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Andrey Korotayev
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Division of Labor by Gender
and Postmarital Residence
in Cross-Cultural Perspective:
A Reconsideration
Andrey Korotayev
Moscow School of Economics–State University
Firsttheoriesproposedtoexplain determinantsofpostmarital resi-
dence connected it with the division of labor by gender. However, at
the moment all the cross-cultural tests of this hypothesis using
worldwide samples have failed to find any significant relationship
nations of the postmarital residence led the author to expect that
such a relationship would be found if the societies with an ex-
tremely low female contribution should predict more or less
nificantly) the patrilocal residence. A series of worldwide cross-
cultural tests performed by the author using five various sets of
coded data on female contribution to subsistence has fully sup-
ported this hypothesis.
Keywords: gender; patrilocality; matrilocality; warfare;
polygyny; labor division
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First theories proposed to explain determinants of postmarital
residence connected it with the division of labor by gender. It was
suggested that the high female contribution to subsistence favors
matrilocal residence, where roughly equal contribution by both
sexes would tend to lead to intermediate residence forms,whereas
modification in the basic economy whereby masculine activities in
the sex division of labor come to yield the principal means of sub-
sistence"(Murdock,1949,p.206;see also Eggan,1950,p.131;Lin-
ton, 1936, p. 168-169; Lippert, 1931, p. 237; Service, 1962, pp. 120-
122, etc.).
The first substantive cross-cultural tests of this theory sup-
ported it (Driver, 1956; Driver & Massey, 1957). However, Driver
and Massey (1957) used samples limited to aboriginal North
America, whereas all the subsequent cross-cultural tests using
division of labor and postmarital residence (Divale, 1974, 1975,
1984;M.Ember & C.R.Ember,1971;Hiatt,1970;White,1967;see
also Levinson & Malone, 1980, pp. 105-108; C. R. Ember &
Levinson, 1991, p. 85).1On the other hand, no worldwide cross-
cultural test has confirmed the existence of the predicted relation-
ship,whichseemstojustifyarecentbold statementbytheEmbers
and Pasternak: "We find no relationship between contribution to
subsistence and residence" (Pasternak, C. R. Ember, & M. Ember,
1997, p. 223).
been proposed by the Embers (M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1971; see
also M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 151-197). According to
them,themaindeterminantofthepatrilocal2residence isinternal
sion of labor as a determinant of residence in their model, which
they claim not to find any "relationship between contribution to
subsistence and residence") in the following:
Earlier explanations may have predictive value when we combine
elements of them—if we simultaneously consider the nature of war-
fare and the division of labor in primary subsistence activities.
Indeed,it turns out that where fighting occurs only between groups
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of people with different cultures and languages (purely external
warfare), the division of labor in primary subsistence by itself pre-
dicts quite well whether patrilocality or matrilocality will prevail.If
men contribute most to primary subsistence, the society will be
patrilocal; where women contribute equally or more, it will be
will likely be patrilocal regardless of the gender division of
labor . . . Why should the division of labor be relevant when warfare
ispurely external butnotrelevant iffighting issometimesinternal?
The answer may bethatmen normally do the fighting and therefore
it may be advantageous to localize them (keep them where they
grew up),regardless of the division of labor,if there isapossibilityof
sudden attack from nearby (which is likely with internal warfare).
But where the enemy provides earlier warning (more commonly the
case with purely external warfare), keeping sons and brothers
together may be less crucial, and the gender division of labor might
then be more important in determining where a couple lives after
they marry. (Pasternak, C. R. Ember, & M. Ember, 1997, p. 223,
emphasis in original; see also, e.g., M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1983,
pp. 15-19;C. R. Ember, & M. Ember, 1999a,p. 183-185;the substan-
tive cross-cultural evidence supporting this model is presented in
M.Ember& C.R.Ember,1971;C.R.Ember,1974,1975;M.Ember&
C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 151-218, 275-312)
In their original study the Embers illustrate their model with
the following diagram shown in Figure 1.
To my mind,there is some logical inconsistency here.It seems a
bit self-contradictory to expose the above-described model and to
claim to find "no relationship between contribution to subsistence
and residence." Indeed, the model more or less explains why we
should not expect a significant association between the high
female contribution to subsistence and matrilocal residence.If the
former occurs simultaneously with the high level of internal war-
fare, we should not expect matrilocal residence. However, it leads
one to expect a very close association between a very low female
contribution to subsistence and patrilocal residence. Indeed,
within such a context the internal warfare factor would act in the
men do almost all the subsistence work the residence will be prac-
tically always patrilocal—the internal warfare would turn out not
to make any difference.
the cross-cultural scholars have not found any significant
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worldwide relationship between division of labor and residence
because of the way they performed their tests.For example,the M.
Ember and C.R.Ember (1971) grouped together all the cultures in
which women do approximately less than 45% of subsistence work
into the "men do more than women" category. When they con-
trasted the respective cultures with the rest of societies, they
indeed did not find any significant correlation between the high
male economic contribution and patrilocal residence. But if we
take the cultures with the extremely high male contribution (say,
more than 80%), why should we not expect that the division of
labor factor acting at the top of its strength (and not hindered but
often assisted by the internal warfare factor) would not produce a
statistically significant result in worldwide cross-cultural sam-
ples. Why should we not expect that this group of societies would
show a statistically significant difference from the rest of the cul-
tures characterized by a significant proportion of nonpatrilocal
residence versions? Hence, our hypothesis is that we should still
expect a significant correlation between the division of labor and
338 Cross-Cultural Research / November 2003
At least some-
times internal
Patrilocal (with
patridominant or
division of labor)
Warfare present
division of labor
division of labor
Figure 1: Developmental Model of Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Resi-
dence and Division of Labor in the Presence of Warfare
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residence at the "patridominant" extreme of the relative contribu-
tion to subsistence scale. Indeed, in this part of the scale, we seem
to have only two possibilities:extremely patridominant division of
labor without internal warfare and extremely patridominant divi-
sion of labor with internal warfare. Both of these, according to the
Embers, must predict patrilocal residence.
Butshouldweexpect thatthedivision of labor factor would pre-
dict patrilocality very strongly even at the patridominant extreme
of the range? I had very strong doubts about this.
division of labor scale. In addition to the abovementioned resi-
dence determinants, there are a few others that could act quite
First,it was suggested that one of the main factors of multilocal
(Service, 1962, p. 137).3This hypothesis found later substantive
cross-cultural support (M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1971, 1983, pp.
219-248).There are no grounds to suppose that the very high male
characterized by both a very low female contribution to subsis-
tence and severe depopulation not long before their classical
ethnographic descriptions seem to be well known (e.g., the
Chukchee, or the Comanche). On the other hand, there does not
lead to the transition to nonunilocal (and, hence, nonpatrilocal)
residence among the cultures with a highly patridominant labor
division as systematically as it did in the whole sample. Hence,
expect a perfect 100% correlation between the very high male con-
expect that this factor would affect the hypothesis tests too
strongly. The point is that the very high male contribution to sub-
sistence seems to be particularly associated with two subsistence
types—intensive plow agriculture and Arctic foraging. However,
the Old World intensive plow agriculturalists, by definition, had
acquired an immunity against the Old World infectious diseases
long before the time of their ethnographic present and were most
unlikely to have suffered decimation on the part of some sort of
measles not long before their ethnographic descriptions. The Arc-
tic hunter-gatherers (or rather hunter-fishermen) appear to have
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been protected from the Old World epidemics by the very way of
their life. On the other hand, taking into consideration their
extremely low population density, a severe depopulation would
tend to result in a mere extinction of the respective groups—there
would be simply nobody to describe ethnographically.
However,there seemsto be other muchmore powerful factors of
nonunilocal (and, hence, nonpatrilocal) residence operating most
strongly just among the Arctic foragers.Quite long ago it was sug-
gested that among the hunter-gatherers, the nonunilocal resi-
dence should correlate with the situation when resources were
fluctuating and unpredictable (Anderson, 1968; Eggan, 1966,
1968; C. R. Ember, 1975; M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 273-
311; Forde, 1947; Lee, 1972), as shown by the following:
Alternative residential patterns provide a way for married couples
to change bands to meet the changing availability of resources—if
there is scarcity in one region, a couple may move to the relatives of
the other spouse, where food is more abundant. If this theory . . . is
correct, we might expect that the more unpredictable the resources,
the more residence should tend toward bilocality.(M.Ember & C.R.
Ember, 1983, pp. 294)
A cross-cultural test performed by C. Ember (1975) supported
this hypothesis.
Another factor of nonunilocality that was suggested for hunter-
gatherers and supported by cross-cultural tests is small local
group size (Anderson,1968,p.154;C.R.Ember,1975;M.Ember &
C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 273-311; Lee, 1972; Steward, 1968, p. 331):
Although alarge community may generally have afairly equalratio
of femalesto males,smallcommunitieshave a greater probabilityof
chance departures of equality. To use a coin toss analogy, in 1,000
tosses of a coin, one is very unlikely to get much departure from an
equalnumber of headsandtails,butin 10tossesof acoin,one might
fairly often get tails to heads (or vice versa) in the ratios of 6:4 and
7:3. Ordinarily, with a balanced sex ratio and a unilocal residence
rule—say, patrilocality—a local group gains as many women
riageable women than men, it loses population; and if it has many
more marriageable men than women, it gains population. Since
greater fluctuations in sex ratio are more likely in societies with
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a fairly equal sex ratio. Thus, we might expect that, among hunter-
gatherers, those with smaller bands would tend toward bilocality.
(M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 297-298)
Are there in the ethnographic record a considerable number of
hunter-gatherer cultures characterized simultaneously by a very
low female contribution to main subsistence activities, high
resource fluctuation, and very small group size? Yes, there are.
These are just the majority of Arctic hunter-gatherers (who are,
incidentally, as predicted by the two last hypotheses, also mostly
characterized by nonunilocal residence). Will they bring the
subsistence and patrilocal residence down? No doubt, they will. It
seemseven easytopredictbeforehand thattheirinfluence will not
be very strongly felt in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
(SCCS) (Murdock & White, 1969), which does not include many of
them, and especially in the samples including a part of it (which
sometimes have no arctic foragers in them at all), but it should be
felt most strongly in the Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock, 1967;
Murdock et al., 1986, 1990, 1999-2000), where the Arctic hunter-
gatherers seem to be overrepresented (first of all, because
Murdock included in it the data on practically all the Inuit cultures
described ethnographically by his time).
In addition, it seems also necessary to mention such a factor as
commercialization, which (as was shown by M. Ember) tends to
lead to neolocal (and, hence, nonunilocal and nonpatrilocal) resi-
dence (M. Ember, 1967; M. Ember & C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 333-
this factor could never affect cultures with highly patridominant
labor division (or that it inevitably leads to the rise of female con-
tributiontosubsistencetosuchalevel thattherespectivesocieties
would leave the pool of cultures with extremely low female
But should not we expect the extremely high male contribution
to subsistence to predict perfectly the nonmatrilocal residence?
Indeed, all the three factors mentioned above lead to the appear-
ance among the cultures with a very low female contribution to
subsistence of a number of groups with nonunilocal (and, thus,
nonpatrilocal) residence. But in no way do they seem to be able to
produce matrilocal cultures in the highly patridominant
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However, I still expected that even in this case, the prediction
will not be perfect. Are there any factors that make us expect to
find some matrilocal societies in a large sample of highly
patridominant cultures? I believe so.
One of the factors suggested as a matrilocality determinant is
the "men absence" factor:
Under what conditions would the male specialties of warfare,hunt-
ing, and trade benefit from a shift to matrilocality (keeping in mind
the clear advantage a shift from patrilocality to matrilocality offers
to women)? The most likely answer is that when warfare, hunting,
and trade change from quick,short-distance forays to long-distance
expeditions lasting several months, matrilocality is more advanta-
geous than patrilocality. When patrilocal males leave a village for
porate interests in property and people to be looked after solely by
patrilineal kin group. A patrilocal group's women are drawn from
different kin groups and have little incentive to cooperate among
themselves in the absence of the male managers of the corporate
domestic units into which they have married. No one is home "to
mind the store," so to speak. Matrilocality solves this problem
because it structures the domestic unit around a permanent core of
resident mothers, daughters, and sisters who have been trained to
cooperate with each other from birth and who identify the "minding
of the store" with their own material and sentimental interests.
Thus, matrilocal domestic groups are less likely to be disrupted by
the prolonged absenceof their adultmales.Furthermore,the ability
to launch and successfully complete long-distance expeditions
implies that neighboring villages will not attack each other when
the men are away. Peace back home is best assured by forming the
expeditions around a core of males drawn from several neighboring
p. 269)
Note that the actual cases of transition from patrilocal to
uxorilocal residence under the influence of this factor appear to be
known. For example, the North American Osage who had origi-
nally patrilocal residence (Bailey,1971,p.6) changed to uxorilocal
some time prior to 1827 against the following background:
the French . . . [By] 1768, the Osage had succeeded in depopulating
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River Valley . . . The change in Osage residence patterns came as a
result of warfare during the eighteenth century.(Bailey,1971,p.84;
see also Divale, 1974, p. 84; Divale, 1984, p. 26)
the appearance of matrilineal societies among the highly
patridominant cultures under the influence of this factor. One
would expect that the men-absence factor would be especially effi-
cient if it acts in conjunction with the growing female contribution
to subsistence which it could cause. However, just by definition
such cases would leave the extremely patridominant subsample.
Indeed, it is difficult to imagine how among the agriculturalists
(let alone cultures heavily relying on gathering) the men-absence
factor could coexist with the extremely low female contribution to
fishermen, herders, and long-distance traders and raiders; this
seems to have been already noticed by M. Ember and C. R. Ember
(1971, 1983).4
Yet a few remarks must be made at this point. First, although
the men-absence factor looks like a rather plausible factor of
matrilocal residence indeed, it does not appear to have ever been
tested cross-culturally.The test that I performed (see Appendix A)
had shown that the men-absence factor is indeed a significant pre-
dictor of matrilocal residence, although only for the cultures with
low and mediumfemale contribution to subsistence:Why thisisso
will be explained below; suffice it to say that the men-absence fac-
female contribution to subsistence reaches a certain threshold
level. On the other hand, the cross-cultural test represented in
Appendix B suggests that the cultures with an extremely high
male contribution to subsistence are (quite predictably) signifi-
cantly less likely to be associated with the men absence activities
pattern (this appears to have been already suggested, however,
without presenting anycross-culturaltests,byM.EmberandC.R.
Ember, 1971, 1983).
produce matrilocal cultures with very low female contribution to
I studied in detail myself appears to have belonged squarely to the
cultures of this type (Korotayev,1995).A substantial proportion of
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Amirites had a rather peculiar subsistence type. Their principal
subsistence activities were camel breeding and long-distance
trade (e.g., Bâfaqîh, 1990, pp. 282-283; Ghul, 1959, p. 432; Robin,
1991, 1992, pp. 46-60; von Wissmann, 1964, pp. 81-159), and thus
they were characterized just by a very high male contribution to
subsistence.However,unlike typical Arabian camel-breeders they
had permanent settlements (perhaps, in direct connection with
their heavy involvement in long-distance trade). Thus, the men-
absence factor must be felt most saliently among them.And in my
study of the Amirites, I failed to find any other way to account for
the development of matrilineal residence (and matrilineal descent
groups) among some part of the Amirites but just through this fac-
tor (Korotayev, 1995).6Thus, I seem to have had some grounds to
maintain that the men-absence factor could lead to the formation
of matrilocal residence even against the background of a very high
male contribution to subsistence. On the other hand, the cross-
cultural test represented in Appendix B of this article suggested
thatinfluence of thisfactor inthehighly patridominant labor divi-
sion parts of cross-cultural samples should be very restricted
(unlike the influence of the division of labor factor). Hence, in no
way did I expect the men-absence factor to overwhelm the influ-
ence of the labor division at the patridominant extreme of the gen-
der contribution to subsistence scale.
Divale (1974, 1984) suggested migration as a major determi-
nant of matrilocal residence. His reasoning goes along the follow-
ing lines:
When a primitive society . . . migrate . . . into a new region which is
already inhabited by other societies of similar social complexity,
matrilocal (uxorilocal) residence will develop . . . The movement of
disequilibrium between the indigenous peoples and their environ-
ment... Given that disequilibrium and given warfare as the only
means for its resolution, the most adaptive response would be for
ties of the other culture—i.e., to have a pattern of purely external
vive, their internal warfare pattern must be stopped. Matrilocal
(uxorilocal) residence makes this change possible . . . However, it is
groups (patrilineages) that is so conducive to internal war-
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because it breaks up fraternal interest groups.Therefore,the struc-
tural changes brought about by matrilocal residence tend to eradi-
cate the conditions that are conducive to internal warfare. Also,
since related males are scattered in neighboring villages, political
focus is extended beyond the village boundaries to include at least
the several villages where a man's agnatic kin are located . . . In
brief,the argument is as follows:(1) The in-migration of a society to
an already inhabited region creates a disequilibrium.(2) Successful
adaptation is dependent on the development of a purely external
warfare. (4) Matrilocal residence breaks up the fraternal interest
groups that are conducive to internal warfare by scattering
agnatically related malesinto several villages.(Divale,1974,pp.81-
82; see also Divale, 1975; Divale, Chamberis, & Gangloff, 1976;
Divale & Harris, 1976)
Divale supported his hypothesis by finding a significant associ-
eties (Divale, 1974, 1975; 1984; Divale et al., 1976). However, al-
though acknowledging the correlation between migration and
matrilocal residence, C. R. Ember doubts the causal connections
suggested by Divale:
I do not think his theory provides a plausible explanation for how a
migrating society would come to adopt matrilocality.Although such
one postulatesthatpeoplewouldanticipatethepeace-keeping qual-
ities of the matrilocal residence pattern. I do not think that people
would have readily recognized such qualities,because I do not think
& C. R. Ember, 1983, p. 201; Pasternak et al., 1997, p. 225)
I do not think so either. However, the explanation proposed by
C. R. Ember does not seem for me sufficient.
Her model "still assumes that matrilocality will arise in those
societies in which women contribute a great deal to subsistence
andwhichhaveapurelyexternal patternofwarfare...Giventhat
purely external warfare is a function of small population size and
atively successful societies (from which matrilocal residence cases
might arise) should be larger among migratory societies for two
reasons. First, . . . migrating societies have a higher proportion of
small societies (≤ 21,000) than nonmigrating societies . . . Second,
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. . . a much higher proportion of the migrating societies will be con-
sistently successful in intersocietal fighting, as compared with
nonmigrating societies (C. Ember, 1974, p. 146; see also M. Ember
& C. R. Ember, 1983, pp. 214-215).
Note that there is a difference between the two models
described above that is particularly important for the current
study.In Divale's (1974) model migration is an independent factor
of matrilocality and, hence, could lead to the appearance of
matrilocal cultures in the pool of societies with an extremely low
female contribution to subsistence. In Embers' (1974) model, the
real factors of matrilocal residence are still the absence of internal
warfare and matridominant labor division. It is just because the
first factor turns out to be associated with migration (through two
intermediate variables) that the positive correlation between
migration and matrilocal residence is observed.If the latter model
is correct, we can simply disregard migration as a possible cause
that could lead to the formation of matrilocality among the cul-
tures with a very low female contribution to subsistence.However,
although I believe there is some hard core of truth in C. Ember's
reasoning, I do not think (as was stated above) that her explana-
tion of the positive correlation between migration and
account for the known cases of actual transition from viri-/
patrilocality to uxori-/matrilocality in association with migration,
pp. 90-91; Murphy, 1956).
Both sides in the Divale—Ember debate seem to have missed
quite a few important points.
Let us start with the following one. Note that the presence of a
sort of internal peace seems to be a necessary precondition of
migration. A group of communities being in the state of constant
violent conflict with each other will not simply be able to under-
take any long-distance organized migration. Of course, such a
migration (in absence of internal peace) would still be possible in
individual bands in a certain direction (predetermined frequently
the long term immense changes of the ethnographic map (espe-
cially in the hunter-gatherer world). But this is not relevant for
another type of migration, the organized one (involving coordi-
nated movement of a few communities to a new distant locality),
the one that was actually a subject of the study by both Divale and
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C. R. Ember. Let us restrict our further discussion to this type of
migration, as precisely this type of migration (denoted below sim-
ply as "migration") appears to be associated with matrilocality.
Thus,in order that a group of communities could move jointly a
considerable way in a certain direction, a sort of internal peace
within themshould be achieved.Asboth C.Ember and Divale sug-
gested (and our further cross-cultural research only confirms this)
that the internal peace among medium-complexity stateless soci-
eties is associated with matrilocal residence, we have sufficient
grounds to expect that within a pool of societies that started suc-
cessfully their more or less organized migratory movement per-
centage of matrilocal societies must be higher than in the rest of
the ethnographic universe.
At the moment, our reasoning went in line with C. R. Ember
rather than with Divale. The point above just adds some new
weight to her argument that migration is associated statistically
with matrilocal residence just because it (not being a real cause of
matrilocality in any actual sense) is associated with the absence of
However, there are certain grounds to believe that there is also
some hard core of truth in Divale's model, such as that migration
could be an ultimate partial cause of transition to matrilocality.
The intermediate variable here might be the men-absence vari-
able.I tend to agree with Divale that migration of a stateless soci-
ety implies a prolonged period of purely external warfare (associa-
tion of migration with absence of internal warfare is expected
because a migrating society that does not succeed in keeping up
the internal peace during the period when it establishes in new
territories islesslikely to survive).Note that"prolonged periods of
purely external warfare" almost by definition implies prolonged
periods of absence of adult males from their homes for a stateless
society.This is likely to increase the female contribution to subsis-
tence (see Appendix B). Thus—partly as a result of migration and
partly just in association with it—we would tend to get precisely a
combination of traits which, according to the Embers causes
Note, however, that this would not lead to the appearance of
tribution to subsistence,because as a result of the processes speci-
fied above, the respective cultures would simply leave the
subsample of extremely patridominant labor division societies.
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But could not migration lead to the appearance (or preserva-
tion) of matrilocal residence in the context of very low female con-
tribution to subsistence,for example,when the ecological environ-
ment and mode of subsistence most adaptive within it at the given
any significant growth of female contribution to subsistence? I
believe that such a possibility cannot be entirely excluded because
this is not only the rise of female contribution to subsistence
through which the migration could cause the transition to
matrilocality (in its turn through the men-absence factor).Actually,
another mechanism of a causal link between men-absence and
matrilocality has already been spelled out above in my extensive
quotation from Harris.8
Yes, I tend to agree with C. Ember in her skepticism regarding
the possibility that people would switch to matrilocality because
they "would anticipate the peace-keeping qualities of the
matrilocal residence pattern" (C. Ember, 1974, p. 137). However,
Harris' scheme suggests a much more plausible explanation of a
possible causal link between migration and transition to
matrilocality. What could this alternative model look like?
fare that almost by definition implies prolonged periods of men's
absence from their homes.Now imagine the following situation:In
a virilocal culture, a man is going to a supposedly long military
campaign, leaving his wife with a baby and two little children. Of
course,suchagroup isunlikely to survive alone.Thus,they should
be left with some relatives.Now,with whom? In a virilocal context,
the most evident solution for this man would be,of course,to leave
them with his parents (whom they live near,anyway).However,in
any viri-/patrilocal society the virilocality (or patrilocality) is
rarely the only available possibility. What is more, most virilocal
cultures have uxori-/matrilocality as a frequent alternative (see
Figure 2).
Inthe rest of virilocal societies,it is an infrequent (but still real)
alternative. This is extremely rare when in the virilocal societies
uxori-/matrilocality is never practiced by anyone under any possi-
ble conditions. Thus, there are all grounds to expect that in a sub-
stantial number of migrant virilocal cultures,a large proportion of
those men who found themselves in the situation specified above
would leave their wives and children with their wives' mothers.
Yes, in the case of matrilocal transition of a small proportion of
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The State Bank of India Staff Union has opposed the introduction of 'business correspondents' system in the banking sector to reach people in the villages.
At the general body meeting of the SBI Staff Mutually Aided Cooperative Credit Society here on Sunday, SBI Staff Union Hyderabad Circle general secretary M.V. Murali said the Reserve Bank of India had permitted the banks to appoint business correspondents in the villages.
Opposing these appointments, he wanted to know who would hold responsibility if any business correspondent defaulted or mishandled the transactions.
Credibility of the banks would be at stake if these correspondents indulged in any corruption, he said and added that the system was like the money lender system, which would encourage the lender to exploit people.
Cautioning the bank staff against introduction of more such reforms in the banking sector, he said the government was trying to open up the banking sector to the private individuals or business houses.
Handing over the banks to the industrialists or business houses would again lead to denationalisation of banks, he opined demanding immediate rejection by the bank staff.The general secretary congratulated members of the staff cooperative credit societies of Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Eluru, Gudivada, and Guntur for successfully merging them and forming SBI Staff Mutually Aided Cooperative Credit Society.
Members also felicitated staff union president P. Nanda Kishore, who was scheduled to retire next year.
SBI Staff Mutually Aided Cooperative Credit Society president S Srinivasa Sastry was in the chair. SBI assistant general managers, K.V. Prasad, K Raghuram, and M Sivaji, senior office-bearers of the union and board of directors of society were among those who spoke at the meeting.
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"I just quit caring."
Not good for a daughter of a woman born behind the Iron Curtain, but the tale actually turns out kind of banal. Sure, his early escapes are dramatic, yet his existence remains nothing but bleak. And we cannot really blame his choices on his upbringing or his dramatic early years: here's a con artist that wasn't even good at that. Narration seemed quite good, though, if intrusive, with so many voices appearing at wide-widths apart.
I wonder if anyone will do a story on the jewelry-robbing-cartel that seems to have sprung from the same regions? THAT would be a good yarn.
twin oaks
I lived in Hungry and Romania... this is a wonderful book with good history too
"Clever, funny, yet informative"
This book does several things well.
1. The humorous narration can make you laugh out loud.
2. The story of the tumultuous life of Attila Ambrus, his family, friends and acquaintances is emotionally gripping. Rubenstein does an excellent job of making Ambrus come to life and--despite all the anarchy--make sense. Though a criminal, Ambrus is an innately intelligent survivor worthy of biography in his own right.
3. The socioeconomic context of post-Soviet Hungary is well-researched and accurately analyzed. Most westerners still know very little of what the people of these ex-Soviet satellite countries have gone through and are still experiencing. This is an important subject about which much can be learned painlessly through The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber.
This is a fantastic book and the audio version is great! I totally recommend this story. It's interesting and at times seems fiction but it's completely true!
"Excellent Audio Production"
This is an great example of how a modern Audiobook production can really enhance the spoken word. The production, voice-overs and snippits of Waits-like music are top class.
A charming true story of an 'underdog' trying to make his way in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. Exciting and funny, give it a try. I'd never have picked up on this one if it wasn't for Audible.
"Go whiskey robber"
I loved this book. You will find yourself cheering fo Atilla the Whiskey Robber. I can not wait until the movie comes out. The audio portion was one the best including the music.
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I have listened to 50 or so audio books that I just loved, and this one was just kinda OK. It was a more of a disaster of a life and the unfortunate total run down and corruption of eastern block countries. In my opinion, this is a story that probably 1,000's of every day people have in that corrupt and damaged part of the world who are trying to make ends meet when the government can't finds it's head with two hands.
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My Auntie May Naughton is in this photo before she went to America My Mother was Elizabeth Naughton. There was also John and Bill Naughton and the youngest was Delia. If any other pictures are available I would be grateful to see them
My Aunty Peggy is in the back row, she died aged about 15, her brother Michael died aged 7. My lovely Aunty Sarah Anne Healy, Nee Walsh. included in some other children's photos passed away just 2 months ago, aged 95. Some make it , some don't ! RIP all the Walsh's from Oughterard.
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New Demon Hunter song
I can't.
How about those screams? Very different from any of their past albums. I just wish it had more of that and less cleans.
the screams are pretty good
Awesome song, definitely anticipating this album.
Don't get me wrong, I loved The Triptych, but I just can't get excited for this album after The World Is A Thorn.
The World Is A Thorn wasn't bad, but doesn't compare to The Triptych, Storm the Gates of Hell, and, hopefully, True Defiance!
So bad.
This isn't "So bad"
This is running in the same vein as the other bands that seem to be best friends with As I Lay Dying such as Destroy the Runner and War of Ages. Maybe they should all just put a tour together? Maybe that wouldn't be a good idea because you'd think it was just one band up there for four hours.
Anyway, good, might be worth checking out the rest of the album but there's nothing new or original here. Expecting a 3.3 thus far
This is "So bad".
This was okay, that chorus got old during just one listen... can't imagine multiple listens.
Holy shit, his screams.
I thoroughly enjoy Demon Hunter, but not the last album. Or their first album that much.
cleans are kinda cool, but besides that the song is pretty boring
Digging: Amber Sea - Infantile Vision
That sucked.
Even his cleans have gone down the drain. They've got way too many effects on them to be likeable. Screams had a little more variety on this song but it was still pretty bland.
I agree about the cleans^
Cool art at least
thought it was dece
Better than I remember their old stuff being. I listened a lot in high school, but not since, been years.
catchy chorus, that's about it.
So for none of the singles are as good as collapsing. It doesnt speak good for the album.
yeah, not so bad.
Really promising after the disapointment of "someone to hate".
Looking forward to the album, now
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Universities struggle with cybersecurity efforts to keep data safe
U.S. universities face a bigger threat of security data breaches than the retail and healthcare sectors, according to a recent study published by BitSight. As the school year begins again, hackers are preparing to target universities once again, the report said.
Using data based on major athletic conferences, including the Pacific-12, Big 10, Big 12, Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference and Ivy League from July 2013 to June 2014, all divisions saw a drop in cybersecurity performance.
"From Social Security and credit card numbers to health records and intellectual property produced by research departments, colleges and universities house a vast amount of sensitive data," said Stephen Boyer, BitSight co-founder and CTO, in a statement to FierceCIO. "While not surprising given the unique challenges universities face securing open campus networks, it's concerning to see that they are rating so far below other industries that we've seen plagued by recent security problems."
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UPS Store confirms data breach, with customer data at risk
The UPS Store suffered a data breach at 51 retail locations across the United States, with 105,000 customer transactions, ranging from January 20 to August 11, at risk due to the security incident. If you've shopped at the UPS Store, you're urged to visit the company's website to identify if your UPS Store location was compromised - individual notification letters will not be sent out.
To date, there has been no evidence of fraud related to the incident, with malware found on the company's network. Names, postal addresses, payment information and email addresses are at risk, but it's unknown how many customers might have been affected.
"As soon as we became aware of the potential malware intrusion, we deployed extensive resources to quickly address and eliminate this issue," said Tim Davis, UPS Store President, in a statement. "Our customers can be assured that we have identified and fully contained the incident."
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was hacked multiple times
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was "successfully hacked" at least three times in the past few years, with two of the data breaches conducted by hackers overseas, according to records. One breach took places due to a phishing attack that was sent to more than 200 NRC employees, with a successful logon-credential harvesting attempt. At least 12 employees opened an enclosed link in the email, indicating there is still work to be done to better educate employees against opening suspicious emails.
A different attack also utilized a phishing attack that redirected employees to malware spread via Microsoft SkyDrive, with "one incident of compromise and the investigation tracked the sender to a foreign country."
"The few attempts documented in the OIG Cyber Crimes Unit report as gaining some access to NRC networks were detected and appropriate measures were taken," said David McIntyre, NRC spokesman, in a statement to the media.
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Ponemon Institute: 90% of healthcare companies lose patient data
The healthcare industry is still being slammed by cyberattacks, with 90 percent of organizations losing patient data at one time or another, according to research from the Ponemon Institute. It's a frightening thought because the medical industry faces more data breaches than the military and banking industries combined.
Cybercriminals have shown great interest in targeting the healthcare industry, as stolen records are worth more on the underground market. Credit card information can fetch around $1 per stolen record, but medical data earns up to $50+ per stolen credential.
"They can't keep up [with hackers]," said J.D. Sherry, Trend Micro security firm adviser for hospitals and healthcare organizations. "Their resources are tremendously overwhelmed. With day-to-day business, IT security is not top of mind."
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Pro-Syrian hackers using malware to launch attacks against rivals
Pro-Syrian hackers are using WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and Viber to share malware that is aimed at activists fighting for a regime change in Syria. In addition to Syrian Internet users, people were also targeted in the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Palestine, Israel, Morocco and Lebanon, security researchers noted.
The malware is using remote access tools (RATs) and being shared to groups that support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The RAT technology are able to compromise PCs and systems in which they are installed, with attackers stealing credentials, remotely turning on microphones and video cameras, and controlling the infected PCs.
"Total Network Monitor (which is a legitimate application) is inside another sample found, being used with embedded malware for spying purposes," according to Kaspersky Lab researchers. "Offering security applications to protect against surveillance is one of the many techniques used by malware writing groups to get users desperate for privacy to execute these dubious programs."
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Pakistani cyberespionage efforts maturing from simple hacktivism
Coordinated state-sponsored cyberattacks are nothing new, but it looks like Pakistan wants to evolve from simple hacktivism and mature into official cyberespionage. Recent collaborative research from FireEye and ThreatConnect noted advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks dating back to early 2013, which is more common from organized cyberattackers.
The Bitterbug malware, for example, uses US virtual private servers and is designed to steal information and send it back to its operator overseas. It appears that a hosting provider in Pakistan leases the ability to operate a command and control server from a U.S. provider.
"Adversaries are masking their exploitation operations behind U.S. infrastructure and targeting U.S> and international victims," said Rich Barger, ThreatConnect Director of Intelligence Research, in a press release. "These adversaries are purporting to be legitimate organizations and abusing unwitting service providers."
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Community Health Systems confirms up to 4.5M at risk from data breach
The Community Health Systems (CHS) suffered a data breach in April and June that has affected up to 4.5 million of the company's patients. Although payment information wasn't taken, patient names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers, and Social Security numbers were compromised during the breach.
The attack likely was an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) originating from China, in an effort to steal bulk data which can be used later. APTs are targeted attacks designed to circumvent modern firewalls, antivirus and antimalware solutions used by companies.
"The company has confirmed that this data did not include patient, credit card, medical, or clinical information," Community Health noted in a statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Liberia Ebola fear provides perfect spam bait for cybercriminals
The current Ebola epidemic in West Africa has become popular news in the western world and on social media, with three current malware and phishing campaigns currently underway, according to Symantec.
The first campaign utilizes the Trojan.Zbot malware, infecting users when they mistakenly click on a fake report related to the ongoing Ebola problem in Liberia and other countries.
The second campaign utilizes an email that mimics something sent out from Etisalat, a telecommunications provider that serves the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. However, it's not a real email and instead has an attached zip file, titled "EBOLA - ETISALAT PRESENTATION.pdf.zip," which is the Trojan.Blueso software. It will also inject W32.Spyrat that logs keystrokes, records audio and video from the Webcam, captures screenshots, create processes, opens Web pages, and other tasks.
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Edward Snowden says he would go to jail in order to return home
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden would "volunteer" for prison but only under the right circumstances, he said in a recent interview with Wired Magazine. Considering he faces charges that include conveying classified information to an unauthorized party, theft of government property and disclosing communications intelligence information, he would likely face significant prison time if convicted.
"I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose," Snowden told Wired earlier this month. "I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal is. I'm not going to be part of that."
Earlier in the month, Russian officials announced Snowden's asylum was extended for an additional three years - allowing him to remain in a safe location as he tries to figure out what to do long-term. Most U.S. politicians have been less than kind when describing Snowden's actions, and it seems unlikely he would receive a fair trial if he returns back to the United States. However, they are still keen to see him return home, because they certainly seem to have a lot of questions they would like him to answer.
German security reportedly recorded at least one John Kerry phone call
In a rather ironic twist, German foreign intelligence reportedly recorded at least one phone call made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to Der Spiegel magazine. Berlin has heavily criticized officials in Washington for systematic snooping, including of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other high-ranking German politicians.
The phone call was recorded by the BND when Kerry was in the Middle East to help ease tensions between Israel, Palestine and other Arab states sometime in 2013. After it was discovered, the recording was supposedly erased immediately, but the magazine didn't offer any evidence to prove this claim.
A phone call in 2012 by Hillary Clinton while she served as Secretary of State was also recorded by German spy officials, German media recently reported.
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Set off to tackle Snowdon from this comfortable hostel with a path to the summit starting here. And there are plenty more mountains, lakes and valleys to discover the next day.
Accommodation is in 1-6+ bedded rooms and facilities include self-catering kitchen, internet access/WiFi, games rooms, car parking and evening meals.
It's in an area steeped in Welsh culture – the village of Beddgelert, Sygun Copper Mine, Caernarfon Castle and the Maritime Museum are all nearby. In summer, swim in the lake from our own beach, then share your experiences with other guests over a tasty meal and drink.
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Mike and Megan were very professional and provided personal touch to their service. I am very happy with my stay at snowdonia ranger. I would certainly recommend this hostel to my friends just because of these two people. The upkeep and cleanliness of the place was to a high standard. I wish both of them my best. Regards. Rahul
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Squash, Cream of the Crop
1990 All-America Selections Winner! The squash has creamy white skin and golden-cream flesh. Suitable for home gardens and market growers. Bush type plant is suitable for small gardens. A winter squash variety that stores well.
Squash, Dark Green Zucchini
Dark Green, glossy fruits are long, straight, and slender. Firm, very tender, good flavor. Plant produces high yields of dark green zucchini. Excellent sliced, fried, steamed, or baked.
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LOOKING for: Chocolate Fudge and Peanut Butter fudge
Looking for a couple of really good and proven candy recipes. One for choclate fudge and one for peanut butter fudge
This is easy as could be and everyone thinks you fussed. From Kraft Foods 1993 pamphlet on Holiday Desserts:
One Bowl Chocolate Fudge
2 packages (8 squares each) semi sweet chocolate
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
Microwave chocolate and milk in a large microwavable bowl on high for 2-3 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring halfway through heating time.
Stir in vanilla and walnuts. Spread in greased 8 inch square pan. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into squares.
Makes 4 dozen
Rocky Road Fudge:
Add 1 cup miniature marshmallows with vanilla and walnuts.
Peanut Butter Fudge:
Omit walnuts. Drop 1/2 cup peanut butter by teaspoonfuls on top of fugde. Swirl with knife to mable-ize.
Peppermint Fudge:
Omit vanilla and walnuts. Stir in 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies.
Coconut Walnut Fudge:
Add 1 cup flaked coconut, toasted with vanilla and walnuts. Garnish with additional coconut.
I've made the regular fudge, the peanut butter chocolate and the peppermint fudge. All have gone over well. I have a brother-in-law that will hunt for the container that I bring to Christmas. He'll eat the entire container himself!
Thank You so much. I will try these for xmas gifts. I have made others from books which I was not happyu with and that is why I asked for one that I knew someone had tried and was good.
This has been around forever and I used to make it every year for my mother-foolproof too:
Fantasy Fudge
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup margarine
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 12-oz. (340 g) package semi-sweet chocolate chips*
1 7-oz. (198 g) jar Kraft Marshmallow creme
1 cup chopped nuts**
1 tablespoon vanilla
Traditional method:
Combine sugar, margarine and milk in heavy 2-1/2 quart saucepan; bring to full rolling bail, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring. Remove from heat, stir in chocolate till melted. Add marshmallow creme, nuts & vanilla beat till blended. Pour into greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Let cool and cut into 1-inch squares.
* for peanut butter fudge, substitute peanut butter chips
** for peanut butter fudge, use peanuts.
This is so easy and good! 1 lb. white chocolate, 1 lb. milk chocolate and 1 jar of peanut butter. Microwave the two chocolates for 2-4 minutes (stop and stir after each minute). Once chocolates are melted - add peanut butter stirring until completely mixed. Place in 9 x 13 glass dish and refrigerate!
Here's a delicious fudge recipe. It calls for Raspberry flavored chips, but they could be substituted for any other flavor. I've been making this recipe for a few years now and it always turns out great.
Christmas Berry Mocha Fudge - A Heavenly treat
1/4 lb. butter
12 oz. can of evaporated milk
3 1/2 Cups of sugar
1 heaping tablespoon of INSTANT COFFEE
10 oz. Hershey's Raspberry chocolate chips
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate
7 oz. Marshmallow cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
In a heavy saucepan melt the butter. Add evaporated milk, sugar, and coffee.
Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly until the temperature reaches 235 degrees. Remove from heat and and raspberry chocolate chips and the bittersweet chocolate. Stir the mixture until all ingredients are melted. Add the marshmallow crème and stir until blended. Stir in the vanilla. Pour into a lightly greased 9 X 13 inch pan.
Cut in bite sized squared when cooled.
I found this on Merry-Christmas.com
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I made booberry's One Bowl Chocolate Fudge (posted above) on Saturday night to take to a party on Sunday. It took me 15 minute from start to finish. I gave Hubby a piece.... he tasted it and said "No wonder her brother-in-law hunts it down...." then he moaned with delight. In other words he liked it! It is very good, very chocolatey fudge. I'll make it again for this Christmas and use her suggestion to swirl peanut butter through it.


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A few hours ago, while finishing reading The Distance by Helen Giltrow, I felt (and reported) another earthquake. Note on the map, below, the short distance between the epicenter and my home - about 27 miles. I believe that this was the most intense quake that I have felt in Kansas (Magnitude 4.8). Although I've lived in this area off-and-on since February 1959, I've only felt quakes within the past 2 or 3 years.
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Ingineer66, in a comment to the next previous posting, brought attention to the fact that there are all sorts of wells. In particular, he mentioned waste injection wells. Herein, below, is information concerning injection wells - gleaned from the US Environmental Protection Agency's website. If wells bore you to tears, you should be forgiven for moving along without reading further. For those still reading, by following the links for each of the six classes of wells, below, one may find explanations as to how the owners/operators of wells are to protect drinking water sources from pollution.
Side Comment: Considering the history of earthquakes in Colorado that have been ascribed to fracking, I was surprised by the number of such operations I saw being set up along I-25, north of Denver CO, on a recent trip to visit Elder Brother.
What is a Class I well? Class I wells inject hazardous and non-hazardous wastes into deep, isolated rock formations that are thousands of feet below the lowermost USDW.
Class I Injection Wells - Isolate hazardous, industrial and municipal wastes through deep injection.
Class I wells are used mainly by the following industries:
There are approximately 550 Class I wells in the United States. The geology of the Gulf Coast and the Great Lakes area is best suited for these types of wells, and most Class I wells are found in these regions.
What are the types of Class I wells? Class I wells are classified as either hazardous, non-hazardous industrial, municipal, or radioactive depending on the characteristics of the fluid injected. The construction, permitting, operating, and monitoring requirements are more stringent for Class I hazardous wells than for the other types of injection wells.
The four types of Class I wells are:
What is a Class II well? Class II wells inject fluids associated with oil and natural gas production. Most of the injected fluid is salt water (brine), which is brought to the surface in the process of producing (extracting) oil and gas. In addition, brine and other fluids are injected to enhance (improve) oil and gas production. The approximately 144,000 Class II wells in operation in the United States inject over 2 billion gallons of brine every day. Most oil and gas injection wells are in Texas, California, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Class II Wells - Inject oil and gas production related wastes. Visit the Class II Wells page to read more about these wells.
What are the types of Class II wells? Three types of Class II injection wells are associated with oil and natural gas production.
What is a Class III well? Class III wells inject fluids to dissolve and extract minerals such as uranium, salt, copper, and sulfur. More than 50 percent of the salt and 80 percent of the uranium extraction in the United States involves the use of Class III injection wells. There are about 165 mining sites with approximately 18,500 Class III wells in operation across the nation.
Class III Wells - Minimize environmental impacts from solution mining operations. Visit the Class III Wells page to read more about these wells.
What are the types of Class III wells? Class III wells are used to mine uranium, salt, copper, and sulfur.
Uranium in-situ leaching (ISL) is the most common method by which uranium is extracted in the United States. A typical uranium mining operation requires injection, extraction, and monitoring wells. The process includes the following steps: Injection wells are drilled into the formation containing the uranium.
The majority of Class III wells in the United States are uranium ISL wells.
Salt solution mining wells inject clean water to dissolve the salt and the resulting brine (salt water) is pumped to the surface where the salt is extracted. Two methods are used:
If the salt is contained in a dome, a single well typically is used. If the salt is contained in multiple, bedded layers, multiple injection wells are used. Salt solution mining wells make up 5 percent of the Class III wells.
What is a Class IV well?
Class IV wells are shallow wells used to inject hazardous or radioactive wastes into or above a geologic formation that contains a USDW. In 1984, EPA banned the use of Class IV injection wells for disposal of hazardous or radioactive waste. Now, these wells may only be operated as part of an EPA- or state-authorized ground water clean-up action. There are about 32 waste clean-up sites with Class IV wells in the United States.
Class V wells are used to inject non-hazardous fluids underground. Most Class V wells are used to dispose of wastes into or above underground sources of drinking water and can pose a threat to ground water quality, if not managed properly. This website provides information on recognizing the different types of Class V wells and the threats they pose. This website also provides information about:
Most Class V wells are shallow disposal systems that depend on gravity to drain fluids directly in the ground. There are over 20 well subtypes that fall into the Class V category and these wells are used by individuals and businesses to inject a variety of non-hazardous fluids underground. EPA estimates that there are more than 650,000 Class V wells in operation nationwide. Most of these Class V wells are unsophisticated shallow disposal systems that include storm water drainage wells, cesspools, and septic system leach fields. However, the Class V well category also includes more complex wells that are typically deeper and often used at commercial or industrial facilities.
Other more sophisticated Class V well types could include aquifer storage and recovery wells or geothermal electric power wells that are used to inject geothermal fluids extracted from subsurface hydrothermal systems. Complex Class V wells also include wells that are used for pilot geologic sequestration (GS) projects that are experimental in nature. On 12/10/10, the Agency finalized regulations for GS projects. These new regulations include the creation of a new class of well, Class VI. EPA understands that some of the wells permitted as Class V experimental technology wells may no longer be used for experimental purposes.
Following the final rule, Class V wells that are not being used for experimental purposes must be re-permitted as Class VI wells and will be subject to Class VI requirements. Please see the links below for further information.
Regardless of the use of a Class V well, owners and operators are responsible for protecting underlying ground water from contamination by the fluids they inject. Ninety percent of America's public water systems draw their water from ground water sources.
Class VI wells are wells used for injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) into underground subsurface rock formations for long-term storage, or geologic sequestration. Geologic sequestration refers to a suite of technologies that may be deployed to reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere to help mitigate climate change. (For information about geologic sequestration and climate change, see EPA's Geologic Sequestration and Climate Change pages)
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This past July, I posted Another Earthquake about a small earthquake that I had felt, here at home. Since then, I believe there have been two or three earthquakes that have been centered in Kansas rather than Oklahoma. While eating lunch, this afternoon, I felt yet another one. I'm still blaming the oil industry; but, who actually knows?
Here is the summary just posted by USGS (United States Geological Survey). Unfortunately, I can't get the map to play nicely with my software; but, the link should work. [BTW: While I was posting this, another earthquake occurred with an epicenter about 4 miles distant from the one I felt. I did not feel the 2nd, weaker (3.4) earthquake.]
37.242°N 97.904°W depth=5.0km (3.1mi)
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As many earthquakes as I have experienced in various parts of California, including Loma Prieta and its multitude of aftershockes, it is always a shock when I feel one here in south central Kansas. I reported what I felt to USGS. A few minutes later, USGS posted about the earthquake, as below, with nearly 800 reports having been received concerning this latest earthquake.
I can't seem to get the lower map to display the appropriate heading. The map header should read "Geocoded Map". It shows the positions of the reports received. Note the large number of reports from Wichita (and Derby).
On its website, USGS explains the process they use in evaluating each earthquake. The explanation starts with this introduction:
This web site is intended to tap the abundant information available about earthquakes from the people who actually experience them. By taking advantage of the vast numbers of Internet users, we can get a more complete description of what people experienced, the effects of the earthquake, and the extent of damage, than traditional ways of gathering felt information. And best of all, with your help we can do so almost instantly.
By contributing your experience of the earthquake, either immediately afterward, or whenever it is possible for you to do so, you will have made a contribution to the scientific body of information about this earthquake. You will also ensure that your area has been represented in the compilation of the shaking map. This is a two-way street. Not only will you add valuable information on the extent of ground shaking and damage, but in the process we hope you will learn more about how other communities fared and gain a greater understanding of the effects of earthquakes.
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I don't know whenever I have observed such large clumps of snowflakes falling from the sky. Impressive!
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Things have been pretty hectic for me during the past couple of weeks, and will continue in that vein for at least another three weeks; but, that isn't the reason I've fallen behind in visiting Slashdot.org. They are Beta testing a new display that I despise! It is all cutesy-wootsy, but few postings are entirely displayed. One must hit a "more" button to see the whole thing. This is a waste of my time and interest. Fortunately, just now the display that I pulled up was the older version - compact and easily read without hassle. So...I'll catch you up on a few items that they've posted within the past week or two.
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While on the subject of fracking, below is another posting on the subject - from the same source. (Full disclosure: I have a few shares of Chevron that comprise less than 1% of my holdings. It allows me to get the company reports and, for all the good it does, vote against some of the board members.)
(I was interested to read about Dunkard Township because some of my father's ancesters were born and died there.)
Although the USA is not alone in suffering drought these days, I tend to follow the conditions in the USA more than those for the world. Below is the latest USA drought map.
The data cutoff for Drought Monitor maps is Tuesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Time. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
For local details and impacts, please contact your State Climatologist or Regional Climate Center
Thanks to Hunky Husband for sending me the NASA report that featured the above map and a video about California's drought, embedded below.
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Starting in the wee hours of yesterday morning, light snow began to fall in our area. Off and on, all day, it fell. At dinner time (6:00pm), Hunky Husband went out to measure the amount of snow on the ground - 7". The official snowfall in Wichita, at Midcontinent Airport (about 10 miles NW of us), was 8.7". It continued to snow, fitfully, until about 10:00pm. With all of the snowfall, it stayed warm; but, then the cold air moved in. Today, our high temperature is supposed to be 8 or 9 degrees above zero, Fahrenheit - well above the below-zero temperatures seen elsewhere - with winds of 16G34. I've always said that, I don't mind the cold as long as I get some snow to go with it - snow for ice cream!
And, ice cream I've been having. Interestingly, each time I made a bowl of ice cream, yesterday, the top layer of snow was a different type. For breakfast: powder. For lunch: corn. For dinner: flat, sparkly. Before much snow had accumulated, I snapped some photos, a few of which are posted below.
The weather bureau has announced that our accumulation of snow is equivalent to approximately 0.54" of rain. Better than none!
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I measured the densities of the negatives again using 1.4 stops more light (by reducing the size of the projected image) to see whether this reduced the abrupt flatting at the shoulder. It did have some effect, with density continuing to increase above normal + 8 stops exposure. This suggests that the reason for the flattening was measurement error at high negative densities.
The new measurement also shows the straight line portion of the curve to extend from -3 to +7 EV referenced to normal exposure at ISO 100. Gamma of the straight line section is 0.61, which is consistent with "normal" development.


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Hey hey hey!!! Are you ready for Homecoming and Halloween? Its gonna be a CRAZY weekend all over the Triad and what better way to top it off then to find a Cricket wallet full of prizes, coupons and cash cards! Have you found one yet? What are you waiting for? Let me give you another clue to help you out...
While shopping at a place where the name ends in "mart", looking in our buggy there would be very very smart!
And there you have it go out there and get your wallet, and be sure to hit me up and let me know what you won! Good Luck from me & Cricket!
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I strongly agree with you. Yesterday you were talking about how Monique hollers. Man it's too much for late night when you're going to bed. What i do is record her so i can fast forward to the guest. Also Wanda's show isn't what i thought either. Like you i love,love,love her. What a disappointment. Wendy Williams i like alot. Keep up the good work. Glad you're back!
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