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Andrew (9 years old) on his 1st Alyeska, Alaska ski day - Jan. 19th, 2008
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Sunset in Alyeska AK
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along the Al-Can in Alaska
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Bluebird at Mt. Baker.....our second home
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Moutain of Ice
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Devils Castle,Alta,Utah Febuary 2007.Another day in Paradise with the Kearney NJ boys.
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Mt. Shuksan (WA)
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Sunrise at South Pole, Antarctica
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It wasn't about the quality or the quantity of the snow on this day. It was all about snowboarding in Hawaii. Location Mauna Kea, HI on 1-09-2008.
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C130 Flying over South Pole, Antarctica
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Looking down from the top of the world in Zermatt
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A fruit orchard at the base of Mount Hood, Oregon.
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Sara Cockrill at a dead fall on the Pine River near Hoxeyville, Michigan New Yera's Day 2008
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On my walk home from classes at Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
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Trying to stay warm while doing a little kayaking in Paradise Harbor, Antarctica.
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My fiance and I posing with our snow tree and snow gifts
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sunrise in new hampshire over the white mountains
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My son, Stephen Samela, and the magnificent Matterhorn. Zermatt, Switzerland. February 2007.
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Neuschwanstein castle 12/08/07
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snow melting from the past snowstorms as the winter sun slowly sets
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Woo Hoo! It's a tip-top year on Mr. Bachelor in Oregon. December 2007.
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Loveland Pass, US Highway 6 after the first major snow storm in the Rockies. Not fun to drive, but fun to see.
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My wife Beverly standing by a Swan snow sculpture on my birhtday in downtown Aspen. It was about -14F. January 17, 2008.
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Another deep snowy day on Whistler!
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Skiing on Whistler Blackcomb , looking down the valley.
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Lake Tahoe at sunrise!
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afternoon after the blizzard at Heavenly, Tahoe, Jan. 08.
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Taken late December, outside of Genoa, Nebraska after a hoar frost. (That is a meteorological term and really what it is called!)
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A beautiful day of iceboating on a frozen lake in northern Wisconsin.
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Watching the sunrise and moonset from our porch in Clam Gulch, AK
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Daniel's Summit, Utah
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At the top of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet elevation) on the Big Island, Hawaii with the Rotary Exchange students. Imagine seeing your first snow in Hawaii! (January 6, 2008)
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Ice along Lake Superior's shoreline on Park Point in Duluth, Minnesota
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Twin cuties from upper Michigan
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Kiara right at home in the snow at Comrie Scotland, Enid Bryce
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Childs glacier calving off inti the copper river-- it sound like tunder! Randy Bron
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Durango Colorado
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My husband Tom Donnelly enjoying the 3.5 feet of snow received overnight at Crested Butte, Co. December 2007
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Fist snow of the saeson, Central Park NY
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Jasper Alberta Getaway for our 35th Ann
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I love frozen waterfalls at Jasper Alberta N.Park
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Breckenridge Colorado
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Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Colorado
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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WHITEHORSE, YUKON,DEC.24-2007,TAKEN MID AFTERNOON . Moon was like giant snowball rolling off hill. Later photo showed it mid way down hill. etc.
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Good shot of Mountain on hike out, afternoon of May 15th 2007.
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Standing in Front of the crater at the top of Mt. Rainier on May 15th 2007.
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Picture at crater atop Mt. Rainier on May 15th. Mt. Adams in background. Picture also include Tom Grezek. We are holding a Banner for a Microsoft product introduced in Nov. of 2007 that we carried to the top.
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Open cockpit flying on a snowy, cold day.
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Anna (2 years old) and Ricardo (4 years old) from New Braunfels, TX take their first ski lesson in The Canyons Ski resort in Park City Utah, on november 26, 2007
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My four year daughter on her first snowfall adventure. She was in heaven!
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Lorena Buendia from New Braunfels TX after descending the slopes at The Canyons Ski resort in Park City Utah
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Plata Rosa, Zermatt, Switzerland
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Skiinag at Stevens pass, WA
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PLaying with the dog at Whistler B.C.
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Skiing at Whistler, B.C., Nov. 27. 2007
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Whistler B.C. on Whistler mountain November 2007
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Andrew Estes in Kemmerer, WY playing in the snow.
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Winter wonderland in Yosemite
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Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego in early June.
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The crows gathered around Corbet's Couloir, Jackson Hole resort.
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Hayley Bodmer, of Saranac Lake NY; member of the USA Luge junior development team, racing on Feb 25, 2007 in Park City, UT to a Youth B Junior National championship.
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Backcountry Boarding with Friends in Roosevelt National Forest Colorado
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My sister, Shelby, and her Thoroughbred, Chico, headed out for a stroll along the creek behind my parent's house. She adopted him (saved him from the slaughter house) a few years ago--he's a retired race horse. My sister also has another ("adopted") Thoroughbred, Ace, a barrel-riding horse, Chico, and a shaggy Shetland Pony, Princess.
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Regular turning of your compost pile is one of those garden jobs that often is forgotten. Turning your pile over does several things:
- Mixes the new items you have added to your pile with your older items.
- Allows air to get to items that may previously have not had it.
- Discourages pesky insects (gnats, flies, mosquitoes, etc.) from gathering and laying eggs by covering food scraps not yet decomposed. This is only an issue if your pile is near where people will be, and therefore they will be pesky.
- Speeds up the decomposition of your pile. In other words, you will have compost that you can use faster. (This is my favorite reason.)
If you are in a cooler climate, or just a down right cold area, you may have to wait till a warmer day. This is especially true if your pile is under snow or otherwise unable to be worked.

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New products introduced over the last week include a reconstitution of several Russell Indexes to be completed by Friday; a new fund from Fidelity; and a new inflation-neutral strategy from F-Squared.
In addition, Thornburg offered new R shares for bond funds and Phoenix launched a new indexed annuity.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Russell Posts Index Addition Lists in Annual Reconstitution
Russell Investments has posted its official lists of companies set to join or leave the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Index and Russell Microcap Index when its institutional U.S. equity indexes are fully reconstituted on June 22. These lists, as well as additions and deletions for the Russell Global Index, are available at the Russell reconstitution website.
Key measures of market size are lower this year due to market performance over the past year. Combined capitalization of stocks in the Russell 3000 will decrease from $16.7 trillion at May 31, 2011 to $15.8 trillion as of May 31, 2012. Similarly, the median market capitalization will decrease from $1.04 billion to $910 million. For the Russell Global Index, combined market capitalization will decrease from $52.2 trillion on May 31, 2011 to $44.2 trillion as of May 31, 2012 and median market capitalization will decrease from $1.09 billion in 2011 to $908 million.
2) Fidelity Launches Fidelity Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund
Fidelity Investments announced Tuesday the launch of the Fidelity Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund, available directly to investors. It seeks long-term growth of capital and invests at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies between large and small capitalizations. It may invest in domestic and foreign issuers, and can invest in growth or value stocks or both.
With an overall strategy emphasizing stock picking in their respective sectors, the managers of the Fidelity Advisor Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund (FMCDX) will also manage the assets of the retail class of the fund. These managers include Monty Kori, industrials and materials; Rayna Lesser, telecom services and information technology; Shadman Riaz, energy; Gordon Scott, consumer staples and consumer discretionary; Douglas Simmons, utilities; Pierre Sorel, financials; Patrick Venanzi, health care; and Samuel Wald, REITs, an industry group of financials.
3) F-Squared Announces Inflation-Neutral Fixed Income Strategy
F-Squared Investments announced that, effective Thursday, its AlphaSector Fixed Income Indices have been redesigned to become "inflation-neutral," to deliver returns in the event of either declining or increasing interest rates. The modifications include an ability to "de-risk" in challenging markets by going 100% to short-term treasuries, expanding the fixed income sector exposure to include TIPS and floating rate securities, and a revised investment algorithm that has an absolute return decision framework.
The fixed income strategies have been renamed as AlphaSector INFInity, derived from Inflation Neutral Fixed Income, to reflect their positioning as a multi-sector, inflation-neutral fixed income offering. The enhanced INFInity indices will be automatically included within existing AlphaSector Allocator, Asset Allocation, and Target Risk indices and portfolios. Additionally, for the first time the AlphaSector INFInity Indices will be made available as the basis for a standalone separately managed account (SMA). 4) Thornburg Investment Introduces R Shares for Bond Funds
Thornburg Investment Management announced on Wednesday new R share classes for three of its bond funds available through employer-sponsored retirement plans. An R5 share has been added to the Limited Term Income and Limited Term U.S. Government Funds; both already had an R3 share.
The Strategic Income Fund is now offering R3 and R5 share classes; this is the first time that Thornburg has made this multisector offering available through retirement plans.
5) Phoenix Launches Indexed Annuity Featuring Retirement Income, Chronic Care and Death Benefit
The Phoenix Cos. announced June 11 the introduction of the Phoenix Personal Protection Choice Annuity, a single premium fixed indexed annuity that allows an annuity holder, for an additional fee, to combine up to three different benefits (including lifetime income, chronic care and an enhanced death benefit) to create a customized solution that meets their particular retirement needs. Designed for individuals approaching or already in retirement, Personal Protection Choice also features six indexed accounts, a fixed account and principal protection from investment loss.
Issued by PHL Variable Insurance Co., a Phoenix insurance subsidiary, the product is available through independent distributors working with Saybrus Partners, the company's distribution subsidiary.
Phoenix also announced the launch of REALIZE personal retirement analysis, an online tablet-friendly tool designed to assist agents and financial professionals in guiding clients through retirement planning conversations and individual needs assessments. REALIZE can then generate customized annuity proposals by transferring the client data to an interactive annuity quote tool, and instantly produces personalized outputs of clients' key retirement considerations.
Read the June 8 Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.


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Welcome to our hostel
The Mingtown Etour Youth Hostel is located in the metropolitan city in China — Shanghai! It's located in the center of the city, right in the People's Square area.
The entire hostel is built in old-fashioned Shanghai residential style, and the flat construction design distinguishes it from skyscraper hotels. It has its own central courtyard as an open area for guest activities. The building's traditional brick suits the surroundings well, and opens directly onto the cultural attractions of one of Shanghai's Nong Tang (old-style narrow alleys).
The hostel holds 20 standard rooms and over 70 bunk beds. Onsite facilities include a restaurant, bar, self-service laundry, common area, as well as a mini pool. The young staff members speak moderate English, and are familiar with tourism points of interest and travel information. The hostel is also pleased to help guests with making local travel arrangements and reservations of hostels.
An abundance of famous sightseeing attractions are within walking distance. Within 10 minutes walk, you can reach the Nanjing Road pedestrian shopping district, People's Square, Shanghai Museum, the office building of Shangai municipal Goverment, People's Park, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai MOCA), Madame Tussaud's Wax museum and Grand Theater. Within 30 minutes, you can visit the Xin Tian Di, the site of First Nantional Congress of Chinese Communist Party and the Bund. On special occasions, you can even watch fireworks and national holiday ceremonies right from the hostel terrace!
There are 3 types of room in the hostel. Dorm room, double room(shared bathroom) and twin beds private room (private bathroom).
All rooms are equipped with air conditioning and with windows. The bathroom is 24 hour hot supply.
All rooms are covered with wifi, and password is mingtown. The user authentication is needed after connecting to the wifi.
The room number is the account name, such as 306A, and the last six digest or numbers of the passport number is the password to the user authentication.
The reception has a mini-shop which sales English maps, toiletries, drinks, snacks and postcards. (Because the post office is 10 meters away, we don't sale postage stamps.)
The guests also can borrow the slippers, towels, locks, plug adapter and electric mosquito repellent heater (summer only) from the reception, and the reception provide free toilet paper too. There is also a pay telephone at the reception which can make domestic and international phone calls.
The self service kitchen has a microwave oven, an electric kettle and refrigerators.
We have a laundry area on the terrace. The guests can do the laundry in the sink or by the washing machines. They can get the washing dry by hanging them out or by the dryer machine.
The washing machine and the dryer machine are coins operating machines. They need CNY 8.00 to start. The washing machine needs 45 min and the dryer machine needs 90 min to finish the whole process.
There is also a bar/café/restaurant in the hostel which provides breakfast, pasta, pizza, fried rice… and handmade coffee with good quality and decent prices. The guests can have a discount with 20% off with the room key in the bar.
Important Information:
Kindly notice that we have Cat in our hostel.
1. Check-in Time: 14:00 ~23:00
Check-out Time: 7:00~ 12:00
English Service Time: 7:00~23:00
Please inform the reception one day early if you need to check-in or check-out at other times, or it may cause NO REFUND.
2. All Children under 12 years old are not permitted in shared dorm accommodations � they must be with guardians in private accommodations. All Children under 18 years old must be accompanied by legal guardian. The guests are not allowed to bring unregistered visitors into the Hostel or the Dorm Rooms!!! This can result in the guest being asked to leave the Hostel immediately with NO REFUND!!! And the visitors need to leave the hostel before 23:00.
3. The hostel doesn't provide disposable toiletries.
4. All the rooms are non-smoking rooms. Smoking inside the rooms can result in smokers being asked to leave the Hostel immediately with NO REFUND!!! If guests need cooking, ironing, using any high temperature devices and using any high power devices, please consult the reception first.
5. Only some of the rooms can add an extra bed. Please inform the reception if you need one. Whether or not the extra bed needs to be added, each room only can stay one more person (adult or baby). The person taller than 110 cm treats as an adult, who needs to be charged the extra bed rate. The person shorter than 90 cm is free to stay. The extra bed rate is the same with the dorm bed room fee.
6. The dorm bed (bunk beds) is only for individual. Unless you book a private room, there is no guarantee that you and your group will stay in same room. We will always try our best to put you together in the same room, but keep in mind this is a hostel and that's not always possible!
7. The dorm linens need to be return to the reception before checking out. And all the borrowed items need to be return to the reception too.
8. Maximum length of stay in the dorm room is 7 consecutive days.
9. There's a mandatory CNY 100.00 returnable deposit for each room key.
10. The hostel has 3 floors, please note there is no elevator in the building. Payment is due upon arrival by cash only, please. Credit cards are not accepted.


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World stocks mostly rise as Chinese output grows
World stocks mostly swung higher Friday after a survey showed China's manufacturing production rose to a 14-month high, offsetting gloom from a sharp drop in Japanese business confidence.
European markets were less upbeat after Standard & Poor's lowered its credit outlook on Britain, meaning there is a one in three chance the country could lose its top credit rating over the next year.
By late morning in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was down 0.1 percent to 5,923.41 while Germany's DAX rose 0.2 percent to 7,597.71. France's CAC-40 was flat at 3,641.82 after Fitch, another credit ratings agency, affirmed the country's own top rating.
Investors largely shrugged off agreements reached Thursday by European Union finance ministers: a compromise to create a single supervisor for banks and an agreement to give Greece desperately needed bailout funds. The decisions, while important to end the continent's crisis, had been expected.
Wall Street was headed for a higher opening - Dow Jones industrial futures rose 0.2 percent to 13,126 and S&P 500 futures advanced 0.2 percent to 1,415.30.
Earlier Friday, HSBC Corp. released its preliminary China Purchasing Managers' Index for December, which rose to 50.9 from November's 50.5. Numbers above 50 represent an expansion of manufacturing.
The improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity suggests global consumer spending may be recovery from a weak patch this year.
"I think it adds further encouragement that China is moving in the right direction," said Andrew Sullivan, an independent analyst based in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng pulled out of negative territory to advance 0.7 percent to 22,605.9. Mainland Chinese shares posted sharp gains, with the Shanghai Composite Index surging 4.3 percent to 2,150.63. The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index shot up 4.2 percent to 816.19.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index sank slightly following the release of a Bank of Japan survey which showed large Japanese manufacturers are more pessimistic about business conditions. The "tankan" index for the December quarter dropped from September's minus three to minus 12, much worse than expected.
The benchmark in Tokyo fell 0.1 percent to close at 9,737.56, a day after closing at an eight-month high. A weakening yen helped export shares, with Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. surging 6.8 percent and Sharp Corp. jumping 7.6 percent.
South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4 percent to 1,995.04. Benchmarks in Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan also fell. Australia's S&P/ASX was nearly unchanged at 4,583.10.
Meanwhile, investors are keeping a close eye on budget talks in Washington between President Barack Obama and key Republican lawmakers.
A deal must be reached by the end of the year to avoid what has been dubbed the "fiscal cliff" - hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts and tax increases that could plunge the world's largest economy back into recession.
Benchmark crude was up 90 cents to $86.79 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 88 cents to end at $85.89 per barrel in New York on Thursday.
In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3083 from $1.3075 late Thursday in New York. The dollar rose to 83.76 from 83.58 on expectations that Sunday's parliamentary election will usher in a government committed to a weak currency.


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The Paleozoic Variscan orogeny was a large-scale collisional event that involved amalgamation of multiple continents and micro-continents. Available structural, geological, geochemical, and geophysical data from Iberia are consistent with a model of oroclinal bending at the lithospheric scale of an originally near-linear convergent margin during the last stages of Variscan deformation in the late Paleozoic. Closure of the Rheic Ocean resulted in E-W shortening (in present-day coordinates) in the Carboniferous, producing a near linear N-S–trending, east-verging orogenic belt. Subsequent N-S shortening near the Carboniferous-Permian boundary resulted in oroclinal bending, highlighted by the formation of the Cantabrian Orocline. Together, these data constrain oroclinal bending in Iberia to have occurred during the latest Carboniferous over about a 10-million-year time window, which agrees well with recent geodynamical models and structural data that relate oroclinal bending with lithospheric delamination in the Variscan. This late-stage orogenic event remains an enigmatic part of final Pangaea amalgamation.
Manuscript received 28 Oct. 2011; accepted 20 Feb. 2012.
Orogenic belts that are bent in plan view are a ubiquitous feature of recent and ancient orogens (e.g., Marshak, 2004; van der Voo, 2004; Sussman and Weil, 2004; Weil and Sussman, 2004). Where a bend is formed by buckling of an originally linear orogen about a vertical axis of rotation, it is classified as an orocline (Carey, 1955, 1958). Oroclines are amongst the largest geological structures on Earth and have formed from Archean to recent times. Their existence has profound implications for the tenets of plate tectonics and challenges the fundamental assumption of plate rigidity.
We describe the well-studied Cantabrian Orocline of northern Spain. This is one of the first bent orogens reported in geoscience literature, referred to as the "Asturian Knee" by Eduard Suess in the late nineteenth century in his massive work Das Antlitz der Erde (1885–1908) (translated to English in 1909). Suess recognized that the structures, now attributed to the Early Carboniferous collision between Laurussia and Gondwana during Pangea amalgamation, define a significant bend in northern Iberia. Since Suess' description, the curved portion of the Variscan orogen has been the object of numerous studies aimed at unraveling the timing and kinematics of orogenic development, with more recent emphasis on exploring the orogen's impact at the lithospheric scale (e.g., Julivert, 1971; Julivert and Marcos, 1973; Ries et al., 1980; Pérez-Estaún et al., 1988; Weil et al., 2000, 2001; Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2004, 2011a, 2011b; Johnston and Gutiérrez-Alonso, 2010). In the following sections, we summarize the results of recent studies in the Cantabrian Orocline that help constrain its timing, kinematics, and geometry. We also utilize insights from analogue experiments to develop models of orocline formation and speculate on possible causes of oroclinal bending. Finally, we consider the assumption of plate rigidity in the light of our current understanding of the Cantabrian Orocline.
The Cantabrian Arc Orocline
The Cantabrian Orocline (Fig. 1) defines the core of a larger curved orogenic system that weaves through Western Europe, and it is located at the apex of the Ibero-Armorican Arc (Fig. 1). The orocline is recognized by geometrical changes in the structural trend of thrust-related folds that formed during the Carboniferous Variscan orogeny. The orocline has a convex-to-the-west shape, an E-W axial trace, and an isoclinal geometry in plan view. Both the northern and southern limbs of the orocline strike E-W, thus defining an arc with 180° of curvature. The Cantabrian Orocline is characterized as a foreland fold-thrust belt with thrust vergence toward the oroclinal core (Julivert, 1971). Thrusts imbricate a Carboniferous foreland basin sequence, an underlying Lower Paleozoic passive margin sequence, and a basal Ediacaran slate belt. The distribution of sedimentary facies and paleocurrent data show that the Lower Paleozoic passive margin faced outward, away from the core of the orocline (Shaw et al., 2012). The Variscan metamorphic hinterland surrounds the core of the orocline to the west and south, and is overthrust in the west by ophiolitic assemblages along foreland-verging thrusts. Recent structural (Aerden, 2004; Martínez-Catalán, 2011) and sedimentological (Shaw et al., 2012) studies in central and southern Iberia have revitalized an early suggestion of du Toit's (1937) that the Cantabrian Orocline continues to the south, forming a second bend (the Central Iberian Orocline) that together define a continental-scale S-shaped orocline pair.
(A) Correlation of tectonostratigraphic zones across the Variscan orogen in southwestern Europe (modified from Franke, 1989; Martínez-Catalán et al., 2007). Iberia has been restored to its paleogeographic position prior to the opening of the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Inset box indicates the location of Cantabrian Orocline. (B) Simplified structural map of the Cantabrian Orocline, highlighting the geometry of major thrusts and the orientation of major folds.
Kinematics and Timing
To constrain the kinematics and timing of orocline development, two approaches have been used that yield complementary results: joint analysis and paleomagnetism in pre- syn- and post-orocline sedimentary sequences (Fig. 2).
Cartoon summarizing the development of joint sets (Pastor-Galán et al., 2011) and the acquisition of multiple magnetizations (Weil et al., 2001, 2010) in the Cantabrian arc during formation of the Cantabrian Orocline. (A) Joints and paleomagnetic vectors interpreted to develop contemporaneously with formation of a nearly linear Variscan orogen in pre-Moscovian and Moscovian times. (B) Arc during the uppermost Kasimovian and Gzhelian times when between 30% and 50% of the arc's present-day curvature was attained, deposition of the Stephanian B–C basins occurred, and development of fold-axis subparallel and subperpendicular Stephanian joint sets were formed. (C) Present-day geometry of the Cantabrian Orocline and the orientation of the Early Permian paleomagnetic vectors showing no rotation. (D) Proposed timeline for successive magnetizations recorded in the Cantabrian Orocline and their relationships to the main phases of oroclinal formation and formation of sedimentary basins.
Joint sets are developed in strata that span the duration of Variscan orogenesis, including late-stage orocline formation (Pastor-Galán et al., 2011). Joints in structurally imbricated strata that are continuously exposed around the orocline are shown to be related to thrust formation and buckling. Thrust-related synorogenic strata constrain thrust fault formation to have occurred by 315 to 310 Ma (e.g., Alonso, 1987; Keller et al., 2007; Merino-Tomé et al., 2009). In pre-orocline sedimentary sequences, two orthogonal joint sets are identified, one parallel to and another normal to arc-parallel thrust traces and the axes of thrust-related fault-bend folds. The joint sets systematically trace the curvature of the arc, changing orientation with regional strike around the orocline (Fig. 2). Upper Pennsylvanian strata are deposited in continental basins that unconformably overlie the older, thrust imbricated strata. These strata have younger orthogonal joint sets that trace 60% of total arc curvature (Fig. 2). These sediments are interpreted to have been deposited, and their joint sets developed, during orocline formation (Pastor-Galán et al., 2011). Finally, joint sets in Early Permian strata that unconformably overlie the curved Variscan structures show no systematic change in orientation around the trace of the Cantabrian Orocline and are therefore interpreted to post-date orocline formation (Fig. 2). Hence, the pre-, syn- and post-orocline sedimentary sequences and the joint sets they contain limit the Cantabrian Orocline to have formed after about 315 Ma and prior to the Early Permian (pre-299 Ma). This time frame is consistent with the deposition of Upper Pennsylvanian strata (307 to 299 Ma) during orocline formation.
Paleomagnetic data have also been used to constrain the timing of orocline formation. The rocks of the Variscan foreland in the core of the Cantabrian Orocline were remagnetized during and after early imbricate thrusting, yielding two syntectonic magnetizations that have been used to constrain the kinematics of subsequent deformation (Hirt et al., 1992; Parés et al., 1994; Stewart, 1995; van der Voo et al., 1997; Weil et al., 2000, 2001). In situ paleomagnetic site means were individually restored to a known reference direction based on observed geologic structures (e.g., local fold axis orientation) and geometric constraints. Such restorations have an intrinsic error based on restoration path uncertainty, constraints on the reference direction, and the timing of magnetization acquisition, all of which have been well established in the Cantabrian Orocline (e.g., van der Voo et al., 1997; Weil et al., 2000, 2001; Weil, 2006; Tohver and Weil, 2008). Analyses of paleomagnetic sites from structural domains distributed around the arc of the orocline indicate clockwise rotations in the northern limb of the Cantabrian Orocline, counter-clockwise rotations in the southern limb, and complex interference folding in the hinge zone (Fig. 2). The unconformably overlying Early Permian continental strata from both limbs of the orocline preserve a primary magnetization that records no vertical axis rotation (Weil et al., 2010) (Fig. 2). These data limit orocline development to have started after acquisition of the syntectonic remagnetization of thrust imbricated strata at 315 to 310 Ma and to have ended prior to deposition of the unconformable Early Permian strata at 299 Ma, consistent with the constraints provided by joint-set orientation data.
Lithospheric Response
One of the most challenging questions concerning orocline formation is the evolution of their three-dimensional (3-D) geometry. Do oroclines evolve as thick-skinned, lithospheric-scale structures, or are they thin-skinned features that terminate against crustal detachments? Extensive magmatism accompanied formation of the Cantabrian Orocline, which is interpreted to reflect a thick-skinned, lithospheric-scale response to active buckling (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2004, 2011a, 2011b). Syn-orogenic Variscan granitoid magmatism was active from 345 Ma to 315 Ma and recorded the building and collapse of the Variscan belt (Fernández-Suárez et al., 2000). Subsequent post-orogenic magmatism comprises intrusive and volcanic rocks emplaced from 310 to 285 Ma, which are penecontemporaneous with, and slightly post-date, oroclinal buckling. The post-orogenic magmatic record consists of mantle and crustal derived melts that show systematic changes in their age, spatial distribution, petrology, and geochemistry and include significant foreland magmatism in the core of the Cantabrian Orocline (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2011b).
Magmatism began in the orogenic hinterland region with intrusion of mantle and lower crustal derived mafic melts from 310 to 305 Ma (Fig. 3C). These mafic rocks and their accompanying granitoids are interpreted as a byproduct of decompressive mantle and lower crustal melting, caused by lithospheric extension around the outer orocline arc during buckling (Fig. 3). Thinning of the lithosphere in the outer arc, a concomitant rise of the asthenosphere, and coupled intrusion of gabbros resulted in a regionally elevated geothermal gradient across the arc. This increase in thermal energy resulted in melting of middle-upper crustal rocks still hot from Variscan orogenesis and led to intrusion of felsic, crustal derived magmas into the outer arc of the orocline between 305 and 295 Ma (Fernández-Suárez et al., 2000; Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2011b).
(A) Block diagram depicting the effect of lithospheric bending around a vertical axis and the resultant strain field (modified tangential longitudinal strain). Strain ellipses depict arc-parallel shortening in the inner arc and arc-parallel stretching in the outer arc. Note the different behavior of the mantle lithosphere in the inner and outer arcs and the increase in thickness of mantle lithosphere below the inner arc and thinning below the outer arc. (B) Snapshot illustration of arc development starting with a linear belt resulting from a Gondwana–Laurentia collision. (C) Second snapshot illustrating oroclinal bending, which causes lithospheric stretching in the outer arc and thickening beneath the inner arc (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2004). (D) The final stage of oroclinal bending, depicting delamination and collapse of thickened lithospheric root beneath the inner arc, replacement of sinking lithosphere by upwelling asthenospheric mantle, and associated magmatism in the inner and outer arc regions. (E) Two tomographic views of the analogue modeled mantle lithosphere geometry after buckling around a vertical axis where the lithospheric root is developed under the inner arc (top—frontal view from the concave part of the model; bottom—view from below); 3-D coordinate axes given. (F) Tomographic 3-D image of the delaminated lithospheric root obtained with analogue modeling; 3-D coordinate axes given.
A different (albeit intimately related) magmatic history characterizes the inner arc of the orocline, where magmatism did not begin until 300 Ma and did not end until 285 Ma (Fig. 3D). Magmatism in the core of the orocline (foreland) began with the intrusion of mantle and lower crust-derived mafic rocks and granitoids and with widespread volcanism that continued until 292 Ma (Fig. 3D). This was followed by felsic, crustal-derived leucogranite magmatism that continued for another 7 m.y. in the foreland (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2011b). The delayed onset of magmatism within the foreland is interpreted to reflect initial thickening of the lithospheric mantle in the core of the orocline, forming an orogenic root that subsequently became gravitationally unstable (Fig. 3). Delamination and sinking of the unstable root facilitated upwelling of hot asthenospheric mantle beneath the foreland core of the orocline, giving rise to mantle-derived mafic magmatism and melting of the lower crust. The subsequent felsic melts are attributed to melting of the fertile (pelite- and greywacke-rich) middle crust upon upward migration of the thermal anomaly above the high-standing asthenosphere.
The study of Sm/Nd isotopes from mantle-derived rocks provides further evidence of mantle lithosphere involvement during orocline development (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2011a; Ducea, 2011). Pre-Variscan mantle-derived volcanic rocks indicate that the mantle lithosphere in NW Iberia was emplaced, or metasomatized, at ca. 1.0 Ga, while post-Variscan mantle-derived magmatic rocks yield neodymium model ages (TDM) of ca. 0.3 Ga. This change in mantle lithosphere age indicates that orocline formation was coeval with removal of an older mantle lithosphere and its subsequent replacement by a new, juvenile mantle lithosphere (Fig. 3D). The syn-orocline mantle-derived melts were contaminated by crustal sources during orocline formation and yield model ages that span the inferred age of the underlying pre-Variscan lithosphere and the new lithospheric mantle. The resultant contamination indicates that melting of the continental mantle lithosphere and lower crust, and the subsequent mixing with upwelling asthenosphere, is likely responsible for generating the new lithospheric mantle (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2011a).
Major topographic changes in Earth's surface usually reflect lithospheric processes (Jiménez-Munt and Platt, 2006); therefore, the major changes in lithosphere thickness and shape associated with oroclinal buckling likely produced important topographic changes that would be recorded in syn-orocline deposits. As stated previously, oroclinal bending resulted in lithospheric thinning in the outer arc and thickening in the inner arc. Due to the more buoyant nature of the thinner outer arc (underlain by hot asthenosphere) compared to the thicker inner arc (underlain by a growing lithospheric root), a regional topographic slope was established from a high in the outer arc to a low in the inner arc (Fig. 3C). This orocline-induced topographic gradient is recorded in the thick, conglomerate-rich continental deposits of Upper Pennsylvanian age preserved throughout the inner arc. Subsequent floundering of the lithospheric root under the inner arc (Fig. 3D), and its replacement by hotter, more buoyant, asthenospheric mantle, resulted in a topographic inversion that is recorded in the unconformable Lower Permian sediments present in this region that postdate the orocline formation (Weil et al., 2010). These topographic changes agree with simple numerical isostatic balance models of the lithosphere thickness variations inferred from geological data (Muñoz-Quijano and Gutiérrez-Alonso, 2007).
The structural, paleomagnetic, geochronologic, and geochemical data summarized in this section indicate that mantle replacement and orocline formation were coeval, suggesting that the two processes were linked. Hence, magmatic, isotopic, and sedimentological data are all consistent with our model of Cantabrian Orocline formation involving the entire lithosphere.
Analogue Modeling
One of the lingering questions regarding lithospheric-scale orocline development is the physical and geometric response to lithospheric buckling. To better understand the lithospheric consequences of forming this scale of bending, we used thermo-mechanical analogue modeling to gain insight into the feasibility of lithospheric-scale orocline formation. Plasticines with contrasting rheological behavior scaled to the mechanical properties of the crust, mantle lithosphere, and sub-lithospheric mantle were employed to model lithospheric-scale buckling about a vertical axis (Figs. 3E and 3F). The modeling set-up imparted a vertical thermal gradient during experimental runs. After buckling, the models were imaged using 3-D computer tomography (CT). Details of the experiments can be found in Pastor-Galán et al. (2012).
The experimental set-up consisted of a 30 × 12 × 8 cm elongate model plate (crust and lithospheric mantle and its underlying asthenospheric mantle), which was shortened into a buckle fold about a vertical axis. Multiple experimental set-ups were used with variable strain rates and lithospheric thicknesses. All experimental runs were performed under a constant temperature profile designed to maintain a stable viscosity contrast between the different layers. Model results indicate that, regardless of layer thicknesses used, or the strain rate employed during oroclinal buckling, the mantle lithosphere thickened beneath the orocline core and thinned around the outer orocline arc (Fig. 3). Thinning in the outer arc was accommodated by radial tension fractures, whereas thickening in the inner arc was dependent upon initial lithosphere thickness; initially thick lithospheric mantle thickened through formation of a tight, steeply plunging conical fold, while initially thin lithospheric mantle thickened through formation of recumbent conical nappes. Importantly, the lithospheric-scale processes inferred to have taken place during generation of the Cantabrian Orocline are well reproduced in the analogue experiments.
What Caused The Cantabrian Arc Orocline?
All available structural, geological, geochemical, and geophysical data are consistent with the Cantabrian Orocline developing by buckling of an originally linear orogen (Weil et al., 2000, 2001; Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2004, 2008, 2011a, 2011b; Martínez-Catalán, 2011). The question remains, however: What was the geodynamic setting that gave rise to the buckle? Iberia lay close to the center of the Pangea supercontinent during orocline formation. The east margin of the supercontinent was characterized by a westward-tapering Tethyan oceanic embayment that pinched out near Iberia. The Tethys is inferred to have had an E-W trending mid-ocean ridge (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2008), a north-dipping subduction zone along its northern margin that descended beneath the Laurasian portion of Pangea, and a passive southern margin developed along the Gondwanan portion of Pangea.
The unique paleogeography of the Tethyan realm is the basis for one possible explanation for orocline formation. Subduction of the Tethyan mid-ocean ridge to the north resulted in Pangean oceanic lithosphere being subducted beneath the Pangean continental crust of Laurasia, a process referred to as self-subduction (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2008) (Fig. 4). Because of the continuity of the oceanic lithosphere with Pangean continental lithosphere across the northern Gondwanan passive margin, subduction-related slab pull forces are predicted to have transmitted into continental Pangea. The result would have been a profound change in the Pangean strain regime, with shortening and contraction within the inner region of Pangea that surrounded the western end of the Tethys, and extension around the supercontinent's periphery (Fig. 4A). We suggest that it is the contraction within the inner tract of the Pangean superplate that gave rise to the Cantabrian Orocline, its concomitant lithospheric delamination, and its related magmatic activity. Late Palaeozoic radial rift basins characterize the periphery of northern Pangea, which supports the idea of widespread extension around the edges of the superplate (Fig. 4B). Slab pull forces subsequently resulted in failure of the continental lithosphere along what was the northern Gondwanan margin, creating a rift basin south of and parallel to the southern Tethys margin. Self-subduction ended with the formation of the Neotethys mid-ocean ridge, which separated continental Pangea from the subducting slab. This final stage is likely recorded in the widespread Permian-Carboniferous unconformity in the continental basins of Europe.
Schematic diagrams showing simplified Pangaea reconstructions for (A) the middle Pennsylvanian at 305 Ma, and (B) the Carboniferous-Permian boundary at 299 Ma (Gutiérrez-Alonso et al., 2008). Cartoon depiction of Pangea configuration given in (A) for geographic reference. CAA—Cantabrian-Asturian arc.
Oroclines: Thick Or Thin Skinned?
Curved mountain belts that are demonstrably the result of the buckling of originally linear orogens have commonly been interpreted as thin-skinned features involving only the uppermost crust. Thin-skinned interpretations of oroclines are reconciled with the plate tectonic assumption of plate rigidity by having the orocline form above a crustal detachment that separates the deforming orogen from the underlying plate. However, this model commonly results in important space problems associated with large-scale thrust sheet rotation. It is demonstrated that formation of the Cantabrian Orocline was concomitant with profound magmatism, and deformation best explained as the result of buckling of the entire lithosphere about a vertical axis. Lithospheric buckling can also explain other ancient oroclines, such as the Alaskan oroclines of the North American Cordillera (Johnston, 2001, 2008) and the New England Orocline (Cawood et al., 2011), and provides a model for explaining magmatism and deformation attending currently forming oroclines, like the East Carpathian (Fillerup et al., 2010), the Calabria (Johnston and Mazzoli, 2009), and the Melanesian oroclines (Johnston, 2004).
Comments by two anonymous reviewers and the editor greatly improved the original manuscript. Financial support for this work was supplied by Research Project ODRE II ("Oroclines and Delamination: Relations and Effects") number CGL2009-1367, from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. J. Fernández-Suárez wishes to acknowledge financial support from project CONSOLIDER CGL2007-65338-C02-01/BTE by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. S.T. Johnston thanks NSERC for a Discovery Grant. This is a contribution to IGCP 497.
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My friend who bought 310 R last winter and loved it also bought 310 GS this winter in addition to the 310 R. I have been working on him to join MOA with no success yet. He was having so much fun with both 310s that he sold his full dress Harley and his very reliable Burgman scooter and was about to keep only the BMWs.
Then the new 310 GS at just over 2000mi last week failed its alternator stator - oops back ordered till maybe sometime in January - unacceptable down time so he made a deal for a new Yamaha and will sell 310 GS if and when dealer ever gets the part. The 310 R is still ok at over 6000 mi.
I read on this forum and other places that BMW does not have parts for these bikes in the US.
In my opinion the bike is not ready yet for market and should be avoided.
Unfortunately I bought a 310 R last month now about 800mi. This is the first BMW since the /2 bikes that will fit my 24in inseam without serious modification butchery. I am afraid of what to expect.
I remember all too well the early to mid 1980's Yamaha Venture and Honda Goldwings that came too early to market with failing alternators and no replacement parts which spoiled a full season of touring for many of my AMA friends. I would have thought BMW would have known better by 2018 than to put unreliable junk on the market.
The 310 R is a joy to ride otherwise - only complaint I have is too small gas tank (not enough range) and not enough clearance inside filler assembly to allow use of some of the higher pressure gas pumps without splashback.
ps My 1980 R65 with close to 100,000 mi and no failures ever requiring a tow and no dealer service for about 35 yr took me home from the 310 GS failure site to get my truck to rescue this guy and haul him home after AAA failed to come as promised. The old airhead with a low battery could have been push started with no lights and driven probably 100 miles to a safer place. The modern bike was simply SOL when the battery went just lower than its electronics demanded. I will have a hard time after this expenience ever trusting my new 310 R to do anything important too far from my truck.


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Story highlightsFashion trends have a complex lifespan, surging and falling within a yearCringe factor and unflattering fit will kill a trend quicklyWhat's going away from 2013? Crop tops, peplum waists and wedge sneakersStill, some 2013 styles will last into 2014
Last year, it seemed like Miley Cyrus didn't own a single shirt that was longer than her rib cage. Peplums were the ultimate in waist definition. Skinny, colored jeans were the Spandex-filled answer to every girl's denim dreams.
When a fashion trend takes hold, it seems like it's everywhere, from red carpets to fashion magazines to paparazzi snapshots to your local department store. Of course, even consumers know that what seems like a great idea at the time will probably have an expiration date. But how do you know when it's time to purge your closet?
"The thing about fashion is it's completely cyclical," said Lilliana Vazquez, the author of "The Cheap Chica's Guide To Style: Secrets to Shopping Cheap and Looking Chic."
One of the boldest runway statements last year was the "punk/grunge" look by designer
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When she saw punk and grunge re-emerge in fall 2013 collections, Vazquez confessed she had a "cringe" moment.
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Does that mean that you should have popped those MC Hammer pants into a time capsule, or held on to your Baby Spice-style platform sneakers from 1996?
Um, no, fashion experts say.
Young people who didn't experience the trend 20 years ago might have fun experimenting with these looks, Style.com's executive editor Nicole Phelps said, but that doesn't mean they're going to flatter the majority of body types. Some of the 1980s-inspired looks that seemed on-trend last year "feel more like a
fling," she said.
In fact, here are the fads of last year that fashion experts agree should no longer take up space in your closet.
Peplum waists
"One (trend) that we've seen kind of making its way out is the peplum," Vazquez said. The peplum was everywhere last year, she said -- on dresses, shirts and jackets. "Those are so 2013. I would get rid of those," said SheFinds founder Michelle Madhok.
Colored, chemically washed, ripped or skinny denim
Raw denim in mid-toned blue and the occasional unfinished hem is looming on the fashion horizon for jeans, Phelps said. It's a look that's more accessible than the almost universally unflattering high-waisted, acid-washed cutoff jeans that had many a (cringeworthy) moment in 2013. When Sasha Obama wore a pair this summer, Vazquez said she thought, "Oh my gosh, what?! How did you let her out of the house like that?"
Wedge sneakers
Go ahead and call it: Wedge sneakers were the "Ugg of 2013," Madhok said. Designer Isabel Marant put them on the map last year, and the entire Style.com office was crazy about them, Phelps said, but now "they feel
played out."
The revealing cutout details of 2013 dresses have been replaced by sheer fabric, said Sheila Aimette, the vice president of fashion trend forecasting company WGSN. In 2014, she said, sheer paneling and insets are going to appear for the the spring season, she said, harkening back to the 1990s, "Clueless"-styled fashion statements.
Sorry, these high-soled shoes just don't look good on anyone. "They make your legs look chunky and they're hard to walk in," Madhok said. "They're not doable."
"Fashion certainly seems to be moving away from that flashy sensibility," Phelps said. There is a quietness to the spring and pre-fall collections of 2014, with light pastels instead of Day-Glo-type yellows and pinks.
Crop tops
The barely-there crop tops that Miley Cyrus and Rihanna helped popularize in 2013 turned out to look good only on them, and a few runway models. Nobody else bought them.
For spring, they're morphing into something longer and boxier. Sure, you could attempt to layer a 2013-style crop top with sweaters during the colder months of 2014, but as Phelps points, out, there's already a backlash to fashions that leave little to the imagination.
"In music, we really miss the '90s rock girls," Phelps said. "They weren't stripping down to their bra and underwear like the Miley Cyruses of today. There was a real, strong, almost feminist message to a lot of their music and we're longing for that in terms of pop culture. Maybe that will reflect back on fashion."
But stop right there -- don't shove everything in the trash bag. Just because it's 2014 doesn't mean all of last year's trends have magically disappeared.
If you picked up a 1940s/1950s look -- hyper-feminine silhouettes in dresses and skirts, or more masculine blazers and pantsuits -- try slipping those into your office wear.
Young women are still gravitating toward glamorous takes on athletic wear -- embellished sweatshirts and vintage-styled sneakers, for example.
And don't give up on grunge just yet, Phelps said: Those slouchy shirts seem trendy, but they're "classic casual."


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New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program Asks Business Owners to Submit New Projectsby GDN Shared Post June 25, 2010
New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program is looking for small business owners who believe their companies could get a boost from technical assistance provided by researchers at Sandia or Los Alamos national laboratories.The program is a partnership of the two federal laboratories & the state of New Mexico that connects scientists, engineers & others with New Mexico businesses to solve critical challenges & promote economic development.
The NMSBA Program is soliciting ideas for individual projects from for-profit small businesses in New Mexico. Interested entrepreneurs may call Genaro Montoya at (505) 284-0625 or find out more about the program at http://www.nmsbaprogram.org.
The assistance provided cannot be available in the private sector at a reasonable cost, and the program does not provide cash or equipment to small businesses.
Individual companies in urban Bernalillo County are eligible for up to $10,000 in assistance per calendar year measured in lab staff hours. Companies located in rural counties are eligible for up to $20,000 per calendar year.
Companies participating in the program don't have to be technological in nature. Previous participants have included a spa, a decorative light fixtures company and a firm that salvages and restores wooden doors.
The NMSBA Program also contracts with the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NM MEP), the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University and New Mexico Tech to provide assistance to companies.
Since the program began at Sandia in 2000, it has helped 1,597 small businesses and created or retained 1,020 jobs paying an average annual salary of $39,063 through 2008. The businesses' revenue increased by nearly $39.7 million and their operating costs fell by more than $28 million during the same nine-year period.
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A COURT in New Delhi has heard DNA evidence links five men with a deadly gang rape in the city last month.
At a pre-trial hearing on Saturday prosecutors told the court that blood stains found on the clothing of all five accused men matched the blood of the 23-year-old victim.
The five suspects were also allegedly found with items stolen from the woman.
The court also heard that medical records from the Singapore hospital where the woman died showed her death was caused by septicaemia and organ failure.
"We have filed all the evidence," Rajiv Mohan, additional public prosecutor, told the court in Saket, in the south of the city.
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Victory announced on eve of controversial law's sixth anniversary
WASHINGTON - January 07, 2008 -
On the same day President George W. Bush held a press conference in Chicago to defend the failing No Child Left Behind, and on the eve of NCLB's sixth anniversary, a federal appeals court delivered yet another major blow to the controversial law. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled today that Secretary Spellings is violating the Spending Clause of the Constitution by requiring states and school districts to spend their own funds to comply with the law.
"The court's message couldn't be more clear: If the president is sincere about continuing No Child Left Behind, he needs to put his money where his mouth is," said NEA President Reg Weaver. "The president refuses to budge on NCLB, his flagship domestic policy, but unless he takes action it is clearly a sinking ship."
Six years ago, President Bush promised to fully fund NCLB. But the president has consistently refused to make good on his promises. Due to Bush's recent veto of the FY 2008 education appropriations bill, there will be a $14.8 billion gap in funding for NCLB programs. That is on top of the previous cumulative gap of $56.1 billion.
The ruling is a major victory for the National Education Association and the other plaintiffs -- including nine school districts and nine NEA state affiliates -- which brought the lawsuit in April 2005 to oppose costly federal regulations that divert money from children and classrooms to paperwork and bureaucracy. Today's ruling by the appeals court reverses the lower court's November 2005 summary judgment dismissing the lawsuit.
At issue is Section 9527(a) of the law that says, "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to …. mandate a State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this Act."
NEA and the other plaintiffs had argued in their complaint that this section of the law prevents the federal government from requiring states and school districts to spend their own funds to comply with the law's mandates.
The lawsuit does not challenge the laudable goals of the law or call for its dismantling. Instead, it simply argues that any federal mandates in this law must come with tools and resources to get the job done. Otherwise, educators can't be expected to do more with less. The court agreed, holding that the Education Department's interpretations of NCLB, requiring that states and school districts devote their own funds to NCLB compliance, "violate the Spending Clause."
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Alex Kirk scored 11 of his 12 points in the second half and No. 18 New Mexico overcame a sluggish start to beat Valparaiso 65-52 on Saturday night.
Chad Adams also scored 12 for the Lobos (10-0).
Ryan Broekhoff had 24 points for the Crusaders (6-3), but none of his teammates managed to score more than seven.
The Lobos forced a season-high 23 turnovers, and turned them into 22 points.
After a lackluster first half during which both teams struggled to score, New Mexico grabbed control right out of the locker room.
Kevin Van Wijk scored the first basket of the second half to get Valparaiso within two, but the Lobos responded with a 12-3 run. Tony Snell had a layup and a 3-pointer during the key stretch.
New Mexico enjoyed a big advantage at the foul line, making 20 of 31 compared to 8 for 13 for the Crusaders.
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Williams, one of the team's leaders, had six assists and three of New Mexico's nine steals.
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The interior is just as dynamic and elegant as the exterior. Precisely contoured AMG sports seats covered with nappa leather snugly fit the body like a made-to- measure suit and ensure optimum lateral support. The AMG instrument cluster in the cockpit displays all the key information at a glance. The AMG DRIVE UNIT with the AMG DYNAMIC SELECT Controller gives you a choice of five drive programs including the RACE START function. And by the time you grip the AMG performance steering wheel with aluminium shift paddles there can be no doubt: the Mercedes-AMG SL 63 is made for you.
The Mercedes-AMG SL 63 is a true phenomenon. Power and determination are written all over its face. This impression is underlined by the bonnet shaped by distinctive powerdomes, the headlamp housings extending far outwards and the radiator's twist with a twin louvre in silver chrome. Another eye-catching feature is the powerful style of the front apron with its A-wing in high-gloss black and large air intakes. Along with the rear apron with its large diffuser and side air outlets the hallmark AMG pert spoiler lip forms the perfect conclusion. One step on the accelerator and the rich AMG 8-cylinder sound rings out from the AMG sports exhaust system with chromed twin tailpipe trims. As unambiguous as you are.
The Mercedes-AMG SL 65 impresses with its expressive appearance and superb performance. Characteristic: the high-gloss chrome appliqué sections on the radiator grille, the front splitter, the flics on the cooling air intakes, the fins and trim on the side skirts plus the trim strip on the rear apron. Beavering away beneath the long bonnet is an AMG 6.0-litre V12 biturbo engine, which in combination with the AMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS 7G-TRONIC offers extraordinary performance in conjunction with the comfort of an automatic torque converter and the speed of a sports transmission. The result: extraordinary driving dynamics, thrilling acceleration and refined running with the rich V12 sound so characteristic of AMG.
The Mercedes-AMG SL 65 displays the hallmark attributes of a top athlete. Precisely sculpted surfaces, side skirts with inserts in high-gloss chrome, enlarged air outlets in the front wings with "V12 BITURBO" lettering and a striking tail end with a large diffuser, an AMG sports exhaust system and chromed twin tailpipe trims in a AMG V12 design. A car made for people who know what they want.
Every detail of the Mercedes-AMG SL 65 radiates stylish aesthetics and sporty function. Sports seats covered in nappa leather and featuring the AMG-specific diamond design with the embossed AMG emblem, AIRSCARF and climatised seats ensure optimum lateral support. The AMG performance steering wheel with silver-coloured aluminium shift paddles and the AMG instrument cluster with its AMG main menu including RACETIMER and a 360 km/h scale promise maximum sportiness. Music to your ears: the Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG high-end surround sound system. Attention- grabber: the ceramically high-gloss-polished AMG 10-spoke forged wheels. So why look any further? You have arrived.
At work in the Mercedes-AMG SL 63 is an AMG V8 biturbo engine manufactured according to the AMG philosophy "One Man – One Engine" and boasting 5.5 litres of displacement while combining high-tech components such as direct petrol injection with piezo injectors including a fully variable injection pressure of 100–200 bar. In a plentiful torque curve up to 900 Nm are available between 2250–3750 rpm. The maximum output is 430 kW (585 hp). The Mercedes-AMG SL 63 accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds. The Mercedes-AMG SL 65 is driven by an AMG 6.0-litre V12 biturbo engine and boasts superior performance, generating 463 kW (630 hp) and 1000 Nm from 2300–4300 rpm.
Excellent deceleration values are achieved by the optional AMG ceramic high-performance compound braking system with perforated and internally ventilated brake discs featuring "AMG Carbon Ceramic" lettering on the bronze-coloured brake callipers. It possesses a higher degree of hardness and has approximately 40 percent less weight. Even under maximum stress, such as use on the race track, the braking performance remains constantly high.


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Mayor's Office
The City Public Works and Utilities Department will celebrate Public Works Week with "Crew at the Zoo" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6 through 10 at the entrance to the Lincoln Children's Zoo. The free week-long event will feature some of the department's big equipment, displays, fun activities, interesting information and handouts. Those attending also will receive a coupon for $1 off Zoo admission or a train ride.
"Crew at the Zoo is a fun and exciting way for families to learn more about Public Works and Utilities and the services we provide to the community day in and day out," said Director Greg MacLean. "Public Works and Utilities is the largest department in City government and has the most direct effect on people's lives. From 'first brush to last flush and everything in between,' every man woman and child in Lincoln depends on Public Works. Whenever you take a drink of Nebraska's best tasting water, recycle newspapers, walk on a sidewalk, drive across town, ride a StarTran bus, flush your toilet or wonder how our City grows, remember it's Public Works who makes sure everything works... safely and every time."
Each day of the week has a theme:
To learn more about Public Works and Utilities, visit the website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: public works).


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STUDIO - The recorders with the warm and pleasant sound
A good choice for beginners and for ensemble playing
The sound of the studio recorders is warm and combines well with other recorders.
- The soprano recorders have a true sound, are unproblematic and easy to use and are especially suitable for the treble part in the ensemble or as a recorder to start with.
- The alto recorders have an extra rich and clear tone.
- The tenor recorders have a dark sound and are comfortable to hold thanks to the close arrangement of the finger holes.
- The angled tenor is specifically suitable for small players.
The STUDIO models are manufactured using local types of wood.