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BLIND DATE CHALLENGE- Rob and Erin
Blind Date Challenge
Rob is 28 years old, 6'2" and lanky, with blue eyes and a beard. He co-owns a film production company and is interested in backgammon, hanging out with friends, and people-watching while pretending to work. He graduated from UVA with a major in Religious Studies and is a Christian who leans towards the moderate left. Rob says he stands out because he's entertaining and engaging, connects well with strangers, invests deeply in friendships, and can jump relatively high. His best feature is "Googling things." And to stay active he likes to play squash and bike. His favorite book is a tie between Lancelot by Walker Percy and The Brothers K by David James Duncan. Rob is looking for a timeless beauty who's honest, outgoing, and patient who also has some good old spunk.
Erin is 26 years old, 5'7" and fit, with long brown hair and blue eyes. She's a massage and physical therapist who enjoys learning, relaxing, juggling, skydiving, traveling, and playing the piano. She is still finishing college, and her religious and political leanings are towards "universal awesomeness." Erin's best feature is her smile, but it's her "chillness factor" that makes her stand out. She stays active by doing yoga, constant movement, and hiking. Her favorite book of late is Being Human by Martin W. Ball. Erin is looking for a tall, thin man who's intelligent, open, and enjoys laughter and telling stories.
The date begins at Charlottesville's Melting Pot— will things steam up? Will their hearts melt? Or will the fondue pot be the only thing that's hot and steamy...
What did you do to get ready for the date?
Rob: I had aspirations to go to the gym to mentally prep beforehand, but I was too lazy and cold, so I just listened to some vinyl instead (Steely Dan's Aja).
Erin: Turned on some music, did a little dance, and changed clothes.
How long did that take?
Erin: 10 minutes.
Rob: A few minutes.
Did you get there first? If so, what did you do while waiting?
Rob: Yes, but not much earlier. I read a Wikipedia entry about the Åland Islands.
Were you nervous?
Erin: No, excited.
Rob: Nope. Excited to meet somebody new.
What was your first impression of your date?
Rob: I was shocked I didn't recognize her. I always assume I will at least have seen a person at some point walking around downtown, even if we've never met, but not this time.
Erin: Shockwave; this is going to be an enjoyable experience.
What was he/she wearing?
Erin: A button down shirt and pants.
Rob: Purple and black top. Interesting crystal necklace and juggling pin earrings.
Was he/she your type?
Rob: I'm not sure I have a type.
Erin: Yes.
Did you like their style?
Erin: Yes.
Rob: Different style than girls I've gone out with in the past. I appreciate her uniqueness.
Did you order drinks?
Rob: She got a bottle of Voss [a Norwegian bottled water], and I had tap water.
How was your meal?
Erin: Interactive and full of instructions. Fondue was an entirely new experience for both of us.
Rob: Fondue equals fun-do. It was a very interactive dining experience.
What did you order?
Rob: We both were rookies on the Melting Pot scene. We just let our very engaging waitress guide us. Which led to spinach and artichoke cheese dip, lobster and white chocolate for desert.
How were you date's table manners?
Erin: Courteous.
Rob: Fondue is not easy to be graceful with, but she did exceedingly well. Can't say the same for myself.
What did you talk about?
Erin: Charlottesville, traveling, performance art, work, play, fun and friends. Whatever came to mind.
Rob: Travels. Experiences. Her juggling passions. Community. Food. Art. Music.
How did the conversation flow?
Rob: More or less smoothly. Plenty of interesting stories between the two of us.
Erin: Effortlessly.
What did you find most interesting about your date?
Erin: During a four-month band tour of the Northwest, he managed to spend only $100, by trading filming and editing services for food and shelter.
Rob: She has an enlightening conspiracy theory about Carter Mountain. That and the world of juggler is pretty unknown to me.
What was the weirdest/most uncomfortable topic of conversation?
Erin: No weirdness, totally chill.
Rob: Pass.
Anything you didn't like about your date?
Rob: Really didn't ask much about me, had to volunteer information. Which is fine but a little odd for blind date. On the flipside, I probably asked too much.
Erin: Not at all.
What did you all have in common?
Erin: We are appreciative of moment, enjoying the universe we are in.
Rob: Not sure there was much that stands out, but I think we both appreciate new ideas and experiences.
Did you feel any chemistry?
Rob: No romantic sparks seemed to fly.
Erin: Pheromones.
Any surprises?
Erin: Other than being pleasantly surprised, no.
Rob: The room that they put us in was a surprise. A little tucked away private dining room that has you sharing a booth and staring at a wall. Pretty hilarious.
What was your favorite part of the date?
Rob: Loved meeting somebody new and hearing her perspectives and stories. Always a joy to see what other folks are doing in our community.
Erin: The entire experience was full of delight. Meeting new fun people is always a plus.
How did the date end?
Erin: A walk to the corner and a hug.
Rob: We chatted to the owner of the Melting Pot for a moment, headed out, walked a few blocks together and parted ways as she went to her car, and I walked home.
Kiss? or hug? or handshake?
Erin: A hug.
Would you go out again?
Rob: No plans were discussed.
Erin: Yes.
What actor/actress does your date remind you of?
Erin: No one famous I can think of, but definitely a mixture of a few familiar faces.
Rob: Nobody comes to mind. Maybe Laura San Giacomo in the way she talked– and not really, just testing Hook readers' obscure pop-culture knowledge.
What would your theme song for the date be?
Rob: Michael Jackson had quite a few shout outs, so I think he would earn strong consideration. But maybe change it up and go with "B.B.D. (I Though It Was Me)" by Bel Biv DeVoe... not really in relation with the date, more just because that is such a rad song.
Erin: It's a small world after all.
Rate the Date: 1-10
Erin: 9.
Rob: 7.
Certainly sounds like an interesting date! Are you up for the challenge? If so email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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There were quite a few typos and errors. Do they reread these before going to print?
"best featuring is"
"the world of juggler"
"the readers of the Hook pop-culture knowledge"
...to name a few. Otherwise, this was a pretty entertaining one. As always, The Hook picks some fun challengers. Do these ever work out?


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Decided to go with a snow theme with my nails today. I got to use my new Sally Hansen nail decals and my new Nicole by Opi nail polish. I decided to do the accent nail again with my Sally Hansen strips. I figure this gives me two uses with the strips instead of just one. The Nicole by Opi nail polish is from TJMaxx and came in a two pack I blogged about before. The nail color is called "Nothing Kim-Pares to Blue", unfortunately by the Kim Kardashian line. I love the blue and the tiny little speckles in it. So pretty!
Have a great Thursday everyone! I'm off to make some dinner. :)
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Snowflake Nails
Decided to go with a snow theme with my nails today. I got to use my new Sally Hansen nail decals and my new Nicole by Opi nail polish. I decided to do the accent nail again with my Sally Hansen strips. I figure this gives me two uses with the strips instead of just one. The Nicole by Opi nail polish is from TJMaxx and came in a two pack I blogged about before. The nail color is called "Nothing Kim-Pares to Blue", unfortunately by the Kim Kardashian line. I love the blue and the tiny little speckles in it. So pretty!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Urban Decay Feminine & Fun Palette Review Plus Hair Bun!
Happy Wednesday everyone! On my fiance's birthday we headed to Atlantic City and I mentioned in a previous post how we went to the Columbus Farmer's Market. Well they sell a ton more besides just fruits and vegetables. There was this person also selling these two eye shadow palettes and they were only $20 each. I love Urban Decay and I love trying out new palettes so I didn't think it was a bad deal.
Today I finally swatched them and I love them. Such great colors! The Feminine Palette has more neutral colors whereas the Fun Palette has all kinds of fun colors, hence the name. I know you can't pick these palette's up now, but I know you can purchase them on eBay for about the same price I paid for mine, so in case you're in love with the colors you can buy it there!
First we will start with the Fun Palette.
Swatches in natural light without the primer potion.
From top left to right: Woodstock (a very pretty dark pink color, but I am afraid of how pink it is, maybe too pink), Baked (a color that is in the Naked palette), Uxi (this is my absolute favorite color, you can't see it in the pictures, but it's a pretty silver color with tiny sequins in it, so pretty!). And then from bottom left to right: Sin, Flipside, and Psychedeic Sister (this is such a pretty purple color!)
I love the packaging on this too. Strawberries!
Now onto the Feminine palette. Right now Urban Decay has a Feminine palette, but they don't contain the same colors.
This is probably my favorite palette. I could definitely see myself wearing this one often.
From left to right: Stray Dog, Swf (another one of my favorite colors because of the little glitter in it) and Midnight Cowboy. All very pretty neutral colors.
From left to right: Aquarius (a really pretty teal color) Dark Horse, and Ecstacy (love this color as well).
This palette also includes the Eden primer potion, one I didn't even know existed. But I will be trying out! Anyone try this primer potion? Any opinions on it?
I finally got my sock bun hair accessory in the mail yesterday. I was so excited to finally use it, I put it in my hair today. I feel like a librarian. haha. Can't wait to see hear the fiance thinks! I want to do different hair styles with it, but I have a lot to do today so I only did a real quick messy bun. I will tell you what though, it definitely cuts my styling time in half. It's great!
Can't really see the bun in this picture because of my dark curtains but it's messy and I enjoy it. haha.
Anyway, what do you think of the palettes? Have a great Hump day everyone!
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sephora Haul Benefit's The Bronze of Champions Review
Happy Monday! I have a little haul for you guys today. It's some things I purchased at Sephora in King of Prussia when we went for our 10 year anniversary to Philadelphia.
I went in there for the sole purpose of trying out the Hoola bronzer by Benefit I read about on a blog. I have been using Lorac's bronzing powder and it has a bit of shimmer to it. Since I'm so pale now, I no longer like the way it makes my skin look. So I wanted to try something more matte. After reading a ton of reviews I wanted to give it a try.
I kind of lucked out when I went there because they were having a Benefit promotion. There was two girls from Benefit doing make up and the girl I went to to ask about the bronzer actually ended up doing all of my makeup with Benefit. I felt so pampered! :) I told her I wanted to try out Benefit's Hoola and she showed me this whole kit.
I have been applying bronzer wrong this whole time! Yup. I always thought you put it in the hollow's of your cheeks turns on you put it on the upper part of your cheeks, nose, forehead and chin. She made me look tan and I'm SO pale! (I will show you a photo) Anyway I ended up using this whole kit all weekend and I'm in love with it. Since she did my makeup she also gave me a free Benefit makeup bag!
I also had 100 points to redeem so I am going to give this Tarte BB foundation a try! I will do a review once I try it.
A little tutorial.
My make up! The day she did it.
The kit costs $32 for everything. Which I didn't think was bad considering the bronzer was $28 itself. If and when I run out of it, I'll just purchase the bronzer, I always think it's fun to try new products even if they're small sized. She used Benefit's "Watt's up!" on me too in that picture. It's a highlighter and it's wonderful. I feel like I need to review just that. It's a great product! And I have sensitive skin and tend to break out easily so because I didn't break out from any of the products is amazing. I'm really pleased.
Anyway, don't forget to enter my giveaway which will end on March 15! Enter HERE. Have a great Monday everyone!
Friday, February 22, 2013
NOTD - Valentines Day / Haul / Giveaway
Happy Friday everyone! It's finally here, the weekend! Yayyy! Since the fiance and I were sick last week for Valentines Day we are celebrating today. We're just going out to dinner, nothing big. But I wanted to do my nails for Valentines Day and since I just bought some Sally Hansen nail stick on's I thought I'd put them to use. :)
First I want to remind everyone to enter my giveaway for some awesome headbands. I've been wearing mine the last two days and I love them. I went to Michaels yesterday and picked up some sequins to add a little bedazzle to the plain ones I posted about. Enter my giveaway HERE. You don't have to do anything but comment, but if you post on your blog about it you'll get an extra 3 entries! You can even post about it on your facebook by sharing the link! :) As promised, I'll be throwing in something a little extra!
I did the accent look with my nails.
Here are some things I picked up at the Farmers Market. The stick on's are probably last year's but I scored them for $2.00 each. I also picked up a new white thin brush nail polish. I can't find my other one. :/
Have a great weekend everyone! See you on Monday!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
DIY Anthropologie Elastic Headbands & GIVEAWAY!
Today I'm doing a tutorial. Something I don't normally do, so bare with me! :)
Who else is obsessed with the Anthropologie elastic headbands? They're being sold every where! I love them so much, I think they're adorable. I know one place was selling them for $18.00 a head band! Insane! Well I found a tutorial on another blog and I decided to give it a try. Something I've been wanting to do for a while now. I ordered the supplies and today I'm going to share how to make them.
These are from that website.
All kinds of fun colors. These particular ones can be found here. They have a thicker width that is 5/8th inch. I got the 3/8th inch.
These are from Michaels for .99
Onto the tutorial, what you'll need: Elastic, good scissors and clear nail polish.
For an elastic headband cut 22 inches. Although I've been told I have a big head, so it may differ for you.
At the ends of the headband where you cut use the clear nail polish so the fabric doesn't fray.
And tie!
For a hair tie cut 9 inches.
All of them!
And I'm going to be giving 2 sets away!!!! And maybe something a little extra! ;)
So if you want to win the 2 sets and a little surprise, comment below! Make sure you're a follower, and if you want 3 extra entries post onto your blog and let me know if you did! I haven't decided an end date for this. I will post when I do.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Collective Haul / Forever 21 & Bath and Body Works
Happy Tuesday everyone! I woke up to the ground covered in snow this morning. It looks so beautiful and bright out. I'm cleaning up our bedroom today and bringing out the new lamps I bought. I'm really excited actually. haha. Our night stands look so bare, so it'll make it look nicer.
Anyway, I have a haul for you guys today! When we went to Atlantic City with the fiance and his family we did a little shopping at the outlets. I stopped at Forever 21 and Bath & Body Works because I had a coupon. I actually think his mom did more shopping than me, she bought a bunch of stuff! Something she never does, so that was good.
Forever 21 didn't really have much I liked, plus I didn't have a lot of time to look, so I only picked up a few things. I found a ton of cute accessories, especially for summer, but I was good and only picked up a few things.
The nautical items were only $1.50 each. The flower earrings were $2.80 and the set with the cupcake earrings were $3.80
I also picked up this adorable penguin sweater for $22.80. It was kind of expensive, but I had a gift card.
Here's a few fitting room pictures as well.
Here's my outfit that I wore that day. Forever 21 leopard sweater shown in a previous post. Unfortunately I didn't get to take pictures of all my outfits for the weekend, but here's one. Better than nothing!
At Bath and Body Works I needed to pick up another shower gel, and I had a coupon for a free item of your choice, so I picked up a new puff for the fiance. He needed one and he loves orange. They had a ton of cute new spring stuff though. I want to go back to pick up one of their new body sprays. It smells like strawberries, it smells so good. :)
On our way home we also stopped at a farmers market. But it's not just a farmers market they sell all kinds of stuff. Like these candles. The fiance and I love the way they smell, and they last forever. Plus for a big jar it's only $6.95, but we picked up two small ones for $5.00! I actually love the small little jars. I think they're adorable. I want to keep them after and do something with them. What do you think? Any ideas?
As you can tell I already started burning the Buttercream candle. The blueberry pie candle is lite in our kitchen today. MmMmM.
Leave me know if you have any ideas of what I can do with the little candle jars when I'm done. I'm clueless. The only thing I can think of is to put candy in them.
Have a great Tuesday everyone!


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IPC member Stefan Tangermann reflects on changes in the global food trading system since the Doha Development Agenda was launched at the WTO and highlights recommendations of an experts group to address recent challenges including export restrictions, biofuels, increasing financial support for food security purposes, and improving the functioning of the WTO. This is a presentation given by IPC President Ellen Terpstra based on Tangermann's slide presentation. The full report is to be released by ICTSD and IPC in the near future.
We face a critical challenge of increasing global food supplies by 70 percent to meet the anticipated world population of more than 9 billion in 2050 as well as the additional demand for meat and dairy products as millions more enter the middle class. Gains can be made, too, by using technology to reduce waste and to more precisely utilize fertilizers and pesticides. New technologies, including plant breeding techniques, animal biotechnology and nanotechnology, can play an important part in meeting these challenges. They have the potential to increase production, reduce waste, enhance food security, and improve food safety.
But fully utilizing these technologies and being able to trade products made from them may depend on what governments decide in terms of whether these need to be regulated, and if so, how. Questions arise in some cases from there being no trace of the process used to create the product and therefore no way to identify whether it should be regulated. Many governments are currently considering these questions, but if they reach contradictory conclusions, trade may be stifled and the benefits of these advances unrealized.
The downward trend of grain stocks is related to higher demand from increased incomes, higher protein diets, and biofuels, the combination of which seems to have set the stage for more frequent episodes of high volatility in food markets related to weather and other potential supply disruptions. These developments have led to considerable dialogue regarding possible need for greater government intervention in markets to provide for improved assurance of food at reasonable prices. However, recent research offers considerable evidence that private markets remain the best mechanism for distributing relatively scarce stocks.
>Creating Shared Value: An Effective Development Tool?
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> Achieving Food Security in Volatile Times - WTO Disciplines, Grain Reserves, and Other Public Policy Responses
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featured insight into various countries' perspectives on the opportunities of regional trade agreements as well as efforts to address longstanding trade barriers through new and existing mechanisms.
Achieving a Successful Outcome for Agriculture in the EU-U.S.Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Understanding the often conflicting U.S. and EU approaches to agricultural trade policy will be essential for effectively shaping the negotiating structure of the EU-U.S. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement. The U.S. and EU have diverging views on issues pertaining to SPS measures, market access, and geographical indications. Innovative, non-traditional approaches to shaping the FTA negotiations will be important for a successful outcome. However, the most significant benefit would be a paradigm shift in the trade-related approaches to protecting human, animal, or plant life or health. IPC, with the support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, released a discussion paper examines these issues. More.
Seminar: Charting the Course: Food Security and Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region
The broader Asia-Pacific region—encompassing countries in Asia, North, Central and South America, and Oceania—accounts for more than half of both global GDP and the world's food supply, includes key food exporters and importers, and encompasses populations with rising incomes and transforming diets, alongside subsistence agriculture and urban poor. The IDB and IPC convened a seminar to take stock of food policy related developments and initiatives in the region. High-level speakers included policymakers, private sector representatives and academics from the region and feature discussions about a number of food security, trade and regulatory initiatives occurring in the region. Participants engaged in shaping recommendations aimed at promoting food security and a more open, productive and sustainable food and trade system. More
Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability
IPC provide input into a report, Food and Agriculture: The future of sustainability, by the U.N. Division for Sustainable Development as a strategic input to the "Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Report" to be launched at the Rio+20 Summit. The report states that on our current trajectory, severe disruptions to national and regional food systems are highly likely to happen; the main question is when. Exposing unforeseen areas of consensus, the report lays out concrete steps for sustainable and resilient food and agriculture systems. By opening the silos of partisan thinking to invite reasoned discussion, it also exposes areas of disagreement and advances a key set of specific "high impact" areas where smart decisions will make the most difference.View Report
Addressing Regulatory Asynchronicity and Low Level Presence of Biotech Crops
As number of biotech crops has grown, regulatory approvals of new biotech crops across different countries have become less synchronized. Asynchronicity in regulatory approvals between producing and importing countries implies that some agricultural commodity trade flows may contain low level presence (LLP) of biotech events which are authorized in the exporting but not in the importing country. Trade disruptions have already occurred. Such disruptions are likely to increase and can have significant economic implications unless countries adopt a practical approach when faced with LLP situations. More
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Farm Policy in the US and the EU: The Status of Reform and the Choices Ahead
As the EU prepares to reform its Common Agricultural Policy and the US Congress seeks to pass a new farm bill, tight government budgets will require that policymakers consider carefully policy options to ensure that domestic objectives are properly addressed. EU and US policy choices will have implications for global food and agricultural production and trade, for food security and for commodity prices. IPC's latest discussion paper examines how various policy approaches for agriculture and biofuels could fulfill the stated and implicit objectives of US and EU farm policy, and how policy instruments are likely to impact international objectives of the US and EU respectively.
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Regulations in the food and agriculture sector increasingly lead to the application of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) that affect international trade. There is a need to step up efforts to promote greater transparency on NTMs and to improve our ability to measure their impact. The OECD and the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council recently hosted an international seminar on NTMs at the OECD in Paris, France on September 13, 2011. More
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Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security: Progress to Date and Strategies for Success
On May 24, 2011, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs convened a symposium, in partnership with IPC, to review progress on the U.S. government's global food security strategy and provide critical thinking on how best to overcome potential obstacles to success. Speakers and agenda are available here.
NTM-IMPACT Project
The goal of the project, in which IPC is one of 19 international project partners, is to collect and analyze new data on non-tariff measures (NTMs), particularly on governmental standards and regulations that prescribe the conditions for EU agrifood exports and compares these with conditions for importing into the EU. Furthermore, impacts from EU and trade partner NTMs on least developing country (LDC) exports are examined. More
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IPC was dissolved in 2015 but its analyses and seminar records will remain available for some time.
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Welcome new IPC CEO Ellen Terpstra
Agri-Trade Forum March 2012
IPC Alert: Statement on the Outcome of the WTO Ministerial
IPC Alert: US and EU Should Not Neglect R&D
US and EU Farm Policy: Overview and Next Steps
IPC Alert: Avoiding a Biotech Trade Wreck
IPC Alert: Humanitarian exemption from export restrictions only a first step
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IPC Alert: The Future of Direct payments
IPC Alert: Making sense of non-tariff measures in the food and agricultural sector
Seeing a Path to Agreement on Divisive US-EU Trade Issues
TTIP: Can the US and the EU See "Eye to Eye" on Trade Pact?
UK Agricultural Leader Shares His Vision with U.S. Farmers
WTO Ruling on Raw Materials Could Strengthen Rules on Ag Export Curbs
Are We Heading for a Global Food Crisis?
Groser Heads to US to Boost Trade Ties
Groser to Visit Washington, DC
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Budget Cuts, Freezes Expected in Farm Support Regimes
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Boulder, Colo., USA Two Geology studies focus on debris flows and landslides, one from the point of view of alpine denudation and the other studying and quantifying hazards to human populations. Subjects of other studies include fossil microatolls and sea level; the potential rupture area for an earthquake offshore of the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia; paleoclimate; and the relationship between the formation of ore deposits and the growth cycle of microbial communities.
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Debris-flow-dependent variation of cosmogenically derived catchment-wide denudation rates
F. Kober et al., Institute of Geology, ETH Zrich, 8092 Zrich, Switzerland. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33406.1.
Mass movements, and specifically debris flows, are episodic events that can redistribute large amounts of material in alpine catchments are thus a major agent of mountain erosion. If large debris flows close to populated areas occur, they place a considerable natural hazard to infrastructure. Recent focus on debris flows results from climate changes and related degrading permafrost areas -- a zone where debris flows are quite frequently initiated. This study by F. Kober and colleagues investigates the impact of episodic debris flows on catchment-wide denudation rates in alpine catchments obtained with cosmogenic nuclides. This method is convenient in establishing alpine denudation rates over larger areas and offers the opportunity of quantifying and charactering mountain range erosion and its driving forces (e.g., by climate, glacial history, or tectonics). This method also assumes that episodic events are balanced spatially and over the time the erosion rate is established. The result of this study shows for the Aare catchment (Switzerland), localized debris flows events can significantly perturb cosmogenic denudation rates by a factor of two. Kober and colleagues also suggest that only events with a large magnitude (and commonly with a low frequency) events perturb the system, if they are additionally coupled with the trunk stream.
Mid-Pacific microatolls record sea-level stability over the past 5000 yr
Colin D. Woodroffe et al., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33344.1.
Radiometric dating of fossil corals and accurate survey of their elevations on Christmas Island in the central Pacific provides a record of sea level over the past 5000 years. Corals that grow into the intertidal zone adopt a "microatoll" form that is dead on top but can grow laterally to several meters in diameter. These are one of the more accurate indicators of sea-level change because their upper surface is constrained by low tide and growth around their perimeters responds quickly to rising or falling sea levels. Comparison of the height of many fossil microatolls with the elevation to which living counterparts grow implies that sea level has remained close to its present level (plus or minus 20 to 25 cm) over past millennia at this tectonically stable mid-ocean island. The continuity of growth within and between microatolls indicates that sea level has not oscillated by up to a meter on time scales of centuries as has been widely claimed by researchers using less precise evidence from other sites. The observational record presented by Colin D. Woodroffe and colleagues accords with geophysical modeling, implying that, at this location, the "eustatic" ice-melt component balances the "isostatic" adjustment of the ocean floor in response to loading.
A wider seismogenic zone at Cascadia due to fluid circulation in subducting oceanic crust
Brian D. Cozzens and Glenn A. Spinelli, Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33019.1.
Brian D. Cozzens and Glenn A. Spinelli demonstrate that the potential rupture area for an earthquake offshore of the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia extends farther landward than previously estimated. In this region, known as the Cascadia subduction zone, magnitude-9 earthquakes (similar to recent events offshore of Japan and Sumatra) have occurred in the past. However, the possible rupture extent for these Cascadia earthquakes is poorly known because there are very few small earthquakes highlighting the portions of the fault capable of nucleating earthquakes. Fault zone temperature is an important proxy, because rock friction experiments suggest that faults must be cooler than 350 degrees Celsius for earthquake nucleation. Previous estimates of the location of 350 degrees Celsius on the plate interface in Cascadia suggested that the possible earthquake rupture zone would be primarily offshore. In contrast, ongoing deformation of the land surface has been interpreted to indicate possible rupture extending landward of the coastline. Cozzens and Spinelli show that fluid circulation in the oceanic crust cools the subduction zone and widens the thermally defined potential rupture area by shifting to 350 degrees Celsius on the fault ~30-55 km landward. This places the landward edge of possible rupture under the Washington state coastline, closer to large cities and in better agreement with the land deformation studies.
Boron isotope evidence for shallow fluid transfer across subduction zones by serpentinized mantle
Marco Scambelluri, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy; and Sonia Tonarini. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33233.1.
The rock reservoirs enabling deep transport of ocean waters at subduction zones, together with fluid-transfer mechanisms to the mantle sources of arc magmas, are highly debated issues. Does fluid transfer occur by subducting-plate dehydration beneath arc fronts or by hydration of fore-arc mantle and subsequent subduction of the hydrated mantle? Historically, the deep slab dehydration hypothesis had strong support, but the hydrated mantle wedge idea is gaining ground. Defining subduction-fluid sources and dehydration mechanisms using appropriate isotopic tracers is therefore timely. Marco Scambelluri and Sonia Tonarini analyzed serpentinized (hydrated) mantle rocks recording deep subduction dehydration. Serpentinites are volatile and fluid-mobile element reservoirs for arc magmatism, though direct proof of their dominance in the subduction-zone volatile cycles has been elusive. Boron (B) isotopes are markers of fluid-mediated mass transfer during subduction. Altered oceanic crust and sediments release 11B-depleted fluids in the sub-arc mantle, which cannot explain 11B enrichment of many arcs. In contrast, Scambelluri and Tonarini document high 11B values retained in serpentinites. No 11B fractionation occurs in these rocks with subduction metamorphism: the released 11B-rich fluids uniquely explain the elevated 11B of arcs. B, O-H, and Sr isotopes indicate that serpentinization was driven by slab fluids that infiltrated the slab-mantle interface early in the subduction history.
Enhanced seasonality of precipitation in the Mediterranean during the early part of the Last Interglacial
Alice M. Milner et al., Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33204.1.
The Mediterranean is characterized by a strongly seasonal climate with hot dry summers and mild wet winters. With the rise of global temperatures and predicted warmer Mediterranean summers, understanding seasonality in this region is increasingly important. However, paleo-archives typically focus on mean annual conditions and are unable to resolve seasonal signals, meaning that trends in seasonality are rarely considered. Using new data from the Tenaghi Philippon peatland in Greece, a site renowned for its impressive record of Quaternary vegetation change, Alice M. Milner and colleagues apply a multi-proxy approach to investigate seasonality of precipitation during the early Last Interglacial (~130,000 to 119,000 years ago), an interval characterized by temperatures slightly warmer than today. Specifically, they address previous claims of abundant year-round rainfall during this interval, linked to deposition of organic-rich layers (sapropels) in the Mediterranean Sea. Detailed data from sediments, pollen, and macrofossils reveals evidence for both an increase in precipitation and summer aridity from the same sequence, which Milner and colleagues argue reflects an increase in seasonal contrast, with wetter winters and drier summers than the Holocene. Their finding may also indicate that winter precipitation in the northern borderlands of the Mediterranean influenced hydrographic conditions in the Mediterranean Sea that were crucial for the deposition of sapropels.
Holocene glacier culminations in the Western Alps and their hemispheric relevance
I. Schimmelpfennig et al., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33169.1.
Human civilization developed during the balmy climate of the Holocene, over the last ~11,700 years. Emerging research on Holocene climate is showing that temperature swings were more common than previously thought and that climate changes happened on a broad, hemispheric scale. In this study, I. Schimmelpfennig and colleagues use high-precision beryllium-10 dating of moraines to show that Switzerland's Tsidjiore Nouve Glacier (Western Alps) advanced to its largest Holocene extents during at least three cold spells: (1) during the earliest Holocene around 11,400 years ago; (2) during the period between 3,800 to 3,200 years ago; and (3) during the well-documented Little Ice Age between AD 1300 and AD 1850. The glacier advance of the earliest Holocene is coeval with a cold-event recorded in Greenland ice cores, dubbed the "Preboreal Oscillation." The two latter cold spells in the Alps were coeval to dry spells in the tropical Atlantic, as the rain belt that circles Earth's equator pushed south. These findings suggest a Holocene climate link between temperature in the Alps and the polar North Atlantic and tropical precipitation patterns, adding new insights in far-field teleconnections of the climate system during our ongoing warm period.
Global patterns of loss of life from landslides
David Petley, International Landslide Centre, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130.G33217.1.
Landslides are a threat in many environments around the world, causing loss of life, damage to property, and disruption to communications networks. In the recent (2008) Wenchuan earthquake in China, more than 100,000 landslides were triggered, leading to more than 20,000 deaths. However, until now, there has been no proper quantification of loss of life from landslides. This paper by David Petley of Durham University presents the results of a study to record the number of people killed by landslide worldwide for a seven year period between 2004 and 2010. The results show that more than 80,000 people were killed in this period, which is a rate that is about ten times more than previous studies had suggested. The data suggests that more people are killed each year by landslides than die from river floods. The majority of deaths occurred in Asia, especially in China, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Colombia. Petley also shows that there is a relationship between the number of recorded fatality-inducing landslides and the population density in mountainous countries, which suggests that unless action is taken to mitigate dangerous slopes, loss of life from landslides will increase as the global population continues to grow.
Microbial action formed Jurassic Mn-carbonate ore deposit in only a few hundred years (rkt, Hungary)
Mrta Polgri et al., Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budarsi str. 45, 1112 Budapest, Hungary. Posted online 1 August 2012; doi: 10.1130/G33304.1.
Mrta Polgri and colleagues studied the The rkt, Hungary, manganese (Mn) ore, hosted by Jurassic black shale, using high-resolution mineralogical, microtextural, and chemical methods. The identified two independent superimposed biostructures consisting of rhythmic laminations that provide important proxies for paleoenvironments and duration of ore formation. Millimeter-scale laminae reflect a depositional series of Fe-rich biomats, mineralized microbially produced sedimentary structures. These biomats formed at the sediment-water interface under dysoxic and neutral pH conditions by enzymatic Fe2+ oxidizing processes that may have developed on a daily to weekly growth cycle. Microlamination here may reflect a 10-hour to daily rhythmicity produced by the growth of microbial communities. If true, then the giant rkt ore deposit may have formed over hundreds of years, rather than hundreds of thousands of years as previously thought.
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Rodney Dangerfield got more respect than the U.S. cotton industry has received over the past year from so-called friend and foe.
John Pucheu, National Cotton Council Chairman and Tranquillity, Calif., producer, detailed to the opening general session of the Beltwide Cotton Production Conferences in Nashville, Tenn., a volley of shots fired across the U.S. industry's bow that have forced the industry to fight back at home and abroad to stay afloat.
Pucheu proclaimed the industry is still afloat and plans to stay that way.
Battling its detractors with one hand, the National Cotton Council weighed in with compromises to ward off attempts at wholesale dismantling of the U.S. federal cotton program in the new farm bill.
Pucheu said heading into the initial farm bill debate, "It quickly became clear that cotton was targeted for change" when the program received "unwarranted and yet significant criticism." The former friend — the U.S. Department of Agriculture — was one of those targeting cotton.
About the same time, U.S. cotton was adorned with a bulls-eye by Brazil within the World Trade Organization (WTO) and "unfounded claims" by Oxfam, a lobbying group attempting to change U.S. farm policy to benefit West African cotton farmers.
To ward off wholesale changes in the new farm bill, the industry convinced former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns to establish a marketing loan working group that developed a comprehensive set of recommendations adjusting the marketing loan program, a majority of which were included in the House Agriculture Committee farm bill recommendation.
A Senate and House conference committee will soon take up the farm bills passed by both chambers of Congress.
The WTO Brazil case, bolstered by the testimony of Brazil-paid consultant Daniel Sumner, chairman of the University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, claimed that Step 2, export credit guarantees, marketing loans and countercyclical payments were distorting world cotton prices.
The U.S. dropped Step 2 and modified other elements, but a WTO compliance panel said that was not enough. The United States has appealed the call for more draconian measures.
Crawford Falconer of New Zealand, chairman of the WTO agricultural negotiations, issued two papers, one saying the U.S. should cut cotton support even more and accept less market access than the U.S. initially offered.
Falconer also recently recommended that the U.S. reduce "amber box" spending on cotton by more than 90 percent compared to recent levels. He also said there should be higher reductions in overall trade distorting support and less market access than the United States had originally agreed to.
The NCC immediately challenged the administration to oppose the cotton-specific language. The NCC also has detailed to trade negotiators its priorities on market access, including significant increase in market access to China.
The attack from WTO is tightly wound into the current farm bill debate. To that end, a nonprofit, non-governmental group called The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research sponsored a meeting recently in Washington — on the eve of the farm bill conference committee convening — with the premise being an attack on the cotton industry and overall ag trade policy.
Sumner was scheduled to be one of the speakers as well as a spokesman for Oxfam.
Literature promoting the event said, "(U.S.) Agricultural policy has become the central stumbling block in the Doha round of negotiations and inflexibility over U.S. farm subsidies could lead to the failure of trade negotiations altogether."
Two scheduled moderators were Dan Morgan, a contract (freelance) writer for the Washington Post and a fellow at the German Marshall Fund nonpartisan public policy institution. Morgan has written several articles lately heavily quoting critics of the farm bills coming out of the House and Senate. A former California congressman, Calvin Dooley, now an executive with the Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association, was scheduled to be the other moderator. Although Dooley was a San Joaquin Valley dairyman and farmer when he was in Congress, he frequently criticized U.S. farm policy.
This undeniably biased gathering was scheduled about the time the conference committee took up the two bills.
Chuck Conner, acting secretary of agriculture, was scheduled to be the keynote speaker. The Bush administration's agricultural department has been openly critical of the bills passed by the House and Senate. President Bush has threatened to veto any bill that looks like either the House or Senate bill.
With more than 70 percent of U.S. cotton now exported, trade issues and the farm bill are critical to the survival of U.S. cotton.
In getting farm bills out of the House and Senate, the cotton industry had to accept — and even suggested — compromises. However, it successfully headed off more onerous amendments.
It has been a tough year politically for cotton, but Pucheu told Beltwide attendees the industry has "excellent prospects for achieving profitable cotton production and processing. There are many challenges before us. Research, education, and technology transfer continue to be critically important," he said, reiterating the council's commitment for technology development and transfer and "bringing resolution to technology-based priorities."
Around the conference time, cotton future prices began to rise and continued upward during January, chasing the higher corn and soybean prices. This went a long way to returning optimism to an industry that has suffered through an arduous year at home and abroad.


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Today: "Biker's Guide to Business" book signing, 1 to 3 p.m., North County House of Motorcycles, 1725 Hacienda Drive, Vista. Meet author Dwain DeVille who has compiled decades of business experience with a lifetime of riding motorcycles for the book. He's working on another book and would like to talk with other bike-riding entrepreneurs. Information: nchouseofmotorcycles.com or e-mail DeVille at email@example.com
Nov. 6-8: Bronco Daze '09, Palm Canyon Resort and Hotel, Borrego Springs. Off-road runs, drawings, reunions and more. Information: earlybronco.com or e-mail email@example.com .
Nov. 7: Second annual Classic Thunderbird Club Toys for Tots Drive at Kearny Pearson Ford, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kearny Pearson Ford, 7303 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Presented by the Classic Thunderbird Club of San Diego, the show is expected to have about 50 cars on view, the majority of which will be from 1955-57, with a few "square" `Birds from 1958-59 and a few retro `Birds. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for donation. Information: David (619) 787-8843.
Nov. 7: Second annual SoCalROC Show and Toy Drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Datsun Heritage Museum, 41610 Date St., Murrieta 92562. Sponsored by the Southern California Datsun Roadster Owners Club, the show will feature Datsuns 1983 and older, vendors, drawings, food and music. Show registration $15 and an unwrapped toy with a value of at least $10. Vehicle judging will be by race driver John Morton and SpeedTV personality Jamie Howe. Information: e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or www.socalroc.net . Nov. 7: Fifth annual Lost Lizard Fun Run, Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, state Hwy. 78, north of the Blu-In, east of San Felipe Wash. Presented by the San Diego Off-Road Coalition, the run is open to all four-wheel-drive vehicles, cycles, buggies and ATVs. The main route will be family friendly, but some less experienced riders may find it difficult. There will be five checkpoints with games and tickets for opportunity drawings. Proceeds will benefit the general fund of the SDORC. Information and preregistration: sdorc.org .
Nov. 8: Seventh annual Super Indoor Custom Car Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., San Diego Convention Center, Harbor Drive. With 150,000 square feet of exhibit space, this show gathers a wide range of customized show vehicles, including motorcycles, hot rods, trucks, lowrider cars and vintage American vehicles. Admission $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Information: supercustomcarshow.com or (619) 284 2600.
Nov. 8: Packard and Studebaker Old Highway 80 Tour, 9 a.m., San Diego Auto Collection, 7215 El Cajon Boulevard. The San Diego Packard Club will lead a caravan tour through La Mesa, El Cajon, and Flynn Springs to Descanco, then south through the backcountry and back to town via state Route 94. Information: Karl Ramsing (760) 726-5955.
Nov. 21: Auto Product Recycling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Balboa Park, parking lot at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way; sponsored by the city of San Diego and the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (San Diego residents only and no business waste will be accepted.) Items accepted will be used motor oil, oil filters, batteries and antifreeze. Information: (858) 694-7000.
Nov. 21: All San Diego Car Lovers Car Show, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2430 South Escondido Boulevard, Escondido. Presented by Corvettes of San Diego, the show is open to all makes of vehicles — old and new, domestic and foreign — and will raise funds for the Escondido Elks Lodge charity. Entry fee $10 includes lunch. Also featured will be a Hot Wheels racing event for children. Information: Jim Rij (619) 232-0777 or corvettesofsandiego.com .
Dec. 12: Auto Product Recycling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Montgomery High School, 3250 Palm Ave. at Hawaii, San Diego; sponsored by the city of San Diego and the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (San Diego residents only and no business waste will be accepted.) Items accepted will be used motor oil, oil filters, batteries and antifreeze. Information: (858) 694-7000.
Dec 12: Monday Nite Car Club Toys for Tots Show & Shine, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Albertson's shopping center, Alpine. Entry fee is one new, unwrapped toy. No trophies, just camaraderie. All toys will be donated to children of deployed military personnel. Information: (619) 440-6168.
Dec. 13: 24th annual Christmas Cruise for the Kids, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Torrey Pines High School, 3710 Del Mar Heights Road. Presented by the Street Masters hot-rod club, the show is open to all makes and models; dash plaques and ribbons to the first 200 vehicles registered. Free to view. Show registration is by a new, unwrapped toy or a cash donation. Also featured will be a live auction, opportunity drawings and a free pancake breakfast. Information: (858) 566-8629.
Jan. 1 Second annual New Year's Day Drive, presented by Sports Cars and Classics. Entry $55 per person, which includes lunch and goodie bag. Limited to 40 cars. Information: e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or (619) 913-1516.
Jan. 23: Auto Product Recycling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mission Bay South Shores parking lot, east of Sea World Drive; sponsored by the city of San Diego and the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (San Diego residents only and no business waste will be accepted.) Items accepted will be used motor oil, oil filters, batteries and antifreeze. Information: (858) 694-7000.
Feb. 20-21: Lakeside Off-Road Days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lakeside Rodeo Grounds, 12584 Mapleview St. The event will feature off-road vendors, clubs, racing organizations and OHV land agencies. Also featured will be motorcycle and lawn-mower racing in the arena, children's zone and food. Information: sdorc.org and (858) 822-8274.
Cruisin' Coco's, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every third Sunday of the month, Coco's Restaurant, Rancho Bernardo Plaza, 16759 Bernardo Center Drive. Information: Coco's, (858) 485-9419, or Ken Owen, (858) 774-3898.
Monday Night Car Club, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, VFW Hall, 12650 Lindo Lane, next to Lindo Lake Park, Lakeside. Information: (619) 440-6168.
Chicken Pie Diner Cruise Night, 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesdays through October, 14727 Pomerado Road, Poway, in the Wells Fargo Bank parking lot. Information: (858) 748-2445.
Ramona Cruise, 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays, 600 block of Main Street, Old Town Ramona, and the parking lot at Sixth and Main streets next to Ramona Mainstage. Continues through October. The cruise highlights hot rods, customs, muscle cars and special-interest vehicles.
Clairemont Neighborhood Cruisers Saturday Night Invite Cruise, 5 to 8 p.m. every fourth Saturday of the month through September, Clairemont Town Square, Clairemont Mesa and Clairemont Drive (next to Outback Steakhouse). The cruise features vehicles from 1976 and older. Information: (858) 573-9285; cncsd.org ; or e-mail email@example.com .
East County Cruisers, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Tyler's Taste of Texas Barbecue, 576 N. Second St., El Cajon. Information: (619) 312-0129 or eastcountycruisers.com.
Classic Malt Shop, 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays, 3615 Midway Drive, Loma Portal. Cars from the 1950s and older. Information: (619) 226-1600.
Fallbrook Rods & Relics, 7 to 9 a.m. Saturdays, Sunrize Cafe, River Village, state Route 76 at Mission Road, Bonsall. Information: (760) 723-4020.
Great Autos of Yesteryear, gay-friendly club for owners and those who appreciate vintage autos. Cruise nights and times vary. Check Web site for details: Greatautos.org .
Siggy's Car Cruise, 3 to 6 p.m. second Saturday of the month, 26820 Jefferson Ave., Murrieta. Free entry; trophies awarded. Information: (951) 830-7010 or (951) 316-9927.
Dalton's Roadhouse, noon to 4 p.m., first Sunday, 775 Center Drive, San Marcos. (760) 746-8340.
"You Auto Know," hosted by Dave Stall, 3 to 5 p.m. Saturdays, KCBQ AM 1170. Call in: (888) 344-1170.
"So-Cal Off-Road Radio," hosted by Dave Stall, noon to 2 p.m. Sundays, KCBQ AM 1170. Call in: (888) 344-1170.
"Click & Clack," Tom and Ray Magliozzi, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays on KPBS-FM 89.5; repeated 1 to 2 p.m. Sundays.
"The Car Show," with Art Gould and John Retsek, 9 to 10 a.m. Saturdays, KPFK-FM 90.7 (Los Angeles) or listen online at kpfk.org .
Miramar Speed Circuit, 8123 Miralani Drive, off Miramar Road. Indoor kart racing with Sodi karts and 6.5-horsepower Honda engines on a 1,500-foot asphalt track. For adults at least 54 inches tall. Junior classes for children at least 48 inches tall use slightly de-powered engines.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday, 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Pricing: Adult and youth races $23; members $18. Information: (858) 586-7500 or miramarspeedcircuit.com .
K1 Speed Karting, 6212 Corte Del Abeto, Carlsbad, off Palomar Airport Road near Legoland California. Italian electric Pro Karts with roll hoop, racing harness and a reverse gear on a 2,000-foot-long asphalt track; helmets and other gear are provided. Corporate groups encouraged.
Arrive and drive: $25 for nonmembers; lunch-hour special: $20 nonmembers, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Information: k1speed.com .
Horseless Carriage Foundation Library, 8186 Center St., La Mesa. For automobile research and restoration. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Information: hcfi.org , (619) 464-0301 or e-mail email@example.com .
San Diego Automotive Museum, Balboa Park; open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; last admission at 4:30 p.m. Admission: $8, seniors (65 and older) and active-duty military with ID $6, students with ID $5, children ages 6-15 $4.
Automobiles, motorcycles and memorabilia take visitors through automotive history. The core collection includes more than 80 vehicles.
Speakers are available for a fee at the museum or at your facility. Programs last about 30 minutes. Information: Kenn Colclasure, (619) 231-2886, or www.sdautomuseum.org
Simpson's Garden Town Nursery and Auto Barns, 13925 state Route 94, Jamul; 8:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Wednesday through Monday, closed Tuesday. More than 70 restored or customized cars and trucks in two barns, ranging from Model A's and T's, through the 1930s and 1940s to muscle cars of the 1960s and 1970s. The nursery grounds include more classics and travel trailers. Free. Information: (619) 669-1977 or simpsonsnursery.com .
J.A. Cooley Museum, 4233 Park Blvd., North Park, off El Cajon Boulevard.
The museum specializes in early years of automotive history and features 24 cars in original condition, including an 1895 Benz, a 1903 curved-dash Oldsmobile, 1907 International, 1910 Hudson, 1910 Russell, 1913 Oakland, 1904 DeDion, 1936 Cord and three early Cadillacs.
Admission: $2 to $5. Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Guided tours for three or more people are available. Information: (619) 296-3112.
Motor Transport Museum, 31949 state Route 94, Campo, about a mile from the railroad museum. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. This old-truck museum is loaded with weather-worn hulks of sleeper-cab tractors, heavy equipment, light trucks and more dating to 1912.
The main building contains about a dozen restored trucks, including a Diamond T, Federal, Mack and Autocar.
Admission is free, donations accepted. Take Interstate 8 to Buckman Springs Road, south to state Route 94, turn left and go a half-mile to the museum, on the right. Information: (619) 478-2492 or (619) 233-9707.
The San Diego Collection, 7215 El Cajon Blvd. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays; free admission.
About 25 vehicles on view (some are for sale). Information: (619) 667-3136; Web site: thesandiegocollection.com .
Petersen Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd. at Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles. The museum has more than 150 vehicles on view, ranging from motorcycles, race cars, hot rods, customs and trucks to specialty vehicles and special displays.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission: $10; seniors and students with ID $5; ages 5 to 12 $3. Parking: $2 per 30 minutes, $8 maximum with paid admission for up to four hours. Information: (323) 930-CARS or petersen.org .
NHRA Motorsports Museum, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. Presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
About 60 cars are on view. An array of photographs and memorabilia chronicle more than 50 years of U.S. motor sports.
Admission: NHRA members free; nonmembers $5; seniors 60 and older and juniors 6 to 15 $3; younger than 5 free. Information: (909) 622-2133 and nhra.com/museum. E-mail calendar items to firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Blazing Starfall has the Fire and Radiant keywords, the damage line indicates radiant damage, and cosmic magic sorcerers create a zone has a fire damage effect.
The players were fighting Trolls "if the troll takes acid or fire damage, regeneration does not function until the end of its next turn", and the sorcerer was not a cosmic magic sorcerer.
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The objective of the Student Outdoor Club agreements that we sign on an annual basis with a dozen major university clubs across the country, is to expose students to the benefits of ACC membership, and encourage them to become a lifelong part of the Canadian mountain community. I first participated in ACC activities as an undergrad and the club has become an important part of my life (never mind my job!)"
The objective of the Student Outdoor Club agreements that we sign on an annual basis with a dozen major university clubs across the country, is to expose students to the benefits of ACC membership, and encourage them to become a lifelong part of the Canadian mountain community. I first participated in ACC activities as an undergrad and the club has become an important part of my life (never mind my job!)"
== VRCG members ==
If you're a due-paying member of the [http://www.vrcg.ca Vancouver Rock Climbing Group] you are eligible for a $20 discount on your VOC membership . Fill out an [http://www.ubc-voc.com/members/join online application form] and when you come in to the [http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Gear_hours#Gear_Rental_Hours_.28when_the_Clubroom_will_be_open.29 club gear hours] to pay for the membership show your VRCG membership card and you can claim the discount.
If you're a due-paying member of the [http://www.vrcg.ca Vancouver Rock Climbing Group] you are eligible for a $20 discount on your VOC membership . Fill out an [http://www.ubc-voc.com/members/join online application form] and when you come in to the [http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Gear_hours#Gear_Rental_Hours_.28when_the_Clubroom_will_be_open.29 club gear hours] to pay for the membership show your VRCG membership card and you can claim the discount.
Revision as of 15:57, 22 December 2014
Do you want to become a member of VOC? That's great, VOC welcomes new members of all abilities and experience levels. Just follow these simple instructions. The short version is: figure out which type of membership you need (student/associate), fill out the online form, come to our Clubroom when it is open to sign a waiver and pay your membership fee in cash. It's that simple!
- 1 Types of Membership
- 2 Refunds and Canceling of Membership
- 3 Membership Expiration, Duration of Membership
- 4 How to Join
- 5 When Can I Join?
- 6 Do you have to join to go on VOC Trips?
- 7 What's this about ACC Membership?
- 8 VRCG members
Types of Membership
As described in our constitution we have three main types of members: student, associate, and honorary.
The VOC is a student run club constituted under the Alma Mater Society (AMS) of the University of British Columbia. If you are a student at UBC and you are a member of the AMS, (you are paying AMS fees) then you are entitled to join the Varsity Outdoor Club as a student member. This will cost you $40. This will get you a full membership with all membership privileges, such as Journal, use of Club Gear and Huts, and you get to vote for Exec people, and even be one.
If you are not eligible for student membership, you can still join VOC as an associate member. Membership in this category will cost you $60, and will get you all membership privileges except that you will not be eligible to vote at general meetings, or to be elected to run the club. Associates need to pay more because the UBC AMS demands that non-members pay 50% more to join their clubs, but the AMS also provides us with a clubroom in the SUB (among other things) which are paid for by AMS student fees... so it's not all that unfair.
This category of membership is for individuals who have been in the VOC for four or more years, or have previously been VOC members but have moved on and are no longer eligible for student membership. We like to keep these people on because they have accumulated useful knowledge about the club, such as where our huts are, how to do things safely, and they often provide leadership on our trips.
Any of the following qualifies you for Honorary Membership
1) You have paid VOC Membership fees (Student or Associate) for four or more years, whether or not you are, or ever were, a student at UBC.
2) You have graduated from UBC while being a member of the club.
3) At the discretion of the Membership Chairperson, if you are temporarily away from UBC, usually in a foreign country, and not in a position to benefit from the privileges of being a fee-paying Member, but you still like to get email.
As of September 2012, Honorary Membership is further subdivided into Inactive and Active. This is a result of our need to provide liability insurance for all facilitators of Club activities. If you want to go on Club activities, or lead Club activities, then you must acquire Active Honorary Membership; if you only want to see what is going on, but not be involved, then you should go for Inactive. Inactive Honorary Members do not have access to the trip sign-up pages.
In order to be an 'active' honorary member (one that want to come on trips into the mountains and hot springs etc) you must be covered by FMCBC insurance. This costs ~$10. This is a cost that the club decided to pay for the honorary members who want to participant on trips. That being said, it would be super awesome if you felt you could donate ~$10 to the club in order to pay for this cost. But it is OPTIONAL. We are not forcing the honorary members who feel that leading trips and instructing at the various schools is giving enough back to the club, and I tend to agree (though many fee paying members do a lot as well). But right now, it is totally optional. We are running this year in trial mode, to see how many people are 'active' and how many think they should donate. Next year we might change this policy again.
Now on to the trips that aren't really trips. So many 'lurking' honorary members also like to come to the many social events that the club hosts on campus and around Vancouver, such as BBQ's, MEC night, slides shows etc, but at the moment can not sign up for these events online. Lurkers, have no concerns, as long as you are a member of the club, you may join in on these Vancouver events. The club is actually still covered by the AMS insurance, which only covers events in Vancouver (thus why we need FMCBC insurance). So this should not be a problem. I (Caitlin) am hopefully going to talk to Marius soon and he can make the appropriate changes to allow you lurkers to sign up for MEC Night and other similar events.
I would like to note that all this talk only involves liability insurance, not health insurance.
Unlike full-paying (Student or Associate) Members, Honorary Members do not have gear rental privileges, do not get a free Journal at the end of the year, do not use the VOC Huts for free unless they are leading Club activities. Active Honorary Members are welcome on club trips and often lead club trips, though they are expected to know enough that they don't take all the spots on introductory trips. Note that people eligible for honorary membership may instead join either as associate members or student members, as eligible, in order to gain additional membership privileges, such as use of Club Gear, Huts, and Journal.
To apply for Active Honorary Membership we need a completed membership application form with liability waiver (signature). The easiest way to get this to us is to click on "renew membership", which will enable you to fill in any changes online (change type of membership to honorary) then come into the Clubroom to fill out the liability waiver. If you can't make it into the Clubroom, get somebody to bring you the form to sign, and mail the completed form to us.
What if you are an Inactive Honorary Member and you suddenly need to go on a Club activity? Sign the liability waiver and we can change your status.
Once you have paid your membership, now you just need to sign up for trips! How many (or how few) trips you go on is up to you. Remember that final trip signup is subject to trip organizer discretion.
Refunds and Canceling of Membership
We do not give you back your membership fees if you change your mind about being a Member. This regulation appears to come from our parent organization, the Alma Mater Society. In the past ten or so years, we have had two instances of somebody trying to get their membership fees back; one was for a medical reason and the other was somebody simply changing their mind. We don't refund membership fees.
Apparently we are not allowed to kick you out of the Club once you have joined, though if your behaviour is totally unreasonable, the AMS may kick you out. This has never happened so far. A reason to do this might be, for instance, if a Member used the Club's membership list to annoy another Member.
Membership Expiration, Duration of Membership
Membership always expires at the end of September. If you join before May 1st, your membership expires next September 30th (Less than a year later). If you joined after May 1st, your membership expires in the September 30th of the next year.(More than a year later).
We don't do half term memberships. We sell only one membership expiry date. We do not sell special short memberships, for instance expiring in January.
How to Join
1) Click on "I want to join" on our web site, then fill in the online form. You can do this at home or in the Clubroom but the Clubroom computer is often busy, and slow. You don't need to print the form.
2) Show up at the Clubroom some time when it is open (see gear hours). Bring your membership fee in cash, because we don't have charge card service or any of the other modern ways of paying. Sign the liability waiver. Somebody in the Clubroom will activate your membership. The computer will email your password to you automagically.
3) If you are renewing your membership (you were a member previously), and it has not yet expired, and you remember your password, click on "renew membership" and check that your personal information is still correct, then come to the Clubroom to pay, sign the waiver, and get reactivated. If you don't have a working membership, come to the Clubroom and we can sort it out.
4) If you can't make all this work, come to the Clubroom anyway and we can make it work.
When Can I Join?
You can join at any time throughout the year but see above for membership expiry date. Bring the form to the Clubroom (map), or at our booth during Clubs Days or other events. Bring cash. If you cannot show up during Clubroom Hours, you might try to join during an evening slide show, or other evening events which happen from time to time. If you really cannot ever make it onto Campus, you can get a friend to bring in your liability release form and your payment Mail would also work, but we expect membership fees in cash, and sending cash through the mail is risky. And we don't check our mail very frequently.
Do you have to join to go on VOC Trips?
There are three principles to decide if non-members can go on VOC trips
First, trips are what we provide for our members. For trips with scarce resources, we limit the trip to members only, because otherwise we would be depriving our members. Scarce resources may include places in a hut, car rides, or other situations where we have limited the trip size, perhaps because the trip organizer feels that it would be dangerous to have the trip bigger. Many of our trips are in this scarce resources category. If you are not a member, you should wait to see if the trip becomes full, typically at a pre-trip meeting, then ask the trip organizer if it's ok for you to come along.
Second, members sign a liability release. Our insurance requires that non-members going on VOC trips also sign a liability release.
Third, non-members are limited to one VOC trip. At that point they should decide whether they want to contribute to the operation of the club by joining.
What's this about ACC Membership?
ACC stands for Alpine Club of Canada. The rumor that it stands for "Alpine Choppers Club" is untrue, but perhaps is based on the tendency of ACC trips to be a little more expensive than VOC trips. This is totally understandable when you realize that most ACC Members are over-employed, having more money than time, whereas VOC Members are mostly under-employed and have more time than money.
Anyways, the ACC offers to VOC Student Members each year, for free, something called an "ACC Student Membership". Their purpose in doing this is, they hope that when VOC Members graduate and "move on", they will think favourably of the ACC, and perhaps join the ACC.
This ACC Student Membership does not have a great deal of privileges associated with it. It does enable you to book ACC Huts three months in advance, instead of the one month in advance that you can do as a normal person. It does not get you cheaper rates at the Huts. It will give you a 15% discount if you want to stay at the ACC Clubhouse in Canmore, or buy something there. You may get a cheaper rate at the Louise Hostel; you can always ask. Perhaps the greatest advantage of ACC membership is that you can sign up for ACC trips, at least you can sign up for Vancouver Section trips, providing they are not already full of regular ACC members. As of 2011, your ACC Student Membership allows you to take advantage of the ACC deal on avalanche transcievers.
Here's a link to download the Agreement.
Note that ACC Student Membership is offered to VOC Student Members, not to VOC Associate members or to VOC Alumni Members, who are supposed to buy ACC membership like everybody else
So, you call up the ACC and you say that you are a Student Member of ACC because you are a student member of VOC. They reply "You're not on our list" How can this be? First, only Student Members of VOC qualify; if you are a VOC Associate Member or a VOC Honorary Member, you are supposed to buy ACC Membership like everybody else. Second, we send in our list of eligible VOC Student Members to the ACC from time to time. In 2010 we sent it October 20. In 2013 we forgot to send it out. If you joined after this time, ACC doesn't know about you. We are planning to send in updated lists more frequently, but the details are not yet worked out.
The ACC prints membership cards, which we have in our Clubroom available for our Student members to pick up. To contact ACC, go to
Further Clarification, ACC Membership
We received this 2012 October 19, from Toby Harper, MA, SCPM, Programs Director | Directeur des programmes Alpine Club of Canada | Club alpin du Canada
"Members of partner student outdoor clubs are not by default ACC members. They do not receive an ACC membership number through the student outdoor club. What they do receive are benefits of basic membership in the national club (especially the national Mountain Adventures program) and some benefits of their local ACC Section (in this case the opportunity to participate in Vancouver Section activities, get the newsletter…)
The objective of the Student Outdoor Club agreements that we sign on an annual basis with a dozen major university clubs across the country, is to expose students to the benefits of ACC membership, and encourage them to become a lifelong part of the Canadian mountain community. I first participated in ACC activities as an undergrad and the club has become an important part of my life (never mind my job!)"
VRCG members
If you're a due-paying member of the Vancouver Rock Climbing Group you are eligible for a $20 discount on your VOC membership . Fill out an online application form and when you come in to the club gear hours to pay for the membership show your VRCG membership card and you can claim the discount.
Note: Joining the VOC in turn allows you to join the VRCG for $20 less their annual fee in turn.


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State Gaming Control Board questions Pennsylvania Lottery deal
Attorney General Kathleen Kane shot down contract with Camelot Global Services
A third state agency is pointing to potential legal problems in Gov. Tom Corbett's stalled plan to hire a British company to manage the $3.5 billion Pennsylvania Lottery.
The chief counsel of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board wrote in a letter last month that the proposed contract documents are ambiguous and do not say clearly what kinds of new gambling Camelot Global Services would be allowed to operate.
As a result, it is impossible to say whether it infringes on state casino gambling laws, the gaming board's top lawyer, Douglas Sherman, wrote in his seven-page letter.
"Despite the references to Keno, Internet games and monitor-based gaming, none of the mentioned documents provide a level of detail or description of the games contemplated, or the types of operations of the monitors contemplated for use in Keno or any other monitor-based game," Sherman wrote.
The letter, dated March 18, had been requested by members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees as lawmakers sort through legal questions raised previously by state Treasurer Rob McCord and Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
Corbett, a Republican, has not sought lawmakers' approval in his attempt to hire Camelot on a 20- to 30-year contract to manage one of the nation's largest lotteries. It is a key test on privatization for Corbett, who promised when he ran for governor that he would look to privatize some state services.
Corbett has said he believes Camelot can produce higher and more stable lottery profits for the state programs that benefit the elderly. Democratic lawmakers have criticized Corbett as simply diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from programs for the elderly to a foreign company.
In December, McCord told Corbett's administration that he may not pay the company until he was satisfied that Camelot's vague plans to expand lottery gambling were clearly legal under state law.
Then in February, Kane rejected the contract, saying parts of it, including its expansion of gambling, contravene the state constitution or are not authorized by state law. The attorney general's office reviews state contracts for form and legality, and Kane's office insisted that the contract's rejection was not politically motivated.
The gaming board's assessment is different than that of Kane or McCord, both of whom are Democrats. The agency is chaired by Bill Ryan, a Republican and a former top lieutenant of Corbett's when he was attorney general before becoming governor in 2011.
Corbett's Department of Revenue, which oversees the state lottery, had no immediate comment Monday on Sherman's letter.
Corbett said last month that his administration plans to resubmit the proposed contract after revising it, although it has not said what changes it would make. Administration officials have told lawmakers that they would change it to address concerns by Republican senators to make it clear that Camelot cannot drive the Pennsylvania Lottery into competition with casinos through online gambling.
The contract with Camelot remains the subject of a court challenge by several Democratic lawmakers and the union that represents lottery employees.
Three other states, New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois, have awarded contracts to private lottery managers.


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