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Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-13
Shawn Salley, Michael Morales, and Richard O. Sleezer
Earth Science Department
Emporia State University
KGS Open File Report 2005-13
May 2005
Hamilton Quarry is a small area in Greenwood County, Kansas, widely known for its exceptional abundance, diversity, and preservation of plant, animal, and microorganism fossils of Late Pennsylvanian age. The deposits are associated with valley fill and nearshore deposits associated with a paleochannel that incised into two formations, the Topeka Limestone and Calhoun Shale, of the Shawnee Group. The exact age of the channel is unknown due to the erosion of overlying beds and poor surface exposure. The purpose of this investigation was to create a member level geologic map of the channel deposits and surrounding rock units in the quarry and adjacent vicinity, and to compare the results to published information. Results of the investigation of the Hamilton Quarry area revealed the age of the paleochannel to be younger than the Hartford Limestone Member of the Topeka Limestone, and probably older than the Severy Shale. Strata other than the Hamilton deposits exhibit layer cake stratigraphy and can be seen in outcrop along the creek running through the central portion of the study area. This investigation has raised questions about the accuracy of the recently published geologic map of Greenwood County (Merriam, 1999). Corrections are proposed in this study for apparent misidentifications of certain rock units in Merriam's map. Although previous geologic maps of the Hamilton Quarry area have been produced (Myers, 1982; Fahrer, 1991; Cunningham, 1993a), this is the first investigation at the member level.
The large map for this report is available as an Acrobat PDF file (1.1 MB).
Please note: Hamilton Quarry is owned by Emporia State University. Those wanting to visit or collect at the site need to request permission from Dr. Michael Morales (firstname.lastname@example.com), ESU Assoc. Professor and Geology Museum Director.
The fossils of Hamilton Quarry have been collected, documented, and studied in the past with only casual reference to the regional geology. The fossiliferous channel deposits at the quarry are generally considered to be Virgilian (Late Pennsylvanian) in age, although the plants seem to imply an Early Permian age. The specific time when the Hamilton paleochannel cut down through older rock units and then deposited fluvial sediments is not precisely known. Some have concluded that the downcutting and valley fill occurred during the time of deposition of the Topeka Limestone or Calhoun Shale (Mapes and Mapes, 1988). In the geologic map of Greenwood County (Merriam, 1999), however, the Hamilton deposits are shown as Ervine Creek age, which is older then both the Topeka and Calhoun. This classic fossil locality is now a designated Emporia State University (ESU) natural area. The desire by ESU for more precise information about the age and geographic locations of individual rock units at the quarry prompted a need for a detailed member level geologic map.
Hamilton Quarry is in east-central Greenwood County, Kansas (Figure 1). It is an abandoned rock quarry, owned and managed by Emporia State University. The bedrock is all within the Virgilian Stage, Upper Pennsylvanian Series, Pennsylvanian System, and is part of the Osage Cuestas Physiographic Province. The bedrock in this area exhibits layer cake stratigraphy with a shallow dip to the northwest. An incised paleovalley cuts through the middle of the study area. Through erosion of the surrounding strata, a modern creek has carved out the eastern flank of the paleovalley fill deposits. Outcrops of the Topeka Limestone and the Calhoun Shale occur in cliff and bench topography along the eastern portion of the map. The field investigation and geologic mapping was conducted in part of sections five and eight of Township 24 South, Range 12 East. Access to this area is along Greenwood County Road 4, three miles east of Hamilton, Kansas.
Figure 1. Hamilton Quarry Study Area.
The field work on which this report is based was conducted by graduate ESU earth science graduate student Shawn Salley during parts of 2003 and 2004. Valuable field knowledge about the study area was provided by Paul L. Johnston and Thomas E. Bridge. Field reconnaissance of specific sites in the study area was documented by measuring sections, taking pictures of outcrops, and collecting rock and fossil samples. The sites are illustrated in Figure 2, and a table of the documented sites is in the Appendix 1. Outcrop sites were identified and marked using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, and also recorded on a field map, based on the Virgil 7.5-minute topographic map (USGS, 1969), and a field aerial photograph based on the one meter resolution Digital Orthophotographic Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ).
Figure 2. Sites within the Hamilton Quarry study area. The localities are discussed in the report and are referenced in Appendix 1. The coordinates for each locality are also referenced in Appendix 1. Specimen numbers do onot correspond to locality number.
Laboratory work included translating field data and published information into the member level geologic map of the Hamilton Quarry area. Known outcrops were transferred from the field map and photograph to the GIS via heads-up digitizing using Arcview 3.3. Data from all previous geologic investigations were scanned, and the resulting images were registered and rectified for overlay analysis using GIS. The rock-unit boundaries were interpreted from the known outcrop points by tracing between the field sites located during field reconnaissance and lab analysis of aerial photography. Contacts that were not visible were inferred from topographic analysis and the region dip. Because exposure is poor, to define the coverage of the channel, the adaptation of Cunningham's (1993a) extent is used. His results are based on coring of the bedrock performed by the Kansas Geological Survey in the summer of 1989 (Leonard, 1991). Leonard's interpretation of the cores was also used for unit thickness where a full member or formation outcrop was not available. The elevations used to calculate the dip of the bedrock were taken from the Virgil 7.5 minute topographic map (USGS, 1969) at the most prominent bed in the study area, i.e., the base of the Hartford Limestone Member of the Topeka. Rock samples were photographed, and selected samples were sawed using a diamond blade rock saw.
The lithology was mapped at three levels of certainty. The levels of confidence regarding the boundaries between members and formations are, in decreasing certainty: observed, inferred, and approximated. The observed boundaries are represented with a thick solid line. Observed contacts should be interpreted as visible distinct outcrops in aerial imagery with field support of identified lithology. All observable contacts were placed where fossil or lithologic evidence supports a definite boundary between members or formations. Inferred contacts were represented by short dashed lines and designate an intermediate level of confidence. These contacts were understood as boundaries that may be observable in imagery, but cannot be identified with certainty at the study site. These lines were drafted at these locations with account to the bedrock dip and other limiting field evidence. Approximated contacts, which are shown on the map as longer, thin dashed lines, show boundaries that have a lower level of confidence. This is due to poor field and/or aerial photographic support to warrant a higher level of precision. However, an approximated boundary should not be viewed as an ambiguous interpretation, but rather the most-likely contact within the context of the regional bedrock dip and limiting field evidence.
The rock strata of Hamilton Quarry are mapped based on lithology and identification of outcrop units. The regional dip is to the north-west at approximately 8.7 meters per kilometer (46 feet per mile). Much of the property is covered with vegetation, and much of the surface rock is not in situ due to lag or backfill from the quarry operations. Also, over the past 40 years of fossil collecting, good exposures of the rock units, primarily the fossiliferous limestones above the conglomerate, were removed or greatly disturbed. Strata present in the study area include the Deer Creek Limestone, Calhoun Shale, Topeka Limestone, Severy Shale, and the informally recognized Hamilton channel deposits. No complete formation or member is exposed in one continual outcrop at Hamilton Quarry. Thicknesses of the geologic formations and members are interpreted based on cores from Leonard (1991). The rock units are described below in ascending order.
Shawnee Group--The Shawnee Group is composed of four predominantly limestone formations and three mostly shale formations. Only the upper two limestone formations and an intervening shale formation are present in the study area. They are the Deer Creek Limestone, the Calhoun Shale, and the Topeka Limestone.
Deer Creek Limestone--The Deer Creek Limestone is a persistent, escarpment-making formation composed of three limestone members and two shale members (Zeller, 1968). They are the Oskaloosa Shale, Rock Bluff Limestone, Larsh and Burroak (or Larsh-Burroak) Shale, and the Ervine Creek Limestone members. The two formations observable and described in the study area are represented by only the two uppermost members, the Larsh-Burroak Shale and the Ervine Creek Limestone.
Larsh-Burroak Shale--This shale is distinctive and serves as a marker bed in the area. The Larsh-Burroak Shale is a black-fissile shale found in the southern part of the study area only along the creek. There is no observable outcrop in the area where a total thickness can be measured. Leonard (1991) from core descriptions gives a give a thickness of approximately 1 meter. Small bivalves and inarticulate brachiopods can be identified in the lab. A creek south of the study area, in which this shale outcrops, has been named Slate Creek due to this shale's black slate-like appearance.
Ervine Creek Limestone--Zeller (1968) describes two distinct beds for this member, a lower wavy bedded limestone and an upper massive limestone with variable lithology. The two beds can not be distinguished easily at Hamilton Quarry. In the study area the Ervine Creek Limestone is a 1-2 meter thick bluish to light gray fine-grained wackestone. Fusulinids, phylloid algae fragments, and brachiopods are diagnostic fossils for field identification. Weathered Ervine Creek Limestone appears pale-yellow to orange. East of the south pit, this limestone member can be seen at the creek bottom and outcrops better downstream. The Ervine Creek has a sharp lower contact on top of the Larsh-Burroak Shale (Leonard, 1991).
Calhoun Shale--At Hamilton Quarry, the Calhoun Shale has a thickness between 10 and 11.5 meters. This shale formation has four distinct lithologic intervals. They include: a lower platy bluish gray shale, a sandy shale interval with micaceous sandstone bed, a skeletal limestone, and an upper shale member. Little attempt will be made in this report to document the high variability within short distances found in the Calhoun Shale. The lower shale member is transgressive shale between the marine Ervine Creek and the deltaic deposits of the upper micaceous sandy deposits. In the lower section of this shale, there are brachiopods, crinoids, and bryozoans, while the upper section is mostly unfossiliferous with scattered plant fragments. This lithologic unit ranges between 2.7 and 3.5 meters (Leonard, 1991). Directly overlying the lower shale is the sandy interval, the lithology of which ranges from sandy shale to micaceous sandstone. Plant fossils are common in this interval, mostly stems and pinnules and Calamites. This sandy interval includes the brown shale above the sandstone. Although the sandstone bed is generally a meter thick, the entire sandy interval is 4 to 7 meters (Leonard, 1991). The limestone interval overlies the sandy interval. This is commonly a fossiliferous limestone and ranges from a coated grain wackestone to skeletal grainstone. Identification of this bed is problematic in the field due to its similarity to the Hartford Limestone, e.g., both units contain coated grains and the chambered sponge Amblysiphonella. Fossils in the limestone include bivalves, coated grains, crinoids, sponges, brachiopods, foraminifera, bryozoans, and fusulinids. Immediately below this limestone there is a gradational boundary from highly fossiliferous sandy shale with abundant plant material. The limestone bed ranges in thickness from 0.3 to 1.5 meters. The upper lithologic interval is a silty to sandy mudstone. It is poorly exposed at Hamilton Quarry. Leonard (1991) describes the unit as sparsely fossiliferous with plant fragments, burrows, and Lingula. This interval has a thickness range of 2.4 to 3.4 meters.
Topeka Limestone--The Topeka Limestone is named for exposures near Topeka, Kansas. In the northern part of the state at Topeka, there are nine developed members (Zeller, 1968): the Hartford Limestone, Iowa Point Shale, Curzon Limestone, Jones Point Shale, Sheldon Limestone, Turner Creek Shale, DuBois Limestone, Holt Shale, and the Coal Creek Limestone. At Hamilton Quarry, only the lower three members of the Topeka Limestone can be identified. The upper units are termed here as undifferentiated Topeka Limestone. The total formation thickness is approximately 11 meters (Leonard, 1991).
Hartford Limestone--This formation is the lowest and therefore oldest member of the Topeka Limestone. In the area of Hamilton Quarry and to the north, the Hartford becomes unusually thick and deviates from it typical lithology. The study of limestone buildups is discussed by Heckel and Cocke (1969) in what are considered as marine algal banks, and the Hartford Limestone algal-mound complex is described in greater detail by Silfer (1986a, 1986b). There are four macrofacies described by Silfer, all of which can be identified at Hamilton Quarry. They are a basal skeletal facies with diverse marine fauna; the algal facies of interlayered phylloid algae; a mound capping sequence with algal-coated skeletal fragment; and fusulinid facies. The oldest facies is the typical Hartford Limestone, which is characterized by the chambered sponge Amblysiphonella. There are also brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, and the encrusting algae Ottonosia in this lower lithologic unit. This unit is dark-gray and weathers gray to yellow-brown. The algal facies is primarily comprised of interlayered phylloid algae. In the Hilltop Quarry north of Hamilton Quarry, this facies appears to have a large wave-like appearance. Heckel and Cocke (1969, p. 1061) informally called these megaripples. This same type of lithology is identified in the Hamilton Quarry area (seen at sites: 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, and 19 on Figure 2). The measured wavelength is 3.5 to 4.5 meters, and the amplitude is 0.3 to 0.5 meters. This unit is a light-gray micritic limestone that weathers light brown. Although not observed during this investigation this same facies has a mottled brecciated appearance at other outcrops (Ezerendu, 1986). The next two units are considered a capping sequence for the marine algal bank and can be observed in most marine algal complexes of the Pennsylvanian (Heckel and Cocke, 1969). The lower of the two is an oncolite lithology of almost entirely algal-coated skeletal fragments, and the upper a fusulinid foraminifera lithology comprised primarily of recrystalized lime mud. These two facies are not clearly defined, but can be inferred from the KGS core and seen in outcrop. The total thickness of the Hartford Limestone at Hamilton Quarry is between 4 to 5 meters. There is a sharp lower contact of the Hartford on top of the Calhoun Shale.
Iowa Point Shale--This shale member cannot be seen in outcrop. It is a relatively thin shale member that was recovered in two of the 1988 cores. The thickness of the Iowa Point shale is approximately 1.3 meters (Leonard, 1991). Localized coal streams are seen at some locations (Zeller, 1968), but was not found in any of the KGS cores (Leonard, 1991). The Iowa Point in the study area has three general lithologies: a lower sandy shale, a middle wackestone, and an upper calcareous shale. Schultz (1985) describes the many environments of the Iowa Point Shale which include: estuarine to floodplain to lacustrine deposits.
Curzon Limestone--The Curzon Limestone is similar to the normal sequence of the Hartford Limestone. The Curzon, however, is distinctive for its orange weathered appearance. Where observed, it consists of sandy to argillaceous wackestone. There are several marine fossils including fusulinids, brachiopods, crinoids, bryozoans, and echinoids. Unlike the previously described units, the Curzon does not cropout along the creek bed. Two KGS cores (KGS #2 Ulrich and KGS #3 Ulrich) contain the entire member. The thickness obtained in these cores ranges from 3 to 4.7 meters (Leonard, 1991).
Undifferentiated Topeka--The upper units of the Topeka Limestone are poorly exposed in the study area. In Greenwood County, the Topeka also becomes highly variable (Bridge, 1988). The Curzon Limestone is a bench-forming limestone that can be traced across Greenwood County. For this reason the upper units generally are not present due to recent surface erosion. Descriptions of the upper units are present in Core U2 (Leonard, 1991).
Severy Shale--This formation is poorly exposed and inferred to be along the hilltop at the eastern portion of the study area. There is no observable outcrop of the Severy Shale within this study. The location is inferred based upon previous investigations (Fahrer, 1991 and Cunningham, 1993a) and the dip of the bedrock. The Severy lies unconformably on top of the Topeka Limestone (Zeller, 1968). This is confirmed in an abandoned quarry 4 km to the northeast of the study area. White (1986) interpreted the deposition of the Severy Shale as a dynamic environment where high energy channel sandstones were interbedded with low energy fossiliferous clay and mudstones containing abundant plant debris. This deposition is similar to the Calhoun Shale which was observed in better outcrops along the creek. The Severy is the lowest formation in the Wabaunsee Group.
Differences were found between the geologic map of Greenwood County (Merriam, 1999) and the map produced as a result of this study (Figures 3 and 4). They occur primarily in the area of sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Township 24 South, Range 12 East and Section 32 of Township 23 South, Range 12 East. Ross and Collins (2002) stated that the county map should not be used at a scale larger than 1:24,000, even though it is published at a scale of 1:50,000. But if the map is displayed at either scale, there are significant inaccuracies, primarily in the two points discussed below.
Figure 3. Portion of the Greenwood County Geologic Map (Merraim, 1999). Symbols indicate: : Shawnee Group, : Wabaunsee Group, EC: Ervine Creek, C: Church Limestone.
Figure 4. Revisions of the Greenwood County Geologic Map. Symbols indicate: : Shawnee Group, : Wabaunsee Group, EC: Ervine Creek, C: Church Limestone.
1. The misidentification, in sections 5, 6, 7, 8, of the Shawnee and Wabaunsee groups and of the contact between them is the most obvious error on the county map. The lowermost formation of the Wabaunsee Group, the Severy Shale, lies disconformably on the Topeka Limestone (Zeller, 1968). Poor exposure and the gradual rolling topography in these sections can lead to the misinterpretation that the Severy Shale covers the area in the above mentioned sections. However it is known from the analysis of cores in Leonard (1991) and Cunningham (1993a) that the area includes lower members of the Topeka Limestone. The post-Hartford erosion, caused by downcutting of the Hamilton paleochannel, removed the rock units west of the unnamed creek flowing through the center of sections 5 and 8. However, the prominent escarpment in the eastern halves of sections 5 and 8 shows no evidence of erosion by this event. Given a calculated dip in bedrock of approximately 8.7 meters per kilometer (46 feet per mile) to the northeast, an inferred contact between the two groups can be interpreted (Figure 4).
2. The misidentification of part of the outcrop of the Ervine Creek Limestone Member of the Deer Creek Limestone is the other major error. On the county map, the Ervine Creek is correctly marked by a maroon colored line only in the easternmost parts of section 8. Everywhere else that the same maroon line occurs, the Ervine Creek Limestone is not actually present. Instead the line represents either the Hartford Limestone or the Hamilton channel deposits, and it may even mark the Calhoun Shale's limestone member.
Several reasons might lead to the misinterpretation. First, there is no mention of the Hamilton channel deposits in the county map, but this might be accounted for by the fact that the map deals mainly with group and formation level rock units. Furthermore, outcrops of the Hamilton deposits and of the Harford Limestone can, in aerial photographs, appear to be similar to outcrops of the Ervine Creek Limestone. Finally, the maroon line seems to stick to the 1050 foot contour line east of the centers of sections 8 and 17. But, this interpretation is unfavorable because it does not take into account the local dip of bedrock.
Part of the problems associated with differentiating the rock units and creating accurate contacts is the lack of the fully developed upper six members of the Topeka Limestone in the area. Moore (1949, p.62) pointed out the need for more detailed stratigraphy of this formation in the central and southern portions of its Kansas outcrop belt. The current description of the Topeka (Zeller, 1968) and its accepted nine members is based exclusively on the outcrops described along the Kansas River. Work has been completed by Dorsey (1978), Skelton (1986, 1991), Silfer (1986a, 1986b), and Schultz (1988) regarding the problems associated with specific members and changes in lithology from the Kansas River to the Oklahoma border. To date there has been no comprehensive analysis of the Topeka Limestone from Iowa to Oklahoma. Such a study will need to be conducted to establish a definitive stratigraphic framework to better understand these lithologies and their depositional histories.
The addition of the Hamilton channel deposits to a future map of Greenwood County, either as a member or a formation, is recommended. Detailed information on the Hamilton deposits is reported by French et al. (1988), Fahrer (1991), and Cunningham (1993a and b). There is, however, a disagreement over the interpretation of the age of the channel deposits. If the Hamilton deposits are verified to be the same age as the Topeka Limestone, as Cunningham (1993a) has suggested, then they should be designated to be a separate member of the Topeka. Indeed, such a member level status for the Hamilton deposits was given by Cunningham (1993a) and Schultze et al. (1994), although without any formal description or type locality designation. If the age of the Hamilton channel deposits can be verified to be post-Topeka Limestone time and pre-Severy Shale time, then a formal description of the deposits as a separate formation should be undertaken.
Cunningham, C.R., 1993a, Vertebrate taphonomy, depositional setting, and paleoecology of the Hamilton Konservat-Lagerstätte (Upper Pennsylvanian) of Kansas: Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 277p.
Cunningham, C.R., 1993b, Hamilton Fossil-Lagerstätte (Upper Pennsylvanian, Greenwood County, Kansas): internal stratigraphy and addition to the microfossil assemblage: Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions, vol. 96, nos. 1-2, p. 131-139.
Dorsey, M.T. 1978, Stratigraphy of the Topeka Limestone in eastern Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 98p.
Ezerendu, F.O. 1987, Stratigraphic history, deposition and lithologic study of the Topeka Limestone in Greenwood County, Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Division of Physical Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 54 p.
Fahrer, T.R. 1991, Paleoecology and sedimentology of the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Hamilton Lagerstätte, Greenwood County, Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 135 p. (available as Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report., no. 91-11).
French, J.A., Watney, W.L., and Anderson, J.E., 1988, Stratigraphic and sedimentologic considerations relating to the fossiliferous limestones (Upper Pennsylvanian?) at Hamilton quarry, Greenwood County, Kansas, in, Mapes, G.K. and Mapes, R.H. (compilers and editors), Regional geology and paleontology of Upper Paleozoic quarry area in southeastern Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Guidebook Series, no. 6, p. 37-58
Heckel, P.H., and Cocke, J.M., 1969, Phylloid algal-mound complexes in outcropping Upper Pennsylvanian rocks of Mid-continent: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, vol. 53, no. 5, p. 1058-1074.
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Leonard, K.W., 1991, A log of ten cores of the Deer Creek Limestone, Calhoun Shale, Topeka Limestone, and Hamilton Lagerstätte (Virgilian, Upper Pennsylvanian) from the Hamilton area, Greenwood County: Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report, no. 91-58, 30 p.
Mapes, G.[K.] and Mapes, R.H., 1988, Regional geology and paleontology of the Upper Paleozoic Hamilton quarry area in southeastern Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Guidebook Series, no. 6, 273 p.
Merriam, D.F., 1986, Geology of the Shawnee Group (Virgilian Stage, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas and its relation to the cyclothem theory, in, Stratigraphic, sedimentologic, and cyclic relationships of the Shawnee Group (Virgilian, Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Kansas Geological Society, Thirty-eighth Annual Field Conference, Guidebook, p. 1-52.
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Schultz, R.B., 1985, Depositional environment and petrology of the Iowa Point Shale Member, Topeka Limestone formation, (Shawnee Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 151 p.
Schultz, R.B., 1988, Depositional environment and petrology of the Iowa Point Shale Member, Topeka Limestone formation, (Shawnee Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 151 p.
Schultze, H.-P., Maples, C.G., and Cunningham, C.R., 1994, The Hamilton Konservat-Lagerstätte; Stephanian terrestrial biota in a marginal-marine setting: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions, Earth Sciences, vol. 84 (Volcanism and early terrestrial biotas), nos. 3-4, p. 443-451.
Silfer, J.A., 1986a, Facies and depositional history of the Hartford limestone (Topeka Limestone Formation, Upper Pennsylvanian Series) algal-mound complex in east-central Kansas, in, Stratigraphic, sedimentologic, and cyclic relationships of the Shawnee Group (Virgilian, Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Kansas Geological Society, Thirty-eighth Annual Field Conference, Guidebook, p. 136-158.
Silfer, J.A. 1986b, Facies and diagenesis of the Hartford Limestone (Topeka Limestone Formation, Upper Pennsylvanian Series) algal-mound complex in east-central Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 168p.
Skelton, L.H. 1986, The Topeka Formation of Kansas; the study of a megacyclothem, in, Stratigraphic, sedimentologic, and cyclic relationships of the Shawnee Group (Virgilian, Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Kansas Geological Society, Thirty-eighth Annual Field Conference, Guidebook, p. 120-135.
Skelton, L.H. 1991, The depositional, stratigraphic, and diagenetic relationships of the Curzon Limestone Member of the Topeka Limestone (Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Kansas: Unpublished Master of Science thesis, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 142 p. (available as Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report. No. 91-51).
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Gorilla Walks Like A Gorilla, Even On Two Feet
Last week, another video went viral. Actually, there were probably several newly viral videos last week, but I only watched the one with the title slightly more interesting than, "ZOMG, MOST EPIC WINFAIL EVAR!!" By now, millions of humans have seen Ambam, the gorilla who 'walks like a man.'
Except that he doesn't walk like a man! The world is full of bipeds, and there are plenty of animals that take advantage of more than one form of locomotion. Birds are the easy example because they all walk on two legs (heh, 'like a man'), and most also fly and/or swim. Frilled lizards walk and climb on four legs, sprint on two, and swim, for goodness sake! For that matter, some snakes can slither, swim, climb, and glide, and they don't even have legs or wings to work with. Don't get me started on octopuses. When Ambam walks bipedally, he still walks like a gorilla, just on two feet.
Sure, he does it better and more often than most gorillas. Certainly, gorillas are close enough relatives of humans that witnessing Ambam's swagger is exciting to us in ways that seeing pigeons strut never will be. The viral video of Ambam ambulating is definitely cool. But what it doesn't show us is a gorilla doing anything like a man. Even if living around humans has reinforced the behavior in him and his relatives, it's still gorilla behavior. Similarly, humans may originally have taught dolphins to tailwalk, but when they do it on their own in captivity or in the wild, it's dolphin behavior.
This may seem like a silly thing to get bothered about, but consider the fallout from all this malarkey. People are already invoking The Planet of the Apes, the 'missing link,' and bigfoot, and it hasn't been a week. Slightly more serious bloggers still have their biology basics terribly wrong – gorillas are not, will not, cannot evolve into humans. Evar. Yet science fiction publishers and producers are probably going to be flooded with dreadful stories about anthropomorphic gorillas for months. If they're given enough of that dreck, some of it is bound to get published or made into TV movies.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good anthropomorphism. But in sci-fi, gorillas are as overdone and usually as poorly done as werewolves. My hope at this point is that authors determined to immortalize Ambam will do the world a favor and get their facts right:
He's a gorilla. He looks, thinks and acts like a gorilla. And dammit, he walks like a gorilla, even on two feet.


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How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. (Psalm 36:7-9 ESV)
An abundant feast? A river of delight? That sounds amazing to me! I don't know about you but I sure would love to drink from a river of delights ….
Have we been way too bored with God? Why the dullness? Why the complacency? Why the halfheartedness? Why the slumber and why the apathy?
I honestly think we have been settling for far too little for far too long.


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The Panel with Gordon McLauchlan and Mark Inglis (Part 2)
Topics - Economic professors at Emory University carried out a study on more than 3,000 US men and women who had been married to a member of the opposite sex. They have concluded that the more you spend on your wedding day, and your engagement ring, the more likely you are to divorce. We've mentioned the Captain Cook Tavern in Dunedin before. It had a long heyday, a decline and demise, and now it's definitely re-opening. Construction has started on a ''more than $1 million'' revamp. Otago University Students' Association president Paul Hunt welcomed the news. ''However, we are concerned some of the draft Dunedin City Council local alcohol policies will hinder the Cook's viability, so we urge the DCC to reconsider some proposals to ensure alcohol consumption occurs in safe, regulated environments,'' he said.


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(VietKings) On May 26, 2012, in Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Representative of Asia Book of Records conferred the Asia Record Certificate "The blind boy can play the most number of instruments in Asia" on Bui Ngoc Thinh.
Bui Ngoc Thinh
Bui Ngoc Thinh was born on April 19th, 2000. He lives with his parents in Ninh Hoa Town, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Although he is blind from birth , he can play 7 instruments expertly with his best effort.
Thinh has learnt instruments in different ages: 6 years old – drum, 7 years old – guitar, 9 years old – organ, 11 years old – "sến" and "nhị" (Vietnamese two-chord fiddle). Thinh also has learnt to play zither and "kim" (the Vietnamese instrument) since early 2012. Mr. Xuan Hoi is teacher of Thinh who teachs him play instruments.
Thinh also is the songwriter of 3 songs : Dream, Come and go freely, For Everyone.


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Snow sat in the small little corner of the shelter. Her mind slipped to thoughts of the present and future. She thought of Cub Scout -- Kind, young but not as new to this as she was. Like a bigger, caring sister. Jarl -- the Alpha, she assumed, because his name meant chieftain or something to the like. And Cub Scout listened to the pervert, which should mean something. Then there was Grey. Pushy was a good word for it, Cub Scout was right about that, and she sensed -- okay she didn't sense she wasn't good at that kind of thing, but she felt like he might be hiding something beneath that business suit -- a wolf in sheep's clothing. Of course, that may be Cub Scout's influence. She thought about Chavali and wondered what kind of person the other wolf must be, that Grey would ask her to seek them out. It was all so much. Her mind slipped to Derek. He'd asked her how she'd gotten onto the streets, and she'd replied about two people, a boy and a girl. She thought about the past. Perhaps she drifted into dream...
Snow was a little girl when she last saw them -- her hands had grown to twice the size. The girl had a name, but it was so long ago that the name drifted from her memory, same as the boys. Snow thought that it might be Amy and Tyler, perhaps. They'd made an abandoned building their home -- it was made of wood on the outskirts of the city, a little shack that was perfect for the three of them to huddle together to keep warm. Snow never left the little hut, but she was... happy for a time.
For now, the dream was simple. She was waking up snuggled up to Amy, huddled together to keep warm in the winter. It was cold at night in their little place -- and on the rare occasion that it rained, the place really didn't help them at all. There was no furniture -- it wasn't even rightfully theirs, just abandoned and left at the wayside. Mold had crept into the walls, making it apparent that no one would ever really be using the place. They had found it one day, looking for a place to stay warm, and Tyler had shown it to the girls. They'd been so happy, it was the closest thing to a home any of them had ever had.
Tyler wasn't in the dream. Not yet. The dream was starting to form -- there had been a roof there, but there was not yet. It was growing in the chasm of her mind, forming like some cyber tech design slowly connecting from one end to the other. Amy ran a hand through Snow's hair. Snow closed her eyes, the dream went dark, but she could feel Amy's breasts beneath her head, serving as makeshift pillows, and she could feel the warmth of her skin. For the time that they spent together, Amy and Tyler had been like brother and sister to her, in a way more profound than blood.
She felt cold as the door opened. Tyler had walked in, dressed in dirty rags that barely covered his full body. He was two or three years older than Amy, maybe fifteen or so, and Amy was about twice Snow's Age at the time. In his hands were food, some things plucked from garbage cans mostly -- you'd be surprised what your willing to eat when you are starving, and what people are willing to throw out -- but in one of his hands was an apple, untarnished and golden. Perhaps a gift to a begging boy, but one that they would savor. He could have eaten it, saved it for himself, but he'd brought it home, and who did he offer it to? Snow. A happier starving girl she could not be. But as she felt the sweet taste of food hit her tongue, she noticed that her family ate from the garbage, and could not bear eating the apple alone. So she took her bite. And then offered it to Amy. Who took her bite. And offered it to Tyler. Together they shared that single apple, a bigger sacrifice to any of them, so that they might all be better for it.
They were hard times, but they were happy times.
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It had been years since Snow came here. To this abandoned little hut that she'd once lived in. Even walking down the road towards it caused her heart to clutch up, to bear down, to stop. If one of her pack had been here, they would be able to smell the anxiety on her skin. Hell, a mortal friend would be able to smell the anxiety coming off of her in waves. She was stronger now, yes, but it had been -eight- years. They probably weren't even here anymore. Probably dead in ditch somewhere. So why was she so anxious if she really believed that? She'd moved away, it was inconceivable they hadn't.
Coming to the building, she was hit with a barrage of memories. In her dreams, the building was more glamorous. She forgot about half of the roof being missing, about being huddled against Amy and Tyler, trying to keep warm in the cold night. It brought a certain lightness upon her heart. She was surprised so little had changed to the building itself. It was still a destroyed piece of property, touched only by the graffiti of the city. She entered into it, dust covered and occassional bits of garbage here.
Empty. Empty except for the garbage, and... wait... her eyes gazed to a small teddy bear, a familiar teddy bear.
"Snow, I want you to have this. Its a gift, something to keep you warm if were ever not around." Tyler said to her, handing the little scared girl the little stuffed animal.
"See Snow!/ Now you will never be alone!" Amy said, hugging her and the bear.
She moved towards the Teddy bear and lifted it up. White, like her hair and her name, with blue eyes and a little heart patch on the stomach that was worn and almost entirely faded. She looked around to make sure no one was watching, and brought the bear to her, holding the dirty thing like it like a lost friend. How had it lasted this long? She blinked as she felt something in its back. She turned it around to see a tear in it, moldy a bit, and then reached in. Pulled out a peice of paper so old and worn it was hardly legible.
Snow... [blur] got out [blur]. Social [blur]vices [blur]. [Blur]er and [Blur]my Maddison now, if you are out there, find us.
We miss you.
Snow's hand shook just a bit, and she shook her head. Wiped the tears already forming from her eyes. She always knew they'd forgive her, they'd love her anyways -- that wasn't why she left. She left because she still hadn't forgiven herself. She hadn't been strong enough. She'd just stayed there and watched. She did nothing. She was too scared, too afraid, and because of that she had let her friends be hurt.
Steal from me will you?!" The man's voice rang in the hollow of Snow's memories. There were frantic cries as Amy tossed Snow in the garbage can near the the open end of the building. Snow didn't argue, she stayed in there even as she heard a bullet ring and Tyler's scream of pain echoed in the night. "I'll teach you to fucking steal from me!"
Amy had run to go help Tyler. "Get off of him!" She cried. The man bashed her to the side, and said, "What do we have here!"
"You leave her alone!" It was typical of them to fight for each other. The worst part was that from Snow's angle, she could see everything. She could see Tyler trying to crawl even with his body bleeding from the wound, only to be hit in the face by the man and beaten by another.
"You wanna pay for your brothers tab?" The man had hissed to Amy."
Snow screamed in the real world, the world outside her memories. She hit the wall, she kicked, she damn near shifted and started tearing things apart, except that she had made noise, and if anyone had come, she didn't want to tear them apart. Even in this state, she had a sense of mind. She fell to her knees, crying. Crying because even as they beat Tyler, even as they raped Amy, she had sat in that garbage can, too afraid to come out, too afraid to even move. She didn't even move when the cops were called from the gunshot, when the paramedics were called for Tyler and Amy. She just stayed in that fucking trash can for the entire night, Fell asleep in it. And when she woke up, when she saw no one... she ran.
She ran because she was afraid. Because she thought at the time that they would hate her for not helping. That they would not forgive her for not trying to stop what had happened. She even ignored the night she heard Tyler, calling her name a few weeks later, looking for her. They were both looking for her. But she... she wasn't ready to face them. She was too weak.
She found the corner that they used to huddle into. Sat down, and curled into a ball, brought her knees to her feet, and the moldy teddy bear to her chest and just... cried. She cried for a good long while, until she'd let it out, let the pain out. Then she breathed in, calmly, and thought. They'd left a letter. At this point, Amy and Tyler would not be held under the social services anymore. Tyler would be twenty three, Amy would be twenty. She could look them up. Tyler and Amy Maddison. Tyler had Five years, Amy Three. They could have gotten off the streets, made a life for themselves. Maybe they had a better life now. Maybe they would remember her -- still love her despite it. Yes, she had to believe that. If she believed that, then she could go on. She forced a smile, and took the bear, and looked around... seeing nothing of use, she decided she'd go out then.
Later she returned. She doubted it would be received, but she left a new bear there, probably stolen, the back cut open, with a message of her own.
"Dear Tyler and Amy Maddison,"
"I'm sorry. I miss you too."
"Sincerely, Snow."
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Supreme Court says NO to Death Penalty on Child Rape
5 Responses to "Supreme Court says NO to Death Penalty on Child Rape"
Naomi Says:
June 25, 2008 at 8:40 pm |
Well written as always…..
But I'm not in disagreement. Having been a victim…(or survivor is the PC term I believe) of a childhood violation; the only reason I can come up with for being against the death penalty in this situation is that murder is not enough. There are a lot of things I could think that are worse.
Naomi Says:
June 25, 2008 at 8:41 pm |
**typo…..I AM in disagreement.
sbrooke Says:
June 26, 2008 at 8:57 am |
That picture above speaks volumes!!
Osay Says:
June 26, 2008 at 10:25 am |
I agree with the ruling AND I agree with your comment Ced. At the end of the day, our "Just Us" system is and has been screwed up. I've been against the death penalty in this country for years due to the twisted legal system that enforces it. Not when Texas has killed over 30 men (most of them black) only to find out later that they were innocent.
Fix the justice system and legal process or scrap the death penalty; because if it's truly an eye for an eye, what consequence does the government face (outside of monetary) for unjustly killing the wrong person? Who will be held responsible and have to pay the price for their murder?


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In May, InStove shipped 50 stoves to refugee camps in South Sudan- our second major sale to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). In April 2011, we provided 200 stoves to the Darfur region of Sudan. South Sudan is a new country, torn by armed conflict over oil reserves with neighboring Sudan. It is struggling to form a democratic government. The population is brutally poor, and there never is enough food.
In June, Fred Colgan flew from Juba, the capital, to the center of the country. He arrived on a dirt airstrip at in the village of Rumbek. From there, he went to Rumbek Girl's School where 25 cooks from ten district schools were waiting to meet him and see the new stoves. Some cooks had traveled over 100 km for the demonstration. Under Fred's guidance, the cooks used a 60 Liter Stove to prepare a pot of asida—cornmeal porridge. One pot of asida fed 300 children. During the demonstration, Fred talked with the cooks. He learned that they have desperately difficult lives, and earn the equivalent of $5.00 per month. Although always hungry and thin, the women were physically strong from long hours spend stirring huge pots of food for school meal programs.
After the demonstration, one of the cooks, Debrorrah, thanked InStove because the new stoves are very fast and efficient (cooking times were cut in half and fuel-use was 80% less). She was also tremendously relieved that her legs and feet were no longer getting burned, and she was no longer breathing smoke. She and the other cooks wanted to give Fred a gift to show their appreciation. "There is no way I can repay you," she said, and presented him her personal bible. "I hope it can return to you some happiness that this stove has given us."
"It was one of the most touching gifts I've ever received- I will treasure it for the rest of my life," said Fred. Although he has trained almost one thousand cooks to date, he said of the Rumbek demonstration, "This was absolutely the apex of my experience with cooks."
InStove hopes to continue providing stoves to cooks throughout South Sudan with partners like the UN, with the eventual goal of opening a production facility there to build the stoves in-country. The people of South Sudan deserve not only the most efficient cooking technology on the planet, it deserves the training and the capacity to build it themselves.


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After Dr. Caligiuri completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California, Dr. Caligiuri received his dental education from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He graduated number one in his class in 2010, and entered into private practice with his father in Thousand Oaks. Later that same year, he established a practice in neighboring Van Nuys. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Caligiuri enjoys the academic side of dentistry, and has lectured to the profession both locally and internationally.
Dr. Caligiuri is a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association and the Santa Barbara Ventura County Dental Society. He has joined the faculty at his alma mater as a clinical instructor and enjoys helping shape the education of young dentists-to-be. He has a passion for aesthetic dentistry and stays up to date on the latest techniques and technological advancements in the field to provide cutting edge, compassionate care for his patients.
Dr. Caligiuri also loves to travel, and over the past several years he has provided dental health care to underserved patients throughout Southern California and Central America as a part of the dental service organization, AYUDA.
Born and raised in Thousand Oaks, Dr. Caligiuri is married and has lived in downtown Los Angeles for over 9 years, where he and his wife Pearl–also a dentist–enjoy getting around on foot. He has a passion for cooking and, in his free time, loves to entertain for family and friends.


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Cardiff University
Title of project:
Group Industrial Projects
Name of project coordinator:
Annabel Cartwright
Total no. of students expected to participate:
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3rd Year
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Saturday, 1 November 2008
The project team succeded in a bid to the South East Coastal Communities (SECC) project which received £3 million from central funding for higher education to be used by 9 institutions. The SECC project includes community university partnerships with the Universities of Brighton & Sussex that focus on children and families, disabled people, older people, and LGBT people.
Consultation with LGBT people and other stakeholders will take place over the winter to direct the next phase of the project, aiming to renew community involvement and share findings with LGBT people, as well as facilitating further use of data to progress social change for local LGBT people. Consultation events will offer opportunities to hear about and discuss the wealth of data compiled since 2005.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | The Peterborough Examiner
The Peterborough Council of Person with Disabilities invites residents to attend an information session Tuesday on the Every Canadian Counts Coalition.
The coalition brings together people from across the disability spectrum, including mental illness, to design and advocate for a national program that will ensure access to day-to-day supports for Canadians living with long-term disabilities.
The meeting takes place at the Peterborough Public Library on Aylmer St. from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
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At Home Remedies For Acne The Most Effective Approaches To Treat Acne
Is your acne so bad that it gives you nightmares? Does the thought of going out in public make you want to go into hiding? We have some tips that will help bring you out of hiding and have you wanting to show off your clear and beautiful skin if so.
Try to be aware of things that may transfer bacteria to your problem areas if you are suffering from acne. For example, be sure to clean your cell phone regularly if you tend to hold it against your face. This will help prevent those unnecessary breakouts, and lead you one step closer to problem-free skin!
Try to avoid keeping your face in the sun. Tanning on your face is a sure way to develop acne and also, to make any acne that you already have, worse. This can cause the skin around and on your breakouts, to shed a ton more than the rest of your skin, too.
When applying makeup to acne-prone skin, make sure your makeup brushes are totally clean. The bristles can harbor all kinds of germs and oil and having these applied to your face repeatedly, without washing them, can cause breakouts. use a mild soap and water to clean the brushes. If the brushes are old or totally caked in makeup, dispose of them and get new ones to use on your skin.
If you are using an acne product that is high in salicylic acid content, it is important to remember the strong effect that this can have on your skin. Always remember to use only the directed amount, as excessive use can inflame your skin and cause even more breakouts. Reduce your use to every other day, instead of daily or semi-daily, if you are noticing excess peeling or irritation.
To reduce the irritation that your body produces, stay calm as often as possible during the day. Increased levels of anxiety and stress can lead to an overproduction in oil on your skin. This excess oil can result in the blocking of your pores, creating more blemishes and blackheads on your skin.
You may have outbreaks of acne due to the intense stress that you may be under if you are in a relationship. Try to limit the amount of times that you fight, to reduce anxiety and improve your face. Constantly worrying and stressing out are contributing factors in acne development.
In the winter, try to avoid places that typically contain dry air. When there is little moisture in the air you are around, there is a good chance for your skin to react negatively and dry out. This can lead to excess acne and red blemishes, due to the irritation that dryness causes.
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If facial acne is a problem, consider sleeping on your back at night. When you sleep on your stomach, your face, neck, and chest are constantly re-exposed to the oils and bacteria rubbed off from your face and hair, re-clogging your pores. Also, remember to wash your sheets routinely!
If your methods are not working, an important tip to consider when concerning acne is to possibly consider the assistance of a dermatologist. This is important to consider because you may not know everything there is to know about your skin health, and these are people who specialize in skin care. They will most likely be able to plan out a good skin health program for you to help curb your acne problems.
To help clear a breakout, cut half an onion and apply it directly to the affected area. The benefits can be seen very quickly, although you might not enjoy the smell. Onions have an antiseptic property and they're also great at drying oily skin. Don't leave the onion on your skin for more than a few minutes though or you could irritate it.
Decrease the amount of red meat and dairy in your daily diet. The human body doesn't digest red dairy and meat very well. When your body is having troubles digesting foods, it decreases its efficiency in ridding the body of wastes. This can lead to an increase in acne.
It is not something that can be cured. That's an important tip to consider when concerning acne. It is important to know this when attempting to treat acne because you need to be prepared for how to mentally handle future outbreaks as well as how to physically treat them. Acne is not curable because it is a natural and healthy way to fight infection.
You should always strive to eat a healthy diet. There are countless medical and health benefits to maintaining a healthy diet, but unfortunately a healthy diet will not clear up acne. If you healthy diet does not produce acne clearing results, but concentrate on keeping your skin clean and results will follow, don't be discouraged.
A great tip for those of you who want to combat or prevent acne is to use the product Vita Synergy. They make this supplement for both women and men and it contains several antioxidant botanicals that are great for fighting acne and keeping healthy glowing skin. These ingredients have been used in eastern medicine for years.
Over the counter acne products can be an effective way to treat acne problems. These products generally contain either benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid, both of which are effective home remedy for acne at getting rid of bacteria related to acne. When using these products, it is best to start off with a small amount because they can sometimes cause irritation if you have sensitive skin.
Try using cucumber juice to clear up acne. Cucumber juice can make blemishes smaller and reduce swelling in them. You can mix up water with finely cut pieces of cucumber and apply to your skin. You should wash it off your face after 15 minutes and leave it on no longer than 20 minutes.
Acne need not ruin your life. Effective treatments are available and you can find a course of action for your acne that will work for you. We hope that the up-to-date information presented in this article has been helpful to you. Here's wishing you a clear, healthy complexion!


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Welcome to The Athenaeum
Welcome to Athenaeum and the spring 2019 speaker program.
Unique in American higher education, the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum (the "Ath") is a signature program of Claremont McKenna College. Four nights a week during the school year, the Ath brings scholars, public figures, thought leaders, artists, and innovators to engage with the CMC and Claremont College community in the Eggert Dining Room. In addition, the Ath also hosts lunch speakers, roundtables, and smaller presentations in its two auxiliary dining rooms.
For decades, the Ath has hosted a spectrum of luminaries with expertise and insight on a wide range of topics, both historical and contemporary. In the Ath's intimate yet stimulating setting, students, faculty, staff, and other community members gather to hear the speaker, pose questions, and also to build community and exchange ideas over a shared meal.
At the core of the Ath is a longstanding commitment to student growth and learning. Central to the Ath are its two student Fellows, selected annually to host, introduce, and moderate discussion with the featured speaker. Priority is given to students in attendance during the question-and-answer session following every presentation. Moreover, speakers often take extra time to visit a class, meet with student interest groups, or give an interview to the student press and podcast team.
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The Big Chill to Last Through The Weekend
The bitter cold weather should be sticking around South Jersey until early next week. We may see a couple inches of the white stuff late Friday afternoon into Friday evening. Friday's commute home could be tricky with 1-3 inches of snow expected. Slick road conditions will also be a problem for your ride home to start the weekend.
There is good new to share with you... By Tuesday temps will are expected to be close to 50 degrees!
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kunal, unul dintre oamenii de aici care mi-a fost foarte drag, a descris cel mai bine experienta Solitude:
I feel like a bird flying around in the night sky, who knows only the night sky, and it's totally fine. And then the bird flies in through window, and inside there is a party, a wild party, where people are dancing with lights, having conversations. There is nice food, nice smells, nice music, and suddenly the bird flies out of the window. Now he is back in the darkness, he will never be happy with the darkness again,
because he will never forget this party.
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We have released a new architecture for AirDroid (Mobile 126.96.36.199; Mac/Win 220.127.116.11 ), and we will stop supporting older versions, so update your AirDroid now! It has been 5 years since AirDroid released AirDroid 1.0. In the past years, we have changed a lot. From a wireless phone management tool to a total solution,… Read More>>
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Monday, December 12, 2016
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Friday, November 18, 2016
The long desired AirDroid 4.0 is finally here! In this update, we focus on Easier- UI renovation Faster- Nearby feature upgraded. More control- sign out from phone and more! Here are more details in a glance: Easier- UI Renovation We have redesigned the UI to make AirDroid easier to use. In brief, "… Read More>>


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Purple Flowers Blooming!
Wordless Wednesday ~ post a picture that symbolizes your condition and experiences.
These purple flowers have found a way to bloom despite the weeds, bugs and parasites that surround them. These purple flowers are blossoming with beauty and reflecting that nature finds a way to succeed when it has determination and purpose. My "Lupus Style" is like these flowers, it took a while to grow through the challenges but here I am now. Day 3 of 2013's HAWMC! Of course, I broke the rules and added words to "Wordless Wednesday"


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Well, I've acquired these racing pedals and I intended using them to play games and stuff but I ran into some problems. When I connect it to my PC it will be detected as an unknown device and can't be used in any way. I've also tried using the PS/2 to USB adapter but still detects it as an unknown device.
I'd like to see if anyone can help me through this, thanks for your attention.
I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
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https://www.computerforum.com/threads/c ... on.242840/
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10 Odd, Self-Published Books Found on Smashwords
The website Smashwords.com is a site where anyone can go ahead and self-publish an ebook (and when we say anyone, we really mean it). Smashwords takes a bulk of the tech work out of it for users and distributes it to just about any place anyone would want to buy an ebook. Follow a few formatting guidelines, upload a MS Word Doc and a cover, and BAM! you're in the book business.
The ease of publishing means that a lot of people do it – for better or for worse. So here's 10 really odd titles that we found. No, we didn't read any of them, but that's the fun of Smashwords, the window shopping. Although peeking inside the actual windows of some of these authors might be a dangerous proposition.
Zombies! Episode 2.2: The Good Fight by Ivan Turner [EBook Price - $9.99]
In the latest entry in this multi-part zombie series, a zombie hunter (yes, this is an actual job in Turner's world) must go into a campground to clear it out of the undead. We have to be honest here – it's not so much the title that grabbed us (there's a LOT of zombie fiction on Smashwords) but the cover. It's DIY publishing at its finest.
How To Be a Babysitter [EBook Price - $9.99]
Really? REALLY?! Who needs a book for this? Girls between the ages of 12-16? Not a huge market for a book. Plus no romantic vamps? What young woman would want to read a book without romantic vamps? Moving on.
100 Items to Disappear First After a Disaster by Joel Stevens [Ebook Price - FREE]
Who doesn't need a list of what'll be gone when the world ends? Probably the people that end up surviving, though, we don't think checking a book on their eReader is high on the list of things to do after a disaster.
The Secret Operation in the Matriarch's Kitchen by Ted Mahsun [Ebook Price: $0.99]
This humor title is about two hair dryers from outer space who come to earth to pick up the blender. We don't even have to make a joke.
Boobs by Thomas Hanna [Ebook Price: $4.99]
Three college guys who like boobs get into a freak scientific accident and grow their own. Boobs on boobs? We like it. Putting this on the Xmas list.
Angel Baby Names by Elise Johnstone [Ebook Price: $0.99]
Who doesn't want to name their baby after a creature that is supposedly following their every move? This book will help you pick out the right angel name for your kid on the theory that giving him or her a guardian angel name will help your child by "ensuring blessings for your little cherub as he/she sets out on life's path." Yeah, let us know how angelic they are when they smear their own poop on the wall. You'll be talking to God out loud, but not in the praying way.
Doc! I Think I Have Chlamydia! by Samuel L. Krakow, MD [Ebook Price: $0.99]
Oh noes! Obviously, seeing an actual real live doctor is the best choice but you could pay $.99 to self diagnosis. You could also just look it up for free on WebMd.
An Old Salt's Guide to Free Maritime Websites by Donald Brands [Ebook Price: Free!]
Who DOESN'T need maritime websites for your next sea adventure? I gotta admit, I'd like to meet the Old Salt. Bonus points to him for making this ebook free.
There is pornography on Smashwords. A LOT of porn, and most of it creeps us out. You can avoid getting erotica on searches by making sure the adult filter is on, which it usually is for us, but in the name of journalism we urned it off for this story. We can't wait to put it back on again.
Merry F*@king Christmas by Heather Lane [Ebook Price: Free!]
Who doesn't have fantasies about making merry with the Wal-Mart Santa? Wait, does Wal-Mart even have a Santa? Isn't that just a homeless man with a Santa hat sleeping in the automotive section?
When He's Inside You by Aphrodite Hunt [Ebook Price: $2.99 USD]
That's quite a pen name – and cover. We had to crop most of it for your virgin eyes. You can image what's going on in the rest of this photo. Apparently, that's Cassie, who is on a business trip with Luke, who has boinked every woman Cassie knows, except herself. Oh man the cover ruined the ending!
Jen A. Miller is author of Book a Week with Jen where she – well, what does it sound like she did? P.S. One of the books is about threesomes.


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Sorry I know my joke is veeeery lame! Let's get back to the point XD
So first of all, would like to thank Butterfly Project for giving me this chance to review on my first sponsored Beauty Box! =D Imma cute lil caterpillar~~ xD
So what is Bag Of Love in this post's about? YES it's a bag with full of LOVE! Let's see what the owner, Mi Mi said about Bag Of Love:
In a nutshell, a 'beauty box' is a beauty subscription where subscribers will get a mystery 'box' filled with deluxe sample-size beauty products delivered to them once they are subscribed to the service.
However, there is one 'beauty box' in Malaysia which does not come in a box. Instead, it comes in beautiful, customized and unique bags each month which gives its subscribers something more to look forward to.
For a monthly subscription fee of just RM39.90, you don't only get a beautiful bag filled to the brim with beauty products, but you get to be part of a charity drive as RM1 from each bag sold will go to our Bag of Love fund. At the end of every month, we will decide where to donate the fund to together with our subscribers. :)
Okay I'm super impressed with the charity drive! I love to do charity and I guess I'll continuing support Bag Of Love even if I don't see what products they give!
So what I received here is the theme of Halloween - Bag of
|Trick or treat? =] But why didn't Mimi put some sweets inside for us? XD
So now let's see the details of what's in the bag!


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Here are just a few of the deals that they have available right now:
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In 2014, Engineering World Heath started our fifth BMET Training program in Lagos, Nigeria! Through collaboration with the GE Foundation, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Heath, and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the program began with 19 students enrolled at LUTH. EWH has already created a functional, well-stocked training workshop, and a full hospital BMET Center of Excellence (CoE) will be completed by the end of 2016.
As with EWH's other BMET programs, the goal of the collaboration is to ensure the sustainability of biomedical engineering training in the region. With funding from the GE Foundation, EWH provides curriculum, instructors, specific medical equipment, and specialized test devices for teaching purposes. Once courses are well-established, EWH begins training the trainers so that Nigerian BMETs and faculty at LUTH are prepared to continue the program and train future classes independently.
As the CoE at LUTH is created, students will learn to organize and arrange a professional workshop, how to equip the workshop with the necessary tools and test equipment (including integrating maintenance management programs), and how to manage the center, its supplies, and ongoing function.
EWH uses best practices to create a well-organized and well-equipped workshop that runs independently and serves as a benchmark example and clinical training location for other hospital's biomedical workshops in the country.
EWH Chief Operating Officer Ed Hutton says Nigeria is a huge and populous country in need of better healthcare, partly due to challenges with technology. Training more BMETs to address some of these challenges will help healthcare workers better serve their patients.
EWH instructor Billy Teninty teaches Nigerian students about sterilizers.


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The following statement was released by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) to address concerns over third party background screening in the wake of the Kalamazoo, Michigan shootings:
On behalf of the more than 850 professional firms represented by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, we condemn the senseless acts of violence perpetrated in Kalamazoo, Michigan by suspected gunman Jason Brian Dalton and offer our condolences to the families and communities affected by this tragedy.
As public attention continues to grow surrounding this incident, the media has focused on Uber's use of a third party Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) to perform background checks on its drivers. A common theme throughout the coverage so far questions why transportation network companies like Uber do not rely on a fingerprint-based background check in their driver background screenings. Before answering that question, it is important to note that we understand neither a professional background screen, nor an FBI fingerprint would have returned a past criminal history on the assailant, as all reports indicate he had no prior criminal history. As for the background screens, it is important to realize that criminal databases, including the FBI's database, are not, standing alone, a comprehensive search. There are significant issues related to database accuracy and completeness that make fingerprint-only checks suboptimal for
employers to use as a sole source for background screening. It is a long-standing misconception that fingerprinting is the only method or the most accurate method to identify criminals because the background check is conducted through the FBI's criminal records database. This belief is inaccurate for several reasons:
A fingerprint check of a prospective employee against the FBI database does not assure complete accuracy. According to a February 2015 study by the United States Government Accountability Office, many states have non-existent or incomplete records in their fingerprint databases. 20 states were 76 to 100 percent complete, 13 states were only 51 to 75 percent complete, 9 states were 26-50 percent complete and 7 states were less than 25 percent complete in arrest and conviction records from their county jurisdictions.
Unlike fingerprint checks that are not investigative by nature, NAPBS member background screeners offer thorough investigations into an applicant's background using multiple sources including county, statewide and federal court records, educational records, and commercial databases based on the needs of their clients. Combined, these overlapping sources provide employers with a more thorough investigation into the candidate's history and fit for the position.
In the aftermath of tragedy, it is often the media's reaction to fixate on one narrow aspect as a narrative device to explain the larger story. This is understandable, but in the case of the Kalamazoo shootings, the whole story on background screening must be told. NAPBS and its members hold ourselves to strict professional standards and are subject to intensive federal and state regulations. Our members produce timely and accurate information to help employers make critical hiring decisions.
NAPBS members prepare millions of background reports every day for employers who understand how important safe places to live and work are for our communities. Sadly, it is impossible to calculate the number of equally tragic events that were prevented thanks to a timely and accurate background screening performed by a professional CRA. This tragic incident serves as a reminder to our members and their clients of the important role background screening plays in mitigating risk whenever possible and protecting America's communities.
About NAPBS
Founded in 2003 as a not-for-profit trade association, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) represents the interests of more than 850 member companies around the world that offer tenant, employment and background screening. NAPBS provides relevant programs and training aimed at empowering members to better serve clients and maintain standards of excellence in the background screening industry, and presents a unified voice in the development of national, state, and local regulations. For more information, visit


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Inviting your members of Congress to visit your Head Start center is one of the most important ways to show them how Head Start is unique, innovative, and high-quality. It also helps you build relationships with elected officials by having a face-to-face encounter and makes your Head Start program something they will remember. In addition, you will be educating them about the comprehensive, two-generational and community-based nature of Head Start, which is paramount to our success and impact. With your participation, every member of the 116th Congress will know that Head Start makes a difference in all of America's communities.
The best time to invite your members of Congress to visit is when they are on recess and back home in their states and districts. Now is the perfect opportunity to invite them to meet the children in their own community who attend Head Start, their parents, and the educators and staff who serve them! While your elected official is on site you can take him or her on a tour of the facility, have them read to the children, and hear from community partners about Head Start in the community.
Step 1: Find out who your members of Congress are by entering in your zip code or state here.
Step 2: Download and fill in this invitation letter template with your program's specific details and send it to your three members of Congress via email (2 senators and 1 representative). You should email it to the scheduler in both their DC and local office. To find your member's scheduler simply call the Washington DC office line listed on their website (usually at the bottom of the page) and ask for the name, number and email of the scheduler. You can do the same for their local office.
Step 3: Review this suggested program for the visit to learn more about what activities you can plan when your elected officials are on site.
Step 4: A few days before your visit, use this press advisory template to invite your local newspaper and TV stations to cover this special occasion. Be sure to personalize this advisory to ensure good coverage for both your program and your member of Congress!
Step 5: Once you have a visit set up, be sure to email Tommy Sheridan at email@example.com.
Step 6: When your visit is over, don't forget to follow up and thank your member of Congress and all who accompanied him or her. You can post your pictures from the visit on social media and tag your members of Congress to thank them. Then make sure to personalize this thank you letter template and send it to him or her the week after the visit. Or, come up with your own creative way to say thank you from the children and parents in your center. Remember, staying in touch and updating your new congressional allies about what you are doing in the community is extremely important.
This year our goal is to have every member of Congress in the 115th Congress know at least one Head Start center that he or she represents in Washington. Once you have had a successful visit, let us know and we will add you to the Advocacy All Star map below. If you are missing and already had a visit, please email Tommy Sheridan at email@example.com to make sure your visit is recognized on the map.


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While it is true that a trader can often move the Intrade price relatively cheaply, because the markets often are thin, it is well known that a trader can move the Intrade price. No half-way sophisticated interpreter of Intrade price data would take a sudden sharp move based on a few trades as proof of changing fundamentals, at most it might inspire the viewer to scan for new news. It was only a few hours after the March 17 episode before bloggers were calling "manipulation!" Are observers going to become less willing to call "manipulation!" in a couple of years? No.That's certainly true, and Hanson's lab experiments with Ryan Oprea and Dave Porter suggest that manipulators increase liquidity and increase the returns to informed traders.
While it is true that a trader can often move the Intrade price relatively cheaply, because the markets often are thin, holding the market to the manipulated target price can get expensive. A manipulator can't buy the price signal, he just rents it for a while. And the rental rate will tend to rise over time because the mis-pricing will attract informed traders to trade against the manipulator.
That said, it's awfully hard to tell the difference between an insider moving quickly to profit from knowledge he fears will soon get out and a manipulator. Of course, this kind of case probably doesn't matter much from an overall market efficiency perspective: the informed insider will only spike the prices down if he figures that the information will soon be revealed; otherwise, he'd move much more slowly to build up a position at a decent price. If it's manipulation, it ought to be clear in relatively short order as either information will get out justifying the price move, or failure of such information's emergence would have folks bid the price back up.
If a market faces liquidity constraints, though, and folks aren't allowed to make large deposits, prices can be screwy for an awfully long time. I'd be tempted to think that a manipulator was responsible, except that there's zero feedback from an iPredict price in the temperature trading market to any real world policy outcome; rather, it was more likely a guy with deep pockets and severely mistaken beliefs. I was happy to take his money, but annoyed that so much of my capital there was locked up for so long on relatively low return (though sure bet) contracts; and, it offends my sensibilities when prices aren't in line with fundamentals.


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U.S. Morning Call: Morgan Stanley posts $958 M profit
Apr 18 - Morgan Stanley reported a first-quarter profit of $958 million driven by strong growth in its institutional securities business.
Here's your morning call for Thursday the last of the big banks reporting just minutes ago. Morgan Stanley reported a first quarter profit of 958. Million dollars compared to a year earlier loss and revenues were higher than expected as well. Morgan Stanley stock trading accounts for about 28% of revenue that's part of its business they have flourished with the stock market rallying in the first quarter. Shares of Morgan Stanley up 20% from last year also trading up slightly in the premarket. Tech investors will be busy after the bell today as both Microsoft and Google post earnings Google learning over the search engine world and reigned supreme when it comes to mobile. Nearly three quarters of the world's Smartphones use its android operating system but it has yet to establish himself as a leader in hardware. Investors wanna know sales of Motorola phones and nexus tablets are catching up with competitors apple and Samsung. Another area of interest may be Google's inroads into wearable tactical about the watch these days or collapses in Google's case. Google shares trading near all time high at 782. Dollars. From silicon valley's new king to what's all in one Microsoft. Today's results may reflect the failure of its key product windows eight. The software which was supposed to resurrect PC sales to quite the opposite PC shipments fell 14% last quarter the steepest in twenty years. Shares of Microsoft up 4% this year. We have a slew of other companies posting results today could IBM Advanced Micro Devices and Verizon. You're looking now what -- earnings Smart estimate which is the number that the most accurate analysts polled by storm mine came up with. Expect ADM to me is the average earnings per share estimate by nearly 11%. And not to markets let's begin with the price tag for gold it's trading up around thirteen 95 trying to make it -- at 14100 dollar mark. US gold coins have been flying off the shelves this week with retail investors snapping up the -- at bargain prices. Yes stock futures putting -- and slightly higher open. A little later today we'll get data on unemployment claims the number may have ticked up to 350000. Last week. Now let's take a look at some stocks to watch starting with one that's hard to look away from apple of course. -- the 400 dollar level to touch 398 to share one point Wednesday but finishing at just under 403 dollars. That comes out to a 24% drop so far this year. Shares in the premarket are up slightly this morning. BMO cutting its price target by over 100 bucks to -- sixty from 580 after the sell off. Piper Jaffray analyst told CNBC this morning that he still -- products in the pipeline that could help the company shares in the future. But what surprised by the sharp fall in price and have to adjust his forecast. Disappointing revenue forecast from suppliers Cirrus Logic having ripple effect for other apple suppliers in Asian trade today. Okay never some bright news for -- investors the social web -- introducing new mobile apps that we'll start serving -- -- display and the apps news stream as part of a small test for user engagement and in the news Reuters exclusively reporting -- Guggenheim partners will advise on the sale of the video streaming service. Guggenheim itself considering making -- ended. That's different Thursday morning call remembered follow us on Twitter at Reuters Insider and get more great videos at Reuters dot com slash legacy. I'm Lisa Bernhard.


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Published Jun 17, 2015
Cider is a seasonal favorite and great family fun. Where do you turn when it's cider season?
"My boyfriend and I really LOVE Yates...especially the fact that we can go and get fresh cider and hot donuts that are..."
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"…My boyfriend and I really LOVE Yates...especially the fact that we can go and get fresh cider and hot donuts that are sooooo yummy!!
However - just a…"
"…Been going there for years, great location makes for perfect Saturday ride, nice attraction, best "other" goods like smoked cheese, and pies. The bes…"
"…The BEST cider and donuts are here. I also love their Apple Pies. They're made with several different apples and baked fresh daily. If you go during t…"
"…We've been visiting Blake's Big Apple Orchard for the last several years to pick Halloween pumpkins. Their cider and donuts are the best!!…"
"…I love Wiards. We have been going there for years. It can get pretty expensive, you have to pay 10-12 dollars just to park your car but it's worth it …"
"…We were introduced to Erwins 6 years ago through a preschool field trip. We have been going every since. We go as many times as we can in a year. We s…"
"…Our family loves coming to Plymouth Orchards and Cider Mill several times a year. They have so much to do and see. My kids love the petting farm and…"
"…Long's is great. Love picking the apples. The cider is great and so are their donuts. Love the corn maze and the big chair!!…"
"…The best cider and pick your own apples in Macomb County.
A great family tradition!!…"
"…we lived next door in the 80's and got hooked on the hot donuts and cider,we have since moved to the traverse city area and every year we make a trip …"
"…This is the best cider mill around. The doughnuts and cider are the best out of any we have tasted. The atmosphere is also very neat and relaxing.…"
"…Beautiful setting and amazing donuts and cider. We live in Chicago and drive up to The Paint Creek Cider Mill every fall. It's that good!…"
"…Goodison Cider Mill has excellent cider! This is the place to go if you are looking for great cider and fantastic donuts! Goodison doesn't have all …"
"…This is a great family farm, with lots to do for the kids, from a great slide area, to milking a "cow". Then after you play you can eat your dounuts …"
"…Ok, heres the deal. If you want to go to a carnival, go to a carnival. If you want to go to an apple orchard go to an apple orchard. If you want to…"
"…It has the best cider ever and being a Detroit native I know them all. It is a lovely setting with wonderful doughnuts, pies, and many other tasty fo…"
"…I took my son and husband there this week. It was OK. My son liked the petting zoo, but was too young for every piece of "playground" equipment. There…"
"…They have cold, fresh, crisp cider that you can watch them make. Along with warm, cinnamon cake donuts. Carmel apples dipped in various nuts, candies,…"
"…This orchard is the best one our Family has been to and we have been to alot. We continue to go back to Alber's each year as the owners are very hands…"
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From the Yarra News publication:
Burnley Neighbourhood Centre in Richmond is offering free training in household energy and water conservation to people who volunteer to help turn the centre into an EcoLiving demonstration site.
The training is available as part of the Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods project running in five neighbourhood houses in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
The five neighbourhood houses will be developed into environmental showcases. Burnley Neighbourhood Centre will be retrofitted with water and energy saving fittings and other environmental appliances to create a display building for residents wanting to learn how to make their own homes more environmentally friendly.
To help with the makeover, the Centre is looking for volunteers who would like to help create an environmental showcase and learn skills to implement in their own home. Training will be provided by experts from Moreland Energy Foundation.
People interested in volunteering are encouraged to contact Burnley Neighbourhood Centre on 9428 9901 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.