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We could have flooded the market with the jackets,' says Greg. 'But we wanted to make sure the design was perfect and that we were providing a product that is far superior to anything else on the market.'

And they are also making waves in the social scene. About five years ago, Greg was convinced by his daughter that Halo needed to be on Instagram. Now boasting more than 1,300 posts, Halo Waterfowl's Instagram page alone has more than 125,000 followers. They took the success they found there and then created halocountrytv.com. Between Halo Waterfowl's social media page, their 72 pro-staffers nationwide, 12 elite staff members and country music artist Riley Green, they've gathered five million followers. But Halo Waterfowl does more to reach their target demographic than the use of social media. They have also created a smartphone app that allows users to see migratory patterns of waterfowl, sunrise/sunset times, bird identification catalog and more. The app also provides a quick link to Halo's complete online catalog. Greg and the team have even added each of Halo Country TV's episodes to the app. They plan to release 24 brand new episodes in the next 12 months to strategically target those with a specific interest in their products and lifestyle, rather than paying to have the episodes shown on outdoor-related channels. By harnessing the power of social media and the smartphone app, Halo Waterfowl has been able to save valuable resources while creating a marketing tool that can easily be shared by users. For more info on these unique jacket designers, check them out online, and on Facebook and Instagram.

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Zoom of the inner 30 light-years of the dark matter halo. The rotating gaseous disk breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars. (Credit: John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology)

The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. Incredibly, the light from the most distant black holes (or quasars) has been traveling to us for more than 13 billion light years. However, we do not know how these monster black holes formed.

The new study finds that massive black holes form in dense starless regions that are growing rapidly, turning upside down the long-accepted belief that massive black hole formation was limited to regions bombarded by the powerful radiation of nearby galaxies. Conclusions of the simulation-based study, reported January 23 in the journal Nature and supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, the European Union and NASA, also finds that massive black holes are much more common in the universe than previously thought.

When the research team found these black hole formation sites in the simulation they were at first stumped, said John Regan, research fellow in the Centre for Astrophysics and Relativity in Dublin City University. The previously accepted paradigm was that massive black holes could only form when exposed to high levels of nearby radiation.

The improved resolution of the simulation done for two candidate regions allowed the scientists to see turbulence and the inflow of gas and clumps of matter forming as the black hole precursors began to condense and spin. Their growth rate was dramatic.

A 30,000 light-year region from the Renaissance Simulation centered on a cluster of young galaxies that generate radiation (white) and metals (green) while heating the surrounding gas. A dark matter halo just outside this heated region forms three supermassive stars (inset) each over 1,000 times the mass of our sun that will quickly collapse into massive black holes and eventually supermassive black holes over billions of years. (Credit: Advanced Visualization Lab, National Center for Supercomputing Applications)

You'll see the sign, but the crowd out front will signal that you've arrived at Kamayan ATL. Once a pop-up, this place from owners Mia Orino and Carlo Gan has a serious fan base, so reservations are a must. The tables are tight but it's homey, and the busy cadence, coupled with the tropical island decor, adds to the vibe.

Tagalog for "by hand," kamayan is the traditional Filipino form of dining. Choose from a menu of family-style dishes, with a good dose of classics mixed with regional items. Lumpia are always a hit, while the sinigang, with tender pork ribs bobbing in a tamarind-based broth, is spot on. Sided by rice, it's a feast unto itself. Halo halo is on offer, but most of the items are packaged from local Filipino bakery, Hapag.

Accurate habitat mapping in salt marshes is important for both management and conservation goals, as it provides information essential for identifying sensitive areas and documenting changes over time as the result of sea level rise or human perturbations. The goal of this study is to characterize patterns of marsh plant distribution in the salt marshes surrounding back barrier islands (hammocks) within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER. In the summer of 2007 the GCE LTER surveyed over 50 hammocks of different origin and size. Sub-meter accuracy GPS units were used to map the hammock upland border and the extent of the upper marsh (from the hammock border to the upper edge of Spartina alterniflora, i.e. the marsh "halo"), and plants within the halo were characterized. Analysis of these data showed that marsh plant community composition directly adjacent to the upland border is affected by both the size and origin of the hammock. Additionally, there are significant differences in both the mean halo width and the dominant plant species in relation to hammock size and origin. I am currently using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data in combination with hyperspectral aerial imagery to map plant species to elucidate how elevation, in addition to proximity to uplands, determines marsh plant distributions.

The dome opened in 1992. It has now been replaced by the one-point-six billion-dollar Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door.

The new stadium is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer's Atlanta United.

In addition to the retractable roof that opens like a camera lens, Mercedes-Benz Stadium boasts an eleven-hundred-foot "halo board" video display and a giant steel sculpture of a falcon with its 70-foot wingspan at one of the main entrances.

The Georgia Dome has been the site of high school football state championships, Peach Bowls, SEC championship games, two Super Bowls, 1996 Olympic basketball, three Final Four NCAA basketball tournaments, concerts, pro wrestling and other events.

N2 - The detailed study of the Galactic stellar halo may hold the key to unlocking the assembly history of the Milky Way. Here, we present a machine learning model for selecting metal poor stars from the TGAS catalogue using 5 dimensional phase-space information, coupled with optical and near-IR photometry. We characterise the degree of substructure in our halo sample in the Solar neighbourhood by measuring the velocity correlation function.

AB - The detailed study of the Galactic stellar halo may hold the key to unlocking the assembly history of the Milky Way. Here, we present a machine learning model for selecting metal poor stars from the TGAS catalogue using 5 dimensional phase-space information, coupled with optical and near-IR photometry. We characterise the degree of substructure in our halo sample in the Solar neighbourhood by measuring the velocity correlation function.

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This map is one of a series prepared from photographs transmitted by Ranger IX (Jet Propulsion Lab, 1966, pls A56-58, B70-82). It depicts the geology of some 724 sq km in the northeast part of the floor of Alphonsus (Diameter about 115 km), a typical flat-floored old terra crater or basin with a subdued rim. Similar basins abound in the south central terrae of the visable hemisphere and on the far side of the Moon. Alphonsus is of particular interest, however, because of a well developed interior rille system and associated dark-halo craters.

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