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What may be the most heart-rending exhibit created for the 9/11 museum in New York City sits in storage near a railroad overpass on Elmwood Avenue, tucked inside an unassuming brick building flanked by metal siding.
Packed away are photographic images, mounted with steel and acrylic, of the nearly 3,000 men, women and children who died that infamous day. The images will eventually make up a 12-foot-tall display across four walls for the "In Memoriam" exhibition, which will stand above a remnant of the South Tower seen through a glass floor.
Hadley Exhibits, a longtime Buffalo company, manufactured the display. The company, which produces exhibits for museums, zoos, trade shows and visitor centers, also fabricated interpretive graphic panels, touch tables, murals, metal frames and furniture for the 9/11 museum.
The firm's contributions include attractions inside the entrance pavilion, located between where the two towers once stood.
The long-stalled 9/11 project has been one of the most complex - and rewarding - for the family-operated exhibit specialists, whose client list includes the Smithsonian, American Museum of Natural History, and Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
"You never quite forget what it's about. It is hard, sometimes, to work on it," said project manager Chris Emo. "We're doing photo retouching of photos of every single victim, and some of them are children.
"The key is that everybody understands the significance of it. Other jobs are jobs; this one is more than just a job."
The images posed difficult challenges. For some of the victims, only low-quality, grainy images were available, requiring major restoration. For a small number, no known photos could be found, so an icon was developed to depict them.
The "In Memoriam" exhibit also includes large touch tables Hadley manufactured, which allow visitors to read short biographies and learn other information about those who died.
Hadley works directly with Thinc Design, a New York City design firm, and 9/11 museum staff. The company drew praise for its memorial from Amy Weisser, the museum's director of exhibition development.
"Hadley Exhibits has brought a great deal of sensitivity and intelligence to the construction of exhibitions," Weisser said. "The beautiful array of portraits will reveal the magnitude of the loss and the individuality of each person killed."
Last week, a political dispute that halted construction on the museum for more than a year was resolved. The delay has meant the museum is unlikely to open before 1 World Trade Center, formerly known as Freedom Tower, is expected to be completed in early 2014.
Hadley Exhibits was incorporated in 1946, but its history stretches back to 1923, when the company began creating three-dimensional experiences under founder Norman Hadley.
The company moved to its current location at 1700 Elmwood Ave. in 1997 after purchasing the building from Borden, owner of Gioia Pasta Co., which had been based there for nearly half a century.
The cavernous, 180,000- square-foot site has 95 exhibit specialists working, though the number fluctuates based on need. Multiple shop spaces feature metal fabrication, Plexiglass, model making, lamination, and fine woodworking and cabinetmaking.
Other services include graphic design, art direction, sculpture, and animal and plant replication, including taxidermy. Warehouse space takes up about 40 percent of the total area.
Building space also helps set Hadley apart. The largest of two setup rooms is 250 feet long by 70 feet wide - and 38 feet high. For baseball fans, think the Green Monster, only a foot taller.
"What's great about that space, and what a lot of our museum and corporate clients love about it, is that we can literally set up their exhibit in that space the way it will be set up in their museum," said Paul Warner, Hadley's national account executive.
Changes can be done, conveniently, on the premises. Once approved, the exhibit is dismantled and shipped to the location, to be reassembled by Hadley staff for display.
For a large and complicated multipanel audiovisual exhibit planned for the 9/11 museum, the production team, designer and museum representative spent a month and a half in the setup room, doing a full-scale mock-up to get everything just right.
The 9/11 museum is one of three big projects Emo is overseeing. He's also preparing a show on Prohibition for the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and exhibits for a new visitors center at Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
Other exhibits that Emo, one of the company's six project managers, has presided over include the National Museum of the American Indian, one of the six Smithsonian museums that the company has worked on; the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life in the American Museum of Natural History, which won a major award from the American Association of Museums; the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center; and the Museum at Bethel Woods, located on the site of the Woodstock Festival.
A photo in the lobby shows an installation meant to depict the famous psychedelically painted "Further" bus purchased by author Ken Kesey and driven to the legendary rock concert by the Merry Pranksters.
"We found an age-appropriate bus in North Dakota, had it put on a flatbed and shipped it to Buffalo," Emo recalled. "Then, we took it completely apart, took out the chassis and the engine, put it back together around a wooden platform, painted it and turned it into a theater with content rear-projected onto the front windshield."
Hadley often finds itself bidding for museum jobs against companies in New York City, northern New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, according to Warner, who said 60 percent of the company's work is on museums, with the remainder on trade shows.
"Hadley is doing work on a national stage, and we do a lot of it, and it's coming right out of Buffalo, and a lot of people don't even know," Emo said.
Local museums do.
Hadley has a presence in most of the city's museums, the Buffalo Zoo and, soon, the Colored Musicians Club, for which the company has designed and fabricated exhibits expected to be installed in the next several weeks.
"We really love them," said Donna Fernandes, the zoo's president. "They really work with the staff. We come up with concepts and some idea of what we want to see done, and their incredible staff of industrial designers come up with the best physical manifestation of our idea."
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Banker bonuses would be limited by shareholders under compromise plans criticized by European Union lawmakers who are calling for stricter limits on financial-industry pay.
Michel Barnier, the EU's financial services chief, has proposed that bank investors should set maximum ratios on the size of bonuses compared with fixed pay, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg News. The European Banking Authority would publish aggregate data on the limits.
Bonuses that are a "large" multiple of fixed pay "are likely to encourage excessive risk taking and undermine confidence in the financial sector generally," according to the plans.
Bankers are facing a backlash from European Parliament lawmakers determined to cut variable pay as part of a quest to reshape lenders as utilities rather than money-making machines. The regulatory push comes as public outrage and shareholder rebellions this year forced some banks, including Citigroup Inc. and Barclays Plc, to retreat from their initial pay plans.
Barnier's move is an attempt to broker a compromise between parliament members, who are calling for a ban on bonuses that exceed fixed pay, and national governments that are concerned about the impact the measure may have on competitiveness.
The ban has become a sticking point in negotiations on a draft law to overhaul bank rules that the EU is seeking to settle by Jan. 1, 2013.
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Lawmakers including Sharon Bowles, chairwoman of the parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee, and Philippe Lamberts, who is leading work on the bank legislation for the assembly's Green group, have said that the Barnier plan isn't tough enough.
The proposals will be discussed by officials from Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, and lawmakers at a meeting on Sept. 5.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has called for a narrower ban that would outlaw immediate cash bonuses that are greater than bankers' fixed pay. Such a cap would exclude deferred parts of a bonus award.
Writing in today's Financial Times, Schaeuble also suggested that shareholders vote on overall bonus awards that exceed pre-set financial thresholds.
Barnier's proposed compromise also includes curbs on when lenders can offer guaranteed bonuses to their employees.
Such a step should only be taken "when hiring new staff and where the institution has a sound and strong capital base," according to the four-page document. Guaranteed bonuses must be "limited to the first year of employment."
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DETROIT, Mich. - Former Stetson Hatter Corey Kluber led the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Labor Day, giving the right-hander his first major league victory on the mound.
Kluber, who made his first start with the Indians this season on August 2, allowed just two runs on six hits in six innings pitched on Monday. The former Stetson pitcher struck out four batters, walked only one, and retired the last eight batters he faced.
The Indians won the game by a score of 3-2 thanks to Kluber's start, three solid innings of relief, and a two-hit, two-RBI day at the plate from Asdrubal Cabrera. The shortstop's sacrifice fly to center field drove in the game-winning run for Cleveland.
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A seasonal benchmark for many naturalists, this spectacular evening "sky dance" takes place this month and next across the Eastern states - including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware - wherever the male woodcock can find the right setting: a damp meadow or overgrown field near a boggy, worm-rich thicket.


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The Obama administration on Thursday announced that it deported 368,644 undocumented immigrants from the country during the 2013 fiscal year.
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Hostess expects to announce Twinkies bidder in the 'near term'
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A New York bankruptcy judge Friday gave Hostess Brands the OK to move forward with a Feb. 28 auction that would sell off 93 percent of its bread brands to bidders, beginning with Georgia-based Flowers Foods.
Flowers has agreed to be the lead bidder – called the stalking horse — for the bread brands and 20 of the company's 36 bakeries, offering $390 million.
A baker in Evansville, Ind., which has the right to bake Butternut bread in the Chicago region, objected to inclusion of that brand in the package of assets sought by Flowers.
An attorney for the Chicago baker said that firm was willing to bid $6 million for the Butternut brand. The Flowers' bid valued Butternut's Chicago area sales at about $5 million.
An attorney for Flowers said the company was not prepared to pull apart aspects of the bid package.
Judge Robert Drain, concerned that the Flowers deal might evaporate, said that $1 million spread was not worth launching a "game of chicken" with Flowers.
"It's not significant enough to jeopardize the entire Flowers' transaction," he said. "Given the amount at stake and the spread …it's not worth going into" the Flowers bid, he said.
A hearing would be held in March to approve the winning bidder.
An attorney for Hostess' former bakers' union also asked for greater access to potential bidders to make it clear that some of the 18,000 workers displaced by the Hostess shut down are still available and interested.
Hostess has blamed a November strike by the bakers' union for the company's demise. The union blames years of mismanagement.
Responding to objections that the breakup fee due Flowers if its bid does not prevail was too high, Hostess' attorney said the fee has been reduced from 3.5 percent to 3 percent. The judge said that level fee was appropriate.
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There was never much of a question about whether Twinkies would return to grocers' shelves. The question was: who would be the new baker.
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Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Inhomogeneous Fluids37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732927View Description Hide Description
The excess thermodynamic and molecular properties induced in a classical single‐component fluid by static external force fields are examined from several points of view. By utilizing the techniques of cluster theory, a local ``pressure,'' p̄(r), is constructed whose spatial integral yields directly and precisely the logarithm of the grand partition function, including the result of interaction with container vessel walls as well as other external fields (present, for example, in gravitational or centrifugal equilibrium). In particular, it is remarked that the problem arising from cluster integral dependence upon vessel volume in the usual imperfect gas theory is solved. The density expansion for p̄ is transformed into an integral involving a modification (Xg ) of the well‐known ``direct‐correlation function,'' or non‐nodal cluster function. Subsequent construction of local free energies provides a condition under which these quantities may be represented by uniform fluid values (evaluated at the local density), plus corrections involving just density gradients (or Laplacians). When the external force field is generated by a fixed set of particles, the formalism leads to new integral equations for molecular distribution functions. Comparison with similar previously known integral equations, in the pair distribution case, yields an explicit, formally exact, expression in terms of Xg for the troublesome ``elementary diagram cluster sum,'' which has prevented exact solution to the pair distribution problem. Finally, a new fluctuation theorem is derived, which relates the density derivative of surface tension for a fluid next to a planar wall of its vessel, to molecular distribution at this interface.
Electron Spin Resonance of a γ‐Irradiated Single Crystal of N‐Acetyl Methionine37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732935View Description Hide Description
Free radicals produced by γ irradiation of single crystals of N‐acetyl methionine have been investigated through their electron spin resonance patterns for different orientations in the magnetic field. Two chemically different free radicals have been found, both relatively stable at room temperature. One of them has an ESR pattern very similar to that of cystine dihydrochloride. Analysis of this resonance shows that the electron spin density is concentrated mainly on the S in a free radical which probably has the chemical form[Complex chemical formula]The gtensor for this radical is anisotropic with principal values 2.004, 2.029, and 2.064. An isotropic doublet hyperfine structure of 9.5‐G spacing is observed. The second resonance has a complex, incompletely resolved, hyperfine structure with a total spread of about 26 G. Its almost isotropic gtensor with principal values from 2.002 to 2.005 indicates that the electron spin density is concentrated on a carbon. The free radical is believed to have the form[Complex chemical formula]but this structure is not proved.
Chemical Bonding in the Perchromate Ion37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732945View Description Hide Description
The perchromate ion, CrO8 3—, in K3CrO8 has D 2d () symmetry and consists of a central pentavalent chromium ion surrounded by four peroxide groups. On the basis of a refinement of the previous structure determination, the chromium ion is nearer to one oxygen of each peroxide group than to the other and the peroxide oxygen—oxygen distance is shorter than normal. A ligand field calculation, based on the optical spectrum and the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum, accounts for these structural features and leads to a description of the bonding in the perchromate ion.
Analysis of Complex NMR Spectra. An Iterative Method37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732968View Description Hide Description
A method for analyzing complex NMR spectra, which utilizes an iterative technique on the spin energy levels, is described. We show how the experimental energy levels and their errors are derived from the observed spectrum and the assignment of the various transitions. We discuss several techniques and methods that are helpful in obtaining this assignment. Sum rules for the energy levels and the intensities of the transitions, useful in the analysis, are also pointed out.
With the iterative procedure, which uses the eigenvectors of an approximate Hamiltonian, we then calculate the changes in the chemical shielding constants and the spin—spin coupling constants necessary to adjust the approximate energy levels toward the experimental ones. The probable errors in the derived magnetic parameters are also readily determined.
Absorption Spectrum of Ytterbium in Single Crystal of Calcium Fluoride37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732969View Description Hide Description
High‐resolution spectrum of Yb3+ in the cubic field of CaF2 is reported. The striking features of the spectrum are two strong sharp lines at 10 384.759 and 10 377.039 cm—1 at 4.2°K. The position of the two lines and their separation was measured as a function of the temperature. The line shape is Lorentzian. The possible position of the various Stark levels of the ground state is discussed.
Linear Variation of Proton Magnetic Shielding with Electric Field37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732970View Description Hide Description
The linear variation of nuclear magnetic shielding with electric field is calculated semiquantitatively by a variation method and by a perturbation method. The effect is sufficiently large to be significant for protons in molecules containing polar groups or in ions, as these protons experience intramolecular electric fields of ∼106 statV/cm. The effect on protons in solids for laboratory electric fields would only be a fraction of the (magnetic) dipolar linewidth and is therefore not observable. The calculation gives good agreement with the several experimental values from the literature. The intramolecular (electric) dipolar field is then used to explain the low‐field shift in resonance frequency of the methylene protons in in ethyl alcohol—an important example of the chemical ``inductive effect.''
Use of Spin Inversion Operators to Describe Properties of Nuclear Magnetic Double‐Resonance Spectra37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732971View Description Hide Description
For general spin systems of the type , it is shown that nuclear magnetic double‐resonance spectra recorded by sweeping magnetic field are mirror images if the frequency of the strong radio‐frequency field is set at equal intervals Δ above and below the resonance frequency of one type of nucleus. It is further proven that the double resonance spectrum is symmetric for Δ=O when field is swept, and for all values of Δ when frequency is swept. Finally, it is shown that the relative signs of all the coupling constants between nonequivalent or magnetically nonequivalent nuclei in a spin system can, in principle, be obtained in a double resonance experiment.
Phase Studies of the Group IV‐A Tellurides37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732972View Description Hide Description
The mutual solubility of GeTe, SnTe, and PbTe was examined by x‐ray diffraction techniques. The rhombohedral to cubic phase transformation of GeTe and GeTe in various solid solutions were determined. The transformation temperature is shown to vary inversely with cation mass.
Absorption Spectra of Gaseous Species Formed at Flash‐Heated Solid Surfaces37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732973View Description Hide Description
A method is described for recording the absorption spectra of gaseous atoms and molecules produced at strongly heated solid surfaces. A very intense pulse of light from a capacitor discharge lamp falls on light‐absorbing grids placed in the absorption path of a spectrograph. The diameter of the grid windings is sufficiently small that their temperatures rise several thousand degrees very rapidly. The gaseous thermal species that are formed in the optical path arise from the following reactions: (1) vaporization of the grid material; (2) vaporization of coatings applied to the grids; and (3) reactions of the grids with a surrounding gas. Flash spectroscopic recording is used.
The following illustrations of the technique are presented: the formation of atomic tungsten by the vaporization of tungsten grids; the formation of AlCl by the evaporation of AlCl3 from carbon grids; and the formation of CH3, CD3, and CF2 by the reaction of heated carbon grids with CH4, CD4, and CF4, respectively.
Flash heating compares favorably with flash photolysis as a way to produce labile species for kinetic absorption spectroscopy. Parent molecules need not absorb in the near ultraviolet since the dissociative processes that occur are thermal rather than photolytic. Container problems for high‐temperature studies are virtually eliminated because of the pulse nature of the experiment.
Molecular‐Orbital Theory of Diamagnetism. I. An Approximate LCAO Scheme37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732974View Description Hide Description
An independent‐electron molecular‐orbital theory is developed for the diamagnetic behavior of electrons in the presence of an applied magnetic field. The molecular orbitals are written as linear combinations of gauge‐invariant atomic orbitals, the dependence of the (complex) coefficients on the magnetic field being studied by perturbation theory. By making a systematic set of approximations involving the neglect of some interatomic terms, a general expression is derived for the diamagneticsusceptibilitytensor as a sum of atomic contributions. Each atomic contribution is made up of two parts, the first being a diamagnetic (Langevin‐type) term and the second being a paramagnetic contribution involving the details of the electronic excited states. At a lower level of approximation, this second term can be expressed in terms of atomic charge densities and bond orders together with a mean electronic excitation energy.
It is pointed out that the theory provides a convenient basis for detailed interpretation of the Pascal constants used for empirical calculations of diamagneticsusceptibilities of large molecules. In addition, a similar treatment of the theory of nuclear magnetic screening leads to an expression for the shielding constant involving a set of localized contributions closely related to corresponding contributions for the susceptibility.
Molecular‐Orbital Theory of Diamagnetism. II. Calculation of Pascal Constants for Some Noncyclic Molecules37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732975View Description Hide Description
The general formulas for atomic contributions to diamagnetic susceptibilities derived in part I are used to calculate Pascal‐type constants for some simple molecules containing hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine. For noncyclic saturated molecules, the theory reproduces the relative values of empirical atomic contributions fairly satisfactorily, although absolute numerical agreement is poor. For unsaturated groups, the theory provides an interpretation of the constitutive corrections required in the Pascal scheme. Considerable positive corrections are calculated for the carbon—carbon double bond and the carbonyl group, but not for the carbon—carbon triple bond. This is in agreement with the empirical rules. The theory also makes a number of predictions about diamagneticanisotropies.
Electrical Properties of Heavily Doped Niobium Pentoxide37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732976View Description Hide Description
An analysis of the resistivity and thermoelectric power of heavily dopedNb2O5 [over‐all composition where x varies from 0.0025 to 0.15] shows that mixed valence semiconduction has been observed. The major factor determining the value of the thermoelectric power at high temperatures appears to be an entropy of mixing term. In samples with x>0.10, it is concluded that the electrons can be trapped on tungsten ions as well as niobium ions. The low‐temperature resistivity data indicate that the conduction mechanism is not simply described at temperatures where the tungsten impurity ions are incompletely ionized.
Trends in the Lattice ``Combination Bands'' of Zincblende‐type Semiconductors37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732977View Description Hide Description
Well‐known ideas suggest that the mass ratio of the constituents and the ionicity of a diatomic lattice will influence certain features of its vibrational spectrum: The splitting between the optical and acoustical branches increases with increasing mass ratio and the energy of the longitudinal optical branch is increased relative to that of the transverse optical branch by increasing ionicity. These effects are found to exist in the phonon frequencies which contribute to the lattice ``combination bands'' of zincblende‐type semiconductors.
Recombination of Ions in Flames37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732978View Description Hide Description
A technique for measuring recombination rates in flames is described and some results showing the effect of temperature, pressure, and the presence of electronegative gases on recombination are presented. Experimental results are compared with predictions based on present‐day theories of recombination. Results are interpreted in terms of an ion—ion process with recombination occurring most probably between an OH— and an H3O+ ion. The importance of electron attachment in such a process is emphasized.
Effect of Absorbed Water upon the Dielectric Properties of Certain Acrylic Ester Polymers37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732979View Description Hide Description
The effect of absorbed water upon the dielectric properties of polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylmethacrylate, and polyethylacrylate is experimentally investigated over a temperature range from 70°C to —195°C and at frequencies between 100 cps and 200 kc. It is found in each case that the absorbed water gives rise to a discernible loss index peak in the low‐temperature region (0° to —100°C). The 2.1% water absorbed in a specimen of polyethylacrylate acts as a plasticizer, apparently lowering the glass transition by 5C°. The facts that the apparent activation energy and the temperature location of the water induced peak changes with variations in the polymericstructure indicate that the induced loss peak is not to be identified with the loss peak found in ice, and furthermore suggests that the dielectric method can be employed to learn more about the water—polymer complex which is formed when water is absorbed into a polymer.
Influence of a Second Radiofrequency Field on High‐Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732980View Description Hide Description
A theoretical treatment of nuclear‐magnetic double‐irradiation experiments is given which is applicable to two groups of nuclei of arbitrary spin, either of different nuclear species or in a situation where the chemical shift is large in comparison with the spin‐coupling constant. A convention is introduced whereby the group which experiences the ``strong'' rf field H 2 is given the symbol X, while the group to be investigated is represented by A. Particular attention is given to groups of spin ½ nuclei in A n X m type molecules where m, n≤3, and their spin‐decoupling behavior is presented in graphical form. Good correlations are observed with the experimental proton double‐resonance spectra of acetaldehyde, diethyl succinate, and 1,1,2 trichloroethane. When a single X transition is irradiated with a very weak H 2 a splitting of the A spin‐multiplet lines into submultiplets is observed; at the same time an Overhauser‐type redistribution of intensities may occur in certain molecules. Intermediate strengths of H 2 centered on the X multiplet coalesce the A spectrum to what is essentially a single line for AX m molecules, but for A n X m molecules where n>1 there is a ``residual splitting'' which, although it decreases as H 2 is made stronger, may never disappear completely. At high powers it is necessary to displace H 2 slightly off resonance for group X towards the A resonance in order to obtain optimum decoupling, a correction which can be important in the accurate measurement of protonchemical shifts by spin‐decoupling techniques.
Dielectric Loss in the Liquid Crystal p‐Azoxyanisole37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732928View Description Hide Description
The real and imaginary parts of the complex dielectric constant of the normal liquid phase of p‐azoxyanisole were measured at a temperature of 140°C for a frequency range from 900 Mc to 24 kMc. A plot of the complex dielectric constant in the complex plane satisfies the requirements for a Cole—Cole representation reasonably well. The temperature dependence of the dielectric loss at a frequency of 6 kMc shows an absorption maximum in the neighborhood of the clearing point (135°C) for both the anisotropic and normal liquid phases. Measurements of the dielectric loss at frequencies 500 and 900 Mc indicate an increase in the dielectric loss as the sample changes from the anisotropic to the normal liquid phase. This change could not be established for measurements at other frequencies reported in this paper.
Kinetics of Cs+ Desorption from Tungsten37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732929View Description Hide Description
The mean adsorption lifetime τ3 of Cs+ on tungsten has been measured in the 1000°—1200°K temperature range, using a pulsed beam technique. Under conditions of low surface coverage and with either Cs or CsI as beam materialswas obtained. The heat of desorption can be calculated as the energy required to remove an isolated Cs+ ion from the surface of an electrical conductor. The presence of an adsorbed contaminating layer, arising from residual vacuum gases, decreased the Cs+—W binding energy by 0.5 eV and increased the pre‐exponential factor by about two orders of magnitude. Anomalous results were obtained when CsCl was used for a beam material, suggesting a reaction between the surfacetungsten atoms and atomic chlorine.
Solubility of Helium in Liquid Hydrogen37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732930View Description Hide Description
The solubility of helium in liquid hydrogen has been measured as a function of temperature and pressure. It was found the solubility varied from 0.59 mole % for T=26.8°K and 1.98 atm partial pressure of helium to 11.1 mole % for T=19.8°K and 7.0 atm partial pressure of helium.
Relation between Ultrasonically Measured Properties and the Coefficients in the Solid Equation of State37(1962); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1732931View Description Hide Description
A relation is found by straight forward thermodynamic methods between the derivatives with respect to pressure of the isothermal and adiabatic bulk moduli which gives at zero pressure from the experimental plus temperature‐dependent‐only thermodynamic properties. Although BT<Bs is required by thermodynamics, we find for Cu, Ag, Au, Al, NaCl, and Na. The coefficients a 1 and a 2 in the equation of state are evaluated from ultrasonic experimental data and compared with those obtained by experiments in high pressure physics. Agreement between the a 1's is good but between the a 2's it is poor.


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The Edith Wharton Society will sponsor two sessions at the December 27-30, 2004, MLA in Philadelphia.
1. Edith Wharton and Secrets
Motifs of concealment and covertness in Wharton's writing; ethical, social, discursive, marital, and/or gender-oriented implications of the clandestine or the withheld; the phenomenon of secrecy in relation to matters of form or technique.
Please send abstracts and brief vitae by 15 March to:
Frederick Wegener
Department of English
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840-2403
2. Edith Wharton and the Arts.
Fine arts and performing arts (such as opera and theater) in Wharton's life and work; theater and opera adaptations of Wharton's works. Proposals (approx. 250 words) to Julie Olin-Ammentorp (email@example.com) by March 10, 2004.


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Abstract Deadline: Thursday, June 15, 2006
Myriad factors shape our relationship with food. What we choose to eat, when we eat it, with whom we eat it, and how we eat it is influenced by technology, economics, politics, fashion, tradition, religion, and other aspects of culture. Scholars from all disciplines are invited to address the intersection of food and the human experience at the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association's annual meeting. Topics might include (but are not limited to) the politics of food, culinary tourism, food in literature, health and diet, food in advertising, and restaurant culture. Panels (3-4 presenters), individual papers, roundtables, and alternative formats are encouraged.
MAPACA's annual conference is an interdisciplinary event exploring all aspects of American and popular culture. Last year's Food & Culture sessions included presentations about the arrival of Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian, the impact of the Women's Liberation Movement on the marketing of chocolate bonbons, International students' perceptions of a university's food service, and the discourse between vegetarianism and animal rights. For a complete listing of last year's panelists and the entire program, and for more information about the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, please visit http://www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette/.
To submit a paper/panel proposal: Send an abstract (150 words or less), a short CV or biography, and your title/affiliation by Thursday, June 15, 2006 via email (preferred) or hard copy to:
Monika Bolino, PhD
Brown Medical School
Office of Professional Development
97 Waterman Street, GA-2
Providence, RI 02912
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Panel submissions: Panels (3-4 presenters) organized around a theme are welcome. Please include a short summary and title for the panel.
Registration and Hotel Information: For more information, visit the "Conference" link at www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette. All sessions will be held at the Wyndham Baltimore Hotel, 101 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD [http://baltimore.wyndham-hotels.com/].


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The New Jersey State Police canceled an Amber Alert issued for a 17-year-old girl, now saying she is a possible runaway, according to a report on CBS880.com.
According to the report, police originally issued the alert as Bergenfield police were investigating the abduction of Alexis Valle that took place at about 10:37 p.m. Monday. Authorities are now in the process of taking Valle into custody.
Police suspected that Valle, a white female with brown, shoulder-length hair and brown eyes was abducted and forced into a green 1996 Infiniti J30 that may have been headed to Hackensack or Lodi, according to the report. The suspects had been Damien Lugo, 19; Najee Lloyd, 18; and Joshua Leslie, 22.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Five police officers were shot - two of them critically wounded - in a running gunfight Thursday morning that began during a police stakeout of two armed robbery suspects in New Jersey's second-largest city.
Both suspects were killed in the shootout, which began on the street about 5 a.m. and ended when SWAT officers fought their way into an apartment where the man and woman had taken cover. The assaulting officers were met by shotgun blasts that ripped through the apartment building's walls and doors.
One of the suspects had "some kind of automatic shotgun," Mayor Jerramiah Healy said. Residents of the complex said they awoke to the sounds of gunfire and police running down their halls.
Marlon Harrison said gunshots echoed off the alley wall outside his second-floor apartment window.
"It was like the Army out there," Harrison said.
Doctors at Jersey City Medical Center said the most seriously injured officer was in full cardiac arrest, with no signs of life, when he arrived for treatment. Doctors had to bring him back to life "five or six times" before they could stabilize him, he said.
Dr. Bruno Molino, the chief of trauma at Jersey City Medical Center, said the officer received a shotgun blast to the left side of his face and will require reconstructive surgery to repair his jaw, sinus and the area below his eye.
Molino said his team removed two "foreign objects" from the neck of the second officer. He said the next 24 to 48 hours are pivotal for the survival of both men, who have been sedated and are in critical but stable condition
"These officers are extremely lucky to be alive," said Molino, 37. "We're very fortunate to be discussing this at all."
The suspects were being sought in connection with an armed robbery last month in which they allegedly shot a man in the abdomen with the same shotgun. Healy said the duo was suspected of similar criminal activity in South Carolina.
Authorities said that the woman did not have a firearm, but that her partner wielded his weapon with deadly intent, sending residents scrambling for cover in a violent neighborhood known for illegal drug sales.
"This individual came fully ready to go to war with us," said Police Chief Tom Comey. "This is a gun meant for nothing other than to hunt a man."
When the gunfire stopped, both suspects were dead and five officers were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. Three other officers were treated for minor injuries, such as flying glass.
Police identified the vehicle used in the earlier robbery from surveillance video. Investigators learned the suspects moved it each morning to avoid getting a ticket and staked the vehicle out.
The gunfight began when the suspects approached their car. The man pulled out a pump-action shotgun and fired at the marked police car, blowing out its windshield. One of the officers was shot in the leg.
The subsequent injuries all took place during the apartment assault. The fourth officer wounded was shot in the chest, but the blast was absorbed by his bulletproof vest. The fifth victim, a member of the emergency services unit of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was shot in the arm.
No names have been released.
The street where the shooting took place remained roped off with police tape as investigators checked a weed-strewn vacant lot nearby for bullets.
Associated Press writer Beth DeFalco in Trenton contributed to this report. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Karen Felder, Principal of Jennie Moore Elementary School, has a work ethic that is unsurpassed, according to the school's vice principal Susan Fitz. And her 100 percent attendance record is proof of her dedication.
That's why it was no surprise that she is to be honored as the Star Principal of the Year for the Charleston County school district 2011-12.
According to Fitz, "Her presence sets the tone for the teachers and students. As a result, the attendance rate for teachers is 98.4 percent and for students it's 96.4 percent. She greets students and parents each day - setting the tone that she is excited they are at school, and that she is confident that they will have a great day," Fitz explained.
Charleston County School District awards the Star Teachers and Principals recognition annually. Nominations are accepted throughout the district and after nominations have been narrowed down, finalists submit an application packet for final judging.
Felder was nominated by her peers in the elementary education category and was honored to be chosen.
Felder received a BS in Physical Education from Appalachian State University, and fresh out of college, she began her teaching career in Greenwood. In 1981 she began at Wando High School as a physical education instructor at the young age of 22. She also coached tennis and JV basketball and track. In 1990 she moved on to Mount Pleasant Academy again teaching physical education. It was there that Felder became interested in administration. The principal there, Jayne Davis allowed Felder to fill in doing assistant principal administrative duties, since there was not an assistant principal on staff. During that time Felder got her certification in administration and was hired in 2000 as assistant principal at Orange Grove Elementary School.
She worked there for three years before being named principal at Jennie Moore Elementary School where she has been principal for nine years.
Administrators from the elementary, middle, high school zones were nominated and selected by their peers for this prestigious district award. "It is always an honor to be recognized by your peers," Felder said. "They understand what you do everyday and the dedication that goes into it."
Felder works closely with other administrators across the district, sharing ideas, seeking advice and finding solutions together.
"There were plenty of others deserving of this award, so it is truly an honor to be a part of this group. It is inspiring to have been nominated by those just as worthy of this honor,"
Fitz said that Felder's passion for her school and education carries out into the community. "Karen attends students' basketball games, softball games, football games, swim meets to cheer them on. She had worked extensively with an ecumenical group of churches to expand the I-Beam volunteer program throughout Mount Pleasant schools and churches. She attended church services at most of Mount Pleasant places of worship to explain and promote the program. She did this all so that our children could receive additional support and mentoring," she explained.
In addition, Felder has been instrumental in developing the philosophy of learning through the creative arts. According to Fitz, "As a foundational piece of our program for the creative arts, Karen developed a program called Arts Infusion. Through this program, classroom teachers and the arts specialists collaborate to develop units of study that use the arts to enhance the academic standards."
For example, Fitz said, second grade students' learning of a social studies standard of Community and Geography would be supported by the art teacher; they would learn about historical places and landmarks unique to the Lowcountry. Focusing on the art work of artists Carew Rice and Kara Walker, students would create translucent silhouette designs that depict the landmarks on a postcard they write and send home through the mail. "With Arts Infusion, teachers know that they are working together to ensure our students are successful in the core curriculum and the arts."
There has been a drastic turn around in the community's perception of Jennie Moore, Fitz explained.
She said Felder instituted and open door policy and invited parents into the building. She encouraged them to become active stakeholders in their children's education. Today Jennie Moore has more than 300 consistent volunteers in its building. Fitz said turnover is almost non-existent.
Jennie Moore Elementary will be moving to Wando South this summer in preparation for a campus overhaul at their current location. A primary school will be constructed on the property, and new facilities that will house Jennie Moore Elementary and Laing Middle School.
"We are excited to be sharing a campus with Laing at Wando South so we can begin establishing that parent, student, education community," Felder said.
Jennie Moore is a partial arts magnet school, while Laing is a partial science and math magnet. That creates a well rounded learning environment for the students, Felder explained.
And what makes Jennie Moore unique to other schools in the area is the diverse population.
"We have groups who have lived here all of their lives, and then those who are new to the area - which creates a nice combination," Felder said. "The diverse ethnic groups we have is a wonderful reflection of the world these children will grow up in," she said.
"The parents and children have exposure to people who are not just like them, and everyone learns from each other, everyday."
Felder said the strengths of Jennie Moore are simple. "We have great teachers, great students and great parents. And we all work together."
Felder graduated from Wando High School and is a lifelong resident of Mount Pleasant. Today her former students are bringing their children into school and she loves the connection between generations.
As a retired principal from Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, Fitz said she has seen many good principals. "Often we recognize principals who bring innovative programs to their schools and or the districts in which they work. But it is the addition of devotion and passion that is necessary to truly make an excellent principal. When I retired here in Mount Pleasant and decided to seek a job to continue in education, I knew that I could not just work anywhere. I spent my time interviewing principals and schools as much as they spent time interviewing me. What I found so appealing about Karen Felder that enticed me to leave retirement behind was her exceptional human relation skills. It was evident that she had the trust and commitment of her staff and her community," Fitz said.
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When it was discovered that standard Xbox 360 Premium
packages were coming
equipped with HDMI output, the first question on many gamers' minds is if
this new box was indeed the quiet introduction to the much awaited and
anticipated shrink to 65nm chips.
One brave soul on hardcore gaming forum NeoGAF
decided to help answer that question for everyone and cracked open his new
console for educational purposes. It appears those waiting for the 65nm die
shrink will have to wait some time longer, as examination of the innards of the
Premium box with HDMI reveals the identical "Zephyr" motherboard layout as
originally discovered in the Xbox 360 Elite console.
The main differences between the previous Xbox 360
motherboard and the new "Zephyr" are mainly in power supply. As detailed in an
earlier article with regards to a dissection of the Xbox
360 Elite, the new motherboard makes use of smaller capacitors arranged in
slightly different arrangements. Microsoft has also reduced the amount of MOSFETs
installed in the power supply section of the PCB. There are also fewer
resistors located above the CPU as well. However, despite the power changes,
the die size remains the same as with the HDMI-less Xbox 360.
One notable addition to the new Xbox 360 Premium console is
the inclusion of added
cooling measures not found in previous iterations of the console. A new
heatsink with a heatpipe that leads to a secondary "daughter" heatsink helps to
further cool the GPU.
For gamers waiting for an even cooler running box, the next
step will have to wait until the arrival of "Falcon," – the codename for the
65nm Xbox 360 GPU and CPU. Microsoft has not officially confirmed the
production of its new, smaller, cooler chips, but industry experts are
expecting "Falcon" to land sometime this
quote: Yes, but just the Elites. The old stock of Premium and Core consoles have to sell out before we begin to see the new "Falcon" based consoles. The Elite is no different, expect that it is in high demand, unlike the other consoles. I would say you should start to see July manufactured Elites in stores sometime between mid-August and September. As you can see, MS did this just in time for the Halo 3 launch.


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DHCP over VPN allows a host (DHCP Client) behind a SonicWALL obtain an IP address lease from a DHCP server at the other end of a VPN tunnel. In some network deployments, it is desirable to have all VPN networks on one logical IP subnet, and create the appearance of all VPN networks residing in one IP subnet address space. This facilitates IP address administration for the networks using VPN tunnels.
The SonicWALL appliance at the remote and central site are configured for VPN tunnels for initial DHCP traffic as well as subsequent IP traffic between the sites. The SonicWALL at the remote site (Remote Gateway) passes DHCP broadcast packets through its VPN tunnel. The SonicWALL at the central site (Central Gateway) relays DHCP packets from the client on the remote network to the DHCP server on the central site.
To configure DHCP over VPN for the Central Gateway, use the following steps:
Select Central Gateway from the DHCP Relay Mode menu.
To use the SonicWALL internal DHCP server for assigning IP addresses, select Use Internal DHCP Server. Select For Global VPN Client if remote users are obtaining IP addresses from the SonicWALL. Select For Remote Firewall if a remote firewall is obtaining its IP address from the SonicWALL.
If you want to send DHCP requests to specific servers, enable the Send DHCP requests to the server addresses listed below check box. Enter the IP addresses of DHCP servers in the Add DHCP Server field, and click Update. The SonicWALL now directs DHCP requests to the specified servers.
To delete DHCP servers, click on the IP address of the DHCP server, and click Delete DHCP Server. The server is removed from the list of DHCP servers.
To complete the configuration, go to VPN and click Configure.
Select Destination network obtains IP addresses using DHCP through this SA in the Destination Networks section. Click Update.
To configure the SonicWALL as a Remote Gateway, use the following steps:
Select Remote Gateway from the DHCP Relay Mode menu.
Select the VPN Security Association to be used for the VPN tunnel from the Obtain using DHCP through this SA menu.
Alert! Only VPN SAs using IKE can be used as VPN tunnels for DHCP and the SAs must be enabled and terminated at the LAN.
The Relay IP address is a static IP address from the pool of specific IP addresses on the Central Gateway. It should not be available in the scope of DHCP addresses. The SonicWALL can also be managed through the Relay IP address.
Type the IP address used to remotely manage the SonicWALL in the Remote Management IP Address field. The SonicWALL can aslo be managed through the Relay IP address.
If you enable Block traffic through tunnel when IP spoof detected, the SonicWALL blocks any traffic across the VPN tunnel that is spoofing an authenticated users IP address. If you have any static devices, however, you must ensure that the correct Ethernet address is entered for the device. The Ethernet address is used as part of the identification process, and an incorrect Ethernet address can cause the SonicWALL to respond to IP spoofs.
If the VPN tunnel is disrupted, temporary DHCP leases can be obtained from the local DHCP server. Once the tunnel is again active, the local DHCP server stops issuing leases. Enable the Obtain temporary lease from local DHCP server if tunnel is down check box. By enabling this check box, you have a failover option in case the tunnel ceases to function. If you want to allow temporary leases for a certain time period, enter the number of minutes for the temporary lease in the Temporary Lease Time box. The default value is two (2) minutes.
To configure Static Devices on the LAN, enter the IP address of the device in the IP Address field and then enter the Ethernet Address of the device in the Ethernet Address field. An example of a static device is a printer as it cannot obtain an IP lease dynamically. If you do not have Block traffic through tunnel when IP spoof detected enabled, it is not necessary to enter the Ethernet address of a device.
You must exclude the Static IP addresses from the pool of available IP addresses on the DHCP server so that the DHCP server does not assign these addresses to DHCP clients. You should also exclude the IP address used as the Relay IP Address. It is recommended to reserve a block of IP address to use as Relay IP addresses.
Select LAN Devices not allowed to obtain IP through SA if there are devices on the LAN that you do not want to obtain IP addresses through the VPN tunnel, such as childrens computers. You must know the Ethernet address of the device to configure this setting. The Ethernet address of a device can be determined by typing ipconfig/all into a Command Prompt window.
Alert! You must configure the local DHCP server on the remote SonicWALL to assign IP leases to these computers.
Alert! If a remote site has trouble connecting to a central gateway and obtaining a lease, verify that Deterministic Network Enhancer (DNE) is not enabled on the remote computer.
Tip! If a static LAN IP address is outside of the DHCP scope, routing is possible to this IP, i.e. two LANs.
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the Duck returns and gold drops. What gives?
And why hasn't the Duck been filling us in on the travails of the Bear Stearns derivative fund?
His programmers must be backlogged.
Did you stick our tongue out? Thumbs in your ears, fingers wagging? Alpha, when will you grow up?
Not bad enough being a Canoodle, again you are faux canoodle form. I suggest you find a bright 7th grader to translate english for you. YOur reading comprehension is abominable. Stick to your headlines and spinning for Bush & Co. You do it badly, but you at least have a passion for it.
Hypocrisy? To laugh at your hidden personal agenda is not hypocrisy. You didn't want to know about KO prospects as you asked. You were also short term oriented. Your posting now comparing PEP to gold stocks, one day performance, confirms such.
This from the faux that chastised others strictly from the headlines while ignoring the story. Canoodle, your level of hypocrisy is rising so much faster than your gold holdings.
Nothing like the headlines of the moment to stir Alpha's loins.
A day delayed, perhaps, but a nice 2% plus Pop in PEP thus far today. Better than a stick in the eye or what gold or silver is doing today. Wonder if Canoodle will wake up and tell us what VGPMX actually returned for 2004.
Beware CAnoodle.. I know you dont have a mirror, but your ignorance is showing. That nonsense might work on your girlfriend of hire or Bill O'Reily, but should not press your luck with the KO Board.
More revisionism from Alpha. Now he defines his first request referring to 10 years of history to being "recent past".
Learned long time ago, Best predictor of likely Future is recent Past. That said, you always want to find those companies which will succeed going forward.
RE: One should be concerned about the future!
>>you ...of all people should KNOW alph likes to look in the rearview mirror


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California's Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is on the brink of ten percent budget cuts. The impact of these cuts will be felt statewide, but as we have previously reported, the greatest impact will be on the most vulnerable populations in the state. More specifically, the neediest citizens, including the elderly, will feel the effects of the cuts.
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Ok, I'm gonna give this a go, even though I tend to start things and not finish them. That's why I have a non-existant blog- LOL.
B: 3-egg spinach omelet
L: 2 pork chops w/ marinara sauce
1/2 cucumber w/ spicy brown mustard
D: Was going to IF, but...
2 large meadow mushrooms, 3 pickled eggs, some hazelnuts and a handfull of raisins I found in the fridge. Talk about foraging.
Great to see you posting!
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Good stuff Diana. Nice to see you have eaten your mushrooms, they looked really tasty!
Hey Diana, so cool that you foraged your own mushrooms. I have mushrooms growing in the common area of my condo complex and have been eyeballing them. BUT it's an area where dog owners bring their pets to do their business so I don't think I'll be going out there and munching on those. Ew! Did you cook your foraged mushrooms or did you eat them raw? Just curious.
Hey, I made it two days in a row. Not bad.
Didn't feel like doing much at the gym, so I just played on the elliptical for a while as I watched Fox & Friends.
3 eggs scrambled w/ spinach, cajun seasoning
Chocolate protein powder w/ water. (Not bad actually. Had a weird craving for it.)
2 pork chops w/ diced apple
Salmon salad w/ a whole bag of frozen cauliflower
Green & Black's 85% cacao chocolate and 2 glasses of merlot
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@DCK- I lightly sauted the mushrooms in some butter, just enough to soften them up and enhance flavor.
Wow... that was a short night. I didn't get to sleep until midnight, and my eyes were wide awake by 5:00. I've gotten very good at setting my internal alarm clock to wake me between 4:30 and 5:00. Too good maybe.
It's finally been nice enough outside to leave my windows open all night, which makes for a GREAT night's sleep. Not to mention waking naturally with the birds. I just wish my bedroom was on the east side of my apartment so I got the morning sun. When I get a new place, that's one thing I'm going to look for.
Got up too late to get to the gym before I gotta take my car to the shop, plus my calves ache so bad. I've been stretching and massaging them, but they really make me not want to do anything. Maybe when I feel more awake and ambitious I'll play with some push-ups and stuff. At least I can work my core and upper body.
Since I didn't IF the other day, I might do that today. I haven't decided yet. I don't feel hungry yet, so we'll see what happens if/when I do, and what I'm doing at the time.
Yeah, I'm already sorta slacking on this thing. I guess my life is so routine that it seems kinda pointless to document the same thing over and over.
I did end up spending a lot of time at my parents' house this weekend, which meant I ended up missing my gym, and I do miss it. We went out to eat a couple times in the last two days and I'm really proud of myself how well I behaved around food. Yesterday we went to the Chinese buffet and I got the mongolian stir fry. I love being able to pick out my own fresh veggies and meat, and watching them cook it. Fruit for dessert, though a little on the sweet side.
Today I went up to Ithaca to the farmers' market. Ended up doing a little wine tasting, and I got to try some vegan ice cream, made with cashew and coconut milk. I split it with my mom and I was surprised that she ate something healthy, AND liked it! My brother suggested some chicken joint for dinner. Needless to say it wasn't good. The closest thing to veggies they had were onion rings and cabbage salad. I ended up getting 1/2 a chicken and some cabbage salad. It was adequate at best. I really was tempted to IF since I'd pretty much snacked all day, but I really didn't need to hear any judgement from the family who already thinks I'm "too thin."
I haven't really seen my brother much in the last several months. I swear he asked me four times over the last couple of days, "So you don't eat ANY bread? Really, none?" He just can't wrap his brain around the idea- lol.
On the upside, I got some great stuff today. Blueberries, cherries, oyster mushrooms, a stevia plant, some lamb kidneys, and some raw grass-fed cheese.
Good day. Did some mild cardio this morning at the gym. I wasn't really in the mood to do any lifting.
B: 3 eggs, scrambled with spinach
L: Pork chop, cauliflower, snap peas
S: Blueberries and almonds
D: Fall fish, fiddleheads w/ oyster mushrooms and onions
S: Cherries
Ate more fruit and produce than I allowed myself last week. I may alternate high produce/low produce weeks. Still working the fat off.
Went for a walk after work, trying to think of stuff I can do outside while getting some sun. I don't have a yard to do yard work, and the landscape is really quite boring. Chased a couple robins. Even the squirrels were nowhere to be seen. Sort of a bummer.
And WTF is with all the flies in my apartment all of a sudden? Ugh.
I did pretty good tooday. Not getting up as easily this week after staying up way too late and sleeping too late all weekend. Got to the gym and had a good workout. It could have been better. There are way too many people there for my liking. Maybe I should go earlier, if I can get myself to wake up earlier without an alarm.
Breakfast was 3 eggs scrambled with spinach, and some marinara on top. Pork chop with snap peas and cauliflower for lunch again, along with blueberries and almonds. I'd planned on making lamb kidneys for dinner but ended up going to the laundromat. I stopped and grabbed a salad at a local diner with a gift certificate I forgot I had. I forgot to tell them to hold the croutons. It was a real pain picking them out. Otherwise, it was a fantastic spinach salad.
I think I'm going to try to turn in early so I can get to the gym early, and beat the crowd.
Wow, what a week so far.
So... I bought a new car. Actually, I haven't bought it yet. I have to drive up to Rochester on Monday to seal the deal.
Yesterday I was so frazzled. I completely forgot about preparing lunch for today. I really want to eat WELL this week, so there was no way I was going to IF. Not this week. I stopped at Wegman's on the way home from the gym to grab a chicken but they wouldn't be ready til after 9. I have to be to work by 8:30. No go. Sooo... I bought a split chicken and fried it up myself real quick. Now I have a whole chicken to eat.
Eggs and spinach for breakfast again this morning. Topped it with some salsa. Crap... I'm out of spinach. Gotta think of something else for breakfast tomorrow to go with the eggs. Lunch was 1/4 chicken with broccoli.
Dinner, I am really impressed with myself. I made lamb kidneys with fiddleheads, oyster mushrooms and onions in a red wine reduction sauce. I'm not a huge fan of kidneys- very liver like. The fiddleheads and mushrooms were fantastic though.
My workout was just cardio today. Back to the weights tomorrow. I really need to get motivated to do more work OFF the machines. Tried some crawls... they're harder than I imagined.
Sorta looking forward to getting back to cutting carbs next week and bumping up the weight loss. I figure if I alternate weeks that'll be good, and I won't get quite so bored. One week eat 75-100g carbs, then the next drop it down to just under 50g. I noticed I have more appetite when I eat more carbs. I'm going to have to watch myself.


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Aviva revitalisation starts to yield positive results
In 2013, Aviva announced it would be cutting 2,000 jobs globally. At the time, the move was seen as signalling a clear intention by group chief executive Mark Wilson – who arrived from AIA Group at the beginning of 2013 – to shake up operations at the insurer. Since then, the business has undergone radical readjustment.
Euan Munro joined Wilson in January 2014 as chief executive of Aviva Investors.
Having worked at Standard Life since 1995, latterly as head of multi-asset and bond strategies at Standard Life Investments, Munro was widely credited with the success of the company's £200 billion Global Absolute Return Strategy.
Since joining Aviva, he has declined to conduct press interviews while he perfects his new strategy for the firm.
Despite his reluctance to tangle with the media, his senior lieutenants have been keener to discuss the revitalisation of the business and last week agreed to meet Financial News to explain developments in corporate strategy across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and real estate.
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Daniel James, chief investment officer of fixed income at Aviva Investors, was among those to outline the changes in the business since the start of the year. He described the business as "effectively rudderless" before the appointment of Wilson at the start of January 2013, noting that investment consultants want to see strong corporate governance in asset managers.
Among James's projects is a programme to develop the multi-asset fixed income strategy for Aviva Investors. This will include the relaunch of the company's Aviva Global Bond Absolute Return fund this summer.
The number of comparable products on the market proves that investor demand exists, so the launch of the Aviva product will provide a new investment opportunity.
James said: "It is a great concept. We have a robust way of building portfolios. We are much more in the Standard Life bucket with that multi-asset deep product. There is a reasonable group of peers."
While Aviva's revamped multi-strategy launch could have been predicted following Munro's arrival, James believes that the business can build on other strengths it already possessed to drive its fortunes further.
He said: "In November last year, we exited some of the businesses that we were not very good at or were things that clients didn't want. We have reinvested that in other areas. We have a pension strategy and we see we have an opportunity in the liability-driven investment market."
James said the company is well placed to use its internal knowledge base to offer bespoke LDI strategies to both insurers and pension schemes. According to the most recent report on the LDI market from KPMG, Aviva was ranked 12th in the UK, based on the "notional amount hedged in segregated and bespoke mandates" at the end of 2012.
James said: "There are interesting discussions to be had with larger [pension] schemes. We can be very adaptable to specific client needs. We don't have an off-the-shelf product."
In equities, Aviva is also refocusing. It closed its quant equity desk at the end of last year and merged quant operations with the active equity desk. Within active management, the company also withdrew from employing full-time dedicated small-cap managers and moved its fund management team in Singapore back to the UK.
David Lis, head of UK equities at Aviva Investors, said: "The big picture is we want our equities offering to be active and not passive. It was about focusing on the areas where we have a good track record.
"We feel we have enough to do in growing our equities business in those areas. We think that the pension changes next year will open up opportunities for equities."
Lis, like many asset managers in the market, is hoping the changes to the pensions market that allow people full access to their defined contribution pension pot from April 2015 will lead to a flood of interest in equity income funds.
He said: "The one thing that equities can offer is a dividend yield that is quite a bit higher than fixed income at the moment. We see a big opportunity to offer equity income in that space."
In real estate, the company established its Secure Income Alternatives division at the end of last year. The division is a mix of infrastructure, debt equity and real estate debt investment.
David Skinner, chief investment officer for real estate at Aviva Investors, said the Secure Income Alternatives unit is also a priority growth area for the business, with plenty of interest currently being shown from both pension schemes and insurers.
He said: "We have a few strategies in the pipeline but it would be premature to talk about those. "One of the areas that we have looked at is the private rented sector in the UK. It doesn't really exist as an institutional asset class at the moment but there seems to be a lot of growing investor interest. The changes in the Budget have made those proposals a little more attractive."
Skinner said Aviva, like some other UK insurance groups, plans to look at ways to pool capital to develop steady income streams from privately rented accommodation. He said Aviva had skill sets in the business that could be redeployed in this area with relative ease and said he would not rule out the potential for working with a partner organisation on such a project.
This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated June 2, 2014