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Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
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Richard Fiske's 50-year career as a volcanologist includes 13 years with the United States Geological Survey, stints in California's Sierra Nevada, the islands of St. Vincent and Guadalupe, Japan and Hawaii and 30 years with Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Now a year and a half into retirement, Fiske continues to spend five to six weeks per year in the field, collecting enough data and samples to keep him clocking a normal schedule as a geologist emeritus in the museum's Division of Petrology and Volcanology. Fiske's work has helped people understand how and why volcanoes erupt, and now he helps Smithsonian.com understand just what it takes to be a groundbreaking volcanologist.
How did you get into this line of work?
It was just a lucky accident in graduate school. I went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and my professor there received a research grant to study Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state and prepare a geologic map of the entire park, including the big volcano, Mount Rainier. This work involved tracing layers of different types of rock from place to place and collecting lots of samples and bringing them back to the laboratory where we would study them in great detail. Once you work on a volcano, speaking for myself, you become hooked for life.
What sort of training or background is required?
To be a research scientist of any type these days you have to have a PhD and, better yet, have a few years of post-doctoral experience in your chosen field. After getting a PhD in geology at Johns Hopkins, I spent one year in Japan on a postdoc and two additional years back at Johns Hopkins.
What's an average day like in the field?
I'm either working on the active volcano in Hawaii, Kilauea volcano, or I go to Japan and join Japanese research scientists on cruises to submarine volcanoes south of Japan. In Hawaii, we're looking for thin deposits of ash made of particles that erupted violently out of the volcano. These thin layers of ash are often very difficult to see, and in many places they've been covered by younger lava flows. So we have to find places where we can look under a young lava flow to see the ash that is covered by it. Generally, this is done in wide cracks maybe three or four feet wide that we're able to climb down into. Sometimes we go as deep as 40 or 50 feet down to see the ash that is preserved there.
On a research ship, we are mostly asking the crew of the ship to launch an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle. It's a small submarine that's tethered to the ship by a long cable and lowered down to the sea floor. While we're up on the ship we can see exactly what is located on the sea floor, and the submarine has mechanical arms that can be used to reach out, pick up samples and put them in a little basket on the front of the submersible.
Any exciting discoveries?
In Japan, I was a member of the team that discovered an actively growing mineral deposit on the ocean floor—a huge deposit of sulfide minerals very rich in gold and silver. This deposit is about as big as the Pentagon and about twice as high, and it's growing. Basically, we discovered an ore deposit that in today's market might be worth several billion dollars. The problem is that it's located at a depth of about 4,000 feet below sea level. So no attempt has been made thus far to mine it. But maybe someday people will figure out ways to do this that are environmentally acceptable.
What is the biggest misconception about your work?
The biggest misconception in Hawaii is that the volcanoes are gentle in their activity. There have been many instances in the past 20 years when tourists have been able to walk right up to the edge of actively flowing lava, so that conveys the impression that the volcano is always gentle and safe to be around. But our research has shown that this is not necessarily the case. [On Kilauea volcano], we've found evidence that rocks the size of grapefruits have been hurled for six or seven miles distance, and rocks the size of golf balls have gone all the way down to the south shore of the island, which is a distance of about ten miles from the summit.
How risky is the job?
You have to be careful. I've had friends that have been killed or injured by volcanic eruptions, but they made the mistake of going too close. If the volcano is acting strangely or erupting violently, you have to stay away because it can suddenly get more dangerous than it was before. It's very easy to be killed by falling debris or hot gases that come surging out of volcanoes.
What advice do you have for someone just entering this field?
The first thing anybody would have to understand is that the field of volcanology is a very small field. Although there are hundreds of volcanoes on the earth, there are not that many people studying them. I would say just get a good, solid geological background, take as much math and physics as you can and try to go to a good graduate school. If you're going to specialize in volcanoes, choose a graduate school where one or more of the professors is also a specialist in volcanoes. That's the way you can be helped to become viable in the marketplace.
What's the most interesting part of the job?
The fieldwork. It's like a mystery novel. We're uncovering clues. It's been very exciting.
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Do you think I could get a video interview with this guy for my school project? I would love ta meet him! Just have him e-mail meh and ill try ta meet up with him if he accepts!
Posted by Nicholas Crouch on March 17,2010 | 10:48 AM
thats kool but where do i get hired as one?
Posted by jenny on September 2,2008 | 07:35 PM
The work of Richard Fiske is extremely valuable in the urgent effort to better understand volcanic energies. On the Big Island of Hawai`i, where I live, we enjoy consistent electrical generation by steam from Kilauea. We could develop even more and, in the energy crisis that is finally getting attention, we probably will. The matter of safety that Dr. Fiske mentions in the article is also relevant as this is written because our Halem'aum'au crater exploded a week ago, hurling stones over a 75-acre area. A very large plume of poisonous fumes continues to boil from this large crater's northeast side. Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park receives more than a million visitors a year yet suffers from a lack of funds for roads, trails, bridges and other facilities that would make the park safer and more enjoyable.
Posted by Bill Eger on March 26,2008 | 05:23 PM
Hello, In 1997, we visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We hired a geologist for the day and it made our visit so much more interesting. She worked at the volcano research centre there. I have lost contact info. Does this service still exist? Can you help? Thank you from Canada
Posted by Lynne Bechberger on March 9,2008 | 12:16 PM


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Well, one of the biggest differences is that an emergent curriculum is in an ongoing process of modification whereas most other curriculums are pre-planned or static with varying degrees of flexibility.
If you don't plan it, how does it work? Well here is how I do mine.
An emergent curriculum starts and ends with the students and the classroom. Think of it like an ongoing needs analysis.
I usually separate it into interests and then 3 kinds of needs.
The most motivating lessons will be ones students feel personally connected to. If most students have pets, create a lesson around pets. This can simply be an open discussion about people's pets with the language built as the lesson progresses or it could be a fully planned out lesson with other aims included.
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Teachers are with their students several hours a week for a period of at least a month or two on average. In public schools, teachers have students for an entire year. This allows teachers to become aware of problems simply by participating in the class. For me, this is the most common way in which I plan my lessons.
In the class it becomes very clear what the students can and can't do. One day you walk into your elementary class and ask about a new item a student has bought. You find that the student in question along with the rest of the class is struggling to talk about and ask questions in the past. Well, now you know you should focus on this in this lesson and future ones. This goes for anything. Maybe they show a lack of vocabulary knowledge about education when you have a discussion about the state of education in the country or you find from students' emails that they can't use transitions well. It's quite easy to spot student weaknesses and this is the primary material that you can use to organize your curriculum around.
In a regular syllabus you might do past tense tomorrow because it's next on the schedule when, in fact, your students aren't ready for it or maybe even already know it. With an emergent syllabus you'd do past tense because your students haven't seen it and need it to get across something they are trying to talk about or because you see they are still struggling with it. As another example, maybe your teenage class wants to talk about problems important to them and you noticed they have weak writing skills. In an emergent syllabus, you could do the classic lesson on writing to an agony aunt. It allows them to discuss their problems and gets some much needed writing practice in.
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These are the things most students will need in their lifetime. In this category I generally include things like Internet and computing skills in English, holding a conversation, color vocabulary, social justice issues, talking about oneself, being able to understand instructions, etc. While a student may not need these skills at the moment, we can assume that most of our students will need to know or be able do all these things in English at some point. Therefore these skills can be slotted in whenever a teacher isn't quite sure where to go next.
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You may have business students that need to learn how to give presentations in English or students that need to be able to translate documents for their job or students that need English primarily for touristic purposes. Maybe it's a class with specific needs like an exam class. All these needs are defined by the students and allow you to tailor the curriculum accordingly.
Of course we can't appease all students' needs at the same time. For this reason it's a good idea to combine specific needs with general needs or student interests. For example, one student wants to learn how to give presentations, but no one else really needs this. Well, you can do lessons on giving presentations but ask students to do it as a "how to" on some aspect of using computers or the Internet. This way the one student gets their presentation practice and the others get the generally valuable language of computing practice. The same could be done with interests. Maybe all students present on a social issue important to them, or their job, or a historical event they find important.
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If you follow the guidelines above, creating a syllabus as the course goes along becomes quite easy. Even better, the students are happier because the course is being tailored to them. Students can make a very clear connection between what they are studying and why whereas with pre-planned curriculums no one really knows why they're doing what they're doing. Emergent curriculums also speed up or slow down when needed. It skips what the students already know or do well and focuses on weaknesses while building on strengths.
No more cramming through material because it's there while some students are lost and the rest are bored. An emergent syllabus isn't about the number of pages or topics covered, it's about the students.
All of this requires a lot of awareness of students and a lot of reflection on the part of the teacher. However, I think this actually becomes much easier than trying to force a pre-planned syllabus on students that they don't necessarily need and may not be interested in.
What do you think about the value of an emergent curriculum over a pre-planned one? Do you think it's appropriate to expect new teachers to be able to do this? If you follow an emergent curriculum, do you create yours in a similar way? What's the same? What's different?
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"I Fought the Law" -- Alicia (Julianna Margulies, second from right) and Grace (Makenzie Vega, second from left) look on as Officer Robb (Matthew Del Negro, far right) questions Zach (Graham Phillips, far left) after pulling the teen over, on The Good Wife, premiering Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Jeffrey Neira/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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There was a group of teenagers who set out travelling in a car early one morning at 5am before the sun was out. It was still dark and the young guys left so early because they wanted to arrive at their destination before 1pm. In the car were four guys. They were all wide awake and sharing jokes whilst zooming down the empty road, that is, up until 6am when nobody was laughing anymore.
The driver in the car had noticed a figure up ahead by the side of the road. As he got closer it became apparent that it was an elderly-looking woman in a dark long gown. She was waving down the car. The driver started to slow down but the other guys objected to him stopping for the old lady. He insisted however on pulling over because it was 'his car and his decision'. When he pulled over to the side of the road, the old lady smiled and asked if she could be taken to a nearby hospital. On seeing the old lady's face they all saw that she was bleeding from the head and her clothes were stained with blood.
Everyone in the car decided that picking up the old lady wasn't a good idea so the driver apologized to the old lady and put his foot on the accelerator. To their surprise their car wasn't not moving but it was making screeching noises. As the guys looked to the side of the car they saw that the old lady had her hand on the side mirror. She didn't look like she had the strength to do it but she was actually keeping the car at a stand still. Simultaneously the car window came down automatically and the old lady stuck her head through to the horror of the teenagers and shouted:
All the while the driver was still accelerating but the car was going nowhere fast until the old lady released her hand from the car. The car sped off into the dark and all the guys in the car were left in a cold sweat, cursing and panicking. They could hear an eerie but distant cackle which was supposedly from the old lady they left behind. The guy in the front seat wanted to go back home. The two guys at the back kept arguing about myths and legends being fact or fiction. Only the driver remained completely silent, being the one whom the old lady appeared to be staring at when she uttered the dreaded curse.
As the guys continued on their journey they noticed a similar looking old lady by the side of the road waving down the car. On passing the lady they realized the lady looked exactly like the one they had passed earlier. The panicking got worse in the car but only the driver continued to remain silent…nervous but silent. He eventually stopped the car in the middle of the road and broke down in tears. The other guys were bemused at his display and asked what was wrong. The driver composed himself and made an unexpected revelation:
'The woman we passed twice is the same lady that I ran over last night. It was an accident… I swear. She died and I had to get rid of the body…I mean, I don't want to go to jail. I didn't know what else to do. I freaked out. Look guys, If I keep going further I'll pass the lady a third time and I don't want to die. You guys are going to have to find your way.'
The guys looked puzzled and thought that he was joking about getting jilted. They were in the middle of nowhere and there wasn't a vehicle in sight for the last half hour. The driver wasn't willing to drive back either because he risked meeting the old lady again. The driver insisted that the other guys hitch a ride and to also confirm if they saw old lady along the way. They did exactly that after getting on a bus soon after. By the time they reached their destination hours later they called the driver and reported that the old lady was not seen.. The driver was content and confirmed that he was on his way to meet them up in 2 hours.
However, 6 hours later the driver didn't show up. By the time it was evening the other guys had no choice but to get a bus back home. He wasn't picking up any of the calls the guys had tried making to his mobile phone. On their way back they noticed the driver's car parked by the side of the road. They quickly alerted the bus driver to drop them off. They approached the car slowly and called out the driver's name. The car doors were unlocked and the car key was left in the ignition but he wasn't inside. They tried reaching him on his mobile phone again and they were startled when they heard a faint ringtone close by.
After they searched the front and back seats of the car they went on to check around the car and the nearby roadside. But somehow the ringtone sounded louder when they stood close to the back of the car. One of the guys suggested to check the boot…
Low and behold the driver was found…
…dead. His eyes were glazed open
…with a horror-stricken expression
…because he was not alone -
…Clutching his left arm
…was a dead old lady
…with an unsettling smile.
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Nice story!
I didn't enjoy the speak though – it read like a 'once upon a time' story (maybe that was intentional). There was a barrier between the reader and your characters…I did not get to feel them or know them, and then decide maybe I liked them or not.
I enjoyed the story though. I like how you ended it.
I enjoyed the story…Like the way it ended too…Well done…$ß.
Its a good story.
I think it will make for a better read if you showed more and develop your characters more -
spooky, and yes I do agree, develop the characters more.
it was a nice one.
These days nothing is worse than starting your story with "there". Next time, go straight to the story. It would've been notches more suspenseful that way.
Ok, Myne. Thanks for the tip.
I like the style of the first paragraph.
A nice story. -
Don't like. just doesn't…'appeal' to me.
over simplistic; dubious use of grammar…
first line; 'a group who…' shouldn't that be ' a group that?'
maybe I'm being finicky but I couldn't help noticing…
Nice effort -
The end was my favourite part…hehehe I like d "unsettling smile".
It was a simple story told in a simple way too, but for some reason I liked it…I guess less is more sometimes! -
Thank you so much everyone for all the compliments and positive criticisms. The story was intended to be something reminiscent of Tales by Moonlight, hence the 'once upon a time' feel to it. I get the vibe, however, that it's become old-fashioned, lol. I also wanted to keep the story short and to-the-point so developing my characters was never going to happen – point taken though for future projects. Apologies for lapses in grammar – guilty as charged. As for the ending, this story is far from over…
no apologies, this is your thing based on imagination and inspiration. well done keep writing because you are getting better.
A promising yarn, but avoid using "guys" as part of author's prose. Embedded in dialogue is OK. My question though is why this frightened individual would tell his pals to leave him in the middle of nowhere. Like he was not scared or was asking for it.
Thanks for the tip on the use of 'guys'. About the frightened individual, he was actually scared of meeting the old lady a third time – if he went any further he may have risked seeing her and if he went back he also risked seeing her. His best bet was to wait for the phone confirmation from his friend. What would YOU do?
@jollof213, I liked the story; I especially liked the suspense at the parts where they're scared of meeting the old woman the third time, and when they come across the abandoned car. Well done.
Thank you Tola. Glad you enjoyed the read!
i like it. i like the message too, we must face our mistakes and make restitution where possible. a few other points available on request
Thanks @nicolebassey . Do share your other points – I'm all ears
Me likey. But what's with the X X X …u sha want to kill us with suspense.
The eyes of the words of the picture…..
It goes places. -
spooky, but god story
Hmmm. Fantastic opening. Really enjoyed it.


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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (WHDH) -- Police are investigating a Charlestown landscaper who is accused of putting dogs in danger with tainted treats.
Neighbors say a landscaper was doing more than caring for lawns in Charlestown. They say he was poisoning food and trying to give it to animals.
The first time Ryan O'Connell saved Terry's life was when he adopted the dog.
Most recently, he rescued Terry from a near poisoning.
"I saw him get the hot dog and pulled part of it out of his mouth and they're all tainted and green. Then I looked in the area and there was quite a few," said O'Connell.
Terry was severely sick for several days -- that was six months ago. So when O'Connell saw the same hot dogs again scattered on a Charlestown lawn Sunday, he grew concerned.
"I saw him with the hot dogs and they were like marinating in a green liquid, and then I saw him do it," said O'Connell.
Ryan says he saw the landscaper outside the bricklayers union with a bucket with what O'Connell believed was antifreeze and hot dogs next to him.
"I asked him if he was poisoning the dogs and he said the ones that weren't staying off the lawn," O'Connell said.
With so many pets in the area, neighbors could see how the landscaper would be frustrated.
"He was upset I think that dog owners weren't picking up their dog mess and he had to mow the lawn and step in it," said Lia DiFranco, a neighbor.
O'Connell and another neighbor quickly picked up the remaining hot dog pieces. He says as someone who's rescued a dog, he can't understand why someone would want to harm them.
"I just don't want any other dogs to get hurt. Obviously he should be punished in some way but as long as the action stops and no other dogs get sick," O'Connell said.


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Another great play by Bradley. That is the 5th turnover that he has forced on Nelson tonight.
Definitely appreciate his defensive pressure. Against a shaky ball handling PG like nelson, it can really be a weapon. Offensively, he is still bad. 2 horrible passes, one to Pierce and one to KG should have been TO's just in the last couple minutes.
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When you walk into a bar in Ireland you could shout across at the barman and ask for a pint of plain, the good stuff, your best or Irish Mother's milk.
You could even just walk up to the bar and hold your forefinger in the air, any barman worth his salt would know that you were asking for a pint of Guinness.
Officially the most internationally recognized symbol of Ireland, Guinness is the most popular alcoholic drink in Ireland and in many other countries besides.
Here are some of many interesting facts about the black stuff.
1. Pouring a glass or pint of Guinness is a skill. A "perfect pour" should take 199.50 seconds. This is the result of pour at an angle of 45 degrees followed by a rest. This is crucial. Most Irish people would cringe if they saw anyone pour it any other way.
After a pause, long enough so what's in the glass is a perfect black, the rest of the glass is filled, again at a 45 degree angle. What is handed across the bar should have a creamy head and should be served at exactly 42.8F.
2. It is a known fact that the Irish love to travel around the world but did you know that Guinness is brewed in more than 150 countries. These include Nigeria and Indonesia.
3. Though the Irish obviously love a pint of plain 40 percent of all Guinness is sold in Africa. Who would have thought that in such a hot climate it would go down so well!
4. Over 10 million glasses are sold every day. Are you doing your part? That's quite a high quota to fill.
5. Guinness is the perfect diet drink. A pint of the good stuff contains only 198 calories. That's less than most light beers, wine, orange juice or even low fat milk.
6. Guinness does not contain oatmeal, contrary to a popular myth. This wonderful stuff is made of roasted malted barley, hops, yeast, and water. Also it's not black. It actually a very nice dark ruby red.
7. The famous advertisement slogan "Guinness is Good For You" is still used around the world. Though Guinness has now officially on the record as denying this claim some research does support that Guinness is good for your heart.
It was not so long ago in Ireland that pregnant women were told to drink a glass of Guinness every day to fortify themselves and their baby.
8. St. James' Gate Brewery, in Dublin City, was leased for 9,000 years at an annual fee of about $65.
In 1759 when Arthur Guinness was just starting out in the brewing business he had such confidence in his product that he knew his brewery would still be running in 9000 years time. Well that's 251 years over with. I'm pretty sure Guinness will make it the next 8,750.
9. The Guinness breweries in Counties Louth and Kilkenny will be shutdown in 2013. There was also talk of closing down the Dublin brewery and moving back it to Leixlip, in Kildare, where Arthur's career in stout making began.
A national outcry ensued. Guinness will be staying put on the banks of the River Liffey and multi-billion renovations will begin soon.
10. On September 24, 2009 at 5.50 (or 17.59 in the 24 hour clock) Ireland and the world celebrated 250 years of Guinness with "Arthur's Day".
The time 17.59 was cleverly chosen as 1759 was the year that Arthur signed his lease on St. James' Gate. It also gave most people enough time to finish up work and meet their friends at their favorite pub.
It may have been nothing more than massive marketing ploy but it was also one of the largest united parties every held in the world. In almost every country across the globe merry makers raised their glasses and cheered "To Arthur".
Its certainly Irish but Arthur was Protestant. So, thats awkward for the usual commentators on IC. Should he have been sent home to England?
Citizenwhy here is a response I received from Guinness : Dear Valued Consumer, Thank you for taking time to contact Guinness. Your feedback is important to us. All Guinness Draught enjoyed in the United States comes from the home of Guinness - St. James's Gate in Dublin. While the Guinness Beer produced in some markets may use non-GMO Sorghum and sugar syrups, we can confirm that there is no high fructose corn syrup and no GMOs in any Guinness Beer distributed in the United States. Once again, thank you for contacting Guinness.
You neglect to mention that Guinness is no longer Irish. It is owned by Diageo. Worse, you neglect to mention that Diageo has changed the formula, adding high fructose corn syrup, that is, a huge engine of upping your triglyceride levels, Ask your doctor about that. And ask for a triclyceride test.
BTW – after voluntarily discharging a pint of blood out of your body at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service and after receiving the regulatory half-pint of Guinness to get your strength back up again, you'd be kind of light-headed and 'swimmy'. If you went to a pub after the donation process, and had more pints of the black stuff, you be as drunk as a skunk in no time! How do I know this? Try guessing!!
It's true there's belief that Guinness is good for you. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service, which provides blood, freely donated by Irish people, to Irish hospitals, used to offer a free half-pint of Guinness to every donor. You can imagine the queues outside the IBTS doors! And yes, it's also true that pregnant women were encouraged to have a bottle of Guinness once or twice a week (not every day!) for medicinal reasons.
A man from Leixlip in Co. Kildare told me a story once: Arthur Guinness was a butler for the Lord and Lady of Leixlip. Back in those times (1700's), it was one of the butler's jobs to make beer for the big social occasions in their castle. One night, Arthur made a mistake in making the beer – he burnt the hops. Instead of brown beer he got this black product. However, it was too late to do another brew for the occasion and the dark drink was served to the guests. It went down a treat with them and thereafter Arthur was told to burn the hops every time he made beer. He was later allowed to sell the black stuff outside an entrance gate to the Leixlip castle estate for a halfpenny a go. The gate in Leixlip can still be seen to this day. So Arthur made his money and started his own business. I have to add that this story does not appear in the Guinness Storehouse historical displays.
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I like it !
We love Guinniss but also miss the Irish pubs and the locals in them.
It is hard to find a good pour, but even a poor pour is better than no pour...;-)
Good to the last drop!
luv,luv my guinness!...especially when poured properly.
It's difficult in the USA, even in Irish pubs, to find a pint poured correctly.
Fill 'em up again Lads!


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I should mention that this is my first Instructable, I'm new to the site.
Update June 21, 2007: I just found a great bracelet that would match nicely, courtesy of llama13, who I just noticed links to here. Thanks, llama13!
Another update, September 24, 2007: Make a processor belt buckle while you're at it! Wow, we're getting an entire wardrobe here! Who volunteers to make the IC chain mail?
Step 1: Collect Materials
Circuit Board
Earring Hooks (two)
Jump Rings (I used four, but didn't decide to until later)
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Needle nose pliers--it's waaaay easier if you have two pairs
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i am doing this kind of scrapping for years now
the ear rings i made were lightable
I used a HDD circuit board and 2 clips to make my set and a CD case to make the support for them
They came out great
Thanks for the idea
A suggestion for jump rings: twist them open instead of spreading them. Pulling them apart (Making an "O" into a "C") fatigues the metal, and can introduce folds marks.
Check out mine below ( SugarTeen52 modeled them for me).
I don't quite agree with your statement about the jump rings. Pulling them apart...fatigues the metal... Any bending action will fatigue metal. That's one of the obnoxious laws of nature: If you have a piece of metal, and you bend it repeatedly, it doesn't matter how quickly you move it, how frequently you move it, or how far you move it. After a certain amount of motion, the metal will break. Fold marks I don't know about, and they;re too small to see anyway, so I didn't care. :-)
Well, I haven't had congestion since last July, so I think the vacuum I have hooked up to the belt sander/bandsaw table worked. I really have it there because it is in the basement, which houses this computer in the other room. sensitive/expensive electronics+sawdust=not good
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"Aarktica's songs are extended reveries, built on loops of guitars & drums & occasional voices. The musical elements hover & circle, float by or bristle with distortion as the songs drift through serenity & trouble." ~ Jon Pareles, The New York Times In Sea is Jon DeRosa's sixth-full length release as Aarktica & a return to the sound Aarktica has been famous for since its debut No Solace In Sleep in 2000. The story of NSIS is mythic. In the winter of 1999, after learning of his permanent & near-total hearing loss in his right ear caused by nerve damage, DeRosa struggled through auditory hallucinations & an addiction to painkillers to recreate sound as he suddenly began to hear it, akin to being underwater or "In Sea." Disoriented by the cacophony of New York City & self- conscious about his deafness, DeRosa withdrew & began writing the songs that would become NSIS. These were sparse guitar compositions recorded quietly in an NYU dorm room on a dying warbly 4-track recorder. While some were as serene as an ice floe passing in the blackest night, others sounded as turbulent & terrifying as a drowning. What followed was the Morning One EP on Ochre Records in 2001 & then several years of releases where DeRosa veered away from his modern ambient/drone guitar orches- trations & towards atmospheric-pop & shoegaze with a number of guest musicians adding strings, horns, & vocals on top of his guitar work. While beautiful & unique, these albums are filled with pensive, paranoid, & often disjointed work that mirrored his frenetic mind during these turbulent & drug-addled points in his life.
While In Sea's title is a nod to Terry Riley's landmark minimal composition "In C," DeRosa also pays tribute to his teachers La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela ("LYMZ"), with whom DeRosa studied composition & Indian classical vocal music during the difficult years following his sudden deafness. He credits Young & Zazeela with teaching him how to hear without ears, relying on the physical vibrations of his instrument & his vocal chords. This ability allows him to create more detailed & nuanced guitar structures than most could make even with full use of their ears.
In 2007, DeRosa moved from New York to California to break the spiral of artistic decay he felt himself falling into. Just one year later he returned to Brooklyn to reclaim his identity & begin work on In Sea, the album that had haunted his head for years. DeRosa approached these recordings just as he did 10 years ago while making NSIS, simply trying to capture the sounds his hearing loss offers up uniquely to him. Only this time, he would opt for a studio environment to record the majority of In Sea, as opposed to a dying 4-track in an NYU dorm. While there are some vocals & traditional song structures on In Sea (something largely absent on NSIS) there are no guests, no producers, no electronics - no instruments aside from guitars & DeRosa's antique Bilhorn Telescopic Pump Organ, once used for traveling church revivals & home funeral services in the 1930s.
In Sea's parallels to NSIS are apparent on the opening opus "I Am (The Ice)," a majestic dirge reclaiming Aarktica's reputation as a master of chilling, glacial guitar symphonies. Two pieces, "A Plague of Frost (In The Guise Of Diamonds)" & "Corpse Reviver No. 2," were recorded exactly like NSIS's opening track "Glacia" - double-speed 4-track cassette recordings played back in regular speed mono. The darker, more rhythmic "Instill" meshes post-punk bass & guitar lines in repetition, falling into cathartic bursts of distortion, while tracks like "Onward!," "When We're Ghosts" & "Young Light" convey a youthful optimism absent from most of Aarktica's catalog. "Autumnal" rides along on layers of lush & layered picked guitars, almost hymnal in tone, while "In Sea" simmers like an oceanic storm, with the sky opening up to reveal both rain & bright sunlight. On "Hollow Earth Theory," one of the two vocal tracks on the album, DeRosa hopes against hope that Inner Earth truly does exist, searching ancient maps for an escape & an entrance, stating "We will wait & we will see, if it's right to put our faith all in this hollow earth theory."
The album ends with Aarktica's cover of Danzig's "Am I Demon?" turning the blues-metal classic into one of deadpan dark, atmospheric intimacy & self-realization with organs & reverse guitar loops that imply an unholy exorcism. DeRosa's exorcism perhaps? We hope so. After all, it sounds like the man has finally conquered his demons. After years of creating fractured pop songs for perfect ears, DeRosa has finally reconciled with the way he hears sounds, letting the rest of the world in on his otherworldly auditory hallucinations."-Silber media


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« on: April 09, 2011, 04:47:18 PM »Things that lots of games do that shouldn't be there? How about first person cameras? Nothing yanks me out of a game faster.I actually can't stand third person cameras, it really degrades the experience for me . A first person camera really helps me get into the game. But I would like to see more games with an option to switch between first and third person perspectives (which I think we can both agree on).
So, back to Stingray's "Camera Options" then? I can get behind that 137.82%.


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St. Louis Cardinals team Chairman William DeWitt Jr. and Cardinals Sr. VP & General Manager John Mozeliak this morning congratulated Tony La Russa on being selected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Hall of Fame Expansion Era Committee.
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Cardinals ink free-agent shortstop Jhonny Peralta
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Cardinals & Angels announce four-player trade
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Said (Kais Nashef) is a young Palestinian living in Nablus, and working as a mechanic. He gets his friend Khaled (Ali Suliman) a job, but the hot-tempered and impulsive Khaled quickly loses it. Suha (Lubna Azabal), a pretty, well-traveled young woman and the daughter of a well-known… More Said (Kais Nashef) is a young Palestinian living in Nablus, and working as a mechanic. He gets his friend Khaled (Ali Suliman) a job, but the hot-tempered and impulsive Khaled quickly loses it. Suha (Lubna Azabal), a pretty, well-traveled young woman and the daughter of a well-known "martyr," brings her car in to be fixed, and flirts with Said. He's clearly interested in her, so much so that he continues to think of her when he's approached later that day by Jamal (Amer Hlehel), who tells him that he's been selected for an important mission, a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, and that Khaled will be joining him, as they had requested. That night, Jamal stays with Said at his mother's (Hiam Abbass) house, while another man stays with Khaled. Said sneaks off during the night to bring Suha her car keys, and has a brief discussion with her about her father's death, and what options the Palestinians have in their dealings with Israel. Said doesn't tell her the real reason for his visit: he's saying goodbye. The next morning, as scheduled, Said and Khaled are given neat haircuts and suits. They each make a video explaining to their families why they've chosen this path. Explosives are strapped on, and they are warned that trying to remove the belts themselves will result in detonation. When they're brought to a hole in the fence surrounding Nablus, they are intercepted by Israeli troops. Khaled and Said flee, and get separated. Said is left on his own. Paradise Now was co-written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Rana's Wedding, Ford Transit). A hit on the festival circuit, it was selected for inclusion in the 2005 New York Film Festival by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Certainly what Said says will not come as a surprise to any Israeli. It's simply that they disagree. We may disagree, too, and yet watch the film with a fearsome fascination.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
A risk-taking but enlightening film that takes the novel approach of examining the Israeli-Arab impasse from the perspective of the Palestinians.
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If you'd like you can check out more on my blog :) http://esther-fromthesticks.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-adventures-may-come.html
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Feb 25, 2013, 04.47 PMby Mary Athey
This is gorgeous on you, amazing fabric x
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This dress is beautiful- it's flattering and the placement of the fabric is interesting and really special. And of course, your pictures are stunning! <3 Did you just have a boat lying around? ;)
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Aw thank you so much! Haha, well I had part of the boat just laying around, but the sails took some time to put together ;) Cardboard and tulle is not always my best friend.
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Feb 26, 2013, 05.50 PMby melonhead
Thank you, I hope so as well!
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Feb 26, 2013, 05.50 PMby melonhead
Thank you Michelle! :)
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The Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) plays a vital role in auditing and investigating allegations of fraud and abuse in federal health and welfare programs. Because it independently evaluates various programs, activities, and functions, the OIG must act with integrity at all times. In the fall of 2003, anonymous allegations charged that certain officials in the HHS OIG's Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI) sponsored training and management meetings for nonwork purposes and improperly renovated a regional office. The allegations primarily focused on the actions of the Acting OEI Deputy Inspector General in relation to specific events that took place from July through September 2003. The allegations charged that she (1) sponsored training at a Florida resort to facilitate vacation time for staff, (2) scheduled several follow-up training meetings as a way of providing staff with leisure time, and (3) held a managers' meeting in New York as a pretext for participants to attend a retirement celebration for one of OEI's managers. A fourth allegation charged that the Acting OEI Deputy Inspector General, along with an Acting OEI Regional Inspector General, improperly renovated and refurnished office space in one of OEI's regions. This report examines these allegations.
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