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- The resort's South African penguins are fed Monday-Friday at 8 AM at their grotto lodgings between the Alii Tower and the lobby (times subject to change).
Hotel Overview
What to Expect:
- Giving new meaning to "global village," Waikiki's largest resort draws guests from around the world and welcomes them efficiently in a lushly landscaped, open-air lobby that overlooks gardens, the main pool, and the ocean beyond. Despite the number of guestrooms and the presence of conventions, conferences, and even beauty pageants, Hilton Hawaiian Village® Beach Resort & Spa never seems overcrowded.
Amenity Highlights:
- Manicured gardens and ponds are dotted with artwork and lined with 90 boutiques and specialty stores, and wildlife, including parrots, penguins, flamingos, and reef fish. The resort's swimming pools feature the newly renovated Duke Kahanamoku salt-water lagoon or the brand new Paradise Pool which features a 77-foot lava tube slide. On Sunday-Thursday evenings, participate in the Waikiki Starlight Luau® at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the only outdoor luau in Waikiki with entertainment and dining under the stars. Friday evenings offer a crescendo of torch lights and drums from the Rockin' Hawaiian Rainbow Revue and fireworks display.
2005 Kalia Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96815
United States
- Waikiki
Airport:Honolulu International HNL
22-acre Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort in Waikiki provides 2,860 guestrooms in five towers. All rooms have furnished balconies with garden or ocean views. Amenities include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), compact refrigerators, coffeemakers, and in-room safes. Rooms have cable TV with HBO, pay movies, and video games (surcharge).
Room Amenities:
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Blackout drapes
- Cable/satellite TV
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Hair dryer
- Housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Internet access - dial-up
- Internet access - high speed
- Internet access - surcharge
- Iron/ironing board
- Makeup mirror
- Minibar
- Multi-line phone
- Non-smoking rooms
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway beds
- Voice mail
- Wake-up calls
- Window opens
Property Amenities
Set on 22 oceanfront acres in Waikiki, the Hilton Hawaiian Village® Waikiki Beach Resort is a self-contained destination resort. Leisure facilities include five pools and a two-story health spa with extensive fitness center. Outrigger canoes and catamarans offer rides from the beach, and the Atlantis Submarine conducts underwater discovery tours (surcharge) from the Village's pier.
Camp Penguin at Hilton Hawaiian Village children's program (for kids ages 5 to 12) is lead by a team of trained and caring camp counselors and teaches children about Hawaiian history and culture through storytelling, games, music, arts and crafts, hula and lei-making. Participants will learn the "Hawaiian Word of the Day" and participate in exciting off-property excursions which can include visits to the Honolulu Zoo, the Waikiki Aquarium, Bishop Museum and Children's Discovery Center. Every day of the week has a different theme and different activities.
Guests choose from 22 on-site restaurants and lounges, many with ocean views and live entertainment. Dining options include island-inspired Pacific Rim cuisine, family-style Italian fare, international buffets, and a steak-and-seafood restaurant. Drink options range from barefoot bars along the beach to a lounge with live Hawaiian music.
Valet parking:
$30 per 24-hour period. Covered garage with in/out privileges.
Self parking:
$29 per 24-hour period. Covered garage with in/out privileges.
Fees do not include tax and are subject to change without prior notification.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Audio-visual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Business services
- Cell phone rental
- Coffee shop or cafe´
- Computer rental
- Concierge desk
- Concierge services
- Conference room(s)
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning service
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Express check-in/check-out
- Fitness equipment
- Full-service health spa
- Gift shop or newsstand
- Grocery
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access in public areas - wireless
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Parking garage
- Patio
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Sauna
- Secretarial services
- Security guard
- Self Parking
- Shopping on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised child care/activities
- Swimming pool - children's
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Technology helpdesk
- Wedding services
Number of rooms:
- 2,860
Number of buildings/towers:
- 5
HHonors points or related frequent traveler miles are not honored on guestrooms sold via this Web site.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 18 and younger when staying in thesame room as their parents or guardians and using existing bedding. Please note the total number of children and adults (with children's ages) in the "Special Request Box" at the time of booking.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges.
- Pets not allowed
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With 22 restaurants and lounges to choose from, Hilton Hawaiian Village guests have no trouble satisfying appetites. Among the dining options:
Bali Steak & SeafoodThis open-air, ocean-view restaurant with casual atmosphere features island-inspired Pacific Rim cuisine serving premium steaks and seafood. Open Monday-Saturday for dinner only, closed Sundays.
Tropics Bar & GrillServing authentic beach cuisine or creative comfort food with a touch of the exotic served on Waikiki Beach. Featuring unique Hawaii products and the freshest island ingredients. Open Daily for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Rainbow LanaiOceanview Casual dining restaurant is perfect for a leisurely breakfast and is a great spot for family dining. Rainbow Lanai offers a bountiful breakfast buffet daily.
Guests choose from five swimming pools, including a children's pool and the 10,000-square-foot Super Pool, which overlooks the beach and is surrounded by waterfalls, lush landscaping, and lava rocks; or the brand new Paradise Pool- featuring a 77' foot lava tube slide. Camp Penguin(surcharge) offers full- or half-day programs of recreational and educational activities with a focus on Polynesian life. The on-site health spa includes an extensive fitness center (surcharge) with cardiovascular and strength-training equipment, aerobics, and other fitness classes.
Surfboards, boogie boards, kayaks, ocean rafts, snorkel sets, umbrellas, and beach chairs can be rented on the beach. Outrigger canoes and catamarans offer rides from the beach. From the Village's pier, the Atlantis Submarine conducts underwater discovery tours (surcharge).
Many other recreational activities are available in the area surrounding the resort, including skydiving, parasailing, helicopter/airplane sightseeing, and nature/wildlife tours.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the Hilton Hawaiian Village; fees may apply.
- Aerobics
- Basketball
- Bicycle rentals
- Boat launch
- Boating
- Fishing
- Golf - driving range
- Golfing
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing
- Hiking/biking trails
- Horse riding/rental
- Jet skiing
- Kayaking
- Parasailing
- Pilates classes/instruction
- Running track/path
- Scooter/Moped Rentals
- Scuba diving
- Snorkeling
- Surfing/boogie boarding
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water skiing
- Whale-watching
- Windsurfing
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Hi. I'm a new runner. I started 6 months ago...just adding some jogging to my walks. I've done two 5K's now. Both times I allowed myself to walk a few times, finishing around 33 mins. Having never been a runner before, 3 miles still feels like a long distance to me! Lately I've been doing sessions of 2 miles on the treadmill. After a while, I'm just ready to quit, either from boredom or just tired of breathing heavy!! So my question is...how do you push past that? I'm sure it's more psychological than anything, and maybe some people just enjoy running more than I do. I would like to increase my distance, and am just looking for any advice.
Unless you're having some severe pains or gasping for air, basically something physiological which means you better stop and see a doctor or call 911, your issues are most likely lack of conditioning and yes, in your head. Noone can make you want to keep running except you. There's lots of mental tricks people try to play with themselves, but it all basically comes down to self motivation.
Try to add variety to your running, or I've read that if you're a social person a running partner can help you through the head game ruts.
Setting running goals, like besting your 5K times is a great motivator for some people, myself included.
Good luck.
Learning to listen to your body and not paying too much attention to what your head is telling you is very important.
For both purposes I use: music and... experience. The first helps you take your mind off your breathing, the second one gives you a sense of perspective about how much of what you are experiencing is real and how much is just your heads playing tricks on you.
I recommend that you find a way to enjoy your run, for me it is a time of day when I fight off stress and have some "me" time. I leave home, turn the music on and see miles go by. Sometimes I think about work, sometimes I focus on the music and, yes, sometimes I think about how tired I am, but most of the times I am just enjoying the feeling of being out there running (because it is summer or winter or cold or night or even because it is raining). How to discover what you enjoy about running? I would suggest not overdoing it, walk if you cannot run (and maybe go back the next day), if you are too tired today, keep at it a while longer, and if you have to, stop, but come back the next day.
Once your run is not only about effort but also about other things, then you will stil need to keep an eye on your body so you do not overdo it, but experience will tell you when you are really at your limit and when you ara just having a bad day (sometimes you can "outrun" these). Do not worry too much about your limits, they are there, and are difficult to overcome, but if you keep at it (mainly because running is something you like to do), then they will keep on rising.
Keep up the good work!
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5k: 19:53 (December 31st 2014)
10k : 42:30 (March 9th 2014)
Half Marathon: 1:32:40 (February 1st 2015)
Marathon: 3:33:31 (March 15th 2015)
Completed my first marathon! Feeling like getting some more!
Thanks for your response. I think music would help. I've read l lot about people using this time to think about things, reflect and solve problems. However, all I seem to think about is breathing in and out. It is boring to listen to and think about your breathing effort for 20-30 mins. I hope with more conditioning that gets better.
I have always had a very strong internal motivation to run - for me, it feels good to exert myself and drip sweat, I like starting the day doing something good for myself, and it's a combination of precious "me time", stress relief, an opportunity to challenge myself and escape from the rest of the world for a little while. I'm always looking for excuses to run. Never excuses not to run. Seriously. But that said, a little external distraction can go a long way. I almost always train with an iPod because the music distracts me from how hard I'm working and makes the time go faster. When I do a training run without music - for example if it's raining and I don't want to soak the iPod - the run really does seem longer. So I would also recommend music or whatever you like to listen to (podcasts, audiobooks, etc.) to accompany your runs. Also...you mentioned running on the treadmill. Even for those of us who love to run, the treadmill can be a real test of one's patience. I would recommend running outdoors if at all possible. Personally, I can do up to about 4 miles on a treadmill if I have enough distractions (music, TV, etc.) and even then I often spend a lot of time playing with the speed controls to keep my mind busy. About the most I can withstand on a treadmill is 7 miles (an hour) - and only if the distractions are top of the line. The same distance outdoors would fly by.
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Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar has a huge passion for baking the freshest and yummiest cookies around town. Team our cookies with delicious milkshakes, hot coffee or just dunk them in cold milk like the good ol' days.
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Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar is a fantastic place to take the kids for a holiday treat. We went to a kids comedy one afternoon, then followed up with afternoon tea. There was a line going out the door, which really just added to the anticipation, and it was warm and cosy when you got inside. The cookies lived up to expectations, as did the icecream sandwiches. The older kids also loved the hot chocolate with a stick of Whittakers. Not a lot of seating so you may have to take away, but yummy food and a fun experience.
Despite the chilly weather, I have been having ice cream sandwich cravings whenever I finish dinner. By far, the best place to purchase these delicious moreish morsels is Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar.Cookies are their main selling point, and you get swallowed by the lovely aroma of freshly baked cookies as soon as you walk near their entrance. Flavours like Nutella, Snickers, chunky chocolate, black forest and peanut butter, these big round gems are displayed in huge glass jars on the counter as well as the cooling rack for the ones fresh from the oven. You can choose two different flavours of cookies for their ice cream sandwiches which they warm up before assembling. In terms of ice cream, they only have vanilla but it is a great way to let the flavours of the cookie shine. I like how they cut the sandwich in half, making it perfect for sharing the calories with a friend.They make a great cup of coffee and the service is always friendly. The only downside is that the store is small and it is more tailored for takeaway with limited seating options inside. Nevertheless, great place to stop for a cookie and an ice cream sandwich or two!
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Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar is a great little find in the middle of the city - had to queue to get in (a sign of a good place, surely!!??!!) but was well worth the wait. The mocca was the best I have ever had, definitely need some extra seats. Enjoyed watching them making fresh cookies while we were waiting. Excellent!
Not open Sundays! :(
Small place but yummy stuff, be prepared to pay top dollar for a single cookie. Cant sit down really inside.
It was a cool little place! The cookies were amazing. I also had a hot chocolate along with my work mates and were all found that they could be a little hotter. Mind you it tasted amazing. They maybe could put some seats outside. Good luck with the business!
Oh this place is so exciting. So well branded and designed, cookies are DELICIOUS and love the chocolate moustache in my mocha! Staff were lovely. Moustache was packed because it's just so small, but just proves how wonderful a place it is!
What a brilliant, well-executed idea!! Moustache is one of those places that the moment you walk in the door you feel welcome and just can't stop looking around at how incredibly thought out and genuine the whole experience is. It is an experience! It's wholesome, feel-good, and the staff are extremely friendly. Delicious cookies! And the Whittaker's Hot Chocolate melts in your mouth!! Definitely going to be a regular customer.
Absolutely amazing!!!Everything about Moustache is like a wonderland of childhood memories.Interior is fabulously well thought out and simply beautiful.Best tasting hand made cookies around and the hot chocolate is to die for. Would happily wait in line any day to get the great food and even better friendly service. Can't fault a single thing.Will absolutely be back for great food and to support very hard working staff. Go small kiwi businesses :)
Popped into moustache before work today and was totally worth it!
Had the cookies and cream milkshake which was really good! (Not surprising as I later discovered they used Kohu road) Along with a cinnamon cookie. Cookie had that perfect cookie texture too not too crunchy and soft on the inside..
Service was great. Considering it was the morning rush the girl behind the counter was friendly and helpful. Will be back for a coffee and more cookies later in the week no doubt!
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i was really looking forward to going to moustache, especially because that is about the only bar i can go. i am 38 weeks pregnant!
so, i finally made my way there this arvo (the place smells amazing) and soon came the disappointment: they have 3 bar stools that were taken. i asked the lady behind the counter if those were the only seats, she said yes and i said nicely:' i can stand up so i have to go'. she just said: 'sorry' (but she didn't seem to be sorry. she was busy carrying on with the conversation she was having with the people sat on the bar stools).
how can a new business let customers walk out?
she didn't even try to say something like: 'let me see if i have a spare chair at the back' (even if she didn't have one) or something...
either they are already rolling in cash, so don't need more customers, or they are not fans of pregnant women...
i was not impressed and am not going back for the lack for customer service.
Not one to usually get caught up in the hype but moustache milk and cookie bar is the real deal. I would have given it a full five stars after my visit here yesterday but for a few ( assumed) teething issues- eftpos not working and the majority of stock in short supply.
Can forgive moustache for this though- they seemed worked off their feet and with many hungry punters looking to give them a try, who can blame them.
Such a simple concept- why have we not had something similar before?
Well done moustache- you get my vote.
love it! very lucky to get in today - Moustache was absolutely heaving. The Vanilla milkshakes are great and if you want a bit more indulgence, try the Oreo marshmallow cookie.
Working so close to Moustache is going to mean one thing - more time spent at the gym but a worthwhile sacrifice! Well done on a successful opening
What an absolutely brilliant idea...I for one will be banging down their door when Moustache opens. Just checked out their Facebook page - get a load of their peanut butter cookies! Roll on Friday - Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar see you soon!
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KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan officials and their American backers made a small step this week toward securing the big-name Western foreign investment they have long sought for Afghanistan: Exxon Mobil is weighing a bid on a modest oil concession in the countrys north, Afghan officials and the company said Thursday.
Afghan and American officials eagerly cast Exxon Mobils expression of interest in the concession six blocks of land being auctioned by the government as a sign of confidence in Afghanistan, even though there was no guarantee that the company would actually bid.
Yet simply by showing interest, Exxon Mobil could bolster the American position here, American officials said. The move could also help muffle criticism in Washington, especially among Republicans, that China is reaping the gains of a war fought and paid for largely by the United States. Companies owned by the Chinese government previously won a smaller oil and gas concession in an Afghan government tender that was aided by a Pentagon task force focused on securing investment in Afghanistan, as well as the rights to a sizable copper deposit.
But the Obama administrations immediate concern is weaning Afghanistan off foreign aid. According to estimates from the World Bank and the United States, Afghanistan will need at least $7.4 billion a year to run its government and its army for years after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014.
How long America and its allies will pay Afghanistans bills is an open question. In recent interviews, American officials said they envisioned that oil, which can be extracted relatively quickly, would provide some cash and give time for the mining of Afghanistans potentially rich deposits of iron ore and copper along with precious metals, other minerals and gemstones to start yielding revenue.
Together, the drilling and the mining could help the Kabul government begin to pay its own way, they said.
American officials as recently as last month expressed doubts that any big American companies would venture into Afghanistan. But Afghan officials said they hoped that Exxon Mobils signal of interest in Afghanistans nascent oil industry would pique the interest of other big American and European companies and allay their concerns about setting up shop in a war zone that ranks among the worlds 10 poorest and least-developed countries.
Until now, most foreign companies seeking to drill or mine in Afghanistan were state-owned Asian companies and far lesser known Western outfits, many of them on the margins of their industries. In the current tender, for instance, Exxon Mobil is the only fully private company in a field of eight finalists that includes state-owned enterprises from countries like India, Brazil, Turkey and Pakistan.
Exxon Mobils interest in what is known as the Afghan Tajik Tender sends a pretty strong signal that Afghanistan is the place to invest as far as the mining and hydrocarbons sector is concerned, said Tamim Asey, a spokesman for Afghanistans Ministry of Mines.
Experts agreed with Mr. Aseys bullish assessment to a point. Yes, they said, Exxon Mobils interest has the potential to reorder the Afghan mining industry, mainly by pushing marginal players out of the bidding for big projects.
But the tender is still in its preliminary stages. Exxon Mobil, which is exploring the tender through its Esso Exploration division, might not bid, they cautioned.
An American oil industry executive familiar with Exxon Mobils thinking echoed those concerns. The companys decision to file an expression of interest, which was needed to become a finalist, was a formality that allows it to see the governments data on the blocks, the executive said.
After it studies the data, it will decide if it is interested, said the executive, who asked not to be identified to avoid offending Afghan officials.
Studies conducted by the United States Geological Survey, and earlier ones done during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, have indicated that the Afghan Tajik blocks hold hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, and possibly upward of a billion.
Even if Exxon Mobil does not end up bidding for the blocks, its willingness to consider moving into Afghanistan is a rare boost for the Pentagon operation dedicated to helping Afghanistan attract investment.
The operation, known as the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, prepared a report in 2010 that said Afghanistan had nearly a trillion dollars worth of untapped oil and mineral wealth.
Critics scoffed at the report, and before Exxon Mobils interest in the oil tender, the only marquee American or European corporate name linked to Afghanistan was JPMorgan Chase. Last year, it set up a deal for American and European investors to put about $40 million into an Afghan company that owns rights to a gold mine.
But the biggest prizes awarded so far a copper mine and an iron ore mine went to a company owned by the Chinese government and to a consortium led by a state-owned Indian company.
The only other oil concession awarded by the Afghan government was secured last year by a joint venture between the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation and the Watan Group, an Afghan company owned by relatives of President Hamid Karzai.
The Watan Group deal in recent weeks has attracted harsh criticism from Mr. Karzais political opponents and from Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, who has long been a vociferous critic of the Afghan leader. Mr. Rohrabacher, in a letter sent last month to the State Department and the Pentagon, demanded that the deal be investigated and questioned the role played by the Pentagons business development task force.
Afghan and American officials have defended the tender, saying it was conducted fairly.
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SRINAGAR: In a fresh twist to the Haji Yusuf death case, Aizaz Malik, a mimic artiste, said in his confessional statement, that Yusuf used to pay him Rs 2,000 for mimicking the voice of Union Minister Farooq Abdullah to win people's trust.
After being quizzed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Malik decided to record his confessional statement before a Magistrate in South Kashmir. Malik said he had been mimicking many politicians, including Farooq Abdullah, allegedly at the insistence of Yusuf.


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Plant to Ponder: Black-Eyed Susan
Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:32 p.m.
This beloved native is a biennial or short-lived perennial that thrives on moist, sunny sites. Black-eyed Susan (Ruddbeckia hirta) blooms from May to December and is propagated by seeds.
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14th Amendment
Bust out your magnifying glass. We're taking an up-close look at 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Quote #1
Passed by Congress: 13 June 1866
Ratified: 9 July 1868
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The first section of the amendment includes four crucial elements. First, anyone born on American soil is guaranteed full American citizenship. Second, no state can strip any of its residents of the full privileges of American citizenship. Third, all citizens are guaranteed "due process of law," which means that states cannot pass arbitrary or unfair laws. Fourth, all citizens are guaranteed "equal protection of the laws," which means that states cannot discriminate against particular groups of citizens. These broad guarantees of citizens' rights form (together with the Bill of Rights) the heart of American civil liberties and civil rights law.
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Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
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Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
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Section 5. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.


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By NEMS Daily Journal
T.J. Strickland
ELKMONT, Ala. – T.J. Strickland, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay, Ala. Burial will be in Bonds Cemetery in Russellville, Ala. Deaton Funeral Home of Red Bay is in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation will be 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Lucille Belue
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Lucille Belue, formerly of Iuka, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center in Asheville, N.C.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Cutshall Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation will be from noon to service time Monday at the funeral home.
An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.
Willie Gladney
ABERDEEN – Willie "Gett" Gladney, 60, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Williams Memorial of Okolona.
Robert Brownlee
TUPELO – Robert Earl "Red Tap" Brownlee died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at his home. He was born March 30, 1951, to Lee M. Brownlee and Josephine Bowen. He accepted Christ at an early age and later joined Faith, Hope and Charity in Plantersville.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today at the Plantersville School Gym with the Rev. Odell Bowen officiating. Burial will be in the New Hebron Cemetery. N.L. Jones and Son Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Kate Brownlee; five sons Jonathan Gill of Pontotoc, Bruce Kohlheim and Robert Brownlee Jr., both of Tupelo, Joseph Kohlheim and Antonio Watkins of the home in Verona; four daughters, Rachel Rogers, Consquela Kohlheim and Camille Kohlheim, all of Tupelo, and Andrea Brownlee of Plantersville; one brother, Ronnie (Ollie) Flakes of Tupelo; one sister, Luella Brownlee of Okolona; 16 grandchildren; several nieces, nephews.
The body will lie in state one hour prior to service time.
To sign the guestbook, visit www.nljonesandson.com.
Granville Pepper
COLUMBUS – Granville Alfred Pepper, 82, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing and Rehab in Columbus. He was born Jan. 11, 1929, in Webster County to William George Pepper and Cecile Childs Pepper. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with 20 years of service and a veteran of the Korean War. He worked as a bailiff for Lowndes County. He was a lifetime member of the DAV and the VFW. He was an avid MSU Bulldog fan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Houston Funeral Home in Houston with the Rev. Dwight Brown officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Mantee.
Survivors include his niece, Lynn Pepper Shea of Mantee; a son-in-law, John Sexton of Lebanon, Ohio; two sisters-in-law, Faye Pepper of Mantee and Joan Pepper of Quitman; a nephew, John Robert Pepper and wife, Stephanie, of Flowood; a great-niece, Savanah Leigh Pepper;
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Susi Higgins Pepper; and two brothers, Cecil Pepper and Robert Pepper.
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. today at the funeral home.
Friends and family may sign the online register at www.houstonfuneralhomems.com.
J.W. Smith
RIPLEY – Johnnie Willard "J.W." Smith, 89, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at the Tippah County Hospital Nursing Home in Ripley. He was born Aug. 27, 1921, to Wash and Mary Crawford Smith in Tippah County. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II in the South Pacific. He was a faithful member and elder of the New Prospect Presbyterian Church, where he was a Sunday School teacher for 33 years. He was church treasurer and Sunday School superintendent. He was Clerk of the Session for many years and a Gideon since 1976. He also served as zone leader, area coordinator, camp president, church assignment chairman and scripture chairman. He was the owner of Smith's Barber Shop, where he was a barber since 1951.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at McBride Funeral Home Chapel in Ripley with Dr. Charles Holland and the Rev. William J. Connolly officiating. Burial will be in New Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is an charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include one daughter, Ann Moore (Marlin) of Ripley; one son, Larry Smith (Debbie) of Denver, Colo.; two grandchildren, Lisa Roseberry (Mark) and Rick Moore (Michelle), both of Ripley; six grandchildren, Haley, Madison, John Austin, Addyston, Harlee and Hunter; one brother, Joe Smith (Maxine) of Ripley; and a special caregiver, Addyston Moore of Ripley.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rivie Clark Smith; and his parents, three sisters and one brother.
Pallbearers will be Rick Moore, Mark Roseberry, Hunter Swords, John Austin Moore, Jerry Henson, Billy Clark, Al Stroupe and Bonnie Caviness.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Bullock, Justin Bullock, and the elders of New Prospect Presbyterian Church.
Visitation will continue from 7 a.m. to service time today at the funeral home.
To view and sign the online guestbook, visit www.mcbridefuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be made to Gideon International, Ripley Gideon Camp, P.O. Box 4, Ripley, MS 38663 or New Prospect Presbyterian Church, 6371 Hwy. 370 E., Ripley, MS 38663.
Harold Wesson
MOOREVILLE – Harold E. Wesson, 84, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at the Sanctuary Hospice House. Visitation will be Sunday at W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors in Saltillo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com.
Katie Ellison
BRUCE – Katie Lee Ellison, 78, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. She was born Nov. 4, 1932, in Brazil, Miss. She was a homemaker and a member of Banner Baptist Church. She retired from Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, where she was a care provider and ward clerk.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Bruce. Dr. Daniel Hathorne will officiate, and the Rev. Forrest Poindexter will assist. Burial will be in Memory Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include one daughter, Brenda Covington (Rodney) of Nesbit; two sons, Fred "Glen" Ellison (Jane) of Calhoun City and Jerry Martin Ellison (Janice) of Pittsboro; four sisters, Louise Watson of Banner, Frances Gentry of Glendora, Peggy Tutor of Pontotoc and Carol Cowsert of Bruce; one brother, Roy Clark of Oxford; three grandchildren, Wendy Rowland of Mantachie, Brad Covington of Nesbit and Hope Anderson of Mathiston; seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Young Ellison; her parents, Tobe E. and Bertha Carr Clark; three brothers, Troy, Dwight and Terry Clark; a granddaughter, Dana Brown; and a great-grandson, Dillon Brown.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Anderson, Larry Baker Jr., Tyler Brown, T.J. Clanton, Michael Cook, Brad Covington, Chad Mosley and Casey Rowland.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today.
Online condolences may be left at www.parkermemorialfuneralhome.com.
Polly Gray
PONTOTOC – Polly Gray, 87, died Friday, Aug, 12, 2011, at Sunshine Health Care in Pontotoc. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Browning Funeral Home in Pontotoc.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Gary Wood
RIPLEY – Gary Wood, 70, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at his daughter's home at Eads, Tenn. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McBride Funeral Home of Ripley.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Johnnie Gibson
NETTLETON – Johnnie R. Gibson, 82, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at Aberdeen Care Center after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Nettleton.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
James L. Freeland
RED BAY, Ala. – James L. "Jim" Freeland, 69, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, after a lengthy illness. He was born March 4, 1942, in Cairo, Ill., to Vernon and Velma Spray Freeland. He was a graduate of Charleston High School in Charleston, Mo., and Cape Girardeau Accounting School. He taught water treatment in Springfield, Mo., in the 1960s. He loved country music and was Conway Twitty's Fan Club representative for the state of Missouri. He was also a great Elvis Presley fan and did a tribute show for about a year with Bob Russell across the country. He had a country music band in the '60s. He loved baseball and coached Little League. He was a great St. Louis Cardinals fan and owned an autographed baseball from Stan Musial and an honorary contract signed by August Busch for catching the first baseball hit out of Busch Stadium in St. Louis on April 30, 1967.
Mr. Freeland worked many jobs during his lifetime. He was a campus police on the Tupelo Campus of ICC, retiring after 17 years when his health failed. He was a member of Saucer Creek Church of Christ. He enjoyed preaching as a lay minister wherever he was needed. He preached his first sermon in Jackson, Mo., in 1971. Over the course of 35 years he filled in for ministers at Belmont, Mynot, Pleasant Site and Saucer Creek.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay, Ala., with Bro. Clifton Jarrell Sr., Bro. Chris Johnson and Bro. Johnny Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Saucer Creek Cemetery in Itawamba County. Deaton Funeral Home of Red Bay is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Billie Johnson Freeland of Red Bay.; three sons, James Booth (Shaffy) of Garner, N.C., Jon Freeland Sr. (Robin) of Jefferson City, Mo., and Brad Freeland (Heather) of Belmont; one daughter, Jennifer Freeland Gray (Mike) of Saltillo; a half brother, Dallas Butler of Charleston, Mo.; and nine grandchildren, Jon Jr., Wesley and Ian Freeland, Rebecca and Jay Booth, Elena and Lara Freeland and Micah and Levi Gray.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donnie Freeland.
Pallbearers will be Bruce Johnson, Joe Davis, Andrew Bush, David Lefford, Mike Gray and Wesley Freeland. Honorary pallbearers will be Pat Spradlin, Don Spradlin and Eddie Prestage.
Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today at Deaton Funeral Home in Red Bay and until service time on Sunday.
Paul H. Griffin
BALDWYN – Paul H. Griffin, 93, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at his residence after an extended illness. He was a graduate of Baldwyn High School. He worked for Reynolds Aluminum during the war. He was owner and operator of Griffin Body Shop and Wrecker Service, Gamp&N Motors, Bamp&M Salvage in Verona and Tri-County Drainage Pipe Co. He was a building contractor and real estate developer. A farmer and member of the Cattleman's Association, he served on the board of the North Mississippi Regional Water Management District. His favorite hobby was eating ice cream. He was a member of the East Mt. Zion Baptist Church where he served as deacon, treasurer and Sunday School teacher. He was the building contractor for the Parsonage, Sanctuary and the Family Life Center.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the East Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Adams and Bro. Fred Hartley officiating. Burial will be in the East Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife of 72 years, Mildred Roberts Griffin of Baldwyn; one daughter, Susan McBride (Dr. Jerry) of Baldwyn; one son, Bimbo Griffin (Darlene) of Baldwyn; one sister, Luna Bailey of Baldwyn; a daughter-in-law, Bobbie Griffin of Baldwyn; six grandchildren, Jon Ben Griffin (Rhonda), Josh Griffin, Landis Melicks (Alan), Lillah McBride, Gaston Griffin (Kelly) and Cannan Griffin; six great-grandchildren, Sydney Griffin, Gentry Griffin, Laurie Melicks, Kenton Melicks, Annaka Melicks and Emerson Griffin; and his caregivers, Charlotte Spencer, Mug Henderson and Trida George.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James Harrison and Ollie Waddle Griffin; children, Larry Griffin, Cydell Griffin and Benny Griffin; brothers, Hurshell and Cecil Griffin; sisters, Ruby Griffin, Molly Prentiss, Hazel; Nelson and Correne Bishop.
Pallbearers will be Joe Roberts, Eddie Scott, Jimmy Michael, D.W. Robinson, Stuart Cockrell, Roger Campbell, Johnny Lee and Buck Edge.
Honorary pallbearers will be David "Gube" Hendrix, Ralph Roberts, Terry Dale Roberts, Tim Johnson, George McMullin and employees of Sanctuary Home Hospice.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at East Mt. Zion Baptist Church.


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Weston Ranch High School MEChA, a group completely made up of students, held a community service event Dec. 15 at the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless.
Through a coin drive at the school and donations from local businesses, they were able to provide a warm meal for more than 100 residents of the shelter, 47 of whom were children.
The St. Mary's Ballet Folklorico dance group was also invited to perform for the residents and liven up an otherwise gloomy winter.
Do Something, another club from Weston Ranch High, helped out by collecting stuffed animals and providing candy bags for the children.
To wrap everything up, there was a special visit from Santa Claus, and all 47 children received a toy so that they would have something to unwrap this holiday season.
MEChA students planned this event for over two months and will continue giving back to their community during the spring semester.
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A woman from Rolla died in a car accident on Highway 63 in Maries County Monday night. The accident happened around 9 p.m., just south of Vienna.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 36-year-old Rebekah Haslett's car went off the road and hit a rock bluff. The car flipped and Haslett, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the car.
The coroner pronounced Haslett dead at the scene.
Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman said alcohol and high speeds may have been contributing factors in the accident.


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Special Issue "Recent Advancements in Analysis of Biomolecules with Separation Technologies"
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2014)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Dr. Wenwan Zhong
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92508, USA
Website: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~wenwanz
Interests: capillary electrophoresis; flow field flow fractionation; molecular interaction; biosening; nano-bio interface
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Separation technologies have advanced significantly in the past decade. In particular, development of new techniques as well as application/improvement of existing techniques for analysis of small compounds important for biological processes, macromolecules like nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, and bioparticles such as cell organelles, viruses, and bacteria, have provided great assistance to the exploration of systems biology. Therefore, this special issue will be devoted to the new development, technology advancement, and novel application of separation technology for study of biomolecules and/or their functions. With this issue, we hope to highlight the significant contribution of separation science towards understanding how biosystems function, and to illuminate the future direction of bioseparation for imposing higher impacts to our society.
Dr. Wenwan Zhong
Guest Editor
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Separations is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. For the first couple of issues the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts. English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.
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A number of cars are understood to have been damaged as the raiders made their escape towards Derry.
[Source: Donegal Democrat]
Parts of Co Down were flooded by torrential rain with Down District Council declaring an emergency in the area last week. Newcastle SDLP councilor Carmel O'Boyle said flood water was "several feet deep" in some areas of the town.
Police said the Drumbanagher Road in Poyntzpass near Newry was closed due to the extreme weather. Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service rescued a woman from her car who was trapped in flood water on the Burrenbridge Road in Castlewellan, Co Down.
[Source: Belfast Telegraph]
An Irish couple and their American friend were beaten in a savage attack just yards from Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament). The three pals were attacked and beaten by a three-man gang as they sat in Merrion Square. During the horror ordeal, the tourist had his head split open with a crutch while his male friend suffered a broken nose and fractured cheek bone as the gang punched and kicked him in the head.
One of the gang was arrested after he was caught by a garda (police officer) who was near the scene, while the other two escaped.
[Source: Evening Herald]
Police in Fermanagh are appealing for information about the theft of more than 100 ewes and lambs.
The 160 Swaldaldale ewes and lambs disappeared from Cuilcagh Mountain.
Said a police spokesman: "These sheep are not a common breed in Ireland as they are mountain breed. They are easily recognized by their grey and black faces."
[Source: Fermanagh Herald]
They are magnificent birds and they have returned to Connemara – after 100 years. A pair of white-tailed eagles has made the sweeping expanse of mountains and coastline between Roundstone and
Ballyconneely their home – temporarily at least. If the eagles decide to stay and have a family they could put added life into tourism in Connemara as well. They have come west again as a result of a program started five years ago to restore the majestic species to Ireland.
[Source: Galway Bay FM]
Many thousands of sprat and other small fish have been washed up on beaches in the northwest, with indications that the algal bloom or "red tide" has also spread to the coasts of Cork and Kerry.
Experts said last Tuesday the bloom was naturally occurring and was toxic to bottom-dwelling marine species, certain species of fish and shellfish.
[Source: Irish Times]
Disappointment was mixed with a certain amount of relief following the sale of Whites Castle in Athy on July 6.
The disappointment centered around the fact that the castle wasn't bought by the local council and the relief was that it was bought by an Irish family who intend to live in it as their family home.
The castle was sold for $238,000 at the Allsop Space auction to a couple in their 40s, who are from Galway, but living in the US at present. The couple are believed to have no connections or family links with Athy and they have let it be known that their intention is to eventually live in the castle and use it as their family home.
[Source: Kildare Nationalist]
The man who attacked and robbed an 86-year-old woman in Kilkenny City last Tuesday has been remanded in custody having been formally charged this morning.
Mariusz Chelstowski (35), of no fixed address, appeared before Judge Clyne in Carlow District Court this morning. He was remanded in Cloverhill Prison to appear again before the court next Tuesday, July 17.
The 86-year-old victim, who lived alone on Walkin Street, suffered head injuries during the attack, as she defended her purse containing $244. She remains in a serious but stable condition in St Luke's Hospital.
[Source: Kilkenny People]
One of four men accused of having equipment for printing counterfeit currency told Gardaí (police) that rolls of paper and print cartridges found at his address were from a courier job he agreed to do for a man who had called to his garage, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
The memoranda of interview with Liam Delaney (42), with addresses at Mountrath and Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, were read in to the record at the 12th day of his trial and that of his co-accused Anthony Sloan (57), a native of Belfast with an address at Ard na Mara, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Kevin Flanagan (43), of Borris-in-Ossory and Andrew Poole (43), of Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
[Source: Leinster Express]
A small group of Leitrim's councilors recently meet with Minister of State, Fergus O'Dowd in a bid to clarify some of the issues surrounding proposals to use hydraulic fracturing in north Leitrim.
Councillors questioned the possible effect of fracking on the tourism and agriculture industry and also raised concerns about the potential contamination of water supplies by the process.


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New 'YLE tax' in 2013 draws mixed reactions
Parties in parliament have approved the idea of a public broadcasting tax to fund the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE. The Social Democratic Party was the last to give the green light to the plan. The editor of the daily Helsingin Sanomat was quick to attack the plan.
On Thursday the opposition Finns Party gave its backing to the 'YLE-tax' plan, and the Social Democrats have done so Friday, clearing the way for passage.
The new tax will be calculated according to income, ranging between 50 and 140 euros per person. Such a change would significantly benefit low-income individuals and those who live alone.
Under the current system, each household where TV broadcasts can be watched (on any kind of device) must pay the same annual fee, regardless of income or how many people live there.
The TV fee is 244.90 euros this year, and will edge up to 252.25 euros next year -- which will likely be the last year it is levied.
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YLE's Director General Lauri Kivinen on Friday welcomed the news of political agreement on the YLE tax model.
According to Kivinen, the financing model is a recognition of YLE's role as a major cultural institution and forum for social debate.
"Our hope has been for not only continuity, but also the preservation of our independence, which now seems to have happened. We are accountable to all the Finns, to our whole audience," Kivinen stressed.
He took the stand that the method of sourcing financing for the company is fair.
"Currently, about a quarter of households do not pay for YLE services, even though they all use them. This reform will reduce the average payment by more than 80 euros per household since there are more paying. The payment for people living alone will fall by half and low-income people will not be obligated to pay," Kivinen explained.
Kivinen also expressed satisfaction at the level of financing that will be available for YLE operations. He said that company budget deficits in recent years had forced the company to make savings where cuts should not have been made.
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Reactions to the new tax have been mostly positive. One critical voice on Friday was the editor of the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, Mikael Pentikäinen, who accused the government of favouring YLE while treating print media badly. He said that the half-a-billion euros expected to be gathered annually through the tax was too much for public broadcasting.


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Shareholders of Goldman Sachs are getting conflicting advice over how to vote on the firm's executive pay plans and a director nominee at next week's shareholder meeting.
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I'm wondering if the wings should sign Sami Salo. He's a right handed shot and didn't have a half bad season for his age. It might be a good idea to sign him for a year if possible and because then we can have just one more year for Sproul and Ouellet to develop.
Sami Salo a good option for wings?
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I just don't see the point in signing a rental veteran Dman at this point, especially since we signed quincey again.
The only thing that would have been a good signing is a Dman such as Erhoff or Niskanen that can improve the team now and in the future. Because that wasn't possible, we should have just stayed put and went with what we have. Signing Salo might help us make the 8th seed again, but it doesnt allow any of the rookies to get any playing time.
IF we were to be fortunate enough to rid of Kindl/Lash then a vet such as Salo would be great. But who is Holland to cut dead weight?
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Pavel datsyuk is the best player in the world because he snatches the puck from unsuspecting players and follows it up by the simultaneous undressing of the defence pairing. The goalie then gives up, and flops like a fish. The end result is a calm skate back to his bench where he can bask in the praise of his multiple girlfriends from the motherland.
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I agree that Salo would be a good addition IF we can still promote someone like Sproul as the 7th defenseman
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Would rather just roll with Sproul.
Posted 04 July 2014 - 09:13 PM
Salo would fit right in. Probably would be injured along with the rest of the crew by the second week of the season.
Would rather just roll with Sproul.
Salo is actually what Sproul may turn into.... Hard shot RH Dman
Posted 30 July 2014 - 10:13 PM
I used to be a big fan of Salo when he played for Vancouver, but the guy is now 39 years old and has a HUGE history of injuries. I'd rather give that spot to one of the kids.
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I usually shop at Gerbils Fine Wines, but was running a bit late so after leaving The Crandall I went to d**k's even though I had a bad experience in there on Halloween ( some locals spit on me and if that wasn't enough, my car was towed).
I gathered up six bottles of Boone's Farm Apple Wine, a twelve-pack of Fresca, along with some maraschino cherries and Runnystoole's Chocolate Syrup. While ringing up my purchase, the owner commented on the unusual nature of my order, is it unrelated items or needed for a specific cocktail? I told him, for your information those are the ingredients needed to make a Red Donut. He started laughing at me and said any Greek sailor on leave could make my donut red! When I told him I didn't care for his unprofessional remarks he told me to get the f **k out, what about my order I shouted. As he heaved me out the door, he said I could pound that order right up my a **.
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An international group of researchers has shown that electrons can travel more than 10 μm in graphene nanoribbons without scattering – which is much further than predicted by theory. Even more surprising, the team spotted a large jump in the electrical resistance of sections of nanoribbon that are longer than about 16 μm. These puzzling results could suggest that graphene harbours a new type of electronic transport mechanism hitherto unknown to physicists.
Graphene is a sheet of carbon just one atom thick that has shot to fame over the past decade after physicists worked out how to create freestanding flakes of the material. It is a semimetal that is an extremely good conductor of electricity because its electrons can travel very close to the speed of light. However, the presence of imperfections and impurities mean that an electron can travel only about 10 nm in a freestanding flake of graphene before scattering, which increases the electrical resistance of the material.
A promising way forward is to make devices using epitaxial graphene, which is a single layer of carbon grown on a substrate such as silicon carbide. As well as being amenable to commercial fabrication techniques, devices based on epitaxial graphene can be made with great precision and with small numbers of impurities and imperfections.
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Now, Walt de Heer and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology – along with researchers in Germany, France and the US – have created pristine ribbons of epitaxial graphene just 40 nm wide. They have shown that electrons can travel along the edge of the ribbon without scattering. This behaviour is much like photons travelling along an optical fibre, or bullets fired from a gun – which is why the electrons are called "ballistic".
The nanoribbons were created on a silicon-carbide wafer in a process that involves creating trenches in the wafers and then heating the wafer to a temperature of more than 1000 °C. This causes silicon atoms near the surface to evaporate and carbon atoms to migrate to the sloped walls of the trenches, where they form nanoribbons along the lengths of the trenches (see figure).
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Ballistic transport was confirmed by studying the electrical properties of the nanoribbons using a traditional four-probe measuring scheme. When a probe is attached to a nanoribbon, the ballistic electrons bump into it, which results in a huge increase in the electrical resistance of the nanoribbon. By contrast, a collision with the probe by a conventional conduction electron has a minimal effect on the resistance because these electrons will have already undergone many collisions as they travel along the nanoribbon. When a second probe is placed on the nanoribbons, the resistance increases dramatically again, thus confirming that the current flowing through the nanoribbon is being carried by ballistic electrons.
An important parameter describing ballistic transport is the average distance an electron travels before it collides with the atoms in a nanoribbon. Ballistic electrons encounter very little electrical resistance; but as soon as they scatter, the resistance increases. The team determined the "mean free path" travelled before a collision by measuring the increase in resistance of sections of a nanoribbon that varied in length from 1–5 μm.
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This study revealed a small change in resistance over the distances studied and this allowed the team to extrapolate a mean free path of about 100 μm. However, when the researchers measured resistances over longer distances, they got a big surprise. At distances greater than 16 μm the resistance increased rapidly with length and it became clear that the mean free path was much shorter than the extrapolated value.
While the reason for this rapid increase remains a mystery, De Heer speculates that it could have something to do with the fundamental nature of the ballistic charge carriers. Instead of being elementary particles, he believes that the charge carriers could be quasiparticles – particle-like entities that arise out of interactions between electrons and the surrounding graphene lattice. A classic example is the Cooper pair of electrons that transports charge in some superconductors. De Heer suggests that charge-carrying quasiparticles in graphene could have a finite lifetime, which only allows them to travel about 16 μm in a nanoribbon before they decay.
The idea that new physics could be lurking in graphene is also backed up by the fact that the measured resistance of the team's nanoribbons is much lower than that predicted by theory.
The next step for the researchers is to try to gain a better understanding of exactly how charge is carried in graphene. The team has already made a nanoribbon in which the current is split along two paths before being recombined. By studying the quantum interference that occurs in such devices, the researchers hope to determine important properties of the charge carriers and work out if these are indeed quasiparticles.
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