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Federation Of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

Earth observation information from satellites and ground-based collection sites has the potential for providing scientifically valid answers to many of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. However, the data sets tend to be very large, poorly cataloged, widely distributed and difficult to access.

The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners is a unique consortium of more than 110 organizations that collect, interpret and develop applications for remotely sensed Earth observation information. Included in the ESIP network are NASA, NOAA and USGS data centers, research universities, government research laboratories, supercomputing facilities, education resource providers, information technology innovators, nonprofit organizations and commercial enterprises.

With our Strategic Partners the National Aeronautical and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Federation and its operations arm, the Foundation for Earth Science, are working to make observation information relating to a broad spectrum of Earth science issues more available and understandable to researchers, educators, policy makers and the general public. By so doing, the Federation hopes to contribute significantly to the creation of a healthy and sustainable planet.

Societal Benefit Areas

Ecological Forecasting

Federation Activities

Meetings

Ongoing Topical Webinar Series

July 7-10, 2009, ESIP Federation Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA

January 6-8, 2009, ESIP Federation Meeting, Washington, DC

July 16-18, 2008, ESIP Federation Meeting, Durham, NH

January 9-10, 2008, ESIP Federation Meeting, Washington, DC

October 2007, Shenandoah Valley Natural Systems Symposium, Winchester, Virginia

July 2007 ESIP Federation Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin

January 2007 ESIP Federation Meeting, Portland, Oregon

Clusters

Web Services

Semantic Web

Sensor Web (provisional)

Preservation and Stewardship

Standing Committees

Products and Services

Information Technology and Interoperability

Commercial Development

Community Engagement

Education

Administrative Committees

Executive Committee

Constitution and Bylaws

Finance

Partnership

Member Services

Grant Opportunities Winter 2009

Addenum to Grant Opportunities

Earth Information Exchange

Use Cases

Informal Requirements Document

Architecture

Components

Interaction Diagrams

Supporting Activities

Validation

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-Becoming a Shire Brewmaster
+== Federation Of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) ==
+Earth observation information from satellites and ground-based collection sites has the potential for providing scientifically valid answers to many of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. However, the data sets tend to be very large, poorly cataloged, widely distributed and difficult to access.
-==Category Quest==
+The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners is a unique consortium of more than 110 organizations that collect, interpret and develop applications for remotely sensed Earth observation information. Included in the ESIP network are NASA, NOAA and USGS data centers, research universities, government research laboratories, supercomputing facilities, education resource providers, information technology innovators, nonprofit organizations and commercial enterprises.
-One of the features that make The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar similar to City of Heroes is the use of titles (or in CoH parlance, “Badges”). If you’re a newcomer to LOTRO, then you may have noticed fellow adventurers having suffixes attached to their first names. Some may be called Leeroy Jenkins of Mirkwood, or Grunewald of Gondor.<br><br>
-Gameplay-wise, titles have no impact on how your character (if you’re looking for enhancements, you should look into Traits). Titles are merely bragging rights that you place beside your name, but that doesn’t stop the people of Middle-earth from pursing quests that will give them a name different from the next.<br><br>
+With our Strategic Partners the National Aeronautical and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Federation and its operations arm, the Foundation for Earth Science, are working to make observation information relating to a broad spectrum of Earth science issues more available and understandable to researchers, educators, policy makers and the general public. By so doing, the Federation hopes to contribute significantly to the creation of a healthy and sustainable planet.
-All characters start out with one title, but you’ll have to “assign” it first. The first you get is from your Nationality. If you decided that your Elf came from Lindon, then you get “of Lindon” after the Elf’s name. As you travel Middle-earth and gain more experience, you will earn a whole gamut of titles. You’ll get titles from slaying enemies, crafting, and even Monster Play.<br><br>
-==Shire Brewmaster==
+==Societal Benefit Areas==
-The focus of this guide is in getting the Shire Brewmaster title. This makes you an expert in the beers and ales of the Shire. After all, any self-respecting Hobbit washes down his food with good ale. This title isn’t common as say, The Wary, so getting it would be a great idea. If you’re bored of pursuing Bane of the Barrows and killing Wights for a living, what are you waiting for? This uncommon title comes at a price—you’ll have to scour the Shire because it’s not that easy to get.<br><br>
+[[Image:Silver Falls OR.JPG|left|Silver Falls, OR]]
-And how do you get this “kinda” rare title? You have to complete the five bartender quests that are available in the Shire’s five taverns.<br><br>
+:[[Air Quality Work Group | Air Quality]]
-==The Bird and Baby==
+:[[Carbon]]
-This pub is located in Michel Delving, one of the Shire’s subzones. Michel Delving is located in the southwest corner of the Shire. Just enter the pub and look for Carlo Blagrove the innkeeper. Blagrove will ask you to look for a recipe in the Great Smials, the ancestral home of the Took family in Tuckborough. Just where is Tuckborough? It’s on the east of Michel Delving.<br><br>
+:[[Coastal Management]]
-The recipe you’re looking for is placed on a shelf in the library of the Great Smials. Once you’ve found the recipe, run back to Michel Delving and talk to Carlo Blagrove once more. You’ll get 90cp and Blagrove’s Brown, a type of beer. Get used to the liquor—you’ll get more as you finish the rest of the quests. After all, you are working towards the Shire Brewmaster title.<br><br>
+:[[Disaster Management]]
-==The Green Dragon==
+:[[Ecological Forecasting]]
-If you’re pursuing the Shire Brewmaster title seriously, then you should also run to The Green Dragon pub in Bywater. To get to Bywater, just go down the road that heads south in Hobbiton. Head inside the watering hole and look for Barmy Rootknot, the assistant innkeeper. Rootknot will send you on a quest to look for a lost brandy barrel (they call it the Dwarf-Barrel).<br><br>
+:[[Public Health]]
-Where can it be found? It’s quite a trip, so begin traveling north through Hobbiton. The barrel is found in Lob’s Grove, which is northwest of Overhill and beyond Bindbole Wood. Yes, it’s that far. Just be careful of arachnids (like Bindbole Spinners and Weavers) and bears (like Big Black Bear and Foraging Wood Bear) that you’ll likely run into in Bindbole Wood. Enemy levels in this area range from 8-10.<br><br>
+:[[Water Management]]
-The barrel is at the base of a pillar in Lob’s Grove, so keep your eyes peeled. After getting the barrel, head back to Bywater and end the quest by speaking to Barmy Rootknot. You’ll get 90cp and Green Dragon’s Breath Ale for your time.<br><br>
+:[[Discovery]]
-==The Floating Log==
+<br>
-Frogmorton is a town located between Bywater and Budgeford. If you want to find The Floating Log, you have to travel to Frogmorton. When you do end up in Frogmorton, enter The Floating Log and look for Ponto Hopsbloom, its innkeeper. You see, Hopsbloom is entering the Four Farthings Brewing-moot, that contest that every innkeeper in the Shire seems to be joining. Hopsbloom will ask you to pick a dozen Frog Hops for his brew.<br><br>
+:[[Cluster tools]]
-What are Frog Hops? They’re white flowers that grow in the marsh just north of Frogmorton. The travel involved is very light compared to the other quests, but beware of some level 9 Angry Hill Toads that could make life more difficult for you as you pick flowers. Run back to Hopsbloom when you have all 12 Frog Hops and you’ll be rewarded with 90cp and Toad’s Tongue Ale.<br><br>
-==The Plough and Stars==
+==Federation Activities==
-So you’re more than halfway through the finished quests necessary to get the Brewmaster title. It’s time to run to Brockenborings, the town north of Frogmorton and west of Scary, an oddly-named town. Brockenborings is home to The Plough and Stars, one of the five taverns in the Shire. Your contact? Halson Tubwort, the innkeeper behind the bar.<br><br>
+*Meetings
-Tubwort uses powdered gypsum as the secret ingredient of his ale, but his order hasn’t arrived. He wants you to run to Scary and look for Wilcome Tunnely to find out what happened. When you do get to Scary and find Tunnely, you’ll discover that the gypsum shipment was ambushed by goblins from north of Brockenborings.<br><br>
+::[[Ongoing Topical Webinar Series]]
-So run to the north you must, and all the way into Greenfields. You’ll eventually find a goblin camp that you can choose to fight individually, or you can just look for the cart and get the gypsum. Either way, run back to Brockenborings when you’re done. You’ll be rewarded with 90cp and Wooly-Foot Stout, a strange type of beer that you can eat with a knife and fork.
+::[[July 7-10, 2009, ESIP Federation Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA]]
-==The Golden Perch==
+::[[January 6-8, 2009, ESIP Federation Meeting, Washington, DC]]
-Finally, the last of the five quests. You’ll have to visit Stock and find The [http://www.lotrobank.com Lotro gold] Perch to earn the Brewmaster title. Stock is at the southeastern part of the Shire. Enter the last tavern and look for Gunderic Grubb. The quest is perhaps the toughest of the five, so make sure you’re well above level 10 when you attempt to finish it.<br><br>
+::[[July 16-18, 2008, ESIP Federation Meeting, Durham, NH]]
-Grubb is waiting for a package of yeast being transported via a wagon, but it never arrived. Brigands from west of the Marish hijacked the wagon and you have to get it back. The brigand camp is named Narrowcleeve, and it’s in the hills south of Woodhall. To get a better idea of where it’s located, look at the Shire map and find the name “Green Hill Country.” The yeast package is somewhere under the letters “UN” in the word “Country.”<br><br>
+::[[January 9-10, 2008, ESIP Federation Meeting, Washington, DC]]
-Narrowcleeve is the second brigand camp, and it’s up by the waterfall. You’ll probably run into Half-Orc Trappers so be careful. Things won’t be so easy because spawning is pretty fast within the camp—you must move fast. The Old Yeast is next to a level-11 brigand boss, so unless you’re a Burglar who can hide from foes, you’ll be in for a fight.<br><br>
+::[[October 2007, Shenandoah Valley Natural Systems Symposium, Winchester, Virginia]]
-When you’ve taken the package, head back to Grubb for your reward. You’ll receive 90cp and Old Withywindle, another type of ale. Once you’ve finished all the quests, you gain the Shire Brewmaster title! Take note that you can finish the quests in any order. I just listed them out from west to east of the Shire. Enjoy your beer.
+::[[July 2007 ESIP Federation Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin]]
+::[[January 2007 ESIP Federation Meeting, Portland, Oregon]]
+*Clusters
+::[[Web Services]]
+::[[Semantic Web]]
+::[[Sensor Web|Sensor Web (provisional)]]
+::[[Preservation and Stewardship]]
+*Standing Committees
+::[[Products and Services]]
+::[[Interoperability and Technology|Information Technology and Interoperability]]
+::[[Commercial Development]]
+::[[Community Engagement]]
+::[[Education]]
+*Administrative Committees
+::[[Executive Committee]]
+::[[Constitution and Bylaws]]
+::[[Finance]]
+::[[Partnership]]
+*[[Federation Documents|Defining Documents]]
+*[[Demonstrations|Demonstrations]]
+*[[Cool Creations]]
+==Member Services==
+::[[Grant Opportunities Winter 2009]]
+::[[Addenum to Grant Opportunities]]
+==Earth Information Exchange==
+*[[Vision Document]]
+*[[Requirements]]
+::[[Use Cases]]
+::[[Informal Requirements Document]]
+*[[Architecture]]
+::[[Components]]
+::[[Interaction Diagrams]]
+::[[Supporting Activities]]
+::[[Validation]]
+*[[Planning]]
+*[[Portal Working Group]]