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Mother's Day in the park
Ginger will help make Sunday a day to remember
By Erica Wayne 05/08/2013
Wiell, here it is again — Mother's Day. And everybody with a mom is running around like crazy trying to arrange a brunch or dinner that will please the little lady. I've been there (on both the giving and receiving ends) and sympathize. The occasion is especially trying if you've got young kids. Dress them up and sit them down in a confined space and you're asking for trouble. Sooner or later, they'll start to fidget and forget to use their inside voices. Whining is next, especially for the littlest ones. Then it's under the table, repeated trips to the loo and, if worse comes to worst, perhaps a mild tantrum while mum is still finishing dessert and opening her gifts.
So I've got a suggestion for Pasadena families who'd really like to avoid the whole restaurant scene: Ginger Corner Market on South Michigan Avenue, right across the street from Grant Park (south of Green Street and east of Hill Avenue), walking distance to both Pasadena City College and Caltech. Open for about a year in the vintage bungalow that used to house Eddie's Market (whose name is still stenciled in fading paint on the exterior of the building), Ginger's is a wondrous place to put together a movable feast that you can unpack only a few steps away at the park picnic shelter.
Let's start with the basics: Ginger's salads and sandwiches. Most of the ingredients foodies love show up on the menu, like salads fashioned from beets with oranges, sunflower seeds and goat cheese with balsamic vinaigrette; kale with golden raisins, roasted carrots and almonds with orange vinaigrette; and arugula with fennel, apple and walnuts and shallot vinaigrette (each $7).
Sandwiches appear at first to be standard (for instance pastrami, tuna and grilled cheese), but check the details. Turkey ($6.50) is laced with apple, sharp cheddar and Dijon aioli. Roast beef ($7) is paired with arugula, Swiss cheese, red onion marmalade and horseradish aioli on squaw bread. The grilled cheese ($6) is sharp cheddar on a fabulous fruit and nut bread. And a marinated veggie salad ($6) includes Portobello mushrooms, roasted peppers, zucchini, goat cheese and pesto.
All the sandwiches come with a rotating choice of side salads. Aside from the expected potato and seasonal fruit, you may find a cuplet of dressed orzo, lentils, couscous or quinoa mixed with chopped peppers, onions and carrots sharing your platter. Greek, broccoli, gigante bean and watermelon-jicama salads are also possibilities.
Although Ginger may not rival Starbucks for coffee choices, they provide a perfectly adequate selection, including the usual espresso/milk mixtures, mochas, caramel lattes, hot chocolate and a variety of teas ($1.75 - $4.25). And their lemonades (only $2) change herbal flavorings daily. I've had both lavender and nectarine-basil. But it's the go-withs that make Ginger an absolute must for those of us who can't resist sweets.
Every day there's a dizzying array of freshly baked and ever-changing pastries. I dropped in last week and left with two gorgeous brownies (a misnomer since only one was decadent fudge, the other intense lemon), a generous portion of orange-scented bread pudding fashioned from the fruit and nut bread mentioned above, a pair of hockey-puck sized scones (one studded with plump raisins, the other with crystallized ginger) and four large cookies (oatmeal raisin, peanut butter, pecan shortbread and chocolate chip), setting me back a total of only $18 for the nine-piece lot.
Alas, although I've read reviews by Yelpers that wax poetic about rhubarb pie and coconut cake, I've yet to be there when either of those desserts was on display. But other specials, like the pot of chicken vegetable soup simmering on the stove on my last visit (I got a huge bowl, chock-full of tomatoes, carrots, diced potato, other veggies and herbs, including fresh thyme, for $5.50) and a luscious two-inch high chicken salad sandwich ($6.50), are always worth checking out. A good way to sample both is Ginger's $8 soup/half-sandwich deal.
But wait, as they say in the TV ads. That's not all. Once you've selected all the menu items and pastries, there's time to wander around the "corner market" part of Ginger. Here you'll find a dizzying array of stuff, ranging from unusual edibles (vintage candies, unusual jellies, jams, preserves, relishes, pickles, artisan breads, loose teas, coffee beans and granola) to even more unusual chilled beverages, both alcoholic and non (craft beers, wines and sodas). They also carry paper goods, knick-knacks and even toys.
Which brings me back to Mother's Day, dear readers. Buy a Frisbee or a hula hoop (no kidding!) and lay out your holiday meal across the street while the kiddies burn off excess energy with those gadgets or on the Grant Park play equipment. Perhaps mom would like to try a friendly volleyball match while dad joins a pickup game on the basketball courts. Pack tennis gear in case a court opens up. And the whole family can test their luck at horseshoes.
As long as it doesn't rain (and when does it in May?), Ginger and its adjacent park provide the perfect alternative to a stuffy indoor Mother's Day meal. But should the weather prove at all inclement, Ginger is open all day (every day) for informal indoor dining, WiFi-ing and browsing. One caveat: Even though Ginger sells a fascinating selection of beer and wine to go, they aren't allowed to serve it on-site. And city regulations rule out consuming alcoholic beverages in the park. So tempted though you might be to spike your lemonade, you'll have to wait for that toast to mom until you get back home.
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(626) 795-2447
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Considering the struggles of this Mets team, it's hard to believe the 2006 squad was lauded for their incredibly deep bullpen.
No matter what inning it was, Willie Randolph was able to call upon an effective arm, especially since the long man—Darren Oliver—was more effective than some of the starters, such as Steve Trachsel, Alay Soler, Dave Williams and Jose Lima.
The game that stands out to me was on May 6th, while they played Atlanta the day after a 14-inning marathon in which they used all but one reliever.
The Mets needed depth from their starting pitcher. Unfortunately, that starting pitcher was Victor Zambrano who departed the game after 1.1 innings.
He was never to be seen in a Mets uniform again, but that is besides the point.
Darren Oliver pitched the next four innings and was relieved by Chad Bradford, Pedro Feliciano, Jorge Julio and the winning pitcher—Bartolome Fortunato (who was also acquired in the Scott Kazmir deal).
The Mets were able to win that game 6-5. The 2012 team can barely close out the final three outs, nonetheless 23 outs.
Here is how the Mets can model their 2013 pen after the 2006 squad.

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The fall-out from Lance Armstrong's expected doping confession is already being considered as the world awaits the broadcast of the disgraced cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The talk-show host has already revealed Armstrong came clean over his sordid past, which saw him stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life, in their interview in his home city of Austin, Texas on Monday.
The 41-year-old was banned for life after the United States Anti-Doping Agency found he had been at the heart of "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen".
The World Anti-Doping Agency and the UCI, cycling's world governing body, have urged Armstrong to reveal all to the authorities if he is to have any hope of lifting his life ban while also helping them clean up the mess that the sport now finds itself in.
The motives for an admission – revealed by Winfrey – are unclear, but the Texan, who retired from cycling for a second time in 2010, was competing in triathlons until he was banned last year and it is thought it is desire to compete again that motivated his confession.
The Winfrey interview could be just the beginning for Armstrong, with an admission opening him up to a host of possible legal actions.
There are existing suits involving SCA Promotions and The Sunday Times, while the United States Department of Justice could yet join a whistle blower lawsuit filed against Armstrong by former team-mate Floyd Landis.
The False Claims Act lawsuit could see Armstrong forced to repay a substantial sum to the US Government following its sponsorship of cycling through the US Postal Service.
Meanwhile, the UCI is willing to provide an amnesty for those who give evidence to the independent commission on drug use in the sport. The commission, set up by the UCI in October, will investigate if the Governing Body acted appropriately throughout Armstrong's drug fuelled reign to the top.
WADA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the body which investigated and disclosed the misdemeanours in which Lance Armstrong was a central protagonist, believe it is imperative witnesses give evidence "without fear of retribution or retaliation from the UCI".
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Update: We hate to be updating this less than 5 minutes after publishing the story, but the tweeter is confirming her troll status, straight away: "Yes. I'm a jerk. But God I wish it were true. #makeitsovalve #yesimatroll". It's being said Merle Dandridge is doing motion capture for The Last of Us.
An auspicious Tweet has gone out with a photo of Alyx Vance's voice actor, Merle Dandridge, in full motion capture gear. For those not in the know, Alyx Vance is Gordon Freeman's female companion in Half Life 2 and its two follow-up episodes. The tweeter, who I'm unfamiliar with, is named Ashley Johnson and her full tweet reads: " "Alyx Vance" #HL3 #insidescoop". Merle Dandridge has previously worked in television and on stage, in projects that may include mo-cap like Angel and 24, but has no current projects... so, that means it's time to speculate about Half Life 3. Now.
Okay, I actually don't have much else to say. Half Life 3's announcement has been rumored at every major press event for the past few years, and while yes, rumors have been picking up lately, that could be for a myriad of reasons. What I'm trying to say is, don't get your hopes up until the fat lady sings. How's that for a terrible idiom? Let's be straight here, though, this is by far the strongest potential evidence that another Half Life project is in the works yet.
So, by all means, feel free to be excited about this, Half Life fans. If Half Life 3 was in development, and that's a major if, Dandridge would absolutely be doing motion capture. Now we know she's doing motion capture and a quick perusal of her websites, including her IMDB profile, shows she's not currently involved in any other major projects. Okay, I'm done beating around the bush here, guys. I think this means Half-Life 3 is in development.
Thanks for the tip, tekmosis.


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Rachel Crow: 'Don't Blame Nicole Scherzinger!'
X Factor cast-off Rachel Crow has come forward to defend Nicole Scherzinger after the judge's inability to vote cost Crow a spot in the Top 5 last night.
Last night's devastating results show ended with the judges making their votes. With the judges tied at 2-2, Scherzinger had the final say in who would make it to the next round: Crow or Marcus Canty. Incredibly, Nicole abstained with her vote and allowed call-in votes to decide - which led to Rachel being voted off.
Read our recap of last night's results show
Scherzinger has since been torn apart by the media, with various outlets outraged that she could not do the one thing he was hired for (that is, judge). However, she has an unlikely ally: Rachel Crow.
According to People, the 13 year-old singer told reporters after the show, "She told me that she was sorry. I don't know why she said that, but I saw her in her dressing room and ... I told her it was okay and not her fault."
She then told the mag, "I want to say to all those people, 'Stop, Please. [Scherzinger] is the nicest person and the most beautiful person inside and out. ... She is amazing, and I don't understand why people are taking it out on her. It's no one's fault. It's not even America's fault. It's no one person's fault. It's just what God had in store for me. And I will be okay."


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Million Dollar Book Sale
By Gina Gambony • Mar 1, 2012
Today I talked with New Hanover County Public Library Assistant Director Paige Owens. She gave an update on the famous George the Library Duck saga and she told us all about the Million Dollar Book Sale, March 16-21 at the Northeast Library. More info: nhclibrary.org


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Volume 140, Issue 2, 14 January 2014
Ultrashort soft and hard x-ray pulses are sensitive probes of structural dynamics on the picometer length and femtosecond time scales of electronic and atomic motions. Recent progress in generating such pulses has initiated new directions of condensed matter research, exploiting a variety of x-ray absorption, scattering, and diffraction methods to probe photoinduced structural dynamics. Atomic motion, changes of local structure and long-range order, as well as correlated electron motion and charge transfer have been resolved in space and time, providing a most direct access to the physical mechanisms and interactions driving reversible and irreversible changes of structure. This perspective combines an overview of recent advances in femtosecond x-ray diffraction with a discussion on ongoing and future developments.
Perspective: Structural dynamics in condensed matter mapped by femtosecond x-ray diffraction140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4855115View Description Hide Description
Ultrashort soft and hard x-ray pulses are sensitive probes of structural dynamics on the picometer length and femtosecond time scales of electronic and atomic motions. Recent progress in generating such pulses has initiated new directions of condensed matter research, exploiting a variety of x-ray absorption, scattering, and diffraction methods to probe photoinduced structural dynamics. Atomic motion, changes of local structure and long-range order, as well as correlated electron motion and charge transfer have been resolved in space and time, providing a most direct access to the physical mechanisms and interactions driving reversible and irreversible changes of structure. This perspective combines an overview of recent advances in femtosecond x-ray diffraction with a discussion on ongoing and future developments.
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- Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Excitation energies with linear response density matrix functional theory along the dissociation coordinate of an electron-pair bond in N-electron systems140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4852195View Description Hide Description
Time dependent density matrix functional theory in its adiabatic linear response formulation delivers exact excitation energies ωα and oscillator strengths f α for two-electron systems if extended to the so-called phase including natural orbital (PINO) theory. The Löwdin-Shull expression for the energy of two-electron systems in terms of the natural orbitals and their phases affords in this case an exact phase-including natural orbital functional (PILS), which is non-primitive (contains other than just J and K integrals). In this paper, the extension of the PILS functional to N-electron systems is investigated. With the example of an elementary primitive NO functional (BBC1) it is shown that current density matrix functional theory ground state functionals, which were designed to produce decent approximations to the total energy, fail to deliver a qualitatively correct structure of the (inverse) response function, due to essential deficiencies in the reconstruction of the two-body reduced density matrix (2RDM). We now deduce essential features of an N-electron functional from a wavefunction Ansatz: The extension of the two-electron Löwdin-Shull wavefunction to the N-electron case informs about the phase information. In this paper, applications of this extended Löwdin-Shull (ELS) functional are considered for the simplest case, ELS(1): one (dissociating) two-electron bond in the field of occupied (including core) orbitals. ELS(1) produces high quality ωα(R) curves along the bond dissociation coordinate R for the molecules LiH, Li2, and BH with the two outer valence electrons correlated. All of these results indicate that response properties are much more sensitive to deficiencies in the reconstruction of the 2RDM than the ground state energy, since derivatives of the functional with respect to both the NOs and the occupation numbers need to be accurate.
Analysis of and remedies for unphysical ground states of the multireference averaged coupled-pair functional140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861035View Description Hide Description
A Multireference Configuration Interaction (MRCI) wavefunction includes both static and dynamic electron correlation. MRCI's well-known flaw, a lack of size extensivity, can be ameliorated with the Multireference Averaged Coupled-Pair Functional (MRACPF). However, the original MRACPF is frequently unstable, sometimes producing unphysical results. The more Multireference Averaged Quadratic Coupled-Cluster and MRACPF2 functionals also occasionally exhibit unphysical behavior. We find that these instabilities are avoided crossings with unphysical solutions to the MRACPF equations. We present two approaches to avoid the undesirable unphysical solutions.
Nuclear quadrupole moment-induced Cotton-Mouton effect in molecules140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4855315View Description Hide Description
Nuclear magneto-optic effects could make important contributions to novel, high-sensitivity, and high-resolution spectroscopic and imaging methods that provide nuclear site-specific structural and dynamic information on molecular and materials systems. Here we present a first-principles electronic structure formulation of nuclear quadrupole moment-induced Cotton-Mouton effect in terms of response theory, as well as ab initio and density-functional theory calculations of this phenomenon for a series of molecular liquids: H2O, CH3NO2, CH3CH2OH, C6H6, C6H12 (cyclohexane), HI, XeF2, WF5Cl, and Pt(C2dtp)2. The roles of basis-set convergence, electron correlation, and relativistic effects are discussed. The estimated order of magnitude of the overall ellipticities induced to linearly polarized light is 10−3–10−7 rad/(M cm) for fully spin polarized nuclei. The cases with the largest presently obtained ellipticities should be detectable with modern instrumentation in the Voigt magneto-optic setup, particularly for the heavy nuclei.
A method for analyzing the non-stationary nucleation and overall transition kinetics: A case of water140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4851438View Description Hide Description
We present the statistical method as a direct extension of the mean first-passage time concept to the analysis of molecular dynamics simulation data of a phase transformation. According to the method, the mean first-passage time trajectories for the first (i = 1) as well as for the subsequent (i = 2, 3, 4,…) nucleation events should be extracted that allows one to calculate the time-dependent nucleation rate, the critical value of the order parameter (the critical size), the waiting times for the nucleation events, and the growth law of the nuclei – i.e., all the terms, which are usually necessary to characterize the overall transition kinetics. There are no restrictions in the application of the method by the specific thermodynamic regions; and the nucleation rate parameters are extracted according to their basic definitions. The method differs from the Wedekind-Bartell scheme and its modification [A. V. Mokshin and B. N. Galimzyanov, J. Phys. Chem. B116, 11959 (2012)], where the passage-times for the first (largest) nucleus are evaluated only and where the average waiting time for the first nucleation event is accessible instead of the true steady-state nucleation time scale. We demonstrate an efficiency of the method by its application to the analysis of the vapor-to-liquid transition kinetics in water at the different temperatures. The nucleation rate/time characteristics and the droplet growth parameters are computed on the basis of the coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation data.
Multilevel summation for dispersion: A linear-time algorithm for r −6 potentials140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4857735View Description Hide Description
We have extended the multilevel summation (MLS) method, originally developed to evaluate long-range Coulombic interactions in molecular dynamics simulations [R. D. Skeel, I. Tezcan, and D. J. Hardy, J. Comput. Chem.23, 673 (2002)], to handle dispersion interactions. While dispersion potentials are formally short-ranged, accurate calculation of forces and energies in interfacial and inhomogeneous systems require long-range methods. The MLS method offers some significant advantages compared to the particle-particle particle-mesh and smooth particle mesh Ewald methods. Unlike mesh-based Ewald methods, MLS does not use fast Fourier transforms and is thus not limited by communication and bandwidth concerns. In addition, it scales linearly in the number of particles, as compared with the complexity of the mesh-based Ewald methods. While the structure of the MLS method is invariant for different potentials, every algorithmic step had to be adapted to accommodate the r −6 form of the dispersion interactions. In addition, we have derived error bounds, similar to those obtained by Hardy ["Multilevel summation for the fast evaluation of forces for the simulation of biomolecules," Ph.D. thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006] for the electrostatic MLS. Using a prototype implementation, we have demonstrated the linear scaling of the MLS method for dispersion, and present results establishing the accuracy and efficiency of the method.
Numerical approach to unbiased and driven generalized elastic model140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4858425View Description Hide Description
From scaling arguments and numerical simulations, we investigate the properties of the generalized elastic model (GEM) that is used to describe various physical systems such as polymers, membranes, single-file systems, or rough interfaces. We compare analytical and numerical results for the subdiffusion exponent β characterizing the growth of the mean squared displacement ⟨(δh)2⟩ of the field h described by the GEM dynamic equation. We study the scaling properties of the qth order moments ⟨|δh| q ⟩ with time, finding that the interface fluctuations show no intermittent behavior. We also investigate the ergodic properties of the process h in terms of the ergodicity breaking parameter and the distribution of the time averaged mean squared displacement. Finally, we study numerically the driven GEM with a constant, localized perturbation and extract the characteristics of the average drift for a tagged probe.
Imaginary time correlations and the phaseless auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861227View Description Hide Description
The phaseless Auxiliary Field Quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) method provides a well established approximation scheme for accurate calculations of ground state energies of many-fermions systems. Here we address the possibility of calculating imaginary time correlation functions with the phaseless AFQMC. We give a detailed description of the technique and test the quality of the results for static properties and imaginary time correlation functions against exact values for small systems.
Linear response theory for the density matrix renormalization group: Efficient algorithms for strongly correlated excited states140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860375View Description Hide Description
Linear response theory for the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG-LRT) was first presented in terms of the DMRG renormalization projectors [J. J. Dorando, J. Hachmann, and G. K.-L. Chan, J. Chem. Phys.130, 184111 (2009)]. Later, with an understanding of the manifold structure of the matrix product state (MPS) ansatz, which lies at the basis of the DMRG algorithm, a way was found to construct the linear response space for general choices of the MPS gauge in terms of the tangent space vectors [J. Haegeman, J. I. Cirac, T. J. Osborne, I. Pižorn, H. Verschelde, and F. Verstraete, Phys. Rev. Lett.107, 070601 (2011)]. These two developments led to the formulation of the Tamm-Dancoff and random phase approximations (TDA and RPA) for MPS. This work describes how these LRTs may be efficiently implemented through minor modifications of the DMRG sweep algorithm, at a computational cost which scales the same as the ground-state DMRG algorithm. In fact, the mixed canonical MPS form implicit to the DMRG sweep is essential for efficient implementation of the RPA, due to the structure of the second-order tangent space. We present ab initio DMRG-TDA results for excited states of polyenes, the water molecule, and a [2Fe-2S] iron-sulfur cluster.
Dissecting molecular descriptors into atomic contributions in density functional reactivity theory140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860969View Description Hide Description
Density functional reactivity theory (DFRT) employs the electron density of a molecule and its related quantities such as gradient and Laplacian to describe its structure and reactivity properties. Proper descriptions at both molecular (global) and atomic (local) levels are equally important and illuminating. In this work, we make use of Bader's zero-flux partition scheme and consider atomic contributions for a few global reactivity descriptors in DFRT, including the density-based quantification of steric effect and related indices. Earlier, we proved that these quantities are intrinsically correlated for atomic and molecular systems [S. B. Liu, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 191107 (2007); ibid. 126, 244103 (2007)]. In this work, a new basin-based integration algorithm has been implemented, whose reliability and effectiveness have been extensively examined. We also investigated a list of simple hydrocarbon systems and different scenarios of bonding processes, including stretching, bending, and rotating. Interesting changing patterns for the atomic and molecular values of these quantities have been revealed for different systems. This work not only confirms the strong correlation between these global reactivity descriptors for molecular systems, as theoretically proven earlier by us, it also provides new and unexpected changing patterns for their atomic values, which can be employed to understand the origin and nature of chemical phenomena.
Electron transfer in a two-level system within a Cole-Davidson vitreous bath140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860972View Description Hide Description
We study electron transfer (ET) in a two level quantum system coupled to a glassy viscous bath. The bath is modeled by the Cole-Davidson (CD) spectral density. The ET in this model is compared to the ET in a normal Drude-Debye (DD) model. It is shown that at low temperatures and when the coupling to the bath is weak, the viscous bath preserves the quantum coherence for a longer time. However in the strong coupling regime, the tunneling rate is higher in the CD. In the classical high temperature limit the difference between the CD and DD models is negligible.
Stochastic, real-space, imaginary-time evaluation of third-order Feynman–Goldstone diagrams140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861561View Description Hide Description
A new, alternative set of interpretation rules of Feynman–Goldstone diagrams for many-body perturbation theory is proposed, which translates diagrams into algebraic expressions suitable for direct Monte Carlo integrations. A vertex of a diagram is associated with a Coulomb interaction (rather than a two-electron integral) and an edge with the trace of a Green's function in real space and imaginary time. With these, 12 diagrams of third-order many-body perturbation (MP3) theory are converted into 20-dimensional integrals, which are then evaluated by a Monte Carlo method. It uses redundant walkers for convergence acceleration and a weight function for importance sampling in conjunction with the Metropolis algorithm. The resulting Monte Carlo MP3 method has low-rank polynomial size dependence of the operation cost, a negligible memory cost, and a naturally parallel computational kernel, while reproducing the correct correlation energies of small molecules within a few mE h after 106 Monte Carlo steps.
Fitting coupled potential energy surfaces for large systems: Method and construction of a 3-state representation for phenol photodissociation in the full 33 internal degrees of freedom using multireference configuration interaction determined data140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4857335View Description Hide Description
A recently reported algorithm for representing adiabatic states coupled by conical intersections using a quasi-diabatic state Hamiltonian in four and five atom systems is extended to treat nonadiabatic processes in considerably larger molecules. The method treats all internal degrees of freedom and uses electronic structure data from ab initio multireference configuration interaction wave functions with nuclear configuration selection based on quasi-classical surface hopping trajectories. The method is shown here to be able to treat ∼30 internal degrees of freedom including dissociative and large amplitude internal motion. Two procedures are introduced which are essential to the algorithm, a null space projector which removes basis functions from the fitting process until they are needed and a partial diagonalization technique which allows for automated, but accurate, treatment of the vicinity of extended seams of conical intersections of two or more states. These procedures are described in detail. The method is illustrated using the photodissociaton of phenol, C6H5OH( ) + hv → C6H5OH( , ) → C6H5O( , ) + H as a test case. Ab initio electronic structure data for the 1,2,31A states of phenol, which are coupled by conical intersections, are obtained from multireference first order configuration interaction wave functions. The design of bases to simultaneously treat large amplitude motion and dissociation is described, as is the ability of the fitting procedure to smooth the irregularities in the electronic energies attributable to the orbital changes that are inherent to nonadiabatic processes.
- Atoms, Molecules, and Clusters
Prediction of 1 P Rydberg energy levels of beryllium based on calculations with explicitly correlated Gaussians140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4858275View Description Hide Description
Benchmark variational calculations are performed for the seven lowest 1s 22s np (1 P), n = 2…8, states of the beryllium atom. The calculations explicitly include the effect of finite mass of 9Be nucleus and account perturbatively for the mass-velocity, Darwin, and spin-spin relativistic corrections. The wave functions of the states are expanded in terms of all-electron explicitly correlated Gaussian functions. Basis sets of up to 12 500 optimized Gaussians are used. The maximum discrepancy between the calculated nonrelativistic and experimental energies of 1s 22s np (1 P) →1s 22s 2 (1 S) transition is about 12 cm−1. The inclusion of the relativistic corrections reduces the discrepancy to bellow 0.8 cm−1.
Photo-fragmentation spectroscopy of benzylium and 1-phenylethyl cations140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4858409View Description Hide Description
The electronic spectra of cold benzylium (C6H5-CH2 +) and 1-phenylethyl (C6H5-CH-CH3 +) cations have been recorded via photofragment spectroscopy. Benzylium and 1-phenylethyl cations produced from electrosprayed benzylamine and phenylethylamine solutions, respectively, were stored in a cryogenically cooled quadrupole ion trap and photodissociated by an OPO laser, scanned in parts of the UV and visible regions (600–225 nm). The electronic states and active vibrational modes of the benzylium and 1-phenylethyl cations as well as those of their tropylium or methyl tropylium isomers have been calculated with ab initio methods for comparison with the spectra observed. Sharp vibrational progressions are observed in the visible region while the absorption features are much broader in the UV. The visible spectrum of the benzylium cation is similar to that obtained in an argon tagging experiment [V. Dryza, N. Chalyavi, J. A. Sanelli, and E. J. Bieske, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 204304 (2012)], with an additional splitting assigned to Fermi resonances. The visible spectrum of the 1-phenylethyl cation also shows vibrational progressions. For both cations, the second electronic transition is observed in the UV, around 33 000 cm−1 (4.1 eV) and shows a broadened vibrational progression. In both cases the S2 optimized geometry is non-planar. The third electronic transition observed around 40 000 cm−1 (5.0 eV) is even broader with no apparent vibrational structures, which is indicative of either a fast non-radiative process or a very large change in geometry between the excited and the ground states. The oscillator strengths calculated for tropylium and methyl tropylium are weak. Therefore, these isomeric structures are most likely not responsible for these absorption features. Finally, the fragmentation pattern changes in the second and third electronic states: C2H2 loss becomes predominant at higher excitation energies, for both cations.
Electronic structure and reactivity in water splitting of the iron oxide dimers and their hexacarbonyls: A density functional study140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4858462View Description Hide Description
The iron oxide dimers (FeO)2 and their peroxide isomers are studied with the B3LYP density functional as bare clusters and as hexacarbonyls. Among the bare clusters the planar four-member ring structures are more stable than the non-planar ones and the rhombic dioxide Fe2O2 with antiferromagnetically ordered electrons on iron centers is the global minimum. Water adsorption on the bare diiron dioxide is exothermic, but dissociation does not occur. Carbonylation favors a non-planar Fe2O2 ring for both the dioxides and the peroxides and high electron density at the Fe centers is induced, evidenced by the natural charge distribution, the high proton affinity, and the values of global electronegativity and hardness. The iron dioxide hexacarbonyl Fe2O2(CO)6 is diamagnetic in the state of the global minimum. It is separated from the next low-lying triplet state by a small energy gap of 0.22 eV. Time-dependent density functional theory methods were applied to examine electron excitations from the ground state to the low-lying triplet states in the hexacarbonyls and their adsorption complexes with water. Singlet-to-triplet state excitations occur via ligand-to-metal charge transfer in the hexacarbonyls; in the adsorption complexes excitations from the oxygen lone pairs to the adsorption center also occur and they appear in the IR-visible region. The lowest energy singlet and triplet state reaction paths for water splitting were followed. On the singlet potential energy surface (PES), water splitting is spontaneous, while for the triplet PES an activation barrier of 14.1 kJ mol−1 was determined.
A relativistic time-dependent density functional study of the excited states of the mercury dimer140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4859258View Description Hide Description
In previous works on Zn2 and Cd2 dimers we found that the long-range corrected CAMB3LYP gives better results than other density functional approximations for the excited states, especially in the asymptotic region. In this paper, we use it to present a time-dependent density functional (TDDFT) study for the ground-state as well as the excited states corresponding to the (6s 2 + 6s6p), (6s 2 + 6s7s), and (6s 2 + 6s7p) atomic asymptotes for the mercury dimer Hg2. We analyze its spectrum obtained from all-electron calculations performed with the relativistic Dirac-Coulomb and relativistic spinfree Hamiltonian as implemented in DIRAC-PACKAGE. A comparison with the literature is given as far as available. Our result is excellent for the most of the lower excited states and very encouraging for the higher excited states, it shows generally good agreements with experimental results and outperforms other theoretical results. This enables us to give a detailed analysis of the spectrum of the Hg2 including a comparative analysis with the lighter dimers of the group 12, Cd2, and Zn2, especially for the relativistic effects, the spin-orbit interaction, and the performance of CAMB3LYP and is enlightened for similar systems. The result shows, as expected, that spinfree Hamiltonian is less efficient than Dirac-Coulomb Hamiltonian for systems containing heavy elements such as Hg2.
Parity violation in nuclear magnetic resonance frequencies of chiral tetrahedral tungsten complexes NWXYZ (X, Y, Z = H, F, Cl, Br or I)140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4852176View Description Hide Description
Density functional theory within the two-component quasi-relativistic zeroth-order regular approximation (ZORA) is used to predict parity violation shifts in 183W nuclear magnetic resonance shielding tensors of chiral, tetrahedrally bonded tungsten complexes of the form NWXYZ (X, Y, Z = H, F, Cl, Br or I), as well as for the heavier systems NWHAtF and NWH(117)F for comparison. The calculations reveal that sub-mHz accuracy is required to detect such tiny effects in this class of compounds, and that parity violation effects are very sensitive to the choice of ligands.
Investigating the significance of zero-point motion in small molecular clusters of sulphuric acid and water140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4860973View Description Hide Description
The nucleation of particles from trace gases in the atmosphere is an important source of cloud condensation nuclei, and these are vital for the formation of clouds in view of the high supersaturations required for homogeneous water droplet nucleation. The methods of quantum chemistry have increasingly been employed to model nucleation due to their high accuracy and efficiency in calculating configurational energies; and nucleation rates can be obtained from the associated free energies of particle formation. However, even in such advanced approaches, it is typically assumed that the nuclei have a classical nature, which is questionable for some systems. The importance of zero-point motion (also known as quantum nuclear dynamics) in modelling small clusters of sulphuric acid and water is tested here using the path integral molecular dynamics method at the density functional level of theory. The general effect of zero-point motion is to distort the mean structure slightly, and to promote the extent of proton transfer with respect to classical behaviour. In a particular configuration of one sulphuric acid molecule with three waters, the range of positions explored by a proton between a sulphuric acid and a water molecule at 300 K (a broad range in contrast to the confinement suggested by geometry optimisation at 0 K) is clearly affected by the inclusion of zero point motion, and similar effects are observed for other configurations.
The permanent electric dipole moment of thorium sulfide, ThS140(2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861045View Description Hide Description
Numerous rotational lines of the {18.26}1-X 1Σ+ band system of thorium sulfide, ThS, were recorded near 547.6 nm at a resolution of approximately 30 MHz. Measurements were made under field-free conditions, and in the presence of a static electric field. The field-free spectrum was analyzed to produce rotational and Λ-doubling parameters. The Stark shifts induced by the electric field were analyzed to determine permanent electric dipole moments, , of 4.58(10) D and 6.72(5) D for the X 1Σ+ (v = 0) and {18.26}1 states, respectively. The results are compared with the predictions of previous and new electronic structure calculations for ThS, and the properties of isovalent ThO.


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|Kate and Gav in action
Both my co director Gavin Banks and myself had never been on country before, we were excited but didn't know exactly what we were going to get in terms of content. Deb had told us to just go with the flow and see what the women had for us.
It's always a little awkward traveling with cameras lights microphones, even harder on small light aircraft, and when we landed somehow all this 'stuff' seemed even sillier than usual in this beautiful, yet completely unfamiliar environment, in the heat by the sea. Everyone else managed to get by with out so much as a handbag, I was beginning to think it would have been much more sensible to just bring a bottle of water, a hat (yes I forgot mine …. Thanks Tracy for the lend …) and film everything on my mobile phone. I couldn't exactly see all this equipment making people feel comfortable.
But then we met Djapirri, straight away I knew she would have powerful lessons to teach me, there was something about the wisdom in her eyes and the cheekiness of her smile that hinted at the magic of great stories to come. 'Quick we have to get those lights up and turn the camera on now Gavin!!'
The women elders of Yirrakala opened up and shared their ceremonies and culture around birth and raising children. We interviewed some strong women from the community saw them share knowledge with local teenage girls, and even filmed a baby smoking ceremony. It was both beautiful and educational.
It was wonderful to see the warm strong and trusting relationship that the women had with Deb and Tracy, and to here Djapirri say that 'between them now was a bond that will never be broken, white woman and black together.'
It's important for all pregnant women to been informed and supported and have good maternal care available to them, we have heard this message from people in the UK the US, New Zealand and all over Australia, and this was also true for the women of Yirrakala. But more that this what we learned is that it is so important to be able to choose place of birth for the families of Yirrakala because of the special connection to the land that this community (and many others in Australia) have.
The day ended with a wonderful dinner at which Djapirri's young nephew gave me an aboriginal name, Ganynu it means star. …
It was over all two quickly, we had to be back in Darwin to film Core Of life holding a cross-cultural workshop (wonderful and hilarious) and to interview Deb and Tracy about the important work that they do. I believe that we can change the culture and climate of maternity in Australia to have less fear and better outcomes by empowering young women and families with information and support through programs like this, I was glad that we could capture some of these elements in the film.
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Oisin McConville has refuted claims he could become part of Kieran McGeeney's managerial set-up in Kildare.
The Crossmaglen Rangers sharpshooter insists he is "totally focused" on his team's All Ireland club championship semi-final against Roscommon and Connacht champions St Brigid's.
McConville is mystified as to the source of reports linking him with a move to the Lilywhites.
"I was extremely surprised to learn of this but I can confirm my whole commitment is, as always, to Crossmaglen Rangers," insists the veteran forward.
Ironically, McConville expects to meet up with Kildare boss McGeeney in the Carrickdale Hotel, Dundalk tomorrow night when the 2002 Armagh All-Ireland winning squad attend a reunion function.
"We have soldiered in the trenches together for a long time in Armagh's colours and while I have the height of admiration for him, I won't be joining him in Kildare," states McConville.
"I have a wife and young son now and the prospect of a couple of journeys – at least – every week to Kildare would not hold any appeal for me," adds McConville.
Meanwhile, 2011 footballer of the year Alan Brogan is now expected to undergo surgery for his niggling groin injury and is expected to miss the early part of Dublin's Division 1 campaign.
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Lou Nordyke
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Louis Ellis Nordyke
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
- Debut April 18, 1906
- Final Game June 27, 1906
- Born August 7, 1876 in Brighton, IA USA
- Died September 27, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA USA
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Lou Nordyke played major league baseball in 1906 as part of a long professional career that stretched to 1914. He spent most of his minor league seasons on the west coast, and from 1908 to 1914 he was in the Pacific Northwest. He also managed a couple of years in Vancouver and Victoria.
Nordyke's batting performance with the 1906 St. Louis Browns was above average, mainly because he drew 10 walks in 64 plate appearances. His .365 OBP was second-highest on the team.
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Each minister in the New Zealand Government Executive has his or her own pages on the Beehive website.
Government Executive (Cabinet) - Home page for the New Zealand Cabinet; includes links to ministers' speeches, press releases and important policy documents.
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Confirmed: Karlie Kloss to Skip New York Fashion Week [Updated]
But it's "very likely" that she'll walk in Milan and Paris.
CNN's Alina Cho tweeted last night, "HEARING: @karliekloss cancelled all catwalk appearances in NY for a big opportunity ... " Which can only mean a REALLY major European exclusive, if it's true. Update: A spokesperson for Kloss tells the Daily Beast that she is indeed skipping New York because "an engagement has come up," but that it's "very likely" that Kloss will walk in Milan and Paris. Update: Per Karlie Kloss's Twitter feed: "No one is more bummed than me to be missing out on all of the
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Hirsutism is a common, often distressing condition in which a person develops excessive growth of hair. It affects 5% to 10% of women of child-bearing potential. Women will often develop coarse, dark hair growth on the upper lip, chin, chest, abdomen, or back (instead of the fine hair sometimes referred to as "peach fuzz" that normally grows in those areas). Although this condition can cause much distress, it usually responds to treatment.
In many cases, the exact cause of hirsutism is not known. However, there are several conditions that are known to cause hirsutism. These conditions include:
The natural production of male hormones (androgens). Women naturally produce androgen, However, if a woman's androgen levels are higher than normal, or if her hair follicles are more sensitive to androgens, she may develop hirsutism.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal condition that causes a woman to produce too many androgens. Women with PCOS may also have acne, irregular or absent menstrual periods, diabetes, weight gain, and/or problems with fertility.
The following medications can cause hirsutism:
The main symptom of hirsutism is thick, coarse, dark hair that grows on parts of the body where it would normally grow as fine, thin hair. For example, hair may grow thicker and coarser on the face, chest, back, lower abdomen, upper arms, or upper legs of women.
Your doctor will conduct a physical examination to determine the extent of the abnormal hair growth, as well as any other physical signs that may be accompanying the hair growth, such as acne.
If your hair growth is diagnosed as hirsutism, your doctor may perform a variety of tests, including blood tests to check hormone levels, ultrasound to visualize the ovaries and uterus, special X-rays, and certain tests to evaluate your ovaries and adrenal glands, in order to rule out other conditions.
The first step would be weight loss. If you are overweight, even losing 5% of your body weight can lower androgen levels and help a lot. Also, mild hirsutism can be treated with a variety of techniques for hair removal. These techniques do not address the cause of the problem, only the excessive hair.
Hirsutism will require ongoing treatment. None of the treatments make the hair go away completely, but they make hair grow more slowly and help to significantly decrease the amount of hair. Most women are happy with their results once they find an effective treatment regimen that works for them. Once an effective treatment is established, it may be continued indefinitely.
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IRVING - The Dallas Cowboys didn't need Bill Parcells at this draft. Jerry Jones was back in his element.
With their No. 22 pick in the first round becoming a hot commodity, Jones reverted to the riverboat-gambler mode that has long served him well, from his years in the oil business to his early days running the Cowboys. Two trades later, Dallas wound up with pass-rushing defensive end Anthony Spencer of Purdue at No. 26 and next year's first-round pick from Cleveland.
Spencer was one of the players the Cowboys were eyeing at No. 22, so they didn't lose anything there. And considering how bad the Browns have been in recent years, their top pick in 2008 could be near the top of the draft.
"Obviously, someone who needs a quarterback is someone you want to talk to about next year's No. 1," Jones said, smiling.
Here's how it broke down: Dallas' No. 22 went to Cleveland for No. 36 this year and a first-round pick in 2008. The Cowboys then turned No. 36, plus their own third- and fifth-rounders, to get No. 26 from Philadelphia.
So when all the moving pieces settled into place, Dallas got Cleveland's top choice next year for a third- and fifth-round pick this year.
"This is my first draft with Jerry - and he's a wheeler-dealer!" new coach Wade Phillips said.
Jones spent the last four drafts getting Parcells' input in every pick. With Jones squarely running the show for the first time since 2002, the Cowboys' draft room was interesting from the start.
After a long, heated debate over a chance to give up an established player and move into the top five spots, the Cowboys looked up to see Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn slipping. Around the 13th or 14th picks, Dallas got serious about lining up offers from teams wanting to use the 22nd pick on him.
The Cowboys had Quinn rated among their top 10 players, so they talked about taking him for themselves. Yet they ultimately felt comfortable enough with Tony Romo not to bother creating what would certainly be a difficult situation for Romo, Quinn and Phillips.
"I think the way we feel about Tony and his potential is definitely reflected in the fact we didn't draft Quinn, since we obviously had the chance to," Jones said.
The chance to maximize Quinn's availability was attractive, too.
There were at least two teams Jones was convinced wanted No. 22 for Quinn. Cleveland was the only one offering next year's No. 1. Other teams also said they'd give a 2008 first-rounder, but the other picks involved didn't fit what Dallas needed.
What the Cowboys needed was a high-second rounder, because they were determined to get back into the first-round, preferably within a few picks of where they'd originally been.
"As soon as we made the trade down, we immediately started making numerous calls to the teams there in the first round that we felt like would be a good place," team president Stephen Jones said.
The fit was the Eagles, a surprise trading partner because they're a division rival. Philly fans will certainly remember that should the 6-foot-2, 261-pound Spencer ever sack Donovan McNabb.
Spencer is a college defensive end who will play outside linebacker in Phillips' 3-4 scheme. He could be a nice complement to DeMarcus Ware and another option in case Greg Ellis has trouble returning from a season-ending knee injury. His arrival also may complicate plans for how Dallas uses last year's top pick, Bobby Carpenter, although Phillips considers it a good problem to have.
"I think he's the right size for an outside backer who can run," Phillips said. "He reminds me of a guy that's going to pressure the passer, which is certainly what we need."
The Cowboys still had their own second-round pick, No. 53 overall.
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Bourbon and Bulleit: An Evening at Smith Commons
A Guys Dream = Bourbon. Rye Whiskey. Live music. Learning from a true Scottish "Master of Whiskey" on how to properly taste the spirits. Stories of garmentless gals in New Orleans. My dream came true during an "Evening of Bourbon and Convers
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ation with Tom Bulleit"at Smith Commons Dining Room and Public House.
The entire evening was Bulleit centric, from the drinks through Bulleit-infused menu items from Chef Kamal Chanaka. Every item on the menu either mirrored the distillation process and flavor profile of a Bulleit spirit or was paired with Bulleit. The Sous Vide Filet Mignon with Crispy Potato Pancake was quite popular, as I recall having to fend off several other diners for mine. Smith Commons also featured a specialty cocktail for the evening, The Kentucky Buck. This drink, showcasing Bulleit bourbon, featured a number of ingredients highlighted by strawberry puree and ginger beer, was a delightful way to kick off the event. While I am not a huge fan of strawberry or fruity drinks, the smokiness and bold flavor flavor of Bulleit was present with each sip. This smoky bold flavor, driven by its higher rye content and higher alcohol content, was easily blended with the fruit flavors by a bit of ginger beer.
As the evening progressed, we become privy to entertaining conversation and information session with none other than Tom Bulleit, founder of Bulleit Bourbon, and Ewan Morgan, Master of Whiskey for Diageo North America. A Georgetown law school alumni, Bulleit had served as Marine and pursued law as a career. Fortunately for all of us, bourbon was in his blood. Using his great-great-grandfather Augustus' recipe for bourbon, Bulleit distilled truly unique bourbon.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Bulleit towards the end of the evening. His love of bourbon poured into every sentence he said to me. This was most evident when I asked him what he thought the best starter cocktail was for people who are new to bourbon.
"The best starter cocktail for bourbon is bourbon" ~ Bulleit
He believes that the best drink you can order is "a BLT- Bulleit, Lemon, and Tonic." He described it as dangerous and delicious. Upon hearing this I lost composure and nearly drooled while I thought of the epic combination of a BLT with a BLT sandwich.
The bourbon renaissance has not gone unnoticed by Bulleit. He continually made mention of what he refers to as "chemistry." He appreciates a mixologist's craft, and made sure to thank the work of the staff behind the bar at Smith Commons. He believes that Bulleit creates the first piece of chemistry, and then turns it over to the bar to finish the rest. This chemistry has always had a place in D.C., according to Bulleit. "D.C. has always been a good market. D.C. is very Southern in atmosphere and Southerners drink bourbon."
While there are a number of great bars in this city at which to drink bourbon, try and make Smith Commons one of those stops. Nestled into the H Street/Atlas Corridor, Smith Commons provides a modern and striking atmosphere. Seasonal outdoor patios and giant windows overlooking H Street provide a fantastic for grabbing dinner and a smooth glass of Bulleit Bourbon.
Smith Commons Dining Room and Public House- 1245 H St, NE Washington, DC 20002
Post by "The Golden Boy" of Dining in DC
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Ride Along As N.Y. Teen Drivers To School For The First Time
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
After Months Of Homelessness, A Teen Leaves The Woods Behind
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Frozen Ottawa Transforms Into 'Winterlude' Wonderland
Saturday, February 15, 2014
A Floating History Of The '18-Wheelers Of Their Day'
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The Lois McClure, a replica of an 1862 canal schooner, is also a floating museum. This summer she's sailing historic waterways in Vermont, New York, Ontario and Quebec, docking in towns for a history lesson.
The Lois starts from her berth at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. First ...
With NY's New Gun Law, Sellers Wonder What's Next
Thursday, February 07, 2013
New York state is home to over 1,800 small gun retailers, many of which are trying to adjust to the state's new gun laws.


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Charlie Parker Teacher Resources
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Romare Bearden's The Dove - A Meeting of Vision and Sound
Students explore African american culture of the late 1950's and 60's through various primary sources including literature, music, art and others. They then prepare and conduct a mock interview and present with the class.
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
English Historical Newsletter Project
Twelfth graders write a research paper on British history. They are assigned a particular decade in British history and conduct research covering several indicated topics. They reference and cite multiple resources in their research.
12th Social Studies & History
The Impact of the Music of the Harlem Renaissance on Society
Students define the community of Harlem. They explain the growth of music in this area and identify important people who spearheaded this movement. They identify places where music grew in Harlem and establish a visual as well as an...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
Everybody's Boppin', Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Students probe the musical style of scat singing with imitation instruments. While listening to the musical pieces, they identify when one singer finishes and another begins. The singing groups' styles are contrasted in this lesson.
3rd - 6th Visual & Performing Arts
A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues
High schoolers examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they...
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Poems, Prayers, Promises, and Possibilities: The Music of Poetry
Twelfth graders express themselves through poetry. They discover the connection between their music and the music of poetry and hear their work and how the sound of a poem or an analytical paper improves their written work. They...
12th English Language Arts
Jazz: Expression through Improvisation
Students watch a video on improvisation. They improvise original melodies over given chord progressions. They develop criteria to evaluate the merits of improvisational performances and apply the criteria in their personal listening and...
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Up of Greg Markle, KYGT General Manager
Greg Markle is one of the founders of Kgoat
Radio and is the General Manager and President of Clear Creek
Radio Inc., which formed in 1994. Greg has been the County
Surveyor for 19 years and has operated his business, Clear
Creek Surveying, since 1987. Greg hosts 'All Things
Reconsidered' with Mark Cucinella (since 1995). The
show covers mostly local issues, and there's plenty
of issues, some really weird issues. An occasional guest will
come in with their alien abduction story. (We never let a
facts get in the way of a good story.)
Kgoat (now KYGT) started as a simple idea: 'Why can't
we have a community radio station?' We started out in
1994 at the Heritage Museum. We actually helped build the
offices we rented. There was a funny power move when the Tourism
Board moved its stuff into the finished space, and then Bob
Flagle and I moved all their things out and put some antique
phonograph Bob had right in the middle of the floor, claiming
our territory. That's all we had--that old antique and
an idea. We were told we could rent the space as a radio station
but could only play 'nice' music. We had one DJ
who had a purple Mohawk, which prompted the museum people
to install a security system. We bought a Radio Shack mixer
and a CD player and got Jones Intercable to hook us up to
the cable system. Thank God Bob Bacon came along and took
over the technical end.
We hung in there for eight long years before we got our 'over
the air' license with the FCC and moved to our most
excellent new location. Deejays like Rabbit, Doc and Gary,
Patty, and Mark came in every week (even when we weren't
broadcasting). Sponsors kept supporting us even though we
were just on the cable system. I think everyone wanted to
support the idea that there should be a venue for expression,
for creative energy, for a sense of community, and just some
place to go have some fun.


text: I spent most of yesterday walking around with Scott. We walked to the max and took it all the way to the Zoo. We stopped at PGE park, though for some bento. There is a trail, called the Wildwood, that goes from the Zoo down to the Japanese Garden. It was muddy, and there were quite a few people out. After an hour or so in the garden, we took a bus back down to the max, stopped off at the Bike Gallery, and then caught a movie at the Fox Tower. It was _letters from iwo jima_. I hadn't heard much about it, other than it was the counterpart to _flags of our fathers_. Wow, it was really good.


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Oral history interview with Charles Childs, 1972 April 18-May 12
Childs, Charles
Collector, Dealer
Active in Boston, Mass.
Size: Transcript: 70 pages
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 35 min.
Parts 3 & 4 of Childs interview is under Walter Feldman on tape 2.
Collection Summary: An interview of Charles Childs conducted 1972 April 18-May 12, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Childs speaks of his childhood and the development of his interest in art; his first involvement with printmaking; studying at Normal Art School; working at Goodspeed's Print Shop; the art scene in Boston in the 1920s and 1930s; his theories and approaches to art collecting; the development of the Boston Arts Festival; and his involvement with the Institute of Contemporary Art. He recalls John Taylor Arms, Samuel Chamberlain, Maxim Karolik, and George Wales.
Biographical/Historical Note: Charles Childs is an art dealer and collector from Boston, Massachusetts.
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
How to Use this Interview
- Transcript: microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
- Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Set in the countryside, 10 minutes' drive from Mojácar and the coast, Cortijo El Sarmiento - Adults Only features an outdoor pool and air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi. Each room includes a safe and a private bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer. The property offers a shared lounge.There is also a self-service bar with wine, beer, and soft drinks. Staff can provide tourist information. Dining options and shops can be found in Turre and Mojácar, both 10 minutes' drive away. Marina Golf Club can be reached in 15 minutes' drive. The property offers free parking on site.


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January 31, 2014
More Booty
No doubt we're going to be sad when our opportunities run out to continually use "Booty" in stories, headlines and blog titles. "This is a family newspaper!"
But while we still can, here's some good news from keyboardist/singer Mary Frances of Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band - colloquially-known as Booty Band. Frances and her mates, hot off the release of Onward!, are already writing for a new record. While a high-energy funk outfit like the Ashville, N.C.-based Booty Band certainly makes its name as a live act, as Frances told us and we shared in our print piece (you didn't read it? well here it is), the band has always written its own music, which we found somewhat unique despite a noteable surge in the live funk scene.
Meantime, you can see/hear/experience Booty live tomorrow night at Brothers Drake Meadery. And tide yourself over/get a preview with this clip of Onward! tune Trunk Fallin' Off and its thrownback hip-hop vibe.


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Ikanos' integrated devices include the G.Vector-compliant Fusiv® Vx585 family, Fusiv® Vx185 family and the Fusiv® Vx180 for A/VDSL2 gateways, VoIP Integrated Access Devices (IADs), and bridges.
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Ikanos processors utilize flexible software architectures providing system designers with the ability to rapidly design all types of network equipment.


text: Looking for something fun and different to try this weekend? Why not add a little highlight to your cat eye by calling upon its twin counterpart! You might remember when I did this look on Lauren Conrad back on the red carpet back in 2011 from our Double Liner Story… anyway, it's much more wearable than you might think and it shows you're confidently willing to take chances! Here's how: (more…)


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Now in its 5th year, The YBFs is an annual event that seeks out and celebrates new, visionary talent in food & drink across the UK. This year's awards will be hosted by Searcy's, and supported by our friends at MUNCHIES.
We're looking for creativity, innovation and skill in British food and drink, and the winners are next year's toast of the London food scene, celebrated in a dazzling awards night catered by a host of the UK's finest chefs, bakers and producers.
No age-limit for entries.
"The awards were extra special in 2015. From the butchers to the incredible bakers to the new young chefs, not only was the calibre of YBF finalists dazzling, but the awards night at Tate Britain was a stellar affair. It was wild and most importantly, celebratory. This year, nearly half of our winners weren't London-based but hailed from across the land, Cornwall to Suffolk to Scotland, showing that the YBFs is a truly national movement."
NEW is our exciting Front of House category. Sommeliers, managers, waiters and maitre d'/reception, get entering! Inspired by our top judges, Natalia Ribbe of Eighty Six list, Sandia Chang of Bubbledogs and Joanne Searley of JKS restaurants (the award winning restaurant group, including Trishna, Gymkhana, Lyle's & Bao), we want to give the restaurant frontline recognition for the great work they do.
Celebrating British food and drink through social media, our lauded panel of judges includes Melissa Hemsley of Hemsley and Hemsley, who is well known for sharing beautiful recipes and inspiring content, Clerkenwell Boy whose unerring support of the country's best food and drink businesses has done much to support, and Phoebe Hurst, UK Editor of MUNCHIES, VICE's food and drink channel renowned for inspiring culinary coverage from a youth-driven perspective.
Previous finalists of the young chefs category include the legendary Tom Sellers, Fred Smith, Tomos Parry, Giles and Matthew Pennington, but where are the girls? Innovative chefs, you might be stuck in the kitchen 24/7, but take 5mins to enter our category and you could get a chance to seriously raise your culinary profile. Or pals, get nominating.
Calling all real bread bakers and pioneering cake-makers, this is your chance to shout about what you're doing.
From innovative cocktail-shakers to DIY spirit-creators, past winners include The Ethicurean's Jack Bevan and Dishoom's Carl Brown. Mixologists, producers, curators and drinks buffs get entering now.
Although the truck or stall and your perfectionist approach to food all contribute to your strength in this category, the pavement remains your pride and joy - street-food has never been so exciting. We're looking for mobile movers and shakers from across the UK, not just London.
British charcutiers and butchers, smokers and BBQers, farmers, smallholders, come hither! The meat category is a chance for you to show off your produce and skills, whether it's rarebreed lamb you're farming or a ham you're making more skillfully than the Spanish, French or Italians put together. As leading French butcher Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec says, le rosbif is the world's best.
A new category two years ago, The Modern Salad Grower of Cornwall won the debut award. Open to absolutely anyone doing wonderful stuff with the humble vegetable.
After high demand and an onslaught of email requests, we rustled this up for those of you that don't fit into the other sections. So far we've had cheese-makers, smoked salmon producers, ice-cream connoisseurs and whole kaleidoscope of food and drink craftsmen and women enter. It's the wildcard.
Launched by the lauded Guardian restaurant critic Marina O'Loughlin and in the past judged by leading food journalists including Yotam Ottolenghi, Tracey MacLeod, Fay Maschler and of course Marina, bloggers and journalists this is the opportunity to get your words heard.


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Is the Military Training Soldiers to Think War is a Video Game?
Top: Actual Apache gunship footage. Bottom: Modern Warfare 2
On Monday, the internet was rocked to its foundation when a video from the website Wikileaks surfaced that showed an Apache gunship accidentally decimating two Reuters journalists along with about a dozen other Iraqis (including a pair of children) who were mistaken for insurgents.
The video, which is surprisingly still up on YouTube, shows the cam from the Apache and records the voices of the pilots, gunners and command during the incident. The first group, thought to be holding weapons, is lit up by a 30 cal cannon once the greenlight is given and then when one survivor is about to be transported away by rescuers in a van, they level the vehicle and everything around it, all the while not realizing it was a bunch of journalists and children they just nuked from orbit.
There has been much debate about the rules of engagement of this video, like how likely it is to mistake a camera for an RPG, or the appropriateness of firing on a vehicle that's clearly attempting a rescue, but that's not the first thought that came to my mind when viewing it. After briefly comprehending the horror of what I was witnessing, I, like many other gaming civilians, immediately, and uncontrollably, thought of the Chopper Gunner perk in Modern Warfare 2, where players are given control of an Apache gunship with a camera mount nearly identical to the one we see in the video.
The whoops and hollers the crew of the real life Apache let out while firing upon the men are much the same exclamations I make when I'm taking out a dozen insurgents in-game. Except their game is real, even if they don't seem to realize that in the video. From their behavior, I'm surprised the army hasn't rigged up the Apache camera to pop up with little +100 point notifications every time a target goes down.
The military has been using the promise of "video game-like" warfare as a selling point of recruitment for years now. Like killing terrorists in an Apache in Call of Duty? Well, try it on for size in REAL life. You'll be serving your country AND it's totally awesome.
I'm not making this up. First, it was the Army developing their own video game "America's Army" that was given away free or cheap to anyone who wanted it. It was a standard military shooter, but was really the first step in the military's modern recruitment efforts. Something which has recently been upped to another level entirely.
Behold, the Army Experience Center:
As the video shows, the place is more or less an arcade, where helpful Army recruiters just happen to be standing around, ready to answer all your questions about how close gaming is to real life, and I'm guessing they'll hint that it's similar. There are FPS stations galore, and for a whole other level of immersion, "combat simulators" which have players hold replica assault rifles and put them inside tanks and the aforementioned Apache gunship, supposedly to learn about "teamwork" and not at all about how cool it feels to blow people to pieces from 2,000 feet in the air.
So once these young gamers are signed up and their heads shaved, why should we expect them to act any differently in situations like the one we've seen in the Wikileaks video? It's the exact same screen they're looking at, and it barely registers that the people in their crosshairs are living and breathing. I'd probably be cheering too if after four years rolling around a desert, I finally got to kill those bad guys that were promised to me when I signed up.
I must caution here that I do not believe this is the vast majority of the military. Most members joined for all the right reasons, serve their country with honor and fully understand the impact of their actions. It's just that with video games getting more and more realistic, and war looking more and more like a video game, the military is blatantly exploiting the connection to recruit new members by giving them a very false impression of what war is like. Ask any real soldier and they'll be quick to tell you war is nothing like Call of Duty, and "fun" is not a word that EVER should come up in combat.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/23824
- Title
- Hyperhetoric
- Author(s)
- Tofts, Darren
- Abstract
- Examines the capability of hypertext to replace the notion of narrative and the shift from literate to electronic culture, the change of the creative act to a process of electronic rhetoric and the act of choreography. Looks into work by Gregory Ulmer on the integration of cultural studies, informatics, cybernetics, post-structuralist theory and avant-garde arts.
- Publication type
- Essay
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Source
- 21.C : scanning the future, Vol. 96, no. 3 (1996), p. 22-26
- Publication year
- 1996
- Keyword(s)
- Avant-garde arts; Creativity; Cybernetics; Electronic culture; Hypertext systems; Informatics; Integration; Linearity; Narration; Post-structuralist theory; Rhetoric; Ulmer, Gregory Leland, 1944-
- Publisher
- G & B Arts International
- 1035-6754
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Dianetics is one of them, ho ho.
50 best cult books from The Telegraph.
Through All the Lousy Luck
I first read "Ask the Dust" in 1971 when I was doing research for "Chinatown". I was concerned about the way people really sounded when they talked, and I was dissatisfied with everything else I had read that was written during the '30s. I wanted the real thing, as Henry James would say. When I picked up Fante's "Ask the Dust," I just knew that was the way those kids talked to each other—the rhythms, cadences, racism. Robert Towne on adapting John Fante's novel for the big screen. More inside.
Olaf Stapledon: The Star Maker
Olaf Stapledon was a man ahead of his time. His epic 'novel' Star Maker (1937) considered the emergence of genetic engineering, the outcome of the many worlds interpretation and delved deeper than any book before or since into the consequences of evolution on the cosmos. His fans have included the likes of Arthur C Clarke, Jorge Luis Borges and Virginia Woolf. Even his greatest detractor, C.S.Lewis, wrote an entire Cosmic Trilogy in response to his imaginings. Yet despite Stapledon's magnetic prose and extraordinary influence on speculative fiction his name remains largely forgotten by the world. Yet his words still resonate with insight: "Did not our life issue daily as more or less firm threads of active living, and mesh itself into the growing web, the intricate, ever-proliferating pattern of mankind?"
Edward Bunker, 1933-2005
"It has always been as if I carry chaos with me the way others carry typhoid. My purpose in writing is to transcend my existence by illuminating it." Crime novelist Edward Bunker, who died last Tuesday at age 71 (LATimes obit), became at 17 the youngest inmate at San Quentin after he stabbed a prison guard at a youth detention facility. It was during his 18 years of incarceration for robbery, check forgery and other crimes that Bunker learned to write. In 1973, while still in prison, he made his literary debut with "No Beast So Fierce", a novel about a paroled thief James Ellroy called "quite simply one of the great crime novels of the past 30 years" and that was made into the movie "Straight Time" starring Dustin Hoffman. Also a screenwriter ("Runaway Train"), Bunker appeared as an actor in nearly two dozen roles, most notably as Mr. Blue in "Reservoir Dogs." (more inside)
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Real Estate
Adelaide's hidden gem homes
- From: The Advertiser
- December 10, 2012
WHEN it comes to South Australia's million-dollar houses, it's not always "location, location, location''.
While most people associate million dollar homes with fancy eastern suburbs or coastal locations, you might be surprised at where you can find a top-end metropolitan mansion.
According to RP Data statistics, there are 199 houses and 27 units in South Australia for sale with an asking price of more than $1 million.
At least 20 of these properties are located in suburbs with a median house price of $500,000 or less.
They include Broadview, Salisbury Heights, Tea Tree Gully and Flagstaff Hill. Real estate figures suggest that people are now looking more for the lifestyle a home can offer, rather than that of a specific suburb.
Real Estate Institute of South Australia vice president Ted Piteo said top-end properties in more affordable suburbs represented good value for money.
"You do get a lot more house for your money,'' he said.
"A $1 million property in a lower-median priced suburb today will be the $2 million property of tomorrow, so they get to enjoy the lifestyle now without the higher price tag.
"With urban sprawl getting wider there are opportunities for people to buy or build in these metropolitan areas that aren't regarded for consistent million-dollar plus sales, but they are going to come.''
Mr Piteo said many suburbs with lower median house prices offered great lifestyles and had good services for families.
He said expensive homes increased the value of surrounding homes and helped improve the image of cheaper suburbs.
He said top-end homes were always highly sought-after and house-hunters were not deterred from buying a $1 million home in a cheaper suburb.
"Good homes in that $1 million to $1.5 million range - people won't baulk at it at all,'' he said, adding: "They're normally beautifully built and quite exceptional homes.''
Toop & Toop Real Estate agent Len Allington said there were more $1 million-plus homes in cheaper suburbs entering the market.
Ray White Grange real estate agent Damian Macolino said public transport upgrades had made the city more accessible to the western suburbs. "
Travel times are efficient and lots of people are utilising the Linear Park track,'' he said.
14 Leisure Crt, Fulham Gardens, $1 million - $1.1 million.
5a Erin St, Broadview, $1 million-plus
21 Kotara Drive, Salisbury Heights, $1.25 million
27 Oradala Crt, Salisbury Heights, $1.7 million
536 Grenfell Rd, Fairview Park, $1.5 million
5 Stellar Crt, Klemzig, $1.089 million
50 Maidencombe Drive, Moana, $1.2 million
158 Surfers Pde, Middleton, $1.65 million
24 Ellen St, Tea Tree Gully, $1.05 million
13 Plymouth Ave, Blackwood, $1.29 million
3 Devonshire Crt, Golden Grove, $1.2 million
158 Seaview Rd, Golden Grove, $1.15 million
11 Weemala Cres, Rostrevor, $1.2 million
22 Flagstaff Rd, Flagstaff Hill, $1 million-plus
39b Hargreaves Rd, Middleton, $1.25 million


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Bob and Janice Mallace of Bensalem, along with Simon and Gail Cohen of Philadelphia, announce the engagement of their children, Michelle Lauren Mallace and Todd Jonathan Cohen.
Michelle and Todd are both graduates of Penn State University, and currently live in Durham, N.C. Todd is pursuing a Ph.D. in the cell and molecular biology program at Duke University, and Michelle is a development specialist with Duke University's Center for Human Genetics.
Michelle is the granddaughter of Leonard and Myra Wolfe, and Beatrice Mallace and the late Leo Mallace. Todd is the grandson of Jewel Brody and the late Sidney Brody, and the late Rachel and Hanania Cohen.
The couple is planning a July 2006 wedding at the Jersey shore.
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The Shakespeare By The Sea Festival is the longest running outdoor summer theatre event in the St. John's area. Since 1993, the Shakespeare By The Sea Festival has been performing the works of the famous Bard all around the greater St. John's area. Visit their website at shakespearebytheseafestival.com for full details.
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How to Communicate for Success
Originally published: 05.01.11 by HVACR Business Staff
Want more sales? More motivated employees? Better relationships? Master the art of communication.
Have you ever wondered why some people are more successful than others? Why some can sell more? Why some can keep climbing the company ladder while others get stuck on the first few rungs? The answer is pretty simple — they have mastered the art of communication. How well you can communicate will determine your chances of becoming a "high achiever," which for HVACR business owners and managers means how successful you will be at selling and leading. Even if you naturally are not a "talkative" type, this still applies. Communicating and talking are different. Talking is using the sense of speech. Communicating is exchanging meaningful information, whether it's discussing why one product is superior to another on a sales call, or explaining to employees how a new workplace policy will benefit them. In John Maxwell's new book Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, he tackles this head on. Maxwell writes that good communicators have stronger and deeper relationships and that these relationships help them become high achievers. Before I explain how this happens, I want to share some of the communication styles that I have observed and defined after
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