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If you want to find a good local car service then there are several things you are going to have to make sure you do. Of course, it is important that you find a reliable service company, especially if you are going to be trusting them with your car. You do not want to use the services of a company who cannot be trusted. There are several ways that you can find the best town car service near you. All of these things are easy to do and could help you in the long run.
For starters, you should talk to the people around you. There are several reasons why this is a good idea. Firstly, they are going to be able to tell you about any bad experiences that they have had with certain car services in your local area. This way, you can make sure you avoid them. Another reason why talking to people around you is a good idea is because they will also be able to recommend any companies and services in your local area that are worth dealing with, and ones that they have had good experiences with personally.
Another possible method to undertake is to visit some forums on the internet. You can either take a look at forums in relation to your local area, or alternatively, forums that are in relation to car service. This is a good idea because you are able to see what every one is saying about selected companies in your area without having to worry about the opinions being biased. This will allow you to avoid the bad companies, and research further on the companies in your local area that have been recommended.
Finally, you should be taking a look at consumer review websites. There are a lot of these around at the moment, and they can often prove to be incredibly helpful. Not all of these websites are going to be able to tell you anything about car services in your local area, but there are some that will. You should look for both positive and negative reviews. You need to know both the good and the bad points about certain companies. Ultimately, this will help you a great deal when it comes to finding and choosing the right town car service in your local area.


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Every year, Lower Mainland REALTORS® organize a Blanket Drive to collect blankets and warm clothing to help people in need stave off the winter cold and wet. Thousands of REALTORS® and members of the public generously donate to this worthwhile cause.
Dozens of real estate offices across the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver serve as drop-off locations to collect an astounding 4,000+ bags of blankets and clothing, which REALTOR® volunteers personally deliver to local charities (listed below).
In 2014, from November 17 to 24, many working poor and homeless people across the Lower Mainland received donations of blankets, clothing, and other necessities from the region's longest running Blanket Drive.
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Fraser Valley Blanket Drive charities
- Abbotsford/Aldergrove: 5 and 2 Ministries and Cyrus Centre
- Langley: Wagner Hills Ministries and Gateway of Hope (Salvation Army)
- Mission: Lydia House, Hope Central Ministry, Mission Community Services and Mission Friendship Centre
- Surrey: Hyland House, Surrey Memorial Hospital (volunteer resources), Surrey Urban Mission and NightShift Street Ministries
- South Surrey/White Rock: South Fraser Women's Services Society and Sources Community Resource Centre
Fraser Valley charities and drop-off locations, as well those for Greater Vancouver, can be found at www.blanketdrive.ca.
Since 1995, Fraser Valley REALTORS® have joined forces with police acting as "extra eyes and ears" to fight crime in their communities. REALTOR® members at the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board joined the Realty Watch program in 2003. In 2006, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver members launched Realty Watch for their areas.
Realty Watch is a crime prevention program whose mission is to reduce and prevent crime by assisting police in time-critical situations — usually lost, missing or abducted children or vulnerable adults.
Police contact the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and request a fan-out for the missing person. The information sent out as a text message to REALTORS®. After receiving the fan-out message, if a REALTOR® sees or hears anything that could help police with that case, he or she calls 911.
REALTORS®, with their smartphones and community mobility, are an excellent resource for police. Over 14,000 REALTORS throughout the Lower Mainland of BC, from Whistler to Hope, can be mobilized within 30 minutes.
In the Fraser Valley, Realty Watch is led by a group of volunteer REALTORS®. For more information, call 604.930.7630.
Visit www.realtywatch.net for more information.
The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board launched the REALTORS® Make Good Neighbours Awards in 2002 to honour community volunteering by REALTORS®. Recipients are selected based on the amount of time they spend volunteering, level of responsibility undertaken as volunteers and overall impact of their efforts within their communities. The selection panel is composed of people outside the real estate profession, who work in local charities and non-profit associations.
If you know or a Fraser Valley REALTOR® or Office deserving of this award, please click here for a nomination form. Read about the 2013 award recipients here.

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Tiki Finlayson - Giving Her Late Son's Life New Meaning
Each day lives across this country are destroyed in a moment because of drunk driving.
On August 1st of 2011 tragedy struck a Chattanooga family when an impaired driver's reckless decision to get behind the wheel of a car claimed a young man's life.
It has been a long road for Tiki Finlayson. Her oldest son, Kevin Yates, was killed by a drunk driver at the age of 25.
Now she and her family are on a mission to give his life new meaning.
Grandmother Rene' Bell is a part of Tiki's crusade across the country, helping with the prevention program that was established shortly after Kevin's untimely death - striving to stop substance abuse before it starts.
Rene' says, "Today we are 'Paying it Forward' to my daughter. She and my grandson, Derek Yates, co-founded the organization called 1N3. It's based on a statistic that one in three of us are impacted by drunk drivers."
"They just need help, sponsors and donations, and I just want to do anything I can to help keep them going and spreading awareness," Rene' says.
Tiki is just back from a school visit in Mississippi and is about leave for another community awareness event.
Rene is anxious but happy. "She (Tiki) knows that I'm coming to see her, but she doesn't know why, and, so, I'm just so excited to have this opportunity. It's just such a priviledge for me to be able to help."
Rene' and I count out our 'Pay it Forward' cash and head to her daughter's home.
We arrive and Rene' knocks at her daughter's door.
Tiki walks outside and is surprised to see our camera.
"I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of what you're doing, so, on behalf of the McMahan Law Firm and Channel 9 News I want to 'Pay it Forward.' So, if you'll hold out your little hand: $100, $200, $300, $400, $500."
I ask Tiki how she is able to tell her heartbreaking story over and over again.
She explains, "I'm doing it because I don't want another family to have to deal with the pain and the issues that we deal with every day."
Each year on his birthday friends and family gather at Kevin's graveside to celebrate his remarkable life.
Tiki can no longer fight back her tears. "Kevin was most known for his very infectious smile. When he would walk into a room the room would just light up and that's why his nickname was Sunshine."
The 1N3 program keeps his legacy alive but the cost has been a challenge.
"We survive strictly on donations. We're not grant funded, federally funded. We don't charge for our presentations, because you can't put a price tag on a life," Tiki says.
Tiki and her family push forward, spreading Kevin's story, knowing that somewhere their Sunshine is smiling down.
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West End News
Bill Hansen runs Sawbill Outfitters at the end of the Sawbill Trail with his wife Cindy. Bill grew up in Cook County and knows the West End community well. The son of beloved WTIP volunteer and long-time West End News columnist Frank Hansen, Bill enjoys following in his father's footsteps.
Arts, cultural and history features on WTIP are made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Check out other programs and features funded in part with support from the Heritage Fund.
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Cook County is offering a couple of interesting and free workshops this week about restoring and maintaining healthy shorelands and aquatic plants.
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On Tuesday, August 11th, April Knight walked into the Sawbill store. April had paddled away from the Sawbill Lake canoe landing on May 17th and made her way to York Factory
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April Knight, the adventurous nurse from North Carolina, arrived in York Factory on Hudson Bay on Tuesday, August 5th. April left Sawbill Lake in Tofte on May 17th.
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As Cindy and I stood at our patio doors at 3:30 in the morning on Tuesday, I thought, "Here we go again."
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Pastor Deborah Lunde has announced her resignation as minister of Zoar Lutheran Church in Tofte. She has served as pastor at Zoar for six years and has guided the church to a strong position in
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Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center in Schroeder is offering a fascinating lecture next week. Award-winning author Ron Morton will guide you into the world of the night sky as seen through the lens of
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Farmers markets are popping up all across the country as Americans rediscover the joys of eating farm-fresh food.


text: GeekDad repurposes his precious vinyl Geek Dad 18 May 11 by Scott Ronan Flickr.com/josemanuelerre Growing up in the early eighties in South London I was exposed to a large variety of musical tastes, mostly played from vinyl on some sort of Amstrad stack system. Whatever the type of music played there was always one catch phrase that accompanied it: "Don't touch the records, you'll damage them" -- sometimes with the added line, "they're not toys, you know?".Even now I can still hear my parents and brothers telling me to leave the vinyl alone. Nevertheless I grew up to be an avid vinyl collector and now own more than 10,000 12"s, EP and LPs, which have take over the majority of my lounge, garage and part of my dining room.For a long time my partner, the mother to my children, has been trying to get me to move some of my collection to the loft so that we can regain some space in the house. My argument has always been that I need to keep my records nearby because not only do I listen to them, but I mix and scratch with them too. Although I could convert them all to MP3 and add them to my already large iTunes library, I wouldn't be able to mix and scratch those MP3s.Then a friend introduced me to a piece of kit called Scratch Live. This allows me, via a USB box plugged into my old workhorse of an Apple PowerBook G4 connected to my Vestax Mixer, to manipulate tunes in my iTunes Library with special control records as if those MP3s were actually vinyl. The solution works incredibly well with latency in the milliseconds and special features, such as on-the-fly looping and adding multiple cue points to songs. However, what is more important to me is that my son and I can now mess around, mixing and scratching songs to our hearts content without fear of ever damaging the original precious vinyl. This is an activity my son absolutely loves. He's only six years old but the amount of fun he has mixing Vader's March with the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme is astounding. It may not always sound great, but who cares? He's having fun.The only thing now is that I no longer have an excuse to keep my vinyl collection out of the attic. If you have a suitable excuse I can borrow, by all means leave it in the comments.Scott Ronan is one of Wired.co.uk's new GeekDads! Poll Should you give up on vinyl to free some family space? Never, these records are part of me. * If you really need the space. * Yes, they just gather dust. * Edited by Andy Robertson Comments The excuse my father used to tell my mum was that the records *must* stay downstairs because "spiders love to eat vinyl, and there are too many spiders in the attic, it's a risk I just can't take." Benedict May 18th 2011 Depending on where your insulation is, if your attic is anything like ours the extremes in temperatures will surely warp your collection. Clive May 18th 2011 Systems like Serrato have been around for a few years now and work very well. A fair few of the older Hip Hop Djs like Evil Dee, Pete Rock and Primo to name a few where very reticent about switching from vinyl to mp3 mixing as they feared to lose some of the realness.As digging for records becomes easier and easier with kids just buying something for 99p of the tinterweb instead of saving up or searching for an original copy. It introduces an interesting level of animosity between older heads and the new vanguard.However, for me the pleasure of buying. finding, obtaining an original or even re-press record and blowing the dust off or ripping open the cellophane will never be suprassed by simply clicking a button labelled buy or purchase. Stay strong and remmeber the more you can get your kids into records now the longer we shall be able to take pleasure in this wonderful medium. Luke May 18th 2011 Digital wave forms cannot match the phonic quality of a actual replica of a sound wave carved into vinyl (this is true) see many studies on this.http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question487.htmTherefore you need to play your vinyl to get a pure and quality sound. CDs and MP3s are convenient but only vinyl can blow you away with quality. bclgrh May 18th 2011 I prefer vinyl because anything digitised sounds too clean I like the pops and hisses you get from vinyl. My solution would be to buy a bigger house. Peace. Richard Anderson May 18th 2011 I prefer vinyl because anything digitised sounds too clean I like the pops and hisses you get from vinyl. My solution would be to buy a bigger house. Peace. Richard Anderson May 18th 2011 If you are going digital, and I'm still clinging to my vinyl despite several sabotage attempts by the wife, check out Traktor Scratch as well. My friend and I did a head to head with Serrato against Traktor in London last year. As an old school scratch DJ, Traktor just felt more direct, less latency. If you close your eyes, you would never know it wasn't vinyl you were manipulating. I totally take on board the sound quality issue of MP3 v vinyl though. The deep bass they tuck into those wax 12" grooves wins hands down every time ! John Butt May 24th 2011 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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Indian River Habitat Home Center in Vero Beach announces new summer hours
The Indian River Habitat for Humanity Home Center ReStore has announced new summer hours: The ReStore is closed Mondays as of July 1, and open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (opening one hour later and closing one hour later).
A store traffic study revealed a significant number of shoppers still in the checkout line after 5 p.m. Additionally, there is typically a small number of customers between 9 and 10 a.m. The new hours are expected to better accommodate Home Center customers.
Donations will still be picked up or can be dropped off Mondays, and calls to the Home Center on Monday will be answered.
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Justice Rehnquist Book Signing
Chief Justice Rehnquist conducted a book signing for his book, All the Laws But One.
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Sébastien Preschoux realized a project called 'Nuit Blanche' in Paris, France. During 'Nuit Blanche' Paris turns into one big art festival. Museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open their doors, while the city itself turnes into one giant art gallery. Preschoux installed this fascinating work in the heart of a garden in the 13th district of Paris. The installation consists of seven wooden structures. They are up to three meters high and made of thread and light. The idea was to create peaks of colored mist growing out of the ground so that spectators could roam around them.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will continue to process the medical claims of Maine vets through the end of October, despite a furlough today that sent as many as 40 VA workers in the state home, and closed benefit offices to the public. Nationwide, nearly 10,000 VA workers were furloughed as part of the federal government shutdown. In Maine, the furloughs have also put a program at risk that helps veterans get vocational training so they can better compete in the job market. Jay Field reports.
Public word of the furloughs came late morning from members of Maine's congressional delegation. But the news first began to leak out among some of Maine's more than 140,000 veterans last night. The heads of the state's major veterans organizations were gathered in Augusta for a meeting and received a briefing from officials at the Togus VA Regional Office.
"They were saying they do so many claims a month that this was going to put them way behind on them," says James Laflin, commander for the AMVETS Department of Maine. As part of the furloughs, all Maine veterans benefits offices will close, including the one in Togus.
The VA has enough money to continue processing claims through the end of October. But after that, says Laflin, veterans who are already used to enduring long waits on claims could see the situation get even worse. "They're going to be processing ones they have, and then, if some come through electronically, they'll work on those," he says. "The ones that come in new will be dated that particular day, but they won't be able to work on them until they get a full crew."
In a statement, emailed to reporters, officials at Togus wrote, "The VA strongly believes that a lapse in appropriations should not have occurred and Congress should act to fund critical Government operations...During a shutdown, VA medical centers, clinics and other health services have advance appropriations for 2014 and will remain open. VA has funds available to ensure claims processing and payments in the compensation, pension, education, and vocational rehabilitation programs will continue through late October. However, in the event of a prolonged shutdown, claims processing and payments in these programs will be suspended when funds are exhausted."
"The fact that the bill the House voted on last week only funded two accounts within the Veterans Administration is disgraceful," says Maine 2nd District Congressman Mike Michaud, the ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Michaud says as many as 40 VA employees in Maine were sent home from their jobs as part of the furlough.
On Wednesday, Michaud and other members of the committee will hear testimony on the shutdown from VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, "to talk about what effect the shutdown is having on VAs," Michaud says. "We'll get a more in-depth analysis from the secretary on where he's heading. Hopefully, this will be a short shutdown. But he'll be informing the committee about what's going on."
The day brought one more piece of bad news for Maine vets. The handful of Maine employees with the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Services Division have also been furloughed, making it more difficult for those in the program to coordinate on the training and other skills they need to enter the workforce.


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Around Town 5/9/2014
BLOSSOMs and STEMs
Abilene's Texas State Technical College West Texas joins with the other locations in planting the seeds of science, technology, engineering and math with BLOSSOM: STEM in Bloom!
BLOSSOM, designed for girls ages 13 and older, will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. May 20.
Throughout the day, TSTC will be showing how STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) influences society's everyday life and what careers are available in fields typically dominated by males. Educational and hands-on activities have been planned. Featured speaker will be Blackhawk pilot Elizabeth McCormick.
Cost is $10 per person and includes a T-shirt, catered lunch, snacks and all S.T.E.M. activities and supplies.
To register visit www.tstc.edu/westtexasevents/blossom, or contact Jeannette Gist (940-447-7714 or Jeannette.gist@tstc. edu.).
Keep your identity safe
Steve Abel, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Abilene, will present "Identity Theft: Don't Become a Victim," a free workshop on how to prevent identity theft and what one must do if becoming a victim, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Abilene Public Library's upstairs auditorium, 202 Cedar St.
Abel will talk about how identity thieves work and the specific steps one must take for protection. He will provide pointers on how to secure one's personal information both online and "offline," securing one's Social Security number and computers and handheld devices.
Abel has been director of the Abilene BBB for 18 years following a career in broadcasting.
Holladay on film
Longtime Paramount film director and historian Robert Holladay presents Holladay on Film at 6:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St. The popular lecture series is devoted to the films in 2014 Paramount Film Series. This lecture explores "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which will be the featured film at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday.
A 2 p.m. Saturday matinee is also scheduled.
You must purchase a ticket to the 7:30 p.m. performance to attend the lecture.
2014 Texas Author Series
The 2014 Texas Author Series, sponsored by Friends of the Abilene Public Library and the West Texas Book Festival, concludes at noon Monday.
Historian Dan Utley, co-author of "History along the Way" and "History Ahead," two books of stories behind some of the state's historical markers, will end this popular series in a make-up program.
The brown bag sessions in the series are free and are held on the second floor of the downtown library, 202 Cedar St. Persons attending the talks may bring their own lunch or purchase a light lunch at the library for $5 as long as supplies last.
A gathering of Eagles
The Abilene High School Class of 1988 reunion has had a change of location. They will now be meeting at The Dos, 3650 N. Sixth St. The Dinner & Social will begin at 6 p.m. May 17. A cash bar will be available. Registration is due Saturday. To register, call 325-260-9600.
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Rife Sound Frequencies For Cancer and Infection
Experimental "rife machine" approach for cancer and infections. User takes full responsibility for unwanted results. .WAV file below (15MB) contains more-or-less random frequencies all throughout the range of 0 to 22,050Hz. Based on pink noise, white noise, harmonics of the individual seeds of the aforementioned pink and white noise tracks, a track that sweeps from 0 to 22KHz every 2 seconds, and 50 individual frequencies each with a 2hz sweep above and below which is covered every 2 seconds. The 50 frequencies are mostly from the "basic set" of the cancer frequencies listed in the "CAFL". The 50 frequencies are all sawtooth waveform, which gives numerous harmonic frequencies as well. Frequency spectrum (.PNG image) is shown below as well.
Experimental use for cancer: Download the .WAV file. Wrap one computer speaker in saran wrap. The second computer speaker is irrelevant. Cover area of skin over tumor with vaseline or ultrasonic gel. Put ear plugs into ears. Place speaker directly against the body on top of the vaseline. Play the .WAV audio file once at a loud volume that does not disturb your neighbors. The audio track lasts 3 minutes. Experimentally determine if you want to increase or decrease the number of times you play the track in a day, and the volume that you use. Report any results (positive, negative, or none) to any interested parties.
Experimental use for infection: Do the same thing, except just sit in front of both speakers. Eventually, experiment with contacting the speakers directly to the body at various places with vaseline or ultrasonic gel.
There is no guarantee of safety of this experimental idea. However, one can research on the safety profile of ultrasound exams or ultrasonic therapies and draw inferences about the relative safety about such an experimental therapy. Some people with chronic infection(s) (perhaps hitherto unknown to them) may experience unpleasant herx reactions (temporary symptoms associated with die-off of pathogens). If any therapy were to theoretically kill large amounts of cancer too quickly (cancer lysis) that could also pose a safety risk. May be dangerous for people with pacemakers or electrical devices in their bodies. Also, those who are pregnant should avoid this.
Good luck.
Audio file: (turn the volume down initially unless you want to be startled)
Cancer and Infection Sound Frequencies


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Pauling Fellowship Alumni
James Stegen — 2011 Pauling Fellow
James Stegen received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2009.
James is a member of the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate's Biological Sciences Division. His research area focuses on developing ecological models of microbial communities. In particular, he is leveraging multiple ecomics technologies to describe whole community function through time and space. This data will be used to develop process-based simulation models for predicting the effects of remediation strategies and environmental change on key ecosystem functions, such as subsurface contaminant transport.
Select Publications
- Hurlbert AH, and JC Stegen. 2014. "When should species richness be energy-limited, and how would we know?" Ecology Letters 17(4):401-413. doi:10.1111/ele.12240
- Bailey VL, SJ Fansler, JC Stegen, and LA McCue. 2013. "Linking Microbial Community Structure to ß-Glucosidic Function in Soil Aggregates." The ISME Journal 7(10):2044-2053. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.87
- Lindemann SR, JJ Moran, JC Stegen, RS Renslow, JR Hutchison, JK Cole, A Dohnalkova, J Tremblay, K Singh, S Malfatti, F Chen, S Tringe, H Beyenal, and JK Fredrickson. 2013. "The Epsomitic Phototrophic Microbial Mat of Hot Lake, Washington: Community Structural Responses to Seasonal Cycling." Frontiers in Microbiology 4:323. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00323
- Stegen JC, X Lin, JK Fredrickson, X Chen, DW Kennedy, CJ Murray, ML Rockhold, and A Konopka. 2013. "Quantifying Community Assembly Processes and Identifying Features that Impose Them." The ISME Journal 7:2069-2079. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.93
- Wang J, J Shen, Y Wu, C Tu, J Soininen , JC Stegen, J He, X Liu, L Zhang, and E Zhang. 2013. "Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes." The ISME Journal 7(7):1310-1321. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.30
- Stegen JC, X Lin, A Konopka, and JK Fredrickson. 2012. "Stochastic and Deterministic Assembly Processes in Subsurface Microbial Communities." The ISME Journal 6(9):1653-1664. doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.22
Andreas Vaskekis — 2011 Pauling Fellow
Andreas Vasdekis is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Idaho.
Andreas received his Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews (UK), exploring the photophysics and applications of conjugated polymers (2008). Following a short spell at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), he became a junior scientist at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) for three years before moving to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
His research interests generally lie at the interface of photonics, biophysics and materials. At PNNL, as a member of the Environmental Molecular Sciences LaboratVory, he investigated processes and interactions associated with biofuel synthesis by developing and applying precision biological measurement techniques in microfluidics.
Select Publications
- Vasdekis AE, MJ Wilkins, JW Grate, RT Kelly, A Konopka, SS Xantheas, and MT Chang. 2014. "Solvent Immersion Imprint Lithography." Lab on a Chip 14(12):2072-2080. doi:10.1039/C4LC00226A
- Vasdekis AE, EA Scott, S Roke, JA Hubbell, and D Psaltis. 2013. "Vesicle Photonics." Annual Review of Materials Research 43:283-305. doi:10.1146/annurev-matsci-071312-121724
- Vasdekis AE. 2013. "Single microbe trap and release in sub-microfluidics." RSC Advances 3(18):6343-6346. doi:10.1039/C3RA40369F
Hui Wan — 2011 Pauling Fellow
Hui Wan received her Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg in 2009. Her Ph.D. work was carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany on developing numerical methods for the next generation weather forecast and climate models. As a Ph.D. candidate, she also attended the International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modeling. Hui has over half a dozen peer-reviewed papers and other publications accomplished. She was awarded the 2009 Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society and the 2009 Wladimir Peter Koppen Prize for Climate and Earth System Research from the University of Hamburg.
Hui is a member of the Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division within the Fundamental & Computational Sciences Directorate. Hui's research focuses on understanding process interactions in the atmosphere and decreasing the uncertainty associated with component coupling in global climate.
Select Publications
- Wan H, PJ Rasch, K Zhang, Y Qian, H Yan, and C Zhao. 2014. "Short ensembles: An Efficient Method for Discerning Climate-relevant Sensitivities in Atmospheric General Circulation Models." Geoscientific Model Development 7(5):1961-1977. doi:10.5194/gmd-7-1961-2014
- Wan H, M Giorgetta, G Zangl, M Restelli, D Majewski, L Bonaventura, K Frohlich, D Reinert, P Ripodas, L Kornblueh, and J Forstner. 2013. "The ICON-1.2 Hydrostatic Atmospheric Dynamical Core on Triangular Grids - Part 1: Formulation and Performance of the Baseline Version." Geoscientific Model Development 6(3):735-763. doi:10.5194/gmd-6-735-2013
- Wan H, PJ Rasch, K Zhang, J Kazil, and LYR Leung. 2013. "Numerical Issues Associated with Compensating and Competing Processes in Climate Models: an Example from ECHAM-HAM." Geoscientific Model Development 6(3):861-874. doi:10.5194/gmd-6-861-2013
- Zhang K, D O'Donnell, J Kazil, P Stier, S Kinne, U Lohmann, S Ferrachat, B Croft, J Quaas, H Wan, S Rast, and J Feichter. 2012. "The global aerosol-climate model ECHAM-HAM, version 2: sensitivity to improvements in process representations." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(19):8911-8949. doi:10.5194/acp-12-8911-2012
Susan Wiedner — 2010 Pauling Fellow
Susan Wiedner received her Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry. She is a past recipient of a two-year NIH funded Chemical-Biology Interface Training grant.
Susan is collaborating with the Biological Separations and Mass Spectrometry group in the Fundamental &Computational Sciences Directorate. Her research focus is on developing and integrating a subcellular chemical proteomics platform, using activity-based probes and subcellular fractionation, to facilitate the analysis of enzyme activity to promote the field of proteomics. This technology could lead to a better understanding of systems biology on the cellular level.
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- Kim YM, Metz TO, Hu Z, Wiedner SD, Kim JS, Smith RD, Morgan WF, Zhang Q. "Formation of dehydroalanine from mimosine and cysteine: artifacts in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry based metabolomics." Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2011 Sep 15;25(17):2561-4.
- Wiedner SD, Burnum KE, Pederson LM, Anderson LN, Fortuin S, Chauvigné-Hines LM, Shukla AK, Ansong C, Panisko EA, Smith RD, Wright AT. "Multiplexed activity-based protein profiling of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus reveals large functional changes upon exposure to human serum." J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 28;287(40):33447-59.
- Sadler NC, Angel TE, Lewis MP, Pederson LM, Chauvigné-Hines LM, Wiedner SD, Zink EM, Smith RD, Wright AT. "Activity-based protein profiling reveals mitochondrial oxidative enzyme impairment and restoration in diet-induced obese mice." PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e47996. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047996.
- Wiedner SD, Ansong C, Webb-Robertson BJ, Pederson LM, Fortuin S, Hofstad BA, Shukla AK, Panisko EA, Smith RD, Wright AT. "Disparate proteome responses of pathogenic and nonpathogenic aspergilli to human serum measured by activity-based protein profiling (ABPP)." Mol Cell Proteomics. 2013 Jul;12(7):1791-805. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M112.026534.
- Wiedner SD, Anderson LN, Sadler NC, Chrisler WB, Kodali VK, Smith RD, Wright AT. "Organelle-specific activity-based protein profiling in living cells." Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Mar 10;53(11):2919-22. doi: 10.1002/anie.201309135.
Marcel Baer — 2010 Pauling Fellow
Marcel Baer is a member of the Chemical Physics and Analysis Group within Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate. He is working to further develop our understanding of the important molecular interactions that give rise to novel phenomena in the vicinity of hydrophobic interfaces. His focus is on utilizing and developing less computationally intensive models that contain quantum mechanics and thus can describe chemistry. The ultimate goal is to develop a systematic approach to understanding the novel chemistry of interfaces, including heterogeneous catalysts.
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- Baer MD, and CJ Mundy. 2013. "An ab initio approach to understanding the specific ion effect." Faraday Discussions 160(0):89-101. doi:10.1039/C2FD20113E
- Devanathan R, NB Idupulapati, MD Baer, CJ Mundy, and M Dupuis. 2013. "Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of proton hopping in a model polymer membrane." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117(51):16522-16529. doi:10.1021/jp410229u
- Stern AC, MD Baer, CJ Mundy, and DJ Tobias. 2013. "Thermodynamics of Iodide Adsorption at the Instantaneous Air-Water Interface." Journal of Chemical Physics 138(11):114709. doi:10.1063/1.4794688
- Tobias DJ, AC Stern, MD Baer, Y Levin, and CJ Mundy. 2013. "Simulation and Theory of Ions at Atmospherically Relevant Aqueous Liquid-Air Interfaces." Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 64:339-359. doi:10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110049
- Baer MD, AC Stern, Y Levin, DJ Tobias, and CJ Mundy. 2012. "Electrochemical Surface Potential due to Classical Point Charge Models Drives Anion Adsorption to the Air-Water Interface." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3(11):1565-1570. doi:10.1021/jz300302t
- Kimmel GA, MD Baer, NG Petrik, J VandeVondele, RJ Rousseau, and CJ Mundy. 2012. "Polarization- and Azimuth-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy of Water on TiO2(110): Anisotropy and the Hydrogen-Bonding Network." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3(6):778-784. doi:10.1021/jz3001079
- Baer MD, CJ Mundy, MJ McGrath, IFW Kuo, JI Siepmann, and DJ Tobias. 2011. "Re-Examining the Properties of the Aqueous Vapor-Liquid Interface Using Dispersion Corrected Density Functional Theory." Journal of Chemical Physics 135(12):Article No. 124712. doi:10.1063/1.3633239
- Baer MD, TV Pham, JL Fulton, GK Schenter, M Balasubramanian, and CJ Mundy. 2011. "Is Iodate a Strongly Hydrated Cation?" The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2(20):2650-2654. doi:10.1021/jz2011435
- Baer MD, and CJ Mundy. 2011. "Toward an Understanding of the Speci?c Ion Effect using Density Functional Theory." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2(9):1088-1093. doi:10.1021/jz200333b
- Lewis T, B Winter, AC Stern, MD Baer, CJ Mundy, DJ Tobias, and JC Hemminger. 2011. "Dissociation of strong acid revisited: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations of HNO3 in water." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115(30):9445-9451. doi:10.1021/jp205510q
- Lewis T, B Winter, AC Stern, MD Baer, CJ Mundy, DJ Tobias, and JC Hemminger. 2011. "Does Nitric Acid Dissociate at the Aqueous Solution Surface?" Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115(43):21183-21190. doi:10.1021/jp205842w
Grant Johnson — 2009 Pauling Fellow
Dr. Grant Johnson is a scientist in PNNL's Fundamental & Computational Science Directorate. His research is focused within the Separations, Detection, and Analysis program with Laboratory Fellow Dr. Julia Laskin.
Dr. Johnson is developing unique capabilities for the controlled preparation and characterization of alloy nanoparticles (NPs) and clusters of precise composition. His research is employing oxygen reduction as a model reaction to investigate how the size, shape, elemental composition and support-interaction of alloy nanoparticles and clusters on surfaces influence their catalytic behavior. Utilizing these capabilities and fundamental insights into structure-reactivity relationships will allow the directed design of improved alloy nanoparticles and clusters for a broad range of applications in catalysis and energy storage.
Research Highlights
Separating the Catalysts from the Chaff
New soft landing instrument prepares pure, undamaged samples for analysis
Ligand Stripping Leads to Unique Surface Catalyst
Novel approach uses ion-molecule collisions and deposition to create sought-after material
U.S., Taiwan Team Ties Down Vanadium Catalyst in Thin Layers
Soft landing metal-based molecules and acids on a surface creates active, easy-to-separate catalyst
Getting Positive Results with Negative Ions
Scientists show new detector's abilities, including visualizing a charged particle beam
Employing Ions Allows Scientists to Precisely Design Innovative Materials
Invited review article covers basic processes and applications of ion soft-landing
Soft Landing and Particle Coverage Key to Keeping or Losing Charge on Surfaces
New results may aid rational design of materials for sustainable energy
Preparing a Homogenous Haystack
Scientists show how to prepare identical particles for analysis, eliminating the hunt
- Strong Influence of a Minor Substitution in Gold Clusters
Ligand change controls size, stability, and charge state of nanoparticles synthesized in solution
- Scientists Write Invited Review to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Scientific Journal
Xiao Lin — 2009 Pauling Fellow
Dr. Xiao Lin is now a Professor within the School of Physics at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Research Highlights
Motivating Carbon Dioxide
Scientists show what it takes to get the potential fuel feedstock to a reactive spot on a model catalyst
The Complexities of a Simple Molecule
Carbon dioxide reveals a predilection for tumbling alone and lining up together


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MOUNT QANDIL, Iraq — A little-known organization based in the mountains of Iraq's Kurdish north is emerging as a serious threat to the Iranian government, staging cross-border attacks and claiming tens of thousands of supporters among Iran's 4 million Kurds.
The Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan, better known by the local acronym PEJAK or PJAK, claims to have killed 24 Iranian soldiers in three raids against army bases last month, all staged in retaliation for the killing of 10 Iranian Kurds during a peaceful demonstration in the city of Maku.
Three more soldiers from Iran's elite Republican Guard were killed last week in a gunbattle near the Iraqi border, Iran's official news agency reported.
But the greater threat to the Tehran regime may come from the group's underground effort to promote a sense of identity among Iranian Kurds, who make up 7 percent of that country's population. PEJAK leaders say the effort is spreading quickly among students, intellectuals and businessmen.
"The Iranian government's plan to create a global Islamic state is destroying our people's culture and values," said Akif Zagros, 28, a graduate in Persian literature who was interviewed in a simple stone hut at the group's headquarters. "So we fight back. But our aim is not just to bring freedom to Kurds, but to liberate all the peoples of Iran."
PEJAK units first began targeting the Iranian military in 2004. After attacking, the militants melt back into a supportive society or cross the Iraqi border to join several thousand guerrillas at the group's leafy main camp a few miles from the Iranian border.
"Because the Iranian government oppresses people and prevents demonstrations, we needed a way to defend ourselves," said Mr. Zagros, one of four men and three women who make up the group's leadership council.
"The Iranian government has provoked the people of Iranian Kurdistan to defend themselves," Mr. Zagros continued. "But at the same time, the government is quite weak in these regions, and so our people can respond if they are attacked."
Unlike most other rebel groups in the Middle East, PEJAK is secular and Western-oriented. When the group's members talk, their Kurdish is peppered with such Western words as "freedom," "human rights" and "ecology."
Iran has denounced it as a terrorist group and accused the United States of funding it. But at PEJAK's camp, there is no obvious evidence of American equipment or money. The only weapons on show are AK-47 assault rifles and grenades, and the funding is clearly limited.
Each recruit has a single pair of khaki fatigues, and even its leaders subsist on simple meals of bread, cheese and fresh vegetables at communal outdoor tables.
The group's leaders say that they have had no contact with the United States, but that they would be willing to work with Europe or America against the Tehran government.
"We demand democratic change in Iran," Mr. Zagros said. "And if the U.S. government wants to help us, we are happy to accept their support.
"The U.S. talks about bringing democracy to the region," he added. "But for 200 years, the Kurds have struggled against dictatorship and oppression and in defense of our human rights. And so far the West has not helped us. Why?"
PEJAK's ideology combines the Kurds' traditionally low-key Islam and pagan-influenced culture with the movement's political opposition to the dogmatic Islamic government in Tehran.


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Born: October 09, 1922
Died: May 06, 2012
Stanley "Stan" B. Kittelson, 89, of Elk River, MN died on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the Guardian Angels Care Center in Elk River, MN.
Stanley was born on October 9, 1922 in Nevis, MN the son of Arthur and Alice (Bergstrom) Kittelson. He was raised in Nevis where he attended public schools and graduated in 1940. He entered in the US Marine Corp in 1943; he served in the Pacific Theatre, including Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and China. He was honorably discharged after the war in 1946. He was united in marriage to Mavea Julia Domrese on Feb. 8, 1947 in Mpls, MN. They settled in St. Cloud where they raised their family, and Stanley worked for many years in the grocery business. In 1979 they retired and moved to Detroit Lakes, MN. In 1999 they moved to Elk River, MN and since 2005 Stanley has been living at the Guardian Angels Care Center in Elk River.
Stanley was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was also known for being a "Grillmaster."
He is survived by his 2 daughters – Jan (Roger) Bialke of St. Francis, MN; Barbe (Tom) Jansky of St. Cloud, MN; his 2 sons – Curt (Mari Johnson) Kittelson of Minneapolis, MN; Rick (Gretchen) Kittelson of Detroit Lakes, MN; his sister – Marilyn (Dick) Rouse of Nevis, MN; his 2 brothers – James (Barb) Shortridge of Akeley, MN; Perry (Marlene) Shortridge of Maplewood, MN;
9 grandchildren – Kristen, Jeff, Brad, Adam, Abby, Amy, Corby, Neal, and Amanda.
5 great grandchildren – Julian, Jaide, Madison, Mya, and Tessa.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife – Mavea and a sister – Audrey.
Our family wishes to thank the entire Guardian Angels Care Center Staff for the love and tender care given to both our parents Stan and Mavea over the past 6 years.
Memorial Services will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Nevis Church of Christ. Visitation will be held for 1 hour prior to the services at the church. Pastor Barry P. Klein will be the officiant. Inurnment will be held at the Lakeview Cemetery in Nevis, MN. A memorial service will also be held at the Guardian Angels Care Center Chapel in Elk River on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 3:15 PM.


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After several months of planning, students at the School of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich completed construction of the Orange farm project within 5 weeks. The township area close to Johannesburg has been provided with a new kindergarten catering 60 to 80 children. The project was not only designed but also erected on site by the student group.
The objective of the projects was to create urgently needed social institutions, especially kindergartens and educational facilities for young people, and thus to initiate a learning process on both sides: European students and their tutors shall receive new insights into living conditions in other parts of the world.
To realise this project, the student group urgently needed to raise funds provisionally estimated at € 70,000, to cover building materials, tools, transportation and the wages of local workers. The student group works free of payment.
The new building built by the students replaced an insufficiently furnished shack, which was used as a day nursery. The intended architectural measures on the large property were to create a more flexible and spacious interior, as well as a protected outdoor space and playing area.
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LAWRENCEVILLE - Commissioners on Tuesday passed an interim budget 2.8 percent lower than the original 2009 proposal, but with dwindling sales tax revenues and foreclosures lowering property tax values, more cuts could be in store.Because county codes require a budget is adopted in January, officials chose to pass a draft that continues 2008 operations but contains few modifications for the new year. Instead, officials are taking a slow approach to the budget, planning to vote on the final version in March. "We're looking at high levels of uncertainty," from the new projection of property taxes after foreclosures have brought down the housing market to the impact of state budget cuts, Chairman Charles Bannister said. "This is the time to be methodical and take our time." In the $890,520,883 operating budget, plans to hire additional police officers were put off, although the hiring of firefighters to open a new station and add a ladder truck were approved. The interim plan also cuts 115 jobs, the majority of which were already announced because of the closing of a sewage plant and the decreased workload in the county's planning and development office due to the economy. Although officials are still analyzing 152 initiatives proposed through a recent service study, commissioners approved $26.2 million in cuts, which include the early closing of swimming pools and 10 percent cuts to subsidies such as the children's shelter, the United Way and Board of Health and the Department of Family and Children Services. The budget also includes the elimination of funding for the Gwinnett Glows Independence Day event, the annual Movie Under the Stars and a government open house. "In lean times, they were thought of as luxuries, not necessities," Budget Director Chad Teague said. The library system's subsidy was cut, placing it below 2008 funding levels and placing state funding in jeopardy, but officials said they expect money to be added in March to fund the opening of the Hamilton Mill branch. The plan passed Tuesday also wipes out a proposed $410,000 reserve for revitalization projects and cut in half the county's contribution to the Chamber of Commerce's Partnership Gwinnett economic development program. While a hiring freeze will continue at least until mid-year, the budget does not contain furloughs or pay cuts for staff. But it does increase the employee's contribution to health care premiums by about 31 percent. A compensation reserve, officials said, should mean an average net increase after raises of 2.3 percent. The spending plan cuts the county's use of its rainy day fund from $43 million in the original proposal to $12.2 million. County Administrator Jock Connell said the goal is to reach zero, but he said that may not be possible. "We're in times we've never seen before. These times are difficult; they are dire," Connell said. "We want to continue operations, but we want to slow things down. ... It's more prudent to look at the whole picture." Officials said they would analyze revenues and possible cuts in the coming weeks, as well as consider initiatives suggested by commissioners at a recent retreat. A final budget will likely be considered March 3.
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Violent thunderstorms pounded parts of Oklahoma and Texas on Monday. Today, the threat will shift eastward into the lower Mississippi Valley.
Monday's thunderstorms on the southern Plains brought flooding downpours that dumped over an inch of rain in spots. Parts of this area were also pelted by hail while winds gusted past 50 mph.
A tornado tore through Hammon, Okla., damaging or destroying several buildings and knocking out power late on Monday afternoon. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries.
The thunderstorms will advance into the lower Mississippi Valley today. While conditions will not be quite as favorable for severe weather, a few storms could still become strong.
Threats from these isolated storms include localized flash flooding, large hail and damaging wind gusts over 50 mph. It is not out of the question for a tornado or two to touch down.
Wednesday the storm system will reorganize, returning the risk for severe weather to a swath from eastern Oklahoma through the lower Mississippi Valley, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. This means thunderstorms capable of producing flooding downpours, roaring winds, large hail and even an isolated tornado, may be more widespread.
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