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Anjana Murali, 18, of Shorewood, a Girl Scout and senior at Shorewood High School, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a Certificate of Excellence from The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, and with a President's Volunteer Service Award granted by the program on behalf of President Barack Obama.
Presented annually by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors young people across America for outstanding volunteer service.
Certificates of Excellence are granted to the top 10 percent of all Prudential Spirit of Community Award applicants in each state and the District of Columbia.
President's Volunteer Service Awards recognize Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country.
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast nominated Murali for national honors this fall in recognition of her volunteer service.
After applying for a grant and recruiting youth volunteers, Murali conducted an all-girls chess camp for 75 girls from the inner city of Milwaukee. Murali's inspiration for the project came after an opponent during her first chess tournament told her she wouldn't be good at the game because she was a girl.
"My goal was to empower women, encourage more girls to play chess and participate in STEM, and remove the gender disparity that exists in this male dominated sport," Murali said.
Impressed with the success of her camp, the United State Chess Federation invited Murali to join their national Girls and Women in Chess initiative. Murali went on to conduct two additional chess camps, reaching more than 125 girls so far.
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), recognizes middle level and high school students across America for outstanding volunteer service.
"We applaud each of these young people for their exemplary volunteer service," said Prudential Chairman and CEO John Strangfeld. "They use their time and talents to make a meaningful difference in their communities, and we hope their example inspires others to do the same."
Prudential Spirit of Community Award applications were distributed nationwide last September through middle level and high schools, Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, American Red Cross chapters, YMCAs and HandsOn Network affiliates. These schools and officially-designated local organizations nominated Local Honorees, whose applications were advanced for state-level judging. In addition to granting Certificates of Excellence and President's Volunteer Service Awards on behalf of President Barack Obama, The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards selected State Honorees and Distinguished Finalists. Volunteer activities were judged on criteria including personal initiative, creativity, effort, impact and personal growth.
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Virginia M. Howeth, age 88, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Blue River Rehabilitation Center , Kansas City, MO.
She was born July 21, 1923 at Sulphur , OK , the daughter of Lewis Amos and Mable Lucille (Cook) Vernon .
She graduated from Sulphur High School in 1942, and on September 21, 1942, she married Orbra P. Howeth at Sulphur , OK . He went home to be with the Lord on October 6, 2000.
They had lived in Sulphur , Tonkawa and Norman Oklahoma for many years. In 1999, they moved to Liberal, KS to be near their daughter. In 2010, her daughter's retirement prompted a move to Lee's Summit , MO where she resided until her death.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed hobbies of sewing clothes for her children, crocheting, and other crafts. She also baby sat for many years in her home in Tonkawa. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Tonkawa, OK where she worked in the nursery and toddlers Sunday School for several years.
Virginia and her husband Orbra also enjoyed camping and spent several years traveling in their RV visiting family and many areas in Texas and Oklahoma .
Survivors include
Son: Alan D. Howeth of Livingston , TX
Daughter: Gayle J. O'Kane and husband Donald of Lee's Summit, MO
Sister: Lois Barr of San Antonio , TX
4 Grandchildren: Patrick O'Kane and wife Kristi, Stephanie D. Swindler and husband Jon, Doug A Howeth and wife Jennifer, Carri J. Warren and husband Kendall.
7 Great-Grandchildren: Macayla N. O'Kane, Jakob D. O'Kane, Willem A. Swindler, Eilee Mae Swindler, Garrett A. Warren, Logan E. Warren, and Presley A. Howeth.
She was preceded in death by her husband, and 2 infant brothers, a brother Jessie A Vernon, a sister, Wilma McDaniel and daughter-in-law, Joan Howeth.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm Thursday, Sept. 22nd, at Hale's – Krien Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur , OK .
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Editor's Note: The following first appeared in the University of Iowa's Hawk Talk Daily, an e-newsletter that offers a daily look at the Iowa Hawkeyes, delivered free each morning to thousands of fans of the Hawkeyes worldwide.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Mark Ballweg sat in the top row of the bleachers inside the University of Iowa wrestling room Tuesday afternoon. He laced his Asics and looked toward a near empty wrestling room.
"I have a great opportunity in front of me and all I have to do is go out and get it," said Ballweg, a fifth-year senior from Waverly, Iowa. "It's all up to me. If I'm motivated and hungry, anything is possible."
The opportunity Ballweg refers to goes beyond simply making the Hawkeye lineup, but that's where the challenge begins. Iowa has 37 names on its 2012-13 roster, and six of those names are listed as potential 141-pound wrestlers. Unfortunately for five Hawkeyes, only one can wear the famed black singlet in the varsity lineup. Ballweg's done it before, and he has done it well. But nothing's a given in the Iowa wrestling room, so the question is can he do it again?
"A lot of those questions are up to him," said UI head coach Tom Brands. "Making the team has to happen first. But that's not primary. Primary is being the best that you can, and I think the ceiling is as high as he wants it to be."
Brands has written Ballweg's name into the lineup 17 times in dual competition. In the fall of 2010, when the Hawkeyes wrestled without All-American Montell Marion, Ballweg, then a sophomore, earned the 141-pound slot and posted a perfect 11-0 dual record with six pins.
Later that year Marion returned to the lineup and Ballweg bumped up to 149 pounds. He was unable to duplicate his success at the heavier weight and finished the year with five losses in six matches. It wasn't the ideal ending to a once promising season, but the year still proved to be an experience you can't simulate in a wrestling room.
"Any experience is good experience," said Ballweg. "It will definitely help me because I've been out there in the spotlight, and I think a few little things will make a difference for me."
"I think he was this close to doing well at 149," said Brands, "so is he capable of performing at 141? Absolutely. I know that he feels like he's capable. I like what I've seen in the last couple of months and even further back.
"But you have to put it together and you have to burst out. He has been right there, he just hasn't been able to burst out. But he has had some big wins."
Bursting out in the literal sense of the word means running onto the mat from the bowels of Carver-Hawkeye Arena and back into the spotlight. But figuratively speaking, Ballweg wants the burst to happen on the national scene.
"I think to win the whole dang thing is everybody's goal in this room," Ballweg said.
His journey to the top of the NCAA medal stand continues Nov. 8 when the Hawkeyes host their annual wrestle-offs inside the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex. Competition begins Thursday at 3:30 p.m. (CT), Friday at 4 p.m., and Saturday at 8:30 a.m. All times are approximate and subject to change.
The 141-pound bracket will likely include Ballweg, Josh Dziewa, Ethan Owens, Connor Ryan, Nate Skonieczny and Nick Trizzino. Ryan and Skonieczny are true freshmen. Owens has an 18-7 career record, but has no dual experience. Dziewa and Trizzino have each wrestled in one career dual, both victories, while Ballweg owns a 39-16 career record that includes a 13-4 dual mark. He's also rated No. 16 in Intermat's preseason poll, but he's not paying attention to rankings or looking for additional pressure.
"None of that means a whole lot," said Ballweg. "I never look at the rankings. I don't think you really need to. You have to do it on the mat every day.
"I don't feel like there's any more pressure than any other year. If you're in the lineup, it's all riding on you."


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By Kalea Hall
The chrome on the German Zundapp motor-cycle is still shiny and gas is still in its tank, even though it has been buried for more than 50 years in the front flower bed of Richard and Mary Smith's South Turner Road home.
"I would like to see it rebuilt," Richard said.
Over the past 20 years of living on South Turner, the Smiths often were told by their neighbors that the motorcycle was buried there. A few weeks ago, the couple finally discovered the motorcycle while repairing their front steps.
The bike belonged to James Semko, who used to live in the Smiths' home.
According to Vindicator files, 16-year-old James died after he was struck in an August 1961 accident at state Routes 18 and 534 near Lake Milton. James suffered a concussion and fractured feet. He died of bronchial pneumonia after the accident.
Bruce Cooper, the Smiths' neighbor and once the Semkos' neighbor, remembers when Barbara and Cyril Semko buried their son's bike after his death.
"I told a lot of people and no one believed me," Cooper said.
Why the bike was buried there is still sort of a mystery. The Smiths and their neighbors can only guess it was a way to "pay homage" to James, said Mary, a Vindicator correspondent.
"Who is to say what you would do?" Mary said.
The story behind the motorcycle grew deeper when the Smiths learned this was not the first tragic accident to strike the Semkos.
Not long after James' death, the Semkos' oldest son, 21-year-old airman Robert, was returning to his Panama City, Fla., base after his brother's funeral when he was in a car accident, according to The Vindicator archives. Robert suffered a severe spinal-cord injury and a broken neck. He was paralyzed below the shoulders.
So what happened to the Semkos after these two tragic accidents?
Cooper said the father, Cyril, took his son to Las Vegas where he supposedly got married and made a life for himself. Cooper believes both Cyril and Robert have died, along with Barbara.
Now, what to do with the old motorcycle still buried in their flower garden is up to the Smiths. There is a red Zundapp emblem and trophies James must have won in races. Richard found a piece of an International Six Days trophy.
Rebuilding it is what James would probably want, Richard said.
Another option might be to just put it back where it belongs: the flower garden, Mary said.
How bittersweet. I say the family wanted it buried so leave it there. Such a tragic story.
The motorcycle is a 1961 Zundapp 250 Super Saber and the ISDT badge on the tank came on all the 1961 models (which were electric start, unlike the earlier Super Sabers) and are now referred to as Trophy Sabers. This bike is worth restoring or even just exhibiting as is in antique motorcycle shows with the background story. If the bike is for sale, I may be interested. For a number of baby boomers born at the tail end of WW2, that was their first motorcycle. I'm not positive, but I think Jay Springsteen's first motorcycle was a Zundapp Super Saber.


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Because I am disabled by deafness, it is important to follow up stories by verifying and validating with other sources. In this case, the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative organization, has produced a synopsis. Compare and contrast that with my deaf-liberal ears reporting.
You can read the transcript here: http://www.aei.org/files/2014/03/14/-bill-gates-event-transcript_082217994272.pdf
Here is what I missed:
1. "Almost no countries will remain officially 'poor' in terms of per capita GDP."
(Sorry, I heard that but couldn't believe that he said it. There are so many places to point to poverty and to nations with deficient GDP to support necessities that the statement is just flabbergasting. He obviously doesn't recognize that America has an unsustainable economy.)
2. "Global health problems persist among economies with vibrant economic growth"
(Right before our eyes, America struggles to pay the health bills and to ensure full coverage for all citizens, but to Bill Gates that is a trivial problem, or perhaps nonexistent?)
3. Philanthropy is "a virtuous cycle."
(It looks more like a lucky accident for fortunate recipients.)
4. Tax consumption, not income.
(That's easy for Bill Gates to say. He sounds like a horder.)
5. "Common core education standards" is an idea that Gates should have led with and stuck too. Establishing standards for a core curriculum and performance outcomes is the best idea of the day. That could be the window to the world.
"From poverty to prosperity: A conversation with Bill Gates
Hosted by AEI's Philanthropic Freedom Project
Thursday, March 13, 2014
On Thursday, March 13, AEI's Philanthropic Freedom Project welcomed Bill Gates to AEI for a conversation with AEI President Arthur Brooks about how governments, private charity, and free enterprise can combine to fight poverty around the world.
Gates began by expanding on several of the provocative claims from the Gates Foundation's recent annual letter. He explained the optimism behind his prediction that by 2035, almost no countries will remain officially "poor" in terms of per capita GDP. He discussed the ways in which foreign aid and private philanthropy will need to evolve as the landscape of global need continues to change, but warned that serious global health challenges persist even amidst vibrant economic growth.
Brooks and Gates discussed how philanthropy and free enterprise can form a virtuous circle: Global capitalism and the spread of markets are the ultimate solution for improving living standards around the world, but short-term aid plays a crucial role in helping societies initially escape from acute poverty.
In addition to discussing his global work, Gates described how we can increase opportunity in the US. He expressed skepticism of public policies such as agricultural subsidies and minimum wage increases that can have counterproductive consequences, but voiced support for initiatives such as expanding the earned income tax credit, taxing consumption rather than income, and implementing Common Core education standards.
His practical advice for individuals looking to make a difference? Avoid paralysis by analysis, pick a cause you care about, and get to work."


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College Hockey:Ortlip Takes Control in Third Period for Northeastern
Huskies Down Dartmouth Behind Freshman's Goals
HANOVER, N.H. — If Northeastern was going to break its pesky six-game winless streak, Bruce Crowder knew that somebody was going to have to step up and make something happen.
The Huskies coach just didn't know it was going to be a fourth-line rookie forward with zero career goals.
Eric Ortlip, a freshman left winger skating in his 13th career game, netted his first two career goals in a 17-second span of the third period to lift the visiting Huskies to a 3-2 win Saturday night against Dartmouth before 2,459 fans at Thompson Arena.
Ortlip's two netters, combined with the strong play of goaltender Mike Gilhooly in the third period, afforded Northeastern its first win since Nov. 12 and snapped an 0-4-2 skid.
"I would have been happy if anybody else had stepped up," Ortlip said. "As long as somebody does it, I'm happy.
"I think the best thing about our team is that we have many guys who are capable of doing that. You can look down the bench and know that every single guy has the potential to score, but it's always a good feeling for yourself when you pull through like that."
Northeastern (6-6-3, 2-4-3 Hockey East), which was ranked earlier in the season before struggling against tough competition, now has 20 days off before heading to New York's capital region for the RPI Tournament to end 2000.
"We needed somebody to step up," Crowder said. "One of the things I told them between periods is that this is probably the oldest team I've had at Northeastern.
"I was looking for somebody to be a difference-maker. It happened to be a freshman tonight, but at the same time, we have to be more poised and ready to play under any circumstances."
Dartmouth took the ice for the first time after a lengthy exam break. The Big Green beat then-11th-ranked Maine 2-1 two weeks ago, and had hoped to put together a winning streak before re-entering the league schedule after New Year's Day.
Two Big Green skaters — tri-captain Michael Byrne and junior Gary Hunter — broke lengthy scoring droughts, but it wasn't enough. Dartmouth took 37 shots to the Huskies' 29, the sixth time in eight games the Big Green has outshot an opponent, but still fell to 2-6 (1-3 ECAC) on the season.
"We didn't make very many mistakes tonight," coach Bob Gaudet said. "We played a very good team, and I thought we played a very good hockey game. It's just a couple of situations that they put in the net.
"I thought we played very physically, I thought we skated well, I thought we played hard, and I thought we could have had a lot more than we did."
The teams skated to a 1-1 draw in the first period.
The Big Green opened the scoring eight minutes into the game when Byrne scored his first of the season off a rebound. Sophomore blueliner P.J. Martin fired the initial shot and earned an assist on the play, as did freshman Brian Van Abel.
Northeastern responded less than two minutes later as junior center Chris Lynch tallied his eighth of the year. Lynch took a feed from linemate Graig Mischler before rushing the net and fooling goaltender Nick Boucher (26 saves) with a backhanded shot to make it 1-1.
The home team held a considerable shooting advantage throughout much of the first period, but the Huskies picked up the pace in the waning minutes to cut Dartmouth's shots lead to 12-10 entering the first intermission.
The middle frame was a defensive battle, as much of the play occurred in the neutral zone or just in front of the bluelines, and the puck went from one end of the ice to the other several times.
With just over two minutes remaining in the period, Hunter rattled the cage for the first time since his freshman year. Hunter, at the top of the slot, took his time and fired a 15-foot liner that sailed through heavy traffic and past Gilhooly (35 saves). Jamie Herrington earned an assist on the play.
Dartmouth again outshot Northeastern 12-10 in the period.
In the third, Ortlip took control.
At 4:12 of the period, he took a pass from Sean MacDonald and rifled a shot that spelled his first career goal. Seventeen seconds later, Ortlip broke free from the blue line and dumped a wrister past Boucher to give Northeastern a 3-2 lead.
The Big Green had several chances to tie it, but Gilhooly had a strong third period to seal the win.
With a lengthy holiday break ahead, Crowder was happy his team finally broke back into the win column.
"Before the game, I told the guys, 'We're off until the 26th and we don't play until the 29th. Do you want to sit at home and say shoulda, woulda, coulda?'
"I give them a lot of credit. They responded and played hard. We'll take it."
Northeastern will face RPI in the first round of the RPI tournament on Dec. 29, while Dartmouth is back in action next Friday night at Merrimack.
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Description: Graphene receives enormous attention owing to its distinctive physical and chemical prosperities. Growing and transferring graphene to different substrates have been investigated. The graphene growing on the copper substrate has an advantage of low solubility of carbon on the copper which allow us to grow mostly monolayer graphene. Graphene sheet of few centimeters can be transferred to 300nm silicon oxide and quartz crystal pre-deposited with metal like Cu and Ru. Characterization of the graphene has been done with Raman and contact angle measurement and recently quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been employed. The underpotential deposition (UPD) process of Bi on Ru metal surface is studied using electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) and XPS techniques. Both Bi UPD and Bi bulk deposition are clearly observed on Ru in 1mM Bi (NO3)3/0.5M H2SO4. Bi monolayer coverage calculated from mass (MLMass) and from charge (MLCharge) were compared with respect to the potential scanning rates, anions and ambient controls. EQCM results indicate that Bi UPD on Ru is mostly scan rate independent but exhibits interesting difference at the slower scan. Bi UPD monolayer coverage calculated from cathodic frequency change (ΔfCathodic) is significantly smaller than the monolayer coverage derived from integrated charge under the cathodic ...
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Description: The Abraham solvation parameter model is a good approach for analyzing and predicting biological activities and partitioning coefficients. The general solvation equation has been used to predict the solute property (SP) behavior of drug compounds between biological barriers. Gas chromatography (GC) retention time can be used to predict molecular descriptors, such as E, S, A, B & L for existing and newly developed drug compounds. In this research, six columns of different stationary phases were used to predict the Abraham molecular descriptors more accurately. The six stationary phases used were 5% phenylmethyl polysiloxane, 6% cyanopropylphenyl 94% dimethylpolysiloxane, 5% diphenyl 95% dimethylpolysiloxane, 100% dimethylpolysiloxane, polyethylene glycol and 35% diphenyl 65% dimethylpolysiloxane. Retention times (RT) of 75 compounds have been measured and logarithm of experimental average retention time Ln(RTexp) are calculated. The Abraham solvation model is then applied to predict the process coefficients of these compounds using the literature values of the molecular descriptors (Acree Compilation descriptors). Six correlation equations are built up as a training set for each of the six columns. The six equations are then used to predict the molecular descriptors of the illegal drugs as a test set. This work shows the ability to extract molecular information from ...
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Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation of 1,7- & 1,9-dibromopentacyclo[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.05,9]undecane-8,11-dione
Date: May 2004
Creator: Akinola, Adeniyi O.
Description: Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 1,9-dibromopentacyclo[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.05,9]undecane-8,11-dione (1,9-dibromo-PCU-8,11-dione) was performed by using an excess amount of m-chloroperbenzoic acid (3 equivalents) and resulted in the formation of the corresponding monolactone. The reaction would not proceed to the dilactone stage. The structure of the reaction product was established unequivocally via single crystal X-ray diffraction. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 1,9-dibromo-PCU-8,11-dione using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) was also performed and afforded a mixture of lactones. Only one of these lactones, which also contained an alkene functionality, could be isolated and characterized. 1,7-dibromo-PCU-8,11-dione was also reacted with CAN, yielding the mono-lactone, which has also been characterized.
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Synthesis, characterization and properties of rigid macromolecules with extended conjugation, using palladium-catalyzed alkynylated polyhaloarenes.
Date: December 2007
Creator: Akintomide, Temiloluwa
Description: A synthetic approach to macromolecules of acetylenic arrays and luminescent properties is proposed and the execution of initial steps is described. Palladium-catalyzed coupling of 1,3,5-triiodobenzene with trimethylsilylbuta-1,3-diyne, trimethylsilylocta-1,3,5,7-tetrayne, and trimethylsilylhexadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octayne to yield the new 1,3,5-tris(trimethylsilylbuta-1,3-diynyl)benzene and the proposed 1,3,5-tris(8-(trimethylsilyl)octa-1,3,5,7-tetraynyl)benzene and 1,3,5-tris(trimethylsilyl)hexadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octaynyl)benzene respectively. The proposed three-coordinate Au (I) complexed macromolecules will be derived from the metallation of the aforementioned alkynylated arenes.
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Kinetic studies and computational modeling of atomic chlorine reactions in the gas phase.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Alecu, Ionut M.
Description: The gas phase reactions of atomic chlorine with hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, benzene, and ethylene are investigated using the laser flash photolysis / resonance fluorescence experimental technique. In addition, the kinetics of the reverse processes for the latter two elementary reactions are also studied experimentally. The absolute rate constants for these processes are measured over a wide range of conditions, and the results offer new accurate information about the reactivity and thermochemistry of these systems. The temperature dependences of these reactions are interpreted via the Arrhenius equation, which yields significantly negative activation energies for the reaction of the chlorine atom and hydrogen sulfide as well as for that between the phenyl radical and hydrogen chloride. Positive activation energies which are smaller than the overall endothermicity are measured for the reactions between atomic chlorine with ammonia and ethylene, which suggests that the reverse processes for these reactions also possess negative activation energies. The enthalpies of formation of the phenyl and β-chlorovinyl are assessed via the third-law method. The stability and reactivity of each reaction system is further rationalized based on potential energy surfaces, computed with high-level ab initio quantum mechanical methods and refined through the inclusion of effects which arise from the ...
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A Complete Chemical Analysis of Samples Taken from the Three Artesian Waters of Denton County
Date: August 1936
Creator: Allen, John William
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the chemical content of Denton County's (Texas) water. Based on the analysis of the three samples, the water of Denton County is classed as poor for irrigation.
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Study of Substituted Benzenesulfonate-Containing Layered Double Hydroxides and Investigation of the Hexamethylenetetramine Route of LDH Synthesis
Date: May 2007
Creator: Ambadapadi, Sriram
Description: Benzenesulfonates, para-substituted with amine, chloride and methyl groups were successfully incorporated into layered double hydroxides of two different compositions, 2:1 Mg-Al LDH and 2:1 Zn-Al LDH. These parent materials were also doped with small amounts of nickel and the differences in the two systems were studied. The hexamethylenetetramine route of layered double hydroxide synthesis was investigated to verify if the mechanism is indeed homogeneous. This included attempting preparation of 2:1 Mg-Al LDH, 2:1 Zn-Al LDH and 2:1 Zn-Cr LDH with two different concentrations of hexamethylenetetramine. The analytical data of the products suggest that the homogeneous precipitation may not be the true mechanism of reaction involved in LDH synthesis by this method.
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Nitrogen Derivatives of I-phenylazimidoquinone
Date: 1956
Creator: Armistead, John Wilson
Description: A series of analogous reactions employing as a nucleus I-phenylazimidoquinone has been investigated.
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Wofford men's basketball head coach Mike Young announced on Tuesday that Kevin Giltner has joined his staff as director of basketball operations. Giltner, a four-year letterman, earned All-Southern Conference honors during his senior season with the Terriers (2011-12). For his career, he scored 954 points and is second in school history in games played with 131.
Giltner spent last season playing professionally for Keflavik in Reykjanesbaer, Iceland.
... Wofford athletic programs received strong scores in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) results released by the NCAA. Overall, 16 of the 18 sports offered at Wofford were above the Division I average of 974 for all institutions.
USC UPSTATE: Softball signee Lexi Shuber capped a strong senior season by being named the Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for North Carolina. Shubert (Hickory, N.C.) has been the ace of the staff at Fred T. Foard High School.
CLEMSON: Clemson's football program has an APR score of 985, tied with Wisconsin for the highest among the top 25 US News and World Report Public Institutions. Overall, 13 of Clemson's 19 sports had APR scores of 975 or better, tied for the most on record for one academic year (2009-10).
SOUTH CAROLINA: All 19 of USC's acountable intercollegiate sports posted a multi-year score of 950 or better for the second-consecutive year, according to the APR statistics.
u Head swimming and diving coach McGee Moody was named to the U.S. men's swimming coaching staff for the 2013 World University Games.
GOLF:Natalie Srinivasan (Dorman) of Three Pines Country Club leads the girls 13-15 division and is tied for second overall after a 74 in the first round of the Women's SCGA Junior Girls Championship at the Kiawah Island Resort Oak Point course.
... Kevin McKee scored a hole in one on Saturday on No. 15 at Village Greens.
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Boris Johnson calls for 'wheel deal' on London transport to aid economy
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London Mayor Boris Johnson said today that the capital could drive Britain's economic recovery - if investment in transport continues.
In a barnstorming speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, he urged the government not to scrap spending projects in the city despite the tough financial climate.
He said: "Thanks to the commonsense of this coalition government, the settlement we got last year, we not only have the Tube upgrades, we have Crossrail and Thameslink, which is going to be as fantastic as Crossrail.
"I will not allow that investment and these vital improvements to be jeopardised for a short-term political gain."
And addressing prime minister David Cameron directly, he added: "I say to my friends in the Treasury - not all of whom I see here; well, Dave's here - Franklin D Roosevelt offered a new deal.
"I give you the wheel deal: you help us to invest in transport infrastructure and we in London will supply the locomotive of the UK economy."
Mr Johnson said cutting crime and improving transport would attract businesses and called for "the right tax and regulatory framework - I will say no more than that", believing "British enterprise will do the rest".
He said it was "unromantic but true" that the world's future lay in cities, rather than villages - even though people "yearned for the village, that Eden from which we have all been expelled".
Mr Johnson boasted of the successful introduction of a shared public bicycle scheme, dubbed Boris Bikes, telling activists: "There's nothing more villagey than the sight of someone sailing elegantly past, bolt upright on one of these big, blue, burly bicycles."
Though, he admitted to being unsure as to whether he should be flattered or insulted that not one was stolen during August's riots which swept the capital.
He claimed the violence and looting did not reflect London, adding: "I'll tell you who did stand up for London: it was that chap who sat on that rioter's head, that woman who made the fantastic speech in Hackney and scared them all off... it was the restaurant workers who fought them off with rolling pins and saucepans, it was the broom brigade of Clapham who stood up for London.
"Those people represented the true spirit of London."
Mr Johnson, who is standing for re-election in May, said his record since being elected in 2008 showed he deserved a second term.
In a speech which failed to mention his Labour rival Ken Livingstone once, Mr Johnson pointed to the scrapping of bendy buses, falling crime on public transport and the launch of the Oyster card on Overground trains during his tenure.
He told party members: "I reckon we have a record to be proud of.
"We have effectively cut the council tax by 10 per cent over the last three years, we have put Oyster on the Overground, we have delivered a 24-hour freedom pass for the people of London - a fact I hardly dare mention in Manchester in case they get jealous - (and) the last bendy bus will leave our streets by Christmas.
"In the new year we will see a generation of Routemaster-style bus with the open platform."
Mr Johnson, who previously criticised the government's plans to cut police numbers, said he would not allow the number of officers in the Met Police to dip below what he deemed "safe and reasonable".
Activists gave the Mayor a standing ovation as he closed his speech saying he had delivered "sensible, moderate, one-nation Conservative government in London", but there was "so much more to do".
He added: "I have no doubt it is going to be a tough fight, but with your help we can do it again."
Mr Cameron, who was in the hall for Mr Johnson's address, earlier praised the Mayor, who many believe harbours hopes of succeeding Mr Cameron as Tory leader and prime minister.
Mr Cameron told LBC 97.3 Radio today: "At a time of economic difficulty, I think he brings strong, charismatic leadership, he brings people together, he cheers people up.
"I am right behind him because I think the last thing London needs is a return to Red Ken."
Mr Livingstone later blasted Mr Johnson's speech, branding him "out of touch".
The Labour candidate said: "Today we saw the real Boris Johnson - an out-of-touch Conservative, failing to put ordinary Londoners first on the issues that really affect them, from rising fares to police cuts.
"He gave no hope to Londoners facing another steep fare rise this January, which will mean bus fares are up 56 per cent under a Tory mayor, and gave no hard commitment on police numbers, which are in fact due to fall by 1,800 according to his own Metropolitan Police figures.
"Under the Conservatives, Londoners are less well-off and increasingly less safe, under a moonlighting mayor who meets bankers more than the police.
"People in London are feeling the squeeze but Boris Johnson doesn't see it."
The Liberal Democrats' mayoral candidate Brian Paddick said: "Boris's speech was full of waffle because he's done so little for London as Mayor.
"He claims other people's achievements as his own because he doesn't have any himself and he clearly has no vision for the city's future.
"During the riots, while people were worried about their safety and their communities, Boris stayed on holiday and then came back waving a broom around like some modern day Mary Poppins.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
I intended for these blogs to become daily check ins, but I only seem to be able to do it once a week consistently, so I will make them into a weekly review. Anything in between will be bonus!
My weigh in last Wednesday was 229.2, I was satisfied with that. My goal for this week is 228 again because I didn't get there last week.
My daily goals have been
Walk 20 minutes: I was able to accomplish this only 2 or 3 times this week. I haven't been getting up as early as I had been hoping, and if I don't do it in the morning, it doesn't happen. I need to start recruiting my family to walk with me, it can be a 3 person rotation for them and I will get to spend time with them all one on one at least once a week.
Eat 8-10 freggies: I cannot find a single day when I accomplished this goal. I have been getting more mindful of it though, so that is an improvement.
Drink 8 cups of water: CHECK
Use my food journal: I used it everyday but one. Each day wasn't used fully, but I will improve on that this week. Being more consistent with this will help me work on my freggies intake too.
Write my morning pages: Twice. I notice that when I don't do this in the morning, I don't get it done. That has to be done before I get on the computer!
So, I see that I need to work harder on my walking, freggies, food journal and morning pages. I have the water intake down pat, so that is really good. I plan to check in with my weigh in tomorrow, we'll see what happens!
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You are right that just by thinking about the freggies goal, you are doing yourself a big favour and moving in the right direction! Maybe you aren't hitting your goal yet because you haven't found a way to incorporate enough fruits and veggies into your diet (that can be VERY challenging) BUT I'd wager that you are eating MORE freggies now than you were when you weren't being mindful of it.
I think you are doing great! You've been almost always using your food journal and I know you didn't walk every day but you still did it 2 or 3 days in the week! Again, I bet that this is something you weren't getting in at all before you put this plan in place!
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You have set very realistic and achievable goals. Stay focused and you will get the results you want!
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Baby steps...you will find as you keep going, you will be more consistent with each goal. Just remember you can't change all of them over night, but it looks like you are definitely headed in the right direction!
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You guys have the same discussion with metal tone. I don't see the problem here.
Let's take the same process that we use to evaluate metal tone. Record what you think is a "jazz tone" and place it in a mix. If it sits well, doesn't dominate other instruments, isn't muddy, and has character than your fine.
I speak from experience. Guitar players, especially early jazz guitar players, step all over everyone elses toes volume and tone wise.
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In an audition, you'd think they look at your playing first, then your tone - I wouldn't go as far as telling someone to buy an entirely different guitar for an audition just because of sound. A handmade Kent Armstrong is probably great for jazz, but learning to use gear gives you options. That tube amp is most likely a good idea though.
When not in a hurry, +1 for amp tweaking without looking, just using ears. Sometimes gives surprisingly good results.
Berklee has a reputation for being THE jazz school, one of the only places to get an education in jazz from an institution back in the 70s. I'm going to assume they would provide a decent amp.
I didn't say to buy a new guitar, ALTHOUGH I would highly recommend renting a high end Eastman and getting familiar with it for the sake of the audition. Having an appropriate instrument for your genre demonstrates you take the art seriously. It's the same thing for string players, horn players etc. auditioning.
If you were going to audition to get into a prestigious metal band, would you show up with a Squire and a Fender Princeton?
That's a pretty straight analogy.
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The Fault in Our Stars
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The Fault in Our Stars Chapter 23 Summary
- Hazel goes over to Isaac's house a few days later and they play his video game.
- Eventually, they talk about how much they miss Augustus and how Hazel is a little angry about the whole thing.
- Isaac asks if Augustus ever gave Hazel that thing he was writing for her. Huh? What thing?!
- Hazel is of course totally excited and goes out into her car to drive over to Augustus's house… when she realizes that Peter Van Houten is in her car. He says that she reminds him of Anna, even though she keeps telling him to get out of her car.
- He says that he's sorry for ruining their trip and cries about Augustus. She then realizes that someone in his family must have died of cancer and that's why he's so sad.
- Peter Van Houten says that he had a daughter who died, and that he was the one who had to tell her that she was going to die.
- Hazel tells him that he should go home, sober up and write another novel, but he just keeps drinking even though he says that she's right.
- She gets to Augustus's house, where she's greeted by his parents.
- She goes into the basement to look for anything he's written, but can't find anything at all.
- Then she crawls into his bed and takes in his scent.
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As the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi approach, physically superior performances come to mind in anticipation of athletic excellence rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals.
The definition of "sport," according to Wikipedia, is a fair competition in games that involve two or more participants, which is governed by standards, rules and customs to determine a winner.
Hunting is clearly a game to hunters, but it should never be called a "sport," when gun-packing humans track, find or simply wait for defenseless prey to come along, then shoot it with bullets or arrows, not giving it an even-handed chance to win the game.
Some hunters say the prey's odds of escaping are its chance at defense and survival, but that contention wouldn't hold up if arbitrated under the fair rules of any sporting game.
Andrew Cox wrote brilliantly in "The Age" about the hunter's delusion of sport as they annihilate innocent creatures, with his reference being specific to duck hunting:
"The bookies aren't taking much money on the opposition as the hunter with his arsenal and his portable cooler sets out for a bit of weekend sport. Once the shotguns start firing in northern Victoria the ducks better have a damn good interchange system going. The shooters, meanwhile, are just taking it one duck at a time. It's not their fault if the ducks haven't put in a big pre-season or evolved larger brains to invent their own weaponry. Adapt or die, that's the way of modern sport."
Human ancestors used to hunt and kill animals for sustenance, but today's humans have safeway. Sport hunting to avoid starvation can rarely be defended in modern times, even if some animals are consumed after shooting, while others have their heads or pelts kept as souvenirs.
Killing deer and other animals to "manage" their population is also not without options, including trap-neuter-release and other birth-control methods.
People for the Protection of Animals provides a fact sheet pertaining to pain and suffering of sport-hunted animals:
Many animals endure prolonged, painful deaths when they are injured but not killed by hunters. A study of 80 radio-collared white-tailed deer found that of the 22 deer who had been shot with "traditional archery equipment," 11 were wounded but not recovered by hunters.(7) Twenty percent of foxes who have been wounded by hunters are shot again. Just 10 percent manage to escape, but "starvation is a likely fate" for them, according to one veterinarian.(8) A South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks biologist estimates that more than 3 million wounded ducks go "unretrieved" every year.(9) A British study of deer hunting found that 11 percent of deer who'd been killed by hunters died only after being shot two or more times and that some wounded deer suffered for more than 15 minutes before dying.(10)
Some so-called sport hunting is particularly bloody and barbaric.
Journalist Richard Conniff rode along in South Dakota with members of the Varmint Hunters Association, or as they affectionately referred to themselves, "the red-mist society"—to write about their activities. He was appalled at what he saw, as they killed one prairie dog after another with high-powered rifles, giving each other kudos for the most explosive hits, the highest propelled bodies and most grisly long-distance kills.
In conclusion, the group's leader bragged, "Shooters: 136; prairie dogs: 0."
Social and cultural reasons are often cited for traditional sporting events like fox hunts, where brave participants ride horses and follow groups of trained hound dogs as they relentlessly chase a poor fox until it is exhausted and trapped. Even the ban on using dogs in 2005 didn't diminish the brutality of the so-called sport.
What does the thrill of extinguishing the life of an innocent (unarmed) animal say about the people who enjoy the recreation of killing it? What does it say that such enjoyment is traditionally passed down to the next generation, influencing young children, male and female to the thrill of a deadly "sport" where animals stand no chance?
Thankfully, not every child accepts the idea of a life demonstrating human superiority over birds and beasts.
Harvard University business editor Garry Emmons wrote about his experience as a young boy with his first BB gun and the sadness he felt after taking aim at a song bird, pulling the trigger, watching it thump to the ground, then hearing nothing but silence.
"For an instant, the world went completely still; to this day, I carry some of that stillness with me," said Emmons.
Wildlife conservationists see the cowardice in sport hunting, because it is a one-sided game only the hunter can win. Precision and skill can be accomplished using artificial targets that have no real heartbeats and no families.
Ecotourism where animals are shot with a camera is the only civilized win-win for animals and mankind.
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|Pinoy Travel Bloggers during the Ambuklao trip on October 7, 2012
Our trip to Ambuklao Dam was sponsored by Azalea Residences Baguio, who happens to be our hotel partner during our First Baguio Blog Conference held on May 19, 2012. It was supposed to be Ambuklao trip only, but something happened that I and the rest of the blogger participants have to thrill ourselves walking on a hanging bridge.
|Wine glasses inside Hotel Azalea Baguio, our sponsor in this wonderful trip.
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I told everyone that the road to Ambuklao is one of the dizziest paths ever. I feel as if I was going to vomit. And there was this "unstable mountain slope" that if unluckily it rained that time, we won't be able to make it to our homes. If you are planning a road trip to Ambuklao, make sure it is NOT raining or it won't rain on that day (if you can forecast the weather then better). Fortunately our driver was good enough to follow the road, but not good enough to maintain the wheels. One of the wheels was compressed.
We were already on the first bridge of the three bridges to Ambuklao when that happened. And thus we took this opportunity to take oh well the undying planking pictures on the road (and yep that "Superman" levitation pic ^^). And from afar, we saw a hanging bridge, an old rusting hanging bridge that I thought it's going to fall off when I walked on it.
|Unstable mountain slope along Ambuklao Road.
|Lauren Gaille of www.epicpotato.com ala Megan Fox :)
|Dong Ho (center) with the rest of PTB Bagets at the lobby area of Hotel Azalea.
The last time I walked on a hanging bridge was way back in 2011, inside Tree Top Adventure Subic. But that's a different story because I was sure enough that the hanging bridges inside the attraction were all working and still safe. The one in Bokod, Benguet, I cannot tell if it's still safe, but somehow it is stable. And it's really a different experience to walk on a suspension bridge when there is a running river underneath. It's nauseating.
And when the SUV was already repaired, we eventually headed to the spillway of Ambuklao Dam. The dam was amazing. And I already posted it on my previous article "Ambuklao Dam: A Benguet Travel Story".
We did not spend much time in Ambuklao. We just took some photos of it. We ate our merienda courtesy of Azalea Residences Baguio. Hmmm. And the rest we went home from our Ambuklao trip where whe had a bunch of memories to keep. And for me, another time spent with the rest of Pinoy Travel Bloggers (PTB) Bagets.
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Mangave "Bloodspot"
Agave x Manfreda hybrid from Mexico. 15″ across
Hardy to 28F
Full Sun
Cactus Soil
Low Water
I wonder who came up with the idea of combining a Manfreda name and an Agave name into such a hybrid name as Mangave. Stunning display of horticultural hubris.
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The U.S. military on Tuesday unloaded 12 MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at its Iwakuni base in western Japan, paving the way for their deployment next month in Okinawa, where opposition to their use remains strong due to safety concerns.
The Ospreys, which can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like an airplane, will undergo maintenance and test flights for about a week before they leave in early August for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa, where another 12 have already been deployed, Japan's Defense Ministry said.
After a two-week trip from San Diego, a ship carrying the 12 Ospreys, the second batch for deployment in Japan following the first dozen last summer, arrived around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and all of the Ospreys were unloaded by 5 p.m.
The arrival of the aircraft will enable the U.S. military to deploy a total of 24 Ospreys to replace aging CH-46 helicopters in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military forces in Japan.
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima has repeatedly called for the cancellation of the deployment in the southern island prefecture due to the aircraft's history of crashes.
On Tuesday, civic group members and local residents took to the streets and staged rallies around the Iwakuni base, while local leaders sought information about the deployment.
"The responsibility for the operations of the Osprey lies with the central government," Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda told reporters while watching the Ospreys being unloaded inside the base.
The U.S. military allowed reporters to enter the Iwakuni base to see the offloading process, apparently taking heed of local concerns about the aircraft, which the United States says will contribute to security in the Asia-Pacific region.
In Okinawa, there is strong opposition to the deployment as local people have long wanted the Futenma air base to be relocated out of the prefecture.
Around 20 residents gathered in the early hours of Tuesday, shouting "No Ospreys" in front of a gate now surrounded by new fences that the Japanese Defense Ministry built at the request of the U.S. military.
"We cannot accept any more burdens. It is too much for local people to bear," Atsushi Sakima, mayor of Ginowan, where the air station is located, told reporters.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga repeated that the government will work closely with Washington to ensure safe operations, acknowledging the concerns of people in Okinawa.
"We will hold necessary consultations with the U.S. side so they carry out operations properly" in accordance with a bilateral agreement on Osprey operations, Suga said in Tokyo.
Still, the government's top spokesman said Japan has not heard about the U.S. military's plan to deploy the CV-22 Osprey, an air force variant of the MV-22 Osprey, a day after Gen. Herbert Carlisle, commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, indicated that the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo is a potential site for hosting the planes besides the Kadena base in Okinawa.
Amid China's military buildup and greater assertiveness in the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry proposed last week that Japan strengthen the marine functions of the Self-Defense Forces and prepare troops for quick dispatch to remote islands such as the Senkakus, which are at the heart of heightened tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
The introduction of the MV-22 Osprey has been seen as an option in this regard, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling on the government to consider it.
The United States announced a plan last year to deploy a total of 24 MV-22 Ospreys in Okinawa by 2014 despite opposition from local people in Yamaguchi and Okinawa after accidents in Morocco and Florida, which were later blamed on human error.
Japan gave the go-ahead last September for test flights of the first 12 Ospreys that arrived at the Iwakuni base last July, as Tokyo and Washington agreed on a set of measures to ensure safe operations by putting restrictions in place for low-altitude flights.
The Ospreys began low-altitude and nighttime flights over mainland Japan in March, and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has floated the idea of an airport near the city hosting part of the Osprey flight training.
The aircraft, however, have been seen flying in vertical take-off and landing mode over urban areas in Okinawa, prompting people in Okinawa to claim it was a violation of the bilateral agreement.
The agreement stipulates that flights in that mode should be limited to within the boundaries of U.S. military facilities and areas "except as operationally necessary."


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There were two new movies that came out this week, but it is no surprise at which movie that came out on top.
The latest Young Adult novel to be adapted comes from John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and the movie dominated the box office bringing in an estimated $48.2 million it's first weekend. The movie has been getting great reviews from both fans and critics and it's no surprise as John Green himself has stated that the movie is very loyal to the book.
Dropping out of the top spot, but still holding strong is Maleficent with an estimated $33 million. The movie almost was able to crack into triple digits it's opening weekend and is able to pull in a good 2nd week box office. The movie has made roughly $127 million in just two weeks. Should be able to crack that $200 million mark soon.
The other movie that premiered this week was Edge of Tomorrow with an estimated $29 million. Tom Cruise still continues to work the sci-fi action film sequence as this is the second film in a row where he stars in a sci-fi movie. This one looks to have had a lower premiere box office despite having a larger budget to work with.
X-men Days of Future Past is getting a large decline at the box office just barely reaching double digits with an estimated $14.7 million over the weekend. Seth Macfarlane's new movie A Million Ways to Die in the West took in an estimated $7.1 million over the weekend. No where near the type of numbers that Ted reached.
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There are three big movies set to come out this week, including two big box office sequels that will surely battle for the top spot at the box office next weekend.
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Danger comes in many guises. Sometimes the villains are creepy, ill-spoken bad guys. Sometimes they are clearly defined members of an opposing group. But perhaps the most sinister villains of all are those who share the same look and feel of the protagonist. Yesterday, this column reviewed 1992's "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," about a seemingly friendly woman who is bent on destroying the life of a genuinely friendly woman. 1992 also brought to screen another story about the destruction one unhinged woman can create in "Single White Female."
In "Single White Female," Allison Jones (played by Bridget Fonda), a New York City based-software designer, needs to make some personal and professional changes. She is trying to launch a new software program and her fiancé and roommate Sam (played by Steven Weber) cheats on her with his ex-wife. To sell her product, Allison has to make some compromises, and she needs a new roommate to offset her expenses. After meeting several prospective roomies, she thinks she has made a good choice in Hedra Carlson (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh), a shy young woman. At first, they get along great. Hedra worries Allison and Sam will get back together since it would mean she needs to find a new place to live. Eventually, this does happen, and Hedra is not happy. Not happy at all.
"Single White Female" is an effectively creepy thriller that is directed with a lot of style by Barbet Schroeder. It becomes darker and scarier as the story progresses.
As Allison, Bridget Fonda offers a fine performance as a young woman trying to control her work and home lives and finding that the obstacles being thrown at her are severe. Jennifer Jason Leigh is stunning as Hedra. Although she is the villain of the film and does some truly terrible things, we almost feel sorry for her. We learn she has a troubled past, and she genuinely cares for Allison (at least at the beginning).
"Single White Female" is a good choice for those who liked "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle."


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This is the post where you will find my favorite images made at Jenne & Erics (JENNERIC) wedding. Ha
I arrived, I shot, I played, I had fun, I experimented. They just turned me loose with no direction or expectations other that do what I do. I wish that would happen more often. Thank you Jenne & Eric. I got to shoot my Holgas (double exposed of course), my 4×5 Liberator with Polaroids, D3x, D3s and my NEX with my tiny cine lenses. (oops there it is)
Thanks to Shay Brown Events for pulling me in on this one and pulling it off!
Oh by the way for those of you that know about my fear of balloons, yea it was rough but I made it through! ha
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ABC's "Revenge" was a Sunday night destination for many, but the show is now blown out of all proportion. It is getting boring with all these complicated sub-plots and it is getting to the point where Emily's revenge looks like a comedy of errors. The Graysons, who were always the object of her "Revenge," are just too unrealistic today and according to Fashion Style on April 11, the show is thought by many to be "boring" recently.
It is too bad, they had the right click going among the players, but with all the subplots they've weaved into this show it is hard to get a real feel for anyone today. Even Emily's clothes are getting out of all proportion, she looks like she is constantly ready to leave for the Kentucky Derby with those hats. She is wearing gowns that don't suit the young woman who first showed up to pay back the people who setup her dad.
It is hard to even explain the story line today as Jack isn't the same great soul mate for Emily that he started out to be. Even Charlotte is someone hard to like anymore. At one point there were the good guys and the bad guys. Now everyone is a bad guy so you don't even know who to root for any more. Rumors are swirling online that the show is close to the chopping block. While this is upsetting to some fans, many can understand why the show is not a shoe-in for another season.
The Christian Post reports that "Revenge" hasn't officially been renewed for a fourth season at ABC. The decision to renew or cancel Revenge will come in May after ABC makes its presentation to the advertisers. Will it have enough meat left on its bones to entice viewers back for yet another season?
While it has shown up as one of Sunday night's top rated show, this looks as if it will slowly decrease if the disappointment shared on Facebook and Twitter about the show is any indication. Some have already declared they've stopped watching "Revenge." If it does get renewed, the folks at "Revenge" need to make a change to keep the viewer's coming back.
"Revenge" went too far and instead of reeling itself back in and going back to a more realistic plot, they went even further into the bizarre. The social networks are full of complaints today about just how fed up they are with Emily Thorne's "Revenge" plan. Emily and Aiden were once the perfect match, but even these two are looking rather rancid together especially since he was with the other woman a while back.
No one can make a relationship work in this show, but not for realistic reasons. Jack's girlfriend's father, who looks more like he should be her brother and Victoria are hot and heavy now. Why is it that everyone that comes into town picks up with this woman where they left off decades ago? Hopefully the writers will kick in some more realistic story lines, let Emily finally knock off the Grayson's one by one and get on with life.
People have gotten away with just too much murder in this show. It is to the point that you don't even consider a consequence for one of the main players when they knock someone off. If they go to jail, you know that is momentary at best. The show doesn't lack talent, it gets an A+ for the acting and that is why these great characters need something more than they have been handed lately. Let Emily get rid of some of the people she first arrived to kill and then let her settled down with Jack, not Aiden or Daniel.


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The way I figure it, The Table met nearly 10,000 times over some 40 years. The bar bill was more than $2 million, but its reservoir of city lore was priceless.
The Table had no official membership roster, but those who attended included George Steinbrenner, Art Modell, Dick Jacobs and Nick Mileti, as well as Clevelanders who made their fortunes in relative obscurity, such as the late Dr. Marvin S. Freeman, who is said to have made house calls in his Rolls-Royce.
This August, after meeting almost daily since the 1960s at various downtown restaurants, The Table ended with the death of John Minco. The handsome, witty and urbane ad man was The Table's spirit, the arbiter of its membership, instigator of its dialogues and the one constant in an ever-changing parade of personalities.
With Minco's death, an era passed, one television is trying to reprise with retro shows about the 1960s. It would be easy to create a series about The Table, a subculture of celebrity, gaiety and fraternity. It had only one membership rule: Everyone had to at least try to buy a round.
The Table's early bond was World War II. Many who sat there had seen the worst of that war and acquired a special appetite for life. They lived in a time when it was acceptable to smoke and drink at lunch and refer to attractive women as "tomatoes." They called the lady singer who occasionally sat with them The Canary. It was what television's Mad Men attempts to portray.
The Table began in the legendary Theatrical Grill in the 1960s. By the 1970s it had moved to the Pewter Mug, an unassuming bar on Frankfort Street at Public Square. Table 14 was made up of two ordinary Formica-topped tables pulled together, around the corner from the phone. On some nights, as many as 20 people would circle their chairs around it.
Visiting reporters and writers sought out Table 14 to learn about the city or measure the region's political mood. They mentioned it in books and national newspapers. Here you could learn which politicians were clean, which took money (some in brown paper bags) and which real-estate deal was a scam. A retired police detective could provide a detailed criminal background of a man drinking across the bar.
I first discovered The Table at the Pewter Mug, when Cleveland Magazine was in its formative years, with limited resources. We needed to find interesting stories about the city, and The Table had the cast we so desperately needed.
Steinbrenner and Modell were at their best on those evenings, arguing for the check, each jokingly accusing the other of being cheap. Both agreed that Mileti, who owned the forlorn Cleveland Indians, was not allowed to buy.
"Spend it on some pitching," Steinbrenner would say. Mileti had outbid him for the Indians, and then, in one of those freakish things that happen here, Steinbrenner purchased the New York Yankees with Cleveland money.
One night, Steinbrenner brought along Yogi Berra, who sat next to me. I told Berra how much I disliked him as a kid, because he always seemed to end up beating us on those July 4th doubleheaders in the 1950s with 70,000 in attendance.
"Every kid outside of New York feels that way," he growled. "It's not fun being me."
Another night, a bank examiner from Washington confided in the late Richard Lamb that he was in town to close a major bank infiltrated by organized crime. Lamb was unusual in that he would sleep until late afternoon, join The Table around five and roam the city until all hours. Though in the trucking business, he had the keen eye of a journalist and a dedication to Dewar's White Label.
We told the story of organized crime's hold on the bank thanks to Lamb's tip. We also wrote about the late Tom Hill, a Texas businessman who frequented The Table for a time and bilked prominent Clevelanders out of millions of dollars when his investment scheme went south.
More stories went untold than were ever published because The Table was governed by an unwritten code of discretion. To my knowledge, it was only seriously violated once, with painful consequences.
The late J. William Petro, the U.S. attorney for Northern Ohio, was a regular at The Table. One night, he warned another member to keep clear of a friend who was in trouble with the Justice Department. Foolishly, the man called his friend and related Petro's warning. An FBI wiretap intercepted the call, resulting in a contempt charge against Petro and his firing as U.S. attorney.
When the building that housed the Pewter Mug was torn down in 1989 to make way for a parking lot, The Table shifted to Sammy's in the Flats. There, a little-known real-estate developer named Dick Jacobs joined the group, largely to learn more about the city.
Then one night a greedy bartender killed the golden goose. He double-billed The Table.
Despite profuse apologies from Sammy's, Minco moved The Table to Johnny's on West Sixth Street the next night. It thrived there, welcoming a stream of passersby: the former federal agent trying to cut an oil deal with Russia, the Arab rug merchant related to Saddam Hussein and the pretty blonde who collected gambling debts locally for Las Vegas casinos.
Wives and girlfriends generally did not like The Table. The conversation rarely included them, and they found themselves spectators. The Table contributed to many late dinners and several divorces.
Occasionally, an unwelcome interloper would appear — in table parlance, a stiff. The Table attorney, the irascible Robert J. Rotatori, would be tasked to discretely exclude the intruder.
Once, when Jacobs owned the Indians, a woman approached him and declared her affection for the team by baring a buttock emblazoned with a Chief Wahoo tattoo. A tourist sitting nearby captured the moment on film. An alert and alarmed Jacobs paid handsomely for the camera.
With Minco and the others gone, so is an institution. A city is complex, made of bits and pieces, people and things, and ebbs and flows. The Table was all of that, a place that shared the secrets, joys and concerns of a city the way a family would its own.


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S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Projected to Show Smallest Decline in Two Years
Originally posted on Developments
Look for the S&P/Case-Shiller index to post a year-over-year decline of 1% when the latest results are released Tuesday, according to estimates from Zillow.
That would be the smallest decline in two years, when a short-lived run-up in home prices evaporated after federal home-buyer tax credits expired. Prices have been in negative territory ever since, as housing markets have struggled with a surfeit of homes and anemic demand.
But price declines are easing — and several other indexes are now reporting year-over-year gains — as the supply of homes for sale has fallen sharply. Those inventory declines, coupled with a modest uptick in demand, have helped stabilize home prices.
The Case-Shiller index, along with two others, from CoreLogic and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, use what's known as a "repeat-sales model," which means they look only at how prices have changed for the same home over time.
This provides a more accurate home-price level than median home price data, which instead can capture a shift in the mix of homes being sold in one month versus another month.
Case-Shiller and FHFA also provide a seasonally adjusted index, which smooths out month-over-month changes that are often distorted by seasonal factors. More homes generally sell in April than, say, January, so it shouldn't be surprising to see prices rise as sales pick up.
While Case-Shiller still reports seasonally adjusted figures, it issued an advisory two years ago saying that the adjustments were less reliable given greater variations on housing activity since the housing downturn had deepened.
Read the full post on Developments for a primer on the differences between the various home-price measures.


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Now thoroughly updated in its seventh edition, Modern Latin America is a lively interpretive history and the leading text in the field. Featuring vivid anecdotal illustrative boxes, the book uses case studies to discuss the major countries and themes of the region over the past 150 years. Modern Latin America , Seventh Edition, will continue to be an exceptional text for undergraduate courses on contemporary Latin American history, society, and politics. New to this Edition · Four entirely new chapters: o The central Andes, including Peru and--for the first time--Bolivia and Ecuador (chapter 6) o Venezuela (chapter 8) o Strategies for economic development (chapter 12) o Culture and society (chapter 14) · Two additional new chapters created by recombining previous ones: o The Greater Caribbean and Central America (chapter 4) o Political transitions in comparative perspective (chapter 13) Ancillaries · Companion Website (www.oup.com/us/skidmore) o For students and general readers: a timeline of key events, analyses of major news developments, lists of heads of state, questions for review, suggestions for further reading, and guides to primary sources o For instructors: an essay on pedagogical challenges in teaching Latin America, sample syllabi, and a guide to instructional videos and films
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Thomas E. Skidmore is Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. He is the author of Brazil: Five Centuries of Change (OUP 1999), Politics in Brazil 1930-1964 (OUP 2007), The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil (OUP 1990), and Black into White (Duke University Press 1993).Peter H. Smith is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studes at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Democracy in Latin America (OUP 2005) and Talons of the Eagle, 3e (OUP 2008).James N. Green is Associate Professor of History and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. He is the author of Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil (University of Chicago 1999).
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|p. xi
|Questions And Contexts
|p. 1
|Why Latin America?
|p. 3
|Contrast and Paradox
|p. 5
|The Colonial Foundations
|p. 14
|Prelude to Conquest
|p. 14
|Colonial Spanish America
|p. 16
|Portugueses America: A Different World?
|p. 23
|Independence for Latin America
|p. 27
|The Pull of the International Economy
|p. 40
|Cast Studies: Change Over Time
|p. 43
|Mexico: The Taming of a Revolution
|p. 45
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 45
|The Mexican Revolution
|p. 54
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 58
|The Contemporary Scene (1994-present)
|p. 75
|Central America and the Caribbean: Within the U.S. Orbit
|p. 82
|World Powers, the United States, and the Greater Caribbean
|p. 82
|From Colonies to Nationhood
|p. 86
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 91
|Politics and Policy: Panama
|p. 97
|Politics and Policy: Nicaragua
|p. 100
|Politics and Policy: El Salvador
|p. 104
|Politics and Policy: Guatemala
|p. 108
|Politics and Policy: The Dominican Republic
|p. 111
|Politics and Policy: Haiti
|p. 113
|Politics and Policy: Puerto Rico
|p. 117
|Cuba: Key Colony, Socialist State
|p. 121
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 121
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 124
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 128
|The Cuban Revolution
|p. 132
|Framing U.S. Policies
|p. 136
|Policy Experimentation and Regime Consolidation
|p. 140
|The Contemporary Scene (1990-present)
|p. 146
|The Andes: Soldiers, Oligarchs, and Indians
|p. 150
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 151
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 153
|Politics and Policy: Peru
|p. 163
|Politics and Policy: Bolivia
|p. 173
|Politics and Policy: Ecuador
|p. 184
|Colombia: Civility and Violence
|p. 191
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 191
|Creating Political Parties
|p. 194
|The Loss of Panama
|p. 197
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 198
|Politics and Policies: Patterns of Change
|p. 203
|The Contemporary Scene (1990-present)
|p. 211
|Venezula: The Perils of Prosperity
|p. 219
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 220
|Gunoats and Diplomacy
|p. 224
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 226
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 230
|The Contemporary Scene (1998-present)
|p. 236
|Argentina: Progress and Stalemate
|p. 244
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 244
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 248
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 253
|The Contemporary Scene (1983-present)
|p. 271
|Chile: Repression and Democracy
|p. 278
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 278
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 280
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 284
|The Contemporary Scene (1990-present)
|p. 304
|Brazil: The Awakening Giant
|p. 306
|From Colony to Nationhood
|p. 306
|Overview: Economic Growth and Social Change
|p. 315
|Politics and Policy: Patterns of Change
|p. 321
|The Contemporary Scene (1994-present)
|p. 343
|Themes And Reflections
|p. 349
|Strategies for Economic Development
|p. 351
|Narratives of Backwardness
|p. 352
|The Liberal Era (1880s-1920s)
|p. 353
|Import-Substitution Industrialization (1930s-1970s)
|p. 358
|The Socialist Alternative (1950s-1980s)
|p. 362
|Neoliberalism-Once Dominant, Now Challenged (1980s-present)
|p. 368
|Dynamics of Political Transformation
|p. 376
|Oligarchic Rule and Top-Down Reform (1880s-1920s)
|p. 377
|Populism and Dictatorship (1930s-1970s)
|p. 379
|The Revolutionary Path (1950s-1980s)
|p. 386
|A Renewal of Democracy (1980s-present)
|p. 389
|Explorations in Comparative Analysis
|p. 394
|Culture and Society
|p. 403
|From Colonies to Nations
|p. 404
|Literature, Art, and New Ideas in a World Economy
|p. 409
|Nationalism, Radical Politics, and Turbulent Times
|p. 414
|Latin America Culture Enters a World Market
|p. 423
|Dictatorship, Democracy, and New Social Movements
|p. 431
|p. 438
|Guide to Website
|p. 443
|p. 445
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Craig Unger, author of House of Bush, House of Saud and The Fall of the House of Bush, discusses George W. Bush and the neocon crew's destruction of the Bush family name and the policy of Bush Sr., Brent Scowcroft's attempts to reign the boy in, why the realists didn't overthrow Baghdad, Jr.'s psychological problems, his lie that he was converted to Christianity by Billy Graham when really he was baptized in a toilet, his belief in John Hagee style Christian Zionism, Cheney's role in the administration and the danger of war with Iran.
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Craig Unger is an award winning investigative reporter and author based in New York. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and many other publications. He is currently a contributing editor to Vanity Fair magazine and the best-selling author of House of Bush, House of Saud (Scribner, 2004), and The Fall of the House of Bush (Scribner, 2007). He is also a Fellow at The Center on Law and Security at NYU's School of Law. His work was featured in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and he has appeared as an analyst on CNN, The Charlie Rose Show on PBS, NBC's Today Show, National Public Radio, ABC Radio, Air America, and many other broadcast outlets.