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2/25 #7 Rutland at #2 MUHS.................. Late
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2/25 #5 U-32 at #4 MUHS....................... Late
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Middlebury College men's hockey team split two road games this past weekend and will enter the NESCAC postseason with the No. 7 seed and a 7-8-3 league record, 10-11-3 overall.
The Panthers are set to play at No. 2 Amherst (18-4-2, 14-4 NESCAC) this Saturday at 1 p.m. in a league quarterfinal. The Jeffs are ranked No. 10 among NCAA Division III teams and defeated the Panthers this past Friday, 4-0. The NESCAC final four will be played the following weekend and hosted by the highest remaining seed.
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Mandigo's team will look for that milestone victory this Saturday at 3 p.m. in a NESCAC quarterfinal at Chip Kenyon Arena, when the top-seeded Panthers (18-3-3, 13-1-2 NESCAC) host No. 8 Hamilton (10-10-4, 4-9-3 NESCAC).
If the Panthers win, they will host the NESCAC final four the following weekend.
VERGENNES — The No. 5 Vergennes Union High School boys' basketball team rode a big second half past visiting No. 12 Hartford, 68-53, in a Tuesday first-round Division II playoff game.
The 14-7 Commodores will next visit No. 4 Otter Valley on Saturday at 2 p.m. in a quarterfinal matchup, with the winner earning a date in a Monday night semifinal in Barre, probably against undefeated No. 1 Woodstock, which will host No. 8 Mill River in a Friday quarterfinal.
VERGENNES — In a hard-fought, well-played high school boys' basketball game this past Thursday with postseason implications, visiting Middlebury surged in the second half to defeat Vergennes, 57-50.
The 16-4 Tigers completed a rare sweep of their Lake Division games, clinched the No. 5 seed for the Division I playoffs, and stretched their winning streak to 10 games.
BRISTOL — For the first time since 2011, the Mount Abraham Union High School basketball program will not appear in the Division II championship game in the Barre Auditorium, and the Eagles will not win their third straight title this season despite another strong season in which they earned the No. 2 seed in Division II and tied South Burlington for the Lake Division crown.
In a Friday quarterfinal that was a rematch of the 2014 final, visiting No. 7 Fair Haven used a dominant performance on the boards to upset the Eagles, 38-31, and advance to Barre.
BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School boys' basketball team dropped a pair of road games on back-to-back nights last week, missing a chance to clinch the No. 4 seed for the Division II playoffs.
As of Sunday, it was not certain whether the 14-6 Otters or Vergennes (13-7) would be the No. 4 seed; regardless, the other will be No. 5 and the teams will face each other in a quarterfinal if both win their first-round games.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls' hockey team received the No. 2 seed in Division I from the Vermont Principals' Association on Thursday and will host a quarterfinal playoff game on Wednesday.
The defending Division II champion Tigers (15-5) will entertain No. 7 Rutland (7-11-2) at 7 p.m. The Raiders and Tigers met twice this winter, with MUHS winning by 5-1 and 1-0.
MIDDLEBURY — The No. 4 Middlebury Union High School boys' hockey team won its first-round Division II playoff game on Saturday night, 6-2, over visiting No. 13 Northfield.
The Tigers improved to 13-6-2 and will next host No. 5 U-32 (13-7-1) on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in a quarterfinal. That game will be a rematch of a Feb. 11 contest hosted and won by the Raiders, 5-2. In another first-round game on Saturday, U-32 defeated visiting Brattleboro on Wednesday, 5-4, after falling behind by 3-0.
2/18 St. Albans vs. MUHS........................ 1-0
2/18 MUHS vs. Northfield......................... 4-1
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2/21 MUHS vs. Northfield......................... 6-2
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tom & courtney came
tom and courtney showed up in amsterdam from paris. i met them at their hired apt on nieuwe herengracht and we went for dinner at de nachtwacht and they were quite happy with that, and with georges the kelner. then we went to mulligan's for a quick drink. but i remembered it was wednesday and thought we should go see if victor's session thing was still happening up in back. it was a very dense session. a guy named luka bloom was joining them. tom and courtney thought it was really good.
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Hey guys,
ive got a question to solve:
It goes like this:
Using mathematical Induction, prove that
SUM(r=1->n) of (r+1)2^r-1 = n(2^n)
Now the basic step is easy so im not gonna bother typing it here now but later on:
I get that:
(Let P(k) be true so
Sum(r=1->k) of (r+1)2^r-1 = k(2^k)
Now prove that P(k+1) is true:
Sum(r=1->k+1) of (r+1)2^r-1 = (k+1)(2^(k+1))
The Lefthandside of the equation above says:
Sum(r=1->k+1) of (r+1)2^r-1
We can expand this to be
Sum(r=1->k) of (r+1)2^r-1 + ((k+1)+1)2^(k+1)-1
Using our assumption of the beginnig we can say now that:
k(2^k) + ((k+1)+1)2^(k+1)-1 must equal this if i haven´t done any mistakes: (k+1)(2^(k+1)), doesn´t it.
But somehow i can´t get that,
if some could just show me the last step then i´d be fine with that.
Hope i`ve expressed my self correctly in that question. (Couldn´t really get used to the commands quick menu; sorry)
Cheers guys
This is how far I just got a minute ago as well;
but I am stuck there and can´t get it to be (k+1)(2^(k+1)).
Would it be fine ich I just state an example, where I replace the k with a fixed value!?
(2k+2)2^k has to be fromed to look like that: (k+1)(2^(k+1))
I don´t get that step you have done
(2k+2)2^k =2.2^k(k+1)=(k+1)2^(k+1)
I know i could just write that down, but i want to understand it as well.
Can you explain it in more detail please?
Would be really nice, thank you
No i got it now.
The last step was fairly easy but i just didn´t really know what that dot between the two twos was meant to be.
Anyway thank you!!!


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Gay Activists to Dan Choi: Know Your Place, Boy
SOUNDBITES — "I've gotten [shit] from other activists. I know a lot about initiations and traditions that people have to sort of pay your dues — in the military, there are procedures and protocols. You gain rank. Here, you don't have that as much, but there are different traditional ways, that we have paid dues within the community, at least from what I'm understanding, and so a lot of people have pointed out that. I wouldn't go to the point of saying that I don't deserve to be in this role, but they say, "You sort of came out of nowhere.'" —Dan Choi, who went from unknown to nouveau gay rights activist, on the reaction from Gay Inc.'s establishment
In other words,,,you're taking the thunder from the white gays and they don't like it…
Wow. You have organizations like GLAAD making stars their spokesmodel of the year after years of denying their sexual affinity and then who suddenly get outed, and there's no drama (Ellen, TR Knight, am I wrong here?).
Heroes are not made.
I have been in Dan's company many times and have never seen anything but enthusiastic — even ecstatic — support for him. I think he's commenting in the abstract here, and for people to try to turn this into another platform for racist comments (crunch this, numbers) is silly.
Gay, Inc. needs to die.
We'll replace it with a new Gay, Inc., of course, but at least it'll have that "new gay" smell for a bit.
Then the honeymoon will end and we'll repeat the cycle.
We need more like Dan.. Those who have actually been fired for nothing more then being gay, to step up and say it's wrong. Dan is an amazing man, who deserves his place in this fight.
There are so many people with agendas out there who probably want to latch onto this articulate, honorable, and attractive man.
I think he's an excellent advocate. He tends to focus on questions as far as I have seen that no one else is thinking of. The problem with some like say a Dan Savage, who is okay, is that they tend to have all these talking points that I have heard forever, and so have the opponents. What Dan, the Soldier, does is add new untested arguments again at least from what I have seen. How can you argue with a guy who can say "I've been there so nice try."
White gays are so yesterday! I am sick of 'em and I am one of them…
If you want to see something beautiful and powerful come from the lips of a WWII veteran then watch Phillip Spooner's speech to the Maine legislature. But get out your tissue cause your gonna be choked up after you see it. But I promise you it will be the best few minutes you will spend today, maybe this week. An example of another wonderful human being and activist right up there with Dan.
Some people are such effing idiots… Anyone who's out there helping the cause is helping the cause!!! Now I'm a bigger fan of Dan! :) :) :)
Can we have a little balance please? I can understand that some people may have worked for years for the cause and gotten little or no recognition. But it is also reasonable to understand that, unfortunately, life is unfair.
Having said that, GO DAN! Let's get the job done by any means necessary. I think he's fantastic too.
there are many who should be on the front line, but they are pushed out of the way by people who made their career as activists, but havent been effective, havent been welcoming of newcomers, and were simply working hard but not smart. sure, being the face of dadt re
there are many who should be on the front line, but they are pushed out of the way by people who made their career as activists, but havent been effective, havent been welcoming of newcomers, and were simply working hard but not smart. sure, being the face of dadt requires some groomin and vetting, but id be weary of who is who. not all those who think they speak for us actually do.
Dan Choi is an American Hero who deserves to be put on the highest pedestal in the land! Any white privilege gay man who would try to make him feel otherwise should be punched in the fucking face and denied any involvement or opportunity to engage in the LGBT civil rights fight!
I am a gay white male but even I believe that there are not enough blacks, hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, WOMEN, transgendered, disabled folk at the top of the pyramid. I will gladly step out of the way into a less visible role so we can have more minorities at the forefront of this movement.
Heck look at Philip Spooner in Maine. He's an 86-year old WW2 vet!! Why don't we have more seniors helping us out on this? As of right now his video is the strongest thing in our favor. Any person who would dare tell anyone else to "get out of the way" so that they can self-aggrandize themselves needs to be castrated and thrown to the Evangelical cannibals!
No wonder Gay Inc. is pissed at Dan Choi. He's got the gay community revved up for real tangible action for the first time since the ACT UP era. Between him and Philip Spooner I have never been prouder of those who fight to defend this country.
The whole article is well worth reading and full of surprises. If we want to pass anything that benefits us we need more Dan Chois and Philip Spooners.
i dont know what to make of all of the race based comments on queerty. is the situation really like this in gay politics, or is it just a continuation of race relations that exist in general? it seems there is way too much us and them; and last time i checked being gay was an equal opportunity selector, and it has nothing to do with skin color.
I think it was the title, which implied it was about race, and so, many confused the title with the substance. My sense is that he was referencing his being the new kid on the block.
That being said, yes, the gay white upper class (which has tended to dominate gay rights) has a huge problem with people of color and the economically challenged. Read if you are white, poor and not-not you are not going to be ignored too.
I don't think it's such of a race issue (though prop has been turned into one by white activists) on a large scale basis than a class issue. We're being "led" by wealthy, politically connected people who have grown unbelievably out-of-touch with the needs of LGBT community and have aligned their goals more with the goals of the Democratic Party and wealthy (mainly white) queers just like them. The HRC is basically a Democratic subsidiary.
But yeah, white activists don't mind leaving out queer people of color, and that's an issue to.
I will now wait for the plethora of "you're a politcally correct whiner" or "but I'm not racist, I have 10,000 Hispanic friends!!!" posts. Sit back and wait.
dan and the other guy kicked out are on the cover of the latest instinct magazine.
He is my current crush. I want him!!!!
I think Choi is great– and much more eloquent and sacrificing and hard working, and a million other things than I could ever hope to be. But HERO? How are you defining hero? What insurmountable obstacle has he overcome? He joined an organization that warned him that they didn't want him, then when they kicked him out he told the world what BS it was…. He's a strong advocate activist, not a hero. Save that word for someone who can really save the day.
GLAAD and HRA have become self-serving. Ever review the salaries that the executives are paid in HRA? It's about schmoozing with the 'beautiful people' and maintaining the pecking order.
Dan Choi spoke tonight at my school and let me just say he is amazing… if you have never seen him in person you really need to… he may have come out of nowhere but there is most definitely a reason he is where he is today… maybe its time to upset the older generation of activists… this isn't about who gets to take credit for what or whose worked harder than who… this is supposed to be about saving and changing lives… sometimes I think the 'gay rights leaders' are just as callous with the lives of lgbt people as are the people who oppress us…. its time to break all barriers within this 'movement' and get moving before one more person has to lose their job or is denied the chance to see the love of their life as they are dying simply because of who we are
Dan is amazing because he is real. I hope he stays that way because if he does he will become one of our movements greatest leaders. As LGBT folks we have to take responsibility for allowing the HRC and its milk toast leadership to take the lead over our movement. Joe Sol. is milk toast. The problem is not that he is paid so much the problem is that to him its just a job and not a passion. He commands no respect, his words instill no hope or passion in those he has been hired to serve. He and his "people" in the typical pissy, wannabe fagg style, have let us know what they think of the general LGBT population.
My father has served as CEO of one the largest corps. in America, as well as been on the boards of more org. than I can count. He told me that a lobbying organization, with a success record like the HRC's, would have been out of business years ago if they were working for anyone else. We have to take charge and let them go to make room for new leadership and we need an organization with real passion and not a bunch of Uncle Tom's who think they have made it life cause they get invited to the White House. Martin Luther King would have had more invitations to the White House if he had of been the passive whimp they are.
In other words,,,you're taking the thunder from the white gays and they don't like it…
–Crunch The Numbers
I don't think it's quite that simple – when I read the post, my first thought was of the Leffews. They've spent the last 12 months or so acting as very effective advocates for LGBT rights, targeting the people whose opinions matter most: voters. And they haven't tried any clever arguments, they've just shown who they are.
Can anyone reading this imagine the HRC doing something that effective? Of course not! It would be focus-grouped to death, and when finally released it would be either a damp squib (last year's Prop. 8 campaign) or counter-productive (Stonewall's "Some Peaople Are Gay" campaign).
It seems to me that people like Choi and the Leffews will inevitably represent a threat to more established LGBT rights activists, especially those whose track record is unimpressive compared to their supposed influence &/or whose enthusiasm for LGBT rights seems somewhat jaded. Compare UK activists Sir Ben Summerskill (head of Stonewall) and Peter Tatchell (head of OUTRage!). Stonewall & Summerskill have little or no links to grass roots activists, don't support marriage equality, won't advocate for Trans rights, have been largely silent over LGBT asylum seeker deportations (other than occasionally when others have made it front-page news) and are increasingly unpopular. Tatchell is the polar opposite on every count.
If all Dan Choi was doing was fighting for an end to the endemic harassment and violence of GLBT folks in the military, caused by Bill Clintons DADT, then we could all support him.
But the sad truth is that Dan Choi wants a career helping the US military suppress and kill Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis fighting for the right to exploit their nation's oil and other resources.
He's no more heroic than the fakers at HRC.
If the worst they said was "You sort of came out nowhere," that's an observation, not a slam.
I call bullshit. Unless (horrors!) Queerty willfully misnterpreted his comments to get people to look at this.
Oh — and please don't respond to Bill Perdue. He only posts crap like that to get attention. Troll.
hardmannyc (sic), aka hellskitchen guy is the same wanna be racist killer who said, speaking about all Iranians, including the GLBT folks, students and unionists who are trying to overthrow the ayatollahs, "I say, go bush – nuke the bastards." Then, after several people expressed their revulsion with his rank racism he repeated himself "Yeah, I'm a Bush/Hill supporter. Whatever. Bomb 'em. Bomb 'em. They're beyond redemption at this point. they're a hateful mass of religious fanatics whose only purpose on this earth is to spread hatred, ignorance and intolerance."
@bill and hardmannyc : are you fighting on the internet? how useless
^^^^ Flogging him is like teasing a crying baby. You don't want to do it, but it's mean fun watching him flail around.
^^^^^ Those steriods are kicking in again, which explains the fantasies of rage. It's sad to watch.
How do we plan a takeover of Gay, Inc? They are useless.
My father used to say that if people are talking about you, then you must be doing something right.
It's when they stop talking about you, that you need to be concerned.
queers can be super pissy you know. I'm just sayin
The Gay Numbers wrote, "I think it was the title, which implied it was about race, and so, many confused the title with the substance. My sense is that he was referencing his being the new kid on the block." You are quite likely right about that. What actually happened is that he was in the "right place at the right time" (or "wrong place at the wrong time" since the military is not treating him fairly), which resulted in him being noticed. When the person in that situation is also articulate and otherwise very appealing, he'll get a lot of attention.
As an Arabic translator, it is obvious to just about anyone with half a brain that booting him out just because he is gay is singularly stupid. It's easy to imagine seeing some panicky Iraqi trying to tell you something and only finding out after being shot that he was trying to warn you that there was a snipper on the third floor of a building just around the corner, third window from the left. Even a homophobic bigot would accept a gay translator when the alternative is no translation at all leading to getting a limb blown off.
This does beg the question that if this was Victor Feherbech (I know I got the spelling wrong) would the reaction of Gay Inc. be the same as the reaction to Choi.
Dan Choi also mentioned that his being a Born-again Christian took many activists aback.
Not being religious myself, I still think that makes him a hugely valuable spokesperson for LGBT. He's better equipped to debate on the religion side.
Not for me. If he is a Christian after-birth, I have zero use for him.
Go Dan!


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Poetry Friday: Asian Heritage Month and Poetic FormsFriday, May 18th, 2012
May is Asian Heritage Month and is a time to celebrate the arts and cultures of Asia. Poetic forms arise out of a cultural group's language and can sometimes work well in another language like English with some modification and changes. Poetic forms can also be used as a means of expression of one's cultural identity or sensibility. Over the weekend at a conference I attended, I had a chance to listen to poet Sheniz Janmohamed talk about the ghazal, a poetic form originating in Arabic, and later made famous by Persian poets Rumi and Hafiz. For Janmohamed, learning about the ghazal form and its traditions lead eventually to her own ghazal writing in English. The ghazal was a way to connect her with her South Asian heritage and to deepen her knowledge and awareness of the rich potentials of the form as it could be explored in English. The result of her work is her book Bleeding Light, TSAR publications, 2010. Of course, you don't have to be South Asian to write a ghazal; it is a form like any other and artists are always interested in experimenting with forms! However, because I am myself a poet of Asian background, I appreciate those artists who plumb the depths of their cultural traditions and find new hybridized ways of expressing themselves through traditional forms, particularly non-western ones.
An example of a poet playing with traditional Japanese forms — haiku and senryu — is Richard Stevenson, who has compiled a book of poems called Casting Out Nines: Haiku and Senryu for Teens (Ekstasis Editions, 2011.) This is a collection of flip, irreverent high-school haiku — which reminded me of a long ago incident in my high school days when an English teacher allowed students to submit creative writing for their papers and was stymied by my friend who submitted a haiku (or maybe it was two!) for his paper. Leave it to a teenager to exploit a literary form to his own ends!
Anyway, that aside, Poetry Friday this week is hosted by Katja at Write. Sketch. Repeat.


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Volume 123, Issue 1, 01 July 2005
Two new double Rydberg anions plus access to excited states of neutral Rydberg radicals via anion photoelectron spectroscopy123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1950669View Description Hide Description
We have observed and characterized two new double Rydberg anions and through their anion photoelectron spectra. The vertical detachment energies of these anions were found to be 0.443 and , respectively. In addition, for three of the seven double Rydberg anions now known, we measured photodetachment transitions not only to the ground electronic states of their corresponding neutral Rydberg radicals but also to their first electronically excited states. In each spectrum, the energy spacing between the resulting peaks provided the ground-to-first electronically excited-state transition energy for the double Rydberg anion's corresponding neutral Rydberg radical. For the radicals, , , and , the spacings were found to be 0.83, 0.70, and , respectively. These values are in excellent agreement with ground-to-first excited-state transition energies measured in absorption for the same neutral Rydberg radicals by Fuke and co-workers [Eur. Phys. J. D9, 309 (1999); J. Phys. Chem. A106, 5242 (2002).] The duplication of this neutral Rydberg property by photodetachment of double Rydberg anions further confirms that double Rydberg anions are indeed the negative ions of their corresponding neutral Rydberg molecules and cluster-like systems.
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- Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Density functional theory study of indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants with spin-orbit corrections123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1947190View Description Hide Description
This work outlines the calculation of indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants with spin-orbit corrections using density functional response theory. The nonrelativistic indirect nuclear spin-spin couplings are evaluated using the linear response method, whereas the relativistic spin-orbit corrections are computed using quadratic response theory. The formalism is applied to the homologous systems and to calculate the indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants between the protons. The results confirm that spin-orbit corrections are important for compounds of the series, for which the electronic structure allows for an efficient coupling between the nuclei mediated by the spin-orbit interaction, whereas in the case of the series the opposite situation is encountered and the spin-orbit corrections are negligible for all compounds of this series. In addition we analyze the performance of the density functional theory in the calculations of nonrelativistic indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants.
Implementation of the locally renormalized CCSD(T) approaches for arbitrary reference function123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1944723View Description Hide Description
Several new variants of the locally-renormalized coupled-cluster (CC) approaches that account for the effect of triples (LR-CCSD(T)) have been formulated and implemented for arbitrary reference states using the TENSOR CONTRACTION ENGINE functionality, enabling the automatic generation of an efficient parallel code. Deeply rooted in the recently derived numerator–denominator-connected (NDC) expansion for the ground-state energy [K. Kowalski and P. Piecuch, J. Chem. Phys.122, 074107 (2005)], LR-CCSD(T) approximations use, in analogy to the completely renormalized CCSD(T) (CR-CCSD(T)) approach, the three-body moments in constructing the noniterative corrections to the energies obtained in CC calculations with singles and doubles (CCSD). In contrast to the CR-CCSD(T) method, the LR-CCSD(T) approaches discussed in this paper employ local denominators, which assure the additive separability of the energies in the noninteracting system limit when the localized occupied spin-orbitals are employed in the CCSD and LR-CCSD(T) calculations. As clearly demonstrated on several challenging examples, including breaking the bonds of the , , and CN molecules, the LR-CCSD(T) approaches are capable of providing a highly accurate description of the entire potential-energy surface (PES), while maintaining the characteristic scaling of the ubiquitous CCSD(T) approach. Moreover, as illustrated numerically for the ozone molecule, the LR-CCSD(T) approaches yield highly competitive values for a number of equilibrium properties including bond lengths, angles, and harmonic frequencies.
- Gas Phase Dynamics and Structure: Spectroscopy, Molecular Interactions, Scattering, and Photochemistry
The electronic structure of vanadium carbide, VC123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1926228View Description Hide Description
Within an energy range of 2.4 eV, we have explored 29 of the 36 states of the diatomic molecule VC that arise from the atoms in their ground state,. We use multireference methods with large atomic natural orbital basis sets. The ground state is of symmetry with the first two excited states, and , located 4.2 and above the state. All the states examined in this work are relatively strongly bound and show significant charge transfer from V to C. The binding energy of the state is estimated to be in good agreement with the experimental value.
First principles investigation of chromium carbide, CrC123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1926247View Description Hide Description
We have investigated the electronic structure of 14 states of the experimentally unknown diatomic molecule chromiumcarbide,CrC, using standard multireference configuration interaction methods and high quality basis sets. We report potential curves, binding energies, and a number of spectroscopic parameters. The ground state of CrC,, displays triple-bond character with a binding energy of and an internuclear separation of . The first excited state lies higher. All the states studied are fairly ionic, featuring an electron transfer of from the metal atom to the carbon atom.
Analysis of the nuclear-electronic orbital method for model hydrogen transfer systems123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1940634View Description Hide Description
Fundamental issues associated with the application of the nuclear-electronic orbital (NEO) approach to hydrogen transfer systems are addressed. In the NEO approach, specified nuclei are treated quantum mechanically on the same level as the electrons, and mixed nuclear-electronic wavefunctions are calculated with molecular orbital methods. The positions of the nuclear basis function centers are optimized variationally. In the application of the NEO approach to hydrogen transfer systems, the hydrogen nuclei and all electrons are treated quantum mechanically. Within the NEO framework, the transferring hydrogen atom can be represented by two basis function centers to allow delocalization of the proton vibrational wavefunction. In this paper, the NEO approach is applied to the and model systems. Analyses of technical issues pertaining to flexibility of the basis set to describe both single and double well protonpotential energy surfaces, linear dependency of the hydrogen basis functions, multiple minima in the basis function center optimization, convergence of the number of hydrogen basis function centers, and basis set superposition error are presented. The accuracy of the NEO approach is tested by comparison to grid calculations for these model systems.
Interdimensional degeneracies in van der Waals clusters and quantum Monte Carlo computation of rovibrational states123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1941107View Description Hide Description
Quantum Monte Carlo estimates of the spectrum of rotationally invariant states of noble gas clusters suggest interdimensional degeneracy in and spatial dimensions. We derive this property by mapping the Schrödinger eigenvalue problem onto an eigenvalueequation in which appears as a continuous variable. We discuss implications for quantum Monte Carlo and dimensional scaling methods.
Anharmonic midinfrared vibrational spectra of benzoic acid monomer and dimer123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1947191View Description Hide Description
Anharmonic vibrational calculations for the benzoic acidmonomer and dimer in the mid-IR regime are reported. Harmonic frequencies and intensities are obtained at the DFT/B3LYP level of theory employing and cc-pVTZ basis sets. Anharmonic corrections obtained from standard perturbation theory lead to redshifts of 1%–3%. In almost all cases, the resulting frequencies deviate by less than 1% from previous measurements [Bakker et al., J. Chem. Phys.119, 11180 (2003)]. Calculated intensities are in qualitative agreement with the absorption experiment, with the cc-pVTZ values being superior to the ones for a few modes of the dimer. The antisymmetric out-of-plane bending mode of the dimer, which is strongly blueshifted with respect to the monomer frequency, represents a remarkable exception: The harmonic frequencies obtained for the two basis sets differ notably from each other, and the anharmonically corrected frequencies deviate from the experimental value by 8% or 3% (cc-pVTZ). Nonperturbative calculations in reduced dimensionality reveal that the relatively small total anharmonic shift (few tens of ) comprises of partly much larger contributions (few hundreds of ) which are mostly canceling each other. Many of the individual anharmonic couplings are beyond the validity of second-order perturbation theory based on cubic and semidiagonal quartic force constants only. This emphasizes the need for high-dimensional, nonperturbative anharmonic calculations at high quantum-chemical level when accurate frequencies of H-atom vibrations in double hydrogen bonds are sought for.
Theory of the photodissociation of ozone in the Hartley continuum: Potential energy surfaces, conical intersections, and photodissociation dynamics123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1903947View Description Hide Description
Ab initiopotential energy and transition dipole momentsurfaces are presented for the five lowest singlet even symmetry electronic states of ozone. The surfaces are calculated using the complete active space self consistent field method followed by contracted multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) calculations. A slightly reduced augmented correlation consistent valence triple-zeta orbital basis set is used. The ground and excited state energies of the molecule have been computed at 9282 separate nuclear geometries. Cuts through the potential energy surfaces, which pass through the geometry of the minimum of the ground electronic state, show several closely avoided crossings. Close examination, and higher level calculations, very strongly suggests that some of these seemingly avoided crossings are in fact associated with non-symmetry related conical intersections. Diabatic potential energy and transition dipole momentsurfaces are created from the computed ab initio adiabatic MRCI energies and transition dipole moments. The transition dipole moment connecting the ground electronic state to the diabatic state surface is by far the strongest. Vibrational-rotational wavefunctions and energies are computed using the ground electronic state. The energy level separations compare well with experimentally determined values. The ground vibrational state wavefunction is then used, together with the diabatic transition dipole momentsurface, to form an initial wavepacket. The analysis of the time-dependent quantum dynamics of this wavepacket provides the total and partial photodissociation cross sections for the system. Both the total absorption cross section and the predicted product quantum state distributions compare well with experimental observations. A discussion is also given as to how the observed alternation in product diatom rotational state populations might be explained.
Photoelectron trapping in resonant ionization123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1946738View Description Hide Description
Vibrationally resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of the state is used to compare the dependence of the photoelectron dynamics on molecular geometry for two shape resonances in the same ionization channel. Spectra are acquired over the photonenergy range of . There are three single-channel resonances in this range, two in the channel and one in the channel. Vibrational branching ratio curves are determined by measuring vibrationally resolved photoelectron spectra as a function of photonenergy, and theoretical branching ratio curves are generated via Schwinger variational scattering calculations. In the region , there are two shape resonances ( and ). The ionization resonance is clearly visible in vibrationally resolved measurements at , even though the total cross section in this channel is dwarfed by the cross section in the degenerate, more slowly varying channel. This resonance is manifested in non-Franck–Condon behavior in the approximately antisymmetric stretching mode, but it is not visible in the branching ratio curve for the approximately symmetric stretch. The behavior of the resonance is compared to a previously studied shape resonance at lower energy. The mode sensitivity of the resonance is the opposite of what was observed for the lower-energy resonance. The contrasting mode-specific behavior observed for the high- and low-energy resonances can be explained on the basis of the "approximate" symmetry of the quasibound photoelectron resonantwave function, and the contrasting behavior reflects differences in the continuum electron trapping. An examination of the geometry dependence of the photoelectron dipole matrix elements shows that the resonances have qualitatively different dependences on the individual bond lengths. The low-energy resonance is influenced only by changes in the end-to-end length of the molecule, whereas the higher-energy resonance depends on the individual N–N and N–O bond lengths. Branching ratios are determined for several vibrational levels, including the symmetry-forbidden bending mode, and all of the observed behavior is explained in the context of an independent particle, Born–Oppenheimer framework.
Unimolecular rovibrational bound and resonance states for large angular momentum: calculations for123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1949609View Description Hide Description
We explore the calculation of unimolecular bound states and resonances for deep-well species at large angular momentum using a Chebychev filter diagonalization scheme incorporating doubling of the autocorrelation function as presented recently by Neumaier and Mandelshtam [Phys. Rev. Lett.86, 5031 (2001)]. The method has been employed to compute the challenging bound and resonance states for the system. The methodology has firstly been tested for in comparison with previous calculations, and then extended to using a parallel computing strategy. The quantum -specific unimolecular dissociation rates for in the energy range from have been reported for the first time, and comparisons with the results of Troe and co-workers [J. Chem. Phys.113, 11019 (2000)Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2, 631 (2000)] from statistical adiabatic channel method/classical trajectory calculations have been made. For most of the energies, the reported statistical adiabatic channel method/classical trajectory rate constants agree well with the average of the fluctuating quantum-mechanical rates. Near the dissociation threshold, quantum rates fluctuate more severely, but their average is still in agreement with the statistical adiabatic channel method/classical trajectory results.
Accurate intermolecular ground-state potential-energy surfaces of the HCCH–He, Ne, and Ar van der Waals complexes123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1947189View Description Hide Description
Accurate ground-state intermolecular potential-energysurfaces are obtained for the HCCH–He, Ne, and Ar van der Waals complexes. The interactionenergies are calculated at the coupled cluster singles and doubles including connected triple excitations level and fitted to analytic functions. For the three complexes we start with systematic basis set studies carried out at several intermolecular geometries, and using augmented correlation consistent polarized valence basis sets , also extended with a set of midbond functions. The aug-cc-pVQZ-33211 surfaces of HCCH–He, Ne, and Ar complexes are characterized by absolute minima of , , and at distances between the rare-gas atom and the HCCH centers of mass of 4.35, 3.95, and , respectively; and at angles between the vector and the HCCH main symmetry axis of 0°, 43.3°, and 60.6°. The results are compared and considerably improve those previously available.
The planar-to-tubular structural transition in boron clusters from optical absorption123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1948386View Description Hide Description
The optical response of the lowest-energy isomers of the family is calculated using time-dependent density-functional theory within a real-space, real-time scheme. Significant differences are found among the absorption spectra of the clusters studied. We show that these differences can be easily related to changes in the overall geometry. Optical spectroscopy is thus an efficient tool to characterize the planar-to-tubular structural transition, known to be present in these boron-based systems.
Scattering lengths for Li–Cs, Na–Cs, K–Cs, and Rb–Cs ultracold collisions123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1950668View Description Hide Description
We present triplet and singlet scattering lengths for collisions (, , , and ). We consider the short-range potential-energy curves based on high-quality ab initio calculations and the long-range potential described by accurate dispersion coefficients available in the literature. Using a Fermi function to smoothly connect the short- and long-range terms we construct the potential for all and evaluate the scattering length for each mixed species . In particular, we predict that the cross section for inelastic processes between and and between and will be small as compared with the respective elastic cross sections.
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy and vibronic activity of benzo[ghi]perylene123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1938907View Description Hide Description
Gas-phase cavity ring-down spectroscopy of jet-cooled benzo[ghi]perylene in the spectral range is reported for the first time. This study is part of our extensive laboratory astrophysics program for the study of interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The observed spectrum shows an intermediate level structure and significant broadening and is associated with the vibronically coupled and electronic transitions. Time-dependent density-functional calculations were performed to calculate the energetics, vibrational frequencies, and normal coordinates of the and states. A simple vibronic model was employed to account for the vibronic interaction between the vibronic levels of the and states. The calculated vibronic spectrum is found to be in good agreement with the experimental spectrum.
The ground and two lowest-lying singlet excited electronic states of copper hydroxide (CuOH)123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1944726View Description Hide Description
Various ab initio methods, including self-consistent field (SCF), configuration interaction, coupled cluster (CC), and complete-active-space SCF (CASSCF), have been employed to study the electronic structure of copper hydroxide (CuOH). Geometries, total energies, dipole moments, harmonic vibrational frequencies, and zero-point vibrational energies are reported for the linear and stationary points, and for the bent ground-state , and excited-states and . Six different basis sets have been used in the study, Wachters/DZP being the smallest and QZVPP being the largest. The ground- and excited-state bending modes present imaginary frequencies for the linear stationary points, indicating that bent structures are more favorable. The effects of relativity for CuOH are important and have been considered using the Douglas–Kroll approach with cc-pVTZ/cc-pVTZ_DK and cc-pVQZ/cc-pVQZ_DK basis sets. The bent ground and two lowest-lying singlet excited states of the CuOH molecule are indeed energetically more stable than the corresponding linear structures. The optimized geometrical parameters for the and states agree fairly well with available experimental values. However, the structure and rotational constants are in poor agreement with experiment, and we suggest that the latter are in error. The predicted adiabatic excitation energies are also inconsistent with the experimental values of for the state and for the state. The theoretical CC and CASSCF methods show lower adiabatic excitation energies for the state than those for the corresponding state , suggesting that the state might be the first singlet excited state while the state might be the second singlet excited state.
Dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy of jet-cooled HCF and DCF: Vibrational structure of the state123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1948387View Description Hide Description
We recorded dispersed fluorescence (DF) spectra following excitation of the pure bending levels and the combination states and in the system of HCF and DCF. Spectra were measured with a spectrograph equipped with a gated intensified charge coupled device(CCD) detector and obtained under jet-cooled conditions using a pulsed discharge source. The DF spectra reveal rich detail concerning the vibrational structure of the state up to . For HCF, resonances among the nearly degenerate levels , , and produce a polyadlike structure in the spectrum, and the usual effective spectroscopic Hamiltonian (Dunham expansion) poorly reproduces the experimental term energies. In contrast, this Hamiltonian works well for the term energies of DCF. Density functional calculations of the ground state vibrational frequencies were performed; the results are in excellent agreement with the experimentally derived vibrational parameters. The search for perturbations involving the low-lying state is described.
On the existence and lifetimes of complexes with water, ammonia, and hydrogen cyanide123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1950607View Description Hide Description
High-level ab initio calculations have been carried out to evaluate the lifetimes of complexes formed by the association of to water, ammonia, and hydrogen cyanide. The corresponding binding energies were evaluated at the level of theory. The potential-energy curves corresponding to their dissociation into (, , and HCN) were obtained at the level on optimized geometries. Lifetimes were calculated using the exterior complex scaling and the semiclassical WKB methods. Although all the complexes investigated are thermodynamically unstable with respect to their dissociation into in a typical Coulomb explosion, the activation barrier is high enough to accommodate several vibrational resonances, with very large lifetimes. As a matter of fact, if the three complexes are produced in the lowest vibrational levels, they behave as totally bound (with almost infinite lifetime) species.
Renner–Teller vibronic analysis for a tetra-atomic molecule. I. The effective Hamiltonian and matrix elements123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1938947View Description Hide Description
The effective vibronic Hamiltonian for a linear tetra-atomic molecule in a state has been investigated. In addition to the usual vibrational and Renner–Teller coupling terms, the bending mode anharmonicity, spin-orbit coupling, and Fermi resonanceinteractions have been added to the model. Terms in the Hamiltonian up to the fourth order are given explicitly for molecules of symmetry and simplifications for symmetric molecules are discussed. The matrix elements for the HCCS free radical have been obtained and are used to analyze the observed ground-state levels of HCCS and DCCS in a companion paper. The Sears resonancevibronic interaction that couples levels with the selection rules , , and has also been studied and the matrix elements derived. The determinable combinations of signs for the major parameters in the model are discussed.
Renner–Teller vibronic analysis for a tetra-atomic molecule. II. The ground state of the HCCS free radical123(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1938948View Description Hide Description
We have studied the tetra-atomic Renner–Teller effect in the ground state of the jet-cooled HCCS and DCCS free radicals. The reactive intermediates were produced in a pulsed discharge jet using thiophene or deuterated thiophene precursors and the ground-state vibronic energies were measured using the single vibronic level emission spectroscopy technique. In HCCS, emission and fluorescence depletion experiments proved that some previously unassigned laser-induced fluorescence(LIF) features were anomalous transitions, which gave information on several ground-state levels. In DCCS, rotational mixing of the excited state level with the level allowed several ground-state levels to be observed in emission. In addition, we have shown that some previously unassigned weak LIF bands of DCCS are anomalous transitions which have allowed us to accurately measure the ground-state spin-orbit splitting for the first time. All of the expected ground-state levels and the majority of the levels up to have been observed for both isotopomers. The data have been fitted by an effective Hamiltonian matrix treatment that included Renner–Teller, spin-orbit coupling, anharmonicity, and Fermi resonanceeffects for the two bending vibrations and the CS stretching mode. This has allowed an unusually complete description of the orbital angular momentum coupling effects, including the determination of the , , and terms for the first time. Subtle effects in both the LIF and emission spectra signal the presence of Sears resonances in both the ground and excited states of these radicals.


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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch (born July 19, 1941, Chicago, Illinois)[1] is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist.
Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. (His association with Kool Gents member Dee Clark would continue, including playing guitar on Clark's 1961 solo hit "Raindrops".) He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Groove Holmes, B.B. King, and Dizzy Gillespie.
In 1961, his record "You Can't Sit Down", by the Philip Upchurch Combo, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[2] In the 1960s he toured with Oscar Brown, appearing on the 1965 live album, Mr. Oscar Brown, Jr. Goes to Washington. Returning from the Army in 1967, he recorded with Richard Evans,[citation needed] John Lee Hooker, Grover Washington, Jr.[3] and Cannonball Adderley. Upchurch was part of a group called the Soulful Strings during the 1960s, prior to working with Rotary Connection on Chess's Cadet label.
In the 1970s he worked with Ramsey Lewis, Quincy Jones and led his own quartet with Tennyson Stephens.[3] In the mid 1970s and 1980s, he performed with George Benson,[3] Mose Allison, Gary Burton, Lenny Breau,[4] Joe Williams, Natalie Cole, Carmen McRae, Cat Stevens and Michael Jackson.
In the 1990s he worked with Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff.
His son is the drummer, Sean Rickman.
His wife, his seventh, is the actress Sonya Maddox.
As leader[edit]
- You Can't Sit Down, Part Two (Boyd/United Artists #UAL-3162 mono and #UAS-6162 stereo, 1961)
- The Big Hit Dances: The Twist... (United Artists #UAL-3175 mono and #UAS-6175 stereo, 1962)
- Feeling Blue: The Phil Upchurch Guitar Sound (Milestone #9010; OJC #1100, 1967)
- Upchurch (Cadet/Chess #LPS-826, 1969) with Donny Hathaway on piano.
- The Way I Feel (Cadet/Chess/GRT #LPS-840, 1970)
- Darkness, Darkness (Blue Thumb #BTS-6005, 1972)
- Lovin' Feeling (Blue Thumb #BTS-59, 1973)
- Upchurch/Tennyson with Tennyson Stephens (Kudu/CTI #KU-22, 1975)
- Phil Upchurch (Marlin/T.K. Productions #MAR-2209, 1978) produced by John Tropea and George Benson.
- Free & Easy (JAM/Jazz America Marketing #007, 1982)
- Revelation (JAM #011, 1982)
- Name Of The Game (JAM #018, 1983)
- Companions with Jimmy Witherspoon (JAM #021, 1984) issued as Paladin/Virgin #PAL-4 for UK market.
- Phil Upchurch Presents L.A. Jazz Quintet (Pro Arte/Intersound #631, 1986) with Brandon Fields, Bobby Lyle, Brian Bromberg, Harvey Mason.
- Dolphin Dance (Sound Service #6177, 1987)
- Midnite Blue (Electric Bird/King #KICJ-53, 1991) compilation of JAM material.
- All I Want (Ichiban #ICH-1127, 1991)
- Whatever Happened To The Blues (Ridgetop/Bean Bag/Go Jazz #55566, 1992) issued as Go Jazz #VBR-2066 for Germany market.
- Love Is Strange (Ridgetop/Bean Bag/Go Jazz #55552; Go Jazz #6012, 1995)
- Rhapsody & Blues (Go Jazz #6035, 1999)
- Tell The Truth! (Evidence #22222, 2001) produced by Carla Olson.
- Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield by Jazz Soul Seven (BFM Jazz/Varese Sarabande #62413, 2012) produced by Brian Brinkerhoff; co-produced and arranged by Phil Upchurch; featuring Terri Lyne Carrington, Russ Ferrante, Master Henry Gibson, Bob Hurst, Wallace Roney, Phil Upchurch, Ernie Watts.
With the Soulful Strings[edit]
- Paint It Black (Cadet/Chess #LPS-776, 1966)
- Groovin' with the Soulful Strings (Cadet/Chess #LPS-796, 1967)
- Another Exposure (Cadet/Chess #LPS-805, 1968)
- The Magic of Christmas (Cadet/Chess #LPS-814, 1968)
- Back by Demand: The Soulful Strings in Concert (Cadet/Chess #LPS-820, 1969)
- String Fever (Cadet/Chess #LPS-834, 1969)
- Play Gamble-Huff (Cadet/Chess/GRT #LPS-846, 1971)
- The Best of the Soulful Strings (Cadet/Chess/GRT #2CA-50022, 1972) compilation/2-LP set
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With George Benson
- Bad Benson (CTI, 1974)
- Good King Bad (CTI, 1975)
- Breezin' (Warner Bros., 1976)
With Stan Getz
With Dizzy Gillespie
- The Real Thing (Perception, 1969)
With Red Holloway
- Standing Room Only (Chiaroscuro, 2000)
With Hubert Laws
- The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1974)
With Ramsey Lewis
- Them Changes (Cadet, 1970)
With Jack McDuff
- The Natural Thing (Cadet, 1968)
- The Heatin' System (Cadet, 1971)
- Magnetic Feel (Cadet, 1975)
With Carmen McRae
- Fine And Mellow [live] (Concord, 1987)
With Ben Sidran
- Don't Let Go (Blue Thumb, 1974)
- ^ Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2007 ISBN 0-19-532000-X, 9780195320008 at Google Books
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 140. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ a b c Phil Upchurch page via soulwalking.com
- ^ Phil Upchurch, "Companions" - Jam Records LP 021, 1984
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- Phil Upchurch Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2015)


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Mexican Stuffed Peppers
|Green peppers
|6 Large
|2 , separated
|3 Tablespoon (For Coating)
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (For Deep Frying)
|For picadillo
|Vegetable oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Lean minced beef
|1 1⁄2 Pound (750 Grams)
|1 Large, chopped
|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
|Cooking apples
|2 Large, peeled, cored and finely chopped
|Canned chopped tomatoes
|7 Ounce (1 Can Or 200 Grams)
|Pimiento stuffed olives
|1⁄2 Ounce, sliced (15 Grams)
|1 Ounce (25 Grams)
|1⁄2 Ounce, sliced (15 Grams)
|1 1⁄4 Pinch (1 Large Pinch)
|1 1⁄4 Pinch (1 Large Pinch)
|To Taste
|To Taste
First make the picadillo.
Heat the oil in a frying pan, brown the meat and add the onion, garlic and apple.
Cook for about 10 minutes, then drain to remove any fat.
Add the rest of the ingredients and season to taste.
Continue to cook until the mixture is rather dry.
Make a long slit in the side of each pepper and carefully scoop out the seeds without tearing the skin.
Stuff each one with picadillo mixture.
Beat the egg whites in a bowl until they form stiff peaks.
In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks and salt and pepper until pale, then gently fold in the beaten egg white.
Dip the stuffed peppers in the flour and then into the egg mixture.
Heat 1 cm (1/2 inch) of oil in a large frying pan, and fry the peppers in batches over a low heat, turning occasionally, until they are uniformly golden all over and the filling is sealed inside the egg coating.
Drain on kitchen paper, slice and serve.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3012 Calories from Fat 1588
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 178 g273.7%
Saturated Fat 50.3 g251.5%
Trans Fat 5.1 g
Cholesterol 844.9 mg281.6%
Sodium 1630.4 mg67.9%
Total Carbohydrates 211 g70.5%
Dietary Fiber 40.1 g160.5%
Sugars 99.2 g
Protein 168 g335.9%
Vitamin A 125.3% Vitamin C 1608.1%
Calcium 44.7% Iron 142.9%
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says his agency will help the Tennessee Valley Authority to get Alabama's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant operating more safely.
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In May, NRC gave Browns Ferry a "red" rating, which means inspectors found "high safety significance" issues.
The rating came after a reactor-core cooling valve failed last fall and prompted NRC to begin a series of inspections.
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Has the Trayvon Martin incident become more about the media than the shooting?
If you've been following this incident at all, you know that much of what was initially reported was wrong and some of what has been reported since was false, manufactured and/or misleading.
American Thinker has a good round up of the story to this point. In the article, Jeff Lipke outlines the "myth" as it was perpetrated by the media.
The two worst offenders in my opinion have been NBC and ABC. NBC aired an edited 911 tape which was clearly meant to depict George Zimmerman as a racist. They continue to try to defend it as a "mistake". No one with any common sense is buying that nonsense.
ABC used footage of Zimmerman's arrival at the Sanford police station to claim that it didn't support his claim he'd been attacked as there was no evidence of blood or contusions. Never mentioned was the fact that Zimmerman had been treated by EMTs who are not in the habit of leaving visible blood on a patient they treat. Subsequent enhancement showed that initial claim by ABC to have been incorrect. Additionally, ABC claimed that Zimmerman had used a racial slur when talking to the 911 operator. Again, enhancing the audio makes it clear he didn't and instead seems to be remarking about how cold it was that night. In fact, for central Florida, it was a cold night. But ABC jumped to the conclusion because it supported the desired evolving story line – it was a racial killing.
The unraveling of the myth seems to have the whole story losing steam. That may be why Al Sharpton decided to be a no-show at this weekend's rally. And there have also been incidents that have done little to gain sympathy for Trayvon Martin. HIs parents attempt to copyright his name obviously hoping to capitalize on his death. Then there was the rally for Martin by members of the school he attended which turned into a flash-mob looting of a local drug store.
But for the media, this has been anything but its finest hour. One of the reoccurring criticism of blogs by the media is they'll publish anything and have no editors to check them. Yet it is the media, especially the two networks named above, who've seemed to fall into that category, editors notwithstanding.
Take the latest story circulating. Supposedly "Neo-Nazis" are patrolling Sanford, FL. The NY Daily News reports this as a fact. But Legal Insurrection's Professor Jacobson has actually tried to confirm it (wait, isn't that what editors and research assistants are supposed to do in the media?). And, according to his inquiry to the Sanford Police Department, there's no evidence of any neo-Nazi group patrolling the city:
My initial e-mail (which included an embedded link to the Memeorandum thread):
"There are a number of reports in the media that Neo-Nazis are conducting armed patrols in Sanford. Can you confirm or deny whether this is true, and provide any information you have on the subject? If someone is able to get back to me as soon as possible (and before Monday) that would be appreciated, since such rumors are spreading."
Response from Sanford Joint Information Center:
"At this time the City of Sanford has not confirmed the presence of Neo-Nazis groups."
My follow up:
"You say "not confirmed." Is there any indication of such patrols that the Department is aware of?"
Further Response from Sanford Joint Information Center:
"We have no indication of any such patrols at this point in Sanford. The only large gathering was the children and their parents at the Easter egg hunt."
How poorly are we being served by a media which now seems to be engaged in precisely what it criticized blogs for? And how ironic is it that a blog is doing the work the media should be doing? That's not to say blogs are in the clear. Every left wing blog of any size has been parroting the rumor as well.
But the fact remains this case, no matter how you feel about it, has shown the media in a very unflattering light. Sensationalism, poor journalism, lousy and false editing, conclusion jumping, and rumor mongering have all been evident in their coverage.
And the industry wonders why so many Americans don't trust them any more?
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Race Baiters and Political Correctness
Two of the banes of our existence. First the old "race baiter" story. For some out there, symbolism is always more important than substance, or, for that matter, the truth. Instead of focusing on what is important, they make their living in the trivial, the irrelevant and the unimportant. The problem, of course, is they have a modicum of power and attempt to use it in the most absurd ways.
Take Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)(please!). He's upset and demanding a person who is doing critical aid work in Haiti and who had the courtesy to brief the Congressional Black Caucus about that relief effort be demoted.
Why? Because he's doing a bad job? Of course not – because he didn't have any black faces on his staff when they showed up for the briefing.
"I was alarmed and chagrined to learn that none of the approximately dozen staff he brought with him were African American," Conyers wrote in the letter. "This is so serious an error in judgment that it warrants his immediate demotion to a subordinate position at AID."
"Alarmed and chagrined"? A "serious … error in judgment"?
No word on how he felt the team was doing in providing aid to Haitians, of course. This person's "sin" was not having the proper diversity of staff. And the punishment for that sin is demotion – Conyers being a compasionate bigot didn't want to see this person lose their job.
Some day, one can hope, this sort of nonsense will all be a thing of the past. But it again points out why attitudes such as this and demands for "numbers" over merit hurt African-Americans more than help them.
Then there's the NBC Cafeteria Story :
So who at NBC thought it would be a good idea for the special today to be, among other things, fried chicken, "in honor of Black History Month"?
The accompanying picture shows the menu (fried chicken, collard greens, etc) topped by a title saying "NBC – In Honor Of Black Historty Month".
Apparently this just offended the hell out of some black musician who eats there.
The irony?
Well, you can see it for yourself, below:
Yes friends, the insensitive lout who foisted this offensive menu on unassuming black folks was an African-American cook who had fought for the last two years to be able to present meals in honor of black history month. To quote her:
It's not trying to offend anybody and it's not trying to suggest that that's all that African-Americans eat. It's just a good meal.
All I have to say is thank goodness she didn't put watermelon on the menu for desert – they'd have probably rioted in the street. Need more irony? If you were to go to any place that purported to serve "soul food" and fried chicken wasn't on the menu, you could rightfully question their authenticity.
The whole point is it is time to move past quotas and taking offense at every preceived slight. Now there's a controversy about saying "retard". Certainly we should not purposely offend others. And yes certain words should not be used – the "n" word being primary among them.
But it seems like we spend an enormous amount of energy and time looking for reasons to be offended anymore. That speaks to the success of those who've made policial correctness such a pernicious force in our lives. Political correctness (and I extend that to the "diversity mix" Conyers is demanding) has literally destroyed tolerance, which is ironic, given it is the PC crowd that is normally demanding tolerance for other issues they favor.
The NBC story is a perfect example of what that intolerance it brings. The assumption is made that the reason fried chicken is on the menu is someone is totally (and purposely) insensitive and the reaction is to immediately choose to take offense. And that's a key point. It is a choice. It couldn't just be "a good meal" that the person thought others might enjoy. Nope – the fact that most eating there would enjoy it, and most likely do eat fried chicken by choice when elsewhere must be subordinated to the PC demand that they be intolerant of such a perceived slight and demand the insensitivity be addressed.
This sort of knee-jerk PC stupidity needs to stop. And yes, I'm intolerant of it. So sue me.


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In 1998 I started converting my library of music CD's to non-copy protected MP3 files. Shortly after that, I would only buy CD's only if I couldn't locate and buy and download music in non-copy protected MP3 format. Since the late nineties, I've probably used a dozen different music players and though I'm currently using an iPhone, it may not be the only music player I ever use. In any event, I don't want my music permanently teathered to my iPhone, to Apple, or to iTunes. That's also why you may want to know how to copy unprotected non-DRM MP3 files to your iPod, iPhone, or Apple iTunes.
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More big signings for Free Comic Book Day on May the fourth. 3 Alarm Comics of Mississippi…
Stadium Comics of Ontario has a signing with Ken Lashley, Marcus To, Ty Templeton, Adam Gorham, David Bishop and more…
Andy Diggle is doing a signing in Edinburgh, Scotland at Forbidden Planet.
And even Büyülü Dükkan in İstanbul is joining in for FCBD with a signing with Ivan Reis, Mahmud Asrar and Yildiray Cinar.
Coliseum of Comics in Kissimmee, FL will have artist Aaron Conley sketching and signing.
Orbital Comics on London will; have a signing with Kieron Gillen.
Collectors Corner of Baltimore, Maryland is expanding the size of the store, unveiled for Free Comic Book Day. Signings and sketches from Cary Nord, Greg LaRocqoue, Joe Keatinge, Brandon Seifert, Mike Moreci, Steve Seeley and more. The first fifty people in line will get a tickets to see Iron Man 3 for free that evening, $75 worth of trade paperbacks and one will win a $150 shopping spree.


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This past week in the NFL featured several good quarterback performances and a handful of dreadful showings.
The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons game had the best combination of quarterback play of the week. It was a real pleasure to watch Drew Brees and Matt Ryan go head-to-head.
However, those who watched Mark Sanchez play against the Seattle Seahawks weren't so lucky. Sanchez gave one of the worst performances of his career.
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Seed companies are now determining how much seed they will produce for the 2013 season.
Early ordering
Producers were given heavy incentives to order early for their 2012 seed corn supplies. It's a trend that has become more prevalent, seed company representatives say.
"Over the long term, there has been a movement toward ordering earlier," Bockhaus says. "Our sales staff completes the overwhelming majority of its invoicing prior to the end of December for products planted the next spring. One reason for that is the diversity of genetic choices offered and the need to get orders in early to get the choices they want. Also, we provide incentives to order early through our early pay savings program. In this past season, growers were ordering early for those reasons and concern about perceived seed shortages."
Henley says that short supply years typically drive early ordering, early pay and a demand for earlier delivery.
Although many producers request a single delivery of their entire seed order, the complexities of hybrids being grown in South America may complicate that request. "This year, many producers were quite willing to take seed earlier and also take partial shipments," Strachota says. "That is a definite change from prior years."


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On Sunday 24th April, WinkBall video reporters Jack, Ola and Tom were at Birmingham University to speak to the participants and spectators of the International Fencing tournament. The competition began life in the Pump room at Leamington Spa over the Easter weekend of 1934. Originally known as the Leamington Easter Tournament, it was the first major international competition outside London. Organised by Birmingham Fencing Club, the tournament is comprehensive and includes individual and team competitions as well as a social gala occasion on the Saturday evening. It has continued as a major fencing event ever since, with the exception of the Second World War and the year of the World student games in the UK. Attracting leading fencers from the UK and many other countries including teams or individuals from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, Portugal, USA, China, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Australia and Canada, this tournament is not to be missed! Our video reporters were there to ask competitors about their hopes and dreams for the London 2012 Olympic games and also about the sport of fencing.
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December 13, 2011
You remember the $600 toilet seat. How could you forget? Back in the 1980s, reporters, cartoonists, and comedians relished the revelation that the Pentagon paid that much for an everyday object you could supposedly pick up for a few bucks at the hardware store.
There's a reasonable explanation for the staggering cost of those particular toilet seats, but reporting that would've thrown an equally mundane wrench into the liberal elites' perpetual self-congratulation machine. That's why the media has never gotten the hang of putting those toilet seats down.
These jokers and journalists didn't really care about this diarrheic waste of taxpayer dollars. They loved big government. They merely hated the military and wanted to prick its machismo. What's changed since then is that a few of the "wrong" people got into the news racket. They, too, enjoy gloating over bizarre budgetary line items. Fox News crows about "$16 muffins" and other bloated expenditures that they feel embody effete bicoastal impotence, be it symbolic—those (also exaggerated) "$16 muffins"—or literal. Like penis pumps.
Behold your tax dollars at play:
According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare has spent more than $240 million of taxpayer money on penis pumps for elderly men over the past decade, and will surpass a quarter of a billion dollars this year for costs since 2001.
The cost to taxpayers for the pumps more than quadrupled during that period, from a low of $11 million in 2001 to a high of more than $47 million in 2010
I was blessedly unfamiliar with penis pumps until last year, when the (straight Jewish) client of my (gay Muslim) client turned out to be an inventor of penis hats. I don't mean penis-shaped hats for your head. I mean miniature top hats and fezzes and Viking helmets that a guy can wear on his penis. For some reason. (The gay Muslim's mom, an imam, even sewed the tiny bells on the jester's caps. Just another day in multicultural Toronto.)
I decided to immerse myself in everything penile, the better to promote our product to adult-novelty distributors and Japanese penis-festival devotees—whose cult is looking better all the time.
So yeah—penis pumps:
A penis pump is a cylinder that is fitted over the penis, with a manual or motorized pump to create suction. As the apparatus creates a partial vacuum around the penis, blood is drawn into the penis, helping it to become engorged.
Pumping must be done very carefully to avoid serious injury: over-enthusiastic pumping can burst blood vessels and form blisters. In some cases the testicles can be unexpectedly pulled into the cylinder, causing discomfort, pain, and possibly injury.
Quadriplegic millionaire pornographer Larry Flynt is apparently a fervent pumper. He boasts that squeezing his scrotally implanted device makes him "hard enough for a cat to scratch"—not the most pleasant metaphorical endorsement.
Men's-rights types grouse that American females live longer than males. I can easily imagine the likes of Gloria Steinem shooting back that the very existence of a federal penis-pump program is proof that men are, in fact, living far too long. (So is the continued existence of quadriplegic millionaire pornographer Larry Flynt, come to think of it.)
If history is any guide, Fox's scoop won't deflate engorged government-entitlement programs. These exposés provide writers' rooms with joke fodder, keeping cartoonists and columnists busy for a week or two. Meanwhile, the list of federal freebies gets longer and harder to trim. Outrage can occasionally prompt a flurry of remedial ass-covering such as last year's belated move to prohibit convicted sex offenders from getting more free Viagra. But neither anger nor mockery has ever impaired government spending's steady rise. Reality may have indeed rendered satire extinct, but was satire ever much practical use?
Consider every breathless exposé and corny joke and personal anecdote you've ever heard about the United States Postal Service's inefficiency, then savor this:
In the 1960s, a stunning 83 percent of the agency's total budget went to wages and benefits. Three decades later, after billions of dollars had been spent on automation, labor costs still accounted for 82 percent of the budget.
An almost Pythonesque punch line.
As far as we know, American citizens aren't footing the bill for sex tourism like their British counterparts, who learned last year that a "man of 21 with learning disabilities has been granted taxpayers' money to fly to Amsterdam and have sex with a prostitute."
But don't get your knickers in a twist, you lot. We're assured by this fellow's social worker that "He's planning to do more than just have his end away—he's having a holiday." And anyhow, "He has been to two sexual health and sexual awareness courses and basically wants to try it."
Give it time, though. The United States may be in the red, but any day now you'll be underwriting vacations to red-light districts. A quarter of a billion dollars has already been swallowed up by mechanical fluffers. Can their flesh-and-blood equivalents be far behind? The White House will sell federally subsidized prostitution as a WPA-style project, then brag about getting the unemployment rate down. Who can possibly complain about any endeavor that gets Americans back to work—even if it's doing "the job we call blow"?
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