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Utah State University scientists conducting field research throughout the state this summer are sweating through searing heat. On the other hand, USU geologist Kirsten Bahr, whose work takes her to northern Utah's Logan Canyon, faces the ominous prospect of hypothermia.
That's because Bahr, a Benchmark Scholar in USU's Department of Geology, descends hundreds of feet into cold, dark caves within the Bear River Range.
"The temperature inside caves is about the same as the average surface temperature of the area in which the caves are located," the master's student says. "In the Tony Grove area, where I'm working, temperatures inside the caves approach near-freezing."
With faculty mentor Dave Liddell, professor and head of USU's Department of Geology, Bahr is investigating how geologic folds, fractures and rock type influence cave formation in the karst-rich Bear River Mountains. Karsts include caves, sinkholes, underground streams and other geologic structures formed primarily from water-fueled carbonate erosion.
The Bear River Mountains, which extend from Hyrum, Utah, at the southern tip northward to Soda Springs, Idaho, consist mostly of the carbonates limestone and dolomite.
"Millions of years ago, the Bear River Range was a shallow sea," Bahr says. "Over time, carbonates were laid down and later became rock. Thousands of years later, the rock was uplifted and folded into the mountains we see today."
The mountains enclosing Logan Canyon may appear solid, she says, but water from rain and snowmelt has gradually carved out hundreds of tunnels within the rock.
"Inside, the mountains are like a giant sprinkler system filled with a network of pipes. Those buried conduits carry water and, where they reach the surface, form springs."
Logan Canyon is home to five major springs: Logan Cave Spring, Wood Camp Hollow Spring, Spring Hollow, Ricks Spring and Dewitt Spring. During spring runoff, Dewitt Spring is the City of Logan's main water supply.
"Water is always the big picture in karsts," Bahr says. "As we study caves, we're asking 'How did these passages form?'"
Tectonics breaks rocks and water, which takes the path of least resistance, enters those fractures. Since water dissolves carbonates it will, over time, enlarge the fracture. But if a fracture isn't present, water will still come in contact with rock and again, over time, dissolve rock and form karst features.
Earlier in the summer, the geologist conducted dye tracing to determine where the water starts and ends in the karsted area.
"We have a short window of time to get this work done," she says. "Tony Grove is covered in snow for most of the year."
Bahr injected fluorescein, a powdered, non-toxic dye that turns Day-Glo green in water, into streams that disappear into sinkholes. She later observed the dye collected by small charcoal bags at Wood Camp Hollow Spring. Most of Tony Grove's groundwater flows through underground channels to the spring, which is near the Logan River.
"This process tells us where the water starts and where it ends, but nothing about what happens in between," Bahr says.
The next step in summer research is structural mapping of selected caves in the area, including the more than two-mile long Main Drain Cave. As the name implies, it's one of the main conduits for rain and snowmelt draining from Tony Grove into Wood Camp Hollow. Nearly 1,300 feet deep, it's thought to be the deepest cave in Utah.
To prepare for caving and underground data collection, the geologist dons a protective cave suit, nearly 40 pounds of climbing and safety gear, along with her geologic instruments.
"Yes, you need to be in good physical condition but it's really about preparation, the proper equipment, technique and the right mindset," she says. "You have to know what you're getting into."
Staying as dry as possible is a must, as well as taking precautions to avoid injuries. The inside of the caves are wet and slippery, with jagged rock. Care must be taken to avoid shearing climbing ropes on sharp ledges.
"If you get hurt and can't get yourself out, you're at high risk of developing hypothermia," Bahr says. "That's one reason we never go caving with less than three people."
Included in Bahr's safety gear? A large plastic garbage bag and a candle.
"It's low tech, but it's a way to stay warm," she says. "Simply poke a hole in the bag, slip it over your head like a poncho and light the candle."
Within the caves, Bahr measures "strike and dip" of the fractured walls, along with the bends and turns of passages, using a Brunton compass, an inclinometer and a laser rangefinder.
"Back in the lab, I'll enter the collected data into computer models to examine what's controlling the caves' passages," she says.
The Draper, Utah native began her undergraduate career as a collegiate softball player with an eye on forensics.
"I like solving puzzles and trying to figure things out," says the 2006 Jordan High School graduate. "I tried a geology class and really liked it. Caving has become a passion."
Bahr admits her parents are concerned about the safety of her research pursuits, but she reminds them of her training.
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One product women have a big love/hate relationship is mascara. We love it because of its seemingly magical powers to make our eyes look more open and awake. We hate it because if we choose the wrong formula we can end up with raccoon eyes. Love it or hate it, mascara is a must in nearly everyone's beauty arsenal. If I find a formula that isn't quite perfect for me on its own, I don't toss it, I create a mascara cocktail!
Mascara cocktails involve using two different formulas on the lashes. When paired together, the result is so satisfying that you are nearly drunk with joy at the masterpiece you've created. My lashes never go naked, and when I get bored, I test out new ways to maximize my mascara stash.
Here are some favorite cocktail combos:
Tarte Gifted Amazonian Clay Smart Mascara + Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes!
These are actually two mascaras that I really like solo. However, when paired together, well…that's when the magic happens. Gifted, is great at adding volume and some length, but Lights, Camera, Lashes! is like a push up bra for your lashes. It gives them curl, and an added lift that Gifted doesn't. When paired together, the two create the perfect mascara look.
Urban Decay Cannonball + Urban Decay Supercurl Curling Mascara
Cannonball is a waterproof formula, and because of this, it will hold a curl well when paired with a lash curler. However, Supercurl, which features a curved wand, actually curls the lashes on its own sans separate curling device. Cannonball is a light gel formula which makes it ideal for layering. Together, this dynamic duo will give you curled, lifted and waterproof lashes. Just be sure to use Cannonball as your final coat to reap the waterproof benefits.
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Volumizing Mascara in Black + Ecco Bella FlowerColor Natural Mascara in Brown
A trick I love to wear to make my eyes look really open and awake is using black mascara on my top lashes, and a brown one on the bottom. You could actually use this technique with any black & brown mascara, but this is the combo I tend to use most. Stila Stay All Day gives the most amazing volume to those with sparse lashes. The wand comes with a unique brush/comb combo that lets you load up the product, and then comb through to separate and lift your lashes. It's really hard to find good brown mascara, and Ecco Bella is the best I've found. While it isn't fully waterproof, it is water resistant, which means no smudging, unless of course you are going deep sea diving.
Physicians Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin Lash Boosting Mascara in Black + Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin FakeOut Mascara in Ultra Black
This is the newest of my cocktail creations. Physicians Formula Lash Boosting Mascara is the first drugstore formula that did my lashes right. On its own it adds amazing length; I mean truly impressive insane kind of length. I think this is probably the most underrated drugstore mascara out there. When I first tried FakeOut, I didn't see a big difference between this formula and the Lash Boosting formula. However, after I paired them together is when the fireworks happened. FakeOut is a fiber mascara, and the first that I've worn that hasn't irritated my contact lenses. The lengthening combo of the Lash Boosting formula plus the added fibers from FakeOut created the most fabulous false lash like
effect. Plus, all of the ingredients are natural!
So if you ever find yourself unhappy with a tube of mascara you purchased, don't toss it! Try pairing it with a different formula and mix up your own mascara masterpiece! I don't ever recommend physically mixing the formulas in the tube. Simply layer the two different formulas; apply a coat of one formula to your lashes, followed by a coat of the other until you reach the desired look. Remember when using a waterproof formula, you should always end with the waterproof one as your final step.
What are your favorite mascara combos?
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Royals Minor League report: July 16
Omaha Storm Chasers (44-53)
The Storm Chasers are off until tomorrow, when they visit Albuquerque (Dodgers). Pitcher Chris Dwyer will participate in the Triple-A All-Star Game, taking place tonight in Reno.
NW Arkansas Naturals (13-12 2nd half, 38-57 overall)
NW Arkansas 8, Tulsa 6
WP: Jason Adam (4-9)
SV: Zach Jackson (10)
HR: Orlando Calixte (6), Brian Fletcher (8), Matt Fields (25)
Northwest Arkansas is 2-1 at Tulsa, with three home runs in each game. Orlando Calixte's solo homer put the Naturals on top in the first. Brian Fletcher hit a three-run blast in the third, and Matt Fields capped the scoring with a solo shot in the ninth. Fields finished 3-for-4 and has homered in three straight days, extending his Texas League home run lead. Jason Adam (5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER) picked up the win.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (14-10 2nd half, 47-47 overall)
The entire Carolina League enjoyed an off day on Tuesday. Wilmington starts a series tonight at Myrtle Beach (Rangers).
Lexington Legends (14-9 2nd half, 47-44 overall)
The Legends were off on Tuesday. They begin a seven-game road trip tonight at Rome (Braves).
Idaho Falls Chukars (11-14)
The Chukars were off on Tuesday. They host the Helena Brewers tonight.
Burlington Royals (11-10)
All Appalachian League teams were off on Tuesday. Burlington is at Bluefield (Blue Jays) tonight.
Surprise Royals (7-14)
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas owner Jerry Jones says coach Jason Garrett will return in 2014 regardless of whether the Cowboys end a three-year playoff drought this season.
Jones said Thursday he's "disappointed" the Cowboys don't have a better record as they get ready for an important NFC East game against the New York Giants on Sunday.
Dallas is 5-5, a half-game behind idle Philadelphia in the division. The Cowboys are trailing in the NFC East for the first time this season. The Giants (4-6) have won four straight after an 0-6 start.
The Cowboys finish the regular season at home against the Eagles. They have a lost a playoffs-or-bust finale to a division rival each of the past two seasons.
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Vintage wicker, above/below, glass topper for the sagging table top, below. Adore the chipping paint.
Small wicker baskets, below, perfect for quick trips with keys, sunglasses, cell phone.
White willow English wicker basket, above, for Laskett. Yes, he is moody. What can I do, we're in love.
Tucked in the bedroom, above. Mahogany Sheraton buffet arrived this color, & marked down 2x at the antique shop.
Tool Bouquet over my fireplace.....
Overdose Your Theme is merely an excuse for, Wicker Weakness.
At Lowe's this week the cashier asked, "Can I feel your basket?". Girlfriend has Wicker Weakness too. Along with great taste, it was a handmade Amish basket that day.
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Burnout Dominator is an all-new installment of the legendary and multi-award winning Burnout series, loaded with intense racing action and dozens of retina-searing World Tour events.
Rage against the road and engage in every type of dangerous racing. Ignite and empty a full boost bar without crashing to perform a Burnout and reach mind-blowing speeds. Chain multiple burnouts to push the score multiplier and your nerves to the limit as you tear across the new world tour!
Battle traffic across tracks built to handle every style of racing. Uncover and exploit shortcuts, master drift corners and unflinchingly weave through the oncoming cars in a bid to become the ultimate burner.
Pushing the limits of the PS2 system, Burnout Dominator features some of the most explosive visuals seen on the platform, and engaging multiplayer modes that allow you to take on your friends and thrash their high scores and race times, as well as smashing them off the track into oblivion.
With a host of unlockable features and awards Burnout Dominator will keep you and your friends locked in the most intense vehicular combat you'll ever experience.
Burning down the highway
If you're unfamiliar with the Burnout series then where have you been? Mix one part fast and furious Ridge Racer-style racing action with an equal part Grand Theft Auto recklessness and disregard for public safety and you have Burnout. And it's exactly as much fun as it sounds.
Tour de force
Burnout Dominator is the fifth game in the smash-hit series, with a host of brand new tracks, cars and challenges, along with some old features making a welcome return. The single player mode revolves around the Burnout World Tour, a series of race events that see you set one of a series of objectives.
Road Rage tasks you with taking out as many of your opponents as possible, Eliminator is a race where the last placed car explodes after a set amount of time, and Near Miss, Drift and Maniac challenges all require you to drive as if you have a death wish to gain points and win medals. Of course there are also straight races, where the objective is simply to finish first. That doesn't mean you can't nudge the opposing cars into oncoming traffic or smash them into walls though.
The main aim of Burnout is to drive as recklessly as possible. Driving headlong into oncoming traffic, drifting round corners with scant regard for the laws of physics and guiding your stricken vehicle into the path of your opponents when you crash (and you WILL crash), all earn you boost, which you can use to dramatically increase your speed for a short period of time. Earn enough boost however, and your boost gauge switches from orange flames to blue flames, meaning you've earned a supercharge boost. If you boost for the entire duration of the bar you complete a Burnout and get a sweet points bonus.
Chain reaction
However, driving recklessly while using a supercharge boost will light up arrows on the boost meter, and when these are all full your boost meter will completely refill. This is known as a Burnout Chain, and you can string these together indefinitely until you crash (and you WILL crash) for massive bonus multipliers.
It wouldn't be Burnout without some crazy multiplayer action to take part in and Dominator is no different with Race, Road Rage, Maniac, and Eliminator events all available for two players in split-screen mode, and up to four players playing via a single controller in Party Play mode. Road Rage mode in particular lends itself incredibly well to multiplayer action as you and a friend trade paint and raise showers of sparks as you jockey for position and try and force each other off the track.
Special mention must be given to the visuals of the game. Burnout Dominator looks incredible, with amazing lighting effects, gorgeous exotic locations and a tangible sense of speed that makes hurtling into oncoming traffic at 200 miles an hour a beautiful and genuinely scary prospect. And of course, you can't clip the central reservation and spin off into a ravine in a hot ball of flaming wreckage without some decent musical accompaniment. Luckily Burnout Dominator has an explosive soundtrack that perfectly suits the game's frantic nature with great tracks from artists such as N.E.R.D, The Fratellis, Hot Hot Heat and Jane's Addiction.
Burnout: Dominator is a quality package through and through, from the gorgeous visuals to the top notch soundtrack and brilliant gameplay that creates a real sense of rivalry between you and your computer controlled opponents. Just don't try driving like this in real life.
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Over the weekend, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a deal between Israel and Jordan to install 24-hour security cameras at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the hilltop compound that has been a source of growing tensions between Israel and Palestine this month.
Following Israeli incursions into Al Aqsa last month, Palestinians have accused Israel of attempting to violate the status quo of the holy site, while Israel claims the mosque is being used by Palestinian youth to stage violent protests.
The proposed installation of the cameras is supposedly intended to verify these conflicting allegations.
However, the Palestinian side, which was excluded from negotiations, has questioned the legitimacy of the proposal.
According to Al Jazeera, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called the measure a "new trap".
He told Voice of Palestine radio on Sunday that Israel was planning to use such footage to arrest Muslim worshippers it believes are "inciting" hatred against it. There was no immediate comment from Abbas.
On Sunday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the security cameras were in Israel's interest and would serve, "firstly, to refute the claim Israel is violating the status quo (and) secondly, to show where the provocations are really coming from, and prevent them in advance."
"You know what Netanyahu said, about using cameras to show they will keep the status quo? He meant for the Jews. Everything they do is for themselves, not for us," said one Palestinian stall owner in the Old City of Jerusalem, who wished to remain anonymous, in response to proposal.
The Palestinian Monitor spoke with Palestinians in the Old City, to gauge the general sentiment surrounding the planned camera installations of Al Aqsa.
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| 6.6°C Belfast
London Fashion Week gets under way today with the event showcasing the best of the industry's creative talent.
Organisers of the British Fashion Council hope that the five-day event previewing the autumn/winter trends and featuring more than 40 catwalk shows will lead to more than £100 million in orders.
Top names showing their collections include Burberry, Julien Macdonald and Vivienne Westwood.
The British leather goods brand Mulberry is staging a photocall rather than a catwalk event as a result of not yet having appointed a new creative director following Emma Hill's departure last year.
In a teaser for Sunday's event, the label has released a seconds-long film showing model Cara Delevingne strolling through a train station and getting into a black cab and ending with her saying: "See you Sunday."
The film was released on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ with a #SeeYouSunday hashtag.
Meanwhile, those looking for some relief from the weather might be cheered by Wellington boot brand Hunter Original's latest collection to be presented tomorrow.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said: "London Fashion Week is a fabulous showcase of what makes London one of the most exciting and dynamic cities on earth - its creativity.
"With the Baftas and the Brits taking place at the same time, let's celebrate the great British talent that is acclaimed around the world."


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Boylan moves to 2-0 as Bucks beat Bulls 104-96
Jennings scores 20 of his 35 points in third quarter
Brandon Jennings scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 104-96 on Wednesday night for their second consecutive victory under interim coach Jim Boylan.
Mike Dunleavy had 16 points and Monta Ellis finished with 14 for Milwaukee, which made 10 of 22 3-point attempts. Larry Sanders grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked seven shots.
Carlos Boozer had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who have dropped their last two games against Milwaukee at the United Center. The Bulls blew a 27-point lead in the third quarter as Milwaukee snapped a nine-game losing streak against Chicago with a 93-92 victory on Nov. 26.
Boozer has recorded a double-double in six consecutive games while playing some of his best basketball in three seasons with the Bulls. It's the best such streak for Chicago since Joakim Noah also had a double-double in six straight games in 2009.
The Bucks parted ways with Scott Skiles on Monday in what was called a mutual decision, and turned to his top assistant for at least the rest of the season. Boylan also served as an interim coach in Chicago when Skiles was let go during the 2007-08 season.
"It's funny, the first two games I'm gonna be coaching against teams I've been with," Boylan said before the game. "I've thought about it and I said 'I've been with a lot of teams, so it really doesn't mean all that much.'"
Boylan had to like what he got from his team against Chicago, especially what Jennings did in the third. The speedy point guard went 7 for 13 in the period, connecting on 4 of 7 from long range.
Jennings added a key floater in the fourth as the Bucks won for only the seventh time in their last 27 games against the Bulls.
Nate Robinson scored 19 points and Luol Deng added 18 for Chicago, which was seeking a season-best fourth consecutive victory.
Robinson got the start in place of Kirk Hinrich, who was sidelined with a right elbow injury. It was the fifth start of the season for the streaky guard, who made three 3-pointers and scored 13 points in the first quarter to help Chicago grab a 33-23 lead after one.
The Bulls still held a 10-point lead in the final seconds of the first half when Jennings connected from long range, slicing Chicago's advantage to 57-50 at the break.
NOTES: Bulls C Nazr Mohammed was preparing for the second half when a giant inflatable Benny the Bull landed on him near the free-throw line. The operator quickly got the mascot away from Mohammed, who just smiled as he continued to warm up. ... Hinrich has been hampered by a slew of injuries this season. He missed three games in December with a bruised left knee and a game in November because of an injured right hip. ... Boylan said before the game he thinks Skiles will coach again. ... The crowd roared when Bears CB Charles Tillman was shown on the overhead videoboard before the final period. ... Jennings has made at least one 3-pointer in a career-best 22 straight games.


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With Matt DeBord out today doing secret stuff ( driving the new Pontiac G8 GT), I've been asked to step into the breech and award today's commenter prize. So let's begin, shall we? By no means do we try to emulate our Gawker Media brethren over at Wonkette, but sometimes we have to get involved in politics, especially when our fearless leader decides to comment on the current state of gas prices. This would be one of those times.
Today's comment of the day comes by way of firepwr, who decided to tell it like it is and provide a very unique but accurate take on George "Dubya" Bush and his take (or seeming lack thereof) on gas prices and the whole oil hubbub.
You know, sometimes, you get into a relationship with someone that lies about where shes been, or what she does during the day, or why she can't find the money you gave her...and at some point, you know she lying, and you know shes a bitch, and you know that its a bad situation, but you just can't drop it.
You can't drop it because you both signed the lease, or because you have a shared bank account, or maybe because you are driving her dad's spare truck while you wait on the new turbo and manifold to come in.Whatever it is, even though you know you'd be better off, it's just not a good time, and you can't do anything to speed it up.
So there you are, sitting on the couch, listening to her inconceivable bullshit rants...and just hoping that, for the next 6 months, that she will learn to bullshit convincingly so that, even though you know it, you can pretend that dating her wasn't the worst fucking decision you ever made
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Blue Ivy Carter Does Lunch in NYC With Beyoncé and Jay-Z!
Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z took their baby daughter out for lunch in NYC today! Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and little Blue Ivy Carter went out for a meal at Sant Ambroeus. It was the first time baby Blue Ivy has been photographed outside of her parents' house. The first Blue Ivy Carter pictures were released earlier this month, showing the infant at home hanging out with her parents. Blue Ivy is already a month and a half old. She entered the world on Jan. 7, and both Jay-Z and Beyoncé stuck close to their apartment in the following weeks. Now, though, Jay-Z's back in the spotlight, having performed two shows at NYC's Carnegie Hall and stepping out last week to do lunch with his new protegée Rita Ora.


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- Now, Where's the Market Headed? (Chart)
- Fantastic Melrtdown Slide Show, (H/T Dogs)
- Wells Fargo Executives, Nothing but the Best (H/T Cat, Possible Repost, Video)
- So Much For High Frequency Trading
- Where are the Sailboats?
- I Pledge Allegiance to the Debt (Seen on The Coming Depression blog)
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So Much For High Frequency Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed halting high frequency and flash trading.
In response, Nasdaq (and others) are now prohibiting flash orders. Supposedly, the NYSE is also considering banning the practice.
This was a given. The real question that remains unanswered and demands a thorough investigation is this: WHAT EXCHANGE OFFICIALS APPROVED THIS? WHO BELIEVED THAT ALLOWING FAVORED FIRMS TO FRONT RUN OTHER INVESTORS WAS OK?
Quite bluntly, the clueless dolts who allowed this to occur need to be publicly excoriated, fired from their job as exchange officials, and driven out of town on a rail. Oh, and, all the gains from this organized theft should be clawed back from all the front-running firms that stole this money — THAT'S RIGHT, ITS THEFT — one quarter cent at a time. Put the recovered ill-gotten gains into the SIPIC fund that compensates investors who have been defrauded by their stock brokers.
Stop for a moment to consider what sort of massive disregard for the investing public is required to permit this kind of trading. The sheer hubris that finds no problem in this exchange permitted encouraged theft is hard to fathom.
One of the problems with the most recent crisis is that there have been no shaming of the responsible parties, no disgorgement of ill gotten gains, no perp walks. We need to change that pronto.
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As I have noted many times in the past, I am a big believe in being a counter-cyclical spender. I try not to buy stuff when the economy is on fire and everything is overpriced. I don't believe in using excess credit (Like these folks that ended up having their boats repo-ed)
This year, I have been selectively shopping for , and occasionally buying, whatever I thought was priced right — especially distressed merchandise.
I Pledge Allegiance to the Debt (Seen on The Coming Depression blog)
Iowa Attorney General: "Option ARMs are about to explode"
In Arizona, 128,000 of those mortgages will reset over the the next year and many have started to adjust this month, the state's attorney general, Terry Goddard, told Reuters after the meeting.
"It's the other shoe," he said. "I can't say it's waiting to drop. It's dropping now."
This was a meeting of state AGs discussing mortgage scams with the Obama Administration, and based on the comments, there was an emphasis on Option ARMs.
I guess that deserves a Hoocoodanode?
Congressman Grayson: Fed Secretly "Stuffed" $500 Billion into "Foreign Private Pockets" and Gave $230 Billion to Citi "As a Secret Bailout" (H/T Jeff Borsuk)
Just a few weeks ago, while Chairman Bernanke was testifying to Congress, we examined the Fed balance sheet and P&L statement only to find what looked like the Fed handing over half a trillion dollars to foreigners. This was very surprising! When I asked Chairman Bernanke if this was true, he said, "Yes." When I asked him who got the money, he said, "Fourteen foreign Central Banks." And when I asked to who did they give the money, he said, "I don't know." "I don't know" is not good enough when you're talking about $500 billion. That's $1700 for every man, woman, and child in this country...
Enron Accounting and not by Arthur Anderson
It got sold all right - right at the "120 day" late point where Wells counts a loan as "defaulted."
But look at who it got sold to..... (click for a larger copy)
Yes, Wells bought the loan from.... itself?
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I recently built this solid cherry bed. After delivery (bout 2 weeks) the client called said the headboard had split in the upper right corner. The picture primarily shows the footboard, but the headboard is built the same way just taller. See areas indicated. I cant figure out why the wood would split like it did-even if expanding it doesn't explain why it split in this location. Any insight would be great. thanks.
What's the joinery to the leg? Hopefully not glued mortise and tenons top and bottom. I'm guessing that headboard is solid wood, grain running opposite of the leg. Solid panel shrinks in the winter, leg does not shrink in length, headboard cracks. Woodworking 101 on what not to do with solid wood. Crack looks to start at the tenon? Either that or you did not allow enough slop in the mortise for the wood to shrink. That's a lot of width in that panel, probably shrinks 1/4 to 3/8 from season to season. Looks like to get to make another one with allowance for wood movement this time.
Mortise and tenon as you surmised, but I did leave some slop at the top and bottom edge of the tenon cheeks, drove a single peg through the leg and center of the tenon (drawbored) on the back side (not shown) to keep in place. We're in SF bay area so not too much variation in humidity...perhaps they had the heater turned up. Either way its gonna take some redoing. Any suggestions on joinery at the leg? thanks.
Wood shrinks and cracks like this for only one reason...it has lost moisture. Do you know the humidity in your shop and in the bedroom, as well as the actual moisture content when you made the piece?
Did you draw bore top and bottom? Glue top and bottom? One of those mortise and tenon joints has to be able to slide. That means no glue in one of them. You can pin the dry joint, BUT, you must elongate the hole in the tenon. Dry fit, transfer the location of the pin hole to the tenon, take it back apart, and make that hole in the tenon with a router. It has to be at least 3/4" wider in the vertical direction so that wood can slide back and forth when it changes. I would have made that panel float, and had a frame around it. Then you can glue up the m&t solid into the legs and the panel has room to expand and contract in the grooves of the rails.
I see the panel as a mock frame and panel, but one piece of wood, and agree with the others that this is shrinkage.
Had you made the piece as a a true frame and panel, floating a solid wood panel within a frame that is securely fastened to the legs, then there would be no problem .
If you float the panel, but finish the panel in place, it is possible that the panel will shrink, pull away from the frame a little bit and some unfinished wood will be exposed (a white streak). So, oftentimes it is best if the panel is finished before finally assembly.
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I'm guessing that headboard is solid wood, grain running opposite of the leg. Solid panel shrinks in the winter, leg does not shrink in length, headboard cracks. Woodworking 101 on what not to do with solid wood.
The monthly change in OUTSIDE average humidity for San Francisco is very small, with an average of about 14% EMC at the airport, with a monthly average high of 15.1% and low of 13.6% EMC. This is not much change, but many locations in the U.S. change even less. However, right now it is 51 F at the airport, so many folks would have the heat on in the bedroom. Heating damp air by 20 F will create about 7% EMC INSIDE the home. A shop that does not develop such warm temperatures and that also has the heat turned off at night and on weekends in the cooler time of year will likely average around 10% EMC, so the wood will be 10% MC. (Lumber stored outdoors, even if kiln dried to a low MC, will be trying to get to 14% MC.). In a bedroom with the windows open in the warmer season, the air coming in will be around 14% EMC, so the furniture will be moving toward that high MC.
The bottom line is that although the OUTSIDE humidity is fairly constant in SF, as it is in many places, the interior environment does indeed vary, plus the shop may not be as dry as in a home. MC changes in wood furniture can be expected and must be accommodated in the design and in manufacturing.
To minimize moisture changes, lumber should be dried to 7.0% MC or a bit drier, stored at the same low value, and the shop should maintain the same low values at all times. In practice, a little too dry is many times better than a little too wet. Finally, to CYA, a shop should use a MC meter to check (and then record) the MC of lumber riot, during and after manufacturing. Lumber that is too wet should not be processed.
A rule of thumb, but see my earlier posting about wood shrinkage for details, a 1% MC change results in about 1/4% size change. In this case, a 24" wide panel that changes 4% MC will try and change its width by 1/4" and if restrained from shrinking will try and make a 1/4" wide crack.
The area of the split looks like very short grain to me, and bear in mind that this is a bed. As a furniture design book I read early in my career delicately phrased it: "Beginning designers should bear in mind that beds are subject to active as well as static loads."
Not strong enough and it broke during use.
Indeed, parts of a bed or other furniture can be under high stress. Such stress can crack the wood, but an open or wide crack indicates shrinkage.
We are in Arizona and have done wood samples many times to measure expansion and contraction. Even in a low humidity area it will move up to 3/8" over time across the grain. We use veneered mdf panels with solid trim pieces for headboards and solid posts and never had a problem.
Glued or not the bottom tenon is significantly wider than the top tenon. Combine this with what appears to be 24" to 30" of width and you are looking at a significant amount of movement being applied to the smaller top tenon.
To be honest I'm surprised it split as little as it did. I would think that other than a quarter sawn, known for stability species, over that width you are going to see enough movement to result in failure unless the top tenon is significantly oversized.
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Thanks to those who provided the constructive critique and good advice, its really appreciated. I had a chance to repair the damage and as suspected, some of the glue in the drawbore worked its way into the mortise on the right side where the crack occurred (left side looked good, but redid anyway) and the rest is history as thoroughly explained by Gene. I did check the MC at the home and on other cherry stock at my shop and it was between 6 and 8%. I estimate EMC is about 11% +/- 0.5 between shop and home (per table at http://www.csgnetwork.com/emctablecalc.html) but I suspect the home heater didnt help and perhaps weakness in the grain. The customer asked for solid cherry, but I like Glen's approach-something to keep in mind. I ended up remaking the top mortise and included an elongated bore and was careful to not get any glue in the mortise or on the tenon, its pretty solid and movement shouldnt be an issue-I'll hang on to the piece a bit to see if I can record any movement.


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Another game in the CIF Southern Section Southern Division playoffs resulted in a Corona del Mar High shutout.
The top-seeded Sea Kings blanked Woodbridge, 25-0, in the semifinals Friday night at Irvine High, making it three straight shutouts by CdM in the postseason.
The last time the Sea Kings held the opposition scoreless in their first three playoff games was in 1989, the same year they went on to complete back-to-back section title runs. CdM is in that position again.
CdM gets to defend its Southern Division title against third-seeded Garden Grove (11-2) Saturday at Angel Stadium at 2 p.m. The Argonauts advanced to their third Southern Division title game in four years after knocking off second-seeded Laguna Beach, 35-21, in the semifinals.
"That was our whole motto all year was to stay hungry," CdM defensive end Tim Reinhardt said. "We did the work. Now we got the results from it."
The Sea Kings' defense has outscored the opposition during the playoffs, recording a safety and a pick six in three games, while the opponents have zero to show.
CdM intercepted two passes – one returned for a touchdown – and recovered a fumble against the Warriors.
Defensive end Greg Williford caught a tipped pass by linebacker Hoyt Crance and raced into the end zone for a 21-yard score. The touchdown came 14 seconds after CdM tailback Kai Wilson (17 carries for 186 yards and two touchdowns) rushed for a 49-yard touchdown with 3:31 left in the second quarter.
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The Sea Kings allowed only 89 yards of offense in the first half, 170 (100 rushing and 70 passing) for the game.
DeFreitas, who went into the game as the No. 2 rusher in Orange County, carried the ball 16 times for 71 yards, almost 100 yards below his per-game average.
Woodbridge's passing game struggled as well after quarterback Matt Callahan left the game in the first quarter. Reinhardt hit Callahan right after he threw an incomplete pass.
Backup Michael Pritchett replaced Callahan. He completed the team's first pass at the 5:27 mark of the second quarter. The pass went for one yard.
Grif Amies gave CdM a 3-0 lead against Woodbridge three minutes into the second quarter by converting a 47-yard field goal. He also moved closer to the CIF State single-season record of 22 successful field goals.
Amies, a senior, also made a field-goal attempt from 40 yards late in the fourth quarter, giving him 21 for the year.
Amies is two field goals away from breaking the state mark held by Chris Sailer of Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks. He set it in 1994.
The single-season national record is 25 set by Cole Hedlund of Argyle (Texas) last year.
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The senior has completed 151 of 264 passes for 2,007 yards and 16 touchdowns, with six interceptions.
Brent Lawson holds the CdM record for completions in a season, as well as the single-season records for yards (2,519) and touchdowns (27), all of which he set last year as a senior.
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BACKGROUND: Physical activity involving high spinal load has been exposed to possess a crucial impact in the genesis of acute and chronic low back pain and disorder. Vigorous spinal loads are surmised in drop landings, for which strenuous bending loads were formerly evinced for the lower extremity structures. Thus far, clinical studies revealed that repetitive landing impacts can evoke benign structural adaptions or damage to the lumbar vertebrae. Though, causes for these observations are hitherto not conclusively evinced; since actual spinal load has to date not been experimentally documented. Moreover, it is yet undetermined how physiological activation of trunk musculature compensates for landing impact induced spinal loads, and to which extend trunk activity and spinal load are affected by landing demands and performer characteristics. AIMS of this study are 1. the localisation and quantification of spinal bending loads under various landing demands and 2. the identification of compensatory trunk muscular activity pattern, which potentially alleviate spinal load magnitudes. Three consecutive Hypotheses (H1 - H3) were hereto postulated: H1 posits that spinal bending loads in segregated motion planes can feasibly and reliably be evaluated from peak spine segmental angular accelerations. H2 furthermore assumes that vertical drop landings elicit highest spine bending load in sagittal flexion of the lumbar spine. Based on these verifications, a second study shall prove the successive hypothesis (H3) that diversified landing conditions, like performer's landing familiarity and gender, as an implementation of an instantaneous follow-up task, affect the emerging lumbar spinal bending load. Herein it is moreover surmised that lumbar spinal bending loads under distinct landing conditions are predominantly modulated by herewith disparately deployed conditioned pre-activations of trunk muscles. METHODS: To test the above arrayed hypothesis, two successive studies were carried out. In STUDY 1, 17 subjects were repetitively assessed performing various drop landings (heigth: 15, 30, 45, 60cm; unilateral, bilateral, blindfolded, catching a ball) in a test-retest-design. Herein individual peak angular accelerations [αMAX] were derived from three-dimensional motion data of four trunk-segments (upper thoracic, lower thoracic, lumbar, pelvis). αMAX was herein assessed in flexion, lateral flexion, and rotation of each spinal joint, formed by two adjacent segments. Reliability of αMAX within and between test-days was evaluated by CV%, ICC 2.1, TRV%, and Bland & Altman Analysis (BIAS±LoA). Subsequently, peak flexion acceleration of the lumbo-pelvic joint [αFLEX[LS-PV]] was statistically compared to αMAX expressions of each other assessed spinal joint and motion plane (Mean ±SD, Independent Samples T-test). STUDY 2 deliberately assessed mere peak lumbo-pelvic flexion accelerations [αFLEX[LS-PV]] and electro-myographic trunk pre-activity prior to αFLEX[LS-PV] on 43 subjects performing varied landing tasks (height 45cm; with definite or indefinite predictability of a subsequent instant follow up jump). Subjects were contrasted with respect to their previous landing familiarity ( >1000 vs. <100 landings performed in the past 10 years) and gender. Differences of αFLEX[LS-PV] and muscular pre-activity between contrasted subject groups as between landing tasks were equally statistically tested by three-way mixed ANOVA with Post-hoc tests. Associations between αFLEX[LS-PV] and muscular pre-activity were factor-specifically assessed by Spearman's rank order correlation coefficient (rS). Complementarily, muscular pre-activity was subdivided by landing phases [DROP, IMPACT] and discretely assessed for phase specific associations to αFLEX[LS-PV]. Each muscular activity was moreover pairwise compared between DROP and IMPACT (Mean ±SD, Dependent Samples T-test). RESULTS: αMAX was presented with overall high variability within test-days (CV =36%). Lowest intra-individual variability and highest reproducibility of αMAX between test-days was shown in flexion of the spine. αFLEX[LS-PV] showed largely consistent sig. higher magnitudes compared to αMAX presented in more cranial spinal joints and other motion planes. αFLEX[LS-PV] moreover gradually increased with escalations in landing heights. Landing unfamiliar subjects presented sig. higher αFLEX[LS-PV] in contrast to landing familiar ones (p=.016). M. Obliquus Int. with M. Transversus Abd. (66 ±32%MVC) and M. Erector Spinae (47 ±15%MVC) presented maredly highest activity in contrast to lowest activity of M. Rectus Abd. (10 ±4%MVC). Landing unfamiliar subjects showed compared to landing familiar ones sig. higher activity of M. Obliquus Ext. (17 ±8%MVC, 12 ±7%MVC, p= .044). M. Obliquus Ext. and its co-contraction ratio with M. Erector Spinae moreover exhibited low but sig. positive correlations to αFLEX[LS-PV] (rs=.39, rs=.31). Each trunk muscule distributed larger shares of its activity to DROP, whereas peak activations of most muscles emerged in the proportionally shorter IMPACT phase. Commonly increased muscular pre-activation particularly at IMPACT was found in landings with a contrived follow up jump and in female subjects, whereby αFLEX[LS-PV] was hereof only marginally affected. DISCUSSION: Highest spine segmental angular accelerations in drop landings emerge in sagittal flexion of the lumbar spine. The compensatory stabilisation of the spine appears to be preponderantly provided by a dorso-ventral co-contraction of M. Obliquus Int., M. Transversus Abd. and M. Erector Spinae. Elevated pre-activity of M. Obliquuis Ext. supposably characterises poor landing experience, which might engender increased bending loads to the lumbar spine. A pervasive large variability of spinal angular accelerations measured across all landing types, suggests a multifarious utilisation of diverse mechanisms compensating for spinal impacts in landing performances. A standardised assessment and valid evaluation of landing evoked lumbar bending loads is hereof largley confined. CONCLUSION: Drop landings elicit most strenuous lumbo-pelvic flexion accelerations, which can be appraised as representatives for high energetic bending loads to the spine. Such entail the highest risk to overload the spinal tissue, when landing demands exceed the individual's landing skill. Previous landing experience and training appears to effectively improve muscular spine stabilisation pattern, diminishing spinal bending loads.


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where are all the real fans of mark? stop talkin' all the time about how hw looks and start talkin' about his actin'!!!
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I think that most of his fans are interested in HOW he looks...and boy does he look good. You don't have to talk about his acting to be a "real" fan.
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In my opinion A Real fan would be someone who is real about what Mark does. So I do agree some what with the first post. To me a real fan is someone who is dedicated to his accomplishments and his great acting not just his looks. I might have been a girl in first or second grade when his first movie Renissance Man came out. But, now at the age of 18 I have enough sense to look beyond his looks and see how great he is. He made a transition and succeeded. A real fan would not freak out if they saw him either. He's just like any other person in the world. He's just one of the fourtunate ones who has money and great looks in addition to having a great personality. He should be someone you should admire for his accomplishments,works, and his acting and not because he looks good. I'm not going to lie and say he is not hott because that's not true. But still let him be someone who influenced you to reach the top after all he's been through. Strive for excellence. Push yourself to do good in school, push yourself to be good at what you love, don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Let Mark be your role model and someone who infulenced you rather than someone you constantly think about and drool over. So take time out and think about why you like Mark. Is it because he's great all around or he's just plain so good looking.
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During the teen years, your talks about sex should focus more on the social and emotional aspects of sex, and your values. Be ready to answer questions like
When can I start dating?
When is it OK to kiss a boy (or a girl)?
How far is too far?
How will I know when I'm ready to have sex?
Won't having sex help me keep my boyfriend (or girlfriend)?
Do you think I should have sex before marriage?
Is oral sex really sex?
How do I say "No"?
What do I do if someone tries to force me to have sex?
Answer your teen's questions based on your values—even if you think your values are old-fashioned. If you feel strongly that sex before marriage is wrong, share this with your teen and explain why you feel that way. If you explain the reasons for your beliefs, your teen is more likely to understand and adopt your values.
Other concerns include the following:
Peer pressure. Teens face a lot of peer pressure to have sex. If they aren't ready to have sex, they may feel left out. But more than 50% of teens wait until after high school to have sex, and there are benefits of waiting. Abstinence from sex (oral, vaginal, and anal) provides 100% protection against STIs and pregnancy, and less emotional stress if there's a breakup.
STIs. Teens need to know that having sex exposes them to the risk of STIs. Common STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhea, human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes, HIV, and trichomoniasis. HPV is responsible for most cervical cancer.
Prevention. The only sure way to prevent STIs is not to have sex.
Reducing the risk. Condoms (male or female) are the safest method to reduce the risk of most STIs and should always be used. Also, postponing sex until later teen years or adulthood reduces the risk. If both partners are abstinent before marriage or in a long-term, mature relationship; have never had an STI; and have sex with each other only (monogamy), the risk is eliminated.
Monogamy. Many teens have heard that monogamy is "safe sex"; however, they misunderstand and believe that having one partner and then switching and having another partner and then switching is monogamy. While having multiple partners during the same time frame is especially risky for STI exposure, having one partner after another is not monogamy (monogamy means one partner for life).
Birth control. Girls and boys need to know about birth control whether they decide to have sex or not. If your teen doesn't know about birth control, an unplanned pregnancy might result. Ten percent of teen girls in the United States get pregnant each year. By the age of 20 years, 4 out of 10 girls become pregnant. Birth control pills, shots (trade name Depo-Provera), and contraceptive patches only prevent pregnancy—they don't protect against STIs, including HIV/AIDS. Condoms and another reliable birth control method need to be used each time to help reduce the risk of STIs and pregnancy.
Date rape. Date (or acquaintance) rape is a serious problem for teens. It happens when a person your teen knows (for example, a date, friend, or neighbor) forces her (or him) to have sex. Make sure your teen understands that "no always means no." Also, dating in groups instead of alone and avoiding drugs and alcohol reduces the risk of date rape.
Sexuality. This is a difficult topic for many parents, but your teen probably has many questions about heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Many young people go through a stage when they wonder, "Am I gay?" It often happens when a teen is attracted to a friend of the same gender, or has a crush on a teacher of the same gender. This is common and doesn't necessarily mean your teen is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Sexual identity may not be firmly set until adulthood. If your teen is gay, lesbian, or bisexual, your love and acceptance is important.
Masturbation. Masturbation is a topic few people feel comfortable talking about. It's a normal and healthy part of human sexuality and shouldn't be discouraged. Discuss this in terms of your values. Talk with your pediatrician if your child can't limit masturbation to a private place (for example, bedroom or bathroom).
Sex is a very personal and private matter. Many parents find it difficult to talk with their children about sex. Teens may be too embarrassed, not trust their parents' advice, or prefer not to talk with their parents about it. But sex is an important topic to talk about.
The following tips may help make talking with your teen easier:
Be prepared. Read about the subject so your own questions are answered before talking with your teen. Practice what you plan to say with your spouse or partner, a friend, or another parent. This may make it easier to talk with your teen when the time comes. Speak calmly and clearly.
Be honest. Let your teen know that talking about sex isn't easy for you but that you think it's important that information about sex comes from you. And even though you would prefer that your values be accepted, ultimately decisions about sex are up to your teen. If your teen disagrees with you or gets angry, take heart, you have been heard. These talks will help your teen develop a solid value system, even if it's different from your own.
Listen. Give your teen a chance to talk and ask questions. It's important that you give your full attention.
Try to strike a balance. While teens need privacy, they also need information and guidance from parents. If your teen doesn't want to talk with you about sex and tells you that it's none of your business, be firm and say that it is your business. Your teen should know that you're asking out of love and concern, especially because there are potentially harmful situations. If your teen is quiet when you try to talk about sex, say what you have to say anyway. Your message may get through.
Ask for help. If you just can't talk to your teen about sex, ask your pediatrician, a trusted aunt or uncle, or a minister, priest, or rabbi for help. Also, many parents find it useful to give their teens a book on human sexuality and say, "Take a look at this, and let's talk."
Media entertain, educate, and inform. But some messages may not be what we want children to learn.
American media today often portray sexual images and suggestive sexual content. In fact, the average young viewer is exposed to more than 14,000 sexual references each year. Only a small amount of what is seen in the media shows responsible sexual behavior or gives correct information about abstinence (not having sex), birth control, or the risks of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Media in any format can have a positive or negative effect on your teen. This makes it important for you to know what your teen is listening to or watching. Many lyrics can be obtained online in case you need help figuring out the words. Watch TV or go to the movies with your teen—it can be a great starting point for your next talk about sex.
Pay attention to TV and movie ratings. Movies with an R (restricted) rating contain material that is not appropriate for children younger than 17 years. PG-13 movies may contain violence, graphic language, or adult situations.
Parents often fear that if they talk about sex, their children may want to try it. Teens are curious about sex, whether you talk to them about it or not. Studies show that teens whose parents talk openly about sex are actually more responsible in their sexual behavior.
Your guidance is important. It will help your teen make better-informed decisions about sex. Teens who don't have the facts about sex and look to friends and the media for answers are the most likely to get into trouble (such as getting STIs or becoming pregnant).
Products are mentioned for informational purposes only and do not imply an endorsement by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The persons whose photographs are depicted in this publication are professional models. They have no relation to the issues discussed. Any characters they are portraying are fictional.


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Aside from lox, fish and brunch don't exactly go hand-in-hand. So color me impressed to discover that Fish Bar implements a successful brunch formula into its seafood shanty-like ethos with great aplomb. Far beyond cured salmon, the restaurant does a stellar job proving that a seafood spot can serve brunch just as handily as the other stroller magnets around town, and they do so with an array of coastal-inspired morsels and sips.
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I've spent most of today writing the press pack for the British Science Festival. Engagement with journalists is important. Journalists provide the opportunity for you to get your information out to a wider audience. The challenge is to take complex data and interpretations and find a way to present it to journalists in a way which is both accessible and allows them to weave a narrative which is interesting to their readers.
Here it is…. Apologies to those who do other archaeological prospection work: you may think it's a bit biased towards aerial approaches. It is, but that's the very issue for a press release.
This draft will be sent through to the University of Leeds press office prior to submission to the British Science Festival.
I'm sure I left it somewhere: discovering our heritage through scientific prospection
Anthony Beck – School of Computing, University of Leeds
A presentation for the British Science Festival in Session 56: Exploring new archaeological worlds, 12 September 2011.
Can you provide a brief introduction to the topic of your presentation?
Guidance: This should be more than an abstract or one-paragraph summary of your research. We would anticipate the summary of your presentation to be in the region of 1000 – 1500 words. Two to three sides is ideal. It is an opportunity to introduce the main findings of the work/research described in your presentation, as well as to include relevant background information and to fit your work within the wider context. It should contain specific information (e.g. data, number of people included in any studies, etc) that would enable a journalist to accurately write a story about your work, without them having to hunt around for details elsewhere. Due to time constraints journalists are rarely able to attend the talk itself, which is why press papers are so important – therefore the details you provide shouldn't assume that the journalist will be attending your talk.
Summary/Abstract (174 words): Multi-spectral and hyper-spectral sensors offer immense potential as archaeological prospection tools. The sensors are sensitive to emitted or reflected radiation over different areas (wavelengths) of the electromagnetic spectrum. Their two major advantages are that they have the potential to detect archaeological sites and monuments (henceforth archaeological residues) that are undetectable in the visible wavelengths and that they may extend the window of opportunity for their detection. For example, localised crop stress and vigour variations, which underpin crop-mark formation, are sometimes better expressed in the near-infrared than in the visible. In addition, multi/hyper-spectral data collected from different platforms (aerial and satellite) under different conditions can be used to generate ancillary themes that aid interpretation (e.g. soil, geology and land-use layers). However, multi/hyper-spectral sensors are relatively expensive and require systematic surveys under 'appropriate conditions' in order to be successful. It is this latter point which is critical: there is a poor understanding of the spatial, environmental and seasonal contrast dynamics that determine an 'appropriate condition' and therefore whether features of archaeological interest can be detected.
Text (1423 words): Although there are many examples of upstanding architecture, the vast majority of archaeological residues are expressed on the ground surface or buried and essentially invisible to the human eye. However, traces can be identified via changes in chemical, physical and biological attributes (either directly or by proxy) through, for example, changes in phosphorous content, clusters of artefacts and cropmarks. In the UK, the practice of using remote sensing techniques for detecting archaeological sites and visualizing archaeological landscapes has traditionally been based on low altitude aerial photography using film emulsions sensitive at optical and sometimes near-infrared wavelengths. The underlying premise of remote sensing is that interpreters can extract information about objects and features by studying the measurements from a sensor system. Both oblique and vertical aerial photographs have been used extensively for archaeological reconnaissance and mapping all over the world. Early aerial photographers helped to refine the instruments and establish methods that are still in use today. O.G.S. Crawford in particular established methods of site classification and wrote about the effects of weather, season, soil moisture and crop type on photographic return. Today, these aerial approaches are accepted as a cost-effective, non-invasive technique for the reconnaissance and survey of monuments.
However, recording using traditional observer directed reconnaissance and aerial photography is not without its problems. The reliance on a small component of the electromagnetic spectrum raises a number of issues. The small spectral window can introduce a significant bias as only certain residues under specific conditions express contrasts in these wavelengths. The over-reliance on the visual component of the electromagnetic spectrum has had a significant impact on data capture. The collection technique and technology mitigate against using any other sensor (peripatetic surveys are directed by visual observation from a plane and collected using an optical system, a camera out of a window: this technique will never allow the detection of the multitude of archaeological residues whose contrast expression can not be seen by the human eye – i.e. is outside the optical). This presentation will introduce multi and hyper-spectral remote sensing (including the important resolving characteristics of the sensors) and the nature of the archaeological problems to which they can be applied. This is followed with a brief description of the DART project: a UK research project designed to improve the understanding of the application and the factors underpinning archaeological detection.
The main advantage to multi and hyperspectral imaging is that more of the electromagnetic spectrum is sampled at potentially finer spectral granularity; hence, there is more information about the objects under study. The main disadvantages are cost and complexity. Unfortunately the archaeological application of this technology is under-researched: there is little understanding of the physical, chemical, biological and environmental processes that determine whether archaeological residues will be identified in one or any sensor. Hence, knowledge of which techniques will detect which components of the archaeological domain and under what conditions is poorly understood. Most multi and hyperspectral analysts use spectral signatures to accurately identify different vegetation and geology types. Unfortunately archaeological sites do not exhibit spectral signatures that can be used for generic detection purposes. Archaeological sites and features are created by localised formation and deformation processes. For example, as a mud-brick built farmstead erodes, the silt, sand, clay, large clasts and organics in the mud-brick along with other anthropogenic debris are incorporated into the soil. This produces localised variations in soil particle size and structure. This impacts on drainage and changes localised crop stress and vigour responses, which in turn changes reflectance characteristics.
Multispectral sensors address some of these problems because they are able to 'look' simultaneously at a wide range of different wavelengths. Wavelengths in the near and short-wave infrared add important collateral information to the visual wavelengths and improve the ability to discriminate vegetation stress and soil, moisture and temperature variations than either the human eye or photographic film. Narrow band spectral imaging can often help to enhance or distinguish different features on the ground or provide information on their state of health or ambient conditions according to their particular absorption and reflectance properties or their spectral signature.
This increased sensitivity is crucial for contrast detection. For example, cropmarks are an instance of localised variations in vegetation stress or vigour correlated with subsurface archaeological features. Wavelengths outside the visible are also sensitive to changes in vegetation health. Theoretically, exploiting relevant areas of the electromagnetic spectrum at the appropriate degree of granularity will mean that crop stress or vigour relating to subsurface archaeological residues can be expressed more clearly and also that it can be detected both earlier and later in the growing cycle. Therefore, the window of opportunity for detecting archaeological features can be dramatically extended by using wavelengths outside the visible. This increased sensitivity means that archaeological contrasts can also be detected in soils and crops that have been traditionally categorised as marginal or unresponsive to aerial archaeological prospection. This is a significant improvement over traditional techniques.
We can hypothesise that archaeological residues produce localised contrasts in the landscape matrix which can be detected using an appropriate sensor under appropriate conditions. However, little is known about how different archaeological residues contrast with their local environment, how these contrasts are expressed in the electromagnetic spectrum, or how environmental, and other localised factors such as soil or vegetation, impact on contrast magnitude (over space and time). This requires an understanding of both the nature of the residues and the landscape matrix within which they exist.
The Detection of Archaeological residues using Remote Sensing Techniques (DART) project (www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/dart) will focus on analysing factors that influence archaeological residue contrast dynamics. DART aims to determine how different remote sensing technologies detect contrast caused by different underlying factors under dynamic environmental conditions. This understanding will allow the optimal deployment of the different sensors. By combining the results from a battery of sensors, each optimally deployed when the archaeological residues have the greatest likelihood of being detected, the maximal knowledge of archaeological residues can be achieved.
DART will address the following research issues:
- What are the factors that produce archaeological contrasts?
- How do these contrast processes vary over space and time?
- What causes these variations?
- How can we best detect these contrasts (sensors and conditions)?
The key will be to understand how archaeological residues differ from, and dynamically interact with, the localised soils/sediments and vegetation/crop and how these differences can be detected. Archaeological residue interaction models will be developed and tested under a range of different environmental, seasonal and crop conditions. In-situ measurements will be taken using probes and sensors, and samples will be taken for laboratory analysis. Standard geotechnical tests will be conducted such as density, grain size distribution, organic content, magnetic susceptibility, dielectric permittivity, geochemistry, pH and conductivity. Permanent in-situ probes will measure temperature gradient, density and soil moisture variations through a soil profile. In addition, each site will be visited regularly for measuring earth resistance, soil colour, conductivity, dielectric permittivity, hand-held spectro-radiometry, GPR transects and ambient climatic data. Traditional aerial flyovers and bespoke hyperspectral surveys will be commissioned.
Remote sensing can provide an impressive picture of the archaeological landscape without the need for invasive or expensive survey methods. The true potential of multispectral remote sensing, including thermal imaging, is still not clear and needs to be evaluated to test responsiveness under a broad range of climatic and ground conditions. Further research is likely to produce sensors capable of resolving relatively small features such as post-holes and shallow pits. When used appropriately, remote sensing provides a basis for testing hypotheses of landscape evolution that may be further explored by ground survey, geophysical survey or excavation. Large-scale airborne and satellite surveys can provide the framework on which planning policy and excavation strategies can be established. In addition, computer enhancement and the increased spectral resolution of the digital data places less dependency on the time of year for revealing archaeological features.
Remote sensing is increasingly important to many areas of archaeological enquiry from prospection through to management. It is therefore essential that it is not applied inappropriately. The inappropriate application of a single sensor could produce minimal results or the dogmatic application of that sensor will have diminishing archaeological returns. The combination of different sensors with different characteristics can produce profound interpretative synergies. Multiple sensors should be evaluated on the basis of 'fitness for purpose'. Fitness for purpose in this context refers to the cost/benefit returns of each sensor and should be based upon an understanding of the nature of the archaeological residues, the sensor characteristics and the environmental characteristics of the landscape
What is new and interesting about your work?
Guidance: This should clearly summarise the main conclusions of your work, the key findings. This helps journalists (and the British Science Association Press Office) quickly identify key outcomes and is an important section to fill out. I'd suggest 100-200 words for this section.
Text (338 words): Geophysical and Aerial survey have substantially increased our understanding of the nature and distribution of archaeology remains. However, there is variable understanding of the physical, chemical, biological and environmental factors which produce the archaeological contrasts that are detected by the sensor technologies. These factors vary geographically, seasonally and throughout the day, meaning that the ability to detect features changes over time and space. This is not yet well understood. The DART project is a three year AHRC/EPSRC funded project with 25 partners from a range of disciplines.
Detection techniques rely on the ability of a sensor to measure the contrast between an archaeological residue and its immediate surroundings or matrix. Detection is influenced by many factors – changes in precipitation, temperature, crop stress/type, soil type and structure, and land management techniques. DART will increase the foundational knowledge about the remote sensing of sub-surface archaeological remains. To determine contrast factors, samples and measurements are taken on and around different sub-surface archaeological features at different times of the day and year to ensure that a representative range of conditions is covered. Field measurements include geophysical and hyperspectral surveys, thermal profiling, soil moisture and spectral reflectance. Laboratory analysis of samples includes geochemistry and particle size. This will result in a comprehensive knowledgebase.
During analysis the key will be to understand the dynamic interaction between soils, vegetation and archaeological residues and how these affect detection with sensing devices. This requires understanding how the archaeology differs from, and dynamically interacts with, the localised soils and vegetation and how these differences can be detected.
DART is an Open Science project. Open science is the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process. By scientific knowledge "of all kinds" we include journal articles, data, code, online software tools, questions, ideas, and speculations; anything which can be considered knowledge. The "as is practical" clause is included because very often there are other factors (legal, ethical, social, etc) that must be considered prior to opening access.
What is the key finding of the work/research described in your presentation?
Guidance: What is it that would make someone sit up and listen? One way to approach this question is to imagine that you are talking to a journalist about your work – what are the key pieces of information that you would want to convey? Please do fill this out. Even if there is no 'new' research in your presentation, what message do you wish to convey, or what new angle will you present? Remember that whilst the research may not be new to you, there is every possibility that the journalists won't have heard it before. I'd suggest 100-200 words for this section.
Text (317 words): The DART project is producing foundational research which will ensure that heritage/archaeological curators and policy makers are prepared for the challenges of the 21st Century and beyond. Current landscape detection techniques can be either too small scale or biased. For example, traditional aerial survey is biased in that it is mainly responsive on well draining soils. This means that difficult environments, like clays and pasture, have not been targeted. It is also possible that after a century of flying, in different environmental conditions, a point of saturation has been reached: no previously unobserved features are being detected – this does not mean that there are no new archaeological residues to discover, rather that no more can be detected with that particular sensor configuration. The DART knowledgebase will allow more effective decision making and management.
This work is particularly timely given the advances made in precision agriculture remote sensing and the application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Precision agriculture approaches are being used to increase yield by regulating crop growth to ameliorate extreme and non-ideal conditions (the very conditions under which 'never before seen' archaeological features are observed). Advances in precision agriculture have the potential to significantly reduce the overall impact of traditional aerial archaeological approaches. An understanding of the underlying processes and dynamics in key crops and soils will help policy makers understand the potential impact of these developments and so determine curation and land-management policies more effectively. This will underpin the development of a framework for improving the detection of archaeological features through the more complete understanding of soil change, species phenology and the impact of different stress conditions on detection.
As an alternative: we have managed to exploit the new technology during the driest spring in Cambridgeshire since 1910. Whilst we are still analysing the results, the hyperspectral images have the opportunity to revolutionise our understanding of the buried landscape particularly in the clay areas.
What is the relevance of your work to a general audience?
Guidance: Think about in what way(s) the work is relevant to the general population, why it's important. I'd suggest including around 100-200 words for this section.
Text (153 words): The DART project is all about improving the underlying knowledge about process so that more archaeology can be detected. This will lead to better information and knowledge (for the public, for industry and for managers), which will lead to better decision making and policy formation.
In addition the DART Project is an Open Science initiative. Where practicable all science objects (data, algorithms, illustrations etc.) will be made openly available. An open license means that the outputs can be reused in a broadly unfettered way (be that for research, teaching and learning, personal edification etc.). Initiatives like Open Science in conjunction with the internet and social media are changing the research landscape. Research is become ever more open and collaborative. Consumers of research are participating in a conversation, not listening to a lecture. This more sophisticated form of engagement can increase impact and engagement dramatically. This will significantly change the way universities 'do business'.


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Patrick Sheridan
Executive Vice President, Housing
As executive vice president for housing, Patrick Sheridan is responsible for the overall strategy and administration of senior, multi-family and special needs housing, as well as other real estate projects for the organization's national portfolio.
Previously, Sheridan was assistant deputy administrator for multi-family housing for the Rural Housing Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he was responsible for the implementation and management of the affordable multi-family housing programs administered by the agency.
He has also held the position of director of housing management with the Maryland Community Development Administration of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, and several private-sector real estate and housing-related positions.
Sheridan is a member of the boards of the National Affordable Housing Trust, Stewards for Affordable Housing for the Future, the National Housing Conference and the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association. He also is an advisory board member to the Valued Advisor Fund, a new markets tax credit fund, and an editorial advisor to Affordable Housing Finance magazine.