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Everlast Women's Kickboxing Gloves
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Get superior comfort and protection with the Everlast® women's Evercool kickboxing gloves. With extended knuckle padding, this new design shields your fingers while training. They're constructed from comfortable neoprene with a full mesh palm for breathability, and the full-wrist wrap straps provide support and allow for a more customizable fit.
- Neoprene construction
- Full mesh palm
- Extended knuckle padding
- Full-wrist wrap strap
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Only came in one size and was too tight. Had to purchase another brand.
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Codemasters delays games amid Ubisoft takeover rumors
UK publisher/developer pushes back Wartime Command, Operation Flashpoint 2 as UK trades report it may be bought out by the French game giant.
UK publisher/developer pushes back Wartime Command, Operation Flashpoint 2 as UK trades report it may be bought out by the French game giant.
Codemasters' World War II strategy game formerly known as Battlefield Command is preparing to deploy to stores later this year.
Codemasters' upcoming WWII RTS changes it handle; cites cluttered retail channel.
Codemasters gives us a look at 1C's impressively detailed WWII strategy game.
Codemasters releases new information on its World War II real-time strategy game from the creators of IL-2 Sturmovik.
Codemasters announces that its presence at this year's E3 will be its biggest ever.
Codemasters announces that its official Battlefield Command Web site has been updated and now boasts its own forums. New screens inside.
Codemasters renames 1C's World War II strategy game ahead of its release next year.
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The room was very clean and spacious. The staff was very attentive to my needs. The staff was very pleasant. Great experience for staying here for the first time.
The bathrooms were a little small and ackward when closing the door but we're very clean.
So much to do and very well maintained. Beautiful pools. Garfield's had great food and reasonable prices. Have already recommended Eden Resort to several friends and intend to go back soon.
Hotel was very clean. Staff very friendly and helpful. Location is definitely prime, very easy to walk to anything in the downtown area. Breakfast included a nice variety of fresh fruit, yogurt, cereal, muffins, hot and cold beverages.
My second night the wind was incredible. I found it quite distracting that the window was not able to be closed tightly and every time there was a burst of wind, the window banged. In the middle of the night I finally shimmed the window with some brochures. The elevator does close very quickly!
We had 3 adults staying in the room, and still had plenty of space. Room also had a small outdoor balcony which although it was cold was still nice to have.
Location was further outside of Lancaster City than I wanted. It was a decent walk to get to the places that we were going.
The historic character of the building; Staff was very helpful.
Breakfast buffet was delicious, wide selection. They also had free dinner the night we were there. The staff was very friendly and courteous. Staying there again in six weeks!
Hot breakfast buffet every morning and hot coffee 24/7. Free internet and excellent selection of TV channels
Driveway entrance/exit is a bit hazardous.
The overall design, comfortable beds, free breakfast, friendly staff
Knowing where you were allowed to park, finding the main lobby - we drove passed the entire hotel a few times
The old building has been put to a fabulous new use. The old beams, woodwork and bricks are very interesting. The toiletries and lines are great quality.
We could hear our neighbors in the middle of the night.
A man checking in at the same time as us asked for a government rate, that was $40 less then we paid. How much subsidizing do we have to do?
Breakfast was good. Friendly staff in the dining area.
Room wasn't very clean. Mattress sagging and in need of replacement. Only one tiny trash can for 2 room suite with a kitchenette. Front desk staff unpleasant, and indifferent at checkout.
Place is creepy, employees don't give a crap about customers.
The rain.
Clean love the green on the golf curse
Outstanding value for money!! A World traveler sends.
loved the room....quilts and such gave it an Amish feel...porch with rocking chairs...very comfortable beds...slept great...will stay there every time I visit that area...staff great...very clean
no dislikes
Great restaurants in the area
Staff was very friendly. Very nice continental breakfast. Situated roughly halfway between the two outlets & close to other attractions.
Filthy. Disgusting. Broken fixtures, broken A/C unit, had to move to another room. More of the same in the next room. Strong smell of mold in the room. Mold all over shower curtain. Very outdated.
Comfortable bed. Everything else was okay.
Can't remember anything I didn't like.
Good value for the money, & pretty clean. The room was surprisingly quiet even with all the traffic from Rt 30 right outside. Everyone was super friendly.
The power randomly went off a couple times while we were in the room. It only lasted a couple seconds and came right back on, but it wasn't even storming out. But I forgot to ask the front desk about it.
This place was awesome, the rooms were spacious and very clean. They have a great breakfast in the morning and the staff was great. The reviews on here were not all accurate. We loved it. For the price u cant beat it. Great tv service and VERY clean.
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Refreshing beverages: Here's how Southwest Florida celebrities and chefs beat summer heat
Southwest Florida summers are approaching in the fast lane. The weather is turning hot and humid at a very quick pace, and residents are starting to slow down.
But some cooling help is on the way: Local professionals and restaurants answered our call for their favorite cooling drinks during the long summer months.
Krista Fogelsong, anchorwoman of NBC News Today at 5, 6 and 11 a.m., said she and her husband first had a Dirty Monkey during a trip to Cancun in 2006. The hotel had lost their reservation, and it wasn't found until almost an hour of communicating in limited Spanish.
Hot and exhausted, they went to the pool bar, where the bartender sensed their stress and served them Dirty Monkeys. In one taste, the vacation started.
"Ever since then, whenever we go on vacation, the first thing we do is order Dirty Monkeys. They've also become our friends' favorite beach, boat or party drink," Fogelsong said.
Try it at home with this recipe:
1 banana
2 cups milk or cream (Fogelsong uses fat-free coffee creamer)
¾ cup Kahlua and ½ cup vodka (optional)
2 cups ice
Hershey's chocolate syrup
1 Mix all the ingredients in a blender and serve in a tall glass that has been drizzled with Hershey's chocolate syrup along the inside edge of the glass. Drink through a straw.
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Guy Laforge of Big Buck & the Biscuit Boys likes a simple drink.
"We sort of invented a drink back in the day called the Bocce Ball that consists of vodka, amaretto and orange juice. It is refreshing and great as a shooter," Laforge said. Mix the proportions according to your taste.
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Bob Zottola plays the trumpet and performs with the Expandable Jazz Band and the Dynamic Duo.
"I am basically a dry red wine drinker year round. Cabernet Savignon, merlot, Malbec, Syrah are all fine with me, and I prefer them chilled despite what the purists say!
"I do try to stick with the organic versions of the reds of which there are, to my taste, several good ones. They are not more expensive than the non-organic and hopefully a better choice for health reasons.
"As a favorite 'refresher,' I don't seek out the exotic but if offered a piña colada or some kind of fruity drink at a social function I certainly enjoy it," Zottola said.
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Judith Elenore Branch is known as jazz singer Jebry, who performs locally as Jebry's Jazz Jam. She calls her pick-me-up "A Smooth Jazz." "Instead of grabbing a doughnut or cookie I make my smoothie when I run errands and need a pick-me-up," Jebry said.
1 cup any flavor nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup frozen mixed berries
1 banana
Orange or pineapple juice, same amount as the yogurt
1-2 cubes of ice
1 Place all the ingredients into a blender and pulse until smooth. 2 Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.
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Jean Frye Sidwell, jazz vocalist, and her husband, Chris Sidwell, jazz bassist, perform at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs. Each has their own favorite.
4 cups fresh lemon juice
3 cups sugar
8 cups water
1 bag frozen raspberries
Ice cubes
1 Squeeze the lemons and pour the juice into a pitcher.
2 Mix the sugar, water and stir to dissolve to make a syrup.
3 Add the syrup to the juice and top it up with the water.
4 If it is sweet enough, add the raspberries; if not, add more sugar.
5 Mix well and chill.
6 Pour into a tall glass with ice and, if desired, garnish with a raspberry
Recipe from the Food Network
Pulp of a ripe pineapple
2 thin slices of orange
3-4 slices cucumber, peeled Pint strawberries, each berry halved
1 banana, diced
1 cup sugar
Ground cinnamon
Chilled water
1 Chill on ice the fruit and cucumber.
2 Remove the cucumber and dust the fruit with the cinnamon.
3 Dilute to desired strength with chilled water.
4 Serve in a tall glass with a long-handled spoon to enjoy the fruit.
From Better Homes and Gardens
Practically every bar or restaurant has a signature drink to express the personality of the owner or bartender that is so unique patrons will remember and order whenever they visit. Osteria Tulia, Real Seafood and Tavern on the Bay Sports Bar & Grill have several signature drinks for their customers, but the following are very special and especially refreshing during the long hot summers of Southwest Florida:
Osteria Tulia, 466 Fifth Ave. S., Naples; 239-213-2073
The Fiore ($12) is the invention of chef/partner Vincenzo Betulia, who invented it for his new restaurant as a soda, but then he added liquors that complemented the fruits for a warm-weather drink. Betulia starts with muddled raspberries and adds Absolut Miami vodka, which has passion fruit and orange blossoms that personify Florida. He then adds St. Germain Elderflower liqueur; his own favorite, Liminata (sparkling lemon juice); and Combier, an orange liqueur. He finishes it with passion fruit nectar. He pours it over the ice into a rocks glass garnished with a lemon wedge and two small straws.
Lunch bartender Whitney Collins said she enjoys making the colorful drink and when her customers take a sip, they always order a second one.
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Tavern on the Bay Sports Bar & Grill, 489 Bayfront Place, Naples; 239-530-2225
The restaurant's Classic Mojito ($9) is made with Bacardi Limon Rum, fresh mint muddled with lime, simple syrup, topped with soda and served with a sugar cane stick, lime wheel and a straw in an 8-ounce glass.
Kellie Felt, the daytime bartender, said she enjoys making the restaurant's classic mojito because everyone who drinks one perks up, even on Southwest Florida's hot and humid days.
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The Real Seafood Martini ($9.95) is named for the restaurant and is made with Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka, Blue Curacao liqueur and pineapple juice served in a martini glass garnished with a triangle of pineapple. Bartender Jess Elwell said it is a great combination to replace a margarita on a hot and humid day.
Real Seafood, 8960 Fontana del Sol Way, North Naples, 239-591-3232
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Lemon Glazed Peach Muffins
25 Oct 2009
Lemon Glazed Peach Muffins is a mouth watering dish which you would surely want to get your guest's attention. I bet, serve this Lemon Glazed Peach Muffins and the taste would be just heavenly!
|Canned sliced cling peaches in light syrup
|16 Ounce (1 Can)
|All purpose flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|All bran cereal
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Kellogg's)
|Egg white
|Skim milk
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Pumpkin pie spice
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Vegetable oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Baking powder
|2 Teaspoon
|3 Tablespoon
|Lemon sauce
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Adjust Quantity As Needed)
Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
Set aside.
Drain peaches, reserving 1/3 cup syrup.
Set aside 8 peach slices; chop remaining peach slices.
Measure Kellogg's® All-Bran® cereal, milk and 1/3 cup reserved syrup into large mixing bowl.
Stir to combine.
Let stand 2 minutes or until cereal is softened.
Add egg white and oil.
Beat well.
Stir in chopped peaches.
Add flour mixture, stirring only until dry ingredients are moistened.
Portion batter evenly into 8 lightly greased 2 1/2 inch muffin pan cups.
Place 1 peach slice over top of each muffin.
Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Recipe Summary
Course:Side Dish, Fruit Dessert
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"I loved the quality of the card stock. I used my picture. I wish I would have used a lighter filter that you had on the page to change the light/darkness. All in all I am very pleased with Tiny Prints and I will order from you again."
"What I designed on-line is what I received. Had thought about upgrading card stock - standard more than met my expectations."


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Nicole Richie in Ksubi
Nicole Richie was spotted doing some last minute Christmas shopping in Los Angeles, California with her kids, Harlow and Sparrow. She wore her Ksubi Super Skinny jeans in Black. I really like the way these jeans just skim her ankles. The fit is just perfect with her House of Harlow Kye Slippers in Laser Croc (I am dying for those slippers).
Another thing about this look is Nicole's scarf. That is one of the best that I have seen. I love the colors on it and the tie-dye print. Nicole definitely has an eye for amazing printed scarves.
Lindsay Lohan in Ksubi
Lindsay Lohan was seen leaving her probation officer's building after checking in with them. Hopefully Lindsay is finally on the right track and can get back to focusing on her career. I wonder if she has any upcoming projects planned?
For her courthouse visit, Lindsay wore an all black outfit, including a pair of black high rise Kusbi skinny jeans. This is quite a different outfit than the one we saw her out in a few days ago. I do think that these look great on her, we don't see nearly enough celebs in Ksubi and their colors collection is one of my favorites from any brand. You can buy Ksubi jeans online at Net-a-porter.com.
Nicole Richie in Ksubi
I love that Nicole Richie is starting to venture out and try new brands. She was recently doing some press shopping at Satine Boutique in Los Angeles, California. She wore a pair of Ksubi Super Skinny Zip jeans in Black. Nicole seems to love black and red together. She has been caught in the color combination quite a few times recently.
I love that she is back in a pair of Ksubis. We rarely get any sightings of the brand. I just love their jeans. They aren't afraid to think outside the box, plus they were one of the first brands to introduce skinny jeans to the world. You can click here to purchase these jeans at Farfetch for $169.
Denim Event: KSUBI 'The End of the Moon' Store Launch
Ksubi has opened a new flagship on Chapel Street South Yarra in Mebourne, Australia. I'm so happy to hear that Ksubi is flourishing again. They were the first designer brand that I have ever lusted over. They just make such amazing styles.
The interior of the new store was kept modern, but not too modern. It is Ksubi we are talking about. There is a hanging lady on the ceiling, along with a centerpiece of the American flag posted on top of the moon. The interior is just great and is true to the Ksubi aesthetic.
To coincide with the opening, Ksubi also held a launch party. Being Ksubi, nothing was kept to the ordinary. Guests drank out of plastic bags as they partied away. You can click through the images of the launch party and the interior below.


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February 11th, 2004 #5
donk pm'ed me that he will be able to put out quickie today. so, i wanted to ask for one day special for donk's entry.
kinda cool somehow... we both had time for ages, spent it all on calling ourselves names and end up doing quickies in the very last hours before deadline
February 14th, 2004 #6
So here you are, Master Gladiator! Your entry lacks some polishing indeed, but I like everything I see in it at this point - except for the background. I'd try to keep the earth values of the foreground: far aways mountains? dusty desert? fire in ancient town?
Anyway, nice to see you around. I owe for talking about this place somewhere else. Cheers :chug: !
Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making
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|Jet Pac
Jet Pac ZX Spectrum cover
|Tim and Chris Stamper
|Ultimate Play the Game
|ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Commodore VIC-20, Xbox One
|Release date(s)
|ZX Spectrum May 1983,[1] VIC-20 1983[2]
BBC Micro 1984[3]Xbox One
|Shooter game
|Single player
Jet Pac is a ZX Spectrum, VIC-20 and BBC Micro video game developed and first released by Ultimate Play The Game in May 1983.[1] The game is the first in the Jetman series, and was the company's very first release. The game was written by Chris Stamper with graphics by Tim Stamper. Jetpac was one of the very few Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2, allowing "instantaneous" loading of the game when the normal method of cassette loading could take several minutes.[4]
In the game, Jetman has to first assemble his rocket (which comes in kit form), and then fill it with fuel before taking off to the next planet (where the procedure is broadly repeated). Along the way Jetman has to defend himself from the planet's aliens, and for bonus points collect valuable resources which occasionally fall from the sky.
After the first level, the rocket stays assembled and just requires refuelling. However, every five levels, the rocket is changed and the replacement has to be built before it can be fuelled for take off. Each new model has a new design with a higher number written on it, although the gameplay is unchanged.
The single game screen is a horizontal wrap around and consists of three platforms on which Jetman can stand.
The enemies change each level (cycling back to the first after eight levels) and each alien has a different pattern of movement which means they can be dealt with in a different manner. For instance, the "dart" enemy tends to hover in a vertical column on the left-hand side of the screen until it fires across the screen whereas, the "flying saucer" aliens will follow Jetman around and so require a different strategy.
Crash magazine praised the graphics and presentation, which were "of the highest standard",[6] adding that it was "difficult to find any real faults".[6] ZX Computing said it was "a very well put together piece of software. An excellent game."[9] The game was number one in the first Spectrum sales chart published by C+VG.[10] The ZX Spectrum version was voted number 73 in the Your Sinclair Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time in 1993[11] and was voted the 14th best game of all time by the readers of Retro Gamer Magazine for an article that was scheduled to be in a special Your Sinclair tribute issue.[12]
Sequels, ports, and remakes[edit]
Two sequels were released: Lunar Jetman (1983) and Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship (1990). The latter, however, was not released on the ZX Spectrum due to disappointing sales of the original NES version, although a version for the Commodore 64 was finished but never released.
In 1999, Jetpac was introduced to a new generation when Rareware included it in Donkey Kong 64. It could be unlocked to play in Cranky Kong's lab after obtaining 15 Banana Medals, and if players beat Cranky Kong's high score, they would be rewarded the game's Rareware Coin, which is necessary to beat the game. After taking pictures of 6 Banana Fairies, the player would be able to play it and Donkey Kong any time they wish by going to the Mystery Menu of the main menu.[13] An enhanced remake of Jetpac, entitled Jetpac Refuelled, was released to Xbox Live Arcade on March 28, 2007.[14] The game was retained in the April 2015 Virtual Console re-release of Donkey Kong 64 on the Wii U, despite it being technically owned by Microsoft. Microsoft's E3 2015 press conference unveiled the compilation title Rare Replay, which has a selection of thirty games from Rare's lifetime game library, including Jetpac and its sequels.
- ^ a b "PSST is this the Ultimate?", Personal Computer Games (1), June 1983: 5
- ^ a b "Jetpac". Personal Computer Games (2): 7. November 1983.
- ^ "Jetpac review, BBC Micro version". Computer and Video Games (38): 36. December 1984.
- ^ "Interface Games are Fast but not Furious", Sinclair User (EMAP) (24), March 1984: 54–55
- ^ "Jetpac - Review", C+VG (Future Publishing) (21), January 1983: 136
- ^ a b c "Jetpac - Review", Crash (magazine) (Newsfield Publications) (3), April 1984: 64
- ^ "Reaction games across the Spectrum - Jet Pac", Home Computing Weekly (16), June 1983: 15
- ^ "C&VG's Golden Joystick Awards 1983". Computer and Video Games (Future Publishing) (29): 15. June 1985. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "The soft touch - Jet Pac", ZX Computing (8), August 1983: 106-107
- ^ "Chart Toppers", C+VG (Future Publishing) (23), September 1983: 37
- ^ "Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time", Your Sinclair (Future plc) (93), September 1993: 11
- ^ "The 50 Best Speccy Games Ever!". ysrnry.co.uk. November 2004.
- ^ "Donkey Kong 64". GameSpot. CNET. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
- ^ "Jetpac Refuelled". Xbox.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
External links[edit]
- Jetpac at MobyGames
- Jetpac at World of Spectrum
- Jetpac at Ultimate Wurlde
- Jetpac at Classic Web Games
|Preceded by
|UK number-one Spectrum game
September–December 1983
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Heading Down the Home Straight: KDE 4.0 Beta 3 Released
The third beta release sees the KDE team freeze the development platform and includes further code clean-up work. The developers have concentrated on libraries since the second beta, but there are some more visible changes, too.
KDE beta 3 has the latest Koffice 2.0 , which has now reached alpha four status. Enhancements mainly relate to ODF support and formula functions; templates and animation are now available for slideshows. The office suite is regarded as a preview and the KDE developer team warns that it could crash at any time.
The Karbon vector drawing program in the future Koffice version 2.
According to Canadian KDE developer Aaron Seigo the work on the new Plasma interface is fairly advanced, and the Beta 3 now includes a working collection of basic components such as taskbars, menus, panels and wallpapers. The applet browser is new; work is still in progress on integrating the KGet download manager with Plasma.
The Plasma desktop and its new functions looking impressive.
The team responsible for PIM applications has improved Kalarm and ported the application to KDE 4.0, along with Kpilot. Korganizer can now convert time zones to the current locale, to display an appointment in, say, Moscow at the local time. Apart from this the PIM team has mainly been working on its new, cross-desktop Akonadi architecture which will be ready in time for KDE 4.1.
KDE developers have also put much effort into the Kvoctrain vocabulary trainer. Now dubbed Parley, the trainer features more direct controls and a new interface.
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Other new features: Gwenview can scale images, Konqueror has been reworked and Kwin is more stable. Website developers will be happy to hear that Klinkstatus, a link checking tool, has made its way into the KDE 4.0 Beta 3.
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Just a few miles away, the birth of three chicks has meant the number of ospreys born at Loch Garten, near Aviemore, has passed the 100 mark in the 60th anniversary year of the birds returning to Scotland.


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Although he hasn't yet entered Mark Sanchez or Tony Romo territory, Josh Freeman has faced a good amount of criticism for his inconsistent play. Fran Tarkenton is the latest to stoke the fire. During an appearance on WDAE radio on Tuesday morning, the Hall of Fame quarterback blasted the Buccaneers signal-caller, saying he "can't play." "He just plays God awful. And that's who you are, right?" Tarkenton said, via JoeBucsFan.com. "Josh Freeman has proven to me that he can't play." Tarkenton went on to compare Freeman to former Rays outfielder B.J. Upton, who similarly underwhelmed during his time in Tampa Bay. In all, Tarkenton's six minute interview was a scathing analysis of a player who's thrown for at least 3,400 yards in each of his last three seasons. Freeman's teammate, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, says enough's enough. "I think the reason I'm so sensitive about [the Freeman bashing] is because I got it for two years," McCoy told reporters, via JoeBucsFan.com. "T...
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by Libby AnneCreated To Be His Help Meet, pp. 58-59The title of this section is "Disappointed Old Failures," and it follows last week's section in threatening women with disaster and shipwreck if they fail to follow Debi's advice. Or, God's advice. Debi clearly thinks they're they same thing. … [Read more...]
CTBHHM: Disappointed Old Failures
Quoting Quiverfull: Hindering the Creator?
by Nancy Campbell from Above Rubies Because God is a Creator, He loves to create. He delights in creating each new baby that is born. And every human being God creates is unique, different, and special--a new divine creation that has never been created before. … [Read more...]
But Bruce, Don't Women CHOOSE to Stay in Fundamentalism?
by Bruce GerencserIt's not that simple.We all tend to think it is just a matter of choice or an act of the will when we see people enmeshed in Fundamentalist religions or bizarre ideologies that we have no personal experience with. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Combating Pornography?
by Vaughn Ohlman of Persevero NewsSo the worldly social reformer is faced with trying to tell the women themselves not to act in demeaning ways. But let's face it, they aren't preaching to the choir. Like the issue of gun control it is the very people they want to reach that won't be listening. … [Read more...]
The Supposed Myth of Teenaged Adolescence
by SamanthaI've talked a lot about the fundamentalist cult I was raised in, but something I don't very frequently talk about here is my experience with the conservative religious homeschooling movement. For many people, the conservative religious homeschooling movement … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Laboring Not in Vain?
by Michelle Kauenhofen of Above Rubies Womens Daily Devotionals DEAR FELLOW MOTHER,When you feel worn out, exhausted, taken advantage of, under appreciated and not acknowledged, remember this. … [Read more...]
This is NOT Homeschooling: Is HSLDA Part of a "Bible-Based Cult"?
by Heather DoneyThis may be the most important and most scary post on homeschooling that I have ever written. It feels like something out of a Margaret Atwood novel and I am numb as I write this, so please bear with me. The title of this post is not rhetorical. It is a question I am actively pondering at the moment. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: True Love Waits is Satanic?
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The San Antonio Spurs have assigned center Aron Baynes to their D-League affiliate Austin Toros. This is Baynes' first assignment to the Toros since being signed by the Spurs on January 23. He has appeared in two games for the Silver and Black, averaging 3.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in 9.5 minutes. Baynes will join the Toros in Bakersfield tonight for Austin's weekend set against the Jam. Baynes played significant minutes in the Spurs' recent win over the Bobcats finishing with 7 points, 1 block and 9 rebounds in 17 minutes of action. However, seeing how he was added to the team mid-way through the season, without the benefit of a full training camp and preseason, any amount of time learning the Spurs' system is beneficial to his development. Similar to how the Spurs have been sending Nando De Colo back-and-forth to Austin in order to get time on the court and immerse himself in the Spurs' system. Moreover, after the Spurs' win over Charlotte, coach Gregg Popovich commented Baynes was winded and playing with the Toros tonight will help with his conditioning. Also, with Tim Duncan set to make his return to the court tomorrow versus Washington, it could be just a way to make roster space as well.
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Waterstones director warns library e-book lending could threaten bookstores
May 13, 2012 | 9:04 pm
By Chris Meadows
The Bookseller has a brief report on a London roundtable in which some publishers and booksellers sounded a warning about library e-book lending. Waterstones m.d. James Daunt said that library e-lending could be disruptive to bricks-and-mortar booksellers. "If you can download a book for free and read it, why would you want to own it?"
Daunt further noted that booksellers have had things "extremely easy" for a long time, and have lost focus on "the basic discipline of retailing." He suggested that there is an opportunity for booksellers to learn to improve their financial focus and learn to run themselves better. However, he said that the numbers of bookstores will inevitably decline.
Some of the commenters below the article scoff at Daunt's pessimism over library e-lending, pointing out that it's been possible to check out the physical book for years and that hasn't seemed to hurt sales. I would also note that it's more likely e-book lending will hurt e-book sales rather than physical book sales, since e-book lending shares with e-book buying the instant gratification factor of being able to buy the book without having to leave one's home. If you were willing to leave your home, it's more likely checking out the physical book would be the buying threat.
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Nonsense. In fact, I've read about other studies that show using libraries is a discovery process and actually increases books sales, not cannibalizes them.
"If you can download a book for free and read it, why would you want to own it?"
Dear Mr Daunt,
Maybe you should consider offering fewer ill-considered opinions and more eBook reading devices, eh?
(Chris, thanks for pointing out the very obvious flaws with his argument.)
Daunt says: ""If you can download a book for free and read it, why would you want to own it?""
That is the essence of the issue and one which no one hereabouts can really answer. Mind you the issue is a future one, not a current one. Looking ahead ten years, or fifteen years to a world where paper books are slim minority of titles.
eReaders will become ubiquitous as they are already doing. They will become a commodity that virtually everyone can afford, like mobile phones and there will be no worthwhile role for libraries.
In today's model paper books are and have been expensive. That cost has motivated both middle class and working class readers to use libraries where they can read free, alongside buying a couple of books a year. The model involved physically visiting libraries and, by doing so, discovering new authors which balanced, in part, the loss of sales.
In the future world of eBooks this model will die. The vast majority of readers will buy online from their PC or eReader. As the transition progresses we already see libraries offering online borrowing services where readers, again, have no need to visit a physical library.
Thus the physical experiential difference between buying and borrowing will become invisible and non existent. When that difference disappears … there is absolutely no motivation for a reader to buy !!! None.
When that day arrives it will become crystal clear to every writer and publisher that it will be insane to continue to allow borrowing. It will simply make no financial sense because every reader will borrow instead of buy. There will be no physical experience that causes the discovery of new writers. The whole experience will be an online one.
This will have no negative affect on society whatsoever, except to put librarians' noses out of joint.
eBooks will be cheap. eReaders will be cheap. Only a small segment of the population will have difficulty accessing the world of reading and that segment can be facilitated through Welfare driven reading vouchers that enable people to buy an eReader and eBooks at cut prices or free. This will cost society a minute fraction of the cost of maintaining thousands of expensive buildings and staff.
Libraries have no long term future.
"I would also note that it's more likely e-book lending will hurt e-book sales rather than physical book sales, since e-book lending shares with e-book buying the instant gratification factor of being able to buy the book without having to leave one's home. If you were willing to leave your home, it's more likely checking out the physical book would be the buying threat."
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"Daunt said library e–lending would provide tough competition to booksellers over E-BOOK SALES."
What's the point of reading something if your going to miss the entire gist of what it was saying?


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I really enjoyed your last post. If more of us picked up brooms and put down guns, angry, hurt and pride the world would be a better place. And penny is doing so much good letting all those folks love on her. Just hide the soap,okay?
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There was no Federal Emergency Management Agency in those days. People simply coped, as they did throughout the Great Depression. Somehow the adversities of those years not only conditioned, but also strengthened that generation to become the one we now look upon as the greatest.
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If you're not bringing a sleeping bag (bulky) or a tent (heavy), it's highly unlikely that your 30 pounds of gear will ever fill 64+ L of pack. It really depends on how much other gear you have to carry, how many changes of clothes you bring, etc, but I went backpacking in the summer with a 55L pack for a week and it weighed 65 pounds. If you're packing light (sounds like you're forced to), you could most likely get by on a 45-50L pack.
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|All-purpose flour
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|Ground anise seed
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|Ground cinnamon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ground cloves
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ground coriander seed
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|For filling
|3 Cup (48 tbs), blanched
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
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|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
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2. Let this mixture cool till lukewarm and this will take 20 minutes.
3. Add the 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel and the brandy to the pan and mix again.
4. Into another large bowl, tip in the flour and the baking soda.
5. Add the anise, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and coriander and mix well
6. Add honey mixture and then mix with wooden spoon to a stiff dough. Shape the dough into a ball and place in a refrigerator for 2 days to chill completely.
7. Preheat oven to 350F on the day of serving.
8. Lightly grease cookie sheets.
9. Make the filling on the day of serving by pouring the almonds into an electric blender. Process the almonds and then add the 1 cup sugar, the jam, 1/3 cup honey, 1 tablespoon lemon peel, juice, almond extract; mix until well blended. Set aside.
10. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and then divide it into half. Roll out half the dough so that it forms 16-by-10-inch rectangle
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12. Place 5-6 tablespoons of the prepared sweet almond filling in a 1-inch roll in the center of the dough strip
13. Roll the edges of the dough over filling so that they overlap and then press down gently to seal. Repeat this process with the remaining dough and filling.
14. Cut the rolls into 1-inch pieces and place them on baking sheets and bake them for 20 minutes until they are golden brown in color
15. Glaze the rolls by brushing the rolls with a boiled mixture of sugar, ½ cup of water. Ensure that the water sugar mixture is boiled for at least 5-7 minutes
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Eventually, their descendants formed the core of America's hunting fraternity, and helped to develop the North American model of wildlife management.
A key element in the development of sport hunting and fishing in North American was an 1842 US Supreme Court ruling which set the foundation in U.S. common law for the principle that wildlife resources are owned by no one, rather they are to be held in trust by government for the benefit of present and future generations.
Hunting and angling remain the cornerstones of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. These activities continue to be the primary source of funding for conservation efforts in North America. Through a built-in excise tax on all hunting, angling and shooting sports equipment, and the sale of sporting licenses, hunters and anglers have generated more than $10 billion toward wildlife conservation since 1937.
Although conservation efforts have traditionally focused on game species, non-hunted species reap the rewards as well. The vast wetlands that have been protected for ducks, the forests saved for deer and the grasslands for pheasants have helped to save countless non-game species from peril.
Hunters and anglers have invested billions in wildlife and its future. They understand conservation and the vital role sportsmen play.
Often, sportsmen get a bad rap due to the actions of a tiny minority of unethical or irresponsible hunters. Many of the bird species that were once endangered by market hunters, were eventually saved by sportsman's dollars.
Birders can hunt their prey 'with opera glasses' today, because sportsmen understand and appreciate the intrinsic value of all species, not just the "game."
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"They were driving a civilian car and were dressed in civilian clothes when shooting took place between them and Iraqi patrols," an official in Basra said
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I´m not saying it, reuters is.
Oh? And then why bring it up in the first place?
The thread that deltaboy has kindly linked us to , thank you btw, debunks it. I personally took pleasure in debunking alongside several others.
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Well if you are so bright,why didn´t you link to the threat instead of yawning about their dressing?
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Sysrina Sister, are you Iraqi or Syrian??
And what is the middle- east's/ your take/opinion on Chechnya,Kashmir and the Qighar province of china?
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I´m not saying it, reuters is.
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So if you are from Iraq. I pose one question.
As I am assuming you are pro-resistance? I've encountered many people myself (I served in Iraq), that loved the U.S. Iraqi civilians giving us shouts of "viva la freedom" and "god bless U.S.A."


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In the final start of her career, multiple graded stakes winner Upperline outfought Ciao Bella in the homestretch to prevail by three-quarters of a length in the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes Oct. 21 on the Keeneland turf (VIDEO).
The winning 5-year-old daughter of Maria's Mon out of the multiple stakes-placed mare Snowflake, by Caerleon, is scheduled to be sold at the Fasig-Tipton November breeding stock sale.
A crowd announced at 19,134 was on hand for the Sunday program at Keeneland.
"She's been a superstar from the beginning," Stidham said approvingly of the winner. "She's been tough in all of her races, and we're just happy that she was able to do it like this. We're just sorry we hadn't started running her a mile and a half a long time ago. James (Graham) rode her great, and she's a great mare."
Third in the Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (gr. I) over Keeneland's Polytrack Oct. 7 Upperline won for the third time in eight starts this year. She was making the shortest turnaround between races of her career for the Dowager.
"I had a great trip," Graham said. "Great training achievement by Mike to have her back this good in two weeks off a grade I third. She did everything I asked her to do."
Eleven entered the starting gate for this year's Dowager. Ciao Bella ceded the early lead to For the Win and tracked her and Maid of Heaven on the outside as the race unfolded through a soft half-mile in :51.07 and six furlongs in 1:116.44. Ciao Bella, the 3-1 second choice, swept to the front after they completed the mile in 1:43.04. Though confronted on her outside by the favorite, she took a narrow advantage into the stretch.
"She ran huge; a really, really big race," Velazquez said of the runner-up. "I thought she had a really good chance to win it. She was kind of drifting out a little bit. It she didn't do that, she probably would have won the race."
Irish-bred Janicellaine rallied from fourth at the quarter pole for Julien Leparoux to just miss second.
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"The most important issue about the development of optical nanoscopy was that it showed that a physical limit that over years was thought to impede the applicability of far-field optical microscopy one of the most important tools for live-cell investigations can be overcome," says Professor Christian Eggeling (University of Oxford, UK), who has worked closely with Stefan Hell during the past years and is co-author of several of his highly cited publications. "This was based on the insight by Stefan Hell in the 1990s that nearby sample molecules are no longer discerned just by the phenomenon of focusing light, but by prompting them to briefly assume at least two different states (e.g. an on and an off state)."
Based on this principle, Hell developed a method called stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, in which two laser beams are utilized; one stimulates fluorescent molecules to glow while the other one cancels out all the fluorescence except for that in a nanometer-sized volume. Scanning over the sample yields an image with a resolution better than Abbe's stipulated limit. "I realized that silencing a fluorophore by stimulated emission or keeping it in a metastable dark state would be very powerful for separating fluorophores at sub-diffraction length scales," Hell told ChemPhysChem recently.
W. E. Moerner and Eric Betzig, working separately, laid the foundation for another method: single-molecule microscopy. This technique relies on the possibility to turn the fluorescence of individual molecules on and off. The same area is imaged repeatedly, but only a few molecules are allowed to glow each time. The images are then superimposed, yielding a dense super-image resolved at the nanolevel. "I am absolutely thrilled and very excited that the fields of single-molecule spectroscopy/imaging and super-resolution have been recognized in this way!" Moerner told ChemPhysChem. "While only three names were chosen, there are many researchers around the world who have contributed in essential ways, and all are to be congratulated," he added.
"These three researchers have laid the foundations for the field of nanoscopy or super-resolution microscopy," says Suliana Manley, Professor of Physics at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL, in Switzerland. "Moerner was the first to image single molecules in ambient conditions, a remarkable feat at the time; Hell performed the seminal development of STED, and was incredibly persistent, continuously improving the method and keeping the field alive with his breakthroughs; and Betzig made brilliant connections to go from spectral separation of emitters in near-field microscopy to temporal separation of fluorophores in far-field photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM)." Manley explains that the different methods, STED, PALM and structured illumination microscopy (SIM), compete in a very positive way. "All three have pushed to enable multicolor, live, 3D imaging, and historically the breakthroughs have come in bursts," she says.
"One of the challenges in biological imaging is that the sizes of cellular structures are inherently mismatched with the diffraction limit of light," says Dr. James Fitzpatrick (Salk Institute of Biological Studies, USA), a well-known researcher in the field of super-resolution imaging. "Take for example macromolecular structures such as nuclear pore complexes, the gates that control the flow of molecules between the nucleus and the rest of the cell. Their true size is on the order of 100 nm, yet distinguishing them from other cellular components can be challenging because they appear larger in traditional fluorescence images as a result of optical diffraction. Super-resolution imaging, using either localization or point-spread function engineering approaches overcome these limitations by allowing the visualization of such structures at higher fidelity than was previously thought possible."
Christian Eggeling agrees that super-resolution imaging techniques are crucial to biological research. "Tools such as STED nanoscopy have been implemented on turn-key instrumentation and have found widespread inset into open facilities of biological institutes, where the applications involve all biological and biomedical areas such as neurobiology, immunology, cancer research or plasma membrane organization and thus functionality of cellular receptors," he says. But there's still a lot of work to do, says James Fitzpatrick: "Pushing the envelope in terms of spatial resolution has been an incredible leap forward, allowing us to access and visualize the world within our cells at length scales previously unattainable. But continued research is required to couple these advances with the ability to visualize changes over shorter and shorter periods of time. Greater temporal resolution will be critical to understanding how structural changes resulting from disease, injury or aging compromise the function of living biological systems."
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Typically, red, green, and blue LEDs can be combined to generate white light, or a blue- or UV-emitting LED can illuminate a thin layer that then absorbs the energy and converts it into other colors. Although red and green LEDs have been around since the 1960s, the blue LED remained a challenge for three decades, despite considerable efforts, both in the scientific community and in industry. This year' s Laureates made two important contributions that allowed the fabrication of efficient blue LEDs. The first one was to grow high-quality gallium nitride crystals and the second one was to dope them in the right way. "In semiconductors like this, you dope both electrons and holes, and it was the hole doping which was very difficult, but they succeeded in doing that too", said Per Delsing, Professor of Physics at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, in an interview directly after the prize announcement. "This way of making light is actually getting quite close to the theoretically possible way, so that every time you put in one electron, you get one particle of light a photon out These LED sources are actually going towards that goal", Delsing said. He pointed out that the current efficiency of LED sources has reached more than 50%.
LED lamps are constantly being improved, with the most recent record being >300 lm/W (lumen per Watt), compared to 16 lm/W for regular light bulbs and close to 70 lm/W for fluorescent lamps. Materials consumption is also diminished, with LEDs lasting up to 100000 hours, compared to 1000 hours for incandescent bulbs and 10000 hours for fluorescent lights. In contrast to fluorescent light sources, LED lamps do not use mercury, and because of their low power requirements, they can also be operated using cheap local solar power.
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"Jackie Barton is an outstanding choice to be the 2015 Priestley Medalist," said ACS executive director and chief executive officer Madeleine Jacobs in an interview with Chemical and Engineering News. "She combines path-breaking research with service to the chemical profession in many arenas. She has also been a superb role model, not just for young women but for all young scientists, in her ability to balance her professional and personal life."
Jacqueline Barton received her BA from Barnard College and earned her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Columbia University. She has received many awards and recognitions including the National Medal of Science (2011), the ACS Gibbs Medal (2006), and the Weizmann Women and Science Award (1998).
Professor Paul S. Weiss (University of California, Los Angeles) is the recipient of the 2015 ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. "I was delighted that the efforts of our students, postdocs, and collaborators were honored in this way", Weiss told ChemPhysChem. "We have been exploring the ultimate limits of miniaturization for some time now, developing the means to place individual molecules and assemblies in controlled environments and the means to measure their structure, function, and spectra all at the same time. Doing so has been a long-term global effort. This award really acknowledges all of those involved." Weiss and his coworkers are interested in understanding and controlling the properties of materials at the atomic scale. Their work has important applications in the fields of surface science, molecular devices, nanolithography, biophysics, and neuroscience.
According to Weiss, surface science was his entrée into nanoscience. "The tools that were developed first to look at surfaces led us to the ability to control the placement of atoms, molecules, and even parts of molecules. We were able to expand those tools to measure and to relate structure, function, and dynamics. It remains an extremely exciting area to explore. Much remains unknown and so we anticipate continuing to learn more with each step that we take," he says.
Paul S. Weiss is the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Nano, one of the most successful journals in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986 and has received many awards and recognitions. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000), the American Physical Society (2002), the American Chemical Society (2010), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014).
The 2015 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology goes to Professor Shaul Mukamel of the University of California at Irvine for his theoretical studies on ultrafast dynamics and relaxation processes. "I am deeply honored by this award, and I am grateful to the ACS for this wonderful recognition," Mukamel says. "I am also thankful to the many talented students, postdocs, and collaborators who have made this award possible." The prize is named after the Chemistry Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail, who is considered a pioneer in the field of femtochemistry. "Receiving this award means a lot to me, since I have known Ahmed Zewail for over 35 years, starting in the early days of infrared laser chemistry," Mukamel says. "His tremendous contributions to chemistry, physics, and ultrafast science have always been a source of inspiration and were instrumental to my own research, which focused on connecting coherent optical signals with the underlying electronic and nuclear motions." Mukamel's proposal to employ sequences of ultrafast laser pulses to study electronic and vibrational dynamics in complex molecules helped create the rapidly developing field of coherent ultrafast multidimensional optical spectroscopy.
"This award is a long overdue recognition because Prof. Mukamel's contributions have been crucial to ultrafast science," says Professor Majed Chergui, an expert in ultrafast spectroscopy working at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. "Already over 25 years ago, he blended different types of spectroscopies into a common language. He then developed the concepts for interpreting and analyzing ultrafast results from different types of linear and nonlinear ultrafast methods." According to Chergui, this led to the proper theoretical framework required to interpret the new techniques. Since then, Mukamel and his colleagues have been refining and extending the application of the spectroscopic methods to shorter wavelengths, including the X-ray domain. "In these respects, he has been ahead of experimentalists and has guided them into novel areas of study, which deliver new insight into the ultrafast dynamics of complex systems," Chergui says. Some of the areas that have benefited from Mukamel's work include studies on protein folding and aggregation and investigations on photosynthesis and DNA damage and repair.
Shaul Mukamel obtained his PhD at the University of Tel-Aviv and has received several prizes including the 2003 Lippincott Award of the Optical Society of America, the 2011 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy of the American Physical Society, and the 2012 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics.
Professor Ben L. Feringa (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) will receive one of next year's Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards. He will be honored for his work in the fields of organic synthesis and supramolecular chemistry. Feringa has made important contributions to the study of molecular switches and motors and the development of asymmetric catalysis and stereoselective synthesis methods. According to W.R. (Wesley) Browne, a Professor at the University of Groningen and one of Feringa's former postdocs, in addition to all these achievements, the Dutch scientist has also inspired several generations of students and postdocs to take on seemingly impossible challenges in organic synthesis, catalysis, and their application in tackling real problems beyond organic chemistry. "I had the pleasure to work with Ben both as a postdoc and then as a colleague over the last 11 years," Browne says. "I remember that he told me that the lab is our playground for chemistry, and that we should do new exciting things even if -and in fact because- we have no idea if they will work or not! This was an understatement and over the years I am amazed how many successes have come from spur-of-the-moment ideas in discussions at a chalk board!"
Ben Feringa obtained his PhD at the University of Groningen. His research has been recognized with a number of awards including the Koerber European Science Award (2003), the Chirality Medal (2009), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Organic Stereochemistry Award (2011). He graduated his 100th PhD student last December.
The 2015 ACS National Award recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony in March, in conjunction with the 249th ACS national meeting in Denver. The Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recipients will be honored during the fall national meeting in Boston. Other awardees include Mark S. Gordon (Iowa State University), who will be honored with the ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry, and Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (Harvard University), who will be distinguished with the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry.
Photos: Left to right: Jacqueline Barton (California Institute of Technology) is next year's Priestley Medalist; Shaul Mukamel (University of California at Irvine) will receive the 2015 Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology; and Paul S. Weiss (University of California, Los Angeles) is the recipient of the 2015 ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry.
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"I feel very honored by the Kavli Prize and it has of course additional meaning to me because it is given in my native country", says Thomas Ebbesen, who was born in Oslo. "I am also very grateful to all the students and colleagues with whom I have had very enriching interactions over the years", he adds. Ebbesen's results in 1998 challenged all previously accepted theories of light propagation through small holes. He discovered that there can be an extraordinary transmission of light through apertures whose sizes are far smaller than the wavelength of light. One would expect that objects cannot pass through openings that are much smaller than themselves, but Ebbesen explained his unforeseen observations by an efficient re-radiation, which is made possible through plasmons (a collective oscillation of electrons). The implementation of different structures allowed him to improve the focus, direction, and general control of this plasmonic enhancement. "Controlling the electromagnetic field/environment on the sub-wavelength scale has raised fundamental issues and opened a wealth of possibilities for imaging, sensing, and telecommunication that this year's Kavli Prize in Nanosciences recognizes", Ebbesen says.
Stefan Hell's work has revolutionized nanoscience in a similar way. With the invention and subsequent development of stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy and related techniques, he was able to work around the diffraction barrier proposed by the German physicist Ernst Abbe in 1873. At that time, Abbe demonstrated that the resolution of an imaging instrument is limited by the wavelength of the light used and the aperture of its optics. This barrier was considered unbreakable and had not been questioned for more than a century. "In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I became fascinated by the question whether the resolution of a lens-based (far-field) optical microscope was really fundamentally limited by the wavelength of light, as had been stated in textbooks and reiterated in introductory paragraphs", Hell says. "At some point I became convinced that some physical phenomena must exist that if properly harnessed would allow one to overcome the diffraction barrier, meaning separating features that are smaller and closer together than half the wavelength of light".
One idea he had was to check out what the molecules of the object that he was looking at could offer, so he screened for state transitions that would enable separating features, no matter what molecules and no matter what transition: "I felt that this must be easiest to accomplish with fluorophores, because of the wide range of state transitions that these molecules offer. Besides, they were already widely used in fluorescence microscopy. After a while, I realized that silencing a fluorophore by stimulated emission or keeping it in a metastable dark state would be very powerful for separating fluorophores at sub-diffraction length scales. Today, both phenomena are in wide use in so-called superresolution fluorescence microscopy". Hell agrees that this year's prize is a well-deserved distinction for many researchers working in the field of nano-optics: "It is a very important recognition, not only for me, but also for the people who worked with me and, in fact, the whole area of developing far-field optical microscopy with diffraction-unlimited resolution", he says.
The Kavli prize was first awarded in 2008 and honors outstanding achievements in the fields of nanoscience, astrophysics, and neuroscience.
Photos: Stefan Hell (left) and Thomas Ebbesen (right, credit: Catherine Schröder/Unistra) are two of the winners of this year's Kavli Prize in Nanoscience.
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