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Repsol Takes a Hit on Global Markets After YPF Nationalization
April 18, 2012
Repsol shares fell by 6 percent yesterday in response to Monday's announcement that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner intends to nationalize YPF SA, Argentina's biggest oil and gas producer. With the government taking 51 percent stake in the company, Repsol's stake drops to only 6 percent of YPF SA. Repsol's value hit a 52-week low with prices dropping to 16.42 euros a share.
On Tuesday, both Repsol—a Spanish firm—and the European Union also denounced Argentina for not complying with international business accords. According to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, the forced buyout "will create a negative environment for foreign investors." Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called it a "negative decision for everyone."Repsol, for its part, has vowed to "carry out all pertinent legal actions to preserve the value of all their assets."
Repsol has stated that if the Argentine government wanted to buy a majority stake at YPF, it would cost $9 billion—a notion rebuffed by Argentina, which prefers a valuation by an Argentine government agency. Argentine Vice Minister of the Economy Axel Kicillof also added that YPF would not be paying dividends in the coming years, instead reinvesting them into production.
Venezuela to Annul Select Pharmaceutical Patents
June 22, 2009
Commerce Minister Eduardo Samán announced on Saturday that "patents have become a barrier to production" and stymie access to medicine, placing the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies ahead of the welfare and needs of the Venezuelan people. With President Hugo Chávez calling patents a "trap," the government will now revise its patent system, annulling certain pharmaceutical patents and allowing domestic manufacturers to produce licensed medicines. This action follows a recent reform in intellectual property laws authorized by President Chavez.
In a press release issued by the Autonomous Service for Intellectual Property (SAPI), the "technical information" of patents licensed in Venezuela will be posted on the SAPI website so that anyone can "make use [of the information]," which would allow "Venezuelan technicians to improve new technologies that have been developed. " The president of Venezuela's pharmaceutical business chamber, Edgar Salas, said this could potentially scare off foreign investment, result in internal shortages of medicine and "create obstacles to importing the newest medicines." Venezuela currently ranks at the third largest pharmaceutical import market in Latin America, estimated at $1.2 billion.
The latest pharmaceutical developments come on top of previous moves that have jolted the business community, namely nationalizations in the energy, concrete, telecommunications, and steel industries.
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Kids With a Mission; Music to the Rescue
Message of a Pontifical Society Takes to the Streets
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ROME, JAN. 13, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Last Sunday I could barely walk down my street without being caught in a sea of little people, all decked out in white and all following our parish priest.
What amazed me was the monstrance he held high above his head -- and the reverence each child showed for the Blessed Sacrament contained in it.
Despite the bustle of Roman life that went on around them, they seemed resolute in making their "Giornata della Prima Communione" or First Communion Day, truly holy.
Only days earlier, some of these children had been in St. Peter's Square, participating in Epiphany celebrations.
There, they heard the words of John Paul II when he implored the world to remember the "little victims" of the tsunami disaster and other crises.
At the core of his message was the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, which marks the feast of Epiphany as its own, according to the group's general secretary, Verbite Father Patrick Byrne.
"The Epiphany is really our celebration," he told me. "It's a mission celebration when we have the three Wise Men who were not Jewish, coming to see this newborn Child. So it's symbolic of God revealing his Child to the whole world ... and of course, the Child Jesus is always our model for this organization of the Holy Childhood."
The group's motto is "Children Helping Children" and that is what the society aims to promote.
Father Byrne explained: "Every child, whether he lives in the United States or West Africa, is part of the overall drive to make Christ known to everyone. That was the desire of Charles de Forbin-Janson, the French bishop who founded the organization in 1843."
With a mission that works on collecting funds for the world's children and setting up diocesan programs of prayer or catechesis, the society will face an intricate challenge in the wake of the tsunami disaster, the priest said.
"We'll keep in touch closely with the situation, and when the dust settles it'll be up to us to help start rebuilding schools and orphanages that we had been setting up there already but have now been washed away and destroyed."
The priest emphasized how he is "getting in touch with our network of national directors in every country at the moment to ask kids to pray."
This appeal recalls the Pope's message to children on the 160th anniversary of this pontifical society, in 2003. "Every small missionary should be committed to reciting a Hail Mary every day for his or her distant peers," John Paul II wrote.
One group taking up such appeals by the Pope and the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood is the World Apostolate of Fatima. It is encouraging all parishes and dioceses to organize events like the one I witnessed here in Rome with their children.
One board member of the U.S. branch of the group, Connie Schneider, told me how the organization is internationally arranging chances for children to pray the rosary before the Blessed Sacrament.
"As you know, Jesus said 'Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them,' so we want to invite the worlds children to gather before him," she said.
Schneider (email@example.com) is part of the team co-coordinating prayer excursions for children in both their Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and beyond. They are about to release a communiqué presenting the proposal of shepherding children to a local chapel for a holy hour.
"Anyone can do this," she explained, "all they need is to plan a one-hour program and, during this year, begin to bring the children before Jesus at various intervals to introduce the concept to them.
"The ultimate aim is to prepare them for a world day of prayer for children which we have scheduled for October 7 this year; the same day the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood has set aside for their day of prayer."
Schneider says that we need to help children understand that the Holy Father has entrusted a mission to them.
"We purchased a 43-inch monstrance from Poland and it was quite a sight to see 3,200 children in a cathedral staring in awe and devotion," she said. "I wish you could have been there to see their little faces as they gathered before the monstrance and said 'Wow!' in unison."
Visual aids assist children when accompanied by direct catechesis, said Schneider. Her group has begun to make a video of the children's responses to such occasions, along with launching a prayer-writing competition to encourage them to petition Jesus "for the needs of the world."
She told me how the "internationally acclaimed Catholic singer and politician, Dana Scallon, has agreed to put the winning words to song so the children will be able to sing it when praying."
Local representatives of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood can be contacted for more guidance.
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Sounds of Solidarity
Over Christmas, the Diocese of Rome puts on a concert series to raise money for its needs. This year the Vatican added extra flavor.
The concerts, entitled "Grande Musica in Chiesa" (Great Music in Church), ranged from gospel choirs to classical orchestras, in assorted churches.
From Dec. 18 with the sounds of Mozart, Handel and Bach echoing off the walls of the Duomo Santa Maria Assunta, to the closing performance of Jan. 6 in the Holy Mary of the Angels basilica, each evening was unique.
Every concert I attended throughout the series was for a full house (or church, in this case).
The artistic director of the series was Monsignor Marco Frisina, director of the liturgy office of the vicariate of Rome, and guest speakers such as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
On the eve of the Epiphany an extra concert was inserted, for solidarity with the victims of the tsunami disaster.
The recital, which featured the Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra and the Sacred Liberiana Choir, was performed in the Basilica of St. Mary Major. In attendance were cardinals, bishops and members of the diplomatic corps as well as pilgrims and tourists.
In addition to raising funds, the evening was aimed at allowing the participants a time of prayer and reflection for those touched by the tragedy.
"Our hope," said Monsignor Valentino Miserachs Grau, the conductor and composer of many songs in the program, "is that through the universal language of beautiful music, there will be some comfort, solace and peace as we pray in our own way for those who have died."
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Heart of Charity
A lot of mail has arrived in Rome, challenging some of my colleagues in the Holy See about what they are doing for the tsunami victims.
Having learned firsthand of the Vatican's high level of charitable activity for the victims, I took the opportunity to answer a few of these letters with the following: On receiving news of the disaster on Dec. 27, John Paul II's charity fund, "Cor Unum" (One Heart), responded immediately by allocating $6 million for aid, and then initiated another direct appeal for more money.
When walking into any Vatican-owned building this week, I have been greeted by a red-and-beige metal box with the words "Emergenze Asia -- Cor Unum" printed on the front.
This box is emptied on a daily basis and the contents of it go into a relief fund for the countries affected by the killer waves. And this is just one of many charitable follow-ups the Vatican has pursued in the wake of the crisis.
The director of Vatican Radio's outreach program and religious missionary, Sister Janet Fearns, told me the exact amount of Church aid in this circumstance will never likely be tallied, due to a basic sense of humility.
"Nobody will ever hear the full story of the Church's input to those affected by the tragedy, simply because that's not the way the Church operates," she explained.
"Most of the details I know have come to me via accidental sources," said Sister Fearns. "For instance, in my average, internal Vatican conversations today, I stumbled upon the fact that someone anonymously put 800 euros in one of our Vatican boxes.
"However, it's really important to note that though religious communities and Church representatives around the world are giving money, they are also continuously offering the gift of their own people and resources."
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|Aberrant bile ducts, 'remnant surface bile ducts,' and peribiliary glands: Descriptive anatomy, historical nomenclature, and surgical implications.
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|The term "aberrant bile ducts" has been used to designate three heterogeneous groups of biliary structures: (1) bile ducts degenerating or disappearing (unknown etiology, diverse locations); (2) curious biliary structures in the transverse fissure; and (3) aberrant right bile ducts draining directly into the common hepatic duct. We report our observations on these three groups. Twenty-nine fresh human livers of stillborns and adults were injected differentially with colored latex and dissected. Adult livers showed portal venous and hepatic arterial branches, and bile ducts not associated with parenchyma, subjacent to and firmly adherent with the liver capsule: elements of ramifications of normal sheaths were present on the liver's surface. These ramifications, having lost parenchyma associated with them, then sequentially lost their portal branches, bile ducts and arterial branches. This process affected the ramifications of the sheaths in the left triangular ligament, adjacent to the inferior vena cava, in the gallbladder bed and anywhere else on the liver's surface and resulted in the presence of bile ducts accompanied by portal venous and/or hepatic arterial branches and not associated with parenchyma for a period of time. This first group represented normal bile ducts that do not meet the criteria of aberration and could be appropriately designated "remnant surface bile ducts." Such changes were not found in the transverse fissures and review of the literature revealed that the curious biliary structures are the microscopic peribiliary glands. The third group met the criteria of aberration and the anatomy of a representative duct is described. Clin. Anat., 2011. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Charities brace for 'triple whammy' of national debt fixes
Even if Congress and the White House cut a budget deal this year, some charities fear getting dropped off a fiscal cliff of their own.
Options for lowering the national debt could hit nonprofit groups, such as the United Way, with a "triple whammy" of reduced federal spending, increased demand for services and fewer donations as a result of tax-code changes.
Of particular concern for charities are proposals to scrap or cap the 95-year-old charitable donation tax deduction. In 2010, 31 percent of taxpayers in Pennsylvania claimed the deduction for $5.8 billion in donations, said Tony Ross, president of the United Way of Pennsylvania.
Of that, $2.2 billion came from households that earned $200,000 or more, according federal data.
"You'll hear policy-makers say, 'We don't have enough money in government (to fully fund social programs), and we hope charities can pick up some of the slack to meet those needs.' Well, if you want us to pick up the slack, don't inhibit the ability to ... raise the necessary funds," Ross said.
Taxes and tax rates are the central issue in the standoff between Democrats and Republicans over how to control the federal debt.
Congressional Republicans want to limit or eliminate deductions rather than raise rates. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., estimated that capping tax deductions at $50,000 would generate $749 billion for the government. President Obama proposed capping the charitable donation deduction at 28 percent of the donation's value, rather than 35 percent.
"The nonprofit sector relies significantly upon charitable donations. And wealthy individuals are a good part of those donations," said United Way of Allegheny County President Robert Nelkin.
The White House released a report this month estimating that a $50,000 cap on deductions would reduce charitable giving by as much as $150 billion over 10 years. Harvard University economist Martin Feldstein estimated Obama's plan would reduce charitable giving by about $7 billion a year.
"So on top of the triple whammy — more people in need, less charitable donations, and less government support — if you cap charitable donations, you're going to make the situation even more dire for nonprofits," Nelkin said.
The United Way of Allegheny County relies on donations for all of its $32 million budget, 99 percent of which stays in the county, Nelkin said.
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle said the first place to get revenue should be higher tax rates for the wealthy.
"Then, there are lots of tax preferences I think we should look at during tax reform, but deductibility of charitable donations should not be one of them," said Doyle, D-Forest Hills.
Budget negotiations have taken place primarily between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and included a White House meeting on Thursday night.
Until they reach a deal, it's premature to offer opinions on what might be in it, said Julia Thornton, a spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler.
"Rep. Kelly is not involved in the fiscal cliff negotiations and finds it counterproductive to comment on hypothetical scenarios," she said.
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Roberts told Schou he was out there in the dark at least 15 times in January and February, watching the Garcia family through their windows: "I would be right outside the house, usually at night. I noticed there was this older boy that was there, and I began to think that this kid was old enough to be in school. . . . And I began to wonder, 'Where does this kid go to school?'"
As a mother and grandmother, I find this very creepy. Last week, a child was snatched from her Orange County yard, raped and murdered by a predator. She could have been my grandchild; Garcia's little ones could be my grandchildren. None of us can afford to take lightly predatory behavior toward children.
There may be more to Roberts' confessions than the exuberant bragging of a publicity seeker.
Schou had a bit of fun with this piece, writing it as though he were Roberts' press agent. It was a departure from his usually impressive investigative work. What does he really know about Roberts other than his voter registration? What does Roberts do for a living? Where does he live? Is he a homeowner? Married? Children? Who is he, really?
Maybe Roberts has some inkling his behavior is abnormal. Perhaps he reached out to a reporter in hopes someone would read his story and help him before it's too late and he hurts someone.Mel Kernahan
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Most likely, you too have encountered
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WESTMINSTER An East Calais woman was one of two state employees injured Tuesday afternoon when a box truck hauling a carnival cotton candy trailer jackknifed on Interstate 91 and hit their car.
Vermont State Police said Patricia Ethier, 44, was driving the state Department of Labor car and Aaron Lewis, 38, no address given, was her passenger. Both were taken to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. According to a state employee directory, both work for the Department of Labor in Montpelier.
A spokeswoman at the hospital said she could not confirm whether either was a patient there.
Police said both were wearing their seat belts.
Police said a box truck driven by Karl Blanton, of Lenoir, N.C., was southbound on Interstate 91 at about 1:45 p.m. when it left the road.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, says U.S. military forces are spread too thin around the world and he thinks President Barack Obama erred in intervening in Libya.
Traveling in New Hampshire, Huntsman tells ABC News that Libya "is not core to our national security interest." He also says he's close to a decision on whether to get into the GOP presidential sweepstakes and that only his wife, Mary Kaye, could stop him if he chose to run.
Huntsman backed away from previous statements supporting a "cap and trade" policy aimed at expediting corporate efforts to curb harmful emissions, saying the global economic slump has dramatized the need to put a heavier focus on business growth, at least for a while.
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Another republican is running for state treasurer.
Paintsville native Melinda Wheeler entered the race Monday.
Wheeler now lives in Georgetown.
So far, Wheeler will face State Representative Brandon Smith of Hazard on the Republican side.
One democrat, Patrick Dunmire of Frankfort, is also running.
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Have you read the opening accounts of the governors with their secret letters asking each other if they wanted to seceded. Not one of the original seven states that secede did it through a popular vote because they knew in an election the chance of the people voting for secession was poor. Secession was in truth a power play by the oligarchy of wealth in the south. The Resurrection leaders seceded not about an injustice by for money and power.
I am form the south born and raised but I do not give my southern forefathers a pass on slavery. What I know is the slave loving south knew slavery was an affront to moral truth. I will not give a pass to forefathers that knowingly treated or supported this inhuman treatment of a fellow man.
I will admit I am taken back after the confederacy fired the first shoots at Ft Sumter and Lincoln calls not the troops more states secede over that action. United States was attacked and you run over to the bad guys side instead of fighting for one's country. the action by those southern states after Ft. Sumter has always puzzled me.
I like good banter that why I repeat yourself for within good banter truth will emerge like in Warp10 post. Many do believe Lincoln was aiming his speech at the border states. It may have been the right tone to take for a hard military line may not have worked for a lawyer from the back woods. I admit the Presidents that drew lines in the sand with secession were X-Generals.
Lincoln may have know that the south had to fire the first shoot before he could bring the fist of Justice down upon the insurrection. President Davis gave Lincoln a gift when he order the attack on Ft. Sumter. It rally the north against secession and allowed him use the military option with full support of the north.
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Western Michigan University is $100 million closer to launching a private medical school that could have far-reaching benefits to the medical community, including Battle Creek.
University President John Dunn said Tuesday the anonymous gift is one of the 10 largest cash donations given to a U.S. university. It will serve as "foundation funding" for the medical school, which could open in the fall of 2013 or 2014.
The donors wish to remain anonymous for now but "we hope one day to be able to acknowledge them by name and thank them again for their generosity," Dunn said. ...


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MANTEE – James Burns, 89, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston. He was a member of Upper Prairie Creek Church, a farmer and a factory worker.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Upper Prairie Creek Church with the Rev. Henry Brownlee officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Williams Memorial of Okolona is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include three daughters, Annette Jamison (Wayne) of Mantee, Pearly Mae Brownlee (Cecil) of Houston and Barbara Wardlaw (Jimmy) of Starkville; four sons, James Willie Burns of Mantee, Jake Burns (Emma Lou) of Cedar Bluff, Charles Burns of Mantee and Robert Burns (Angela) of Pine Bluff; 27 grandchildren; three sisters, Dora Clark of Mantee, Shery Cousin of West Point and Ruthie Mae Cousin of Chicago; and one brother, John T. Burns of Chicago.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lula Burns; two sons, Willie Silas Belk and Larry Burns; and two sisters.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.


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In this study, the peculiarities of the transformations of gold films deposited on the Si wafer surfaces as a result of high temperature anneals are investigated experimentally depending on the conditions of wafer surface preparation and the annealing regimes. The morphology and the distribution functions of the crystallites of gold films as well as the gold droplets formed as a result of anneals are studied as functions of annealing temperature, type of annealing (rapid thermal or rapid furnace annealing), and the state of the surface of Si wafers. The results obtained can be used for the controlled preparation of the arrays of catalytic gold droplets for subsequent growth of Si wire-like crystals.
Semiconductor Si wire-like crystals grown on Si substrates using the catalytic gold droplets have been studied since 1960 as prospective structures for the development of micro- and nano-electronic devices [1]. In the typical schema of the experiment, the gold droplets are first formed on the Si substrates. The growth process proceeds with the inlet flow of reactive gas that consists of Si-containing molecules (monosilane is a typical example) into the growth chamber [2,3]. The preferential decomposition of reactive gas molecules and the silicon incorporation in the positions of droplets take place, which cause the growth of elongated wire-like crystals, diameters of which are determined by the diameters of droplets. The droplet caps remain on the top of wires to enable the continuous catalytic process of the decomposition of Si-containing reactive species from the gas phase, the preferential Si incorporation into the droplets, transportation within them and/or on the cap surface, and incorporation in the wires growing at their interfaces with the droplets.
The initial system for the Si wire growth before the inlet flow of active gas mixture is the catalytic gold droplet array on the surface of Si substrate. The ensemble of catalytically active droplets can be formed by different techniques such as patterned metal deposition [4,5], self-aggregation in the droplets during metal deposition [6], or temperature-stimulated disjoining of a solid metal film deposited onto Si substrate [3,7]. The metal catalyst can undergo additional argon plasma etching to assist the disjoining of metal film and the formation of catalytic islands [8,9]. The regime of thermal treatment before the wire-like crystal growth determines the evolution kinetics of droplet ensemble and, hence, the properties of the subsequent process of Si wire growth.
This article presents the results of an experimental investigation of the peculiarities of the formation of the arrays of gold islands in the course of high temperature anneals of Si wafers with gold films deposited on their surfaces depending on the conditions of wafer surface preparation and annealing regimes.
The experiments were carried out on 500-μm-thick, (111)-oriented, boron-doped Cz-Si wafers with resistivity of 10 Ω cm obtained from two sources, namely, Wacker-Chemitronic GmbH, Germany, and Silicon Ltd., Ukraine. Before the deposition of gold films, the surfaces of Si wafers were made to undergo one of the two treatments, namely, (i) degreasing in acetone vapour without removal of native oxide or (ii) growing a uniform stoichiometric silicon oxide film by thermal oxidation in vacuum (the native oxide was removed in 5% HF with subsequent 5-10 min. rinsing in deionised water before this procedure and the wafers were subsequently annealed in hydrogen atmosphere during 40 min at 450°C). The thicknesses of oxide films were monitored ellipsometrically.
Thin films of gold (3 and 5 nm thicknesses) were deposited on Si wafer surfaces by vacuum sputtering at a pressure below 2 × 10-6 Torr. Prepared structures were annealed to initiate the formation of the arrays of golden islands on the surface of Si substrates. Two methods of annealing were applied, namely, rapid thermal anneals (RTAs) and quick furnace anneals.
The RTA treatments were realised by the illumination of structures under investigation by linear halogen lamps whose emission maximum wavelength was 1 μm. The treatment temperatures were in the range of 300-1100°С. Linear halogen lamps were arranged in two parallel rows on both sides of samples to enable faster temperature growth (up to 70°С/s) and reduced thermal gradients that produce thermal-mechanical stresses. To avoid uncontrolled oxidation of the sample during the RTA treatments, the RTA chamber was refilled with argon at atmospheric pressure before each treatment cycle.
Short-time furnace anneals were carried out in Ar gas atmosphere by rapid insertion of samples in the heated zone in the central part of furnace reactor. The annealing temperature was in the range of 900-1050°C, the duration in the range of 10-20 s, and the pressure of Ar in the gas chamber corresponded to 1 atmosphere.
The control over the thicknesses of deposited gold films, their morphology as well as monitoring of changes produced by annealing were done by scanning atomic force microscopy (AFM) (NanoScope IIIa).
Results and discussion
The development of the structure of gold films deposited onto the Si substrates takes place already during the stage of film deposition. Gold films acquire different nanocrystalline structures depending on the state of the oxide on the Si wafer. The AFM images of gold films deposited on the Si surfaces with different states of oxide coverage are shown in Figure 1. The size distributions of the crystallites formed are shown in Figure 2. As can be seen from these figures, the gold films formed crystallites with a typical size of 12 nm on substrates with native oxide after cleaning in neutral solution (Figure 2a). The nanocrystal sizes increased with the increase of annealing temperature for RTA-treated Si wafers (to 15 and 18 nm for RTA at 650 and 950°C, respectively, see Figure 2b,c). Such behaviour was mainly caused by the increase in surface homogeneity of native silicon oxide coverage that is supported by the surface profiles shown in Figure 2d. The gold films grown on initial Si surfaces had the most developed surfaces (RMS = 0.6 nm). RTA treatments led to the decrease of this value down to 0.4 nm. The histograms in Figure 2a,b,c demonstrate additionally the increase in the mean diameter of gold crystallites as a result of the increase of RTA temperature and the decrease of gold film roughness. It follows therefore that through modifying the oxide coverage on the surface of Si substrates, one can control the deposited gold film structure and subsequently, the process of the formation of catalytically active nanoislands for the growth of Si wire-like crystals.
Figure 1. AFM images of 3-nm-thick gold films deposited on Silicon Ltd. Si substrates with different surface oxide layer states: (a) initial substrate with 2.4-nm-thick natural oxide layer; (b) substrate with an oxide layer modified by RTA (650°C, 15 s, oxide thickness after RTA is 1.7 nm); and (c) substrate after RTA (950°C, 15 s) with a 3.3-nm-thick modified oxide layer. The maps of heights are shown on the left-hand side; the same maps with distinguished grain boundaries are shown on the right-hand side. Numerical grain parameters are shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Histograms of the distributions of the characteristics of gold films presented in Figure 1: grain diameters (a-c) and the surface profiles (d). For a good layout, the distribution (a) is superimposed on distributions (b,c).
Fast anneals at high temperatures of the structures of Si substrates with gold films deposited on them both in furnace and RTA equipment result in the disjoining of gold films and the formation of the arrays of separated gold islands. This process is strongly dependent on the quality of the surface of Si wafers. The results on gold island formation by RTA on the Si wafers procured from Silicon Ltd., and Wacker-Chemitronic are presented in Figures 3, 4, and 5, 6, respectively. It can be seen that the formation of separated gold islands on the Silicon Ltd. wafers (high surface roughness, RMS = 1.83 nm) begins already at 900°C (Figure 3). For the Wacker-Chemitronic Si wafers (RMS = 0.25 nm), the formation of individual gold islands is not observed at any rate up to the temperature of 950°C (see Figure 5). Instead, the individual intergrain boundaries often form joints 120°j for the mentioned temperatures, indicating a steady-state gold film recrystallisation process.
Figure 3. AFM images of the surfaces of 3-nm-thick gold film deposited onto Silicon Ltd. Si substrates with the natural oxide layer after RTA: (a) 900°C, 15 s; (b) 1000°C, 20 s; and (c) 1050°C, 20 s. The maps of heights are shown on the left-hand side; the same maps with distinguished grain boundaries are shown on the right-hand side. For quantitative parameters see Figure 4.
Figure 4. Histograms of the diameter distributions of gold droplets (left) and the same histograms weighted on droplet volumes (right) (ordinate axis shows the total droplet volume) corresponding to the structures shown in Figure 3. The density (part of covered surface) of droplets amounts to 912 μm-2 (22.2%), 336 μm-2 (12.7%), and 96 μm-2 (7.1%), respectively for Figure 3 (a-c).
Figure 5. AFM images of the surfaces of 3-nmthick gold films deposited onto the Wacker-Chemitronic Si substrates with the natural oxide layer after 15 s RTA: (a) 400°C; (b) 700°C; (c) 950°C; and (d) 1050°C. The maps of heights are shown on the left hand side; the same maps with distinguished grain boundaries are shown on the right hand side. For quantitative parameters see Figure 6.
Figure 6. Histograms of the diameter distributions of gold droplets (left) and the same histograms weighted on droplet volumes (right) (ordinate axis shows the total droplet volume) corresponding to the structures shown in Figure 5. Droplet density amounts to 2460, 2520, 1940, and 264 μm-2, respectively, for (a-d).
Increase in the RTA temperature resulted in the formation of gold nanoislands on the surface of Si wafers. The size and the density of islands were determined by the annealing temperature (Figures 4 and 6). For both types of substrates used, the typical sizes of nanoislands were in the range of 15-30 nm.
It is worthy to note that the gold evaporation from the Si substrate surface was the accompanying process to the formation of gold island arrays during the high temperature anneals. Figure 7 shows the contents of oxygen and gold in the subsurface layers of Au/Si structures after 15-s RTA treatments at different temperatures for the Wacker-Chemitronic Si wafers. The contents of both gold and oxygen were determined from the results of X-ray energy-dispersive analysis of the scanning electron microscope, Zeiss Evo-50. The integration was carried out over the area of 10 × 10 μm2 with a collection time of 150 s. As can be noted from the data presented, a sharp decrease (by about 1/3) of gold contents in the structures under investigation took place after the threshold temperature of about 800°C. Besides, a nonlinear increase in the oxygen contents in the subsurface layers was observed with the increase of RTA temperature (by a factor of 4 for the temperature range of 300-1050°C). This effect can be due to the presence of oxygen traces in the atmosphere of experimental setup and possible diffusion of oxygen from the substrate bulk to the hetero-boundary in the course of annealing.
Figure 7. Dependence of oxygen and gold contents in the subsurface layers of Au/Si structures on the RTA temperature.
The thickness of oxide layer on the surface of Si wafer had a great effect on the formation of gold nanoisland arrays during the RTA treatments (Figures 8 and 9). One can see that the gold films formed islands more efficiently on the artificial oxide coverage at the RTA temperature of 950°C than on the native oxide coverage. A gradual increase in the oxide thickness promoted the increase in the free space between the grains, in contrast to the closely packed grains on the substrates covered with native oxide. At the same time, the size distribution of grains and its maximum practically did not change with the oxide thickness (Figure 9).
Figure 8. AFM images of the surface of 5-nm-thick gold film deposited on Wacker-Chemitronic Si substrates with different thicknesses of grown oxide and subjected to 15 s RTA at 950°C: (a) oxide thickness is 1.8 nm; (b) oxide thickness is 1.9 nm; (c) oxide thickness is 2.0 nm. The maps of heights are shown on the left-hand side; the same maps with distinguished grain boundaries are shown on the right-hand side. For quantitative parameters see Figure 9.
Figure 9. Histograms of the distributions of the characteristics of structures shown in Figure 8: gold droplet diameters (a-c) and gold film surface profiles (d). For better layout, the distribution (a) is superimposed onto the distributions (b,c).
Short furnace anneals of the structures under study under the same conditions as for RTA treatments resulted in the formation of structured gold films with smaller mean grain sizes: 18 nm against 35 nm for the RTA-treated samples. Even at 1024°C, the formation of islands did not take place, although in some films, the regions containing nanopits, from which gold had evaporated, were observed. This difference is unclear at the moment, and needs to be addressed to in more detail in future studies. The authors believe that it can be related to the transition processes during sample heating.
In this study, the detailed investigations of the peculiarities of the formation of the arrays of gold islands in the course of high temperature anneals of Si wafers with gold films deposited on their surfaces depending on the conditions of wafer surface preparation and annealing regimes are carried out. RTA of Si wafers before the gold deposition was found to smoothen the native oxide layer on their surfaces and stimulate the formation of gold films with bigger crystalline grain structures. RTAs of Au/Si structures at the temperatures 900°C and higher were shown to produce the separate Au droplets on the Si wafer surfaces. Increase of the oxide film thickness on the surface of Si wafers promotes the formation of isolated gold droplets compared to the closely packed droplets formed on the Si surfaces covered with native oxide. Rapid furnace anneals of Au/Si structures were demonstrated not to result in the gold droplet formation but only in the gold film recrystallisation. The results obtained are valuable for the choice of the technological regimes for obtaining the required properties of catalytic gold layers (gold nanodroplet arrays) on the surface of Si substrates for the subsequent growth of Si wire-like crystals.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
AK planned the experiments, took major part in the interpretation of results, participated in the manuscript preparation, AS took part in the interpretation of results and participated in the manuscript preparation, YP and AV made substrate pre-treatments and carried out annealing experiments, OL made AFM investigations, AS made gold film deposition. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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David Ortiz is 38 years old and still Boston strong.
Ortiz, who is coming off a fantastic 2013 campaign, made it clear on Twitter on Monday that he expects to have another "monster season" in 2014. The nine-time All-Star tweeted a message to the media haters who question whether he can continue to produce at a high level.
Shortly after his initial tweet regarding 2014, Ortiz sent out another message via Twitter. The second tweet was directed toward the Bostonians who continue to support him as he prepares for his 18th major league season.
Check out Ortiz's tweets below.
Finishing my workout to have another monster season for all those media hater that still doubting!!! http://t.co/Aoorrc1egG—
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Love my bostonian and they know that l'm proud to wear this uniform!!! http://t.co/y28H1xbBrC—
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
© Copyright 2015 Albany Herald
You can tear a building down, but you can't erase a memory.
— Living Colour
Orlando Rambo and his fellow principles in Destiny Transportation Group have been accused of "looking out for their own best interest" in their attempts to halt the city of Albany's plans to build a $10 million multimodal transportation facility at the corner of Washington Street and Roosevelt Avenue.
As if — if it were actually true — that would be a bad thing for a business to do.
But Destiny's attempts to keep the city from relocating its transit hub from the company's 300 W. Oglethorpe Blvd. facility is about more than protecting turf. It's about the survival of Jimmie's Hot Dogs ... of Connie's Corner ... of the Harlem Barber and Beauty Shop ... of a downtown district that is as crucial an element of Albany's history as the very Flint River that flows through it.
"You want to talk about reviving the Harlem District in Albany, the first thing you've got to do is keep that bus station where it is," Jimmie's owner Tommy Mathes said Friday afternoon. "And, yes, I'm biased because it affects my business. But there is so much history tied to this district, particularly with Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement.
"Well, this restaurant is a part of that history. And Jimmie's Hot Dogs and the bus station go hand-in-hand."
Destiny has contracts with the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission to provide "Department of Human Services-type transportation" for citizens in unincorporated Dougherty County and in Lee, Terrell, Colquitt and Worth counties. It also owns the building whose tenants — the Greyhound bus line and Albany Transit — transport people around the city and, indeed, the entire country.
Moving the transit center to a generalized hub at Washington and Roosevelt would, in essence, destroy Destiny. But it would also kill plans — much less expensive plans — to create the same kind of hub that could enhance revitalization efforts in the Harlem District.
Rambo, Destiny's vice president/CFO, understands the issue perhaps as well as anyone. Even so, he's not screaming foul as city officials near a vote on the multimodal project that could very well determine his company's future.
"There's been a lot of effort put into that other site, a lot of time, money and political capital spent," Rambo said. "The original idea was to find a place that could be tied into a rapid transit system, which we all know is not going to happen. Some planners in Atlanta picked that site because it was what they thought might work in Atlanta. But it's not what will work best for Albany.
"Their initial concern about our site was that we didn't have enough land, but we purchased the old Red Fox nightclub property, and we acquired an option on the old Heritage (Bank) property. We have a design that will utilize that property. The city's plan (for the new center) would actually devalue some of its prime real estate and it would kill any efforts to revitalize the Harlem District."
City officials are concerned that if they decide not to utilize the proposed Washington/Roosevelt site, they will "lose" more than $3.5 million in stimulus money that is tied to the site. City Commissioner Christopher Pike, who has openly supported keeping the transit center at the Oglethorpe location, noted Friday that even the appearance of not using that much money when it is available in such a tight economy might not sit well with some taxpayers.
But there are many local business leaders and officials who believe a transportation hub built around existing facilities on Oglethorpe would cost less than building a new facility at the Washington/Roosevelt intersection, even if the stimulus money is removed from the equation.
As one said, "Look how much money they've already wasted looking for arrowheads," a reference to the city's attempts to determine if the proposed site contains buried Native American artifacts.
County Commissioner John Hayes, who is an outspoken proponent of revitalizing and enhancing the Harlem District for its economic and historical value, said the city has an opportunity to turn what has become a festering eyesore into a vibrant part of the community.
"There are always going to be winds that blow against change in our community, but we have an opportunity to make positive change," Hayes said. "To not take advantage of that opportunity — to not embrace our history — would be a tragic thing."
Or, as Rambo simply but eloquently puts it, why try to re-invent the wheel?
"What the city is proposing with the new site is to try and fit a great big square peg into a round hole," he said. "There's no need for that; there's no need to re-invent the wheel. We have a great facility in place and a great plan to turn it into the kind of transportation center that will be an even greater asset to this city and this district.
"Federal and state attorneys have told us this decision is ultimately a local one. We have the final say on this matter. Why wouldn't we do what's best for our community? Why would we make a decision that will kill a historic neighborhood when we don't have to?"
Those are questions city leaders must answer as they decide this matter. Their answers will significantly impact the future of the city, but they will also impact how we honor its historic past.
Email Metro Editor Carlton Fletcher at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Abytaxpayer 3 years, 5 months ago
My hat is off to the Mayor on this one. She has stood up against the @%$#!& idea to move the bus station. Moving the station to a location that is and will continue to basically be a no man's land was never smart but was jumped on by Albany's past leaders because there was a lot of Free Money (GDot and FDot) and we all know what smart decisions have be made in Albany's past based on the idea of "Free Money". So what if we lose 3.5 "Free Money" today how much will it save us in years to come by not having to prop up a bus station NO one but Politicians wanted to start with. For all the big talk repeated year after year what has all the Downtown development gotten us? One money pit after another!! Albany needs to support our Mayor on this one and "Just say NO" to moving the bus station based solely on the "Free Money". Time for Federal Government to get out of the way and let a private business lead the way. We can either have a Bus station built with "Free Money" that will become another money pit (aka Aquarium) or make a wise choice to build a new station in neighborhood where it will continue to spur the PRIVATE development already started in the area.
dingleberry 3 years, 5 months ago
We need to draw a line in the street with all of the political and business proponents on one side and all the political and business detractors on the other. Be sure to write down the name of those on each side in case they want to flip-flop before we find out why they are on that side. Duke it out!
I don't have a program to figure out what's 'sup and who is "supping. There needs to be a binder put together to timeline this project since its inception. I don't know if the project came before the money or vice versa but I do know money has been spent to get it to where it is. John I Rivers, architect of Columbus, has had an artist concept of the building face on his website for years. He was up to his hubcaps in the Cutliff Grove housing project so this does cause me concern. Did the project come from or because of him?
In the end, the two sides may have to play rock, paper, scissors to get a decision.
alleebrin 3 years, 5 months ago
Seems to me the current facility is quite adequte for the nontaxpayers who use it!!
whattheheck 3 years, 5 months ago
Forget the federal money. When a project escalates in cost like this one, it is time to pull the plug and see who squeals. Carlton, aren't you late to the dance on this one and how did you select your dance partner?
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People who were aggressive as children and young adults are likely to continue that behavior later in adult life and wind up with marital problems, traffic violations and even arrests, a new study shows.
"These individuals also had the lowest levels of occupational prestige and educational attainment," said L. Rowell Huesmann, the University of Michigan Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies & Psychology.
Individuals who were regularly aggressive at ages 8, 19 and 30 experienced a difficult later adult life all the way through age 48, according to the study published in the journal Aggressive Behavior.
The results also supported other findings that many children grow out of adolescent problem behaviors. Outbreaks of aggressive behavior that were limited to adolescence were shown to have few long-term negative consequences, he said. These results paralleled findings from Britain, Finland and Sweden published in the same journal issue.
Huesmann and his colleagues at the U-M Institute for Social Research used data from the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, a 40-year project of the development of aggression and competence across generations. The study sampled third graders in Columbia County, N.Y. in 1960, then age 8, until 2000 when they were age 48.
The researchers measured long-term consequences of aggressive and antisocial behavior among 523 participants in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Males were typically more aggressive than females, said Huesmann, who is also a researcher at the Institute for Social Research. The outcomes included arrests, traffic violations, marital problems, educational failures, economic failures and health concerns
Individuals who remain high in aggression from age 8 through 30 fared poorly in comparison with others on a variety of criminal and psychosocial outcomes, the research indicated.
The researchers also found greater continuity of aggression for males compared with females. In addition, males who were highly aggressive in childhood were more likely to remain highly aggressive in adulthood than were females who were also highly aggressive in childhood.
Females rated at low levels of aggressiveness during childhood were more likely to remain low in aggressiveness in adulthood than males who were rated low in aggressiveness during childhood.
The researchers also noted that a small number of people who suddenly became more aggressive at age 30 experienced significant negative consequences later in adulthood. This late-onset aggression resulted in depression, problem drinking and poor health at age 48. The majority of this group was female, Huesmann said.
The findings appear in a special section on "Life Span Longitudinal Studies of Aggressive and Criminal Behavior" in the March issue of the journal Aggressive Behavior. Huesmann co-wrote the article with Eric Dubow, ISR and Bowling Green State University, and Paul Boxer, ISR and Rutgers University.
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Hello fellow runners!
I've got a serious dilemma and could use some suggestions and advice. First, here's some background information. I am a 19 year old female, 5'5", and weigh 95 pounds, which puts me at a BMI around 16.5. I am a freshman in college this year and run at the collegiate level.
I've always been on the thin side, my body is just naturally petite. Before entering college, my weight was around 99-102 pounds. So basically, I've lost 5 pounds since entering school. I know 5 pounds might not seem like a lot, but for me, it's more than 5% of my body weight!
Point blank, I really NEED to gain back this weight. I did not try to lose it in the first place. It just sort of happened with increased training for cross country and indoor, combined with a different eating routine than I had at home. For a while, I thought the weight would just come back on, but obviously that has not happened. My running is starting to become affected and I can tell my body is breaking down. I've been having nagging aches and pains that were not present during cross country season. Also, now I cannot complete track workouts as well as I did during cross country season.
Thank you so much for reading all of this. I'm just looking for advice and suggestions to help me put back on the muscle I have lost. My metabolism is like a hummingbird, so it's always been a struggle to keep weight on me. That being said, your support would be greatly appreciated too.
All My Best,
You might post in the Nutrition and Weight Loss forum (I know, you're trying to gain and not lose, but so are many others there) or talk with a nutritionist, perhaps one at your college. Your coach might have some suggestions, too. It sounds like you need to find a way to eat more, in a sensible way. You're smart to recognize that you've got a problem, and I hope you can find a way to solve it, because yeah, it sounds like it's negatively affecting not just your running but your health. Good luck.
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Thank you for your response! I have posted this same question in the Nutrition and Weight Loss forum and have gotten a few responses as well. I do not have a good relationship with my coach, and if you met him you would understand why. He has made comments before regarding the weights of other girls on the team and that they need to lose weight (which they don't at all!) I don't think it would be conducive to my success in talking to him. I do believe you are right in saying I should seek a nutritionist's help. Thank you so very much!
I hope your college has a nutritionist available for you to talk to. Depending on your school, try the clinic or even the nursing and/or nutrition department. And congratulations to you for realizing that you have a problem and need to do something about it!
Meanwhile, try to add some healthy fats to your diet, like avocados, nuts, and olive and/or coconut oil. Chrissie Wellington, the 4-time Ironman champion says she puts olive oil on everything, even her oatmeal.
Do you eat in a cafeteria or do you cook for yourself? The head of the cafeteria may also be a nutritionist or dietician, or at least should have someone on the staff who is, so that is another option for you to approach. In most colleges, these people who love to talk to the students, but the students aren't really even aware of this resource, so something else to consider.
I am not a nutritionist and I don't know what options you have available to you in college. So take what advice I gave with a grain of salt! I was similar to you, I am 5'5 and didn't weigh 100 pounds until college. I just always had a very fast metabolism.
One thing to consider is some protein or other type of shake. They can be pretty high calorie (as well as nutritious) and to me it seems easier to drink something than to eat when you aren't hungry. Especially after running, I don't feel like eating at all but I can drink something! Obviously whole foods are preferred, but if you have a very fast metabolism it may be hard to get all you need from whole foods.
I do agree that it's easier to drink something especially right after running. What type/brand of protein shake would you recommend? Thank you!
Do you have a blender and fridge? I did not have those things in my dorm at college so I don't want to make any assumptions!
The only protein powder I have used is mocha Click. I like the taste of coffee but I am not a regular coffee drinker so it is a treat for me. I mix it with milk, frozen blueberries, bananas, or whatever fruits I happen to have around. You can also use vegetables. The sweet ingredients usually overpower vegetables so the shake is still sweet.
The powders are convenient but can get pricey. You can just omit them and use milk (or coconut water or soy milk if you have lactose issues), nuts such as almonds, or ricotta cheese (a natural whey protein) as your protein base. Frozen fruits are convenient and make the shake nice and cold. Or you can just add ice and fruits you have around. Chocolate syrup is a nice thing to add too. Bananas and ricotta cheese are good if you like a thick shake.
Usually I just experiment but you can find some shake recipes online. Depending on what you use for your shake it can be quite a bit of calories in a drink. But it is also good for recovery after a run. Hope that helps!
have you gone and talked to your doctor? I know with me I used to be super small but that was because I had a medical issue with my thyroid being over active. Now its under so I have the opposit problem.
So not that that's your issue, however, a doctor could take a look at a lot of different things. Or at least like its been said a professional nutritionist.
You are a smart girl! I saw way too many girls get sucked into the weight loss spiral in college, and I applaud you for knowing what's right for your body! Don't listen to your coach. I also had coaches who called us "Fit" when we were skin and bones, and told us to "Go See a Nutritionist" when we looked healthy! They are just going for the fastest times, and come coaches are not concerned about your health and wellness other than how it contributes to your times.
That said, if you want to gain some weight you need to do it in a smart way. It's going to be tough to keep up with your increased caloric demand since college training is done at such a higher level. Try adding in snacks where you can, since your stomach probably can't fit a huge meal (I've always been thin and can't eat a huge plate at once). Try packing little baggies of nuts, dried fruit, or other calorie-dense snacks. These snacks will also provide some good nutrients, instead of just empty calories. Protein shakes are a good idea too, but make sure you don't drink them before a meal because it might decrease your appetite, reducing how much nutrition you can get from real food. Make a few switches to up your calories, such as: replacing regular cereal with granola, adding a scoop of peanut butter to your oatmeal, packing a mid-morning snack to have during class (like maybe a bran muffin or a bag of almonds/cashews/trail mix), drink milk or juice with your meals instead of only water, and maybe have a chocolate-flavored protein bar (or half of one) as a post-run snack or a post-dinner treat. You want to be sure you're adding good calories that will fuel your training, not just junk.
You clearly have a good head on your shoulders! If you continue to have trouble, try to find a nutritionist to talk to. There is usually one available to the athletes at colleges, but sometimes they are just furthering the coaches' recommendations. Find someone you trust, and don't do anything you don't feel comfortable with.
Also, enjoy it! You may not have this problem your entire life so savor those extra snacks and enjoy your treats while you still have that hummingbird metabolism!
Best of luck in your training.
Great advice given about healthy weight gain, but I will give you one piece of advice.... I would counsel against speaking to someone affiliated with your college, esp. if you are a student athlete.
Back before the earth's crust cooled when I was in college (1993 to be exact), I was in a similar situation, except I wasn't on the track team. I sought weight gain advice from one of the trainers at the gym and she reported to the school that I had an ED (I did not). The situation totally escalated from there and I was almost removed from school. It was a horrifying experience.
BTW, I found adding peanut butter to many items helped! Calorie dense snacks like trail mix and dried fruit were useful. I also drank a glass of juice daily.
Good luck!
The earth's crust cooled in the 90s? I had no idea! I thought it was in the 50s, around the time I was born! Just kidding with you. I was in college in 1974, so to hear you talk about how old you are just kind of made me laugh.
Hehe, I work with a bunch of whippersnappers.... someone recently mentioned that she was in 7th grade on 9/11... that made me feel OLD!
When I was pregnant and not gaining enough weight, my OB/GYN recommended a daily milkshake! It worked and I eventually gained all the weight I was supposed to, and then 5 more lbs (oops).
Post 40 PRs: 5K 23:12 (2015) 23:46 (2014); 4M 31:07 (2015) 32:56 (2013); 5M 38:13 (2015) 39:32 (2014); 10K 51:04 (2014); 10M 1:21:00 (2015) 1:22:45 (2014); 13.1 2:00:02 (2014)
2015 races - completed and/or registered for
Emily's Rainbow Run 4M 4/19/2015 1st female Master's 31:07
Cleveland 10 Miler 4/25/2015 10/97 F45-49 1:21:00
Race To Empower 5K 5/3/2015 1/20 F45-49 23:12
Hy-5K 5/16/2015 1/22 F45-49 23:47
Avon Eagle Run 5M - 5/23/20153 1/18 F45-49 38:13
J5K Rochester - 9/6/2015 1/7 F45-49 23:51
Roc the Croc 5K - 10/3/2015 2/17 F45-49 23:15
Bay Village Heritage 5K - Oct. 17
Thank you for all of your advice! I greatly appreciate it. It has now been about a month since my initial post and I am happy to say I've gained about 2 pounds. I know it isn't much, but it's something! Now that my track season is over, and I'm taking a short break from running, maybe the weight gain will be speedier haha
2 pounds is a great start! I have no doubt you can get healthy soon, because you have the motivation to do so. Enjoy your break from running and good luck in the next season!


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Big South Posts Two Men's Soccer All-Americans
Bennett, Ribeiro Garner NSCAA All-American Honors
CONWAY - After leading the Coastal Carolina men's soccer team to its second consecutive and ninth overall NCAA Tournament appearance, junior Ashton Bennett and sophomore Pedro Ribeiro each earned All-American status, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) announced Friday.
Bennett, the 2011 Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Year and Hermann Trophy semifinalist, garnered first team honors, while Ribeiro, a first team All-Big South selection, was named to the third team. In all, Coastal has now recorded six NSCAA All-Americans under 14th-year head coach Shaun Docking.
Behind Bennett and Ribeiro, the Chanticleers finished the season with an 18-4 record, including a perfect 9-0 conference mark, and claimed the program's 10th Big South regular season championship. Coastal earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where the Chants hosted and defeated Elon in the first round before taking national finalist North Carolina to the brink of elimination in the second round.
The duo represent the sixth and seventh Chanticleers to be named to the prestigious list joining Coastal greats Joseph Ngwenya (2003, first team/2002, second team), Mubarike Chisoni (2003, third team), Boyzzz Khumalo (2003, third team) and Guy Norcott (1992, third team).
Bennett tallied an NCAA-leading 23 goals, including nine game-winners. The Claredon, Jamaica native finished the season ranked first in three offensive categories including total goals (23), total points (53.0) and points per game (2.41) as well as second in goals per game (1.05). Nationally, Bennett also ranks 47th with seven assists on the year and 99th in assists per game (.32). He posted seven multi-goal games during the 2011 campaign, including hat tricks against Richmond and Liberty. He was named the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week during the week of Oct. 24 in addition to being named to its National Team of the Week on three occasions. Bennett was also named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week twice this season. Additionally, the striker was named the MVP of the Virginia Commonwealth and Coastal Carolina tournaments.
Ribeiro, who was also named to the NCAA Men's Division I All-South Atlantic Team, led the team with eight assists, which was good enough for 20th in the national rankings. The Brazilian ranked second on the team in total points (26), goals (9) and tied for the team lead with seven assists. He was tabbed to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week and Big South Player of the Week. The sophomore also recorded two game-winning goals for the Chants.
In all, the 35 athletes from around the country were selected for the All-America first, second and third teams. They will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, to be held in the Kansas City Convention Center's Grand Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 14, in conjunction with the 2012 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
2011 NSCAA/Continental Tire Men's NCAA Division I All-America Team
First Team
Pos. Player Class School Hometown
K Brian Holt Sr. Creighton Omaha, Neb.
D Chris Estridge Sr. Indiana Indianapolis, Ind.
D Matthew Hedges Sr. North Carolina Carmel, Ind.
D Charles Rodriguez Sr. Charlotte Franklin, Tenn.
M Miguel Ibarra Sr. UC Irvine Lancaster, Calif.
M Enzo Martinez* Jr. North Carolina Rock Hill, S.C.
M Luis Silva Sr. UCSB Los Angeles, Calif.
F Ashton Bennett Jr. Coastal Carolina Claredon, Jamaica
F Ethan Finlay* Sr. Creighton Marshfield, Wis.
F Billy Schuler Jr. North Carolina Allentown, N.J.
F Andrew Wenger* Jr. Duke Lititz, Pa.
Second Team
K Brian Rowe Sr. UCLA Eugene, Ore.
D RJ Allen* Sr. Monmouth Old Bridge, N.J.
D Andrew Duran Sr. Creighton Mokena, Ill.
D Kyle Venter Jr. New Mexico Aurora, Colo.
M Carlos Alvarez Jr. Connecticut Los Angeles, Calif.
M Greg Jordan Sr. Creighton Naperville, Ill.
M Lance Rozeboom Sr. New Mexico Walker, Iowa
M Paul Wyatt Jr. James Madison Modbury, England
F Dom Dwyer Jr. South Florida London, England
F Evans Frimpong Sr. Delaware Accra, Ghana
F Darren Mattocks So. Akron Portmore, Jamaica
F Casey Townsend Sr. Maryland Traverse City, Mich.
Third Team
K Andre Blake Fr. Connecticut May Pen, Jamaica
D Austin Berry Sr. Louisville Cincinnati, Ohio
D Eric Schoenle Jr. West Virginia Yardley, Pa.
D Walker Zimmerman Fr. Furman Lawrenceville, Ga.
M Scott Caldwell Jr. Akron Braintree, Mass.
M Jonathan Mendoza Jr. Stetson Altamonte Springs, Fla.
M Pedro Ribeiro So. Coastal Carolina Belo Horizonte, Brazil
M John Stertzer Jr. Maryland Oakton, Va.
F Chandler Hoffman Jr. UCLA Birmingham, Ala.
F Mark Sherrod So. Memphis Knoxville, Tenn.
F Yannick Smith Jr. Old Dominion Hillsborough, N.J.
F Gyasi Zardes So. CSU Bakerfield Hawthorne, Calif.


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MRI characterisation of adult onset alpha-methylacyl-coA racemase deficiency diagnosed by exome sequencing
1 Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3 Center for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
4 Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
5 Department of Ophthalmology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
6 Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2013, 8:1 doi:10.1186/1750-1172-8-1Published: 3 January 2013
Correct diagnosis is pivotal to understand and treat neurological disease. Herein, we report the diagnostic work-up utilizing exome sequencing and the characterization of clinical features and brain MRI in two siblings with a complex, adult-onset phenotype; including peripheral neuropathy, epilepsy, relapsing encephalopathy, bilateral thalamic lesions, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cataract, pigmentary retinopathy and tremor.
We applied clinical and genealogical investigations, homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing to establish the diagnosis and MRI to characterize the cerebral lesions.
A recessive genetic defect was suspected in two siblings of healthy, but consanguineous parents. Homozygosity mapping revealed three shared homozygous regions and exome sequencing, revealed a novel homozygous c.367 G>A [p.Asp123Asn] mutation in the α-methylacyl-coA racemase (AMACR) gene in both patients. The genetic diagnosis of α-methylacyl-coA racemase deficiency was confirmed by demonstrating markedly increased pristanic acid levels in blood (169 μmol/L, normal <1.5 μmol/L). MRI studies showed characteristic degeneration of cerebellar afferents and efferents, including the dentatothalamic tract and thalamic lesions in both patients.
Metabolic diseases presenting late are diagnostically challenging. We show that appropriately applied, homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing can be decisive for establishing diagnoses such as late onset α-methylacyl-coA racemase deficiency, an autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder with accumulation of pristanic acid. Our study also highlights radiological features that may assist in diagnosis. Early diagnosis is important as patients with this disorder may benefit from restricted dietary phytanic and pristanic acid intake.


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Early last month, a Montgomery County teenager lost her life after an ATV crah.
17-year-old Jessica Fulkerson died at UK hospital back on March 10.
It turns out she was an organ donor and that decision led to a new life for strangers.
Tonight, Jessica's mother met one person whose life was saved because of her daughter's decision.
Jessica's pancreas, liver and both kidneys.
"it's so hard to think about that. But, when your loved one dies and they go to God, that's a shell they're leaving behind. Honestly, it is. And to have those parts that you can give to someone else than can change their life and give them more time to live and see their children and grandchildren, it's beautiful. It's a wonderful gift," says Jessica's mom, Gale Cecil.
You can register to become an organ donor when you receive or renew your driver's license. Anyone can become a donor, but those younger than 18 must have consent of a parent or legal guardian.
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Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
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I like to check up on domains which I sold every now and then. Always interesting to see whether it's been developed, marketed, etc. So I sold the domain WallStickers.net about 6 month's ago to an "end user" and it was immediately developed by the new owners as a full blown e-commerce store selling you guessed it, wall stickers and wall decor.
It wasn't that difficult to get it sold, because a good keyword domain really sells itself. Of course it has to be priced right. We kept the asking price reasonable, got multiple offers and made a deal with one fella who seemed very nice and definitely knows what he is doing. It was actually a quick flip, as I acquired it for about $100 or $150 last year from another domainer.


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The first thing that most tourists want — and need — to know when they come to Gettysburg is "Where is a good place to eat?" Lori Korczyk said.
Gettysburg's newest attraction "Savor Gettysburg Food Tours" answers that question perfectly for tourists and locals, tour owner and guide Korczyk said, while adding a sense of adventure and history to the experience of a delightful meal.
"You have experienced some delicious cuisine and you are full by the time you are done," Korczyk said. "It's a pure taste of the town."
Korczyk, who is originally from Ohio and then lived in New Jersey, said she visited Gettysburg with her family for the first time in 2002 as a Civil War re-enactor and immediately fell in love with the area. In 2004 she purchased a house in Gettysburg, Korczyk said, and in 2012 she and her family moved to Gettysburg full-time.
"We absolutely love living here and I wanted to start a business that was different and pulled people in from the entire community," Korczyk said, who added she has been an entrepreneur for years. Korczyk said she previously was an event planner and had also owned several companies in New Jersey, including a "Rita's Italian Ice" and "Dorm Sweet Dorm," an organic snack service for college students.
She wanted to add something to the Gettysburg area that hadn't been done before, Korczyk said, and that was a difficult task considering the abundance of activities available.
"This town has so much to offer in the way of history, shopping, museums, seminars, antique hunting, period music, wineries and battlefields at the fingertips of every local and visitor," Korczyk said, "Gettysburg may be a small town, but we're big on ideas, creativity and an endless amount of things to do to enhance the visitor's experience."
She created the "Savor Gettysburg Food Tour" experience to help visitors and residents alike enjoy the best of Gettysburg's local culinary fare, culture, and history in one enjoyable walk through town, Korczyk said.
"I can't think of a better way to combine the elements of the things that I love best, people, food and events!" Korczyk said enthusiastically.
The eight stops on the 1.2 mile "easy walking" food tour visits eight different establishments, each featuring a specific ethnic "taste of Gettysburg," Korczyk said.
Each tasting location venue was carefully selected to offer a diverse and delicious full meal for participants, Korczyk said, similar to a progressive dinner.
Tour tasting locations include: El Costeno for Mexican cuisine; One Lincoln for 'casual comfort fare; Hauser Estate Winery featuring Pennsylvania wines and ciders; Garryowen's Irish Pub for authentic Irish fare; Cafe` St. Amand, a French bistro; Gettysburg Cupcake Cafe`; Historic Farnsworth House Inn, offering Pa. Dutch and period fare; and with the final stop at Mr. G's Homemade Ice Cream, Korczyk said.
"Each of our tour tasting stops meets a specific criteria," Korczyk said, "They are all family owned and almost all the food is locally grown. It's farm to table — and you can't get fresher or more delicious than that."
The walking tour between each of the 'tasting stops,' Korczyk said, is also made enjoyable as the guide tells stories of the townspeople and historic places nearby. Each tasting stop lasts about 15 to 20 minutes, Korczyk said, so everyone gets to sit, rest, and eat prior to walking a little further.
Savor Gettysburg Food Tours are offered on Saturdays and Sundays and last about three and one half hours each. Tours run March through November. Tours are scheduled for a minimum of two people to a maximum of 12 people per tour.
"There's no better way to learn about a town than to eat your way through it," Korczyk said with a smile, "This is a great alternative to the regular tours. It gives you a true taste of Gettysburg — literally a taste."
What: Savor Gettysburg Food Tours
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, March through November
Contact: 1-800-656-0713; www.savorgettysburgfoodtours.com; or Facebook: Savor Gettysburg Food Tours LLC


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As daylight turned to dusk Tuesday, it became obvious a clutch hit was needed or a game between county rivals would be put on hold for another day.
But Gage Young didn't want that to happen.
The sophomore's RBI single to left field helped Ridgewood overcome a 6-1 deficit to beat River View 8-7 in eight innings. ...


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COSBOA calls for scrapping of GST import threshold but Choice says retailers are missing the point
If the Customs data is correct the cost of administering the tax each year (around $10 million) would easily be covered by the extra revenue raised. In March, a Productivity Commission issues paper said that for 2010-11, the GST revenue foregone had been estimated at $460 million, rising to $610 million in 2013-14, although Treasury noted that the estimate reliability was low. In theory, this suggests revenue raised each year from cutting the threshold in half would be $200-300 million.
"We have a policy in Australia that you pay GST on your purchase," Council of Small Business of Australia executive director Peter Strong says, adding it is COSBOA's policy that there is no exemption for online purchases.
"I don't care if you buy something on a computer."
Strong says while the Government has indicated that it'd be too much work for not enough reward to individually tax online purchases, "small business also knows that the GST is too much work."
Another issue, says Strong, is the likely impact on the budget if Australians continue to buy online.
"They'll have to collect that foregone money from somewhere," Strong says.
But consumer group Choice says the push by retail group Fair Imports Alliance to reduce the tax-free threshold and make online purchases more expensive is missing the point.
A Choice spokeswoman Ingrid Just says the current $1,000 threshold for avoiding GST on online purchases is an appropriate level and should not be changed.
"The feedback we get is that it's the convenience, the product range and savings of up to 50% that makes people shop online," Just says.
Just says even if the tax-free threshold were reduced to 50% or scrapped altogether, retailers in Australia would need to address these drawcards.
"Online retail is here to stay," Just says.
"It's about finding ways to utilise an online presence and build a business that incorporates that or look at ways they can foster their own unique product or service to shoppers."
The Fair Imports Alliance said yesterday the Customs email proves that it is not economically unfeasible to reduce the threshold, and believes the Productivity Commission would be hard-pressed to recommend it stay in place.
A spokesman for Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said yesterday that the Minister was aware of the $38 million figure from Customs, but said the number was only one part of a much larger issue, hence the Productivity Commission review.
The Commission's draft report into the issue will be released next month.
The Shadow Small Business Minister Bruce Billson this morning said the Coalition was "keenly awaiting" the release of the Productivity Commission report before forming its view, although the emails released yesterday had blown out of the water arguments that costs would be excessive.
There are questions on whether the Government would be willing to take on this hot-button issue, considering many consumers would object to paying more for online goods.


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Born: December 22, 1964
Place of Birth: Dimmitt, TX
Death: October 4, 2011
Place of Death: Amarillo, TX
Occupation: Welder
December 22, 1964 - October 4, 2011
Danny Dones, 46, of Dimmitt, passed away in Amarillo on October 4, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:30AM in the Immaculate Conception of Mary Catholic Church in Dimmitt with Rev. Arthur Rodriguez as celebrant. Burial will follow in Castro Memorial Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt. Rosary will be recited at 6:00PM in the church on Friday with Vigil Service following.
Danny was born and raised in Dimmitt and attended school there. He became a welder and an electrician. He was a loving father, husband, son, brother, and grandfather.
Danny is survived by his spouse, Rosa Dones of Dimmitt, his father, George Dones of Georgetown, TX, 2 sons, Daniel Dones of Dimmitt and Jason James Dones of Abilene, 2 daughters, Jessica Ramirez and husband Ernie of Dimmitt and Priscilla Rojas and husband Brian of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 4 brothers, David Dones of Mexico, Raul Dones, Raymond Dones, and Johnny Joe Rodriguez all of Dimmitt, 1 sister, Irene Beliz of Lazbuddie, TX, 9 grandchildren.
He is preceded by his mother Maria Estella Dones, 1 son, Sgt. Jacob Dan Dones, and 1 brother, George Dones Jr.
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Saturday October 8, 2011, 10:30AM
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