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Incarcerating Kids is a Lucrative BusinessComments
Everyone has no doubt read/seen/heard stories now about Casa Padre, the Brownsville, Texas Walmart-turned-children's-prison that currently houses nearly 1,500 juvenile immigrant boys. About a week and a half ago, Senator Jeff Merkley tried to tour Casa Padre and was turned away. (He had some things to say anyway.) Yesterday, a small group of reporters were allowed to tour the facility, including Jacob Soboroff, whose tweet thread about the prison went semi-viral late yesterday.
There is little about Casa Padre that is particularly surprising, given how the United States treats incarcerated people, children and adults, more generally. It is overcrowded; the food is bad; the facility is dramatically understaffed; kids have to do double-shift schooling. The number of children there has spiked in the past month because of the Trump regime's dedicated ability to find new racist and inhumane policies to enact.
One of the things that's worth noting, though, is the degree to which the human misery that America's immigration policies inflict upon would-be immigrants present financial boons for at least some people on this side of the border:
The shelters in and near Brownsville have become big business, employing thousands of residents and bringing abandoned stores, schools and other buildings back to life in a county where the median household income is $34,578 and the percentage of those living below the federal poverty line is 29.1, far higher than the national poverty rate of 12.7 percent.
And, of course, there is enormous profit to be made by the executives of firms who oversee these detention centers, especially for the owner of nominally nonprofit Southwest Key, which oversees Casa Padre:
The unusually high number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the southern border in recent years has been good for Southwest Key's business. The organization has received more than $1.1 billion to shelter unaccompanied minors since 2014, including $310 million in the current fiscal year, federal spending records show.
Business briefly slumped a year ago, when the spring surge of unaccompanied teen immigrants failed to materialize. Southwest Key laid off nearly 1,000 employees, according to media reports at the time.
But the flood of teens soon resumed, and then the Trump administration began separating families, shunting adults into jails and their children into shelters. The number of children in federal custody spiked by more than 20 percent between April and May of this year. Casa Padre doubled its population over that period, from 542 to 1006, according to a monthly census by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the agency that licenses such shelters.
As of late May, the agency permitted Casa Padre to house 1,186 people. By the beginning of this week, it had granted the shelter permission to house 1,483. On Tuesday, the agency agreed to allow up to 1,514, a spokesman said.
So, just one year after the mass layoff, Southwest Key is racing to keep up with a new boom. The organization has hired about 700 employees in the past two weeks, and is aiming to hire another 150 as soon as possible, Sanchez said. More than 200 jobs are available at Casa Padre alone, according to Southwest Key's website.
Sanchez, a native of Brownsville, founded Southwest Key in 1987 with a focus on juvenile justice programs. In the late 1990s, he said, the organization won a federal contract to operate a shelter at the border for immigrants, many fleeing El Salvador.
Now, two decades later, Southwest Key operates 26 shelters for immigrant youth in Texas, Arizona and California. The growth has been accompanied by increased compensation for executives.
By 2015, Sanchez's compensation was $786,222, according to forms filed with the IRS. The following year, his Southwest Key compensation nearly doubled to $1.48 million, according to IRS forms filed by a related organization, an Austin charter school Sanchez founded.
Sanchez said the change reflected a retirement contribution rather than a salary increase — recognition of previous years spent working for a low salary and no benefits.
"We had nothing," he said of the early years at Southwest Key. "No benefits, no 401(k), no insurance. We just go out there keeping kids out of prisons and jails."
His wife, Jennifer Sanchez, is a vice president of the organization. Her compensation totaled $280,819 in 2015, IRS filings show.
So the owner of Southwest Key is taking in more than $1.7 million in combined household annual compensation, with a large portion of that likely coming from government contracts. (The Southwest Key's financials webpage is conveniently down at the moment, making it hard to fully discern their financial structure.)
This sort of profiteering off of human misery is in some ways a microcosm of the relationship between capitalism and racialized mass incarceration in America more generally. It's important to note that the vast majority of American prisons are NOT privately run (the belief that privatization is central to the story of mass incarceration is entrenched, but misplaced). Nevertheless, plenty of people make plenty of money off of human caging. Hundreds of thousands of prison guards make their living off of it (which frequently leads them to oppose any/all positive criminal justice reform) and numerous companies make tremendous profits through the various cottage industries that are attached to America's prison boom. And, of course, those companies that do participate in the private prison industry make money hand over fist.
At the end of the day, the most important stories about Casa Padre and affiliated immigrant prisons/"detention centers" are their human and moral costs. But the very tangible ways that many Americans materially benefit — sometimes very, very lucratively — from this human misery is important to reckon with, too.


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Our family are rabid fans of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Race and watch it every year. The race is also known as the Race to the Clouds, which is an appropriate name as the summit sits at a staggering 14,110ft – a height that is truly impossible to appreciate when you watch it on TV. We were so excited when we finally had the opportunity to visit the Colorado Springs area and to visit the awe-inspiring Pikes Peak for ourselves. On screen, we'd watched drivers hurtling up to the summit in about 10 minutes in what always appeared to be a fast, winding drive with beautiful scenery. So, when we picked up our compact rental car at the airport we had visions of emulating the likes of some of the Hill Climb greats such as Sébastien Loeb and Rod Millen – how wrong we were!
Armed with our early-morning coffees and dressed in our lycra running gear we piled into the adequate rental car and headed for the hills. We are well used to being in the outdoors and hiking, so we intended to head up the mountain and explore the summit. That's not quite the way it turned out, as we had failed to appreciate a few things. We wound our way slowly (no speedy driving for us on those curvy roads without guard rails) up to the summit and were eventually driving above the tree line. Having already sat in the car for quite a long time we were eager to get active at the summit. When we got out of the car, we were shivering from not wearing sufficient clothing, as even in summer it's colder up there than you might expect. This was one reminder to plan ahead prior to a trip and as Pikes Peak's summit conditions are live streamed on local area websites, this isn't too hard to do. Not only were we cold, but we started to feel downright awful as the dreaded altitude sickness was affecting us all. Pikes Peak is more than a mile above sea level, which means that there is less oxygen at that altitude. For many people, this results in what can feel like the worst hangover ever – headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite, and shortness of breath. So, after taking a very brief look at the view and saying hi to a few marmots, we got back in the rental and began the descent.
Winding our way slowly back down the hill and with many other visitors doing the same thing, we found that we were using the brakes a lot and so was everyone else. Fortunately, there were park employees at various points along the route to check whether visitor's brakes were overheating.
There's nothing quite like being on vacation with your brakes on fire and feeling lousy from altitude sickness. So, don't do what we did, follow these tips to ensure that your next road trip to a mountainous area goes smoothly.
Dealing with altitude sickness
These tips can help if you find yourself in a much higher altitude area than you are used to:
- Take time to acclimatize – don't try to be physically active in the first couple of days. Let your body adjust to the different environment over 2 or 3 days.
- Take it slowly – when you start to get active, take things a lot more slowly than usual and don't expect to be able to do things at the same pace or for the same duration as you would at a lower altitude.
- Stay hydrated – make sure that you drink sufficient water. This helps minimize headaches caused by dehydration and allows your body to get acclimated.
- Eat light but high-calorie foods
- Avoid alcohol
- Avoid smoking
If you experience symptoms of altitude sickness, it is suggested to take ibuprofen for headaches and your doctor can prescribe medication to combat nausea. There is also medication available specifically for dealing with high altitude sickness to be taken in advance of going to an area of particularly high altitude. Talk to your doctor about what is suitable for your needs. If you experience any other symptoms in addition to those mentioned above seek immediate medical advice.
Avoiding overheated brakes
If used continually all brakes will overheat and that can result in fires and brake failure. So how do you go about making sure your brakes keep their cool on a long, steep descent?
- Where possible keep your speed constant and low.
- Use engine braking by using your gears to rest the brakes. If driving a car with a manual transmission, change down one or more gears. If your car has an automatic transmission switch to manual mode, using gears 2 or 1 depending on the speed and road conditions.
- If you think the brakes are getting overheated, pull over and allow the brakes to cool down naturally by air.
At Pikes Peak, we were not only impressed with the stunning beauty and the enormity of the landscape, but we were even more in awe of the skill of the race car drivers that tackle such mountains. We know that taking on the Race to the Clouds may not be for us, but the next time we visit any mountainous area, we'll certainly be a lot more prepared. And by the way, Sébastien Loeb, vous êtes incroyable (you're amazing)!!
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Star Wars The Last Jedi apparently focuses on the rivalry between Luke Skywalker and Supreme Leader Snoke while featuring the future of Kylo Ren and Rey, according to leaked plot details.
The summary of the upcoming science fiction film was shared online by a former employee of Lucasfilm, who was fired by the firm due to unknown reasons. The synopsis, which is being shared on 4chan, reveals the hidden agenda of Mark Hamill's character.
The Jedi Master was really disappointed with the mysterious leader of the First Order due to Ben Solo's journey to the dark side. So, he will pull out all stops to make the Jakku Scavenger stronger than the mysterious leader.
Also read: Oscar Isaac spills the beans on General Leia Organa in The Last Jedi
Check out the leaked plot details of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi:
Luke meets Rey, he tells her how the force brought her to him. Her parents were scared of her abilities. She is told after a couple scenes that she was born out of necessity that this balance will continue forever with the force, since the beginning all the way to his dad and now her. Luke trains her but tells her after Snoke is defeated, they will cease to fight and will not continue the Jedi order. They have a meditation scene together where she literally walks through a beam of light and she can control everything around her. She can change shapes and warp everything around her. Luke tells her she will be even more powerful than Yoda and she says who? (this got some chuckles). She also battles a creature that Luke claims is filled with evil intent and has been threatening the porgs, creatures more in tune with the force than even himself (think penguins on crack). She defeats this creature only to see it become a ghost of Anakin. Basically, Luke has tried to push her emotionally in every direction on the island in order to wake her full potential quickly. He wants Snoke gone now. It's made clear that Luke is not happy with what Snoke did to Ben and will do anything to make Rey become stronger quickly to destroy him. We get a flashback with Anakin at Luke's school and everything is destroyed. Luke sees young Ben and says "I don't want to kill you...but your life is in my hands now". We learn later Luke knew someone else would come along to balance things out with Ben so he left to get answers as to why the Jedi always fail. He used the force to shut R2 down until this person was found. Rey confronts Luke about his feelings towards the Jedi, his abandonment of his friends and everything that's happened and they don't come to an agreement. He speaks with Yoda, she meditates.
Yoda admits she is right, that the Jedi of old were hopeful but arrogant and the dark side of the force can't be the only future. Ren spends the majority of the film with Snoke. He's more unstable and leaves to trace Vader's life in hopes that he will meet his spirit. From the way Snoke acts, he doesn't seem to care much. Also, force ghosts can be destroyed. After Finn wakes up, the entire ship they're on is destroyed. Leia asked him to go find Snoke's weakness, she's been told someone has information on how to destroy him and they've arrived at the meeting point (a new planet). No one likes Leia on this planet. Rose leaves with him because it's the last escape pod and her sister trusts Finn. Poe leaves after the ship is destroyed as well with Leia and some remaining resistance. The First Order takes prisoners. They spend most of the film on the run and meet up with Holdo who immediately butts heads with what they should do next. She wants to have an alliance with the FO, Leia thinks that's a bad idea and in the meantime, sends Poe to rescue the remaining resistance supporters. Finn goes to Snoke's home planet and finds a crypt. Very expensive looking place and a tomb that's opened. Basically, we learn Snoke has switched bodies and is actually well liked by a lot of races. No one alive has seen his original body. He's with Rose and Zenn. All of this takes place after they escaped the "affluent planet" and found the kidnapped resistance members who after these past few years have decided to join the First Order. Finn appeals to some of them but not all.
Luke eventually understands that training one person at a time might be the best way forward and thanks to Rey, that this will never end so they'll have to make their own rules going forward (Anakin told her that repressing your emotions is what leads to their downfall). There will always be someone out there more powerful, good or evil. Ben finds out the location of the island because Rey was alone meditating and he sensed her. Ben doesn't tell Snoke by the way so something is going on there.
Ben fights Rey on the island, wins. Luke destroys Ben's guards with one move (they come in to attack at once, next shot, they're all on the ground). This got a great reaction but the move itself was definitely not a typical Jedi action. Ben asks Luke why he failed and that it was his parents fault for not being there for him. Luke asks Ben what he wants and asks him to help take down Snoke, that it can lead him to a new path. Ben agrees. In shock, Rey follows them (Luke has an A wing on the island!). Honestly, the Luke/Rey stuff is way more interesting than Finn's story. This has almost turned into a weird review haha. The film ends with Luke standing before Snoke as the destroyer flies away. Rey and Kylo flew off after she attacked his ship.
Meanwhile, the franchise fans got a glimpse of First Order BB Unit in The Last Jedi through the leaked images of upcoming Lego toys. The astromech droid has similar features like BB-8, except it's black in colour.


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Twins Lily make a trip to Hong Kong at the end of Nov for a short holiday getaway. We went to visit some friends in Hong Kong and then make a trip to Disneyland during the last 2 days of our trip before coming back. So lets us now enjoy the Magical trip with Twins Yuki!
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Hong Kong Disneyland 2014
Twins Lily make a trip to Hong Kong at the end of Nov for a short holiday getaway. We went to visit some friends in Hong Kong and then make a trip to Disneyland during the last 2 days of our trip before coming back. So lets us now enjoy the Magical trip with Twins Yuki!
[HKDP9] HongKong Dollism Plus 9 (Day 1)
We would usually attend HongKong Dollism Plus as customers,however this year,we got a booth to sell our own hand-sew doll outfits. As we only have two person at our booth,we do not get much chances to drop by other booths for shopping or to take pictures. The pictures taken on the first day of HKDP9 is much lesser comparing to the past years,we only have about 30 pics excluding Blythe doll pics which would be posted in a separate post.
Event : HongKong Dollism Plus 9 (Day 1)
Date: 19 July 2014
Time: 11:30am-6:00pm
Aveue: 3rd Floor, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre | 九龍灣國際展貿中心三樓
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[HKDP9] HongKong Dollism Plus 9 (Day 2)
Event : HongKong Dollism Plus 9 (Day 2)
Date: 20 July 2014
Time: 11:30am-6:00pm
Venue: Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre | 九龍灣國際展貿中心三樓
Attending this annual event in Hong Kong every year is definitely an eye opener for all doll collectors. Besides making friends with other new collectors and sellers, this event often creates a chance and platform for all other collectors to catch up with each other as well. I'm really happy to catch up with other overseas collectors and also at the same time, made friends with other! Special edition dolls, accessories and doll clothes are often sold during the event. As we're having our own booth this year, we didn't have much time to go around taking much photos on the first day. So we have merge the 2 days event photos together. So let's go for HKDP9 tour now!
每年的 HongKong Dollism Plus, 我都覺得是讓所有娃親大開眼界的一次。除了能看到很多不同種類的DD, BJD娃之外,他們的造型也是千變萬化的。不管是賣家,還是參與者,除了參與這個一年一度的活動之外,許多收藏家也會接著這個機會和來自不同國家的朋友們聚一聚。活動上也有售賣限量版的BJD娃,或者其他相關物品。事不宜遲,現在就隨我們去看一看吧!
Hong Kong Dollism Plus 9 (HKDP9) – Our Booth
The Bly Couture 進軍香港啦!今年第一次到香港的HKDP9參展。2天的DP, 我們選擇了參與第一天,19日那場。
The Bly Couture has made its first display and sale booth at Hong Kong Dollism Plus 9 (HKDP9) this year. We have chosen to attend the first day of the event, on the 19 of July 2014.
We had 5 sets of DD & 1 set of blythe gowns for display for that day. Initially we had planned to do 8 sets of DD gowns, but due to tight schedules, we only managed to complete only 5 sets. We will like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has visited our booth and to all the buyers who have purchased our work. Thank you for liking our designs. We will definitely work harder to produce more doll outfits in the near future.
Our first display and sale booth at HKDP9
Glad to announced that we would be having our very first sale and display of our hand-made wedding gowns and accessories at the upcoming HongKong Dollism Plus 9. We would like to invite friends who are attending this event to visit our booth with your lovely dolls.
我們將在來臨7月份的香港Dollism Plus 9首次租用攤位售賣我們的手縫娃衣(多數會是華麗的婚紗禮服),
Booth Informations:
Date : 19 July 2014,Saturday(one day only)
Time : 11:30am-6:00pm
Booth Number : C21
Venue: Rotunda Hall 2, 3/F Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre,
1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
日期: 2014年7月19,星期六(一天而已)
We would update everyone with the item list,pictures and prices in our facebook page at probably around first week of July. The following two pictures are preview of one of our handmade wedding gown set.
商品清單,照片,價格及進一步資料將會在7月初在我們BLY Couture的臉書頁面上公佈,暫時先貼上兩張我們縫製的其中一套婚紗禮服的圖圖。
[HKDP8] Dollfie Dream @ HongKong Dollism Plus 8 – Day 2
My little Haruka was too tired out for a whole long day of shopping during the first day of HKDP8. She decided to stay back at the hotel to catch some sleep and skipped the second day event…..without the help of my little Haruka Princess,i had to do this HKDP8(Day 2) on my own.
At first we almost wanted to skip Day 2 as well,since we were quite reluctant to wake up early. We only bought Day 1 tickets in advance as we were unsure if we would attend the second day event. However after some discussions,we decided to go ahead. As usual,we took the MTR from Mongkok to Kowloon Bay,then took the free shuttle bus to the exhibition centre. There were bigger crowds comparing to the day before,luckily we were there earlier. We purchase the tickets at the venue and joined the queue.
Like the first day,we left our Yuki twins at Natalie's Dollie World booth and proceeded with our shopping at other dealers booths. However we did not buy much stuffs that day…After taking pictures of those booth displays, we went to a cafe outside the hall to take our late lunch. Perhaps both of us were too tired, we left the event before 4.00pm and headed back to the hotel.
In this post,we will bring you the pictures of Dollfie Dream that we took at the dealers booths during HKDP8(Day 2).
我的小香香公主前一天逛累了,第二天決定在酒店休息,不一同隨行了。少了這位小記者,HongKong Dollism Plus 8(第二天)的報道就得要自己做了。
和前一天一樣,我們將Yuki兩姐妹放在Natalie的Dollie World攤位便到處逛逛了。當天的收獲沒有第一天來得多,所以我們就只是拍了一些照片,然後就到會場外面的咖啡座吃午餐了。也許我們前幾天都逛得太累了,那天我們在娃展呆到接近下午4點的時候,我們就決定離開,回返酒店休息了。
Event : HongKong Dollism Plus 8 (Day 2)
Date: 14 July 2013
Time: 11:30am-6:00pm
Aveue: 3rd Floor, Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre | 九龍灣國際展貿中心三樓


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Jerome's Background
On 4th August 2016, we received a call from Islandbridge flats, Dublin 8, about a pony that kids were riding in the War Memorial Park and then being kept in the common area of the nearby flats. Parents were concerned and contacted MLHR.
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I have been talking with Peter McNulty who organizes the Dana Point 356 show for the Porsche 356 Club. In some of the prior shows the RGRuppe and S Registry have been well represented, some years not so well represented.
Peter would love to have us come back in full force this year and I volunteered to coordinate our efforts. It costs $20 to display each car on the lawn overlooking Dana Point Harbor. Trust me when I say that this is a beautiful setting for a car show!!!
Peter will give us a separate designated spot for displaying our cars, as well as preferred access to the venue. We will enter directly as a group at around 7:30 am and not have to wait in any lines.
The game plan is for us to meet nearby for a quick breakfast before the show and then proceed to the show as a group. When the show breaks up at around noon, I will host a BBQ at my house 3 miles away for anybody who would like to attend. Cold beer, nice grub, safe parking in a gated community, etc.
So who would be interested? I need to get a tentative show of hands for event planning purposes.
Also note that our vehicles are not going to be judged. This event is merely a good excuse for us to get together and hang with our toys. For those who are fond of 356's, there will be an unbelievable collection on display.
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Residents from Bishopsmead Lodge Care Home in Bristol enjoyed lots of treats over the festive period.
Some of the residents' highlights included the carol concert performed by children from Headley Park School. Mr Stephen's particularly enjoyed the concert and could be heard singing along encouraging the children to finish each carol.
The home also welcomed a seasonal pantomime, and the residents were treated to 'Peter Pan'. Nobody wanted the dastardly Captain Hook to win, and were constantly cheering Peter Pan on to ensure he outwitted the pirate.
Are you looking for a care home in Bristol? Bishopsmead Lodge Care Home offers support for all types of care including nursing care and respite care.
Date published: 25 January 2018
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In drought-stricken Marathwada, where 168 distressed farmers have committed suicide since the beginning of the year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget has been described as upsetting, reports The Indian Express.
While the Centre called the budget 'rural centric', villagers in the Jalna district of Marathwada are unhappy that Jaitley made no mention of the farmer suicides in the region. They also say that they had hoped for loan waivers, which they haven't got.
"Did he say anything about our farmers' loans? Did he say anything about our mounting debts? If he had so, I have not heard neither have scores of farmers in our village," said Shivaji Gajar, a marginal cotton farmer in Jalna's Gundewadi village.
Gajar owes Rs 2 lakhs to banks and money-lenders. He said: "Like me, there are at least 400 farmers in our village who have taken loans from banks and money-lenders and are now not in a position to repay. Because of our inability to repay, interest goes on piling up and there is constant pestering by banks and money-lenders to repay the loan."
In Ranmala village, farmer Sopanrao Budhwant said the budget could have been more proactive about farmers' problems. "The government could help farmers with financial assistance for buying seeds and equipment," he said. "It is because farmers do not have money, they are forced to borrow from banks and money-lenders at hefty interest rates that keep piling up after they fail to repay."
The Jalna district is suffering such a severe drought that even drinking water is in short supply. This means that the district's main crop, cotton, has withered away. "When there is no water for drinking, how can we expect water for agriculture?" asked Gajar.


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Ying Wu
Professor of Physics
Prof. Wu is interested in nonlinear dynamics of charged particle beams, coherent radiation sources, and the development of novel accelerators and light sources. One of his research focuses is to study the charged particle nonlinear dynamics using the modern techniques such as Lie Algebra, Differential Algebra, and Frequency Analysis. This direction of research will significantly further the understanding of the nonlinear phenomena in light source storage rings and collider rings, improve their performance, and provide guidance for developing next generation storage rings. The second area of research is to study and develop coherent radiation sources such as broad-band far infrared radiation from dipole magnets and coherent mm-wave radiation from a free-electron-laser (FEL). With this direction of research, he hopes to study the beam stability issues, in particular, the single bunch instabilities in the storage ring, develop diagnostics to monitor and improve the stability of the light source beams, and eventually develop novel means to overcome instabilities. These areas of research will provide foundations for developing a femto-second hard x-ray Compton back scattering radiation source driven by a mm-wave FEL - a next generation light source.
Jia, B., et al. "Influence of an imperfect energy profile on a seeded free electron laser performance." Physical Review Special Topics Accelerators and Beams, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2010. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.13.060701. Full Text Open Access Copy
Sun, C., et al. "Polarization measurement of stored electron beam using Touschek lifetime." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 614, no. 3, Mar. 2010, pp. 339–44. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.01.034. Full Text
Bernstein, A. M., et al. "Chiral dynamics in photopion physics: Theory, experiment, and future studies at the HIγS facility." Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, vol. 59, Dec. 2009, pp. 115–44. Scopus, doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.010909.083220. Full Text
Sun, C., and Y. K. Wu. "A 4D Monte Carlo Compton scattering code." Ieee Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Dec. 2009, pp. 477–80. Scopus, doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401609. Full Text
Pietralla, N., et al. "Competition between excited core states and 1 ℏ ω single-particle excitations at comparable energies in 207Pb from photon scattering." Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, vol. 681, no. 2, Oct. 2009, pp. 134–38. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.09.059. Full Text
Huang, S., et al. "Water-cooled, in-cavity apertures for high power operation of FEL oscillators." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 606, no. 3, July 2009, pp. 762–69. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.017. Full Text
Sun, C., et al. "End-to-end spectrum reconstruction method for analyzing Compton gamma-ray beams." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 605, no. 3, July 2009, pp. 312–17. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.237. Full Text
Sun, C., et al. "Energy and energy spread measurements of an electron beam by Compton scattering method." Physical Review Special Topics Accelerators and Beams, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.12.062801. Full Text
Rusev, G., et al. "Multipole mixing ratios of transitions in 11B." Physical Review C Nuclear Physics, vol. 79, no. 4, Apr. 2009. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.047601. Full Text
Weller, H. R., et al. "Research opportunities at the upgraded HIγS facility." Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, vol. 62, no. 1, Jan. 2009, pp. 257–303. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.ppnp.2008.07.001. Full Text
Nonlinear Dynamics of Charged Particles in Storage Rings. An invited talk at National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, University of Science and Technology of China. April 28, 2004
Storage Ring Based Light Source Development at Duke University. An invited talk at Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University. April 27, 2004
Light Source Research at Duke University: UV/VUV FEL and Compton Gamma Source. An invited talk at Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Physics, Beijing University. April 26, 2004
Explicit Symplectic Integrators for 3D Static Magnetic Fields and Dynamic Aperture Studies with Wigglers. An invited talk at Advance Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. November 21, 2003
Explicit Symplectic Integrators for 3D Static Magnetic Fields. An invited talk at NSLS, Brookhaven National Laboratory. July 31, 2003
Beam Dynamics in the Storage Ring with Variably Polarized Wigglers. 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference. May 14, 2003
Storage ring based coherent far infrared/mm-wave radiation source and hard X-ray source with femto-second duration. An invited talk at 17th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2002. University ...
Design and Analysis of Beam Separator Magnets for 3rd Generation Aberration Compensated PEEMs. 2002 Charged Particle Optics Conference. October 25, 2002
Explicit Symplectic Integrator for 3D Magnetic Fields. 2002 Charged Particle Optics Conference. October 25, 2002
Member of Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) : 2010 International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'10). December 21, 2009
Reviewer : Proposal Review for Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Basic Research for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Broad Agency Announcement. September 2009
Reviewer : Proceedings of the 30th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Reviewer, August, 2008 - October, 2004. December 16, 2008


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Is it just my cats that are completely incapable of sleeping in a way that you or I would perceive as normal?
There's a gap in there, in case you can't really see it. I've no idea how it could be comfortable, but hey, what would I know.
This seems similarly uncomfortable. Also not that this wasn't just her stretching - I have this photo from about 4 different angles (that make my room look even messier)
Babycat's favourite place to sleep however remains my laptop. Specifically the keyboard, but we will settle for a closed lid if that's all that's on offer.
Given that she's also quite happy to sit on it while awake too, I'd be guessing she's motivated by about 49% warmth and 49% attention seeking. The other 2% is that she actually wants to use the internets.
When did my adorable little Babycat turn into GlamazonTeenagerCat? She's probably on some cat-dating website looking for a boyfriend when I'm not around.


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The Audi A3 Sportback is obviously the 5 door version of the A3, but the typical Audi has gone that one-step further. Audi have redesigned the rear-end of the car with a brand new tailgate. The result of this larger rear not only obviously helps tell the difference between the three-door, but increases boot space by just over 20 litres.
A great family car with a far larger boot, spacious inside front and back, extremely economical. This A3 sportsback is a massive contender for an all round perfect family car . A low emissions and high economy 1.6 TDI model which uses a start-stop system is also available and can average an impressive 69mpg.


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