence, are cold. The Northern Hemisphere lacks continuous open water bordering the Arctic and so has no corresponding powerful circumpolar current, but there are small cold currents flowing south through the Bering Strait to form the Oya and Anadyr currents off eastern Russia and the California Current off western North America; others flow south around Greenland to form the cold Labrador and East Greenland currents. The Kuroshio–North Pacific and Gulf Stream–North Atlantic–Norway currents move warmer water into the Arctic Ocean via the Bering, Cape, and West Spitsbergen currents.
In the tropics the great clockwise and counterclockwise gyres flow westward as the Pacific North and South Equatorial currents, Atlantic North and South Equatorial currents, and the Indian South Equatorial Current. Because of the alternating monsoon climate of the northern Indian Ocean, the current in the northern Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea alternates. Between these massive currents are narrow eastward-flowing countercurrents.
Other smaller current systems found in certain enclosed seas or ocean areas are less affected by wind-driven circulation and more influenced by the direction of water inflow. Such currents are found in the Tasmanian Sea, where the southward-flowing East Australian Current generates counterclockwise circulation, in the northwestern Pacific, where the eastward-flowing Kuroshio–North Pacific current causes counterclockwise circulation in the Alaska Current and Aleutian Current (or Subarctic Current), in the Bay of Bengal, and in the Arabian Sea.
Deep-ocean circulation consists mainly of thermohaline circulation. The currents are inferred from the distribution of seawater properties, which trace the spreading of specific water masses. The distribution of density is also used to estimate the deep currents. Direct observations of subsurface currents are made by deploying current meters from bottom-anchored moorings and by setting out neutral buoyant instruments whose drift at depth is tracked acoustically.
Causes of ocean currents
The general circulation is governed by the equation of motion, one of the fundamental laws of mechanics developed by English physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton that was applied to a continuous volume of water. This equation states that the product of mass and current acceleration equals the vector sum of all forces that act on the mass. Besides gravity, the most important forces that cause and affect ocean currents are horizontal pressure-gradient forces, Coriolis forces, and frictional forces. Temporal and inertial terms are generally of secondary importance to the general flow, though they become important for transient features such as meanders and eddies.
Pressure gradients
The hydrostatic pressure, p, at any depth below the sea surface is given by the equation p = gρz, where g is the acceleration of gravity, ρ is the density of seawater, which increases with depth, and z is the depth below the sea surface. This is called the hydrostatic equation, which is a good approximation for the equation of motion for forces acting along the vertical. Horizontal differences in density (due to variations of temperature and salinity) measured along a specific depth cause the hydrostatic pressure to vary along a horizontal plane or geopotential surface, a surface perpendicular to the direction of the gravity acceleration. Horizontal gradients of pressure, though much smaller than vertical changes in pressure, give rise to ocean currents.
In a homogeneous ocean, which would have a constant potential density, horizontal pressure differences are possible only if the sea surface is tilted. In this case, surfaces of equal pressure, called isobaric surfaces, are tilted in the deeper layers by the same amount as the sea surface. This is referred to as the barotropic field of mass. The unchanged pressure gradient gives rise to a current speed independent of depth. The oceans of the world, however, are not homogeneous. Horizontal variations in temperature and salinity cause the horizontal pressure gradient to vary with depth. This is the baroclinic field of mass, which leads to currents that vary with depth. The horizontal pressure gradient in the ocean is a combination of these two mass fields.
The tilt, or topographic relief, of the isobaric surface marking sea surface (defined as p = 0) can be constructed from a three-dimensional density distribution using the hydrostatic equation. Since the absolute value of pressure is not measured at all depths in the ocean, the sea surface slope is presented relative to that of a deep isobaric surface; it is assumed that the deep isobaric surface is level. Since the wind-driven circulation attenuates with increasing depth, an associated decrease of isobaric tilt with increasing depth is expected. Representation of the sea surface relief relative to a deep reference surface is a good representation of the absolute shape of the sea surface. The total relief of the sea surface amounts to about 2 metres (about 6.5 feet), with "hills" in the subtropics and "valleys" in the polar regions. This pressure head drives the surface circulation.
Coriolis effect
Earth's rotation about its axis causes moving particles to behave in a way that can only be understood by adding a rotational dependent force. To an observer in space, a moving body would continue to move in a straight line unless the motion were acted upon by some other force. To an Earth-bound observer, however, this motion cannot be along a straight line because the reference frame is the rotating Earth. This is similar to the effect that would be experienced by an observer standing on a large turntable if an object moved over the turntable in a straight line relative to the "outside" world. An apparent deflection of the path of the moving object would be seen. If the turntable rotated counterclockwise, the apparent deflection would be to the right of the direction of the moving object, relative to the observer fixed on the turntable.
This remarkable effect is evident in the behaviour of ocean currents. It is called the Coriolis force, named after Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, a 19th-century French engineer and mathematician. For Earth, horizontal deflections due to the rotational induced Coriolis force act on particles moving in any horizontal direction. There also are apparent vertical forces, but these are of minor importance to ocean currents. Because Earth rotates from west to east about its axis, an observer in the Northern Hemisphere would notice a deflection of a moving body toward the right. In the Southern Hemisphere, this deflection would be toward the left. As a result, ocean currents move clockwise (anticyclonically) in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise (cyclonically) in the Southern Hemisphere; Coriolis force deflects them about 45° from the wind direction, and at the Equator there would be no apparent horizontal deflection.
It can be shown that the Coriolis force always acts perpendicular to motion. Its horizontal component, Cf, is proportional to the sine of the geographic latitude (θ, given as a positive value for the Northern Hemisphere and a negative value for the Southern Hemisphere) and the speed, c, of the moving body. It is given by Cf = c (2ω sin θ), where ω = 7.29 × 10−5 radian per second is the angular velocity of Earth's rotation.
Frictional forces
Movement of water through the oceans is slowed by friction, with surrounding fluid moving at a different velocity. A faster-moving fluid layer tends to drag along a slower-moving layer, and a slower-moving layer will tend to reduce the speed of a faster-moving layer. This momentum transfer between the layers is referred to as frictional forces. The momentum transfer is a product of turbulence that moves kinetic energy to smaller scales until at the tens-of-microns scale (1 micron = 1/1,000 mm) it is dissipated as heat. The wind blowing over the sea surface transfers momentum to the water. This frictional force at the sea surface (i.e., the wind stress) produces the wind-driven circulation. Currents moving along the ocean floor and the sides of the ocean also are subject to the influence of boundary-layer friction. The motionless ocean floor removes momentum from the circulation of the ocean waters.
Geostrophic currents
For most of the ocean volume away from the boundary layers, which have a characteristic thickness of 100 metres (about 330 feet), frictional forces are of minor importance, and the equation of motion for horizontal forces can be expressed as a simple balance of horizontal pressure gradient and Coriolis force. This is called geostrophic balance.
On a nonrotating Earth, water would be accelerated by a horizontal pressure gradient and would flow from high to low pressure. On the rotating Earth, however, the Coriolis force deflects the motion, and the acceleration ceases only when the speed, U, of the current is just fast enough to produce a Coriolis force that can exactly balance the horizontal pressure-gradient force. This geostrophic balance is given as dp/dx = v2ω sin θ, and dp/dy = –u2 sin, where dp/dx and dp/dy are the horizontal pressure gradient along the x-axis and y-axis, respectively, and u and v are the horizontal components of the velocity U along the x-axis and y-axis, respectively. From this balance it follows that the current direction must be perpendicular to the pressure gradient because the Coriolis force always acts perpendicular to the motion. In the Northern Hemisphere this direction is such that the high pressure is to the right when looking in current direction, while in the Southern Hemisphere it is to the left. This type of current is called a geostrophic current. The simple equation given above provides the basis for an indirect method of computing ocean currents. The relief of the sea surface also defines the streamlines (paths) of the geostrophic current at the surface relative to the deep reference level. The hills represent high pressure, and the valleys stand for low pressure. Clockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere with higher pressure in the centre of rotation is called anticyclonic motion. Counterclockwise rotation with lower pressure in its centre is cyclonic motion. In the Southern Hemisphere the sense of rotation is the opposite, because the effect of the Coriolis force has changed its sign of deflection.
Ekman layer
The wind exerts stress on the ocean surface proportional to the square of the wind speed and in the direction of the wind, setting the surface water in motion. This motion extends to a depth of about 100 metres in what is called the Ekman layer, after the Swedish oceanographer V. Walfrid Ekman, who in 1902 deduced these results in a theoretical model constructed to help explain observations of wind drift in the Arctic. Within the oceanic Ekman layer the wind stress is balanced by the Coriolis force and frictional forces. The surface water is directed at an angle of 45° to the wind, to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. With increasing depth in the boundary layer, the current speed is reduced, and the direction rotates farther away from the wind direction following a spiral form, becoming antiparallel to the surface flow at the base of the layer where the speed is 1/23 of the surface speed. This so-called Ekman spiral may be the exception rather than the rule, as the specific conditions are not often met, though deflection of a wind-driven surface current at somewhat smaller than 45° is observed when the wind field blows with a steady force and direction for the better part of a day. The average water particle within the Ekman layer moves at an angle of 90° to the wind; this movement is to the right of the wind direction in the Northern Hemisphere and to its left in the Southern Hemisphere. This phenomenon is called Ekman transport, and its effects are widely observed in the oceans.
Since the wind varies from place to place, so does the Ekman transport, forming convergence and divergence zones of surface water. A region of convergence forces surface water downward in a process called downwelling, while a region of divergence draws water from below into the surface Ekman layer in a process known as upwelling. Upwelling and downwelling also occur where the wind blows parallel to a coastline. The principal upwelling regions of the world are along the eastern boundary of the subtropical ocean waters, as, for example, the coastal region of Peru and northwestern Africa. Upwelling in these regions cools the surface water and brings nutrient-rich subsurface water into the sunlit layer of the ocean, resulting in a biologically productive region. Upwelling and high productivity also are found along divergence zones at the Equator and around Antarctica. The primary downwelling regions are in the subtropical ocean waters—e.g., the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic. Such areas are devoid of nutrients and are poor in marine life.
The vertical movements of ocean waters into or out of the base of the Ekman layer amount to less than 1 metre (about 3.3 feet) per day, but they are important since they extend the wind-driven effects into deeper waters. Within an upwelling region, the water column below the Ekman layer is drawn upward. This process, with conservation of angular momentum on the rotating Earth, induces the water column to drift toward the poles. Conversely, downwelling forces water into the water column below the Ekman layer, inducing drift toward the Equator. An additional consequence of upwelling and downwelling for stratified waters is to create a baroclinic field of mass. Surface water is less dense than deeper water. Ekman convergences have the effect of accumulating less dense surface water. This water floats above the surrounding water, forming a hill in sea level and driving an anticyclonic geostrophic current that extends well below the Ekman layer. Divergences do the opposite: they remove the less dense surface water, replacing it with denser, deeper water. This induces a depression in sea level with a cyclonic geostrophic current.
The ocean current pattern produced by the wind-induced Ekman transport is called the Sverdrup transport, after the Norwegian oceanographer H.U. Sverdrup, who formulated the basic theory in 1947. Several years later (1950) the American geophysicist and oceanographer Walter H. Munk and others expanded Sverdrup's work, explaining many of the major features of the wind-driven general circulation by using the mean climatological wind stress distribution at the sea surface as a driving force.
Two types of ocean circulation
Ocean circulation derives its energy at the sea surface from two sources that define two circulation types: (1) wind-driven circulation forced by wind stress on the sea surface, inducing a momentum exchange, and (2) thermohaline circulation driven by the variations in water density imposed at the sea surface by exchange of ocean heat and water with the atmosphere, inducing a buoyancy exchange. These two circulation types are not fully independent, since the sea-air buoyancy and momentum exchange are dependent on wind speed. The wind-driven circulation is the more vigorous of the two and is configured as gyres that dominate an ocean region. The wind-driven circulation is strongest in the surface layer. The thermohaline circulation is more sluggish, with a typical speed of 1 cm (0.4 inch) per second, but this flow extends to the seafloor and forms circulation patterns that envelop the global ocean.
Wind-driven circulation
Wind stress induces a circulation pattern that is similar for each ocean. In each case, the wind-driven circulation is divided into gyres that stretch across the entire ocean: subtropical gyres extend from the equatorial current system to the maximum westerlies in a wind field near 50° latitude, and subpolar gyres extend poleward of the maximum westerlies. The depth penetration of the wind-driven currents depends on the intensity of ocean stratification: in those regions of strong stratification, such as the tropics, the surface currents extend to a depth of less than 1,000 metres (about 3,300 feet), and within the low-stratification polar regions the wind-driven circulation reaches all the way to the seafloor.
Equatorial currents
At the Equator the currents are for the most part directed toward the west, the North Equatorial Current in the Northern Hemisphere and the South Equatorial Current in the Southern Hemisphere. Near the thermal equator, where the warmest surface water is found, there occurs the eastward-flowing Equatorial Counter Current. This current is slightly north of the geographic Equator, drawing the northern fringe of the South Equatorial Current to 5° Ν. Τhe offset to the Northern Hemisphere matches a similar offset in the wind field. Τhe east-to-west wind across the tropical ocean waters induces Ekman transport divergence at the Equator, which cools the surface water there.
At the geographic Equator a jetlike current is found just below the sea surface, flowing toward the east counter to the surface current. This is called the Equatorial Undercurrent. It attains speeds of more than 1 metre per second at a depth of nearly 100 metres. It is driven by higher sea level in the western margins of the tropical ocean, producing a pressure gradient, which in the absence of a horizontal Coriolis force drives a west-to-east current along the Equator. The wind field reverses the flow within the surface layer, inducing the South Equatorial Current.
Equatorial circulation undergoes variations following the irregular periods of roughly three to eight years of the Southern Oscillation (i.e., fluctuations of atmospheric pressure over the tropical Indo-Pacific region). Weakening of the east-to-west wind during a phase of the Southern Oscillation allows warm water in the western margin to slip back to the east by increasing the flow of the Equatorial Counter Current. Surface water temperatures and sea level decrease in the west and increase in the east. This event is called El Niño. The combined El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effect has received much attention because it is associated with global-scale climatic variability. In the tropical Indian Ocean the strong seasonal winds of the monsoons induce a similarly strong seasonal circulation pattern.
The subtropical gyres
The subtropical gyres are anticyclonic circulation features. The Ekman transport within these gyres forces surface water to sink, giving rise to the subtropical convergence near 20°–30° latitude. The centre of the subtropical gyre is shifted to the west. This westward intensification of ocean currents was explained by the American meteorologist and oceanographer Henry M. Stommel (1948) as resulting from the fact that the horizontal Coriolis force increases with latitude. This causes the poleward-flowing western boundary current to be a jetlike current that attains speeds of 2 to 4 metres (6.5 to 13 feet) per second. This current transports the excess heat of the low latitudes to higher latitudes. The flow within the equatorward-flowing interior and eastern boundary of the subtropical gyres is quite different. It is more of a slow drift of cooler water that rarely exceeds 10 cm (about 4 inches) per second. Associated with these currents is coastal upwelling that results from offshore Ekman transport.
The strongest of the western boundary currents is the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean. It carries about 30 million cubic metres (1 billion cubic feet) of ocean water per second through the Straits of Florida and roughly 80 million cubic metres (2.8 billion cubic feet) per second as it flows past Cape Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina, U.S. Responding to the large-scale wind field over the North Atlantic, the Gulf Stream separates from the continental margin at Cape Hatteras. After separation it forms waves or meanders that eventually generate many eddies of warm and cold water. The warm eddies, composed of thermocline water normally found south of the Gulf Stream, are injected into the waters of the continental slope off the coast of the northeastern United States. They drift to the southwest at rates of approximately 5 to 8 cm (about 2 to 3 inches) per second, and after a year they rejoin the Gulf Stream north of Cape Hatteras. Cold eddies of slope water are injected into the region south of the Gulf Stream and drift to the southwest. After roughly two years they reenter the Gulf Stream just north of the Antilles islands. The path that they follow defines a clockwise-flowing recirculation gyre seaward of the Gulf Stream.
Among the other western boundary currents, the Kuroshio of the North Pacific is perhaps the most like the Gulf Stream, having a similar transport and array of eddies. The Brazil Current and the East Australian Current are relatively weak. The Agulhas Current has a transport close to that of the Gulf Stream. It remains in contact with the margin of Africa around the southern rim of the continent. It then separates from the margin and curls back to the Indian Ocean in what is called the Agulhas Retroflection. Not all the water carried by the Agulhas Current returns to the east; about 10 to 20 percent is injected into the South Atlantic Ocean as large eddies that slowly migrate across it.
The subpolar gyres
The subpolar gyres are cyclonic circulation features. The Ekman transport within these features forces upwelling and surface water divergence. In the North Atlantic the subpolar gyre consists of the North Atlantic Current at its equatorward side and the Norwegian Current that carries relatively warm water northward along the coast of Norway. The heat released from the Norwegian Current into the atmosphere maintains a moderate climate in northern Europe. Along the east coast of Greenland is the southward-flowing cold East Greenland Current. It loops around the southern tip of Greenland and continues flowing into the Labrador Sea. The southward flow that continues off the coast of Canada is called the Labrador Current. This current separates for the most part from the coast near Newfoundland to complete the subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic. Some of the cold water of the Labrador Current, however, extends farther south.
In the North Pacific the subpolar gyre is composed of the northward-flowing Alaska Current, the Aleutian Current, and the southward-flowing cold Oyashio Current. The North Pacific Current forms the separation between the subpolar and subtropical gyres of the North Pacific.
In the Southern Hemisphere the subpolar gyres are less defined. Large cyclonic flowing gyres lie poleward of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and can be considered counterparts to the Northern Hemispheric subpolar gyres. The best-formed is the Weddell Gyre of the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. The Antarctic coastal current flows toward the west. The northward-flowing current off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula carries cold Antarctic coastal water into the circumpolar belt. Another cyclonic gyre occurs north of the Ross Sea.
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current
The Southern Ocean links the major oceans by a deep circumpolar belt in the 50°–60° S range. In this belt flows the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from west to east, encircling the globe at high latitudes. It transports 125 million cubic metres (4.4 billion cubic feet) of seawater per second over a path of about 24,000 km (about 14,900 miles) and is the most important factor in diminishing the differences between oceans. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is not a well-defined single-axis current but rather consists of a series of individual currents separated by frontal zones. It reaches the seafloor and is guided along its course by the irregular bottom topography. Large meanders and eddies develop in the current as it flows. These features induce poleward transfer of heat, which may be significant in balancing the oceanic heat loss to the atmosphere above the Antarctic region farther south.
Thermohaline circulation
The general circulation of the oceans consists primarily of the wind-driven currents. These, however, are superimposed on the much more sluggish circulation driven by horizontal differences in temperature and salinity—namely, the thermohaline circulation. The thermohaline circulation reaches down to the seafloor and is often referred to as the deep, or abyssal, ocean circulation. Measuring seawater temperature and salinity distribution is the chief method of studying the deep-flow patterns. Other properties also are examined; for example, the concentrations of oxygen, carbon-14, and such synthetically produced compounds as chlorofluorocarbons are measured to obtain resident times and spreading rates of deep water.
In some areas of the ocean, generally during the winter season, cooling or net evaporation causes surface water to become dense enough to sink. Convection penetrates to a level where the density of the sinking water matches that of the surrounding water. It then spreads slowly into the rest of the ocean. Other water must replace the surface water that sinks. This sets up the thermohaline circulation. The basic thermohaline circulation is one of sinking of cold water in the polar regions, chiefly in the northern North Atlantic and near Antarctica. These dense water masses spread into the full extent of the ocean and gradually upwell to feed a slow return flow to the sinking regions. A theory for the thermohaline circulation pattern was proposed by Stommel and Arnold Arons in 1960.
In the Northern Hemisphere the primary region of deep water formation is the North Atlantic; minor amounts of deep water are formed in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. A variety of water types contribute to the so-called North Atlantic Deep Water. Each one of them differs, though they share a common attribute of being relatively warm (greater than 2° C) and salty (greater than 34.9 parts per thousand) compared with the other major producer of deep and bottom water, the Southern Ocean (0° C and 34.7 parts per thousand). North Atlantic Deep Water is primarily formed in the Greenland and Norwegian seas, where cooling of the salty water introduced by the Norwegian Current induces sinking. This water spills over the rim of the ridge that stretches from Greenland to Scotland, extending to the seafloor to the south as a convective plume. It then flows southward, pressed against the western edge of the North Atlantic. Additional deep water is formed in the Labrador Sea. This water, somewhat less dense than the overflow water from the Greenland and Norwegian seas, has been observed sinking to a depth of 3,000 metres (about 9,800 feet) within convective features referred to as chimneys. Vertical velocities as high as 10 cm per second have been observed within these convective features. A third variety of North Atlantic Deep Water is derived from net evaporation within the Mediterranean Sea. This draws surface water into the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar. The mass of salty water formed within the Mediterranean exits as a deeper stream. It descends to depths of approximately 1,000 metres in the North Atlantic Ocean, forming the uppermost layer of North Atlantic Deep Water. The outflow in the Strait of Gibraltar reaches as high as 2 metres per second, but its total transport amounts to only 5 percent of the total North Atlantic Deep Water formed. The outflow of the Mediterranean plays a significant role in boosting the salinity of North Atlantic Deep Water.
The blend of North Atlantic Deep Water, with a total formation rate of 15 to 20 million cubic metres (530 to 706 million cubic feet) per second, quickly ventilates the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in a residence time of less than 200 years. The deep water spreads away from its source along the western side of the Atlantic Ocean and, on reaching the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, spreads into the Indian and Pacific oceans. The sinking of North Atlantic Deep Water is compensated for by the slow upwelling of deep water, mainly in the Southern Ocean, to replenish the upper stratum of water that has descended as North Atlantic Deep Water. North Atlantic Deep Water exported to the other oceans must be balanced by the inflow of upper-layer water into the Atlantic. Some water returns as cold, low-salinity Pacific water through the Drake Passage in the form of what is known as Antarctic Intermediate Water, and some returns as warm salty thermocline water from the Indian Ocean around the southern rim of Africa.
Remnants of North Atlantic Deep Water mix with Southern Ocean water to spread along the seafloor into the North Pacific Ocean. Here it upwells to a level of 2,000–3,000 metres (about 6,500–9,800 feet) and returns to the south lower in salinity and oxygen but higher in nutrient concentrations as North Pacific Deep Water. This North Pacific Deep Water is eventually swept eastward with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Modification of deep water in the North Pacific is the direct consequence of vertical mixing, which carries into the deep ocean the low salinity properties of North Pacific Intermediate Water. The latter is formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Because of the immenseness of the North Pacific and the extremely long residence time (more than 500 years) of the water, enormous quantities of North Pacific Deep Water can be produced by vertical mixing.
Considerable volumes of cold water generally of low salinity are formed in the Southern Ocean. Such water masses spread into the interior of the global ocean and to a large extent are responsible for the anomalous cold, low-salinity state of the modern oceans. The circumstances leading to this role for the Southern Ocean are related to the existence of a deep-ocean circumpolar belt around Antarctica that was established some 25 million years ago by the shifting lithospheric plates which make up Earth's surface. This belt establishes the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which isolates Antarctica from the warm surface waters of the subtropics. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current does not completely sever contact with the lower latitudes. The Southern Ocean does have access to the waters of the north, but through deep- and bottom-water pathways. The basic dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current lift dense deep water occurring north of the current to the ocean surface south of it. Once exposed to the cold Antarctic air masses, the upwelling deep water is converted to the cold Antarctic Bottom Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water. The southward and upwelling deep water, which carries heat injected into the deep ocean by processes farther north, is balanced by the northward spread of cooler, fresher, oxygenated water masses of the Southern Ocean. It is estimated that the overturning rate of water south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current amounts to 35 to 45 million cubic metres (1.2 to 1.6 billion cubic feet) per second, most of which becomes Antarctic Bottom Water.
The primary site of Antarctic Bottom Water formation is within the continental margins of the Weddell Sea, though some is produced in other coastal regions, such as the Ross Sea. Also, there is evidence of deep convective overturning farther offshore. Antarctic Bottom Water, formed at a rate of 30 million cubic metres per second, slips below the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and spreads to regions well north of the Equator. Slowly upwelling and modified by mixing with less dense water, it returns to the Southern Ocean as deep water.
The remaining upwelling of deep water spreads near the surface to the north, where it forms Antarctic Intermediate Water within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current zone and spreads along the base of the thermoclines farther north. This water mass forms a sheet of low-salinity water that demarcates the lower boundary of the subtropical thermocline. It upwells into the thermocline, partly compensating for the sinking of North Atlantic Deep Water.Arnold L. Gordon
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I love these webisodes. I know they take a lot of time to do, but sure wish you had them all of the time. You two are fantastic and so inspiring. Thank you so much......
WOW...I mean really WOW! I'm going to have to order these DVDs. What a great idea to have all these ideas right in front of you when you need an idea!
New to this site will look forward to many more thank you
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you always come up with such fabulous
webisodes? This is so right up my alley...
Love all 3 of you bunches and a special
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Looks likw great fun...can't wait to get started.
This looks like much fun.
Can't wait to get these two
DVD's by Teresa.
I really enjoyed this webisode. I love making cards even though my husband says it takes me 2 days and $100.00 to make a card. I have to admit I do buy a lot of papercrafting supplies. I am retired and I spend all my spare time scrapbooking and papercrafting. I love paper and I am an addict. If there waa a paper additcts annoymous, I would join. I try to save money by turning the air conditioner up and hanging clothes out to dry. Here in Fla., it doesn't take long for them to dry. I figure any money I save, I can spend a little more. Anyway, keep up the good work. I can't wait for the dvd's. I love watching the webisodes and something like this is perfect for me. I wish you had webisodes everyday...
I always thought that Theresa should write a book. Thank you.
These look like they are so easy! Just one question, if I purchase the 2 DVD's, does any papers or embellishments come with them? If not, which papers and embellishments do I need to purchase?
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
The special offer on the DVDs has just the two of them. The "super saver" window has all the papers and embellishments. It's on the right side of the webisode window and just under the one that shows the DVDs. I think you'll love the collection and the DVDs are pretty wonderful.----Paulette
I love it, and specially
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order all the things I saw.
These are wonderful! May I ask if the DVDs are the same ones that we are watching on the Webisodes or are these classes only available on the DVD?
Reply from Paper Wishes Customer Service:
The projects on the webisode are all new but they are based on the classes shown on the DVDs. So the projects on the DVDs will be all new.
This looks like some real fun. I feel like a kid in a candy store and can't wait for the things I ordered to arrive.
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FREMONT, Calif.—Nov. 17, 2010—Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) introduced a variety of unified communications (UC) solutions to help businesses make the most out of their UC investments. With new Logitech for Business HD webcams and headsets optimized for Microsoft® Lync™ 2010, along with a portfolio of enterprise video conferencing products from its LifeSize division, Logitech is offering a broad range of video communications solutions to businesses – from an employee's desktop to the conference room.
Businesses are adopting UC solutions at an increasingly faster pace, with the installed base of fully integrated UC solutions predicted to grow from 2.1 million users in 2009 to 50 million users by 2015, according to a February 2010 Frost & Sullivan report, "World Unified Communications Markets." UC enables multiple communication channels to be integrated in the enterprise from Voice over IP, presence, email, video conferencing to instant messaging. As a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, Logitech aims to meet this growing need by rolling out UC solutions, including webcams and headsets that are optimized for Lync – the next generation of Microsoft Corp.'s UC software.
As businesses refresh their communications infrastructure and implement UC to improve cost savings and productivity, there's a rising need for Logitech's UC solutions, which make it possible for business users to see and hear their clients, partners and co-workers with a high-quality experience. Logitech has more than 15 years of experience developing market-leading webcams, with partnerships such as Carl Zeiss that deliver an unmatched level of quality. Working with Microsoft builds on that offering with products specifically designed to improve the user UC experience by delivering improved clarity and conversation quality. The latest addition to the lineup is the Logitech® B910 HD Webcam, which offers 720p HD video conferencing and stereo audio for business users on their PC.
For IT managers who want a high performance headset optimized for Lync, Logitech plans to introduce optimized corded and wireless headsets as part of its growing UC product portfolio early next year.
"Logitech's suite of UC devices optimized for Lync provides users with a quality communications experience making it easier for people to connect and collaborate, anytime, anywhere." said Ashima Singhal, group product manager, Microsoft Lync.
"Part of our effort to bring seamless HD video communications to anyone, anywhere, on any connected screen, includes supporting collaborative communications in the enterprise as well as their integration into business processes," said Eric Kintz, vice president and general manager of Logitech's video business. "With this lineup of UC products optimized for Lync, we're helping to bring the value of UC to life – enabling businesses to take full advantage of their UC investments."
Pricing and Availability
The Logitech UC offerings optimized for Microsoft Lync include: The Logitech® B910 HD Webcam, available today in the U.S. and Europe for $99.99 (U.S.). Logitech plans to introduce Lync optimized corded and wireless headsets in early 2011.
About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).


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About Scholarships
Scholarships at Sonoma State University are awarded on the basis of academic merit, usually without regard to financial need or state of residency. Students should contact the SSU Scholarship Office in Stevenson Hall, Room 1050, (707) 664-2261 for information. The annual scholarship application deadline is January 15.
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There are several scholarships available to Sonoma State students that are specific to teaching, please go to SSU Scholarship website for more information. Off-campus scholarship information is available in the Scholarship Office in Stevenson Hall, Room 1050. Good sites for scholarship searches on the Internet are: FastWeb, FinAid, and the California Student Aid Commission. Scholarship funding is taken into account when preparing a financial aid award package and may reduce other aid. Students are required to notify the Sonoma State University Financial Aid Office when they are awarded a scholarship.
Scholarship Sonoma County
Scholarship Sonoma County is a post-secondary scholarship program administered through the San Rafael based 10,000 Degrees. All students are encouraged toapply, since they administer many scholarships with various requirements via this one application process. The basic eligibility requirements are demonstrated financial need, enrollment in a program leading to a student's first associate's degree, bachelor's degree, certificate or teaching credential during the 2013-2014 academic year, and enrollment in a minimum of 12 academic units while receiving a scholarship.


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Established in 1900, Mack Truckshave been providing durable and reliable trucks for over a century. During World War I, the British preferred the Mack AC model over other trucks. The snub nose appearance of the hood and the tenacity of these trucks reminded the soldiers of the English Bulldog. Ever since then (1932) the bulldog has been the symbol of Mack Trucks. Mack Trucks are proud to be American made and have the back bones to prove it. Our trucks are now sold in over 45 countries and are certified internationally to the ISO9001 standard for quality and the ISO14001 standard for environment management systems.
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Area events over the next few days
MUSIC FESTIVAL/Beaufort
The 25th annual Beaufort Music Festival will be Friday and Saturday. This free weekend of music is along the Beaufort waterfront and hosts music from all over the east coast. The fun begins at 5 p.m. Friday and noon on Saturday. For more information, go to beaufortmusicfestival.com.
The Eastern North Carolina Bluegrass Association will have its monthly concert Saturday in the Lenoir Community College Waller Auditorium. South River Band, and Ted Jones and The Tarheel Boys will play. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $7 at the door. Children 12 years old and younger are admitted free. For more information, call 252-244-0712.
ENC FOSSILS/Goldsboro
Dr. George Oliver Jr. of the Aurora Fossil Museum will present a program on the fossils of Eastern North Carolina at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wayne County Museum, 116 N. William St. A brief discussion illustrated by representative specimens will be followed by a �hands-on� fossil hunt in material supplied by Potash Corp Aurora. Attendees will be able to keep their finds to start or add to their own fossil collections. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Wayne County Museum at 919-734-5023.
MOTHER�S DAY/Washington
Spend a special hour with your mom from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday enjoying nature at Goose Creek State Park. Team up to participate in a wildlife scavenger hunt and then finish the afternoon by making a Mother�s Day card together. Meet at the Environmental Education and Visitor Center. The camp is at 2190 Camp Leach Road, 10 miles east of Washington off US 264. For more information, call 252-923-2191.


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Dungeons of Dredmor is a roguelike indie game released on July 13, 2011 by Gaslamp Games. The game features tile-based graphics. A DLC release for the game entitled "Realm of the Diggle Gods" was also released later that year. A second DLC called "You Have To Name The Expansion Pack" was released on June 5, 2012. A third DLC called "Conquest of the Wizardlands" was released on August 1, 2012. The game has extensive support for user created modifications.
The game starts as the player assumes the role of the game's main character entering a hostile dungeon crawler environment. The player enters a dungeon at the top floor and gradually progresses down through levels of increasing difficulty. Each level is a randomly generated maze of interconnected rooms, filled with monsters, traps, loot, and various objects.
The game world is laid out in a tile-based square grid viewed from a top-down perspective, where the player, enemies, and various items and objects occupy discrete squares. The game is turn-based, and both the player and numerous enemies take turns performing actions. Each turn the player may move to or attack monsters in adjacent squares, pick up, drop, and use items, and interact with various in-game objects.
As in most role-playing games, the player has several character statistics that determine their effectiveness in various aspects of gameplay. The player begins the game with 7 chosen skills, which may be further improved as the player gains experience levels. The combat focuses on melee, ranged, and magic attacks, as well as use of items and skills. Weapons and equipment can be worn to improve player's defences and abilities. The player carries an inventory of items, which can include various foods, drinks, potions, crafting materials, etc.
Critics have generally given the game high scores, and as of June 6, 2012 it holds a 79/100 score at Metacritic and 79.00% at GameRankings.
Alec Meer of Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes how the game's complexity and heavy reliance on the random aspect makes it unbalanced and unpredictable. He notes that careful strategy has to be employed; and ends that Dungeons of Dredmor is "genuinely, a fantastic game" albeit with minor interface issues.
Jordan Baughman of GamesRadar calls the game a "competent roguelike" and points out that the game requires careful strategy. He notes the game's humor sets it apart other roguelikes, but criticizes inventory management. Adam Biessener of Game Informer calls the game a "fun, accessible, lighthearted dungeon crawl". He notes that the game does not innovate outside the bounds of the genre, but manages to excel at certain aspects. He also remarks on the game's humor and level of detail.
Nathan Meunier of IGN calls the game challenging, but also notes it is easy to get into with adjusted difficulty settings. He also praises its game's humor and replayability.
Jason Wilson of GamePro praises the game's simple starting setup and calls the game's combat "simple yet deep". While he sees the game's difficulty as a good feature, he also comments on balance issues. Josh McIllwain of Ars Technica notes that the game's "wicked sense of humor" sets it apart from other roguelike games. He also points out the difficulty and calls the game "brutal and unforgiving".
PC Gamer US chose Dungeons of Dredmor as their "Indie Game of the Year" for 2011.
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Sapphire, the September birthstone, has been popular since the Middle Ages and, according to folklore, will protect your loved ones from envy and harm. Medieval clergy wore sapphires to symbolize heaven, while commoners thought the gem attracted heavenly blessings. Blue sapphires range from very light to very dark green or violet blue, as well as various shades of pure blue. The most prized colors are a medium to medium dark blue or slightly violet blue. Sapphire is a variety of the gem species corundum and occurs in all colors of the rainbow. Pink, purple, green, orange, or yellow corundum are known by their color (pink sapphire, green sapphire). Ruby is the red variety of corundum. White sapphires can appear to be just as natural as a true diamond offering the same beauty and lifelong value.
Caring for your sapphire jewelry is a simple process that will ensure that your gemstone maintains its beautiful sparkle. The best way to keep your gem clean is to bring it to your local Helzberg Diamonds store for a complimentary cleaning and inspection. At home, you can brighten your sapphire jewelry by gentling wiping the gemstone with a jewelry polishing cloth and warm water.


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Written by active U.S. Tier 1 Operators while deployed overseas and inspired by real world threats, Medal of Honor Warfighter delivers an aggressive, gritty, and authentic experience that puts gamers in the boots of today's most precise and disciplined warrior. Medal of Honor Warfighter is an up close and personal look at today's battlefield and the fight against the ongoing global terror threat.
Medal of Honor Warfighter tells the story of U.S. Tier 1 Operator, "Preacher" as he returns home from overseas only to find his family torn apart from years of overseas deployment. Trying to pick up the pieces to salvage what remains of his marriage, Preacher is reminded of what he's fighting for - family. But, when an extremely deadly form of explosive (PETN) penetrates civilian borders and his two worlds collide, Preacher and his fellow teammates are sent in to solve the problem. They take the fight to the enemy and do whatever it takes to protect their loved ones from harm.
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Going to Extremes: Customers Run the Gamut in Their Loyalty to Banks
What kind of industry would represent the extremes of customer engagement and loyalty – from the strongest and most-likely to be recommended to the worst and least-likely to be recommended? No, it's not the airlines, healthcare or telecom industries -- it's banking and financial services, according to a new research report from Temkin Group (Waban, Mass.).
Based on a survey of 5,000 consumers, Temkin's "Net Promoter Score Benchmark Study, 2012" calculates the Net Promoter Score (NPS) for 180 companies across 19 industries. According to Temkin, NPS identifies the likelihood of consumers to recommend a company to their friends and family.
In keeping with its frequent high rankings in customer service/loyalty studies, diversified financial services provider USAA earned the highest NPS scores on the Temkin list for two of its businesses: 77 percent in banking and 75 percent in insurance. Credit unions (as a category, not any specific organization) also ranked highly. However, a number of banks, card companies and insurers showed up at the opposite end of the customer loyalty spectrum. According to the Temkin research, HSBC earned the lowest two NPS scores across all companies for its banking and credit card businesses, with NPS scores below zero. Other companies at the bottom of the NPS ratings include Capital One and Citibank (for its banking and credit card businesses), as well as health insurers Anthem and Aetna.
Looking at the range of NPSs across the industries surveyed, which included auto dealers, software companies, retailers, wireless carriers and car rental agencies, what was most striking to me was that the range for banks not only represented the lowest and highest scores, but also was by far the widest of any industry -- from -18 percent to 77 percent. That's a 95-point range, compared to 54-point ranges between highest and lowest scores for TV service providers and hotel chains, and a 48-point range for insurance.
What factors into the ways consumers evaluate all these different service providers? According to the Temkin Group executive summary of the research:
We also asked consumers what would make them more likely to recommend the companies and found that promoters are more likely to select lower prices and detractors are more likely to select better customer service. While there is some debate about the efficacy of NPS, our analysis shows that promoters are much more likely than detractors to purchase more in the future across all industries.
Given the continuing negative public perception of the banking industry, I guess it's not all that surprising that financial services firms are heavily represented in this research among companies with a high number of service detractors. To some extent, there probably is going to be negativity toward banks no matter what they do. Still, USAA's success and high ratings show that it doesn't have to be this way. Granted, USAA has a relatively homogenous customer base of active and retired military personnel. But it also has a long-standing corporate culture based around good service, customer insight and technology innovation. Clearly, those investments are paying off, in more ways than one.
Katherine Burger is Editorial Director of Bank Systems & Technology and Insurance & Technology, members of UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek Financial Services. She assumed leadership of Bank Systems & Technology in 2003 and of Insurance & Technology in 1991. In addition to ... View Full Bio


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Have you ever been on a diet?
Have you ever been on a diet?
You know, the one where you can't eat bread, or drink soda, or eat pasta, or whatever your favorite food is.
You can't eat after nine and before long you trick yourself into thinking, this isn't so bad. I don't miss beer that much.
Sometimes we believe the lies we tell ourselves.
Did you ever try on jeans, convince yourself that they fit only to take them off 10 minutes later because you couldn't breathe?
Sometimes it's impossible to trick yourself into believing something you know isn't true. Which leads me to sports.
Every summer I talk myself into thinking the Washington Redskins can make the playoffs. And then by Week 6 I'm left rooting for my wife's team (the Pittsburgh Steelers) and thinking about next year's draft. It's been a sad ongoing cycle recently.
Tonight, the Redskins will win the NFC East by beating the Dallas Cowboys. Washington doesn't need any other team to win or lose — just win and it's done.
The team that lost to Carolina and St. Louis this year could be on the verge of something good.
It's been a long time since the Redskins have made the playoffs — 2006 to be exact. That year they beat Tampa Bay and then lost to Seattle in the NFC Divisional round.
Before that,Washington made the playoffs in 2000 only to win and then lose in the postseason.
It's been 20 years since Washington won its last Super Bowl, a 37-24 victory over Buffalo in 1992. Since then I've been on a diet of despair, utter disappointment and a "I can't believe I root for this team" chaser.
How can a guy live on this kind of substance year after year? Give me something, Washington. Give me something to chew on for next year.
Is a playoff berth too much to ask for? I'm dying here. I wear my Redskins T-shirts in public and little kids point and laugh.
And now we're 9-6. Robert Griffin III is one of the top rookies in the NFL and Redskins fans everywhere are smiling. Sort of.
We trust this team, but we've also been hurt before. You see, we've been on this diet of mediocrity for so long we forgot what the playoffs smell like.
I rarely ask for a win from my team, but today I am. I don't feel like telling myself more lies until the draft. What's worse is I don't know how much longer I can go on believing them.


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Is It Time to Bury Harry?
The Nevada US Senate race between Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican state legislator Sharon Angle is very close. Most of the elite election prognosticators categorize this race as a "toss up".
Reid and Angle met in their one and only debate. And, judging from the reviews of left-leaning pundits, Reid just may be toast.
John Ralston of the Las Vegas Sun wrote:
Sharron Angle won The Big Debate. Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine O'Donnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring many more rhetorical points. And she won because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid looked as if he could barely stay on a linear argument, abruptly switching gears and failing to effectively parry or thrust.
T. A. Frank of The New Republic whined:
I could go on with my laments about Reid's performance—about how he fumbled an answer on Social Security, about how he picked Antonin Scalia and Byron "Whizzer" White as particular Supreme Court favorites, about how he couldn't find his closing statement and wound up shuffling through his papers and then reading something that didn't really work anyway. But we're all busy people. No, let's not dwell on the past…
Taegan Goddard of CQ's Political Wire posted:
It's hard to paint your opponent as not ready for primetime if you don't come across looking much better than she did… Reid also slipped into 'Washington-speak' time and time again. Perhaps the worst moment for him: his shuffling around for notes for his closing statement.
Reid's congressional co-conspirator, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA/8), resides in a very safe district — centered on super-liberal San Francisco. Pelosi will coast through her re-election race.
However, Reid's term expires at a particularly bad time for him. Reid has to run for re-election in a state with 14.2% unemployment — the highest in the nation. And, Reid has been front and center in ramming through the most odious components of the Obama economic agenda.
This makes Harry Reid the national "poster boy" for a midterm referendum on the Obama presidency. That infamy channeled over $14 million to Angle's campaign to oust Reid… in just three months!.
Nevadans will decide if this is the final chapter in the Harry Reid saga. But, right now it appears Reid's re-election hope is living on a prayer (cue Bon Jovi). But as Garth Brooks sang, "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."
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McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds has launched a series of innovative board, card and party games. It's flagship product, You've Been Sentenced! has been recognized with numerous national awards including the Gold Seal Award by OppenheimToy Portfolio and the Best Family Fun Game by Spewgie. The first release of the game is complete on its own - but now several Add-on decks are available for extended play. McNeill Designs has now released a new game as well, Twisted Fish, with puts a new twist on a classic favorite, Go Fish!
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I'm a hobby photographer and take a lot of photos. Most of them are for family use and I also take them for some of my volunteer work. I'm also a digital scrapbooker.
At work I used Photoshop, but it's so expensive so at home I got Photoshop Elements. It does most of what I need done and, I like the photo organization capabilities. (Although it is slow sometimes.)
I've heard photographers say how much they like Lightroom. Upgrading to Photoshop and Lightroom would be pretty expensive and I'm wondering what are the major differences between what I have now (Photoshop Elements). Has anyone used both? Do you think it's worth upgrading in my case?
I usually take pictures in JPG but my new camera can take RAW. (I haven't experimented with that yet.)