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Volume 118, Issue 9, 01 March 2003
Ab initio studies of quasi-one-dimensional pentagon and hexagon ice nanotubes118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1555091View Description Hide Description
Ab initio plane-wave total-energy calcuation is carried out to study the relative stability of the quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) pentagon and hexagon icenanotubes.Electronic structure calculations indicate the two Q1D icenanotubes have nearly the same band structures and energy bandgap as those of proton-ordered bulk ice Ab initio molecular-orbital and density-functional theory calculations, as well as three classical potential models of water, are also employed to investigate the relative stability of the pentagon and hexagon water clusters and Clusters of this kind can serve to bridge the gap between the small polygonal water rings and the infinitely long Q1D polygon icenanotubes. It is found that the polygon water prisms with the size begin to show the relative energetic behavior of the infinitely long polygon icenanotubes.
Solvent intermolecular polarizability response in solvation118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1555804View Description Hide Description
Polarizability response spectroscopy, a two-color optical Kerr effect method, has been developed and employed to study solvent intermolecular polarizability responses to photoexcited solutes. Here, we report solvent intermolecular polarizability responses in (dipolar) solvation. The time-resolved nonresonant polarizability signals are analyzed in the frequency domain where they are fit to a functional form representing diffusive reorientational, interaction-induced, and librational motions. Diffusive reorientational motion of was preferentially driven following photoexcitation of Coumarin 153 while interaction-induced motion was mainly driven in solutions. The mechanism for selective solvent responses involves the relative orientation of the solvent dipole and most polarizable molecular axes and their interaction strength to the solute dipole.
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- Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
The diagonal Born–Oppenheimer correction beyond the Hartree–Fock approximation118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540626View Description Hide Description
We report on evaluation of the diagonal Born–Oppenheimer correction (DBOC) to the electronic energy with Hartree–Fock (HF) and conventional correlated wave functions for general molecular systems. Convergence of both HF and configuration interaction (CI) DBOC with the one-particle basis seems to be rather fast, with triple-ζ quality correlation consistent sets of Dunning et al. sufficiently complete to approach the respective basis set limits for the DBOC of the ground state of within 0.1 cm−1. Introduction of electron correlation via the CI singles and doubles method has a substantial effect on the absolute value of the DBOC for and BH in their ground states (ca. +13 cm−1 out of 115 cm−1, +22 cm−1 out of 622 cm−1, and +11 cm−1 out of 370 cm−1, respectively). The effect of the correlation correction to the DBOC on relative energies is small, e.g., the barrier to linearity of water changes by ca. 1 cm−1; however, the value is difficult to converge to the ab initio limit. Based on recent results by Schwenke [J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 2352 (2001)] and our findings, we expect the correlation correction to the DBOC to have a substantial effect on spectroscopic properties of the ground state of water. The effect of DBOC on equilibrium bond distance and harmonic vibrational frequency of the ground state of BH is +0.0007 Å and −2 cm−1, respectively. Surprisingly, the former is a much larger change than expected, and greater than errors due to residual incompleteness of electron correlation treatment and basis set in state-of-the-art conventional Born–Oppenheimer computations. The effect of using a correlated wave function for the DBOC evaluation on the above corrections to and is small.
Excited state nuclear forces from the Tamm–Dancoff approximation to time-dependent density functional theory within the plane wave basis set framework118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540109View Description Hide Description
An efficient formulation of time-dependent linear response density functional theory for the use within the plane wave basis set framework is presented. The method avoids the transformation of the Kohn–Sham matrix into the canonical basis and references virtual orbitals only through a projection operator. Using a Lagrangian formulation nuclear derivatives of excited state energies within the Tamm–Dancoff approximation are derived. The algorithms were implemented into a pseudo potential/plane wave code and applied to the calculation of adiabatic excitation energies, optimized geometries and vibrational frequencies of three low lying states of formaldehyde. An overall good agreement with other time-dependent density functional calculations, multireference configuration interaction calculations and experimental data was found.
On the correlation between electronic and nuclear motions in atoms118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1541624View Description Hide Description
Mutual correlation of the electronic and nuclear motions in an atom is discussed through the average momenta squared of electrons and nucleus and through the correlation coefficient between electron and nucleus momenta. The coefficient is shown to be completely determined by the corresponding coefficient between electron momenta and Relations of the correlation coefficients and with the nuclear mass correction energies are also mentioned. Numerical results of are reported for the 103 atoms from hydrogen to lawrencium.
Metal and ligand hyperfine couplings in transition metal complexes: The effect of spin–orbit coupling as studied by coupled perturbed Kohn–Sham theory118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540619View Description Hide Description
The derivation, implementation, and validation of a method to calculate spin–orbit coupling (SOC) contributions to the hyperfine coupling (HFC) is reported. Due to this development it is now possible to calculate the complete ligand and metal nuclei HFCs at a consistent level of theory, i.e., spin unrestricted Hartree–Fock (HF) or density functional theory(DFT). The SOC contributions to the HFC are calculated as a second-order property and are treated by a coupled-perturbed HF or Kohn–Sham treatment. The method is applied to a representative collection of first row transition metal complexes. The calculated metal HFCs are in reasonable to good agreement with the experimental data, with the main error being probably due to the Fermi contact term that is not well represented by present day DFT functionals. Similarities and differences to the closely related field of electronic g-tensor calculations are discussed.
An iterative scheme to derive pair potentials from structure factors and its application to liquid mercury118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1543142View Description Hide Description
We developed an iterative scheme to optimize classical mechanical pair-potential parameters of liquids on the basis of diffraction data. An iterative step, similarly as in our previous method, consists of two parts: A classical mechanical simulation with an assumed pair potential and the modification of the potential using the experimental data and quantities calculated in the simulation. The modification part is formulated according to the Gauss–Newton–Marquardt nonlinear parameter fit. The method is used to get tabulated potentials, and seems to be robust also in the case of a fit of few hundred parameters simultaneously. The method keeps the advantages of our previous procedure: The fitted function is the measured structure factor, the Fourier transformation is applied with controllable error, the total functions are determined from the partial ones to avoid the solution of linear equations, and the error of the experiments can be taken into account explicitly. The theoretical justification of the method is the one to one correspondence of the pair potential and the structure factor proved by the inverse theorem of statistical mechanics. We determined effective pair potentials in a tabulated form for liquidmercury at 10 different densities to investigate the structural changes around its metal–nonmetal transition. We found neither a drastic change nor a change in the trends in the structural and pair potential functions. Our results fit well to some of the previous theories about the transition.
Analytic ab initio determination of the IR intensities in stereoregular polymers118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540616View Description Hide Description
An original scheme is developed to compute, fully analytically, the Hartree–Fock infrared intensities of stereoregular polymers. The infrared intensities are proportional to derivatives of the dipole moment with respect to atomic displacements. For the longitudinal component, the calculation of the infrared intensities requires a specific crystal-orbital treatment. Our approach is based upon the Bishop, Gu and Kirtman method for obtaining the undifferentiated dipole moment [J. Chem. Phys. 114, 7633 (2001)]. The implementation scheme is described in detail. The numerical stability of the methodology is tested on five polymers: polymethineimine and polyacetylene When a proper integration scheme is chosen, the values of the infrared intensities are in perfect agreement with the numerical derivatives of the dipole moment as well as with long oligomer calculations. We apply our approach to the analytical calculation of the vibrational polarizability of two systems.
Environment effects on effective magnetic exchange integrals and local spectroscopy of extended strongly correlated systems118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540620View Description Hide Description
The present work analyzes the importance of the different components of the environment effects on the local spectroscopy of extended, strongly-correlated systems. It has been found that the usual formal charge definition of the charge transfer and Madelung potential are far too crude for an accurate determination of the local excitation energies in embedded fragment calculations. A criterion for the validation of the embedding against the infinite system density of states has been proposed.
Lattice inversion for interionic pair potentials118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1542876View Description Hide Description
The ab initio total energies of alkali chloride crystals in B1 (rock salt), B2 (CsCl-type), B3 (zinc blende) and P4/mmm structures are calculated by ultrasoft pseudopotential method in this paper. Based on the different combinations of these total energies, the effective charges on ions are determined for long-range Coulomb interaction, and the short-range potential curves are obtained by the lattice inversion method. As the test for the quality of potentials, the static properties of ACl in the rock salt phase are calculated. The results are in good agreement with the experimental data. And the calculated lattice energies for ACl in wurtzite, CuAu, NiAs, and litharge structures are consistent with the predictions of pseudopotential calculations. In terms of the molecular dynamics simulations, the temperature dependences of volume, bulk modulus, and elastic constants are also investigated from room temperature to 800 K, the results are in good agreement with the experimental values. This indicates that the new interionic potentials are valid over a wide range of interionic separations and coordination numbers.
Migration of holes: Formalism, mechanisms, and illustrative applications118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540618View Description Hide Description
A hole created in a system, for instance by ionization, can migrate through the system solely driven by electron correlation. The theory describing this migration is derived and cast into a form amenable to ab initio calculations. Three different basic mechanisms of hole migration are presented and analyzed. The results of ab initio calculations on hole migration in realistic systems are discussed. In all cases studied the migration is ultrafast.
The electron–electron interaction in the Douglas–Kroll–Hess approach to the Dirac–Kohn–Sham problem118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540615View Description Hide Description
Incorporation of relativistic effects into all-electron density functional (DF) calculations via scalar relativistic corrections to the kinetic energy and the nuclear attraction energy has become rather common. On the other hand, a self-consistent treatment of the spin–orbit interaction and relativistic corrections to the electron–electron interaction (or both simultaneously) requires substantially more computational effort. We present an extension of the Douglas–Kroll approach to the Dirac–Kohn–Sham problem that accounts for relativistic corrections to the Hartree potential and permits a self-consistent treatment of spin–orbit interaction. To construct computationally efficient approximations, we exploit the electron charge density fitting scheme with an auxiliary basis set. These approximate schemes introduce effects of the relativistic transformation of the Hartree part of the electron–electron interaction, but leave the (smaller) exchange-correlation contributions untransformed. These approximations were implemented in the parallel DF program PARAGAUSS. Quantitative effects of the new relativistic DF procedures were illustrated for the spin-orbit splittings of the Kohn–Sham levels in the Hg atom and the -tensor shifts of where we show the value of new scheme. We also studied how properties of the diatomic molecules TlH, PbO, and change due to the improved treatment of relativistic effects.
- Gas Phase Dynamics and Structure: Spectroscopy, Molecular Interactions, Scattering, and Photochemistry
Trapped metastable anions in low-energy electron scattering from clusters118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540617View Description Hide Description
Calculations are reported on scattering resonances in low-energy electron collisions with the fullerenecarbon cluster The quantum treatment of the scattering process is carried out using a single-center expansion of the total (bound + scattering electronic) wave function and with the electron–molecule interaction represented by a set of adiabatic multipolar effective potential curves. All resonant wave functions with scattering energies less than 20 eV are analyzed. In some of the resonant states the scattered electron density is seen to remain partly trapped inside carbon cage, although in all cases the resonant, continuum orbital density in the anionic state is primarily distributed near the surface of the cluster cage.
Potential energy functions of the and states of and the state of Franck–Condon simulations of photoelectron bands of which include anharmonicity118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1554271View Description Hide Description
Restricted-spin coupled-cluster single and double plus perturbative triple excitations [RCCSD (T)] and/or complete-active-space self-consistent-field multireference internally-contracted configuration interaction (CASSCF/MRCI) potential energy functions of the and states of and the state of with basis sets of up to the augmented-correlation-consistent-polarized-valence-quadruple-zeta quality, have been reported. For each of these states, vibrational wave functions of the symmetric stretching and bending modes have been computed, employing the potential energy function obtained at the highest level of calculation, with Watson's Hamiltonian and anharmonic vibrational wave functions expressed as linear combinations of harmonic basis functions. The helium I photoelectron spectrum of has been simulated with Franck–Condon factors calculated using computed anharmonic vibrational wave functions and allowing for Duschinsky rotation. The adiabatic ionization energies (AIEs) to the four lowest cationic states of have been evaluated at the RCCSD(T) level with basis sets of up to polarized-valence-quintuple-zeta quality and by various extrapolation techniques to the basis set limit. Revised equilibrium geometrical parameters of the and states of were obtained from the iterative Franck–Condon analysis procedure, and revised AIEs for the and states of were estimated based on comparison between the simulated and observed photoelectron spectra. It was found that inclusion of anharmonicity in the Franck–Condon factor calculations for each electronic state improves the quality of the simulated spectrum. The computed diagnostics from the RCCSD calculations suggest that the state of with the electronic configuration, possesses multiconfigurational character in the region of and θ(ClOCl)=125°. CASSCF/MRCI/aug-cc-pVQZ(no g) calculations show an avoided crossing between the state and state [with the electronic configuration], in the region of and 137.0>θ>132.0°.
Contrasting origins of the isomerization barriers for vinylidene, fluorovinylidene, and difluorovinylidene118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540625View Description Hide Description
The origins of the isomerization barriers for the isomerization of vinylidene fluorovinylidene (HFC=C), and difluorovinylidene to their respective acetylenes are explored in this paper. The bonding interactions present in the transition states of each isomerization pathway are analyzed within the framework of electron density deformations and the atoms-in-molecules method using densities obtained from quadratic configuration interaction calculations. The high isomerization barrier for is a consequence of the large energetic penalty associated with the C–F bond cleavage to give a covalently unbound fluorine in the transition state. In the case of isomerization, analysis by the atoms-in-molecules method reveals that a strong covalent bond exists between the migrating hydrogen and the C=C bondcritical point. Concerted C–H bond cleavage and formation in the hydrogen migration process is expected to yield a low energetic requirement for isomerization. The observed difference in the bonding interactions present in the transition states for fluorine and hydrogen atom migration can be rationalized in terms of the difference in directionality of the hybrid orbital on the migrating atom. Calculations carried out for both fluorine and hydrogen migration in HFC=C revealed bonding interactions in the transition states that are reminiscent of those observed in the isomerization of and An alternative account for the observed violation of Hammond's postulate in the isomerization pathway is also provided. Finally, we demonstrate that the conceptual framework defined in this work may be used to explain the kinetic stabilities of other species that can undergo 1,2-atom shift reactions across an unsaturated bond.
Cu(I)-2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline: Density functional study of the structure, vibrational force-field, and excited electronic states118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540614View Description Hide Description
Nonlocal hybrid density functional theory method is used to study the structure and force field of the copper(I)–diphenanthroline cation. It is demonstrated that it possesses symmetry in the state, however, deformations to symmetry with rotated phenanthroline rings are not costly energetically and, in fact, such structure is the minimum of the state. Time-dependent DFT method is utilized to calculate the excited electronic states and the visible and UVabsorptionspectrum. It is shown that the state of symmetry and of metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) character, is responsible for the ca. 470 nm visible absorption band, while dipole transitions to the and states are symmetry forbidden. We find four triplet electronic states closely spaced and lying just below the state. The ordering and spacing of the lowest triplet and singlet excited states nicely explains the properties of the observed photoluminescence. The calculated maximum of photoluminescence of 759 nm is in a good agreement with the experiment (ca. 730 nm).
Observation of molecular orientation by the combination of electrostatic and nonresonant, pulsed laser fields118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540110View Description Hide Description
The orientation of polar molecules is demonstrated by the combination of electrostatic and nonresonant, nanosecond Nd:YAG laser fields. The orientation is probed by Coulomb exploding the molecules with a femtosecond laser pulse and detecting the fragment ions with the time-of-flightmass spectrometer. A significant asymmetry is observed in the signal magnitudes of the forward and the backward fragments, which is well explained in terms of the above-mentioned combined-fields scheme proposed by Friedrich and Herschbach [J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 10280 (1999)]. The degree of orientation is enhanced by increasing the peak intensity of the laser field and the magnitude of the electrostatic field, or by lowering the initial rotational temperature. The experimental results obtained are compatible with our numerical simulations.
A high level theoretical investigation of the dissociation reaction: Is there a transition state?118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1541234View Description Hide Description
The dissociationreaction was investigated at a high level of theory using the couple cluster with all single and double excitations and connected triples [CCSD(T)] and complete active space self-consistent field approaches, and the cc-pVDZ, aug-cc-pVDZ, and cc-pVTZ basis sets. Only at the coupled cluster level a first-order saddle point was found connecting reactant and products. Collectively, structural, vibrational, and thermodynamic data for the three stationary points represent the best theoretical description of this reaction system to date, and are in good agreement with available experimental results. Unimolecular transition state theoryrate constants were also evaluated at 250, 298.15, and 350 K. At the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ level of calculation these results are and respectively. Known experimental results at 298 K vary from to Including an estimate for basis set superposition error, we predict for the dissociationreaction to be 12.76 kcal/mol (Expt. 13.1–13.7 kcal/mol).
Comparison of the intermolecular properties of with118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1540628View Description Hide Description
An ab initio computational study of the properties of a weakly bound complex formed between the recently discovered argon-containing compound HArF and was undertaken at the MP2/6-311G* * level of theory. The complex was found to have a zero-point vibrational energy corrected binding energy of 396 cm−1 with respect to the monomer subunits. This complex exhibits a large harmonic vibrational frequency blue shift of 195 cm−1 for the Ar–H stretching vibration mode with a diminished infrared intensity for this mode on formation of the complex. This surprising result prompted a study to understand the source of the blue shift and the results were compared with corresponding computations for the complex, which has the same proton acceptor but which shows the usual red shift of the H–F stretching mode.
Bonding interaction, low-lying states and excited charge-transfer states of pyridine–metal clusters: Ag, Au;118(2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1541627View Description Hide Description
The binding interactions between the pyridine and small coinage metal clusters such as copper,silver and gold in different sizes have been investigated by a density functiontheory approach. We obtain the binding energies of these pyridine–metal cluster complexes and analyze the nature of the binding interactions in terms of the metal cluster-dependent molecular orbital properties and binding orientations. The calculated binding energies show a good agreement with the experimental values of the pyridine adsorbed on the metal surfaces. We find that the order in the binding energies between pyridine and then metals clusters is and the interaction between pyridine and the silver is the weakest among these three metals. The donation of the lone-pair electrons on the nitrogen atom of the pyridine molecule is the major contribution to the binding interaction between pyridine and each metal cluster. The back-donation interaction from the metal atoms to the π-type anti-bonding orbital is very weak in all these complexes. The time-dependent density functional theory has also been performed to provide information on the relative energies of the low-lying states of each complex with respect to its ground state. In particular, we have explored the excited charge-transfer states, which play an important role in surface-enhanced Raman scattering processes. Based on the calculated molecular properties, we discuss Raman spectroscopy of pyridine adsorbed on rough metal surfaces.


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Anita Lee picked up her third-straight win of the season this afternoon.
Feb. 16, 2014
Tim McCaughan
CARBONDALE, Ill. -The Saluki women's tennis team played host to Murray State (3-3) Sunday afternoon at Sports Blast, besting the Racers, 4-3, to pick up its third win of the year.
Southern (3-3) won the doubles point for the first time this spring, and it proved to be key to victory. Natasha Tomishima and Meagan Monaghan won their match at the No. 1 spot, besting a Murray duo, 8-6. At the No. 3 doubles slot, Korey Love and Ariadna Cairo Baza bested Carla Suga and Megan Blue, 8-1.
"We tried something completely different in our doubles today and it really worked," said head coach Audra Anderson.
In singles action, Monaghan defeated Suga at the No. 2 spot (6-2, 6-1) to pick up her fourth straight victory of the spring. Tomishima won at the No. slot 7-5, after Andrea Eskauriatza was not able to finish the match. Senior Anita Lee picked up her third-straight win of the season over Eleonore Tchakarova, 7-5, 6-2.
"I was really pleased with the top portion of our lineup," said Anderson. "They were mentally tough and got some good wins."
The Salukis will continue their homestand this weekend when they host Arkansas State on Friday with a 5 p.m. first serve.


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Lollini, Massimo, 1954- (Presses Universitaires Paris Ouest,, 2009)[more][less]Lollini, Massimo, 1954- 2011-07-20T13:55:06Z 2011-07-20T13:55:06Z 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11423 This article studies the relationships of Eugenio Montale's and Umberto Saba's poetry to the Mediterranean sea. it Presses Universitaires Paris Ouest, Montale Saba Mediterraneo Geografia poetica D'Annunzio Trieste "Il Mediterraneo dalla contingenza metafisica di Montale all'apertura etica di Saba" Article
Lollini, Massimo, 1954- (Bollettino del centro di studi vichiani, 1997)[more][less]Lollini, Massimo, 1954- 2010-10-12T20:30:47Z 2010-10-12T20:30:47Z 1997 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10799 This article was published in Bollettino del centro di studi vichiani 26-27 (1996-1997): 28-53. This essay studies Giambattista Vico's theory of myth as an open pre-comprehension of history. Bollettino del centro di studi vichiani Vico, Giambattista, 1668-1744 Myth Hermeneutics Betti, Emilio, 1890-1968 Il mito come precomprensione storica aperta nella Scienza nuova di Giambattista Vico Article
Lollini, Massimo (Marietti, 2001)[more][less]Lollini, Massimo 2014-06-09T21:39:19Z 2014-06-09T21:39:19Z 2001 Massimo Lollini, Il vuoto della forma.Scrittura, testimonianza e verità.Genova: Marietti, 2001. 88-211-8684-9 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/17872 The book examines the formation of a philosophical and religious idea of testimony in antiquity by focusing on some selected texts from Plato, the Bible and Augustine. Then it studies the emergence of the literary notion of testimony by analyzing crucial works by Dante and Petrarch. The modern and contemporary part of the book concentrates on the philosophical notion of testimony developed by Emmanuel Levinas and on the "testimonies" of important writers of the XXth century such as Renato Serra, Luigi Pirandello, Antonio Gramsci, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi and Paul Celan. it Marietti All Rights Reserved. Testimony, Truth, Dante, Petrarch, Primo Levi, Renato Serra, Antonio Gramsci, Italo Calvino Il vuoto della forma. Scrittura, Testimonianza e Verità
Johnson, Mark, 1949- (Canadian Semiotic Association, 1989)[more][less]Johnson, Mark, 1949- 2005-12-21T23:31:40Z 2005-12-21T23:31:40Z 1989 RSSI : recherches sémiotiques = RSSI : semiotic inquiry. Vol. 9, No.1-3. 1989 (109-118) 0229-8651 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/1981 10 p. According to a new program known as "Cognative Semantics," there exists an intimate relation between perception and meaning. The allegedly "higher" cognitive functions that construct meaning and make reasoning possible are continuous with and inseparable from our sensorimotor activities. I explore the nature of an "image schema" as the basic imaginative structure that connects our embodied experience with our understanding of abstract domains and acts of inference. This account indicates the ways in which standard objectivist theories of meaning, knowledge, and rationality fail to capture crucial dimensions of our cognitive experience. 1194 bytes 6383294 bytes text/plain application/pdf en_US Canadian Semiotic Association Image-Schematic Basis of Meaning Article
Burlando, Alfredo (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, November 2, 2010)[more][less]Burlando, Alfredo 2011-02-09T22:25:21Z 2011-02-09T22:25:21Z 2010-11-02 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10959 41 p. Do transitory income shocks affect infant health? I find evidence that birth weights fell following a temporary income reduction caused by an unexpected, month-long blackout in Zanzibar. Relying on 350 household surveys collected during field work, I show that the 2008 blackout reduced labor supply of workers in electricity-dependent jobs by an average of 25%, with no effect on workers in other sectors. The income shock was temporary. Using over 20,000 birth records from a maternity ward, I document a reduction in the average birth weight of children exposed to the blackout while in utero, and an increase in the probability of low birth weight. Supporting a causal interpretation of these results, the reduction in weights is correlated with measures of maternal exposure to the blackout. In particular, reductions in birth weights were largest among children from wards with intermediate levels of employment in electrified sectors. The two causes that are most consistent with these results are a blackout-induced decline in maternal nutrition, and maternal stress. Alternative explanations are examined, including the possible effects of a temporary fertility shift. It is shown that the blackout increased births, but that selection into pregnancy cannot explain the drop in birth weights. en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers; 2010-1 Neonatal health Birth weight, Low -- Zanzibar Nutrition Fertility Transitory income Blackouts Africa Low birth weight Electric power failures -- Zanzibar Impact of Transitory Income on Birth Weights: Evidence from a Blackout in Zanzibar Working Paper
Evans, George W., 1949-; McGough, Bruce (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, June 3, 2006)[more][less]Evans, George W., 1949- McGough, Bruce 2006-10-02T19:53:24Z 2006-10-02T19:53:24Z 2006-06-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/3422 36 p. We consider optimal monetary policy in New Keynesian models with inertia. First order conditions, which we call the MJB-alternative, are found to improve upon the timeless perspective. The MJB-alternative is shown to be the best possible in the sense that it minimizes policymakers' unconditional expected loss, and further, it is numerically found to offer significant improvement over the timeless perspective. Implementation of the MJB-alternative is considered via construction of interest-rate rules that are consistent with its associated unique equilibrium. Following Evans and Honkapohja (2004), an expectations based rule is derived that always yields a determinate model and an E-stable equilibrium. Further, the "policy manifold" of all interest-rate rules consistent with the MJB-alternative is classified, and open regions of this manifold are shown to correspond to indeterminate models and unstable equilibria. 593049 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2006-5 Monetary policy Taylor rules Indeterminacy E-stability Implementing Optimal Monetary Policy in New-Keynesian Models with Inertia Working Paper
Moursund, David G. (D. Moursund, January 1, 2005)[more][less]Moursund, David G. 2006-08-14T23:16:10Z 2006-08-14T23:16:10Z 2005-01-01 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/3175 89 p. Copyright © 2005 David Moursund Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. Permission is granted to make use of this document for non-commercial educational purposes by schools, school districts, colleges, universities, and other non-profit preservice and inservice teacher education organizations and groups. Additional free materials written by David Moursund are available at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/Free.html. This short book addresses the problem that our elementary school math education system is not as successful as many people would like it to be, and it is not as successful as it could be. It is designed as supplementary material for use in a Math Methods course for preservice elementary school teachers. However, it can also be used by inservice elementary school teachers and for students enrolled in Math for Elementary Teachers courses. One of the big and unifying ideas in this book is procedures and procedural thinking. From the point of view of the elementary school math teachers, a major goal is to help students learn some math procedures and learn how to think in terms of using these procedures to solve problems. The same idea lies at the core of the field of computer and information science. 593600 bytes application/pdf en_US D. Moursund Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Improving Math Education in Elementary Schools: A Short Book for Teachers Other
Wacks, David (La corónica, 2014)[more][less]Wacks, David 2015-01-05T22:22:12Z 2015-01-05T22:22:12Z 2014 David Wacks. "In Memoriam: Ángel Sáenz-Badillos Pérez, 1940-2013." La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures 42.2 (2014): 5-13. Project MUSE. Web. 3 Jan. 2015. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/cor/summary/v042/42.2.wacks01.html 0193-3892 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18679 7 pages Summary of biography and scholarly career of Ángel Sáenz-Badillos, prominent Spanish Hebraist en_US La corónica Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Medieval Hebrew Literature Spanish Hebraists Hebraismo español literatura hebrea medieval In Memoriam Ángel Sáenz-Badillos Pérez, 1940-2013 Article
Freyd, Jennifer J. (Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, September , 2001)[more][less]Freyd, Jennifer J. 2003-08-08T20:47:11Z 2003-08-08T20:47:11Z 2001-09 Freyd, J.J. (2002) In the wake of terrorist attack hatred may mask fear. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2, 5-8. <http://www.asap-spssi.org/vol2i1b.htm> [Also published as: Misplaced anger may mask fear and sadness. [Op-Ed article] Register Guard, September 24, 2001, p. 9A.] 0739-8557 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/61 Reactions of anger, rage, and hatred in the wake of September 11 terrorist attack are considered in light of the psychology of emotion and stress. Acknowledging underlying grief and fear through self-reflection, writing, and social communication is likely to reduce unchecked anger, rage, and hatred. Hate crimes may also have some psychological bases in responses to stress called "flight-or-fight." When flight is not an option, identifying and hating an enemy may have had evolutionary value for survival. This response creates harm in the current situation. An alternative cooperative response to stress, called "tend-and-befriend" by researchers, will be more helpful. 30239 bytes 11570 bytes application/pdf text/html en_US Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Terrorism Traumatic stress In the wake of terrorist attack hatred may mask fear Misplaced anger may mask fear and sadness Article
Garcia Pabon, Leonardo, 1953- (Universidad de Alicante, 2007)[more][less]Garcia Pabon, Leonardo, 1953- 2009-05-14T21:35:36Z 2009-05-14T21:35:36Z 2007 978-84-7908-949-8 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9148 189 p. es Universidad de Alicante Cuadernos de America sin nombre ; 19 Peruvian literature -- History and criticism Bolivian literature -- History and criticism Indigenous literature Lara, Jesus Medinaceli, Carlos Gorriti, Juana Manuela, 1816-1892 Icaza, Jorge, 1906- Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616 De incas, chaskanawis, yanakunas y chullas. Estudios sobre la novela mestiza en los Andes. Book
Evans, George W., 1949-; McGough, Bruce (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, July 25, 2002)[more][less]Evans, George W., 1949- McGough, Bruce 2003-08-15T20:59:39Z 2003-08-15T20:59:39Z 2002-07-25 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/98 We extend common factor analysis to a multi-dimensional setting by considering a bivariate reduced form consistent with many Real Business Cycle type models. We show how to obtain new representations of sunspots and find that there are parameter regions in which these sunspots are stable under learning. However, once the parameters are restricted to coincide with those generated by certain standard models of indeterminacy, we find, under one information assumption, that no stable sunspots exist, and under another information assumption, that they exist only for a very small part of the indeterminacy region. This leads to the following puzzle: why does indeterminacy almost always imply instability in RBC-type models? 670720 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2002-14 Stability Earning Expectations Sunspots Business cycles Macroeconomics Microeconomics Economic stabilization Indeterminacy and the Stability Puzzle in Non-Convex Economies Working Paper
Nicols, John (1987)[more][less]Nicols, John 2007-08-23T20:56:05Z 2007-08-23T20:56:05Z 1987 American Journal of Philology 108 (1987) 129-151 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/4967 23 p. 1189884 bytes application/pdf en_US Indigenous culture and the process of romanization in Iberian Galicia Article
Cameron, Trudy Ann (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, July 20, 2002)[more][less]Cameron, Trudy Ann 2003-08-20T16:11:14Z 2003-08-20T16:11:14Z 2002-07-20 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/111 Willingness to pay for climate change mitigation depends on people's perceptions about just how bad things will get if nothing is done. Individual subjective distributions for future climate conditions are combined with stated preference discrete choice data over alternative climate policies to estimate individual option prices (the appropriate ex ante welfare measure in the face of uncertainty) for climate change mitigation. We find significant scope effects in the estimated option prices according to both expected conditions and degree of uncertainty. 459776 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2003-9 Option price Climatic changes Stated preference Contingent valuation State-dependent preferences Public economics Microeconomics Economic history Individual Option Prices for Climate Change Mitigation Working Paper
Blonigen, Bruce A. (Bruce Aloysius); Ellis, Christopher J.; Fausten, Dietrich (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, March , 2003)[more][less]Blonigen, Bruce A. (Bruce Aloysius) Ellis, Christopher J. Fausten, Dietrich 2003-12-15T20:31:11Z 2003-12-15T20:31:11Z 2003-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/136 We explore worldwide foreign direct investment location decisions by Japanese manufacturing firms from 1985 through 1991. Our conditional logit estimates provide evidence that firms' location decisions are affected by membership in either vertical or horizontal keiretsu. Consistent with previous studies that stress agglomeration effects on firms' location decisions, we find that the stock of investment in a region by a firm's vertical keiretsu partners increases the probability of location. Further, we find that the recent flow of investment into a region by a firm's horizontal keiretsu partners increases the probability of investment to the region, providing evidence of networking effects. 206367 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2003-19 International economics Financial economics International factor movements and international business Multinational firms International business Corporate finance and governance Industrial groupings and foreign direct investment Working Paper
Lollini, Massimo, 1954- (Northeast Modern Language Association. Italian Studies, 1990)[more][less]Lollini, Massimo, 1954- 2011-01-05T21:05:05Z 2011-01-05T21:05:05Z 1990 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10925 A study of the ineffability topos in Dante's Paradise in relation to the questions of rhetoric and testimony Northeast Modern Language Association. Italian Studies Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo Ineffability Testimony Friendship Rhetoric Ineffabilità, retorica e amicizia. Percorsi di una teoria della testimonianza in Dante e Agostino Article
Chakraborty, Shankha; Ray, Tridip (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, January 1, 2003)[more][less]Chakraborty, Shankha Ray, Tridip 2003-08-18T20:55:18Z 2003-08-18T20:55:18Z 2003-01-01 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/105 We introduce monitored bank loans and non-monitored tradeable securities as sources of external finance for firms in a dynamic general equilibrium model. Due to frictions arising from moral hazard, access to credit and each type of financial instrument are determined by the wealth distribution. We study the depth of credit markets (financial development) and conditions under which the financial system relies more on either type of external finance (financial structure). Initial inequality is shown to determine financial development, with high inequality preventing developed systems from emerging. A more equitable income distribution as well as larger capital requirements of industry tend to promote a bank-based system. Investment risk promotes a greater reliance on non- monitored sources, while institutional parameters affect the financial structure in intuitively plausible ways. The model's predictions are consistent with historical and recent development experience. 490496 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2003-2 Inequality Industrialization Development Financial structure Bank finance Market finance Credit frictions Microeconomics Inequality, Industrialization and Financial Structure Working Paper
Long, Robert Hill (Green Mountains Review, February , 2008)[more][less]Long, Robert Hill 2009-10-20T21:41:27Z 2009-10-20T21:41:27Z 2008-02 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9859 This poem is part of a series of poems about victims in recent Middle east wars. en_US Green Mountains Review Poem about Iraq War Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Poetry Infrastructure and Fracture Other
Pratt, Scott L. (Springer Science+Business Media B.V., June , 1998)[more][less]Pratt, Scott L. 2006-02-12T17:47:56Z 2006-02-12T17:47:56Z 1998-06 Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 17, No. 2-3, p. 101-122 1573-191X http://hdl.handle.net/1794/2241 Full text available only to subscribing institutions or individuals through SpringerLink at: http://springerlink.metapress.com/ (qysw3s55jdrtdn2mgeoqyrab)/app/home/ contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,2,12;journal,36,92; browsepublicationsresults,1436,1548 In an environment characterized by the emergence of new and diverse (and often opposed) philosophical efforts, there is a need for a conception of philosophy that will promote the exchange and critical consideration of divergent insights. Depending upon the operative conception, philosophical efforts can be viewed as significant, insightful and instructive, or unimportant, misguided and not real philosophy. This paper develops John Dewey's conception of philosophy as a mode of inquiry in contrast with Bertrand Russell's conception of philosophy as a mode of analysis. I argue that while Russell's analytic conception of philosophy justifies the dismissal of non-analytic philosophies, Dewey's conception of philosophy provides a theoretical framework for the comparison, evaluation and interaction of alternatives. 14601 bytes application/pdf en_US Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Conceptions of philosophy Dewey, John, 1859-1952 Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 Theory of inquiry Analytic philosophy Inquiry and Analysis: Dewey and Russell on Philosophy Article
Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926- (The Chinese Language Teachers Association, May , 1983)[more][less]Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926- 2008-02-26T18:37:11Z 2008-02-26T18:37:11Z 1983-05 Zhongguo yu wen jiao shi xue hui xue bao = Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, v. 18, no. 2 (May 1983): 113-116 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/5592 4 p. A print copy of the reviewed book is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT PL2307.L572 1982 book review of James J. Y. Liu's book on Chinese poetry 244654 bytes application/pdf en_US The Chinese Language Teachers Association Chinese poetry -- History and criticism The interlingual critic : interpreting Chinese poetry Article
Carpente, Luisa; Casas-Mendez, Balbina; García-Jurado, I. (Ignacio); Nouweland, Anne van den (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, September 22, 2005)[more][less]Carpente, Luisa Casas-Mendez, Balbina García-Jurado, I. (Ignacio) Nouweland, Anne van den 2005-12-14T20:04:03Z 2005-12-14T20:04:03Z 2005-09-22 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/1926 36 p. In this paper we propose a method to associate a coalitional interval game with each strategic game. The method is based on the lower and upper values of finite two-person zero-sum games. We axiomatically characterize this new method. As an intermediate step, we provide some axiomatic characterizations of the upper value of finite two-person zero-sum games. 270306 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2005-16 Strategic games Coalitional interval games Superadditive games Axiomatic characterization Interval values for strategic games in which players cooperate Working Paper
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text: Sierra Hana Golden received her MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Winner of the program's 2012 Academy of American Poets Prize, Golden's work appears or is forthcoming in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has also been awarded residencies by Hedgebrook, the Island Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Although she calls Washington State home, Golden has spent many summers in Alaska, working as a commercial fisherman. She now works in communications and is a 2015-2016 Made at Hugo House Fellow.


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Warms my heart...
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - A holdup was foiled in Beaufort when two armed men rushed into a home and a man inside shot at them with a pistol.
The Beaufort Gazette reports a wounded man was arrested after he showed up at a hospital seeking treatment while a dog-tracking team apprehended the second suspect.
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Datexel manufactures both LCD and LED loop powered indicators and loop powered displays which are powered from a 4-20mA loop. Datexel was one of the first companies to design and manufacture a loop powered LED panel display, the DAT8050.
The DAT8050 is a fully 4 digit loop powered digital indicator and accepts an input and a power supply from a 4-20 mA current loop signal. The LED digital display can display from -1999 to 9999 digits and the display height is just over 1/2 inch. The front keys allow the user to set up the parameters such as the zero span and the decimal point position.
The DATEXEL DAT733 is an LCD loop powered indicator that has a 3.5 digit LCD digital display with high accuracy and reliability. The power supply is obtained from the current loop and only uses 2.5V drop. It can display from -1999 up to 1999 and the span and zero can be adjusted on the back of the DAT733. The set up for the range and decimal points are on DIP switches, also located on the back of the LCD display meter.
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back in 2008
Photo Credit: Ron Cadiz. Wearing vintage top, American Apparel leggings, Calvin Klein boots, vintage and Sydney Evan necklaces, vintage rings, Wrapz bracelets, Freelook watch.
Back in 2008 I flew to New York for my first blog related magazine photo shoot and let me tell you, it felt like the biggest deal! Blogs weren't what they are today; girls weren't front row at couture shows, modeling contracts were unheard of and features in magazines were far and few between.
Picked up by a fancy blacked-out Escalade and greeted by a full team, I gave it my all. We shot for two hours: hair, make-up, multiple looks, a fan, the whole shabang. I even rocked my best air guitar.
Naturally, I could not contain myself and told everyone and their moms (I even posted on facebook, ew). Of course my grandparents immediately
bragged shared the news (grandchild competition is on a whole other level) and it didn't stop there. My mom blasted her network, my best friends mom bought the perfect frame and before I knew it I was getting emails and calls and text messages and and and.
About three months later I got an email saying that the article was pulled from the magazine and it would never run. I was completely mortified. I mean, my grandma's friends were buying every issue. I got over the let down and promised myself never to talk about blog related anything until it launched and have pretty much stuck to it.
Low and behold, it's now 2010 and the pictures from one of the looks just popped up in my in-box! So here they are Nonnie, Papa, mom, Mrs. Moennich and friends! They may not have run in a huge print publication but they landed prime placement on this old blog.
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Paranormal Playground is a monthly recap of Paranormal Examiner John Albrecht's top paranormal news stories. Here are the top 25 news stories for July 2014.
Firefighter captures ghost on camera before battling house fire in Indiana
A firefighter may have captured proof of the paranormal after he took some photos of a burning house. When he posted the images on his Facebook page, his wife noticed a strange shadowy figure engulfed in flames in one of the windows of the home.
Firefighter Douglas Tipold was called to a house fire in Gary, Indiana and when he arrived he took some photos of the property. As Tipold was waiting for his partners to unravel a hose he snapped a few shots of the burning house with the camera on his cell phone to document the scene. Later that night Tipold's wife Donna noticed something strange in one of the photos after he posted it to his Facebook page.
"This is a photo taken from my husband's camera phone. He doesn't know how to photo crop. I only believed it when I looked it up myself on his phone. The picture you see is exactly how the picture was taken. I still don't believe in this stuff, but I will say it is pretty creepy!" Donna Tipold said in a comment on Facebook.
Kentucky haunted hospital is on its way to becoming a haunted hotel
Owners of a Kentucky haunted hospital are working hard to make it a haunted hotel. The hospital is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world and according to an interview from an inside source today, money from ghost tours of the hospital are being used to renovate the building and the owners hope that the hotel will be finished by 2020.
The owners of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium filed a zoning plan last spring to convert the former hospital into a hotel and in February the zoning committee voted in favor for city council to approve the zoning for the project.
Owners Charlie and Tina Mattingly have plans to turn the former tuberculosis hospital into a 120-room four-star hotel, convention center, and liquor bottling business. The hotel will cater to the haunted hotel tourists as well as regular guests.
"It's the feeling that you get in the building and all of the odd anomalies that happen in here that most people relate that with paranormal activity," owner Charlie Mattingly said in an interview with WRDB in June.
Former 'Paranormal State' star Ryan Buell accused of ripping off fans
Former "Paranormal State" television personality Ryan Buell is under fire from fans this summer. The paranormal investigator is currently on tour in Canada and featured to headline various ghost hunting events. According to hundreds of Facebook posts from his fans today, Buell is being accused of scamming people by cancelling the events and pocketing the money without giving fans refunds.
Earlier this month, former "Paranormal State" television personality Ryan Buell announced on his Facebook and Twitter pages that he was cancelling his upcoming lecture tour that was scheduled in the US for this summer. Buell also posted an apology to his angry fans informing them that health issues are the reason that he cancelled the US and Canada lecture tours this year.
Tired of the all of the cancellations and endless and empty promises, angry ticket-holders began sounding off on Buell's Facebook page about how unhappy they were. Fans requesting refunds for past events were called "trolls" and "haters" by Buell and his team of administrators that run the page. Inquiries and comments from fans were ignored and were eventually deleted by Buell and his team of administrators.
Birdcage Theatre employee shot and killed in argument on Tombstone street
One of the most haunted places in the world has lost one of its beloved employees this week. Lighting Leroy worked at the Birdcage Theatre for nearly two decades. He was shot and killed in the street on July 9.
Leroy Colomy was the manager of the Birdcage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona. The 74-year-old was featured on "Ghost Adventures" in 2009 when Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures Crew conducted a paranormal investigation of the location.
According to a spokesman from the Cochise County Sheriff Department, Colomy was confronted by Barry Chappell just after 1 pm yesterday. The two men had an argument outside on Safford Street. Chappell pulled out a hand gun and allegedly shot Colomy. Colomy was shot multiple times and died in the street.
Man suffering from sleep paralysis captures shadow figure on camera while asleep
A man suffering from sleep paralysis decided to set up a camera to film what he experienced while asleep. The camera captured something strange hovering over him.
Mike Pike often wakes up in the middle of the night and upon waking he experiences a half-waking state where he is unable to move. On several occasions Pike felt like he wasn't alone and sometimes notices a strange shadowy figure at the foot of his bed watching him.
"I'm a rationalist and a very skeptical person with no previous interest in paranormal activity, but after doing some research it seemed like there was a possibility that this entity is real," Pike said.
Bobby Mackey's tour guide calls it quits claiming the nightclub is too dangerous
The most haunted nightclub in the world loses its ghost hunting tour guide after she calls it quits after a decade of service. Paranormal tour guide Wanda Kay posted her letter of resignation from Bobby Mackey's Music World on her Facebook page.
Bobby Mackey's Music World was featured on the Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures" and host Zak Bagans refers to the nightclub as Hell's Gate. Bagans revisited the bar earlier this year to check in on Bobby Mackey on Wanda Kay. They sat down and talked with Bagans on the first episode of the new "Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks" series.
"As of today July 7-2014 I no longer represent Bobby Mackey's. Due to the dangerous conditions both normal and paranormal I refused to run tours or oversee anymore investigations. I have also quit my 10 year position as DJ for the nightclub. Thank God and Greyhounds I'm done!!!" Wanda Kay said via a status update on her Facebook page.
Wal-Mart announces grand opening of Sam's Club that was built on sacred site
A new Sam's Club built near a Native American ceremonial mound in Alabama is scheduled to open this month. According to a phone call interview from a Wal-Mart representative yesterday, the membership-only retail store will open this summer in Oxford.
The city of Oxford spent millions of dollars to raze a 1,500-year-old Native American rock mound behind the Oxford Exchange retail outlet to make way for the new Sam's Club store. The developers working for retail giant Wal-Mart used the dirt from the mound as fill for the foundation of the membership store.
Wal-Mart first announced the plan for the new store in 2008 and when the city started to dig at the site in 2009, it stirred up controversy with its plan to use the dirt as fill for the proposed store. After a few years of back and forth arguments, the city reached an agreement with the Muscogee Creek Nation Indian tribe in 2011. The new Sam's Club store is now completed and scheduled to open on July 24.
Facebook user haunted with eerie messages by dead girlfriend
A man haunted by his dead girlfriend claims that she has been sending him messages from beyond the grave. Apparently she has been sending him Facebook messages for nearly two years since her death.
A Reddit user by the name of NateSW went to the social-news site to share an eerie story about a former girlfriend that recently died in car crash. He posted the story under the title "My dead girlfriend keeps messaging me on Facebook. I've got the screenshots. I don't know what to do." in the sub section of Reddit called NoSleep.
According to Nathan his girlfriend Emily died in a car accident on August 7, 2012. Emily was killed when a vehicle ran a red light and struck her car. She died instantly at the scene. Nathan claims that she has been haunting him by sending him messages on Facebook since September 2013.
Woman snaps photo of ghostly figure at 4th of July fireworks display in Georgia
A woman got a strange surprise after snapping photos of her granddaughter at a fireworks display in Georgia with her family last week. After reviewing the photos later that evening she noticed a ghostly figure in one of the images.
Petra Brooks was out with her family to watch the fireworks in Fort Stewart, Georgia on the 4th of July. Brooks and her family decided to sit in a parking lot to watch the display with only a few people around. She was taking photos of her granddaughter playing, and after reviewing the images later that night, she noticed an odd phantom-like figure in one of the photos.
"Last Friday evening, we were at the 4th of July fireworks at Fort Stewart, Georgia. We sat in a parking lot with just a few other people, only a few hundred feet away from Warrior's Walk, which is a place around the parade field that has hundreds of trees, each planted for a fallen soldier,"Brooks.
Televangelist Pat Robertson tells viewer to sell haunted house
During the question and answer segment of "The 700 Club" a viewer asked televangelist Pat Robertson advice on what to do with their haunted house last month. Robertson told the viewer to get out and sell the house as fast as she can.
Lori posted: "My husband and I moved into a house a year ago. I'm a strong Christian with unwavering faith. I believe the Lord tried to stop us from buying it at every turn. Everything has been very difficult here; everything has to be redone, rehung, etc. The last few months weird things have been happening in the home. I've seen doors open and close on their own, we can't find something and then it appears, and things fall off shelves without reason. What do you recommend?" The viewer asked Robertson advice on how to cope with living in a haunted house.
"I'd sell that house in a heartbeat. I would run to the nearest realtor, put it on the market, cut the price in half, and get out. That's what I would do." Robertson said as he laughed. "Get out as fast as you can," he echoed on "The 700 Club" episode that aired on June 25.
Ghost under couple's bed turns out to be a knife-wielding woman high on meth
A Washington couple came home to find their apartment trashed one night this month. At first the couple thought that paranormal activity could be a factor and that a ghost might have rampaged the place.
Brian and Bridget O'Neill of Seattle, Washington came home late last week and were amazed to find their apartment a mess. There was some type of liquid smeared on the doorknobs and door handles, a can of paint was found dumped into the toilet, and all of the mail had been opened.
The odd thing about the situation is that nothing had been taken and all of their valuables were still in the home. The couple called the police and when the authorities arrived, they were baffled and had no idea what had occurred. The O'Neills started to wonder if a ghost had caused the destruction.
Doll captured on camera falling off of dresser at haunted mansion in Ohio
A couple of guys got more than they bargained for after they decided to explore an alleged haunted mansion alone together. The two skeptical paranormal investigators spent the night searching for ghosts in the Prospect Place Estate in Trinway, Ohio and after they reviewed the footage later that night, something extraordinary happened upon playback of one of their cameras.
Paranormal investigators John Albrecht and Dave Goldinger left Akron, Ohio on September 9, 2012 and headed south to Trinway, Ohio to visit the infamous Prospect Place Estate in Trinway, Ohio. While investigating the location, the two may have captured proof of one of the mansion's ghosts honing their haunting skills on video.
In the video, a doll can be seen falling off of a dresser and onto the floor. At the time the doll fell, Albrecht and Goldinger were outside taking a break, sitting on the front porch of the mansion.
Woman captures ghostly figure on camera while on a Skype date with her boyfriend
A woman got quite a scare during a Skype date with her boyfriend after she noticed an eerie angelic figure appear behind him while chatting. She sent the photo to the paranormal website Ghost Study to be analyzed.
Carolyn Day recently submitted a photo to Ghost Study of what she believes to be evidence of the supernatural. In the photo, an eerie figure is seen lurking in the background of her boyfriend's living room.
"This was May of 2012. I was 'Skyping' with my boyfriend and saw something move in the background. I told him not to turn around and look at it, and I took these two screenshots within seconds. I see very little in the second one but in the first one there is definitely something in the doorway,"Day said.
Graphic video of mouse dying posted on Facebook shows spirit leaving the body
A video of a mouse dying went viral today after a man posted it on Facebook. The video shows a mouse getting caught and dying in a trap and near the end of it, the spirit is seen leaving the body.
Paul Rozek of Richmond, Michigan was working on his nephew's car in his driveway when he noticed a mouse running around in his garage. Rozek set up a trap to catch the mouse and placed his cell phone to capture the event on video.
"This is kinda morbid. Caught this little guy poking around my garage. I wasn't going to post it but then I noticed something right at 43 seconds, almost identical to the time he stops twitching," Rozek posted on the description of the video.
Florida motorist photographs unusual weather phenomenon over I-75
A Florida motorist captured a strange weather phenomenon on camera this week as storm clouds parted above a busy highway he was driving on. The witness snapped a few photos from his cell phone and sent them to local weather experts.
Joe Zuniga, a recording artist from Brandon, Florida, was driving on Interstate 75 near the Westfield Brandon Mall when he noticed an unusual weather phenomena. Storm clouds parted over the highway leaving a large square-shaped sunny area in the Brandon area last Tuesday.
"They looked almost like something spiritual coming through the storm, and the Lord has got your back," Zuniga said.
Woman that suspects her house is haunted learns it was home to a serial killer
A Missouri woman thought that her house might be haunted when strange things started happening after she moved in. She eventually learned that the house had a dark and sinister past.
Catrina McGhaw moved into a rented house in Ferguson, Missouri in March. Soon after she moved in she felt like there was a dark presence in the home. McGhaw later learned that her house was home to a suspected serial killer. The killer tortured and killed people in the basement of the house.
Before McGhaw knew about the house's dark secret, she claims that her 2-year-old niece was playing in the basement when she suddenly became agitated and started crying. The toddler was playing near a pole that the victims were tied up to. McGhaw thinks now that her niece saw the ghosts of the victims.
Aaron Goodwin of 'Ghost Adventures' shares pre-lockdown ritual on 'Ghost Fit'
"Ghost Adventures" cast member Nick Groff began hosting a new series on the Travel Channel's website this summer. The series which is known as "Ghost Fit" features Groff giving tips on fitness training and nutrition before he goes on a paranormal investigation. In an episode that was posted on Travel Channel's website yesterday, "Ghost Adventures" investigator Aaron Goodwin shares his pre-lockdown ritual.
Nick Groff is a member of the Ghost Adventures Crew and executive producer of the "Ghost Adventures" series. "Ghost Adventures" began as an independent documentary film that first aired on the Syfy Channel on July 27, 2007. The series follows paranormal investigators Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin as they explore alleged haunted locations.
The new episode of Groff's "Ghost Fit" features Aaron Goodwin. Goodwin talks about his pre-lockdown ritual and shares the four steps.
Google Street View car captures ghost on camera at a house near haunted prison
The last time the Google Street View car visited Ohio, it captured a creepy image of what appears to be a ghostly figure in a house near the Ohio State Reformatory. The houses in the area were originally homes for prison guards and the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society announced on Monday that they plan to obtain the run-down property to use as a lodging house for ghost hunters that investigate the prison.
The Google Street View car was in Mansfield, Ohio in June 2012 capturing images for Google Maps and Google Earth. The car was travelling on Annadale Avenue near the Ohio State Reformatory when it captured something strange in one of the windows of a house it was passing. In the Street View screenshot, a ghostly figure of what appears to be a female spirit appears in the top window of a house located at 417 Annadale Avenue.
The house on Annadale Avenue is one of ten houses located on the other side of Olivesburg Road across from the old Ohio State Reformatory and Richland Correctional Institution. Mansfield Preservation Society Board of Trustees representative Ed Meehan hopes to acquire the property and rehabilitate it, turning the house into a lodging area or a bed and breakfast for paranormal investigators. All of the brick houses are identical and were at one point part of the Hancock Heights neighborhood which was home to construction workers that built the prison and later prison guards that worked for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Correction officers think devilish image on hood of state vehicle is paranormal
A Kentucky correction officer was going home for the night and as she was walking to her car, she noticed an eerie image on the hood of one of the prison's transportation vehicles. The guard was so scared that she radioed other officers to come for help, and one of them snapped a photo of the image and sent it to Ghost Study for examination.
Little Sandy Correctional Complex Lieutenant Brian Swint recently submitted a photo to Ghost Study of what he believes to be evidence of paranormal activity. In the photo, an evil looking face composed of a thin film of water droplets can be seen on the hood of one of the state transportation vehicles belonging to the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
"This was on the hood of one of our state cars in the parking lot after several hours, when the dew fell, all cars were covered except this one. The dew only fell on one spot on the entire car creating this formation. Now no one wants to drive this car on transportation trips. In the days past this has not appeared again on any cars," Lieutenant Brian Swint said.
'Ghost Hunters' season nine will be released on DVD on August 12
The first 13 episodes of the latest season of the Syfy channel's hit series "Ghost Hunters" will be released this summer in a 4-disc set. "Ghost Hunters" season nine part one is available for pre-order and will be released on August 12..
In season nine, the cast includes Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Amy Bruni, Adam Berry, Britt Giffith, Samantha Hawes, and Maddie the dog. Bruni and Berry announced in May that they won't be returning for a new season.
"The pursuit of poltergeists continues as the intrepid TAPS crew crisscrosses the country in 13 all-new episodes. The hunters begin Season nine investigating the infamous "Black Dahlia" homicide in Hollywood. Then it's off to San Juan Capistrano Mission, where an earthquake in the 1800s killed scores, some of whom may not have moved on. Visitors to the mission have reported a hooded monk walking the halls, and locals believe one look at his horrifying face means sudden death. These adventures and more are included in the scary and fun part one of 'Ghost Hunters' season nine," according to the description for the current season.
Woman photographed with shadow figure while out to lunch with family
A woman went out to lunch with her family and while waiting for their food one of the family members started taking photos. After reviewing the images later that night, she noticed something strange in one of the photos. She sent the photo to the paranormal website Ghost Study to be analyzed.
Ordene Parris of Reading, England recently submitted a photo to Ghost Study of what she believes to be evidence of the paranormal. In the photo, a black shadow figure is seen lurking in the background behind her.
"I'm not sure what it is or if its anything at all. My family and I went to the Carvery in Reading for Sunday lunch, that's where the photo was taken. I think I have something here," Parris said.
Actress Emma Stone tells David Letterman that her grandfather haunts her family
An actress appeared on a late night talk show to promote her new film last night and during the interview segment, she informed the host that her grandfather haunts her family.
Emma Stone was interviewed on the "Late Show" about her new film "Magic in the Moonlight" with David Letterman on Wednesday. In one segment of the show, Letterman asked Stone if she ever had a paranormal experience.
The Arizona-born actress claims that her grandfather has always haunted her and her family. According to Stone, quarters mysteriously appear around her house and the ghost of her granddad is responsible for it.
New paranormal trigger objects feature EMF meter with vibration detection
A new paranormal device is available to purchase this summer. Paranormal Playground group leader and Paranormal Examiner John Albrecht developed a new trigger object to use on paranormal investigations.
OTTO is a limited edition glow-in-the-dark stuffed plush toy ghost that features a built-in EMF meter with a vibration detector that has an audio alarm and also includes a wireless key-chain remote for arming and disarming the device. OTTO is an acronym for Oracle Toy Trigger Object. Albrecht got the idea for the trigger object while on an investigation with Xtreme Paranormal investigator Jim Coffman at Sedamsville Rectory in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 14, 2012.
OTTO is the only paranormal trigger object on the market that features both EMF and vibration detection. The device also includes a remote control key-chain to activate or deactivate the alarm. There are similar trigger objects available that detect electromagnetic fields but they are expensive and are selling for $120 and up. There is also lower priced OTTO model that features vibration detection only.
Firefighters battle blaze at haunted hotel in Ohio
Ohio firefighters battled a structure fire that broke out at the Goucher Haunted Hotel earlier this month. According to a Facebook post from the Toronto Coalition For Revitalization last night, the majority of the damage was caused by water.
The fire started yesterday afternoon around 3:30 pm at the Goucher Haunted Hotel in Toronto, Ohio. The Toronto Fire Department arrived within minutes to battle the blaze. Firefighters had the fire out in under an hour but the hotel suffered from extensive water damage. No one was hurt in the fire.
According to fire department officials, the blaze started from a crew that was doing work in the attic with a blowtorch. The state fire marshal believes that a rubber-like substance caught on fire.
Ghost photographed at a cemetery that 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was filmed at
A man was taking pictures while on a guided tour of a cemetery that was featured in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film, and when he reviewed the photos he noticed a strange figure in the background in one of the images. He sent it to Ghost Study for review.
Jacob quite possibly captured evidence of the paranormal in a photo that he took when he was on the Elgin Cemetery tour in Illinois last summer. In the image, a young woman-wearing-white apparition appears in the background in the treeline of the cemetery.
"This photo was taken at the Bluff City Cemetery from the 2010 adaption of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' movie. Our tour group was in the foreground at the entrance to this active mausoleum, however when you look closely in the background there's a girl ghost standing by the tree, watching you! This is the original, untouched, and unaltered photograph," Jacob said.


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R&B singer Chris Brown got into a fight on Sunday night over a parking space in West Hollywood. Feeling disabused, he has now decided to depict himself as Jesus on the Cross on Instagram. Bill Donohue comments as follows: What is it about these self-absorbed, self-pitying entertainers that they cannot handle adversity like a man? By exploiting Christian... [Read more...]"AFTER TILLER" FLICK IS REVEALING
A documentary about those who perform late-term abortions, "After Tiller," previewed at the Sundance Film Festival this week. The directors of the movie, Lana Wilson and Martha Shane, were interviewed by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! about their film. Bill Donohue found much of what they said revealing [click here to read it]: George Tiller was... [Read more...]SEN. FEINSTEIN INVITES PARTISAN PRAYER
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Jan. 17, 2012
DENVER, Colo. - The Western Athletic Conference announced Tuesday the 2011 Academic All-WAC teams for the fall sports of men's and women's cross country, football, soccer and volleyball and Fresno State had 33 student-athletes honored by the league.
The men's cross country team had five honorees, the women's cross country had six selections, football had 10, soccer had five and volleyball had seven.
For the women's cross country team, its six honorees are the most the program has had since 2004. The men's five honorees tie with the 2009 team for the most in the past five seasons.
This was the second-straight season the Bulldog volleyball team had seven honorees, which are its most since eight were honored in 2006.
For the seventh-straight season, the Fresno State football team had 10 or more student-athletes received Academic All-WAC recognition. No other team in the conference has had 10 or more honorees over the past seven years.
Kendall VanDine, who was named a 2011 Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American, led the five soccer players on the Academic All-WAC list.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests.
"We Are Your Team" - You can always stay connected with Fresno State Athletics on Facebook (fresnostateathletics) and Twitter (@FSAthletics).
Men's Cross Country
Eric Battles, Sr.
Olivier Bernard, Jr.
Carson Keller, Jr.
Kevin Poythress, So.
Paul Zwama, Sr.
Women's Cross Country
Saylah Barserian, So.
Stevie Brumwell, Sr.
Pamela Cruz, Sr.
Kristen Galvez, So.
Marrijtje Molenhuis, Jr.
Ann Poythress, Sr.
Riley Barnes, So.
Ryan Boschma, Jr.
Derek Carr, Jr.
Tyeler Davison, So.
Kevin Goessling, Sr.
Bryce Harris, Sr.
Zak Hill, Sr.
Marcel Jensen, Jr.
Andrew Shapiro, Jr.
Bobby Shepard, Sr.
Vanessa Gonzalez, Jr.
Kayla Kret, So.
Megan Mossman, So.
Molly Nizzoli, Sr.
Kendall VanDine, Sr.
Cecilia Agraz, Jr.
Lauren Albertson, Jr.
Barbara Alcantara, Jr.
Alysia Baker, Sr.
Brianna Clarke, Sr.
Kristen Sciacca, So.
Korrin Wild, So.
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Re: PeteMoss I - PE, advantage?
Posted by T-Hopper on Monday, 3 November 1997, at 5:46 p.m., in response to Re: PeteMoss I - PE, advantage?, posted by Pete Moss on Monday, 3 November 1997, at 2:20 p.m.
The system Pete Moss plays, as I have seen it described, is
similar to T-Hop 1 with most of the advanced options used,
such as true count conversion, and with the addition of some
unique features such as a dual set of risk-adjusted indices.
Pete Moss designed his system for himself with his requirements
in mind, while T-Hop 1 is designed to be flexible and can be
used at many different levels of difficulty by incorporating
letter and number indices, true count conversion, a
secondary count, and various other betting and playing
strategies, which I will do my best to quantify in terms of
difficulty(which is subjective) and relative gain(which is
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same here! I do believe we may happen to live in exact opposite time zones, because I never get to read your strips!
July 19th
It was very remiss of me , but I had not read all this series , until now. It is very powerful Votch and I shall not miss another episode.
July 19th
OK...I read these all in one sitting and want more!!!!
July 19th
I've said this before and I'm going to say it again, this series astounds me. It's absolutely beautiful.
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This whole series has been an amazing lesson! I would like to see this explosive project as live action...bay-BEH!.... http://www.y
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Blankets wrapped around her to ward off the chilly air in the apartment, she stumbles into the living room where her 4 sisters and cousin crowd around to watch church on TV.
"I wish we could go to real church," she mutters.
"There's one across the street," the oldest says. "Do you want to go?"
So six girls dress in their best, wrap feeble coats around themselves and walk across 5 lanes of busy traffic. They walk through glass doors and stop.
Suddenly, this adventure feels misguided.
"Where do we go?"
"We are the only black people in here."
"This place is really big."
"They are all rich."
"It's so warm in here. Doesn't that feel good?"
They find their way to the worship center and actually locate a familiar face from school. Unaware of protocol, they are relieved to talk to their friend in order to ask important questions.
"How long is your church?"
"Why are you singing?"
"Do I have to stand up? Everyone will see that we are the only black girls here."
When church is over, they ask permission to participate in raising money for single mothers and their children. Each girl takes a can to collect loose change and promises to fill it up.
"I think we should come back."
"Will they call out our names next week if we are here?"
"I'm bringing James with me next time. He'd like it."
"But why do they sing?"
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My husband appears to have lost interest in me sexually and its really bothering me. The worst part is he acts like it isn't happening. We went from having sex 4-5 days a week, to 1x a week on Sunday morning. And now recently not even that, just randomly. Usually when he can tell I'm about to start complaining about it.
Our sex life was amazing up until about 4 months ago. He was always affectionate and always wanted to b intimate in some way. His affection started to diminish slowly and I started noticing he was having difficulty achieving orgasm and he would prolong foreplay, trying satisfy me that way and wasnt bothered if we didnt have sex. Sometimes he wouldnt even get an erection, he could touch me and watch TV and be fine. Pissed me off. Then he would have an erection until we would have intercourse and then have difficulty maintaining his erection and I could tell he was trying to focus to maintain.
Now in the last month we have been intimate once. I tried to initiate oral sex with him a couple weeks ago before bed and he just layed there. He didnt try to stop my advances but didnt become aroused at all. When I stopped touching him, he acted as though he was asleep.He acted as if it never happened and has yet to mention it I have tried to talk to him about it in the past and he tells me it isnt me and that it isnt him either. He just blows it off as if I'm making a big deal over nothing but since when can a man sleep naked next to his wife or be touched sexually by her and not become aroused if he is attracted to her? When I mentioned it this last time he just told me "love you anyway".
I am very hurt by this. It makes me feel unwanted and unattractive and like he doesn't want me anymore. I have even told him that if its something physical that he has no control over that I would understand but that he just need to communicate with me. I get nothing. I'm at a loss and I need advice.
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His stress level? Last physical exam, age, family history regarding heart, diabetes, etc etc.
Certainly you should be concerned, but I would caution placing blame or taking blame until a complete medical evaluation was done. Which may be tough to get accomplished unless you and he, can discuss it thoroughly. Sounds like you are going the extra mile for him and he needs to reciprocate. Wish you luck and a quick resolve.
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He is 47 and was not in a relationship for 6 years before we met due to a bad divorce. He has had some medical issues recently but this began just before that. He started having unexplained chest pain/dizziness and went though lots of testing. They found nothing wrong other slightly elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol. He is on medication for that. Otherwise in good health. Its just like night and day. I haven't been pissy with him about it and I try not to say much other than to ask if something is wrong but he just blows me off. We used to cuddle alot and thats even diminished by 50%.
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I am 4 years younger than him. We have been together just over a year and married 6 months. There is also a family history of heart issues. His dad had a stroke recently as well. His son and grandfather are diabetic but e has shown no signs of that. We both have a fair amount of stress but no more or less than we are accustomed to over the last year. Nothing else has changed just our intimacy level.
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*14 years younger than him.
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I posted but don't know where it went, DS gremlins at it again?
It could be many things, physical or psychological. These are just guesses, you said sometimes he doesn't get an erection and at times he doesn't stay hard. He could be dealing with ED and is embarrassed by it or afraid he can't satisfy you. If ED is the issue, him no longer wanting to cuddle could be him thinking cuddling will lead to sex and then the fear or embarrassment kicks in and he doesn't want to deal with it. If it is ED, that has nothing to do with how attracted he is to you, ED is a symptom caused by an underlying physical or emotional issue. It could also be he has low T or many other things going on.
You said he had a check up but did he discuss his erection issues with his doctor? Did he ask to have his T levels checked? Talking to a doctor (preferably a Urologist) is the first step to take to rule out a physical problem.
All relationship problems including sexual problems need to be talked about openly and honestly by both couples if there's any chance of resolving the problems.
If he's not concerned by it and not willing to talk about it with you or with a doctor, that in itself is a problem. Issues can't be swept under the rug.
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Possibility the meds might have triggered the ED issue.
It's time for him to see the doc. Nothing ashamed about having ED. I fought it for a year before getting it fixed.
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I can really only second everything leather said. He should see a doctor...but he has to see this as a problem before he will ever make that appt and go.
A good honest conversation is necessary here. Tell him what you have shared here about how the events of late have made you feel unloved and unwanted and if he loves you he will not want you feeling that way. If it is a medical issue than he can seek help for this. I wonder if you could experiment with this and get some viagra and tell him you would like to try having fun together by both taking viagra and having a romantic night together. If he is responsive to this I would think that would tell you he still cares and wants you but has just been having a problem with ED. If he responds in some other way than sadly there may be deeper issues at play here. Best of luck honey.
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I was going to say the same thing...maybe stress level? Work issues that maybe he isn't ready to talk about yet? Any other outside issues? Why don't you try to talk to him about it and figure out what you can do to help him?
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You said "They found nothing wrong other slightly elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol. He is on medication for that. "
Those are possible issues.
1) High Blood Pressure (or cardio issues in general) can contribute to ED.
2) Medications to treat HBP can also contribute to ED symptoms.
(the above 2 double-whammys is know as "Making God Laugh").
3) Statins for cholesterol control can also contribute to ED.
Sooooo ... if any of these are affecting him, maybe try laying off medications for a month (and both of you taking long walks to help reduce HBP and get better fitness that way).
Good luck with finding the solution..
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Thank you everyone for you input. I decided that since he was at work and couldn't blow me off if I put it in writing to email him. I was brutally honest and gave detailed examples of the issues and told him exactly how it made me feel. I also told him that as his wife I deserved honesty and communication be it good or bad. I sent the email and waited...and waited. Finally I got a response. He said that he loved me and that it was not a lack of interest or desire for me, nor was it that he had interest elsewhere. He said that it was medical/physical and that he had been ignoring it hoping it would go away on its own basically. He said that he had noticed my moods changing and that affected his reaction to me. So he wants to discuss it tonight when he gets home. He is mad at himself for not being honest with me sooner and it causing me to feel the way I do. I'm glad I emailed him...bow maybe we can take the steps to figure out what is causing it and correct it.
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Use a programmable thermostat or individual unit timer to start cooling off the house before you get home from work. This is cheaper and more efficient than leaving the air conditioner running all day, despite rumors to the contrary.
6. Vents Are Closed While Your Air Conditioner Is Running
Opinions vary on the efficiency of closing vents and doors to unused rooms. In many cases, this can decrease the efficiency of a central air conditioning system. Consult an expert before closing off any parts of the house for the summer. Also be careful about closing off any rooms that may have a thermostat.
7. Your Air Conditioner's Thermastat Is Too Low
If you are comfortable at 78 degrees, don't come home and turn the thermostat down to 70 degrees. It will not get you to 78 any faster. It will just skip past 78 and waste ever more energy getting to excessively low temperatures.
8. Your Air Conditioner Is Too Hot
Make sure lamps, televisions, stereos or other heat-generators are not close enough to the thermostat to accidentally drive up the temperature reading and overwork the air conditioner.
9. You're Only Using Your Air Conditioner
Many people think their air conditioner is a substitute for ceiling fans. Instead, they should be used in tandem. According to Energy Star, make sure the fan is switched to push air downward (typically counter-clockwise). It may seem more logical to reverse the fan so it is pulling hot air upward. However, the downward airflow creates a "wind chill effect," which makes you feel cooler.
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On the other hand, exhaust fans in the kitchen and bathroom can push cool, conditioned air out of the house. They should not be used more than absolutely necessary in the summer.