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Volume 135, Issue 1, 07 July 2011
Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) reveals the vibrational dynamics of a Mössbauer probe nucleus. Here, 57Fe NRVS measurements yield the complete spectrum of Fe vibrations in halide complexes of ironporphyrins.Iron porphine serves as a useful symmetric model for the more complex spectrum of asymmetric heme molecules that contribute to numerous essential biological processes. Quantitative comparison with the vibrational density of states (VDOS) predicted for the Fe atom by density functional theory calculations unambiguously identifies the correct sextet ground state in each case. These experimentally authenticated calculations then provide detailed normal mode descriptions for each observed vibration. All Fe-ligand vibrations are clearly identified despite the high symmetry of the Fe environment. Low frequency molecular distortions and acoustic lattice modes also contribute to the experimental signal. Correlation matrices compare vibrations between different molecules and yield a detailed picture of how heme vibrations evolve in response to (a) halide binding and (b) asymmetric placement of porphyrin side chains. The side chains strongly influence the energetics of heme doming motions that control Fe reactivity, which are easily observed in the experimental signal.
- Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Direct selected multireference configuration interaction calculations for large systems using localized orbitals135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3600351View Description Hide Description
A selected multireference configuration interaction (CI) method and the corresponding code are presented. It is based on a procedure of localization that permits to obtain well localized occupied and virtual orbitals. Due to the local character of the electron correlation, using local orbitals allows one to neglect long range interactions. In a first step, three topological matrices are constructed, which determine whether two orbitals must be considered as interacting or not. Two of them concern the truncation of the determinant basis, one for occupied/virtual, the second one for dispersive interactions. The third one concerns the truncation of the list of two electron integrals. This approach permits a fine analysis of each kind of approximation and induces a huge reduction of the CI size and of the computational time. The procedure is tested on linear polyene aldehyde chains, dissociation potential energy curve, and reaction energy of a pesticide-Ca2+ complex and finally on transition energies of a large iron system presenting a light-induced excited spin-state trapping effect.
Self-assembly behavior of ABA coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers: A Brownian dynamics simulation approach135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3606396View Description Hide Description
The self-assembly behavior of ABA coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers in a selective solvent was studied by a Brownian molecular dynamics simulation method. It was found that the rod midblock plays an important role in the self-assembly of the copolymers. With a decrease in the segregation strength, ɛ RR , of rod pairs, the aggregate structure first varies from a smecticlike disk shape to a long twisted string micelle and then to small aggregates. The influence of the block length and the asymmetry of the triblock copolymer on the phase behavior were studied and the corresponding phase diagrams were mapped. It was revealed that the variation of these parameters has a profound effect on microstructure. The simulation results are consistent with experimental results. Compared to rod-coil diblock copolymers, the coil-rod-coil triblock copolymers has a larger entropy penalty associated with the interfacial grafting density of the aggregate, leading to a higher ɛ RR value for structural transitions.
Simple preconditioning for time-dependent density functional perturbation theory135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3606467View Description Hide Description
By far, the most common use of time-dependent density functional theory is in the linear-reponse regime, where it provides information about electronic excitations. Ideally, the linear-response equations should be solved by a method that avoids the use of the unoccupied Kohn-Sham states — such as the Sternheimer method — as this reduces the complexity and increases the precision of the calculation. However, the Sternheimer equation becomes ill-conditioned near and indefinite above the first resonant frequency, seriously hindering the use of efficient iterative solution methods. To overcome this serious limitation, and to improve the general convergence properties of the iterative techniques, we propose a simple preconditioning strategy. In our method, the Sternheimer equation is solved directly as a linear equation using an iterative Krylov subspace method, i.e., no self-consistent cycle is required. Furthermore, the preconditioner uses the information of just a few unoccupied states and requires simple and minimal modifications to existing implementations. In this way, convergence can be reached faster and in a considerably wider frequency range than the traditional approach.
Simple orbital theory for the molecular electrician135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603444View Description Hide Description
Theories of molecular electronic devices (MEDs) are quite involved in general. However, various prominent features of MEDs can be understood drawing only on elementary quantum theory. To support this point of view, we provide a two component orbital theory that enables one to reproduce various important features of MEDs. In this theory, the device orbitals are divided into two components, each of which is obtained from simple rules. To illustrate our two-component model, we apply it to explain, among other things, the conductance suppression in cross-conjugated systems and the dependence of the conductance on the contact position in aromatic systems.
QM:QM embedding using electronic densities within an ONIOM framework: Energies and analytic gradients135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603450View Description Hide Description
Accurate calculations of large systems remain a challenge in electronic structuretheory. Hybrid energy techniques are a promising family of methods for treating such systems. Expanding on previous developments, we present a QM:QM electronic embedding model whereby the high-level region is polarized by the electron density of the low-level region within an ONIOM framework. A direct Coulomb embedding model as well a more computationally efficient model involving a density fitting expansion are considered. We also develop a generalized theory for the first derivatives of these classes of QM:QM electronic embedding schemes, which requires solution of a single set of self-consistent field response equations. Two initial test cases are presented and discussed.
Accurate explicitly correlated wave functions for two electrons in a square135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603451View Description Hide Description
An explicitly correlated linear-r 12variational method is developed for a system of two electrons confined to a two-dimensional square well with infinite walls. The wave function is written as an expansion in products of non-negative integer powers of the relative and center-of-mass electronic coordinates and powers of r 12 restricted to 0 and 1. This form indirectly includes higher powers of the interelectronic distance and exhibits a much faster convergence than a similar expansion without r 12-dependent terms. The method is implemented using high-precision floating-point arithmetic. Ground-state total energies are reported with at least 12 accurate significant figures for squares with sides from 1 to 50 bohrs. The method can be used "as is" for excited states and for two-dimensional rectangular wells. We also show that wave functions for two electrons in a square and in a rectangle have a higher symmetry than can be accounted for by the point group of the system.
Condensed phase molecular dynamics using interpolated potential energy surfaces with application to the resolvation process of coumarin 153135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605302View Description Hide Description
Interpolatedpotential energy surfaces (PESs) have been used for performing reliable molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of small molecular reactions. In this article, we extend this method to MD simulations in condensed phase and show that the same scheme can also be feasibly used when it is supplemented with additional terms for describing intermolecular interactions. We then apply the approach for studying the resolvation process of coumarin 153 in a number of polar solvents. We find that the interpolatedsurface actually reproduces experimentally found features much better than the conventional force field based potential especially in terms of both dynamics Stokes shift in the short time limit and solute vibrational decoherence. This shows that the solute vibrational effect is important to some degree along the resolvation and should be modeled properly for accurate description of the related dynamics. The stability issue of trajectories on the interpolated PESs is also discussed, in regard to the goal of reliably performing long time simulations. Operational limitations of the present scheme are also discussed.
An enhanced splined saddle method135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605539View Description Hide Description
We present modifications for the method recently developed by Granot and Baer [J. Chem. Phys.128, 184111 (2008)]10.1063/1.2916716. These modifications significantly enhance the efficiency and reliability of the method. In addition, we discuss some specific features of this method. These features provide important flexibilities which are crucial for a double-ended saddle point search method in order to be applicable to complex reaction mechanisms. Furthermore, it is discussed under what circumstances this methods might fail to find the transition state and remedies to avoid such situations are provided. We demonstrate the performance of the enhanced splined saddle method on several examples with increasing complexity, isomerization of ammonia, ethane and cyclopropane molecules, tautomerization of cytosine, the ring opening of cyclobutene, the Stone-Wales transformation of the C 60fullerene, and finally rolling a small NaCl cube on NaCl(001) surface. All of these calculations are based on density functional theory. The efficiency of the method is remarkable in regard to the reduction of the total computational time.
Polarization justified Fukui functions: The theory and applications for molecules135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603449View Description Hide Description
The Fukui functions based on the computable local polarizability vector have been presented for a group of simple molecules. The necessary approximation for the density functional theory softness kernel has been supported by a theoreticalanalysis unifying and generalizing early concepts produced by the several authors. The exact relation between local polarizability vector and the derivative of the nonlocal part of the electronic potential over the electric field has been demonstrated. The resulting Fukui functions are unique and represent a reasonable refinement when compared to the classical ones that are calculated as the finite difference of the density in molecular ions. The new Fukui functions are strongly validated by their direct link to electron dipole polarizabilities that are reported experimentally and by other computational methods.
Bifurcations of dividing surfaces in chemical reactions135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3600744View Description Hide Description
We study the dynamical behavior of the unstable periodic orbit (NHIM) associated to the non-return transition state (TS) of the H2 + H collinear exchange reaction and their effects on the reaction probability. By means of the normal form of the Hamiltonian in the vicinity of the phase space saddle point, we obtain explicit expressions of the dynamical structures that rule the reaction. Taking advantage of the straightforward identification of the TS in normal form coordinates, we calculate the reaction probability as a function of the system energy in a more efficient way than the standard Monte Carlo method. The reaction probability values computed by both methods are not in agreement for high energies. We study by numerical continuation the bifurcations experienced by the NHIM as the energy increases. We find that the occurrence of new periodic orbits emanated from these bifurcations prevents the existence of a unique non-return TS, so that for high energies, the transition state theory cannot be longer applied to calculate the reaction probability.
On the effect of electron correlation on the static second hyperpolarizability of π conjugated oligomer chains135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603967View Description Hide Description
In this article, we report on the ab initio calculation of the static longitudinal second hyperpolarizability (γ) of π conjugated unsaturated oligomer chains using polyacetylene and polyyne as model compounds. The common observation is that the electron correlation enhances γ in these systems. The present study reveals that for extended chain lengths the opposite appears to be true: Electron correlation may have a damping effect on this property. For double-zeta basis sets, a negative contribution from electron correlation to γ is found within the range of chain lengths investigated. For triple-zeta basis sets, the same behavior must be anticipated at larger chain lengths based on extrapolation schemes. The analysis of the excitation energies and transition moments shows that transition moments between excited states as predicted by the Hartree-Fock and coupled cluster methods have a different response to chain length extension. There also are indications that higher order correlation effects will enhance γ.
Dimension reduction by balanced truncation: Application to light-induced control of open quantum systems135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605243View Description Hide Description
In linear control, balanced truncation is known as a powerful technique to reduce the state-space dimension of a system. Its basic principle is to identify a subspace of jointly easily controllable and observable states and then to restrict the dynamics to this subspace without changing the overall response of the system. This work deals with a first application of balanced truncation to the control of open quantum systems which are modeled by the Liouville-von Neumann equation within the Lindblad formalism. Generalization of the linear theory has been proposed to cope with the bilinear terms arising from the coupling between the control field and the quantum system. As an example we choose the dissipative quantum dynamics of a particle in an asymmetric double well potential driven by an external control field, monitoring population transfer between the potential wells as a control target. The accuracy of dimension reduction is investigated by comparing the populations obtained for the truncated system versus those for the original system. The dimension of the model system can be reduced very efficiently where the degree of reduction depends on temperature and relaxation rate.
Analytical Hessian of electronic excited states in time-dependent density functional theory with Tamm-Dancoff approximation135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605504View Description Hide Description
We present the analytical expression and computer implementation for the second-order energy derivatives of the electronic excited state with respect to the nuclear coordinates in the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) with Gaussian atomic orbital basis sets. Here, the Tamm-Dancoff approximation to the full TDDFT is adopted, and therefore the formulation process of TDDFT excited-state Hessian is similar to that of configuration interaction singles (CIS) Hessian. However, due to the replacement of the Hartree-Fock exchange integrals in CIS with the exchange-correlation kernels in TDDFT, many quantitative changes in the derived equations are arisen. The replacement also causes additional technical difficulties associated with the calculation of a large number of multiple-order functional derivatives with respect to the density variables and the nuclear coordinates. Numerical tests on a set of test molecules are performed. The simulated excited-state vibrational frequencies by the analytical Hessian approach are compared with those computed by CIS and the finite-difference method. It is found that the analytical Hessian method is superior to the finite-difference method in terms of the computational accuracy and efficiency. The numerical differentiation can be difficult due to root flipping for excited states that are close in energy. TDDFT yields more exact excited-state vibrational frequencies than CIS, which usually overestimates the values.
A multigrid method for N-component nucleation135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605658View Description Hide Description
A multigrid algorithm has been developed enabling more efficient solution of the cluster size distribution for N-component nucleation from the Becker-Döring equations. The theoretical derivation is valid for an arbitrary number of condensing components, making the simulation of many-component nucleating systems feasible. A steady state ternary nucleation problem is defined to demonstrate its efficiency. The results are used as a validation for existing nucleation theories. The non-steady state ternary problem provides useful insight into the initial stages of the nucleation process. We observe that for the ideal mixture the main nucleation flux bypasses the saddle point.
- Gas Phase Dynamics and Structure: Spectroscopy, Molecular Interactions, Scattering, and Photochemistry
Collision-induced dipole polarizability of helium dimer from explicitly correlated calculations135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3603968View Description Hide Description
Large expansions in basis sets of explicitly correlated Gaussian functions and the variation-perturbation technique were used to calculate the static dipole polarizability of the helium dimer at 16 different internuclear separations from 1.0 to 9.0 bohrs. The convergence towards the complete basis set limit was analyzed in order to estimate uncertainties of all the calculated values. The results are significantly more accurate than literature data. Asymptotically correct analytic fits for the trace and anisotropy of collision-induced polarizability were obtained.
The binding energies of NO–Rg (Rg = He, Ne, Ar) determined by velocity map imaging135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3601924View Description Hide Description
We report velocity map imaging measurements of the binding energies,D 0, of NO–Rg (Rg = He, Ne, Ar) complexes. The state binding energies determined are 3.0 ± 1.8, 28.6 ± 1.7, and 93.5 ± 0.9 cm−1 for NO–He, –Ne, and –Ar, respectively. These values compare reasonably well with ab initio calculations. Because the – transitions were unable to be observed for NO–He and NO–Ne, values for the binding energies in the state of these complexes have not been determined. Based on our state value and the reported – origin band position, the state binding energy for NO–Ar was determined to be 50.6 ± 0.9 cm−1.
Kinetics and dynamics of the NH3 + H → NH2 + H2 reaction using transition state methods, quasi-classical trajectories, and quantum-mechanical scattering135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605242View Description Hide Description
On a recent analytical potential energy surface developed by two of the authors, an exhaustive kinetics study, using variational transition state theory with multidimensional tunneling effect, and dynamics study, using both quasi-classical trajectory and full-dimensional quantum scattering methods, was carried out to understand the reactivity of the NH3 + H → NH2 + H2 gas-phase reaction. Initial state-selected time-dependent wave packet calculations using a full-dimensional model were performed, where the total reaction probabilities were calculated for the initial ground vibrational state and for four excited vibrational states of ammonia. Thermal rate constants were calculated for the temperature range 200–2000 K using the three methods and compared with available experimental data. We found that (a) the total reaction probabilities are very small, (b) the symmetric and asymmetric N–H stretch excitations enhance the reactivity, (c) the quantum-mechanical calculated thermal rate constants are about one order of magnitude smaller than the transition state theory results, which reproduce the experimental evidence, and (d) quasi-classical trajectory calculations, which were performed with the main goal of analyzing the influence of the zero-point energy problem on the final dynamics results, reproduce the quantum scattering calculations on the same surface.
Theoretical study of radiative and non-radiative decay processes in pyrazine derivatives135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3606579View Description Hide Description
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon has attracted much attention in recent years due to its potential applications in optoelectronic devices, fluorescence sensors, and biological probes. Restriction of intramolecular rotation has been proposed as the cause of this unusual phenomenon. Rational design of AIE luminogens requires quantitative descriptions of its mechanism. 2,3-dicyano-5,6-diphenylpyrazine (DCDPP) with "free" phenyl rings is an AIE active compound, whereas 2,3-dicyanopyrazino [5,6-9,10] phenanthrene (DCPP) with "locked" phenyl rings is not. Quantum chemistry calculations coupled with our thermal vibration correlation function formalism for the radiative and non-radiative decay rates reveal that the radiative decay rates for both DCPP and DCDPP are close to each other for all the temperatures, but the non-radiative decay processes are very different. For DCDPP, the low-frequency modes originated from the phenyl ring twisting motions are strongly coupled with the electronic excited state, which dissipate the electronic excitation energy through mode-mixing (Duschinsky rotation effect), and the non-radiative decay rate strongly increases with temperature. For DCPP, however, such mode-mixing effect is weak and the non-radiative decay rate is insensitive to temperature. These findings rationalize the fact that DCDPP is AIE active but DCPP is not, and are instructive to further development of AIE luminogens.
Full-dimensional time-dependent wave packet dynamics of H2 + D2 reaction135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3607965View Description Hide Description
Collision induced dissociation (CID), four center reaction (4C), and single exchange reaction (SE) in H2 (v 1 = high) + D2 (v 2 = low) were studied by means of time-dependent wave packet approach within a full-dimensional model. Initial state-selected total reaction probabilities for the three competitive processes have been computed on two realistic global potential energy surfaces of Aguado-Suárez-Paniagua and Boothroyd-Martin-Keogh-Peterson (BMKP) with the total angular momentum J = 0. The role of both vibrationally excited and rotationally excited reagents was examined by varying the initial vibrational and rotational states. The vibrational excitation of the hot diatom gives an enhancement effect on the CID process, while the vibrational excitation of the cold diatom gives an inhibition effect. The rotational excitation of both reagents has a significant effect on the reaction process. The 4C and SE probabilities are at least one order of magnitude smaller than the CID probabilities over the energy range considered. Isotope substitution effects were also studied by substituting the collider D2 by H2 and HD on the BMKP potential energy surfaces. The CID process is most efficient for the H2 + D2 combination and least efficient for the H2 + H2 combination and is different for the 4C and SE processes.
The products of the thermal decomposition of CH3CHO135(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3604005View Description Hide Description
We have used a heated 2 cm × 1 mm SiC microtubular (μtubular) reactor to decompose acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + Δ → products. Thermal decomposition is followed at pressures of 75–150 Torr and at temperatures up to 1675 K, conditions that correspond to residence times of roughly 50–100 μs in the μtubular reactor. The acetaldehyde decomposition products are identified by two independent techniques: vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectroscopy (PIMS) and infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy after isolation in a cryogenic matrix. Besides CH3CHO, we have studied three isotopologues, CH3CDO, CD3CHO, and CD3CDO. We have identified the thermal decomposition products CH3 (PIMS), CO (IR, PIMS), H (PIMS), H2 (PIMS), CH2CO (IR, PIMS), CH2=CHOH (IR, PIMS), H2O (IR, PIMS), and HC≡CH (IR, PIMS). Plausible evidence has been found to support the idea that there are at least three different thermal decomposition pathways for CH3CHO; namely, radical decomposition: CH3CHO + Δ → CH3 + [HCO] → CH3 + H + CO; elimination: CH3CHO + Δ → H2 + CH2=C=O; isomerization/elimination: CH3CHO + Δ → [CH2=CH–OH] → HC≡CH + H2O. An interesting result is that both PIMS and IR spectroscopy show compelling evidence for the participation of vinylidene, CH2=C:, as an intermediate in the decomposition of vinyl alcohol: CH2=CH–OH + Δ → [CH2=C:] + H2O → HC≡CH + H2O.


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I spent all day Saturday sitting in a cold deer stand waiting for a deer that never came.
This morning my dad shot this deer out of the same stand:
I spent all day Saturday sitting in a cold deer stand waiting for a deer that never came.
This morning my dad shot this deer out of the same stand:
That's why I don't get to enjoy that fall fish feeding frenzy (and don't act like y'all don't enjoy the alliteration).
I realize it's my own fault.
Why don't I just leave the poor deer alone and go catch a fish?
I know the bass are feeding aggressively. And the browns and brookies that live a short 2 hours away are getting ready to spawn. This is the best time of year for me to fool a truly big fish on the fly. They want to get fat and they want to do it fast.
I went out just the other day and the bass were already charging around chasing minnows and just feeding hard in general, and it's just starting to cool down here in the South Carolina upstate. (As a side note I caught very few of these bass due to my insistence on fishing a popper in a very passive way, like it was still the middle summer, instead of putting on the big articulated streamer I finally switch to right before dark and started catching fish. I'm an idiot.)
And yet, even though I know the fishing is going to be awesome here in the near future and I should be tying flies and planing trips into the mountains, I can't stop, even as I'm writing this, from worrying about all the things I still need to do to prepare for the quickly upcoming deer season.
I need meat in my freezer. Not want but need. I have a lot of mouths to feed and I don't like buying meat from the grocery store for a bunch of hippy-ass reasons I won't delve into at this particular moment. And I'm kind of unlucky when it comes to deer hunting (read as "I suck at hunting"), so this causes me to spend most to all of my free time during deer season, which is one longest in the country, in the woods.
I think this year though I'll make a vow – I will not let fall fishing pass me by. I will not obsess about killing a deer. I will chase the hungry bass. I will find the big browns and brookies. I WILL FISH…
Except on Saturdays. Saturdays I'll hunt. And during the new moon… And maybe right before a big cold front comes through… Or right after…
I'm sitting here holding a sleeping baby with one hand and typing with the other thinking about how much I remind myself of a dead deer lying on the side of the road; I can't move, I'm starting to stink and I pretty sure I'm starting to noticeably bloat.
The deer at least has the light of the sun to sit and fester in. I only have the sickly glow of this computer screen to light my slow decomposition.
Sorry. I think the lack of both sleep and outside stimulation has started to get to me.
Tomorrow though, I leave for the fishing trip/bachelor party I recently wrote about.
I probably won't get any extra sleep. And I may at some point still have to hold someone who is likely to cry and/or puke at any given moment. And it's suppose to rain the whole time.
But you know what? I'll be surrounded by good friends, I have a raincoat, a box of streamers, a case of nice beer, a bottle of bourbon and none of my children will be within a hundred miles of me.
If I can't turn that into a good time I might as well throw in the ol' proverbial towel…
Since moving to Rock Hill I've been doing a lot of deer hunting, or at least a lot more than I did around Charleston. Don't get me wrong, I definitely deer hunted in Charleston, but there was always something pulling my attention one way or the other; fishing, tying flies, shrimping, football, parties, work (though work very rarely kept my attention). Here I have, let's say, a simpler life in many ways. Not any more time than I had in Charleston, but certainly fewer distractions, so I've found myself spending most of my free time in the woods trying to kill a deer.
"Trying" is the operative word in the above sentence. So far this season has been a bust. I've did see one small doe, which I could have shot legally, but I let her pass by. Now, over a month later, that has been the only deer I've seen and my freezer is empty.
I wouldn't be taking it so hard if I hadn't been spending so much time freezing my ass off in the woods. I've been out at least once a week, if not more, since the start of the season. I would have at least spooked a deer in that time if I were back on my home turf hunting. Of course back home I know the woods like the back of my hand. Okay, not so well that I don't occasionally get turned around and lost for hours at a time but well enough that I have the confidence to go into slightly less familiar areas and know I'll eventually come out somewhere where I can get my bearings. I don't have that luxury here in the Rock Hill area. Every bit of info I have on the surrounding area is gleaned from Google Earth, DNR maps, and the scantest amount of actual scouting (which is the only way to get any real info).
I shouldn't complain too much though. Soon it'll be prime time for small game; squirrel, rabbit, quail. All great excuses to ramble around and learn the lay of the land. By next year l should have more than the two stand sights I have this year. And who knows, deer season isn't over yet.


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LOS ANGELES (September 5, 2012) — World City at The Music Center invites the public to a free series of performances featuring internationally renowned artists sharing their culture through dance, music, puppetry and storytelling. Performances are free to the public and take place on select Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheatre at The Walt Disney Concert Hall. Free art-making workshops for children are offered in the adjacent Blue Ribbon garden following the performances.
World City at The Music Center opens its tenth season on September 15, 2012 with Barynya, celebrating the music, dance and song of Russia. The series continues on October 13, 2012 and travels to the rich Creole culture of Louisiana, presenting the exuberant, Grammy Award-winning Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience. Additional performers include Step Afrika!, Cimarrón, Väsen and Liao Wen Ho Puppet Theatre, among others (full season list and descriptions follow). Offering an impressive roster of international and national touring artists, each engagement showcases a particular culture that is featured through the performances of one or more companies.
The post-performance visual arts workshops, designed by Music Center Teaching Artists, give children the opportunity to explore the featured culture through unique art-making projects such as calligraphy, puppets and musical instruments.
"Over the course of World City's ten seasons, we will have celebrated the arts traditions of 72 different cultures, featuring 130 extraordinary companies of musicians, dancers, and theatre artists—from Tuvan throat-singers to Peruvian scissors dancers to Watts wordsmiths and poets. Each World City event is a revelation and an inspiration, as these unique artists allow us a glimpse into something enduring from their particular part of the globe," said Barbara Leonard, Artistic Director for Education at The Music Center. As a special anniversary gift to World City audiences, attendees are invited to get a World City Passport, available at each performance! Part geo-quest, part travel journal, the passport can be used to document explorations as participants travel with World City this year. Bring the passport to each World City to get stamped and add photos, drawings and other inspiring thoughts about the culture and traditions presented that day. At the end of the season, the passport will be filled with World City stamps and the journal filled with memories.
World City at The Music Center is presented at the W.M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheatre at The Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. Free tickets are distributed on Grand Avenue at 2nd Street, starting at 10:00 a.m. for the 11:00 a.m. performance and at 11:00 a.m. for the 12:30 p.m. performance.
World City at The Music Center is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, The Jill & Curtis Kaufman Fund, Macy's, the Julia Stearns Dockweiler Foundation, Sue Tsao and The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation. Additional support is provided by The Music Center Leadership Council and Wells Fargo.
For more information about World City at The Music Center, visit musiccenter.org/worldcity or call (213) 972-4396.
September 15, 2012
Barynya (Music & Dance, Russia)
Barynya performs traditional Russian, Ukrainian, Cossack, Siberian, Jewish and Russian Gypsy dances in colorful, hand-made costumes including sarafans, rubashkas, sapoges and kosovorotkas. Barynya's virtuoso musicians play authentic musical instruments such as the balalaika (a triangular shaped guitar), garmoshka (Russian folk button accordion), balaliaka contrabass, bayan accordion, Gypsy guitar, violin and domra.
October 13, 2012
Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience (Music, Creole Culture)
For three decades, Grammy Award-winning musician Terrance Simien has been sharing his zydeco roots music through performances in over 7,000 concerts in 45 different countries. Zydeco is the indigenous music of the French-speaking Creoles of south central and south west Louisiana. The rousing zydeco sound features the button accordion and a unique percussion instrument called the zydeco rubboard or frottoir.
November 10, 2012
Git-Hoan Dancers (Music & Dance, Pacific Northwest—Tsimshian)
The Git-Hoan Dancers (The People of the Salmon), proudly represent the Tsimshian tribes who live on the Northwest Coast of North America and trace their ancestry to the village of Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska. They perform with stunning, hand-carved masks, authentic skin and wood drums and colorful hand-made regalia emblazoned with symbols of their culture.
January 19, 2013
Yuval Ron Ensemble (Music & Dance, Middle East)
The first World City of the New Year features the Yuval Ron Ensemble presenting a concert of mesmerizing music and dance of the Middle East. The performers include Arabic, Jewish and Christian artists who come together to unite the sacred musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition) and the Christian Armenian Church into a unique musical celebration.
February 23, 2013
Step Afrika! (Dance, African America, Africa)
Like a band without instruments, stepping is a percussive dance that uses kicks, stomps, claps and chants to create visually and musically exciting rhythms that enthrall audiences. As the world's first professional dance company devoted to stepping, Step Afrika! is a high energy performance with
roots in African dance and military marching. The performance includes a South African gumboot dance, a South African Zulu dance, and routines in collegiate step traditions practiced by men and women all across the United States.
March 30, 2013
Cimarrón (Music, Colombia)
Cimarrón is the celebrated ensemble from Los Llanos Orientales, the vast plains that stretch from Colombia into Venezuela. The ensemble performs rapid and joyous music sung with high-pitched voices reminiscent of Andalusian Gypsy roots. Cimarrón is a seven piece band, led by harpist and composer Carlos Rojas, that has been working together for over twenty years.
April 28, 2013 – Sunday Performance
Väsen (Music, Sweden)
Väsen is a Swedish acoustic instrumental trio that has been touring world-wide for over two decades. They bring playfulness and vitality to the musical traditions of the Uppland, transforming venerable polskas and waltzes into modern groove masterpieces. Their musical interplay is a combination of structure and improvisation as they swing through arrangements with pure joy, endearing them to audiences everywhere.
Scandia Dancers (Dance & Music, Sweden, Norway, Finland)
The Scandia Dancers of Southern California perform a repertoire of traditional folk dances in authentic hand-made costumes from the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Norway and Finland. Each suite of dances has its own specific styling, steps and formations including reinlander, schottis, polska, hambo, vals and turdans.
May 18, 2013
Liao Wen Ho Puppet Theatre (Puppetry, Taiwan)
Internationally acclaimed Liao Wen Ho Puppet Theatre performs in the classic style of Taiwanese glove puppetry with a cast of puppet characters ranging in design from regal to fantastical. The troupe preserves this traditional puppetry art while introducing innovations such as an expansive stage, lighting and special effects and large-size puppets, including fanciful animals and martial arts action-figures.
July 2013
Special July Performance to Close the 10th Anniversary Season!
Visit musiccenter.org/worldcity for further announcements.
A leader at the cultural heart of Los Angeles County, The Music Center brings to life one of the world's premier arts destinations by creating opportunities for arts participation, enabling compelling programming and providing first-class venues and services. The Music Center is one of the largest and most highly regarded performing arts centers in the country, creating a cultural hub that is central to L.A.'s status as "the creative capital" of the world. Celebrated for its illustrious dance programming Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and home to four world-class resident companiesCentre Theatre Group, LA Opera, LA Phil, and Los Angeles Master Chorale – The Music Center is the place to experience the most innovative and critically-acclaimed performing arts in the nation. In its effort to extend the reach and accessibility of the performing arts, The Music Center is a national model for experiences in which people participate directly through its Active Arts® at The Music Center. As well, The Music Center presents special productions, events and festivals for children and families, including World City™ at The Music Center. Each year, over one million audience members delight in the excitement of live performances on The Music Center's stages and enjoy free community arts events all year long across its outdoor campus. The Music Center is also on the forefront of arts education in Los Angeles, providing arts resources to students and teachers in schools and community centers throughout the region. For more information, visit musiccenter.org.
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As snow fell Friday morning, students from Muskegon Public Schools and Grand Haven Area Public Schools offered helping hands along side other volunteers during the Feed America mobile food pantry truck.
More projects within Spring Lake schools could be addressed in the coming months through bond funds.
Parking at Spring Lake High School is expected to see gains through a new land purchase.
School: Peach Plains Elementary
A substitute school bus driver ticketed by police in a Nov. 21 crash has been cleared by transportation officials to keep driving a bus, said Scott Grimes, assistant superintendent of human services for Grand Haven Area Public Schools.
"It may also inspire the kids to work at one of the local nurseries in the area and eventually consider a career in horticulture. It is just a fantastic resource from the community to these kids." — GHHS biology teacher Roger Glass
Grand Haven Christian School students participated in the annual performance of Silver Tea on Wednesday.
Faulkner Bodbyl-Mast, Ana West and Thomas Zambiasi have all been named Commended Students through the National Merit Program.
Readers would be surprised to learn that: I've been on the school board for Spring Lake Public Schools for the past 10 years and have served as president the past four years.
States will have more time to identify failing schools as part of new Obama administration rules aimed at supporting troubled public schools and students who are struggling.
Each Friday on the pages of the Tribune and online at grandhaventribune.com, we will highlight a Classroom of the Week.
LANSING — A Michigan Senate committee narrowly voted Wednesday to close the pension system to new teachers and other school employees and to instead offer them only a 401(k)-style retirement plan, despite objections from Gov. Rick Snyder.
The second annual registration roll-out event for the Tri-Cities Area Imagination Library (T.A.I.L.) will take place from 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Loutit District Library's lower level.
Before classes got underway Monday morning, everyone gathered around the flagpole for a special prayer and brief ceremony to kick off the remaining portion of the school year in St. Mary's new 23,000-square-foot, two-story education center.
Each year, a Ferry Elementary School third-grade teacher talks to her students about collecting items for patients who will spend the holidays in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and pediatric units at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital for what she calls the Compassion Project.


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Waves are a finite resource and local attorney Timothy Mac Master believes standup surfers are getting more than their fair share.
Click here to watch Andrew Pereira's report.
"They can literally get into a wave 20 yards before someone on a shorter board or before a body surfer or a body boarder can be physically propelled by that wave," Mac Master told KITV4. "On days when the waves are few and far between, we can have the SUPs claiming 75 or 80 percent of the best waves. It is just not fair to everyone else in the water."
Mac Master created SafeSurfHawaii.com to educate fellow wave riders about a one year pilot project that would ban standup surfers from the lineup at Ala Moana 18 hours per week. Under his proposal, SUP riders would be barred from Magic Island to Kewalo Basin on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from three in the afternoon until nine at night. Mac Master says many standup surfers are courteous, but the sheer popularity of the new sport is creating unsafe situations.
"In general SUPs tend to be larger and less maneuverable and they are dangerous, especially in crowded situations," said the attorney, who has been surfing since he moved to Hawaii in 1989.
Although Mac Master's proposal is far from becoming an actual rule, the Department of Land and Natural Resources was forced to respond to his call for public comment, and has scheduled a public forum later this month.
"The department was asked by Safe Surf Hawaii to solicit comments from the general public and gauge acceptance of this plan to limit use of SUPs in this waterway," William Aila, DLNR chairperson, said in a news release. "If the concept gains wide support, the department may consider rule-making as a way to formalize the plan. However, the support would need to be nearly unanimous among all users."
Mac Master is hoping surfers, no matter what type of board they ride, will attend the meeting to foster further debate and discussion on the issue. The public forum is scheduled on Wednesday, Aug. 27 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Jefferson Elementary School cafeteria. The school is located at 342 Kapahulu Ave. in Waikiki.
"DLNR is not proposing anything at this point," said Mac Master. "They have merely scheduled a meeting so that the public can come forward and have public input on the issues."


text: New York Design Center and Metropolitan Home To Host Design Cares Charity Auction Furniture World Magazine Posted: 12/8/2008 Metropolitan Home and the New York Design Center will host the seventh annual Design Cares charity auction and holiday soiree on December 9th, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Design Cares brings together the design community to celebrate the holidays and to raise money to support Furnish a Future, NYC's only free furniture bank for newly housed and formerly homeless families, a program from Partnership for the Homeless. Over 100 companies have donatedproduct for a HIGH-STYLE SILENT AUCTION—items range from luxury home furnishings to home accessories and holiday gifts—the proceeds of which will benefit the charity. "I look forward to Design Cares every year. It is a true honor to co-host an event that makes a difference to so many in the New York City community," says Metropolitan Home's Editor-in-Chief, Donna Warner. "We have a wonderful group of donors this year, and we are grateful for their support in helping us raise money for Partnership for the Homeless." This year's HIGH-STYLE SILENT AUCTION includes products from a variety of home and lifestyle purveyors, including Molton Brown, Karastan, Design within Reach, Benjamin Moore, W Hotels Worldwide, Donna Karan Home, Reisenthel, and Knoll, to name a few. The auction offers attendees the opportunity to shop for beautiful gifts just in time for the holidays, with all of the proceeds going to charity. Attendees will bid on silent auction items while enjoying a festive evening of delicious desserts and cocktails from Marani vodka. Additionally, donations for the charity will be collected at the door. "As for many of us, this is my favorite time of the year as I anticipate another successful event benefitting Furnish a Future," says Jim Druckman, President and CEO of the New York Design Center. "Design Cares is a wonderful celebration for those of us in the design arena as well as the general public, as it gives us the opportunity to give back to the larger NYC community." The annual Design Cares event is open to the public and will be held at the New York Design Center located at 200 Lexington Avenue from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9 th. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the local non-profitorganization Partnership for the Homeless and their Furnish a Future program. About Metropolitan HomeMetropolitan Home stands alone as the definitive guide to modern design and the unparalleled champion of contemporary style. The magazine's urban mindset speaks to readers everywhere and sets the standard for how to live well now. Every article and photograph connects with the magazine's affluent, intelligent, progressive readers. Each page informs and inspires consumers to decorate, renovate, garden and cook as they create a haven for themselves and their families. Metropolitan Home's distinctive voice elevates eclectic style and celebrates the impact that quality design has on today's modern lifestyle. Metropolitan Home is a part of the Luxury Design Group and is published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (www.hfmus.com), a company of Lagardere Active. www.pointclickhome.com About New York Design CenterThe New York Design Center is the industry's source for current design, representing avant-garde, contemporary innovations, as well as classic creations. Built in 1926 the NYDC was the dream of few visionaries in the furniture industry. Today, the New York Design Center'srich history enhances its reputation as a vibrant, dynamic resource for imaginative solutions to any design challenge. The New York Design Center is committed to transforming bothliving and working environments. www.nydc.comAbout Partnership for the HomelessPartnership for the Homeless is a New York-based organization committed to partnering with the faith community, neighborhood-based organizations, business and government to attack the root causes of homelessness and empower people to leave the city's streets and shelters for lives of independence and financial stability. The design community has adopted the Partnership's "Furnish a Future" program, New York City's only free furniture bank,which collects new and used furnishings from designers, interior decorators, hotels, retailers, private homeowners, and universities to distribute to 2,000 formerly homeless families and individuals moving into permanent housing in the community. www.partnershipforthehomeless.org Furniture World is the oldest, continuously published trade publication in the United States. It is published for the benefit of furniture retail executives. Print circulation of 20,000 is directed primarily to furniture retailers in the US and Canada. In 1970, the magazine established and endowed the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library (www.furniturelibrary.com) in High Point, NC, now a public foundation containing more than 5,000 books on furniture and design dating from 1620. For more information contact firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Doc needs to be gone.
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
The PbP guys are being extremly kind the Hukers
NU down 49-22 with 18:23 left in the game.
I really hate Penn State! (And I'm not that wild about Iowa either.)
NU rallying. Down 49-25 with 17:50 to go.
51-28 with 16:58 to go.
55-28 with 15:26 to go.
Now 57-28 with 14:21 to go.
Down 59-28 with 13:10 to go.
60-30 with 12:08 to go.
heh... i watched about 10 minutes and wondered why i did. ugly! well, i'll watch again next time -- but a game like this is pure torture.
Has a coach ever just quit????
would be nice!
The Skunk Has Spoken!
I swear skunk was squeezin my buttocks !
Skunkman's nose nailed this one.
Never squat with yer spurs on.
Quote Originally Posted by CombatTargeteer
"You gotta watch the Skunkman."
I don't want to ruin Skunk's rep, but I have to report that he is a very hospitable and generous guy, besides being a super Husker fan.
60-32 with 10:00 to go.
63-32 with 9:00 to go.
65-32 with 7:59 to go.
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A modern multi-family birdhouse
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Auctioned off 2009
In response to the economic downturn where we were told repeatedly that the housing market was for the birds, the always savvy Froelich Kim Architecture reacted swiftly with this offering. Hoping to capitalize on this market analysis, we aim to fill a much talked about and needed niche with this multi family birdhouse. Just kidding.
This was our contribution to a fundraiser for the Priztker Elementary School where artists and architects were asked to design and build birdhouses to be auctioned at a fundraising event. We were pleased to find that our two entries were well received and were featured in several press releases for the fundraiser.
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We Commend These Projects As Worthy of Your Attention & Support
The GiggleFest joins Mr. Giggles
Project Director: Carla Riechman, M.Ed.
Purpose: The Giggle Fest is committed to teaching Laughter Meditation to everyone and anyone with the intention of creating a peaceful
and joyful world. We use laughter to give participants an experience of deep rest and relaxation that only meditation can provide. Once a
participant has created the sense of peace and joy in his or her own body and mind, then it is possible to spread that inner joy into the
surrounding environment.
Carla Riechman (pronounced RICH-MAN) has been called the Quenn of Laughter since the late 90's. Her passion i s to laugh and to make people smile and laugh and feel happy. In 2000, after spedning many years with her on laughter gatherings, Sri Sri Ravi SHanka (Art of Living Foundation), asked Ms. Riechman to go out and make the world laugh. He told her that she had the power to make anyone laugh and feel better in just a short period of time.
Try a Laughter Meditation with us. You will be amazed at the results. Join GiggleFest Live http://www.giggle-fest.com/
Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/GigglefestjoinsMrGiggles/
National Association for the Humor
Project Director: Stu Robertshaw, BS, MS, EdD, JD aka Dr. Humor
Purpose: Robertshaw's aim is to get people to lighten up, to keep their sense of humor alive and to remember that change isn't the end of the world. What does the doctor recommend as an antidote for fending off world-weariness? Start your day, he advises, by laughing for 30 seconds while looking in the mirror. It's hard at first, but once you get the hang of it, he says, "it completely shifts your mood."
How to Obtain Your Free Membership Kit! The benefits of joining the National Association for the Humor Impaired are increased laughter, better health, a quiz that identifies humor impaired persons, a wallet-sized membership card, and an 8½" by 11" membership certificate. A lifetime membership is FREE to qualified members in exchange for your sharing with Dr. Humor a story of the funniest moments that happened to you or someone you know. The story you submit must be a real story and not a joke or fiction. To submit your application for a free membership, send your story to Dr. Humor by mail or email. In order to receive your membership kit, be sure to include your mailing address.
National Association for the Humor Impaired, 3356 Bayside Court, Suite 201, La Crosse, WI 54601 http://www.drhumor.com/membership/index.shtml
Wiser Now, Inc.
Project Director: Kathy Laurenhue
Purpose: Wiser Now aims to promote healthy aging by using a lighthearted touch to help you (and/or those you serve) make new
connections in your brain (Keep your curiosity alive) and new connections with others by sharing the exercises and talking about what you
learn, because a strong social network is one of the top three keys to aging well.
Kathy Laurenhue, is CEO-Chief Enthuiasm Officer, of Wiser Now, Inc. (Backed by Science & Fueled by Fun), can help CLLs develop a
playful mind while creating new connections in your brain and new connections with others by sharing the exercises. Use props. "When I
write a trivia quiz, it is never primarily about helping participants gain valuable new knowledge. The goal is lighthearted fun, and the topics are chosen because people are likely to have an opinion about them. I am not at all interested in whether you get the answers right, but I am hoping the topic stimulates a lively discussion among those it is shared with. Trivia quizzes, word games, puzzles, and even wind-up toys (when used purely because they make us laugh) serve as props for helping us to connect and get to know one another better. https://wisernow.com/wn2/
Jewish Humor Central
Project Director: Al Kustanowitz
Purpose: To preserve and promte the appreciation of the unique culture of Jewish humor.
Jewish Humor Central is a blog to start your day with news of the Jewish world that's likely to produce a knowing smile and some Yiddishe nachas. It's also a collection of sources of Jewish humor--anything that brings a grin, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, or just a warm feeling to readers. Our posts include jokes, satire, books, music, films, videos, food, Unbelievable But True, and In the News. Some are new, and some are classics. We post every morning, Sunday through Friday. Enjoy! http://www.jewishhumorcentral.com/
Miles of Smiles Quest
Project Director: Becky Cortino, Hickory, NC
Purpose: This bold campaign promotes the challenge of simply sharing smiles equally and freely, making this world brighter.
FOUNDED in 2007 by Becky Cortino, Miles Of Smiles Quest seeks to spread Miles Of Smiles Globally! This bold campaign promotes the challenge of simply sharing smiles equally and freely, making this world brighter. Based on the premise "Healing Humor is NOT a Band Aid -- it's a Way of Life!"™ everyone is invited, because reaching this priceless goal is possible together. Joining Miles Of Smiles Quest is easy! Links to participate [FREE], books, media, resources for smiles, positively impacting every day, injecting Healing Humor into Healthcare by Becky Cortino are here: http://www.HealingHumor-BeHappy.com
Act Resilient
Project Director & Creator: Genie Joseph, MFA, PhD, Hawaii
Purpose: Combinig and variety of activities into programs that decrease stress and build & restore resilience.
ACT RESILIENT is a new program created by Genie Joseph combining drama and improvisational comedy that helps lower stress and increase mental health. It is designed to help military personnel and their families to better handle their emotions and find a creative outlet. Genie: "I have had the honor of working with over 4,000 soldiers and am delighted to see how effective the Act Resilient Program is to help military people and their families quickly restore a sense of hope and enthusiasm." http://www.act-resilient.org/
Project Director & Creator: Godelieve Smulders, Amsterdam
Purpose: Sending internet laughs all over the globe, digitally WRAPPING THE WORLD IN LAUGHTER.
THE IDEA By massively sending zigzagging internet laughs all over the globe, we envision digitally WRAPPING THE WORLD IN LAUGHTER. So the essence of the project is connection, the format is l@ughter, the final products are a compilation movie of the most authentic laughs offered to the UN as a sign of connection and a book with all 199 countries represented; laughing.
HOW TO PROCEED We have created smart phone APPs for Android phones on the Google play store and on the App store for iPhones You can download the APPs for free! L@ugh with friends or family and record your own video with the app. Upload the video! You can share your video through social media. Or alternatively, see yourself connected with other world l@ughers !
By uploading your l@ugh you will support Right to Play, a not for profit organisation, led by ex-Olympic champions, empowering children through play and education in conflict zones! Every upload of your l@ughter will pay for helping kids laugh again. http://www.laughterlab.com
The Fun Conspiracy
Head Conspirator: Ginny Hunneke
Purpose: The Fun Conspiracy is a playful learning community guided by professional life coaches, educators, wellness practitioners, artists and other conspirators who are dedicated to the pursuit of Authentic Fun and joyful empowerment
We are subversive! We reject prevailing cultural attitudes that fun needs to be earned, imbibed, consumed, parceled out in meager doses or relegated to weekends. The Fun Conspiracy offers play-full life coaching and a variety of ongoing opportunities to explore Authentic Fun in safe, supportive and empowering ways including personal sessions with a life coach, small group activities and community events. http://thefunconspiracy.com/
Project Director & Founder: Helen Szollosy, CLL, O.S.E. (Outlook Shift Engineer! & Overly Silly Exuberant!)
Purpose: Helen's greatest joy is making someone's day!
Helen constantly creates the most fun ways to manifest her passion: To motivate and inspire others! She rePHresh-es your thoughts and suggests New LIFE Outlooks! Key talk: "Look Out! It's LIFE! With a PHresh Outlook!" a.k.a. *Weeeee!" http://http://www.lafolot.com/
Project Director & Founder: Guy Giard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Purpose: In collaboration with local citizens, governmental and non-governmental organizations, to improve the health, education, and living conditions of children, families and citizens currently living in extreme poverty.
Next August I will be joining Dr Patch Adams as the clown Ukelele for the children and families of Belen. The 10th Annual Belen Project on August 5-16 2015, sponsored by Gesundheit! Institute and Bolaroja Clown Doctors of Peru! Clowns from around the world return to Iquitos, Peru, near the headwaters of the Amazon River. For more information contact Citizen Clown Guy, at http://www.guygiard.com/
Happy, Lucky Me!
Project Director & Founder: Masako Kusakari, Japan
Purpose: To increase the number of smiles in Japan
Masako Kusakari is a trainer who teaches humor and communication, both in English and her native Japanese. Her class "Humor and Communication," helps people improve their sense of humor. Inspired years ago by a nurse's humorous comment following a personal injury, and by national disaster, Kusakari felt the need to let people know about the power of laughter and humor. Bolstered by Allen Klein's book, "The Healing Power of Humor", she started her project with the goal of teaching Japan about the benefits of humor, smiling and laughter. By her rough calculations, she has helped seven hundred Japanese people smile and laugh."Only 127 million to go!!!" she says. Kusakari has won many awards for her speaking on the topic. Gart Westerhart has written a song on the topic
For more information, contact Masako at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stand Up for Mental Health
Project Director & Founder: David Granirer
Purpose: In David Granirer's Stand Up For Mental Health course, mental health consumers turn their problems into stand up comedy, then perform their acts at conferences, treatment centers, psych wards, for various mental health organizations, corporations, government agencies, on college and university campuses, and most importantly for the general public. The Power of Stand Up Comedy! "We use comedy to give mental health consumers a powerful voice and help reduce the stigma and discrimination around mental illness," says Granirer. For more information CLICK HERE.
Healing Headbands
Project Director: Barbara Grapstein, CLL, Glen Head, NY
Purpose: Children and families are encouraged to laugh, express their silliness through a uniquely creative process by painting colorful art onto special sized poster board. The artwork then gets printed on special UV-protective fabric, which then are made into personalized protective headbands. These beautiful original works of art are gentle reminders how healing starts from within and can be worn everyday.
Come learn, laugh, create and heal with the Healing Headbands Project, Inc.
Comedy Warriors - DVD
Take five wounded veterans and four top comedians, the result: laughter and the healing power of humor.
Comedy Warriors is an uplifting film that shows there's another
perspective from which to view life's difficulties, and that is humor.
It's a universal message that relates to many of our injured military,
as well as all who have experienced hardships and trauma. This film raises awareness
of how humor can support the healing process of all
Your Heart on Art
Project Director: Eileen Wallach, Nashville, TN
1,000 Red Noses
Project Director: Debra Joy Hart, RN, CLL, St. Joseph, IL
Purpose: To help create peace and joy around the world giving red noses to adults and children of any and all cultures, races and religions while presenting uplifting & enjoyable programs that connect laughter as a universal language to love as the universally needed social glue. Deb has taken her project to the Quechuan people of Peru, and to the children of Osugi Musical Theatre, Komatsu, Japan. She documents the project by collecting inspirational photos that reflect the process of giving and receiving joy in the form of a red nose. For more information about this inspired project with global implications, CLICK HERE.
Marie's Masks
Project Director: Judy Goldblum-Carlton, Columbia, MD
This is a project of National Humor Month CLICK FOR DETAILS
We are inviting the world to have fun combining the visual arts with humor and laughter. Simply apply your own creative expression to decorating or otherwise embellishing a Smiley face. Make your own (try starting with with a paper plate) or use one of the 13" diameter cardboard cutouts shown here that you can order from www.smileystore.com. Send a photo of your creation(s) for the Giggles Gallery at email@example.com.
The GIGGLE BOX Project
Project Director: Susan Dempsey, CLL,
Springfield, MO
The Happiness Project Guidebook for Schools
Project Director: Sue Stephenson, CLL-E, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
This project involves the creation of a Guidebook and accompanying video files to assist teachers and principals in starting a Happiness Project for their school. tt is based on a highly successful two-year project in Toronto, Canada that I have led that we want to share more widely across Canada, the United States and internationally with a mental health and well-being focus. It was featured on the Canadian National TV station CSC. The second year the project involved two professional comedians who had graduated from a local Community College School of Comedy, the four teachers, and myself along with the
resources in my book Kiddlng Around: connecting kids to happiness, laughter and humour.
To get more information and read an an article about the first year of this project published by MiddleWeb (for middle school teachers) CLICK HERE
World Laughter Day
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Finalist For NMSU President On Campus
Las Cruces – New Mexico State University is expected to name a new President on Thursday. The last finalist to visit NMSU is on campus Monday and Tuesday. Fred Martino spoke with Dr. James Oblinger, Professor and Former Chancellor at North Carolina State University.


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By ALISSA SCOTT
During a recent Amsterdam Common Council meeting, Corporation Counsel Gerard DeCusatis told those who believe the makeup of the city Golf Commission is "illegal" can bring a lawsuit against the city at any time.
A small group has decided to take him up on that offer.
Amsterdam town Supervisor Thomas DiMezza is a member of that five-person group who hired Ronald Schur, of the Law Office of Ronald R. Schur Jr. in Mayfield, to file an injunction against the city.
The contract of golf professional Joseph Merendo is set to expire by the month's end, and the city has already canceled a provision that allows it become a month-to-month agreement until another contract is signed.
Because of what has been described as the under-performance of the course, and at the request of the Common Council, the commission has considered restructuring its framework based on a three-prong system: Replace the professional, replace the concessionaire, and replace the maintenance department.
The commission has released requests for proposal nationwide to find those replacements, but DiMezza and the group are fighting to have that process halted until the legality of the Golf Commission can be resolved.
"If there are illegal members of the commission, then they had no right to recommend going out for RFPs for the pro shop," DiMezza wrote in an e-mail to Schur.
The city charter stipulates that committees and boards are to be filled with city residents. If a nonresident of the city is appointed to a city office, that appointment will require a majority vote of the council for approval.
Currently, there are two commissioners who live in the town of Amsterdam, not the city.
During the council meeting when DeCusatis suggested filing a lawsuit, he explained why he feels the noncity members don't pose a legal threat.
"The commission is basically advisory in nature," DeCusatis said. "It doesn't wield municipal authority, so there's no requirement that it be a city resident."
DeCusatis said one could make an argument about whether the golf commission has municipal authority "if you wanted to."
Current pro Joseph Merendo first worked at Muni in 1972 when he returned from serving in the Vietnam War. Aside from a brief four-year hiatus, during which he switched courses, he's been there ever since.
Countless "Joe the Pro" fans have appeared at Common Council meetings to speak during the public participation portion to voice their support.
One fan, Sandy "Rogo" Roginski, has distributed two lists of signed petitions citing pledges of current golfers who will not return to the course if Merendo is no longer the professional.
"Joe Merendo has been a great asset, the golf course is Amsterdam's greatest asset and it should be run properly," Christopher Sapia, another member of the group, said. "It should be done legally. Do we feel we are absolutely right in what we're contending? Absolutely we do. And I believe our attorney does also."


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Paris High School, South Paris, Maine Class of 1911
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The minions here at RepairLabs tinker away all day and night, fixing broken logic boards, rusted and corroded casings, and shattered device screens. With near-magic precision, we manage to bring dead devices back to life, and it takes a special kind of rocket fuel to power a machine this well-oiled and precise. That's right, kids. We couldn't do it without Caffeine. And lots and lots of it.
The Caffeine Fairy dropped this Mega 32 ouncer off at our offices this morning. (I would have gotten a photo of her for you, but she's quick. And jittery.) Just look at how this Monster Energy Drink dwarfs that Sharpie highlighter. How could we fix your iPhones and Blackberry and Samsung Galaxy III without it? It keeps our little fingers flying across the keyboards, and soldering away at minuscule logic boards and computer components. So in the spirit of loving caffeine, we quote the venerable and awesome Mr. Steve Jobs saying:
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
And may we add, they do it on caffeine. And ya gotta be just a little bit crazy to drink a Monster that big.
Curtis is one of the lead public technical advisors for all personal electronics. With a burning passion for not only bringing you the most informative articles, but also for his websites RepairLabs and Fix-iPhones.com. His proudest achievement though is Op:HERO -- a program dedicated to making each repair help overcome.
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Chopard, a Switzerland located company, has released the worlds most expensive watch.
The Chopard 201-carat Watch costs $25 million dollars and features three heart-shaped diamonds, the pink weighs 15 carats, the blue weighs 12 carats and the white weighs 11 carats.
In addition to those the watch bracelet comes festooned in 163 carats of white and yellow flower-like diamonds.
The watch has a spring-loaded mechanism which, when pressed, allows the three heart shapes to mechanically open up to see the time !
I guess, if anyone buys, this might be just for the title of owning the world's most expensive watch because it looks really gaudy!


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Greek economy
Greece adopted the euro as its currency in January 2002. The adoption of the euro provided Greece (formerly a high inflation risk country under the drachma) with access to competitive loan rates and also to low rates of the Eurobond market. This led to a dramatic increase in consumer spending, which gave a significant boost to economic growth. Between 1997-2007, Greece averaged 4% GDP growth, almost twice the European Union (EU) average. As with other European countries, the financial crisis and resulting slowdown of the real economy have taken their toll on Greece's rate of growth, which slowed to 2.0% in 2008. The economy went into recession in 2009 and contracted by 2.0% as a re
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La Scala Studios & Apartments Lokacija: Parga
Looking from the port in eastern direction the housing estate lies on the outskirts of Parga. Situated on a small slope in the quiet atmosphere of a peaceful olive grove you can find refuge from the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the city. From here you can enjoy the view over the city, the
Meltemi House Lokacija: Sarti - Sithonia
The House Meltemi is situated in Sarti village of Chalkidiki, only 10 meters from the sea and 100 meters from the village center. Near the premises you can find bakery shops, super markets , nice restaurants and taverns with excellent greek traditional food. Accommodation It's a modern and


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Any SEO campaign cannot afford to ignore social media. It has become a basic part of a SEO plan and thus, you have to take part in at least some section of it if you wish to rank with Google. An online business today must use social media in some way to achieve success.
Let's take an example to illustrate the efficacy of social media. If you are searching for a local business's working hours, a Facebook business page will provide you great, quick results. Indeed, it will be easier than going to the company's official website and then tracking down its business hours. The Facebook page does it for you instantly!
Other statistics are also revealing. Jeff Bullas reports that the combined number of visits of Facebook and Twitter (809 million and 416 million per month, respectively) are less than the visits on Google+ (1.2 billion), which shows how Google+ has grown and how important it has become. And TechCrunch reports that between the first and second quarters of 2013, Facebook's mobile users numbers worldwide went up from 425m to 469m, as much as 10.3%.
Some experts say these figures are based on inconclusive methods of calculation. But debating them will make little sense or any difference. What really matters is to find out the actual changes that affect searches as well as the real changes that have taken place.
One thing that cannot be debated is the manner in which social media affects the decisions that customers make. A Search Engine Land 2012 study states that 72% customers have as much trust in online reviews as they do in personal recommendations. It also states that 50% plus customers said that good reviews online raised the chances of a local business getting buyers. And E-consultancy's figures, 88% check out reviews before making up their mind to buy or not to buy, also prove that social media has an effect on conversion rates.
We can thus say with some degree of conviction that social media does have an impact on search and that it is an essential factor in SEO. All search engines are looking at the peoples' reaction to what you are saying on social media and the number of likes you get, the information that is being shared, whether you are a huge influencer in your niche and so on.
Another aspect of social media is that employers too are watching it carefully to assess their potential employees. The Independent Voter's Network has stated that one out of ten young people have not been given the jobs they applied for and were interviewed for because of what they had posted on their social media network. It could have been something radical or racist or not politically correct, or something that their likely employer thought was offensive. Google is watching you too! But the reason they are doing it is to ensure that their Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) are clean. Their aim is to eliminate spam. If you are being racialist or churning out ads on your Facebook page, Google will see it. You will scare away search engines and your SEO effort will come to nothing.
How Social Media Impacts SEO
In May 2013, the Google Penguin update changed the face of SEO forever. Hundreds of thousands of websites were outlawed for making use of black-hat methods. When Google changed its algorithm for SEO, the world of search engine optimization turned on its head.
Let's see how social media impacts SEO post-Penguin. Your website must be stronger than other websites; that is, it must have higher rankings. A stronger website gets you higher up in search results leading to better visibility and finally enabling you to attract more visitors for your services/goods. To attain this level your site must have greater authority.
Let's see how this authority is calculated. There are some precise factors that are considered by search engines when calculating authority, but SEO experts don't know exactly which metrics count the most. Google does not specify its metrics that determine authority, but in its Webmaster Guidelines, it refers to some factors that matter more than others. Like using good content that will help users and shunning nasty/sneaky techniques like hidden text, doorway pages.
How to Recognize High Quality Content
Some SEO experts say that terms like Search or Content Optimization will be more appropriate terms than SEO, for content now has to be high quality and must also be directed at human beings, not engines. Apart from seeing various ranking signals on-site, robots also look for other signs on social media like link content sharing and brand mentions. Social media has been playing an important role in SEO for quite some time, but now greater emphasis is being placed on it. Here is how it plays its role:
- Engagement: Likes, Re-Tweets and shares are an indication of fresh and interesting content. Generally only content that is good is shared and talked about. Googlebot likes shared content and both the frequency of the shares and the authority of the persons sharing, plays a significant role in SEO.
- Linked Content: Rel="author" enables Google to track all your linked content and credit it to one original source. Theoretically speaking, this must stop sites that syndicate content benefiting by being wrongly credited as the primary source.
- Mentions: Mentions on social media tell search engines that you are authentic and authoritative and that you have engaged followers who like your content.
- Backlinks: Backlinks do matter. Enforced black-hat tactics are not as effective as before. Now the emphasis is firmly placed on organic backlink building; the kind of backlinks that are generated due to content sharing on websites like Pinterest or re-blogging.
From the above we can conclude that if your content is not being actively shared, engaged with or talked about, then chances are that people are not finding your content to be of much value. Then, as far as ranking signals go, it will send a strong message to the search engines. And if sites similar to yours are being shared and talked about, then, all other signals being equal, the site creating less of a social buzz will lose out and its visibility in search will drop sharply.
Which Network to Use?
The norm is, spend one hour daily on social networks and choose two or three of the five highest rated ones – Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. The choice will be both personal and professional and will also depend on your kind of business or product and service. A tip: the obvious choice for professional individuals is LinkedIn. If you have to select just one, go for the Google+ which is the most important network for search listings.
In a bid to transform Google+ into the site that gets together all its social analytics and measurement, Google recently introduced a total redesign of Google+. The giant search engine can naturally track Google+ in full. Google will thus have access to vital data about the things that people really love and share besides the responses of all brands. As it can measure social media data from Google+, Google can correct disproportionate importance that links are given, and social media signals can replace them as a vital aspect of the ranking algorithm. For instance, if there's a site with many thousands of links which were probably bought via an ad campaign and if that site doesn't have any social media engagement, is that site's 'popularity' for real? Tracking social media helps Google get a true sense of the things people are really talking about.
Summing Up…
Social media will keep on growing. This is pretty certain due to the exponential growth of mobile devices. This fact is born from the Hubspot blog report which claims that 15% of time spent on internet from mobile devices is on social networks. Since this means that people want to connect with one another, social media can help you build up the like and trust with likely clients that will help your business. Also, according to the Hubspot report, marketing leads emanating from social media are twice those coming from direct mail, PPC, trade shows or telemarketing. The report also claims that conversion rates on social media are 12% more than normal conversion rates.
*Tthis is a guest article by Alan Smith*
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FNB Continental Triathlon 5 November 2005
24/09/05 - Entries for the FNB Continental Triathlon in Mariental are open. Contact Marieta at firstname.lastname@example.com |Full Story
Alexander, Swail Win Boston Continental Cup
04/09/05 - Swail, Alexander Win Battle of Boston BOSTON, Mass. (Sept. 4, 2005) - Australian elite triathlete Craig Alexander became a repeat champion while U.S. elite Julie Swail secured a double victory on Sunday... |Full Story
Palermo has been added to the calendar
03/09/05 - The ITU Palermo European Cup Triathlon has been added to the ITU and ETU calendar. The race is organised by the local team and guaranteed by the Italian Triathlon Federation. Please visit the Palermo page... |Full Story
Swiss and German winners in Geneva!
27/08/05 - Magali Di Marco Messmer and Michael Raelert have won the event, both of them with tremendous performances. With the men's start with just 3 minutes ahead of the women's, the spectators at the event... |Full Story
Aguayo and Zepeda Win Veracruz
27/08/05 - Veracruz, Mexico: 27 August, 2005: In an event that featured a large field of over 2,000 competitors, the home-country favourites Esther Aquayo and Jose Luis Zepeda outstripped the field and took... |Full Story
Watch out for Sunday's ETU cup race in Geneva!
24/08/05 - This time, it won't be simply an ETU event, but also the elite Swiss National Championships, therefore all local hot shots will be at the start line on Sunday… But first things first: Lots of ITU... |Full Story
McGlone & Whitfield Win ITU Kelowna Pan American Cup
22/08/05 - The ITU Kelowna Pan American Cup was also the site of this year's Canadian National Triathlon Championships. The triathlon weekend continued on Sunday with over 1,000 Age Groupers who were attempting... |Full Story
Dmitry Gaag and Ota Maiko from Japan tops in Burabay.
10/08/05 - Dmitriy Gaag won the elite men race,Ota Maiko from Japan took the first place in Elite women race . Top 10 Elite men: 1.Dmitry Gaag KAZ 1:48:21 2.Jan Rehula CHZ 1:49:19 3.Danil Sapunov KAZ 1:50:22... |Full Story
Dmitry Gaag and Ota Maiko tops in Burabay
31/07/05 - Dmitry Gaag won the elite men race,Maiko Ota from Japan took the first place in Elite women race . Top 10 Elite men: 1.Dmitry Gaag KAZ 1:48:21 2.Jan Rehula CHZ 1:49:19 3.Danil Sapunov KAZ... |Full Story
News from Caledon
30/07/05 - Canadian Olympian Samantha McGlone led a Canadian woman's sweep of the podium in the 2005 HSBC ITU Elite women's field while current Canadian National Champion Paul Tichelaar topped the men's podium.... |Full Story
Caledon Welcomes the World…
28/07/05 - Caledon, ON With only four days left before the start of the 2005 HSBC ITU CALEDON PAN AMERICAN CUP TRIATHLON, organizers of the event are busy making final preparations. Athletes are now steadily... |Full Story
Johns and Lawrence win in Holten
18/07/05 - In both the Elite men and women's elite races the British triathletes finished first. Andrew Johns crossed the line in 1.49.43, four seconds before Brad Kahlefeldt from Australia and Yohann Vincent... |Full Story
Pictures from Burabay ,upcoming events on 31st of July.
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Johns and Lawrence win in Holten
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There are fighters who are out of their prime and decide to just out wrestle/wait their opponents out, and there are the warriors who give it their all in every single fight no matter what.
In my last article, I wrote about all the fighters who needed to retire, either because they were washed up, too old, or simply because of their recent results.
In this article, I will write about the true warriors who either contribute too much for MMA to retire, or may be on a slight downturn of their career, but still fight as if there is no tomorrow inside the cage.