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JERUSALEM, Israel -- In a ceremony in Kiel, Germany, Monday the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF inaugurated the INS Rahav, the fifth Dolphin-class submarine in the fleet.
Israel Navy Commander-in-Chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ehud (Udi) Shani and Rear Admiral Ram Rutberg joined other Israeli and German officials in the traditional inauguration by breaking a champagne bottle on the hull of the state's newest submarine. Israel purchased the INS Rahav following an extensive development and acquisition process led by the Defense Ministry's Procurement and Production Department and the Israeli Navy. Once all operational systems are completely installed, the INS Rahav will sail to Israel within the next several months, the IDF said in a statement released Monday.
Dolphin-class submarines are among the most advanced in the world, with capabilities suited to a broad scope of missions.
In a statement issued by his office Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the launch of the nation's fifth submarine.
"The submarines are a strong, strategic tool for the IDF. The State of Israel is ready to act anytime, anywhere -- on land, sea and air -- in order to ensure the security of Israel's citizens," the prime minister said.
The Israeli government approved the sale of a sixth submarine last year, slated to arrive in 2017.
Israel, Germany Close Deal for Sixth Submarine
Fourth Dolphin Sub Joins Israel's Fleet
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We Belong Together | Mariah Carey (2005)
while mariah carey continues at no. 1 for an eighth week on the billboard Hot 100, she also moves up to no. 1 on the adult r&b chart with we belong together. it's carey's first chart-topper on this list. carey also leads on hot r&b/hip-hop songs, hot r&b/hip-hop airplay, rhythmic top 40, the pop 100, pop 100 airplay and the mainstream top 40 chart, the first song in history to lead all eight charts concurrently. (billboard)
if i remember correctly, mariah's we belong together lost to carrie underwood's inside your heaven on billboard hot 100 single for one week then mariah reclaimed her number 1 position! that's so cool!
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Pardon Me, Your Slip Is Not Showing
Petticoats Head for Extinction In Today's Immodest Era; Transparent Looks for Fall
Bridget Brennan has a drawer full of slips that "are celebrating at least a decade of being stuffed in the back of the same drawer." Ms. Brennan, the 42-year-old founder of Female Factor Corp., a Chicago consulting firm, says the slip has become irrelevant to her life.
When did we give the slip the slip? Once de rigueur, slips have disappeared from our culture to such an extent that when I put in a call to designer Nanette Lepore about them, she told an assistant, "I have never worn a slip in my life."
The slip -- once an all-purpose weapon against visible panty lines and sheer, clingy dresses -- has lost its usefulness for several reasons. One is technological. Thong panties and shape-squeezing Spanx undergarments dispense with unsightly panty lines. But the real truth, I believe, is that the end of slips coincides with a diminished sense of modesty. Our social mores no longer conform to a world where nice girls wear skirts that don't cling.
"It seems that slips sort of went the same way that virginity went," says Karen Nelson, a 57-year-old expat American who recently moved to Uruguay. "What a slip says about its wearer today is 'fuddy duddy.'"
Instead of hiding what's underneath, young women today play with making the underlayers visible -- camisoles under sheer silk blouses, leggings under see-through skirts, layered, feather-thin T-shirts. A lot of sheer and even transparent looks will show up on the fashion runways this fall.
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If you consider that we can tell a lot about a society from its underwear, what does the disappearance of the slip say about us? Will it make a comeback? Discuss on the Front Lines blog.
It can take effort to buy a slip these days. Most department stores still carry a selection of slips and half-slips, but a recent search around Los Angeles revealed meager choices of slips at Neiman Marcus and Saks. Bloomingdale's at the Beverly Center had none. Spanx makes a belly-hugging slip -- most easily found online. Lisa Kline, owner of the four well-known Lisa Kline boutiques, says her stores, known for catering to celebrities, carries boy-cut panties and other lingerie -- but no slips. "Slips don't sell," Ms. Kline says firmly.
Slips were still expected in 1980, when the silhouette of a lady's legs, backlit by the sun, was a gasp-worthy offense, like the now-famous photo of 19-year-old Diana Spencer. (In a way, the look was an early hint of the future fashion-forward Princess Di.)
At a time when undergarments weren't meant to show, a slip could be sultry. Back in 1958, when Elizabeth Taylor lolled about in a full-coverage slip in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the look was simultaneously sexy and degenerate. Of course, some women didn't leave the house without gloves at the time. A decade later, Mrs. Robinson's slip and garters in the key seduction scene in "The Graduate" suggested the conflict between her proper image and her adulterous nature.
Then came the bra-burning '70s, Princess Di's 1980 snapshot and John Galliano's early '90s fashion show in Paris, when he sent a series of black slips down the runway as dresses. People became more accustomed to peek-a-boo clothes. It came as a relief to many young women that they needn't fret if their bra straps showed.
Today, the slip has morphed into a symbol of purity. Angelina Jolie wore a sturdy bra and half-slip in the 2005 film "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" -- in a scene depicting the fastidiously uncarnal nature of her life with Mr. Smith.
David Wolfe, creative director for Doneger Group fashion consultants in New York, says this isn't the first time in history that women have forsaken underwear. He points to the French Empire period, when some upper-class women doffed their voluminous hoop skirts and flounced about in sheer linen shifts. At the time, their culture was blossoming anew after the French Revolution.
We are still living through the revolution that altered social norms. Judging by the number of women on Seventh Avenue in New York's garment district "walking around in diaphanous dresses with only a thong underneath," Mr. Wolfe laments, "propriety is a word that just has no meaning today."
Nevertheless, occasions do arise that seem to demand a more modest look. Janelle McMurdie, a 29-year-old financial-services employee in San Diego, sought out her first slip this summer after feeling exposed in a see-through skirt at a bridal shower. Slips "reek of a bygone era of extreme modesty, almost Victorian," she says, but she went looking for one nevertheless. "I finally had to ask my mom where I could buy one, and what type I should get."
Ms. McMurdie recently polled the five women in her office: The one woman over 40 owns two slips. There is only one slip among the four under-30 women -- Ms. McMurdie's. Not yet worn, she notes, "as I have yet to wear that skirt again."
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Out of the Timeout: Spurs bust the Clipper zone
When teams are having trouble defending they sometimes turn to a zone defense. The zone is frowned upon by some in the NBA, as it's seen as a cop out or a way to hide bad defenders. But there comes a time when no matter what you're doing, it's not working and something needs to be done. When the Spurs beat the Clippers last week, something needed to be done from Los Angeles' perspective.
As a result, the Clippers went to a zone. When this happens on the fly, some teams have trouble recognizing the zone and making the requisite adjustments to their offense. The Spurs didn't miss a beat. My old high school coach used to say that the two ways to beat a zone were passing and shooting. If you think about it long enough, those two things will beat pretty much any defense, but they're especially useful against a zone. Isolation doesn't work so well against the zone, unless you're going to dribble around for 20 seconds and then jack a 3-pointer.
In this first frame, you can see that the Spurs are spread out along the perimeter, with DeJuan Blair (4) the lone player near the paint. TJ Ford (1) swung the ball to Richard Jefferson (3) in the corner, who looked for Blair down low, then for a shot and eventually passed it back to Ford. TJ then passed to Tim Duncan (5) at the top of the key, and then the ball rotated to Manu Ginobili (2) on the opposite wing. Swinging the ball around the perimeter like this gets the defense moving side-to-side, where passing and cutting lanes open up.
After swinging the ball to Manu, Tim Duncan drops down to the free throw line in the middle of the zone, often referred to as the "soft spot" of the zone. The free throw line area is usually right between the two lines of the zone, in this case a 3-2 zone. Getting a player in this section can cause all sorts of confusion for a zone defense, which is the case here.
When Tim Duncan swings the ball to Manu, two defenders go with Manu and Duncan drops down. Manu hits him with a pass at the free throw line, and Duncan executes a beautiful touch pass to DeJuan Blair. This play by Duncan is one of those understated basketball things that is hard to quantify. As he's setting up at the free throw line, Duncan recognizes where DeAndre Jordan is down low and when he catches the pass, he makes a split-second read of what Jordan is doing.
Jordan comes up just enough towards Duncan to open up the pass to Blair. Duncan makes the quick pass, and Blair nails the floater. If Jordan didn't come up, Duncan could have squared up and hit Richard Jefferson on the left wing for an open 3.
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All Posts In » Burnout Paradise
Guest First Look – Need for Speed: Shift
EA Black Box hosted a Need for Speed: Shift demo event recently and I was given an opportunity to attend the event. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. Stations were set up with the game running so I took a stab at it. Mind you, I've never really dug the racing genre so I was a little bit hesitant to give the game a try. Instead of featuring an open world map like Burnout Paradise, it was closer to a racing simulation, comparable to Gran Turismo or Forza. Right away, I noticed the level of detail that went into the cockpit area, giving the viewer a sense of actually being the driver. Familiarizing myself with the controls, I sat on the available bar stool and set to playing. My first foray into the track was not pretty. In fact, I didn't factor in how sensitive the controls wereRead more →By jinkwell in PS3 · Xbox 360 No comments yet
Burnout Paradise controlled by Project Natal
CNET has put up a live video of a recent visit from Microsoft with Project Natal. In the demo they show that gamers can easily jump in and play a racing game, like Burnout Paradise. The controls are hands up as is they are on a steering wheel and foot on pedal for gas. It's funny that the first thing I noticed about the video is that Kudo Tsunoda has eyes! Cnet actually caught him on video without his sunglasses! Kudo Tsunoda is the creative director for Project Natal if you didn't know. Enjoy the video: FollowRead more →By GamingAngel in News No comments yet


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The American Meat Institute (AMI) and a coalition of farm and food trade associations has filed a lawsuit today in federal court to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent decision to allow gasoline with 15% ethanol (E15) to be sold for cars manufactured in the 2007 model year or later.
The crux of the lawsuit is the coalition's objection to the EPA's decision on the grounds that granting a "partial waiver" of the Clean Air Act and allowing E15 to be used only in cars built after model year 2006 is not within the agency's legal authority. The petitioners argue that the EPA administrator may only grant a waiver for a new fuel additive if it "will not cause or contribute to a failure of any emission control device or system."
"Corn prices have increased since USDA released estimates that corn production for this year was going to be 3.4% less than 2009," says AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle. "This will put pressure on the meat and poultry supply, which will lead to higher food prices for consumers. For those consumers worried about climbing food prices, this decision will increase the amount of corn being diverted to our gas tanks and away from meat and poultry production. It's unfortunate that EPA acted hastily and approved the use of E15, and now the American consumer will pay for it at the grocery store."


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All month long, we're getting to know the Daybreak team a little bit better. Today, we take a look at 25 things you may not know about Sean McDonald.
Sean's favorite New Hampshire landmark is the old town of Hill. He had to do a story on the town that was moved so a dam could be built. He says you can still see remnants of the old town today.
Sean's most memorable story assignment was covering the 2004 World Series in St. Louis and being on the field after the Red Sox won the championship.
If Sean could interview anyone, he would interview Bobby Darin because "he lived every day like his last."
The first thing Sean thinks of when he hears "New Hampshire" is the state's "beautiful scenery."
Sean is a fan of the band Snow Patrol, and listens to Corey Hart on Pandora.
His favorite ice cream is Coffee Heath Bar.
In school, Sean enjoyed Mechanical Drawing because he "loved the idea of designing structures."
Sean's first car was the Buick Regal, which he sometimes had trouble starting.
The two foods Sean can't live without are French Fries and any kind of gummy candy.
Sean loves sausage and ricotta on his pizza, but says "any pizza is good pizza."
As a kid, Sean mowed lawns and was a caddy at a local golf course. He would use his earnings to buy baseball cards and candy.
Sean loves the summer because he likes to be outside doing something (just don't ask him to mow the lawn).
When it comes to sports, Sean loves to watch all the Boston teams. He said it led to "years of disappointment and triumph."
Sean wanted to be a professional hockey player until Top Gun caused him to change his mind. After seeing the movie, he wanted to be a fighter pilot instead.
Sean's favorite smartphone app is Sudoku.
The first concert Sean went to was the Beach Boys. "Yes, I sang along, even as a kid."
Sean had a dog growing up, but is now the "proud roommate of a cat that doesn't like dogs."
Sean's parents are his biggest influence.
"Seinfeld", "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Frontline" are Sean's all-time favorite shows.
Sean loves any movie with diving, particularly "The Big Blue".
Sean spends his free time with his family, finding fun day trips for them to enjoy.
Sean would have his "identical twin" Johnny Depp portray him in a movie about his life.
If he could go anywhere in the world right now, Sean would go to Mt. Kilimanjaro to climb it before the snow melts.
Sean doesn't have a favorite restaurant in New Hampshire because "there's too many good choices."
One thing you might be surprised to know about Sean is that he used to write songs and sing in a band.
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I. Introduction
The Basin and Range region in California covers a roughly triangular area bounded on the west by the Sierra Nevada crest, on the east by the Nevada border, and on the south by an indistinct boundary with the Mojave Desert (Figure 1). This region is the western portion of a much larger province that extends from the Sierra Nevada eastward across all of Nevada into Utah, where the Hurricane Cliffs and Wasatch Front constitute its eastern boundary. Called "Basin and Range" due to its characteristic sequences of high mountain ranges and deep valleys (all oriented roughly north-south), the same general area is also referred to as the "Great Basin" because the entire vast area has no external drainage outlets.
California's portion of this province has exceptional large-scale topographic variability: the highest and lowest points in the contiguous 48 states are only 85 miles apart. Mt. Whitney in the high Sierra crest is the highest point with an elevation of 4,416m (14,480') (Figure 2), while Badwater in Death Valley is the lowest point with an elevation of -86m (-280') (Figure 3). Generally, elevations of both mountain crests and valley floors decrease moving eastward from the Sierra Nevada. For example, the elevations of the valleys drop from 6,700' in Mono Basin (Figure 4) to 4,000' in the Owens Valley (Figure 5) to about 1,500' in the Panamint and Saline Valleys (Figure 6) to below sea level in Death Valley (Figure 7).
II. Geologic History
Most of the oldest rocks in California are found in the Basin and Range region and farther south in the Mojave Desert. Some of the most prominent exposures are in the mountains that form the east face of Death Valley (Figure 8). These rocks, which have been exposed by extensive faulting, appear to match the rocks in the inner gorge of the Grand Canyon, which have been exposed by the down cutting of the Colorado River. It is likely that similar rocks underlay much of southeastern California and the wider southwestern United States. The oldest are estimated to be around 1.4-1.7 billion years old, and their composition indicates they were accreted onto the western margin of the ancient North American continental core. By around 1.2 billion years ago, the region was part of an ancient supercontinent that geologists have named Rodinia (Figure 8). According to current understanding of paleogeography, the area that is now southeastern California was adjacent to continental material than eventually became Australia and Antarctica.
About 700 or 800 million years ago the Rodinia supercontinent began to split apart (Figure 9). As it split, rifts formed and faulting eventually dropped the area low enough so that it became the floor of a coastal ocean off the western margin of the remaining North American continent. Starting about 600 million years ago, and persisting for the next 350 million years, most of southeastern California was part of a stable, broad, gently sloping continental shelf environment. It was on the passive, western margin of the North American continent that was moving east, colliding with Eurasia, and producing the Appalachians and other mountains in the eastern U.S. The marine environment in the west was probably similar to what is currently found along the Gulf Coast and Florida. Deep layers of sediment accumulated over the long, quiescent period and formed the widespread sedimentary rocks that are exposed throughout the Basin and Range region. Often the same rock strata can be traced over large distances, reinforcing the picture of a broad, shallow shelf area. The most common rock types are carbonates, such as limestone, that are composed of the remains of marine organisms (Figure 10). Also present are sandstone layers with sand that probably originated on beaches or dunes. The rocks are generally light colored and show little or no evidence of terrestrial sediments, indicating that the adjacent coast must have been low-lying and lacking large rivers.
Starting about 250 million years ago, North America changed direction and started to drift west as it split away from Eurasia. Western North America became an active continental margin colliding with and accumulating various different pieces of crustal material. As the oceanic plate to the west was subducted beneath North America, a major mountain building episode, known as the Nevadan Orogeny, created the ancestral Nevadan range in the general location of the current Sierra Nevada. Molten material from the subducted oceanic plate rose through the North American crust but cooled below the surface to form the intrusive igneous rocks of the Sierra Nevada granites. While the largest concentrations of these rocks are west of the Basin and Range region, there are a number of individual intrusions, or batholiths, in the area. One of the most striking is in Papoose Flat in the Inyo Mountains (Figure 11) where the contacts are very distinct between older distorted and metamorphosed sedimentary rocks and the granitic rocks that intruded into the then existing rocks. These granitic rocks have eroded into picturesque outcrops that look quite different than the surrounding sedimentary outcrops. Another granitic batholith is found in the Cottonwood Basin area of the White Mountains, where it forms a clear contrast with the very light-colored carbonate rocks (dolomites) that cover most of the range (Figure 12).
Around 25 million years ago a large-scale change occurred in the interaction of tectonic plates along the west coast of North America. The oceanic plate that had been converging against the North American plate for a long period was completely subducted beneath the North American plate, along with a spreading zone between it and the Pacific plate. The Pacific plate's motion was (and is) northwestward, tangential to the North American plate. This change had major impacts on coastal regions as the San Andreas Fault system developed, but its impact was also profound in the Basin and Range region where it generated stretching and expansion of the crust. Geologists have estimated that, overall, the stretching of the crust has increased the east-west extent of the greater Basin and Range province by about 250km. One of the areas where the stretching has been most intense, Death Valley, has roughly doubled in width as rocks in the Panamint Range on the west side of the Valley have moved 75km to the northwest, splitting away from rocks on the east side that were formerly adjacent.
The major consequence of the crustal stretching has been the breaking of the crust into large blocks that have tilted and shifted relative to each other along roughly parallel north-south trending fault zones (Figure 14). This tilting and faulting produced the distinctive alternation of high fault-block mountain ranges and deep down-dropped valleys that characterizes the whole Basin and Range province. It is important to understand that rocks exposed in the Basin and Range region are usually hundreds of millions of years old, but the geologic processes that produced the modern landforms and exposed the rocks are actually quite recent, in geologic terms. The extension of the crust is continuing at an estimated rate of about 1mm/yr while the uplift of mountain blocks relative to adjacent valleys is also ongoing. An historic example of this activity was the major earthquake in 1872 in the Owens Valley that nearly leveled the small town of Lone Pine and killed more than 20 residents. The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter Scale, produced about 5' of vertical motion and around 20' of horizontal motion. The vertical motion elevated the Sierra Nevada slightly higher above the Owens Valley.
The extension, and associated thinning, of the crust has also spawned a considerable amount of volcanic activity starting about 15 million years ago and continuing to the present. Volcanic landforms such as cinder cones, craters, and lava flows of recent origin are common throughout the region, particularly in the valleys. One especially impressive feature is the Long Valley Caldera, a 15km by 30km depression north of Bishop (Figure 15). It was created by a massive explosive eruption a little more than 700,000 years ago that spread ash across a large portion of the western U.S. After the eruption, the land surface collapsed to create the caldera depression. Various lines of evidence indicate that a shallow magma chamber is still present beneath the area. This evidence includes unusual earthquake activity, a rising dome in the center of the caldera, and releases of carbon dioxide that have produced substantial areas of die-off in the forests in the Mammoth Lakes area. Mammoth Mountain itself is a much younger volcanic peak near the western rim of the caldera (Figure 16).
III. Landforms
As noted above, the dominant characteristic of the Basin and Range region are the series of nearly parallel high mountain ranges and deep valleys that were created by large-scale block faulting associated with the crustal extension (Figure 17). The steep east face of the Sierra Nevada forms a clear and dramatic western boundary for the region (Figure 18). The Sierra Nevada is an asymmetrical tilted fault block range with a gentle western slope and steep eastern slope. The high Sierra crest is above 14,000' while the floor of Owens Valley is around 4,000', so the elevation changes by nearly two vertical miles in about 12 horizontal miles (producing the impressive average slope of 17%). Many landform features on the floor of the Owens Valley, including the scarp associated with the 1872 Lone Pine quake, provide evidence of the ongoing faulting activity that produced this elevation difference. Another distinctive and picturesque feature in the Owens Valley is the Alabama Hills (Figure 19). The Alabama Hills are composed of the same granitic rock that covers most of the high Sierra, but they are in a block that was left behind when the Sierran uplift began. The gnarled appearance of the Alabama Hills is much different than the high Sierra because of the dissimilar environmental conditions under which the rock has been weathering. In warm, semi-arid environments like the floor of the Owens Valley, granite is subject to chemical weathering that causes the rock to disintegrate around joints and cracks, creating rounded boulder piles and rock gardens. In the cold, high Sierra environment, dominant weathering processes involve mechanical scraping and splitting by glacial ice and freezing and thawing of water. The rock remains solid and supports the sort of steep cliffs and jagged ridges that characterize the east face of the Sierra.
The eastern wall of the Owens Valley is formed by the White and Inyo Mountains, which are structurally part of the same uplifted block (Figure 20). While not quite as precipitous as the eastern face of the Sierra, this range is still quite impressive, rising to over 14,000' at White Mountain Peak. There is ample evidence of faulting in this range, as well. For example, one distinctive feature along the base of the White Mountains is a series of truncated triangular slope facets created by an abrupt break in slope at the fault zone. The rapid uplift of the range created steep slopes and canyons leading up to elevated flats that have not been eroded or dissected yet. They range in elevation from 7,000' to 9,000' in the Inyos (Figure 21) and up to 12,000' in the White Mountains (Figure 22).
East of the Whites and Inyos are another string of deep valleys, most notably the Saline and Panamint Valleys, which drop to elevations of about 1,000'. The crest of the Inyos rises to over 11,000' only eight miles west of the floor of the Saline Valley, creating an average slope of 24% — quite a bit steeper than the eastern face of the Sierra. The east slope of the Inyos is exceptionally steep and rugged and is only partially dissected by several deep, steep-walled canyons (Figure 23). The Saline Valley is a deep structural depression with a southern entrance above 6,000' and a northern one above 7,000'. If the climate was wet enough, the basin would fill with water to a depth of about 3,000' before it spilled into Death Valley, which would make it the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere. The Saline Valley, now part of Death Valley National Park, is one of the more remote places in California (Figure 24). It is accessed by a single 80-mile dirt road and a couple of rough jeep trails and has no services of any kind (including cell phone reception).
The Panamint Mountains, east of the Panamint Valley, rise to 11,000' at Telescope Peak, and form the western wall of Death Valley. This face forms yet another two mile vertical change over 12 miles of horizontal distance producing an average slope of 17% (Figure 25). Death Valley is a deep hole, several thousand feet below all of the access points except for the Amargosa River bed at the southern end. The are many distinctive landforms that bear witness to the rapid down-dropping of the valley and uplifting of the adjacent ranges. Impressively large alluvial fan deposits with elevations of around 3,000' and horizontal extents of 5-6 miles have been built from the mouths of the Panamint Range canyons to the floor of the valley (Figure 26). As the valley continues to subside, these fans continue to grow. On the eastern side of the valley, the mountains are lower but still extremely rugged, rising abruptly from the floor of the valley. The slopes below Dante's View (5,500' on the eastern side of the valley) are so steep that it is not possible to see their bottoms (Figure 27).
IV. Climate
The Basin and Range region has been identified as "The Land of Little Rain" in a collection of essays by author and early 20th-century Owens Valley resident, Mary Austin. The region's primary source of precipitation is midlatitude storms moving into California from the Pacific Ocean, however the nearly unbroken wall of the Sierra Nevada squeezes out most of the moisture as the air masses are forced to rise, creating an arid "rain shadow" in the lands to the east. Here valley floors are dry enough to qualify as true deserts. Death Valley, of course, is famous for its aridity and has an annual average precipitation of less than 6cm (Figure 28). (Generally, places with annual totals less than about 25cm are considered deserts.) The Owens Valley is wetter than Death Valley, but still dry enough to easily meet the desert criterion, with totals ranging from about 13cm to 18cm (Figure 29). Precipitation totals in the valleys north of Bishop do rise some with increasing elevations, but remain in the desert or near-desert range (20cm-35cm). The high mountains catch enough precipitation to exceed the desert limit, at least above 8,000' or so. In the White Mountains, for example, a UC research station at 10,000' averaged 33cm (Figure 30), while one at 12,500' averaged 48cm. For purposes of comparison, the Sierra Nevada at this latitude and similar elevations probably averages more than 150cm.
The majority of the region's precipitation comes from midlatitude storms during the colder part of the year. Throughout the region, about 70% of the annual total typically falls between November and April. Occasional summer thunderstorms can be very intense, however, and the flash flooding and debris flows they produce play important roles in shaping the landscape. Generally, summer precipitation is closely tied to topography, so it plays a more important role in the high mountains. Also, because the source of the summer moisture is the Arizona monsoon (a moist unstable flow that originates in Mexico), areas in the southern and eastern portions of the region see more summer thunderstorm activity. The Panamint Mountains probably experience the most thunderstorms, whose violent flash floods have helped to produce their many narrow, steep-sided canyons.
True to the continental location of the region, temperatures vary widely in time and space. At any given location there are large temperature variations on both daily and seasonal time scales. At Bishop (Figure 31), for example, average daily temperature ranges are 20oC (36oF) or more. Monthly average temperatures at Bishop range from about 3oC (37oF) in December to nearly 25oC (77oF) in July. Taking into account these large daily ranges, the difference between winter minimum and summer maximum temperatures is quite extreme — December average daily minimum temperature of -6oC (22oF) vs July average daily maximum temperature of 36oC (98oF). The primary factor determining spatial variations in temperature at any time of day or year is elevation. Typically, temperatures decline by more than 8oC/km (4.5oF/1,000'). Elevation differences of over 3,000m between valley floors and ridge tops, therefore, translates into temperature differences of around 25oC (45oF). As a result, valley floors will be reasonably comfortable in winter when mountains are extremely cold, while the mountains will be comfortable when valley floors are blazing hot in summer. For example, in January the average daily maxima and minima in Death Valley are 19oC (66oF) and 4oC (39oF), respectively, while at 10,000' in the White Mountains (Figure 32) they are 0oC (32oF) and -13oC (8oF). Similarly, in July the Death Valley maxima and minima (Figure 33) are 46oC (116oF) and 30oC (87oF), while in the White Mountains they are 19oC (66oF) and 3oC (37oF). Thus, at any time of year it is possible to be reasonably comfortable in some places and very uncomfortable in others.
While aridity is the dominant characteristic of the current climate, conditions were quite different in the relatively recent past. During the last glacial period the climate of the Basin and Range was cooler and damper. Increased moisture and reduced evaporation promoted the formation of large lakes in most of the deep basins. This so-called pluvial period peaked around 15,000 years ago as the glaciers in the Sierra Nevada began to melt, pouring significant amounts of runoff into the region. A connected drainage system was created starting in the Mono Basin and Owens Valley and eventually ending up in Death Valley, where the floor of the valley filled with prehistoric Lake Manly to a depth of as much 600'. Along the way this drainage collected runoff from Owens Lake Basin, China Lake, Searles Lake, and the Panamint Valley, all of which are interior drainages today. The pluvial lakes and the rivers connecting them created many landforms which still exist as relicts of these past climatic conditions. Old shoreline features are present in most of the basins, as are the dry drainage channels of the former rivers. An example of the latter is Fossil Falls (Figure 34) in the southern Owens Valley, where a lava flow deposit blocked the river draining south out of Owens Lake, creating a waterfall. In the Searles Lake basin relict shorelines are clearly visible both on the west side near the inflow channel through aptly named Poison Canyon (Figure 35) and on the east side where the outflow channel heads toward Panamint Valley and Death Valley (Figure 36). The Trona Pinnacles in the Searles Lake basin are a particularly unique and striking set of relict landforms (Figure 37). They are tufa towers composed of calcium carbonate that precipitated out of the water of pluvial Searles Lake (Figure 38). Another distinctive pluvial landscape is the badlands area around Zabriskie Point in Death Valley (Figure 39). The soft clay sediments that make up the badlands were deposited on the floor of pluvial Lake Manly and then uplifted and exposed to erosional forces by rapid faulting since the end of the pluvial period.
V. Vegetation
Vegetation species adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions dominate throughout the Basin and Range region, however as climate here is closely tied to elevation, it is not surprising that vegetation tends to show strong vertical zonation. The lowest elevations — the floors of valleys such as Death Valley and Saline Valley (Figure 40) — are dominated by the creosote scrub vegetation community similar to that which is widespread in the Mojave Desert (Figure 41). Joshua Tree woodland, another vegetation community mainly identified with the Mojave, extends north into the Basin and Range region in an elevation zone between about 1,000m and 1,500m (Figure 42). The most common vegetation community is Great Basin sage scrub, which replaces creosote at elevations of around 1,000m and above (Figure 43). Its dominant plant species, Great Basin sagebrush (Figure 44), is very widely distributed throughout the west. Not only does it form the dominant species in sage scrub, but it also forms the understory in pinyon-juniper woodland, which is found in the 1,500m - 3,000m range and is also widespread in semi-arid regions of the west and southwest (Figure 45). Montane coniferous forests, common in the Sierra Nevada, do not occur in the mountains of the Basin and Range region. The higher elevations above the range of pinyon-juniper woodland do have scattered stands of limber pine and the exceptionally long-lived bristlecone pine. Bristlecones occur in isolated populations in the Basin and Range mountains, most notably in California's White Mountains and often grow in harsh environments where there is little other vegetation (Figure 46). Tree ring studies have shown that individuals can live for several thousand years, making them the oldest living trees on the planet. By combining chronologies from old living individuals with data from dead trees that are been preserved by the lack of decay in the harsh environment, scientists have been able to assemble records over 8,000 years long that provide information on past climates.


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Efry Ottawa wishes to thank the following 2013 Outstanding Volunteers:
Martine Mgboron: Courthouse, voluntered since July 2013
Martine continues to go above and beyond in her role within the court support program offered by our agency. Not only does she continue to offer a significant amount of support to the criminalized individuals going through the court process, her level of dedication and detailed knowledge of EFry's court support role has shaped Martine into becoming an excellent role model to new volunteers joining our team. Additionally, Martine has been a huge help for EFry staff, as she voluntarily dedicates two full days a week to our cause. For all your continued devotion we at E Fry would like to thank you Martine, as you are a true asset to our agency.
Courtney Ostapiuk: Ottawa-Carleton Detention Center (OCDC), volunteered since December 2011
Since becoming an EFry volunteer, Courtney Ostapiuk has continued to demonstrate herself as both committed and reliable through her involvement with our OCDC support program. Throughout each visit, she ensures to devote her time, energy, and support to the women at OCDC, and to that we owe her a great deal of thanks. Having volunteers come into OCDC each week is something these women look forward to, and it is because of positive, compassionate volunteers like Courtney that this continues to be the case. On behalf of EFryOttawa, we would like to thank you Courtney for your continued efforts.
Samantha Styczynski: JF Norwood House, volunteered since March 2013
As a dedicated volunteer at JF Norwood House, Samantha Styczynski has provided a significant amount of her time and energy to assist both the women residing at JFN and EFry staff. Through her assistance, Samantha continues to lend support by accompanying the residing women into the community to run errands, attend important appointments, or to simply enjoy leisure activities that otherwise may not be possible to do so for some. When she's not out in the community, she is always eager to socialize with the women in the house and provide EFry staff a helping hand whenever needed. We would like to thank Samantha for her ongoing efforts, along with her endless acts of compassion and kindness provided to the women residing at JF Norwood House.
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The following section provides some important information about the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa and volunteer requirements. If you have any questions about any of this information, or you wish to know more, please feel free to contact Volunteer our Coordinator of Volunteers. As well, feel free to browse the other information provided on this site. Program Write-Up (.doc)
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Since its inception, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa has benefited from the work and support of volunteers. Elizabeth Fry Ottawa currently has three main Volunteer Programs: the Courthouse Program, the Jail Visiting Program and the JF Norwood House Program. Volunteers are also encouraged to spread their wings in the areas of outreach, assistance with special events/ fundraising, and office administration.
The Courthouse Program
Volunteers will assist anyone who are awaiting court proceedings and offer non-judgmental support together with information about the court system and community resources. The Elizabeth Fry office provides women with a relaxed and child-friendly environment. Office hours are 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday.
JF Norwood House
Volunteers assist in supporting women living at the residence, offering social interaction, life skills, advocacy, accompaniment, and supervision. They bring special talents and interests to share with the residents.
There is no prerequisite experience or skill required to become a volunteer, only the willingness to learn (a criminal record check is necessary). All necessary training will be provided.
Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa offers support to local women who are provincially and federally sentenced in the province of Ontario. Through our program at the Ottawa Cerleton Detention Centre, volunteers provide social activities for women in custody at OCDC through weekly visits. Professional staff are also on site to provide counselling support, community reintegration planning, and an Anger Solutions group.
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What Does It Mean to be a Volunteer With The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa?
It is the mission of The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa to work with women who are, or are at risk of coming into conflict with the law. Our volunteers are required to support our purpose and our mission. By offering your time and services as a volunteer, you will not only be helping the women we work with, but you will also be benefiting your community and yourself.
Requirements to Join The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa:
An interest in furthering our cause
Commitment to our mission and core purposes
Dedication to the work and a time commitment
The ability to be non-judgmental and open-minded
What is Expected of Volunteers?
Attendance at the orientation/training session
Keeping track of hours volunteered and submitting them
Contacting your supervisor when you cannot make a shift
Excellent communication skills and team spirit
A positive attitude and genuine willingness to help others
A general attitude of acceptance and tolerance
Attendance at Volunteer Gatherings
How Do I Benefit From Being a Volunteer?
As a volunteer for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa, you will gain valuable experiences and a sense of satisfaction that you are there to help women in distress. You will also receive a reference letter upon completion of your required hours and on going feedback during your volunteer placement. As well, countless friendships have been formed between volunteers. Volunteers will be invited to join our Volunteer Gatherings to share information and to participate in a lot of fun activities.
I've Received the Information Package - Now What?
The second step is filling out the volunteer application form along with the consent forms for a criminal reference check. Return these forms to us, and once your application is received by the Volunteer Coordinator, she will contact you to set an appointment to discuss your interests with The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa. This meeting will give the Volunteer Coordinator and yourself an opportunity to discuss what The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa has to offer you. It is possible that not everyone who attends the interview will become a volunteer. Once the interview is completed, you will be asked to join the next volunteer training session.
Thank you for choosing The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa.
We hope that you will be joining our volunteer team.
Do You Need Experience?
Are you interested in working with women who have been or who are at risk of coming into conflict with the law? Are you hard-working and wish to help make a difference for your community? If so, please consider volunteering with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa.
By volunteering, you are not only helping your community, but you are also helping yourself. Gain valuable experience, skills, and training by volunteering in JF Norwood House, at the courthouse, the detention centre, in our office, or as a volunteer driver.
Please note that references will be provided after completion of required hours.
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Two top South Carolina politicians said Friday they have been in contact with Boeing officials concerning production of the 777X passenger jet after the Machinist union rejected a labor contract in Washington state, putting thousands of future jobs out for bids.
In separate appearances in Charleston, Gov. Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham indicated the Palmetto State is making sure the Chicago-based aerospace giant knows it's interested in the new jet project.
"'South Carolina is on standby and ready for you whenever you need us,'" Haley said she told a Boeing official.
"I want whatever we can do to be helpful to Boeing," the governor said, ending her silence on the highly public 777X project. "Naturally, I want jobs. I want lots of jobs. ... What I don't want is do is be harassing to them. What I do want to do is be very supportive of them."
She indicated it was too early to talk about incentives to lure the production line to North Charleston, where Boeing assembles the 787 Dreamliner.
The state offered Boeing $450 million in incentives in 2009 to win the Dreamliner plant. It offered another $120 million in April for the airplane maker's guarantee it would create 2,000 more jobs and another $1 billion in investment by 2020. Boeing employs about 6,100 people in the Charleston area, most of them at the 787 campus in North Charleston.
Haley, after speaking at a business function on the Isle of Palms, also said not to pay too much attention to all the rumors about where 777X production might land.
"I think you are hearing a lot of rumors right now. I wouldn't take any rumors seriously," Haley said. "Things don't turn on a dime like that, especially with a company the size of Boeing. Our job is to support them in every decision that they make and to be there for them, so they know that South Carolina always wants to be their home."
Graham cautioned it was too early to start celebrating over the International Association of Machinists' 2-to-1 vote against a proposed eight-year labor agreement and Boeing's subsequent search elsewhere to build a new version of the twin-engine 777.
"I don't want to get people's hopes up about where the 777 project will go," said the state's senior senator while visiting the State Ports Authority. He was in Charleston to update plans on deepening Charleston Harbor for larger ships.
Graham said he talked with a Boeing official Thursday evening and expressed that the state is ready to help the company expand if it chooses South Carolina over competing states.
"We have certainly communicated to Boeing, and I know the governor also has, that we will gladly accept any new business," he said.
Haley also reiterated her disdain for unions, signaling to Boeing that South Carolina is a right-to-work state and against organized labor.
"I feel bad for the governor of Washington. It is a terrible thing when you see great industry in your state trying to work and you have the union go in and try to kill it," Haley said.
"I don't want them in this state. We don't need them in this state. Our companies take care of those who take care of them, but when a union enters your state, they completely take over the business climate and they kill jobs," she said. "We are not going to have that in the state of South Carolina."
The Chicago-based aerospace giant started looking across the nation Thursday for an alternate site to build the new plane after the union overwhelmingly rejected a labor contract calling for concessions on pension and health care benefits.
Boeing had pledged to build the 777X and its composite wings in Washington state if the state approved incentives and the union accepted the deal. The state did. The union didn't. Boeing promised to look elsewhere if the union vote failed.
Speculation centered on several Boeing facilities across the U.S. as possible alternatives, including the company's 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston, where Boeing is buying 267 acres for an undisclosed future use.
Aviation analyst Scott Hamilton in Washington believes "it's an uphill climb" for Boeing to select South Carolina because the nascent aerospace operation has not met production goals on the 787 and a new production line of an existing plane might not be in the company's best interest in North Charleston.
Others sites mentioned as possible alternatives for Boeing to build the 777X include Long Beach, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsville, Ala.; and San Antonio, Texas.
Long Beach, a port city, is believed to be the top contender because Boeing is mothballing C-17 cargo plane production in 2015, which will leave an experienced work force and a state clamoring to offer incentives to save thousands of jobs.
Boeing announced last week that part of the detailed design work of the 777X will be performed in North Charleston as well as other sites across the nation.
Boeing wants the 777X to be in production by 2017 and 2018 and in the air by the end of the decade.
The company is expected to officially launch the new plane during the Dubai Air Show in the Middle East —which starts Sunday — when several new orders are expected to be placed.
Staff reporters Schuyler Kropf and Tyrone Richardson contributed to this report.
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.


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"I've always had a good relationship with Coach Conroy since my high school days," Morgan said. "I've always had him in my corner. I just really trusted him with my decision.
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The Tigers announced that Morgan wouldn't be returning to the program, along with Anthony Hickey and Shany Hammink, on May 13.
Morgan played in 21 games for the Tigers in his sophomore season with six starts. He averaged 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds.
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Horrible game with numerous glitches, complete crapBy Billy Badass Score:
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I have played all of the new Assassins Creed III on my PS3 and I couldn't be more disappointed. I have never seen a poorer execution of a great idea in the whole history of video games. The game is full of glitches, even with the massive Day 1 patch. Characters talk without moving their mouths, then they move their mouths without any sound and subtitles are arbitrary and inconsistient. Characters disappear during the game and during cut scenes and reapear without warning. Enemies are able to attack and damage you without even being within striking range. You are made to solve a given mission with only one resolution possible -- the way the programmers want you to resolve it -- nothing else.
The game says it's about the Revolutionary War and how you are key in igniting the flames of a freedom revolution, but it really is a very confused plot line. You start as a Templar, you then change characters to be a Mason assassin, then you work with the exact ememy that you are sworn to destroy. All in a futile attempt to save your people from losing their land. It's completely frivolous and short-sighted.
The game offers no explanation of missions, no instruction on what is to be accomplished, no teaching of skills, weaponry or how to use either of them. The lead character Connor isn't believeable, isn't very likeable and isn't someone you want to help. His missions are placed upon him without any convincing or for any compelling reason and he doesn't seem very wise despite the assumption that he is the leader of his tribe.
The only enjoyable part of the game are the naval missions, but they too have their drawbacks and problems. Every naval battle is fought within 100 yards of a rocky shoreline (just like real life!) and there is absolutely no freedom to sail from port to port or even back home to a preferred port once the naval mission is complete. It's like the creators are saying, "you have the freedom to do what we want you to do."
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ds is 5 and has been having constitpation issues. he has been seeing his doctor and she did xrays friday, and a blood draw today and refered me to a gi specilist. im worried for him but i know its gotta be able to help. so any advice or some questions i can ask. right now ds hasn't had a bowel movement in 10 days but the doc said that his xray shows no block.
I think its good they are referring him out. Many peds just poo-poo (no pun intended) on constipation and then you end up with real problems on your hands. The GI dr will get him straightened out and keep him there. :) Good luck!
I'd recommend keeping a food journal until you see the GI!
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My son sees a gi regularly. We're on the phone with them weekly and we just had another hospitalization 2 weeks ago for constipation. They will probably review his diet with you ans have you start with simple diet changes, then move on to things like a stool softener, and if needed taking a stimulant.