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Thank you for visiting us. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, and to help ensure a rewarding online experience for all visitors, we provide this Privacy Policy summarizing our online information practices and explaining the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This Privacy Policy, where posted, applies to our information practices on this website and among websites owned and operated by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and associated companies in Asia Pacific, which as at the date of this Privacy Policy includes https://www.boomerangtv.com.au/, https://www.boomerang.asia/, www.cartoonnetwork.com.au , www.cartoonnetworkindia.com , www.cartoonnetwork.co.nz , www.cartoonnetwork.co.th , www.cartoonnetwork.com.vn , www.cartoonnetwork.com.tw , www.cartoonnetworkasia.com , www.cartoonnetworkshop.com.au , www.gwen10.com , www.toonfootball.com , www.tooncreator.cartoonnetwork.hq.com , www.ben10.net , www.boomerangtv.com.au , www.pogo.tv , www.fusionfall.asia , www.tomandjerryworld.com , www.toonbasketball.com , www.toonamiasia.com , www.toonixgalaxy.com , www.cartoonitoasia.com , or amended from time to time ( collectively, the "Sites") and for products and services we make available on various mobile devices or other platforms ("Apps"). This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other information collected by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and associated companies in Asia Pacific through any other means. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and associated companies in Asia Pacific are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as "Cartoon Network," "we" or "us."
We are committed to providing fun, safe and secure Sites and Apps for people of all ages. We are dedicated to safeguarding all personal information collected online and to helping our visitors learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet. Because many visitors to the Sites are children, we make efforts to ensure that children access only the content that is appropriate for them. In addition, we employ special measures to help children protect their privacy while online. We do not ask children to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in a particular activity, and we take steps to prevent children from posting contact information.
As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, we may modify our practices from time to time.
1. The Information We Collect
Our Sites
At Boomerang/Cartoon Network, we do not collect personally identifiable information on our Sites unless our visitors voluntarily provide it to us when you visit our Sites, including when you participate in activities on our Sites like sweepstakes, contests, games, informational and promotional offers, message boards, chat rooms, profile pages, social community environments, or other public forums, and when you provide information to our customer service representatives. For some activities, such as online polls or surveys, we may ask visitors to provide information that is not personally identifiable. This might include first name only, city or state of residence, age, gender, or a favorite cartoon character. For some other activities, such as entering sweepstakes and subscribing to our e-mail newsletters, we may ask visitors to provide a first name and e-mail address. For other activities, such as sending an electronic postcard or e-mail to a friend, we may also ask for personal information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and e-mail address. E-mail addresses collected to send an electronic postcard or e-mail to a friend are deleted immediately when the requested postcard or e-mail is transmitted. For some limited activities, campaigns, or offers, intended for parents and adults, we may ask a parent or adult to provide their name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information and/or information about their interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. In order to provide appropriate customer service support for some features of our Sites or improve our products, we may ask visitors to provide a first name, email address and limited information that is relevant to a customer service inquiry.
Visitors who order merchandise or virtual items from the Sites or participate in certain interactive features will be required to provide their full name, billing and mailing addresses, e-mail address, telephone number and a credit card number. If an order is being shipped to a third party, we will also need the recipient's name and mailing address. Before collecting information in connection with an e-commerce order, we will verify the validity of the purchaser's credit card. On occasion, we might solicit additional voluntary information regarding shoppers' personal shopping preferences.
When a child under age fourteen participates in another ongoing activity on a Site that requires the collection, retention, and use of personal information, we will also ask for a parent's e-mail address so that we can notify the parent that we have received personal information from their child. We do not knowingly collect names and e-mail addresses from children under age fourteen for these types of activities without notifying the parent via e-mail and giving the parent the option to remove their child's e-mail address from the applicable database for that activity. For specific one-time requests we receive from visitors on Sites, e-mail addresses are collected and used only in connection with the specific one-time request. For example, for sweepstakes and contests, e-mail addresses are collected for the purpose of entering the online sweepstakes or contest on a one-time basis and are used to notify winners of the sweepstakes or contest once by e-mail. In connection with registration for certain interactive online games or features on the Sites, we may ask users to provide certain information that is not personally identifiable such as city or state of residence, date of birth and gender. For children under the age of fourteen, we will ask for the child's e-mail address, which will not be stored in a retrievable form but instead using a "hash" or unique code generated from the e-mail address that will allow us on a one-time basis, for example, to respond to an inquiry from the child regarding a lost user name or password. We also may ask for a parental email address for children under age 14 who register in order to provide notice to the parent that his or her child would like to participate in registration for certain interactive features. In addition, sometimes you will have the choice to subscribe to a free online newsletter and marketing information. For individuals age fourteen and over, we may collect and store an e-mail address to use in the case of forgotten passwords and to send newsletters and/or marketing information for which the individual has consented. We will only provide our newsletters and marketing information to a child under 14 years of age with consent from their parent or guardian. When visitors come to our Sites, we also may collect some non-personally identifiable information such as the current Internet protocol address and the type of computer operating system you are using (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), the type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the domain name of the Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink), your activities while visiting our Sites, your activities while playing games or utilizing services on our Sites (e.g., which of our Web pages you viewed or which games you played), and the advertisements you have been shown.
Our Apps
Our Apps generally include features, functionality and content such as games, videos, and activities. Cartoon Network does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 14 in our Apps. The data collected in an App may vary by App but will include any information a user provides once the user downloads and uses the App. For example, some of our Apps may require you to first register and create an account with us (e.g. user name, password, or email address) before you can use it. Other Apps may require additional information from you, such as transaction-related information (e.g. when you make purchases, respond to any offers) We may also use information you provide us to reach you when you contact us for help. If you interact with third-party social media sites and applications, we may have access to certain information from your social media account such as your user name, profile picture, information about friends and followers, and content posted or viewed through the social media. When you use social media networking platforms and plugins, you share your information with them and their use of the information will be subject to that social media site's privacy practices. To help improve the design, functionality, performance, and content of our Apps, we usually collect certain information when you use the App on your mobile device, such as usage, viewing and technical data including the type of mobile device you use, your unique device ID, your device's IP address, your mobile operator and operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the App. Our Apps usually do not collect precise information about the location of your mobile device, and only would do so if you are specifically prompted to provide your consent to do so. You can always manage your location preferences at any time by adjusting the settings on your device. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided Cartoon Network with any personally identifiable information through an App without consent, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com so we can delete such information.
2. How We Use the Information
We also may collect some non-personally identifiable information such as the current Internet protocol address and the type of computer operating system they are using (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), the type of browser they are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the domain name of the Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink), their activities while visiting our Sites, their activities while playing games or utilizing services on our Sites (e.g., which of our Web pages you viewed or which games you played), and the advertisements they have been shown.
We have systems and procedures in place to safeguard, and help prevent unauthorised access to or use of, the information we collect online and to maintain data security.
2. Online Payment Terms
We use visitors' personal information collected in connection with child-directed activities for internal purposes only, such as enabling visitors to enter our online contests or sweepstakes, to subscribe to an online newsletter, to provide customer service, and/or for the purposes for which you provided the information. We may also use personal information provided by shoppers at a Site such as Toonix Galaxy or Formula Cartoon or by parents or adults in other sections of our Sites to send them, by e-mail or direct mail, notification of special offers, sale events, or birthday reminders. These notifications are sent only to those visitors to the Sites who ask to receive them.
We use parents' e-mail addresses to notify them when we have received personal information on Sites such as e-mail addresses from their children and to give parents the option to remove their child's name from our lists. We use information we collect about others only to enable visitors to our Site to communicate with those other people, for example, by sending them electronic greeting cards or e-mail.
We do not continue to retain any personal information we obtain through a contest or sweepstakes after we have successfully selected a winner(s), awarded the prize(s), and administered the contest or sweepstakes, although it may be necessary to keep winner's details for record keeping purposes. We only use the e-mail addresses of subscribers to our Sites' e-mail newsletters and marketing information to send them the requested newsletter(s) and marketing information. Each newsletter and marketing communication also includes instructions for subscription removal via return e-mail.
We never sell, rent, or otherwise share our visitors' personal information with third parties without appropriate notice and consent. Sometimes, we use agents or contractors to provide services to our visitors, such as helping us conduct a sweepstakes, sending prizes to winners, shipping customer orders made on the Sites, or providing customer service related to activities on the Sites. In these cases, we require the agent or contractor to keep the information confidential and to use it only for the specific services they are performing. We may on occasion combine information we collect through our Sites with information that we collect from other sources. We sometimes use this non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our Sites, and to improve our visitors' experience on the Sites. We also may aggregate, use and share this non-personally identifiable information with third parties to analyze Site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services.
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may use and disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Sites and Apps and applicable laws, or as otherwise required or permitted by law or consistent with legal requirements. In addition, we may transfer personally identifiable information about you if we or one of our business units are acquired by, sold to, or merged with another entity.
We will not use or transfer personally identifiable information in ways that are materially different from the ones described above without also providing parental notification of such practices and, where necessary, obtaining consent for any materially different uses.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
To enhance your online experience, our Sites use a software technology called "cookies" or similar technologies. Cookies are small text files placed in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor's use of our Sites and the Internet to personal information that the visitor has provided, such as an e-mail address, we do not use cookies in connection with personal information with one exception: for some activities, we use session cookies to ensure that visitors under the age of 14 provide a parental email address. We do use cookies to determine how many visitors we have and how often they visit various sections of our Sites and to improve or customize the content, offerings and/or advertisements on our Sites. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our Sites (e.g., to recognize you by your user name when you return to a Site), and to enable use of shopping carts on our Sites.
We, our third party service providers and/or our partners also may use cookies to manage and measure the performance of advertisements displayed on or delivered by or through the Sites and Apps. This also helps us, our service providers and partners provide more relevant advertising. For more information regarding third-party ad servers, see "Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites," below.
"Web beacons" or clear .gifs or similar technologies are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We, our third party service providers and/or our partners may use web beacons on our Sites or Apps from time to time for this and other purposes.
You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies through your browser. You may set your browser to accept all cookies, block certain cookies, require your consent before a cookie is placed in your browser, or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect your online experience and may prevent you from enjoying the full features offered at our Sites. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information.
4. Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers and Sponsors
Our Sites and Apps contain links to other Web sites, including those of sponsors and advertisers, whose information practices may be different from ours. Sometimes these third party Web sites might conduct contests or sweepstakes that are promoted on our Sites. Visitors should consult those other third party Web sites' privacy notices, since those Web sites are not covered by our Privacy Policy and may follow different procedures.
Additionally, we and our advertisers may use third parties to serve or present the ads that appear on our Site and Apps and to conduct research about the advertisements. These third parties may view, edit or set their own cookies. We, our third party service providers and/or partners may also place cookies, web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies and collect data to help present such advertisements on our Sites and our Apps, and to help measure and research the advertisements' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our Privacy Policy. For more information about third-party ad servers and your ability to opt-out of targeted advertising from such third party ad servers generally, please see https://www.networkadvertising.org/.
5. International Transfer
Turner operates globally so it may be necessary to transfer any information provided to these Sites or Apps internationally. In particular, the information provided will likely be transferred to, processed, stored and maintained by our affiliates or third party partners in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom where many of our central databases and third party partners operate. The data protection and other laws of other countries may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be assured that we take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using this Site, you consent to your information being collected and used as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
6. Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in an effort to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
We are particularly sensitive to visitors' security concerns regarding the use of credit cards to purchase products over the Internet. For orders placed on our Sites, we use a technology that automatically encrypts credit card data while information is being transmitted over the Internet, provided that the visitor's browser supports the Secure Socket Layer protocol (SSL).
To verify the security of your connection at our Sites, check the lower left corner of your browser window after accessing the server. If you see an unbroken or a closed lock, then SSL is active and the server is secure. You may also check by looking at the URL line of your browser. When accessing a secure server, the site address will change from http to https.
7. Access and Choice
For information collected on our Sites, visitors and their parents can send an email or letter to our Turner Privacy Officer via the contact details provided below to:
• access personally identifiable information that a Site has collected online from you or your child,
• correct factual errors in such information,
• request to have this information deleted, or
• request that we no longer collect or maintain such information.
Please be sure to include your e-mail address and a telephone number where we can reach you. To protect our visitors' privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access to the personal information that we collect and maintain about you or your child.
For information collected on our Apps, you can stop all collection of information by the App easily by uninstalling it from your device. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network. If you would like to opt out and stop receiving marketing communications from us, you may follow the "unsubscribe" instructions provided in any marketing email or for mobile device push notifications, you can manage your preferences either through your device or App settings depending on the type of device. If you'd like us to correct, update your information, or help you opt out from our marketing communications and/or delete user provided data that you have provided via the App, please contact us at email@example.com and we will respond in a reasonable time. Please note that some or all of the user-provided data may be required in order for an App to function properly, and we may be required to retain certain information by law. To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections or deletions.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please contact us at the following e-mail address, mailing address and telephone number:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mailing Address: Turner Privacy Officer
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc.
30/F Oxford House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road,
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone: 3128 3333
9. Updates and Effective Date
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. Where practicable, we will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our Sites before the changes in the Privacy Policy come into effect. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you will always know what information we collect, how we use it and with whom we share it.
Updates & Effective Date
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our Sites. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
The Privacy Policy posted on this Site was updated on or about March 2013.
10. A Final Note to Parents
The Internet offers a world of opportunity for children. Your guidance and involvement are essential to help ensure that children have a safe and rewarding online experience. Your efforts to instill responsible information practices will help steer your children to age-appropriate sites, and will go a long way toward ensuring that your children have enriching experiences in content provided online, mobile or on other digital platforms or environments.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before proceeding, as by completing the registration process and using the websites and mobile apps owned and operated by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. ("Turner", "we" or "us") or its affiliated websites in the Asia Pacific ("Site" or "Sites"), you signify your agreement with these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with any of these Terms of Use, do not register for or use this Site. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, alter or update these Terms of Use at any time. By using the Site after we have posted notice of such modifications, alterations or updates, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms of Use. We retain the right at any time to deny or suspend access to all or part of the Site to anyone who we believe has violated any of these Terms of Use.
1. Registration.
In order to register for the Site, you will be asked to specify your country of residence, date of birth and, if applicable, the contact details of your parent(s) or legal guardian(s). You expressly acknowledge that we are relying on the information you have specified and warrant that this information is true and accurate.
If you are under the age of 14 at the time of registration:
1.1 You will be required to provide the email address of your parent(s)/legal guardian(s) as certain functions of the Sites require permission from your parent(s)/guardian(s). We will send them an email to notify them of your registration on the Sites, and your parent(s)/guardian(s) will be required to confirm: (i) their acknowledgment and approval (or disapproval) of your participation in all elements and functions within the Sites; and, (ii) subject to such functionality becoming available on the Sites, any products or elements within the Site which you shall not be permitted to access without their further express approval by visiting the Parent/Guardian Control Panel.
1.2 On receipt of your parent(s)' or legal guardian(s)' approval of your registration on the Site and the activation of your account on the Site, we will activate your account and allow you access to the products, elements and functions within the Site.
1.3 If functionality permitting your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to approve or disapprove of your participation in, or access to, certain (but not all) elements on the Site is implemented by us in connection with the Site, on receipt of the appropriate communication from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s), we will activate those products within the Site which your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) have approved for your access from time to time. We will also de-activate your access to any products within the Site on receipt of any request or instruction from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to do so from time to time.
You acknowledge and agree that we will provide you with the products and services accessible via the Site (subject to paragraph 1.3 above) and that you will be responsible for all equipment necessary for you to access the Internet and all telephone or other connection and service fees associated with such access.
2. Personal Non-Commercial Use by Users.
The Site, and all material on the Site, is for the personal use of individual Internet users and may not be transferred, assigned, or used in connection with any commercial or illegal endeavours. Organisations, companies, and/or businesses may not become registered members and may not use the Site for any purpose. You acknowledge that these Terms of Use are supported by reasonable and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which you acknowledge. You also acknowledge that such consideration includes your enjoyment and use of the Site and all features and activities available on the Site; your receipt of data, materials and information available at or through the Sites; and the possibility of our review, use or display of Content (as defined below in section 4).
3. Ownership of Material on the Site.
As between you and Turner, Turner owns and retains all proprietary rights in the Site. The Site contains material, including images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips, which is derived from material supplied by Boomerang or by other parties that have licensed their material to Boomerang and is protected by international copyright and trademark laws. You must not, and must not assist any other person to, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way, including by e-mail or other electronic means and whether directly or indirectly, decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any of the material on the Site including the characters, logos, graphics, illustrations, text, images, audio, video and software, including images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software ("Material"), unless the Material is in the public domain or you have obtained written permission and maintain all legal notices intact or as provided by Turner or Boomerang. Unless you obtain the prior written consent of the owner, modification or use of all or part of the Material, including use of the Material on any other website or networked computer environment, or for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use, is a violation of the copyrights, trademarks and other proprietary rights of the Material's owner(s), and is prohibited. Any use for which you receive any remuneration, whether in money or otherwise, is a commercial use for the purposes of this section. You expressly understand that you may not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile or attempt to reverse engineer or derive code from any information accessible through the Site (including data packets transmitted to and from the Site over the Internet), or analyse, decipher, "sniff", derive code from, or attempt to analyse, decipher, "sniff" or derive code from, any packet stream transmitted to or from the Site, whether encrypted or not, or permit any third party to do so. You expressly waive any legal rights you may have to do so, including any claim that such activities constitute "fair use" or are for "interoperability purposes" under any applicable law.
4. Content Posted on the Site.
4.1 You are responsible for any notes, messages, e-mails, billboard postings, photos, drawings, profiles, opinions, ideas, images, videos, audio files or other materials or information posted or transmitted to the Site ("Content"). By posting or transmitting such Content, you grant to Turner an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual license to use such Content for its commercial purposes without any restriction whatsoever and without payment to you. Consistent with our Privacy Policy, we shall be entitled to use the Content or any of its elements for any type of use forever, including promotional and advertising purposes and in any media whether now known or later devised, including the creation of derivative works that may include Content you provide. You agree that any Content you post may be used by us and/or BOOMERANG in accordance with our Privacy Policy and that you are not entitled to any payment or other compensation for such use.
4.2 We may from time to time host bulletin boards, chat rooms, forums or other public posting areas ("Forums"). The information and opinions expressed in the Forums are not necessarily those of us, BOOMERANG or its affiliated or related entities or content providers. Turner makes no representations or warranties regarding information or opinions that appear in the Forums and do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any posting. While we do our best to moderate and monitor content posted in the Forums, we assume no obligation to do so or to delete or edit any postings. However, we reserve the right to delete, move or edit any postings for any reason in our absolute discretion.
4.3 By using the Site, you agree that you will not submit or otherwise publish through the Forums any Content which: (a) libels, defames, invades privacy or is obscene, pornographic, abusive, or threatening; (b) infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person, including violating anyone's copyrights or trademarks; (c) violates any law; (d) advocates illegal activity; or (e) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or is a solicitation for goods or services. You agree to indemnify Turner, BOOMERANG and their officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from and against any and all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from your breach of any of the above agreements, representations, and warranties.
5. Rules of Conduct on the Site.
5.1 You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights.
5.2 We may review, edit, reject, refuse to post and/or delete any Content that in our sole judgment violates these Terms of Use or which might be offensive, illegal or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of any person.
5.3 You may not post or transmit Content (even in a joking, sarcastic or unintended manner) that:
•is patently offensive to the online community, such as sexually explicit content, or content that promotes obscenity, paedophilia, racism, bigotry, religious intolerance, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
•harasses or advocates harassment of another person, including continuing to message a Site user ("griefing") after being asked to stop, or continued negative "tagging" of another Site user;
•involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming";
•intends or has the effect of disrupting the normal use or operation of the Site or otherwise uses a disproportionate amount of bandwith or places disproportionate demands on the CPUs of our servers;
•promotes illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
•nfringes upon or violates any third party's rights (including intellectual property rights, rights of privacy (including unauthorised disclosure of a person's name, email address, physical address or phone number) and/or rights of publicity);
•promotes or enables an illegal or unauthorised copy of another person's copyrighted work, such as providing pirated computer programs or links to them, providing information to circumvent manufacture-installed copy-protect devices or providing pirated music, movies, videos or video games or links or other access to such pirated material;
•contains restricted or password-only access pages or hidden pages or images (those not linked to or from another accessible page);
•provides material that exploits people in a sexual, violent or otherwise inappropriate manner or solicits personal information from anyone;
•provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal weapons, buying or selling illegal drugs, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses;
•contains video, photographs, or images of another person aged 18 or older without his or her express written permission, or of any minor (regardless of whether you have consent from the minor or their legal guardian);
•tries to gain unauthorised access or exceeds the scope of your authorised access (as defined in these Terms of Use and in other applicable Codes of Conduct) to the Site or to profiles, blogs, chat rooms, communities, account information, bulletins, friend requests or other areas of the Site or solicits passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes from other Site users;
•engages in or solicits commercial activities and/or sales without our prior written consent such as contests, sweepstakes, barters, advertising, investments and/or pyramid schemes or the buying or selling of "virtual" items related to the Site;
•solicits gambling or engages in any gambling activity which we, in our sole discretion, believe is or could be construed as being illegal;
•contains viruses, time bombs, trojan horses, cancelbots, worms or other harmful, disruptive or deleterious creations, components or devices;
•interferes with another user's use and enjoyment of the Site or any other individual's use and enjoyment of similar services; or
•refers to any website or URL that, in our sole discretion, contains material that is inappropriate for the Site, contains content that would be prohibited on the Site, or violates the letter or spirit of these Terms of Use.
We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to investigate and take appropriate legal action in our sole discretion against anyone who we believe violates these Terms of Use, including removing the offending Content in whole or in part from the Site, suspending or terminating the membership of such violators and/or suspending or terminating their right to use and access the Site. TURNER AND BOOMERANG DO NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE OFFENDED BY ANY MATERIAL OR CONTENT ON THE SITE.
5.4 You must use the Site in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations. Illegal and/or unauthorised uses of the Site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of registered members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email and unauthorised framing of or linking to the Site, are not permitted. This includes the unauthorised interception of the data stream coming from or going into the Site, as well as attempting to gain unauthorised access to the Site or exceeding your authorised access.
5.5 You may not include in your member profile your last name; passport, social security or similar numbers; telephone number(s); or street address(es). You (or your parent(s)/legal guardian(s) if you are under the age of 14) must be the email account holder for any email address(es) that you list in your account information or subsequently provide in connection with the Site.
5.6 You may not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other users through the Site to buy or sell any products or services, including products or services related to the Site. You may not transmit any chain letters or unsolicited commercial or junk email to other users via the Site. It is also a violation of these Terms of Use to use any information obtained from the Site in order to harass, abuse or harm another person or in order to contact, advertise to, solicit or sell to another person outside of the Site without their prior explicit consent. In order to protect our users from such advertising or solicitation, we reserve the right to restrict the number of messages or emails which a user may send to other users in any 24-hour period to a number which we deem appropriate in our sole discretion.
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'Tis the season for nominating papers for awards (at least if you're a member of the GSA Structure/Tectonics Division, like I am). The division's rules are that the nominees must still be alive, but there isn't any restriction on the publication year. (In fact, last year's award was given to a paper published in 1977.)
Two summers ago, when I was preparing to teach my first ever upper-level structural geology seminar, I looked through some of these papers to try to find something to discuss. And... I chose other papers instead. I got a copy of one (Treagus and Lisle, 1997) that seemed to ask fundamental questions about the discipline, but I didn't end up using it, because it seemed too theoretical for the interests of my students. I haven't even read most of them. I've got the three books on my shelf (Pollard & Fletcher, 2006; Passchier & Trouw, 1996, and Ramsay & Huber, 1983), and have meant to read them, but in the end, I've only read sections as I needed information. (I've been meaning to read Pollard & Fletcher and blog my way through it, because I found myself needing to stop and think about the material frequently. But that's pretty far down on my to-do list right now.) And I've only read three of the papers (all while I was an undergrad). (I also recognize five more as papers that I really should have read, and that I've seen cited and listed as great papers for class discussions, and yes, I do feel guilty about not having read all of them.)
So my experience with the Best Papers is pretty limited. But at least for those three, I agree with the choices:
Davis, Suppe, & Dahlen (1983) The mechanics of fold-and-thrust belts and accretionary wedges.
I think about this paper every time I shovel my driveway. It's an important paper because it solves a big problem (how do thrust faults manage to move stuff so far?), it's led to a fruitful model for understanding mountain belts all over the world, and it's got practical use (because thrust belts are so important for oil exploration). It transformed the way that we think about one major type of structure. I don't make students read it, in part because there's a lot of math (and although it's explained very clearly, a lot of my students are math-phobic, and I want them to understand the concepts even if they get lost in algebraic manipulations). But it's also a weird paper for structural geology - so much of structural geology involves using evidence from a particular place, either field evidence or GPS or modeling. Davis et al. derived a new way of thinking of a major type of structure from first principles. Very cool, and very powerful. But as a model for "this is the way a geologic paper is written," it's an anomaly, because it's making a different kind of argument from the ones we usually make.
Platt (1986) Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks.
I read this paper repeatedly during grad school, because it essentially inspired my dissertation. Here's the gist, for people who haven't been obsessed by (and then disillusioned with) high-pressure metamorphic rocks: blueschists are way cool, because they form at unusually low temperatures for their high pressures. The only place where they form is in subduction zones, where cold rocks are shoved into the mantle at faster speeds than heat flows - they get buried too fast to heat up. They're only found in a few places around the world, in places that used to be subduction zones (or still are, in some cases). Blueschists were yet another puzzle that was solved by plate tectonics, but in this case, the solution created another problem. If blueschists form in subduction zones, where rock is sliding down into the mantle, how do they get back to the surface? To make matters worse, the mineral assemblages that record the metamorphism can be transformed if they get heated up (which is probably the reason why there aren't many good blueschists in Vermont, or in Precambrian rocks, or in my %$&@@! dissertation field area).
John Platt proposed a solution to the problem that used Davis et al.'s wedge idea: blueschists could be exhumed during subduction (which would keep them cold) if the wedge dynamics worked out correctly. The wedge needs to keep a constant shape (according to Davis et al.'s analysis), so if you add material to the bottom of it, you can force the wedge to spread horizontally, which would move rocks toward the surface. Presto! Exhumation!
In retrospect, this paper doesn't seem as powerful as it did when I first read it. For one thing, I wonder if Davis et al.'s model works for metamorphic rocks. (The derivation is based on the behavior of brittle rocks. If the rocks are ductile - whatever combination of plastic and viscous behavior you need to explain the various deformation mechanisms - does the wedge theory actually work?) For another, the only talks I've seen that have applied the model successfully in the field have been by John Platt or his students. (Of course, I may just be cranky because there weren't any well-preserved blueschists in my dissertation area, so I couldn't test the model myself.)
The third one of the papers that I've read is Paul Hoffman (1988)'s paper on the Precambrian assembly of North America. It's an interesting example, because it's an Annual Review, not a new research paper. It's the kind of thing that I'm more likely to assign in a class, however, because it pulls together ideas from a lot of different research and summarizes it in a way that's easy to digest. I haven't used it in class, because there's been enough new research on the Precambrian geology of North America that the paper is now somewhat dated.
What about the rest of you? Have you read any papers on the list below? Are there any that I really should read? And what do you think a Best Paper should do - should it change the way we think? Should it inspire new research? Should it summarize the state of research in an accessible and elegant way? Should it be a nice example of how research should be done (which was how a couple of the papers awarded in this decade have been described)?
And are there any papers that really should be on this list? (How about Tanya Atwater's original paper on the San Andreas Fault - the paper that brought plate tectonics onto land? Or for metamorphic people, Phil England & Alan Thompson's paper on metamorphic pressure-temperature-time paths? Or anything about metamorphic core complexes?) Would it be better to have recent papers, to show that the field is still dynamic (no, really, it is!), or should we recognize the classic papers that have shaped the field?
For reference, here's the list of all the papers ever given the Best Paper Award, stolen from the Structure/Tectonics Division web page:
2008: Thomas, W. (1977) Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita salients and recesses from reentrants and promontories in the continental margin. American Journal of Science 277, 1233-1278.
2007: Pollard, D.D. & Fletcher, R.C (2006) Fundamentals of Structural Geology. New York, Cambridge University Press. 512 p.
2006: Dixon, T.H, Miller, M., Farina, F., Wang, H. & Johnson, D. (2000) Present-day motion of the Sierra Nevada block and some tectonic implications for the Basin and Range province, North America Cordillera. Tectonics 19, 1-24.
2005 (2 awards): Beaumont, C., Jamieson, R.A., Nguyen, M.H. & Lee, B. (2001) Himalayan tectonics explained by extrusion of a low-viscosity crustal channel coupled to focused surface denudation. Nature 414, 738-742.
Hodges, K.V., Hurtado J.M. & Whipple, K.X. (2001) Southward extrusion of Tibetan crust and its effect on Himalayan tectonics. Tectonics 20, 799-809.
2004: Atwater, T. & Stock, J. (1998) Pacific-North America plate tectonics of the Neogene southwestern United States - An update. International Geology Review 40, 375-402.
2003: Lavé, J. & Avouac, J.P. (2000) Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B3), 5735-5770.
2002: Catuneanu, O., Beaumont, C. & Waschbusch, P.J. (1997) Interplay of static loads and subduction dynamics in foreland basins: reciprocal stratigraphies and the "missing" peripheral bulge. Geology 25(12), 1087-1090.
2001: Dunlap, W.J., Hirth, G. & Teyssier, C. (1997) Thermomechanical evolution of a ductile duplex. Tectonics 16(6), 983-1000.
2000: Passchier, C.W. & Trouw, R.A.J. (1996) Microtectonics. 289 p. Springer.
1999: Treagus, S. & Lisle, R. (1997) Do principal surfaces of stress and strain always exist. Journal of Structural Geology 19, 997-1010.
1998: Muehlberger, W. (compiler) (1992 & 1996) Tectonic Map of North America. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (two sheets).
1997: Molnar, P., England, P. & Martinod, J. (1993) Mantle dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian monsoon. Reviews of Geophysics 31, 357-396.
1996: Suppe, J., Chou, G.T. & Hook. S.C. (1992) Rates of folding and faulting determined from growth strata. In: Thrust Tectonics (edited by K. McClay). Chapman & Hall. London, 105-121.(Click here for citation and response)
1995: Wojtal, S. (1989) Measuring displacement gradients and strain in faulted rock. Journal of Structural Geology 11, 669-678.[awarded in 1996]
1994: Armijo, R., Tapponnier, P. & Han, T. (1989) Late Cenozoic right-lateral strike-slip faulting in southern Tibet. Journal of Geophysical Research 94, 2787-2838.
1993: Worrall, D. & Snelson, S. (1989) Evolution of the northern Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on Cenozoic growth faulting and the role of salt. In: The geology of North America - an overview (edited by Balley, A.W. & Palmer, P.). Geological Society of America Decade of North American Geology A, 91-138.
1992: Hoffman, P. (1988) United plates of America, the birth of a craton: early Proterozoic assembly and growth of Laurentia. Annual Reviews of Earth & Planetary Sciences 16, 543-604.
1991: Pavlis, T. (1986) The role of strain heating in the evolution of megathrusts. Journal of Geophysical Research 91, 6522-6534.
1990: Engebretson, D., Cox, A. & Gordon, R. (1985) Relative motion between oceanic and continental plates in the Pacific basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper 206.
1989: Platt, J.P. (1986) Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin 97, 1037-1053.
1988: Simpson, C. & Schmid, S. (1983) An evaluation of the criteria to deduce the sense of movement in sheared rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin 94, 1281-1288.
1987: Boyer, S.E. & Elliott, D. (1982) Thrust systems. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 66, 1196-1230
1986: Davis, D. Suppe, J. & Dahlen, F.A. (1983) The mechanics of fold-and-thrust belts and accretionary wedges. Journal of Geophysical Research 88, 10087-10101.
1985: Ramsay, J.G. & Huber, M. (1983) The techniques of modern structural geology: Volume 1: Strain analysis. 307 p. Academic Press.
1984: Coney, P.J., Jones, D.L. & Monger, J.W.H. (1980) Cordilleran suspect terranes. Nature 288, 329-333.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What makes a great paper?
'Tis the season for nominating papers for awards (at least if you're a member of the GSA Structure/Tectonics Division, like I am). The division's rules are that the nominees must still be alive, but there isn't any restriction on the publication year. (In fact, last year's award was given to a paper published in 1977.)
Posted by Kim at 6:54 AM
Labels: classic papers, questions for readers, structural geology, tectonics
6 comments:
- GeologyJoe said...
Microtechtonics by Passchier and Trouw is my favorite geology book of all time.
Followed by Structural Geology by Hobbs, Means and Williams.
- February 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Elli said...
I was assigned the Passchier and Trouw as a textbook for two separate microstructure classes (1st edition). In both cases, I really liked the explanations and descriptions within the text and actually completed all of the assigned readings. When the 2nd edition appeared, I was a proud owner as soon as GSA came around. I don't have advanced students to use this book to teach with, but I always end up taking diagrams from the book for lectures in mineralogy, petrology, and structure. The photomicrographs included are amazing.
- February 24, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Silver Fox said...
Looking through this list, I can see that I need to read and re-read a few papers:
Atwater, T. & Stock, J. (1998)
Dixon, T.H, Miller, M., Farina, F., Wang, H. & Johnson, D. (2000)
Simpson, C. & Schmid, S. (1983)
Coney, P.J., Jones, D.L. & Monger, J.W.H. (1980)
...and probably a couple others.
For new Best Papers, I would certainly consider Tanya Atwater's 1970 paper. For any on core complexes in particular, they are often so site specific, but maybe Coney, P.J.,1974, Structural Analysis of the Snake Range 'Décollement,' East-Central Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin v.85, p. 973-978 - because it did turn things around from thinking about compression to extension; and maybe Coney, P.J. and Harms, T.A., 1984, Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: Cenozoic extensional relics of Mesozoic compression
Geology 1984 v. 12, p. 550-554, because it is a general paper and covers aspects of compression and extension through the cordillera. (Too bad the entire GSA Memoir 153 on core complexes can't be considered!). You might know some better ones, though, or more recent ones.
As for recent v. older papers, it looks like the existing list has been the result of awards to mostly at-the-time recent papers, but surely some early papers, prior to 1984, could be considered.
This reminds me that I used to belong to the Structure and Tectonics Division, and maybe I should consider re-joining!
- February 24, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Terry's world said...
donath and parker, 1964, folds and folding is the one great paper i would add, it convinced me to be a structural geologist. now retired.
- February 24, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Ish said...
I agree about Donath and Parker -- that is a great paper.
- February 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- Mary Leech said...
Ah, yes, Kim. I remember inheriting a giant bottle of 'blueschit', presumably to pour over your PhD rocks left behind in the Bambi modular after what must have been a very jolly Christmas party at Stanford. I hadn't met you at that point, but you left behind the 'blueschit' (and was there something about a stray lone back seat from a field vehicle in AK?) in your wake? It's the stuff of legends!
- February 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM


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There are a few on this forum that had Chrysler buy back their Pac's because of the transmission shudder. But by far most like their PAC's a lot.
If you are using the 89 octane fuel, you will find that 87 will works just as well. The power of the 4. L engine and the 6 speed auto are a really great combination, and we have never wanted more that this puts out. We have had V-8 engines that were gutless in comparison.
We had purchased a 2007 Jeep Compass $X$ and it was a DOG. Very poor mpg like 22 at the most and fit and finish was beyond poor. We traded it in after 5 months and less than 10,000 miles. The Pac was everything we have wanted and more.
I hope this has helped some, and you enjoy your ride.
well i have a 2005 pac love the all the inside options (Fully loaded) but been having a problem with this pig suck quarts of oil......1/2 quart at 500 miles in....1 quart 1000 miles in......2 quart short at 1500 miles motor ticks at ruff.....1000 miles thats how i know the pig is thirsty...... :mad: i went to the dealer and was told it was normal burning..... :mad: my 99 ford dont burn a 1/2 quart in six thousad so im realy pissed. when on my last nerve i told the dealer i would let the motor go then they would have to fix it they called me back and told me the warenty i purchased three months before was non transferable come get your money funny that it took 3 months to figure that f*ck chrysler. :mad: :confuse:0
I am asuming you bought this Pac used, and from a Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep dealership. Did you buy a Chrysler Service Contract? If not and you still can get one do it asap.
Never is the oil consumption you state within Chrysler guidlines!
Did they have you do an oil change and seal the oil cap, and have you drive and come back and check the oil level? If not then go to the service manager and tell him that's what you want to prove you oil consumption problem. If all else fails call 1800 992 1997, speak to to customer care.
By the way how many miles on your Pac? The 3.8 engine is a push rod engine and can use more oil than the 3.5 engine. I think the 3.5 is the better of the two myself. But that is debatable.
Hope this helps, let me know how this turns out.
Well i thought i bought the or transferred the warenty but comes to find out that they either never put it threw or are trying to push me over by telling me that my car was not eligible after having my money for 4 months. And i did have the oil monitored and at a quart short at a thousand miles the manager told me to ad oil i laughed he told me i should carry an extra jug in my trunk..... tried calling star no luck.0
jaffe801 Posts: 1Well when I purchased my Pacifica back in 2008 I was actually working at the Larry H Miller Chrysler&Jeep Dealer me and my wife both agreed on getting the Pacifica at the time it had the space we needed for the kids but now just recently my Vehicle started to run like crap it first started out with the car would die when I push on the breaks to come to a stop or sometimes when i'm driving I can feel the vehicle like it wanted to die and now it's there is something new now it is having trouble trying to start and it's driving me nuts and I really don't want to take it in to get service cause i know i'll get charged an arm and a leg just for them to let it sit in the shop for 4 hours than finally take a look at it which it'll probably only take 30mins to look at it. if anyone has any ideas to work on a pacifica please post back i would rather take the time fix it my self than take it in... lol I no longer work for Larry H Miller but if I did I would diffinitly NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE it is a big pain in the but0
Our 2007 has done pretty well and we did get the LifeTime Powertarin Warranty, and the LifeTime Max Care Service Contract> I have kept every repair or part put on our PAc. We now have 116,400 miles on it. If we had just a regular 100,000 mile warranty I would have most likely traded it in, because I really want as much warranty repair covered as possible.
We bought our PAC Aug. 31, 2007. I have very serious health problems and we put on at least 2,500 miles a month and we need a very dependable allwheel drive vehicle. So the PACfits out need.
There are some who have had very poor service from the problems they have had with their PAC. Most of those with really serious issues had a 2007, as it was the very first year for the 4. L engine and the 6 speed automatic transmission. That's a lot to be new in a vehicle. By the way the 4. L engine ended production in 2010 and it was in the Caravan and Town & Country. Now they all have the 3.6 L DOHC that really is quick and does real well in mpg.
I think your best be is to have the dealer check it out at another dealer other than the one you mentioned. Ihpe this helps and all works out for you.0
I purchased a brand new 2008 Pacifica Touring WP Chrysler Signature Series in March 2009. It sat on the dealer's lot since it was manufactured in October 2007. It only has 33,000 miles on it today and is still under the original 3/36 warranty, probably one of the last Pacifica's still under the original 3/36 warranty.
The 2008 model year has a Lifetime Powertrain Warranty for the original owner. If you are the original owner, I would take it to the dealer because it could be a powertrain issue. There is a $0 deductible on the Lifetime Powertrain Warranty. This is why I plan on keeping my Pacifica for a lifetime. All original Pacifica owners with a Lifetime Powertrain Warranty have a real gift from Chrysler. I would hang on to your Pacifica and utilize your Lifetime Powertrain Warranty.0
belaircarguy Posts: 107Do you still have your 2008 Pacifica? I am looking at a 2008 Pacifica with 60,000 miles as a vehicle for my daughter to take to college. She goes to school across the country, so looking for a comfortable, safe, and reliable car to carry cargo to college and have her safe driving there.
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Bel Air Car Guy, I still own my 2008 Pacifica. It has 44,800 miles and runs excellent. No issues other than replacing the car battery. It still gets decent gas mileage; 27 highway-23 combined according to the computer. I have moved my daughter to Canada, Tennessee, and Michigan in it. I have moved myself from St. Louis to Florida in it. It can carry a lot of stuff. I am still very happy with it. They finally got everything right with the 2008 Pacifica. Best of luck, jtg610


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Jump once, jump twice or jump however many times. Skydiving is a buzz that you just can't get accustomed to. It is as intense and thrilling each time.
The Butterflies Begin
The weather has suddenly gone stormy and heavy clouds precipitate into snow as I am crossing the Crowne Ranges from Wanaka to Queenstown.
I feel a mix of disappointment and relief. It means that my skydive will be cancelled. I have been feeling those butterflies of nervousness in my stomach since last evening even though this is my third skydive with NZONE Skydive.
The simple reason is that you just can't get used to the idea of jumping out of a perfectly fine airplane and yet doing just that is one of the sweetest adrenaline rushes ever to be had.
But, then my skydive is rescheduled for the day after and I drive out to the NZONE Skydive Drop Zone beyond the Remarkables Ski Area and Jack's Point. The butterflies in my stomach are at it again and I am almost hoping that a sudden snowstorm breaks upon Queenstown.
Excitement, Sheer Panic, Insane High
My nervousness disappears the moment I step into the registration area. The excitement about falling to earth at 200kph is everywhere - in the high pitched fervour of those who have just jumped, the sight of skydivers coming into land and then whooping in delight and the visual array on the walls. It is infectious and suddenly I just can't wait to get onto that Cessna Supervan that will take me to 15000 feet and then eject me into the blue yonder.
My jump master is Sasa Jojic with who I had jumped 9 years ago. I kit up in my jumpsuit that is made of nylon with titanium fastenings and Sasa checks belts, buckles and belays and we head off towards the Cessna.
It takes about 15 minutes to climb to 15000 feet and during this time Sasa attaches my our harnesses together. My panic peaks when the door rolls open and the green jump light flashes. We shuffle towards the door. Caue Vaz, my photographer, is hanging outside the door of the plane with an air of nonchalance. He lets go and falls away, a split second later Sasa throws us out of the plane and I feel as if my stomach has been left in the plane. But it is just a split second of sheer terror after which I am absolutely thrilled to be flying in the sky like a bird.
Caue comes into my sight and he is busy photographing and shooting away capturing my sheer joy of falling at 200kph. We spin in the air, do some hand histrionics, pull some faces in the one minute of free fall that I have.
A light tap on my head tells me that Sasa is about to pull the ripcord and as the parachute opens (praise the Lord!) it arrest our fall and we gently start floating to the ground.
Sasa, like all jump masters is skilled in the art of making the chute go where he wants it to and we land in only a slight tangle of limbs.
I am thrilled, buzzed, relieved and happy all at once.
This is probably the most insane, mad, exciting and fun thing you can do in New Zealand.
Trust me, if you have a chance and don't because you felt a little fear, you will not stop kicking yourself afterwards.


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text: Ever since the dawn of human life on this planet, Man has always tried to understand Nature, his own place in the scheme of Creation and the purpose of Life itself. In this quest for Truth, spanning many centuries and diverse civilizations, organized religion has shaped human life and, to a large extent, has determined the course of history. While some religions have been based on written text, claimed by their followers to be divinely inspired, others have relied solely on human experience. Al-Qur'an, the main source of the Islamic faith, is a book believed by its followers, the Muslims, to be completely of Divine origin. Muslims also believe that it contains guidance for all humankind. Since the message of the Qur'an is believed to be for all times, it should be relevant to every age. But does the Qur'an pass this test? In this booklet, I intend to give an objective analysis of the Muslim belief regarding the Divine origin of the Qur'an, particularly in the light of established scientific discoveries. There was a time, in the history of world civilization, when 'miracles', or what were perceived to be miracles, took precedence over human reason and logic. Of course, the normal defination of 'miracle' is simply, anything that takes place out of the normal course of life and for which humankind has no explanation. However, we must be careful before accepting something as a miracle. In 1993, 'The Times of India', Mumbai, reported that 'a saint' by the name 'Baba Pilot' claimed to have stayed continuously submerged under water in a tank for three consecutive days and nights. However, when reporters wanted to examine the bottom of the tank of water in which he claimed to have performed his 'miraculous feat', he refused to let them do so. He argued by asking as to how one could examine the womb of a mother that gives birth to a child. Obviously the 'saint' had something to conceal! His claim was a gimmick simply to gain publicity. Surely, no modern person with even the slightest inkling towards rational thinking would accept such a 'miracle'. If such false miracles are the tests of divinity, then we would have to accept all world famous magicians known for their ingenious magical tricks and illusions, as genuine God-men! A book, claiming to


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Jan Aldea seemed excited during the first two sessions of the 2D animation class at Nuestra Escuela, an alternative school in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The 19-year-old had quickly mapped out a detailed, 102-panel storyboard for a video depicting a tale of love, loss and renewal. Then he vanished.
"We didn't know what happened to him," said José Saavedra, an art major in the Bucknell University Class of '13 and one of Aldea's teachers. "One day, we found him in the hallway. It turned out he'd had to miss class because of family problems and was afraid we'd kick him out." Saavedra convinced Aldea to return and complete his video. He ended up finishing first.
"The artwork is rough," said Saavedra. "But you can see there's something deeper there. Something meaningful." || Watch video
Aldea's was just the kind of success story Saavedra was hoping for when he conceived the course. He first thought of teaching creativity to at-risk, impoverished teens during his first year at Bucknell, but it wasn't until last fall when the idea gelled. A self-taught animator, Saavedra decided that a 2D animation course would be the perfect vehicle for teaching both creative and practical skills. He enlisted help developing the project from his good friend, then-international relations major Stefan Ivanovski, Class of '12.
The pair read up on the problems facing teens in Puerto Rico — problems including drug trafficking, violence and poverty. Through a personal connection, they found a supportive partner on the ground in Nuestra Escuela, which provides emotional and social support to students who've previously dropped out of school. For the project, which they called Puerto Rico se Anima — a play on the word animation that means, literally, "Puerto Rico is excited" — they received a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant, along with funding from the Flamboyan Foundation, whose CEO is Kristin Ehrgood, Class of '92, and CompUSA.
"We believe education and creativity are tools that can drive social change," said Ivanovski. The program teaches students how to be agents of change in their communities."
"When people see what they create, their self-esteem goes up," said Saavedra. "They think, 'I made that.'"
By mid-June this year, Saavedra and Ivanovski had navigated Puerto Rico's spotty infrastructure to find housing and the hardware and software they needed to set up a "hall of creativity" at Nuestra Escuela. They were ready to teach, except: On the first day of class, there was a power outage. It turned out to be the first of that summer.
But that bump in the road was nothing, they found, compared to the crushing reality of their students' personal circumstances. One student had cancer. A few had to leave school. Others had to be home before 9 p.m. to avoid being shot by gangs. And at least several came from households with no water or electricity — let alone computers. And before they could even begin to teach animation, Saavedra and Ivanovski discovered they needed to teach their students basic skills, like how to use Microsoft Word and how to outline a story.
"When you write a proposal for a project, you're a hero," said Saavedra. "But when you're there, it's very different. You're not just behind a desk thinking about the problems."
It didn't take long, though, said Saavedra, for the class to go deeper into the material.
"One boy was struggling to accurately draw a man riding a bicycle," said Saavedra. "He wanted to get the distance from the leg to the pedal right. So we cracked open a biology book and analyzed YouTube videos." Saavedra also found himself teaching physics and the concept of pi to students who wanted to know more about animating video games. "They needed to know how to make circles move," he said.
What helped the Bucknellians succeed in their teaching was being able to build trust with the students and bringing them joy, said Ivanovski. "It was the first time someone told them they could do research on their own. We kept telling them, 'You will go to college.'"
On Aug. 15, Saavedra and Ivanovski held a Puerto Rico se Anima graduation ceremony at the Art Museum of Caguas. Families, teachers and community members watched as the students received their diplomas. There was also a screening of the videos at the museum's first-ever animated film festival. || Read the blog; View the videos on YouTube
"It may seem like a little thing," said Ivanovski, who is from Macedonia. "But I know how I felt when I graduated in May — having my family there to see my get my degree — you realize, 'I can do things. We wanted to bring more joy to their lives.'"
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I am interested in the projective classification of reduced curves of degree four in $\mathbb{P}^3(\mathbb{R})$ (and more generally of degree $n+1$ in $\mathbb{P}^n(\mathbb{R})$). More precisely, I am looking at the case where the curve is a union of four distinct lines. I need this classification because I want to make sure that I consider all possible cases in a problem in interpolation theory.
For instance, there are two types of configurations of three lines in $\mathbb{P}^2$. Either three lines meet in a single point, or three lines meet in three distinct points. More generally, according to this integer sequence, there are 3 configurations of four lines in $\mathbb{P}^2$, 5 configurations of five lines in $\mathbb{P}^2$, and 18 configurations of 6 lines in $\mathbb{P}^2$. These configurations are shown in this figure (except for the configurations in which all lines are concurrent).
I believe there are six configurations of three lines in $\mathbb{P}^3$: Two configurations for which the three lines lie in a plane, three configurations for which precisely two of the three lines lie in a plane, and one configuration where none of the lines intersect.
My (related) questions are now as follows:
- How many configurations are there of four lines in $\mathbb{P}^3$ (and more generally of $n+1$ lines in $\mathbb{P}^n$)?
- Is there a convenient way to enumerate these?


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