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The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC) announced yesterday an immediate ban on the recruitment of minors younger than age 17.
In a statement on Thursday, the UN's International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, the FARC reiterated, "We want to take steps that will ensure that fewer generations and fewer young people will be involved in military confrontations which put their lives at risk." The new ban will increase the previous minimum recruitment age of 15 by two years.
Additionally, the chief negotiator for the FARC, Iván Márquez, accused the Colombian government of using minors to fight the guerrillas through the forced recruitment of young men and the use of children for gathering intelligence. He called on the armed forces to join the FARC in discontinuing the recruitment of minors.
The Colombian government and the FARC have been involved in peace talks in Havana, Cuba since 2012. Many opponents of the peace talks point to the FARC's own use of child soldiers in their criticism of the negotiations. The Colombian government has stated that it has rescued almost 6,000 former child soldiers in the last 15 years, many of them former guerrillas. Yet the FARC has disputed these figures, and says that its recruitment practices are in line with international humanitarian law.
Read journalist Jenny Manrique's interview with FARC peace negotiators in Havana in the Fall 2014 issue of AQ.
Los entusiastas de los diálogos recibimos con optimismo—y siempre cautela—las noticias de la última semana: la Unión Europea reconoció a Palestina como Estado, Cuba y EEUU restablecieron sus relaciones diplomáticas después de 55 años de "guerra fría," y las Fuerzas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) declararon un cese al fuego unilateral e indefinido.
Decisiones audaces y polémicas, que siempre necesitan veeduría, pero que envuelven ánimos de ensayar nuevos métodos a la hora de solucionar diferencias. Desde que el gobierno de Colombia se embarcó en los diálogos con las FARC hace casi dos años y medio, muchas decisiones han sido controversiales, comenzando por el proceso de paz mismo—que tiene enconados contradictores, como el senador y ex presidente, Álvaro Uribe. Cada año que comienza—o cerca de cada elección—el presidente Juan Manuel Santos promete una firma de paz inminente. ¿Será que el 2015 le da la razón?
El año pasado también hubo una tregua de las FARC, aunque limitada a un mes durante las fiestas de fin de año. Según la Defensoría del Pueblo, fue entonces violada en tres ocasiones con ataques a la fuerza pública. Y ese es el meollo del asunto: las concesiones de las FARC en el terreno militar se reducen al ataque, no a la posibilidad de "legítima defensa." Una tregua no es un desarme, ni una concentración de combatientes en una zona desmilitarizada (vieja fórmula de los diálogos del Caguán durante el gobierno del presidente Andrés Pastrana). Si no es decididamente bilateral, no obliga a la otra parte a no usar las armas; y el gobierno colombiano ha sido clarísimo en que nunca renunciará a su deber de defender a los ciudadanos. Y finalmente, necesita verificación, la que también es generalmente implementada en medio de un armisticio.
La víspera de la tregua (19 de diciembre), las FARC mataron a cinco militares en el departamento del Cauca y todavía el Ejército sigue buscando a un soldado desaparecido. Es la vieja táctica de la guerrilla: mostrar poder militar antes de mostrar voluntad de paz. En adelante, si las fuerzas militares aprovechan esa concesión de las FARC para atacarlas, la tregua será violada en instantes, y con ello vendrá toda la crítica de sectores opuestos al diálogo. ¿Hay una fórmula exitosa? Si no hay desarme, el escenario bélico es una bomba de tiempo; un desarme es el fin último de los diálogos—aunque no sabemos qué tan cerca estamos.
In a statement published on one of its official websites Wednesday, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC) declared an indefinite, unilateral cease fire and end to hostilities in Colombia, on the condition that the rebels are not attacked by government forces. The announcement was made as part of the peace talks with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' administration in Havana, and it marks the first time the guerrilla group has declared an indefinite halt to the fighting.
However, Santos has so far refused to reciprocate the gesture, saying that a bilateral ceasefire could potentially allow the FARC to regroup and attack, as they did during the failed peace negotiations that took place from 1999-2002. The president's wariness also stems from an incident this September that nearly foiled accords again, when the FARC took General Ruben Dario Alzate and two of his traveling companions hostage in September, along with two others in a separate incident. All the hostages were released in November in order to continue the peace negotiations.
Currently, the Colombian government and FARC negotiators have reached agreements on three points of the original five-point peace agenda, but have stalled on the fourth point of restitution for victims. The Colombian government and FARC leaders have been engaging in peace talks in Havana since 2012. That same year, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos dismissed a temporary Christmas truce proposed by the FARC by saying, "The sooner we get to a peace agreement, the sooner we will silence the guns."
Over 200,000 people have been killed since the internal war began between the guerillas and the government began in 1964. The FARC ceasefire will go into effect this Saturday, December 20.
Read more in AQ's Fall 2014 issue on Cuba and Colombia.
Follow ongoing developments in Cuba here.
*Updated 12/18/2014
FARC delegates in Havana released two hostages today in an apparent effort to revive peace talks suspended since last week. The two soldiers, Paulo César Rivera and Jonathan Andrés Díaz, were captured on November 9 in Arauca department and were released to the Colombian army this morning.
The FARC has said that it plans to release General Rubén Darío Alzate and two other hostages on Thursday, although the rebels warned earlier this week that the release could be cancelled due to the significant military presence in the region where the hostages are being held. General Alzate was captured along with corporal Jorge Rodríguez and lawyer Gloria Urrego on November 16 while travelling unarmed and without bodyguards in Chocó. Alzate and his companions are allegedly still there.
The November 16 kidnapping led President Juan Manuel Santos to suspend peace talks in Havana, ongoing since 2012. There is some controversy as to how a general could have stumbled on to FARC territory without any security, but the talks will remain suspended until Alzate, Rodríguez and Urrego are released.
On Sunday, the defense ministry announced the temporary cessation of operations in part of the northeast of Colombia in order to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross access to the area where Rivera and Díaz were being held to assist with the process.
As of yet, President Santos has denied the FARC's offers for a ceasefire.
Aunque los cálculos políticos y militares anunciaban una pronta liberación del general del Ejército Rubén Darío Alzate Mora, secuestrado por las FARC en el Chocó, el hecho que provocó la suspensión del proceso de paz entre el gobierno colombiano y esa guerrilla por primera vez en dos años de diálogo, todavía lo tiene en vilo.
Las operaciones de rescate de la Cruz Roja Internacional, lideradas por los países garantes Cuba y Noruega e iniciadas el pasado 19 noviembre, podrían tomar más tiempo de lo esperado por la necesidad de cesar operaciones militares en el Chocó. Una versión del plagio habla de que el General y sus acompañantes, el cabo Jorge Rodríguez y la abogada Gloria Urrego, se subieron de manera voluntaria en una chalupa en el corregimiento de las Mercedes con dos guerrilleros vestidos de civil, y se fueron río abajo. Otra dice que los sujetos iban armados hasta los dientes y los obligaron a hacerlo.
Cuando se de la esperada entrega del general, vendrá por primera vez la rendición de cuentas de un ex secuestrado: al militar le espera una citación al Senado para que explique qué hacía vestido de civil y desarmado, en una zona roja de alta presencia guerrillera, que él mismo conoce como la palma de su mano. No en vano estaba allí al mando de una fuerza de Tarea Conjunta antiguerrilla, en uno de los departamentos más golpeados por la violencia de las FARC.
Las misteriosas circunstancias del histórico plagio de un General de la República, el hecho de que el ex-presidente Álvaro Uribe fue el primero en dar la noticia en su Twitter y el debate que el Congreso está dando sobre el proyecto del fuero militar, no son hechos aislados. Al contrario, ponen sobre el tapete la fuerte voz que quieren tener los militares y los sectores de ultraderecha en el proceso de paz, y la necesidad del gobierno—en particular a través de su ministro de defensa, Juan Carlos Pinzón—de hacerles sentir que nadie está claudicando en el terreno de la guerra. Que la moral de las tropas debe estar siempre en alto. Que las fuerzas militares, entregadas ellas mismas por 50 años a combatir al terrorismo, jamás serán equiparadas con los guerrilleros en términos de juzgamiento y condena—no importa cuántos excesos hayan podido cometer o con quién se hayan aliado para lograr la derrota de ese gran y único enemigo llamado FARC.
This week's likely top stories: Brazil's military launches training operation in Amazon; Mexico cancels high-speed rail contract to Chinese-led consortium; Indigenous court in Colombia convicts seven FARC members; AT&T purchases Iusacell; Mexico erupts in protests over reported discovery of remains of the 43 missing students.
Brazilian Military Trains in the Amazon: According to the chief of Brazil's Amazon Military Command, Gen. Guilherme Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira, today Brazil will launch Operation Machifaro, a five-day training exercise simulating a foreign invasion of the Amazon by a superior force, in an attempt to "consolidate a doctrine of jungle combat." The exercise consists of 550 troops who will conduct drills in Manaus, the Amazon's largest city, and other regional outposts. Despite the peaceful relations that Brazil maintains with its smaller neighbors and the unlikelihood of a foreign invasion, the defense of the Amazon and protection of its resources has been a top concern of Brazilian national security historically.
Mexico Cancels High-Speed Rail Contract with China: Only three days after awarding a $4.3 billion contract for Mexico's first high-speed rail project to a consortium led by China Railway Construction Corp., Mexico rescinded the contract last Thursday and will re-open the auction to new bids for six months. Given Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's diplomatic mission to Beijing this week, the cancellation comes as a surprise, but Peña Nieto's administration said the move represents an attempt to increase government transparency. The China Railway group—which plans to bid again in the new round—was the only consortium to submit a proposal for the project in the first round. After the original decision had been announced, the opposition Partido Acción Nacional (National Action Party—PAN) had accused the government of favoritism, arguing that the sole bid was too expensive. On Sunday, the website Aristegui Noticias revealed that the president's private home was built by a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, one of the companies belonging to the China Railway-led consortium.
Colombian Indigenous Community Convicts FARC: Members of the Nasa tribe in Colombia's southwestern Cauca department have convicted seven FARC guerrillas for the murder of two members of the Nasa's unarmed Indigenous Guard, which patrols and protects tribal territory. Manuel Antonio Tumiñá Jenbuel, 42, and Daniel Coicué Julicue, 63, who had asked the guerrillas to leave their land, were shot and killed by members of the FARC on November 5 after they started to take down signs that the FARC had posted in their community. Thousands of people participated in a tribal assembly in Toribio to sentence the rebels, deliberating for hours before sentencing five of the defendants to between 40 and 60 years in prison and destroying the guerrilla's weapons. Two teenagers received a lighter sentence of 20 lashes each. Colombian Indigenous authorities have jurisdiction over their own territories under Colombian law. The FARC's Iván Márquez addressed the community on Sunday, tweeting "we regret what happened with the Nasa community of Toribio."
AT&T Buys Mobile Carrier Iusacell from Grupo Salinas: This weekend, U.S. mobile phone carrier AT&T Inc. purchased Iusacell SA, the third-largest Mexican mobile phone carrier, from billionaire Ricardo Salinas for $2.5 billion. AT&T will absorb Iusacell's 8.6 million subscribers onto its regional 3G network as well as the company's $800 million of outstanding debt. The acquisition of Iusacell enters AT&T in tough competition against Carlos Slim's mobile carrier, América Móvil SAB. Remarking on President Peña Nieto's business friendly policies that paved the way for this deal, Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, said that the "acquisition of Iusacell is a direct result of the reforms put in place … to encourage more competition and more investment in Mexico." In light of its purchase of DirecTV for $48.5 billion earlier this year, AT&T has solidified its expansion into the Latin American telecommunications market.
Mexico Outraged By Massacre of 43 Missing Students: Mexico erupted in protests this weekend after Mexican Attorney General Jesús Murillo said on Friday that 43 students who disappeared six weeks ago in the town of Iguala, Guerrero, were massacred and their remains incinerated shortly after a protest on September 26. Murillo said that corrupt police in Iguala arrested the students on orders from the town's former mayor, and handed them over to the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, which carried out the killings. Members of the gang have confirmed that they participated in the murders, but relatives of the missing students have said they will not allow the government to close the case until there is concrete proof of the students' fate. More than 70 people, including the former mayor of Iguala and his wife, have been arrested in connection with the murders. Protesters took to the streets and to social media this weekend, using the hashtag "YaMeCanse" to decry violence, corruption, and the federal government's failure to stop the murders.
On the afternoon of February 27, a bright and warm winter day in Cuba, the staff at the Hotel Nacional in Havana busily prepared for the arrival of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was due to a give a talk to a group of business people that afternoon. Meanwhile, I was seated on a couch in the rear of the hotel, overlooking the Caribbean Sea, chatting with Sergio Jaramillo, the high commissioner for peace in Colombia.
Jaramillo is leading the government delegation to the peace talks between the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia— FARC) and the Colombian government. He told me he was reading the Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke, and that those long, difficult poems helped him remain alert. "In general, people are very self-centered," Jaramillo said. "Here, you need to think about what the other is thinking, what the other thinks I'm thinking. It is an exercise in extrapolation that helps you think differently, helps you find common ground. It is a cliché, but it's true."
Jaramillo probably has the most challenging job in Colombia. Since February 2012, there has not been a single month that he hasn't traveled to Havana to meet with representatives of the FARC. Over the past four decades, guerrilla and paramilitary groups have kidnapped 358 mayors and 75 congressmen. In the last century, six presidential candidates have been killed while campaigning. According to the Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (National Center of Historical Memory—CNMH), the conflict with the FARC has caused at least 220,000 deaths since 1958, and more than four out of five killed are estimated to be civilians. Colombian society is traumatized. Therefore, negotiating with the FARC is a political and personal risk for everyone involved.
Iván Márquez, the chief negotiator for the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC), accused Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' administration of negligence on Tuesday for refusing to agree to a bilateral ceasefire. The Santos administration maintains that doing so would provide the FARC with an opportunity to take advantage of the ceasefire to build up their forces, as the FARC has done in the past.
While the peace negotiations have faced criticism, most notably from former President Álvaro Uribe, the Colombian government and the rebels have reached several partial agreements on three points of their agenda—the political participation of the FARC after disarmament, eliminating illicit drug production and implementing agrarian reform. However, due to the lack of a ceasefire, Colombian military forces have continued to clash with the FARC in the Colombian countryside.
Throughout the peace process, which began in Oslo in November 2012 and has since moved to Havana, the FARC has declared four unilateral ceasefires. Victims of both sides of the conflict called for a bilateral ceasefire earlier this month.
This week's likely top stories: Mexico launches a new civilian police force; Peru shows slow economic growth in key commodity sectors; the Colombian military held its first meeting with the FARC in Havana; a U.S. federal judge rejects Argentina's local debt swap plan; Brazilian authorities are negotiating the release of hostages taken in a prison riot in Paraná state.
Mexico launches new elite police force: On Friday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced the inauguration of a new federal police force or gendarmerie—technically a military force tasked with police duties—aimed at quelling outbreaks of violent crime. The 5,000 new officers will function as a division of the 36,000-strong civilian federal police. National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido García said the gendarmerie will protect Mexico's economic assets—like oil, mines, and farms—from organized crime, especially in rural areas where criminal activity has negatively impacted commerce or tourism. The new police force comes as a result of Peña Nieto's 2012 campaign promise to reduce violence. Although homicides have been steadily decreasing since 2011, critics say that the relatively small police force will not significantly impact issues of insecurity, especially in Mexico's urban centers where most of the violent crimes are occurring nationwide.
Peru shows slow second quarter growth: Peru's GDP grew just 1.7 percent in the second quarter of this year, as compared to 6.2 percent this time last year. Meanwhile, domestic demand grew 2.2 percent, versus 7.1 percent in 2013. Peru's commodity-driven economy experienced a boom over the last decade that saw average growth of 6.4 percent, but Colombia has now overtaken it as the fast-growing large economy in the region. The country's halted growth comes as a result of weak performance from the mining, fishing and agriculture sectors. "Mining investments have decelerated, but that will be replaced by a cycle of investments in infrastructure projects," said Scotiabank economist Pablo Nano, who still expects 4.0 percent growth on the year.
Military leaders join FARC in Havana for first meeting: The first meeting between Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC) leaders and the Colombian military occurred in Havana last Friday. General Javier Florez, head of Colombia's joint chiefs of staff and one of the FARC's strongest adversaries, represented the military, joining the Colombian government and FARC negotiators for the first time. Humberto de la Calle, the leader of the government's negotiating team, stressed that there is no current discussion to negotiate a cease-fire, but that the government has formed a subcommittee to determine the procedure for implementing a cease-fire once the two sides have reached a final agreement. Lead FARC negotiator Iván Márquez affirmed that the meeting showed just how much the peace talks have progressed since they began in 2012. Negotiators have already discussed land reform, political participation of the FARC and drug trafficking, while disarmament and the final peace deal have yet to be addressed.
U.S. rejects Argentina's proposal for local debt swap: U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Griesa ruled last week that Argentina's latest plan to avoid its default is illegal and "lawless." The ruling comes in response to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's proposal to allow defaulted bond holders the opportunity to swap out their debt for locally-issued debt. The plan was aimed at resuming interest payments to investors who accepted restructured bonds while evading payment to the hedge funds that are owed approximately $1.3 billion. Griesa had previously ruled that Argentina cannot make interest payments to bond holders that accepted restructuring until the Argentinean government paid the holdouts. Griesa strongly criticized the plan but did not hold the country in contempt, explaining that it would not inspire a willingness to cooperate, and instead pressed the two sides to negotiate an agreement.
Riot in Paraná prison leaves four dead: Four prisoners have been killed and several others injured during an inmate riot at a penitentiary in the southern state of Paraná, Brazil that began Sunday morning. The riot started when a group of inmates overpowered prison guards and in the ensuing chaos, as many as 1,000 prisoners took over several parts of the facility. The riot is said to be caused by prisoners' frustration regarding inadequacies in sanitation and diet at the prison, although many gangs are taking advantage of the chance to seek revenge on enemies. Two guards are currently being held hostage, and Brazilian authorities resumed negotiations today in an attempt to secure their release and end the riot.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos began his second term yesterday after winning reelection in the second round in June, defeating Óscar Iván Zuluaga who was backed by former President Álvaro Uribe. Santos based his campaign on the promise of a peace, with the hope of coming to an agreement the left-wing guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC).
When Santos initiated the process of peace talks with the FARC in 2012, he broke with Uribe, his former mentor, who had a military-based approach toward dealing with the guerrilla groups. In response, the FARC announced a cease-fire—though the group has engaged in some acts of violence since this announcement—and the Colombian government began peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba in November 2012.
The Corte Constitucional de Colombia (Constitutional Court of Colombia) decided on Wednesday that it will allow guerrillas who give up their arms to participate in politics, unless they have been accused of committing crimes against humanity or genocide. This is seen as another victory for Santos, as Rafael Guarín, a former vice minister of defense and uribista, had previously challenged Santos peace reform in court, attempting to block any future political participation of guerrillas in the Colombian government.
Santos will face an uphill battle, with 61 percent of Colombians skeptical that FARC is interested in peace, and 50 percent disapproving of Santos' approach towards peace. He also has faces opposition from Uribe, who now serves as a senator, and his allies in congress, as well as a smaller guerrilla group, the Ejército de Liberación Nacional, (National Liberation Army—ELN), who have recently been stepping up attacks on infrastructure.


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I sent in the report to Paypal. Now I can only continue to wait... I still think I should receive the items I paid for. I can then deal with the long return, restock process then wait for the shipping money to be refunded. I could be flying a plane while I wait for all of that. I need the batteries I paid for to fly the plane... Danford1 |
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There are lots of de-facto policies that were bred from eBay's regime of allowing non business people to pretend to run businesses. One of my greatest peeves... shipping insurance. It has become so common for the seller to expect the buyer to pay for shipping insurance, otherwise the buyer takes the risk, that we see that as normal. It is a complete fallacy. Think of the business relationship from the shipping company (UPS, FedEx, etc) point of view. Who is their customer? Its the one paying the bill. That is... the shipper, not the receiver/buyer, right? In fact, the buyer can't buy shipping insurance even if they wanted to. ALL they can do is reimburse the seller for doing so. However, the customer choosing NOT to pay the seller's expense changes nothing. The SELLER (not the buyer) assumes all risk for shipping when THEY (not the buyer) enters into the contract with the shipping company. If THEY (the seller) choose not to buy insurance (regardless of what the buyer chose) and if something goes missing or is damaged, the seller is still entirely liable for replacing the item at their cost. Yet none of us bat an eye when sellers now demand that buyers pay for insurance. Its fine to build that cost into the price - it would be stupid not to - but presenting it as an optional expense for the customer is just an example of the blind leading the blind into this "new" world of ecommerce. Customer service in general has gone the same way. In the end, it will come to head. Someone who actually understands how to run a business will begin to compete with HK and the rest of the rabble, and customers will make their choices accordingly. |
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I'm sorry but i really do rate HK and until they do me wrong (which hasn't happened in the five years i've been using them) i will carry on defending them,no matter what HK does good or bad you will always get someone not happy about something (human nature i guess) Most of us knew HK didn't have the best CS in the business but they are trying hard to sort that out as far as i'm concerned,i can remember reading one of there twitter feeds about them training a bunch of new staff,i even started to read some posts about people saying HK sorted them out,ok it wasn't as fast as they had liked but it got sorted,plus some people don't like it when they ask for photos of the faulty product but from what i can gather,it's just so they can use it if they have to claim them selves off of shipping companies insurance or what ever,but do we really think HK should just believe everyone that says they have a faulty part,come on if they did every scam artist would be on them straight away or the people who don't know what they are doing,like i'll put this 20 amp esc in this plane even though i know it needs a 30amp one,the 20 amp one is cheaper,it then fails and the person then wants to try and get there money back and so on. I think HK have done a damn fine job in looking after us boys and girls who are into this hobby,they have shown us that we can enjoy it at more than half the price other online/LHS want to charge us,ok i know they are not in it just to make us happy but to make money but if it hadn't of been for them i for one would of left this hobby years ago,as the prices these other online/LHS want to charge are way over what i can afford or would be willing to pay. |
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As a newbie, I bought the beginAir from parkflyers.com and that thing was a total piece of junk and it costed me $170 Long story short, bad radio, bad servos...I called the guy and after accusing me of being a newbie that crashed the plane, he reluctantly sent out a replacement servo. Turns out he sent me junk... I ended up having to buy all new real expensive servos...$23 a piece servos and a new Tx/Rx before the plane flew decent. I ended up spending $170 for plane, $100 for 4 servos, $200 Tx, $50 rx. Total of $520, Even if you took out the Tx/rx, I still spent $270 for a plane. This was before I knew HK. So nowadays, I know better and I thank HK every time I buy something. Here's the looooong version http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...r#post11181260 |
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— Ice sheets are like bulldozers. As they grow, they push rocks, boulders, clams, fossils and other debris into piles called moraines.
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Shells from Greenland. By dating fossils like these, scientists have come up with a new technique for determining when glaciers were smaller than they are today.
— By dating ancient clams in moraines, scientists have come up with a new technique for determining when glaciers were smaller than they are today.
— The technique suggests that the Greenland Ice Sheet was at its smallest point in recent history 3-5,000 years ago — information that could improve our understanding of how ice responds to climate change.
Think Greenland's ice sheet is small today?
It was smaller — as small as it has ever been in recent history — from 3-5,000 years ago, according to scientists who studied the ice sheet's history using a new technique they developed for interpreting the Arctic fossil record.
"What's really interesting about this is that on land, the atmosphere was warmest between 9,000 and 5,000 years ago, maybe as late as 4,000 years ago. The oceans, on the other hand, were warmest between 5-3,000 years ago," said Jason Briner, PhD, University at Buffalo associate professor of geology, who led the study.
"What it tells us is that the ice sheets might really respond to ocean temperatures," he said. "It's a clue to what might happen in the future as the Earth continues to warm."
The findings appeared online on Nov. 22 in the journal Geology. Briner's team included Darrell Kaufman, an organic geochemist from Northern Arizona University; Ole Bennike, a clam taxonomist from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland; and Matthew Kosnik, a statistician from Australia's Macquarie University.
The study is important not only for illuminating the history of Greenland's ice sheet, but for providing geologists with an important new tool: A method of using Arctic fossils to deduce when glaciers were smaller than they are today.
Scientists have many techniques for figuring out when ice sheets were larger, but few for the opposite scenario.
"Traditional approaches have a difficult time identifying when ice sheets were smaller," Briner said. "The outcome of our work is that we now have a tool that allows us to see how the ice sheet responded to past times that were as warm or warmer than present — times analogous to today and the near future."
The technique the scientists developed involves dating fossils in piles of debris found at the edge of glaciers.
To elaborate: Growing ice sheets are like bulldozers, pushing rocks, boulders and other detritus into heaps of rubble called moraines.
Because glaciers only do this plowing when they're getting bigger, logic dictates that rocks or fossils found in a moraine must have been scooped up at a time when the associated glacier was older and smaller.
So if a moraine contains fossils from 3,000 years ago, that means the glacier was growing — and smaller than it is today — 3,000 years ago.
This is exactly what the scientists saw in Greenland: They looked at 250 ancient clams from moraines in three western regions, and discovered that most of the fossils were between 3-5,000 years old.
The finding suggests that this was the period when the ice sheet's western extent was at its smallest in recent history, Briner said.
"Because we see the most shells dating to the 5-3000-year period, we think that this is when the most land was ice-free, when large layers of mud and fossils were allowed to accumulate before the glacier came and bulldozed them up," he said.
Because radiocarbon dating is expensive, Briner and his colleagues found another way to trace the age of their fossils.
Their solution was to look at the structure of amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — in the fossils of ancient clams. Amino acids come in two orientations that are mirror images of each other, known as D and L, and living organisms generally keep their amino acids in an L configuration.
When organisms die, however, the amino acids begin to flip. In dead clams, for example, D forms of aspartic acid start turning to L's.
Because this shift takes place slowly over time, the ratio of D's to L's in a fossil is a giveaway of its age.
Knowing this, Briner's research team matched D and L ratios in 20 Arctic clamshells to their radiocarbon-dated ages to generate a scale showing which ratios corresponded with which ages. The researchers then looked at the D and L ratios of aspartic acid in the 250 Greenland clamshells to come up with the fossils' ages.
Amino acid dating is not new, but applying it to the study of glaciers could help scientists better understand the history of ice — and climate change — on Earth.
The study was funded by the National Geographic Society and U.S. National Science Foundation.
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We are aware that SugarCRM 7.0 is round the corner.
Can anyone tell as yet when is it going to be released for beta testing (hopefully to community as well)?
We are aware that SugarCRM 7.0 is round the corner.
Can anyone tell as yet when is it going to be released for beta testing (hopefully to community as well)?
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Betas for Sugar 7 should be available late Q1/early Q2 2013
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Thanks for the info!
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There are also People who registered for early Access and haven't got any credentials at all.
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When will it be available for Betatesting?
Will there be a CE 7.0? If so, what will be different to Pro 7 and to CE 6.5?
When do you target GA Release?
Which release will be available when for: Sugarondemand/On Site for Pro, Ent, Ult, Corp?
If you do not roll out Sugarondemand and On Site at the same time, what is the reason for this?
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I think February is National-Visit-Your-Friends-and-Family month in Florida. I enjoyed all the company but it's nice to have some peaceful scrapping time, too. I'll probably complain in a couple of weeks of how quiet it is around here.
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Week 1: We went to Apollo Beach and visited the manatee viewing center, where several manatees were staying warm on a cold day. Annual gyn exam. Mahjongg at Dees. Went to dinner with B&T. Visited Joyce at the beach and met her delightful grandsons. We walked the beach, ate lunch, and generally had a wonderful time. Week 2: Ellie and Jim arrived followed by Terry and Dick. House full of guests, lots of chatter and food. Visited model homes, shopped the flea market, strolled the downtown art show, and went to dinner with them and Dicks cousins. Busy!! Week 3: Company left, DS arrived for a quick visit and golf. Had my hair cut. Mahjongg at Judys. Their new landscaping looks great. Went to Jacks photography show. Wow - his photos are beautiful printed on Red River Polar metallic paper. Week 4: Carol gave me lemons as big as oranges from her tree. I made veg soup when the weather turned cold again. Ellie and Jim returned for a couple of days and more house-hunting. Annual mammogram. Whew! This was a busy month!


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Circumcision is surgery to remove the skin at the very tip of the penis.
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When you are born, the foreskin is stuck to the penis. It separates as you grow up. This allows urine to better exit the body and lets the skin pull back when you have an erection.
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Circumcision is a quick procedure. It only takes a few minutes. It may be done in the hospital or at home a few days or weeks after you are born. It is also sometimes done later in life.
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As young Texas Rangers, Gus and Call have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians but also the deadly whims of soldiers. On their first expeditions--led by incompetent officers and accompanied by the robust, dauntless whore known as the Great Western--they will face death at the hands of the cunning Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache Gomez. They will be astonished by the Mexican army. And Gus will meet the love of his life.
Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Archer City, Texas.
"In Dead Man's Walk, McMurtry uses a simple, wry, immensely accessible storyteller's voice to ponder the same questions that Melville and Conrad did. This is a great book. . . . Larry McMurtry, at his best here, is one of the finest American novelists, ever. We are lucky he's around."--John Milius, Los Angeles Times
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I have a large empty wall on the side of my dining room that I would like to buy a decorative map to hang. The wall is about 8 feet wide so I have some room to work with. Does anyone have suggestions that have a little more flavor than a basic geographical map?
[–]werked 5 points6 points7 points 8 months ago (3 children)
One of the top posts over at /r/dataisbeautiful is an unusual map of the world. It's a blank image with millions of location plot points from old ship logs. Due to the nature of old time shipping, ships tended to stay close to shore. This resulted in a fairly unique map and might be what you're looking for if you can bump up the resolution.
Also worth noting, the plot points are from way before the creation of the Panama Canal and Suez Canal so it shows a lot more voyages rounding the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and Cape Horn in South America. The Persian Gulf is hardly visible as it was once just a dead end. A modern version would look very different today!
[–]LHD91 5 points6 points7 points 8 months ago (0 children)
Here is said map.
[–]kuzy1 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (0 children)
I've never seen that subreddit before, thanks for the link! The map is pretty cool
[–]mdixon27 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (0 children)
Not a map, per se, but a beautiful print of the moon: http://agentgallery.com/wall-pieces/moon-chart-signed
[–]slktrx 2 points3 points4 points 8 months ago* (0 children)
Not quite maps, but Charts. NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Assoc) keep charts of most all waterways in the US.
All .PDF's of super hi-res charts can be found here. To find a specific chart, or your favorite area, search it here.
Here is my favorite. Lake Michigan, or Chart 14901
Now, download your fav, and take it to your local print store and have them print it out. Frame it, and you're all set.
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[–]HyPyke 1 point2 points3 points 8 months ago (0 children)
This is probably not big enough for that area but I have the film map at this link in my home. There are other varieties as well.
[–]agentgallery 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (2 children)
Someone was nice enough to show one of my pieces for your project but I do happen to have a very large moon map. Not sure if you saw it. It would be totally perfect http://agentgallery.com/wall-pieces/very-large-moon-chart also these work well too and can span the whole wall http://agentgallery.com/wall-pieces/set-of-25-deep-space-charts
[–]jmed[S] 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (1 child)
Those are both amazingly cool. I'll have to budget the whole living space process out before committing but those would both loon great.
If I still lived in Chicago I would totally come check the gallery out sometime.
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The easiest and cheapest way to ship is greyhound. If you are tempted let me know!
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Annual event 2014 will be our 27th year and we'll have over 1,200 cars and motorcycle show vehicles. There will also be a craft show. The Event is on Mother's Day weekend.
Coldwater Swap Meet & Car Show Web Site
Branch County Fairgrounds
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