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JOEL ROSARIO, KOBE'S BACK, WINNER: "Last time he clipped heels and that was a tough race over at Hollywood. He handled the seven furlongs well today.
"I'll talk to my agent, he makes all the calls, all the decisions (on whom I ride) but I like him; today was very impressive and he looked good today."
MIKE SMITH, CHERUBIM, SECOND: "He was just cruising early, nice and happy. We just got outrun. He was second-best today."
JOHN SADLER, KOBE'S BACK, WINNER: "I just wanted Joel to ride him patiently, because everybody has us kind of counted out of the route races, except us. I wanted him off the pace a little bit and see if he'd finish up good so we could get him going around two turns next time."
And next time would be? "We catch a little bit of an odd flow. We're a little bit too quick for the San Felipe (March 8), so we'll probably go with Kristo in that one and this horse we'll look at maybe the Rebel (at Oaklawn Park March 15, Grade II, 1 1/16 miles). We'll look around. There are a lot of 3-year-old races, but we wanted to get a good one at home in good weather first, then we're going to look at a race with (Kentucky Derby) points for him in the next one."
OWNER LEE SEARING OF C R K STABLE, LLC, KOBE'S BACK, WINNER: "I don't think we have favorites. We bred (other Kentucky Derby hopeful, Candy Boy) and this horse (Kobe's Back) was just asking to be bought. We buy a lot of two-year-olds but this was a special horse.
"I've said all along that he's had three bad starts, he won the first one, got hammered in the second and we never had a chance out in the 12 hole last out. So finally, all the work John has put in and the right rider (has made the difference.) We asked Ron Anderson if Joel could come out here and ride and it was real nice.
"We go to all the Lakers' games (addressing the name of the horse). I have gone 17 years to watch Kobe play and in my opinion, he's the greatest basketball player I've ever watched. We tried to name a horse 'Kobe' but that was registered, but when we added something to it (it worked out.) I kept telling everyone Kobe is coming back (the player) so when it came time to name the horse I had been saying that a lot. I thought we had to do it.
"He can go two turns, even on the gallop out he just looks like it. Maybe now, with that sitting-back, stalking style, he'll be ready to go two turns.
"We'll let John decide where he runs next but we're sure not going to race him and Candy Boy against one another. We'll let John get him back to the barn and decide where to run them next."
SIMON CALLAGHAN, CHERUBIM, SECOND: "I mean they went fast up front so maybe that set it up for a closer. It was fast. I'll have to see what Mike says. He ran a good race still."
NOTES: The winning owners are Lee and Susan Searing of Rancho Cucamonga, who race as C R K Stable, LLC.


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{Photography.75.1}: {booda} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:57:50 CST (0 lines)
{erased by coyote Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:43:12 CST}
{Photography.75.2}: {booda} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:02:08 CST (0 lines)
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{Photography.75.3}: {booda} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 17:07:51 CST (0 lines)
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{Photography.75.4}: David {david} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:08:17 CST (6 lines)
You've been long needing a place of your own, Booda. I'd just like to suggest that you keep the photos to a size that we don't have to scroll all over the see the whole thing. Cuz you have some dang good shots, and an obvious opportunity to take more excellent shots as you go along.
{Photography.75.5}: Coyote {coyote} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:55:25 CST (9 lines)
Martin, I had to erase your photos because the do-able file size here is a maximum of 100 k. 50k is preferable. Try to imagine someone with a dial-up connection waiting for just one multi-megabyte image to load, let alone three of them. Size your images so they're no wider than 10 inches and/or no taller than 7 inches at 72 dpi (approximately 700 pixels by 500 pixels at 72 dpi). One of the images you posted was something like 23 inches wide at 300 dpi, with a whopping 11 meg file size.
{Photography.75.6}: Paddrick Mackin {paddrick} Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:26:52 CST (8 lines)
Howdy Martin. Looking forward to seeing some of your photos. I don't know what you digital darkroom skill level is, but you need some kind of photo editing program to (1) resize your photos to the size suggested by Coyote, and (2) compress them in a jpeg format to around 50k, give or take. Let us know if you need any hand holding and one of us can exchange emails with you off forum.
{Photography.75.7}: Martin Booda {booda} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:08:32 CST (5 lines)
Like I said David, Coyote and Paddrick (unfortunately, I said it in a post that's since been erased), once I get on the Forum panel and can attach the images, I'll be glad to limit the size and specs to whatever's dictated/suggested by the guidelines. I'm quite capable of doing so.
{Photography.75.8}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:52:41 CST (1 line)
If you are capable of resizing, why did you post the mega pix?
{Photography.75.9}: Martin Booda {booda} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:09:35 CST (14 lines)
Basically, because I was using method 1 outlined in ({Photography.12.26}). Nowhere within the description of method 1 is it even suggested that there be any limit to the dimensions or file size of any posted image, as long as that image is hosted on one's own server. Only in method 2 is it required to limit file sizes/dimensions before attaching an image. If this is not the case, I'd suggest that that {Photography.12.26} be re-written to reflect tacit understanding. As I've said, repeatedly now, once I get into the Panel, I am more than willing and able to resize images to satisfy the indicated maximum dimensions (10 inches wide, 7 inches high at 72 dpi) and file sizes (50K or 100K, depending on who you listen to). Obviously, I can't reduce images already posted and erased; that much is moot.
{Photography.75.10}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:34:07 CST (1 line)
But you *can* upload smaller, resized images from your server.
{Photography.75.11}: Martin Booda {booda} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:35:34 CST (1 line)
To a very limited and rapidly shrinking extent, yes.
{Photography.75.12}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:41:55 CST (2 lines)
You might take a look at Photo Bucket. It's a free, photo hosting site that allows you to direct link: www.photobucket.com
{Photography.75.13}: {booda} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:47:56 CST (0 lines)
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{Photography.75.14}: Diane Hamilton {dianeh} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:47:23 CST (1 line)
So what does "Air to ground, ground to air" mean?
{Photography.75.15}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:02:12 CST (2 lines)
The three erased images were photos taken of, and from, hot air balloons.
{Photography.75.16}: T.J. McGovern {tj2} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:47:37 CST (HTML)
He has a point.
{Photography.75.17}: Coyote {coyote} Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:44:59 CST (1 line)
True. That needs to be changed.
{Photography.75.18}: Kai Hagen {kai} Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:09:47 CST (HTML)
But that will be adding a sentence to cover something that hasn't been a problem yet because of common sense and basic netiquette,
And that is that you don't place huge images (or whatever) on pages that people download without advance warning (generally including a notice of the filesize). The only ways to do that here are to post a link to the offsite image, without embedding it, or to embed the offsite image in a hidden post, with a description and filesize warning in the previous unhidden post. (Hidden posts like that also mean people only open/ download one post, and likely one image, at a time.)
I'd be happy to give you the ability to attach posts, Martin, if you can acknowledge you understand/appreciate the thinking in the previous paragraph and you meet the other criteria I explain to folks - that you are and will be a participant in the forum (which includes reading and responding beyond posting your own images).
No need for any problems here.
Hang around. Consider yourself welcome. Assume we'd love to see some of your ballooning images. Participate in the life of the forum for a bit. During that time, embed a few user-friendly images (which can be placed on all sorts of free spaces). And then, as an active member of the forum's community, and with the ability to attach files directly, post plenty of web-friendly versions of your better images without worrying about how much server space you have elsewhere.
I also recommend that such images (offisite and attached) be placed in a new topic,
and that we freeze or delete this one after we've seen this discussion through.
{Photography.75.19}: Martin Booda {booda} Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:21:37 CST (20 lines)
> But that will be adding a sentence So, in order to explain why you want to avoid the immense effort of adding one sentence, you posted sixteen of them in {Photography.75.18}? > I'd be happy to give you the ability to attach posts, Martin, if you can acknowledge you understand/appreciate the thinking in the previous paragraph and you meet the other criteria I explain to folks - that you are and will be a participant in the forum (which includes reading and responding beyond posting your own images). I so acknowledge. > I also recommend that such images (offisite and attached) be placed in a new topic, and that we freeze or delete this one after we've seen this discussion through. Whatever you want. I wouldn't want you to go to all the trouble of adding a new topic, considering all the trouble involved in adding one sentence.
{Photography.75.20}: Kai Hagen {kai} Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:46:40 CST (HTML)
If you want to be a participant in the forum, you'll need to restrain that urge, at least insofar as it is directed at people here.
And for what it's worth, I didn't suggest adding a sentence was unwarranted or difficult. I was simply pointing out that it hadn't been necessary because it is common sense or basic netiquette...and that you should have known that.
I'll add you to the panel, and I look forward to seeing your ballooning images and to your participation beyond that.
But, please don't push things. We had virtually no problems in this forum. It's a
pleasant and welcoming space. And it's going to stay that way.
{Photography.75.21}: David {david} Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:39:59 CST (10 lines)
If you think about it, it might be unreasonable to try to put a sentence in there for *everything* that's not allowed. There's nothing that forbids posting pornography, is there? Animal mutilations? And who knows what other things someone could say, "Well it wasn't *specifically* forbidden!" At some point, you just have to go with common sense. Make some blanket statement about being considerate, or something. And accept the fact that sometimes people will disagree with things, and the hosts will just have to make a judgement call.
{Photography.75.22}: Martin Booda {booda} Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:53:58 CST (5 lines)
The problem, of course, is enforcing common sense, and making it look like an attempt to prevent "pushing things", as opposed to an attempt to censor. Images on the way; as soon as I get home to my photo editor.
{Photography.75.23}: David {david} Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:41:50 CST (2 lines)
Yep. And I imagine that's always going to BE a problem. Sometimes, there's a fine line. Just one of those things...
{Photography.75.24}: Martin Booda {booda} Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:23:49 CST (12 lines)
OK, here we go again. The title of this topic is "Air to ground, ground to air". Basically it's designed for photographs taken from the air and aircraft, or taken from the ground of flying objects, identified and otherwise. Most of what I'll be posting will be either from or of balloons, but don't let that limit you. First pic: Albuquerque Fiesta, opening day, 2 Oct. 2004. After scrunching, I read the file size as 56K. Let me know if it turns out otherwise.
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{Photography.75.25}: Becky {scribbler} Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:27:21 CST (4 lines)
As if a vent in the earth's surface opens and large multicolored spores drift upward.... I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVE hot-air balloons. Thanks!
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It's 4:38 on Tuesday afternoon. I just went to grab one of these guys from the office kitchen, but they--all four dozen of them--are gone! G-O-N-E.
Jon and I had been thinking about doing a salt-topped cookie for a while, but it wasn't until one of my readers (Hi, Alicia!) emailed to ask me if I had ever done a salted/salty cookie that my wheels started turning again on that topic.
I've had salt-topped chocolates before, and the flavor is just delicious. The saltiness and the sweetness bounce off each other in your mouth. If you haven't tried this flavor combination, you must!
For this cookie, I stuck with my signature chocolate base that I also used in my Fake-Out-Eos. The next layer I wanted to add was caramel because I wanted not only a contrast of salty and sweet but also a contrast of crunchy and chewy. Caramel was the obvious choice. Plus: who (other than Mumma) doesn't like caramel? I decided to do a thumbprint cookie filled with caramel sauce and topped with a pinch of sea salt.
I ran out of my favorite caramel sauce and couldn't find a replacement at the grocery store, so I tried using a thinner caramel sauce that Jon found at Williams Sonoma. I filled the thumbprint holes with a 1/2 teaspoon of the caramel sauce, but as the cookies baked, the sauce got absorbed by the dough and disappeared.
I thought about it for a while and came up with a sure-fire fix: Rollos! These candies are the perfect caramel delivery system because the caramel itself is creamy and stays semi-soft at room temperature, and the chocolate coating prevents the caramel from "bleeding out" into the surrounding cookie dough. I used Rollos to great effect in my Girl Scout Samoa knockoffs, so I knew they would work here.
Push a Rollo into each dough ball and then top with a pinch of sea salt before baking. For a gooier caramel center, pinch the Rollos to crack the chocolate coating before pushing into the dough balls. (Remember to unwrap each candy!) Makes about 4 dozen.
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2 cups dark brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
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2 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 1/2 ounces milk chocolate, microplaned
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, microplaned
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
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- Preheat oven to 350º.
- In your Kitchen Aid or a large mixing bowl, cream together the creamables.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients and then add to the creamables. Mix together until smooth.
- In another large mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients. Using a spatula, fold together until evenly distributed. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the creamables and wet ingredients. Mix until evenly combined.
- Shape dough into balls—about 2 tablespoons each.
- Push a Rollo candy into each dough ball.
- Place Rollo-studded dough balls about 2 inches apart on Silpat- or parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
- Top each dough ball with a pinch of sea salt.
- Bake at 350º for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the cookie sheets from the oven and let stand for 2 minutes. Then place cookies on wire racks to cool.


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Thanks to Becky who had Memere and Aunt Jo sit down in 1990, an extended conversation was recorded for posterity. This recording has allowed me to learn a lot about the early histories of both the Alberts and the Gagnons. Bernadette Alexandra Gagnon was born on March 27, 1902 in St. Malo, Quebec, just over the border of Vermont. She became an Albert on February 11, 1924 when she married Auguste Albert. For a perspective of something else happening in the year of Memere's birth: one of the coolest buildings in New York City, the Flatiron, was completed. The picture below is from Ardent Editions Historic Photographs and was photographed by August Loeffler.
As mentioned in an earlier post, Pepere stopped going to school at an early age and started selling clothes before he became an adult. The same is true of Memere...she stopped going to school at age 13 and began working at the mill when she was 15. She later changed jobs working the counter at a women's clothing store right next door to where Pepere was working and the rest is history!
Memere's parents were both born in Quebec but they met in Westbrook. Families like the Gagnon's and St. Pierre's came to Westbrook to work in the mills. Many underage offspring would go to work at these sites and their paychecks would directly support their families-as was the case with Memere. Osias Gagnon, one of Memere's brothers, actually died at the age of 16 from an accident at the mill.
By the example of Memere's long life, it seems the longevity gene exists in the Albert blood. How many of you know that Pepere's sister, Antoinette Gallant, lived to 101 also? So...what contributes to a long life? Besides genetic predisposition, one's health habits certainly make a difference. What are your thoughts on what factors influence a long life? Please answer the poll on the upper right of the blog. Also, it would be great to hear of your stories and thoughts about Memere.


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The Beijing location of the speech and conference lent an electricity to her words, given China's own human rights record and American diplomats' reluctance to publicly tackle those issues at the time. The New York Times described the significance of the setting and her words: "Speaking more forcefully on human rights than any American dignitary has on Chinese soil, Hillary Rodham Clinton catalogued a devastating litany of abuse that has afflicted women around the world today and criticized China for seeking to limit free and open discussion of women's issues here."
Early on, Clinton declared the grand goal of the conference: Helping women to speak. Here's how she put it:
The great challenge of this conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard. Women comprise more than half the world's population, 70% of the world's poor, and two-thirds of those who are not taught to read and write. We are the primary caretakers for most of the world's children and elderly. Yet much of the work we do is not valued -- not by economists, not by historians, not by popular culture, not by government leaders.Her list of human rights violations against women around the world was simple, direct and pulled no punches. It included these atrocities:
It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or drowned, or suffocated, or their spines broken, simply because they are born girls....It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire, and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small. It is a violation of human rights when individual women are raped in their own communities and when thousands of women are subjected to rape as a tactic or prize of war.The Times reported "As Mrs. Clinton recited her litany from the podium, many delegates applauded, some cheered and others pounded the tables." She brought the speech full circle with its most famous lines:
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely -- and the right to be heard.Here's what you can learn from this famous speech:
- Graphic, violent descriptions need no embellishment: The list of atrocities and harsh treatment of women and girls is a marvel of simple, direct language. There was no need to stretch to make this list sound dramatic. Instead, simple stating the facts added all the drama. Here, the speaker's prominence, the location of the meeting and the harsh facts carried the day.
- Mentioning women makes a difference: Yes, this was a conference on women, and perhaps it sounds obvious, but Clinton's defining line -- that "human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights" -- had not been said before in such a prominent context, and it needed to be said. It's not a mistake that that line has been quoted again and again since this speech was delivered, so much so that it is the de facto title of the speech. It underscored her main theme, that women's issues have been overlooked, to the peril of women and girls around the world.
- Delivery matters: At this diplomatic-mission meeting, in a country hostile to these ideas and with the world watching, Clinton kept her delivery grave and formal to match the seriousness of the issue, and wisely let the audience and those watching from afar add the enthusiasm, cheers and accolades.
You can read the full text of the speech, as delivered, here. The video is below. This speech is number 35 on the list of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century. What do you think of this famous speech?


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Think and meditate on these. Memorize them for added strength.
1. Leviticus 17:11, 14 (cp. Deuteronomy 12:23) "For the life of the flesh
is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an
atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement
for the soul…. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life
thereof …"
2. Hebrews 9:22 "Without the shedding of blood, there is
no remission of sins."
3. 1 John 1:7″… the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth
us from all sin."
4. Revelation 1:5 "… Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood."
5. Exodus 12:13 "… and when I see the blood, I will pass over
you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you,
when I smite the land of Egypt."
6. Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood
of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony …"
7. Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience …"
8. Hebrews 10:19, 22 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus … Let us draw near with a true
heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience …"
9. Exodus 29:37 "Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for
the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy…"
10. Hebrews 13:12 "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify
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Redefining the Rustic Beach House
Passionate about Block Island history, one couple designed a home worthy of preservation.
Some houses begin as frantically scribbled sketches on a cocktail napkin. Others spring to life from an architect's drafting table, with careful consideration given to views, tree lines, and sun exposure. But the story of this handcrafted home in Rhode Island has an unusual beginning―it was built around a pole.
Located on the vacation destination of Block Island, just 12 miles from the mainland, the pole served as a practice mast for members of the Life-Saving Service (the Coast Guard's predecessor) to rehearse rescues more than a century ago. Decades later, when architect and jack-of-all-trades John Gasner decided to build on the pole's property, he wasn't sure what to do with it. After much deliberation, he decided to keep the relic right where it's always been.
Originally he built a workshop/studio on the spot, later using it as a gallery. Today, John, his wife, Pam, and their three children―Will, Noah, and Julia―have transformed the space into a summer home with the pole running through the middle.
Members of a 1,000-strong band of hardy year-round residents, the family spends the coldest months in a winterized house next door to their summer home. But when the weather's warm, they escape to their hand-hewn retreat, which boasts an enviable location between the crashing waves of Crescent Beach and the calm waters of Harbor Pond. With beachcombing, raking up clams at low tide, and reeling in striped bass in the fall, the family has a never-ending supply of activities at their doorstep.
For preservation-minded John and Pam, who have long worked to safeguard the vernacular island architecture, even more satisfying than their ocean view is the reaction of first-time visitors. "They think I restored the house, not that I built it," John says. "They say it looks 100 years old."
To achieve the aged appearance, John designed an exterior compatible with the prevailing architecture. "I used natural materials and kept things simple," he says. John employed construction techniques akin to those of the late 1800s, eliminating plywood and relying mainly on locally milled woods. He had windows custom made at a mill shop that's been in business since the late 19th century, and crafted the outer walls from weathered white cedar shingles.
John and Pam took an organic approach to the interiors as well. "The framing pays homage to the Early American homes on Block Island," John says. Pine-board floors and rustic furnishings in the living room suit the home's beach finds―from the balusters fashioned from driftwood to a tree trunk-turned- coffee table that John ferried home in the family's trusty Boston Whaler.
The Gasners dressed up the kitchen with a coat of crisp white paint on the walls and ceilings and steely blue on the floors. The lifesaving practice mast now serves as a pot rack before bursting up through the floor of the master bedroom.
Upstairs, on either side of the central common space, the children's bedrooms have partial pine-plank walls. "It's a narrow building, so I wanted to keep things as open as possible," John says. In the master bedroom, the bed is positioned to look straight through the common space to sweeping vistas of the Atlantic. "We wake up looking at the ocean," Pam says. "What could be better than that?"


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TWO lessons learned during the filming of the new Jim Carrey movie: 1) Elaborate faux tattoos are a big turn-on for women; just ask co-star Virginia Madsen. 2) Carrey's fixation with the number 23 has led him to believe that "the universe is tapping me on the shoulder and saying, 'There's some kind of intelligence or something beyond coincidence in the world.' "
Also how Jim reacted when Jane told her she got a 23 Tattoo
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And, for those interested in what's next – I will be announcing NEWS in a matter of weeks. I can't say anything yet, but I will leave you with this clip as a small hint. More soon!
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Queen Elizabeth II portrait vandalized at Westminster Abbey
A portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II that was commissioned to mark her 60 years on the throne has been defaced at Westminster Abbey in London. The painting, created by artist Ralph Heimans, has been taken down from public viewing.
A statement published on the official website of Westminster Abbey said that the incident occurred at lunchtime on Thursday. A visitor sprayed paint on the portrait, which hangs in the Chapter House section of the historic church.
"Until work can be done to remedy the damage it will – very regrettably – not be possible to have the painting on public view," said the statement.
PHOTOS: Queen Elizabeth II throughout the years
According to reports in the British press, a group called Fathers4Justice is claiming responsibility for the vandalism. British police reportedly detained a 41-year-old man in connection with the crime.
Fathers4Justice is a group that advocates for divorced and separated fathers.
Heimans is an Australian-born artist who was commissioned to create the large-scale portrait for the queen's diamond jubilee.
Peter Morgan has an 'Audience' with the queen
Andy Warhol prints of Queen Elizabeth heading to Windsor Castle
National Portrait Gallery explores the many faces of Queen Elizabeth


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They have been called "the perfect soldier." They neither eat nor sleep, are always vigilant, are rarely seen. Their forms are myriad, from the merely prosaic to the distinctly aesthetic, but their function is always the same--- mainly to maim, not kill, to not only render their victims immobile, but to take others out of the fray, those who must deal with the carnage. Designated by the acronym, AP for "anti-personnel," they are known by most of us simply as landmines.
More than 50 countries have manufactured over 350 types, though their numbers have decreased since the late 1990s. Human Rights Watch recently reports that:
A total of 161 nations are party to the Mine Ban Treaty, which was opened for signature in December 1997 and entered into force on March 1, 1999. The treaty comprehensively prohibits antipersonnel landmines and requires their clearance and assistance to victims. Members include all European Union countries, all NATO members except the US, all nations in sub-Saharan Africa, all countries in the Western Hemisphere except Cuba and the US, many countries in Asia-Pacific, and several nations from the Commonwealth of Independent States. Like the US, nearly all of the other 34 countries that have not signed the treaty follow its key provisions.
As recently as March 2013, the Obama administration reaffirmed its intention to join the international ban—but the United States has not yet done so.
The report continues:
The last recorded US use of antipersonnel landmines was more than 20 years ago, during the 1991 Gulf War. The US has had an export ban on antipersonnel mines in place since 1992. There has been no known US production of antipersonnel mines since 1997. The US is the world's largest contributor to global mine clearance and victim assistance programs. Since 2009, the US has participated as an observer in meetings of the Mine Ban Treaty.
As these "intimate" weapons become obsolete or banned, they are being replaced by "cluster munitions." The Israeli Army dropped them by the hundreds of thousands in southern Lebanon in August of 2008. Today, Amnesty International and Handicap International are working to ban these as well. They report:
Designed to be scattered across wide areas of conflict zones, cluster munitions inevitably affect civilian populations. On top of which, 5-30 percent (perhaps even 40 percent) of cluster munitions do not explode on impact and become de facto antipersonnel mines, exploding with the slightest contact, killing and mutilating during and after conflicts.
What would be the point of citing here the grim statistics of the hundreds of thousands wounded and killed, or even of singling out conflict photojournalists who have been their victims, from Robert Capa in Indochina in May 1954 to Joao Silva who lost both legs in Afghanistan in October 2010, more than 55 years later, a sobering comment on their continuity? Just more beads on the dolorous rosary of war dead and wounded.
Sadly, we are becoming more inured to the numbers and images of human carnage set before us by our news media, as well as their fictional but graphic simulacrums served up weekly on our local movie screens. It takes a film like The Hurt Locker to even begin to put us inside the experience of such close, eruptive death, rather than watching it as a voyeurist outsider. The intent of IEDs is to kill, not maim, as many people as possible, the steroid version of the landmine.
Thoughts on the impersonal mode of injury of landmines have stayed with me since I first saw the photographs in Raphaël Dallaporta's 2010 book Antipersonnel.
Amazon.com—Raphael Dallaporta: Antipersonnel link
We can very easily imagine these killing devices to be as visually ugly as their purpose.
However, what Dallaporta has done in this slim book is fiendishly simple; he has removed these miniature devices of destruction from their intended place of silent sequester, hidden in the dirt, and has transformed them through studio lighting into objects not of fear, but portraits of a perverse wonder, even beauty.
Some may merely look decorous, like a perfume bottle,
Or a glass utensil.
An obsolete WWII Soviet Union mine with a wooden casing may not have much aesthetic appeal, even looking like a harmless cast-off container, but it becomes doubly dangerous as decay of the wood makes it increasingly unstable.
Dallaporta's book pictures only 35 mines, one per page, each resting like a prized fetish in a black field. Each page opposite the photo states country of origin and details of the mine's specific "qualities," presented as anomalous captions. Where one might expect some dog-eared munitions catalog rendering, each one pictured here is "painted" with light. The clean, delicate highlights and shadows would have delighted cinematographer John Alton.
All too many of these mines have been manufactured in the United States. One of the most infamous is the "Bouncing Betty" M16, described as an "antipersonnel bounding fragmentation mine." It shoots five feet into the air, exploding within half a second and creates a lethal radius of over 30 feet. But it looks like a homemade, jerry-rigged tin can. Perfectly American. Form follows function.
An equally lethal first cousin is the more overtly designed (Italian, of course) V-69, which sends out over 1000 pieces of chopped steel. The caption reads:
Between 1982 and 1985, its manufacturer Valsella sold around 9 million V69s to Iraq. The mine was given a nickname by Iraqi minelayers: the "Broom."
Saddam's real weapon of mass destruction.
Some mines look more like models for a science fiction movie than weapons, such as this American BLU-26/B. Over 9 million were left on the ground in Laos during the Vietnam War. Unexploded, they can't be disarmed.
The USA M-39 seems to have wings, perfect for its ejection from a howitzer at up to 11.5 km from target.
The Russian Federation AO-2.5RTM submunition is heavy, about 6 lbs. and has a destructive area of 210 square meters.
A trio of colorless steel more than makes up for their drabness by the wide range of havoc they make on descent from a plane or launcher. They resemble lost parts from some utilitarian machine, rather than a perfect maiming machine.
"The "mustard pot" was used in WWII by the Nazis.
The BLU-24/B is a humbler looking yellow painted companion, sans filigree, to its BLU-26/B brother. These number/letter designations serve to suggest the great variety of "models" available to the fighting troops.
And Portugal manages entry-level status in the manufacturer's club with the non-bounding M-966/B, which can also be detonated by a tripwire. It looks like a radio antenna.
More rudimentary in shape is the BLU-97/B, another American entry in the sweepstakes for non-design simplicity and efficiency. Like too many American-made products of the 90s, its failure rate only made it more deadly. The book caption claims its failure rate in Kosovo was 7 percent
Meaning that each CBU-87 [the larger mother bomb carrying the submunition BLU-97/B] leaves 14 unexploded submunitions over an area of 800 square meters. Once on the ground, these duds act as de facto antipersonnel mines.
Another frequent American dud, the submunition BLU-3/B is called the "Pineapple" though it also resembles a heavy metal badminton cock. It sports six fins, which are supposed to slow and stabilize its descent. Nearly 25 percent fail on impact.
Another American finned sibling is the BLU-77/B, which has a squid –like profile. It is one of over 700 (yes 700) submunitions in a 7,400 pound cluster bomb, the CBU-59 Rockeye II. It was a star of the 1991 Gulf War, and makes a significant part of the 200 cluster submunitions still discovered every month in Kuwait.
A French entry, the MI AP DV 61, has clean and elegant but functional lines, with a spiked shaft to facilitate embedding in the sands of desert countries such as Algeria, North Africa being the last bastion of Gallic imperialism.
Not all landmines are the products of worldwide war profiteering corporations. A homemade version comes from Bosnia-Herzegovina. It has a detonation mechanism mounted onto an explosives filled plastic jar. The adjacent caption says that in 2005, a decade after the end of the Yugoslav war, landmines still killed 34 people in Bosnia.
But a certain pride of place must be given to France, again, for the Ogre F1. Its portrait in Dallaporta's gallery looks like it could be a beribboned French war trophy.
The Ogre can be fired up to 35 km. with a footprint of 10,000-18,000 square meters. In 2008, the French signing of the Oslo cluster-munitions treaty spelled its demise.
How does one consider the implications of this photo gallery of death? If you, like I, have never seen what landmines actually look like, there is a good chance you won't be able to forget these images. We may scan an online news photo slideshow or flip today's newspaper pages showing bloody images of the damage that antipersonnel ordinance can inflict on the soft targets of human flesh, but in some uncanny way, clearly intended by Dallaporta, these sensuously lit, but unemotive, sterile, images, are searing retinal records of what we do to one another in the glorious name of "god and country."
Next: "The Spinning Top," and the Parvo.


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On Monday, June 18, 2012, WSJ.com Editors wrote:
News Alert
from The Wall Street Journal
A federal jury in Washington, D.C., found baseball great Roger Clemens not guilty of perjury and all other charges, rejecting prosecutors' allegations that he lied about steroid use.
The verdict came after a two-month trial and a yearslong investigation that began when Mr. Clemens told Congress he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Hard to imagine a bigger waste of time?
Will those Federal prosecutors get bonuses?
They should get fired!
With a note in their file, that they wasted the Taxpayers' money! I can't imagine a bigger negative.
I only heard the press reports and I didn't believe ANY of them. (Who save old swabs and needles?)
Sorry, but they should all go for "stupidity".
As a watcher of "Paper Chase", lawyers are supposed to be smart and THINK!
John Edwards — guilty as sin — millions spent for naught.
Roger Clemens — maybe!
(Hey, if mark mcguire gets a pass?)
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Bryce Covert's recent post on The Nation's website got me thinking today. It's about an Accenture survey of Gen Y working women which found that
-they have the most positive outlook for women in the workplace of any other generation.
And yet:
-when it comes to their careers, they're less likely to proactively manage their career or ask for a raise than their male counterparts.
-they feel underpaid,
-and have found that their careers take a bigger hit than their male counterparts' once they become parents.
Whew. That's one hell of a disconnect, wouldn't you say? While I'm generally an unrepentant optimist, the type to blow sunshine up even the crankiest of derrieres until I get a smile, a study like this makes me question my approach. A positive attitude is well and good, but, when young women declare themselves optimistic about women in the workplace in the very same survey in which they point out gender-based inequities, you kinda gotta worry. Sunshine is good; complacency, not so much.
The trouble is the message we women have been fed: that feminism's work is over; the battle won. That's where that sense of optimism comes in, I'd argue. I myself went to an all-girls high school, not too (too too) terribly long ago, and spent my four plaid-skirted years surrounded by the enthusiastic and inspiring message that girls could do anything boys could do. Which is good, of course–because it's true. Save for peeing one's name in the snow.
But there's a little bit of trouble with that approach. One: that you enter the real world largely unprepared for the injustices you will, (yes, I said WILL) come up against as a woman. And two: that when you do come up against them, you will assume they have only to do with you. That the situation–your lesser paycheck; your unwillingness to "proactively manage your career or ask for a raise" for fear of bias or judgment; your employer's subtly shifting opportunities away once you've become a mom or the discrimination you'll face if you don't have kids–and the fact that your male counterpart in either of those scenarios will likely be rewarded, seen as either a dependable family man or a guy who has the time to devote to his job, where you'll be perceived a flight risk or cold and odd, respectively; the realization that if you want a killer career and your husband wants a killer career and you want kids you're in for a daily struggle that may well lead to one of you "opting" out; that if, against these formidable odds, you do make it to the very top, you will find yourself wildly outnumbered–is merely your problem. That it is personal, and not political. When, of course, it is exactly that. It is collective and it is political–and change happens when we're willing to see it that way.
Don't get me wrong: We have come a long way (baby). Think about this: when my mom graduated from college, it was still totally legal for employment want-ads to be segregated by gender. A company could list a managerial job in the men's want-ads, a secretarial one in the women's. This was not the dark ages; this was the 1970s. So clearly we've come a tremendous way since disco inferno.
But the fact that we've come so far does not mean that our work here is finished. The fact that we have much to be grateful for in no way precludes the many things we should be angry about. Take that pay gap, for example:
U.S. Department of Education data show that a year out of school, despite having earned higher college GPAs in every subject, young women will take home, on average across all professions, just 80 percent of what their male colleagues do… Motherhood has long been the explanation for the persistent pay gap, yet a decade out of college, full-time working women who haven't had children still make 77 cents on the male dollar.
April 17 of this year is Equal Pay Day. Don't let the delightful sounding name fool ya, though: that's the day that a woman's salary catches up to a man's… from last year. For doing the same job. Another way to look at that is like this: taken as a whole, from January through April 17, women are working for free.
So, clearly, we still have a hell of a way to go.
Or, I suppose, maybe I should rephrase: the world still has a hell of a way to go.
But who is going to be responsible for steering it in the right direction?
It occurs to me that perhaps these young women are right in their optimism–or here's my Pollyanna side's spin, anyway: for centuries, men's roles have not changed. Whether buffalo or bacon, they were to bring it home. They were the hunters. They were to provide.
Women, on the other hand, have always adapted–whether when acting the gatherers, surveying the environment to see what it had in store and shifting the game plan accordingly, or to a male-dominated workplace in which we nevertheless were able to ascend, bit by bit, to the point where we are today. We had to fight for the right to wear pants, for craps sake. Now, how many pairs of jeans are in your closet? Change is in our DNA. The office, corporate culture, political institutions — these things aren't going to change themselves.
The angry part of me and the Pollyanna part come together in the faith that these women will eventually get angry on their own behalf: and once that happens, they'll see the rest of us, and they'll join us. And then we'll do what we've always done. We'll change things. A little anger will help. And so will a little optimism.


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Tomorrow (Thursday Feb 7) there will be an art auction in aid of CRISIS of the wonderful paintings of Kevin Fitzpatrick the cabbie artist who financed his work by learning The Knowledge and who very sadly died last year. Some of them are quite large and would look great in a corporate setting or in a large room. From time to time I have drawn attention to his remarkable paintings and installations on Flickr and Twitter and you can see from the ones in the picture how good they are.
Please come along to tomorrow's event whether to buy or to socialise. You can view the pictures most of the day or join the event proper from 6pm until 9pm with the auction scheduled to start at 7pm. There will be a cash bar. All the proceeds will go to help CRISIS, the great charity that is hosting the event. We look forward to welcoming you at Bermondsey Project, Ground Floor Gallery, 46 Willow Walk, SE1 5SF or 15 mins walk from Bermondsey or London Bridge stations. More info Dan Keegan 07811 365 046 email@example.com
This link takes you to a Flickr set showing some of his artwork including the installation at Central St Martins involving cabbies taking the knowledge.


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Anne Cobai is a long time viewer of the blog and graphic designer/illustrator based in Perth, Australia who loves music and has some real talent in illustrating people. Also, Bloc Party.
RSOW -- Anne Cobai
Super Nintendo Box Art
This post will mean more to some than others. For me, the box art for a Super Nintendo game growing up in the 90s was so dear to me that just by looking back at them 10+ years later I can relive the powerup sounds, platform levels and button mashing as one frustrated but happy kid. I kind of liked how there was a thick black Nintendo frame that was always there, unlike video game box art these days, it makes it feel just a little bit more consistent.
Tags: 1990s, nintendo, video game
Graphic Design by Sara Haraigue
Sara Haraigue is a French graphic designer based in Paris who uses nature as a central theme and inspiration in her work. Her style has a very raw and organic feel, with my favorite being the first piece at the top for its rough but refined presentation.
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Boulder, Colo., USA New Geosphere articles posted online 11 Jan. and 5 Feb. 2013 include additions to the "Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane" series, the "Neogene Tectonics and Climate-Tectonic Interactions in the Southern Alaskan Orogen" series, and the "Crevolution 2: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System II" series. A new series is also introduced: "Results of IODP Exp313: The History and Impact of Sea-level Change Offshore New Jersey."
Papers cover:
1. Fresh water and the New Jersey shelf
2. Adobe Hills, California-Nevada, USA
3. Centimeter-scale analog models of continental rifts
4. The Organ magma complex
5. Textures of volcanic glass
6. The Hexi corridor basin, Tibetan Plateau
7. A comparison of the Seward-Malaspina and the Bagley-Bering-Tana glacier systems in Alaska
8. Two-dimensional models for the Border Ranges fault system, Alaska
9. New analytical techniques for understanding Grand Canyon
10. The value of different modalities in studying the Sierra Nevada
Abstracts for these and other Geosphere papers are available at http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/. Representatives of the media may obtain complimentary copies of Geosphere articles by contacting Kea Giles at the address above.
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Stable isotope geochemistry of pore waters and marine sediments from the New Jersey shelf: Methane formation and fluid origin
Robert van Geldern et al., GeoZentrum Nordbayern, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Posted online 11 Jan. 2013; now part of the Feb. 2013 issue; http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/9/1/96.abstract.
The presence of a large fresh water lens below the sea floor in the sediments of the New Jersey Shelf is known from early scientific drillings in the 1970s. However, the origin of this large freshwater body is still under debate. Recent groundwater flow models suggest that the water originates mainly from molten ice that entered the ground below large continental ice sheets during the last ice age. In this case, the potential resource of fresh water a few miles off the coast of New Jersey would be a non-renewable resource. In contrast to that, analyses of the pore waters that were sampled during the 2009 drilling expedition of the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP Exp. 313) revealed the following sources of fluids beneath the shelf: (1) modern rainwater from onshore New Jersey, (2) modern seawater, and (3) a brine that ascends from deep sediments. This rules out the ice age origin theory. To investigate, Robert van Geldern and colleagues used the chemical composition of pore water and a naturally occurring label within the water molecule (H2O) -- the so-called "stable isotope composition" of the elements oxygen (O) and hydrogen (H). This ratio can be used to identify the origin and mixing of water masses. Further geochemical investigations of the sediment also revealed the existence of active methane formation in depths below 350 meters below the seafloor. Under today's sea level, this major greenhouse gas is not released from the sediment into the ocean or the atmosphere. The methane is oxidized in the sediment column to carbon dioxide that in turn is mostly trapped in the pore waters as dissolved inorganic carbon. This situation, however, could have been completely different during ice ages, where the sea level was much lower than today. Here, the methane could have vented out and contributed a significant portion of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. This paper is part of a new "Results of IODP Exp313: The History and Impact of Sea-level Change Offshore New Jersey" series.
Pliocene sinistral slip across the Adobe Hills, eastern California-western Nevada: Kinematics of fault slip transfer across the Mina Deflection
Sarah Nagorsen-Rinke et al., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington 98926, USA. Posted online 11 Jan. 2013; now part of the February 2013 issue; http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/9/1/37.abstract.
The Adobe Hills, California-Nevada, USA, is a region of faulted volcanic rock located within what is called the Mina deflection, a zone of faults that connects the right-lateral fault slip dominated northern Eastern California shear zone (ECSZ) to the south with the right-lateral fault slip dominated Walker Lane belt (WLB) to the north. New geologic mapping, fault studies, and geochronology in the Adobe Hills allow researchers Sarah Nagorsen-Rinke and colleagues to calculate fault slip rates and test predictions for how fault slip is transferred from one fault system to another. Rocks exposed in the Adobe Hills include 11-million-year-old explosive volcanic rock overlain by three- to four-million-year-old (Pliocene age) sandstones, basalt lava flows, and basalt cinder cones, and younger (less than one-million-year-old) sands, alluvium, and mud. The authors propose that a set of faults located west of the White Mountains fault zone and east of Long Valley Caldera transfer a portion of right lateral Owens Valley fault slip northwestward onto the left lateral faults in the Adobe Hills. Fault slip in the Adobe Hills is part of a regional pattern of initiation and renewal of fault slip during the Pliocene that extends from latitude ~40 degrees N to ~36 degrees N within the ECSZ-WLB and along the western margin of the Basin and Range Province. This regional deformation episode may be related to changes in gravitational potential energy. This paper is part of the "Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane" series.
Experimental modeling of rifting at craton margins
Giacomo Corti et al., Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, U.O. Firenze, Via G. La Pira, 4, 50121 Florence, Italy. Posted online 11 Jan. 2013; now part of the Feb. 2013 issue, http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/9/1/138.abstract.
Continental rifting is one of the most important geodynamic processes that shape our planet: During its evolution, lithospheric plates are torn apart and broken, and -- eventually -- a new oceanic basin is formed in between. Yet, the dynamics by which continental extension is progressively focused to form mid oceanic ridges is not well understood, especially when the process occurs at the margins of the strongest portions of the continents, the old cratonic areas. Continental rifts, such as the system of rift valleys in East Africa, Lake Baikal, or the basins that characterize large portion of the Antarctic plate, represent typical examples of these conditions, where the juxtaposition between the old, cold, and resistant lithosphere and an adjacent weaker domain is likely to influence the architecture and evolution of the extension-related deformation. In this study by Giacomo Corti and colleagues, centimeter-scale analog models are used to reproduce and analyze in the laboratory this large-scale geological process, providing results of important relevance for improving our knowledge of development of continental rifts at the margins of old, strong cratonic areas.
Geochronologic evidence of upper-crustal in situ differentiation: Silicic magmatism at the Organ caldera complex, New Mexico
Matthew J. Zimmerer and William C. McIntosh, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science and New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA. First posted online 11 Jan. 2013; now part of the Feb. 2013 issue; http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/content/9/1/155.abstract.
Determining the processes that generate caldera-related silicic magmas and the origin of compositional zonation patterns of ignimbrites is central to our understanding of caldera-forming eruptions. Though the hazards associated with calderas are well known, caldera eruptions are infrequent and have not been directly observed. Because of this, most caldera magmatism models are developed using extinct caldera systems. In this study, Matthew Zimmerer and William McIntosh, conducted 40Ar/39Ar and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry U/Pb zircon dating of the volcanic and plutonic rocks from the Organ caldera complex in order to accomplish two primary goals: (1) to investigate the time scales of caldera magmatism, from inception to cessation; and (2) to determine whether the caldera-forming silicic ignimbrites were generated by upper-crustal in situ differentiation or were generated at deeper crustal levels. This was accomplished by comparing the timing of caldera ignimbrite eruptions to the emplacement history of the Organ Needle pluton, the proposed residual crystal mush of the caldera magma chamber.
Atlas of Alteration Textures in Volcanic Glass from the Ocean Basins
Martin Fisk, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97330, USA; and Nicola McLoughlin. First posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00827.1.
Martin Fisk and Nicola McLoughlin provide a comprehensive photographic atlas of the intricate alteration features found in glass in igneous rocks from the ocean basins. These textures have previously been termed "bioalteration textures" or "etch pits." Fisk and McLoughlin use transmitted-light color photomicrographs to illustrate the range of granular and tubular textures as well as their relationship to fractures, minerals, vesicles, and multiple episodes of alteration in the same sample. They describe the tubular forms using seven morphological characteristics: (1) length and width; (2) density; (3) curvature; (4) roughness; (5) variations in width; (6) branching; and (7) tunnel contents. The photomicrographs are a starting point for understanding the factors that control the formation of the alteration textures, for evaluating the biogenicity of the various forms, for inferring subsurface conditions during alteration, and for making comparisons to similar textures in ancient ophiolites, some of which have been attributed to the earliest life on Earth.
Late Quaternary slip rates of the thrust faults in western Hexi Corridor (Northern Qilian Shan, China) and their implications for northeastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau
Zheng Wen-Jun et al., State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China. Posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00775.1.
Based on 10Be exposure dating and topographic profiling, Zheng Wen-Jun and colleagues determined vertical components of slip rates for the Jiayuguan Fault and the Jintanan Shan Fault in the NE Tibetan Plateau. They found that the rates are consistent with previous geological and GPS constraints, and conclude that the Tibetan Plateau continues to grow northeastward by thrust faulting at low rates and by folding on the northeastern edge of the Hexi Corridor basin.
Examination of the interplay between glacial processes and exhumation in the Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska
Rachel M. Headley et al., Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1310, USA. Posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00810.1.
The Saint Elias Range in southeast Alaska is a tectonically active and heavily glaciated coastal mountain system. In this study, Rachel Headley and colleagues review and combine glaciology and thermochronology data from the largest glacier systems in the region, the Seward-Malaspina and the Bagley-Bering-Tana. These datasets record the glacial flow, the hydrological system, and the exhumation of the bedrock under the ice. The combined datasets reveal that the two glacier systems, despite close proximity and similar size, show very different patterns of erosion and sediment transport. To fully understand this difference, says Headley, it is necessary to take into account glacier-specific properties and processes, such as subglacial water flow, surging of the glaciers, and bedrock topography and structural setting. This paper is part of the "Neogene Tectonics and Climate-Tectonic Interactions in the Southern Alaskan Orogen" series.
Interpretation of gravity and magnetic data and development of 2D cross-sectional models for the Border Ranges fault system, south-central Alaska
Niti Mankhemthong et al., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA. Posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00833.1.
Extensive glacial cover and lack of dense geophysical data within the Cook Inlet basin (CIB) of south-central Alaska make locating and determining the geometry of the Border Ranges fault system (BRFS), a major feature of the region, difficult. Niti Mankhemthong and colleagues use recently collected gravity data, available aeromagnetic data, and other geophysical information as constraints to develop plausible 2D cross-section models that better image the BRFS and related geologic structures of the CIB. Their models suggest the BRFS dips 50 to 70 degrees toward the west-northwest and extends to at least 15 km. Their integrated models also show a thick sequence of sedimentary rocks and volcanic rocks (6 to 20 km depth) overlying a high metamorphosed, hydrous rock body (serpentinite) at a depth of 16 to 34 km. The volcanic rocks and serpentinite are interpreted as possible sources of the south Alaska magnetic high over the CIB. The CIB's eastern boundaries are characterized by gravity and magnetic highs of the Border Range ultramafic and mafic assemblages (BRUMA), rocks high in iron and magnesium that have been derived from the lower crust and upper mantle. Formation of the BRUMA may be related to the presences of the deeper serpentinite body. A model that includes underplated sediments at the base of the crust beneath the northwestern Chugach Mountains (12 to 40 km) is consistent with an observed regional gravity low. The underplating may be associated with the process of subducting and shortening Yakutat microplate in south-central Alaska. This paper is part of the "Neogene Tectonics and Climate-Tectonic Interactions in the Southern Alaskan Orogen" series.
New thermochronometric constraints on the Tertiary landscape evolution of central and eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona
J.P. Lee et al., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center MS974, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA. Posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00842.1.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona, USA, is both a geologic wonder and enigma. Since its first geologic description over one hundred years ago, it has been the source of vigorous debate regarding the timing and processes of its formation. Ironically, the enormous magnitude of erosion that characterizes Grand Canyon is what obscures a description of its geologic history due to the almost complete removal of the Tertiary rock record. However, new analytical techniques have revived the century-old debate. In this study, J.P. Lee and colleagues present new data that allow insight into the thermal evolution of the rocks collected from the area of Grand Canyon. These thermal histories allow them to infer patterns of erosion through time, and therefore constrain the age of Grand Canyon. Results indicate that the region of Grand Canyon has undergone a spatially variable erosion history with segments of Grand Canyon forming at 28-20 million years ago while the easternmost segments of Marble Canyon formed no earlier than 10 million years ago. These observations indicate that the coherent landscape feature that we know today as Grand Canyon was actually assembled in a segmented fashion from inherited landscape features. The results here bring the geologic community one step further in constructing a unified theory that describes the complicated origin of Grand Canyon while honoring many previously described lines of geologic evidence. This paper is part of the "Crevolution 2: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System II" series.
Paleochannels, stream incision, erosion, topographic evolution, and alternative explanations of paleoaltimetry, Sierra Nevada, California
John Wakabayashi, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California 93740, USA. Posted online 5 Feb. 2013; http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00814.1.
This paper by John Wakabayashi presents data bearing on the topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The systematic relationship between the azimuth and gradient of Eocene river channel deposits (paleochannels) strongly support late Cenozoic tilting and uplift of the range. Paleochannel reaches trending perpendicular to the range axis display the steepest gradients. In contrast, modern Sierran rivers do not show a systematic relationship between gradient and azimuth. Late Cenozoic initiation of significant stream incision (canyon cutting) also suggests late Cenozoic uplift, because this downcutting began in spite of apparently decreasing stream discharge and increasing sediment load. An increase in stream gradient (by tilting and uplift) best explains the onset of incision at that time. Late Cenozoic uplift and stream incision began earlier in the southern than in the northern part of the range. The southern part of the range has experienced two episodes of late Cenozoic uplift compared to a single one for the north. Stable isotope data, that have been interpreted to indicate a lack of late Cenozoic uplift, may reflect relatively recent reequilibration and/or the progressive advance of an erosional/weathering front downward into fresh rock. This study by Wakabayashi is potentially important for comparing and evaluating interpretations of the topographic evolution of mountainous regions derived from different methodologies, such as geomorphic-stratigraphic, thermochronologic, and stable isotope based paleoaltimetry. This paper is part of the "Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane" series.
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One of the two consortia designing tests for the Common Core State Standards recently released new guidance on the minimum technology standards states will need to meet to give those tests, beginning in 2014-15.
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The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has released an updated guide to technology requirements and recommendations for member states planning to implement the common-core assessment system the consortium is developing for the 2014-15 school year.
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1. Move away from Windows XP (which is used by more than half of schools today) to Windows 7. Windows 8 might be acceptable, but further testing is needed. However, the assessments will work with Windows XP.
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The other group leading states toward the development of tests to match the common core, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, has also released its own list of technology requirements and recommendations for 2014-15. (See box, this page.)
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Standards for operating systems vary. The minimum standards for Windows, for instance, is Windows XP/Service Pack 3, though looking ahead, Windows 7 or newer is recommended.
Douglas Levin, the executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association, says the PARCC guidelines "do a good job of conveying that this is going to be an ongoing process."
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DescriptionBrunhilda is a student of Linguistics in New York. When her aunt leaves on a holiday, she asks Brunhilda to go find a bag she left at her apartment. When Brunhilda arrives at the apartment, she finds out that her aunt's obsession with the occult is not just an innocent hobby. The bag contains a demon that tells her the Magical Realm is in danger. A prophecy has foretold that magic will weaken and disappear over time. The king has decided to store all available magic in a Dark Crystal, which diminishes the amount of magic. The prophecy also tells about someone from another world who can save the Magical Realm.
Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal is a blend of the hidden object and adventure genres. It consists of several worlds in which the player has to find certain objects to progress, for instance ingredients for potions or pages from a book. These objects are relevant to the story and are sometimes used to solve puzzles and remove obstacles. Magic (alchemy, wizardry, and telepathy) is performed in mini-games such as catching the correct falling drops and clicking runes shown on a scrolling bar. If the player does well, mini-games are unlocked for replaying from the main menu.
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