Monday Morning Eye Opener, April 25, 2016

Weekly Newsletter from the Northwest District Office for libraries containing programs, activities, classes for the upcoming week.

Iowa Crop Progress & Condition, April 25, 2016

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October. Formally titled: Iowa Crop and Weather Report

Bioavailability of sinking organic matter in the Blanes canyon and the adjacent open slope (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Submarine canyons are sites of intense energy and material exchange between the shelf and the deep adjacent basins. To test the hypothesis that active submarine canyons represent preferential conduits of available food for the deep-sea benthos, two mooring lines were deployed at 1200 m depth from November 2008 to November 2009 inside the Blanes canyon and on the adjacent open slope (Catalan Margin, NW Mediterranean Sea). We investigated the fluxes, biochemical composition and food quality of sinking organic carbon (OC). OC fluxes in the canyon and the open slope varied among sampling periods, though not onsistently in the two sites. In particular, while in the open slope the highest OC fluxes were observed in August 2009, in the canyon the highest OC fluxes occurred in AprilMay 2009. For almost the entire study period, the OC fluxes in the canyon were significantly higher than those in the open slope, whereas OC contents of sinking particles collected in the open slope were consistently higher than those in the canyon. This result confirms that submarine canyons are effective conveyors of OC to the deep sea. Particles transferred to the deep sea floor through the canyons are predominantly of inorganic origin, significantly higher than that reaching the open slope at a similar water depth. Using multivariate statistical tests, two major clusters of sampling periods were identified: one in the canyon that grouped trap samples collected in December 2008, oncurrently with the occurrence of a major storm at the sea surface, and associated with increased fluxes of nutritionally available particles from the upper shelf. Another cluster grouped samples from both the canyon and the open slope collected in March 2009, concurrently with the occurrence of the seasonal phytoplankton bloom at the sea surface, and associated with increased fluxes of total phytopigments. Our results confirm the key ecological role of submarine canyons for the functioning of deep-sea ecosystems, and highlight the importance of canyons in linking episodic storms and primary production occurring at the sea surface to the deep sea floor.

Annual Report: Division of Acute Disease Prevention, Emergency Response, and Environmental Health 2015 April 25, 2016

This report is a result of the ADPER & EH division management team retreat that was held on July 30 and 31, 2015 where a gap was identified in our communication with customers, especially when it came to sharing information about planning efforts. The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive look at what ADPER & EH has accomplished in the past year as well as what we are working on for the future. It also serves as an annual informational resource for stakeholders, local partners, policy makers and the general public.

Catalogue d'effets précieux, en pendules, girandoles, feux, bras, bronzes, secrétaires, bureaux, porcelaines... Dont la vente a commencé le 28 août dernier et se fera par continuation... le mardi 25 février 1777 et jours suivants...

[Vente (Art). 1777-02-25. Paris]

The contribution of a pollinating seed predator to selection on Silene latifolia females.

Interactions, antagonistic or mutualistic, can exert selection on plant traits. We explored the role of Hadena bicruris, a pollinating seed predator, as a selective agent on its host, the dioecious plant Silene latifolia. We exposed females from artificial-selection lines (many, small flowers (SF) vs. few, large flowers (LF)) to this moth. Infestation did not differ significantly between lines, but the odds of attacked fruits aborting were higher in SF females. We partitioned selection between that caused by moth attack and that resulting from all other factors. In both lines, selection via moth attack for fewer, smaller flowers contrasted with selection via other factors for more flowers. In LF females, selection via the two components was strongest and selection via moth attack also favoured increased fruit abortion. This suggests that the moths act as more of a selective force on flower size and number via their predating than their pollinating role.

[1 lettre de Auguste-Emmanuel Vaucorbeil à Jacques-Léopold Heugel, 25 juin 1880]

"Cher ami, Si vous vouliez bien dire quelque chose dans le sens de la note ci-jointe vous obligeriez beaucoup votre affectionné, tout dévoué". - La note évoquée est manquante

[1 lettre d'Auguste-Emmanuel Vaucorbeil à Jacques-Léopold Heugel, 25 juin 1881]

L'informe que Devillers est à nouveau en mesure de chanter, lui demande ce qu'il doit attendre de Mlle Salla et le remercie pour l'envoi d'un article

[1 lettre d'Auguste-Emmanuel Vaucorbeil à Jacques-Léopold Heugel, 25 septembre 1881]

Met fin à un malentendu

[1 lettre d'Antoine Banès à Louis Aigoin, 25 octobre 1898]

Accuse réception des 15 volumes reliés des partitions d'orchestre des opéras de Boildieu que Louis Aigoin a offerts à la bibliothèque de l'Opéra-Comique (voir NLAS-207) et que le relieur du Sénat, Monsieur Vauthrin, a livrés. Remercie le donateur. - Brouillon de lettres. - Papier à en-tête : "Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts. Bibliothèque de l'Opéra-Comique". - Ancienne cote : Dossier d'artiste Boieldieu