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Final Announcement
Cordilleran Section, GSA
103rd Annual Meeting • Theme: Northwest Convergence
4-6 May 2007 • Western Washington University • Bellingham, Washington
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The 2007 Annual Meeting of GSA's Cordilleran Section will be held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. The meeting theme is inspired by the geological setting of the Pacific Northwest: converging plates will inspire the convergence of a diverse group of geologists, producing a convergence of disciplines, ideas, and discoveries.
Bellingham is located in a geological paradise, with an array of outstanding examples of geological phenomena, ranging from active volcanoes, large glaciers, active and ancient fault zones, subduction complex rocks, ophiolites, terranes, exhumed mantle massifs, migmatites, and flood basalts, all close at hand. Traditionally the gateway to the San Juan Islands, Bellingham hosts an active population and an epic range of outdoor recreational pursuits. Temperatures are pleasant during early May, ranging from the low 50s to low 70s, with rain, wind, and bright sunny days typical.
Bellingham's regional airport is served by two airlines, or use the easy bus and train service from Seattle or Vancouver, BC. The meeting site is the Western Washington University (WWU) campus, one of the region's premier undergraduate institutions. The university is near many excellent lodging and dining establishments, which will be served by a shuttle bus during the meeting. Shops, museums, waterfront activities, and entertainment possibilities are located on campus or nearby.
We invite you partake in this excellent opportunity to meet with your fellow geologists and geoscience professionals in a truly beautiful and outstanding corner of our nation.
For your convenience, online registration is open throughout the meeting. Register online -- it's convenient and secure.
If you prefer, you may download the paper registration form (now for on-site processing only). Do not mail or fax the paper form to GSA, please bring it with you to the meeting. If you have any questions about your registration, please contact GSA Sales and Service, +1-888-443-4472 (toll-free), or +1-303-357-1000, option 3. On-site registration will be available at the WWU campus during the meeting.
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|Early Registration Deadline: 2 April 2007
Cancellation Deadline: 9 April
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If you haven't already purchased Abstracts with Programs on your Membership Form, you can order a copy for on-site pickup on the meeting registration form.
GSA and WWU are committed to making this meeting accessible to all people interested in attending. Please indicate any special requirements on your registration form.
There are FREE charter busses running Friday through Sunday during the following times:
- Between Hotels and Campus:
7 a.m.-10 a.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
- Between Campus and Fairhaven, and Campus, Downtown and Squalicum Harbor:
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Parking is very limited on campus on weekdays so we encourage participants to take advantage of the shuttles we have provided (schedules noted below in accommodations section), public transit (WTA), and carpooling.
- On Thursday, 4 May, from 3-5 p.m., ticketing will be suspended in Parking Lot 12A to allow attendees to check in.
- Weeknights between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, there is no charge for parking in Lots 12A and C (gravel lots).
- On Friday, parking is available in Lots 12A on a first-come, first-served basis.
Field Trip participants must purchase permits at the registration desk for trips that occur during or after the conference. For trips that occur before the meeting, permits will be available for purchase from your trip leader. Parking permits are $10/day, $30 for three or more days.
Bellingham Transportation Phone Numbers:
WTA (Whatcom Transit Authority): 360-647-7433
City Cab: 360-733-8294 or 1-800-7CITYCAB (724-9222)
Lunchtime travel between campus, Fairhaven, and Downtown
Transportation between Fairhaven and downtown by bus between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. (lunch off-campus):
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- Any WTA Blue Line bus heading north will go to downtown.
- Connection to the Red Line to Fairhaven can be made at the Downtown Station
- WTA Route 114 Fairhaven leaves the VU every 30 minutes, at :16 and :46 after the hour.
Mon-Fri: 6:40 a.m.-9:38 p.m.
Sat: 9:10 a.m.-10p.m.
Sun: 9:10 a.m.-6:09 p.m.
Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the following hotels. Reservations may be made directly by phone; you MUST identify yourself as attending the GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting when making reservations. Make your reservations by 4 April 2007, to get the GSA rate. Parking on campus is limited, especially on Fri., 4 May.
- Best Western Lakeway Hotel
714 Lakeway Dr., Bellingham, WA. 98229-6220
Complimentary shuttle bus to and from airport with advance reservations
- Val - U - Inn
805 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229
360-671-9600, 800-443-7777
WTA route 11 runs on Lakeway to/from Downtown (if at Lakeway Inn, cross Lakeway to catch bus at westbound stop near Val-U-Inn, heading to Downtown)
Mon-Fri: 6:40 a.m.-9:40 p.m.
Sat: 9:10 a.m.-9:40 p.m.
Sun: 9:40 a.m.-6:40 p.m.
Connect to any blue line bus to WWU at downtown station
- Best Western Heritage Inn
151 E. McLeod Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
Phone: 360-647-1912, Fax: 360-671-0368
No WTA Service on East McLeod.
WTA route 15 travels North & South on Meridian
Mon-Fri: 6:45 a.m.-9:40 p.m. M-F
Sat: 9:45 a.m.-9:40 p.m.
Sun: 10:15 a.m.-6:40 p.m.
- Bellingham Travelodge
101 N. Samish Way, Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: 360-733-8280, Fax: 360-738-9186
WTA route 108 runs South bound on Samish, once/hour, Monday -Friday
Mon -Fri: 7:10 a.m.-6:10 p.m.
Sat: 8:55 a.m.4:55 p.m.
Buses leave downtown 15 minutes earlier on Saturdays! See schedule times
- Hotel Bellwether
1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham, WA. 98225
No WTA service to Bellwether
(closest service is on Holly Street - WTA routes 3, 4 and 10)
The abstracts deadline (6 Feb.) has now passed. Papers were invited for a variety of technical sessions: symposia, designated theme sessions, as well as sessions devoted to general topics in a range of areas. Sessions provide opportunities for either poster or oral presentations. Oral presentations are 15-20 minutes, including 3-5 minutes for questions and speaker exchanges. Oral presentations will utilize a single digital projector and standard presentation software. An overhead projector will be available in each room. Use of 35 mm slides is not encouraged and will only be permitted by special arrangement with the technical program committee, to be requested 30 days in advance of the meeting.
Posters will be presented on a 8' x 4' poster board, so the size of each poster should be no larger than 8' x 4'.
Only a single volunteered paper may be submitted for presentation by any one individual; but an individual may be a co-author on several submitted presentations. Those individuals who are invited to present a paper at a symposium may present an additional paper. If you have questions about your abstract, please contact Nancy Carlson, +1-303-357-1061, .
Several general sessions will spotlight a variety of topics in the geosciences, accompanied by a set of more focused symposia and theme sessions. Details are posted below and may also be obtained by contacting members of the technical program committee, Sue DeBari [ ]; Liz Schermer []; and Juliet Crider [], or the session conveners.
Contributions to these sessions are by invitation only.
- 1. Quaternary and Tertiary Records of Past Environments, Pacific Northwest:
In Honor of Calvin Heusser
Estella Leopold, University of Washington, []
Rolf Mathewes, Simon Fraser University
- Cenozoic session to include papers on Quaternary and Tertiary pollen, macrofossil and related fossil records from the Pacific Northwest focusing on environmental reconstruction.
- 2. Paleogeographic Reconstructions of Cordilleran Terranes: In Honor of David L. Jones.
Clark Blake, []
Jim Monger, []
- A critical review of Cordilleran tectonostratigraphic terranes from Mexico to Alaska.
- 3. Holocene Volcanic and Glacial Geology at Mount Baker, Washington: Reports from On-Going Field Studies
Dave Tucker, WWU, []
Kevin Scott, USGS, []
- This session will present data collected at Mount Baker volcano, North Cascades. Increasing interest in this active volcano over the past few years has resulted in field studies in stratigraphy and Holocene eruptive and glacial history, geochemistry, gravimetry, geodesy, and gas emissions.
- 4. Quaternary Glaciation of Washington: In Honor of Dwight (Rocky) Crandell.
Don J. Easterbrook, WWU, []
- The focus will be on new data and interpretations of Pleistocene and Holocene glaciation of the Puget Lowland, Columbia Plateau, Cascade Range, and Olympic Mountains. Authors of recent research in these areas will invited to present their latest findings, especially as it relates to the chronology of glacial events in response to global climate change. Glacial changes in historic time would also be included. The session would honor Dwight Crandell, pioneer glacial geologist who was responsible for establishment of much of the framework for Pleistocene glaciation of the southern Puget Lowland, Mount Rainier, and the Olympic Mountains.
Theme Sessions
- 1. Influence of Natural Hazard Assessments on Land-Use Policy-Is Anybody Listening?
John N. Thompson, Whatcom County Public Works Department [+1-360-715-7450, ]
- International catastrophes have focused recent media attention on natural hazard prediction and warning systems. Yet the assessment of natural hazards, how human activity affects those hazards, and the attendant risks are fundamental tools that can be employed to influence land-use management to protect human life and safety, critical infrastructure, and public resources such as salmon habitat and water quality. This session would explore both successful examples of where natural hazard assessments have resulted in changes to land-use regulation (or attitudes toward land-use) and instances where the connection has not been successfully made, yet the need is great.
- 2. The Geology of Terroir, Techniques for the Evaluation of Viticultural Sites.
Kevin Pogue, Whitman College [+1-509-527-5955, ]
- Terroir, the combination of environmental factors that make each vineyard site unique, is recognized as the dominant influence on the character and quality of wine grapes. Geological controls on terroir include the drainage characteristics and chemistry of rock and soil as well as geomorphic parameters such as slope and aspect. In recent years the wine industry has become increasingly aware of these geologic variables and their effects on viticulture. This session welcomes all papers devoted to geological aspects of vineyard site analysis.
- 3. Origin and Accretionary Processes of Cordilleran Terranes: New Methods, Models, and Challenges.
James E. Wright, University of Georgia [+1-706-542-4394, ]
Sandra J. Wyld, University of Georgia [+1-706-542-9908, ]
Bernie Housen, WWU [+1-360-650-6573, ]
- We solicit papers on the origin, translation, and accretionary history of Paleozoic-Mesozoic terranes of the North American Cordillera, Central America, and Far-East Russia. Emphasis on new data, models, methods, or emerging challenges is encouraged.
- 4. The Little Ice Age in Western North America.
John J. Clague, Simon Fraser University [+1-604-291-4924, ]
Brian Menounos, University of Northern BC
Dan Smith, University of Victoria
- In recent years, considerable progress has been made in reconstructing Little Ice Age climate at high temporal resolution. The impacts of climate change on physical and biological systems during the Little Ice Age are also better understood. This technical session will address the broad spectrum of past evidence for climate and other environmental conditions in western North America during the last millennium.
- 5. Pacific Northwest Paleoseismology and Neotectonics.
Brian Sherrod, USGS []
Thomas Pratt, USGS []
- This session will focus on recent findings on the Quaternary and Holocene history and nature of faults in the Pacific Northwest, including the Cascadia subduction zone, intraplate faults, and upper plate (shallow) faults. Discussions of diverse topics, such as reflection seismology, geodesy, geomorphology, paleoseismology, and hazards analysis, are encouraged and expected.
- 6. Environmental Geology in the Pacific Northwest (Posters).
Sian Davies-Vollum, University of Washington Tacoma [+1-253-692-4624, ]
- This session will explore connections between geology and environmental concerns in the Pacific Northwest. It will be an interdisciplinary session that bridges geology and environmental science. This session invites presentations on eclectic topics, such as (but not limited to) watershed studies, sediment pollution, and environmental health.
- 7. Hazards and Resources in the Portland, Tualatin, and Willamette Basins of Oregon and Washington (Posters).
Victoria E. Langenheim, USGS []
Ian Madin, DOGAMI
Russ Evarts, USGS
- New detailed geologic mapping and paleomagnetic, geochemical, and geophysical data provide a foundation to quantify hazards and resources in the Portland, Tualatin, and Willamette Basins. These basins underlie the Vancouver-Portland-Salem urban corridor, an area with a burgeoning population. This area straddles the northern and eastern boundaries of the Oregon Coastal block. This block is characterized by large clockwise rotations, seismicity, and Quaternary volcanism (e.g. the Boring lava field, the youngest cinder cones within a metropolitan area in the lower 48 states). These new data sets help delineate the architecture and evolution of these basins, including seismically active basin-bounding and intra-basinal faults and folds. This area is also subject to landslides, depletion of groundwater and pressure on coastal resources and nearshore habitats. This session invites papers that document the structure and history of these fault zones and basins and the geology of the groundwater aquifers and surficial deposits, with the goal of assessing seismic shaking hazards, groundwater resources, and landslide potential in the urban corridor.
- 8. Active Volcano-Glacier Interactions: Process, Products, Hazards.
Tina Neal, USGS []
Rick Wessels, USGS []
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, WWU []
- This session will address the interaction between glacial ice and active volcanoes. Unrest at ice-clad volcanoes (including intrusion, increases in fumarolic output, and eruptions) can profoundly disturb glacial cover, resulting in distinctive seismicity, avalanche, debris flow, flood generation, and dramatic changes in glacier topography and motion. Recent activity in Alaska and the Cascades have highlighted these processes and products and provided new and sometimes surprising glimpses into the behavior of ice during eruptions. This session will present recent examples of volcano-ice interaction and what has been learned about physical process and resulting hazards.
- 9. Council on Undergraduate Research (Posters). Cosponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research.
Jeff Marshall, Cal Poly Pomona University []
- This poster session is an opportunity to recognize outstanding research by undergraduate students, and to allow them an opportunity to present their work at a professional meeting. We encourage abstracts from any discipline in the earth and environmental sciences. The only requirement is that an undergraduate student be lead author on the abstract.
- 10. Neogene Orogenesis in the North American Cordillera.
Sara Gran Mitchell, College of the Holy Cross []
Owen A. Callahan, WWU []
- The modern topography of the western United States has been profoundly influenced by relatively recent tectonic and climatic forces. However, the Neogene topographic evolution of the North American Cordillera is not well synthesized. Investigations from the fields of paleontology, isotopic geochemistry, thermochronology, geodesy, structural geology, and geomorphology have reached different conclusions about post-Eocene changes in surface elevation throughout the region. The goal of this session is to explore these and any other proxies in an effort to synthesize the broad-scale timing, magnitude, and cause of Neogene orogenesis and surface elevation change in the western Cordillera. It is our hope that this session will showcase new research and hypotheses regarding the connections between different surface elevation proxies in geographically diverse sections of the continent.
- 11. Volcanoes of the Pacific Basin and Rim: Geological and Geophysical Observations.
Michael Poland, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory-USGS []
Glyn Williams-Jones, Simon Fraser University []
- Home to two-thirds of the world's active volcanoes and subject to ever increasing population pressure, the Pacific Basin and Rim volcanoes are in constant need of detailed geological and geophysical observations. This session aims to encompass the broad spectrum of often complimentary geological, geochemical and geophysical studies of these volcanic systems with an emphasis on understanding the processes responsible for past, present and future activity.
- 12. Crustal Differentiation Processes, Timescales, and Products in the North American Cordillera.
Paul Hoskin, University of Calgary []
- Fundamental to crustal differentiation are the processes of magma generation, segregation, and emplacement. A rich record of these processes is preserved in exposed sections in the North American Cordillera. This session focuses on processes, and the rocks they produce, operable from the deep crust to shallow subvolcanic settings and their relation to deformation and tectonics. An aim of the session is to bring together those who investigate these processes using a variety of approaches including field studies, mineralogy/petrology, modeling, isotopes, and geochronology.
- 13. New Developments in Understanding Cretaceous Crustal Structure in the Southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia and North Cascades of Washington.
Harold Stowell, University of Alabama [+1-205-348-5095, ]
Robert Miller, San José State University []
Douglas Tinkham, Laurentian University []
- The session is anticipated to include talks that address present and past crustal structure, and tectonic evolution of the southern Coast Mountains Orogen in northern Washington and British Columbia. Presentations are invited from researchers in a broad range of fields, including: geochronology, geophysics, igneous and metamorphic petrology, and structural geology.
- 14. New Constraints on Cascadia Slow Slip Events.
Timothy Melbourne, Central Washington University []
Wendy McCausland, University of Washington []
- GPS and seismic measurements from the Cascadia subduction zone have shown that slow-slip events occur frequently along the deeper reaches of the plate contact. Also called Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS), to date 34 events have been recognized with GPS since 1997, as well as many other tremor bursts unresolvable by geodetic means. The underlying cause of these newly recognized events remains an open question, as is their impact on general Cascadia seismicity, their distribution and periodicity along strike, and their impact on the depth extent of the eventual megathrust rupture. However, ongoing deployments of several hundred GPS stations, seismometers, borehole strainmeters, and other geophysical instrumentation, as well as petrologic analyses of exhumed Cascadia forearc sequences, bring the promise of new, previously unavailable, constraints on these events. This session solicits presentations that include critical observational or modeling constraints that bear on all aspects of aseismic slip events, both within and outside of the Cascadia subduction zone.
- 15. The Evolution of Transform Faulting and Propagation of Extension and Volcanism: The West-Northwest Margin of the Basin and Range Province, USA.
Kaleb C. Scarberry, Oregon State University [+1-541-908-5319, ]
James Faulds, University of Nevada-Reno [775-784-6691 ext. 159, ]
- The boundaries between extended and nonextended crust record the development and growth of the Basin and Range Province in the wake of changing the western North American Plate boundary from convergent to transform. The northwestern margin of this vast extensional province, roughly from west-central Nevada to central Oregon and inland, is unique, because strain associated with plate motion is accommodated differently with increasing latitude: from transform, to extensional, to apparently magmatic within the High Lava Plains. Strain transfer mechanisms are poorly understood both in the south, where dextral shear may diffuse into Basin-Range extension, and in the north, where extension declines northward into a broad zone of Quaternary volcanism and NW-striking faults in the High Lava Plains. This session will examine the geologic and geophysical constraints of this complex, rapidly evolving region.
- 16. Landslide Hazards in the Forested Environment.
Laura M. Vaugeois, WA DNR-Forest Practices [+1-360-902-1405, ]
- Landslides are a common, naturally occurring phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest. In nearly all forested watersheds of Washington where land management activities have occurred, landslides, as a result of that management have provided the dominant sediment input to the associated aquatic system, far outpacing the naturally occurring rates. The goal of landslide hazard mapping in the forested environment is to prevent landslides triggered by forest management or to mitigate their effects. To that end, we are soliciting papers (in either oral or poster format) that discuss case studies and issues related to landslide identification, landslide and hazard mapping, mitigation, and geotechnical reporting guidelines or standards.
- 17. Engineering Geologic Challenges in the Pacific Northwest and Cordillera. Cosponsored by Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG); GSA Engineering Division.
Mark Molinari, URS Consultants []
Bill Haneberg , Haneberg Geosciences []
- The Pacific Northwest and Cordilleran regions present unique challenges to engineering geology because of active faulting, volcanic activity, dynamic coastlines, and glaciation. Projects in thick loose post-glacial deposits, through steeply dipping bedrock facades, and across mega landslides, or active floodplains require special engineering geologic solutions. Abstracts about engineering projects, successes or failures, in challenging geologic conditions are welcome. Companion to session 18: Challenges of Mapping Geologic Hazards in the Pacific Northwest and Cordillera.
- 18. Challenges of Mapping Geologic Hazards in the Pacific Northwest and Cordillera. Cosponsored by Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG); GSA Engineering Division; Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies at the University of Washington; WDNR-DGER
Kathy Troost, University of Washington []
Tim Walsh, Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources []
- The abundance of geologic hazards in the US Pacific Northwest and Cordilleran North America requires hazard mapping for a growing population increasingly educated about geology, geologic hazards, mitigation, and liability. Yet, such mapping is often faced with significant technical, social, and economical challenges. Abstracts about such efforts are welcome. Companion to session 17: Engineering Geologic Challenges in the Pacific Northwest and Cordillera.
- 19. Best Practices for Teaching Introductory Geology: Preparing Future Teachers and Informed Citizens.
Susan DeBari, WWU [360 650-3588, ]
Scott Linneman, WWU []
- This session is designed to bring together presenters from universities and community colleges who have developed successful ways to teach earth science to non-science majors. Can we deal with the challenge of preparing future teachers and informed citizens in large lecture classes? What works in small classes? We also welcome presentations about how to best assess whether students are learning what we think we are teaching them.
- 20. Eocene Evolution of the NW Cordillera.
Robert B. Miller, San José State University []
Jeffrey H. Tepper, Univ. Puget Sound, []
- Many recent advances have been made in our understanding of the Eocene tectonic evolution of the Northwest Cordillera from Oregon to Alaska. Submissions are requested from researchers on a range of topics involving Eocene rocks and tectonics, such as ridge subduction, regional transtension; magmatism; structural, thermobarometric and thermo-chronological evolution of metamorphic belts (e.g., Skagit Gneiss Complex), including core complexes; evolution of sedimentary basins; paleomagnetism; deep crustal structure; paleoclimate, paleoelevation, and other relevant themes.
A short description and itinerary for some of these trips are noted below, information can also be obtained by contacting the field trip leaders or a member of the field trip committee: Pete Stelling, ; Ned Brown, ; or Dave Tucker, .
Student Field Trip Subsidies
The Field Trip Subsidy application deadline (2 April) has now passed.
Due to conservative budgeting and good attendance at the last several meetings, the Section is able to offer limited field trip subsidies to students to facilitate first-hand experience in areas of interest to them. Students who register for field trips can also apply for a Field Trip Grant, which will reimburse a significant percentage of the field trip registration cost. Checks will be available at the meeting.
- 1. Selected Mount Baker Volcanic Deposits in the Baker River Valley: 19th Century Lahars, Tephras, and Debris Avalanches, and Early Holocene Subaqueous Lava.
Dave Tucker, WWU, []; Kevin Scott, USGS-CVO; Dave Lewis, Mount Baker High School.
Thurs., 3 May.
- Cost: US$55 (includes a sack lunch, and transportation). Max. 30.
- This is a one-day trip to the Baker River valley at the eastern foot of Mount Baker volcano. There will be five stops to observe early Holocene basalt lava (both subaerial and sublacustrine), and nineteenth century tephra, lahar, and debris avalanche deposits. Participants should see to their own breakfasts; a sack lunch is provided. The trip should return to Bellingham by dark. There is no cell phone contact during much of the trip. Driving time to the first stop is 1.5 hours.
- 2. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Glaciation and Volcanism in the Northern Puget Lowland and North Cascades.
Don Easterbrook, WWU, []; Dori Kovanen, UBC; Olav Slaymaker, UBC.
Thurs., 3 May.
- Cost: US$45 (includes transportation and lunch for the one-day trip.). Max. 30.
- Visit the type locality of the Everson glaciomarine drift (gmd) and examine meltwater channels deeply incised into the gmd related to the Sumas II advance (dated to be 11,100 14C years B.P.). We will also see evidence of the Sumas III and IV (Younger Dryas) moraines and outwash plains dated at 10,980 to 20,250 14C years B.P.
- Our second stop will investigate evidence that the Nooksack Alpine Glacial System (NAGS) post-dated the Cordilleran Ice Sheet and was limited to Cascade alpine sources. The Kendell NAGS moraine and outwash terrace is composed of local lithologies with abundant, glacially faceted, striated boulders and cobbles derived from the upper North Fork of the Nooksack River. We'll see the 12,350 14C years B.P. Mosquito Lake moraines and kame-kettle complex, as well as Younger Dryas moraine up-valley with logs dated at 10,600 14C yrs B.P. We'll also have an opportunity to evaluate Mt. Baker lahar and tephra chronologies.
- Later we'll see deposits of the Church Mountain landslide, a 9-km-long seismically induced mega-landslide. Afterward, we'll visit Heather meadows, with scenic views of Mount Shuksan and North Cascades. We'll examine Mount Baker tephra chronology, including the Mazama, Rocky Creek, and Cathedral Crag tephras. We'll also see topographically inverted lava flows at Table Mountain and deduce ice flow directions of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet using the Picture Lake moraine deposited by a cirque glacier from Table Mountain.
- 3. Lively Landscapes: Major Holocene Geomorphic Events in the Nooksack/Sumas Valley.
Scott Linneman, WWU, []; Paul Pittman, Whatcom County Pubic Works; Laura Vaugeois, WA-DNR.
Wed.-Thurs., 2-3 May.
- Cost: US$150 (includes transportation, guidebook, meals, and one night lodging double-occupancy). Max.: 20.
- The Pleistocene glaciations altered or created much of the geomorphic signature of the Nooksack and Sumas Valleys. However, the Holocene has had its own significant landscape altering processes, including mega-landslides and other large landslides, alluvial fan development, lahars, tectonic deformation, major channel avulsions, anthropomorphic alterations, sea level changes, and delta growth. These Holocene landform changes add to the mosaic of our geomorphic understanding and future planning. This field trip visits the sites of a dozen Holocene events along the North Fork Nooksack River upstream to Glacier (overnight at the Glacier Creek Lodge, +1-360-599-2991), then down to the confluence at Deming, down the Sumas and lower Nooksack valleys to the delta at Bellingham Bay. All meals included (Day 1: lunch at Carol's Girls Diner, then dinner at Milanos in Glacier, +1-360-599-2863; Day 2: Breakfast at Milanos; sack lunches from Milanos).
During the Meeting
- 4. Murrelets and Molasse in the San Juan Islands.
Dave Engebretson, WWU, []; Clark Blake, WWU, [].
Sun., 6 May.
- Cost: US$75 (includes transportation and lunch). Max. 25.
- Join us for an all-day cruise to Sucia, the crown jewel of the San Juan Islands. On board the Snow Goose, we will see many species of sea and land birds plus possible marine mammals. In addition, the route will traverse many topographic and bathymetric features including faults, terrane boundaries, and glacial deposits as we tour through the San Juan Islands. On the island we will look at the highly-fossiliferous Nanaimo Fm. (Upper Cretaceous flysch), the Eocene Chuckanut Fm., a fluvial overlap assemblage (molasse) and the fault zone that separates them. Both formations are folded into a plunging syncline giving the island its unique horseshoe shape.
- 5. Structure and Evolution of the San Juan Islands, Northwest Cascades Thrust System.
Ned Brown, WWU, []; Liz Schermer, WWU, []; Bernie Housen, WWU, [].
Sun.-Wed., May 6-9.
- Cost: US$430. Max.: 32.
- The San Juan Islands provide an excellent opportunity to explore the complicated tectonic development of the Pacific Northwest. On our three day adventure, we'll take a private boat out to Spieden and Stuart islands to study the external units of the San Juan Islands thrust system, the Haro Formation and Spieden Group. Afterward, we'll examine outcrops of the Deadman Bay Volcanics, a nappe unit bearing Tethyan fusulinids at an intermediate level in the thrust system.
- The second day will take us to South Beach and Cattle Point on southeastern San Juan Island to examine the rock units and structures of the Rosario and Lopez fault zones. We'll look at the Orcas Chert, Garrison Schist, Constitution Formation, deformed greywacke of the Lopez structural complex. In the afternoon we'll visit the Richardson locality on Lopez Island, where microfossils date the youngest rocks known to be involved in San Juan Islands terrane assembly, and Ar ages of phengite indicate age of blueschist. We'll also visit other Lopez sites to examine vein geometries and fabrics of the Lopez structural complex.
- On the third and final day we will examine outcrops of the Fidalgo Ophiolite: ultramafic rock at Washington Park, layered gabbro at Alexander Beach, plagiogranite at Mount Erie, and marine sedimentary cover at Lakeside Industries quarry. We'll also look at semischist exposures of the Easton Suite at the mouth of Oyster Creek along Chuckanut Drive.
- 6. Early Fraser Glacial History of the Skagit Valley.
Mon.-Tues., 7-8 May.
- Canceled.
- 7. Canadian Cascade Volcanism: Subglacial to Explosive Volcanism in the Sea to Sky Corridor, BC.
Sun.-Tues., 6-8 May.
- Canceled.
- 8. Regional Tertiary Sequence Stratigraphy and Structure on the Eastern Flank of the Central Cascade Range, Washington.
Eric Cheney, University of Washington, [].
Sun.-Tues., 6-8 May.
- Cost: US$210. Max. 21.
- We will examine the formerly enigmatic stratigraphy of the few km-thick, nonmarine, arkosic Swauk Formation and representative outcrops of other Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene formations. These formations are parts of four interregional, unconformity-bounded sequences. The sequences reveal a northeasterly verging fold and thrust belt that extends from Yakima to Seattle, and they show that the Cascade Range is a late Neogene anticline.
- 9. Geology and Paleobotany of the Eocene Chuckanut Formation.
Rick Dillhoff, WWU, []; Tad Dilhoff, WWU; George Mustoe, WWU, [].
Mon., 7 May. This trip is full.
- Cost: US$51. Max. 25.
- One of the world's thickest sequence of non-marine sedimentary rock, the Chuckanut Formation is comprised of 6000 m of fluvial sediment deposited on the floodplain that covered much of northwest Washington prior to the mid-Cenozoic uplift of the North Cascade Range. The field trip will give participants the opportunity to explore the geology of the Chuckanut Formation, search for plant fossils, and enjoy the natural beauty of the Cascade foothills and Bellingham Bay.
- Our first field trip stop will explore outcrops in the foothills near Mount Baker 35 miles east of Bellingham, where we will enjoy scenic views of the ice-covered volcano while searching for subtropical plant fossils along the rocky bed of Canyon Creek. Afterward, we will return to the coast for a picnic lunch at Larrabee State Park. The afternoon will be spent visiting geologic features at several sites along the Chuckanut Drive coastline, including an easy 1-mile forest hike to Clayton Beach, a locality with a rich natural history.
- 10. Flood Basalts and Ice Age Floods: Repeated Late Cenozoic Cataclysms of Eastern Washington.
Bruce Bjornstad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, []; Scott Babcock, WWU; George Last, PNNL.
Mon.-Wed., 7-9 May.
- Cost: US$255. Max. 25.
Hotel reservations are the responsibility of each trip participant. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center located at 1515 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352. The hotel phone number is +1-509-946-4121. The cost for a double occupancy room is $34/person/night. Participants can pay extra for a single room ($60/night) if they so desire. The hotel reservation also includes a complimentary breakfast buffet on May 8 and May 9. Lunch for May 8 and May 9 will be prepared by the Clarion Hotel and the cost of the lunches is included in the trip registration fee.
- Day 1. We'll observe CRB and Ice Age flood features near Vantage, Frenchman Coulee, and Sentinel Gap. Dinner is the responsibility of each participant.
- Day 2. Activities include a 250-mile loop through the lower Channeled Scabland of southeastern Washington. Along the way we'll stop to look at CRB and flood features at Wallula Gap, Devils Canyon and Palouse Falls. Lunch will be provided. The trip will return to the Clarion Hotel at about 5 p.m. A catered dinner and wine tasting will be provided at the new palatial Terra Blanca Winery at 7 p.m.
- Day 3. Activities include stops north of the Hanford Site to observe the Ringold Formation as well as more features from the Ice Age floods. Lunch will be provided.
Details of these workshops may be obtained by contacting the workshop leaders or the workshop chair, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, .
- Exploring Earth through a Virtual Globe.
3 May.
John Bailey, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center,
Cost: US$85. Max.: 20.
The last decade has seen significant developments in the field of Virtual Globes; satellite images overlain on a digital elevation model of the Earth, through which a user can navigate. These 3D geobrowsers offer a new means to organize and display any forms of data with geographical components. They are quickly becoming the new paradigm for earth science education, logistics, and data access.
In 2004, Google acquired a company called Keyhole Inc., which had developed a virtual globe program called "Earth Viewer." Subsequently renamed and made available as a free download product, "Google Earth" (GE) was officially launched on 28 June 2005. With its established clientele base, world-wide name recognition and user-friendly interface, GE is currently the best known and most used Virtual Globe. It has introduced many to the concept of Virtual Globes for the first time.
This short course will present the concept of Virtual Globes using Google Earth as an example of the possible capabilities. Other Virtual Globes will be briefly discussed but demonstrations will concentrate on the abilities of GE, using examples of current applications to research by the Earth Science community. Topics covered will include; basic components and navigation controls, functions integrated into the program interface, and the ability to develop user-defined functions using KML (Keyhole Markup Language), the functional language utilized by Google Earth.
This short course is intended for those with little or no experience of Google Earth who are interested in using it as scientific or educational tool. No previous experience/knowledge of computer programming, satellite data or working with Virtual Globes is required.
- The Basics of Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning, from Acquisition to Processing.
3 May. — Canceled.
- Airborne Remote Sensing: Recent Technological Advances and Relevant Applications to the Geology Field.
Fri., 4 May, 8 a.m.-noon. — Canceled.
- Introduction to Ground Penetrating Radar for Near Surface Geophysical Investigations.
3 May. — Canceled.
- Formal Regulations for Active Faults in Washington?
Workshop Convened by AEG and WADNR
Sunday, 6 May, 3:30-5:30 p.m., ES 100 — This event is full.
Join us for a panel and open discussion session to identify the issues surrounding the formal regulation of active faults in Washington State. This workshop will focus on the technical issues facing consultants and scientists; a workshop later this year will focus on regulators and planners to identify their issues. We will hear from California geologists working with Alquist Priolo, from Washington geologists working within the confines of the Growth Management Act, from paleo-seismologists, and current efforts towards an active fault map/database for Washington. We need to discuss topics such as who identifies a fault as a hazard, do we have fault lines or zones, building in fault zones, set backs, when is a fault hazard study necessary, what constitutes a fault hazard study, what is the regulatory process needed, what constitutes best available science for active faults, what are our data gaps, are we ready for formal regulation, and much more.
For more info: AEG: Kathy Troost, and WADNR: Tim Walsh,
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Carpool or find a roommate with the GSA Meetings Bulletin Board.
The travel grant application deadline (26 March) has now passed.
GSA's Cordilleran Section and the GSA Foundation have made travel grants available for GSA Student Members who are presenting oral or poster papers. Students must be currently enrolled and must be members of the relevant section to apply for support. All applications must be submitted online, and you must be registered for the meeting before you can apply. Click here for detailed eligibility guidelines. For more information, contact the Cordilleran Section secretary, Joan Fryxell, +1-909-537-5311.
Awards will be given for best student oral (undergraduate or graduate) and poster (undergraduate only) presentations. To be eligible, students must be lead authors and presenters, and they should clearly identify their abstracts as student work.
- Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience. Sponsored by GSA Foundation.
Fri.-Sat., 4-5 May, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Jennifer Nocerino []. Lunch provided; location information will be available at the meeting registration desk.
- This is a chance for students to discuss career opportunities and challenges with professional geoscientists from multiple disciplines. Plan to attend both free luncheons to hear different presenters. Students will receive free lunch tickets in their registration packet to attend the Shlemon Programs. However, space is limited: first come, first served.
- The John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrology Program. Sponsored by GSA Foundation.
Sat., 5 May, 5-6:30 p.m. Location available at the meeting registration desk. Jennifer Nocerino [].
- This event starts right after the tech sessions end. It presents opportunities for students and recent graduates with interest in applied hydrogeology or hydrology as a career to chat over a meal with professionals practicing in these fields of interest. Students will receive a free pizza supper ticket in their registration packet to attend the Mann Program. However, space is limited: first come, first served.
- Careers in Engineering and Environmental Geology. Cosponsored by Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (AEG); Association of Women Geologists (AWG).
6-8 p.m., Fri., 4 May.
- Informal evening session to acquaint students and attendees with the field of engineering and environmental geology. Three AEG members will present case studies to give the attendees an idea of the type of work that engineering and environmental geologists do. This will be followed by an informal discussion while practicing geologists describe their jobs. Geologists with variable years of experience will be available for Q&A to give attendees a real picture of this discipline. Pizza and drinks provided by one of the regions top employers of engineering and environmental geologists. AEG member participants: Kathy Troost, Bill Haneberg, and Katie Lewis.
We are planning a job fair to bring in a large number of geoscience, geotechnical, and other professional firms interested in hiring outstanding students. We will also have space available for regional institutions to provide information about their graduate programs.
- Icebreaker Reception
Thurs., 3 May, 5-7 p.m., Wade King Center 127.
- Association for Women Geoscientists and Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists Reception
This event is full.
Fri., 4 May, 6-8 p.m., Environmental Studies 213.
- Book Signing
Sun., 6 May, noon-4 p.m., Exhibits area.
Geologist and author David Montgomery will autograph copies of his newest book Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, an engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern environmental calamites.
- Annual Business Meeting: GSA Cordilleran Section
Sat., 5 May, 5-7 p.m.
The city of Bellingham is one of the northernmost cities in the continental United States and is located in a wonderful coastal setting. The major metropolitan areas of Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, are also an easy drive from Bellingham. A variety of activities are available on the Western Washington University campus and in the city of Bellingham. Farther afield, hiking, climbing, boating, biking, and running activities are abundant, recently making Bellingham one of Outdoor Magazine's top 10 best places to live. For more information about the many activities and amenities that Bellingham has to offer, please visit the Bellingham Visitor's Bureau Web site, www.bellingham.org.
Exhibit booths will be available for commercial and nonprofit organizations. For more information or to reserve a booth, contact Bernie Housen, [].
If you have questions or need further clarification, please contact the convention chair, Bernie Housen.
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|Bernie Housen
Western Washington University
|Technical Program Co-Chairs
|Liz Schermer
|Sue DeBari
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Yes, I should be present in the moment, I thought. But I let it go. I'll be present at the hospital, where I can get a drink of water.
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Funny how that happens sometimes.
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text: I need some good advice on helping my MIL learn that she can bond with DS even though she can't give him a bottle. The situation is turning ugly and I've always loved her. I feel like this is turning into a real problem and I want to talk to her about it but I'm not sure how to help her understand. She thinks she can't hold him b/c I'm "always holding him." I only hold him when I'm nursing. Otherwise, he's sleeping, in the swing, or playing on his mat. I wear him when he's fussy if I don't have time to sit and hold him. There are plenty of opportunities for her to hold him but I think she has a deeper problem that she hasn't directly expressed to me (concerning breastfeeding). When I pregnant with DD she expressed a real concern that her son wouldn't be able to bond with Grace (DD) if I was BFing. Now, she makes comments like last night, "How long are you going to BF him?" I said, "Until he's ready to wean, at least a year." She said, "OHHHH!!! I'll NEVER get to hold him!!" Comments like that are said too often and it makes me mad but I also want to try to understand where she is comming from. I know I need to talk to her about it but I don't know what to say and how to bring it up since she has never directly expressed her problem to me. Thanks for your advice. Melissa


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Kubuntu is the KDE-ized edition of Ubuntu Linux, the current Linux glamour distribution. Ubuntu is an excellent distribution, and I believe its popularity is due largely, in addition to technical and design excellence, to the Ubuntu philosophy. This is a lovely change of pace from the "survival of the loudest" atmosphere of some tech communities.
As nice as Kubuntu is, the default installation doesn't fit every user. This article shows how to get help, get access to more software packages, set up a firewall, and review and get rid of unnecessary services. This article covers Kubuntu 5.10, Breezy Badger.
You can download and perform a fresh new Kubuntu installation, or you can add the KDE part to Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses Gnome as its default desktop environment, but like any Linux, you can install whatever you want. If you're running Ubuntu and want to give KDE a try, run these commands to install the Kubuntu desktop:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
This not raw KDE, but the nicely customized Kubuntu KDE desktop.
Kubuntu comes with the good Kubuntu 5.10 Quick Guide. Find this by clicking on the Help button, which also brings up a directory of KDE documentation and Unix man pages. Be sure to take the time to review this, as it's a gold mine of useful how-tos.
The excellent Ubuntu user forums, online documentation, and mail lists are also good places to get answers. Just remember to search the archives first, and always be polite. Don't be shy about posting solutions to problems that you figured out on your own; that's what makes forums and mail lists useful.
Finally, every package installs with readmes and HTML documentation that the Help index may not have picked up. Find these by listing all the files in a package:
$ dpkg -L packagename | less
What if you're not sure of the package name? Either of these commands will help. For example, suppose you're not sure of the name for the KDE front end to cron:
$ dpkg -l | grep -i cron
ii anacron 2.3-11ubuntu2 a cron-like program that doesn't go by time
ii cron 3.0pl1-87ubuntu2 management of regular background processing
ii kcron 3.5.0-0ubuntu0breezy2 the KDE crontab edit
$ apt-cache search cron
[boatloads of output]
kcron - the KDE crontab editor
Aha, it's Kcron!
dpkg tells you the status of installed packages, and
apt-cache search shows you all possible installation candidates.
Ubuntu has several software package repositories: Main, Restricted, Universe, and Multiverse. The first two are officially supported and are available by default. Universe contains free and open source software that is not officially supported. Multiverse contains nonfree/open source software. Kubuntu follows the Debian model of placing non-FOSS packages in a separate repository, so that users can easily choose what they want to use.
Enabling the Universe package repository (and Multiverse as well, if you like) is simple. There are two ways to do this: use System -> Package Manager (Adept), or edit /etc/apt/sources.list directly.
In Adept, go to Adept -> Manage Repositories and right-click on deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe main restricted universe, and then left-click on Enable. Scroll down and do the same for deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe. (Do the same for the Multiverse lines if you like.) Click on the Apply button at the bottom, and then on Fetch Updates at the top to download the latest package lists.
In /etc/apt/sources.list, uncomment the lines you want, and then save and close the file. Then run the command:
$ sudo apt-get update
Now you have access to a much wider range of packages.
ifupdown to control them. This means adding directives to the network interface configuration file, /etc/network/interfaces, or placing iptables scripts in the /etc/network/if-*.d files. What that does is bring iptables up and down with your network interfaces. This may be a better way of managing iptables, but I am not sure yet. It's complex, and I like the two to remain separated. If you want to try the new way, see /usr/share/doc/iptables/README.Debian.gz.
There is no option during installation to configure a firewall, and Kubuntu includes no graphical firewall configurators. Kubuntu installs with no open ports, so strictly speaking it doesn't need one. A running service, like a web or mail server, creates an open port. No open ports means nothing to attack. While this viewpoint is valid, I think it's a bit shortsighted, because hardly any installation remains unmodified. Also, no matter how careful you are with application-level security and strong passwords and such, layered defenses are good and protect you from your own mistakes. About the only reasons not to set up a firewall are if your PC was not connected to any other networks, or you had an external firewall.
Iptables comes with all Linuxes and is the basic tool for building a firewall. However, building an iptables firewall from scratch requires a significant learning curve. Fortunately, plenty of nice utilities can ease the creation of personal firewalls, such as Guarddog, Firestarter, fwbuilder, KMyFirewall, and Lokkit. Lokkit is probably the simplest to use. KMyFirewall is almost as easy, and it creates clean, understandable iptables scripts--so it's my choice here.
Update your package lists, then install it:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kmyfirewall
KMyFirewall requires root privileges, so press Alt-F2 to bring up the Run Command dialog, and type
kdesu kmyfirewall.
kdesu brings up the password dialog box, which you can use to start any graphical application that needs root privileges. Enter your own password, not the root password.
In KMyFirewall, go to File -> New and start the wizard. KMyFirewall tries to be educational and includes a lot of good information. To create a firewall for an internet-connected computer running no services, click on Next five times; on the last window check All Done, and then click on Finish. You can preview the new firewall script in this window. It also lists all the files created, so you can copy this list and take a look at it as a study tool. While KMyFirewall requires KDE to run, it creates firewall scripts that you can use on any Linux.
When you're back in the main KMyFirewall menu, save your new rule set with File -> Save As. You can now surf the Web, do email, SSH to remote hosts, use IRC, anything you want. However, the firewall now blocks connection attempts that originate from outside your PC, except for ICMP echo_request. This allows network services to ping your PC to make sure it's up. Some folks like to block all pings, but that isn't a good idea because so many network services depend on it. KMyFirewall also limits the number and frequency of ICMP echo_requests, to help prevent denial-of-service attacks.
What if you want to be able to SSH into your PC, or run other public services like DNS, mail, or a web server? No problem. Just check the appropriate boxes in the wizard.
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It's a good idea to review system services and turn off anything you don't want. Unnecessary services consume system resources, slow down boot time, and create potential security holes. Open System Settings -> System Administration -> Services. Click on Administrator Mode and enter your password.
What if this doesn't work and it won't go into Administrator mode? This is known bug on some systems. You can get around it by using the old KDE Control Center--Alt-F2,
kdesu kcontrol, System Administration -> System Services.
The first item to look at is the Run Level drop-down menu near the top. There are seven runlevels, 0 to 6. These all are different states that the computer can boot into. The Debian default is 2, so that's the one I will review. I'm not going to get deeply into runlevels, but here are a couple of quick tips:
sudo init 5. This way you'll have a functioning system until you figure out how to make repairs.
Every item that you see in the System Services menu has a corresponding start script in /etc/init.d/. Make sure to enable several services to start at boot:
acpi and
acpi-support, power management
anacron, cleanup of leftover cron jobs
alsa, the sound system
cron, running scheduled jobs
dbus, interprocess communication
kdm, the login manager
klogd, kernel logging
sysklogd, system logging
You could even do away with power management and sound if you wanted to. At a minimum, be sure to start
kdm, and the logging daemons at boot.
Other services are optional, so start them at boot only if you know you need them:
atd, for scheduled batch jobs.
bluez-utils, for Bluetooth devices.
bootlogd, not necessary, as
syskslogd handles bootlogs.
cupsys, necessary for printing.
evms, logical volume manager. Don't use this unless you have logical volumes configured.
fetchmail, but who uses
fetchmail anymore?
hdparm, hard disk tuner. Use this at your own peril! You can break your hard drive.
hotplug, useful on laptops and if you have hot-plug USB devices on desktops.
hotplug-net, for autoconfiguring hot-plug network interface cards.
hplip, advanced drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers.
ifrename, renames network devices on the fly when you have multiple NICs.
ifupdown-clean-, to be left on or off according to how the system already has them configured.
linux-restricted-modules-common, supports proprietary, binary kernel modules such as Nvidia or wireless drivers. Compare the output of
lsmod with /lib/linux-restricted-modules to see whether you need this.
lvm, another volume manager.
mdadm and
mdadm-raid, for managing Linux software RAID.
networking, to be left on or off, whatever the default is.
ntpdate, to be left off. Run it manually for big-time corrections.
powernowd, variable CPU speed control. On for laptops, off for desktops and servers.
ppp and
ppp-dns, only if you use dial-up.
procps.sh, needed only if you use /etc/sysctl.conf.
rysnc, automated file transfers and backups. If you don't run
rync, turn it off.
sudo, checks sudo status and is unnecessary.
udev and
udev-mtab, to be left at the defaults.
usplash, supports splash screens in console mode.
vbesave, preserves video card BIOS status.
I've covered a lot of ground in a short time, and yet have barely scratched the surface. Drop me a line ( if you want more Ubuntu articles like this, and give me suggestions for topics.
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Wilbur Robinson
Wilbur Robinson, 73, of Martinsburg, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at City Hospital.
Born Aug. 28, 1939, in Berkeley County, he was the son of the late William McClellan Robinson and Letha Belle Ritenour Robinson.
He was previously employed by Shepherd University.
He is survived by two daughters, Margaret Skaggs and husband, Joey and Betty Burkhart and husband, Doug; 10 grandchildren, Chelsea and Taylor Henry, Olivia Skaggs, Jamie, Kelsey, Shane, Jason, Devin Whittman, Angela and Courtney Burkhart; one great-grandson, Tony Reed Jr.; two brothers, Bernard, of Martinsburg, and Paul, of Kearneysville; and many beloved nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Peggy Stotler; four brothers, Samuel, George, Raymond and Jacob Robinson; and eight sisters, Margaret Snyder, Odessa Pittsnogle, Gladys and June Robinson, Letha Snow, Rose Dillow, Martha Creamer and Ethel Clarke.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Brown Funeral Home with the Rev. William C. Crowe officiating. Interment will be held at Green Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
Online condolences may be offered at www.BrownFuneralHomesWV.com.


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2012/07/30 EWG Meeting Minutes
Janos, Dave, Nelio, Arun, Tim, James, Schrapp, Peter, Chris, Alfredo, Frank, Clive
1. Minutes of EWG meeting 27th July 2012 – approved
2. Chris FD gave background to Tax havens initiative – summary to date – arose out of
discussion of at the Tax Havens subgroup of EWG earlier in the year, with ideas to raise
public awareness and support for abolition etc. NOTE that a suggested day of action was
wrongly minuted (on Monday 23rd July) – should have been SATURDAY 29th September,
and not the 28th (at St Paul's?) was initially stated, as this is a Friday. TJN interested in
being involved. Fairground/circuses attraction – a lot of work to put on one action; needs
ownership of the bigger group. "Are you up for something in September" to get people
involved? Beyond Occupy – open the barriers and let more people in. Need to attract people
(open/friendly) and avoid stereotypical protest behaviour. Need scale to make an impact.
Visual is crucial. Occupy works as a group altogether. Political literacy and dialogue
together is essential – networking the groups together. Physical symbol with narrative – tax
havens "impede the development of society" – Occupy draws attention to issues. Spider
reinventing the wheel? Giant squid! May – a lot of activity but what is the most important
objective of the action? Sub-group? Arun will coordinate with others. General agreement
upon an action to involve as many as possible, but concern expressed that wide
organisational concerns should not detract from the initial visual and targeted concept, with
the agenda to concentrate awareness upon the City as a central player in the world of Tax
3. Banking Reform papers' context read out by Dave. Short term and long term issues –
accounting subverts regulation. Cooperation v competition? Agreed to take both papers
forward to the GA subject to the caveats being on both papers and emphasis on accounting
and credit rating agencies. Nebulous concepts – difficult to get the majority to engage.
Exposure to public scrutiny as widely as possible. Sunday or Friday (preference) GA?
4. LBOI – Arun is looking at it. Looking to get it published next week. Getting printing quotes.
60 page booklet 1500 copies; need to do the first run (£1200 for 5,000) before asking for
more money. Chris – OUP? OT printer may be better. Nelio sent acronyms to Cornelius who
will send it on to Peter. Donations? Website? WordPress site with donate button? Arun
5. Putney debates – archive not available to look at but fascsimiles may be available at St
Mary's Church (John McDonnell MP, Giles Fraser are keen to be involved); whole range of
topics with the possibility of a couple of whole days. Chris is looking into booking the
Church for the event; Chris to contact Sean to check on agile progress.
6. Social housing policy – Chris spoke to John McDonnell (Hounslow) who asked to see the
7. ICFT – Dave contacting Professor Golden at LSE
8. Economics conference – no progress – possibly incorporating with the Putney debates but
shouldn't detract from democracy theme.
9. Focus on criminal activity of the banks for the EWG GA's in August; LIBORATION
stickers; 180 arrests over the demonstration against the Olympics; Localism Bill – Mike has
sent pro forma questions to Peter who will circulate; Corporations group is on hold
temporarily; Environment and Rwd groups meeting; TCU; Critical thinking course at the
Free University continues: http://www.freecriticalthinking.org; Tax haven course proposed
in the lead up to actions – Dave?
10. Next meeting Friday 3rd August at Café Nero, by exit from St Paul's Tube station.


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Race For Hong Kong's Next Leader Heats Up
By Louisa Lim • Mar 1, 2012
Later this month, an election will be held to select Hong Kong's next chief executive. The race has been tarnished with accusations of extra-marital affairs and conflicts of interest. As the local press puts it: Beijing has lost control of the puppet strings.


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Jumping the repetitive satanic bag, BATHORY turned the wheel of time backwards and ended up in an age and place nearer to their roots and origin - Scandinavia prior to the arrival of Christianity.
The icecold waves that begins this album - their fifth release - welcomes the listener by sending shivers down the spine of the unprepared. One continues to shudder throughout as the swords are drawn, the snow falls and the tale of an era bygone is unfolded BATHORY style. Every track majestically arranged and enriched with sounds effects to set the mod. Perfected here is the slower - more powerful style - which BATHORY began to explore already on the previous BLOOD FIRE DEATH release.
HAMMERHEART - with its multitracked harmony backing vocals, acoustic breaks and sound effect laden atmosphere - still acts as the blue print for hundreds of band of the 90s. Not only the beginning of the true Tundra metal but also considered its peak - BATHORY style.
Both Shores in Flames and One Rode To Asa Bay still says it all. Hail!
Recorded in June 1989. Released in April 1990.
Tracking list
Shores in Flames
Baptised in Fire and Ice
Father to Son
Song to Hall up high
Home of Once Brave
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Date: 08/10/2012
Logos Bible Software is looking for a talented salesperson to join our field sales team and expand our market in the Sacramento, CA, area.
- Identify and cold-call potential customers
- Actively generate sales opportunities
- Network with prospects to generate live-event opportunities
- Present and demonstrate Logos Bible Software on stages and workshops at live events
The ideal candidate
- Is passionate about Bible study
- Is compelling
- Has excellent communication and presentation skills
- Is target-driven, creative, and self-motivated and can work with little or no supervision
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Danny's Big Trades Celtics President of Basketball Ops Danny Ainge has never been afraid to pull the trigger on a trade. Some of them have worked well, and others left fans scratching their head. Copyright 2006 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)
Ainge's First Draft Night Ainge made his first big trade on his first draft night with the Celtics. Just over a month on the job, he swapped picks with the Memphis Grizzlies, sending Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones to Memphis in return for point guard Marcus Banks and an 18-year-old high school center out of Texas named Kendrick Perkins. Banks was a bust, but Perkins became one of the better defensive centers in the NBA. Copyright 2003 NBAE (Photo by Theron Henderson/NBAE via Getty Images)
Ainge Trades Antoine Ainge shook things just days before the 2003 season opener, sending once franchise player Antoine Walker to Dallas along with Tony Delk for Raef LaFrentz , Jiri Welsch, Chris Mills, and a 2004 first round pick (used to select Delonte West). COPYRIGHT 2001 NBAE Mandatory CREDIT: JESSE D GARRABRANT NBAE/ GETTY IMAGES
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Celtics-Lakers Swap in 2004 Ainge made a trade with the Celtics biggest rivals when he sent Chris Mihm, Chucky Atkins, Marcus Banks and a second-round pick to the Lakers for Gary Payon, Rick Fox and a first-rounder. The trade was later amended with Jumaine Jones heading to LA and Banks staying in Boston. "The Glove" spent just one season in green, averaging 11.3 points and 6.1 assists per game. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Toine Returns, So Does Payton Here's an interesting one. On deadline day 2004, Ainge re-acquired the man he traded just over a year before, Antoine Walker. He sent Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta, Michael Stewart and a first-round pick to Atlanta for Walker. Eight days later he re-signed Payton, who was waived by the Hawks. Copyright 2005 NBAE (Photo by Steve Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
Ricky Traded for Wally World In 2006 Davis had some fun in Boston, but Ainge sent him to the Timberwolves with Marcus Banks, Mark Blount, Justin Reed and two second-round picks in 2006 for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi and Dwayne Jones. Szczerbiak started 31 games for the Celtics in 2006 and averaged 17.5 points a game. He fought injuries in 2007, his only full season in Boston, appearing in only 32 games. Copyright 2006 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
Telfair Trade On Draft Night 2006 Ainge was at it again on draft night of 2006. He traded Dan Dickau, Raef LaFrentz and the rights to guard Randy Foye to Portland for Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a second-round pick. Although that trade didn't work out too well Ainge also traded a future first-round pick to the Suns that night for the rights to Rajon Rondo, and a future second-rounder to the Nuggets for the rights to Leon Powe. Copyright 2007 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Ainge's Best Move Danny's best summer came in 2007, when he traded for both Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. To get Garnett, Ainge traded Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and two second-round draft picks. Allen was acquired on draft night for the 5th overall pick (Jeff Green), Wally Szyzerbiak and Delonte West. The Celtics received a second-round pick they used to take Glen Davis. It's safe to say the trades worked out. Copyright 2007 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
Celtics Acquire Nate Robinson On Deadline Day 2010 Nate Robinson was acquired at the 2010 deadline from the Knicks for Eddie House, JR Giddens and Bill Walker. Robinson added some spark off the bench for the Celtics, but his up-and-down play frustrated Doc Rivers and Celtics fans alike. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Perkins Sent Packing Ainge's deadline deal that sent Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder will be one of his most talked about -- and not in a good way. He sent Boston's starting center and bastion on defense along with Nate Robinson to Oklahoma City for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic and a conditional first-round draft pick. While Green has been shown improvement during the 2012-13 season, many felt Perk's defense was irreplaceable at the time of the trade and the Celtics have never really recovered. (Photo by Jim Rogash/ Getty Images)
Baby For Bass
(Photo by Steve Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)Ainge sent Glen "Big Baby" Davis to the Orlando Magic in a sign-and-trade for forward Brandon Bass (Von Wafer was also included in the deal) prior to the 2012 season. Davis had worn out his welcome in Boston, and Bass has been a steady contributor both as a starter and off the bench.
Ainge Acquires Courtney Lee In July 2012 Looking to boost up Boston's depth at guard depth, especially with guard Avery Bradley on the shelf to start the season, Ainge sent JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Sean Williams and a 2013 2nd Round pick to Houston for four-year veteran Courtney Lee. Lee struggled early on, but has stepped up in a big way since Rajon Rondo went down for the season. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
No Blow Up, But Ainge Gets Crawford In 2013 On a deadline day that many thought would begin the Celtics rebuilding process, Ainge did not unload Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce and instead made a minor move to acquire guard Jordan Crawford from the Wizards for injured guard Leandro Barbosa and center Jason Collins. Crawford should provide the Celtics some extra scoring off the bench. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)


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- The influence of defects induced by electron or ion beam lithography in the pre-surface region of the substrate on optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles is analyzed. It is demonstrated that electron hopping between the defect sites of closely located nanoparticles is probable. The effect of electron transport via defect states will cause an apparent electrical connectivity between the nanoparticles and can be observed in extinction measurements. It is shown that this type of connectivity is important for gap sizes smaller than -10 nm and can reduce the actual light field enhancement. FDTD simulation scene: two nanoparticles separated by a nano-gap. The defects due to electron/ion lithography are present in the sub-surface region.
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- Defect-induced transport; Electron hopping; Electron tunneling; Plasmonics
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Former Bengals all-star running back Tony Davis, on behalf of over 6,000 retired NFL players, have filed a suit against Electronic Arts over the use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09. According to the players, Madden didn't use "classic" players' actual names or numbers, but did swipe the actual stats of well-known players....
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There certainly isn't anything unusual about publishers shutting down online servers for games that people are no longer playing. So it shouldn't surprise you that EA announced today that they will be taking an axe to a number of servers on Feb 2. The two most notable entries on the list are the poorly received Facebreaker and Madden NFL...
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Electronic Arts flagship football franchise Madden NFL has been kicking around for 20 years, and every year it's gotten more complicated and closer to realism. With added complexity comes added development challenges: There's just no way that a development team could foresee every eventuality in a Madden game, even a team as obviously talented...
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John Madden, legendary football coach, broadcaster and namesake of the Madden NFL series of video games, has announced his retirement from sportscasting after decades in the business. He started calling games in 1979 and the last Super Bowl was Madden's swan-song. While NBC will replace Madden with Cris Collinsworth on-air, we wondered whether...
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Electronic Arts is marking down most of its 2008 games lineup. Everything is on sale and must go, go, go. They're practically giving it all away. Here's the price-list: Dead Space was $60, now it's $50 Red Alert 3 was $40, now it's $30 Army of Two was $30, now it's $20 Mirror's Edge was $50, now it's $40 Madden 09 was $60,...
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