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Climate change and the existential dilemma to Oceania's microstates
Author: Vikas Kumar, Bangalore
Threatened by geographic and demographic factors, the sovereignty of Oceania's microstates has been precarious from their inception.
Each of these states has a small but highly diverse population spread over a very large area — their exclusive economic zones (EEZ) are comparable in size to EEZs of some of the world's largest countries. But a shortage of skilled workers, insufficient infrastructure, weak public institutions, limited connectivity among islands, remoteness from international markets, vulnerability to natural disasters, and intermittent political instability have constrained economic development.
The independent existence of Oceania's microstates is dependent on an international system committed to protecting small countries and providing them with aid and emergency support. But in the wake of the financial crisis, rising powers are challenging the existing international system, and the resultant uncertainty makes, for Oceania's microstates, continued reliance on this system worrisome. This is all the more alarming when, in the foreseeable future, the microstates might have to relocate parts of their population due to rising sea levels, higher incidences of extreme weather events, and rising soil and groundwater salinity.
The Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau, and dependencies like the Cook Islands and Niue, which joined the United States and New Zealand under free association arrangements, are automatically assured of necessary support. But what are the options available to the hitherto absolutely sovereign microstates of Oceania, particularly Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu?
Buying land abroad will not solve their existential crisis because the resettled population will remain citizens of a dysfunctional or non-existent state for an indefinite period. Also, legal action against major polluting countries is not a reliable option because the international legal process is extremely time-consuming and, in any case, such countries are unwilling to acknowledge their contribution to climate change. Even if timely compensation could be obtained through legal action, the funds might not be sufficient to secure the microstates against climate change.
But there is another largely ignored option worth exploring: a political merger between two or more states.
It bears noting that a grand federation of Oceania's microstates is not a solution. Multilateral merger negotiations among similarly sized but ethnically different states could be very divisive, perhaps leading to a repeat of extreme ethnic differences of the kind that split the Gilbert (Kiribati) and Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands in the 1970s. Further, any assortment of these microstates would inherit the capacity constraints of individual microstates, and will also be unable to pool risks because the prospective constituents face joint risks.
For such a merger to be viable, any prospective partner should not be small, far away, economically backward or facing similar existential threats. To facilitate the integration of two or more communities, a prospective partner should also be a multicultural democracy, common law jurisdiction, and experienced in managing territories in Oceania. Australia and New Zealand are the only countries that fulfil all these conditions.
Even without 'merger,' Australia and New Zealand have little choice but to intervene — the potential political unrest and economic instability that would ferment on their doorstep, if they did nothing, necessitates this. Merger will benefit the people of microstates by eliminating political and economic instability and obviating their dependence on governments that are not democratically responsible to them. Merger will also relieve them of the heavy burden of maintaining the paraphernalia of sovereignty and allow them to freely access a much larger labour market and cheaper and better quality public goods and services, including disaster management. In fact, merger would remove the need for desperate rescue operations by allowing phased, preventive relocation of vulnerable communities to safer locations within the union.
Such a merger would not cause adjustment problems in the concerned economies because a number of these microstates either use the Australian dollar as their currency or their currency is pegged to it and Australia and New Zealand are already their most important trade partners. Also, the economies of the microstates are too small to significantly impact the Australian or New Zealand economies after merger. Their combined GDP is less than one per cent of the Australian economy, or five per cent of New Zealand's. And, after merger, Australia and New Zealand can freely harness the untapped marine resources of the microstates which could be used to benefit the displaced people and offset the costs of relocation and protection of the microstates.
In short, the proposed merger between the microstates of Oceania and Australia or New Zealand would resolve the microstates' existential crisis, raise their people's standard of living and not cause extensive economic or legal adjustment problems. And given that climate change negotiations are gridlocked, and reliable commitments from the international community to aid the microstates remain absent, the international community has a moral duty to support this.
Vikas Kumar is an independent researcher based in Bangalore.
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College Hockey:Notre Dame finds belief
MANCHESTER, N.H. — When Notre Dame crashed and burned in the CCHA playoffs, there weren't many people who saw the Fighting Irish winning at all in the NCAA tournament, much less advancing to the Frozen Four.
The CCHA playoffs had opened in ominous fashion, as the Irish needed three games, including one in overtime, to put away eighth-place Lake Superior State. Then Miami put on a men vs. boys performance, demolishing Notre Dame, 6-2. To make matters worse, Michigan defeated the Irish in the CCHA third place game, 4-2.
Not the way you want to enter the NCAA tournament.
The Irish weren't so much entering as stumbling in. Oh and by the way, if they happened to right themselves and defeat Merrimack in the opening round, Miami would be looming as a brick wall one night later on the route to the Frozen Four.
"This team is a work in progress with so many young guys," Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said. "Last weekend, I thought we were focused, but after playing I felt that we were nervous for the wrong reasons."
Jackson spoke to the university's sports psychologist, Mic Franco. Franco talked about the concept of a stereotype threat, one most often applied to discriminated groups. According to the concept, individuals feel anxiety when put in situations where they can confirm a negative stereotype about their group.
Such as a hockey team that fails in big games.
Something must have clicked, because the anxiety the team collectively experienced a week ago didn't resurface in the NCAA opening round against Merrimack. Halfway through the game however, a cynic might have suggested it should have. The Irish trailed 3-1 and were being outplayed by a good margin.
Instead of falling victims to anxiety, though, they put the pressure on Merrimack, outshooting them in the third period, 17-4, en route to tying the game and almost winning it in regulation.
The overtime however, was all Merrimack's, until a sweep check by Anders Lee miraculously wound up in the back of the net.
"We haven't made it easy on ourselves all year," goaltender Mike Johnson said with a laugh. "But that just shows the resiliency of our team. We have great leadership and great youth, which brings a lot of excitement, which helps in some situations. With our mindset, we feel we can do anything."
Although the brick-wall Miami RedHawks had been eliminated themselves, Notre Dame still faced an imposing team, the New Hampshire Wildcats, in the Northeast Regional championship game. UNH had decisively outplayed Miami to get within one game of the Frozen Four, and was also playing in front of what amounted to a home crowd.
Nothing to worry about.
The Irish got on the board first and scored a backbreaker five seconds before the end of the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Although UNH got to within one midway through the third, the Irish played their game, and by winning the battles in neutral ice and keeping the puck bottled up in UNH's zone, won the game that sent them to the program's second Frozen Four appearance in history.
"With the closeness of our team, we knew we could do anything," Johnson said. "[The CCHA playoffs] were just kind of a wakeup call more than anything, just making us know that we had to play for 60 minutes every night if we were going to win from there on out. We got that wakeup call, and had a really good weekend."
Really good just might be an understatement.
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The Corvette King of Napoleon, Ohio
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Drunk Driver Crashes Into New Corvettes at a Miami Chevy Dealership
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State Trooper Crashes Into a Corvette Parked at a Maryland Chevy Dealership
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Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs.
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High School: Leeds
College: Mississippi St. (school history) (Bethune college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 9th round (117th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
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Everything looks good and promises
such wonderful rewards, but overindulging
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bring with it a world-class upset stomach.
To begin, understand that all
investments have their inherent perks and
Some may promise richer profits. Others come with less risk. That's why understanding how these investments function is such a vital step in crafting the best retirement plan possible.
Most investments can be categorized
as stocks, bonds or mutual funds.
Also called equities, stocks are like sports
cars: They're fast, they're sexy and they
appeal to buyers that like a little vroom.
Indeed, few other asset classes
can match the potential of publicly held stocks.
They've been the cornerstone to most retirement
accounts because they've boasted higher returns
than many other investments, clipping along
at an average 10.4 percent a year between
1925 and 2006, according to Ibbotson Associates.
Stocks come in all shapes and
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Aug. 26: General Membership meetings of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society are conducted on the last Tuesday of each month with the exception of December. Meetings are at Fort Worth Central Library (Downtown), 500 W. 3rd St., Fort Worth, 6:30-7:45 p.m. This month's speaker is Debbie Pearson on "World War I: 100 Years of Records." She will show attendees some of the places to find records and information on the men and families of this time period, including NARA, Fold3, and Ancestry.com.Contact Debbie Pearson for more information, firstname.lastname@example.com or (817) 691-3257.
Through Aug. 30: "Celebrating and Forgetting, Lamenting and Remembering the US-Mexico War 1846-1848," the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries' Special Collections. The materials for this exhibit were drawn entirely from the university's special collections and represent only a small portion of the US-Mexico materials collected, donated, and endowed by Fort Worth attorney, collector, and philanthropist Jenkins Garrett, Sr. Contact 817-272-3393, email@example.com, or visit the companion online exhibit
Coming soon: Exploring Más allá del Río Bravo: Breve Historia Mexicana del Norte de Texas (Beyond the Rio Bravo: A Brief Mexican History of North Texas) with Dr. Roberto Calderon, University of North Texas, Sept. 6., Fort Worth Central Library.
Coming soon: The first presentation of the 2014-2015 Billy W. Sills Lecture Series, Sept. 13, at the Billy W. Sills Center for Archives/FWISD. Max Courtney will share his experiences in forensic science.
Registration open: The North Texas Genealogy Association, Wichita Falls TX, announces its fall seminar, Sept. 20, 2014. The guest speaker is D. Joshua "Josh" Taylor. For more than 15 years, Taylor has been an active genealogist, tracing the histories of families across the globe. He can be seen on "Genealogy Roadshow" (PBS), "Who Do You Think You Are?" (NBC and TLC). Seminar check-in is at 8:30 a.m. and the seminar is 9a.m.-4p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 909 10th St. (intersection of 10th St. and Travis), Wichita Falls, Texas. Deadline to register is Sept. 6. Visit the seminar website to learn more and to register.
All year: "Preserve the Pensions," presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Archives, and the genealogical community, to digitize War of 1812 pension files through 2015.
All year: The Arlington Public Library has a genealogy and local history department that includes a print and microfilm collection. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and 2-6 p.m. Sunday. Address is 101 E. Abram St., 817-459-6900.
All year: The Euless Public Library has genealogy resources, including Fold3, formerly known as Footnote, which is an online military database, and Newsbank, which provides access to newspapers and other news sources. Hours are 10 a.m- 5p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1-5p.m. Sunday. Address is 201 N. Ector Drive, 817-685-1480.
All year: The Fort Worth Public Library houses an extensive genealogy collection and has software and reference material available for genealogists. Hours are 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Address is 500 W. Third St., 817-392-7701.
All year: The Fort Worth Public Library publishes Genealogy Success Stories about local researchers and their genealogy discoveries. The most recent success story is about Donald Crews and his discovery.
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|Pen and paper games Discuss ADND, Warhammer and other PnP games here!
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Very nice Bort, a lot of great titles there. It's difficult to find game shops in Brisbane so I get most of mine from Ebay (England is about 30-40% cheaper) and some from Games Paradise when they have their sales.
There is a definite genre of Strategic games which are popular on places like Boardgamegeek. They look good, the quality of the components are great, and they play really well. Some of the games are not well known which makes them fun to discover.
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Personally, I found Games Paradise pretty slow to get stuff out their door, and had to wait 5 weeks for a refund on an order - their communication was awful. Search bgg - so many bad stories for them.
I buy now from Milsims (when they have stock), Games Empire, Pinnacle Games - all Australian stores I've had no problems with. Ozgameshop (based in the uk) have good prices and free shipping - and a 10% off voucher at the moment.
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Another good family game is Castle Panic (as featured on Tabletop). Its pretty simple for all ages - match the card and its colour to an area and colour on the board. Theres a few twists of course - various boss monsters, giant boulders etc
The base game is fairly simple - I probably wouldnt have bought it by itself, but the expansion (The Wizards Tower) adds a lot to the game. Much more variety of monsters (climbing trolls, goblin cavalry, gargoyles etc), and also mega bosses with more hit points than anything in the base game, and special rules when they come in. These things are nasty!
Luckily they even things up with the wizard cards, which have some devastating effects.
Biggest change is that buildings and monsters can now be set on fire, and who doesnt like to set things alight?
Its a pretty challenging game, I've played it twice, and won neither of them (damn giant boulder crushed my last remaining tower in one game).
Not sure how much strategy is involved. Maybe more when you have a few players, since you can trade cards around. You can rebuild walls with 2 cards, so if you have one of those, you have to decide whether its worth waiting for the other one, or discard and hope you get an attack card you need.
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Last night I bought Zombie Dice, Talisman Sacred Pool , Mage Wars, Mage Wars Forcemaster vs Warlord and Small World Be not Afraid, all on sale... Woot
In the next few weeks i'll try to host a boardgame on the forum where some TOG members can join in.
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Hey Bort, out of the games you have pictured, which would be your top 5 or so favs ?
I'm tending to look for games that have a lot of replay value.
I checked out the Garden City ToysRUs last week and they had nothing but the mass produced mind numbing games.
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And then Space Alert (a personal favourite, although not to everybodys taste), Pandemic
I've had a few games of Castle Panic lately, and I really enjoy that. I can see it getting a little repetitive, its basically the same thing each time - but its challenging and exciting still.
I've played a couple of games of 7 Wonders at my last couple of game nights, and just had to buy it. Great fun, lots of variety, it doesnt drag on, which is great for a game that supports up to 7 players. Very little downtime, because everyone is making their play at the same time, but you have to watch what your neighbours are up to as well. Looks complicated, but is actually a very simple game to learn.
I have an ever growing list of games I havent managed to play yet, I really should be working on those instead of buying more
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Cher Lloyd premieres her newest digital single 'Bind Your Love.'
Lloyd's second studio album, Sorry I'm Late, will be released next month (May 27). The compilation includes 11 pop ballads, including "Sirens," "Dirty Love," "Human," "I Wish (featuring T.I)," and "Bind Your Love."
MORE: Cher Lloyd's New Album "Sorry I'm Late" is Available for Pre-Order
Yesterday (April 25), Lloyd premiered 'Bind Your Love' on MTV. Listen to the track below.
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That's not all for the pop princess, Lloyd has yet to release the "Sirens" music video on Tuesday (April 29). She will also be releasing a few more songs off her new album before the official release.
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So what i have been doing for the best couple o days is testing out mine-imator! Take a list below:
1.What is mine-imator?
2. How to download
3.How hard is it?
4.What do i do on it?
1.What is mine-imator? Mine-imator is a minecraft based animator using any object and creature in the game
2.How to download. Is simple.Its Free. Its BETA! Here's the link: www.stuffbydavid.com/mine-imat…
3.How hard is it? For me out of 10, 10 being the hardest it would be...4.5 It isn't hard to me because i use the computer a lot. But i needed a tutorial from youtube (tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vWPz… ) But after that it was dead simple...Just takes quite a while to do things. for people who don't use the computer a lot the rating would be...6.89 Only because you don't know where everything is
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Chris Sweeney | The Gazette
The Northeast Ohio Conference will look drastically different in 2015.
Commissioner Dan Gerome confirmed to The Gazette on Monday night that seven schools are in the process of leaving the NOC to form their own league — The Greater Cleveland Conference. The schools include: Brunswick, Medina, Elyria, Mentor, Shaker Heights, Solon and Strongsville.
The move is pending approval from each school's board of education, but Mentor athletic director Jeff Cassella said the schools plan to make an official announcement later in the week. The Greater Cleveland Conference is set to go into effect beginning in the fall of 2015.
"I think it's a good fit for us, as far as the schools that we will be joining," Medina athletic director Jeff Harrison said in a phone interview with The Gazette. "I think the schools we are planning to join in the Greater Cleveland Conference have similar offerings to us, which will make scheduling easier. We also have a familiarity with those communities and such."
Harrison said the league is considering partnering up with other leagues for football crossovers.
"With seven schools it really is not a concern other than football," Harrison said. "Currently we are in talks with another local league that has an odd number in filling that football schedule."
Harrison said that Brush and Mayfield were also invited to join the Greater Cleveland Conference, but the two are currently pursuing the newly formed Western Reserve Conference, pending board approval.
The exodus combined with the league losing Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, North Royalton, Stow and Twinsburg to the Suburban League and the pending departure of Brush and Mayfield leaves the NOC with just four members in the fall of 2015: Garfield Heights, Normandy, Parma and Valley Forge.
Gerome said the four remaining schools plan to hold onto the NOC name and pursue as many as four other schools to join them in a slimmed down conference. He confirmed that the remains of the West Shore Conference — Bay, Elyria Catholic and Rocky River — along with current Lake Erie League members Bedford and Maple Heights are all targets for the new NOC.
Gerome said Bay and Rocky River applied to join the NOC after attending a June meeting.
Elyria Catholic athletic director Bob Thayer said that the school has not really been approached at this point, but he has been in several conversations with the athletic directors of the various Parma schools.
"At this point Elyria Catholic is exploring all of its opportunities," Thayer said. "We'll just have to see what comes our way, but certainly the Parma schools would offer some solidity. We're looking for a good fit for us in terms of competitiveness and travel. The West Shore Conference was a good fit for Elyria Catholic, but it looks like after next year that's going to be over with. We're just looking for a good place to land."
Former athletic director and current Elyria Catholic assistant principal Mike Winsor said the Panthers hope to keep some semblance of the West Shore Conference together and that the school is working with Bay, Rocky River and Vermilion to do so.
The West Shore Conference was depleted by the Southwestern Conference when the SWC took Avon, Lakewood, Midview and North Ridgeville to address this year's consolidation of Berea-Midpark and the departure of Brecksville to the Suburban League in the fall of 2015.
The LEL will lose Warren G. Harding to the All-American Conference in 2014, leaving it with six members: Bedford, Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Lorain, Maple Heights and Warrensville Heights. Cleveland Heights, Euclid and Lorain are all Division I schools similar to those forming the Greater Cleveland Conference.
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Julius Hemphill: Bordertown
Julius Hemphill (flute, alto & soprano saxes)
Big Band (Elektra/Musician 9 60831-1)
Julius Hemphill (flute, alto & soprano saxes), Bill Frisell (guitar),
David Hines, Rasul Siddik (trumpets), Frank Lacy, David Taylor (trombones), Vincent Chancey, John Clark (French horns), Marty Ehrlich (flute, alto & soprano saxes), John Purcell, John Stubblefield (tenor & soprano saxes, flutes), J.D. Parran (flute, baritone sax), Jack Wilkins (guitar), Jerome Harris (electric bass), Ronnie Burrage (drums), Gordon Gottlieb (percussion).
Composed by Julius Hemphill.
Recorded: New York, February 1988
Rating: 88/100 (learn more)
Listening through Big Band, Julius Hemphill's only recording with such a large unit, one must wonder why he didn't assemble big bands more often. His compositions beautifully lend themselves to full brass or reed sections latching onto his carefully constructed background figures and compositional shifts. But perhaps it's better that way, allowing this late '80s date to stand out as one of Hemphill's career highlights. The other diamond in the rough here is the jazz/rock brilliance of Bill Frisell who, slightly after the 4-minute mark, begins a daring, raucous solo statement in which he manages to maintain his trademark melodicism amidst a jazz/rock blowing-session atmosphere. When the initial straight-eighths groove morphs into a double-time swing session that builds to an album-ending climax, daresay I hear a bit of rock-star shredding from the always tasteful Frisell? Yes! And because it's Frisell at the helm, it works.
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The romance keeps coming for Jose Mourinho. The last 16 of the Champions League brought the Portuguese a poignant encounter with Didier Drogba, his and his club's beloved prodigal son. Now the quarter-final, pairing Chelsea with Paris Saint-Germain, will reunite him with another of the world's pre-eminent strikers, and another of his ardent disciples: Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Swede has never made any secret of the esteem in which he holds Mourinho. He declared in his best-selling autobiography I Am Zlatan that he was "basically willing to die for" him during their time together at Internazionale, praising the "personal ties" he


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Two possibilities:
(1.) The optimistic one is that Barack Obama will be honor his campaign rhetoric and be a champion of the people who elected him. However, to do this, he will have to stay very independent from his DLC right wing and recycled Clinton corporate appointments to date.
(2.) The sadly more realistic scenario is that his appointments to date are an appetizer of the meal to come. In short, we have been snookered again and we're back to the square one of a puppet government of astronomically rich elites.
The irony is that in either case, our ONE dem/pug political party is on very, very thin ice.
Arguably, the last eight Bush/fascist/neocon horror show years have mutated America to the core. It's like when organized crime comes TOO FAR out of their shadows of secrecy and people start seeing them as the detestable scum they truly are. This is exactly what happened to the vampire elites (aka, "Have's") during the Bush years.
Their evil and greed was so limitless, they left the safety of their "Heart of Darkness" and openly started money cow oil wars, openly raped and murdered Mother Nature, openly bled trillions of dollars from the American economy, openly tried to break the back of working class Americans with taxes, destroyed or stolen health and retirement plans, and the cannon fodder massacre of our children in immoral "preemptive" wars justified by Presidential State of the Union lies.
Lastly, the evidence is growing that American elites have been systematically committing atrocities (genocide?) on the middle and lower classes of America for the last several decades, e.g, unregulated poison food, intentionally desecrated ecosystems, unregulated pharmaceuticals, dumbed down educational programs, and under funded scientific research (medical and otherwise), and the cold blooded murder of New Orleans by deliberately allowing the levees to fail, etc., etc.
Hence, it's probable that which ever way Obama jumps, the virtually anti-Christ years of Bush/Cheney may well be the "end times" of the United States of the Elites.
Eight years ago, the elites were secretive to the point of invisibility. However, now literally millions of Americans totally realize that America is a puppet government of the elites.
The 2006 "dem" Congress of DLC right wing traitors (i.e., just more puppets of the elites) may well be the "tipping point" of a "backlash" of millions of patriotic Americans who have now seen the elites do their filth in broad daylight.
So, if Obama chooses the second option (i.e., be just a new "tentacle" of the elites), the outrage of betrayed Americans will almost certainly transform American politics radically and forever.
The fact is that the Bush/Republican/fascist murder of America and the ecosystems of human existence have unimaginable consequences. As a country, we aren't just going to walk away from it! And as a country, we WILL NOT ALLOW Obama to be "Bush light"! Said differently, thanks to the infinite greed and cruelty of the elites (via their dem/pug puppets), the dynamics of status quo American politics are now hanging by a thread.
Too much has happened. Too much evil. Too much theft. Too much murder.
And not to forget 9/11, which millions of Americans (and counting!) now believe was indeed an "inside job".
The point is it's irrationally naive to think that as a country we will proceed with "business as usual". The view that, "Yes, a lot happened during the last eight years, but life will go on more or less normally," is exactly the belief which this piece challenges absolutely.
Post Bush, etc., "business as usual" is dead. Post Bush, etc., all the political game rules have changed. And post Bush, etc., if Obama pushes policies and values significantly to the right of the people who elected him, he will almost certainly catalyze the beginning of the end of the status quo American political system/prison.
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The Humane Society of Allen County requires emergency funding to stay open. The Humane Society is not funded by county, state, ,government monies or national affiliations. This facility is top rate and has many dogs and cats housed at this time.
Funding has been so slow in coming, along with increased costs, that it is in danger of closing. The Humane Society has made numerous pleas for financial assistance the last couple years and have been operating on a shoe string, but it has become dire at this point.
When cats are no longer wanted, most call the Humane Society, as the Dog Warden can not accept cats. And, did you know that there are approximately 133,000 cats in the Lima area? And that spring is the most prolific time that cats are being born? Puppies are also going to be flooding the facility. The Humane Society is the only organization for these animals to be taken and possibly rehomed. These numbers tell you how important it is to spay or neuter cats and dogs to control populations.
The only source of income for this nonprofit is fundraisers, adoptions and donations. Won't you help the local agency take care of unwanted pets? Without assistance, and soon, we may not have a local Humane Society.
For more information contact the Humane Society on their website, or at 3606 Elida Road.


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I'm struggling with yet another question for the classical heat equation in the whole space $R^d$. This question seems basic at first sight, but I think it is nontrivial in the end so here it is.
The setting:
Let $E\subset R^d$ be a closed set with positive finite Lebesgue measure $0<|E|<\infty$ (no smoothness assumptions at all so $E$ may be very ugly), and consider a nonnegative function $0\leq u_0\in L^1\cap L^p(R^d)$ for some $p>1$ with support $supp(u_0)=E$. Let $\Gamma_t(z)=\frac{1}{(4\pi t)^{d/2}}e^{-\frac{|z|^2}{4t}}$ be the usual heat kernel, and $u(t,x)=[\Gamma_t * u_0](x)$ the distributional solution of the heat equation $\partial_t u=\Delta u$ in $R^d$ with initial datum $u_0$. We know that $|u(t)|_{L^p(R^d)}\leq |u_0|_{L^p(R^d)}$ and $|u(t)|_{L^1}=|u_0|_{L^1}$ for all $t\geq 0$, and by the minimum principle there is instantaneous invasion $u(t,x)>0$ for any $t>0$ and all $x\in R^d$.
My question:
Is it true (and how to show) that the variation of the $L^p$ norm at time $t=0$ is concentrated on the initial support $E=supp(u_0)$? More precisely, do we have $$ \lim\limits_{t\downarrow 0}\frac{|u(t)|_{L^p(E^c)}}{t}=\lim\limits_{t\downarrow 0}\frac{1}{t}\left(\int\limits_{E^c} u(t)^p\right)^{1/p}\overset{?}{=}0\hspace{3cm} (1) $$ (I'm writing here the complement $E^c=R^d\setminus E$).
What I believe/tried:
I have the intuition that it should be true, since for any $x\notin E$ and $r>0$ we have $$ dist(x,E)\geq r>0\quad\Rightarrow\quad 0\leq u(t,x)\leq C\frac{e^{-r^2/4t}}{t^{d/2}}.\hspace{3cm} (2) $$ so that $u(t,x)$ is exponentially slowly growing in time outside of the initial support. With this estimate (2) it is easy to show rigorously that, as long as we step $r>0$ away from $E=supp(u_0)$ then the $L^p$ variation is zero. By that I mean that, if we replace $E^c$ by "the complement $(E+B_r)^c$ of an $r$-neighborhood of $E$" in $(1)$, then the result is true (here $r>0$ is fixed). Roughly, my question is equivalent to: What happens if $r=0$ (or $r\downarrow 0$?) Obviously one would expect $\lim\limits_{t\to 0}(\lim\limits_{r\to 0}...)\overset{?}{=}\lim\limits_{r\to 0}(\lim\limits_{t\to 0}...)=\lim\limits_{r\to 0} (0)=0$, but the (optimal) estimate (2) degenerates when $r\to 0$ so a priori it is not legitimate to swap the limits in the first equality.
Of course I'm aware that there may (or may not) be boundary effects localized on $\partial E$, which is another way to put my question (the limit $r\downarrow$ really means that I'm approaching the boundary $\partial E$). Let me point out that I only have $L^1\cap L^p$ regularity of the initial datum $u_0$. I'm typically interested in the case where $u_0$ "jumps" from $u_0\geq M>0$ in it's support $E$ to zero in $E^c=supp(u_0)^c$, so at time $t=0$ the "time derivative" $\partial_t u|_{t=0}=\Delta u_0\notin L^1_{loc}$ has a "bad" contribution on $\partial E$. This distribution $\Delta u_0$ typically involves the normal derivative of test functions integrated on the boundary, provided the normal derivative even makes sense (I'm not assuming that $E$ is smooth!)
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Nokia C2-02
Nokia have been out of the smartphone race for quite sometime now and at least they have the entry range phones to attract the consumers. Nokia have played it safe with the entry range phones and the Nokia C2-02 is the first of the C2 trio that will have a lot of buyers. The cute little phone has slide along with touch screen that is sure to have a lot of fans. Lets take a look at what this small budget feature phone offers.
Nokia C2-02 – Design, Build and Construction
Being a feature phone, the Nokia C2-02 is small and perfect for the hands. The Nokia C2-02 measures 103 x 51.4 x 17 mm and weighs a perfect 115 grams. The resistive touch screen will not impress the folks, but the slide will be doing the task of impressing. The Nokia C2-02 has clean and simple design, but nothing expensive or extraordinary to attract the people. The rounded finish and a false metal at the bottom adds some flavor to the phone.
The front of the Nokia C2-02 has an average 2.6″inch resistive touchscreen. There is no ambient sensor nor the proximity sensor. Only the earpiece is above the display and below the display are the call and end buttons. These keys are on the same level as that of the plastic surrounding it and that makes it sometimes odd to use, but it will not be a problem after some days. Then when the phone is slid, there are 12 keys and they are the regular keys on a typical phone. The keys are almost flat, but typing is reasonably fast. The right side of the Nokia C2-02 has the screen lock key and also the volume rocker. Then on the top is the 3.5mm jack for media requirements, the microUSB port and the Nokia pin for charging. The left side of the Nokia C2-02 is completely bare and the bottom has the mouth piece. On the back of the Nokia C2-02 is the 2MP camera and a speaker grill to the right of it. Beneath the back is the 1020mAh battery that has enough juice to keep the phone running for a couple of days. The microSD card is under the battery and so it is not hot swappable.
The overall build quality of Nokia C2-02 is decent for a phone that comes under Rs4500. There is a faux metal on the bottom and that adds quality to the phone. The Nokia C2-02 feels very comfortable to hold on and not being slim is a let down. The Nokia C2-02 is solid all the way though it is prone to scratches and fingerprints, but the phone sure is very durable and long lasting.
Nokia C2-02 – Features and Specifications
1. Specification and User Interface
Being a Series S40 phone, there is nothing much to brag about in the Nokia C2-02. The Nokia C2-02 has a new generation Series S40 looks and the icons are looking like the Symbian Anna. The touch interface makes it very easy for the users to navigate with ease around the options. There are quite a lot of shortcut options and good swiping features. Because of the absence of a physical D-Pad, there is a virtual D-Pad on the bottom of the screen with customization options. The new UI is sure to be more easy thanks to the touch screen.
2. Media
The budget phone as it is, the Nokia C2-02, does not have the best of music world. The music player is not up to the mark. The music player in Nokia C2-02 is the same as in other phones and it has got support for touch screen. Navigation is difficult in the music player and when not in the Now Playing menu, it is impossible to change the song nor even pause it. The audio quality is just decent and that is what one would get out of a phone that costs Rs4500. There is also the FM Radio with RDS which is quite a very good addition to the phone. The video player is not great either, it can handle only 3GP and MP4 formats. The image gallery is plain old one except for the fact that it has support for the touch interface. Kinetic scrolling makes the image gallery better.
3. Camera
The Nokia C2-02 packs a 2MP camera and that can produce images with resolution of 1600×1200 pixels. Because of the Touchscreen, the camera UI is similar to the one that we find on Symbian phones. There are some options on the screen, but the usability is nowhere when compared to the droids. The quality of the photos is quite nice and that is the reason that the 2MP impresses. The noise is reduced thanks to the post processing work. Video recording is just for sake of video recording. It produces videos at CIF quality at 15fps.
4. Connectivity
Being a entry range phone, there is nothing much that we can expect. There is no Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS and all. What is worse is that the Nokia C2-02 wont charge off USB which is quintessential these days. But the browser is quite good and that shows the work that Nokia are putting into the entry range phones.
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- Nokia C2-02 Phone
- Travel Charger
- Quick Start Guide
- 2GB micro SD Card
- Earphones
- Very affordable
- Touch and Slide
- Good 2MP Camera
- Poor Display
- No connectivity
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Urban Equestrian (Photo)
As a New York-based fund-raiser for Penland School of Crafts, Laura Taft Paulsen knows a thing or two about craftsmanship. She points out that the leather of her Bottega Veneta bag isn't simply woven, it is carefully braided first, then woven.
For her urban equestrian outfit, Laura pairs a washed poly blazer from Comme des Garçons with one of Gary Graham's distressed wool plaid skirts. "His clothes are very wearable," she says, "and travel well."
A pair of silver leggings by VPL adds some extra warmth. Her black leather riding boots, which she's resoled five times, are from Prada—a reminder that good investments pay off in the long run. Her scarf is Hermès; her sunglasses are by Robert Marc.
Laura's favorite places to shop are IF in SoHo and Gary Graham and Nili Lotan (formerly a senior designer at Liz Claiborne) in TriBeCa. She also recommends artist/designer Raissa Bump, a former teacher at Penland.
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Sterling College Professor Publishes in "Journal of Recreational Mathematics"
Daniel Callahan is fascinated with the "number" of numbers. His paper "More Than Dreamt of in Our Philosophy" deals with this subject. How many numbers exist? "So many," says the Sterling College math professor, "that no matter how much work we do, there will always be an infinite amount that remain 'undiscovered.' If someone devoted his life to discovering the 'undiscovered' numbers, there would still be as many numbers undiscovered as before." Though this may seem to the non-math-minded to be more a question than an answer, Callahan's research and thought process earned his paper publication in the most recent issue of the "Journal of Recreational Mathematics," a publication created for those fascinated with numbers and number phenomena. The "Journal" has subscribers and contributors from over 25 countries throughout the world.
Why did Callahan make undiscovered numbers his subject? He was struggling with his own attempts to understand the mathematical definitions of infinity. "One definition would be a line of dots that starts in one place and then continues outward forever," he said. "Another would be a line of dots that has no beginning and end. It turns out these two lines contain the same amount of dots. The real numbers I deal with in my paper are like a solid line that has no beginning and end. We will never find all of the numbers hidden in that line."
But making it to infinity and beyond - and back - is not enough for Professor Callahan. His next project? Learning more about a set of numbers called the "hyperreal numbers." He hopes to write and publish on this subject in the future.


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Earth day is an amazing celebration especially after the winter we have had this year! Earth day is on April 22. The weather should be warmer and spring should be in full swing.
Teaching children about Earth day does not need to be full of serious conversation. There are plenty of hands on activities a parent can do with their children. However, Earth day discussions are good as well.
Explain to them that Earth is the only planet, that we know of, that sustains human life. Human life is a precious gift that needs to be cherished. Therefore, we need to care of the place we live.
Protecting the Earth can be overwhelming to a child. Small steps offer big rewards when it comes to being good to the environment. It does not need to be a high tech solution or require major solutions.
Recycling is so easy. Many towns have it and often require it. Don't just trash plastic, paper or glass.
Reuse whenever possible. Use water bottles instead of throwing away bottles.
Donate clothes and toys instead of throwing them away. Pick up trash that is littered and never litter.
Plant flowers, gardens, plants and trees.


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The trendy vampires of Twilight and True Blood will be at every party this Halloween, so try going old-school with the traditional Transylvanian bloodsucker.
1: Use a foundation one shade lighter than your skin. "Then apply a matte translucent powder so that your skin is very flawless and pale," says Ciucci. "Really pack it on."
2: Create blood dribbles coming out of the corners of your mouth with either a liquid stain, red lipstick, or cream blush. "Benefit Benetint is drippy and has a bloodlike texture," says Ciucci.
3: Fill in brows with a dark brown or black pencil for a strong, exaggerated appearance. "Use lots of mascara, but just on the outer half of the lashes, to give them a more exotic look," says Ciucci. "This is less Edward and Bella and more Bram Stoker's Dracula."
EXTRAS: Fangs, obvs. Cape, optional. And you can make a homemade costume in a pinch: "If you have a white collared shirt, wear a pendant at the top button," says Ciucci.


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Terry Foy of the Inside Lacrosse staff broke down the early-season play of some of the top NCAA Division I first-year players prior to this past weekend's games and put UMass' Nick Mariano as the No. 3 freshman nationally. Check out what Foy had to say about Mariano below:
3. Nick Mariano, A, UMass (15G, 3A in 6 games)
Key to the Minutemen's somewhat surprising start, Mariano's paired well with Grant Whiteway and Connor Mooney for the 18th-most efficient offense in DI."
Foy's full list can be found through InsideLacrosse.com. More on the Minutemen is available on UMassAthletics.com.


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The rumor mill once again proved accurate when yesterday, Aug 31, Capcom took the stage at Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference to confirm the existence of "Resident Evil: Revelations 2". The rumor started almost two weeks ago when an apparent leak of the game's box art showed up on French website, Gamer in a Box. Capcom stuck to its schedule, though, and decided to wait until the press conference to confirm or deny the image.
"Resident Evil: Revelations" followed series' favorites Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine as they battled against the new t-Abyss Virus. The sea vessel backdrop let "Revelations" return the series to its survival horror roots, while the 3DS exclusivity added a new depth to the series. It was later ported to the Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360 and, despite its handheld popularity, was met with mediocre reception.
According to the official website for "Resident Evil: Revelations 2", the game will stick to the survival horror genre. Beyond that, details about this follow up are pretty nonexistent. With an early 2015 release date, you can expect to hear more over the next couple of months. For now, Capcom leaves us with a highly intriguing teaser that may hint at a widespread epidemic that is being monitored or quelled via colored bracelets.
"Revelations 2" is scheduled to launch on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC. A lack of Wii U and 3DS support may suggest that the game will run on the higher end of the graphical spectrum.


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Hair Battle Contest on Instagram
This entry was posted on January 18, 2013.
You know how much we love instagram! We know how much we love you. We are putting our two loves together for a digital Hair Battle. We are always sharing your beautiful glam shots to our community. Now we want to have fun with it. Show us your best action hair shots. The best of the best will win a full set of Virgin Clip Ons or Colored Clip Ons. It comes in 3 lengths, choose from 4 colors, for one incredible perfect locks look. Let the Battle Begin! Runner up wins a full set of our Vital Hair Care product line!
Entry Instructions: There are three categories. Pick one photo you would like to mimic. Upload your photo to instagram with the hashtag #PLHairBattle and tag @perfectlocks for your entry.
The Sassy Flip
We want to see your hair in action. Blowing in the wind after you pushed it off your shoulder! Give us all the sass!! Like you are fresh off the runway! The fiercest flip will win!
Show us your 'Stache
A mustache that is. We want to see this fun and playful pose. You can do a hair mustache! You can draw one on your finger, or you can get the glue and put on your best costume 'stache. We will love them all equally!
Your Best Braid.
This trend is hitting the red carpet and magazines. We want to see how you would wear it. Show us your best braid, in Milk maid, Boho, or Fishtail all apply. We can't wait to see your best braid!
That is it! Now get going with those action shots. Hurry Contest Ends Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Midnight PST!
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My husband and I just love New Orleans-style foods, so any time I come across a Cajun recipe. I just have to try it. This is one of our favorite ways to prepare pork.
- 1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 to 3-1/2 pounds)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 4 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon steak sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- Place roast in a shallow baking pan; cut 8-10 small slits in roast. Combine remaining ingredients; press into slits and over top of roast.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45 minutes. Cover and bake 1-3/4 hours longer or until a meat thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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"spicy brown mustard. awsome"
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"We liked it. Cajun flavors are a great spin on roast that is "new" for us!"
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2010
"I cooked Cajun Pork Roast for my husband (who loves Cajun food) and myself. The roast turned out great and tasted delicious. I made the roast with a roast that had the bone in it, I cooked it for a little longer than called for and it turned out great. I am definitely adding this roast to our monthly menus. I made a sauce to go with the roast by combining the pepper sauce and steak sauce."
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For horror movies fans, Video On Demand has become something of a godsend. So many titles appear through VOD that simply will not get wide theatrical distribution. Three that are currently available push the envelope of what the genre can be, and they deliver the scares that horror fans crave.
"Lucky Bastard" (4 out of 5 stars)
This one warranted an NC-17 rating by the MPAA due to its adult film world backdrop. "Lucky Bastard" is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website shoot gone horribly awry. Veteran character actor Don McManus plays Mike, a cynical producer who hires an eager fan – the 'lucky bastard' - to have sex on camera with one of his star performers. Her name is Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue, doing a great combination of sweet and sour) and she's weary but game. Unfortunately, Dave (Jay Paulson) is a fan who lacks control and ruins the shoot. Taunted by Mike and his crew, Dave grows more and more angry until his furor bursts into violence.
What makes this exceptionally good is two-fold. First, director Robert Nathan and co-screenwriter Lukas Kendall have dutifully studied both the genre of adult movies and horror films. They exhibit a keen sense of how the sex industry works, as well as what makes for great scares. And their 'found footage' sensibilities are superb. The shoot in their story takes place in a house used for reality shows so they can justify a camera or two in every room. Thus, the constant filming is believable and never too self-conscious.
The sexual acts are simulated, but there is nudity and a lot of dirty dialogue. However, if that kind of thing doesn't offend you, "Lucky Bastard" is worth seeking out. It's an exceedingly well-done little thriller, even when it becomes rather predictable in its final 15 minutes. It's a smart film well acted by all, particularly McManus, who is always good. And it's very discreet when in it comes to showing its nudity and even its violence. Director Nathan knows that psychological terror trumps blood and gore every time. It's a lesson a lot of young horror directors could stand to learn in the business.
"Cheap Thrills" (4 out of 5 stars)
Another small chamber piece with big boos is "Cheap Thrills". It concerns a scheming couple putting a down-on-his-luck nerd and his old high school buddy through the wringer with their twisted games. Craig (Pat Healy) is having a terrible day when he stumbles into a bar for a drink after losing his job. He runs into his ne'er-do-well buddy Vince (Ethan Embry) from his teenage years and they have a few too many as they reminisce about all that's gone wrong in their lives. Then a rich eccentric and his stunning wife chat them up and start offering them easy money for silly stunts like slapping the waitress on the butt.
The stunts and the money stakes rise as Colin and Violet (David Koechner and Sara Paxton) up the ante when they take the two back to their home. Pretty soon, Craig and Vince are doing everything from breaking and entering into a neighboring home to cutting off body parts for cash. The horror here comes in the form of multiple green monsters, the kind with President's faces on them. Greed and desperation drive these two men to extremes and part of the fun of watching this horror movie is in seeing just how far the story will go. Believe me, it goes there! Director E.L. Katz does an amazing job of ratcheting up the tension with each subsequent minute, making everything from dog poo to unprotected sex appear fraught with danger and ominous possibilities. And the exceedingly nasty and clever script by Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo exposes the evil that exists in both protagonist and antagonist when wads of free cash are at stake.
This four-hander is acted with great skill. Ethan Embry (http://imdb.to/1kM7TnB) has become one of the most interesting character actors working today. Pat Healy makes you feel every agonizing decision he makes on his way to redemption. And David Koechner and Sara Paxton perform miracles with their villainous roles. By the end, I liked them more than their victims. Is that wrong?
"Stage Fright" (3 out of 5 stars)
There are few really good horror comedies done these days, but Jerome Sable has written and directed a cheeky entry about a musical theater camp terrorized by a masked killer. One can imagine the movie's pitch - "Friday the 13th meets Glee!" And this shocker finds lots of laughs as it riffs on privileged kids putting on a show for their rich parents.
It owes a lot to "The Phantom of the Opera", and even Brian De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" (http://imdb.to/1nvjHOI) as its spoofs a lurking madman causing murder and mayhem from the wings of a theater. And it's all put to song, with a few clever ditties written by Sable and Eli Batalion.
Minnie Driver and Meatloaf (Now there's a marquee combination!) are the stars of this film, but it's really the kids who take center stage. The casting of these young actors is something truly special, as they have to act like spoiled brats, but also exhibit savvy theatrical instincts that are wise beyond their years. And the youngsters have to register fright when the thrills and chills start piling up too.
Ultimately, this one could be a little scarier. The laughs outweigh the scares, but it's still a mindful work, one that certainly deserves kudos for its ability to wring dark laughs out of kids in peril. If the egotistical Rachel (Lea Michele) drives you mad on "Glee", this is the revenge fantasy for you!
Horror films from foreign countries frequently show up on VOD as well. The Australian production "Wolf Creek 2", a sequel to the superior first "Wolf Creek", has some good scares in it. And the success of the new "Godzilla" has unleashed a reissue of similar movies from the Japanese vault of horror into the VOD landscape. You can even find the 1998 American version of "Godzilla" starring Matthew Broderick making the rounds again. But for the best currently on VOD, you'd be wise to check out one of the three newer films I showcased above. I think you'll be delighted as you spend time on the edge of your couch.


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Award recognizes outstanding contributions to material physics field
For release: Oct. 14, 2009
Pat Thiel, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, 515-294-8985
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AMES, Iowa—Pat Thiel, senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has been named the winner of the 2010 David Adler Lectureship Award. The award, presented by the American Physical Society, recognizes Thiel as an outstanding contributor to the field of material physics, who is noted for the quality of her research, review articles and lecturing. The Adler Award is sponsored by the APS Division of Materials Physics and the friends of David Adler.
Thiel was also recently named the winner of the 2010 Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry, presented by the American Chemical Society. Thiel, who is also an Iowa State University Distinguished Professor in chemistry and materials science and engineering, will receive the Adler award at the APS 2010 March Meeting in Portland, Ore. The award consists of $5,000, travel expenses to the conference and a certificate. The certificate will note that Thiel is honored "for seminal contributions to surface structure and dynamics of complex metallic alloys, including quasicrystals and kinetically limited growth and relaxation of nanostructures in thin metal films." Thiel will also deliver an invited talk at the APS meeting.
"Pat is an outstanding researcher as indicated by the many awards she has won," said Ames Laboratory Director Alex King. "The Adler Award reflects something that we take special pride in at the Ames Laboratory. Although Pat is most often recognized as a chemist or a materials scientist, this award comes from the American Physical Society, and that speaks to the interdisciplinary nature of Pat's work. We value interdisciplinary research
very highly at the Ames Laboratory, and Pat Thiel exemplifies it at the very highest level."
Thiel has been active in research, teaching and administration. In research, she is known for her work in three main areas: nanostructure evolution on surfaces; surface properties and structures of quasicrystals (a complex type of metallic alloy); and the chemistry of water adsorbed on metal surfaces. She is an enthusiastic teacher of physical chemistry. She has held several administrative posts at Ames Laboratory and ISU, including the Lab's division director for Science and Technology and chair of the chemistry department, and in each position she has been the first woman to hold that post.
She received a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Macalester College, and a doctorate in chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in 1981. After postdoctoral work at the University of Munich as a von Humboldt Fellow, she joined the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories and then moved to Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory in 1983. In her early academic career, Thiel received awards from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award. Later, she was elected a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, the American Physical Society, and the Institute of Physics.
In 2008, Thiel received the Iota Sigma Pi Honorary Member Award from the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. She has been an Invitation Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, has received an honorary degree from the Institut National Polytechnic de Lorraine in France, and has received a DOE Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry. She has served on numerous boards and committees for major organizations, including the NSF, the DOE, the American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund and National Institutes of Health, and has been a member of editorial advisory boards for 10 journals. She has organized conferences and symposia within the frameworks of the Materials Research Society, APS, ACS AVS, and Gordon Research Conferences organizations. She has authored or co-authored approximately 260 publications, and has co-edited four books.
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The 2014 World Cup was always going to be about Brazil in some way. Even if Brazil didn't win another World Cup in front of its fans, it would be the defining story of the tournament, no matter who actually won it. As such, although Germany ended Brazil's dream with one of the most shocking, lopsided wins in soccer history on July 8, the Germans are the secondary story of their own 7-1 victory.
Given that Neymar was injured and Thiago Silva was suspended -- and that Silva's absence left a gaping hole in Brazil's defense -- it may be tempting to put an asterisk on this result. However, if Germany had only won by one or even two goals, then it could have been argued that it might have been a fluke. A six goal victory that could have easily been more is another matter.
While Brazil had no defense to speak of without Silva, Germany still had a flawless attack and pitch perfect passing, especially in the first 30 minutes. What's more, whereas Brazil had no big names to pick up the slack from Neymar and Silva, Germany's biggest stars got the ball rolling right away.
Thomas Mueller scored his fifth goal of the World Cup to kick things off in the 11th minute. It was his 10th career goal in the tournament, leaving him six shy of the new record held by his own teammate, Miroslav Klose, who broke his tie with Brazil's own Ronaldo by scoring in the 23rd minute.
In the next blink of an eye, the Germans were up by 5-0 thanks to two goals from Toni Kroos and one from Sami Khedira. The Brazilians cruelly had to endure 60 more minutes after that, while the Germans couldn't just start resting up for the final. But they got two more goals from Andre Schuerrle in the second half and fell a few minutes short of capping a shutout.
The Brazilians made the worst kind of World Cup history, overshadowing the Germans' own historic achievement of making their eighth ever final. The last one was in 2002, when they lost to Brazil and let it have its record fifth title.
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Bowl Game Pick: Ole Miss -3 (January 5th 2013)
Despite playing a tough SEC schedule, Mississippi finished the season at 6-6 and find themselves as favorites in Saturday's Compass Bowl against Pittsburgh. Ole Miss has an explosive offense that averaged 30.9 points per game, while scoring 30 points or more in 7 of their 12 games this season. Pittsburgh held weaker Big East opponents to 18.8 points per game, but this Ole Miss offense can put points on the board against anyone, as they scored 35 points on LSU and 14 points on the country's #1 ranked defense in Alabama. After facing so many SEC Bowl teams this season, Mississippi will be stepping down in class in the Compass Bowl, so we'll lay the points with one of the most reliable favorites in College football as HC Freeze is 12-3 ATS in his last 15 games as a favorite, including 4-1 SU & ATS in his first year with Ole Miss.
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The Dodgers announced today that team will wear alternate road jerseys in 2014.
The front on the uniform will feature "Dodgers", as it did for 29 years starting in 1970.
Only "Los Angeles" has appeared on the front of the jerseys since 1998.
"Because we are equally proud of our iconic brand name and the city we represent and with the number of Dodger fans across the country, we felt it important to have two sets of road jerseys to feature both the team name, as well as Los Angeles," said Lon Rosen, the Dodgers' Executive Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer. "This will begin when we start play in spring training and we plan to wear the 'Dodgers' jersey when we open the regular season in Australia on March 22."
After the 1957 season in Brooklyn, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The first season on the West Coast featured a road jersey with the team's name across the front.
The next year the team's road uniforms featured the city's name. The jerseys stayed that way until 1969.
The following year Hall of Fame Dodger owner Walter O'Malley turned over the organization's presidency to his son Peter. The younger O'Malley returned "Dodgers" to the road jerseys. It remained that way until O'Malley sold the team to Ruppert Murdoch and News Corporation before the 1998 season.
At that point, "Dodgers" was dropped from uniforms in favor of the city's name.
In 2014, the team will have the both uniforms available for road contests.
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HOUSTON (Ivanhoe Newswire) --1,500 miles –that's what the food you might be eating tonight traveled to make it to your plate. The fuel costs of that is one reason there's a big push to eat local. Today in chef's corner, a top chef master shares a few of her not-so-long distance delights.
Featured nationally as a contestant on Top Chef Masters and trained internationally in London, award-winning chef, Monica Pope is all about local.
"I just want to get people excited about eating locally," Pope told Ivanhoe.
She cooks mainly with what she buys at her hometown farmers' markets.
"And that makes everything just seem more meaningful to me," Pope said.
She's cooking us up a few of her favorite dishes. First is a Thai style mushroom stroganoff.
"The mushrooms do act like meat," Pope said.
She adds lemongrass, ginger and onions to the hot pan. Local ingredients you might be able to find at your neighborhood farmers' market. According to the USDA, there are more than 7,000 nationwide. But if you can't get the exact ingredients…
"Go find a bunch of stuff that you want to put in there," Pope said.
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Wrigley Field upgrades still locked in rooftop squabble Wrigley Field upgrades still locked in rooftop squabble Looking at the A's proposed waterfront stadium Looking at the A's proposed waterfront stadium Gallery: Pitchers with multiple no-hitters Gallery: Pitchers with multiple no-hitters Gallery: Happy birthday, Ebbets Field Gallery: Happy birthday, Ebbets Field gallery with links do NOT pub gallery with links do NOT pub Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More The Strike Zone Zero Heroes: Players who have not filled in some basic statistical categories by Cliff Corcoran Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Fri Jun. 13, 2014 Updated: Wed Jun. 18, 2014 Ian Kinsler (right) has hit plenty of home runs but none have come with the bases loaded. (Nick Wass/AP)Tigers ace (yes, ace) Max Scherzer threw his first career complete game and shutout Thursday night, filling two columns on his career ledger that had been empty through his first 178 starts. Earlier this season, Phillies centerfielder Ben Revere hit his first major league home run in his 1,566th career plate appearance. So, now that three of the most notable empty columns in the major leagues have been filled, we thought we'd take a look at some of the other career-long droughts around the game. Here are the players, who still have fairly commonplace columns to fill in 15 different categories.Home RunsActive: James Jones, 138 plate appearancesCareer: Dave Eggler, 2,593 plate appearancesNow that Revere is off the schneid, Jones, the Mariners' 25-year-old centerfielder, has the most plate appearances without going yard among position players currently on a major league roster. Eggler was a 19th century centerfielder who played 11 seasons from 1871-1885. The Modern Era record (1901-present) is held by Tom Oliver, who had 2,073 plate appearances without a home run. He was also a centerfielder who spent four years with the Red Sox from 1930-33.Grand SlamActive: Ian Kinsler, 162 home runsCareer: Glenn Davis: 190 home runsAdd in the postseason and it's 166 home runs without a grand slam for Kinsler and 191 for Davis. Curiously, Kinsler and Prince Fielder, the two players involved in the winter's biggest blockbuster trade, have combined for 450 career regular season home runs and just one grand slam, by Fielder in June 2009. Kinsler is a career .298/.310/.440 hitter in 100 plate appearances with the bases loaded, a solid showing. Davis, however, completely wilted with the bases loaded. The two-time All-Star and 1986 National League MVP runner-up hit a mere .197/.211/.288 in 76 career PA with the bags juiced.TripleActive: Justin Smoak: 2,183 PACareer: Johnny Estrada: 2,244 PASmoak, the Mariners' first baseman, is just 61 plate appearances away from passing Estrada, an exceptionally slow-footed catcher who was an All-Star for the Braves in 2004 and holds another empty-column record we'll get to shortly. Second on the active list is Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso at 1,348 career PA without a triple.Hit by pitchActive: Danny Valencia: 1,337 PACareer: Mark Lemke: 3,664 PAValencia, now with the Royals, has gone more than twice as long without being plunked as the next man on the list, Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams (612 PA). Historical hit-by-pitch data is in complete, but among players for whom we have complete information, Lemke, a former Braves second baseman known for his October heroics, came to the plate most without getting plunked. He wasn't hit in 257 postseason plate appearances, either.Stolen baseActive: Ryan Hanigan: 626 times on baseCareer: Russ Nixon: 863 times on baseNot surprisingly, both men are catchers. Fellow backstop Chris Snyder retired earlier this year having reached base 821 times in his career without a stolen base. Estrada reached base 731 times without even attempting a steal, which stands as a record for players with complete caught-stealing data. Nixon, who played from 1957-68, was caught stealing seven times, Snyder three times and Hanigan once.Caught Stealing (min. one attempt)Active: Chris Owings: 8 SBCareer: Quintin Berry: 24 SBBerry, who is currently with the Orioles' Triple A affiliate, has never been caught trying to steal and has been on base 119 times in the major leagues. Owings' is one-third of the way to Berry's total but he's not much of a gambler, as evidenced by his eight attempts, and he has been losing playing time lately in Arizona.Sacrifice hitActive: Mark Teixeira: 6,810 PACareer: Frank Thomas: 10,075 PAThe above includes all plate appearance, not just those in which a sacrifice hit was possible, because it's difficult to search quickly for those situations. Much like complete games (and, thus, shutouts), sacrifice bunts just don't happen as often as they used to, so it shouldn't be a huge surprise to find out that it's not all that uncommon for veteran slow-footed sluggers to have never laid down a successful sacrifice. Among the other players who have never had a sacrifice hit are Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard and Joey Votto. Also on the list are more fleet-footed sluggers such as Ryan Braun, Evan Longoria and David Wright, and that's just cherry picking names from among the 23 active major leaguers with more than 2,000 plate appearances and no sacrifice hits. Teixeira, however, leads the list by 564 PA over Wright. On the all-time list, Thomas -- the Hall of Famer who retired in 2008, not the slugger of the 1950s and '60s -- is joined by the likes of Vladimir Guerrero (9,059 PA), Carlos Delgado (8,675 PA), and Mike Piazza (7,745), as well as fellow Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew (second-place all-time at 9,833 PA), who first reached the majors in 1954.ShutoutActive: Mike Pelfrey: 183 startsCareer: Jason Bere: 203 startsEven with Scherzer's shutout, Pelfrey still holds the active record for most career starts without one. He's just 20 shy of the all-time record held by former White Sox All-Star and Rookie of the Year runner-up Bere, who last pitched in the majors in 2003. Pelfrey, now with the Twins, won't be adding to his total any time soon, however, as he's likely out for the season after having surgery on the ulnar nerve in his pitching elbow on Tuesday.Complete GameActive: Bud Norris: 139 startsCareer: Tony Armas: 167 startsScherzer's lack of a complete game prior to Wednesday night is all the more surprising given that the Orioles' Norris and the Cubs' Travis Wood (106 starts) are the only two other active pitchers with more than 100 career starts who had not thrown a complete game. Scherzer's shutout restored the all-time record to Armas, but Norris could pass him next year.Relief appearanceActive: CC Sabathia: 423 gamesCareer: Tom Glavine: 682 gamesNearly every pitcher winds up coming in out of the bullpen sooner or later. Sabathia and Glavine are the only pitchers in history to have appeared in more than 300 games without doing so, and given Sabathia's recent injury and effectiveness issues, one imagines his streak will soon come to an end, even if it's just in what amounts to a major league rehab outing.SaveActive: Eric O'Flaherty: 373 relief appearancesCareer: O'FlahertyJust as nearly every pitcher eventually winds up pitching out of the bullpen at least once, nearly every reliever records at least one save, either because they happen to pitch three innings at the end of a blowout or because overuse by their bullpen-mates forces them into a save situation or for some other reason. Lefty specialist O'Flaherty, however, is still stuck on zero. He posted a 1.99 ERA in 295 appearances for the Braves over the last four seasons and is currently rehabbing from Tommy John surgery under a new two-year contract with the A's.LossActive: Clay Rapada: 152 gamesCareer: RapadaAnother lefty specialist, Rapada, who is currently with the Mariners' Triple A affiliate, is the only pitcher in major league history to appear in 100 or more games and never take a loss. He also has just two blown saves in those 152 games (all of them relief appearances). He does have 24 losses in the minor leagues, however.WinActive: Joe Patterson: 70 gamesCareer: Juan Alvarez and Ed Olwine: 80 gamesLefty Joe Patterson hasn't pitched in the majors this year and appeared in just eight games in the last two seasons. He's very much active with the Diamondbacks' Triple A affiliate this season, but he stands an excellent chance of being passed in short order by either the Nationals' Xavier Cedeño (64 games) or the Rays' Brad Boxberger (63 games), who are a combined 0-3 in their careers.DecisionActive: Nick Maronde: 33 gamesCareer: Erik Plantenberg: 61 gamesMaronde has spent his entire three-year career to date with the Angels and is mostly unknown. Plantenberg, though, might be the most anonymous major leaguer of the last half century. He was a lefty reliever for the Mariners and Phillies in the mid-90s who walked 31 men and struck out 16 in his major league career, was drafted in the 16th round, was never involved in a trade and never earned a decision.Intentional walkActive: Felix Doubront: 404 1/3 innings pichedCareer: Doubront Doubront has walked four men per nine innings in his career without his manager's help. His all-time record is only among pitchers with complete intentional walk data. 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