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GardenMind has partnered with The Dinner Garden to fight hunger!
When you play GardenMind, instead of imaginary prizes, you actually earn real life donations to The Dinner Garden!
GardenMind is a brain training game appropriate for all ages. Players will enjoy building a garden, growing virtual food, interacting with friends, and playing games that make a real difference in ending hunger in North America.
When you level up in GardenMind, seeds will automatically be donated to The Dinner Garden who in turn ship them across North America so that families in need can grow their own food.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (May 11, 2011) – With the razor sharp intellect of Brain Age™ and social charms of Farmville™, the social brain game GardenMind™ has been announced as a Finalist for next week's Canadian Video Game of the Year Awards in the Social / Casual games category. The award ceremony, held next week in Vancouver, British Columbia features big hitting titles such as Mass Effect 2, Assassins Creed Brotherhood and Fifa Soccer 11.
GardenMind is a free-to-play game for lovers of brain games, puzzles games, Sudoku style games and those of you who generally enjoy flexing the big muscle between your ears. Competitive folk can challenge their friends across a ton of meaningful games, ranging from problem solving to math to memory games.
When asked about GardenMind, social game player Joy Olayta from Toronto said "if you like exercising your brain while playing fun games, you will love this one!"
Self-confessed word puzzle game junkie Michael Jarvis wrote "Excellent game. Relaxing and challenging."
Rather than focusing on a single Brain Score outcome like traditional brain training games do, GardenMind offers a neat metaphor – your mind is represented as a virtual garden. To grow a flower you complete a word game; to grow a tree you play a memory game. Do nothing? Weeds grow.
GardenMind can be played on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/gardenmind) or at http://www.gardenmind.com.
The Canadian Video Game Awards ceremony will be held on May 18th at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia.
About GardenMind
GardenMind is developed by Vancouver-based developer, Inspirado Games. A Media Kit with more information about the game and the developer, including screenshots and video is available at http://www.inspiradogames.com/?page_id=174. Watch the GardenMind intro video here.
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"T'is wise to help thy neighbor if thou wishes to receive help in return."
– A very old Proverb
In response to the overwhelming effects of the recent earthquakes in both Japan and New Zealand, we have created two new Charity Items for the Gardens at GardenMind. All money from the purchase of these items will go to help the victims of the disasters through the Red Cross.
Over the next couple of weeks, the team at Inspirado Games will be hard at work helping raise money and awareness for the Red Cross Relief Efforts.
Here are some ways you can show your support to this Cause:
- 1. Like our Fan Page
- 2. Post a Message to your wall or blog telling your friends and community about the Charity Items.
- 3. Purchase a Sakura Tree or Silver Fern at the Contribution Pond in your Garden.
We want to see games used to make a positive difference in the World. Let's help our Global Community because you never know when we might need their help!
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Conspiracy for Good was a real-world event that combined social media, augmented reality, interactive theatre, and real human emotions to create a highly immersive game experience, with a meaningful twist.
Over the span of days, players roamed the nooks and crannies of London in search for clues to uncover the great mystery. Their goal was to figure out who stole the money that was set aside to build a library for children in Zambia, Africa.
Members were given a Nokia x6 with the DeadDrop augmented reality app that works by scanning tagged items and sites throughout the city, before using GPS to locate hidden information each step of the story. With watchmen littering the streets busting anyone they overheard trying to uncover the secrets, text messaging and Twitter were the main channels of communication.
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After a long, hard day, most of us just want to leave it all at the door – but the mind does not always seem willing to let us off the hook.
We do tend to get lost in it "all" – reliving the grueling events of the day, almost automatically. Being stuck like this is not restful, and puts enormous strain on the mind and body. The tighter we clutch to these thoughts, the easier it is to fall into the trap the next time, and the stronger the connections between neurons become. This unconscious practice actually creates a physical craving for more stress-related thoughts and feelings.
The good news is that these connections can be broken at any age. Stress is created by the mind, which means it is preventable through the same conduit. Our job then, is to put new information in front of us, and help foster an environment where new thoughts and feelings can replace the ones that no longer serve us.
Games which stimulate the mind are a helpful distraction when trying to break old thought patterns. They can stimulate the mind to look at problems in new ways, improve fine motor skills, increase speed and clarity of thought, and even enhance states of internal wellbeing. With time, stress will simply melt away and renewed inspiration can emerge!
The mind is on a continual mission! To learn, to dream, and to create connections that enable it to flourish! The more you trust and flow with this process, the better it will work for you. Happy Gaming!
Golden Rule # 1, Set Goals
Direction can greatly improve your results when seeking to achieve something in life. If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you're there, or what successes to celebrate?
To add some healthy pressure, start with small goals like getting good at one memory game, and keep track of your progress. Stay on the lookout for ways that these small achievements are impacting your performance of real world tasks – this will do wonders for self-confidence.
Golden Rule # 2, Just Readjust
Not feeling as motivated about your goals? Get yourself out of a rut by reframing them! It is important to do things to rekindle that spark of inspiration when you are feeling low. Unlike brute force, inspiration propels us forward and fills us with more energy, not less.
Consider why you started these goals in the first place. Was it to become healthier? Did the idea of seeing your children or grandchildren graduate, or get married inspire you? Adjusting your perspective improves focus and can foster a deeper sense of commitment.
Golden Rule # 3, Start from Scratch
To use your brain to its highest potential, get out of your rut as soon as possible! Ruts are the opposite of novel and challenging, two key characteristics of a healthy mind.
If you find reframing difficult in certain situations, distract yourself with something positive and stimulating. Stretch your creative muscle, do a crossword puzzle, or play a card game with a friend. The key to a healthy and successful life is to train your mind to process things in new ways, and over-thinking works in opposition to this. Sometimes it's better to just start over.
Golden Rule # 4, Celebrate Curiosity
Immerse yourself in activities and topics that hold your attention and challenge your mind in new ways. If you don't care about what you're learning, you won't retain much of it. After a good chunk of focus, remember to reward yourself! Train your brain to crave new knowledge and appreciate mini-triumphs, and sustainable motivation will become a dominant habit in no time!
Golden Rule # 5, Holistic Head
The brain is a highly complex system which interacts with various other parts and integrates into our lives in fascinating ways. Variety is key when it comes to brain training.
Positive social interaction, healthy eating habits, exercise and stress management play significant roles in fostering a healthy mind. While targeting areas of the brain like memory or focus is beneficial, we must remember that unlocking more of the brain's potential requires a balanced approach in mind, body and soul.


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The Players invites you to a TAPT Production of "Sister Mother Daughter Wife," a new play written and directed by S. Brian Jones, featuring Justine J. Hall, Bonita Jackson, Daralyn Jay, Vesta Walker, and Nzingtha Smith.
Private Violence is an award-winning documentary film that explores the complicated and complex realities of intimate partner violence in today's American life. Please join the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence in bringing awareness to domestic violence. The event will include a screening of the entire documentary and Q&A with Mark Wynn. This is a FREE event and space is limited. You must register to reserve your spot for this exciting event.
Please join Masada Tactical and CHANA for our 7th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month FREE Self-defense class. Learn a little about domestic violence in our community, resources in our neighborhoods, and learn a lot of different tools and techniques to protect your body. This class is free and open to women and teens of all ages and physical abilities. Come to snack and socialize, and leave knowing how to help a survivor of domestic violence. Kosher light refreshments will be provided. Please bring a bottle of water and wear comfortable clothing.
This domestic violence awareness event is geared towards the Dallas/Ft. Worth community. Speakers, survivors, counselors and legal personnel will be present at this free event which is open to the public. The First Apostolic Assembly Church wants to empower men, women and children to speak out and make a difference. There will be resource information available.
Join us in Sugar Land Town Center during the Giving Spirits Concert Series featuring the award-winning Zip Dagger Band. We will have resource tables, awareness materials and displays available. A candlelight vigil will be held at the closing of the concert. Help us spread awareness concerning domestic violence and dating abuse. Let's raise our voices and end the silence on violence!
The Bark Against Violence is sponsored by the Alice Paul House, Indiana County's Victim Service Center, and the Indiana County Humane Society. The Bark Against Violence will open with a presentation from Indiana County's District Attorney who works diligently to put and end to domestic violence. A survivor of domestic violence will also discuss her own experiences and how difficult it was to leave her dog to escape abuse.
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Casa de Esperanza is sponsoring a Zumbathon Event for community members to come together, join the party, and take a stand against domestic violence. This event will include 90 minutes of Zumba offered by certified instructors, as well as a 30-minute presentation on domestic violence awareness and healthy communities. It is a free event, but optional donations of household and/or personal items for families staying at the shelter are accepted.
Join Community Voices For Peace & Power, an evening of survivor testimony, performance and art against domestic violence, on October 17 from 6:30pm-9:00pm. This free event will include speakers, dance, poetry, and song by survivors, youth, and community members, "Clothesline Project" T-shirt display, "Time of Remembrance" for victims lost in 2014, as well as resources and refreshments.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence doesn't discriminate. It can happen to you, to your parent or child, sibling or friend. Temple Beth David Sisterhood invites you to examine this important issue with guest speaker, Stephanie Domurat from Human Options, an Orange County, CA-based agency that provides safe haven and life changing programs to help abused women, their children and families rebuild their lives – and works with the community to break the cycle of domestic violence.
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For the last few weeks, I've been playing with a new iOS app called Balanced – Get more out of life. Balanced is good for reminding you to perform recurring tasks, but it is not a traditional "todo" list. You would not, for instance, put a reminder to "buy milk," or do something that is time-sensitive into Balanced — it's for recurring tasks that you want to accomplish. Balanced seeks to help you keep your life in balance, and rewards you for doing so with some motivational feedback.
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Productivity paradox
The productivity paradox was analyzed and popularized in a widely cited article[1] by Erik Brynjolfsson, which noted the apparent contradiction between the remarkable advances in computer power and the relatively slow growth of productivity at the level of the whole economy, individual firms and many specific applications. The concept is sometimes referred to as the Solow computer paradox in reference to Robert Solow's 1987 quip, "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics."[2] The paradox has been defined as the "discrepancy between measures of investment in information technology and measures of output at the national level."[3]
It was widely believed[by whom?] that office automation was boosting labor productivity (or total factor productivity). However, the growth accounts didn't seem to confirm the idea. From the early 1970s to the early 1990s there was a massive slow-down in growth as the machines were becoming ubiquitous. (Other variables in countries' economies were changing simultaneously; growth accounting separates out the improvement in production output using the same capital and labour resources as input by calculating growth in total factor productivity, AKA the "Solow residual".)
The productivity paradox has attracted a lot of attention because technology seems no longer to be able to create the kind of productivity gains that occurred until the early 1970s. Some, such as economist Robert J. Gordon, are now arguing that technology in general is subject to diminishing returns in its ability to increase economic growth.[4][5]
- 1 Explanations
- 2 Effects of economic sector share changes
- 3 Miscellaneous causes
- 4 Qualifications
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
Several authors have explained the paradox in different ways. In his original article, Brynjolfsson (1993) identified four categories to group the various explanations proposed:
- Mismeasurement of outputs and inputs,
- Lags due to learning and adjustment,
- Redistribution and dissipation of profits, and
- Mismanagement of information and technology.
He explained the first two explanations as "shortcomings in research, not practice as the root of the productivity paradox." He then stated that "a more pessimistic view is embodied in the other two explanations. They propose that there really are no major benefits".[1] Brynjolfsson explores these ideas in detail and poses the paradox as an economic problem: Do benefits justify past and continued investment in information technology?[1]
Turban, et al. (2008), state that understanding the paradox requires an understanding of the concept of productivity.[3] Pinsonneault et al. (1998) state that, to untangle the paradox, an "understanding of how IT usage is related to the nature of managerial work and the context in which it is deployed" is required.[6]
One hypothesis to explain the productivity paradox is that computers are productive, yet their productive gains are realized only after a lag period, during which complementary capital investments must be developed to allow for the use of computers to their full potential.[7]
Diminishing marginal returns from computers, the opposite of the time lag hypothesis, is that computers, in the form of mainframes, were used in the most productive areas, like high volume transactions of banking, accounting and airline reservations, over two decades before personal computers. Also, computers replaced a sophisticated system of data processing that used unit record equipment. Therefore, the important productivity opportunities were exhausted before computers were everywhere. We were looking at the wrong time period.
Another hypothesis states that computers are simply not very productivity enhancing because they require time, a scarce complementary human input.[citation needed] This theory holds that although computers perform a variety of tasks, these tasks are not done in any particularly new or efficient manner, but rather they are only done faster. Current data does not confirm the validity of either hypothesis. It could very well be that increases in productivity due to computers are not captured in GDP measures, but rather in quality changes and new products.
Economists have done research in the productivity issue and concluded that there are three possible explanations for the paradox. The explanations can be divided in three categories:
- Data and analytical problems hide "productivity-revenues". The ratios for input and output are sometimes difficult to measure, especially in the service sector.
- Revenues gained by a company through productivity will be hard to notice because there might be losses in other divisions/departments of the company. So it is again hard to measure the profits made only through investments in productivity.
- There is complexity in designing, administering and maintaining IT systems. IT projects, especially software development, are notorious for cost overruns and schedule delays. Adding to cost are rapid obsolescence of equipment and software, incompatible software and network platforms and issues with security such as data theft and viruses. This causes constant spending for replacement. One time changes also occur, such as the Year 2000 problem and the changeover from Novell NetWare by many companies.
Other economists have made a more controversial charge against the utility of computers: that they pale into insignificance as a source of productivity advantage when compared to the industrial revolution, electrification, infrastructures (canals and waterways, railroads, highway system), Fordist mass production and the replacement of human and animal power with machines. [8] High productivity growth occurred from last decades of the 19th century until the 1973, with a peak from 1929 to 1973, then declined to levels of the early 19th century. [9][10] There was a rebound in productivity after 2000. Much of the productivity from 1985 to 2000 came in the computer and related industries.[10]
A number of explanations of this have been advanced, including:
- The tendency – at least initially – of computer technology to be used for applications that have little impact on overall productivity, e.g. word processing.
- Inefficiencies arising from running manual paper-based and computer-based processes in parallel, requiring two separate sets of activities and human effort to mediate between them – usually considered a technology alignment problem
- Poor user interfaces that confuse users, prevent or slow access to time-saving facilities, are internally inconsistent both with each other and with terms used in work processes – a concern addressed in part by enterprise taxonomy
- Extremely poor hardware and related boot image control standards that forced users into endless "fixes" as operating systems and applications clashed – addressed in part by single board computers and simpler more automated re-install procedures, and the rise of software specifically to solve this problem, e.g. Norton Ghost
- Technology-driven change driven by companies such as Microsoft which profit directly from more rapid "upgrades"
- An emphasis on presentation technology and even persuasion technology such as PowerPoint, at the direct expense of core business processes and learning – addressed in some companies including IBM and Sun Microsystems by creating a PowerPoint-Free Zone[citation needed]
- The blind assumption that introducing new technology must be good
- The fact that computers handle office functions that, in most cases, are not related to the actual production of goods and services.
- Factories were automated decades before computers. Adding computer control to existing factories resulted in only slight productivity gains in most cases.
Gordon J. Bjork points out that manufacturing productivity gains continued, although at a decreasing rate than in decades past; however, the cost reductions in manufacturing shrank the sector size. The services and government sectors, where productivity growth is very low, gained in share, dragging down the overall productivity number. Because government services are priced at cost with no value added, government productivity growth is near zero as an artifact of the way in which it is measured. Bjork also points out that manufacturing uses more capital per unit of output than government or services.[11]
Miscellaneous causes[edit]
Before computers: Data processing with unit record equipment[edit]
When computers for general business applications appeared in the 1950s, a sophisticated industry for data processing existed in the form of unit record equipment. These systems processed data on punched cards by running the cards through tabulating machines, the holes in the cards allowing electrical contact to activate relays and solenoids to keep a count. The flow of punched cards could be arranged in various sequences to allow sophisticated data processing. Some unit record equipment was directed by a wired control panel, with the panel being removable, allowing for quick replacement with another wired control panel.[12]
In 1949 vacuum tube calculators were added to unit record equipment. In 1955 the first completely transistorized calculator with magnetic cores for dynamic memory, the IBM 608, was introduced.[12]
The first computers were an improvement over unit record equipment, but not by a great amount. This was partly due to low level software used, low performance capability and failure of vacuum tubes and other components. Also, the data input to early computers used punched cards. Most of these hardware and software shortcomings were solved by the late 1960s, but punched cards did not become fully displaced until the 1980s.
Analog process control[edit]
Computers did not revolutionize manufacturing because automation, in the form of control systems, had already been in existence for decades, although computers did allow more sophisticated control, which led to improved product quality and process optimization. Pre-computer control was known as analog control and computerized control is called digital.
Parasitic losses of cashless transactions[edit]
Credit card transactions now represent a large percentage of low value transactions on which credit card companies charge merchants. Most of such credit card transactions are more of a habit than an actual need for credit and to the extent that such purchases represent convenience or lack of planning to carry cash on the part of consumers, these transactions add a layer of unnecessary expense. However, debit or check card transactions are cheaper than processing paper checks.
Online commerce[edit]
Despite high expectations for online retail sales, individual item and small quantity handling and transportation costs may offset the savings of not having to maintain "bricks and mortar" stores.[citation needed] Online retail sales has proven successful in specialty items, collectibles and higher priced goods. Some airline and hotel retailers and aggregators have also witnessed great success.
Online commerce has been extremely successful in banking, airline, hotel, and rental car reservations, to name a few.
Restructured office[edit]
The personal computer restructured the office by reducing the secretarial and clerical staffs. Prior to computers, secretaries transcribed Dictaphone recordings or live speech into shorthand, and typed the information, typically a memo or letter. All filing was done with paper copies.
A new position in the office staff was the information technologist, or department. With networking came information overload in the form of e-mail, with some office workers receiving several hundred each day, most of which are not necessary information for the recipient.
Some hold that one of the main productivity boosts from information technology is still to come: large-scale reductions in traditional offices as home offices become widespread, but this requires large and major changes in work culture and remains to be proven.
Cost overruns of software projects[edit]
It is well known by software developers that projects typically run over budget and finish behind schedule.
Software development is typically for new applications that are unique. The project's analyst is responsible for interviewing the stakeholders, individually and in group meetings, to gather the requirements and incorporate them into a logical format for review by the stakeholders and developers. This sequence is repeated in successive iterations, with partially completed screens available for review in the latter stages.
Unfortunately, stakeholders often have a vague idea of what the functionality should be, and tend to add a lot of unnecessary features, resulting in schedule delays and cost overruns.
By the late 1990s there were some signs that productivity in the workplace been improved by the introduction of IT, especially in the United States. In fact, Erik Brynjolfsson and his colleagues found a significant positive relationship between IT investments and productivity, at least when these investments were made to complement organizational changes.[13][14][15] A large share of the productivity gains outside the IT-equipment industry itself have been in retail, wholesale and finance.[16] A major advance was computerized stock market transaction processing, which replaced the system that had been in place since the Civil War but by the last half of 1968 caused the U. S. stock market to close most Wednesday afternoons processing.[17]
Computers revolutionized accounting, billing, record keeping and many other office functions; however, early computers used punched cards for data and programming input. Until the 1980s it was common to receive monthly utility bills printed on a punched card that was returned with the customer's payment.
In 1973 IBM introduced point of sale (POS) terminals in which electronic cash registers were networked to the store mainframe computer. By the 1980s bar code readers were added. These technologies automated inventory management. Wal-Mart Stores was an early adopter of POS.
Computers also greatly increased productivity of the communications sector, especially in areas like the elimination of telephone operators. In engineering, computers replaced manual drafting with CAD and software was developed for calculations used in electronic circuits, stress analysis, heat and material balances, etc.
Automated teller machines (ATMs) became popular in recent decades and self checkout at retailers appeared in the 1990s.
The Airline Reservations System and banking are areas where computers are practically essential. Modern military systems also rely on computers.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Brynjolfsson, Erik (1993). "The productivity paradox of information technology". Communications of the ACM 36 (12): 66–77. doi:10.1145/163298.163309. ISSN 0001-0782.
- ^ Robert Solow, "We'd better watch out", New York Times Book Review, July 12, 1987, page 36. See here.
- ^ a b Wetherbe, James C.; Turban, Efraim; Leidner, Dorothy E.; McLean, Ephraim R. (2007). Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy (6th ed.). New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-78712-4.
- ^ Gordon, Robert J. (2000). "Interpreting the "One Big Wave" in U.S. Long Term Productivity Growth , National Bureau of Economic Research Working paper 7752".
- ^ Gordon, Robert J. (2012). "Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering innovation confronts the six headwinds" (PDF). Center for Economic Policy Research (Policy Insight No. 63).
- ^ Pinsonneault et al., pp. 287–311
- ^ David P.A., "The Dynamo and the Computer: A Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox", American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 1990, 355–61
- ^ Gordon, Robert J. (2000). "Does the "New Economy" Measure up to the Great Inventions of the Past? , NBER Working Paper No. 7833".
- ^ Kendrick, John (1991). "U.S. productivity performance in perspective , Business Economics, October 1, 1991".
- ^ a b Field, Alexander J (2007). "U.S. economic growth in the gilded age 31, Journal of Macroeconomics (2009) 173-190".
- ^ Bjork, Gordon J. (1999). The Way It Worked and Why It Won't: Structural Change and the Slowdown of U.S. Economic Growth. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. ISBN 0-275-96532-5.
- ^ a b Fierheller, George A. (2006). Do not fold, spindle or mutilate: the "hole" story of punched cards (PDF). Stewart Pub. ISBN 1-894183-86-X.
- ^ E.Brynjolfsson and L.Hitt, "Beyond the Productivity Paradox: Computers are the Catalyst for Bigger Changes", CACM, August 1998
- ^ E. Brynjolfsson, S. Yang, "The Intangible Costs and Benefits of Computer Investments: Evidence from the Financial Markets," MIT Sloan School of Management, December 1999
- ^ Paolo Magrassi, A.Panarella, B.Hayward, "The 'IT and Economy' Discussion: A Review", GartnerGroup, Stamford (CT), USA, June 2002 [1]
- ^ Stiroh, Kevin (2002). "Information Technology and the US Productivity Revival: What Do the Industry Data Say?". American Economic Review 92 (5): 1559–1576. doi:10.1257/000282802762024638. JSTOR 3083263.
- ^ Field, Alexander J. (2011). A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth. New Haven, London: Yale University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-300-15109-1.
Further reading[edit]
- Brynjolfsson, Erik, and Lorin Hitt (June 2003). "Computing Productivity: Firm Level Evidence". MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4210-01.
- Brynjolfsson, Erik, and Adam Saunders (2010). Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy. MIT Press.
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Come to UNCW and you will have no regrets. 10-15 min. from the beach, warm most of the year, and lots of people who actually surf. Even when there aren't waves I still make it to the beach 3-4 times a week. I love it here and definitely made the right choice staying in Wilmington.
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\nClosest Army base is in Fayetteville-' + '-closer to Raleigh.
\nBut, in the spirit of my remaining consistent: DO NOT GO TO UNCW!!!! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!
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When I was at the University of Rhode Island there was a fairly sizable group of people and they had a surf club. For a super small state it packs a pretty nice array of quality breaks in. I went to grad school at Monmouth and it opened me up to a lot of different spots in that area that I'm sure you're already familiar with. Just make sure you can afford either- get lots of scholarships if you can.
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and ps if you're looking for quality waves i would stay away from Coastal Carolina-' + '- from what i've read and my own experience SC just doesn't have very many quality waves
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Oct 25, 2012, 02:01 PM
I did not go to UNCW, but I live in Wilmington. UNCW has a top tier surf team and the area beaches have really great vibes. National Geographic recently came out with a list of the Top 20 Surf Towns - WB made the cut, among other world renown breaks. Wilmington gets its fair share of waves & OBX is only a few hours away. Excellent community and great people. You will not regret it.
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you can get plenty of waves in south carolina and still get your work done...which should be your priority if you're going to even bother spending your money to go to college.
Myrtle beach is one of the least consistent and smaller waved beaches in SC, but the college of charleston is only 20 min from the folly pier and just a few more to the washout (a few jetties to choose from and spread out any crowd).
The another good thing about SC is the weather. The water can get down to 45 deg for a while in the peak of winter, but air temps rarely get below 45 deg.
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Rhode Island colleges...i go to RWU. theres also uri and salve regina. all about 20 min away from good beaches except salve which is on 1st beach in newport
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I go to Stockton, and while there is no surf club, there are a lot of us who surf the many locations close to campus. There are so many great places to surf. Besides the fact that Stockton has a great Environmental Science program and that I am going to school for half price, the proximity to the beach was the deciding factor for me going here. It was my only choice; I didn't apply anywhere else. It's the cheapest option as opposed to moving out of state, but this is just my two cents.
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Echoing what ridewaves said, Stockton is a solid choice, especially for fall and winter surf. My sister went there. I'm from South Jersey, so it depends on where you're from, tuition etc. A growing school for sure, 20 minutes from AC's beaches, a 30-mile trip up the parkway to Long Beach Island. Plenty of summer jobs too if you're not from the area and plan to stick around for the summer. Also have a few friends who surf and who went to the University of Rhode Island. One studied Marine Engineering and works in the surf industry now. He loved it there. Good surf communities in both places. Hope this helps.
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I went to UNH and the campus is about 20 minutes from the coast. NH may have a small coastline but it's packed with good breaks- as long as you don't mind cold water.
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I actually grew up in wilmy so I can't really comment on the distance factor but one of my roommates is from up your way and on the surf club and he seems to enjoy it here. It really depends if you want to get away from home and be more on your own or not. But UNCW is a great school for surfing, studying, and partying as long as you can stay out of trouble; cops can be really strict down here at times.
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The surf at UNCW is sad at best. have fun surfing chest high mushy waves. the wind is constantly onshore
\nit is not half as good as the outer banks, which is still 5 hours away by car. stay out of NC, their surf sucks unless you live on the OBX
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I am in the same boat sending applications ect. I live right outside of Atlantic City so Stockon is a little too close to home for me. But for others Stockton is nice. It is a little smaller but there are many different surf options only 20 minutes way. A lot of kids do leave on the weekends though. Even though I have been to stockton a few times already. Also I sent applications to URI and UNCW so we will see how that outcome is Rhode Island is a pretty sick place and my friends really enjoy it up there.
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use college as a tool to travel and experience new places. i'm assuming you can afford it if you're considering UNCW so why not go somewhere on the west coast or hawaii? the frequency of good swells here is pretty bad compare to most places, but even if you think you like that you should still try a new area. life is about adventure and college is a good time to explore whether you're into that or not.
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i went to york college of pa, do not go to york college of pa lol. although the school is a very good, small, and private college, it is a 3 hour drive to south jerz beaches.
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Good memory Erock. Like Erock said, many kids come here and are kooks, many are burn out surfers me and my friends like to call "woodstock". Then theres the frat douche that thinks he surfs and uses it to get with sororistitutes, then theres the people that that just surf, like me. theres lots of us here. it's cool especially this week since we have this swell coming this weekend, half of the computers in the library are either on swellinfo or surfline. Cops bust house parties like it's high school all over again, don't go to sandbar - it sucks. its a great school. im a finance major and its very competitive. Girls are hott, but it seems like most of the really really really hott girls don't go out at night since I never see them. many of the sororities are dumb and gay, but there are some hunnies. Better than most schools. plus they're all nice which is real weird for me because coming from Jersey a girl could be like a 5 but be the biggest B itch in the world. I live on WB and i love it. Glad I go here. Just got out from surfing like 20 minutes ago surfing a sandbar to myself wearing just boardies, epic sunset, super fun waist-stomach little funky beach break. Stoked I go here.
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\nthis is a map of all the california state universities. you can figure out how close what school is to what break yourself. the map link below is all the university of california schools. if you wanna surf, leave the east coast. UNCW, Stockton, URI, they all suck compared to california.
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I Went to Stockton after 2 years at Brokedale CC in monmouth. If you want to have fun, I highly recommend it!
\n20 minutes from AC. If you live on campus, its sooooo much fun! or do what I did and rent a house in Brigantine and put a mini ramp in the living room
\nEasy courses and cheap if your in NJ
\nNot Rowan
\nTheres some good waves in south jersey/lbi
\nIt's still NJ
\nCollege is short, don't cheat yourself. Def get an education and do an internship. O yeah, thats another plus. The casinos are a great place to work. Valets make 80k a year at the borgata I've heard.
\nAlso, you can get lucky and win a lot of money and move to san diego...
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Personally, I love it but it's probably not the popular opinion- commuting. Monmouth is expensive though commuting really saves a lot and I probably wouldn't be going there without a generous scholarship either.
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I'd recommend Monmouth U or UNCW. I have a buddy at TCNJ who hasn't seen the beach since the day he left. I personally went to Brookdale by choice and I catch most swells. The work does pile up, though, and I've missed plenty of good days. Just food for thought.
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Why are time-dependent density functional theory excitations in solids equal to band structure energy gaps for semilocal functionals, and how does nonlocal Hartree–Fock-type exchange introduce excitonic effects?129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953701View Description Hide Description
We examine the time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) equations for calculating excitation energies in solids with Gaussian orbitals and analytically show that for semilocal functionals, their lowest eigenvalue collapses to the minimum band orbital energy difference. With the introduction of nonlocal Hartree–Fock-type exchange (as in hybrid functionals), this result is no longer valid, and the lowest TD-DFT eigenvalue reflects the appearance of excitonic effects. Previously reported "charge-transfer" problems with semilocal TD-DFT excitations in molecules can be deduced from our analysis by taking the limit to infinite lattice constant.
Nonadiabatic corrections to the wave function and energy129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2952517View Description Hide Description
Nonadiabatic corrections in molecules composed of a few atoms are considered. It is demonstrated that a systematic perturbative expansion around the adiabatic solution is possible, with the expansion parameter being the electron-nucleus mass ratio to the 3/4 power. Closed form formulas for the leading corrections to the wave function and to the energy are derived. Their applicability is demonstrated by a comparison of numerical results for the hydrogen molecule with the former nonadiabatic calculations and the experimental values. Good agreement with the recent experiment is achieved for the ground statedissociation energy of both and .
A statistical analysis of the precision of reweighting-based simulations129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2944250View Description Hide Description
Various advanced simulation techniques, which are used to sample the statistical ensemble of systems with complex Hamiltonians, such as those displayed in condensed matters and biomolecular systems, rely heavily on successfully reweighting the sampled configurations. The sampled points of a system from an elevated thermal environment or on a modified Hamiltonian are reused with different statistical weights to evaluate its properties at the initial desired temperature or of the original Hamiltonian. Often, the decrease of accuracy induced by this procedure is ignored and the final results can be far from what is expected. We have addressed the reasons behind such a phenomenon and have provided a quantitative method to estimate the number of sampled points required in the crucial step of reweighting of these advanced simulation methods. We also provided examples from temperature histogram reweighting and accelerated molecular dynamics reweighting to illustrate this idea, which can be generalized to the dynamic reweighting as well. The study shows that this analysis may provide a priori guidance for the strategy of setting up the parameters of advanced simulations before a lengthy one is carried out. The method can therefore provide insights for optimizing the parameters for high accuracy simulations with finite amount of computational resources.
Quantum mechanical methods applied to excitation energy transfer: A comparative analysis on excitation energies and electronic couplings129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953716View Description Hide Description
We present a comparative study on the influence of the quantum mechanical (QM) method (including basis set) on the evaluation of transition energies, transition densities and dipoles, and excitation energy transfer (EET) electronic couplings for a series of chromophores (and the corresponding pairs) typically found in organic electro-optical devices and photosynthetic systems. On these systems we have applied five different QM levels of description of increasing accuracy (ZINDO, CIS, TD-DFT, CASSCF, and SAC-CI). In addition, we have tested the effects of a surrounding environment (either mimicking a solvent or a protein matrix) on excitation energies, transition dipoles, and electronic couplings through the polarizable continuum model (PCM) description. Overall, the results obtained suggest that the choice of the QM level of theory affects the electronic couplings much less than it affects excitation energies. We conclude that reasonable estimates can be obtained using moderate basis sets and inexpensive methods such as configuration interaction of single excitations or time-dependent density functional theory when appropriately coupled to realistic solvation models such as PCM.
A hybrid recursion method to robustly ensure convergence efficiencies in the simulated scaling based free energy simulations129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953321View Description Hide Description
Recently, we developed an efficient free energy simulation technique, the simulated scaling (SS) method [H. Li et al., J. Chem. Phys.126, 024106 (2007)], in the framework of generalized ensemble simulations. In the SS simulations, random walks in the scaling parameter space are realized so that both phase space overlap sampling and conformational space sampling can be simultaneously enhanced. To flatten the distribution in the scaling parameter space, in the original SS implementation, the Wang–Landau recursion was employed due to its well-known recursion capability. In the Wang–Landau recursion based SS free energy simulation scheme, at the early stage, recursion efficiencies are high and free energy regions are quickly located, although at this stage, the errors of estimated free energy values are large; at the later stage, the errors of estimated free energy values become smaller, however, recursions become increasingly slow and free energy refinements require very long simulation time. In order to robustly resolve this efficiency problem during free energy refinements, a hybrid recursion strategy is presented in this paper. Specifically, we let the Wang–Landau update method take care of the early stage recursion: the location of target free energy regions, and let the adaptive reweighting method take care of the late stage recursion: the refinements of free energy values. As comparably studied in the model systems, among three possible recursion procedures, the adaptive reweighting recursion approach is the least favorable one because of its low recursion efficiency during free energy region locations; and compared to the original Wang–Landau recursion approach, the proposed hybrid recursion technique can be more robust to guarantee free energy simulation efficiencies.
Analytic derivatives for the Cholesky representation of the two-electron integrals129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2955755View Description Hide Description
We propose a formalism for calculating analytic derivatives of the electronic energy with respect to nuclear coordinates using Cholesky decomposition of the two-electron integrals. The formalism is derived by exploiting the equivalence of Cholesky decomposition and density fitting when a suitable auxiliary basis set is used for expanding atomic orbital product densities in the latter. An implementation of gradients at the nonhybrid density functional theory level is presented, and sample calculations demonstrate that the errors in equilibrium geometries due to the Cholesky representation of the integrals can be controlled by adjusting the decomposition threshold.
Simultaneous benchmarking of ground- and excited-state properties with long-range-corrected density functional theory129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2954017View Description Hide Description
We present benchmark calculations using several long-range-corrected (LRC) density functionals, in which Hartree–Fock exchange is incorporated asymptotically using a range-separated Coulomb operator, while local exchange is attenuated using an ansatz introduced by Iikura et al. [J. Chem. Phys.115, 3540 (2001)]. We calculate ground-state atomization energies, reaction barriers, ionizationenergies, and electron affinities, each as a function of the range-separation parameter . In addition, we calculate excitation energies of small- and medium-sized molecules, again as a function of , by applying the LRC to time-dependent density functional theory. Representative examples of both pure and hybrid density functionals are tested. On the basis of these results, there does not appear to be a single range-separation parameter that is reasonable for both ground-stateproperties and vertical excitation energies. Reasonable errors in atomization energies and barrier heights are achieved only at the expense of excessively high excitation energies, at least for the medium-sized molecules, whereas values of that afford reasonable excitation energies yield some of the largest errors for ground-state atomization energies and barrier heights in small molecules. Notably, this conclusion is obscured if the database of excitation energies includes only small molecules, as has been the case in previous benchmark studies of LRC functionals.
Stochastic surrogate Hamiltonian129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2946703View Description Hide Description
The surrogate Hamiltonian is a general scheme to simulate the many body quantum dynamics composed of a primary system coupled to a bath. The method has been based on a representative bath Hamiltonian composed of two-level systems that is able to mimic the true system-bath dynamics up to a prespecified time. The original surrogate Hamiltonian method is limited to short time dynamics since the size of the Hilbert space required to obtain convergence grows exponentially with time. By randomly swapping bath modes with a secondary thermal reservoir, the method can simulate quantum dynamics of the primary system from short times to thermal equilibrium. By averaging a small number of realizations converged values of the system observables are obtained avoiding the exponential increase in resources. The method is demonstrated for the equilibration of a molecular oscillator with a thermal bath.
A direct relativistic four-component multiconfiguration self-consistent-field method for molecules129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2943670View Description Hide Description
A new direct relativistic four-component Kramers-restricted multiconfiguration self-consistent-field (KR-MCSCF) code for molecules has been implemented. The program is based upon Kramers-paired spinors and a full implementation of the binary double groups ( and subgroups). The underlying quaternion algebra for one-electron operators was extended to treat two-electron integrals and density matrices in an efficient and nonredundant way. The iterative procedure is direct with respect to both configurational and spinor variational parameters; this permits the use of large configuration expansions and many basis functions. The relativistic minimum-maximum principle is implemented in a second-order restricted-step optimization algorithm, which provides sharp and well-controlled convergence. This paper focuses on the necessary modifications of nonrelativistic MCSCF methodology to obtain a fully variational KR-MCSCF implementation. The general implementation also allows for the use of molecular integrals from a two-component relativistic Hamiltonian as, for example, the Douglas–Kroll–Hess variants. Several sample applications concern the determination of spectroscopic properties of heavy-element atoms and molecules, demonstrating the influence of spin-orbit coupling in MCSCF approaches to such systems and showing the potential of the new method.
Non-normal Lanczos methods for quantum scattering129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2940733View Description Hide Description
This article presents a new complex absorbing potential (CAP) block Lanczos method for computing scattering eigenfunctions and reaction probabilities. The method reduces the problem of computing energy eigenfunctions to solving two energy dependent systems of equations. An energy independent block Lanczos factorization casts the system into a block tridiagonal form, which can be solved very efficiently for all energies. We show that CAP-Lanczos methods exhibit instability due to the non-normality of CAP Hamiltonians and may break down for some systems. The instability is not due to loss of orthogonality but to non-normality of the Hamiltonian matrix. While use of a Woods–Saxon exponential CAP—as opposed to a polynomial CAP—reduced non-normality, it did not always ensure convergence. Our results indicate that the Arnoldi algorithm is more robust for non-normal systems and less prone to break down. An Arnoldi version of our method is applied to a nonadiabatictunneling Hamiltonian with excellent results, while the Lanczos algorithm breaks down for this system.
Basis set limit Hartree–Fock and density functional theory response property evaluation by multiresolution multiwavelet basis129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2955730View Description Hide Description
We describe the evaluation of response properties using multiresolution multiwavelet (MRMW) basis sets. The algorithm uses direct projection of the perturbed density operator onto the zeroth order density operator on the real space spanned by the MRMW basis set and is applied for evaluating the polarizability of small molecules using Hartree–Fock and Kohn–Sham density functional theory. The computed polarizabilities can be considered to be converged to effectively complete space within the requested precision. The efficiency of the method against the ordinary Gaussian basis computation is discussed.
Quantum theory of chemical reactions in the presence of electromagnetic fields129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2954021View Description Hide Description
We present a theory for rigorous quantum scattering calculations of probabilities for chemical reactions of atoms with diatomic molecules in the presence of an external electric field. The approach is based on the fully uncoupled basis set representation of the total wave function in the space-fixed coordinate frame, the Fock–Delves hyperspherical coordinates, and the adiabatic partitioning of the total Hamiltonian of the reactive system. The adiabatic channel wave functions are expanded in basis sets of hyperangular functions corresponding to different reaction arrangements, and the interactions with external fields are included in each chemical arrangement separately. We apply the theory to examine the effects of electric fields on the chemical reactions of LiF molecules with H atoms and HF molecules with Li atoms at low temperatures and show that electric fields may enhance the probability of chemical reactions and modify reactive scattering resonances by coupling the rotational states of the reactants. Our preliminary results suggest that chemical reactions of polar molecules at temperatures below 1 K can be selectively manipulated with dc electric fields and microwave laser radiation.
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The 2-naphthol- cluster: Two competing types of hydrogen-bonding arrangements129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2952271View Description Hide Description
The potential energy surfaces of the and states of the 2-naphthol, clusters were explored at the level of coupled cluster (CC2) response theory. In the electronic ground state two different types of hydrogen-bonding networks coexist for , (i) a cyclic one [similar to those of the water trimer and phenol] where the hydroxy group of the aryl alcohol acts simultaneously as H donor for the first, and as H acceptor for the second water molecule, and (ii) a hydrogen-bonding arrangement where the aromatic system is taking over the role as H acceptor. In the state, on the other hand, the cyclic conformers are unstable. Consequently, the first group of cyclic ground state conformers gives rise to broad unstructured band shapes in the absorptionspectrum, whereas the second group of conformers involving the aromatic system gives rise to nicely structured band shapes. Based on these results the puzzling absorptionspectrum of the cluster can properly be interpreted.
Single switch surface hopping for a model of pyrazine129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2954019View Description Hide Description
The single switch trajectory surface hopping algorithm is tested for numerical simulations of a two-state three-mode model for the internal conversion of pyrazine through a conical intersection of potential energy surfaces. The algorithm is compared to two other surface hopping approaches, namely, Tully's method of the fewest switches [J. Chem. Phys.93, 1061 (1990)] and the method by Voronin et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A102, 6057 (1998)]. The single switch algorithm achieves the most accurate results. Replacing its deterministic nonadiabatic branching condition by a probabilistic accept-reject criterion, one obtains the method of Voronin et al. without momentum adjustment. This probabilistic version of the single switch approach outperforms the considered algorithms in terms of accuracy, memory requirement, and runtime.
: What do we know about it?129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953571View Description Hide Description
The potential energy surface of has been analyzed and stationary points and minima of intersections characterized by benchmark multireference configuration interaction calculations with basis sets as large as augmented septuble zeta. No evidence for minima other than those of the well established stable configuration has been found. Some of the results obtained previously at a lower level of ab initiotheory had to be revised.
- Condensed Phase Dynamics, Structure, and Thermodynamics: Spectroscopy, Reactions, and Relaxation
Site-directed electronic tunneling in a dissipative molecular environment129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951449View Description Hide Description
The ability to control electronic tunneling in complex molecular networks of multiple donor/acceptor sites is studied theoretically. Our past analysis, demonstrating the phenomenon of site-directed transport, was limited to the coherent tunneling regime. In this work we consider electronic coupling to a dissipative molecular environment including the effect of decoherence. The nuclear modes are classified into two categories. The first kind corresponds to the internal molecular modes, which are coupled to the electronic propagation along the molecular bridges. The second kind corresponds to the external solvent modes, which are coupled to the electronic transport between different segments of the molecular network. The electronic dynamics is simulated within the effective single electron picture in the framework of the tight binding approximation. The nuclear degrees of freedom are represented as harmonic modes and the electronic-nuclear coupling is treated within the time-dependent Redfield approximation. Our results demonstrate that site-directed tunneling prevails in the presence of dissipation, provided that the decoherence time is longer than the time period for tunneling oscillations (e.g., at low temperatures). Moreover, it is demonstrated that the strength of electronic coupling to the external nuclear modes (the solvent reorganization energy) controls the coherent intramolecular tunnelingdynamics at short times and may be utilized for the experimental control of site-directed tunneling in a complex network.
The isotropic nuclear magnetic shielding constants of acetone in supercritical water: A sequential Monte Carlo/quantum mechanics study including solute polarization129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951995View Description Hide Description
The nuclear isotropic shielding constants and of the carbonyl bond of acetone in water at supercritical ( and ) and normal water conditions have been studied theoretically using Monte Carlo simulation and quantum mechanics calculations based on the method. Statistically uncorrelated configurations have been obtained from Monte Carlo simulations with unpolarized and in-solution polarized solute. The results show that solvent effects on the shielding constants have a significant contribution of the electrostatic interactions and that quantitative estimates for solvent shifts of shielding constants can be obtained modeling the water molecules by point charges (electrostatic embedding). In supercritical water, there is a decrease in the magnitude of but a sizable increase in the magnitude of when compared with the results obtained in normal water. It is found that the influence of the solutepolarization is mild in the supercritical regime but it is particularly important for in normal water and its shielding effect reflects the increase in the average number of hydrogen bonds between acetone and water. Changing the solvent environment from normal to supercritical water condition, the calculations on the statistically uncorrelated configurations sampled from the Monte Carlo simulation give a chemical shift of for polarized acetone in good agreement with the experimentally inferred result of .
Refinements in the characterization of the heterogeneous dynamics of Li ions in lithium metasilicate129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2951463View Description Hide Description
We have performed the molecular dynamics simulations of ionically conducting lithium metasilicate, , to get a more in depth understanding of the heterogeneous ion dynamics by separating out the partial contributions from localized and diffusive ions to the mean square displacement (MSD) , the non-Gaussian parameter , and the van Hove function . Several different cage sizes have been used for the definition of localized ions. Behaviors of fast ions are obtained by the subtraction of the localized component from the of all ions, and accelerated dynamics is found in the resultant subensemble. The fractional power law of MSD is explained by the geometrical correlation between successive jumps. The waiting time distribution of jumps also plays a role in determining but does not affect the exponent of its fractional power law time dependence. Partial non-Gaussian parameters are found to be instructive to learn how long length-scale motions contribute to various quantities. As a function of time, the partial non-Gaussian parameter for the localized ions exhibits a maximum at around , the onset time of the fractional power law regime of . The position of the maximum is slightly dependent on the choice of . The power law increases in the non-Gaussian parameter before the maximum are attributed to the Lévy distribution of length scales of successive (long) jumps. The decreases with time, after the maximum has been reached, are due to large back correlation of motions of different length scales. The dynamics of fast ions with superlinear dependence in their MSD also start at time around the maximum. Also investigated are the changes of the characteristic times demarcating different regimes of on increasing temperatures from the glassy state to the liquid state. Relation between the activation energies for short time and long time regimes of is in accord with interpretation of ion dynamics by the coupling model.
POLIR: Polarizable, flexible, transferable water potential optimized for IR spectroscopy129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2948966View Description Hide Description
A polarizable, flexible and transferable potential for water, POLIR, is presented. In addition to providing a good description of the usual structural and kinetic properties, POLIR correctly describes the vibrational frequencies, absolute infrared intensities, and HOH angle in clusters, liquid water, and ice, offering the possibility of a comprehensive classical theory of vibrational spectroscopy. The high degree of transferability suggests applications to solvation and to water that is confined, interfacial, and under the extreme conditions encountered in the geological and planetary sciences.
The microscopic structure of an exactly solvable model binary solution that exhibits two closed loops in the phase diagram129(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2953319View Description Hide Description
An exactly solvable lattice model describing a binary solution is considered where rodlike molecules of types and cover the links of a honeycomb lattice, the neighboring molecular ends having three-body and orientation-dependent bonding interactions. At phase coexistence of -rich and -rich phases, the average fraction of each type of triangle of neighboring molecular ends is calculated exactly. The fractions of the different types of triangles are then used to deduce the local microscopic structure of the coexisting phases for a case of the model that contains two closed loops in the phase diagram.


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