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The U.S. government has been looking and often gathering and collecting data on almost every phone call, website visited, and credit card transaction we make. In case you want to get caught up one this issue which hit the news world hard yesterday, this article on the National Security Agency (NSA) program called Prism is a good quick start. Here's a juicy quote of a quote from the article:
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person's movements and contacts over time.
The highly classified program, code-named PRISM, has not been disclosed publicly before. Its establishment in 2007 and six years of exponential growth took place beneath the surface of a roiling debate over the boundaries of surveillance and privacy. Even late last year, when critics of the foreign intelligence statute argued for changes, the only members of Congress who know about PRISM were bound by oaths of office to hold their tongues.
While it's hard to feel happy about this, could it be necessary to prevent another 9/11? If it did prevent something like a nuclear device being detonated in Chicago killing a million people, would it be worth it? Does this revelation give the bad guys notice that they need a new way to stay in touch?
Obviously, a government needs some secrecy, but how much is too much?
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The critics nonetheless say the NSA program is a violation of privacy, or illegal, or unconstitutional, or all of the above. But nobody's civil liberties are violated by tech companies or banks that constantly run the same kinds of data analysis. We bow to no one in our desire to limit government power, but data-mining is less intrusive on individuals than routine airport security. The data sweep is worth it if it prevents terror attacks that would lead politicians to endorse far greater harm to civil liberties. (source)
Sen. McCarthy singled out individuals and accused them of treason in public. This doesn't appear to be similar to McCarthyism on any level.
Well, I've been all around the US and have lived extensively in both Oregon and Ohio and have never run into "guilt by association" of people who know atheists. Also, the courts pretty consistently have protected the rights of atheists under the same Freedom of Religion that protects religious people.
I have no idea where your paranoia comes from. There may be countries where our rights would be more protected, but surely in most countries our rights would be worse off.
Apparently, according to government officials (including Obama) the telephone data is simply warehoused and only accessed when a case emerges where it might be useful. They say no one and not computer software is poring over the content. In fact, if I understand correctly, the content is lost. All that's collected is "metadata" like location, date, time, and duration, as well as the phone numbers on both ends of the calls of course.
However, that is not the government's only data collection program.
I just finished up a lengthy article on Wired.com about this very thing. Apparently, the NSA has tapped into the hard lines of the internet around the US, embedded themselves in the servers of almost all major internet businesses, and in the servers of US telcoms. On top of it, they are recording almost everything they can. They aren't viewing the data as it comes so technically no one is lying about people knowing what people are talking about, but they are keeping them to possibly view later. They can then comb through it for certain search terms and decrypt files as want with a super computer in Oak Ridge, TN built specifically for the purpose. All of this is mind-bogglingly unethical and no one in charge gives a damn. It's interesting that you linked this right below my reply about Zimbardo and his book, because the same slippery-slope has led to this. They ask for a little bit more and a little bit more until the NSA is spying on all Americans. This program isn't just to find terrorists. It's at the point where it can capture and decrypt almost any data sent through the US's lines from other countries' state secrets to industrial secrets.
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He explains that the agency could have installed its tapping gear at the nation's cable landing stations—the more than two dozen sites on the periphery of the US where fiber-optic cables come ashore. If it had taken that route, the NSA would have been able to limit its eavesdropping to just international communications, which at the time was all that was allowed under US law. Instead it chose to put the wiretapping rooms at key junction points throughout the country—large, windowless buildings known as switches—thus gaining access to not just international communications but also to most of the domestic traffic flowing through the US. The network of intercept stations goes far beyond the single room in an AT&T building in San Francisco exposed by a whistle-blower in 2006. "I think there's 10 to 20 of them," Binney says. "That's not just San Francisco; they have them in the middle of the country and also on the East Coast."
The eavesdropping on Americans doesn't stop at the telecom switches. To capture satellite communications in and out of the US, the agency also monitors AT&T's powerful earth stations, satellite receivers in locations that include Roaring Creek and Salt Creek. Tucked away on a back road in rural Catawissa, Pennsylvania, Roaring Creek's three 105-foot dishes handle much of the country's communications to and from Europe and the Middle East. And on an isolated stretch of land in remote Arbuckle, California, three similar dishes at the company's Salt Creek station service the Pacific Rim and Asia.
Binney left the NSA in late 2001, shortly after the agency launched its warrantless-wiretapping program. "They violated the Constitution setting it up," he says bluntly. "But they didn't care. They were going to do it anyway, and they were going to crucify anyone who stood in the way. When they started violating the Constitution, I couldn't stay." Binney says Stellar Wind was far larger than has been publicly disclosed and included not just eavesdropping on domestic phone calls but the inspection of domestic email. At the outset the program recorded 320 million calls a day, he says, which represented about 73 to 80 percent of the total volume of the agency's worldwide intercepts. The haul only grew from there. According to Binney—who has maintained close contact with agency employees until a few years ago—the taps in the secret rooms dotting the country are actually powered by highly sophisticated software programs that conduct "deep packet inspection," examining Internet traffic as it passes through the 10-gigabit-per-second cables at the speed of light.
I am OK with the program as is, connectivity only, no content without a court order. It must be continuously scrutinized. Once again we can thank religion for loss of freedom.
I don't think they can even examine the metadata without a court order. The purpose of the program is just to preserve potential evidence. I'm OK with that, too.
But are they looking at it only with court approval or are they looking at it regardless? It's all so secret we can't even tell and we have no way to tell. The system in place has created a situation where I think the abuse of power is not just likely, but inevitable.
Even if they did look at it, remember it's not content. They don't know what was said, but only whose phone talked to whose phone, time and date and duration of the call. Also, the data isn't of Americans, it's of foreign nationals. If they talk to an American, then a warrant from the FISA court is necessary to take it further.
I think the problem here could be reciprocity. The US government could be tuning in to UK exchanges and the UK government could be tuning in to US exchanges. Then it would simply be a matter of exchanging the findings, neatly circumventing any domestic regulations in place for the citizens/subjects in the particular government's jurisdiction.
Still, it's just metadata, not "Bob, I think I may have left my cell phone over at your place while we were smoking crack last night."
I can only imagine that listening or reading actual communications, would lead to insanity at a rate of knots.
Still, I like the idea of making a call from a phone that's actually over at Bob's.
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Che died relatively young, and lived violently. His was a world of ideals. He embraced Communism, having been raised a socialist by well to do parents. It is his adult life which earns him the description of 'monster'.
The places where Che had most influence are in poverty, suffering deadly strife which threatens to engulf the regions they inhabit. This wasn't Che's intention, having a goal and a method of prosecution to that goal. Che's goal might be inferred by the poetry he is said to have enjoyed, like that of Pablo Neruda. It is an idealistic world, without social inequality which leads to injustice. To achieve that goal, Che employed brutal injustice.
Soon after Cuba was overthrown by Fidel Castro, Che was given responsibility in government.
"He was appointed commander of the La Cabaña Fortress prison, and during his five-month tenure in that post (January 2 through June 12, 1959), he oversaw the trial and execution of many people, among whom were former Batista regime officials and members of the "Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities" (BRAC), a unit of the secret police known by its Spanish acronym. José Vilasuso, an attorney who worked under Guevara at La Cabaña preparing indictments, said that these were lawless proceedings where "the facts were judged without any consideration to general juridical principles" and the findings were pre-determined by Guevara. It is estimated that between 156 and 550 people were executed on Guevara's extra-judicial orders during this time."
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Che killed for his cause, and it is apparent he wanted to die, such that at several times, his colleagues worked hard to convince him not to die for one cause or another. When he died, he still had those handsome, youthful features.
People still revere Che. People denounce decent people for being monsters. Che deserves the epithet. The short documentary The Weasel is making will show Che, The Monster.
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The identity of the Boston Marathon bomber remains unknown, but that should not dampen the many efforts to challenge the possible motives for this terrorist tragedy. In fact, one challenge started within seconds of the blasts.
Instead of fleeing the smoky carnage near the finish line in Boston's Back Bay, dozens of spectators and runners joined the police and rushed to aid the injured, despite the risk of another bomb. They helped relieve the fear and suffering of victims by flooding the scene with compassion and assurance, whether it was with a tourniquet, a wheelchair, words of comfort, or a prayer.
They ranged from New England Patriots guard Joe Andruzzi to peace activist Carlos Arredondo. Local hotels and restaurants helped those runners and others affected by the devastation. Many runners and spectators vowed to return next year.
Many of those helping at the scene acted in the spirit of Psalms 91: "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day." Across the city, people reminded each other of the need to affirm all of that which the bomber sought to destroy. They noted the spirit of the world's oldest marathon and the meaning of the local Patriots' Day holiday that celebrates the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War.
As Americans discovered after 9/11 as well as many others, how we react to terrorism is as important as catching the terrorists. Fear is the terrorists' most desired outcome. And while higher degrees of caution and safety may be needed, fear must not be the answer. Whatever reasons are used to justify the killing of civilians, they will eventually be made powerless when enough people attest to and live by the values of a free, caring, and peaceful society.
Boston itself has a notable legacy of people who have affirmed the enduring power of good in the face of evil. Two cases stand out:
The most recent one is called "the Boston miracle." Started in the early 1990s to counter a wave of gang violence, it involved a collaboration of police and black clergy to reach the most-hardened gang leaders. Church leaders like the Rev. Eugene Rivers offered unconditional love and the hope of a better life to gangs while police promised swift punishment for even minor lawbreaking. Ministers, for example, gave their cellphone numbers to gang members. Within two years, gang violence was cut in half.
The other case came after the Boston Massacre of 1770, in which British soldiers killed five people protesting the British occupation of the city.
While the people demanded harsh justice, John Adams recognized that the colony must affirm civic values such as rule of law in order to earn respect and liberty. He offered to be legal counsel to Thomas Preston, captain of the troops, defending him in court.
"Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently," wrote Adams later, after he became the second American president. Standing up for such values cost him dearly – about half of his law practice. Eventually, however, the colony saw the wisdom of embracing these ideals as a form of defense to imperial tyranny.
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This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical note.
Source: Pieci Santīmi (Five Cents), the evening edition of Pēdejais Brīdis (Last Minute), November 25, 1927
Inheritance in America. The General-Consul in New York tells us that a Joe Propokovičs died in 1924, in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving an estate of approximately 1370 dollars. The deceased has brothers and sisters that live in Latvia, but their place of residence is unknown. The sisters are Anna and Sofija, the brothers are Kārlis and Pēteris. Anyone who has the rights to the estate left by the deceased is asked to turn to the Foreign Ministry's legal counsel.
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"I have had the opportunity to write several new chapters in the evolving Woodbury University history," said the school's retiring president, Kenneth Nielsen. "The success the school has achieved (is) a result of the hard work, action, and vision of so many of my friends and colleagues."
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Making the transition from one league to another often provides players a learning curve, though Krol looked comfortable at left back. Despite having not played a full competitive match recently, he felt good about Saturday's performance.
"I don't remember the last time I played 90 minutes in a league game," said Krol following Tuesday's training session. "I obviously come in without a great knowledge of the league and didn't want to give up too much going forward. I had some difficulty in the last 20 minutes but I think I put in a solid performance and we earned a result in a tough place to play on the road."
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Speed Testing the New China Mobile iPhones
China Mobile Ltd. is the new king in town when it comes to download speeds on Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China -- at least based on a highly informal and completely unscientific test conducted by China Real Time.
Using a speed test app from Ookla, CRT found download speeds using the iPhone 5S and 5C on China Mobile's fourth-generation network were almost twice as fast as the iPhone 5S on China Unicom's third-generation network. Upload speeds on China Mobile were almost four times as fast as China Unicom.
A dozen tests measuring data transmission to and from the same server in Beijing produced an average download speed for the China Mobile iPhone 5S of 15.2 megabits per second, compared to an average of 7.7 mbps recorded on China Unicom. In other words, it would take nine minutes to download a 1-gigabyte file on an iPhone using China Mobile's network versus 18 minutes on an iPhone using China Unicom's network.
For years, iPhone users on China Mobile have been unable to tap into the carrier's high-speed networks due to a lack of compatibility. On top of that, China Mobile's 3G network is based on a rarely used standard and widely known to be unreliable. Tests of speeds on China Mobile's 3G network showed download speeds as slow as one-tenth those on Unicom's 3G network.
Versions of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C designed to work with China Mobile's 4G network go on sale on Friday after years of negotiations. China Mobile is the world's largest carrier, with 700 million subscribers.
It's not exactly fair to measure China Mobile's 4G service against China Unicom's 3G network, particularly seeing as how CRT was sharing China Mobile's fourth-generation bandwidth with only a handful of early adopters. Once the new iPhones hit the market and more users start taxing the network, China Mobile's 4G speeds will presumably dip.
Even so, China Mobile looks poised to retake the speed crown from China Unicom, which has lagged behind its rival in the rollout of 4G. In 2013, China Mobile said it planned to spend almost $7 billion to build more than 200,000 4G base stations across the country.
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FOMC meeting presents potential turning point for emerging market debt
As the Federal Open Markets Committee meets to discuss the future direction of its monetary policy, Schroders fund manager and Co-head of Emerging Markets Debt Relative James Barrineau discusses the potential opportunities a tightening cycle presents for investors.
Whatever the eventual outcome of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting this week, once we jump the initial tightening hurdle talk will immediately turn towards the length of the tightening cycle.
This is, in our view, more pertinent than the question of whether the Federal Reserve (Fed) will remove the word "patient" from the wording of its commentary regarding its approach to normalising monetary policy.
The Fed has been at pains to suggest a shallow cycle; one that will not involve consecutive meeting hikes. This would be more supportive for emerging market debt, and the economic outlook strongly supports the view.
Outside of the strength in US employment, economic data has broadly disappointed. We believe that the market weakness in emerging market debt is laying the ground for better times in the future; provided our thesis is correct that the Fed will be slow in tightening rates.
A case of history repeating itself?
History is certainly on our side, though as ever, it may be difficult for investors to remember that far back. Essentially, well-telegraphed cycles have eventually led to emerging market debt rallies, once markets reflect the initial risks of tighter policy.
Nevertheless, the divergence of debt opportunities according to country remains profound. There are a number of emerging market countries that face difficulties, making a sell decision an easy call.
Emerging market opportunities
Brazil is one such country, with weak growth, high inflation, and questions over the ability to implement fiscal reform. This has led to poor sentiment despite interest rates approaching 13%.
Turkey, with a looming election and increasing political influence in markets, is another.
The next few weeks could prove a turning point in stimulating depressed emerging market debt valuations.
Russia has been a better performer and represents an overweight for our portfolios. The central bank this week has cut rates, but the easing was at best in line with market expectations, if not a bit conservative. The massive fall in the rouble, and widespread underexposure to the currency, are helping to boost the effectiveness of the rate cuts as volatility subsides steadily.
Mexico represents our other main overweight. The government took a step to steady currency volatility this week, and we expect the central bank to hike rates as soon as the Fed does. Even in a weak market, Mexico should outperform the rest of the asset class.
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Provided investors are attuned to the structural and fundamental differences within emerging markets, we believe that the next few weeks could prove a turning point in stimulating depressed emerging market debt valuations.


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The major science stories from Spirit
The major science stories from Spirit
Nov 24 2008, 09:23 PM
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I really, really, really tried to do my own research this time without relying on all you rover-watchers here for help, but after a couple of weeks of banging my head against a wall I'm coming crawling to you for help. I need to produce (for both our website and a podcast) a simplified, big-picture view of what Spirit has accomplished on Mars over the past five years. I've basically got to summarize five years of the mission in four minutes of speaking. The operational details (the main mileposts on the drive) are very easy to figure out with the help of Tesheiner's maps and the discussions in the route map thread, so I've got that in hand. What I am having trouble with is figuring out the answers to the following science questions:
1. What is the summary story that can be told about the history of the interior of Gusev crater based on Spirit's observations? Geology is fundamentally a science devoted to telling a story about a landscape -- what's the basic story that the Gusev landscape is telling us, as revealed by Spirit?
2. What are the biggest science discoveries -- I'm talking about the top three or five stories -- that Spirit has made?
There's just so much material on Spirit that I'm having an awful time trying to see the forest for all the trees. All the journal articles that I can find are just devoted to one phase of the mission, so I can't figure out which stories are the most significant. I have all of Salley's great articles to go through, but again, they're so detail-rich that it's difficult to figure out what the big picture is; it's like looking at a Seurat painting up close.
Any help or pointers to any place where anybody has already produced some quality science summary would be greatly appreciated.
Nov 25 2008, 02:33 AM
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Two recent papers in JGR-Planets are helpful re the Spirit/Gusev status:
Arvidson et al. Spirit Mars Rover Mission to the Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater: Mission overview and selected results from the Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, E12S33, doi:10.1029/2008JE003183, 2008
Lewis et al. Structure and stratigraphy of Home Plate from the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 113, E12S36, doi:10.1029/2007JE003025, 2008
To quote from the first:
Evidence for extensive volcanic activity and aqueous alteration in the Inner Basin is also detailed, including discovery and characterization of accretionary lapilli and formation of sulfate, silica, and hematite-rich deposits.
...The evidence for aqueous alteration derived from Spirits data is associated with outcrops that are too small to be detected from orbital observations or withmaterials exposed from the shallow subsurface during rover activities. Although orbital observations show many other locations on Mars with evidence for minerals formed or altered in an aqueous environment, Spirits data imply that the older crust of Mars has been altered even more extensively than evident from orbital data. This result greatly increases the potential that the surface or shallow subsurface was once a habitable regime.
And from the second:
Our results are consistent with an explosive volcaniclastic origin for the layered sediments. Analysis of bedding orientations over half of the circumference of Home Plate reveals a radially inward dipping structure, consistent with deposition in the volcanic vent, or topographic draping of a preexisting depression. Detailed observations of the sedimentology show that grain sorting varies significantly between outcrops on the east and west sides. Observations on the western side show a well-sorted population of sand sized grains which comprise the bedrock, while the eastern margin shows a wider range of grain sizes, including some coarse granules. These observations are consistent with primary deposition by a pyroclastic surge. However, aeolian reworking of the upper stratigraphic unit is not ruled out.
Hope this helps
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Nov 25 2008, 02:42 AM
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That Arvidson et al. paper may not cover the whole mission but 1,000 sols is the biggest chunk I've seen covered in one paper -- most helpful, thanks, I hadn't seen it yet!
Nov 25 2008, 05:22 AM
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Emily, There are a lot of 'science' achievements from Spirit's mission, and to summarise these in just a few minutes will be a challenge.
I'm sure that people here will give you many thoughts and tips.
I have one thought about something you should include as an achievement aside from the science -
"The success of operating a robot explorer on an alien world, in a harsh environment, climbing 'mountains', traversing a tough rocky terrain with (just to add to the fun) sandtraps, driving on five wheels for most of the mission (backwards!), with thickening dust on its solar panels and having to keep them oriented to the Sun, surviving freezing temperatures, major and minor dust storms, partially blinded eyes, ageing instruments, travelling many, many times further than designed to do, and communicating with biological entities on a distant planet who want you to do all this great science in what was to be a 90 Sol mission which is now going on five years."
The science is fantastic, the adventure is incredible!
However, as to the science, here are some references that might help you:
Four Years on Mars - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/mer/flightdirector-20080117/
Some nice images and comments from John Callas.
The Rover's science objectives:
Significant Discovery of Wetter Mars:
Contributed paper to the IAU referenced here: (not sure if you can get the full paper - you may need to subscribe)
Abstract: Results of the Mars Exploration Rover mission to Mars are summarized
Nov 25 2008, 06:12 AM
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In a way, one of Spirit's important discoveries was a non-discovery: if Gusev was a lake bottom, as seems obvious from orbital imagery, it was subsequently filled by floods of basalt. The early bits of Spirit's mission would have been terribly frustrating if not for the relief provided by Opportunity.
Nov 25 2008, 07:29 AM
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If you are looking for specific events, I'd say the two huge discoveries were Pot o' Gold and Tyrone.
If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
Nov 25 2008, 09:45 AM
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In 4 minutes, I would take Astro's advise as a statment.
Then I'll speak of the 3 major phases (and discoveries):
+ the Plain = basalt = deception = we must move to the Hills
+ the Hills = first glimpse of water action (we went there to follow the water) + inspiring breathtaking views (first Mars mountain climber )
+ Home Plate (the promise land) = "volcanism" (pure sand...)
...and the Exploration continue.
Good luck Emily
Edit: I forget to speak about DD and cleaning events. I know, I know, no relation between them but they are 2 major "discoveries", aren't they?
Nov 25 2008, 11:29 AM
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Best way I know to get the science story is two lectures Steve's done.
One particularly good science one is here
http://www.open2.net/sciencetechnologynatu...reslecture.html - in depth on the science half.
The other one, to bring it a bit more up to date, is here
Nov 25 2008, 06:13 PM
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This is a great topic. I'm making a new years' resolution to try to understand the science that's been done a bit more, starting with these links.
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I regret that this observation is not emphasized more by NASA or SS, but to me one of Spirit's most exciting discoveries was that everything off the landing plain appears to be layered and fragmental - coarse rock fragments with generally crude layering in the Columbia Hills, and fine salty sand with fine layering in Home Plate and vicinity. Except for what may be a single included ballistic rock fragment, the Home Plate layering greatly resembles that in Meridiani, especially the pervasive low angle cross beds (with some at higher angles). Other similarities include the underlying distinctive spherule-rich bed (reportedly with crystalline hematite), and the ferric acid sulfates, locally even richer at Gusev (up to 40%) than at Meridiani (up to 30%). Despite these obvious similarities, two completely different (but fundamentally Earth-like) causes have been inferred for the two sets of layered rocks, sulfate minerals, and spherules- volcanic (pyroclastic) surge from a vanished or hidden volcano (with vanished fumaroles and accretionary lapilli) for one, and an exceedingly complex set of events involving salt evaporation from vanished or hidden muddy acid playa lakes, silicate/salt transport and deposition by the wind, and alteration and redeposition by standing and flowing acid liquid water for the other.
A fragmental silica-rich bed, stratigraphically between the spherule-rich bed and the beds of Home Plate proper, so far appears to be unique to Gusev, and therefore probably ranks as Spirit's single most interesting discovery.
-- HDP Don
Nov 26 2008, 12:20 AM
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The close pictures on dust devil are the plus and unique of mission of Spirit. During the summer time, when Spirit was at the top of Hill Columbia, took an original activity: Astronomy taking some sky pictures when she had plenty of energy reserve to disipel. The other important Spirit's discovery was when she was heading toward Home Plate, trying to overcome a slope, her wheels have scratched the surface and found lots of sulfate....Indication of wathering of surface.
Finally, Spirit took lots of time on the highest point of Columbia hill taking the most complete picture around the Gusev!!!
And much more from others who can recall her stories...
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Thanks for all these replies, guys. My Internet access has been limited over the holiday but I'm reading everything and plan to get some writing done early next week. It's possible I may get a chance to ask SS what he thinks the biggest science stories are -- I'm glad for those Arvidson et al papers, which I printed out for some holiday reading -- they're giving me a good review! SS wrote a companion Oppy one to the 2006 paper, but there doesn't seem to be one in press yet for 2008, which would cover the subsequent 1,000 sols. I wonder if he has a draft in preparation...
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A fragmental silica-rich bed, stratigraphically between the spherule-rich bed and the beds of Home Plate proper, so far appears to be unique to Gusev, and therefore probably ranks as Spirit's single most interesting discovery.
-- HDP Don
Thank you, I was wondering when someone was going to say that!
Jan 9 2009, 10:56 PM
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I thought this was pretty cool: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090109-mars-rocks.html
I'd been wondering why the rock spacing on Mars looked like it was kinda plopped around rather than all bunched together. This article explains tries to explain why.
If the wind is undercutting the sand under the rocks as deflation proceeds, it could pitch each rock slowly forward over the eons and space them apart.
Neat explanation.
Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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The Houston Dynamo today announced a contract extension for defender Jermaine Taylor.
Taylor, has been a staple of the Dynamo back line for the last two seasons, helping the club reach back-to-back MLS Cup finals. He has played 40 games with the Dynamo since he was purchased from Jamaican club St. George SC in February 2011.
Last year, he played in 27 games, with 26 starts, and started all four playoff games, including the MLS Cup final. The versatile defender played every position along the Dynamo back line in 2012.
"[Houston] has been a great place for me for the last two years and I am proud to know that I can call it home into the future," Taylor said. "I am pleased to finalize my contract and excited to focus on the team goals ahead. I look forward to being with the Dynamo for the next few years and helping the team moving forward."
A Portland, Jamaica native, Taylor has more than 50 caps with the Jamaican national team and is on the roster for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Mexico. Taylor helped the Reggae Boyz reach the final round of World Cup qualifying, playing 90 minutes in each of the team's previous four matches, including a 4-1 win over Antigua & Barbuda that clinched second place in their group.
"Jermaine is a good player," said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. "He is a strong center back and a versatile defender. I am happy to have him with us moving going forward and expect good things from him this year and beyond."
Taylor joins Brad Davis, Tally Hall, Adam Moffat, Cam Weaver and Tyler Deric and Dynamo players who signed contract extensions this past offseason. The Jamaican international is also one of 18 players from last year's club that reached the MLS Cup final to return for 2013.
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Saying that "the promise of equal justice under law is the most fundamental tenet of our justice system," the Boston Bar Association (BBA) today announced that its governing Council has adopted a resolution recognizing October as a month to renew its longstanding commitment to maximizing opportunities for attorneys to donate legal services to people of limited means. With that in mind, the BBA will convene four free training sessions during the month of October, with the understanding that attendees will put their new skills to work -- taking on a pro bono assignment in one of these areas:
In addition, the BBA Litigation Section -- in partnership with the Rappaport Center at Suffolk Law School, will be convening a pro bono fair to help connect prospective volunteer lawyers with a variety of legal aid group on October 22. For more information about these and other Pro Bono Month events please take a look at the BBA Calendar.
The BBA takes a multi-prong approach to advancing access to justice for all. Members of the private bar donating time cannot be a substitute for professional legal services attorneys at organizations such as Greater Boston Legal Services or Cambridge Legal Services & Counseling Center. Thus, in its public policy advocacy activities, the BBA works zealously to secure federal and state funding for civil legal aid. In addition, the Boston Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the BBA, raises money from the private bar and makes grants to legal services providers.


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We will give Dhoni a tough time: Michael Hussey
"He`s a great guy to have around. He`s very calm, relaxed and takes pressure off the players. He has enjoyed great success but we would give him a very tough time in Australia," said Hussey about his Indian captain who is looking to be the first ever to claim a Test series in Australia in 64 years.
Dhoni already has created a record of sorts in Australia when he became the leader of the first Indian team to beat Australia and claim the triangular one-day series in 2008.
Hussey also hoped that the iconic Sachin Tendulkar wouldn`t be able to score his 100th international hundred in Australia — though unlike others he doesn`t believe the Indian is under pressure because of it.
"I hope he doesn`t get it against Australia. He`s been a number one player for so long, it`s a credit to his character, but I hope he doesn`t get his 100th hundred in Australia."
"I don`t think he is under any pressure though. He knows his own game so well. He has been under pressure for so long.The way the public has been with Tendulkar iIndia, he would be able to handle it, no problem."
Hussey also disagreed with former Australian captain Mark Taylor that Indian batsmen could find the going tough in Australian conditions.
"They have a very experienced line up. They`ve played here before, they adapt very quickly to these conditions. They are class players and we would have to bowl extremely well to get on top of them."
Hussey also marked out Zaheer Khan as the main threat from India and claimed the left-arm paceman would need as much watching with the new ball as he would be with the older ball.
"We did focus on him in our batting plan. The bowling machine was used during training, the bowling coach Justin Langer cranked up the pace, there are two-piece balls, it swung a little bit more.
"We have seen Zaheer bowl before and know what he likes to swing. Still he is a class bowler, he`s is a threat with the new ball and when it is old. We would try to be very well prepared but certainly he`s going to be a tough challenge."
Former India coach Greg Chappell has been requisitioned to help Australia prepare for the Indian challenge and Hussey welcomed the move.
"He`s had good experience of India as a coach. He`s had the inside knowledge and it could be invaluable for us."
Hussey`s selection for the first Test at Melbourne at best is borderline as the left-hander has had a miserable time with the bat in recent times, scoring only 78 runs from last seven innings.
"I feel like I am in a good place mentally, batting well in nets, but sometimes you need a bit of luck to have a good start in the series." It`s just the way the game goes. There were some tough conditions in South Africa, so you needed some luck to go.
Here, on those two pitches also, you needed luck. I would look to work hard early in my innings. If one goes through the initial period, it does become easy from then on," he said.


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Xbox Fitness retirement
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