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08/21/2008
IMPORTANT: Timing Errors Affecting RT130s
Starting on July 31, 2008 (julian day 213 2008), the SiRF-type ublox Trimble module started to shift in time by a second. Since then, the mysterious time shifts (back and forth) continue. Read More

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Long-Range Science Plan for Seismology Writing Group Requests One-Pagers
At a workshop on September 18-19, the group charged by NSF with writing a Long-Range Science Plan for Seismology (LRSPS, http://www.iris.edu/hq/lrsps/) collected broad input on where seismology is likely to head over the next ten years. The writing group welcomes one-pagers from both workshop participants and other community members by October 10.
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IRIS Board of Directors Appoints a Nominations Committee for 2008 Elections
Elections for important positions on the IRIS Board of Directors will be held during the Annual IRIS Membership Meeting in San Francisco, California, on December 15, 2008. This year, members will elect three Directors who will each serve for three years. Members of the IRIS community are encouraged to contact the Nominations Committee with suggestions for candidates for these open positions.
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10/10/2008
GSN in Russia: 20th Anniversary
A team from the Global Seismographic Network (IRIS, USGS, UCSD, and associates) traveled to Russia August 24 - September 3 to visit the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) to renew our long and successful collaboration. September marks the twentieth anniversary of the first IRIS GSN station installed at Obninsk by the IRIS/IDA group at USCD. The meetings with Russian colleagues in both Obninsk and Moscow reflected upon this great long friendship. Hosted by Alexey Malovichko, Director of GS RAS, and Oleg Starovoit, Vice Director and colleague since the earliest days of GSN collaboration, the GSN met in Obninsk seeking ways to improve collaboration in the face of apparent challenges in customs and data flow. Substantial success was achieved.
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09/19/2008
New Mexico Tech to Expand PASSCAL Instrument Center
Daniel H. López, president of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) in Socorro, authorized the expansion of the on-campus building that houses the IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center and the EarthScope Array Operations Facility. The new wing, scheduled for completion and occupation by early 2009, will provide laboratory and office space for PASSCAL’s Polar Program activities.
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09/16/2008
USGS Coalition Honors Representatives Dicks and Regula at Congressional Reception
Representatives Norman Dicks (D-WA) and Ralph Regula (R-OH) were presented with the first USGS Coalition Leadership Award at a congressional reception on Monday, September 15, 2008.
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09/11/2008
University Students Identify Sites for Transportable Array Stations
Over the summer, 32 students and 10 professors from universities in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas identified sites for more than 325 future Transportable Array stations in those states.
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