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May 30, 2020
Very impressed in particular with the pace and technical depth of the instructor's videos that taught me how and why the scales and chords are constructed, rather than just having us memorise them.
Oct 12, 2015
Dear Friends,\n\nI really enjoyed this course, specially the way "Thaddeus Hogarth" teach the course, It is unbelievably strong and master piece.\n\nThanks a lot "Thaddeus Hogarth"\n\nGod bless you
교육 기관: Manoj K G•
Aug 09, 2017
Amazing course for a beginner and someone who want to pick it up after a long break. I would suggest this for people who has sufficient experience with the instrument. The tutor is really amazing.
교육 기관: raymond f•
Dec 27, 2015
This is a guitar class, done with class. Loved the teacher, Thaddius. After taking this class I got a job at a church playing guitar. This class increased my income by thousands a year.
교육 기관: Suzana T•
May 16, 2019
Professor was great but peer review grade from peers, who upload stolen music from Bollywood films, to make me resubmit my project 4 times is ridiculous. Grade based on one peer review, and that from someone who violating copyright uploading something that isn't his, for both assignments, or from another who uploading notes from course not music, or third who rating bad saying I should record louder though there's clearly told not to rate recording quality but playing, without any point where we can request that grade to be checked by professor, Coursera staff, or admin, other than to hit report button for that person's work, and then to again resubmit own, hoping that next peer review will come from someone who didn't come here to make a mockery of this course but to really learn and grade other learner. Neither peers read how to give grade and based on what, nor their own projects are on topic, nor appropriate files, plus uploading copyright and stolen material from films, notes, and totally unrelated songs. Paying for a course to be forced to resubmit repeatedly the same files over grade from people who misusing this place, making it look like a joke, uploading stolen material for own works. I have never seen such poor course ending ever, and though my score is 100% on all other tests, this resubmitting because of some who clearly trying to cheat the system, yet giving bad grades to others, really made me decide never to use Coursera again.
교육 기관: Mark D•
Apr 20, 2016
The first few weeks are truly beginner/intro course stuff and the entire course is well taught. However, weeks 4-7 ramp up at far too fast of a pace. I spent 8-10 hours every week trying to keep up and it just moved too fast. The instructor was doing things at breakneck speed with little explanation. It gets very discouraging by the end because you simply can't play the material. I think this course is really for people who are re-learning guitar or already have musical backgrounds.
교육 기관: Ferenc G S•
Dec 03, 2015
While the course is definitely very good and thorough, the difficulty of each week is raising exponentially. First just learn one chord shape... then learn some picking techniques... then a small set of obscure and rarely used scales... and then suddenly a HUGE bunch of open chords, movable chords, power chords and a song too! Of course you got to play it all sounding nice and even like a metronome or your peers will pull your score down heavy. Maybe I'm not the most gifted guitarist, but I really felt like the learning curve here was just unfairly steep. I'm still giving the course 4 stars, because the material is still really good, but if you are beginner, be prepared to take it twice.
교육 기관: Sam J•
Mar 07, 2020
This class is terrible. You don't touch the guitar for the first two weeks and by the end you are expected to be able to make a multi-track recording by yourself. All of western music theory is dumped in your lap in one week. The difficulty level increases exponentially, from taking two weeks to cover the material in the first three pages of any level one guitar book, to requiring multi-track recording from a five minute video clip.
교육 기관: Davide C•
Oct 01, 2016
Great introduction to guitar, before this course I already played acoustic guitar but with this course I've got many techical info I didn't know, e.g. on guitar positions and scales
교육 기관: Shaikh M P•
Jan 15, 2019
After finishing the recording of the final assignments, I was amazed how practice in proper way can help me develop. I was also surprised to see how a melody and strum played together in time cam sound so great. Now I know why there are more then one guitarist in all the great bands.
I was really out of tempo during the beginning of this course. I had a hard time keeping up with the metronome and keep both of my hands busy playing. Positioning the fingers in proper places in time was also a challenge.
Now I can somehow manage my fingers on the instrument a lot better than before. At week six, I finally am playing something that sounds like music rather than some scattered notes played here and there.
I will keep practicing with the current course materials until I am fluent with my instrument while searching more ways to progress.
The course offered by Berklee is well organized, to the point and contains precise materials. The interface offered by Coursera is the best with tons of features. This is the best so far I have seen. Everything is well organized and easy to switch between weeks, topics and many more.
Trust me you will enjoy your time here and the payback is great!
교육 기관: Hayden B•
Jan 24, 2020
Great beginner's guitar course for getting started learning playing technique and early music theory. Well recommended for any budding guitar player looking for a good place to start!
교육 기관: Sujit G•
Mar 03, 2019
As an absolute beginner, I am thoroughly enjoying this course. It is really challenging me, but the instructor is doing a phenomenal job explaining everything!!!
교육 기관: José A T G•
Jan 17, 2019
Very nice course for beginners and it is a good exercise to remember knowledge for intermediate guitarist.
교육 기관: Gino E N•
Feb 01, 2019
Great explanation, lot of patience in the teaching. Perfect for beginners.
교육 기관: Pranav J•
Feb 04, 2019
First course I completed on Coursera. I'm very happy with the results.
교육 기관: José L C•
Feb 14, 2019
Easy to follow. Loved it!!!!
교육 기관: Otto E S F•
Feb 13, 2019
great course, i love it
교육 기관: Roman G•
Dec 31, 2016
A very nice well-rounded intro to guitar.
The amount of work really rises towards the end, but it does pay off.
The only issue I have is with this course is the barre chords. They are dumped nonchalantly on the learners and we're just expected to pick them up. This part is very hard on the beginners.
교육 기관: Kelly•
Dec 26, 2015
I learned quite a bit from this instructor in a short period of time. He has a way of explaining things that really makes it sink in. The one thing I would change is not to have so many chords to learn in one week toward the end of the class. I would add a few weeks to the course.
교육 기관: Sanjeevani J•
Jan 02, 2017
I liked the course overall. One star less for the duration and content alignment. It would have been much helpful if the content was spread over for a longer time period as a week wasn't enough to finish many assignments esp for beginners.
교육 기관: Michael B•
Jun 20, 2016
Outstanding course! I was an absolute beginner and knew nothing about the guitar or how to play it. I now feel that I have great understanding and a strong foundation to build upon. It starts out fairly easy and takes you step by step through everything you need to know but builds quickly and takes lots of practice to become proficient with each of the lessons, especially if you've never played and instrument before. The biggest benefit from the class is that I know feel comfortable that I have sufficient knowledge that I can continue to develop my skills at my own pace using various on-line resources.
교육 기관: Krithika•
Aug 05, 2016
I have tried to learn guitar through regular classes with three music schools before. But have never been able to find it taught this simplified yet detailed. Kudos to our teacher. The playing gets so much easier when we know the logic. I feel more eager to take my instrument which has been lying in a corner for more than a year now. I just hope i would be able to enough time to practice and stay in touch with the instrument i love. Thanks coursera and Berklee college for this wonderful course and thanks sir for making me feel so much at ease with my guitar..
교육 기관: Четверухин А А•
Dec 20, 2016
Great course and teacher. The beginning seems to be too easy for somebody who studied music before or already plays guitar at least to some extend, but this can be skipped if required (i.e. one can just pass the tests) and then there is a whole bunch if interesting information starting.
The end of the course may be quite difficult for absolute beginners, but if you practice you'll get there or, otherwise, nobody will blaim you if you deliver it a bit later.
Good luck and thanks to coursera and the teacher!
교육 기관: Kenda R T•
Jul 11, 2017
This is a wonderful course. I took this as a complete beginner. The teacher is very able to explain things for a baby to the guitar world. Though it was a little bit more complicated for me at my level when I took it , towards the latter end of the course, I was still equipped with a great foundation. Due to this foundation, I was able to work with my current guitar teacher, who works mostly with intermediate to advanced players, with a better footing. Thank you for this wonderful course!
교육 기관: Sandeep H•
Aug 24, 2015
Excellent precision. Great teacher...! Not the one who rushes through to complete the lessons in a hurry but he really takes it slow and makes it very understanding for slow learners and beginners.
I love coursera...! Great innovation. Awesome work! Keep it up guys..!
Also Berklee college of music, thank you for making thousands of distressed and unlucky students(for various reasons) be a part of your great culture of music and valuable teaching.
Hats off!!!
교육 기관: Mark A S•
Mar 01, 2016
Overall, this course is excellent for both beginners and slightly experienced folks - or people wanting a beginning refresher. By the end of the 6th week, if you've practiced and turned in your assignments, you'll have the calluses and knowledge to keep plinking out tunes from the tabs you can find on the Interweb. Prof Hogarth's videos are easy to watch and helpful. The community of users and TAs is friendly and helpful, too.
교육 기관: Aaron S•
Nov 29, 2016
This is a wonderful class. The teacher is very skillful in Guitar and very patient as well. At first I thought it is a very easy class so I choose it as my first MOOC class and I hope I can finish it in a short time. Insteadly I had made some mistakes before my classmate pointed it out and I am really benifit through this class. Many basic knowledge of guitar are produced and some of them is I've not learned before.


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The beautiful Alnwick Treehouse is hosting a wedding Fair THIS TUESDAY 6.30pm!
This Tuesday 30th August there is a Wedding Fair at the magical & unique venue The Alnwick Treehouse, Alnwick, Northumberland 6.30 to 9.30pm
If you are thinking of proposing, or planning to get married then top of your list should be a visit to the Alnwick Treehouse's much anticipated Wedding Fair this Tuesday 30th August, 6.30pm to 9.30pm.
Set in the Treetops (with full access for children, adults and wheelchair users), this magical and dreamy wedding venue is based in the pretty market town of Alnwick, Northumberland, located just 35 minutes drive from Newcastle city centre and voted as the nicest place to live in the UK.
Lit by twinkling fairylights with a stunning courtyard for your guests, this is the ultimate destination for your dream wedding day with the latest wedding gowns from Kathryn Trueman in Morpeth, Northumberland and some of the best wedding suppliers in the available. The Treehouse wedding planning team will work with your budget to create a bespoke and unique experience for you and your family.
The venue can host ceremonies on the decking for up to 85 guests or intimate indoor ceremonies for 60. The Treehouse also holds a licence for marriages and civil partnerships.
So don't forget the doors open at 6.30pm this Tuesday the 30th August.
To book your wedding or to find out more information you can email [email protected]

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December 24, 2014
Just a quick posting of a recent illustration. This was for LCB Resources, a company providing training for healthcare professionals. This was a game they had devised to help trainee health visitors gain an understanding of their job whilst having some fun. Quite a big image, approximately A3, a nice fun job to do.
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December 4, 2014
I was asked by my agent for a headshot/mugshot, for some publicity material they were producing for a forthcoming trip to the States in the spring of 2015.
I wanted to produce something a bit different from a straight photo so managed to take a selfie I was OK with and applied some filters to make something that looked a bit more interesting.
Thinking about this I realised it might be possible to use some of my existing vector illustrations and use similar effects, so I made a big jpeg and had a go. I'm fairly pleased with this and will take it a bit further in the next week or two.


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Manchester, NH — When it comes to athletic competitions, companies like Dyn often aren't picked first because, well, we're kinda geeky and sit behind computers 95% of the day. (The Dyn Fit Challenge is going to change that, though!)
But anything to do with science, technology, math and using our minds? We're all over that like 60 SPF sunscreen on our pale, sun-repellent skin and that's why we DOMINATED the SEE Science Center Flights of Fancy competition, a great fundraising event for the center put on by Segway founder/overall awesome New Hampshire-ite Dean Kamen.
The competition featured teams comprised of some of the best minds and companies in New Hampshire, all vying for prestigious championship trophies, medals and bragging rights that come with being named champions. For team General Manager and Theo Epstein disciple Gray Chynoweth, the competition marked the opportunity to test his recruitment and evaluation skills.
"People always asked why we put prospective employees through a group of timed challenges (wireless router hookup, DNS record updates, server toss) at our yearly Dyn Combine, " Chynoweth explained, whistle and clipboard in hand. "Make no mistake, this is a battle. We needed competitors that would go all out and never say die. This is our Super Bowl."
The teams were put through their paces early, competing in three different competitions that put their minds and hearts to the test. Chynoweth put his two highest-rated prospects — Scott "Scotcha" Smith and John "Baby Faced Assassin" D'Amato — into the fray. The two have been in seclusion at the company's temporary sales office for weeks in preparation.
"They needed focus," Chynoweth said, avoiding questions as to why they only were allowed to eat leftover Tuesday sandwich meat and Canada Dry leading up to the competition.
Smith and D'Amato advanced to the finals after cruising through the Paper Airplane competition, Airtube Beach Ball Toss and Airwolf, where they were to land a tiny helicopter on houses made of Legos. Smith manned the controls as D'Amato recently came off the DL with carpal tunnel syndrome, a gamble that paid off.
Smith's precision and familiarity with the Lego universe was key in the team advancing, something geek talk radio callers had questioned about him for months.
"I don't listen to the critics," Smith said. "I do it for the love of little plastic parts that you can build cool stuff with."
Team Dyn advanced to the finals with ease and were set to compete against two other groups in the Bottle Rocket Launcher challenge, a grinder that many equate to the American Gladiators' Eliminator in terms of mental aptitude.
Three hoops were set up in the air and an empty 2-liter bottle was attached to an air hose. One member was to step on the hose, forcing the bottle to fly through the air and through as many of the three hoops as possible.
The team struggled on their first attempt, sending their title aspirations into doubt. But with D'Amato on the aim and Smith providing the sheer force, they came through on their final shot, sending the bottle through all three hoops for a perfect score and a slot in overtime against the dreaded Canadian Pirates.
"They've been on our radar since last year," D'Amato said. "Their pictures are in our locker room so we knew it was going to come down to us. At that point, it's go big or go home."
The two definitely went big, capitalizing on a complete miss by the Pirates. With perfect aim, D'Amato sunk a bottle through the first hoop, giving Dyn the win and their first SEE Science Championship. The team erupted in a euphoric celebration with team owners Jeremy Hitchcock and Tom Daly promising Dyn fans that more is to come.
"We assembled this team for moments like this," Daly said. "There's a reason we're No. 1 in DNS and email delivery and days like this prove it. DNS IS SEXY!!!!!!"
"Our fans got us here," Hitchcock exclaimed while signing off on proofs for championship merchandise. "We plan on doing a victory tour with the trophy all over New England. They deserve to share in this moment."
Smith is locked up for several more years under contract, while D'Amato has talked about retirement. But for now, Chynoweth isn't worrying about the future — just the present.
"This is right up there with the greatest Thursday nights in my life," Chynoweth said while being doused in Diet Coke and Red Bull during the celebration. "My wife and new child are great, but c'mon. Look at this trophy!"
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Pantai Bharu Officially Opens Proton 3S Centre With New Look
Pantai Bharu Corporation Sdn Bhd (Pantai Bharu), a long-time Proton dealer, has officially opened a brand new Proton 3S centre with the brand's new look. Pantai Bharu previously operated its Proton business as a 1S and 2S on separate premises but has combined it into one following Proton's call to its dealers to upgrade and improve, since early this year.
Located at Lot 17870, Jalan Kapar, Sungai Pinang, 41400 Klang, Selangor, the Pantai Bharu Proton 3S Centre that has a spacious showroom and customer lounge with a children's area, phone/laptop charging area, and complimentary WiFi; the delivery bay can cater to 3 vehicles. The servicing area has 12 service bays and 8 hoists. Furthermore, there are 70 customer parking bays available at this facility.
"In order to succeed, we need to move with times and stay relevant. The market is fluid, what works today may not work tomorrow. So the intention to relocate to a new area to provide better customer experience is inevitable. The new area will provide convenience to customers as a one-stop centre for sales, service and spare parts," said Dato' Shamshudin Nor, owner and shareholder of Pantai Bharu, who has been heading the business for 32 years.
"We are positive that with the new and fresh looking facade, better lighting and ambience for interior and exterior, we will be able to attract more customers to our showroom, hence this will definitely push our sales and service level upwards. We foresee a 100% increase in sales and service throughput with the inception of this outlet upgrade," he said further.
Officiating the outlet opening was Dr Li Chunrong, CEO of Proton, Dato' Razaif Mohamed, Deputy CEO, Abdul Rashid Musa, VP of Sales and Marketing, accompanied by other senior management of Proton.
"With outlet upgrading on track, coupled with improvement in sales and quality month by month, we are confident that Proton is gaining traction in the market. Alongside the development of our cars, from the affordable and stable Saga, the practical and refined handling of the Persona, the fantastic safety and technology of the Iriz, to the extra comfortable and spacious Exora, and extra versatility and fuel efficiency of the Ertiga, we always ensure that we remember to put great customer experience in the equation. Hence the outlet upgrades with improved facilities and services featuring fresh and new look is a starting point for Proton to win back the hearts and minds of our customers. We know, good quality products allow us to sell more cars, but great service goes a long way to retain and grow our customer base. And this is what Proton is striving to achieve," said Dr Li.
Editor's note: It isn't difficult to answer why Proton lost market share and customer confidence in the last decade and a half (at least). What is difficult is climbing back to its previous stature as the main national car brand. So while it seems that Proton has its head in the right place, the proof of the pudding is always in the eating. The company will be banking on its planned dealership upgrades (which is ahead of schedule currently) and the upcoming new SUV to propel the brand forward and put it in better standing, and the onus is on the management and stakeholders' shoulders.


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Tallinn Music Week (TMW), Music Estonia, Estonian song contest Eesti Laul and Don't Panic! We're from Poland have joined forces again to organise another professional song-writing camp in the Baltics from 27th to 30th March 2017. The writing and recording period will last for two days (March 28th and 29th).
Songwriters and producers from Estonia and neighboring countries are invited to join a camp that will develop their musical skills. We're looking for experienced producers, writers and writer-artists. Ideally each producer will come with prepared ideas. We're also looking for lead artists (who do not need to participate at the camp) to record & release the song later on. Twenty selected songwriters will have the opportunity to collaborate and create new music together with 10 international professionals. The writers will be divided into 10 teams that include one experienced song-writing mentor and two top regional writers. The teams will work together with recording artists and record the first versions of their songs during the camp. By the end of the two-day recording camp, each team presents as many songs as they have created.
Last year, four artists from Poland took part in the project: Buslav, Paulina Przybysz, Skubas and Krzysztof Zalewski. International writers who have joined the camp have included Robert Callum and James Stewart (from UK), Isabelle Ljunggren, Gustav Svennungsson, Magnus Wallin, Erik Sahlén, Tara Nabavi (from Sweden), Joel Isaksson and Oskar Nyman (Sweden/Finland). Some of the songs that have been written in the camp and released can be heard below:
The cost of the camp includes:
- Participation fee
- Accommodation in Tallinn, 27-30 March (suggested arrival time is the afternoon on Monday 27th March)
- Catering during two writing days
- A discount to Tallinn Music Week
To apply, fill out the form HERE.
The application deadline is 22nd February. Participants will be announced within the first weeks of March.
Sources: press release; edited by BF; 30 Jan 2017


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Ben Emmerson wants to be clear: He's not out to ban flying killer robots used by the CIA or the U.S. military. But the 49-year-old British lawyer is about to become the bane of the drones' existence, thanks to the United Nations inquiry he launched last week into their deadly operations.
Emmerson, the United Nations' special rapporteur for human rights and counterterrorism, will spend the next five months doing something the Obama administration has thoroughly resisted: unearthing the dirty secrets of a global counterterrorism campaign that largely relies on rapidly proliferating drone technology. Announced on Thursday in London, it's the first international inquiry into the drone program, and one that carries the imprimatur of the world body. By the next session of the United Nations in the fall, Emmerson hopes to provide the General Assembly with an report on 25 drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Palestine where civilian deaths are credibly alleged.
That carries the possibility of a reckoning with the human damage left by drones, the first such witnessing by the international community. Accountability, Emmerson tells Danger Room in a Monday phone interview, "is the central purpose of the report." He's not shying away from the possibility of digging up evidence of "war crimes," should the facts point in that direction. But despite the Obama administration's secrecy about the drone strikes to date, he's optimistic that the world's foremost users of lethal drone tech will cooperate with him.
In conversation, Emmerson, who's served as special rapporteur since 2011, doesn't sound like a drone opponent or a drone skeptic. He sounds more like a drone realist. "Let's face it, they're here to stay," he says, shortly after pausing to charge his cellphone during a trip to New York to prep for his inquiry. "This technology, as I say, is a reality. It is cheap, both in economic terms and in the risk to the lives of the service personnel who are from the sending state.
"And for that reason there are real concerns that because it is so cheap, it can be used with a degree of frequency that other, more risk-based forms of engagement like fixed-wing manned aircraft or helicopters are not," Emmerson says. "And the result is there's a perception of the frequency and intensity with which this technology is used is exponentially different, and as a result, there is necessarily a correspondingly greater risk of civilian casualties."
Emmerson has zeroed in on the most heated debate about the drones, a subject around which there is little consensus and fewer facts, thanks to government secrecy. Do the drones kill fewer people than other methods of warfare? Or does their seeming ease of use make warfare easier to proliferate, and therefore kill more people – terrorist and innocent – than they otherwise would? There are several independent studies, mostly relying on uncertain local media reports from the dangerous places the drones overfly, and no agreement.
"When I think about the covert drones program, we're focused on the civilian impact," says Sarah Holewinski of the Center for Civilians in Conflict, which has studied the program. "But nobody really knows! The president doesn't know, I don't know, human rights groups don't know. They're taking place in remote areas. I'm looking forward to knowing from this inquiry what actually happens when a drone strike occurs."
Enter Emmerson. From now until May, his team will explore 25 drone strikes in the Mideast and South Asia and examine the "safeguards" that the three countries known to have used the lethal technology – the U.S., U.K., and Israel – place around the strikes. It won't settle the debate. But it will provide a deeper pool of data with which to inform it.
"The territories in which these technologies have been used thus far have typically been areas where there's a densely populated civilian community living in poorly constructed buildings that collapse very easily, often like a pack of cards or dominoes," Emmerson says. "And [they] cause damage beyond that, which would be the intended consequence or the anticipated consequence. Are those incidents resulting in [internal] investigation? Has any individual or any entity been held accountable? Have lessons been learned? Do these problems continue? Do they [subside], do they carry on or increase? These are the sorts of questions that we'll be trying to look at as best we can."
Emmerson is still finalizing his list of sample cases to investigate, as well as figuring out a game plan for getting to the dangerous places they occur. He doesn't anticipate producing "dossiers to satisfy a criminal legal standard" against drone operators. But Emmerson indicates that he's interested in looking at the so-called "double tap strikes," in which civilians are allegedly killed in drone strikes when they assist with clearing the wreckage of previous ones.
"I can't say I've seen evidence that would enable me to conclude that there is a case that war crimes have been committed, although of course that is an issue we are going to be looking into," he says. "In principle, events, for example, like double-tap strikes on first responders, or attacks on funerals could raise questions as to whether war crimes have been committed." Emmerson says he can't draw a blanket rule as to who's accountable for those strikes in the abstract.
The double-tap strikes are a seeming cousin of the "signature strikes," in which the CIA attacks people without knowing their names, because they seem to fit a pattern of terrorist behavior. "Civilians live in constant fear," Holewinski says. "Did I just stand next to a member of al-Qaida at a market? Does that mean I'm about to be targeted by a drone?"
President Obama has given no answer to these questions, even as he's institutionalized the drone strikes and appointed one of their architects, counterterrorism aide John Brennan, to run the CIA. His Justice Department has resisted efforts to disclose even the basic legal rationales the administration relies on for the targeted killings. It will be extraordinarily difficult for Emmerson's inquiry to proceed without administration cooperation, as the U.S. conducts the vast majority of the world's drone strikes. The conservative Heritage Foundation counsels Obama to "ignore" Emmerson entirely.
But Emmerson thinks the Obama administration will play ball with him. Ironically, Brennan's appointment is one of his reasons for hope.
"I've had gentle signals that there may well be, under John Brennan's directorship at the Central Intelligence Agency, a desire to engage more publicly with some of the concerns that have been expressed," he says. Doing so is in Obama's interest, Emmerson believes, as his current stance of saying next to nothing about the strikes "leaves the debate space wide open to those who would argue that there are routinely disproportionate civilian impacts. Whether that is true or not is too early to say, and I wouldn't express any view on those questions without a very careful consideration of the evidence. But one thing one can say is that by refusing to engage in discussion, the administration has done itself no favors in gaining public confidence and winning hearts and minds. The reality is that the perception that drones cause disproportionate civilian casualties is one of the significant factors that is contributing to radicalization and violent extremism."
Not many drone observers are confident Obama will embrace Emmerson's review. "The drones program only exists at the moment they say it does and the next moment it doesn't," says Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch. "I assume Emmerson will run into this."
The early signs about official U.S. cooperation aren't particularly positive. The CIA flatly declined comment when asked. Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Anne Edgecomb said comment "would be premature" since the Defense Department hasn't "received a directive related to this UN inquiry." (She adds: "We use remotely piloted aircraft within the laws of war, precisely targeting military objectives while minimizing the loss of innocent life.")
Interestingly, one of the members of Emmerson's team is an American judge-advocate, Army Cpt. Jason Wright, whom Emmerson announced last week would participate in his private capacity. Wright declined to comment, but University of Texas law professor Robert Chesney identified him as one of the defense attorneys for 9/11 defendant Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. When asked about Wright's participation in the inquiry, Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a spokesman for the military commissions, indicated that Wright's participation might not be final.
"Capt. Wright's supervisory chain of command is still looking into the nature and the extent of his activities with the UN Human Rights Council to ensure that his contemplated actions will not be improper," Breasseale tells Danger Room.
Still, difficult as Emmerson's task may be, the first international investigation into drone strikes is a reality – one with which the U.S. will have to contend. Just as the world has to contend with the permanence of drones as a battlefield technology.
"I like technology I understand," Emmerson says. "And at the moment I don't understand enough about this technology. And neither does the rest of the world. And once we understand it, then we're in a position to understand whether or not we want to buy it. We don't just buy it because it's new."


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I am very familiar with this fairy tale so it brought back very fond memories.
One morning, a woman mixed up some pancake batter to make a big pancake for her seven children. They fought over who should have the first bite. The eldest child said they should have the first bite, the youngest said they should have the first because they needed to grow. As the pancake heard the arguments, it wriggled and flapped and jumped out of the pan. the children were too busy arguing to notice it.
The mother screamed at them to catch the pancake, but the pancake was too fast to catch. It past a hare who demanded that it should stop for it to eat. The pancake laughed and said it had ran away from seven squabbling children so it could run away from it. It rolled past a goat who wanted to eat it and once again, the pancake managed to escape seven squabbling children, a hare and the goat. The pancake then approached a fox who it also managed to outrun.
Finally, the pancake came to a river. There was a pig at the river who offered to carry it across the river. The pancake rolled onto the pig, the pig took the pancake halfway across the river and then turned, tossed the pancake and ate it whole! 🙂
This gave me gingerbread man vibes but it's a story that I'm still so fond of! 🙂
An extract from A Year Full of Stories, by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Christopher Corr (Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2016)


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I am an industrial designer with experience in production management of furniture, lighting, and products. My work experiences with small companies have allowed me to take part in all aspects of the design process, from research and concept development, through prototyping and manufacturing.
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WASHINGTON — The White House struck back Tuesday at Democratic critics questioning President Bush's record of military service at the height of the Vietnam War, saying the issue "represents the worst of election year politics."
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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"It is outrageous and baseless," presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said in response to suggestions that Bush shirked his military duties when he was in the Texas Air National Guard in 1972.
Military service has emerged as an issue in the campaign for the White House. Sen. John Kerry, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark are decorated veterans and remind campaign audiences of their service.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said Bush was "AWOL" during the Vietnam conflict, while former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., has criticized Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. Clark has criticized Bush for his remark challenging enemy forces to "bring 'em on" earlier in postwar Iraq.
Bush was a pilot in the Texas Guard during Vietnam but never flew in battle. "Only someone who hasn't seen war firsthand would ever say anything as fatuous as 'bring 'em on,"' Clark said earlier in the campaign.
Responding to Bush's critics, McClellan said: "The president fulfilled his duties. That's why he was honorably discharged."
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While serving as political director of the Senate campaign of Winton "Red" Blount, a family friend, he was ordered to report for duty at the 187th Tactical Recon Unit in Montgomery, Ala. The 187th did not fly F-102s, so Bush did not go to the base as a pilot. After missing a required physical exam and being out of the cockpit so long, he lost his flight credentials in Alabama.
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Bush said in his autobiography that he and a friend, Fred Bailey, tried to join a program called Palace Alert that rotated National Guard pilots into Vietnam.
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The Republican National Committee on Tuesday released excerpts of an interview in which Sen. John McCain, a Navy pilot who was held as a POW in Vietnam for more than five years, defended Bush. McCain was Bush's chief rival for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination.
"Everything that I've heard — every bit of information I've ever heard, I never got into it because I wasn't that interested — is that he served honorably and well. And I assume that to be the case," McCain said on MSNBC.
Asked about McAuliffe's charge that Bush was "AWOL" during the war, McCain said: "Well, but that charge was never proven."
"I don't know," McCain said. "You know, all is fair in love and war, and maybe they'll have to answer those questions again."
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The Rust Bucket is Grandpa Max's RV. It is a replica of a GMC Classic Motorhome. It is kitted with a lot of Plumbers' gear, which includes a lasers and jets. Its license plate number is "S81Z1M".
Despite having post-space age weapons and capabilities, the Rust Bucket also has a faulty toilet and an air conditioner which was broken by Grey Matter.
Max has apparently lost several of these vehicles.
Original SeriesEditEdit[1]The Rust Bucket in the original series
In The Visitor, the Rust Bucket gets blown into pieces, and was able to be reassembled in less than one full day. Whether this was story convenience or a specific aspect of the vehicle's engineering is unknown.
In Ben 4 Good Buddy, it can be seen, that various clicks and buttoning can create a type of effect to the Rust Bucket such as firing ice cubes or making the hydraulic turn on.
Ben 10: Race Against TimeEditEdit[2]In Race Against Time
The first time the Rust Bucket appeared in the movie was after Heatblast "destroyed" Eon and the theme song came on. The Rust Bucket was blown to pieces by Eon later in the movie (Ben 10: Race Against Time).
Alien ForceEditEdit
[3]The Rust Bucket in Alien Force[4]In Alien force season 3In Ben 10: Alien Force, there is a new Rust Bucket, the Rust Bucket 2, because the old broke down. It looks like the old one, but has a slightly different image, for example, the satellite dishes that were the on roof of the first Rust Bucket are gone, and the windows on the Rust Bucket 2 are blue tinted, as the old Rust Bucket's windows are black tinted. It first appeared in Ben 10 Returns: Part 1. it is later stolen by Kevin in Kevin's Big Score.
Possible FutureEditEdit[5]The Rust Bucket in Ben 10,000
In Ben 10,000, the Rust Bucket is upgraded with new advanced hi-technology. The inside also looks quite bright. The RV can also fly. A door in the Rust Bucket also leads to a chamber which contains the Null Void Projector which had to be moved due to Dr. Animo's actions.
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- Turbo engine (later upgraded by Cooper Daniels)
- Plumber map
- Bungee Cable: A high-tensile strength cable with a spike at the end to grab onto things.
- Dream Entering Machine: Allows the users to enter another persons dream. It was displayed in Perfect Day.
- Electrical Discharges: The wheels of the Rust Bucket can expel electrical currents.
- Fire Launchers: The exhaust pipes of the Rust Bucket can expel a superheated cloud of flames.
- Gyro Blades: Changes the paneling along the sides of the RV to project a powerful laser beam.
- Laser Turrets: The rear of the Rust Bucket can extend turrets which produce laser beams.
- Plasma Cannon: A narrow, metal pole that extends from the side of the Rust Bucket. It produces powerful discharges of plasma.
[7]Max merged with the Rust Bucket in "Gwen 10."*Seat Ejector: Either one of the front seats can be ejected if necessary. They have parachutes equipped to them to slow descent.
- Thrusters: Powerful thrusters, which extend from the rear and sides of the RV.
- Intergalactic Monitoring System
- Rammer: The RV extends the front and then extends to the side. It glows with energy and can ram anything, with great force.
- Rocket: A rocket launcher positioned on top of the Rust Bucket
- Spike Releases: Tiny spiked balls fall from behind the RV to pop a pursuers tires.
- Auto Pilot: A system that drives the Rust Bucket automatically. This was later upgraded by Cooper Daniels.
BathroomEditEdit[8]Inside the Rust Bucket in Ben 10,000
The Rust Bucket's toilet is known for the need of three people to flush it. The toilet is seen again in Alien Force. Ben sometimes sneaks out through here.
When Gwen and Ben were on their road trips, Ben slept on the upper bed while Gwen slept on the lower bed. Ben once fell from his bed. The same happens with Gwen sometimes. The bedroom is found at the end of the Rust Bucket.
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Ben 10: Alien ForceEditEdit
- Ben 10 Returns: Part 1 (first re-appearance)
- Kevin's Big Score
- Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1
- Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2
- Vendetta
- The Final Battle: Part 1
- The Final Battle: Part 2
Ben 10: Ultimate AlienEditEdit
- Absolute Power: Part 2 (first re-appearance)
- Moonstruck
- Prisoner Number 775 is Missing
Ben 10: OmniverseEditEdit
- A Jolt From The Past (cameo) (first re-appearance)
- Of Predators And Prey: Part 2 (flashback)
- Malefactor (flashback)
- Ben Again (past)
- Showdown: Part 1 (flashback)
Video GamesEditEdit
- Ben 10: Protector of Earth
- Ben 10: Galactic Racing (unlockable kart)
- The Rust Bucket has been stolen twice: By the Road Crew in Ben 4 Good Buddy and by Kevin in Kevin's Big Score.
- Grandpa Max refers to the Rust Bucket as family and as a female.
- Argit says the interiors of the Rust Bucket are worth a fortune.


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Republican economics: give money to rich people and everything will work out
Jim, the most important thing we can do for somebody who's unemployed is to see if we can get them a job. I mean, that's what needs to be the focus. For too long in Washington now we've been worried about pumping up the stimulus moneys and pumping up unemployment benefits and to a certain extent you have states for which you can get unemployment for almost two years and I think these people on unemployment benefits would rather have a job. So that's where our focus needs to be.
When the economy is booming, and lack of sufficient willing workers is limiting growth, generous unemployment benefits may keep employment lower than it would be otherwise. But as you may have noticed, right now the economy isn't booming - again, there are five unemployed workers for every job opening. Cutting off benefits to the unemployed will make them even more desperate for work - but they can't take jobs that aren't there.
One main reason there aren't enough jobs right now is weak consumer demand. Helping the unemployed by putting money in the pockets of people who badly need it, helps support consumer spending. That's why the Congressional Budget Office rates aid to the unemployed as a highly cost-effective form of economic stimulus. And unlike, say, large infrastructure projects, aid to the unemployed creates jobs quickly.
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Earl Ross, the only Canadian to win a NASCAR Winston Cup race and a member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 73.
Ross, of Ailsa Craig, Ont., won the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sept. 29, 1974. He qualified 11th but was more than a lap ahead of the second-place finisher, Buddy Baker, at the checkered flag. His car was owned by the legendary Junior Johnson and sponsored by the Canadian-owned Carling O'Keefe Breweries.
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The win was the push needed for Ross, who could only afford to run a partial schedule, to win the NASCAR rookie of the year award that year. In his NASCAR Winston Cup career he had the one win, five top-five finishes and 10 top 10s in 26 races.
In a statement released in Daytona Beach Thursday, NASCAR paid tribute to the Canadian.
"NASCAR extends its condolences to the family and friends of Earl Ross, a true racer whose considerable on-track success helped grow the sport internationally.
"Ross was the first Canadian driver to win a race in what is today known as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and he did it at one of NASCAR's most historic tracks for one of NASCAR's most historic owners. His 1974 win at Martinsville for Junior Johnson helped lay the foundation for the sport's tremendous growth in Canada, and beyond."
He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Maritime Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2011.


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(From the Ann Arbor News, December 28, 2008): Donald Byrne Age 74, born in Ann Arbor, MI, November 10, 1934 to Harold and Mary Johnston, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2008 at home with his loving family and friends at his side, after fighting a long and determined battle with pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 51 years, Rosemary "Rosie" and beloved son, Michael Byrne, earlier this year. Donald attended University of Michigan Elementary and High School, Mercersburg Academy, and went on to the University of Michigan graduating with a Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts. He began his career at the family owned business, Trojan Laundry, and from there spent 20 years as the marketing director for the Institute of Industrial Launderer's in Washington DC. Don was also a master franchisor for the Packaging Store, Inc. As a lifelong resident, he loved Ann Arbor and was one of the "maize and blue faithful" never missing a Michigan football home game. For more than 50 years, Don and Rosie opened their home to old friends, and new, for post game parties. He was a dedicated competitor and athlete, playing football at U-High and the University of Michigan. The friendships he maintained with his teammates was a special part of his life. His competitive spirit followed him through city tennis tournaments, and as he rallied his family to run with him for many years in the annual Dexter-Ann Arbor Run. His heart was bigger than life and he lived everyday to the fullest. He cared deeply for his family and was a daily inspiration to them. His selfless, positive outlook was contagious and touched all who knew him. Heaven and earth will never be the same! Survivors include Daughters: Susan Colleen (Kevin) Vivian, Mary Kathryn Stasiak. Son, Daniel Kevin Johnston; grandchildren: Michael Thomas, Erin Kathryn, and Kelly Roth Vivian, Courtney Rose, Alexander Byrne and Connor William Johnston, Sarah Vivian, and Ryan Michael Stasiak. Brothers: Thomas, and William (Donna) Johnston. Brother in law: Walter Roth. Nephews: Patrick (Wendy) Johnston, Sean Johnston, and James Roth. Niece: Lindsey Roth Case. Cousins: Norman and Dustin Johnston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 10:30 a.m Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, Rev. Fr. Charles Irvin officiating. Visitation will take place at the Muehlig Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 2 from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorial donations may be offered to the American Pancreatic Association.


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No, I'm not referring to the song.
Someone pointed out how claiming that "trans activists" were responsible for the alleged glitterbombing in Vancouver was, at the very least, an error in reportage…
And the party making the claim actually followed up and acknowledged that the claim was inaccurate and – perhaps most importantly – did not thereafter claim that it was still okay to brand trans people as being responsible for the alleged incident.
That was Xtra – from Canada.
This, however, was Queerty:
Canadian gay paper Xtra reports that six members of a group calling itself Homomilitia were behind the rainbow raid. Activist Fister Limp Wrist accused Savage of "ableist, racist, transphobic, fat-phobic, sero-phobic and rape-apologist attitudes and views."
That actually seems to be accurate reportage of what Xtra had originally had to say.
However, this appeared a few lines above that quote:
Dan Savage got glitter-bombed by trans activists at an appearance in Vancouver.
Silly me. There is much more anti-trans hatred among gays that needs to be whipped up:
- Amen. I'm so tired of trannies trying to crucify people who actually aren't their enemies. It's foolishness and they're only further isolating themselves
- [T]he REAL people who demonize the trans community seem to get off glitter free by the trans commnity activist
- glitter bomb the trannies
- Now u have gone and done it… this thread will be up to 100 responses in an hour or two… The Trans community will be typing like crazy
- After listening to a year's contempt of trans people for gay culture and gay leaders, I'm done. If I had my way, we would remove the trans protections from enda. That was probably what destroyed it last time it was considered. And the trans community don't deserve any more help from us
- Sometimes it seems its easier for trans activist to glitter Savage than actually fight for the passage of ENDA
- Radical trans activists are some of the most anti-gay human beings I've ever seen. They demand that we stop pushing our own agenda, drop everything, and rush to aid them in their pathetic little war on the heteronormative cisgender patriarchy. Any gay male who dares to speak up and tell them, "no, fuck off, it's not our job to fight your battles for you" is immediately attacked and bombarded by a barrage of buzzwords like "ABLE-BODIED WHITE MALE PRIVILEGED CISSEXIST!" It's sickening. Adding the T to the acronym was the dumbest, most politically suicidal decision gay activists ever made
- Someone explain why T is even included in GLBT?
- what a buncha hormonal bitches
This is just serving to convince me that the Democrats' October (or whenever) surprise to shore up gay support going into the election is going to be a push for a gay-only ENDA. These (now) five major American gay blogs that have – in the process adding glaring trans-specificity and trans-exclusivity that in no way is factually supported by the text of the original report – amplified that original Xtra piece with such complete disregard for facts that they have to be an advance move to manufacture a faux-gay-populist uprising against trans-inclusion.
50,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong….
and (now) five major gay blogs can't be this wrong without any expressed remorse (remember: The John not only isn't concerned about being wrong; he tried to justify it and to justify maintaining his factually inaccurate phraseology) over being wrong without some organized objective underlying it.
Maybe its not a push for a gay-only ENDA.
Maybe its just to thoroughly undermine any possibility of any gay energy being expended on Maryland's trans bill until (years after) Maryland gets gay marriage to go along with its existing gay-only rights law.
Or, maybe, its because, when it comes to entrenched, organized gay transphobia…
it really doesn't get better.


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AMSTERDAM - Dutch media are reporting that a passenger plane has possibly been hijacked en route from Malaga in Spain to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
News website Nu.nl reports that the plane was escorted to Schiphol today by two F16 fighter jets. The report cited the Defense Ministry.
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The final event in the long evolution of the Gawler Craton: new constraints on 1450 Ma metamorphism and magmatism
Laura Morrissey1, 2, Karin Barovich2, Martin Hand2, Katherine Howard2, Justin Payne1 and Anthony Reid3
1 School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia
2 School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide
3 Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
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Published October 2018
Potential field data across the northern Gawler Craton reveal structural fabrics and a number of large plutonic bodies that suggest the region has a complex tectono-metamorphic and magmatic evolution (Fig. 1). Existing geochronological studies confirm this complex history, with multiple phases of magmatism between c. 2530–1750 Ma (Howard et al. 2011; Reid et al. 2014) and the recognition of at least three high temperature metamorphic events at 1730–1685 Ma, 1600–1580 Ma and c. 1520 Ma (Payne et al. 2008; Cutts, Hand and Kelsey 2011; Reid et al. 2014). Mineral and petroleum exploration drillholes into some of the structural features of the region to the northwest of the Mabel Creek Ridge recovered gneissic rocks with migmatitic rock textures as well as undeformed granite (Figs 1, 2). Interpreted basement geological maps of the northern Gawler Craton previously attributed these granitic rocks to the c. 1600–1570 Ma Hiltaba Suite (Fairclough, Schwarz and Ferris 2003; Howard et al. 2011), therefore extending the footprint of Hiltaba Suite magmatism across the whole Gawler Craton.
Recent work conducted as part of the Source to Spectrum Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project (Payne et al. 2018) has revealed that at least three drillholes in the northern Gawler Craton record metamorphism and magmatism at 1463–1444 Ma, and that the granite bodies are part of a distinct, c. 1450 Ma thermal event rather than part of the Hiltaba Suite (Morrissey et al. in press). Here, we provide an overview of the results published in our open access article in Geoscience Frontiers (Morrissey et al. in press), with a focus on the significance of this event for the Gawler Craton.
Geology of the northern Gawler Craton
The poorly exposed northern Gawler Craton comprises four geophysically defined domains, the Peak and Denison Inlier, the Mount Woods Domain, Coober Pedy Ridge and the Nawa Domain (Fig. 1). These domains are separated from the Mulgathing Complex in the central Gawler Craton by the crustal-scale Karari Shear Zone (Fig. 1). The drillholes containing c. 1450 Ma magmatic and metamorphic rocks are from the Nawa Domain (Fig. 1). The Nawa Domain is the northernmost domain of the Gawler Craton and is almost entirely under cover. As a result, the basement geology is inferred from sparse drillholes and geophysics. Lithologies intersected in drill core in the Nawa Domain include orthogneiss with magmatic crystallisation ages of c. 2530 Ma (Reid et al. 2014) and 1780–1750 Ma (Howard et al. 2011) and metasedimentary rocks deposited between 1740–1720 Ma (Payne, Barovich and Hand 2006). The Nawa Domain predominantly records Kimban Orogeny aged metamorphism (c. 1730–1690 Ma; Payne et al. 2008; Howard et al. 2011; Reid et al. 2014). High-grade reworking of the southern Nawa Domain occurred at c. 1600–1550 Ma (Payne et al. 2008; Cutts, Hand and Kelsey 2011) and one drillhole (GOMA 4; Fig. 1) also provides enigmatic evidence for metamorphism at c. 1520 Ma (Reid et al. 2014).
Drillholes sampled: rock types and analyses conducted
Three diamond drillholes were sampled as part of the Morrissey et al. (in press) study (Table 1). Drillhole OBD 09 intersected strongly foliated garnet–biotite-bearing gneiss that displays evidence for partial melting (Figs 2a–d). Two drillholes (OBD 08 and Karkaro 1) intersected unfoliated granite (Figs 2e–f). Samples from OBD 09 were used for metamorphic modelling and monazite geochronology to constrain the conditions and timing of metamorphism. Samples from OBD 08 and Karkaro 1 were used for monazite and zircon geochronology and geochemistry to determine the age and character of magmatism.
Table 1 Sample locations and summary
|SA Geodata drillhole number
|SA Geodata sample number
|Sample interval (m)
|Age (Ma)†
|Migmatitic garnet–cordierite–biotite gneiss
|Migmatitic garnet–cordierite–biotite gneiss
|Garnet–cordierite-bearing leucosome
|Migmatitic garnet–biotite gneiss
|Migmatitic garnet–biotite gneiss
|1444 ± 10 (monazite)
|Migmatitic garnet–biotite gneiss
|1458 ± 9 (monazite)
|1463 ± 15 (zircon)
|Karkaro 1
|1442 ± 9 (monazite)
|Fine-grained granite
|1463 ± 8 (monazite)
|Coarse-grained granite
* GDA94, zone 53; † LA-ICP-MS U–Pb.
Analytical methods
Whole-rock chemical compositions of two samples of migmatitic gneiss from OBD 09 were obtained by X-ray fluorescence at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania. Phase equilibria models were calculated using THERMOCALC v3.40, using the internally consistent dataset, ds62, of Holland and Powell (2011) and activity–composition models re-parameterised for metapelitic rocks in the system MnNCKFMASHTO (MnO–Na2O–CaO–K2O–FeO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O–TiO2–Fe2O3) (Powell et al. 2014; White et al. 2014; White, Powell and Johnson 2014). Whole-rock geochemical compositions of magmatic rocks from OBD 08 and Karkaro 1 were obtained from Amdel Limited, South Australia. U–Pb zircon and monazite geochronology was done by laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS) at Adelaide Microscopy, the University of Adelaide.
Pressure–temperature conditions and timing of metamorphism
The gneissic basement rocks intersected in OBD 09 contain garnet, biotite, plagioclase, K-feldspar, quartz, minor pyrite and amorphous magnesium-rich clay interpreted to reflect the former presence of cordierite. They display a gneissic foliation defined by alternating biotite- and K-feldspar-rich layers. Leucosomes that are semi-concordant to discordant to the foliation are bounded by biotite–garnet melanosomes up to 1 cm in width (Figs 2a–c). Some of the leucosomes contain garnet and/or pseudomorphed cordierite. Therefore, the peak assemblages are interpreted to have developed in the presence of melt.
Pressure–temperature pseudosections for two samples from OBD 09 were calculated using the phase equilibria modelling program THERMOCALC. These suggest that peak conditions involved temperatures of 775–815 °C and pressures of 3.2–5.4 kbar (Fig. 3), corresponding to high apparent thermal gradients of >45 °C/km. The high apparent thermal gradients may reflect pluton-enhanced metamorphism, consistent with the presence of coeval A-type granites in drillholes OBD 08 and Karkaro 1. A sample of garnet-bearing migmatitic gneiss from drillhole OBD 09 gives a monazite age of 1444 ± 10 Ma (Fig. 4a), interpreted to date the timing of granulite facies metamorphism.
Age and character of magmatism
The granite in OBD 08 is medium-grained and contains K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz and minor biotite. The K-feldspar is unaltered, but the plagioclase has been altered and hematite stained (Fig. 2e). Karkaro 1 intersects granite with coarse- and fine-grained phases (Fig. 2f). The two phases are mineralogically identical and contain K-feldspar phenocrysts, plagioclase, quartz and minor biotite that are aligned in what appears to be a magmatic flow foliation. As in OBD 08, plagioclase has been altered. Granitic rocks in both drillholes are undeformed.
LA-ICP-MS U–Pb monazite geochronology was collected from two samples from Karkaro 1 and one sample from OBD 08. The three samples give U–Pb monazite ages between 1463 ± 8 Ma and 1442 ± 9 Ma (Fig. 4b–d). Zircon geochronology was only possible from OBD 08, as the zircon grains from the Karkaro 1 samples were metamict and could not be analysed to provide meaningful age data. The zircon ages from OBD 08 come from bright, weakly zoned cores and define two populations at 1722 ± 26 Ma and 1463 ± 15 Ma (Fig. 4e). The oldest ages are consistent with the c. 1730–1690 Ma Kimban Orogeny, which affected much of the northern Gawler Craton (e.g. Payne et al. 2008). Therefore, the older ages are interpreted to be inherited from the source region or to have been entrained during melt emplacement. The younger (1463 ± 15 Ma) zircon age population is within uncertainty of the monazite age of 1458 ± 9 Ma for the same granite. Therefore, it is likely that the c. 1450 Ma monazite ages in each of the granitic samples reflects the timing of crystallisation of the granites.
Geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotope data from Morrissey et al. (in press) show these granites have high K2O of 6.3–7 wt%, steep light rare earth element patterns, high Ga/Al values and initial εNd values of –14 to –8.7 (Fig. 5). These data suggest the granites are 'A-type' (Whalen, Currie and Chappell 1987) and derived predominantly from the melting of Archean crust.
Implications for the Gawler Craton
It is difficult to determine the wider spatial footprint and tectonic setting of 1450 Ma metamorphism due to the limited number of drillholes that intersect basement. One possible interpretation of this newly documented c. 1460–1440 Ma metamorphic event in the northern Gawler Craton is that it was driven by magmatism and is therefore relatively spatially localised. However, the drillholes containing c. 1460–1440 Ma magmatic and metamorphic rocks encompass a region of approximately 1,000 km2 (Fig. 1; Table 1), and the presence of crustally derived, A-type magmatism in drillholes OBD 08 and Karkaro 1 indicates a larger region of elevated temperatures in the lower crust. Furthermore, 40Ar/39Ar thermochronological data (Fraser, Reid and Stern 2012) and apatite U–Pb data (Hall et al. 2018) from throughout the Nawa Domain indicate a broader thermal event at this time. A possible tectonic scenario that could produce distributed elevated heat flow is regional extension.
Elsewhere in the Gawler Craton, there is evidence for a possible extensional regime at c. 1500–1400 Ma, most notably with deposition of the Pandurra Formation in the Cariewerloo Basin (Beyer et al. 2018). The Pandurra Formation is interpreted to have been deposited in half grabens in fluvial and lacustrine paleoenvironments as part of a continental rift system after c. 1490 Ma (Beyer et al. 2018). After deposition, fluid flow events in the Pandurra Formation occurred at c. 1450–1420 Ma (Cherry et al. 2017; Beyer et al. 2018). Lithospheric-scale shear zones in the Gawler Craton, including the Karari, Tallacootra, Coorabie and Kalinjala shear zones (Fig. 1a), were active or were re-activated between 1470–1450 Ma (Foster and Ehlers 1998; Swain et al. 2005; Fraser and Lyons 2006; Thomas, Direen and Hand 2008; Fraser, Reid and Stern 2012), confirming the presence of regional deformation in this interval. Therefore, it is possible that the high temperatures in the Nawa Domain, reactivation of crustal-scale shear zones across the craton and the formation of a significant, intracontinental sedimentary basin in the central-eastern Gawler Craton are all part of a coherent tectonic regime dominated by extension.
Implications for Mesoproterozoic mineral potential or fluid flow events
The mineral potential associated with the widespread record of c. 1450 Ma deformation, metamorphism, magmatism and sedimentation across the Gawler Craton remains uncertain. There is no known mineralisation within the northern Gawler Craton, which was the region most significantly affected by this Mesoproterozoic thermal event. Nevertheless, the presence of high-crustal level granites in some portions of the northern Gawler Craton may suggest the potential for mineralisation related to these intrusions, or possibly related to fluid flow driven by the combination of deformation, magmatism and associated sedimentary basin formation in an overall extensional environment. The redbed successions of the Carriewerloo Basin could have provided a source of fluid that interacted with basement in the central and eastern Gawler Craton. Indeed, recent evidence for clasts of sandstone correlated with the Pandurra Formation occurring within the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex suggests that this sedimentary basin did interact with the basement rocks (Cherry et al. 2017). The timing of the second phase of deformation and fluid flow that incorporated the Pandurra Formation sandstone into the Olympic Dam Breccia Complex is uncertain (Cherry et al. 2017), but it may plausibly correlate to the c. 1460–1440 Ma event. Hence, there is potential that fluid flow could have occurred within the basement across the Gawler Craton, especially within shear zones related to the development of the Carriewerloo Basin. Shear zones are therefore targets for mineral exploration as potential conduits of high temperature fluids related to the c. 1450 Ma event.
The staff at Adelaide Microscopy are thanked for technical assistance and the staff at the South Australia Drill Core Reference Library are thanked for assistance with sampling. This project was supported by ARC Linkage Project LP160100578 (J Payne and M Hand) and ARC Discovery Project DP160104637 (M Hand).
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Christmas in October? - Noooo
What happened to Halloween? I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Shouldn't there be Thanksgiving decorations before Christmas? You know, turkeys and pilgrims and cornucopias full of harvest foods?
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I do enjoy Christmas in July (because I like to start shopping early and not stress out later in the mad Christmas rush ).ReplyDelete
I work in retail, so if I can't get the tree up right after Thanksgiving, it will usually wait til the 22nd or 23rd of December!ReplyDelete
I try to shop all year long so it's not such a big chore at the end. Some years I succeed, others I don't. I mail packages to Europe, so those have to be ready in November. I'd better get going! I do love to make fudge and peanut brittle for my overseas packages and hope I get that done this year.ReplyDelete
I'm ready for Christmas by August and am absolutely delighted to see Christmas merchandise on store shelves. It's my absolute favorite time of the year and I want to enjoy it for as long as possible!ReplyDelete
I start making gifts early, but as long as there's time, I make more. I usually stop by midnight on Christmas Eve...ReplyDelete
I think it really depends on the weather. Last year I had the Christmas tree up a few weeks before Thanksgiving because it was wintry white outside and it stayed cold. Also I had to take the tree down in the middle of December as we were leaving for Arizona. I missed having all the decorations at Christmas time but was glad to enjoy them before. It is also my favorite time of the year.ReplyDelete
There's a holiday season? Geeze, we shop for each of the kids when they start screaming that Channukah is already here and we forgot to buy anything so we stuff cash in their hands (or their parents if they are young).ReplyDelete
It's become so common now that I hardly notice the Christmas decorations. I skip past them to the fall and Halloween stuff. They sure don't put out as much now.ReplyDelete
I've enjoyed a couple of books in your series. I've visited Mackinac Island several times and love reading stories set there. I love the fudge too! LOL
As far as gifts, we shop deeply discounted sales throughout the year sand place the selections safely hidden until Christmas. I start Holiday baking shortly before Thanksgiving and traditional, special family baking the week before. Due to atypical family circumstances we do very little actual decorating. Quite honestly, the last 2 Christmas holiday weeks one or the other of our daughters been hospitalized out of State. I love the Candy-Coated Mystery series set on Mackinac Island (and the fudge). So glad I read/follow this blog as I didn't know a Christmas themed book was being released.ReplyDelete