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Orogenesis in the Blue Mountains Province (BMP) of NE Oregon involved the accretion of various tectonostratigraphic terranes in concert with syn-tectonic magmatism. Timescales of deformation, metamorphism and magmatism in this region of the Cordillera are poorly constrained, hindering detailed understanding of the timing of tectonic events and the magmatic and metamorphic processes accompanying them. The Mountain Home Metamorphic Complex (MHMC) is a sequence of medium-grade metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks that borders the Wallowa and Baker terranes of the BMP. The MHMC is intruded by two groups of plutons distinguished based on their respective presence and absence of crystal-plastic deformational textures. This study utilizes U-Pb zircon dating on both crystal-plastically deformed and undeformed pluton suites to bracket the timing of metamorphism and deformation in the MHMC. The whole rock geochemistry of the MHMC was compared to the adjacent Baker and Wallowa terranes to assists in determining the relationship between these terranes and the MHMC. In addition, the petrogenesis of plutonic and metamorphic rocks in the MHMC is determined by Lu-Hf isotopic ratios of zircons. Two distinct plutonic suites are present in the MHMC: 1) deformed hornblende (±clinopyroxene) gabbro, hornblende tonalite and trondhjemite (Group 1), and 2) undeformed biotite-hornblende tonalite, biotite-hornblende quartz diorite, and hornblende gabbronorite (Group 2). 206Pb/238U zircon ages for Group 1 plutons range from 159.46 ± 0.67 to 149.5 ± 1.6 Ma; whereas Group 2 plutons yield ages ranging from 149.4 ± 2.1 Ma to 145.66 ± 0.50 Ma. These ages bracket deformation to between 149.5 to 149.4 Ma, which contrasts with the timing of previously documented tectonic events in the BMP. Epsilon Hf values in the MHMC range from +16.3 to +10.2 in Group 1 plutons and +13.8 to +4.2 in Group 2 plutons. These values exclude correlation between the MHMC and the Baker terrane, but not the Wallowa terrane. On a large scale, the MHMC is metamorphosed to amphibolite facies, a significantly higher grade than any other regional scale metamorphism in the BMP. The timing of deformation constrained in this study does not correspond with any of the previously proposed deformational models for the BMP. The geographically closest known deformational event that corresponds with the timing of deformation in the MHMC is the 150 ±1 Ma Nevadan Orogeny of the Klamath Mountains. The unique timescale of deformation and higher grade metamorphism imply that the MHMC does not belong to the Baker or Wallowa terranes, but may be a new terrane in the BMP.

Een oorlogsfotograaf komt gewond terug uit Koerdistan en moet eerst de dood van een vriend en collega verwerken voor hij aan zijn herstel kan gaan werken.

This study explored daily variability of employee engagement. The study used daily measures of hindrance demands, challenge demands and employee engagement to examine the relationship between these constructs as well as for their influence on outcomes of job satisfaction, productivity and safety for workgroup members. Additionally, we explored high involvement management as an antecedent of employee engagement. The main area of interest was evaluating the influence of within-team trust as a potential modifier of the relationship between employee engagement and job satisfaction, safety, and productivity. Preliminary analysis revealed there were days when a statistically significant conditional indirect effect was found in the relationship between employee engagement and job satisfaction when within-team trust was incorporated as a modifier in the model. This influence was observed on Day 1 for the indirect path of hindrance demands through employee engagement to job satisfaction and on both Day 3 and Day 4 for the indirect path of high involvement management through employee engagement to job satisfaction. This implies the potential role of within-team trust as a modifier of an employee''s level of engagement on employee perception measures such as job satisfaction. Final data collection and analysis is currently underway.

It is a time of great Endarkenment; The year, 1066.The man rode up to Harald''s camp. He had no sword. His horse, a dappled palfrey, gray and white, was meant for pretty riding in the countryside, not war. It had no barding, and this man wore naught for armor, nor had he the colors of the kingdom which he served. While dressed in noble clothes, there was neh sign nor symbol on the man to mark his origin.The horse was skittish in among the fighting men. And wary were these men upon arrival of the stranger. This, this lonely man, he spoke their languages but naught, and did not stop to make acquaintance with a single one of them. He walked his horse without a hint of nervousness or fret until he was in earshot of the principal men''s tent."King Harald, hail. Earl Tostig, hail," called out the rider. He did not dismount. These Earl and King, now summoned by a man whom no one knew, came out to speak with him."What is''t and whence ye from?" Asked Harald."I''ve now come to parley for our land," the rider then replied."Th''will be no parley," answered Tostig. "All this land be ours anon. You''ve lost already harrance .""Aye," replied the rider. "Of this, the thing is plain. This yours. You''ve won it. Killed or turned so many thegns and Earls. But still, the Crown cannot abide by blood what might by good agreement make to pass. Pray, hear our offer, Earl.""What offer have ye make?" Earl Tostig asked."The Saxon Crown doth hereby offer up the land of Umbria to Tostig, and to make him up an Earl again for perpetuity, and for his sons and sons of sons, to have this land for ever and for ever."Tostig and Hardrada took a moment to consider this."And what of Norway? What dost Harold offer up his better from the North for all this trouble?" Asked old Hardrade then.The rider made a mirthless smile. "Six feet of ground, or howsoever much he needs, for he is taller than most other men." At that, the rider turned his horse around. And then behind him, "What''s thou sayest, Tostig? Shall your men come home?"The only answers that the rider got were cursing in three languages, and backs of both the men as they returned back to their tents. And so, the rider went."Who was that brazen knave?" Asked Hardrade of his second."''Twas my brother Harold," Tostig then replied.

Marijuana! Is it the gateway drug that leads to harder drugs, smuggling, crime, and the horror and brutality of prison that the government is always warning us about? Drowning In A Sea Of Marijuana is a collection of flashbacks, essays, and short stories as seen through the eyes of gangsters, prison guards, smugglers, sailors, and workers in the marijuana trade. Is reefer a safe, harmless recreational drug or truly the "weed with the roots in hell?"

A rotating double coil apparatus has been designed and built so that the relative magnetic center change of a quadrupole is measured to an uncertainty smaller than 0.02 micrometers (=micron, {micro}m) for a single measurement. Furthermore, repeated measurements over about an hour vary by less than 0.1 {micro}m and by less than 1 {micro}m for periods of 24 hrs or longer. Correlation analyses of long data runs show that the magnet center measurement is sensitive to mechanical effects, such as vibration and rotating part wear, as well as to environmental effects, such as temperature and relative humidity. Evolving apparatus design has minimized mechanical noise and environmental isolation has reduced the effects of the surrounding environment so that sub-micron level measurement uncertainties and micron level stability have been achieved for multi-day measurement periods. Apparatus design evolution will be described in detail and correlation data taken on water-cooled electromagnet and adjustable permanent quadrupoles, which are about 350 mm in overall length, will be shown. These quads were prototypes for the linac quads of the Next Linear Collider (NLC) that had to meet the requirement that their magnetic centers change less than 1 micron during a 20% change in field strength. Thus it was necessary to develop an apparatus that could track the magnetic center with a fraction of a micron uncertainty.

Paper presented to Dr. J. Hoskins for Min E 502, University of Idaho.