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Puget Sound Navigation Company brochure, circa 1909
No full textcirca 1909The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. It operated a fleet of steamboats and ferries on Puget Sound in Washington and the Georgia Strait in British Columbia. Known colloquially as the Black Ball Line, the PSNC achieved a "virtual monopoly" on cross-sound traffic in the 1930s but began to struggle following World War II, as operating costs increased. In 1951 PSNC sold its domestic operations assets to the state of Washington's Department of Transportation for the sum of $4.9 million, creating Washington State Ferries.
The brochure pictured here features an essay by noted journalist, author, and publisher Lucy Byrd Mock (1876-1966), who lived in Seattle from about 1909-1915. "The Beauties and Wonders of Puget Sound" touts the area's scenic locations, history, and Native American culture, and is illustrated with photographs of the region. The brochure also features a map, "Birdseye view of Puget Sound country and vicinity," that highlights PSNC routes, and includes pictures of their steamer ships in use at the time.Caption information source: Wikipedia.Caption information source: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=139161 folded pamphlet; 4 x 8.25 in
Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference, March 31-April 3, 2003, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Proceedings.
No full textThis paper examines the use of expert systems with respect to offshore oil spills. Expert systems in effect transfer the knowledge of an expert to a computer.
The paper commences with a look at expert systems in general, how they work and who uses them. This is followed by an examination of their perceived strengths and weaknesses, as well as their existing and potential applications to marine oil spill response operations. They can save precious time in the event of a catastrophic marine oil spill,but can be complicated and costly to develop.
The paper also assesses the potential for expert systems as one way of reducing the threat of marine oil spills in the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound region.The author delivered this paper at the 2003 Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The paper is published in the 2003 Proceedings of that conference, and is widely-cited.Publishe
Predicting effects of environmental change in Puget Sound
No full textPuget Sound is a large glacially carved basin, in between the Cascade and Olympic mountains in the northwest of Washington state, United States. A shallow sill at the north end of Admirality Inlet separates Puget Sound from the strait of Juan de Fuca. To better understand Puget Sound and the changes the region undergoes, it is necessary to be able to predict the impact of environmental change such as the effects of sea level rise or changed river-runoff. When aiming at predicting these effects a large scale numerical model covering the entire Puget Sound is imperative. The aim of this research is to gain more insight into the effects of changes in timing and amount of freshwater input on circulation, stratification and mixing in Puget Sound. For this research a new numerical model of Puget Sound is created with Delft3D. The model is built from scratch, involving grid schematization, model validation, etcetera. The analysis of the results focuses on three main aspects: salinity distribution, residual flow patterns for one month (covering a spring and a neap tide) and for the assessment of the research question and the hypotheses the analysis of longitudinal and cross sections, as well as observation points along the axis of the main channel. In a period of approximately one month the effects of changing river discharge can clearly be seen in the salinity of Puget Sound. The effects of changes in amount of fresh water input in the sensitivity study are most clearly noticeable in the case of a strong increase of fresh water input. Stronger stratification will occur with higher fresh water discharge, causing less vertical circulation. The scenarios with seasonal variation enforce changes of -21% for drier seasons and 25% for wetter seasons. Although the effects are noticeable in this study as fast as in the sensitivity study (approximately one month to take full effect), the effects are much smaller. This hardly causes any difference in vertical salinity distribution, nor does it cause any significant (new) stratification or alterations in vertical circulation patterns.Civil Engineering and Geoscience
Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters Banquet and Auction program, 1940
No full text1949The Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters (now The Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists) was founded in 1928 and continues to support visual artists through scholarship, education, fellowship, and historic preservation. The oldest professional arts organization in the Pacific Northwest, it was founded by Eustace Ziegler (1881-), who wanted the group to be self-supporting, to award scholarships to deserving students, and to provide funds for selected competitions. Mr. Ziegler and Seattle Art Museum founder Dr. Richard Fuller began a humorous tradition at the group's annual banquet where a few risque "gag" paintings were auctioned off by group members. Eventually, a donated piece of art came to serve as a member's annual dues and friendly competition ensued as to whose work would command the highest price at auction.
This program for the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters' 1949 banquet uses a humorous Western theme. The program lists the current members of group, along which are handwritten notes indicating how much money their paintings earned at the auction.Caption information source: "Memorial Set for Erroll Rawson, Harborview's First Chief Surgeon," The Seattle Times, February 21, 1989, p. D10.
Caption information source: http://www.psgart.org/history1 folded program; 7.5 x 9 in
Œuvres de Puget
No full textBlanchet Adrien. Œuvres de Puget. In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 66, année 1902. p. 105
Simple Regression Analysis Results: Puget Sound Scale.
No full text<p>Model coefficients (<i>a</i><sub><i>0</i></sub> and <i>b</i><sub><i>0</i></sub>), standard errors (SE), and <i>R</i><sup>2</sup> and <i>p</i>-values from fitting simple regression models to time series of developed land cover in six habitat areas, at the Puget Sound scale.</p><p><sup>a</sup> Slope units are hectares of developed land cover per year.</p><p>Simple Regression Analysis Results: Puget Sound Scale.</p
Partial Migration of Puget Sound Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Individual and Population Level Patterns
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013Partial migration, the behavior pattern in which a portion of a population migrates while others do not, is a widespread phenomenon with ecological and evolutionary consequences. Most Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from streams in the Puget Sound, Washington basin rear over the continental shelf or offshore waters of the North Pacific Ocean after leaving fresh water, but some rear in the semi-estuarine waters of Puget Sound and are termed residents.The movements of residents are poorly documented and it is unclear whether they ever leave Puget Sound and move to the coast of Washington, and what factors might influence fish to adopt a resident migration pattern. To understand this migration pattern at the population level, we used coded-wire tag data to evaluate the effect of several factors on the tendency of Coho Salmon to remain resident in Puget Sound rather than migrating outside, and on catch location within Puget Sound. We found that location of origin, day of release, and year of release most strongly affected residency, with fish released later and from south Puget Sound the most likely to remain resident. These factors together indicate that environmental variation plays a strong role in resident migration pattern. Additionally, fish remaining resident were more likely to be recovered in the basin they were released from than in neighboring basins.To understand this migration pattern at the individual level, we investigated the patterns of movement by resident Coho Salmon in Puget Sound at a series of spatial scales using acoustic telemetry. Some residents were detected departing Puget Sound, though they rarely moved between the different basins of Puget Sound. Additionally there was strong evidence of movement to deep, offshore environments during day, and shallow, close to shore environments at night. Rather than a discrete behavior, we suggest that residence in Puget Sound by Coho Salmon is part of a continuum of migratory behavior patterns
Evaluation Strategy: Puget Sound Regional Fare Card: FY01 Earmark Evaluation
No full text009619552003PDFTech ReportFHWA-OP-03-072Regional transportationFare collectionAdvanced public transportation systemsPublic transitIntergovernmental relationsEvaluation and assessmentCentral Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination ProjectKing County Metro TransitPuget Sound RegionRegional transitSeattle (Washington)United StatesBattelle Memorial InstituteBattelle Memorial InstituteCharles River AssociatesUnited States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeKing County Metro Transit is the lead agency responsible for implementing the Central Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination Project (RFC Project). The project features a smart card technology that will support and link the fare collection systems of the major transit agencies operating in the Puget Sound region. The RFC Project will consolidate literally hundreds of existing fare media in an effort to streamline the management of fare transactions and facilitate the cross-jurisdictional and multi-modal trip making of travelers in the Puget Sound region. All seven public transit agencies in the Central Puget Sound area are participating in the project, and on April 29, 2003 each of these agencies signed agreements to participate. These are: (1) King County Metro Transit, lead agency, (2) Community Transit, (3) Everett Transit, (4) Kitsap Transit, (5) Pierce Transit, (6) Sound Transit, and (7) Washington State Ferries. The Evaluation Strategy includes the background and the objectives of the evaluation, a description of the RFC system, the evaluation approach, discussion of the proposed evaluation tests, and an evaluation management plan, including estimated level of effort, management structure, schedule and deliverables
Puget Sound Region Map.
No full text<p>Map of the Puget Sound region of Washington State (inset), including the 17 major watersheds analyzed in our study. A—Nooksack, B—Samish, C—Skagit, D—Stillaguamish, E—Snohomish, F—Lake Washington, G—Duwamish, H—Puyallup, I—Nisqually, J—Deschutes, K—Skokomish, L—Hamma Hamma, M—Duckabush, N—Dosewallips, O—Quilcene, P—Dungeness, Q—Elwha.</p
Instruction à écrire des lettres, 1e partie : De la Matière des Lettres (Le Secrétaire à la mode, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1646, p. 5-37)
No full textPrincipes d’édition Nous reproduisons ici la première partie de l’« Instruction à écrire des lettres » qui ouvre Le Secrétaire à la mode de Jean Puget de la Serre (Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1646, p. 5-37). Les modifications apportées au texte original sont les suivantes. Nous avons :- modernisé l’orthographe et la conjugaison (mais conservé la casse et la ponctuation) ; - remplacé l’abréviation « & » par « et » ;- corrigé les erreurs manifestes ;- mis le contenu des manchettes en interti..
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