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In eddies 1 of obsidian
At my feet the river ran
Between me and the poppy-prankt 2
Isle, with tangled roots embanked,
Where seven sister poplars stood
Like the seven Spirits of God.
Soft as silence in mine ear,
The drone and rustle of the weir 3
Told in bass the treble tale
Of the embowered 4 nightingale.
Higher, on the patient river,
Velvet lights without a quiver
Echoed through their hushèd rimes
The garden's glow beneath the limes.5
Then the sombre village, crowned
By the castellated 6 ground
Where, in cerements of sable, 7
One square tower and one great gable 8
Stood, the melancholy wraith 9
Of a false and fallen faith.
Over all, supine 10, enthralling,
The young moon, her faint edge falling
To the dead verge 11 of her setting,
Saintly swam, her silver fretting 12
All the leaves with light. Afar {187}
Toward the Zenith 13 stood a star,
As of all worthiness and fitness
The luminous eternal witness.
So silent was the night, that I
Stirred the grasses reverently
And hid myself. The garden's glow
Darkened, and all the gold below
Went out, and left the gold above
To its sacrament of love,
Save where to sentinel 14 my station,
Gold lilies bowed in adoration.
Had I not feared to move, I might
Have hid my shame from such a night!
Man is not worthy to intrude
His soullessness on solitude;
Yet God hath made it to befriend
Pilgrims, that His peace may pend, 15
A dove upon the dire and dark
Waters that assail the ark,
And lure their less love to His own.
Life is a song, a speech, a groan,
As may be; none of these have part
In the silence of His heart.
. . . . . . .
Lapsed in that unweanéd 16 air,
I awaited, unaware,
What might fall. The silence wrapped
Veil on veil about me, trapped
By the siren 17 Night, whose words {188}
Were the river and the birds.
So close it swaddled 18 me, and bound
My being to the pure profound
Of its own stealthy intimacy,
Had Artemis 19 come panting by,
Silver-shod 20 with bow and quiver 21
Hunting along the reedy river,
And called me to the chase, I should
Have neither heard nor understood.
Or had Zeus 22 his dangerous daughter,
Aphrodite, 23 from the water
Risen all shining, her soft arms
Open, all her spells and charms
Melted to one lure 24 divine
Of her red mouth pressed to mine,
I had neither heard nor seen
Nor felt the Idalian. 25
My soul and all it knowledge of
The universe of light and love,
Thought, being, nature, time and space,
The Mother's heart, the Father's face,
All that was agony or bliss,
Stretched an infinite abyss.
All that behind me! but my soul,
With no star left to point the pole,
Witless and banned of grace or goal,
Beggared of all its wealth, bereft 26
Of all its images, unweft 27
Its magic web, its tools all broken,
Its Name forgot, its Word unspoken, {189}
Widowed of its undying Lord,
Its bowl of silver broke, its cord
Of gold unloosed, its shining ladders
Thrown down, its ears more deaf than adders,
Its window blind, its music stopped,
From its place in Heaven dropped,
From its starry throne was hurled
Beyond the pillars of the world—
Borne from the byss of light
To the Dark Night!
. . . . . . .
The moon had sunk behind the tower
When, for a moment, by the power
Of nature, as even the eagle's eye
Turns wearied from the sun, did I
Fall from the conning-crag 28, that springs
Above the Universe of Things,
Into the dark impertinence
Of the mirrored lies of sense.
Yet, when I sought the stars to espy
And ree the runes 29 of destiny,
Mine eyes their wonted 30 office failed,
So diligently God had veiled
Me from myself! I could not hear
The drone and rustle of the weir.
No help in that world or in this!
I was alone in the abyss.
. . . . . . .
No Whence! no Whither! and no Why!
Not even Who evokes reply.
No vision and no voice repay {190}
My will to watch, my will to pray.
Vain is the consecrated vesture;
Vain the high and holy gesture;
Vain the proven and perfect spell
Enchanting heaven, enchaining hell.
Unyoked the horses from the car
Wherein I waged celestial war:
Mine Angle sheathes again his sword
At the Interdiction 31 of the Lord.
Even hell is shut, lest spite and strife
Should show my soul a way to life.
Hope dies; faith flickers and is gone.
Love weeps, then turns its soul to stone.
All nearest, highest, holiest things
Drop off; the soul must lose her wings,
And, crippled, find, with no one clue
The infinite maze to travel through,
The goal unguessed, the path untrod,
And stand unhelmed, unarmed, unshod, 32
Naked before the Unknown God.
Oh! stertorous, oh! strangling strife
That cleaves to love, that clings to life!
The Will is broken, falls afar
Extinct as an accurséd star.
The Self, one moment held behind,
Whirls like a dead leaf in the wind
Down the Abyss. The soul is drawn
To that Dark Night that is the dawn
Through halls of patience, palaces {191}
Of ever deeper silences,
Æons and æons and æons
Of lampless empyrèans 33
Darker and deeper and holier, caves
Of night unstirred by wind, great graves
Of all that is or could ever be
In Time or Eternity.
drawn, inevitably spanned,
Tirelessly drawn by some strange hand,
Drawn inward in some sense unkenned 34
Beyond all to an appointed end,
No end foreseen or hoped, draw still
Beyond word or will
Into Itself, drawn subtly, deep
Through the dreamless deaths whose shadow is sleep,
Draw, as dawn shows, to the inmost divine,
To the temple, the nave, the choir, the shrine,
To the altar where in the holy cup
The wine of its blood may be offered up.
Nor is it given to any son of man
To hymn that Sacrament, the One in Seven,
Where God and priest and worshipper,
Deacon, asperger, thurifer, chorister,
Are one as they were one ere time began,
Are one on earth as they are one in heaven;
Where the soul is given a new name,
Confirming with an oath the same,
And with celestial wine and bread
Is most delicately fed, {192}
Yet suffereth in itself the curse
Of the infinite universe,
Having made its own confession
Of the mystery of transgression; 35
Where it is wedded solemnly
With the ring of space and eternity,
And where the oil, the Holiest Breath,
With Its first whisper dedicateth
its new life to a further death.
. . . . . . .
I was cold as earth: the night
Had given way. One star hung bright
Over the church, now grey;
I rose up to greet the ray
That thrilled through elm and chestnut, lit
The grass, made diamonds of it,
And bade the weir's long smile of spray 36a
Leap with laughter for the day.
The birds woke over all the weald 37
The sullen 38 peasants slouched 39 afield;
The lilies swayed before the breeze
That murmured matins 40 in the trees;
The trout leapt in the shingly 41 shallows
Soared skyward the great sun, that hallows.
The pagan shrines of labour and light
As the moon consecrates the night.
Labour is corn and love is wine,
And both are blessèd in the shrine;
Nor is he for priest designed
Who partakes only in one kind. {193}
Thus musing joyous, twice across
Under the weir I swam, to toss
The spray back; then the meadows claim
The foot's fleet ecstasy aflame.
And having uttered my thanksgiving
Thus for the sacrament of living,
I lit my pipe, and made my way
To break fast, and the labour of the day.
(The following was added and not part of original article)
1 eddies: "an eddy": "a whirl(pool)," "a maelstrom."
2 poppy-prankt: beautified by poppy-flowers, "prank" as a verb meaning: "to adorn in a showy manner."
3 weir: a dam across a stream for supplying water to a mill.
4 embowered: garlanded by leaves and branches.
5 the limes: here meaning the sort of trees called limes, the linden tree.
6 castellated: furnished with castles and towers.
7 cerements of sable: sombre veils of death.
8 gable: the front-end, the pointed end of a house.
9 wraith: "a ghost," "a double seen shortly after death," and the like.
10 supine: must here mean "lazy," "on her calm back," and the like.
11 verge: here: "border," "rim," and the like.
12 fretting: must here mean "a ripple on the water," and the like.
13 Zenith: the highest point in the sky.
14 to sentinel: "to guard," "to stand guard."
15 pend: to impend; to wait for settlement.
16 unweanéd: perhaps a poetic construction, from "to wean": to accustom to do without the mother's milk; to alienate; to disengage from a habit; "unweaned" might then mean: "still accustomed to the mother's milk," figuratively: "not alienated."
17 siren: here this word must mean: "enchanting," "bewitching."
18 swaddled: "enclosed," "wrapt."
19 Artemis: as noted before the Greek name for the Roman Diana, goddess of the moon, the hunt and witchery.
20 Silver-shod: with silver shoes.
21 quiver: the case for the arrows of a bow-man
22 Zeus: Father and lord of the Greek gods.
23 Aphrodite: Goddess of beauty and sensual love.
24 lure: "a bait."
25 Idalian: From the Mount Ida in Crete where Zeus was educated, the place where Hera, Aphrodite and Athena joined in the famous beauty-contest judged by Paris.
26 bereft: from "to bereave": "to rob from," "the bereaved" means also the mourners of someone dead.
27 unweft: a poetical construction from "weft": something pertaining to, especially something woven into something else. The word here then must mean, "unwoven from," or "taken out of."
28 conning-crag: a "conning tower": the "commando post" on a ship, this then a poetic way of denoting the Poet's position as observing, not from a tower but from a "crag": a piece of rock hanging out, from his firm position as an illuminated master "above the Universe of Things."
29 ree the runes: divine the signs.
30 wonted: their usual.
31 Interdiction: the prohibition.
32 unshod: without shoes.
33 empyréans: "heavenly,": someone from the heavenly abodes.
34 unkenned: from the verb "to ken" meaning "to know," "to descry," - "unkenned" must then mean something like "unknown."
35 transgression: "sin," having gone past the limits.
36 spray: must here indicate the weeds growing along the river.
37 weald: "open land."
38 sullen: "darl," "sad," "sombre."
39 slouched: from "to slouch", making a stoop in walking, an ungainly gait.
40 matins: Morning songs.
41 shingly: with many small rolling stones.


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A Busty Kim Kardashian Shows Serious Skin In Paris, Flaunts Baby's Designer Clothes
Kim Kardashian attended the the "Mademoiselle C" premiere in Paris, France, on Tuesday in an eye popping dress. The reality star showed off some major cleavage as she posed with her pal, Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci.
Kardashian and her baby daddy Kanye West are in Europe without their daughter North, but they have several momentos they will be bringing home to their little one.
The "Keeping up with the Kardashians" star posted some photos on Instagram of the loot she received from several designer friends. Tisci gave baby Nori a custom Bambi t-shirt, and she also received clothing gifts from the creative directors of Lanvin, Celine, and Balenciaga.
The total value of the gifts exceed $4,000.
Kardashian and West arrived in Paris on Saturday. Just before they left for the City of Light, West flipped out on photographers outside his home. He called one paparazzo "a blood sucking mosquito" and a "bully" for showing up at his residence at 4 a.m.

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Shirlene M. BollesJanuary 09,2013
Shirlene M. Bolles
Shirlene M. Bolles
EAST BARRE Shirlene M. Bolles, 73, of Garden Street, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at the Rowan Court Health and Rehabilitation Center in Barre.
Born on July 25, 1939, in Orange, she was the daughter of Clyde H. and Fayra L. (Clement) Elmer.
She attended the Clement School and Wilson School in Orange, and the Orange Center School. In 1958, she graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre.
On Dec. 10, 1960, Shirlene married Leland Lee Bolles in the Hedding United Methodist Church in Barre. Following their marriage, they made their home in Bradford and Trow Hill in Barre Town, before moving to their present home in 1969 in East Barre.
As a homemaker, her home and family were most important to her. In earlier years, she had worked as a nurses aide at the Zanleoni Nursing Home in Barre, as a cafeteria worker at the Barre City Hospital, at the Barre Town Elementary and Middle School in Websterville, and at the former Whimsicality business in East Barre as a mail clerk.
Shirlene was an active member of the East Barre Congregational Church where she served on the Board of Education, the Board of Deacons and Deaconesses, and the Ladies Auxiliary and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Green Hills Homemakers Club and, during her high school years, the Orange Grange.
She enjoyed reading, playing cards, camping, bowling and Sunday drives with her family. Shirlene took pleasure in spending time with her family and good friends, especially Sunday visits with her mom and dad for spaghetti dinner and apple pie.
Survivors include her husband, Leland Bolles, of East Barre; three daughters, Linda Otis and her husband, Marcel, of Barre, Laura Badger and her husband, Peter, of Washington, and Cheryl Joslin and her husband, Erik, of Warren; five grandchildren, Richard Otis, Mercedes Bolles-Joslin, Dakotah Badger, Halle Joslin and Eva Joslin; a great-granddaughter, Alexis; a sister, Marilyn Massie, and her husband, Jim, of Barre; two brothers, Ronald Elmer and his wife, Cecile, of Orange, and Melvin Elmer and his wife, Kristy, of Florida; several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, two granddaughters, Brooke Badger and April Otis, and a great-grandson, Hunter Potvin, predeceased her.
Her service of remembrance will be held on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at 2 p.m. in the East Barre Congregational Church. There are no calling hours.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the East Barre Congregational Church, c/o Brenda Carpenter, P.O. Box 246, East Barre, VT 05649.
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Poster Presentations
12th Annual Rall Symposium Poster Presentations 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center Lobby
(listed alphabetically by lead author)
The Interactive Age: Advertisers' Methods of Addressing the Changing Consumer Culture
Megan Andracki '09, Management, Marketing
Advisor: Dr. Steve Macek, Speech Communication
This study explored the problem facing marketers of consumers' growing disinterest of traditional forms of media as advertising outlets. First, the research investigated trends within the media industry as a whole, such as the convergence of media forms and media companies' attempts to reach their customers on a more personalized level. The project then turned to a case study of current and past advertising for Nike, Inc., a leader in advertising trends. This company showed a shift from traditional television commercials to using interactive websites and social networking as major methods in reminding consumers of the popular brand. Conclusions were drawn as to how the changing consumer and media culture will affect companies' advertising decisions, as well as how executives' evolving attitudes on promoting their brands will affect media companies in the future.
To Behead or Not to Behead: Translations of French Revolutionary Pamphlets and Speeches and Their Resonance Today
Rebecca Bonarek '09, English: Writing, French
Sarah Kurpiel '10, English: Literature, French
Kathryn Pfefferle '09, French, History
Rachel Alvarez '10, French
Amanda Olson '09, French, Music Education: Instrumental Emphasis
Advisor: Dr. Norval Bard, French
To better understand the mindset of the French people during the (first) French Revolution, we read, translated, annotated and analyzed Revolution-era pamphlets and speech texts stemming from various political factions and opinions. Specifically, we focused on texts and speeches by Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, "citizen Landry-François," and Thomas Paine while trying to identify an anonymous pamphleteer. These pamphlets dated to and dealt with the trial and sentencing of King Louis XVI, some in a very colorful manner. Our analysis not only sheds light on the French mentality during the Revolution—including the debate about whether King Louis should keep his head— but also how we as human beings react to new, uncertain circumstances and how we hold those in power accountable. Sometimes bad leadership can end in a lot of bloodshed.
The Review in Perspective: Enhancing the North Central Review's Standing in the Literary Community
Rebecca Bonarek '09, English: Writing, French
Alyssa Jaracz '09, English: Writing
Brigit Goudie '10, English: Writing, Studio Art
Elizabeth Wilks '09, English: Writing
Grace Hollister '12, Speech Communication: Organizational Communication
Grant Swanson '11, English: Writing
Heather Harris '10, Religion
Jorie Smith '09, English: Writing
Kristen Soforic '12, English: Writing
Kathryn Kregor '10, English: Writing
Kevin Michael Christy '10, English: Writing
Mary Martinez '10, English: Writing
Rachel Hamsmith '09, English: Writing
Sarah Kurpiel '10, English: Literature, French
Stephanie Kuersten '11, East Asian Studies, French, Japanese
Sean Hanson '12, Musical Theatre
Advisor: Dr. Richard Guzman, English
The North Central Review staff focused on gaining a stronger awareness and understanding of design, organization and distribution of strictly undergraduate, general submission and professional literary magazines. To accomplish this goal, we gathered and examined various accredited literary journals and magazines from universities and publishers across the country. We specifically compared how various magazines are organized; how they display artwork, contributors' names and their own names; how much they cost; who contributes; their cover designs; and overall layout. We intend to apply this research to our own journal with an eye toward increasing our own efficiency, distribution and standing in the literary community.
Ionic Liquids in Green Chemistry
Marlon Brown '11, Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Paul Brandt, Chemistry
The objective of the research is to test the methodology of the BASIL (Biphasic Acid Scavenging using Ionic Liquids) technique on a variety of phosphine compounds. We were able to reduce waste, excess solvents and starting materials compared to conventional syntheses for the three compounds, 1a, 1b and 2b, obtaining yields of 77%, 89% and 71% respectively. Dichlorophenylphosphine (PhPCl2) was reacted with either HNEt2 or HNEt(Me) along with N methylimidazole (MeIm) as the acid scavenger. The reaction forms a biphasic system where [H-MeIm]+Cl- forms a more dense, low melting, ionic liquid. This allows for easy separation of the product from the ionic liquid without the use of solvents. This research also explored making P-S bonds in addition to using chlorodiphenylphosphine (Ph2PCl) as the phosphine reagent.
Rehabilitating the Enemy
Morgan Brown '09, Global Studies: Developing States, Spanish
Advisor: Dr. William Muck, Political Science
What do you do with the enemy after war? Historically, punishment served as the answer and fallen enemies were enslaved or executed. After the Cold War, a new type of conflict arose which demanded a new framework for its solution. What emerged was a United Nations-led effort to maintain peace through Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) programs. These DDR programs focus on enemy rehabilitation rather than punishment. The emergence of the DDR process signifies a dramatic change in international normative context for appropriate treatment of losing combatants. In this paper I explore the significance of this shift and its implications for human rights and conflict resolution.
Measuring the Digital Divide: A Study of the Effect of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Economic Development in Poland
Claudia Chlebek '09, Economics, International Business, Spanish
Advisor: Dr. Diane Anstine, Economics
A significant global issue, the digital divide refers to the gap between those with effective access to information and communication technology (ICT) and those without access to it. The powerful players in our world are those with the highest possession of ICTs. Thus, the digital divide further marginalizes rural people bringing forth serious social consequences. Furthermore, ICT access and knowledge has direct economic implications since jobs and education are directly related to ICT availability. Countries that do not possess adequate ICT cannot compete in the global economy. The goal of this project is to measure and to substantiate the digital divide that exists in Poland through multiple regression analyses. The results of this project will provide an accurate portrayal of the economic variables that explains the digital divide that exists in Poland and the degree to which these variables affect the digital divide.
Are Bad Movies More Profitable? Using Econometrics to Predict Box Office Grosses for 2007 Wide Release Films
Jeffrey Cisowski '09, Economics, Finance, German
Advisor: Dr. Diane Anstine, Economics
Do you ever wonder if Hollywood even worries about producing quality films? Without employing econometrics, it is impossible to know with a high degree of certainty. Econometrics is the use of statistical linear regression to isolate the effects of independent variables on a dependent variable. For this study, I created a model which predicts total box office gross from a host of factors, including genre, rating, widest theater release and many other variables. The most interesting variable in the study is the rating score from RottenTomatoes.com, a site that aggregates critical reception into a percentage score. With this variable, I discovered a high correlation between profitability and quality. This project will show if the correlation is positive or negative, as well as how the Motion Picture Association of America rating system affects box office gross, why studios make so many sequels, and whether an Oscar-worthy movie is a good financial decision. Let's go to the movies!
An Oral History of a Hitler Youth Boy in the Final Days of World War II
Jeffrey Cisowski '09, Economics, Finance, German
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Wolf, German
Sometimes, history will be lost forever if no one records it. Oral histories, as discussed by LaCapra, supplement our understanding of history even when they are collected years later. My grandfather, born in America but raised in Hitler's Germany during the late 1930s and throughout World War II, lived a piece of history. Using funding from the Richter Fellowship Committee, I traveled to Germany to collect further eyewitness accounts from my grandfather's relatives. My grandfather's exposure to Hitler's propaganda, experiences with French Prisoners of War, conscription into the Hitler Youth Movement, perils during the final days of World War II, and his time in an American POW camp will all be discussed to explain the importance of oral histories. This report explains how history influences everyone involved, the importance of studying and preserving history for posterity, and how easily normal, rational people can be swept up in powerful movements.
Adolescent and Young Adult Personality and Self-Esteem
Jennifer John '10, Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Patricia Schacht, Psychology
Prior research has connected different aspects of adolescence, such as self-esteem, academic achievement, depression and life satisfaction, to different types of parenting styles. Generally, there are four different styles of parenting: authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent (permissive) and neglectful. Authoritative parenting styles have been associated with the highest levels of self-esteem, academic achievement and life satisfaction, and the lowest levels of depression; whereas neglectful parenting styles are usually associated with the lowest levels of these same variables, and the highest levels of depression (Milevsky, Schlecter, Netter, & Keehn, 2007). The current research to be presented will use questionnaires to assess different but related variables, including perceptions of both maternal and paternal parenting styles, self-esteem and personality. The results will explore relationships between parenting styles and individual self-esteem levels, certain aspects of the personality, as well as differences in these variables in adolescence and young adulthood.
Notions of Blackness and Criminality: A Closer Look at NFL Player Criminals
Lauren Kazmierczak '10, Finance, Health and Physical Education: Sports Management
Advisor: Dr. Gerald Gems, Health and Physical Education
There is a common perception that blackness and criminality correlate. In this comparative study the relationship between crimes, felonies in particular, and racial perceptions are more closely scrutinized. This evaluation of previous research and historical information helps explain ideas linking African-Americans and criminality by specifically focusing on National Football League (NFL) players. Considering the majority of NFL players who have committed a crime during their careers are black, it can be easily believed that African-Americans are most likely to commit crimes. However, there are many factors that contribute to these one-sided statistics. The racial population of the NFL, African-American history in football, the violent nature of the sport, societal differences and the media all influence this perception. There will be an analysis of these causal factors to determine the truth or falsehood of the idea of blackness and criminality.
Optimism and the Evaluation of Employees
Kyle Kniss '09, Human Resource Management, Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Karl Kelley, Psychology
Optimism is the ability to think positively about a negative outcome by looking externally, finding its cause to be circumstantial. According to Seligman, individuals are likely to vary in their perceptions of optimism according to three dimensions: permanence (time), pervasiveness (space) and personalization (internal vs. external). His research suggests that those scoring high on optimism may have a more positive effect on the workplace than pessimists. The current research examines how an individual's optimism shapes his or her perceptions of others in the workplace. In this study we asked participants to role-play an employer evaluating an employee returning from a leave through the Family Medical and Leave Act. Participants were told that while on leave either positive or negative events occurred in the organization. Results indicate that more optimistic participants viewed employees taking leave more positively than pessimists.
The Effect of Active Involvement During Learning on Students' Interest and Knowledge of Science
Kathryn Kossak '09, Elementary Education, Psychology
Brittany McNelly '09, Elementary Education
Advisor: Dr. John Zenchak, Biology
One of the major learning theories in psychology and education is constructivism, which argues that learners actively construct their own knowledge by connecting new information to prior knowledge (Llewellyn, 2007). Active construction of knowledge is directly supported through an inquiry-based scientific approach to learning. Our hypothesis was that active and involved learners will be more interested in and knowledgeable of science content than students who are not actively involved. To test this hypothesis, more than 200 fourth-grade students participated in a study that manipulated their level of involvement during learning: minimum involvement (students viewed pictures and read a text description about conduction); intermediate involvement (students viewed the same exhibit and participated in a group discussion); and maximum involvement (students viewed the exhibit, participated in a discussion, and engaged in a hands-on activity). Results show that more active involvement significantly increases recall of science content and interest in science.
Analysis of Maillard Reaction Products Using Model Systems
Sarah Martin '10, Biochemistry
Ana Jensen '10, Biology
Sara Homsi '10, Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Bjorklund, Chemistry
The Maillard reaction occurs between an amino acid of a protein and the aldehyde group of a carbohydrate to start a cascade, which will form both flavor molecules and melanoids. We are analyzing the entire product mixture to avoid these purification difficulties. Our approach to the study of the Maillard reaction uses simplified model systems. Glycine was refluxed with aqueous glucose, fructose, sucrose or maltose. A 1H-NMR of the complex reaction mixture product was compared to that of the starting material using ANOVA. The change in color of the reaction mixture indicated that the Maillard reaction occurred but the quantity of products was not great enough to make the product spectra statistically different from the starting materials. We will then use principle component analysis to compare the results from different starting materials. This will statistically determine how similar the mixtures of the Maillard reaction products are.
Lives Regained: Karen Refugees' Transition to the United States
Esther McCarty '09, Speech Communication: Organizational Communication, Spanish
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Keys, Sociology
Within their villages in Myanmar and northern Thailand, the Karen people suffered horrific mistreatment and inhumane injustice: their villages burned, women and children raped, men forced to join rebel armies, and others trafficked into unfair labor. Roughly two percent have been able to escape to Thai refugee camps. This research documents the experiences of three displaced Karen families who have safely immigrated into the United States via a government-funded refugee resettlement agency. Oral histories reveal the challenges and joys that these refugees face through transition to America and the struggle to regain their lives. Observations of a Karen Church in the Midwest, as well as formal and informal interviews with the director of World Relief and an expert on immigrant transitions, are used to examine the services and efficacy of the resettlement agency. My goal is to assess whether the refugees are content and what additional services may be needed.
The Chinese Tributary System: What It Is and How It Is Used as a Framework for China's International Relations
Sochantra Mel '10, East Asian Studies, Global Studies: East Asia
Advisor: Dr. Brian Hoffert, Religious Studies, East Asian Studies
The Chinese Tributary system was the method of choice that past Chinese dynasties, especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties, used to maintain a delicate balance of power between itself and the surrounding kingdoms of East, Southeast and Central Asia. After the arrival of colonialism and the fall of Imperial China, the People's Republic of China emerged from civil war to become the new national government. Based on the historical importance of the Tributary system in the past, China is currently pursuing a policy of economic prowess in the global free market in order to restore prestige to China. My research attempts to clarify what the Tributary system is, how it functioned in the past and why the Chinese might wish to pursue such a system as a contemporary framework for international relations.
Quantitating Oxidized Protein in Escherichia Coli
Kari Nelson '10, Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Visick, Biology
PCM is an important repair enzyme that repairs proteins damaged due to environmental stress, which converts normal amino acids into isoaspartate residue. The buildup of isoAsp damage has been linked to cause many pathologic conditions such as aging, autoimmunity, epilepsy and tumor progression. We hypothesize that when PCM is not repairing the isoAsp damage, there is more unfolding of the protein. This makes the protein more susceptible to environmental damage such as oxidative stress. We induced oxidative stress and compared E.coli mutants, which were unable to produce PCM, to wild type E.coli before and after long-term stationary phase. We reacted the samples with DNPH, which binds to the oxidized proteins. The DNPH binding produces a yellow color, which we are able to detect in a spectrophotometer. The more yellow coloring, the more oxidized proteins present. I am currently trying to find better methods of quantitating amounts of oxidized proteins.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in the Female Athlete
Karen Ocwieja '09, Health and Physical Education: Athletic Training, Psychology
Advisor: Ms. Heidi Matthews, Athletic Training, Health and Physical Education
Minimal research has been conducted into the psychosocial/behavioral aspect of sport participation relating to Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries. My purpose was to gain a preliminary look at how playing multiple sports at one time or specializing in one sport in high school affects injury rates and what was the greatest influence on the decision to play club sports. The current research hypothesizes that ACL injuries may be due to a combination of overexposure and sources of influence (where is the pressure coming from to participate in sports). The project was conducted by surveying 113 female athletes. The results showed that those who participated in club sports and interscholastic sports at the same time had a greater number of injuries than those who did not. Also, time and coaches had greater influence over the athletes than parents.
Widerspruch und Ost Deutsche Geschichte: Conflicting views of East German History
Melissa Proulx '10, German, Spanish
Paul Loescher '09, German, Philosophy
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Wolf, German
This project is an endeavor to solidify the culmination of a first-hand study of East Germany and its government as manifested in modern Berlin. The inspiration for this project comes from the GLS 365 course: "Exploring Berlin" and will draw on our experiences and those of our fellow tripmates. This project analyzes the conflicting views between educational and colloquial knowledge of historical East Germany in modern America and Germany. An aspect of the course was to understand Germany as seen through the eyes of a German. This project explores how participants come to terms with and reflect upon their preconceived notions of East Germany before the study trip and how these views changed and evolved as a result of their immersion in the culture and subject matter. The inclusion of our classmates' reflections will provide anecdotal evidence of the misconceptions prevalent in the cultural collective of today.
The Trial of Louis XVI: The Girondin-Montagnard Political Struggle
Kathryn Pfefferle '09, French, History
Advisor: Dr. Bruce Janacek, History
The trial of Louis XVI was one of the most significant events of the French Revolution. It marked the complete break of the Revolution with the ancient régime. The trial was also inextricably tied up in the political struggle between moderate and radical revolutionaries. The regicide victory during the trial signified the first and greatest political triumph for the radical, pro-regicide Montagnards. An analysis of the original speeches given by the deputies of each major political group to the National Convention, the institution responsible for conducting the trial, revealed the issues that were at stake during the trial and why the Montagnards prevailed. Ultimately, the radicals triumphed because they were more successful at presenting themselves in their arguments as the true safe guarders of the Revolution. By voting pro-regicide the deputies of the National Convention tacitly accepted radical leadership of the Revolution.
Presidential Inauguration: A Study of the Effects of Persuasion in Leadership
Julie Saflarski '10, Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Maynard Caliendo, Political Science
Based on extensive research, it is recognized that authority figures hold a higher level of persuasion. Interestingly enough, other research suggests that certain types of speeches hold the same level of persuasion when executed by people seen in higher power (Brinol, Petty, Valle, Rucker, Becerra, 2007). Specifically, it has been shown in research that the presidential inauguration could hold a more persuasive motive toward Americans (Sigelman, 1996). The current study focuses on the possible persuasive effects that the 2009 presidential inauguration may have had on American youth who witnessed it. The author examined these message recipients' attitude change and how it may or may not affect social judgment. In line with prior research that suggested a link between leadership and persuasion, the author hypothesized that the satisfaction of the president's ideals will increase after the inaugural speech due to the persuasion effects of the speech itself.
Researching the Role of Women in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Kelsey Staudacher '09, French, Global Studies: International Relations
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Keys, Sociology
As African women look out onto their fields, what do they perceive: barrenness, lack of autonomy, poor education and a myriad other factors that contribute to this perception? Agriculture plays a significant role in the economy of SSA; yet, women have not been included in its growth to the same extent as their male counterparts. In reviewing the literature on this topic for my honors thesis, I focused on a case study concerning Senegalese women in agricultural development and the way microcredit can be used to spur economic and social growth in Senegal. With broad implications for further study and action, I have designed a user-friendly factsheet to break down the complexities of this topic for other students, future researchers, social activists and policy makers. I will exhibit the factsheet and explain how these interested groups can utilize the information to conduct research and raise awareness.
The Transposition of Mutator-Like Elements in mop1 Mutants
Dorothy Tran '10, Biochemistry
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Johnston, Biology
Dr. Ning Jiang, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Ann Armenia, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
Mutator (Mu) elements are a family of DNA transposable elements (TEs), which are highly active and mutagenic. Although ubiquitous in all organisms, not all TEs are active. The mediator of paramutation (mop1) mutation in maize plays a role in reversing transposon silencing via the RNA-interference (RNAi) epigenetic regulation. With higher activity of TEs in a mop1 background the transposition of the Mutator element, MuDR, Mu1 and Mu8, were studied utilizing the methodology of transposon display developed. Pertaining to the acrylamide gel analysis step in transposon display, primers with an additional selective base(s) increased the sensitivity of detection. Additionally, it was found that of the Mutators studied, all elements either inserted or excised near or in coding regions. The frequency of transposition was calculated to be at least 0.6 transpositions per plant line per generation. Further insight into Mutator elements will elucidate the evolution and diversity of the genome.
A Photographic Study of Value
Timothy Whitney '11, Mathematics, Studio Art
Advisor: Mr. Kelvin Mason, Art
Modern cameras are equipped with advanced systems of exposure compensation to make an accurate exposure by controlling film speed, shutter speed and aperture settings. The goal of this study is to test the accuracy of the reciprocal relationship between shutter speed and aperture. To achieve this, a digital camera on a tripod is used to take a series of photographs using every aperture and shutter speed combination on six different film speeds. The hypothesis is that for every combination, there are 22 other combinations that result in the same exposure and pixel value for each film speed. The experiment results in the image with a larger aperture and faster shutter speed having a lower grayscale value than ones of smaller aperture and slower speed. Since the value change is not constant, further analysis is necessary to determine a more exact relationship between shutter, aperture and film speed.
The Effects of Two Signaling Pathways in Yeast on Secondary Metabolites Important in the Brewing Process
Ben Youel '09, Chemistry
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Bjorklund, Chemistry
Two metabolic pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the RAS/cAMP and the fermentable growth media (FGM) pathways, were manipulated to study their effects on secondary metabolites the yeast contribute during the brewing process. Mutation of the PDE2 gene controlled the activity of the RAS/cAMP pathway, and FGM was manipulated through the GAP1 gene. Six brews using mutant strains of yeast and one brew using the wildtype strain were produced. Quantitative Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (q1HNMR) Spectroscopy was the first method used to compare mutant and wildtype brews. The results of the q1HNMR analyses were varied, but they suggested that only the inactivation of FGM affects yeast metabolism during brewing. Mutant and wildtype brews were compared via a second method: Solid Phase Microextraction coupled with Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GCMS). The results of the SPME-GCMS analyses are pending.


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Nice thread, Red.
I can feel your anticipation in my loins. Not really. Maybe a portion.
Lin and Kidd in the back-court will be intriguing. It's basically a given 'til Shump's a month or 2 (perhaps more) returned. I see Kidd most likely at the 2. Think of the ball movement.......*squirt*
Woody absolutely has his work cut out for him. Shame he spent wasted time on Fields' shot this off-season. Even if Fields wasn't offered that mental contract it still would have been a waste.
I think TD will most likely be traded to Dallas + cash to absorb his $2M. Why we ever extended him I'll never know.


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Just bought a 1993 K75S. I had a new K75C back in 1985 or 86 but had to sell it. I always wanted to get another K75 and this time got an S model. David Sword
Just bought a 1993 K75S. I had a new K75C back in 1985 or 86 but had to sell it. I always wanted to get another K75 and this time got an S model. David Sword
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Welcome aboard! Nice to see another BMW running around this part of the country. I get tired of seeing mostly the "LOAD boys".
Where about in NorCal are you?
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Yes I am a HAM, 2m and 70cm. I am active in a amateur radio club (Trinity County Amateur Radio Club. Currently working on Disaster Preparedness equipment replacement and upgrade projects along with procedures. We have a net every Wednesday evening on our 146.730 (Hayfork Bally) repeater. We also have a repeater on Bully Choop Mountain (146.925) which allows us to reach the Redding area. The radio saved my Butt a couple of weeks ago when I had a vehicle problem that required a tow. Thirty five miles west of Red Bluff on Hwy 36 at 0700 and no cell phone service in that area (none for about another 20 miles). Also no traffic at that time of the morning. Was able to reach the Hayfork Bally repeater and got relay help from someone in Weaverville!
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#128376 - 01/11/05 07:29 AM Re: The official birthday thread
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The June list looks pretty meager; maybe I can help - my birthday's June 9th.
#128377 - 01/11/05 08:33 AM Re: The official birthday thread
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Happy Birthday Aniami!
Excuse me Aniami for Happy Birthdaying you in advance but on June the 9th I have an early appointment for a haircut and then I plan to do some shopping and will pretty much be busy all day. That night I plan to go bowling, so Happy Birthday now!
#128378 - 03/07/05 02:35 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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me....11/24 thanks
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#128379 - 03/07/05 04:03 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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Hi zweetz! Welcome to the madhouse.
Nice pun. When I went to the ag school I didn't do well, and was voted most likely to sack seed. My girl friend, who was an unrepentant southerner, was voted most likely to secede._________________________
#128380 - 03/09/05 04:37 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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Hippo bird-day two ewes, TEd and Jackie. I just HAD to re-use my favorite b'day greeting. Mine's 29 October... and I don't hafta give the year!
#128381 - 03/14/05 08:48 AM Re: The official birthday thread
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Thanks, amnow! Hee, hee--I love that greeting! I was on my computer very little last week: both my kids were home on spring break. (Wasn't it nice of their separate universities to coordinate that just for us? ) We had a nice time, catching up, visiting, shopping, and watching late-night movies together.
They both went back to school yesterday, but the air in the house seems to be still faintly vibrating from their in-and-out-ness, their upstairs-and-down-ness, their on-and-off-the phone-ness, etc., as though they have left echoes of themselves behind. Busy people, those two, and content to be so. I imagine that by tomorrow the air will be quiet again. This week was especially precious because we already know that our son has a job that will keep him away from home for most of the summer, and there is a chance that our daughter will do the same...sigh. I mean, I knew from the beginning, of course, that we would eventually lose them; but I wasn't expecting it to be before they got out of college.
(Oh--my b-day was nice, too. I had not one, not two, but three b-day cakes! Got some nice gifts from the family, and allowed myself to go on a shopping spree--bought a few antique postcards, a new purse, and a movie: Same Time Next Year. Maybe I'll watch it today.)
#128382 - 03/15/05 02:50 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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happy birthdays to all those I've missed. I'll probably be missing more, but the good wishes are still there._________________________
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#128383 - 03/24/05 06:00 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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Happy birthday David, Steven and Werner - sorry to be a little late, but I hope it was a good day for you all.
#128384 - 03/24/05 10:00 PM Re: The official birthday thread
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Thanks, Mav!
Happy birthday Werner and Steve!
It was an unusal birthday, for me. I spent it sitting on a jury.
#128385 - 03/25/05 01:40 AM Re: The official birthday thread
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One gets double points in Heaven for sitting on a jury on one's birthday ... I have it on the very highest authority.
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Lightning in a bottle
May 1, 2013 —
It's almost impossible to think about Sullivan County (www.scva.net) without recalling a little music festival that put the town of Bethel on the map during a rain-soaked three days in 1969. Since then, music lovers have flocked to the region seeking to rekindle memories of that event, or create new ones in honor of it.
While many styles of music were represented at Woodstock, I think it's fair to say that country music was not at the forefront. But flashing forward to present day, country is alive and well in Sullivan County where the genre is huge. In recent years, the grounds of the original festival consistently sell out with concerts at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (www.bethelwoodscenter.org) featuring country performers, and local radio station Thunder 102 (www.thunder102.com) has become the number-one country station in New York and Pennsylvania.
Last weekend marked the eighth annual concert and celebration of lightning hot country music, courtesy of ThunderBash, held on the Big V Tours stage at Monticello Casino and Raceway. Created by the team at Thunder 102 and sponsored by Bethel Woods, Crystal Run Healthcare and the M & M Auto Group, ThunderBash has become a tradition and draws thousands to Sullivan County each year with its glowing roster of talent. Although the event lures big names in the industry, it's the local connection that creates the ties that bind, and popular on-air personality Paul Ciliberto never lets us forget that it is the residents who make ThunderBash the "biggest bash in Sullivan County since '69." Aided and abetted by Mike Sakell, The River Reporter's readers' favorite celebrity of 2012, and by Michelle Semerano, the station invited "Mr. Nashville" Billy Block to host ThunderBash this year. It was a nice moment when Block was honored by Town of Thompson Supervisor Anthony Cellinni, who announced to the crowd that April 27 would now officially be known as "Mr. Nashville-Billy Block Day."


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Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced Thursday the release of more than $3.7 million for capital improvement projects at Hilo Medical Center, the largest facility in Hawaii's public hospital system and one of the largest employers in Hilo.
"These CIPs funds represent an investment in Hilo Medical Center as an essential part of our public hospital system," said Gov. Abercrombie. "As elements of the Affordable Care Act come online, we must continue to invest in our healthcare infrastructure to ensure that facilities are ready to provide access to quality healthcare for all the people of Hawaii."
Since the start of 2012, the Abercrombie administration has released more than $889.5 million for CIPs, including these newly released funds, as a part of an economic strategy to address priority work while stimulating the economy and generating jobs.
Allotment of funds for the following projects at Hilo Medical Center were identified by the state legislature and approved by the governor:
- $1,052,000 – Construction and required works of art to renovate the acute care hospital at Hilo Medical Center, including renovations to bathrooms with leaky fixtures and cracked shower tiles, replacement of inoperable and corroded facility doors, soundmasking to reduce noise, and other repairs as necessary
- $728,000 – Design and construction for the replacement of the medical center's atrium walls and roof, which need to be repaired to address the water leakage causing damage to the hospital interior
- $650,000 – Planning, design and construction to repair leaking roofs of the West Wing, Hospital Cottage and acute hospital
- $350,000 – Design and construction to replace chiller pipes that are more than 25 years old to prevent loss of air conditioning for the hospital
- $235,000 – Parking lot improvements/renovations, such as re-designation of parking to accommodate patient and visitors' needs, signage, fencing and lighting
- $233,000 – Materials abatement, relocation of utilities, and demolition of an old two-story building on the campus that has partially collapsed, resulting in a potential fire hazard and an obstacle to the helipad adjacent to this structure
- $200,000 – Construction to bring existing storage tanks into compliance with new EPA regulatory standards; project includes construction of a concrete footing, metal roof overhang, and installation of new chain link fences and gates
- $160,000 – Equipment to replace an existing washer, which is more than 25 years old and is no longer operable
- $134,000 – Design and construction to replace existing chain link fence with a higher masonry fence that will increase security for the behavioral health unit and additional privacy for patients


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Cambridge (Mass.) organist Dr. Jonathan Wessler will present an Organ Recital Series recital in Rieth Recital Hall at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, 2013.
Wessler's program will feature organ works by Bach, Scheidt, Mendelssohn, Hindemith, Böhm, and more.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC faculty/staff/students free with ID.
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From the Chicago Tribune Article: Health records lost, stolen or revealed online
"Almost a decade after a new law went into effect to strengthen health privacy protections, the number of breaches of patient records and databases across the U.S. suggests that personal health information is not as private or secure as many consumers might want or expect.
Since fall 2009, more than 400 large health care breaches affecting at least 500 people and more than 50,000 smaller breaches have been reported to the federal government.
One of the largest unauthorized disclosures in recent history of medical records and other private information happened in September, when computer tapes were stolen that contained data on almost 5 million people enrolled in TRICARE, the nation's health program for military members, their families and retirees.
Some breaches have resulted in personal information being revealed online. The names and diagnosis codes of almost 20,000 emergency room patients at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., were posted on a commercial website for nearly a year before it was discovered in September and taken down…
…Dr. Deborah Peel, founder and chair of Patient Privacy Rights, a consumer group, would like to see more help for those whose information is breached and tougher punishment for those responsible. The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee settlement amounted to "roughly a dollar per breach record, which is nothing," she said.


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Dear members,
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
does only me want to see next week manga's episode about sasuke? Im not the biggest sasu fan ,but naruto vs tobi fight is getting bored.
so we're gonna leave Bee when he's about to do his attack?
don't lie to yourself, you ARE a sasuke fanboy
you think people don't know what you meant by "sasu lord"...
What about the rest of konoha 11?The kages?Kabuto?Konohamaru and the other villagers?...not just sasuke and his whining....
dude please don't use the words "Sasuke" and "lord" togheter
and i think that should be a sasuke chapter because i wanna see oro' role in the story but after bee's attack
Nope, I wanna see Bee's attack...
sasuke fans are and always will be mad -_-
If kishi switches to sasuke after Showing the first hit team naruto will get on Juubi would be plain stupid
so you think. when bee is about biju dama on from the point blank range to jubi's eye it's actually getting boring...?
ok guys , so what if story would turn like this : bee hit juubi>konoha 11 enters battlefield> tsunade revives 4kages >lord sasuke and oro does something dumb . I think that would be a great storyline for 1mounth (4episodes)
you saying 'lord' sasuke is making people think you're a joke(which you are)
You need to stop watching/reading naruto if this is what you turn into.
i would like to see sasuke now... but first i want to see how madara absorbs the biju dama
no , naruto dont effect my real life at all xD I never tried to burn people with amaterasu or hit them with rasengan . I say lord becouse i dont want to bring on myself haters.
Sasuke Fans...You have to wait for...I guess for 2 to 3 months. Don't flame me. Since Kishi is the #1 Fan of Sasuke.
Rest in Peace till New Year.
How about this atleast 12 pages of naruto, kakashi, bee, guy, and madara with obito and juubi and then we skip to Sasuke and Orochimaru.So kishi can keep us excited!!
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France, Spain Back Plan To Create "Palestinian" State, Germany Says No
Well, we already know that Spain and France are willing to surrender to terrorists and hardcore Islamists, so, we should not be surprised in the least
(The Blaze) Spain's foreign minister says Spain will vote in favor of recognition of a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo told parliament Wednesday that Spain would support the Palestinian bid at the U.N., because it feels it is the best way to advance toward peace.
As TheBlaze reported on Tuesday, France became the first major European country to come out in favor of U.N. recognition, a move seen as a setback for Israel. The timing of the French move seemed to be rooted in an attempt to sway other European nations in the same direction. In Spain's case, such a notion took root.
The resolution would turn "Palestine" from an observer to a nonmember observer state, which is a big step in moving the terrorist territories of "Palestine" into a full fledged voting member of the United Nations, an institution rife with dictators, bullies, and terrorists. The vote is to come on Thursday. Portugal and Switzerland have already stated the will vote for the "Palestinians". Germany, on the other hand
Germany will not back a Palestinian bid for a diplomatic upgrade at the United Nations, the government spokesman said on Wednesday.
"We are assessing the situation and want as much agreement as possible with our European partners… But it is certain that Germany will not vote for such a resolution," spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference.
In other words, they won't back the bid to make a terrorist "nation" into a member of the UN. Perhaps if those in Gaza and the West Bank would stop launching suicide attacks and rockets against Israeli civilians, oh, and calling for the utter destruction of Israel and Jews, something could be done. Alas, many Progressives/liberals worldwide want the same thing.
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text: My little one is 3.5 months old. Due to oversupply & OALD I've been block feeding from the time he was 3 weeks old. When he hit the 3 month mark all of a sudden it seemed as if my oversupply had evened out. I was no longer constantly engorged, I didn't need to letdown into a towel anymore, and my breasts actually felt softened after a feeding. I figured that meant my supply had regulated, so I stopped block feeding and just use one breast per feed, and switch at the next one. Since I started this though, my son's poop had turned foamy. It's still bright yellow, not green, but I'm concerned about a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. He has always had normal poops up until this point. Does the foaminess mean I need to go back to block feeding? He usually poops 1-2 times per day, although sometimes skips a day. He doesn't seem any gassier or more fussy than usual. Thank you!


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Woman accused in local burglariesMay 15,2013The Associated Press
WESTMINSTER — A North Walpole, N.H. woman was charged in a series of burglaries, and a warrant for another arrest has been requested by Vermont State Police.
Betty Bashaw, 47, allegedly helped Jacob Mcallister, 21, of Westminster break into Kenneth Beebe Plumbing and Heating in Westminster between Jan. 27 and Jan. 31.
Bashaw faces a single burglary charge for the break-ins, police said.
Trooper Brian Berry said the pair stole brass fittings, a copper rod and a yellow Fluke electrical tester.
Mcallister confessed to the three break-ins, but he has not been charged because he is being held for unrelated drug charges in Greenfield, Mass.
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I'm very happy to a doing a cooking demo and book signings Saturday and Sunday, Sept, 27 and 28th in Portland at Oregon's largest plant-based food event!
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The fourth annual The Seed Experience expo and conference takes place June 20th and 21st. Focusing on living a healthy, compassionate and eco-friendly lifestyle. The two-day festival will be filled with leading national brands and best-of-class local merchants featuring, sampling and selling their delicious plant-based foods, and environment-friendly, cruelty-free products and services. And, the most inspirational roster of speakers yet will be presenting and holding workshops that will empower and introduce you to a plant-based way of life, and answering any of your questions.
- Over 100 exhibitors will be sampling, selling and showcasing their amazing products and services.
- World-renowned speakers, doctors and nutritionists, and inspirational champion athletes will be presenting.
- Top chefs will be giving cooking demonstration.
- Various workshops will be offered.
- Award-winning films will be screened with the director present for Q&A.
My cooking demo will take place at 2:00pm on Saturday.
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The Arizona Vegetarian Food Festival takes place on January 9th and 10th, 2016, at the Scottsdale Civic Amphitheater in Scottsdale, AZ. I'll be doing chocolate demos at 12:15pm each day.
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Wolfshohl, an Ingleside resident, former Bayside City Councilwoman and Woodsboro native, was shot in the forehead by her husband James "Bubba" Wolfshohl, who then shot himself with a small pistol.
According to a press release from the Ingleside Police Department, police officers "were dispatched to a single family residence in the 2000 block of La Quinta," responding to a 911 call made Saturday night.
Jerry Wolfshohl had called 911 to say her husband was going to kill her.
"While the communications operator was gathering details from the caller, she heard what sounded like a single gunshot, and the call was disconnected," according to the press release.
Meanwhile, Jerry Wolfshohl's husband, James "Bubba" Wolfshohl had called his son in Corpus Christi to tell him he killed his wife.
The son called 911, and that call was transferred to Ingleside.
When police arrived at the residence, James Wolfshohl greeted them at the door with a small handgun in his hand.
"The male individual, as the officers gave him orders to drop the gun, walked around an interior corner, and a single gunshot was heard," the press release stated.
James had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. And Jerry Wolfshohl was found sitting in a chair in the living room with a gunshot wound to the forehead area.
"Tri-County EMS arrived on scene, and the female was transported to Memorial Hospital; the male subject was pronounced deceased on the scene by Justice of the Peace Charlene Lewis," according to the press release.
Jerry Wolfshohl died that night at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.
"I couldn't believe it," said Mike Brown, a friend of the Wolfshohls.
"All my kiddies knew her. When they'd have a barbecue, she would always make a special little area for them with puzzles and activities," Brown said.
"They were good friends," he added.
Other Bayside residents agree the family moved to Bayside in 1992. In 1993, Jerry Wolfshohl was elected to the Bayside City Council.
Brown remembered that the couple was filled with grief over the death of their 13-year-old son, who died in a three-wheeler accident before they moved to Bayside.
"I never saw anger between them, but they had deep-rooted mental situations out of grief," Brown said.
Brown said he believes the death of their son caused them to begin reaching disagreements.
Sally Crofutt also fondly remembers Jerry Wolfshohl.
"My first impression of Jerry was that she was hilarious," Crofutt said.
"She had this deep Southern drawl, and it made even the simplest thing funny," she said.
"She was a wonderful support person. When Larry Crofutt (Sally's brother) was sick, he dreamed of lemon pie, and she came up with 10 pieces of lemon pie," she said.
Crofutt said Jerry was "involved" in many things, including the VFW. During her time in Bayside, she worked at Chris Nayor's fish house, Crofutt's Sandwich and Bakery and the Bayside Express.
"It was heartbreaking to hear of her death. I always enjoyed her," Crofutt said.
Larry Crofutt fondly remembers Jerry, who worked at Crofutt's when he was owner and manager there.
"She was really up and a lot of fun to be at work with," Larry Croifutt said.
"She was a really good friend. Both her and Bubba were good friends of mine," he said.
Larry Crofutt said he would go to get-togethers sometime with the Wolfshohls, but he never suspected that they were having problems.
"This whole thing makes me want to cry,' he added.
Jerry Wolfshohl did not finish her term on the city council. Half way through, her family moved to Woodsboro in 1994.
Chris Naylor said he grew up with the Wolfshohls.
"We were raised in Woodsboro," Naylor said. "I went to school with him from day one."
Naylor said James "Bubba" Wolfshohl and Jerry Wolfshohl "were as good as gold."
"It was not in his nature. It's just not him. They crossed somewhere," Naylor said.
"There were married since they were in high school. It's just out of character," he added.
Naylor said the couple moved to Bayside from Flour Bluff. From Bayside, they had moved back to Woodsboro and on to Ingleside at some point.
"He was big in the oil and gas industry. So it wasn't finances," Naylor said.
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I am about to start pumping at work - 1 day a week - and expect to need to pump about 3 times during the day. I am freelance so will be in a different office space each week.
I have my pump sorted, but am confused about cleaning it between pumps!
I don't want to pump and dump, so want to make sure the milk is not contaminated.
Here in the UK we are told to sterilise everything between pumping - I am not going to have time to do this as I have clients back to back all day (don't know how I am actually going to have time to pump either, but I'll figure it out!)
Is this the guidance in other countries? I was hoping to rinse everything with hot soapy water between pumps and sterilise it all when I get home. Is this not enough? Am I going to have to lug my huge steam sterilizer to work with me?
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Mitzi Joya of Beeville won the award for the "Most Original Ribbon Day Costume" at the Girl Scout Camp held in Beeville (date not listed). A total of 58 girls, six boys and six "pee wees" took part in the camp.
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Octal, 16-Bit, SPI Voltage Output denseDAC With 5 PPM/°C On-Chip Reference
Features and Benefits
- Low power, smallest-pin-compatible octal DAC
- AD5668: 16 bits
- AD5648: 14 bits
- AD5628: 12 bits
- 14-lead/16-lead TSSOP, 16-lead LFCSP, and 16-lead WLCSP
- On-chip 1.25 V/2.5 V, 5 ppm/°C reference
- Power down to 400 nA at 5 V, 200 nA at 3 V
- 2.7 V to 5.5 V power supply
- Guaranteed monotonic by design
- Power-on reset to zero scale or midscale
- See data sheet for additional features
- Download AD5668-EP Data Sheet
- Military temperature range (−55°C to +125°C)
- Controlled manufacturing baseline
- One assembly/test site
- One fabrication site
- Enhanced product change notification
- Qualification data available on request
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Product Details
The AD5668 device is a low power, octal, 16-bit, buffered voltage-output DAC. The device operates from a single 2.7 V to 5.5 V supply and is guaranteed monotonic by design.
The AD5668 has an on-chip reference with an internal gain of 2. The AD5668-1 has an 1.25 V 5 ppm/°C reference, giving a full-scale output range of 2.5 V; the AD5668-2, -3 has a 2.5 V 5 ppm/°C reference, giving a full-scale output range of 5 V. The on-board reference is off at power-up, allowing the use of an external reference. The internal reference is enabled via a software write.
The part incorporates a power-on reset circuit that ensures that the DAC output powers up to 0 V (AD5668-1, -2) or midscale (AD5668-3) and remains powered up at this level until a valid write takes place. The part contains a power-down feature that reduces the current consumption of the device to 400 nA at 5 V and provides software-selectable output loads while in power-down mode for any or all DAC channels.
The outputs of all DACs can be updated simultaneously using the LDAC function, with the added functionality of user-selectable DAC channels to simultaneously update. There is also an asynchronous CLR that updates all DACs to a user-programmable code—zero scale, midscale, or full scale.
The AD5668 utilizes a versatile 3-wire serial interface that operates at clock rates of up to 50 MHz and is compatible with standard SPI®, QSPI™, MICROWIRE™, and DSP interface standards. The on-chip precision output amplifier enables rail-to-rail output swing.
The AD5668-EP supports defense and aerospace applicatons (AQEC)
Product Highlights
- Octal, 16-bit DAC.
- On-chip 1.25 V/2.5 V, 5 ppm/°C reference.
- Available in 14-lead/16-lead TSSOP.
- Power-on reset to 0 V or midscale.
- Power-down capability. When powered down, the DAC typically consumes 200 nA at 3 V and 400 nA at 5 V.
- Optical transceivers
- Power Amp control
- Data acquisition systems
- Digital gain and offset adjustment
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At least one model within this product family is in production and available for purchase. The product is appropriate for new designs but newer alternatives may exist.
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Consult the AD5668 data sheet, available from Analog Devices, in conjunction with this user guide when using the evaluation board. The evaluation board interfaces to the USB port of a PC via the SDP board. Software is available with the evaluation board, which allows the user to easily program the AD5668.
Features & Benefits
- Full featured evaluation board for the AD5668
- On-board reference
- Various link options
- PC control in conjunction with Analog Devices
- System development platform (SDP)
- PC software for control of DACs
- On-board ADC for voltage readback
UG-155: Evaluation Board for the AD5668 Octal, 16-Bit, Serial Voltage Output DAC (Rev. A) PDF
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- Precision 16-bit voltage source
- 8 Channels Self contained
- +12V to +/- 5V supply
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- Programmable window detector
- Single supply
- 4 seperate channels possible
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When Tenchi and his ladies are forced to watch his baby cousin, all heck breaks loose! Poor Tenchi is clueless, the ladies are hopeless, and only Washu can restore order to the house!
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Member Voice: Why we should support MEA
By Sandy Callis, Holt Public Schools
All four of my grandparents came to Flint on trains and ships to pursue a living wage and a brighter future for their families.
Both of my grandfathers participated in the sit-down strikes that started the labor movement worldwide. They sat in dirty, locked factories, waiting for food to be dropped through ceiling vents. My maternal grandmother started working on the line at AC Spark Plug during World War II, earning less than the men who sat next to her as she assembled Chevrolet panels. The United Autoworkers Union is responsible for changing that situation.
When I was 8 years old, I proudly watched my father make his first and only picket sign, which he carried in four strikes. It still sits in my parents' basement and reads, "A good education costs more. A bad education costs most." I also remember my mother making the bean soup last for us as long as she could. Recently, I asked them about those strikes, and my mom said, "We didn't know if he would be fired."
Since I began teaching in 1984, I have never had to strike to better my working conditions or create a better classroom environment for my students. Holt Public Schools works hard to support its teachers and students. The administration and union have found ways to transcend the traditional acrimony found in labor disputes. I'm proud of us, but I'm always aware that the two sides are both necessary to create not just good outcomes, but the best outcomes.
Why would I support MEA? That's easy. First of all, I owe it to my family and the sacrifices they made for me. Second, I owe it to my state for the tremendous blessings I've been granted as a teacher in a public school. Third, I owe it to my students and their families, so that learning isn't distracted by all of the mayhem that happens in untenable circumstances.
Why should we all support the MEA? We owe it to our history. We owe it to our integrity. We owe it to the children who are so fortunate to live within the borders of the Great Lakes. We're not just teachers — we're Michigan teachers.
(Holt Public Schools teacher Sandy Callis has worked as a public educator for 29 years, both as a teacher and as an administrator.)


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Jesus Is Just Alright With Me!
That was a Byrds reference in case anyone cares.
But that's beside the point. Point is, Jesus Montero is a friggin beast. And I'm still in disbelief about everything.
Jesus Montero has given me so much hope since I heard about him what seems like many years ago. Way back at the beginning of the season, when everyone was counting the Yankees out and saying there was no possible way they could win, because the Red Sox were so amazing, I thought to myself, "That's okay, I don't have to win every year. We Yankees fans still have a lot to look forward to. If I get the chance to see Montero play this year, no matter what, I will consider this season worthwhile."
God. I mean Jesus…
Currently, the Yankees have a 2.5 lead over those anointed champion Red Sox, which is relatively roomy considering how tight this division has been all season long. They have had possession of first and lost it many times this season…but with every game that passes, there is less and less time for the standings to change.
Not only are the Yankees winning – but now Montero is part of it! And I truly believe he is the real-deal.
Jesus Montero stole the show yesterday by hitting his first 2 homers in the Bigs. They were both of the opposite field variety, and they both earned him curtain-calls. I found that somewhat surprising, and also a little relieving. I thought maaaybee I was the only one who was so excited about the kid, and when he didn't get a hit in his first game, I thought maaaybee my excitement was silly, but then when he had that huge game yesterday, all the fans embraced him, so now I don't feel stupid for being his biggest fan already.
I'm tempted to go buy myself a "Montero #63" Yankees jersey, but I think his number might change soon. He's too good to be #63 for much longer. But I've learned the hard way about those player jerseys…all of mine are out-of-date: I have Cano as #22, Melky Cabrera as #28 (lol), and Francisco Cervelli as #29. I had a Gary Sheffield #11 jersey, but my Grandma took off the lettering, so now it's a #11 shirt WITHOUT a name. Ohh yeah.
But yeah, back to that Jesus Montero guy….okay not gonna lie, I really like him. And those of you that know me know what that means. He's only 21….I'm 18, there's hope. He's soooo adorable.
Fangirl commentary needs to be put on hold…I'm sorry.
So yeah, Jesus Montero. In all seriousness, Jesus Montero, in the short time he has been with the team, has made me so happy. He has given me that desire to watch games again with that intensity that I can't even describe. He's helping us now, and I'm confident that he'll be here for the future. If Brian Cashman didn't move him yet – and he has had his fair share of golden opportunities to do so – I don't think he'll move him now. Not when he gave us a glimpse of why he was meant to be a Yankee. His swing is perfect for Yankee Stadium. That short porch in right was BUILT for him. The fans already adore the kid, hence the curtain calls. And hey, I know it's a small sample, but he's hitting .385 and has shown awesome power. Every once in a while, a player really does live up to his expectations. Can Montero be one of those guys?
I definitely think so.
I hope the Yankees continue to keep on plugging him into the lineup. Jesus Montero in the BOTTOM THIRD of the lineup? That's quite a force. They should use him every day, because after all: they have to win, and they have to put their best guys out there. Right now, I think Jesus Montero is a better designated hitter than Jorge Posada.
Even if he struggles, I say pencil him in there. Sure, he may worry about slumping, he may lose a little confidence – who cares about him losing trade value, he's here to stay in my mind. Bottom line, Jesus Montero has spent 2 seasons in Triple-A. He can hit. The defense will come. Too much hope and excitement has been invested in the guy. The Yankees owe it to the fans to use him.
I can' t wait to come home and watch the game tonight – and I hope Jesus Montero is playing.
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That's the problem, he may not be "here to stay". For one thing, if he can't catch, he can't be a full time DH for the Yankees. An aging team has no room for a 21 year old DH. There's little value in that when the real value is being able to rest your veteran talent and DH them sometimes. He needs to play well but more so the few times he'll crouch behind the plate. At this point, would you really catch this kid over Russell Martin who's throwing out 31 percent of runners? Tempting to resign that guy who is not yet 30, leaving Montero with no place to play. I still believe the best scenario is a solid September for the kid which leads to some team trading pitching to the Yankees for him. If you gotta throw in a Betances too in order to get a Jered Weaver or King Felix (the latter if basically impossible but I put him here anyway), you do it. No questions asked. I'd say the percentages of Montero being with the Yankees long term are about as high as the ceiling of the player I compare him to, Matt Nokes. It's not that likely.
The Yankees had plenty of opportunities to trade him, and not for just some mediocre players. They were brand names. Why wouldn't they trade him then? It's not like his value can get that much higher. He could have been traded for CLIFF LEE. He's not a good defending catcher yet, but he might soon if he works. I think he'll split DH and catcher next year.
You are right, Jesus Montero is cute! I had made a promise not to buy jerseys from current players but I could not help buy Javy Guerra's batting practice jersey when I saw it in the club level. I wore it and when he saw it he asked me "Where did you get that?" He is cute! Take a look at his pic in my blog post. -Emma


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9.22.99 Pan Am Center, Las Cruces NM (including hilarious SBD soundcheck)
Phish.net show page
Soundcheck: Dickie Scotland Song, Dirt (several times, not included in this download)
Set 1: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Axilla, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, Beauty of My Dreams, Bathtub Gin, Mozambique, Sand, Waste
Set 2: Gotta Jibboo, Ghost > Taste, Brian and Robert, Mike's Song > Simple > Train Song, Weekapaug Groove
Encore: La Grange
Notes: The soundcheck featured the impromptu Dickie Scotland Song in reference to Phish Tour Manager Richard "Dickie Scotland" Glasgow, who attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. The song included a theme about the school's mascot, the Aggie, and referenced fellow NMSU alumnus David "ZZYZX" Steinberg (a.k.a. The Timer) with the lyric 'Timer is an Aggie, too.'" This debut performance was included in Kevin Shapiro's "From the Archives" radio show at Big Cypress.
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(*TECHNICAL NOTE* - The file for Simple appears to have a glitch. At the 4:42 mark, there is skipping for about 10-15 seconds. At first I thought it was just my file that had become corrupt during encoding/decoding, but I have confirmed with someone else that the original SHN from the etree seed has the skipping also, so it's not just mine. I'm surprised there is no mention of this on the db page. If anyone has a fix out there, please post the link to the comments page in this post, and I will upload a fixed Simple file if it exists. Thanks!)
Set 1: Runaway Jim > Free, Driver, Taste, Dirt, Nellie Kane, Stash[1] > Theme From the Bottom, Tweezer Reprise
Set 2: Gotta Jibboo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down with Disease, Billy Breathes, Back on the Train, Mike's Song[2] -> Catapult -> Mike's Song -> Kung -> Mike's Song > I Didn't Know > Weekapaug Groove
Encore: Cities[3]
[1] Can't Turn You Loose and Happy Birthday teases.
[2] Who Knows tease.
[3] Altered lyrics.
Notes: Stash included Can't Turn You Loose and Happy Birthday (to Trey) teases. After Stash, Trey announced a contest where the winner would receive four tickets and backstage passes to any show in the next year and, jokingly, a date with Fishman. The question centered on what all of the songs played in the first set, with the exception of Driver, had in common. The answer was that all songs were in the Key of D. Cities was an appropriate choice as an encore for Memphis, and Trey altered the lyrics a bit for the occasion. Mike's included a Who Knows tease.
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