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Home List of Titles Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): in search of Milky Way Magellanic Cloud analogues
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- Title
- Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): in search of Milky Way Magellanic Cloud analogues
- Author(s)
- Robotham, A. S. G.; Baldry, I. K.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Driver, S. P.; Loveday, J.; Norberg, P.; Bauer, A. E.; Bekki, K.; Brough, S.; Brown, M.; Graham, Alister W.; Hopkins, A. M.; Phillipps, S.; Power, C.; Sansom, A.; Staveley-Smith, L.
- Abstract
- Analysing all Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) galaxies within a factor of 2 (±0.3 dex) of the stellar mass of the Milky Way (MW), there is a 11.9 per cent chance that one of these galaxies will have a close companion (within a projected separation of 70 kpc and radial separation of 400 km s−1) that is at least as massive as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Two close companions at least as massive as the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are rare at the 3.4 per cent level. Two full analogues to the MW–LMC& 8211;SMC system were found in GAMA (all galaxies late-type and star-forming), suggesting that such a combination of close together, late-type, star-forming galaxies is rare: only 0.4 per cent of MW mass galaxies (in the range where we could observe both the LMC and SMC) have such a system. In summary, the MW–LMC–SMC system is a 2.7& 0963; event (when recast into Gaussian statistics). Using cross-correlation comparisons we find that there is a preference for SMC–LMC binary pair analogues to be located within 2 Mpc of a range of different luminosity groups. There is a particular preference for such binaries to be located near Local Group luminosity systems. When these groups are subdivided into small magnitude gap and large magnitude gap subsets, the binaries prefer to be spatially associated with the small magnitude gap systems. These systems will be dynamically less evolved, but still offer the same amount of gravitational dark matter. This suggests that binaries such as the SMC–LMC might be transient systems, usually destroyed during vigorous merger events. Details of a particularly striking analogue to the MW–SMC–LMC and M31 complex are included.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 424, no. 2 (Aug 2012), pp. 1448-1453
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Dynamics; Galaxies; Haloes; Kinematics; Large-scale structure of Universe; Local Group; Magellanic clouds
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- 0035-8711
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 The Authors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society copyright © 2012 RAS.
- Peer reviewed


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PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found an association between the genetics of donor-recipient matches in kidney transplants and complications during the first week after transplantation. The team, led by Malek Kamoun MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Clinical Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory, and Harold Feldman MD, MSCE, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, has shown that small differences in the building blocks of cell-surface proteins used to match donors and recipients for deceased-donor kidney transplantation was associated with an increased risk for delayed allograft function, or DGF.
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DGF is a common (30 to 50 percent incidence), but severe, malfunction of the transplant requiring dialysis in the first week after implantation, and has been associated with an increased risk of allograft rejection. In 2007, there were over 10,500 deceased-donor kidney transplants in America, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
"If we can validate the association we found in a larger dataset, then the genetic data can potentially be used to better match donors and recipients, thereby decreasing the level of immunosuppressants needed," notes Kamoun. "The ultimate goal is to overcome the need for strong immunosuppressants. With immunosuppression comes an increased risk for infection and cancer, among other significant complications."
The cause of DGF is poorly understood, with both non-immunological factors such as cause of death, donor age, recipient race, and immunological factors, playing a role. "But most studies haven't clearly shown an association between the HLA-specific cell-surface proteins and DGF," says Kamoun. "We have shown that amino acid variations in HLA-A proteins are associated with DGF."
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John H. Holmes, Jane D. Kearns, Valerie Teal, Wei Peter Yang, Sylvia E. Rosas, Marshall M. Joffe, and Hongzhe Li, all of Penn, are co-authors. Ajay Israni, University of Minnesota, is also a co-author.
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Paul R. "Ertz" Erzal Sr., 84, Lilly, died Tuesday. He was born in Portage, son of Rudolph and Dorothy Erzal. Surviving are his wife, Doris; three children: Paul Jr., Sharon Galayda and Patrick; seven grandchildren; and sisters: Sister Marie Chabanel, Rose Marie Kuchera and Jean Smalley. He was preceded in death by siblings: Ruth Urich and Mary Catherine, William and Robert Erzal. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Matthew R. Decort Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., Portage. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Our Lady of the Alleghenies Church, Lilly.


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Calls mount for US-EU swaps rules recognition
A lobby group whose members include some of the most well-known names in finance has urged regulators in the US and European Union to agree a coordinated approach to new rules governing the swaps market to prevent severe disruption to cross-border over-the-counter derivatives trading.
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a non-partisan group based in the US, made the call in a letter sent last week to Timothy Massad, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Michel Barnier, the European commissioner for internal market and services.
The group's 35 members include Samara Cohen, a managing director in Goldman Sachs' securities division; Blackrock vice chairman Barbara Novick; Bloomberg chief executive and president Daniel Doctoroff; and Kenneth Griffin, chief executive and president of Citadel.
Co-chairs of the group are former Goldman Sachs president John Thornton and Glenn Hubbard, former chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers.
At issue is the lack of coordination between US and European regulators on G20-led reforms to the swaps market, and in particular rules that mandate the clearing of OTC derivatives contracts that can be standardised.
Under the European rules, US clearing houses can only achieve recognition if the CFTC first recognises EU clearing houses. However, the US has only granted equivalence to EU clearing houses for US dealers and not buyside firms, which does not satisfy the European rules.
From December 15, the EU will introduce the Capital Requirements Directive IV, new rules that require EU banks to hold more capital against trades that are not passed through EU-approved clearing houses. Up to 60 times more capital could be required, according to the letter.
According to the letter, if the European Commission does not recognise US clearing houses by December 15, European firms will be forced to process trades only through European clearing houses, which risks "fragmenting the swaps and futures market and decreasing market participants' access to all cleared derivatives".
Professor Hal Scott, director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, said in a statement: "We cannot wait until December 14. The time for action is now. Derivative contracts hedge risk over several months, so counterparties will soon be unable to roll-over existing contracts."
The letter recommends a number of steps the CFTC and European Commission should take to resolve the differences in rules and help achieve recognition. The US and Europe have differing rules covering the amount of collateral paid to clearing houses to guarantee trades, the protection of collateral held at clearing houses and bankruptcy.
Scott added: "If the steps set forth in the letter are taken, then EU-US clearing house recognition is possible, without any undue risk to financial stability. There is no need for an extremely costly disruption of the global derivatives market."
The letter notes that as the EU and US account for 95% of the $630 trillion global derivatives markets, resolving the problem "would be a very important step towards implementing the post-financial crisis G-20 reforms".
Both the CFTC and European Commission have acknowledged the need to protect the cross-border swaps market, most notably through the Common Path Forward agreement that was struck between the two regulators in July 2013. But despite the agreement, formal recognition between US and EU swaps rules has not yet been achieved.


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Find Your Passion: WWI Romance Helps Student Bring History to Life
By Cara Cramer
Mae and Lige were a young couple from Missouri going through the everyday ups and downs of any relationship. Now, 90 years later, their old-fashioned courtship has been saved in their collection of letters, brought to life by University of Alabama honors student Daniel Bush.
Bush, a senior majoring in math and history, first heard about the letters from Dr. Andrew Huebner, UA assistant professor of history. Bush and Huebner hope to catalog all the letters and make them available for public view.
Huebner says the letters bear a close resemblance to what couples today discuss. "Their relationship is strikingly similar to those now. However, instead of texting, phone calls or e-mail, they only have letters, which might take months to deliver," Huebner says.
Lige, a new draftee from Chaonia, Mo., began writing Mae, a friend he had met while still at home. Throughout their three-year correspondence from 1917 to 1919, their relationship grew from friendship to romantic relationship and eventually, into marriage.
"In the early letters of 1917, Mae is a high school senior and Lige has just enlisted in the Army. They then get engaged and later married. Lige completes training and is sent to Europe in late 1918," Bush says.
Although Mae and Lige Dees' dialogue is similar to couples today, the cultural atmosphere of the time is strikingly different. "Socially, since teaching was an acceptable job for women, it did not require college," Bush says. "Mae graduated high school in May 1918 and began teaching the following August. Also, she is submissive to Lige for the most part, asking why he wants her to do certain things but still agreeing to do so."
Another concern that Lige has for Mae is her health. At the time, the flu was a widespread pandemic, and Lige constantly urges Mae to avoid getting sick. Lige also warns Mae not to go swimming in the lake because he fears she will drown.
"Lige opens every letter essentially the same way, with some form of 'Dear little wife, I will drop you a few lines as it has been a few days since I last wrote. As far as slang or vocabulary goes, French people are 'frogs,' men who didn't go to war are 'slackers' and a camera is a 'Kodak' to give a few examples," Bush says.
"I discovered in the final few letters that Lige did in fact spend time in trenches on the front lines and also scored as an expert marksman," Bush says.
The project features three key steps. First, all of the letters must be scanned into a computer. Then the letters must all be cataloged and coded with key words. The final step is to publicize the letters on a Web site.
"There are 146 letters in total, in a fairly even split between Mae and Lige. The majority are in good condition, torn in some cases but mostly complete and legible," Bush says.
Bush, a Panama City, Fla., native, is in the Computer-Based Honors program. The program allows students to participate in a long research project, working closely with a professor. He began his project in January and will finish in December. Working about eight hours a week on the project, he has a seminar class with other research students and also meets with Huebner individually.
His interest in the project sparked after reading the research proposal from Huebner. After interviewing with Huebner, Bush liked the real-life approach to learning about history. He says he enjoys reading every letter before scanning them.
"I found this project to be interesting since I have always had an interest in history, particularly military history, and this project provided an opportunity to gain an inside look at World War I and its effects on the average soldier and his family," Bush says.
Huebner hopes the research will help people better understand dating rituals, military life and culture and people's employment during the time. Huebner hopes to write a book featuring Mae and Lige in the future. Huebner focuses his work on 20th century American culture.
Huebner has enjoyed getting to know Daniel throughout this process. "I couldn't have asked for a better student to work with. He is extremely organized which is very necessary to catalog the amount of letters we have," Huebner said.
After graduation, Bush hopes to pursue a master's degree in mathematics from UA.
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Cara Cramer is a senior at The University of Alabama with a major in public relations and minors in political science and communication studies. She is from Dothan.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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City and county officials in Clovis and Portales passed an ordinance last week aimed at curbing production of methamphetamine. Unfortunately, the law misses its target.
It will inconvenience sick people, can send retail-store owners to jail, and gives government a little better look into our private lives but, in the end, provides no more useful tools for police or prosecutors hoping to stop proliferation of the illegal drug.
The law limits the display and sale of cold and sinus medication that can be used to manufacture meth.
Anyone purchasing the powder or hard-pill form of pseudoephedrine products must first register with law enforcement, via the retail store where the product is purchased.
Retailers who fail to comply face up to 90 days in jail and a $300 fine.
The intent, according to promoters, is to discourage meth cooks from purchasing the ingredients they need for production of the addictive drug.
The reality is there are many avenues through which to acquire those ingredients and the new ordinance makes no attempt to prevent their purchase anyway, only to inconvenience the buyer.
Even if a meth cook travels to numerous stores, purchases the maximum number of pills allowed by the ordinance — 100 — at each location and registers truthfully every time, the information will not be enough to give law-enforcement the right to search the cook's property, said District Attorney Matt Chandler, who has championed the ordinance for months.
The registration information might allow police to stake out a suspect's home and watch for illegal drug activity.
However, Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher told us that law-enforcement officials already know most of the suspected meth-production facilities in the region because neighbors point them out.
However, police need evidence of illegal activity before they can search a place.
We understand the concerns about the use of methamphetamine. Addicts can do considerable harm to themselves and others, and the drug can be easily acquired at little cost.
However, this law doesn't have a chance of reducing the number of meth labs in the region, though we don't have many now (about a dozen have been discovered in the past year, according to the district attorney's office).
The law will score political points for Chandler and the majority of our elected city and county officials who have now shown voters that they're willing to "do something" to stop illicit drug use.
It will create additional burdens on retail store owners and employees who must put these cold and allergy pills behind counters and document those who wish to purchase them.
It may add to the crime of identity theft since any number of retail store clerks and law enforcement officials will have access to personal information not currently required for most purchases.
It won't do anything to stop the manufacture or distribution of methamphetamine — only education can ultimately achieve that goal.
We applaud Clovis City Commissioners Randy Crowder and Isidro Garcia — the only local officials voting "no" — for recognizing the law's shortcomings.
We're disappointed the others fell for the political hype.


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I have never been an extreme couponer as it is very likely that the majority of those coupons are not very healthy. However, I still look for the deals and cheaper items when I am at the store. There are some brands that I absolutely will not buy generic of, but for the most part I will buy the less expensive product.
I know the store cards are a joke as anyone can have one, but they are a great store "ploy" to make you think like you are saving some money. I guess some people don't get the cards so they do pay more, but if there is a way to save a few $$$ I sign up for the card…why not?
So the local Meijer store has started their M-Perks program. This is how they do their store coupons. Meaning you have to go on-line and actually clip the coupons you want. This sounds like a good idea, at first, but here is why I have not been so successful with using the M-Perks program. Continue reading


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Best Business Books: Jim Buckmaster's Picks
US News and World Report, May 13, 2007
by Jeffrey Macmillan
In a controversial argument on evolutionary theory, Dawkins makes the case for a genecentric view of evolution—suggesting that organisms don't use genes to replicate themselves, but in fact genes use organisms to make more genes.
Why it's a must-read: "It's one of the great layman science guides that make you feel like a genius when you're done. The business world, like the natural world, is much happier if there are a diversity of approaches, cultures, and philosophies. That's the way to get the best results. When you see a monoculture, it doesn't work. In the dot-com boom, for instance, there was this idea that you had to get to a huge size rapidly to stake out your first-mover advantage and achieve market share. We took an organic approach and tried to follow up on what users were asking for, instead. The first idea turned to be hideously conceived, and all of those businesses met the same fate. They were all from the same pattern, and that pattern was invalid."
Kurzweil, a renowned inventor, tackles the future of artificial intelligence, predicting that nanotechnology and robotics will continue to accelerate the pace of technological change.
Why it's a must-read: "The most important theme in the book is to help you understand the exponential rate of technological change that's happening. You tend to look back in the last five or 10 years and think, well, what's going to happen in the next 10 years will be similar. But we're reaching a point on the curve of technological change where the curve is steepening and accelerating. At least in the business we're in, we have this exponential curve working for us: Hardware keeps getting better and cheaper. We use open-source software, which is free, and keeps getting better. These problems look daunting, but you have to remember a lot of them go away every year."
This leftist critique of modern media argues that corporate and government interests dominate much of what consumers know about the world.
Why it's a must-read: "This is a very insightful book about what mass media are, what you can expect from them and what you can't. Craigslist is a very decentralized site in terms of the authority that it exercises, which is kind of the opposite of the way traditional media operate. We want craigslist to be a medium for the masses in every sense of the world, one that's not dominated by a central authority figure. We're distrustful of corporate power and the corporate way of doing things. The last thing we'd want to do is run our site or our company that way."
The Greek stoic philosopher's four books on the Socratic notion that man's purpose is to control his own life
Why it's a must-read: "Epictetus's core message is: How we respond to external events is much more important than the events themselves. In a business context, that means being careful when you put a lot of eggs in a basket that you really have no control over. A lot of businesses take a backwards approach: They focus right from the get-go on how they're going to achieve financial success and conquer the world. I would argue that those are things that shouldn't enter your mind. You should worry about what's in front of you–providing a service people will find helpful. All those other things take care of themselves."
Originating in a speech to a group of Linux developers in 1997, Raymond's book was one of the first to outline the inherent efficiencies of open source, creating the first beachhead for the wisdom of the crowds.
Why it's a must-read: "It's one of the early and seminal books on the open-source movement, but there are important lessons for any business. The notion that large communities of people can address difficult solutions much more effectively than a small number of brilliant people isn't particularly intuitive but has been shown to be true. The wisdom of the crowds affects every element of our decision making [at craigslist]. Much of the trajectory of the company has involved our staff trying to get out of the way. Users have much better ideas about how everything should evolve than we do."


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|All of the datas!
You would be entirely forgiven, after the last five days or so, if (like me) you are suffering from a severe case of Data Fatigue.
|Let's look at the facts, shall we?
For WHATEVER REASON *cough* ESO *cough* the Alpha 'Client' was made public last week, there's still no sign of anyone outside Blizzard actually playing it. The data has now been effectively disassembled and laid out for those of us without the ability to mine to make what we wish of it now, more or less. This has proven that it isn't simply that you have access to a shedload of raw information to begin with, it is as much about how that is subsequently presented to the general public that matters. MMO's done pretty pictures and Wowhead's dealt with things with far more intelligent and reasoned consideration, particularly in the manner in which that has been presented. I said this on Twitter and I'll now say it again publicly: MMO's coverage hasn't been a patch on Wowhead's because, purely and simply, it looks like someone actually thought about what they were presenting rather than simply dropping it in our laps. You would have thought by now that MMO's learnt the lesson about it not mattering being first, or whether you know something ahead of anyone else. People will respect you more for HOW you deal with your data, not that you have it to begin with.
People like me are now picking and choosing our moments to examine, and as there are so many it is at present quite easy to find a space and stake a claim. Let's hope this isn't like Landmark where (as I discovered yesterday) if you don't log in after four days all your hard work effectively vanishes :( As an aside I won't be playing that again for a while if I need to be logged in and manually 'pay' for my Claim. There's too much to do here now, so it's largely moot. I've decided to try and keep up with a legitimate Garrisons Guide this time around: I picked Pet Battles in Pandaria and, in hindsight, it was just too big a task to undertake because I didn't plan nearly well enough. This time around, having all the data early is likely to be an advantage, because it should be relatively straightforward to keep up with everything. I'm already planning ahead for holidays and breaks too, which is worryingly organised. That's one of the advantages of an information overload early on, you have a chance to get a pretty big picture from the word go. There are those however who will say this is a disadvantage, and they'll be absolutely right.
|Asleep at the Back.
I've lost count of the number of people who don't consider Alpha/Beta as 'content' and are deliberately divorcing themselves from the process because (quite understandably) they have no desire to live the game twice. That's the problem with this process: you do all the work in an environment where, like it or not, it matters not one jot to you character or their actual progression. There are no discernible gains, rewards are effectively pointless and frankly, you run the risk of getting bored with a game BEFORE IT IS EVEN ACTUAL CURRENT CONTENT. However, this is the ONLY way to see if the game will work before the general public get their sweaty mitts on it, so the process of testing serves a very significant and particular purpose. Blizzard themselves have already admitted that the process of testing in Pandaria was sub-optimal, and they fully intend to learn from this by deliberately gating access and controlling information as a result. Having everyone help you may seem brilliant in principle, but the practicalities are clearly far from ideal. Picking the people who will hang around for the long haul is far more sensible.
Making sure those people keep the game in the public eye is probably even more sensible, which is why I suspect Blizzard won't be too upset that MMO's splashed a ton of datamined screenshots of zones across it's front page this morning. However, I find myself thinking that actually, this is a fine line to tread. By their own admission the screenshots aren't the finished product, the sky's all wrong and the lighting will be iffy because actually, these areas just aren't fully done. Apparently there is an 'insane demand for screenshots': I'd rather get my screenies when the thing's actually finished, but that's an art perspective and personal preference. What worries me now is that the longer we wait for people to gain access to the client for real, the more this data's going to be diluted and devolved and actually it might not paint the game in as great a light as would be the case were everything done and dusted. In that case, I have to frown rather disapprovingly at MMO's decision this morning and not actually click on any pictures. Because frankly, I can wait.
This is not a contest. There is no first place for being clever and providing incorrect information just because you happen to have the means to do so. I think most people would far rather get the BEST information they can, however frustrating it might be to have to wait for it, rather than a version of the truth that actually will bear very little resemblance to the finished product. You can put your architecture in place, of course you can, and seed it with the data you have, but making your own 'pictures' based on the minimum of artwork you have... I think that's taking things a little too far. It is time to learn some patience.
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Dordt College displays results of Alumni Photography Competition
September 18, 2013
The Dordt College Department of Art and Design hosted its first-ever Alumni Photography Competition. All alumni were invited to submit photographs for the competition and an exhibition.
Entries were collected this summer and a selection of the best photos is now on display in the Dordt College Campus Center Art Gallery through September 27.
A public reception will be held featuring the participating photographers on September 21, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the gallery. During the reception, the best of show and honorable mention awards will be announced.
The juried art show features 35 of the 130 entries as selected by exhibition juror René Clement, who complimented the work of the college alumni saying they produced "really fine pictures." Clement himself has been honored with numerous awards including Zilveren Camera awards for Foreign Documentary and News Pictures. He was also published in Time Magazine's Pictures of the Year issue in 2003.
The public is welcome to enjoy the exhibit free of charge every day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Alumni photographers with work on display include:
Danielle Bakker (2010)
Adam Dekker (2010)
Joel de Waard (1983)
Jordan Edens (2013)
Mark Eekhoff (2010)
Lindsey Folkerts (2012)
Chloe Hilden (2002)
Michelle L. Hofer (1996)
Erica Huisman (2010)
Daniel Kauten (2010)
Jacob Kloet (2010)
John Kosters (1960)
Andrea Kreykes (2011)
Luke Kreykes (2010)
Emily McFarland (2013)
Travis Nykamp (2011)
Becca Schlarbaum (2007)
Andy Stravers (1999)
Jennifer Trosen (2002)
Scott VandeKraats (2011)
April VanRys (2005)
Eric VanWyk (2002)
Sharyl Wielard (1989)
Lynn Wielenga (1981)
Mark Wikkerink (2006)
Pete Zwiers (1987)
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This almost A+ list singer has her own line of clothes at a discount retailer. When asked why she never wears any of the designs she said they were awful and the store is awful, but that the checks are really nice.
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So in other words the clothes are most likely classy and stylish? Whens Mimi coming out with her clothing line?ReplyCancel
Typical of today's society. Too many people no longer give a damn whether they, or their word, amount to anything substantial. Instead it's all about money, and far too many people will do literally anything to get it. What Ms. Minaj is doing, if she means what she says, is no better than prostitution, even if no sex is involved. At least most admitted prostitutes I've known actually give good value for the dollar.ReplyCancel
Everyone knows Sears is what comes to mind when you think Stylish clothes. ; )
If it weren't for tools and appliances Sears would have been gone Loooong ago.
She's so natural and organic.ReplyCancel
They are the kind of clothes that really only look good on a discount version of Minaj, if memory serves. Lotsa tight bright spandex. Also, anyone who buys into her or the Kardashian brand: what they are wearing is the LEAST concerning thing about them.ReplyCancel
Thing is I don't think of Sears when I think Hooker Wear either…ReplyCancel
I do kinda like her though. Remember the kindness reveal of supporting those poor families and helping them get jobs? She treats her fans like gold and some of her songs are pretty catchy..ReplyCancel
I had to run into Kmart very quickly a few weeks ago to grab some dog towels to use with my new puppy. While I was there I had to walk past her display of cloths. They were obnoxiously ugly and I could not fathom anyone around here ( small beach town ) wearing any of these ugly urban and gang esqe cloths.ReplyCancel
Here's the collection: http://www.kmart.com/nickiminaj/dap-120000000393821ReplyCancel
It was for Kmart. I saw her do the fashion show on The Queen Latifah show. It was targeted for TWEENS lol. I was just thinking who is going to send their kids to school in THAT…ReplyCancel
Niki. Has been fighting back against her handlers tightly controlled image awhile now. She never wanted to be pink barbie her handlers record label people did. Her people probably pushed her into this and she had no say in anything. Typical of new artistsReplyCancel
It's Sears? UGH.
I worked for them years ago for about 4 months in their cash room balancing the previous night's deposits and it was the MOST DISMAL place I'd ever worked. It was just a part time job and I was constantly called away to watch mandatory training films (conducted by the CEO and other fat cats in the home office) about "honesty" and "integrity" and was still expected to get my work done on time. My boss was the HR manager and she had to prepare spread sheets on her home computer because they didn't even have MS Office installed on her PC, yet they expected her to produce reports. The retail workers were IMO horribly underpaid. I've avoided that place like the plague ever since.ReplyCancel
Well, somebody designed a clothing line that reflects HER image, so perhaps she should take a good look in the mirror, so to speak.ReplyCancel
By the way, our Sears has a very nice Lands End section inside it. Perfect place to pick up nice, good quality clothes for my kids.ReplyCancel
No, CK76. I believe that means that Sears spun Lands End shares off to be traded separately on the market.ReplyCancel
@Mango I worked in retail in my youth and omfg god bless anyone that can hack that career. Crazy managers, awful customers, horrible pay, no commissions and you are expected to be early and stay late for 'inventory' god those were nightmare days. So glad I didn't get stuck in that vortex.ReplyCancel
I thought bougie was the term now, Mango!ReplyCancel
Everybody I see in Sears and KMart looks like auto mechanics (everybody means everybody!)ReplyCancel
The Kardashian Kollection" (yes, it's spelled that way) is at Sears. Their tagline is "the hottest trends, celebrity style, and fashion tips you can afford to try."
I think it's poss. a take on bourgeoise but I thought it was boojhee..: DReplyCancel
@Henriette I don't think any celebrities wear their own lines. They don't like wearing "cheap" and "common" clothes like the masses do, is my guess. Gwen Stefani seems to be the only exception. She wears LAMB everywhere and I respect her for this.
I remember the Olsen twins getting called on this years ago, because they attended the launch of their new inexpensive fashion line and wore designer clothes instead of their own stuff. A spokesperson for the twins said that they did not wear their own stuff because "they don't want to look like walking billboards." Yeah, right!ReplyCancel
Krissie.. lamb is not cheap though and it has certifiable celebrity credit. Jlo. Wears Kohls for pap walks she is smart like that. All about the brand. Lauren Conrad too.ReplyCancel
There's a Kmart practically within walking distance to me so I go there when something specific is on sale or when Target doesn't have what I want. I've purchased a few basics from the Jacquelyn Smith line, her clothes are decent looking and decently made for the price. Nothing seemed my style in the Vergara line. The Adam Levine stuff wasn't bad, but the Minaj line was for a very specific type/age of person and it was NOT a good fit for my area. Even if it is LA County, its a more conservative area. The Minaj stuff seemed more party/nightclubby, not every day type. Not sure what Kmart was thinking with her, if they want to market to teenage girls they should sign Katy Perry to do brightly colored happy stuff.ReplyCancel
@Mango We still have the same Sears store in the mall that has been here since it opened, but I haven't stepped foot in it in exactly 26 years. They were the one store that had the uniforms the Private School I went to from k-6 and once I went to public school from 7-12 (getting clothes was easier but the public school education was horrid. It was college before I learned anything that hadn't been taught to me in the Private elementary school) I just got clothes wherever. Beginning of 6th grade was the last time I went into Sears even when I worked in the mall during Christmas in 1999 at Software Etc.ReplyCancel
@sugarbread maker, yeah, I know LAMB isn't cheap, in fact IMO it's quite overpriced. Gwen was wearing it right from the start before it had any real fashion cred though so I still give her props.
I forgot about Lauren Conrad. I think she's her own model for her own line?
And of course Jessica Simpson's line, well, at least one Simpson sister wears that-I dunno about jessica but Ashlee does in the ads. Chick needs the work.ReplyCancel
Mango, my mother and a friend of mine both worked for Sears corporate some years ago, and both said it was the most miserable place they've ever worked. Sears, if all your employees work under a black cloud, how do you expect people to want to shop there?ReplyCancel
Yay!!! I got another Blind, but this one is a tie with @wiglet!!! WooohoooReplyCancel
surprisingly (for me at least) both Lauren and Jessica's lines are really cute. They are really good for essentials like jeans, blazers, blouses, shoes, etc. For some reason I didn't expect either one to be that great but both are slowly becoming my go to for certain items.ReplyCancel
I specifically avoid anything that's designer usually. I'm a GAP and Anne Taylor sort of girl myself. But I had heard that Jessica Simpson's clothes and shoes are very nice.
Say what you will about how smart she is. Singers and actors have a shelf life and she knew when she reached hers and moved to her second career. Or maybe stumbled into it. Either way she's making a lot of $$ for now. The public is however a fickle mistress.ReplyCancel
G word = Ghetto
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August 7, 2013 —
There I was, sitting in my wading raft a bit below the bridge at Hale Eddy on the West Branch of the Delaware River. There were several trout rising sporadically within 30 feet of my raft. At this point they had disdained the fly that I had been showing them. I had been about to make another cast when I found myself sliding off the raft seat into the river. I went into the water as smoothly as an otter, causing nary a ripple. To my dismay, I found myself sitting on the bottom of the stream in water up to my waist. Since the river temperature was only 56 degrees, I was well motivated to get up on my feet. Brrrr.
In the brief moment that I had been sitting on the bottom, a fair amount of water had slipped into my waist waders. Apparently the straps holding the raft seat up had slipped due to my weight causing the seat to collapse. I was now wet and cold. I decided to carefully make my way back to the access and call it an evening.
The following day, I examined the seat straps and the locks that were supposed to hold the straps in place. I tried several ways to place the straps into the locks, but they all allowed the straps to slowly slip. No good. I sat staring at the problem.
Surely I could come up with a solution. Many people have told me I am full of it. So whatever it is, with my fertile brain I should be able to come up with an answer to this aggravating problem.
Aha! Suppose I pull the seat straps up tight and then glue the straps to the seat in their fully extended position. If the straps cannot slide back through the locks, the seat will not be able to collapse. It certainly seemed to be a good theory, if only it would work. I went to work measuring where each strap should be glued and applied the glue and pressure.
The following day, my work encouraged me to feel that the problem was solved. Late in July, at Centerville on the East Branch of the Delaware, I put the raft to the test. I carefully waded out until the water was knee-deep and very carefully sat down. I held my breath, but I did not feel any of the straps slipping. After 15 minutes, I stood up and examined the position of the various straps. Yeehah! The straps had not moved so much as a quarter of an inch. The problem of the raft seat appeared to have been solved.
Alas, the problem of the fish proved to be more difficult. Despite a very slow, cautious approach, the fish that had been rising against the far bank showed no interest in the flies I showed them.
I stopped casting and studied the rise forms they made as they fed. It appeared that they were feeding on something that was trapped in the surface film of the flow. Perhaps the flies were spinners, the dying form of a may fly after mating. No, that was not the answer.
Several fly changes later I had yet to hook a trout. Ah well, that is why they refer to it as fishing rather than catching.
An evening such as this reminds me of something that Art Flick once told me: "If you were able to always catch every trout you cast to, fly fishing would quickly become a monumental bore." I guess Art was correct when he said that. However, it would be nice to hook one every once in a while.


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On Wednesday morning, something the then 17-year-old never thought would have happened occurred.
The city opened Flournoy Park to skaters.
"He always said, 'They will never do it,'" his mother, Debbie Gomez, said as she stood underneath the purple crape myrtle planted at the park in his memory.
"I planted this to let him know he got his park."
The design of the park is even in the shape of a "B."
The tree, she said, is a reminder not only of her son but is situated so that from underneath it, anyone can watch the skaters.
"He will watch over all his friends and I can come out here and watch his friends," Gomez said.
His older brother, John Loya, said that he and Ben have skated most of their lives – not so much now as he has gotten older though.
"I haven't been on a board since I was 18," he admitted. "I don't know how good I would be."
Loya remembers fondly watching Ben help other skaters perfect the jumps and slides they tried to learn.
"He was a pretty well-known skater here," he said. "He liked to help out the younger skaters.
"He was like everybody's big brother."
Ben's advice to the other skaters was always – "you can get knocked down but always get back up."
Across the park, an oak tree, about the same height, also appears recently planted. Tied around its trunk are purple balloons.
It too serves as a memorial to another youth killed in a traffic accident — a friend of Ben.
"She wasn't a skater," said Terri Arredondo, the mother of Leslie Arredondo. "But she knew a lot of skaters."
In 2008, Leslie, the daughter of Mitchell Arredondo was killed in a one-car rollover 3.8 miles south of Beeville on Farm-to-Market Road 888.
The 1998 Ford Explorer in which she was riding was driven by her 42-year-old mother, Terri Arredondo.
Among the numerous balloons tied to her tree, donated by Oscar Carrillo at CNC Nursery, was one formed in the shape of a butterfly.
"She was friends with everybody," her mother said. "She was like a social butterfly."
There is a bit of symbolism that these two trees watch over each end of the park as the two youths were close friends.
On Ben's arm was a tattoo in memory of Leslie.
It read, "Pursuit of happiness."
Ben's mother said, "Only they knew what that meant."
Hopefully Ben was around Wednesday because his mother would surely put his watchful eye to the test.
"I want to skateboard one time for Ben but I will get one of his boards," she said.
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 121, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This very recent Academy Award winner/nominee filmed a movie back in the 80's and was accused by his co-star of sexually assaulting her during filming by penetrating her during a sex scene
Bruce DernReplyCancel
Wiglet- BOOM!ReplyCancel
Yep, Bruce Dern. Movie Tattoo with Maud Adams. The movie was controversial because he claimed the love scenes were "real". He always gave me the creeps.ReplyCancel
Thatznotokay, WigsReplyCancel
Strange, as Violet noticed.he is a recent Academy? It took her 30 years to say it just now? Dunno I was too young in the '80s so waiting for your guesses.might have happened God forbids, but 30 years to say it when he gets some nomination?ReplyCancel
Laura, Nebraska.. Rangersgirl, thanks on that info.He's always crept me out.That Alfred Hitchcock film he did I thought he was just being his creepy ass self for sure.Seems Poor Maude really got(ab)used alot.ReplyCancel
Let's not get carried away. At the time it was widely known that the sex was "real" in that film and it wasn't rape.ReplyCancel
Me too kee, since I switched to my mobile, no pop ups or pesky adds!ReplyCancel
Kee if you're on Firefox or Chrome try the browser plug in Ad Block Plus. It eliminates all the ads except that Celeb TV thing or whatever it is on the sidebar. It takes ads out of everything, including Twitter & Farcebook.ReplyCancel
She would have had to actually go to the police and press charges against him for it to go to court.ReplyCancel
Oo. i saw him in Roses are for the rich. I remember few upseting scenes in that one tooReplyCancel
Yeah. bruce dern. 1987 Roses are fir the rich. was a rape scene in itReplyCancel
Regarding Tattoo, Dern said the love scene was real, but Maud Adams denied it was real. Maybe he did force himself in her without her consent and she was just to embarrassed to admit it and is only saying it now. Who knows.
Another possibility is Mickey Rourke and Carre Otis in Wild Orchid. I swear to god it looks like actual penetration during their sex scene.ReplyCancel
Basil – I think they were dating when they made wild orchid- probably did have real sex.ReplyCancel
I only surf the internet on a mobile device as I bought a new laptop and had a virus within a day. Geek q's had to disinfect it. No ads run on ipad.ReplyCancel
Bruce Dern worked a lot in the 80s. Unfortunately the woman could be one of many actresses.ReplyCancel
I read that Carre's relationship with Mickey Rourke was very screwed up and weird. It almost drove her crazy. She was a model with an unusual look, and he shamed her constantly.ReplyCancel
I think there are blinds about him beating her and throwing her out of his house naked, making her sleep with his buddies, all kinds of messed up stuff. I'm sure he did mess her up but she was probably a mess before too.ReplyCancel
@texas rose It sounds like one of the blinds from a couple of weeks ago – where the actor almost ruined one of his girlfriends.ReplyCancel
Come on…. this is Tommy Girl in Risky Business (subway scene)ReplyCancel
QA Guido – they dated for a while after filming so doubt she had accused him of sexual assault unless this whole blind is bs or if assualt comment was just a joke made by actress later.ReplyCancel
keetz4 – ads are a very common source of malware, which is why using an adblocker is recommended. The way it works is, a criminal creates a fake ad or embeds malware in a real ad, then uploads it to an ad server. The ad servers put the ads on websites on a rotating basis. If you happen to visit a site at the time the infected ad appears on the site, the malware will install itself on an unprotected computer.
That's why some people will report getting a malware warning from a website, where other people are not. It's not the site, it's the ad. The person who got the warning had an infected ad load, and the person who didn't get a warning had another, harmless, ad load.
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Besides Adblock Plus, install Flashblock. Flash objects can contain malware, too. Flashblock will automatically block the running of flash elements, replacing them with a button you click on the run the flash. That way, it won't run unless and until YOU choose to run it. Another layer of protection.ReplyCancel
Did Maud Adams not sue Bruce Dern to imply the sex scene was real in The Tatoo?ReplyCancel
And apparently Maud and Bruce were rumored togetherReplyCancel
I did not know that about Tattoo. Never saw it. Huh.ReplyCancel
Throwing Sean Penn in the mix. He doesn't like women and i imagine him doing this. He won his last oscar 5 years ago ( recent in my eyes) and was huge in the 80ies, so tons of movies and costars to pick from.ReplyCancel
Accused and charged are two different things. She may have made the accusation to people working on the film and was paid off, made it much later(statute of limitations), or she did take her accusations further but there were no grounds( like hard evidence) for charges or trial.ReplyCancel
Maybe she was worried it would hurt her career back then.. the post didn't specify when the accusations were made so hard to say.ReplyCancel
Not true naughty.. if police decline to press charges, the victim can still take the perp to trial(non criminal) at least that's what police told me. If there were any trial, we would have likely heard about it.ReplyCancel
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Mouse over it or video or flash item. A BLOCK tab should pop up. Click it, choose whatever menu stuff you want and click ADD FILTER.
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It's also neat because you can block a specific photo/video, or every photo/video on a site. Very handy if you frequently visit a site or blog that posts photos you don't want to view.ReplyCancel


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Synthesis of New Organic Materials
Research in the Maly lab focuses on the synthesis of organic compounds that are designed to self-assemble in predictable ways to produce functional materials. Specifically, we are interested in developing methods for the synthesis of novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that are expected to exhibit columnar liquid crystal phases, as well as the synthesis of novel porous organic networks from small molecule building blocks.
New Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have molecular properties that make make them potentially useful for applications in organic electronics. We are interested in the synthesis of new PAHs and exploring their self-assembly and potential to form discotic liquid crystal phases. For example, we make use of a palladium-catalyzed aryne cycotrimerization reaction to prepare compounds such as the substituted trinaphthylene (shown below).
For more information, see: Philip T. Lynett and Kenneth E. Maly, Org. Lett. 2009, 3726-3729.
We are currently pursuing the synthesis of different disk-shaped PAHs, such as hexaalkoxy-substituted dibenzanthracenes. These compounds are prepared from simples precursors using Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling, followed by oxidative cyclization. These compounds also offer the opportunity for further synthetic transformations by electrophilic aromatic substitution. These materials exhibit broad columnar liquid crystal phases, as shown by polarized optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry.
New Microporous Solids
Microporous solids (possessing pores smaller than 2nm) are materials with potential applications in areas such as gas storage, catalysis, and size-based separations. Our research in this area focuses on the synthesis of new microporous solids based on rigid organic building blocks. In particular, we use rigid molecules such as spirobifluorenes and iptycenes to prepare extended three-dimensional frameworks. We are also interested in controlling the properties of these materials by postsynthetic covalent modification of the materials.
For more information, see: Kenneth E. Maly, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 1781-1787.


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I-9 Forms for Permanent Residents/Green Card Holder
Permanent residents, sometimes referred to as "green card holders," should complete I-9 forms at UVM in the same manner as U.S. citizens -- either at employee orientation or with their individual departments. Questions should be directed to Human Resource Services at 802-656-3150 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I have a DS (11 yrs old) who nursed for 18 months and a DD (7 yrs old) who weaned at about 2 1/2 yrs. Both were avid co-sleepers and loved to be worn. Our new "bonus baby" is 4 weeks and loves to nurse. She is thriving and has never had a bottle or pacifier.
The trouble...I have an autoimmune disease that may have been thrown out of remission after birth - blood work taken this week will confirm or deny. It's a possibility that I may have to go back on meds that are not good for baby and pass through milk. I have an appointment with my endo and her ped this week to discuss our possibilities. My hope is that I'm feeling just exhaustion and post-partum stuff, not my old disease rearing it's ugly head.
The reality is I may have to wean her. I'd like to do it gradually (over 2-3 weeks) if my doc thinks I can wait for meds that long. Tips on intoducing bottles (neither of my others EVER took a bottle)? Tips on managing engorgment (I have a lot of milk)?
I'm very emotional over this, although I want to mentally prepare for this possibility. She will continue to be worn and co-sleep and all the other attachment parenting stuff.
Any advice? Encouragement?


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DUI and crash bring jail timeApril 06,2013DUI and crash
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BENNINGTON A Pownal man will serve eight days in jail after pleading guilty Friday to drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash in separate October incidents.
Jeremy M. Wilson, 34, pleaded guilty in Bennington criminal court to a felony DUI count and a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash which caused property damage.
The state dismissed three other pending felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Wilson was arraigned on two felony counts of drunk driving Oct. 29 and two more felony counts of the same charge, plus the misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident, Oct. 31.
Police said in the first case Wilson was legally inebriated when he was stopped on Route 7 in Pownal on Oct. 13.
In the second case, police said Wilson fled from a crash near a horse farm on Middle Pownal Road on Oct. 21. He was found hiding in a horse pasture, police said.
A breath test indicated Wilsons blood-alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit for driving, police said.
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