physics

Larry Persily

Larry Persily is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Larry Persily rather than just read about it. In short: Larry Persily (born October 10, 1951) is a newspaper publisher and former Federal Coordinator of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects 2010–2015. The office was charged with coordinating federal agency responses to private-sector efforts to develop a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to supply the North American market.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Larry Persily to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Larry Persily from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Larry Persily (born October 10, 1951) is a newspaper publisher and former Federal Coordinator of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects 2010–2015. The office was charged with coordinating federal agency responses to private-sector efforts to develop a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to supply the North American market. The Federal Coordinator is nominated with advice and consent of the Senate by the President of the United States. He was nominated by Barack Obama on December 9, 2009, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 2010. The office closed down in 2015 as the private companies turned their attention to a gas export project instead. Persily graduated from Purdue University in 1972 with a BA in journalism. While at Purdue he was a senior editor during the controversial years when the Purdue Exponent student newspaper became independent of university administration control. He moved from Chicago to Alaska in May 1976 when he and his wife, Leslie Murray, purchased the weekly newspaper in Wrangell. The couple ran the Wrangell Sentinel for about eight years before selling the newspaper and moving to Juneau. Both continued in journalism until Murray died in a car accident in 1987. Persily continued in journalism in Alaska, working for The Anchorage Times, Anchorage Daily News, Associated Press, Juneau Empire, Petroleum News, and he started and operated a weekly newspaper in Juneau. Since 2015 he has also written a weekly Oil and Gas newsletter, which is archived at the University of Alaska Anchorage "Alaska Gas Lines" site. He transitioned to public policy work in taxes, oil and gas and fiscal issues, working for state and municipal government, including time in the Alaska governor's Washington, D.C. office. In addition to his time with the Alaska federal office, he worked as a staffer to state House Finance Committee co-chair Mike Hawker; chief of state for state House member John Lincoln; chief of staff for the mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough; and CARES Act grant coordinator for the city of Kenai, Alaska. Persily was widely quoted in national media in 2008 criticizing his former employer, then-Governor Sarah Palin, as John McCain's choice for vice president. Until June 2008, he had worked as the Washington, DC liaison for the state government of Alaska on oil and gas, tax and other issues. "She's not qualified, she doesn't have the judgment, to be next in line to the president of the United States," said Persily in August 2008. In December 2009, Democratic senator Mark Begich recommended Persily for the Obama administration post. Persily returned to journalism in 2019 when he purchased the newspaper in Skagway, Alaska, and then offered to give away the Skagway News instead of running it remotely from Anchorage. His quest for the right candidate(s) to take over the newspaper stretched around the world, gathering more than 140 applicants from half a dozen countries. In early 2020 he selected two women from Alaska. The final transaction was done for $20 and Persily quipped, “"I’m selling it for 20 dollars because I figure I should at least get a pizza out of this". In January 2021, Persily repurchased the Wrangell Sentinel newspaper, looking to rebuild it for a sustainable future. In an interview with Wrangell's radio station he said it could be done by turning over to new owners with no debt. Sartorially, Persily is known for his taste in saddle shoes.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Larry Persily

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Larry Persily claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Larry Persily before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Larry Persily ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Larry Persily

In research: Larry Persily appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Larry Persily in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Larry Persily is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1951 births, Energy law, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Larry Persily outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Larry Persily in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Larry Persily means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Larry Persily out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does Larry Persily matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Larry Persily?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Larry Persily.