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Jun 27 2009
How He Looks to Me
Do you ever see a photo of your husband…or wife…or boyfriend…or girlfriend…or Orkin Man…that perfectly represents exactly what they look like to you? That perfectly conveys the way you see them in real life?
This is one of those photos.
This is how I see Marlboro Man all the time. This is what he looks like to me. Oh, sometimes it's a cowboy hat instead of a simple cap. Sometimes the shirt is interchangeable. But the gloves are always there, and so is Snip, his strong, loyal horse. And the glove is always, always at the end of the impossibly strong forearms—the forearms of my dreams. And the expression. The expression. The expression in this photo is dead solid perfect. He's not looking straight at me, not directly interacting. But he knows I'm there…he knows I'm watching…knows I'm focused on him and him alone. And the corners of his mouth betray him.
When I picture him in my mind, he's always in this state of half-grin.
And it always makes my knees go weak.
I often wonder when that feeling will stop. I keep waiting and waiting so I can hurry up and mark it off my list of Things I Need to Mess With in Life.
But so far…
So far it hasn't budged.
373 Comments
jodik On Saturday, June 27 at 7:11 pm
wish everyone can experience that feeling… it is good!!!
Wendy On Saturday, June 27 at 7:16 pm
So sweet, Ree. One of the things that's most appealing about you is how much and shamelessly you love your husband. It's wonderful to see a happy, solid marriage being enjoyed by both spouses.
[email protected] On Saturday, June 27 at 7:29 pm
Hate to to tell ya…
It's over 30 yrs for me… and it's only getting worse..
Just when I think I can't love him any more than I do…
He goes and makes me love him more..
It pure sweet torture… I tell you… Torture !!!
; )
Trudy On Saturday, June 27 at 7:31 pm
Forget the list. Just enjoy.
Sheral On Saturday, June 27 at 7:32 pm
I hear ya girl. After 27 years of marriage, when my husband gives me his little grin and sexy wink, my heart skips a beat. Ya just gotta love it.
Tina Gibson On Saturday, June 27 at 7:35 pm
I love it that you love your husband so much. I'm sure you have that deep, abiding love that a life-long commitment requires but I just love the way you seem so 'into' him. It's truly inspiring and it makes me smile.
Gayle Rogers On Saturday, June 27 at 7:38 pm
We are going on 31 years and I couldn't do without him. You guys are awesome.
Briahn On Saturday, June 27 at 7:44 pm
And thank God for that.
Sandy On Saturday, June 27 at 7:45 pm
I hve similar feelings for my sweetie! Everynight when he pulls into the driveway…my heart skips a beat…he comes in the door…smiles at me…then while still holding his lunchbox and backpack …he gives a kiss exactly like that first kiss 18 years ago…LONG, SLOW, DEEP…ahhhhh now I onlly have to wait 4 more hours till this simple interaction takes place again…never to be taken for granted by me…I wish this kind of love for everyone! It's bliss!
Kathy Stephenson On Saturday, June 27 at 7:47 pm
I often wonder when that feeling will stop. I keep waiting and waiting so I can hurry up and mark it off my list of Things I Need to Mess With in Life.
But so far…
So far it hasn't budged
Gee On Saturday, June 27 at 7:47 pm
Awesomely awesome!!
DeDe On Saturday, June 27 at 7:50 pm
That is so Sweet! I hope that never goes away!
Lisa On Saturday, June 27 at 7:55 pm
The feelings you have for your husband are what all of us who are looking for our own The One would love to have.
Here's hoping we all find it, too….
Aussiechic.com On Saturday, June 27 at 8:03 pm
Ahhhh honey – who says it has to stop????
Sometimes it just is…..
You know what I mean???
Young Wife On Saturday, June 27 at 8:03 pm
That is so sweet! Great photo, too.
debbie On Saturday, June 27 at 8:04 pm
yeah, it's love! How wonderful!
LivinLouisiana! On Saturday, June 27 at 8:06 pm
I know exactly what you mean!
Gretch On Saturday, June 27 at 8:32 pm
How lucky are you to know love like this. Thanks for letting me live vicariously. My own MM is my goal.
Katie On Saturday, June 27 at 8:40 pm
I will tell you … after 3 decades of marriage … my man makes me weak in the knees on a daily basis … and the feeling does not end. Cherish it!
Lorrie On Saturday, June 27 at 8:41 pm
Love it!
Anne On Saturday, June 27 at 8:41 pm
Ree — I love this post. I love that you love your hubby and ain't afraid to say so. Too many of my girl friends seem embarrassed to say anything nice about their husbands. It's wierd.
Jen On Saturday, June 27 at 8:43 pm
Ree I loved this post. I think everyone loves hearing about how much you love MM. I feel the same way about my husband & am blessed to feel that way!
Heather Kay On Saturday, June 27 at 8:45 pm
Aww, I was feeling like this about my man today also. I wrote about it too! Must be the stars are aligned just right today.
Charly On Saturday, June 27 at 8:46 pm
Ree, I will be married to my guy 29 years in Dec, I feel the same about him as I did when I first met him. We met in Aug. and he asked me to marry him in September and we married in Dec. I still wear the simple tiny diamond he gave me. We had a small wedding in the Chapel at the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains. He is my best friend and he still makes my heart skip a beat. I had surgery in Feb. and it was supposed to be a hour long thing and a day or so hospital stay. It ended up being 6 1/2 hours and I was in the hospital for 11 days. He never left my side and took care of me when I got home. I don't know many men that would have done all the things he did for me and never once complained. I know there is a special place in Heaven for him and he is all mine. Gosh he makes me weak in the knees just thinking about it. There is truly something magical about these Oklahoma men.
Penny Wolf On Saturday, June 27 at 8:52 pm
Why question it? Enjoy it and think how you probably do the same for him. I know i made the correct choice and it's almost 30 years later….sigh…
Jersey Lou On Saturday, June 27 at 9:01 pm
I'm so glad you love your husband so much! That's just great, Ree! Blessings on all of ya!
Shelly @ Life on the Wild Side On Saturday, June 27 at 9:02 pm
I just love how you love him. What a testimony!
Tracy in NC On Saturday, June 27 at 9:03 pm
I love the you still have those feelings. I do, too… 16 years later and I still get butterflies.
MariaP On Saturday, June 27 at 9:08 pm
*sigh* that was beautiful! I feel the same way but I'm only 1 1/2 years into married bliss. I hope my darling and I are the same way 20, 30, 50 years from now. I want to be the weird couple in the nursing home that pinch each others' butts and are always seen holding hands. It would become our mission in life to gross people out, it would be great.
christi On Saturday, June 27 at 9:25 pm
Okiay Why is the horse named snip is that a popular name for horse. I road a horse last week at a place called Mo Ranch near Kerriville Texas. My friends had BlackJack, Blondie and Braveheart. I had Snip who wanted to eat all the time. Now i see this horse is named Is that a common name for a horse. Please answer my question.
Cindy On Saturday, June 27 at 9:32 pm
If I may say so, I love your man too. I love his spirit that shines through every photo you take of him, and I love that you love each other so much. Actually, I love you both….and your kids, and the dogs, and the horses and…..! Thank you for sharing your lives with us….
Nikki H On Saturday, June 27 at 9:35 pm
Luckily enough, I feel that way about my hubs, too, and that's after 35 years. And just as important, he still makes me laugh. In addition, what great examples you two are for your children.
Tamara On Saturday, June 27 at 9:35 pm
That picture is just great. I love your guys' relationship. Reminds me a lot of us.
Erin J On Saturday, June 27 at 9:36 pm
That feeling is truly a gift. Enjoy and be grateful for that passion. The world needs more of that kind of love.
Bridget On Saturday, June 27 at 9:44 pm
I need to put my love for my husband into a few short paragraphs. Words chosen have to be just right. Your tribute is superb!
Kate Craig On Saturday, June 27 at 9:46 pm
It will never stop if you truly love the man. I watch my husband of nearly 41 years from behind sometimes and he still turns me on. I know some are sticking their fingers in their ears and going "lalalalala" right now, but it's the gosh darn truth. You will still see your husband as the young virile guy you once knew even when you are getting up there in years if love is truly there.
Kate On Saturday, June 27 at 9:49 pm
that's so beautiful! thanks for sharing and for keeping the dream alive for those of us still looking!
ellie k On Saturday, June 27 at 9:51 pm
I have been married 44 years and the thought of my man still gives me tingles and smiles. It just gets better with the years.
claire On Saturday, June 27 at 9:56 pm
i love your blog and the way you honour your husband. It has encouraged me to want to honour my husband like that. My husband has taken to carrying our baby in her carseat with one hand and our three year old in his other arm, lifting them both high and calling himself captain forearms he likes your blog too!!
Cathy Shea On Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 pm
I love how you share your feelings with us, as if we're your best friends. I am so happy you have such a wonderful friendship with your husband and such a deep passionate love for one another. It rocks!!!
Rhonda On Saturday, June 27 at 10:00 pm
Isn't that such a wonderful feeling!! Pray it never stops!
brigid of Calif On Saturday, June 27 at 10:04 pm
The love you and Marlboro Man have for each other is quite beautiful, and it makes me very happy to read about it. Do not expect that thrill to end!
My dear husband and I had that special love until I lost him — we'd been married 37 years.
No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane On Saturday, June 27 at 10:05 pm
I love that. I get weak in the knees sometimes with my man and then think that it's silly. Im not alone!
MaryB in Richmond On Saturday, June 27 at 10:06 pm
You are both SO VERY LUCKY!
Karen On Saturday, June 27 at 10:06 pm
What a nice thing to hear! You are truly blessed.
MariaT On Saturday, June 27 at 10:08 pm
I love whenever you write about how Marlboro Man still makes you go weak in the knees. It's just nice to know that maybe the feeling will never go away for me either.
Nicky On Saturday, June 27 at 10:08 pm
oh blah blah blah to the other comments! you two need to get a room… you're getting too old to be such a horn dog you know!!
mare On Saturday, June 27 at 10:11 pm
so very sweet ~ all relationships should be so equal in their own way
Michelle K On Saturday, June 27 at 10:14 pm
Diane in Cincinnati On Saturday, June 27 at 10:21 pm
I hope the feeling doesn't ever stop for you.
Tiffany On Saturday, June 27 at 10:21 pm
Pdub you make me want to be a better wife. You help me see the good in a bad day. Pdub you make me smile when I want to frown. Thank you Pdub for being you. I'm so glad we're BFF's.
SW from Virginia On Saturday, June 27 at 10:23 pm
I so love reading your love story. thank you for being so honest with your readers.
Your husband is a lucky man.
SW from Virginia
coastgal On Saturday, June 27 at 10:39 pm
Relish that feeling, I have just celebrated my 50 th anniversary and still have it and never want to loose it, so cherish yours.
2Mama On Saturday, June 27 at 10:42 pm
I could lose hours daydreaming about my husby. May our knees always be weak, our heads always in a swoon, and our eyes be always filled with stars over the men we love. I don't know how he puts up with me, but he does it with a kiss and a smile.
Kelly Hansen On Saturday, June 27 at 10:51 pm
I envy you too. I've never felt that way about my husband which is probably why we are in the middle of a divorce after 8.5 years of marriage. The passion was missing. He's a very nice man and I'm going to miss him terribly but I'm hoping to find what you have. Send me prayers.
ron On Saturday, June 27 at 10:56 pm
just keep washing those closes and cooking those meals.
carla On Saturday, June 27 at 11:10 pm
Praying that feeling never budges…for you both!
Laurie On Saturday, June 27 at 11:10 pm
I have several of those "snapshots" on my head of various people who have been in my life and no longer here. Was fortunate to get a picture of my Daddy that perfectly captures him (and his smart-alec-ness) before he passed. It made many family members happy to get a copy. Snapshots like that, whether actual photos or mind's eye images always make me smile. So wish I could paint what is in my head. :O)
Angie On Saturday, June 27 at 11:11 pm
One of my very favorite things about this site is the way you talk about your love for your husband and your kids. It comes across as real and substantial and palpable.
My husband and I are approaching our 3 year wedding anniversary, but we've been together for almost 8 years now. It just keeps getting better. I hope that after 13 or 30 or 50 years we still love each other as much or more than we do now.
I'd like to say you're lucky – that many of the women on this page are lucky – to have what we have. It's more than luck, though. Relationships take work, even the good ones. Here's to hard work AND good luck keeping the fires burning year after year!
joyce On Saturday, June 27 at 11:14 pm
You are one. lucky. woman.
jouette On Saturday, June 27 at 11:21 pm
its the not directly interacting part but both of you feeling each other anyway that does it…the magic is in both of you being head over heels for the other <3 i love that feeling, it was the thing when we first met that struck us both, that we both felt the magic…that's when it lasts forever
kay On Saturday, June 27 at 11:26 pm
hope he always make your knees weak and your toes curl
Vicky On Saturday, June 27 at 11:28 pm
Yeah, I was married 20 years and felt that way too. That is until his girlfriend had his baby. Not saying that will happen to you,,,,,,,,just sayin'
Kara On Saturday, June 27 at 11:28 pm
Ahhh I love it!
Valerie On Saturday, June 27 at 11:29 pm
Your story is like one of those Disney movies that gave me unrealistic expectations of men and relationships. Thanks for giving me a real life example so I can keep hoping I won't have to settle!
Marie On Saturday, June 27 at 11:29 pm
For us lucky ones, it never stops.
Sandy On Saturday, June 27 at 11:48 pm
You are one lucky lady!
Michelle On Saturday, June 27 at 11:55 pm
David Mills On Saturday, June 27 at 11:57 pm
Yeah, I had a wife like that. The shape of her face, from the outside of her eye, down and across her high cheekbones, all the way to the tip of her chin, was built into the shape of the edge of my palm, from thumb tip to wrist. I carried it around for thirty years before I knew it was a pattern of the love of my life.
I still have it, thank God; a perfect picture should I ever go totally stupid and brainless.
Jennifer On Sunday, June 28 at 12:13 am
How sweet!
Stacey - Addicted to the Click On Sunday, June 28 at 12:18 am
HUGE smile…. congratulations on the love you've been blessed with….
Amber Watkins On Sunday, June 28 at 12:23 am
WHEW!! Your Marlboro Man runs a pretty close race with George Strait. I think MM needs to join George in his Wrangler ads!! Pretty HOT!!
My hubby has great forearms too… They are grrreat!! He has great legs too!! I have been married for one year (June 14) and I hope I still look at my hubby the same way you look at MM after kiddos come and many years of marital bliss!! Makes life fun!!
Monique On Sunday, June 28 at 12:26 am
I wish you the best in having this feeling for all the years of your life. I envy you.
Asian Aisle On Sunday, June 28 at 12:32 am
I think it's sweet how Marlboro Man has something that just 'does it for you.'
Mari On Sunday, June 28 at 12:40 am
so sweet. it is a joy to see how much you love your man.
blessings on you both.
Scuba On Sunday, June 28 at 1:31 am
*Purr* A decade later and I'm still in love like that! I was afraid I'd rub off the "shiny and new", but it turns out all that lovin' keeps the high gloss nicely buffed and gleaming!! Love wins!!
Susie On Sunday, June 28 at 1:46 am
Lynn On Sunday, June 28 at 1:53 am
Oh Ree, there is a simplicity to your love and your life that I think shows in your relationship with MM. He loves you and wants to share his life with you, and you feel the same way. Your ranch and your family IS your life without so many of life's distractions. There is so much to be said for getting back to basics in life. What more important thing is there in life than the love between a man and a woman? And the forearms…..oh yeah, I see what your seeing!!!!
christy On Sunday, June 28 at 2:10 am
Ree…you being so in love with MM is gift to everyone around you…especially the family that surrounds you everyday. Thank you for just being "one-of-us" and for loving the basic things in life………..and for throwing in the "not-so-basic" every one in while…..
Edie On Sunday, June 28 at 2:26 am
I hope it never stops.
Nan C On Sunday, June 28 at 2:54 am
I love the open obsession you have for your man! It's so great! I am so blessed to be able to say: ME, TOO! When I think of the sizzlin' hot passion that just gets stronger year after year (15 of them so far) "phew baby!" …
o-momma On Sunday, June 28 at 3:31 am
That is one of the sweetest posts! Ree, you're blessed. MM is blessed. I hope the passion is always there for you two. I've been married almost 20 yrs and I can honestly say passion, true passion, hasn't been a part of it. Many blessings to you & your family!
Jane George On Sunday, June 28 at 4:43 am
Honey, you just hang on tight to that feeling!
The Memoirs Of Zoé On Sunday, June 28 at 5:23 am
You have what we all are searching for in life. You are truly blessed.
Bises, Zoé
Tracy On Sunday, June 28 at 6:39 am
Okay, I need to stop reading your blog! Dreamt last night that you invited me out to your ranch….wouldn't talk to me when I got there (what's up with that??), so Missy walked me out to my car and a baby lamb came up and when I bent down to pet him….he BIT my fingers off one by one! SEE??!! How whacked out is THAT? Ü I think I need more coffee……………..
Lindie On Sunday, June 28 at 7:04 am
My guess is,it's not going to happen. He is it for you. I loved my husband more every year and I think that's the way it will be for you.
Dancing Shoes On Sunday, June 28 at 7:13 am
Ree, I'll wager that feeling will last forever!!
MalinaG. On Sunday, June 28 at 7:23 am
Sorry to be the dissenting voice in this love fest but speaking as a psycholgist, women who need to afirm
their husbands "manliness" and virility as much as
you do usually have something lacking in their marriages. Look insideyourself and see what's really missing in your life. How does he really treat you?
Kelly On Sunday, June 28 at 7:52 am
I've had that for almost 30 years! It keeps on keepin' on!
Tasha Hickert On Sunday, June 28 at 7:53 am
I know that feeling exactly! Mine is when I hear my husband singing at church. Can't explain it–I just know that it gives me that feeling and I love it!!
Of course, you're so brave to tell people about it. I've never told anyone but you
Love your blog.
RoKing On Sunday, June 28 at 8:04 am
I have been married for forty years and there is this moment when my husband is intently reading or looking at something that just makes me weak in the knees. It has something to do with the look on his face at that moment. It is really a big WOW factor.
Dutch Donut Girl On Sunday, June 28 at 8:08 am
And he is not even wearing chaps in this picture
Happy belated birthday to your girl!
Kathy On Sunday, June 28 at 8:10 am
Hey PW does MM read this stuff? And does he let you know about it that night?
Claire On Sunday, June 28 at 8:13 am
This makes me miss my husband and the weak knees he always gives me. I'm not sure I'll even have knees when he comes home (from Iraq) in October!
Anne McCoy On Sunday, June 28 at 8:31 am
The way you two are going, it will be "til death do you part."
Jill's Real Life On Sunday, June 28 at 8:52 am
I call it those feelings of "overwhelming love". Sometimes it just hits me and I can't help but smile…
ashpags On Sunday, June 28 at 8:57 am
Awww…cute! =)
Abiwim On Sunday, June 28 at 9:01 am
Ree, you are so lucky to have found this…ummm…what bar was that again??
Trudy On Sunday, June 28 at 9:14 am
After 26 years, I still feel my heart leap when he comes home…..and, by the way, I checked out my hubby's forearms…they are totally HOT. It's my new eye candy.
Susan On Sunday, June 28 at 9:21 am
So sweet, Ree.


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NC State Wins 3 Events; 4 Meet Records Fall at Raleigh Relays
March 30, 2012
Results | Raleigh Relays Day 1 Results | Photo Gallery
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State track and field athletes won three events and four Raleigh Relay records fell on the first day of competition at the annual meet at the Wolfpack's Paul Derr Track.
Junior Nathaniel Williams shattered his personal best and put a scare into the eight-year-old school record in the men's discus with a mark of 189-feet, 1-inch, topping his previous best by more than 18 feet. He was just 18 inches away from the school mark set by James Rowell in 2004.
"That was a big-time throw for us," said head coach Rollie Geiger. "What we are looking for from an early meet like this is getting marks that will get our athletes to the NCAA Regionals, with a chance to advance from there.
"Nate's mark certainly gets him safely to that point."
State junior Kris Kornegay-Gober, the ACC indoor champion and an NCAA indoor qualifier in the high jump, set a personal best and broke a 21-year-old meet record with a mark of 7-feet, 3-inches in his event. He was just three inches shy of the school record set by Omarr Dixon in 1996.
Kornegay-Gober's mark was a half-inch better than the previous meet record set by George Mason's Tony Barton in 1991.
Senior Brittany Hampton, who holds the school record in the women's discus, won that event by a comfortable margin with a throw of 167-feet, 6-inches. Redshirt freshman teammate Tremanisha Taylor was third at 165-feet, 5-inches.
Taylor was also second in the women's shot put with a throw of 51-feet, 2 ¼-inches. Senior Lawanda Henry was fourth.
Three other meet records fell on a picture-perfect afternoon and evening at the Derr Track. UNC Greensboro runner Paul Chelimo broke the meet record in the 1,500 meters, as did the next four finishers. Chelimo's mark of 3:40.25 came close but did not break the Derr Track record of 3:39.75 set by former world champion Abdi Bile of George Mason, set in 1987.
Clemson's Alyssa Kulik broke the meet record in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:12.25. NC State's Erin Mercer, an outdoor All-ACC selection with Kulik last year, was third in the even. Wolfpack junior Brian Himelright was also third in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
High school runner Wesley Frazier of Raleigh's Ravenscroft High broke her own meet record in the girls 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:21.84, one of the fastest times posted by a high school runner in the nation this spring.
"It's was the perfect day for setting records," Geiger said. "It was good and warm in the afternoon for the throwers and jumpers and it was cool in the evening for the runners. We couldn't asked for a better day."
The Wolfpack distance runners fare well under the lights of Derr Track. Seniors Bobby Moldovan and Sandy Roberts were fifth and sixth in the men's 5,000 meters, while freshman Joanna Thompson was ninth in the women's 5,000 meters with a time of 16:19.69. Senior Andie Cozzarelli and redshirt freshman Laura Hoer were close behind, finishing 11th and 13th, respectively.
Wolfpack senior Taylor Graham had a personal best and qualified for Saturday's finals in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.43 seconds.
The meet continues on Saturday at the Paul Derr Track, with the first event starting at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free for all spectators.
Raleigh Relays
Women's 100m hurdles
Women's 100m preliminaries
Men's 400m
Women's 400m
Women's 3,000m steeplechase
Men's 3,000m steeplechase
Women's 1,500m (Morning section)
Women's 1,500m (Section 4)
Women's 1,500m (Section 3)
Women's 1,500m (Section 2)
Men's 1,500m (Section 4)
Men's 1,500m (Section 3)
Men's 1,500m (Section 2)
Men's 1,500m (Section 1)
Girls 3,200m (high school)
Women's 5,000m (Section 2)
Women's 5,000m (Section 1)
-- Erin Mercer DNF
Men's 5,000m (Section 2)
Men's 5,000m (Section 1)
Men's Discus
Women's shot put
Women's high jump
Women's discus
Men's shot put
Men's High jump
Men's long jump
Women's long jump
* Italics denote Raleigh Relays record.

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June 25, 2004
New Digital Geologic Maps Available for Hole-In-The-Wall Country
The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has released the first two of a planned group of 12 digital quadrangle geologic maps for the southern Bighorn Mountains. Map author Alan Ver Ploeg, Senior Geologist and Head of the Geologic Mapping Section at the WSGS, announced that color geologic maps covering the Hole-in-the-Wall and Poker Butte 1:24,000-scale quadrangles are now available from the WSGS as Open File Reports (OFRs) 04-12 and 04-13, respectively. Preliminary versions of the maps were released in 1998 as blackline copies; the maps have since been revised and digitized. Each map includes a geologic cross section to illustrate the structure present in the area.
Ver Ploeg notes that interest in the hydrogeology and minerals in the area prompted the completion of these maps. Over the past several years, the WSGS has received requests for information on the general geology and structure of the area to aid in the siting of water wells in the vicinity of local ranches. Bentonite is mined from the Frontier Formation which crops out in the northeastern corner of the Hole-in-the-Wall Quadrangle and potential exists to extend these mines to the west and south along trends shown on the map. In addition, there are numerous terrace deposits mapped on both quadrangles, which could serve as a local source for sand and gravel.
The geographic feature known as Hole-in-the-Wall occurs on the quadrangle by the same name. The Hole-in-the-Wall is a narrow notch eroded in a nearly continuous, vertical cliff of Triassic Chugwater Formation, locally referred to as the ÒRed Wall.Ó This significant topographic feature runs for almost 25 miles north to south along the east slope of the southern Bighorn Mountains. The Hole-in-the-Wall and the area around it was made famous by various groups of outlaws, rustlers, and army deserters who used this erosional feature as a hidden route in and out of the rugged surrounding area, which served as a hideout for many years. Probably the most notable of the outlaws were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with their famous Hole-in-the-Wall gang.
The maps can be purchased over the counter of by phone, fax, or Email from the Publications Sales Office at the WSGS in Laramie. Each map sells for $10.00 each, available as a color plotted map, rolled only. The digital coverage, in the form of GIS shape files (created in ESRI¨ ArcInfo¨) along with the metadata files will be available in the near future.
Press Release
from the Office of the Wyoming State Geologist
Ron Surdam, State Geologist
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By Annette Hinkle
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." — Mark Twain
Therein lies the dichotomy of what it means to be someone's mother. Exasperation and volatility balanced by moments of pure terror, sheer joy, heartbreak and immense pride.
So is it any reason that motherhood evokes the range of emotions that it does throughout our lives? And is it any reason that motherhood provides very fertile ground (pun intended) for theatrical experiences?
"Motherhood Out Loud" is one of those and it's the current production being offered by Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center. Rather than offering a cohesive beginning to end narrative with the expected dramatic arc, "Motherhood Out Loud," which is directed by Michael Disher, unfolds as a series of vignettes — monologues, primarily — which were written by more than a dozen writers and are presented here by an ensemble cast of Center Stage regulars who take on a variety of characters in different stages of parenthood.
The two act play, conceived by Susan Rose and Joan Stein, consists of short pieces offered over the course of five "chapters." Each chapter opens with a "fugue" — three characters delivering observational snippets based on what's to come — which set the stage for the grouping that follows.
Like Eve Enstler's "Vagina Monologues or Nora and Delia Ephron's "Love, Loss and What I Wore," (which Center Stage presented in January), these monologue-based plays seem to be much in vogue. They also seem to be largely about women — and when it comes to women, there's nothing like the trials and tribulations of bringing another human into the world (and the fear that forever follows about his or her well-being) to elicit strong emotions.
These pieces highlight the way in which parenthood changes not only sleep schedules and priorities, but that core sense of self. What does it mean to abandon one's own identity and goals in favor of conversations about diaper rash and sippy cups?
The play begins where motherhood always does — in labor — and chapter one offers vignettes of sleepless nights and endless doubts that plague every new mother — juxtaposed with the well meaning but unsolicited advice from the previous generation of mothers (and mother-in law).
Included in this collection is the poignant "Squeeze, Hold, Release" offered by Kasia Klimiuk. While she recalls those three words given to her by her mother as a way to get those "marriage muscles" back in shape (look up Kegal exercises if you're not sure what this involves), in fact, the phrase becomes a deeper metaphor for the experience of motherhood as we squeeze our babies tight, hold them close for years, and are eventually forced to release them into the larger world.
Also eye-opening, and dead on, is "New in the Motherhood" offered by the very talented Valerie J. DiLorenzo about playground politics. This piece will hit home with any witty woman now sentenced by the circumstance of birth to endless days in the park attempting to scare up play dates for the little one. This involves shamelessly sucking up to other mothers who have little or no interest in bonding with either your or your offspring. Remember this: sarcasm and humor are completely lost on overprotective parents.
It's accurate — but if "Motherhood Out Loud" remained rooted only in baby and toddler-hood, it would soon grow weary — like parents. Luckily, the piece branches out in ways that are revealing and moving.
Chapter two delves into the stresses mothers experience alongside their children when issues of social acceptance come into play. One example is offered by Susan Wojcik who defends her seven year old son's fervent desire to play Queen Esther in his temple's Purim celebration despite the stares and whispers of strangers.
This chapter is really about acceptance, and two of the most effective pieces deal with unconventional families. In "Baby Bird," Josephine Wallace engages in a theoretical give and take with Dan Becker, who plays a total stranger asking inappropriate questions about how and why she adopted a baby from China — especially since she already has a biological son. Likewise, Adam Fronc's experiences as a gay man who has shared the birthing process with his partner through surrogacy expands conventional definitions of motherhood.
Not every monologue in this production will resonate with every viewer — but Disher and his actors keep the stories moving and those that hit home do so very effectively. What makes the play work is the way in which it moves through life's changes and transitions — from babyhood to leaving home, when children go off to college, get married or join the military leaving their emotionally distraught parents behind.
Finally, the arc of life winds down with the inevitable denouement — the tables turn and the nurtured become the nurturers to their own aging parents suffering with memory lapses, failing bodies and end of life decisions.
When you get right down to it, motherhood has and always will be about raising our replacements — grooming them to one day care for us, and ideally, the world. It's not exactly a high note to end a play on, but luckily, "Motherhood Out Loud" last piece is a well-considered reflection on one mother's love and a tender look back on her child's entry into this crazy place all those long years ago.
No matter how old he (or she) get, it's something no mother ever forgets.
Center Stage's production of "Motherhood Out Loud" runs through March 24 at the Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton. Shows are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Michael Disher directs. The cast includes Valerie J. DiLorenzo, Barbara Jo Howard, Edna Winston, Joan Lyons, Josephine Wallace, Adam Fronc, Dan Becker, Susan Wojcik and Kasia Klimiuk. Tickets are $22 ($12 students). Call 287-4377 or visit www.southamptonculturalcenter.org to reserve.


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The Liberal Democrat partners in the UK coalition government have floated a report proposing to save £4bn by reducing Britain's commitment to the first strike nuclear deterrent.
Through spokesman Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Lib-Dems propose:
- reduce the Trident submarine fleet from four to three;
- drop the long-standing 'continuous-at-sea' deterrence procedure.
Their report also indicates that the Lib-Dem party conference in September will also consider the option of going down to a two-submarine Trident fleet.
The naivety of this position is operational and philosophical.
The point about being in possession of the ultimate deterrent is that it can be delivered at any time from a supposedly unknown position.
If you are not running continuous-at-sea deterrence, you cannot be in such a position.
Any notion that you can reduce the traditional 24 hour patrols in times of lesser tension could hardly be more naive nor more ignorant of the lessons of history.
It is based on an unspoken and unthought assumption that all nations, in peace and in aggression, play by the same rules and don't go for the element of surprise.
On 6th October 1973, Egypt and Syria together launched a surprise attack on Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur.
Any serious aggressor will always plan a strike at a time when tensions are low and potential attack unsuspected.
The issue of the number of submarines in the Trident fleet hangs upon continuous-at-sea deterrence.
Four boats traditionally allows for:
- one boat on patrol at sea;
- one boat working up to take over on patrol;
- one boat engaged in training new recruits to the submarine fleet;
- one boat in refit.
This is an efficient guarantee of the potential to keep one boat at sea on patrol at all times. Three boats is not; and two would be wholly inadequate to deliver continuous-at-sea deterrence.
The plan is almost archetypal Lib-Dem fudge.
The reality is that you either have a first-strike nuclear deterrent capacity or you do not.
A part-time capacity is simply astray of the concept.
There is a feasible and respectable case to be made for unilateral nuclear disarmament, with a different approach to defence and to an armed response capacity.
But the Lib-Dems have chosen to go for a watered down nuclear strike capability which neither deters nor arms.
If we went along with this nonsense, judged a period to be one of lower tensions, stood down the continuous-at-sea submarine patrol [which with three boats - or, worse, two boats, we could not deliver anyway], and were caught napping by a determined and well prepared aggressor, we would not necessarily even be able to mobilise what Trident fleet we had in anything resembling a fast response.
When a current Vanguard patrol returns from sea, its weapons are unloaded and taken to the secure storage facility at Coulport. When a boat is readied for sea, it embarks its weapons, delivered from Coulport to Faslane.
If the Lib-Dems are envisaging stood-down Trident submarines berthed at Faslane with nuclear weapons retained onboard, ready to sale at short notice, we should know that now, as there would be clear safety issues involved.
Why on earth did the woolly ones not simply produce a plan based on cutting Trident altogether, going for unilateral nuclear disarmament and proposing a thoroughgoing alternative defence philosophy?
That's an informed discussion we need to have; and need to have in time not to stagger through the 'main gate' of the Trident contract by default.
But the report the Chief Secretary to the Treasury presented was advocating simply having less deterrence. That's simply silly.
The Lib-Dems had hoped that Labour would support the suggestions of their report and that this might be the basis for a post-electoral pact in 2015, if the General Election in that year proved inconclusive.
Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, Jim Murphy has issued a statement understood to be the official party view and reiterating its traditional position: 'Labour has always said we are committed to the minimum credible independent nuclear deterrent, which we believe is best delivered through a continuous at-sea deterrent. It would require a substantial body of evidence for us to change that, but this review does not appear to offer such evidence.'


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Fender Pawn Shop '70s Stratocaster Deluxe
The Stratocaster reinvented - again
The name '70s Stratocaster Deluxe' might suggest something comparatively straightforward, but this new model puts the Pawn Shop approach to effective use - it's a novel blend of bits borrowed from a variety of well-known Fenders.
The bolt-on maple neck of course suggests a Stratocaster from the stated era, since it is topped by the appropriately enlarged headstock and a model logo to match. The accompanying components are equally period-correct: 'F'-stamped tuners, twin string guides and a 'bullet'-type truss rod adjuster.
Nicely installed medium frets number 22, thanks to a small extension to the gently radius'd maple fingerboard. It's gloss finished, like the rest of the neck, and although the nut slots are consistently well cut depth-wise, uneven spacing means the strings are slightly misaligned.
"The neck's profile and proportions offer an instantly familiar, easy grip"
Still, the neck's profile and proportions offer an instantly familiar, easy grip, plus a more precise feel than many actual 70s Strats can muster. Unlike the other era-related hardware, a standard four-screw plate keeps the neck firmly secured.
The smoothly contoured body is equally all Strat, and clad in an impressively consistent black, it contrasts the white pearl scratchplate that comes straight from the original Thinline Telecaster. The '70s Stratocaster Deluxe's neck-placed single coil looks like that used on the latter, while its bridge-placed Enforcer resembles the split-polepiece humbucker seen on the 70s version of the same Tele variant.
Controls, too, are Thinline-derived, but in keeping with the Pawn Shop spirit, their layout is reversed, with the pickup selector sited below the volume and tone pots - although all three are positioned a little too close together for comfort.
A modern, generic Fender bridge, featuring vintage-style bent-steel saddles mounted on a small-size baseplate, with through-body stringing, completes the component count.
"The neck single coil packs a reasonable poke, and it also offers a nice bluesy tonality"
The '70s Stratocaster Deluxe possesses reasonable acoustic resonance, while the unusual pickup combination holds great promise. The neck single coil packs a reasonable poke, and it also offers a nice bluesy tonality.
Meanwhile, the Enforcer humbucker doesn't disappoint, either, because although output is beefy, its response is well balanced, and a tightly focused delivery adds an almost vintage character.
However, selecting both pickups creates a distinctly thin, nasal and low-volume sound, indicating the pickups are out of phase with each other. We presume this isn't intended, or then again it might be! It certainly adds to the quirky set of features.
This modern Fender suits dirty work: both pickups respond well to varying levels of gain, while the usefully progressive volume and tone pots add some further flexibility.
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Surprisingly cohesive looks. Playability.
Cramped controls. Circuitry problems.
This mix of a Strat and two Thinline Teles proves effective, performing better than many 70s Fenders.
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DIY Tea Towel Runner
Bring a no-fuss attitude to the table with these easy and inexpensive runners.
Look for 20"-wide striped tea towel fabric from a discount fabric store (you can also find gingham and plaid patterns). To determine the length of your runner, measure the width of your table and then add 12". Use a measuring tape and shears to cut the fabric. Tea towel fabric doesn't fray easily, so you can leave the edges raw. But if you prefer a more finished look, fold under 1" of fabric on the cut ends and stitch a simple hem by hand or with a machine. Lay the runners width-wise on your table so they can do double duty as place mats.
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Pioneer NavGate HUD for smartphone navigation makes you feel like a jet fighter pilot7 September 2013
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multiple speedlite portrait setup using Rogue Flashbenders
The PDN Photo Plus Expo in New York took place last week. As always, it's it's always a bit of a head-rush walking around, overwhelmed by all the photography goodies and people. Of course, you'll inevitably bump into old friends and catch up a bit. One of them, is Michael Corsentino who I met during the After Dark photo conventions. (Sadly, the After Dark events have been put on indefinite hold.)
Not only is Michael Corsentino a pre-eminent wedding photographer in San Francisco, but has also written a book – the Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide (Amazon). If you like his style, follow him on Twitter @corsentino
When I randomly saw this photograph later on on his FB feed, my reaction was … damn!
He had photographed Anelisa at the Rogue Flashbenders stand for a demo. So I was curious about the exact lighting setup, and asked him if I could repost it here, along with an explanation and the lighting diagram …
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April 24th, 2006 #1
Faces to face, faces to tear apart *updated*
Want to fully render this one in pencil.
Realy want some crits, does'nt matter how the ref is, couse i did'nt realy copy em. It's more about the anatomy etc in the faces. So hope
for some good crits since i see this also directly as a study.
Last edited by JeroArt; May 2nd, 2006 at 07:41 PM.
Hide this ad by registering as a memberApril 24th, 2006 #2
The punk guy has too deep of a line between his cheek and nose. The other few at the top look like they will shape up well. The ones in the middle and bottom are a bit rough to comment on yet.
April 24th, 2006 #3
love the way it fades in fades out and you can see the pencil strokes, you can really capture people's expressions naturally I see nothing to crit !!
look I dont know why I love you I just do
April 24th, 2006 #4
Yeah got that right about the too deep line, lucky it's pencil change that part. First wanted to make this one with fineliners, but after drawing furter with the pencil, i liked it enough hehe. Thanx for ur crit, realy usefull.
Glad u like it thanx for the kind words
Soon an update
May 2nd, 2006 #5
Finaly a little update (bussy for school with somany tasks)
Hope u like it, some tips n crits would be nice and usefull a lot


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From The Standard Times a report followed by editorial comment on the recent destruction of a church in Sierra Leone by a Muslim group.
The display of the powers of the Supreme Being through this widow (through whom God had healed a man three years earlier, which impressed the people Ew) convinced the inhabitants of the (Mambolo Chiefdom in the Kambia District) Chiefdom to resolute their minds and accept the fact that indeed there is a true God, which the Christians believed in and are dedicated to in the pursuit of their objective of life after death through Jesus Christ, the Son of God who sacrificed his life and died on the cross for the sins of those that believed and repent.
They decided they wanted a church and so:-
Pastor Samuel Sankoh was contacted and became very instrumental for the foundation stone of the Lord's Mission Church to be laid. A large portion of land was donated to the church by the people, with certain amount of money paid by the church that benefited the community.
The Lord's Mission Church took several years to secure funding from an American Christian denomination to erect the church, according to Pastor Mansaray. After so many efforts made, funding was obtained and construction of the church commenced with co, operation and support from their senior pastor in Freetown, Bishop Archibald Cole. A total of about $30,000 was spent on the building and $20,000 on water well with four tanks, solar panel and electric pump to provide safe drinking water to the community and not only members of the church.
Seeing the rapid development in the chiefdom, a group of individuals from the outskirt of the chiefdom decided to inflict pain on the people and took them to where they where before, under the guise of fighting a just Muslim course. They described themselves as believers of the Muslim Faith, who said that they would not allow a church to be built on the soil where a mosque had stood before. Initially, it was rumoured that a group of Muslim fanatics were preparing to set the church building on fire, claiming that it was an instruction received from their leaders in Freetown.
The rumour, according to Pastor Mansaray was reported to the Officer Commanding the Mambolo Police Post, who assured them that adequate security would be provided to the building. Few days afterwards, the rumour became a reality when some youth numbered about two hundred stormed the Rokbop Village and set the church building on fire, damaged the water well, stole the solar panel, tanks and electric pump.
The leader of the group, according to police sources of the Mambolo Police Post was Sheik Lamin Sesay who reiterated to police that his group was working on instruction from their leaders in Freetown. He was arrested on the instruction of the Local Unit Commander, Mr. Foday Conteh together with some other members of his group and detained. According to government sources, the incident was also reported to the Minister of Works, Mr. Philip Koroma who also hailed from the Kambia District, which the denounced and condemned completely, saying that the action is not only uncivilized but has the potential of igniting religious war between the Muslims and the Christians in the country.
Other Muslim leaders and believers of the Islamic Faith have equally condemned the action of the group who tagged themselves as Muslim. According to Sheik Kallay, the action of the group has no semblance of the Muslim Faith, nor are they followers of the Muslim doctrine. "True Muslim doesn't burn down churches, or destroy facility such as water". He said, and advised true Muslims in the country to dissociate themselves from the work of the devil."
Report states that those who were arrested by police have already been released, for reasons which have not been known to the church but police sources say some of them used politics to secure their release. The fear being expressed by some Sierra Leoneans who have been following the matter is that if no action is taken by the APC government, there is possibility that this same group will repeat their action, since they now know that they would not suffer any consequence of their action.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Esme. I have just read - and prayed - through it.
I enjoy the plain speaking and practical thinking of those African Christians. It is notable that rather than just building a church the Christians also built a well with (so far as I can deduced) what one might call a mini-waterworks for the whole community...water of life.
It is also notable that the Muslims made their usual nonsensical claim to 'prior ownership' (of the church site, in this case)...and smashed and burned and pillaged, destroying a valuable new community resource.
For those who may not know, I will throw in some background information on Sierra Leone, from my Christian sourcebook Operation World [OW] and from the CIA factbook.
OW said (2001) that Sierra Leone was 70 % Muslim (rate of increase 4.5 %), 18 % traditional religion, and 12 % Christian (rate of increase 2.9 %); official language English with Krio (Creole) as lingua franca. In 2001 the country was viewed as having ceased to function as a viable state...is anyone surprised, given that it was 70 % Muslim?
OW also notes that "during the 20th century Islam grew from 10 % to maybe 80 % of the population" (it would be interesting to find out figures for each decade and correlate them with the level of 'instability').
CIA for 2009 is cautiously hopeful (which, in a way, chimes with the fact that the posted article shows that village Christians were organised and confident enough to gather resources and ask for help from the Church Universal, to build a church and water well):
'democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one third of the population).
'The military, which took over full responsibility for security following the departure of UN peacekeepers at the end of 2005, is increasingly developing as a guarantor of the country's stability [hmmm -I'd like to know whether Muslims control the military..if so I would not be very hopeful of longterm peace...dda]
"The armed forces remained on the sideline during the 2007 presidential election...The new government's priorities include furthering development [good luck with that, when Muslim rent-a-mobs destroy village waterworks built by Christians - dda] and stamping out endemic corruption [good luck with that, in a country 70-80 % Islamised...dda]."
The CIA factbook religion breakdown differs somewhat from the OW figures - stating Muslim 60 %, Christian 10 %, animist/ traditional beliefs 30 % (this variation between OW and the CIA guesstimates may be accounted for by syncretism between traditional beliefs and both Christianity and Islam).
Good post, Esme. Thanks for the highly informative background, dda - most useful.


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RISING levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may have a silver lining: doubling the size of the sweet potato, the fifth most important food crop in the developing world.
Most studies of the effects of higher atmospheric CO2 on crops have shown rising yields of rice, wheat and soy. The hardy sweet potato is increasingly becoming a staple in Africa and Asia, producing "more edible energy per hectare per day than wheat, rice or cassava", according to research group the International Potato Center.
Hope Jahren at the University of Hawaii at Manao and colleagues grew the plants at four CO2 concentrations: the current level of 390 parts per million, as well as 760, 1140 and 1520 ppm. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that atmospheric CO2 levels will be between 500 and 1000 ppm by the year 2100.
For the least extreme scenario at 760 ppm, the team found the tubers grew up to 96 per cent larger.
The team is now testing their nutrient content. "Are these sweet potatoes any more nutritious," asks team member Ben Czeck, "or do you have to eat twice as many to get the nutrients needed?" Crucially, previous studies revealed the protein content in wheat, rice, barley and potatoes dropped by 15 per cent when grown under CO2 levels double those of today.
Czeck will present the work in December at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
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The syllabus is here. Your text is Sawyer and Sprinkle, " International Economics," 3rd ed., Prentice Hall 2006, ISBN 013-1704168. The publisher provides a student web site which you may find useful.
There will be a 5-question quiz at the start of most classes. There is no makeup on quizzes but I will drop your three lowest quiz scores.
In class, Mar. 19.
I encourage all students to participate in class with questions, comments, arguments, etc. If your course score is a borderline between letter grades I may, at my discretion, bump your grade up based on your class participation.
The Economics Department sponsors the Provocative Lecture series. Three lectures are given each semester, and you can obtain extra credit by attending. Those whose schedules preclude this will be given an alternative opportunity.
There will be a comprehensive final exam on Tue. May 21 in our regular classroom at the regular time.
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Tunisian authorities on Monday (December 3rd) arrested five salafists in connection with the October 16th arson attack against one of the country's main Sufi shrines, AFP reported.
"Five suspects identified as extremists were placed in detention after having admitted their responsibility in the attack, while a search continues for three of their accomplices," the interior ministry said in a statement.
The Saida Manoubia shrine, located in the western La Manouba suburb of Tunis, holds the remains of a venerated saint.


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Mattis: Success in Iraq now a test of wills
Last month, the Marine Corps published a Small Unit Leaders Guide to Counterinsurgency he authored. Later this year, a 250-page updated version of the "Small Wars Manual," written by Mattis and Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, will be published.
"The Small Wars Manual has stood the test of time, but much of our thinking was directed against a communist insurgency," Mattis said, explaining the rationale for the updated version.
"War's fundamental nature hasn't changed since Alexander the Great fought, but you must adapt to different techniques and what we have written and largely completed is a new approach to counterinsurgency that addresses the specific characteristics of what we face today."
As the military establishment is in the midst of conducting an assessment of the war and identifying mistakes that have been made in preparation for future conflicts, Mattis said, the degree of cooperation between the Army and Marine Corps today is unprecedented.
"We have never had a closer relationship with the Army, never," he said. "The circumstances and the shared approach to war fighting and the integration of units in each other's formations has never been greater. As a result, we now approach many of the problems with the same experiences and same goals."
Cultural and geographic sensitivity
Another hallmark of Mattis' most recent work at Quantico that is now being implemented under his direction as a force commander is greater training in cultural awareness and sensitivities and language skills.
"We have to be able to make a cross-cultural connection," said Mattis, whose personal library once numbered more than 2,000 books before he gave at least half away.
Mattis has been involved in the development of a Center for Advanced Operational and Cultural Learning for officers and senior enlisted men and woman. The center has divided the world into subregions that Mattis said are referred to as the "arch of instability."
By the time an enlisted Marine makes sergeant, he or she will be expected to have taken at least 300 hours of instruction, he said.
"We now have the same expectation of our noncommissioned officers as we do of our field-grade officers - that they will be able to read the cultural terrain," he said. "It is more important now in a time when you don't seize terrain and when the army against you doesn't come at you in mass formation."
Leadership changes?
Mattis said he has not decided whether he will make any immediate changes in the command structure among Marine forces in Iraq, where Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer is the current leader of the I Marine Expeditionary Forces Forward.
"I need to get back out there and get my own personal situational awareness," he said during the interview, where his personal effects such as plaques and awards remain lined up on the floor waiting to be hung. "I will be going out soon and will be all ears."
The dangerous western Iraqi province of Anbar, the region where the Sunni Arab insurgency is the strongest and where the Marines have been on station since the invasion, is his destination. The Defense Department on Monday reported that two Marines and sailors were killed in combat operations there on Sunday. To date, nearly 7,000 Marines have been killed or wounded since the 2003 invasion.


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Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa
(06/01/2015) Why is Africa's second largest tomato producer also the world's biggest importer of tomato paste? The question is a preoccupation for Lamido Sanusi, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. For Sanusi and other experts, the problem is a lack of processing capacity, which leads to enormous waste and a giant food import bill.
Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans
(05/28/2015) Palm oil giant Wilmar has set up shop in Nigeria in a big way, with plans to operate over 30,000 hectares in the country's Cross River State. Some say the project is little more than a land grab, has caused environmental damage and seen people turned off their land and lose their livelihoods in areas such as Ibiae and Biase.
Elephant poaching rate unchanged – and still devastating
(03/25/2015) New figures show essentially no change in the number of elephants killed in Africa by poachers last year, despite a high-profile meeting on the crisis which was attended by 46 countries and a number of commitments. Data from CITES' Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) estimated that around 20,000 elephants were killed in 2014, the same as in 2013.
World's rarest gorilla gets a new protected home
(10/28/2014) The Cross River Gorilla, the rarest and most threatened of gorilla subspecies, has reason to cheer. Last month, on September 29, the Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philemon Yang, signed a decree to officially create a new protected area – Tofala Wildlife Sanctuary – in the southwestern part of the country.
Scientists use genes, feces to study disappearing monkeys
(09/24/2014) Human pressures through tree clearing and poaching are reducing both forest and fauna in West Africa. In response to dwindling primate populations, scientists used genetics techniques to examine their makeup and outlook – demonstrating the usefulness of such methods in the study of animals that are becoming ever-fewer in number and ever-harder to find.
Don't eat or touch bat bushmeat amid worsening Ebola outbreak, UN warns
(07/29/2014) The world's worst Ebola outbreak was likely begun by a hunter shooting a fruit bat for their dinner or the market, according to the UN. The outbreak has killed over 660 people in six months to date, and recently spread via plane to Nigeria. The disease is particularly deadly with a mortality rate of around 90 percent.
Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa's native son returns, threatening great apes
(07/28/2014) As palm oil producers increasingly look to Africa's tropical forests as suitable candidates for their next plantations, primate scientists are sounding the alarm about the destruction of ape habitat that can go hand in hand with oil palm expansion. A recent study sought to take those warnings a step further by quantifying the overlap in suitable oil palm land with current ape habitat.
Surrounded by deforestation, critically endangered gorillas hang on by a thread
(07/17/2014) The mountain forests at the Nigeria-Cameroon border are home to one of the rarest and most threatened subspecies of African apes – the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli). Today, fewer than 300 individuals survive in the wild. These occur in 14 small, fragmented populations spread over a 12,000-square kilometer (4,633-square mile) landscape, characterized by rugged, hilly terrain and a matrix of farmlands, villages, and forests.
New report: illegal logging keeps militias and terrorist groups in business
(06/30/2014) Released last week by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the first United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, a new report found that together with other other illicit activities such as poaching, illegal deforestation is one of the top money-makers for criminal groups like Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab.
Deutsche Bank dumps controversial palm oil company
(05/27/2014) Deutsche Bank has sold its stake in Bumitama, an Indonesian palm company that has been embroiled in controversy over alleged destruction of rainforests and peatlands in Borneo, reports Friends of the Earth Europe.
Camera trap catches rare feline attempting to tackle armored prey (VIDEO)
(05/19/2014) One of the world's least known wild cats may have taken on more than it could handle in a recent video released by the Gashaka Biodiversity Project from Nigeria's biggest national park, Gashaka Gumti.
NASA detects surge in deforestation in Malaysia, Bolivia during first quarter of 2014
(04/21/2014) Forest disturbance in Malaysia, Bolivia, Panama, and Ecuador surged during the first quarter of 2014, according to NASA data.
Lions face extinction in West Africa: less than 250 survive
(01/08/2014) The lions of West Africa, which may represent a distinct subspecies, are on the precipice of extinction. A sober new study in PLOS ONE reports that less than 250 mature lions survive in the region. Scientists have long known that West Africa's lions were in trouble, but no one expected the situation to be as dire as it was. In fact, in 2012 scientists estimated the population at over 500. But looking at 21 parks, scientists were shocked to find lions persisted in just four with only one population containing more than 50 individuals.
Richest countries spent $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011, eclipsing climate finance by seven times
(11/13/2013) In 2011, the top 11 richest carbon emitters spent an estimated $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies, or seven times the amount spent on fast-track climate financing to developing nations, according to a recent report by the Overseas Development Institute. Worldwide, nations spent over half a trillion dollars on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Forgotten species: the nearly extinct primate that can be shot on sight
(09/27/2013) The attention paid to charismatic popular primates—such as gorillas, chimps, orangutans, lion tamarins, and even some lemurs—could make one suppose that conservationists have the protection of our closest relatives well in hand; the astounding fact that no primate species is known to have gone extinct in the last hundred years (despite large-scale destruction of their habitats) seems to confirm this statement. However, looking more closely at the data, one finds that not only are many of the world's primates slipping toward extinction, but a number of them have received little conservation attention. According to the IUCN Red List, a staggering 48 percent of the world's primates are threatened with extinction: that's a worse percentage than amphibians which have been ravaged by a global epidemic. And although a handful of the world's 600-plus primates have garnered conservation adoration, many remain obscure.
Illegal marijuana cultivation threatens Nigeria's forests and chimps
(07/26/2013) The world's highest deforestation rate, the execution of eight environmental activists including a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and ongoing turmoil surrounding oil operations in the Niger River Delta has created a notoriously disreputable environmental record for the West African country. Now, a new threat is rising in the already-compromised forests of Nigeria: illegal marijuana cultivation.
Fertility in Africa could push world population over 11 billion
(06/13/2013) The global population could grow by another 4 billion people by the end of the century if fertility rates in Africa don't decline, according to a new report by the United Nations. Currently around 1.1 billion people live on the continent, but that number could skyrocket to 4.2 billion (a 380 percent increase) by 2100, causing global population to hit 11 billion.
Top security official in Nigeria blames climate change for worsening insecurity
(04/25/2013) Climate change is in part to blame for rising conflict and crime in Nigeria, according to the president's National Security Advisor, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. Speaking to the House Committee on Climate Change, Dasuki said that the rise of Boko Haram insurgents, a jihadist group in northern Nigeria, and worsening crime was linked to climate change reports All Africa.
An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa
(04/04/2013) A fruit falls to the floor in a rainforest. It waits. And waits. Inside the fruit is a seed, and like most seeds in tropical forests, this one needs an animal—a good-sized animal—to move it to a new place where it can germinate and grow. But it may be waiting in vain. Hunting and poaching has decimated many mammal and bird populations across the tropics, and according to two new studies the loss of these important seed-disperser are imperiling the very nature of rainforests.
Guide for filing complaints on rule-breaking by palm oil companies published
(02/28/2013) Over the past 25 years palm oil production has emerged as one of the biggest drivers of deforestation and peatlands degradation in Southeast Asia. And there are fears that expansion in West and Central Africa could soon make palm oil a major cause of forest conversion on that continent.
As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents
(07/10/2012) It's not only the U.S. that has experienced record-breaking extreme weather events recently, in the last couple months extreme weather has struck around the world with startling ferocity. In addition to the much-covered heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts in the U.S., killer floods struck India, the worst drought yet recorded plagued South Korea, and massive forest fires swept through Siberia to name just a few.
Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region
(06/13/2012) Warnings over a possible famine in Africa's Sahel region are becoming louder and more intense. Abnormal drought, locally high food prices, and regional conflict have ramped up concerns that 18 million people could suffer from malnutrition and starvation as the lean season sets in. UNICEF says it needs $238 million to save over a million children from severe malnourishment in the region, but has to date only raised $93 million.
First camera trap video of world's rarest gorilla includes shocking charge
(05/08/2012) Ever wonder what it would be like to be charged by a male gorilla? A new video (below) released by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), gives one a first hand look. Shot in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, the video is the first camera trap footage of the incredibly rare Cross River gorilla subspecies (Gorilla gorilla diehli); listed as Critically Endangered, the subspecies is believed to be down to only 250 individuals.
15 million facing food shortages in Africa's Sahel region
(03/29/2012) The UN announced yesterday that food security in the Sahel region is deteriorating, putting over 15 million people at risk. Ongoing drought combined with conflict, has pushed the region into a crisis. The situation appears eerily similar to last year when Somalia was hit by a devastating famine due to drought and political instability; the famine left an estimated 30,000 children dead.
Shell spills over 50,000 gallons of oil off Scotland
(08/16/2011) Yesterday, Royal Dutch Shell estimated that to date 54,600 gallons of oil had spilled into the North Sea off the east coast of Scotland, spreading some 19 miles wide (30 kilometers) at its maximum. While the company stopped the initial leak on Thursday, it has now announced that the oil has found a 'second pathway' and is still leaking into the sea around 84 gallons a day.
Oil horror in Nigeria: 30 years, one billion dollars to clean-up
(08/08/2011) Fifty years of oil spills in Nigeria's now infamous Ogoniland region will take up to three decades and over a billion dollars ($1 billion for just the first five years) to restore environments to healthy conditions, according to a new independent report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The most thorough study to date has found that widespread pollution has hit the Niger Delta even harder than assumed with devastating impacts on fishing grounds and community health. Last week Shell, one of the biggest operators in Nigeria, admitted to two massive oil spills in 2008 totaling 11 million gallons of crude.
Saving (and studying) one of Nigeria's last montane forests
(07/26/2011) Between 2000 and 2010, Nigeria lost nearly a third (31 percent) of its forest cover, while its primary forests suffered even worse: in just five years (2000 to 2005) over half of the nation's primary forests were destroyed, the highest rate in the world during that time. Yet, Nigeria's dwindling forests have never received the same attention as many other country's, such as Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, or Peru, even though in many ways Nigeria struggles with even deeper problems than other developing nations. Despite vast oil business, the nation is plagued by poverty and destitution, a prime example of what economists call the 'resource curse'. Environmentally, it has been named one of the worst in the world. Yet, not all forest news out of Nigeria is bleak: the success of the Nigerian Montane Forest Project in one of the country's remaining forests is one such beacon of hope, and one example of how the country could move forward.
Conservationists seek $15M for rarest chimp
(06/27/2011) A new conservation plan calls for $14.6 million to save the world's rarest subspecies of chimp: the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, reports the Wildlife Conservation Scoeity (WCS).
How do we save Africa's forests?
(06/19/2011) Africa's forests are fast diminishing to the detriment of climate, biodiversity, and millions of people of dependent on forest resources for their well-being. But is the full conservation of Africa's forests necessary to mitigate global climate change and ensure environmental stability in Africa? A new report by The Forest Philanthropy Action Network (FPAN), a non-profit that provides research-based advice on funding forest conservation, argues that only the full conservation of African forests will successfully protect carbon stocks in Africa.
Photos: the top ten new species discovered in 2010
(05/23/2011) If we had to characterize our understanding of life on Earth as either ignorant or knowledgeable, the former would be most correct. In 250 years of rigorous taxonomic work researchers have cataloged nearly two million species, however scientists estimate the total number of species on Earth is at least five million and perhaps up to a hundred million. This means every year thousands of new species are discovered by researchers, and from these thousands, the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University selects ten especially notable new species.
Palm oil lobby attacks World Bank's new social and environmental safeguards
(04/18/2011) Groups funded by the palm oil industry lashed out at the World Bank's new framework to resume lending to the palm oil sector.
Alien plants invade Nigerian protected 'gene bank'
(03/28/2011) Very few studies have been conducted on invasive species in Nigeria, however a new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science has discovered 25 invasive plants in a field gene bank at the National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NASGRAB) in Ibadan. The gene bank is used to establish populations of important and, in some cases threatened, native plant species. The gene bank spans 12 hectares, but the study found that 18% of the area was overtaken with invasive species that likely compete with the protected Nigerian plants for nutrients, space, and light. Among the 25 invasive species, 14 were herbs, 8 were vines, 2 were shrubs, and one was a tree.
Great Green Wall gets go ahead
(02/28/2011) Spanning the entire continent of Africa, including 11 nations, the Great Green Wall (GGW) is an ambitious plan to halt desertification at the Sahara's southern fringe by employing the low-tech solution of tree planting. While the Great Green Wall was first proposed in the 1980s, the grand eco-scheme is closer to becoming a reality after being approved at an international summit last week in Germany as reported by the Guardian.
Nigeria moving forward on REDD to protect last remaining forests
(02/19/2011) The tiny state of Cross River, Nigeria, has managed to preserve large swathes of endangered rainforest despite lucrative – and often intimidating – offers from loggers and other interests. It's also laid the groundwork for a state-wide program designed to earn international carbon credits by saving trees, thus securing its spot in an elite network of states that are moving forward as UN talks stall.
Loss of old growth forest continues
(10/06/2010) A new global assessment of forest stocks by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows continuing loss of primary forests since 2005 despite gains in the extent of protected areas. FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 reveals some 13 million hectares of forest were cleared between 2000 and 2010, down from around 16 million hectares per year during the 1990s. Loss of primary forest—mostly a consequence of logging—averaged 4.2 million hectares per year, down from 4.7 million hectares per year in the 1990s.
Farming snails to save the world's rarest gorillas
(04/28/2010) In a place of poverty and hunger, how do you save a species on the edge of extinction? A difficult question that conservationists have long-been working to tackle, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has come up with a new plan to protect the world's most endangered gorilla, the Cross River gorilla, from poachers by providing locals with an alternate and better income from farming snails.
Global deforestation slows
(03/25/2010) Global forest loss has diminished since the 1990s but still remains "alarmingly high", according to a preliminary version of a new assessment from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010), shows that global forest loss slowed to around 13 million hectares per year during the 2000s, down from about 16 million hectares per year in the 1990s. It finds that net deforestation declined from about 8.3 million hectares per year in the 1990s to about 5.2 million hectares per year in the 2000s, a result of large-scale reforestation and afforestation projects, as well as natural forest recovery in some countries and slowing deforestation in the Amazon.
A New Idea to Save Tropical Forests Takes Flight
(06/29/2009) Every year, tens of millions of acres of tropical forests are destroyed. This is the most destabilizing human land-use phenomenon on Earth. Tropical forests store more aboveground carbon than any other biome. They harbor more species than all other ecosystems combined. Tropical forests modulate global water, air, and nutrient cycles. They influence planetary energy flows and global weather patterns. Tropical forests provide livelihoods for many of the world's poorest and marginalized people. Drugs for cancer, malaria, glaucoma, and leukemia are derived from rainforest compounds. Despite all these immense values, tropical forests are vanishing faster than any other natural system. No other threat to human welfare has been so clearly documented and simultaneously left unchecked. Since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit (when more than 100 heads of State gathered to pledge a green future) 500 million acres of tropical forests have been cut or burned. For decades, tropical deforestation has been the No. 1 cause of species extinctions and the No. 2 cause of human greenhouse gas emissions, after the burning of fossil fuels. For decades, a few conservation heroes tried their best to plug holes in the dikes, but by and large the most diverse forests on Earth were in serious decline.
Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world's rarest gorilla
(09/05/2008) Cameroon and Nigeria have agreed to protect the the Cross River gorilla, world's most endangered gorilla, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society, which helped broker the deal.
Rare gorillas use weapons to attack forest-intruding humans
(12/05/2007) Following the first documented cases of the Cross River gorillas -- world's most endangered gorilla -- throwing sticks and clumps of grass when threatened by people, the Wildlife conservation Society (WCS) has announced new research to better protect the species from poaching and encroachment.
Time running out for world's rarest gorilla
(06/21/2007) Time is running out for the world's rarest subspecies of gorilla, the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) from the mountainous border region between Cameroon and Nigeria. With less than 300 individuals remaining, conservationists have drawn up a new plan to save the great ape from extinction.
$100 laptop for poor children ships
(11/20/2006) The first ten $100 laptops have shipped from their Taiwanese manufacturer according to a report from News Corporation. The One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) -- the nonprofit group behind the device -- reportedly tested the laptops, which were hand-built, at the U.S. State Department last week. The laptops have been billed as a durable low-cost PC for children in developing countries. OLPC says it will begin production once it has orders for 5-10 million machines. Already the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Libya, Nigeria, Thailand, and Israel have expressed interest in the machines which have received support from Google, AMD, Brightstar, News Corporation, and Red Hat, but not Microsoft.
Goodbye to West Africa's Rainforests
(01/22/2006) West Africa's once verdant and extensive rainforests are now a historical footnote. Gone to build ships and furniture, feed hungry mouths, and supply minerals and gems to the West, the band of tropical forests that once extended from Guinea to Cameroon are virtually gone. The loss of West Africa's rainforests have triggered a number of environmental problems that have contributed to social unrest and exacerbated poverty across the region.
Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures
(11/17/2005) Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate of primary forests according to revised deforestation figures from the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Builder of rainforest canopy walkways believes conservation can be profitable
(09/20/2005) This month's issue of The Ecological Finance Review details Greenheart conservation Company, a for-profit company that designs, builds and operates conservation based canopy walkways (canopy trails) and other nature-based attractions around the world. Operating on the premise that conservation can be economically viable, Greenheart believes that is has already become a "model of how to shift gears from an industrial to a green economy." Greenheart has developed or is developing canopy walkways in Peru, Nigeria, Madagascar, Ghana, Brazil, Guyana, the United Kingdon, and Canada.
Program encourages entrepreneurship among Nigerian high school students
(07/18/2005) A group of Nigerian youths, Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE), will explain how they have completed entrepreneurship projects and social ventures for the betterment of their communities at the upcoming SAGE World Cup" in San Francisco.