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arXiv:1202.5603v1 [astro-ph.CO] 25 Feb 2012
Solution to Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis in Hybrid Axion Dark Matter Model
Motohiko Kusakabe1,∗A.B. Balantekin2,3,†Toshitaka Kajino3,4,‡and Y. Pehlivan3,5§
1Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
2Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
3National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
4Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science,
University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan and
5Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Besiktas, Istanbul 34349, Turkey
(Dated: February 28, 2012)
Following a recent suggestion of axion cooling of photons between the nucleosynthesis and recom-
bination epochs in the Early Universe, we investigate a hybrid model with both axions and relic
supersymmetric particles. In this model we demonstrate that the7Li abundance can be consistent
with observations without destroying the important concordance of deuterium abundance.
PACS numbers: 26.35.+c, 98.80.Cq, 98.80.Es, 98.80.Ft
Introduction – Low-metallicity halo stars exhibit a
plateau of7Li abundance, indicating the primordial ori-
gin of7Li [1]. However, the amount of7Li needed to be
consistent with the cosmic microwave background obser-
vations [2] is significantly more than7Li observed in old
halo stars [3]. (Even though7Li can be both produced
and destroyed in stars, old halo dwarf stars are expected
to have gone through little nuclear processing). Recent
improvements in the observational and experimental data
seem to make the discrepancy worse [4, 5]. One possible
solution is to invoke either nuclear physics hitherto ex-
cluded from the Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) [6, 7]
or new physics such as variations of fundamental cou-
plings [8, 9], and particles not included in the Standard
Model [10–42]. Effects of massive neutral relic particles
on BBN were extensively studied [10–28].
More recently an alternative solution to the lithium
puzzle was proposed. Since the last photon scattering oc-
curs after the end of the nucleosynthesis, one can search
for a mechanism for the cooling of photons before they
decouple. It was suggested that dark matter axions could
form a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [43, 44]. Such
a condensate would cool the photons between the end
of BBN and epoch of photon decoupling, reducing the
baryon-to-photon ratio WMAP infers, as compared to
its BBN value [45]. An alternative mechanism for such a
cooling is resonant oscillations between photons and light
abelian gauge bosons in the hidden sector [46]. There are
two prima facie problems with the axion BEC-photon
cooling hypothesis: it overpredicts primordial deuterium
(D) abundance as well as the effective number of neu-
trinos. Even though D is easy to destroy, one does not
expect the sum of abundances of D and3He to change
significantly in the course of cosmic evolution [47]. Hence
it is important to find a parameter region in which pre-
dicted abundances of D and7Li are consistent with ob-
servations. In this letter we demonstrate the existence of
such a parameter region using a model with axions and
massive relic particles.
The Hybrid Model – We carried out BBN net-
work calculations using Kawano's code [50, 51] by in-
cluding Sarkar's correction for
JINA REACLIB Database V1.0 [53] is used for light nu-
clear (A ≤ 10) reaction rates including uncertainties to-
gether with data [54–56]. Adopted neutron lifetime is
878.5 ± 0.7stat± 0.3sys s [57] based on improved mea-
surements [48]. Taking into account the uncertainties in
the rates of twelve important reactions in BBN [51], we
employ regions of 95% C. L. in our calculations.
We compare our results with the abundance con-
straints from observations. For the primordial D abun-
dance, the mean value estimated from Lyman-α absorp-
tion systems in the foreground of high redshift quasi-
stellar objects is log(D/H) = −4.55 ± 0.03 [58].
adopt this value together with a 2σ uncertainty, i.e.,
2.45 × 10−5
dance measurements in Galactic HII regions through the
8.665 GHz hyperfine transition of3He+yield a value of
3He/H=(1.9 ± 0.6) × 10−5[59]. Although the constraint
should be rather weak considering its uncertainty, we
take a 2σ upper limit and adopt3He/H < 3.1 × 10−5.
We also utilize a limit on the sum of primordial abun-
dances of D and3He taken from an abundance for the
protosolar cloud determined from observations of solar
wind, i.e., (D+3He)/H=(3.6 ± 0.5) × 10−5[60].
abundance can be regarded as constant at least within
the standard cosmology since it is not affected by stellar
activities significantly despite an effect of D burning into
3He via2H(p,γ)3He would exist [47].
For the primordial4He abundance, we adopt two dif-
ferent constraints from recent reports: Yp = 0.2565 ±
0.0051 [61] and Yp= 0.2561 ± 0.0108 [62] both of which
are derived from observations of metal-poor extragalactic
HII regions. Adding 2σ uncertainties leads to 0.2463 <
Yp< 0.2667 [61] and 0.2345 < Yp< 0.2777 [62].
6Li plateau of metal-poor halo stars (MPHSs), yields
the upper limit of6Li/H= (7.1±0.7)×10−12[3]. Adding
a 2σ uncertainty, we adopt6Li/H < 8.5 × 10−12.
4He abundances [52].
3He abun-
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FIG. 1. Abundances of4He (mass fraction), D,3He,7Li and
6Li (number ratio relative to H) as a function of the baryon-to-
photon ratio η or the baryon energy density parameter ΩBh2
of the universe. The thick dashed curves are for SBBN. The
thin dashed curves around them show the regions of 95% C.
L. in accordance with the nuclear reaction rate uncertainties.
The boxes correspond to the adopted abundance constraints
on the SBBN model. The vertical stripes represent the 2σ
limits on ΩBh2or η for the SBBN model (taken from the
constraint by WMAP [49] and labeled as WMAP7) and for
the axion BEC model (labeled as axion). The solid curves
are the results obtained with the long-lived decaying particle
model with parameters fixed to (τX, ζX)=(106s, 2 × 10−10
GeV) (see text).
7Li abundance,weadoptthelimits
log(7Li/H)= −12+(2.199±0.086) (with 95% C. L.) de-
rived from recent observations of MPHSs in the 3D non-
local thermal equilibrium model [63], i.e. 1.06×10−10<
7Li/H < 2.35 × 10−10.
Figure 1 shows the abundances of4He (Yp; mass frac-
tion), D,3He,7Li and6Li (number ratio relative to H) as
a function of the baryon-to-photon ratio η or the baryon
energy density parameter ΩBh2of the universe, where h
is the Hubble constant in units of 100 km/s/Mpc. The
thick dashed curves are the results of the standard BBN
(SBBN) with a neutron lifetime of 878.5 ± 0.8 s. Thin
dashed curves around them show regions of 95% C. L.
from uncertainties in the nuclear reaction rates.
boxes represent adopted abundance constraints as sum-
marized above. The vertical stripes correspond to the 2σ
limits on ΩBh2or η. The values provided by WMAP [49]
(labeled WMAP7) are
ΩBh2= 0.02258+0.00114
η = (6.225+0.314
−0.309)×10−10. (1)
Values predicted by the BEC model (labeled axion) are
smaller by a factor of (2/3)3/4at the BBN epoch [45]:
ΩBh2= 0.01666+0.00084
η = (4.593+0.232
−0.228)×10−10. (2)
It can be seen that the adoption of the η value from
WMAP leads to a7Li abundance calculated in the ax-
ion BEC model, which is in reasonable agreement with
the observations. However, we lose the important consis-
tency in D abundance. Ref. [45] noted that astronom-
ical measurements of primordial D abundance can have
a significant uncertainty as well as a possibility that D
is burned by nonstandard stellar processes. Even if their
assumption were true, stellar processes are not expected
to change the sum of D and3He abundances [47]. As
seen in Fig. 1, the constraint on (D+3He)/H abundance
seems to exclude the original axion BEC model. Ulti-
mately, this model is viable only when the abundance of
(D+3He)/H is reduced through some exotic processes.
It is known that nonthermal photons can be generated
through electromagnetic energy injections by the radia-
tive decay of long-lived particles after the BBN epoch [11,
16].These nonthermal photons can photodisintegrate
background light elements [10, 11, 19, 20, 24, 25]. We
adopt the method of Ref. [25] to calculate the nonther-
mal nucleosynthesis, where we incorporated new thermal
reaction rates as described above. In addition, we adopt
updated reaction rates of4He photodisintegration [26]
derived from the cross section data using precise mea-
surements with laser-Compton photons [64, 65]. Effects
of electromagnetic energy injection depend on two pa-
rameters. One is ζX = (n0
the number ratio of the decaying particle X and the back-
ground radiation before the decay of X, and Eγ0is the
energy of photon emitted at the radiative decay. The
other is τX, the lifetime of the X particle.
Figure 2 shows the parameter space in our hybrid
model. For4He, we adopt the conservative constraint
with larger uncertainty [62]. We also show the contour
for6Li production at the observed level, i.e.,
7.1 × 10−12. This figure shows the result of nonthermal
nucleosynthesis induced by the radiative decay of long-
lived particles with the η value of the axion BEC model
[Eq. (2)]. Except for D and7Li, contours are similar to
those represented in Ref [25] where BBN epoch η value
is assumed to be the same as WMAP η value [Eq. (1)].
γ)Eγ0 where (n0
γ) is
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FIG. 2. Parameter space of the hybrid model (τX,ζX) for the
value of η = 4.6 × 10−10provided by the axion BEC model.
The contours identify the regions where the nuclei are over-
produced or underproduced ("over" and "low", respectively)
with respect to the adopted abundance constraints.
fraction (red line) and3He/H (black lines), D/H (green solid
and dashed lines for upper and lower limits, respectively),
and7Li/H (blue line) number ratios are shown. The orange
line is the contour of6Li/H=7.1 ×10−12. In the gray-colored
region all abundances are within the limits of observational
4He mass
In the very small colored region, calculated primordial
abundances of all nuclides including D and7Li are simul-
taneously in ranges of adopted observational constraints.
We conclude that the present model eliminates the main
drawback of the original axion BEC model by reducing
primordial D abundance via2H(γ,n)1H reaction, where
γ's are nonthermal photons. We note that the decaying
particle model with the WMAP η value cannot resolve
the7Li problem by itself [23, 25].
The effect of the radiative decay on other elemental
abundances is not significant except for7Li. Since ener-
getic photons produced quickly collide with background
photons and create e+e−pairs, nonthermal photon spec-
tra developed by the decay has a cutoff energy EC =
e/22T where meis the electron mass [16]. The decay
at earlier (hotter) universe then triggers nonthermal pho-
tons with lower cutoff energies. The threshold energies
of7Be and D photodisintegration,7Be+γ →3He+4He
and D+γ → n + p are 1.5866 MeV and 2.2246 MeV,
respectively. These two nuclei are very fragile against
photodisintegration. When the decay occurs early at rel-
atively high T9≡ T/(109K)>
to τX<
∼106s, nonthermal photon spectra contain pho-
tons to dissociate7Be and D, while keeping other nuclides
intact. The gray region indicates parameters which re-
sult in moderate destruction of D which is overproduced
in the original BEC model because of low η. Above that
region, D is destroyed too much by photodisintegration,
∼10−2which corresponds
tively) and number ratios of other nuclides relative to H as
a function of T9. Solid lines show the abundances calculated
in the hybrid model with the parameters (τX, ζX)=(106s,
2×10−10GeV) which correspond to the point indicated with
a star in Fig. 2. The dashed lines show the SBBN prediction.
Mass fractions of H and4He (Xp and Yp, respec-
while below it D abundance is too high.
We next present the results of a BBN calculation in our
hybrid model with a fixed set of parameters given by (τX,
ζX)=(106s, 2×10−10GeV) and the η value given in Eq.
(2). This corresponds to the point indicated with a star in
Fig. (2) and yields the required D and7Li abundances as
seen in Figure 3. This figure shows H and4He mass frac-
tions (denoted by Xpand Yp), and n, D, T,3He,6Li,7Li
and7Be number ratios relative to H as a function of the
temperature. The abundances calculated using the axion
BEC + long-lived decaying particle model with the pa-
rameters (τX, ζX)=(106s, 2×10−10GeV) and the η value
provided by BEC model [Eq. (2)] are shown in solid lines
whereas the SBBN prediction is plotted by dashed lines.
The small difference at T9>
∼0.06 observed between solid
and dashed lines is caused by difference between initial
η values. At 0.06>
∼7×10−3(corresponding to the
cosmic time of t ∼ 5×104–4×106s), effects of2H(γ,n)1H
are seen in the decrease of D and the increase of n abun-
dances.We find a slight decrease in
This is caused through reactions7Be(γ,3He)4He (thresh-
old energy: 1.5866MeV),7Be(γ,p)6Li (5.6858 MeV), and
7Be(γ,2pn)4He (9.3047 MeV). The second reaction in-
creases the6Li abundance. Finally, at T9<
where the abundance of long-lived X particle is already
less than 3 % of the initial abundance, effect of4He pho-
todisintegration is to increase3H and n abundances.
In Fig. 1, solid lines show the results for the SBBN
+ long-lived decaying particle model with the same pa-
rameter values, i.e., (τX, ζX)=(106s, 2 × 10−10GeV).
Obviously the abundances of D and7Li (produced partly
as7Be) are reduced, while that of6Li is increased from
those of SBBN.
7Be abundance.
∼7 × 10−3,
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Conclusions – We used a hybrid axion and massive
relic particle model in which axions cool the photons and
relic particles produce non-thermal photons to eliminate
the high D abundance in the original axion BEC model.
Our hybrid model also produces6Li keeping7Li abun-
dance at the level of Population II Spite plateau. Our
work thus demonstrates that the7Li abundance can be
consistent with observations without destroying the im-
portant concordance of deuterium abundance.
This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid
for Scientific Research of the JSPS (200244035) and
for Scientific Research on Innovative Area of MEXT
(20105004), in part by JSPS Grant No.21.6817, in part by
the U.S. National Science Foundation Grant No. PHY-
0855082, in part by the Council of Higher Education of
Turkey, and in part by the University of Wisconsin Re-
search Committee with funds granted by the Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation.
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When French author Michel Houellebecq was promoting his 2010 novel The Map and the Territory, winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, and failed to show for several appearances, the media flew into a frenzy. Some even speculated that he was kidnapped. This rumor inspired Guillaume Nicloux's The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, starring the writer as a version of himself. The film's official US trailer debuted this week, reminding us of the many rumors that have plagued some of literature's finest. Here are just a… Read More
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50 of the Greatest Literary Moments on TV
It's probably safe to say that media tends to refer to itself, in one way or another — and referring to literature, as opposed to other forms of pop culture, is one way to make just about anything a little more highbrow. Television, notoriously full of references and allusions, might be the worst/best culprit, and the most fun to hunt through for literary moments — after all, nothing's more fun than seeing books on the boob tube. Here, you'll find 50 of the greatest and most memorable literary allusions, shout-outs, cameos, and references on television, as well as real-life author appearances and whole episodes, or even whole seasons, based on… Read More
The Male Confessional Essay Takes Flight in Charles D'Ambrosio's 'Loitering'
The New York Times "Bookends" column asked in September whether this is a "golden age for women essayists," as some of the most talked-about nonfiction releases of the year — Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, Leslie Jamison's The Empathy Exams, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, to start — happen to have been written by women. They're also books that are probing, searching, and at points, confessional. … Read More
50 of the Greatest Characters in Literature
One of the things literature does better than almost any other medium is allow us to experience another person's quality of mind, and sometimes even inhabit it. It follows, then, that every avid reader has a favorite literary character — whether they're beloved for dastardly deeds, tough-girl antics, sex appeal, or a high snark quotient — and that there are many impossibly good ones out there. Click through to find 50 of the… Read More
J.D. Salinger's House for Sale (He Would Really Hate That)
If you have $679,000 handy, you can now purchase the former home of J.D. Salinger in Cornish, New Hampshire… Read More
You Get What You Pay For: The Unfortunate Publication of Three New J.D. Salinger Stories
As we mentioned briefly yesterday, small publisher Devault-Graves realized that the rights to three J.D. Salinger stories from the 1940s — "The Young Folks," "Go See Eddie" and "Once a Week Won't Kill You" — were up for grabs, so the publisher pulled off an unlikely literary coup, and purchased the rights to publish them. It's a bold move, one that will surely net some bucks for a publisher whose stated mission is "converting backlisted books into ebooks through two imprints." The only problem is that the stories themselves aren't very good. … Read More
Three Previously Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories Published
Is it the great literary heist of 2014?
Readers are about to see what's been called "the… Read More
50 Essential Cult Novels
Just what is a cult novel? Well, like so many literary terms, the edges blur whenever you try to look right at them, but in the end, you sort of know one when you read one. Sometimes a cult novel is one that the critics panned but the fans love, or sometimes it's one that both readers and critics love, but a certain contingent of readers really love. Any book with a squadron of rabid fans swearing that it changed their lives quickly seems cultish. Cult novels often come from the fringes, they often represent countercultural perspectives, they often experiment with form. Here are 50 of the… Read More
Fiction Is There to Make You Cry: Joanna Rakoff on Her Salinger Year
People move to New York City with big dreams every day, and My Salinger Year, Joanna Rakoff's memoir about her job at one of the publishing industry's oldest and most respected literary agencies, is the type of book that sums up the life a new New Yorker. There are the apartment issues, the loneliness, and the realization that the cheapest thing on the menu is too expensive. The one big difference, however, is that J.D. Salinger is a character in Rakoff's lovely book. And while it would have been totally understandable for Rakoff to use her connection with the legendary author as the basis of her entire story, My Salinger Year is without a doubt about its author and also much more than that: it's a book about New York, a book about an era ending in the publishing world, and the type of memoir that only a gifted writer like Rakoff could produce. When I spoke to Joanna Rakoff, she shared memories about pre-smartphone New York, how publishing has changed, AOL.com e-mail addresses, and, of course, Salinger. … Read More
Joanna Rakoff's 'My Salinger Year' Belongs in the Canon of Coming-of-Age Books
A slim, carefully observed memoir about her 23rd year, Joanna Rakoff's new book My Salinger Year may be about the time she spent as an agent's assistant in New York City, fielding calls from J.D. Salinger and answering his never-ending avalanche of fan mail, but it's also a very good book about being young and unsure, making dumb decisions and figuring out how to be a person. … Read More
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USENIX Announces Open Access to Conference ProceedingsMar 31, 2008
USENIX conference proceedings now available free of charge to general public.more »
Brazil Says "NO" Again to OOXMLMar 26, 2008
In his blog, Avi Alkalay, an Open Standards, Open Source and Linux advisor at IBM Brazil, reports on the official Brazilian vote, which was decided by consensus of the entire technical team, and quite firmly says that OOXML does not deserve to be an international ISO standard.more »
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Our sister publication, Linux Magazine Brazil, is providing quasi-real time coverage of INdT's Bossa Conference in both English and Portuguese. Linux Magazine Brazil Editor Pablo Hess is on site at the event in Recife and will be interviewing famous names from the Open Source scene exclusively for Linux Magazine. Read on for his initial report.more »
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Joshua Rovner, Tower Center, The U.S. just leaked its war plan in Iraq. Why?
Washington Post Last week U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) gave a remarkably detailed press briefing about its intended late spring offensive to drive the Islamic State out of the critical Iraqi city of Mosul. Critics immediately jumped on CENTCOM and the … Continue reading
Joshua Rovner, Tower Center, commentary on the hidden victories in foreign policy
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Tower Center Fellow, Tyler Moore, Research: Over $11 Million Lost in Bitcoin Scams Since 2011
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Tower Center welcomes nuclear strategist Paul Avey
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Tower Scholars Program receives over $4 million in gifts
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The Presidents and Their Crises
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Look up in the high western sky early in the evening and with a moderate amount of imagination and fantasy you can see a sideways stick man. It's the constellation Perseus the Hero. Perseus is not in what many would consider the upper echelon of constellations, but it is fairly distinct and has a great story.
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BRAZOS COUNTY -- An accident over the weekend tragically kills two motorcyclists.
DPS officials say 49-year-old Don Hayman and 69-year-old Patricia Hayman, both of Dodge, were riding west on William D. Fitch when a truck pulled out in front, hitting them near Tonkaway Lake Road.
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Constantly disheartened when I walk into my local GAME, wall to wall Xbox and Playstation with usually just one or two shelves for Nintendo. Obviously due to the other two playing big bucks for shelf space but it's still disappointing. Interestingly I had a conversation with one of the staff about this and they stated its just a purely a commercial decision, they don't see money in selling Nintendo. Indeed they told me they don't even necessarily bother getting some new WiiU releases in as they don't see the point. A shame.
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The tribe of a Jordanian diplomat who was appointed last week as the ambassador to Israel is threatening to disown him if he accepts the job.Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood organization has also come out against the appointment of a new ambassador to Israel, dubbing it a "provocation."Representatives of the Obeidat tribe, one of the most powerful clans in Jordan, condemned the appointment of Walid Obeidat as "a despicable act that contradicts the positions of the tribe and its successive generations."The tribe's representatives met earlier this week to discuss the issue after the Jordanian government announced the appointment of the ambassador.Following the meeting, the tribe issued a statement in which it threatened to "disown" Obeidat for agreeing to "shake the hand of those who usurped the land, killed and displaced Palestinians and desecrated Islamic holy sites."The tribe warned the ambassador that he would be "crossing all red lines and bringing disgrace and harm to his nation and clan" if he agreed to take the job.It said that the Jordanians had never accepted the peace treaty with Israel, which it denounced as a "stain of shame."The tribe announced that it remained committed to "liberating all Palestine, from the river to the sea."Jamal Obeidat, a former parliament member and member of the tribe, told AFP that efforts were underway to persuade the ambassador to reject the appointment.Jamal said that a delegation representing the tribe met last weekend with the ambassador and his father and demanded that he reject the appointment.The former parliament member said that Walid Obeidat responded by saying that as a public servant he was unable to reject the appointment.But Walid's father, Khaled, a former Jordanian ambassador to Algiers and Qatar, announced his support for his son's appointment.According to the former parliament member, more than 400 members of the Obeidat tribe have expressed their opposition to the appointment of one of their sons as ambassador to Israel."This job causes grave damage to the Palestinian cause and does not serve Jordan's interests because Israel does not honor any agreements," he charged. "Israel only believes in settlements and seizing holy sites."Samih Mayata, spokesman for the Jordanian government, defended the appointment of the new ambassador, calling it a "natural process."Sources in Jordan said that former prime minister Ahmed Obeidat, who is one of the leaders of his tribe, has yet to announce his position regarding the appointment of the ambassador.The Muslim Brotherhood condemned the appointment of the ambassador as a "big sin" and called on the government to respect the feelings of the people. The organization also called on Walid Obeidat to reject the appointment.
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This post comes from HRC Phone Bank Coordinator Kate Kramer:
Earlier this week, HRC hosted about a dozen volunteers from the First Friends/Deep River Youth Group in North Carolina. They wanted to help HRC and Marylanders for Marriage Equality by making some phone calls – and help they did! Together we made over 700 phone calls, had over 100 conversations, and signed up four new volunteers for phone banks next week in Silver Spring and D.C.
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PRLog - Nov. 27, 2012 - The eleventh annual BMGA British Club Championship saw the Kent Minigolf Club win the title for the third year in a row after a daylong tournament played out at the Basingstoke Golf Centre's 9-hole Mini Golf course. A total of twelve teams from seven of the British Minigolf Association'
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The winning Kent Minigolf Club 'Spitfires'
Commenting on the third win in a row, Kent Minigolf Club Captain Sean Homer said "Retaining the British Club Championship title on Sunday was a very proud moment for all of us in the Kent Minigolf Club. We were confident going into the event that we could make it three titles in a row and the spirit and determination within the squad of twelve players was very high. The Spitfires may have hit the winning putt to seal the title against a strong Cambridgeshire team in the final match of the weekend, but this is absolutely a victory for everyone at the KMGC. It was incredible to see all three of our teams top their respective groups on Sunday, winning all of their matches and it really shows how strong the talent is within the club. Perhaps most encouraging was that we had four players making their British Club Championship debuts on Sunday – Alex Pragnell, Dave Donnelly and Phil Exall in the Tornados, and Will Donnelly in the Hurricanes. All four performed superbly alongside our more experienced players and with more new players coming through for next year, the club continues to go from strength to strength. The victory was a fitting climax to another brilliant year for the Kent Minigolf Club and of course we will be looking to make BMGA club history next year with our fourth title in a row. VTK."
The BMGA British Club Championship saw the twelve teams drawn into three groups in which each team played each other once, with the top two teams in each group automatically qualifying for the quarter finals. The best two third place teams also qualified for the knockout stage. A sudden-death play-off was required between the Midlands Minigolf Club's 'A' and 'B' teams to see which side went through to the next round, with the MMGC 'A' team winning at the first-hole.
British Minigolf Association spokesman Richard Gottfried said "The Basingstoke Golf Centre's Mini Golf course was a great setting for the 2012 BMGA British Club Championship and proved a good test for the teams taking part. The eleventh edition of the tournament saw the largest field ever compete in the British Club Championship and the British Minigolf Association would like to thank all of the teams and players for competing and all of the team at Basingstoke Golf Centre for hosting the event. We're looking forward to a return to Basingstoke for more BMGA tournaments in the future."
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The 2012 BMGA British Club Championship was the largest edition of the event since it began in 2002. The Minigolf Clubs that competed at Basingstoke Golf Centre were – the Kent Minigolf Club; Basingstoke Minigolf Club; Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club; Hampshire Minigolf Club; London Minigolf Club; Midlands Minigolf Club and the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club.
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"The Five Year Engagement" is not the funniest or most romantic movie ever, but it does provide enough romance and laughter to keep the audience invested in the
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star as fiances Tom and Violet, who just can't find the right time to get married. The two get engaged with every intention of being married within the year. Unfortunately, event after event happens, putting roadblocks up on their path to marital bliss.
Segel and Blunt have great chemistry. They play off each other wonderfully and come off as a realistic couple — not just two Hollywood actors shoved together for the sake of a movie.
This was my first time seeing Blunt in a leading role. I've seen some of her supporting character roles and always wondered how she would be as the lead lady.
Her acting seems almost effortless as she perfectly embodies the character of Violet. She's able to portray a range of emotions in just one look. "The Five Year Engagement" is a romantic comedy and unlikely to win Blunt any awards, but I'm very optimistic about her
While I label this as a romantic comedy, I feel like the term has certain connotations with it. Sometimes this specific genre has more people running in the opposite direction than gory horror films termed "torture porn."
Although the movie has the same basic skeleton of a romantic comedy, I felt that it had a lot more depth than most. So for the purpose of this review, I will refer to this movie as a "dramedy" — a comedy, drama
I thought the movie was clever in that it didn't just switch back between funny scene, serious scene, funny scene and serious scene. Instead, many of the scenes were dramatic, but humorous bits were peppered in throughout.
Comedy is not the main goal of this movie. The story and characters take the main priority.
Funny parts are organically worked in, playing off character quirks and flaws. Those who expect to be rolling on the floor in laughter will be disappointed.
Though the plot was solid and the characters were interesting, one thing that bothered me was the length of the movie. It felt like "The Five Year Movie." Sure, I wanted to see what happened to everyone at the end, but the wait was eternal. Longer is not necessarily better. If the editors hacked 30 to 45 minutes off the movie, I don't think too much would be lost, and it would still be
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