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Six Intersecting Irregular Hexahedra #4 84 units 4-fold view.
This is the fourth compound of 6 irregular cubes, or hexahedra, that I have designed, and is unlike the other three in that this is actually planar, as opposed to the other three which were hyperbolic. I think this is one of the most aesthetically pleasing of set, partially because the cubes here are not as distorted as in the other three compounds. Additionally, the cubes have a different rotation here than in the other compounds. Working with a planar model was a nice change of pace- I could actually use basic trig to find the exact angles, which is normally too difficult/time consuming in hyperbolic polyhedra.
Designed by me.
Folded out of Cordenons' Stardream paper.
3 Intersecting Self-Interwoven Irregular Hexakaidecagons #2 60 units 4-fold view.
Based on the previous two models with triangular based structures, everyone should have seen both of these 3-compounds coming a mile away. These two continue on a themed series of self interwoven polygonal pseudo-prismatic structures, here applied to the "3 square prisms" conceptual structure.
This second compound I made represents better the transformation of the frame in picture two, where the polar axes are as close as possible. Visually, I like this one vastly better than the first compound, and in terms of assembly this was a lot more fun- not extremely challenging, but better than the first compound. Again, with only two units joining at any vertex, there is a lot of potential for expansion here, but I thought it necessary to show the plain compound first to enumerate the though process behind the structures further development.
I like the principle here: a two dimensional polygon becoming a three dimensional polyhedron, like a Hamiltonian structure, but without some of the self imposed rules.
Designed by me.
Folded out of copy paper.
30 Interlocking Irregular Hyperboloidal Triangular Prisms v7.1 (15 Irregular Hyperboloidal Octahedra) 270 units
5-fold view. This has been, without doubt, the longest running and most frustrating model to design in many years for me. The original 30 Irregular Triangular Prisms model I did last fall was unstable and weak. That was not really a surprise given the distortion of the prisms and their exclusively surface woven interaction.
Since then I have been through so many alternative solutions to make a strong construction, including woven solid patterns, different types of tetrahedral connections, and prismatic compositions. For various reasons, they were not successful. This one, at last, is mostly successful.
Here, 1 of the 3 legs of each triangular prism from the original compound has been removed (the inner ones from the first compound), and an edge added to each of the two vertices on either side of the removed edge. These 2 new edges extend through the center of the model to connect to another opposite prism. 30 inner edges are added total, and though they join to form 15 “octahedral prisms”, they can still be view as 30 triangular prisms, where 1 leg crosses the model and joins to another prism.
Almost all of the units here are upgraded from plain edge units to make them stronger, and though I could still use a few tweaks, I think it is fairly successful now.
Designed by me.
Folded out of copy paper.
This is my 2nd version of this model. It is much improved from the first version in that there isn't nearly as much unwanted tension/bending between the edges.
The angles and lengths were changed to make it more irregular than the previous version (each dodecahedron is more oblate). As a result, the model has a much deeper "crust", giving it a much sharper look.
Also this one was folded on a much smaller scale than the previous version (approx half the dimensions).
I'm satisfied with this result, and don't think I'll be making any more changes to it.
5-fold axis view: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/4340009460/
2-fold axis view: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/4340009170/
Cheatsheet here: www.flickr.com/photos/8303956@N08/5594386822/
Shoes with flowers and tassels (see detail shots below!): Irregular Choice
Green bubble hem skirt: H&M
Lavender ruffle button down: Ann Taylor Loft
Cream flower headband: J. Crew
Thirty Interlocking Irregular Hyperboloidal Triangular Prisms
270 units 5-fold view.
This was a project that I worked on for an extended period of time, which ended up being a great disappointment. The principle here was to build on the 12 irregular triangular prisms I did earlier this summer, and actually make something that would sit more comfortably. Thus I altered the 3 fold triangular weaving relationship from in-and-out to borromean, extending opposite vertices, and flattening the dihedral angle of the inner edge unit. Unfortunately, they now sit too comfortably, and this ends up looking lumpy and irregular- I should have known this would be the case given the interaction/diameter ratio and independence of the frames. So, this is not a complete failure, but a redo as a woven solid or a hybridized 5-compound is in order. I will see what I can do with it fairly soon.
Designed by me.
Folded out of copy paper.
At 17 million light-years away, the individual stars of the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1705 are out of range of all but the sharp eyes of Hubble. NGC 1705 is an ideal laboratory to conduct investigations on star formation history. Young, blue, hot stars are strongly concentrated toward the galaxy's center, while older, red, cooler stars are more spread out. This galaxy has been forming new stars throughout its lifetime, but a burst of star-formation activity occurred as recently as 26 to 31 million years ago. This "starburst" is responsible for many of the young stars on the outskirts of the galaxy's core, as well as the central giant star cluster.
03-07
Six Intersecting Irregular Rhombic Prisms 84 units
4-fold view.
This design, based off of the symmetry of a rhombic dodecahedron, required more than twisted prisms- it also required modeled intersections among 3 sets of two prisms. Besides 15 rhombic prisms, I'm considering the possibility of triangular forms of each two prism compound, which could lead to some more interesting, self interlocking shapes, a la FIIPPDCTA and FIITQH.
Credits to Martin Andersen, who originally postulated the idea of 6 rhombic prisms.
Designed by me.
Folded out of Cordenons' Stardream paper.
Three Interlocking Irregular Parabiaugmented Elongated Octagonal Dipyramids 72 units
In my hand.
This model experiments with 8-pointed vertex intersections to essentially make a cubic companion to the "Hexecrons" series. The eight-pointed vertex intersections are divided into 2 "sets" of four edges with the same length, so every other edge around those intersections is the same length. Interestingly, because of the way in which the exterior units interact, the resulting model is a compound of 3 frames rather than a woven solid. Also, this model verifies a suspicion I have had for some time- that because of the rotation between the 8 point intersections, crimps/wrinkled units aren't actually necessary- and I believe this would be the case with the "Hexecrons" models as well. I may consider experimenting with other ideas along this same line of thought in the future.
I'll do a cheatsheet for this if anybody wants one. (not that I expect anyone to want one)
Designed by me.
Folded out of kami paper. (the grey colored kami was thinner, and thus wrinkled a little in a few spots, even though the proportions are fine. >_<)
Navy tank top with flowers: Old Navy
Blue striped skirt: H&M
Blue Mary Janes: Irregular Choice (see below)
White bow clip: H&M
Cloud bag: Bisadora
Five Interlocking Irregular Hyperboloidal Truncated Triakis Tetrahedra 210 units
In my hand.
This is the largest (and possibly the best) model I have made this year. It was incredibly complicated to design. The actual weaving was easy, but getting all of the details right took a lot of work. I have wanted to make this since Daniel and I first discussed the concept more than a year ago. The idea has changed a bit since then, but POV-ray is a wonderful aid to visualize these models.
Designed by me.
Folded out of Cordenons' Stardream paper.
Lac Courte Oreilles /ləˈkuːdəreɪ/[1] is a large freshwater lake located in northwest Wisconsin in Sawyer County in townships 39 and 40 north, ranges 8 and 9 west. It is irregular in shape, having numerous peninsulas and bays, and is approximately six miles long in a southwest to northeast direction and with a maximum width of about two miles (3 km). Lac Courte Oreilles is 5,039 acres (20.39 km2) in size with a maximum depth of 90 feet (27 m) and a shoreline of 25.4 miles (40.9 km).[2] The lake has a small inlet stream (Grindstone Creek) that enters on the northeast shore of the lake and flows from Grindstone Lake, a short distance away to the north. An outlet on the southeast shore of the lake leads through a very short passage to Little Lac Courte Oreilles, then via the Couderay River to the Chippewa River, and ultimately to the Mississippi River at Lake Pepin.
Lac Courte Oreilles is located approximately eight and one-half miles southeast of the city of Hayward, the primary commercial and retail center of the area, and is one of three large natural lakes (Lac Courte Oreilles, Grindstone Lake, and Round Lake) located to the south and east of the city. There is a small unincorporated residential community on the north side of the lake commonly referred to as Northwoods (or North Woods) Beach. The eastern part of the lake is located in the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. The shore of the lake is principally occupied by seasonal lake cabins and homes.
The lake has an abundance of northern pike, muskie, walleye, bass and other fish, and is a popular fishing destination. Lac Courte Oreilles is now a popular resort area drawing cabin owners and visitors from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee and Chicago metropolitan areas.
Origin of name
The name Lac Courte Oreilles is shared by the nearby Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. In the Ojibwe language, the lake is called Odaawaa-zaaga'iganiing, meaning "Ottawa Lake," after another of the Anishinaabe peoples. It was referred to as such (or as "Ottowaw Lake") in early English-language descriptions of the area.
French fur trappers, the earliest European explorers in the area, named it Lac Courte Oreilles after the Ottawa Anishinaabe peoples living in the area. The French believed they cut off the edges of their ear lobes, so referred to them as the Courte Oreilles, or "Short Ears." An alternative explanation is that some tribes in the region had a practice of distending their earlobes by earrings or other ornaments, and the local people's ears looked short in contrast. But the Indians of the Lac Courte Oreilles area did not practice that custom and had naturally shaped "short" ears.
2/52 for the 2015 Weekly Alphabet Challenge group
This week's theme was: B is for Bulge
This arrangement was inspired by a LiveJournal friend's post that linked to a video showing some really impressive rock balancing. As I happened to have a little collection of rocks on the window sill, I thought I'd have a go. To my surprise -- and counter-intuitively -- I found it easier to balance the rocks that were bulgy and irregular rather than those that were more rounded and even in shape.
As soon as we get some decent weather, I want to visit a river or the beach and try this again. It's strangely absorbing.
Irregular Square Whorls Tessellation
backlit
This tessellation actually took longer than I expected to design- figuring out how to tessellate the center pattern wasn't easy. But I love the irregular square twists- they aren't nearly as complicated as they seem. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite tessellations, so I may fold a larger version at some point.
32x32 grid.
Designed by me.
Folded out of an uncut 10" square of kami paper.
Four Interlocking Irregular Triaugmented Quasidiminished Hexahedra 48 units 4-fold view.
This is more than a refold. It features both new angles, and new proportions, and is wholly superior to it's predecessor. It is considerably smaller than it's twin that I just finished. I will do a cheatsheet if someone wants one.
Designed by me.
Folded out of Cordenons' Stardream paper.
Diploria - in-situ fossil brain coral colony on the Devil's Point Hardground in the reef facies of the Cockburn Town Member, upper Grotto Beach Formation at the Cockburn Town Fossil Reef, western margin of San Salvador Island.
The Cockburn Town Fossil Reef is a well-preserved, well-exposed Pleistocene fossil reef. It consists of non-bedded to poorly-bedded, poorly-sorted, very coarse-grained, aragonitic fossiliferous limestones (grainstones and rubblestones), representing shallow marine deposition in reef and peri-reef facies. Cockburn Town Member reef facies rocks date to the MIS 5e sea level highstand event (early Late Pleistocene).
Notice that the fossil brain coral shown above is encrusting an irregular surface. This surface is an unconformity and is traceable throughout the outcrop. It represents a limestone hardground surface that formed during a short-lived, mid-5e regression called the Devil's Point Event, dated to somewhere between 120 and 123 ka. After the event, high sea level returned. This coral was one of the earliest inhabitants of this locality’s shallow seafloor after the mid-5e regression. The Devil's Point Unconformity is present on most Bahamian islands and is traceable to Florida and Mexico. The more deeply flooded carbonate platforms in the Bahamas, such as Mayaguana Island, were not significantly affected by the mid-5e regression.
The rocks and fossils below the unconformity are referred to as "Reef 1". The rocks and fossils above are called "Reef 2". Isotopic dating has been done on 122 coral samples from the Cockburn Town Fossil Reef. The oldest is 127 ka and the youngest is 114.3 ka. Including dates from San Salvador Island to Great Inagua Island, Reef 1 has an average age of 123.5 ka, and Reef 2 has an average age of 119.5 ka.
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The surface bedrock geology of San Salvador consists entirely of Pleistocene and Holocene limestones. Thick and relatively unforgiving vegetation covers most of the island’s interior (apart from inland lakes). Because of this, the most easily-accessible rock outcrops are along the island’s shorelines.
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Stratigraphic Succession in the Bahamas:
Rice Bay Formation (Holocene, <10 ka), subdivided into two members (Hanna Bay Member over North Point Member)
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Grotto Beach Formation (lower Upper Pleistocene, 119-131 ka), subdivided into two members (Cockburn Town Member over French Bay Member)
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Owl's Hole Formation (Middle Pleistocene, ~215-220 ka & ~327-333 ka & ~398-410 ka & older)
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San Salvador’s surface bedrock can be divided into two broad lithologic categories:
1) LIMESTONES
2) PALEOSOLS
The limestones were deposited during sea level highstands (actually, only during the highest of the highstands). During such highstands (for example, right now), the San Salvador carbonate platform is partly flooded by ocean water. At such times, the “carbonate factory” is on, and abundant carbonate sediment grains are generated by shallow-water organisms living on the platform. The abundance of carbonate sediment means there will be abundant carbonate sedimentary rock formed after burial and cementation (diagenesis). These sea level highstands correspond with the climatically warm interglacials during the Pleistocene Ice Age.
Based on geochronologic dating on various Bahamas islands, and based on a modern understanding of the history of Pleistocene-Holocene global sea level changes, surficial limestones in the Bahamas are known to have been deposited at the following times (expressed in terms of marine isotope stages, “MIS” - these are the glacial-interglacial climatic cycles determined from δ18O analysis):
1) MIS 1 - the Holocene, <10 k.y. This is the current sea level highstand.
2) MIS 5e - during the Sangamonian Interglacial, in the early Late Pleistocene, from 119 to 131 k.y. (sea level peaked at ~125 k.y.)
3) MIS 7 - ~215 to 220 k.y. - late Middle Pleistocene
4) MIS 9 - ~327-333 k.y. - late Middle Pleistocene
5) MIS 11 - ~398-410 k.y. - late Middle Pleistocene
Bahamian limestones deposited during MIS 1 are called the Rice Bay Formation. Limestones deposited during MIS 5e are called the Grotto Beach Formation. Limestones deposited during MIS 7, 9, 11, and perhaps as old as MIS 13 and 15, are called the Owl’s Hole Formation. These stratigraphic units were first established on San Salvador Island (the type sections are there), but geologic work elsewhere has shown that the same stratigraphic succession also applies to the rest of the Bahamas.
During times of lowstands (= times of climatically cold glacial intervals of the Pleistocene Ice Age), weathering and pedogenesis results in the development of soils. With burial and diagenesis, these soils become paleosols. The most common paleosol type in the Bahamas is calcrete (a.k.a. caliche; a.k.a. terra rosa). Calcrete horizons cap all Pleistocene-aged stratigraphic units in the Bahamas, except where erosion has removed them. Calcretes separate all major stratigraphic units. Sometimes, calcrete-looking horizons are encountered in the field that are not true paleosols.
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Subsurface Stratigraphy of San Salvador Island:
The island’s stratigraphy below the Owl’s Hole Formation was revealed by a core drilled down ~168 meters (~550-feet) below the surface (for details, see Supko, 1977). The well site was at 3 meters above sea level near Graham’s Harbour beach, between Line Hole Settlement and Singer Bar Point (northern margin of San Salvador Island). The first 37 meters were limestones. Below that, dolostones dominate, alternating with some mixed dolostone-limestone intervals. Reddish-brown calcretes separate major units. Supko (1977) infers that the lowest rocks in the core are Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene, based on known Bahamas Platform subsidence rates.
In light of the successful island-to-island correlations of Middle Pleistocene, Upper Pleistocene, and Holocene units throughout the Bahamas (see the Bahamas geologic literature list below), it seems reasonable to conclude that San Salvador’s subsurface dolostones may correlate well with sub-Pleistocene dolostone units exposed in the far-southeastern portions of the Bahamas Platform.
Recent field work on Mayaguana Island has resulted in the identification of Miocene, Pliocene, and Lower Pleistocene surface outcrops (see: www2.newark.ohio-state.edu/facultystaff/personal/jstjohn/...). On Mayaguana, the worked-out stratigraphy is:
- Rice Bay Formation (Holocene)
- Grotto Beach Formation (Upper Pleistocene)
- Owl’s Hole Formation (Middle Pleistocene)
- Misery Point Formation (Lower Pleistocene)
- Timber Bay Formation (Pliocene)
- Little Bay Formation (Upper Miocene)
- Mayaguana Formation (Lower Miocene)
The Timber Bay Fm. and Little Bay Fm. are completely dolomitized. The Mayaguana Fm. is ~5% dolomitized. The Misery Point Fm. is nondolomitized, but the original aragonite mineralogy is absent.
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The stratigraphic information presented here is synthesized from the Bahamian geologic literature.
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Supko, P.R. 1977. Subsurface dolomites, San Salvador, Bahamas. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 47: 1063-1077.
Bowman, P.A. & J.W. Teeter. 1982. The distribution of living and fossil Foraminifera and their use in the interpretation of the post-Pleistocene history of Little Lake, San Salvador, Bahamas. San Salvador Field Station Occasional Papers 1982(2). 21 pp.
Sanger, D.B. & J.W. Teeter. 1982. The distribution of living and fossil Ostracoda and their use in the interpretation of the post-Pleistocene history of Little Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. San Salvador Field Station Occasional Papers 1982(1). 26 pp.
Gerace, D.T., R.W. Adams, J.E. Mylroie, R. Titus, E.E. Hinman, H.A. Curran & J.L. Carew. 1983. Field Guide to the Geology of San Salvador (Third Edition). 172 pp.
Curran, H.A. 1984. Ichnology of Pleistocene carbonates on San Salvador, Bahamas. Journal of Paleontology 58: 312-321.
Anderson, C.B. & M.R. Boardman. 1987. Sedimentary gradients in a high-energy carbonate lagoon, Snow Bay, San Salvador, Bahamas. CCFL Bahamian Field Station Occasional Paper 1987(2). (31) pp.
1988. Bahamas Project. pp. 21-48 in First Keck Research Symposium in Geology (Abstracts Volume), Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 14-17 April 1988.
1989. Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 17-22, 1988. 381 pp.
1989. Pleistocene and Holocene carbonate systems, Bahamas. pp. 18-51 in Second Keck Research Symposium in Geology (Abstracts Volume), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 14-16 April 1989.
Curran, H.A., J.L. Carew, J.E. Mylroie, B. White, R.J. Bain & J.W. Teeter. 1989. Pleistocene and Holocene carbonate environments on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 28th International Geological Congress Field Trip Guidebook T175. 46 pp.
1990. The 5th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 15-19, 1990, Abstracts and Programs. 29 pp.
1991. Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas. 247 pp.
1992. The 6th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 11-15, 1992, Abstracts and Program. 26 pp.
1992. Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 7-11, 1991. 123 pp.
Boardman, M.R., C. Carney, B. White, H.A. Curran & D.T. Gerace. 1992. The geology of Columbus' landfall: a field guide to the Holcoene geology of San Salvador, Bahamas, Field trip 3 for the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, 1992. Ohio Division of Geological Survey Miscellaneous Report 2. 49 pp.
Carew, J.L., J.E. Mylroie, N.E. Sealey, M. Boardman, C. Carney, B. White, H.A. Curran & D.T. Gerace. 1992. The 6th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 11-15, 1992, Field Trip Guidebook. 56 pp.
1993. Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 11-15, 1992. 222 pp.
Lawson, B.M. 1993. Shelling San Sal, an Illustrated Guide to Common Shells of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. San Salvador, Bahamas. Bahamian Field Station. 63 pp.
1994. The 7th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 16-20, 1994, Abstracts and Program. 26 pp.
1994. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 11-14, 1993. 107 pp.
Carew, J.L. & J.E. Mylroie. 1994. Geology and Karst of San Salvador Island, Bahamas: a Field Trip Guidebook. 32 pp.
Godfrey, P.J., R.L. Davis, R.R. Smtih & J.A. Wells. 1994. Natural History of Northeastern San Salvador Island: a "New World" Where the New World Began, Bahamian Field Station Trail Guide. 28 pp.
Hinman, G. 1994. A Teacher's Guide to the Depositional Environments on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 64 pp.
Mylroie, J.E. & J.L. Carew. 1994. A Field Trip Guide Book of Lighthouse Cave, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 10 pp.
1995. Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, June 16-20, 1994. 134 pp.
1995. Terrestrial and shallow marine geology of the Bahamas and Bermuda. Geological Society of America Special Paper 300.
1996. The 8th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas, May 30-June 3, 1996, Abstracts and Program. 21 pp.
1996. Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, June 9-13, 1995. 165 pp.
1997. Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, May 30-June 3, 1996. 213 pp.
Curran, H.A., B. White & M.A. Wilson. 1997. Guide to Bahamian Ichnology: Pleistocene, Holocene, and Modern Environments. San Salvador, Bahamas. Bahamian Field Station. 61 pp.
1998. The 9th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 4-June 8, 1998, Abstracts and Program. 25 pp.
Wilson, M.A., H.A. Curran & B. White. 1998. Paleontological evidence of a brief global sea-level event during the last interglacial. Lethaia 31: 241-250.
1999. Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 4-8, 1998. 142 pp.
2000. The 10th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 8-June 12, 2000, Abstracts and Program. 29+(1) pp.
2001. Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 8-12, 2000. 200 pp.
Bishop, D. & B.J. Greenstein. 2001. The effects of Hurricane Floyd on the fidelity of coral life and death assemblages in San Salvador, Bahamas: does a hurricane leave a signature in the fossil record? Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 33(4): 51.
Gamble, V.C., S.J. Carpenter & L.A. Gonzalez. 2001. Using carbon and oxygen isotopic values from acroporid corals to interpret temperature fluctuations around an unconformable surface on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 33(4): 52.
Gardiner, L. 2001. Stability of Late Pleistocene reef mollusks from San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Palaios 16: 372-386.
Ogarek, S.A., C.K. Carney & M.R. Boardman. 2001. Paleoenvironmental analysis of the Holocene sediments of Pigeon Creek, San Salvador, Bahamas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 33(4): 17.
Schmidt, D.A., C.K. Carney & M.R. Boardman. 2001. Pleistocene reef facies diagenesis within two shallowing-upward sequences at Cockburntown, San Salvador, Bahamas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 33(4): 42.
2002. The 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 6th-June 10, 2002, Abstracts and Program. 29 pp.
2004. The 12th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 3-June 7, 2004, Abstracts and Program. 33 pp.
2004. Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 6-10, 2002. 240 pp.
Martin, A.J. 2006. Trace Fossils of San Salvador. 80 pp.
2006. Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 3-7, 2004. 249 pp.
2006. The 13th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 8-June 12, 2006, Abstracts and Program. 27 pp.
Mylroie, J.E. & J.L. Carew. 2008. Field Guide to the Geology and Karst Geomorphology of San Salvador Island. 88 pp.
2008. Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 8-12, 2006. 223 pp.
2008. The 14th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 12-June 16, 2006, Abstracts and Program. 26 pp.
2010. Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 12-16, 2008. 249 pp.
2010. The 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 17-June 21, 2010, Abstracts and Program. 36 pp.
2012. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 17-21, 2010. 183 pp.
2012. The 16th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, June 14-June 18, 2012, Abstracts with Program. 45 pp.
This is the only part of the island where stopping is allowed. Security is intense, including fast boats, divers, foot, vehicle and helicopter patrols. All armed. A Google search for Dmitry Rybolovlev might suggest why. The island is irregularly shaped, with main axes about 1500 meter and 1000 meters. The island is heavily forested from south to north and features over 200 varieties of trees imported to the once nearly barren island by Aristotle Onassis. There are some sandy beaches, most notably East Beach, which was created by Onassis, who brought sand from Salamis Island for this purpose. There is also a small sand beach where the Myconos house, formerly known as the "Pig House" is located. This was where Jackie Onassis was infamously photographed nude by a Greek paparazzo.
It is mainly known as the private island of the late Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis. It was the site of his wedding to former US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on October 20, 1968. Upon his death it passed to his daughter Christina, and then in turn to her daughter Athina Roussel. Onassis, his son Alexander, and his daughter Christina are all buried on the island.
Athina visited the island twice after her mother died, once when she was eight and then on November 18–19, 1998 with her father Thierry Roussel and their media adviser and spokesman Alexis Mantheakis in order to hold a memorial service on the tenth anniversary of the death of Athina's mother, Christina Onassis. The three were accompanied by her ex-SAS bodyguards and Greek bodyguards. A flotilla of boats carrying international and local TV crews and journalists anchored off the island to try and cover the event and to get footage with telescopic lenses as only one photographer was allowed onto the island. The arrival of Athina, her father and Mantheakis was reported by all the major wire services. Photographs of the heiress being met by the mayor of the village of Nydri, opposite Skorpios, and a large committee of welcoming villagers made the covers of various international magazines including Paris Match.
The memorial service on Skorpios was presided over by Father Apostolis, the local Orthodox priest who had baptised Athina and presided over the funerals of Aristotle Onassis, his son Alexander and Athina's mother Christina Onassis, all buried in the Panagitsa Chapel on Skorpios. Apart from these two visits and a couple more when Athina was a toddler she has spent no time there.
Athina Onassis Roussel sold the island in April 2013 to Ekaterina Rybolovleva, the daughter of Russian billionaire businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev. The nearby islet of Sparti was also included in the sale. The Greek Government however, is yet to confirm the legality of the purchase by the Russian oligarch. An investigation is currently underway, as Giannis Mihelakis (New Democracy MP) raised the question in the Greek parliament.
Specifically, Onassis stated in his will that the island would remain in the family as long as they could afford to cover its maintenance expenses. According to the will, if his descendants could not cover the expenses, the island would be donated either to Olympic Airways or to the state. Therefore, the island is now leased to the heiress for 100 years' time, still under the belonging of Athina Onassis Rousel.
Some work for the Branch 309 Blog
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Stone wall texture. From the first floor of the Egyptian Governor's residence at Canaanite-era Aphek in modern Israel.
Five Interlocking Irregular Hyperboloidal Hexeaugmented Truncated Tetrahedrically Distorted Hexahedra 150 units
2-fold axis.
Whew, long enough name for you? This is a quintessential example of my designing style, so you should be used it by now. ;-D
Last spring I worked out several different truncated "tetrahedral thingies" compounds, and this was one of the better ones, imo. The paper proportions here are extremely thin- the longest one is almost 1:12.5, so to fit it in copy paper I had to fold with units that were .875" wide. While that isn't the thinnest I have ever done, it is the thinnest I have ever been necessitated to do. I used exceptionally paper consuming locks on the triangular face vertices for strength. I like that the longest units extend further into the center of the model, it gives the model a sense of volume that can only be conveyed in person.
Designed by me.
Folded out of Cordenons' Stardream paper.
acryl on ripped cardboard
integrating duct tape tracks
labels
scratches
cracks etc.
A3 format & smaller
irregular edges
20 QUESTIONS WITH ACAMONCHI. EYE CANDY MAGAZINE
1. How many people are currently members of the Acamonchi posse?
Officially we are Havok from San Diego, Shente and Rafa DRO from Tijuana, Enrique Minjares from Ensenada, and myself. We have close ties with other people like ESM Artificial, Pop Lab both from Vancouver Canada, Alex Assunto from Los Angeles and Noam Kerr from Salamanca Spain. Anybody who is honest and willing to represent Acamonchi is more than welcome as a member.
2. What does a typical day consist of for an Acamonchi?
It all depends if I stayed up doing computer stuff or Acamonchi art the night before. I have a very irregular time pattern, and I'm a night person usually and that's when my creative energy hits it's limit. Morning time; I usually help my wife to get her day up and running, then I go check my email, play with the cat, jump on the shower, check email, eat cereal, fruit and drink juice or I go out and get a bagel. I start making calls, check email or send pending packages out. I'll go to the studio for few hours then come back home check email and get lunch. Then, it's back to the studio or stay at home doing computer stuff (graphics or uploading shit on the server), make some more calls, check email, wait for wife to get home. We get dinner, check email, watch the Simpsons and King of the Hill together, maybe some PBS. Talk and cuddle for few hours, then when she's about to sleep I give her a good foot massage so she can relax and sleep well. I get back to check email, to work ie paintings, graphics etc. I also like to go out with friends, and go somewhere and skateboard.
If I'm in Mexico I go out and bomb as much as I can. (stickers, posters or stencils) If for some reason I miss my chances, I get friends to bomb for me.
3. After viewing your website, I noticed that there are female artists in your group (How fucking cool is that?) - That's not very typical of urban street art. How many are there?
Really? I use female characters for my graphics, but the only picture I remember having with a girl, might be my friend Martha Elisa, who helped me paste while I was taking pictures, she was part of Acamonchi for that particular installation. I usually keep Acamonchi as open and supportive of other individuals as possible. I have a bunch of female friends who are very talented artists like Andi Brandenburg, Lori Dee, Angeles Moreno, Gaby Nunez, Ana C. Ramos, Duende, Julie Peasley, Melody Owen and Monica Peon they all kick ass. I don't believe in all that sexist crap but I probably find easier to work with guys.
4. List the Acamonchi favorites types of food and beverage.
Mexican, Italian, Indian, Middle-Eastern, Mediterranean, Asian.. my wife cooks marvelous.. We're vegetarians. We eat vegan at home for the most part, but we do eat cheese and eggs, especially when we travel or hang around with non-vegetarians, I don't usually talk to much about it or make a big deal. We support local farmers and we buy organic produce and organic products whenever is possible.
I drink Coca Cola or Red Bull because they help me concentrate and I become more productive when I'm working late at night. I tend to drink a lots water to prevent dehydration from sugar and caffeine. I'd drink green tea but the taste of it is awful.
5. List some of your influences.
Nick Blinko (the guy from Rudimentary Peni), Pushead, Andy warhol, Ray Johnson, Seth Tobocman, the Surrealists, Dada, Fluxus, Mail Art, Primitive art, Mexican folk art, the Muralists, Church of Subgenious, Punk, fanzines, skateboarding, Industrial Culture and Cyberpunk, B-Movies, street art, graffiti etc.
6. You guys do some serious postering. Do you prefer wheatpaste or
glue? or other?
Wheat paste is probably the most efficient thing to use for bills, If I'm running out of it I use Elmers glue diluted with water.
7. What do you listen to when not out postering or dropping
stenciled-art around town?
I tend to support my friends, The Nortec Collective, also keep an eye for new upcoming Mexican bands, especially the Tijuana scene. I really like electronic music. Right now I'm mostly into djs, breaks, drum and bass, I also go back and forth to the stuff I used to listen when I was a teenager weather it's cheesy heavy metal, 80s, or even hard core and punk rock. I recently got again into the british wave of punk stuff I used to listen like Discharge, Subhumans, Uk Subs, Rudimentary Peni, Crass and all those neat bands related to the Crass family. I think they're were amazing back then, I find them really inspiring even today. I personally hate to death all that prefab type punk shit that came in the 90s, just as much I dislike bad techno. I also like jazz and bossanova as well. I try to be open with my musical taste and I listen depending on the mood. Wouldn't be rare to find me listening stuff like Anti Pop Consortium, Pepe Deluxe or the Dub Pistols either.
8. If you could choose only one image to represent Acamonchi, what would it be and why?
(The ONLY stencil or poster image you would ever be allowed to use and represent you)
I guess it would be the basic Colosio face. It tells a lot of my background. Colosio was assasinated in Tijuana, his face will keep on reminding people how powerless you can be as a citizen, it doesn't matter if you're running for president, you can't stop your own party from shooting you in front of thousand eyes. Plus, there will be no justice if you get killed. I also think that Colosio's followers created a myth and for them he was like a true martyr that died for the sins he didn't get to commit. So much of that mystery cult still around in people's subconcious mind in Mexico, especially the North. I like using his image in my works, and then taking all the political association out of it. Then he is just a funny looking guy that is often sadly mistaken for Saddam Hussein or somebody else.
9. Are all of the Acamonchis from Tijuandiego?
San Diego, Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexico City and Salamanca Spain and Vancouver Canada.
10. List ten words that best describe your environment?
We live on a very diverse neighborhood, lots of gay people and all that comes with the rainbow culture (Mad dykes with Mullets too). Sometimes it can be really sketch with a couple of ghetto birds flying all over the hood. We live on a small apartment, and I usually create my own atmosphere between our place and the studio and whatever comes in between with family, friends, artists etc. We travel a lot so we're exposed to different environments, and we accept things and people as they come and go.
11. Raul Velasco or Regis Philbin? Why?
(Note to readers: Raul Velasco was a popular culture icon in Mexico that hosted a long-time running variety show called "Siempre en Domingo")
Raul Velasco, he sucks.. I think he's pretty pathetic. In 1994 I visited Guanajuato Mexico, in the state of Leon and I cursed the land by saying: "I can't fucking belive this amazing place also gave birth to that son of a bitch.."
12. Shakira or Britney? Why?
Can't you pull a better question? lack of imagination my friend, Let me say they both suck regardless of where they coming from. Please give me somebody who is more interesting to talk about, How about taking Julieta Venegas or Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries instead?! I met Julieta when she used to play with "Tijuana NO" back in 1991, she was very cute and very shy, I think Dolores O'Riordan is pretty hot too, loved her short black hairdo the freckles and her blue eyes. I don't care Dolores is not popular anymore, I still like her. I often wonder what does she looks now.
13. I know from your website that Acamonchi means "to piggy back" and that there is no particular reason for choosing that name
- but what would have been your second choice?
I don't know.. but Eye Candy wouldn't be for sure.
14. What is the most common stereotype Acamonchi encounter being
Mexican guerilla artists/visionaries?
Most people think I'm into drugs of some kind. Heavy drinking and/or that I'm a party animal. Some kids also think I'm into gangs and often make gang references. Girls think I'm available when I'm by myself at the artshows and feel free to flirt even If I keep my wedding ring at all the times, I guess the most common thing for anybody to think about Acamonchi would be that I have a lot of free time on my hands. When in fact, I don't do drugs or drink and I don't have time to party. I'm also happily married. Gangs? no thanks.. Don't need one as I'm pretty confident about myself and I'm pretty busy for the most part.
15. How could you best disspell that?
By talking to them straight up and being honest. Kids can fool around and talk shit, but my work and my actions talk even louder. I keep it real. I prove myself with action, no more no less. I work hard with Acamonchi and I always find time to support others that needs me.
16. Have any of the Acamonchis ever been busted for their criminal art activities?
Havok is been busted a couple of times for graffiti related crimes but that was few years ago. Shente had some trouble in Tijuana, not much that good $20.00 can't fix. . I've been really careful about hitting spots, I feel pretty lucky so far. I have a couple of friends that are lawyers and I keep their names in mind if I ever get into trouble.
For legal status reasons I do not do any graffiti related stuff in the US. I strictly keep all my street art activities in Mexico. I also think it is where they need it the most. In the US, Acamonchi is more about an art project at the fine art and gallery level.
17. Who is your most beloved Mexican pop-culture icon/personality?
(Please explain why for our gringo readership).
Wrestling is such a cliche now, so I'll pass from the Lucha Libre subject. I like El Mago Frank a lot, he's the guy that appears with "En Familia con Chabelo" Sunday morning show, he's a silly magician with a dumb white rabbit. He's pretty tacky. I even have a poster of him on my wall. I also like Kaliman, the comics and the movies, he's some sort of a Mexican super hero. The story is based on a Middle- Eastern guy that has supernatural powers. Think of Kaliman as Superman with a turban. Kaliman is a must for the Mex-kitsch enthusiast.
18. Same as question #17, only American.
Bob Dobbs of Church of Subgenious. If you don't know who he is, you deserve a Mullet haircut, if you have a Mullet already, then a hard kick in the butt with steel toe boot will do.
19. Eyecandy magazine is considered somewhat of a "dirty and perverted old man" in our town, because of our underground subject matter. Oh yeah, and ocassionally we do photoshoots of individuals in various states of undress - erotic photography and exhibitionists who want to be featured in our magazine (we see nothing wrong with nudity) - Any ideas on how we can influence our audience/town on how to fucking relax and not be so conservative and uptight?
I watch porn sometimes, It helps me understand sexuality and other people's lifestyles. I like observing everything and I really find it fascinating for the human behaviors. When I used to work at Black Market Visual Communications in downtown San Diego, I used to see homeless people having sex and other crazy shit on the street, I remember laughing at those kind of random little surprises. I've also seen homeless taking a dump in public places, so between being grossed out and insanely curiousity I'd say I get a kick out of it.
As long they don't shit in our alley entrace or they try to force me or my wife to get engaged in their activities, it's all up to them. After all, those individuals are part of everyday life. You can't tell then how to live their lifes. I guess they also deserve to have their pictures taken, so you can always show it to your kids and say, look son; this is what will happen to you if you don't go to school blah blah crap like that.
20. THE BIG FINALE: Would you be willing to send us the most visual
"eyecandy" photo - that you can think of - of the Acamonchi posse?
(If it really kicks ass, we'll put you on our cover!)
Neat.. I'll choose some of the digital flicks I've taking lately from the studio or the new Acamonchi works.
Chrysanthemum in Asteraceae family..
An Irregular Incurve chrysanthemum, or ogiku in Japanese, meaning "big chrysanthemum".
Irregular Incurve: These are the giants of the chrysanthemum world. Quite often disbudded to create a single giant bloom (ogiku), the disk florets are completely concealed, while the ray florets curve inwardly to conceal the disk and also hang down to create a 'skirt'.