The Congress launched on Wednesday 25th July with a opening speech from John Swinney – Deputy First Minister for Scotland. There were also plenary sessions from Roy McConkey and Elaine Scougal. Watch the opening ceremony and keynote speaker here.
Prof. Roy McConkey – Social Inclusion: An Impossible Dream?
Roy presents on the four key steps that are needed to promote social inclusion.
The presence of disability in a family members causes changes in family roles as well as in their dynamics.
A look at how visual supports can be used for children with Down's syndrome to appeal to their learning style and help them to understand boundaries.
The Valuable network is a effective example of work based vocational training and job inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
This presentation looks at the awareness of people with Down's syndrome about their condition and discussed research into this topic undertaken by University of Glasgow.
Hear more about how a community-based clinic for adults with Down's syndrome supports their physical and mental health.
Researchers have reported that individuals with Down's syndrome may have difficulty with perspective taking and understanding other people's motives and feelings. Baksi shares her research on this and explores strategies that help people with Down's syndrome navigate these interactions.
Three presentations on how the role of arts can contribute to the lives of people with and without a disability.
This presentations looks at the specific difficulties in speech production that children with Down's syndrome often present and reports on new strategies that can be employed to support speech production.
K. R. Chandramouli is 35 years old, he doesn't let his disability stop him get where he wants to go in life.
Learn more about how an Independent Life and Career Programme was established and developed.
Samuel is a professional model and a self-advocate.
This symposium will talk about how Talking Mats grew from research into practice and is now being used worldwide.
A look at how abstract thinking develops in children with Down's syndrome.
Four aspects of supported employment will be discussed as well as looking at the history of this programme in Turkey.
This study aims to determine teachers' experiences of improving Fine Motor Skills of children with Down's syndrome.
Hear from Heidi about her experiences with Independent living.
Hear from Phillip about his life experiences.
This presentation outlines the results of a Cochrane systematic review of the evidence for parent training.
This study explores the experiences of adults with Down's syndrome and their caregivers during health care visits.
The purpose of this study was to examine how family factors influence the adaptation in families of individuals with Down's syndrome.
This presentation looks at the reason for the rift between many parents and members of the medical and educational profession when it comes to looking after a child who has Down's syndrome and suggests possible solutions.
Miss Eileen Dunne – Who am I?
A presentation about the photographic exhibition 'Who am I'.
The inclusion of students with intellectual disability in university environments has become a topic of growing concern in recent years. This presentation discusses the perception of students who have participated in inclusive higher education degrees.
A topic which literature pays little attention to but with adults with Down's syndrome living longer needs to be considered in more depth.
Hear about how adults with Down's syndrome can be given the practical skills to manage their own money.
This presentation studies the effects of Graphogame on phonological processing skills and decoding ability in children with Down's syndrome.
Hear about Down's Syndrome Association approach to supporting families and people with dual diagnosis and/or complex needs.
This presentation looks at the importance of increasing levels of physical activity for adults with a Learning Disability and how to provide an appropriate and include exercise class.
This presentation explores the benefits of engaging children and young people with Down's syndrome in charitable and recycling projects.
This presentation talks about the new tool used in Ibero-America to improve the detection and treatment of pathological that are most frequently associated with Down's syndrome.
A wider understanding of the Down's Syndrome Associations work in supporting young people with Down's syndrome successfully through the process of puberty and adolescence.
This workshop explores the role of Vision Champion Training and explains the practical application of this training.
Hear about the work of this unique research group from the University of Cambridge.
Hear about the research from University of Queensland and how it has progressed since 1978.
This presentation evaluated the quality of Down's syndrome specific health care initiatives.
Exclusion and lack of quality education for children with intellectual impairment is a major concern in South Africa, this presentation explores ways in which teachers can be supported.


The plockstat utility gathers and displays user-level locking statistics. By default, plockstat monitors all lock contention events, gathers frequency and timing data about those events, and displays the data in decreasing frequency order, so that the most common events appear first.
plockstat gathers data until the specified command completes or the process specified with the -p option completes.
plockstat relies on DTrace to instrument a running process or a command it invokes to trace events of interest. This imposes a small but measurable performance overhead on the processes being observed. Users must have the dtrace_proc privilege and have permission to observe a particular process with plockstat. Refer to the Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide for more information about DTrace security features.
Watch all lock events. This option is equivalent to -CH.
Exit after the number of seconds specified have elapsed.
Display only the specified number of entries for each output category.
Record a stack trace rather than just the calling function.
Specify a process ID from which plockstat is to gather data.
Print out a message to indicate that tracing has started.
Enable or modify a DTrace runtime option or D compiler option. The list of options is found in the Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide. Boolean options are enabled by specifying their name. Options with values are set by separating the option name and value with an equals sign (=).
Print the Dtrace commands used to gather the data. The output can then be used directly with the dtrace(1M) command.
A string to be passed as an argument to command.
The name of a utility to be invoked.
A process identifier for a process to be monitored.
Duration specified as a positive integer number of seconds.
The command-line syntax is Evolving. The human-readable output is Unstable.


If you ask the aunties and uncles living on Anahola Road, they will tell you they didn't get hit by last April's flood as bad as people living near the Anahola bridge or the North Shore.
The Garden Island Newspaper delivers real value every day; e-Edition is included!
A visitor's guide to the sights, sounds and tastes of Kauai.


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Powiązania (ang. All Tied Up) - film komediowy z 1993 roku, produkcji amerykańsko-hiszpańskiej.

Treść
Młody dziennikarz, Brian, cieszy się dużym powodzeniem u kobiet. Pragnie jednak się ustatkować i ożenić z ukochaną  Lindą. Trudno mu jednak zrezygnować z przelotnych romansów. Przyłapany na gorącym uczynku obiecuje poprawę, jednak Linda postanawia go ukarać z pomocą współlokatorek.  Brian zostaje związany, uwięziony w ich domu i poddany "kuracji odwykowej".

Główne role
Zach Galligan - Brian Hartley
Teri Hatcher - Linda Alissio
Lara Harris - Kim Roach
Tracy Griffith - Sharon Stevens
Abel Folk - Max
Edward Blatchford - Detektyw Frank Steinham
Olivia Brown - Tara
Rachel Sweet - J.J.
Melora Walters - Bliss
Viviane Vives -  Carmen

Linki zewnętrzne
  na filmweb

Hiszpańskie filmy komediowe
Amerykańskie filmy komediowe
Hiszpańskie filmy z 1993 roku
Amerykańskie filmy z 1993 roku
Filmy kręcone w Los Angeles

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Chaplin paa Rulleskøjter er en amerikansk stumfilm fra 1916 af Charles Chaplin.

Medvirkende
 Charles Chaplin
 Edna Purviance
 James T. Kelley
 Eric Campbell som Mr. Stout
 Henry Bergman som Mrs. Stout

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Stumfilm fra USA
Amerikanske film fra 1916


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Q: What is multiset equivalent in snowflake I have to convert one Oracle syntax to snowflake.
Which is like "table(cast(multiset(select level from dual connect by level <= length(regexp_replace('ABC-EFG-E','[^;]+')) +1 as sys.odciNumberList)) levels"
Could someone please help me with this conversion.

A: um, I would say either seqX or generator, depending on what you really need:
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/seq1.html
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/generator.html
please note that seqX results are not guaranteed to be sequential and to get real sequence you'll need to apply row_number()
as far as random strings go it's not gonna be too extensive, you can get:
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/randstr.html
but that's about it I'm afraid...

A: Post the Equivalent in snowflake , how you have acheived and kindly post the query in snowflake ..so that it will be useful for others

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The museums Aiming to Revive Lebanon's Reputation as a Thriving Arts Hub
BY: INDIA STOUGHTON
Lebanon has long held the status of being the cultural hub of the Arab world, known for its dozens of annual arts festivals and vibrant gallery scene. Yet in recent years, due in part to economic woes, political turbulence and a dearth of state funding in the arts, it has struggled to keep up with the growth of the regional scene, particularly in the UAE, where state-funded museums affiliated with world-class institutions, such as Louvre Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, are attracting visitors from all over the world.
Change is in the air, however. The recent opening, re-opening or refurbishment of several museums in Beirut, coupled with plans for four art and archaeological museums set to open in the next five years signals a new phase in Lebanon's cultural development.
National Museum of Beirut
With significant excavations spanning the length and breadth of the country, Lebanon's archaeological richness is one of its major tourist attractions. Small museums at sites including Baalbek and Byblos are complemented by the National Museum of Beirut, which houses a large collection of priceless artefacts from across the country, dating from prehistory to the end of the Ottoman Empire.
In October 2016, the museum reopened its basement, which had been closed for more than 40 years, since the Lebanese civil war. Refurbished with a €1.2 million (Dh5.1m) grant from the Italian government, the basement is now the highlight of the museum, housing a display of funerary art that includes a human tooth dating back 250,000 years, unique 7,000-year-old Phoenician marble sarcophagi and 13th century mummies from the Qadisha Valley.
Plans are underway to open an expansion, which will house a cafe and space for temporary exhibitions and workshops. Like many projects in Lebanon, the expansion is a result of a fusion between state and private initiatives. It is spearheaded by a charity, the Lebanese Heritage Foundation, which is raising funds for the addition and will oversee its direction once it opens.
Beirut History Museum
This is another major archaeological museum due to open in the next five years in Downtown Beirut. It will be housed in a glass building designed by the Pritzker-prize winning Italian architect Renzo Piano. Construction was originally set to begin in 2014, but was delayed after an important archaeological find on the land earmarked for the museum, which is located in Martyr's Square, close to the ancient Phoenician settlement excavated in the late 1990s.
After three years of excavations, construction finally began this month. Minister of Culture Ghattas Khoury estimates that it will take three years, meaning the museum is likely to open in 2022, barring further delays.
Like the National Museum, it will display artefacts from archaeological sites across the country, but the role of the new museum is to tell "the history of Beirut across the centuries".
Piano's building will be surrounded by an "archaeological garden" that includes the excavated Phoenician port area. "It is glass so that it doesn't close the view from Martyr's Square to the Petit Serail, down to the sea," says Khoury. Renderings from Piano's office show a glass structure rising three stories up and descending four stories below the earth, with a viewing platform allowing visitors to gaze out over the excavations, set amid a paved pedestrian area.
The project is estimated to cost $70 million (Dh257m), excluding the value of the land. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has donated $35m and a further $35m has been pledged by controversial Lebanese joint-stock company Solidere, responsible for the renovation of Downtown Beirut after the civil war.
Sidon Archaeological Museum
In addition to this ambitious project, a second archaeological museum is under construction in Sidon, south of Beirut, encompassing an urban site that archaeologist Claude Serhal has been excavating for 20 years. The excavations, which have uncovered traces of civilisations from the third millennium BC to the Crusader period, will be part of the display at the new museum. It will feature a two-storey exhibition space displaying the most important finds from the excavation, built atop the 1,600-square-metre site, through which visitors will be able to walk on raised platforms.
The intention is to craft a journey through time, starting at the end of the fourth millennium BC and finishing in the Crusader period. Videos shot during the dig will reveal where significant finds were made and how they were excavated. As well as valuable objects, such as statues and jewellery, the museum will display objects that provide insight into the daily lives of the city's ancient inhabitants, including calcified textiles from the second millennium BC and wheat and barley from 2,500BC.
The bones of animals found on site, including bears and hippopotamuses, reveal the hunting practises of people in the third millennium BC. "I'm trying to give it another dimension. You want to see what people ate, what they believed in," Serhal says. "They get a sense of daily life and the cult and ritual … These sorts of stories are why I think it's a completely different kind of museum, because we have 20 years of excavations there and we are telling a story."
Construction was started several years ago but stalled after a shortfall in funding. An initial donation of $5m from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development was recently supplemented with funding from the Ministry of Culture, which has allowed construction to resume. "We have now put in $2m from the ministry budget," says Khoury. "We'll put another $2m next year so maybe we can finish it."
Beit Beirut
In addition to the growth of the archaeological museum sector, two new private museum initiatives are set to augment Beirut's art infrastructure in the coming years. They will join the Sursock Museum and Beit Beirut to provide a comprehensive set of art museums, each with its own mandate and focus.
Opened in September last year after a decade-long wait, Beit Beirut is located in a beautiful old mansion that was expropriated by the municipality in 2003 and renovated with more than $18m of public funds. Like the National Museum, it is situated on the former Green Line that divided East and West Beirut during the civil war and was used as a sniper's nest during the conflict.
Beit Beirut was designed to be a museum of memory, a cultural centre and urban observatory dedicated to exploring the history and architecture of the city over the past century. Unfortunately, it has been marred by a series of controversies and delays. Temporary exhibitions have seen it open to the public sporadically since September last year, but it is currently operating more as an exhibition space than as a museum, with no director, no public programme and no permanent collection.
Nevertheless, it is one of the city's most striking and unusual venues. The silent stories told by the scarred walls – combined with its state-of-the-art facilities and spacious exhibition spaces on the second and third floor – mean it has the potential to become Lebanon's most important cultural institution.
Sursock Museum
An example of the kind of leadership that Beit Beirut needs can be found in the rebirth of the Sursock Museum, which opened in October 2015, after extensive renovations that took seven years and cost roughly $15m. Since then, annual footfall has averaged 65,000 visitors, says the museum's director Zeina Arida, making it one of Lebanon's most visited cultural venues. Housed in an Ottoman mansion built in 1912 and donated to the city by its owner in 1952, the museum has a permanent collection of several hundred works by Lebanese and Arab artists, displayed on the upper two stories. The past two years have seen the acquisition of 264 new works, increasing the total collection by 35 percent. A busy programme of temporary exhibitions, tours, talks and workshops keeps visitors returning regularly.
The museum receives a percentage of the cost of all work permits issued within Beirut, making it a hybrid between a public and a private institution. As Lebanon's only state-funded museum, it has a crucial role to play in appealing to a wide audience. "As someone who has been working in the non-profit sector for 25 years, I've always thought a lot about the importance of complementing each other, rather than competing," explains Arida. "What defines a museum today is understanding the cultural and social environment and being able to reflect on it. Otherwise you are just walls with artworks inside … what's also important is to continuously attract audiences, so you have to be a very active institution."
Beirut Museum of Art
The Beirut Museum of Art. Courtesy Beirut Museum of Art
Her words find echo in those of Rita Nammour, president of the Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL), a non-profit NGO. Founded in 2008, it has been working since 2015 to establishing a major new venue called the Beirut Museum of Art (BMA).
BMA will showcase modern and contemporary art and already has a pool of over 3000 works that will form the basis of the permanent collection, most from the private collection of the Ministry of Culture, which will be placed in their care. It will also hold temporary exhibitions by local, regional and international artists.
"Museums today are not only guardians of a collection," says Nammour. "Of course, keeping and showing the collection is very important, but the other part is that art can heal and challenge and it's by delivering an extensive series of programmes, inside and outside the walls, that we are hoping to generate widespread engagement and interest."
BMA's public programme of community outreach has already begun. Several artists' residencies in locations across Lebanon are contributing to a much-needed drive to decentralise the art scene and link institutions in Beirut with the rest of the country. APEAL has also collaborated with the Ministry of Education to launch art programmes in schools across Lebanon.
Nammour is confident that BMA will fill a niche in the existing art infrastructure in Lebanon. "It will complement what already exists in the city," she says. "We want all communities in Lebanon to come and feel that it's a space for them. The vision for the museum will continue to evolve in tandem with the society in which it sits, so it will have a style that will constantly be under review and formation."
Lebanese architect Hala Warde, who also worked on the Louvre Abu Dhabi, won a competition to design the building, which will include an amphitheatre, a multipurpose event space and a three-storey exhibition space topped with a dramatic 124-metre tower, set amid a landscaped garden. The tower will be divided into a dozen 12-metre cubes, housing a library and artists' residencies and space for temporary exhibitions, workshops and classes.
The museum will be located on a plot of land donated by Saint Joseph University, situated between the National Museum and Beit Beirut. Construction is set to begin at the end of 2018 and is estimated to cost in the region of $40 million. In the absence of any delays, the museum will be ready to open by 2022, says Nammour.
Beirut Arab Art Museum
A second private art museum is set to open in Beirut in 2020, in a purpose-built facility funded by the Dalloul family to house their extensive private collection, which includes more than 4,000 modern and contemporary works by Arab, African and Iranian artists. As well as showcasing the permanent collection, the Beirut Arab Art Museum will hold temporary exhibitions organised via exchange programmes in collaboration with international institutions.
"Education will be at the core of the Dalloul Art Foundation museum's programmes," says Basel Dalloul, the foundation's managing director. "We will definitely be engaging our greater community with workshops, artists' talks and cultural programmes. We also plan on reaching a global audience through the use of technology, which will include robust social media and VR programmes."
With four new museums set to open by 2022 – barring delays – Lebanon's cultural scene is about to experience a boom that will help cement its status as a regional arts hub. Despite shortages of funding and state support, these institutions play to its strengths and are likely to attract significant local and international interest.
Faraj Abyad- Enta Omri and the Golden Age of Arabic Music

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The Bronx Steps Up is an urban design health initiative that takes the people of the Bronx to their streets and empowers them to live an active life while improving the stairs in their neighborhood.
In this initiative, the public staircases and their individual steps are the building blocks of the program. Located over a vast area, the Steps offer a unique opportunity to the inhabitants of the Borough. The Steps are an accessible and free outdoor resources that can become a source of urban pride.
Through a mobile app, TBSU intends to track the number of steps participants climb. This information will be used to both incentivize people to healthy physical activity and raise funds to renovate the Steps.
Through this multi-pronged approach, TBSU will allow the borough to embrace its uniqueness and put its best foot forward. By linking Health improvement and Urban Design Renovations through The Steps, TBSU will create a cycle of hope and pride for the Bronx.


Several residents and faculty members participated in a medical mission trip known as Project SHOUT (Surgical Humanitarian Outreach from UT) to Arcahaie, Haiti, where they donated medical supplies and completed several medical procedures including hernia repairs, lipoma removal, and delivery of babies. Anesthesiology Resident David Dahl, MD, a founding member of Humanitarian Health International (HHI), the trip's sponsoring organization in partnership with One Vision International, led the team of medical staff from specialties including Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacy, Nursing and more. UT Graduate School of Medicine physicians also included faculty Patrick McConville, MD, Reagan Bollig, MD, and Audrey Barry, MD, and residents Meredith Fields, MD, Ron Benton Pitkanen, MD, and Christopher Schrock, MD. HHI was established in 2012 to provide life-changing surgical care to underserved areas of the world.
While the primary goal of HHI is to provide simple surgeries with a high life impact and relatively brief recovery time, staff also strive to share education and donated medical equipment with host communities. Project SHOUT is part of the research by Dr. Dahl and Dr. McConville investigating benefits realized by a hospital that sponsors international outreach. Learn more about HHI and Project SHOUT on the HHI Facebook page or HumanitarianHealth.org.


Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes, but Amokachi obviously wasn't a fan of that saying. Daniel Amokachi spent only two seasons at Everton and was hardly prolific in either of them, but when it comes to achieving cult hero status, sometimes all it takes is one game.
Because when Paul Rideout went down injured with 20 minutes to go in Leeds, the Nigerian took matters into his own hands. He'd scored only once in 12 Premier League games up to that point, but on a wild afternoon at Elland Road he wrote himself into Everton folklore.
Picture this, a player while benched instructing the referee to give him a substitution without the coach's authorization and like magic in his boots, goes ahead to score two of the winning goals for the team.Wild innit?!
Everton were leading Tottenham 2-1 in the semi-final, when Amokachi decided to substitute himself on, much to the indignation of his coach. Despite the gamble, the striker scored twice within ten minutes and his risky move was a roaring success.
#OnThisDay in 1995: Daniel Amokachi (@FrenzziiiBull) scored twice as #EFC beat Spurs 4-1 in the FA Cup semi-final. The Nigerian famously subbed himself on against the manager's wishes, whilst Paul Rideout was injured.
Tottenham were then wiped out from that point onwards, with Everton going on to claim a 4-1 win over Spurs.
To top it all off, The 'Toffees' then met Manchester United in the final, and clinched the FA Cup title with a 1-0 victory at Wembley Stadium. If this isn't a lesson on courage and determination, i don't know what is. It is however good that it worked out well for Amokachi who didn't get to know what his coach was capable of if he hadn't redeemed his insubordination.
"The best substitution I never made," was how Royle described Amokachi's glorious cameo.
Marsabit Residents lauded for serving dirty water to leaders.


Crisis Communication Observations from an Incomplete Mission.
As a NASA spokeswoman, Beth had the difficult task of communicating the tragic Columbia Space Shuttle disaster to the public. During her work in the newsroom that moment, and from the many moments, days and weeks to follow, she captured her observations and shares them with you in this moving and emotional program. You will experience Beth's unique perspective of how the event was communicated, and what lessons were learned from this setback.


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Harry Coyle (b. 1941)
Track 1: The circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Harry Coyle in Dublin during the week of the Rising in 1916 are described by his grandson, who also explains that, at that time, his grandmother was heavily pregnant with her son, Harry, the interviewee's father. The background to the Coyle family, who were slaters in Dublin, is explained. Track 2: Thomas Coyle, the interviewee's granduncle, was seriously injured while stationed at City Hall during the Rising. An iconic postcard, showing Thomas Coyle in his hospital bed in the Infirmary at Dublin Castle, is displayed and discussed. Thomas was later interned in Frongoch Camp in North Wales. Track 3: Harry Coyle describes his grandmother, originally from Hanover Street in Dublin, and a staunch republican. The close friendship between the O'Rahilly and the Coyle families, following the death of Harry Coyle while trying to assist the dying O'Rahilly at the end of Easter Week, is described. The roll, which contained drafts of the 1916 Proclamation, discovered by the interviewee's father, Harry Coyle, in the Coyle home in later years, is discussed. Tracks 4-5: Contains a discussion on the thesis written by the interviewee's son on the experiences of his great-grandfather during the week of the Rising, and excerpts are read from contemporaneous newspaper articles kept by the interviewee's grandmother. Her decision to decline the offer to have her husband's remains re-interred in the Republican Plot in Glasnevin Cemetery is also discussed. Track 6: The interviewee's grandmother's second marriage, to Joshua Coughlan, who had fought with the British army in WWI, is recalled.
Harry Coyle (b. 1941) quantity
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The 1916 Rising Oral History Collections
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Coyle, Harry (Interviewee's grandfather)
Cathal Brugha (b. 1949)
Michael Collins (b. 1925)
Kevin Barry (b. 1941)
John Beazley (b. 1966)


'Adelina Patti' is in the Camellia Register but the red form is not. It does look like a red form of the white margined 'Adelina Patti'.
'Coccinea' (2E-005) is now dead (July 2018) having been strimmed at the base.
'Eric Baker' is wrong. The name was given to the unregistered 'Trewithen White', with a double or anemone form flower.
'Himeotome Red' is presumably a red form of the Japanese 'Hime-otome'. It appears to be unregistered.
'Minnie Maddern Fiske' and 'Red Dandy' are both American raised varieties. 'Minnie Maddern Fiske' is described as uniform rose pink, which raises doubts about these plants.
'Red Cardinal' is described as "deep pinkish red" whereas these are blood red.
'Ruby Creek' is an unregistered variety raised by Nick Creek.
'Sylvia' is probably 'Sylva', not having enough petals to be 'Sylvia', which is in any case of Italian origin.


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CMM Welcomes Yale Pollack As a Partner; Will Lead Labor & Employment Team
In a reflection of strength and growth even during a year of unprecedented challenges, Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP, a premier law firm with offices across Long Island, is delighted to welcome Yale Pollack, Esq., as a Partner. He will lead the firm's expanded Labor and Employment practice group, a go-to resource for employers and employees alike seeking effective, solution-focused guidance on all aspects of employment law. The firm he founded, Law Offices of Yale Pollack, P.C., merged into CMM effective January 1, 2021.
Pollack has over 15 years of experience counseling both employers and employees on a wide range of employment-related matters, giving him a valuable multidimensional perspective that he brings to CMM. His work includes representing employees and defending employers in administrative disputes before the U.S. Department of Labor, the N.Y.S. Department of Labor, the EEOC, and other agencies. He also represents employees and employers in all types of litigation in state and federal court including workplace discrimination, wrongful termination, breach of contract, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, and more. His practice also includes drafting and negotiating employment-related agreements.
Prior to starting his firm, Pollack worked for a prominent Long Island firm and then a national law firm, developing both a passion for litigation and extensive experience in civil disputes. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Touro Law Center.
"We're happy to welcome Yale to CMM," said CMM Managing Partner Joe Campolo. "His incredible depth of experience will be a major asset to our growing Labor & Employment practice, ensuring that CMM can provide critical workplace guidance to clients as they continue to navigate their way through the pandemic and beyond."
"I'm thrilled to join CMM," Pollack said. "Becoming part of a firm with the resources to grow my practice, better serve clients, and collaborate with colleagues is an incredible opportunity."


The Lowell Park Community Garden is a 60 plot (20' x 15') garden located on the south side of Lowell Park at the intersection of S. Page St. and Milwaukee St. The plots are worked up in the spring as soon as the ground is ready. Our goal is to be open by April 15. There is a small shelter on-site with restrooms. Water and hoses are provided.


Ken Evers-Hood is the pastor of Tualatin Presbyterian Church in Tualatin, Oregon, outside of Portland. He earned his Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry at Duke Divinity School.
Series: What can behavioral economics teach us about theology?
Ken Evers-Hood: Are you playing games at church?
Ken Evers-Hood: How could games be part of church?
Ken Evers-Hood: What does game theory teach us about theological reflection?
Ken Evers-Hood: Are our heuristics and biases sin?
Ken Evers-Hood: What are you living for that's bigger than you?


The Advocate General to the European Court of Justice has just issued an opinion on whether or not travelling to and from work may count as working time for certain staff. The Spanish company Tyco Integrated Security SL has a number of employees who do not work from an office or other fixed location, but travel each day to carry out work for different customers in their company vans. Like many employers who operate on this basis, Tyco has not been treating the first trip each day from home to the customer, nor the last trip back home, as working time. In other words, employees have only been paid each day from the time that they arrive at the first customer until the time that they depart from the last. Given that there is sometimes a significant journey involved in getting to or from customers, this has substantial implications for workers' wages.
Advocate General Bot suggests that, for 'peripatetic workers' of this type, travelling is an integral part of the work and necessary for the customers to receive the relevant services, meaning that it should be treated as working time. He notes that time is either resting time, or working time, with no intermediate category. On this basis, the relevant travelling time must fall into the "work" category. This opinion is not binding, but the AG's view is usually followed by the Court. Judgment is expected later this year, but there will be many UK employers who may have to be prepared for a very different and potentially costlier approach when defining working time for staff who travel each day to customer sites.


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How old was Anson Mount in the movie All the Boys Love Mandy Lane?
Anson Mount was 32 in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane when he played the character 'Garth'.
Today he is 49, and has starred in 34 movies in total, 21 of those since All the Boys Love Mandy Lane was released.
In All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, I think Anson Mount looks:
Director Jonathan Levine has worked with Anson Mount just once in his career.
Anson Mount's first movie was as 'Ian' in Window Shopping, released in 1997 when he was 22
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane scores 5.54 out of 10 on TMDB.
The cast of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
Anson Mount's other movies
Mr. Right
Straw Dogs


Court user experience can be heavy sometimes due to the entangled nature of court use cases and structures. This past week, our course participants took that challenge and conducted research in the field with court employees, and end users. When they were preparing to present their findings, we asked them to think them as highlight reels of a motion picture.
The discussion during the presentations was rich, teams realized the interconnectedness of their design briefs, and why they should be collaborating more in the upcoming weeks. Teams did an excellent job highlighting the detailed issues in their selected scopes. Moreover, they identified some overarching challenges such as courts' fairness principle, technology bottlenecks regarding vendors, and the importance of feedback loops. What also fascinated me was the medium of some of the presentations. Using enactment and blueprinting/mapping were two creative reporting methods that helped the audience to visualize the insights and the context.
I would like to share two of these creative reels ~research reportings from the session.
First one was from the team who picked the prior-to court design brief. Team decided to present their early research findings through enactment. They enacted three different personas, including all-in techie, all-offline persona, and a tech-friendly but busy persona. Choosing enactment as reporting research helped us the audience to grasp the personas and their daily lives more clearly.
The team who picked the inside the court experience presented their findings using a blueprint of the building on the whiteboard. Each member then presented their experience when they tried to use the service ( walk-in-the mile method) and referred to the blueprint when they were presenting their findings. Again, the medium of presentation made the research more lively than a dry powerpoint presentation.


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Octave, właśc. Octavian Teodorescu (ur. 29 stycznia 1963 w Bukareszcie) – rumuński muzyk, gitarzysta, kompozytor i producent muzyczny.

Dyskografia

Albumy
 1992 - The Secret Of Pyramids (27 sierpnia) LP Vinyl Electrecord Label ST-EDE 04168
 1993 - At The Gates Of Love (3 grudnia) LP Vinyl Electrecord Label EDE 04287
 1994 - Sweet Freedom (15 września) LP Vinyl Electrecord Label EDE 04324
 1995 - Octave Trilogy (24 marca) 2CD Electrecord Label ELCD 153
 1996 - They Used To Call Him The Dreamer (20 listopada) Electrecord Label EDC 200
 1999 - The Only One (unfinished - 2 tracks available on the hybrid CD-ROM) Electrecord Label CD-ROM-OCT

Single
 1993 - There Is One More Step To Climb (16 września) Vinyl Electrecord EDC 10803(extract from the LP: At The Gates Of Love)

CD-ROMy
 1999 - www.octave.ro Free Music Online (15 kwietnia) Electrecord Label CD-ROM-OCT

Linki zewnętrzne
 Octave Webpage 2000
 Octave Albums Channel YT
 Octave Channel YT

Gitarzyści
Ludzie urodzeni w Bukareszcie
Multiinstrumentaliści
Rumuńscy instrumentaliści
Rumuńscy kompozytorzy
Rumuńscy producenci muzyczni
Rumuńscy twórcy i wykonawcy muzyki elektronicznej
Urodzeni w 1963


AMResorts' parent company, Apple Leisure Group, has entered into a strategic alliance with Spain's Grupo Inversor Hesperia to operate four Hesperia resorts, beginning in 2019. The move follows Hesperia's break with NH, and it gives AMResorts the opportunity to expand into Europe.
Currently, AMResorts encompasses seven brands in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Its portfolio includes 55 resorts and 21,000 rooms, plus another 10,000 in development, across the Breathless, Dreams, Now, Reflect, Sunscape Resorts & Spas, and Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts brands.
The four Hesperia island resorts will be rebranded next year and are scheduled to debut as follows: Secrets Mallorca Villamil Resort & Spa, in March 2019; Secrets Lanzarote Resort & Spa, in the Canary Islands, in May 2019; Amigo Fuerteventura Resort (currently the Hesperia Bristol Playa) in the Canary Islands, in May 2019; and Dreams Lanzarote Resort & Spa, in November 2019. All of the properties will offer several models of F&B, all-inclusive among them.
As part of the deal, Grupo Inversor Hesperia will invest nearly US$23 million in renovations to adhere to AMResorts' brand standards.
"The clients and partners that work with our resort brands have been asking, for a long time now, to develop our product in the Mediterranean," said Javier Coll, executive vice president and chief strategy officer with Apple Leisure Group. "We are proud to take such an important step, side-by-side with the entire Hesperia team, and, also, to do so with such iconic assets as the four hotels with which we are marking our entry in this new region."
Apple Leisure Group now has offices in Spain's Palma de Mallorca as part of the deal, and seeks to expand further in the region.
Grupo Inversor Hesperia has 28 hotels in its portfolio in a variety of urban and leisure destinations throughout Spain.


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Sandra in the 1990's
ThinkWell, Holly Dodd, Homeschooling, New House
The 1990s were a mostly-happy blur of people. In 1991 Holly Lynn Dodd was born, the last of my three children, and the pinkest. She's blonde and girlie and things haven't been the same. *More Holly*
I had a wonderful few years doing ThinkWell, meeting wise and funny people, and then the SCA started to deterioriate and go broke and get sued, and although I got to play Mighty Mouse on stage, back stage things were awful and I fell with a wounded soul.
By the end of the decade I was nearly back to optimism-speed. By the end of the decade I had a group of SCA students who were making my life a joy, too.
Meanwhile, back at the house, our unschooling was so successful I came to be an advisor, idea-getter and comfort station for unschoolers all over the place. Some weeks we'd have thirty extra people over to talk about homeschooling and to meet other unschooling families, or we'd meet at a park with other families.
Every month or two I had a column published in Enchanted Families or Home Education Magazine or occasionally other homeschooling magazines or newsletters. I started speaking at conferences.
In April 1997, Keith was sent by Honeywell to work in Minneapolis for six months. By the end of the decade he still wasn't home. Home had changed from the Princess Jeanne house to 2905 Tahiti Court NE, a happily funky, rambling 70's-show near Juan Tabo and Candelaria [or as Marty and Holly say, "Between Tahiti and Hollywood (Video)"]. The kids had their own rooms, we had a fireplace, room for guests, but we needed Keith to come home!
We got a new dog, with an old name: Gudrun (She's in that photo with Marty, who's her boy.)
If you're going backwards, you still have the 1950's or 1960's or 1970's or 1980's . Thank you for your interest in 199-ti (a drink with jam and bread...) which will bring us back to DOH ! OH WAIT! More years came after 1999! Oh OH
You can send me e-mail me if you want to. [email protected]


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La Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) è la federazione sportiva internazionale, riconosciuta dal CIO, che governa lo sport del tiro alla fune.

Voci correlate
Comitato olimpico internazionale (CIO)
Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF)
International World Games Association (IWGA)
SportAccord (GAISF)
Tiro alla fune ai Giochi olimpici

Collegamenti esterni

Federazioni internazionali riconosciute dal CIO
Tiro alla fune


Ullmann coupling is the most common approach to form surface-confined one- and two-dimensional conjugated structures from haloaryl derivatives. The dimensions of the formed nanostructures can be controlled by the number and location of halogens within the molecular precursors. Our study illustrates that the type of halogen plays an essential role in the design, orientation, and extent of the surface-confined organometallic and polymeric nanostructures. We performed a comparative analysis of five 1,4-dihalobenzene molecules containing chlorine, bromine, and iodine on Cu(110) using scanning tunneling microscopy, fast-X-ray photoelectron and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopies. Our experimental data identify different molecular structures, reaction temperatures and kinetics depending on the halogen type. Climbing image nudged elastic band simulations further clarify these observations by providing distinct diffusion paths for each halogen species. We show that in addition to the structure of the building blocks, the halogen type has a direct influence on the morphology of surface-confined polymeric structures based on Ullmann coupling.


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CU TRaIL
Website of the Thermochronology Research and Instrumentation Laboratory at the University of Colorado – Boulder
Meet the Bouquet!
Analytical Facilities
CU TRaIL Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Boulder Information
(U-Th)/He Information
BECKY TALKING GEOLOGY ON GEOLOGY BITES!
Becky was a recent guest on the geology podcast Geology Bites talking about geology, thermochronology, and some of the fascinating things she and her research group are doing. Check out this link for the full episode!
https://www.geologybites.com/becky-flowers
HELLO FROM SANTA FE!
TRaIL students and staff past and present are in Santa Fe for Thermo2021. Hello from the bouquet!
CU TRaILers (past and present, L to R) Peter Martin (current postdoc), Jim Metcalf (lab manager), Spencer Zeigler (Ph.D. student), Barra Peak (Ph.D. student), Jess Stanley (Ph.D. 2015), Becky Flowers (head honcho), Alexis Ault (Ph.D. 2012), and Jacky Baughman (Ph.D. 2018).
CONGRATULATIONS TO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BAUGHMAN AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AULT!
Jaclyn Baughman (Ph.D. 2018) – Now an Assistant Professor at Humboldt State University
Alexis Ault (Ph.D. 2012) – Now Assistant Professor at Utah State University.
Congratulations to TRaIL alumnae Jaclyn Baughman (Ph.D. 2018) on her new position as an assistant professor at Humboldt State University, and Alexis Ault (Ph.D. 2012) on her promotion to Associate Professor at Utah State University. TRaILblazers indeed!
WELCOME ELLEN ALEXANDER!
Dr. Ellen Alexander, postdoc in the TRaIL
Welcome Dr. Ellen Alexander to the TRaIL! Ellen is a specialist in crustal evolution, and specifically in using mineralogy and microanalytical geochemical techniques to understand tectonic processes. Ellen will be working in the lab to help us develop our laser ablation ICP-MS techniques and capabilities.
TRAIL RECEIVES MORE NSF FUNDING
Congratulations to PI Becky Flowers and Co-PI Jim Metcalf on getting their NSF Instrumentation and Facilities Supplement "Implementing customized EarthCube-Funded Sparrow products in the CU TRaIL" funded this year. These funds will help design and implement Sparrow, a laboratory data handling framework, in the TRaIL. This work is in conjunction with the Sparrow group, headquartered at UW Madison, and will involve Postdoc Peter Martin, as well as Becky and Jim.
NEW TRAIL ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT!
The TRaIL is expanding! This past year we oversaw the delivery and installation of both a KLA Zeta20 optical profiler and an ESI NWR193 Excimer Laser. Stay tuned to our lab facilities page for updates!
TRAIL MEETING ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR
TRaIL scientists have been presenting their work at both national and international meetings. Here are recent (and upcoming) meeting abstracts featuring TRaIL science!
Abbott, L.D., R.M Flowers, J. Metcalf, C. Hiett, R. Kelleher, H. Camm, M. Ramba, N. McCorkel, and E. Riccio, 2021, The Gothic Dome: Kilometer-scale Miocene Exhumation in Colorado's Elk and West Elk Mountains, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Fernandez, S., S. Kainz, A. Olsson, L.D. Abbott, J.R. Metcalf, and R.M. Flowers, 2021, A (U-Th)/He Thermochronologic Investigation of Exhumation on the Great Plains of Southeastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Flowers, R.M., Zeitler, P.K., Danišík, M., Reiners, P.W., Gautheron, C., Ketcham, R.A., Metcalf, J.R., Stockli, D.F., Enkelmann, E., Brown, R.W., 2021, Reporting in (U-Th)/He Geo- and Thermochronology: International Thermochronology Meeting, Santa Fe.
Kainz, S., L.D. Abbott, R.M. Flowers, and J.R. Metcalf, 2021, Effect of rock strength on exhumation and the thermochronologic record: The south-central Colorado example. EGU General Assembly paper EGU21-13071.
Martin, P.E., J.R. Metcalf, and R.M. Flowers, (2021) "Monte Carlo Analysis of (U-Th)/He Uncertainties and Intra-sample Variability". 17th International Conference on Thermochronology. Abstract ID 791077
Martin, P.E., J.R. Metcalf, and R.M. Flowers, (2021) "Evaluating (U-Th-Sm)/He Data Variability of the Durango Apatite Standard Using a Monte Carlo Error Modeling Approach". International Conference on Thermochronology Virtual Series. Session 7
Peak, B.A.., R.M. Flowers, and F.A. Macdonald (2021) "Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology used to constrain the evolution of the Great Unconformity erosion surface in the southeastern Superior Craton". International Conference on Thermochronology. Santa Fe, NM, USA
Zeigler, S. D., James R. Metcalf, Flowers, R. M., & Coulombe, J. C. (2021). "Quantifying Uncertainty and Correcting for Systematic Error on Alpha-Ejection and eU in Apatite (U-Th)/He Chronology Based on Realistic Grain Sizes and Shapes". International Conference on Thermochronology.
CU TRAIL SCIENCE MAKING HEADLINES!
Recent work by CU TRaIL Ph.D. student Barra Peak and PI Professor Becky Flowers using (U-Th)/He thermochronology to better understand the nature of the Great Unconformity in The Grand Canyon is making headlines. Here are links to the original Geology paper, as well as some mainstream press coverage of their exciting work. Great job Barra and Becky!
Read the original research paper here!
Peak, B.A., Flowers, R.M., Macdonald, F.A., and Cottle, J.M., 2021, Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology reveals pre-Great Unconformity paleotopography in the Grand Canyon region, USA: Geology, doi:10.1130/g49116.1.
Check out some of the press coverage on Forbes, Science Daily, Vice, Live Science, The Daily Mail, and the Denver Fox affiliate, KDVR.
TRAIL PUBLICATIONS!
TRaIL continues to publish their science, check out these recent papers to see what we've been up to!
Sturrock, C.P., Flowers, R.M., and Macdonald, F.A., 2021, The late Great Unconformity of the central Canadian Shield: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009567.
Stanley, J.R., Braun, J., Baby, G., Guillocheau, F., Robin, C., Flowers, R.M., Brown, R., Wildman, M., Beucher, R., 2021, Constraining plateau uplift in southern Africa by combining thermochronology, sediment flux, topography, and landscape evolution modeling: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021243, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021243.
ANOTHER ULTRAMARATHONING THERMOCHRONOLOGIST UPDATE!
Congratulations to TRaIL PI Professor Rebecca Flowers for finishing the Leadville Trail 100 run this past weekend, an exceptionally difficult race that occurs all above 9000 feet, includes over 15,000 feet of elevation gain, and requires multiple crossings of Hope Pass at 12,532′. Becky's superb support team included current TRaIL postdoc Peter Martin, who paced her for the last 23 miles. Nice work!
CU TRaIL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
In keeping with University of Colorado COVID-19 protocol, the CU TRaIL facilities can once again host visitors if you are vaccinated and can stay masked while using the lab. Please contact us if you are interested in visiting the lab or using our sample preparation facilities!
CONGRATULATIONS DR. STURROCK!
CU TRaIL member Colin Sturrock successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled, "Linking the tectonic, hypsometric and geodynamic history of the central and southern Canadian shield using (U-Th)/He thermochronology and global convection modeling" on January 8, 2021. Congratulations Dr. Sturrock!
RECENT WORK FROM THE CU TRAIL
CU TRaIL scientists have had a busy year publishing and presenting their work. Here's our references for the past academic year!
Cooperdock, E.H.G., Chen, C.Y., Guevara, V.E., and Metcalf, J.R., 2021, Counteracting Systemic Bias in the Lab, Field, and Classroom: AGU Advances, v. 2, doi:10.1029/2020av000353.
McDannell, K.T. and Flowers, R.M., 2020, Vestiges of the ancient: Deep-time noble gas thermochronology: Elements issue "Noble gas thermochronology", v. 16 (5), p. 325-330, doi: 10.2138/gselements.16.5.325.
Metcalf, J.R. and Flowers, R.M., 2021, (U-Th)/He Chronology, Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd Edition, p. 66-75, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12385-1.
McGrew, A., and Metcalf, J.R., (2020) A Revised Cooling and Extensional Exhumation History for the Harrison Pass Pluton, Southern Ruby Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex, Elko County, Nevada, Geological Society of Nevada Symposium, Sparks, NV.
McGrew, A. and Metcalf, J.R. (2021) Episodic Late Eocene to recent extension in the vicinity of the Ruby Mountains and East humboldt Range, Elko County, NV, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 53, No. 4, 2021 doi: 10.1130/abs/2021CD-363293
Peak, B.A., Flowers, R.M., Macdonald, F.A., Cottle, J.M., (2021), Thermochronology of the Great Unconformity, presented at the Grand Canyon Field Forum, 9-19 Apr.
Peak, B.A., Flowers, R.M., Macdonald, F.A. (2020), Paleotopography Tied to Late Breakup of Rodinia in the Grand Canyon Region, Abstract 224-2 presented at 2020 GSA Connects Online, 26-30 Oct.
Sturrock, C., Mao, W., Zhong, S., & Flowers, R. M. (2020) Testing Global Plate Motion Models using Dynamic Topography and Cratonic Vertical Motions Inferred from Thermochronology. AGU, Abstract DI014-06.
Sturrock, C., Flowers, R. M., & Macdonald, F. A. (2020) The late Great Unconformity of the Central Canadian Shield. GSA Abstracts, 52(6), No. 173-6
WELCOME TO THE BOUQUET SPENCER ZEIGLER, NEW PhD STUDENT AND NSF GRF RECIPIENT!
Welcome Spencer Zeigler (back) to the TRaIL! After graduating from CU Spencer worked in the TRaIL using nano-CT to better understand uncertainties in the alpha-ejection correction we apply to apatites. Spencer then won a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and we are thrilled to announce has decided to stay at CU and persue a Ph.D. in the TRaIL. Welcome Spencer!
WELCOME TO THE BOUQUET PETER MARTIN, NEW POSTDOC IN THE TRaIL!
Dr. Peter Martin (Postdoc)
Welcome Peter Martin to the TRaIL! Peter completed his Ph.D. at CalTech focusing on Martian geochemistry, and is now at CU working on the exhumation and uplift of New Guinea.
ULTRAMARATHONING THERMOCHRONOLOGIST UPDATE REDUX
Congratulations to Becky Flowers on successfully completing the Bear 100 Endurance Run this weekend, which included over 22,000 feet of climbing over its 100 mile course – that's higher than Denali! TRaIL alum and current USU professor Alexis Ault joined Becky as a pacer for part of the race for a TRaIL mini-reunion!
Becky and her support crew (including TRaIL OG Alexis Ault in the Arizona sweatshirt) after finishing the Bear 100 Endurance Run.
CONGRATULATIONS SABRINA KAINZ AND LANE DAIGLE ON AWARDS AND THESES!
Congratulations to CU Undergrads Sabrina Kainz and Lane Daigle for their excellent work in the TRaIL. Lane successfully defended his undergraduate honors thesis in the Spring of 2020 based on work he did with former CU postdoc and current Iowa State professor Ben Johnson on samples from the Pilbara Craton in Australia. Lane presented much of this work at the 2019 GSA meeting in Phoenix, and we are thrilled to announce he has decided to continue to help push TRaIL research along this year by helping the group with sample preparation.
Sabrina is a current CU undergraduate who was awarded a CU UROP grant this summer (Undergradaute Research Opportunities) to help her ongoing research with Lon Abbott on the history of uplift and exhumation of the Spanish Peaks. Sabrina is currently processing samples and preparing to collect (U-Th)/He data.
2020 ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR THE TRaIL
TRaIL scientists continue to present their work at national and international meetings, including GSA and AGU. This year we count 7 talks and posters being presented by TRaIL scientists.
ULTRAMARATHONING THERMOCHRONOLOGIST UPDATE
Congratulations to Becky Flowers on successfully completing the Squaw Peak 50 Mile Ultramarathon this past weekend! This race is considered the 4th hardest 50-miler in the U.S., and includes over 9000 feet of elevation gain! Nice work Becky!
CU TRAIL MAKING HEADLINES!
WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 2020
Recent work from the TRaIL using thermochronology to better understand the nature of the Great Unconformity by Becky Flowers and M.Sc. student Rachel Havranek was recently featured on national news websites. Below are links to the original CU press release, a write up on CNN, and the original paper.
CNN write-up featuring a picture of and quotes from Becky.
Original Scientific Article with Becky as lead author and Rachel Havranek as a co-author.
NEW LASER ABLATION LAB COMING TO THE TRAIL
The TRaIL is now preparing for a lab renovation to accommodate multiple new analytical instruments funded by a recent NSF grant to PI Flowers and co-PI Metcalf (see below). The new equipment will include a 193 nm Excimer Laser Ablation system, optical profiler, and new, custom designed He measurement line to facilitate in situ (U-Th)/He dating and U, Th, He, and other elemental mapping of geologic materials. Check back for updates on this exciting new phase in the scientific capabilities of the TRaIL!
NEW GRANTS TO THE TRAIL
TRaIL personnel had multiple proposals funded in 2019. These will allow us to bring in significant analytical equipment upgrades and continue to do exceptional science!
NSF Instrumentation & Facilities, EAR-1920648, "Acquisition of a 193 nm excimer laser-ablation system, hardware for a custom quadrupole He system, and an optical profiler for in situ (U-Th)/He and U-Pb geo- and thermochronology at the University of Colorado Boulder", Lead PI R. Flowers
(co-PI: J. Metcalf), $499,562 to CU, 9/1/19-2/28/22.
NSF Petrology & Geochemistry, Geophysics, EAR-1844182, "Deciphering lithospheric and deeper mantle contributions to the surface history of the North American Arctic from the unique mantle to surface record of kimberlites", Lead PI R. Flowers (co-PI: S. Zhong), $388,842 to CU, 7/1/19-6/30/22.
NASA Solar System Workings, "Collaborative Proposal: Building a Global Record of Lunar Magmatism and Impact Processes: A Consortium Study of Apollo Regolith Apatite," co-PI R. Flowers (lead PI: C. Crow; co-PIs: J. Boyce, M. Brounce, R. Economos, B. Schoene), $192,651 to Flowers, 1/1/20-12/31/23.
NSF Frontier Research in Earth Sciences, EAR-1925489, "Collaborative Proposal: Do arc-continent collisions in the tropics set the Earth's climate state?", co-PI R. Flowers (lead PI: F. Macdonald; co-PIs: J. Chiang, O. Jagoutz, L. Lisiecki, N. Swanson-Hysell), $279,152 to CU, 8/1/19-7/31/23.
SPRING 2020 TRaIL PUBLICATION UPDATE
Check out the new science being published by TRaIL scientists:
Baughman, J.S., and Flowers, R.M., 2020, Mesoproterozoic burial of the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa during Rodinia supercontinent assembly from (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 531, p. 115930, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115930.
Stanley, J.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2020, Mesozoic denudation history of the lower Orange River and eastward migration of erosion across the southern African Plateau: Lithosphere,, p. 1–14, doi: 10.1130/L1121.1.
Robinson, K.H., Flowers, R.M., and Metcalf, J.R., 2019, Rutile (U‐Th)/He Thermochronology: Temperature Sensitivity and Radiation Damage Effects: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 20, p. 4737–4755, doi: 10.1029/2019GC008484.
Duvall, A.R., Harbert, S.A., Upton, P., Tucker, G., Flowers, R.M., and Collett, C., 2020, River patterns reveal landscape evolution at the edge of subduction, Marlborough Fault System, New Zealand: Earth Surface Dynamics, v. 8, p. 177-194, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-177-2020.
SPRING 2020 TRaIL LAB PERSONNEL NEWS UPDATE
The TRaIL has been busy this year, so let's catch up on some of the personnel news!
Welcome Barra Peak and Morgan Baker to the TRaIL! Barra is a new Ph.D. student and Morgan is a new M.Sc. student working with Becky. Welcome to the bouquet!
Congratulations to TRaIL undergraduate student /researcher/ new graduate student Spencer Zeigler for winning the Geochronology Division's Best Student Poster award at the 2019 GSA National Meeting in Phoenix for her presentation Estimating uncertainties on alpha-ejection corrections and eU values relevant for the apatite (U-Th)/He method.
Congratulations to TRaIL undergraduates Carlton Mueller and Nicole Gonzalez for successfully defending their honors theses. They worked with Jim on thermochronology of the Ruby Mountains – East Humboldt Range – Wood Hills Metamorphic Core complex in NE Nevada.
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN THE CU TRAIL IN LASER ABLATION ICP-MS
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Postdoctoral Associate position in Laser-Ablation ICP-MS, University of Colorado Boulder, Thermochronology Research and Instrumentation Lab (CU TRaIL). The CU TRaIL welcomes applications for a Postdoctoral Associate with expertise in laser-ablation ICP-MS methods. The postdoctoral scientist will take the lead on establishing standard analytical protocols and data reduction procedures for spot analyses and spatial mapping of U-Th, U-Pb dates, and trace elements in a range of materials using a new ESI excimer NWR193UC laser ablation system coupled with our Agilent 7900 quadrupole ICP-MS. Active participation in or the development of new research projects will be encouraged. The position is fully supported for one year, with the possibility of continuation with the acquisition of sufficient funds. Applicants should have a PhD in geosciences, chemistry, or related field by the time of appointment. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
The CU TRaIL is a fully equipped (U-Th)/He lab (https://cutrail.org). The laser is funded by a new NSF award that will enable us to develop laser-ablation (U-Th)/He dating in our lab, in addition to implementing LA-ICP-MS methods. Interested candidates can contact Dr. Rebecca Flowers (rebecca.flowers@colorado.edu) for additional information. To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, statement of technical and research interests, and contact information for three referees.
For more information and to apply please go to: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=24068&emailCampaignId=168
Review of applications will begin immediately with a desired start date in early fall 2020. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
NEW PAPER PUBLISHED IN TECTONICS
The CU TRaIL is involved in a new paper published by former M.Sc. student Camille Collett at University of Washington. This work was supported by NSF Tectonics grant EAR-1321735 to lead-PI Alison Duvall (UW), Becky Flowers, and Greg Tucker (CU).
Collett, C., Duvall, A.R., Flowers, R.M., Tucker, G.E., and Upton, P., 2019, The timing and style of oblique deformation within New Zealand's Kaikoura Ranges and Marlborough Fault system from low-temperature thermochronology: Tectonics, 38, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018TC005268.
CONGRATULATIONS KATHY ROBINSON, M.Sc. 2019!
WEDNESDAY APRIL 17, 2019
Becky introduces Kathy Robinson (M.Sc. 2019) at the CU graduation ceremony.
Congratulations to CU TRaIL'er Katherine Robinson for successfully defending her M.Sc. thesis, Rutile (U-Th)/He Thermochronology on April 8th, 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS CARLTON MUELLER!
From left to right, Undergraduate TRaIL'ers Nicole Gonzalez and Carlton Mueller, Jim, and TRaIL M.Sc. graduate Kathy Robinson at the May 1 RMAG awards luncheon.
Congratulations to CU TRaIL undergraduate Carlton Mueller who is graduating this spring. Carlton successfully defended his honors thesis on April 8th, 2019, and has been awarded a 2019 Neal J. Harr Memorial Outstanding Student Award from the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists.
CONGRATULATIONS FORMER UNDERGRAD COLEMAN HIETT FOR RECEIVING AN NSF GRF!
TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2019
Congratulations to former CU TRaIL undergraduate Coleman Hiett (class of 2017) who has been awarded a prestigious NSF graduate research fellowship that will support his Ph.D. studies at USU. Coleman is the second former CU TRaIL undergraduate to receive this award, the other being Ryan Stoner (class of 2016) who is a Ph.D. student at UCSB.
UROP AWARDS TO CU TRAIL UNDERGRADUATES!
MONDAY APRIL 15, 2019
Congratulations Nicole Gonzalez, Carlton Mueller, and Lane Daigle for receiving awards from the CU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program! Nicole and Carlton are working with Jim Metcalf on the uplift and exhumation of the Ruby Mountains – East Humboldt Range – Wood Hills metamorphic core complex in NE Nevada, and Lane Daigle is working with Ben Johnson and Becky Flowers on apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology of the Pilbara craton.
NEW FUNDED GRANTS IN 2018 FOR THE CU TRAIL
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2019
NSF EAR-1759200, Tectonics, Petrology & Geochemistry, EarthScope. "Collaborative Research: AGeS2 (Awards for Geochronology Student research) Program: Democratizing access to geochronology and promoting interdisciplinary science" PI Flowers with co-PIs Ramon Arrowsmith (ASU) and Vicki McConnell (GSA) (see program here).
NSF EAR-1759200, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology, "Collaborative Research: Did the formation of the Great Unconformity trigger oxygenation and the Cambrian explosion?" PI Flowers with co-PI Francis Macdonald (UCSB)
CU TRAIL RESESS INTERNS IN 2017 and 2018
The CU TRaIL has been thrilled to continue working with RESESS summer interns, see conference abstracts describing their research in earlier updates!
Haley May Snyder, summer 2018, with Colin Sturrock and Becky Flowers
Fatima Niazy, summer 2017, with Lon Abbott, Jim Metcalf, Becky Flowers
NEW CU TRAIL PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 2018
In 2018 CU TRaIL senior scientists, graduate students, and former undergraduate interns all published papers
Baughman, J.S.*, and Flowers, R.M., 2018, Deciphering a 2 Gyr-Long Thermal History From a Multichronometer (U-Th)/He Study of the Phalaborwa Carbonatite, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 218, p. 308–14, doi: 10.1029/2017GC007198.
Flowers, R.M., and Ehlers, T.A., 2018, Rock erodibility and the interpretation of low-temperature thermochronologic data: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 482, p. 312–323, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.018.
Flowers, R., Arrowsmith, R., McConnell, V., Metcalf, J., Rittenour, T., and Schoene, B., 2018, The AGeS2 (Awards for Geochronology Student research 2) Program: Supporting Community Geochronology Needs and Interdisciplinary Science: GSA Today, doi: 10.1130/GSATG392GW.1.
Kelly, N.M., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., and Mojzsis, S.J., 2018, Late accretion to the Moon recorded in zircon (U–Th)/He thermochronometry: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 482, p. 222–235, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.009.
Powell, J.W., Schneider, D.A., Desrochers, A., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., Gaidies, F., and Stockli, D.F., 2018, Low-temperature thermochronology of Anticosti Island_ A case study on the application of conodont (U-Th)/He thermochronology to carbonate basin analysis: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 96, p. 441–456, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.05.018.
Weisberg, W.R.**, Metcalf, J.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2018a, Distinguishing slow cooling versus multiphase cooling and heating in zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He datasets_ The case of the McClure Mountain syenite standard: Chemical Geology, v. 485, p. 1–0, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.03.038.
Weisberg, W.R.**, Metcalf, J.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2018b, Response to comment on "Distinguishing slow cooling versus multiphase cooling and heating in zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He datasets_ The case of the McClure Mountain syenite standard": Chemical Geology, v. 498, p. 153–156, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.07.033.
* CU TRaIL graduate student and superb young scientist
** RESESS undergraduate who worked in the CU TRaIL
CU TRAIL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS IN 2018
CU TRaIL science had a busy year at national and international conferences, here are the abstracts we presented in 2018!
Becky giving an invited talk at Thermo2018 in Quedlinburg, Germany
Abbott, L.D., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., Hiett, C.*, McCorkel, N.*, Schanock, E.*, and Gonzalez, N.*, 2018, Investigating a Bull's-Eye of Late Miocene Exhumation in Colorado's Elk and West Elk Mountains using (U-Th)/He Thermochronology, paper 156-12, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, ISSN 0016-7592
Baughman, J.S.**, and Flowers, R.M., 2018, Substantial Proterozoic Burial and Exhumation of the Kaapvaal Craton from (U-Th)/He Thermochronology and Implications for Cratonic Stability, Poster T33C-0423, 2018 American Geophysical Union National Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14.
Flowers, R.M., Baughman, J.S.**, Robinson, K.H.**, and Metcalf, J.R., 2018, Titanite and rutile (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Diffusion kinetics,radiation damage effects, and utility, Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, September 16-22.
Gombosi, D.J., Metcalf, J.R., and Flowers, R.M, 2018, Preliminary development of the pyrite (U-Th)/He chronometer, Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, September 16-22.
Harbert, S.A., Duvall, A.R., Flowers, R.M., Tucker, G.E., Upton, P., and O'Sullivan, P.O., 2018, Exhumation, Mountain Building, and Landscape Evolution across the Marlborough Fault System, South Island, New Zealand, paper 156-6, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, ISSN 0016-7592
McGrew, A.J., Rodgers, A., Metcalf, J.R., Meisner, C.B., and Webb, L.E., 2018, Tracking the Escalator Ride from Mid-Crustal Depths to the Surface: New Constraints on the Pace and Episodicity of Late Eocene to Miocene Exhumation from the Southern East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Elko County, Nevada, paper 237-12, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, ISSN 0016-7592
Metcalf, J.R., McGrew, A.J., and Bruno, C.B., 2018, Exhumation of a Metamorphic Core Complex: Apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He constraints on the timing and rate of cooling of the Ruby Mountains – East Humboldt – Wood Hills Metamorphic Core Complex, northeastern Nevada, Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, September 16-22.
Morriss, M.C., Schoettle-Greene, P., Duvall, A.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2018, Exhumation and Faulting in Hells Canyon, North America's Deepest Gorge, paper 172-6, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, ISSN 0016-7592
Samson, S.D., Bonich-Wissink, M., Flowers, R., Metcalf, J., and Fedo, C., 2018, Multichronometers of detrital accessory minerals – implications for provenance studies, Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2018 2218
Snyder, H.***, Sturrock, C.P.*, Flowers, R.M., and Metcalf, J.R., 2018, Cool Rocks: an Apatite (U-Th)/He Study of the Trans-Hudson Orogen's Phanerozoic Thermal History, Poster ED13E-0789, 2018 American Geophysical Union National Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 10-14.
Sturrock, C.P.**, Flowers, R.M., Kohn, B.P., and Metcalf, J.R., Deep-time (U-Th)/He thermochronology of ahe, AFT, and zhe datasets: a transect across the Archean Superior Province of the Canadian Shield, Presented at the 2018 International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, September 16-22.
** CU TRaIL undergraduate student and future geoscience star
*** RESESS undergraduate working in the CU TRaIL
Baughman, J.S.*, Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., and Dhansay, T., 2017, Influence of radiation damage on titanite He diffusion kinetics: Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 205, p. 50–64, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.049.
Johnson, J.E.*, Flowers, R.M., Baird, G.B., and Mahan, K.H., 2017, "Inverted" zircon and apatite (U–Th)/He dates from the Front Range, Colorado: High-damage zircon as a low-temperature (<50 °C) thermochronometer: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 466, p. 80–90, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.002.
Abbott, L.A., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., and Falkowski, S., 2017, The Pre-Rift Exhumation History along the Arkansas River Segment of Colorado's Rio Grande Rift, Geological Society of America, National meeting, Seattle, WA, October 2017.
Flowers, R.M., Baughman, J.S.*, Johnson, J.E.*, and Metcalf, J.R., 2017, The Exmapdning Temperature Sensitivity Range of (U-Th)/He Thermochronology from Improved Understanding of the "Big Three" (Apatite, Zircon, and Titanite): Approaches and Examples, Geological Society of America, National meeting, Seattle, WA, October 2017.
Glotzbach, C., Lang, K., Avdievitch, N., Flowers, R., Metcalf, J., and Ehlers, T., 2017, Correcting for Long-Alpha Stopping Distances in (U-Th)/He Dating, Abstract TS1.4/GM2.5 presented at the 2017 General Assembly, EGU, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 Apr.
Kelly, N.M., Marchi, S., Mojzsis, S.J., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., and Bottke, W.F., 2017, Constraining the Thermal Conditionals of Impact Environments through Integrated Low-Temperature Thermochronometry and Numerical Modeling, Abstract P54B-09 presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.
Kelly, N.M., Metcalf, J.R., Flowers, R.M, and Mojzsis, S.M., 2017, New Information from Old Lunar Zircon – Integrating U-Pb and (U-Th)/He Chronometry, Geological Society of America, National meeting, Seattle, WA, October 2017.
Niazy, F.**, Abbott, L.A., Metcalf, J.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2017, Exhumation History of Colorado's South Park Basin and its Potential Causes fro Coupling Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology with Constraints from Surface Geology, Geological Society of America, National meeting, Seattle, WA, October 2017.
Sturrock, C.P.*, Flowers, R.M., Zhong, S., Metcalf, J.R., and Kohn, B.P., 2017, Linking Craton Stability and Deep Earth Processes using Thermochronology; a Case Study in the Superior Provice of the Canadian Shield, Abstract T11D-07 presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec.
** RESESS undergraduate working in the CU TRaIL
CATCHING UP WITH LAB NEWS
A ton has happened in the last year, and we'll be updating this page soon with details. We've had Rachel Havranek successfully defend her M.Sc. thesis, Jaclyn Baughman defend her Ph.D. thesis, been involved with multiple publications and conference presentations, welcomed Kathy Robinson into the group, and installed a new ICP-MS! We will be expanding on these events soon, so check back in!
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WELCOME NEW TRAILERS COLIN STURROCK AND RACHEL HAVRANEK!
Welcome new CU TRaILers Colin Sturrock (BSc from UT-Austin) and Rachel Havranek (BSc from Pomona College)! Colin and Rachel are starting projects that will use (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Stay tuned to CU TRaIL news for their abstracts and papers (no pressure).
DAVID LIEFERT COMPLETES UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS
Congratulations to CU TRaIL Undergraduate David Liefert for successfully completing his honor's thesis entitled Constraints on the Timing of Exhumation in the Colorado Front Range using Apatite and Zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry. David did fantastic work with Becky Flowers and M.Sc. student Josh Johnson examining (U-Th)/He thermochronology in the Front Range.
Figure from David's honor's thesis. Note the apatites and landscape photos are at different scales.
JOSH JOHNSON (M.SC. 2015)
Congratulations to CU TRaIL graduate student Josh Johnson for successfully defending his M.Sc. thesis entitled "Inverted" zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He dates and interpretation of high-damage zircon from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Front Range, Colorado. After defending, Josh is spending some time doing geoscience outreach in a National Park before deciding what to do with his recently acquired thermochronology skills.
Newly minted CU TRaIL alum Josh Johnson (M.Sc., 2015) takes field notes in Big Thompson Canyon on a field trip with Becky and Kevin Mahan in preparation for a field season. Surprisingly, Josh earned his Master's degree despite not knowing how to make coffee.
ALEXIS AULT AND BECKY FLOWERS PUBLISH NEW PAPER IN EPSL
CU TRaIL super-alum Alexis Ault, along with co-authors Becky Flowers and Sam Bowring, recently published a new paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters detailing their work using thermochronology from cratons, in concert with geologic constraints, to investigate the long history of burial and unroofing experienced by these regions.
Ault, A.K., Flowers, R.M., and Bowring, S.A., 2015, Synchroneity of cratonic burial phases and gaps in the kimberlite record: Episodic magmatism or preservational bias?: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 410, p. 97-104.
A variety of models are used to explain an apparent episodicity in kimberlite emplacement. Implicit in these models is the assumption that the preserved kimberlite record is largely complete. However, some cratons now mostly devoid of Phanerozoic cover underwent substantial Phanerozoic burial and erosion episodes that should be considered when evaluating models for global kimberlite distributions. Here we show a broad temporal coincidence between regional burial phases inferred from thermochronology and gaps in the kimberlite record in the Slave craton, Superior craton, and cratonic western Australia. A similar pattern exists in the Kaapvaal craton, although its magmatic, deposition, and erosion history differs in key ways from the other localities. One explanation for these observations is that there is a common cause of cratonic subsidence and suppression of kimberlite magmatism. Another possibility is that some apparent gaps in kimberlite magmatism are preservational artifacts. Even if kimberlites occurred during cratonic burial phases, the largest uppermost portions of the pipes would have been subsequently eroded along with the sedimentary rocks into which they were emplaced. In this model, kimberlite magmatism was more continuous than the preserved record suggests, implying that evidence for episodicity in kimberlite genesis should be carefully evaluated in light of potential preservational bias effects. Either way, the correlation between burial and kimberlite gaps suggests that cratonic surface histories are important for understanding global kimberlite patterns.that cratonic surface histories are important for understanding global kimberlite patterns.
NEW STANLEY ET AL. PAPER IN G-CUBED
CU TRaIL Ph.D. candidate Jess Stanley, along with co-authors Becky Flowers and David Bell recently published her most recent work in G3, using (U-Th)/He thermochronology to understand patterns of erosion and topographic change across the southern African Plateau.
Stanley, J.R., Flowers, R.M., and Bell, D.R., 2015, Erosion patterns and mantle sources of topographic change across the southern African Plateau derived from the shallow and deep records of kimberlites, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. v. 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005969.
Flow in the sublithospheric mantle is increasingly invoked as a mechanism to explain both modern and past surface topography, but the importance of this phenomenon and its influence at different localities are debated. Southern Africa is an elevated continental shield proposed to represent dynamically supported topography. However, this region is also characterized by a complex lithospheric architecture variably affected by Cretaceous heating, thinning, and metasomatic alteration. We used apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry on 15 Cretaceous kimberlites from an ∼600 km long transect across the Kaapvaal Craton, combined with information from xenoliths in these pipes, to determine the plateau interior erosion history. The goal was to determine the relationships with lithospheric modification patterns and thereby better isolate the sublithospheric contribution to elevation. The results document a wave of erosion from west to east across the craton from ∼120 to <60 Ma, initially focused along paleorivers and then retreating as a scarp across the landscape. This spatially variable erosion event was associated with limited modification of the Archean cratonic lithospheric mantle as recorded by mantle xenoliths and xenocrysts, implying that dynamic buoyancy sources may be required to explain the elevations. In contrast, off-craton to the southwest, a more pronounced regional erosion phase at ∼110–90 Ma was coincident with significant modification of the Proterozoic lithospheric mantle. This relationship suggests that lithospheric processes were more important contributors to erosion and topographic change off-craton than on-craton. Together, these results suggest that lithospheric architecture can have an important control on the surface expression of mantle dynamics.
2015 WAS ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF TRAIL SCIENCE
CU TRaIL science was again well-represented at meetings across the country in 2015 with presentations by a whole range of TRaILers, from senior scientists to undergraduate interns. Check out the newest science, hot off the Alphachron!
Flowers, R.M., Arrowsmith, R., Metcalf, J.R., Rittenour, T., Schoene, B.S., Hole, J., Pavlis, T., Wagner, L., Whimeyer, S., and Williams, M.L., 2015, Geology, Geochronology, and EarthScope: The EarthScope AGeS program and a new idea for a 4D-Earth initiative: Invited, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015
Stanley, J.R. and Flowers, R.M., 2015, Dating kimberlite eruption and erosion phases using perovskite, zircon, and apatite (U-Th)/He geochronology to link cratonic lithosphere evolution and surface processes: Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015.
Collett, C., Duvall, A., Flowers, R.M., Tucker, G., 2015, Exhumation history of an oblique plate boundary: Investigating Kaikoura mountain-building within the Marlborough Fault System, NE South Island, New Zealand: Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015.
Lease, R., Haeussler, P., Metcalf, J., O'Sullivan, P.O., 2015, Accelerated erosion of high-latitude glaciated terrain in Alaska since 3-4 Ma: Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015.
Baughman, J.*, Flowers, R.M., Dhansay, T., Metcalf, J.R., Stoner, R.**, 2015, Influence of radiation damage on titanite (U-Th)/He dates from the Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa: National GSA meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2015.
Flowers, R.M., Baughman, J.S.*, Johnson, J.E.*, Landman, R.L.*, Stanley, J.R.*, Weisberg, W.R.**, and Metcalf, J.R., 2015, Expanding the temperature sensitivity range and applicability of the (U-Th)/He system: some examples: Invited, National GSA meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2015.
Scott, B.**, Metcalf, J.R., Flowers, R.M., Koenig, A., 2015, Exploring the role of apatite chemistry on apatite (U-Th)/He dates: National GSA meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2015.
Weisberg, W.R.**, Metcalf, J.R., Flowers, R.M., Donelick, R., 2015, Multi-mineral (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of the standard boulder and outcrops of the McClure Mountain Syenite, Wet Mountains, Colorado: National GSA meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2015.
Bonich, M.B., Samson, S.B., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J.R., and Fedo, C.M., 2015, Isotopic-thermochronologic characterization of apatite as a new proxy for provenance analysis: National GSA meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2015.
Flowers, R.M., Arrowsmith, R., Metcalf, J.R., Schoene, B.S., and Rittenour, T., 2015, The EarthScope AGeS program: A progress report: EarthScope National Meeting, Stowe, Vermont, June 2015.
Flowers, R.M., Ault, A.K.***, Zhong, S., and Bowring, S.A., 2015, Exploring relationships between kimberlite distributions, mantle dynamics, and the hypsometric history of the North American cratonic interior: Invited, Spring AGU/GAC-MAC Joint Assembly meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 2015.
Hardie, R., Schneider, D.A., Metcalf, J.R., and Flowers, R.M., 2015, Rift flank uplift and thermal evolution of an intracratonic rift basin (eastern Canada) determined by combined apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology: Spring AGU/GAC-MAC Joint Assembly meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 2015.
Powell, J., Schneider, D., Flowers, R.M., Metcalf, J., and Stockli, D., 2015, A Viable Thermochronometer for Carbonate-Dominated basins? Results of Conodont (U-Th)/He Thermochronology of Anticosti Basin, Eastern Canada: Spring AGU/GAC-MAC Joint Assembly meeting, Montreal, Canada, May, 2015.
Johnson, J.E.*, Flowers, R.M., Liefert, D.L..**, 2015, Understanding our spectacular mountain landscapes: A helium thermochronology study in Rocky Mountain National Park: Rocky Mountain National Park Research Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, March 2015.
Marokane, M., Tappe, S., Baughman, J.*, Flowers, R.M., Smart, K.A., Joy, S., 2015, (U-Th)/He thermochronology of Dharwar craton kimberlites, Peninsular India: Toward a better understanding of coupled deep Earth-surface processes: Igneous Metamorphic Petrology Study Group Annual meeting, Pretoria, South Africa, January 2015.
Kelly, N.M., Mojzsis, S.J., Flowers, R.M., and Metcalf, J.R., 2015, Impact history of the inner solar system from (U-Th)/He geochronology of lunar and meteoritic zircon: Early Life Science Institute meeting, Tokyo, Japan, January 2015.
*CU TRaIL graduate student and superb young scientist
*** CU TRaIL alum and current fancy Geoscience Professor
**** This would be very spicy, but delicious, Thai food at Urban Thai
WEISBERG WINS AAPG MILITARY VETERAN SCHOLARSHIP
2014 CU TRaIL RESESS intern Wesley Weisberg has been awarded an AAPG Military Veteran Scholarship, recognizing both his military service and his scholarship. Nice work Wes!
Wes and RESESS director Aisha Morris trying their darnedest to be intimidating.
Undergraduate RESESS intern Wesley Weisberg, who worked in the TRaIL facility during the summer of 2014, has just been awarded a GSA Rocky Mountain Section Undergraduate Research Grant. These funds will be used so that Wesley can continue his work on the project and visit the TRaIL this spring. Wes's project focuses on using (U-Th)/He thermochronology to understand the evolution of the Wet Mountains in Colorado. Congratulations Wes!
Wesley Weisberg (left) and RESESS director Aisha Morris (right) sampling syenite in the norther Wet Mountains during the summer of 2014. Actually, Wes did all of the work while lab manager Jim Metcalf sat around taking pictures and Aisha soaked up the sun.
BUSY YEAR FOR CU TRAIL SCIENCE
2014 has been a busy year for CU TRaIL science. Becky, Jim, and all of the students have presented their research at multiple meetings. See for yourself, CU TRaIL people are bolded.
Baughman, J., Flowers, R.M., and Dhansay, T., 2014, Stability of the Kaapvaal craton from titanite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and the strong influence of radiation damage on this underutilized thermochronometer: Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2014.
Johnson, J.E., Flowers, R.M., Mahan, K.H., Baird, G.B., Metcalf, J.R. 2014, Repeated intracontinental tectonism in the Colorado Front Range: Filling critical gaps in thermal histories with titanite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology: National GSA meeting, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.
Johnson, J.E., Liefert, D.L., Flowers, R.M., 2014, Understanding our spectacular mountain landscapes: A helium thermochronology study in Rocky Mountain National Park: National GSA meeting, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.
Landman, R.L., Rosenau, N.A., and Flowers, R.M., 2014, Constraining thermal histories in marine carbonates and black shales: A pilot conodont (U-Th)/He thermochronometry study in the Illinois basin: AAPG, Houston, TX, April 2014.
Landman, R.L., Flowers, R.M., Rosenau, N., Metcalf, J., and Powell, J., 2014,
Constraining thermal histories in carbonates and marine shales: exploring the conodont AHe thermochronometer: Thermo2014, 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, September 2014.
*Stanley, J.R., Flowers, R.M., and Bell, D.A., 2014, (U-Th)/He dating of apatite and zircon constrains erosion patterns and emplacement ages of kimberlites across the Kaapvaal Craton: Thermo2014, 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, September 2014.
Weisberg, W.R., Metcalf, J.R., Flowers, R.M., 2014, Thermochronology of the McClure Mountain Syenite: Characterization of new He thermochronometers and constraints on the cooling history of the Wet Mountains, Colorado: National GSA meeting, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.
**Weisberg, W.R., Metcalf, J.R., Flowers, R.M., 2014, Thermochronology of the McClure Mountain Syenite: Characterization of new He thermochronometers and constraints on the cooling history of the Wet Mountains, Colorado: Association of Missouri Geologists annual, meeting, September 2014.
Metcalf, J.R., Kohn, B.P., Flowers, R.M., Osadetz, K.G., Gleadow, A.J.W., 2014, Inverted apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track dates from the Southern Canadian Shield: Evaluating the internal consistency of apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology datasets: Thermo2014, 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, September 2014.
Flowers, R.M., Landman, R.L., and Rosenau, N., 2014, Potential of conodont (U-Th)/He thermochronometry to resolve shallow crustal thermal histories in carbonates and shales: Invited Speaker, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2014. Session: Between a cold outcrop and a hot place: Validation of clumped isotopes and other novel geochemical proxies to shallow crustal geothermometry
Flowers, R.M. and Farley, K.A., 2014, Grand Canyon, models, and the interpretation of thermochronology data: Invited speaker,Thermo2014, 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, September 2014.
* Jess Stanley won the award for the best student poster presentation for the first half of the meeting with this research.
** Wesley Weisberg won the award for the best student poster with this research.
2013 saw two thermochronology short courses led by CU TRaIL personnel. In August, Becky Flowers and Jess Stanley led a 2-day course in Port Elizabeth, South Africa for African students and post-docs as part of the Africa Earth Observatory Network (AEON).
In October, Becky Flowers and Jim Metcalf led a one-day course on He thermochronology in conjunction with the 2013 GSA national meeting. In addition to talks by Becky and Jim highlighting the fundamentals of He thermochronology, the course also included a HeFTy tutorial, lab tour, and 3 invited talks by thermochronology specialists Professor Todd Ehlers (Universität Tübingen), Dr. Joe Colgan (USGS), and Dr. Desmond Patterson (ASI – UT Austin). The course was held in the Benson Earth Sciences Building at CU-Boulder, allowing participants to visit the CU TRaIL lab and see the facilities.
Both of the short courses were fantastic, and included a wide range of participants. We hope to lead more of these in the future, and have been encouraged by the feedback of the participants.
Wondering what is happening in the lab? We'll try to keep this page updated with lab-related news. Check back!
Individual apatite crystals from a granite in eastern China, ready for packing