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Law enforcement authorities should investigate whether Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza is connected to any radical devil worshipping sects locally or online, suggested this reporter and radio talk show host.
On WABC Radio's "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio," this host called for a federal devil worshipper watch list while advocating that the government monitor "radical domestic devil worshipping clans."
The call was in response to a report that Lanza worshiped the "devil" and had an online page dedicated to "Satan," according to former classmate Trevor L. Todd.
Lanza's worshiping page had the word "Devil" written in red, Gothic-style letters against a black background, stated Todd, the UK Daily Mail reported.
The theme of so-called devil worship and Satanic-style "Goth" subculture has cropped up in numerous other mass killings.
"Lanza smashed his computer," this radio host stated. "Clearly he is hiding something in his digital footprint. Was he a part of any larger Satanic or ritualistic subculture locally or online where he could have revealed his plans or could have even received support or encouragement in preparing for the killings?"
"It's established fact that in the U.S. there have been numerous murders tied to radical devil worshipping sects and that some sects previously advocated human sacrifice. We need to probe whether Lanza was tied to any. Maybe he wasn't, but these questions should at least should be asked."
This host maintained that if Lanza had been a Muslim "we all know the discussion we'd be having right now would not focus on gun rights, psychological illness, drugs or violent video games."
"We'd automatically be asking whether any Muslim killer was indoctrinated in a mosque or an online forum, whether he was motivated by radical Islam, whether he was tied to a terror group, whether he had any accomplices. We'd ask this the minute we found out the killer is Muslim."
"Perhaps we should ask similar questions about Lanza given that there are radical sects within Satanism, some that may believe in human sacrifice and blood ritual."
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May Have Been Established Illegally
Was the U.S. mission in Benghazi established in violation of international law?
According to a 39-page report released this week by independent investigators probing the Sept. 11 attacks at the diplomatic facility, the U.S. mission in Benghazi was set up without the knowledge of the new Libyan government.
"Another key driver behind the weak security platform in Benghazi was the decision to treat Benghazi as a temporary, residential facility, not officially notified to the host government, even though it was also a full-time office facility," the report states.
"This resulted in the Special Mission compound being excepted from office facility standards and accountability under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (SECCA) and the Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB)."
The report, based on a probe led by former U.S. diplomat Thomas Pickering, calls the facility a "Special U.S. Mission."
Until now, government descriptions routinely referred to the facility as a "mission," while news media largely wrongly labeled the building a "consulate."
While the report documents how the U.S. mission's special "non-status" exempted the facility from State Department security standards, it is not immediately clear whether the mission was also exempt from the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which governs the establishment of overseas missions.
Like most nations, the U.S. is a signatory to the 1961 United Nations convention.
Article 2 of the convention makes clear that the host government must be informed about the establishment of any permanent foreign mission on its soil: "The establishment of diplomatic relations between States, and of permanent diplomatic missions, takes place by mutual consent."
According to the report, there was a decision "to treat Benghazi as a temporary, residential facility."
However, the same sentence in the report noted the host government was not notified about the Benghazi mission "even though it was also a full-time office facility."
Articles 12 of the Vienna Convention dictates, "The sending State may not, without the prior express consent of the receiving State, establish offices forming part of the mission in localities other than those in which the mission itself is established."
If the Benghazi mission was a "full-time office facility," it may violate Article 12 in that the mission most likely was considered an arm of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, which served as the main U.S. mission to Libya.
Obama Campaign Official
Raises Money For Syrian Rebels
The former director of Muslim outreach for President Obama's 2008 campaign is now raising money for a charity in the U.S. to fund the jihadist-tied Syrian opposition.
Mazen Asbahi, a Chicago lawyer, resigned from Obama's first presidential campaign after the Wall Street Journal reported that he sat on the board of an Islamic investment group called the Allied Assets Advisors Fund. Also on the board was Jamal Said, an unindicted co-conspirator in the prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation, the Texas-based group that raised millions of dollars for the Hamas terrorist organization.
The Allied Assets Advisors Fund was itself a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust, which is directed by the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA.
ISNA was established in 1981 by activists from the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Muslim Students Association. ISNA was also named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land terrorism financing case.
ISNA was the subject of a terrorism investigation in December 2003 by the Senate Finance Committee, which looked into possible links between nongovernmental organizations and terrorist financing networks.
The official court documents in the Holy Land case named ISNA among "entities who are and/or were members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood."
Now Asbahi is back in the spotlight as the lawyer for the Syrian Support Group, which is raising money to fund the rebels attacking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Earlier this year, Asbahi applied to the U.S. government for a license to fund the Free Syrian Army.
There have been scores of reports worldwide that Al Qaeda and other jihad groups are among the ranks of the Free Syrian Army. It is well established that jihadists dominate the Syrian opposition and various Free Syrian Army branches.Aaron Klein
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When I started running back in the year 2000, I found myself in the Asics Gel Cumulus, a neutral shoe with cushioning. I wore the same shoes for close to 9 years. I would try other shoes on every now and then, but just kept going back to the Cumulus because it felt good and I had no problems with injury or anything.
Then, about three years ago, I made a very silly (because it was mindless) decision and switched to the Asics Gel Nimbus. This is also a neutral shoe but with a lot more cushioning. I think I wanted a change, and this felt like a safe one? Or I switched to it because my sister was wearing it and it cost more money and I thought it must be a "better" shoe if it is more expensive? I honestly have no idea why I switched, but I did. I shudder at the thought of it now ... what a dummy.
Anyway, thankfully the Nimbus worked just fine for me and I had no problems wearing it. Until this past training cycle.
I started to develop this weird little bump, almost like a cyst, on the front of my ankle. I only noticed it when I put on the Nimbus - I seriously would not even feel it if I was wearing any other shoes or if I was barefoot. I noticed it in early September and bought a new pair of Nimbus a few weeks later, thinking maybe it was just because it was time to get new shoes, that pair had enough miles on them. But no such luck, my "bump" (I don't know what else to call it) was still bugged by the shoe. It was totally tolerable, more of an annoyance than anything, but it irritated me and I knew that after MCM I would be shoe shopping. It was time to say goodbye to the Nimbus and find a new shoe.
And then I started thinking through it more and realized I didn't want just one new shoe. I wanted a new shoe that would be good for longer training runs and I also wanted another, lighter shoe for my tempo runs and track workouts. I've been intrigued by all the lighter, lower heel drop shoes out there and feel ready to give them a try. Ready to start easing my way into a more minimal shoe, carefully and patiently.
So a couple of weeks ago I met with Meghan Ridgley at =PR= and she spent some time with me talking SHOES. I ran on the treadmill in the store and we determined that a neutral shoe was still the way to go for me, but that I did not need quite the amount of cushioning that the Nimbus has (surprise, surprise). I tried on several shoes from various brands and in the end guess what I wound up with?
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The Cumulus!
So .... for the lighter shoe. I tried so many shoes on and found myself torn between two shoes I really love: the Saucony Kinvara and the New Balance 1400. I brought both pairs home with me.
Today I did my tempo run on the treadmill in the Kinvaras. You guys, I have a CRUSH on these shoes ...
And the New Balance 1400? Well, that shoe just makes me happy. They are more of a "fling" than a crush. I won't ever have any intention taking this relationship much further than the track or a few fast miles. When they are on my feet I feel fun, I feel light and I feel free. I haven't taken them out of the box yet, but plan to give them a spin tomorrow. I have 5 easy miles planned on the treadmill and am going to wear them for just 1 mile of the run. I really REALLY need to be careful in these - they have basically no heel drop and practically no cushioning. They will cause me a lot of trouble if I do too much too soon in them.
Okay, so my shoe story is riveting, right!? That is all I have for now. I'm excited to be trying new shoes and to be mixing it up a bit. Tell me what you have on your feet! Do you wear the same shoe for all of your runs and workouts? Have you tried out shoes with less cushioning and lower heel drops? I would love to hear about it!

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Skip to comments.How can a man be the husband of 2 wives if the 1st wife was put away for adultery? (Mt. 5)?
Posted on 01/28/2013 10:46:27 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
This may seem like a round about way of dealing with this topic, and it does get your attention, but the scriptures are clear on this (adultery/marital unfaithfulness):
Jesus said that a man would leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two would be one flesh.
Jesus also said (Matthew chapter 5) that a man (or woman) may put away their mate for marital unfaithfulness and remarry.
In light of this, since Jesus sanctioned the remarriage, and would not consider the former mate to be the man's wife any longer, this man can be a bishop/overseer (1 Tim Chapter 3), as he would not be the husband of more than one wife, as Jesus sanctioned the remarriage, and would not then consider him to be the husband of two wives.
I was just wondering how the Assemblies of God, Baptists, etc, came to their current teaching on this.
Any input appreciated...
Jesus also said (Matthew chapter 5) that a man (or woman) may put away their mate for marital unfaithfulness and remarry.
Actually, it doesn't say that. It says that for any reason other than that he makes her an adulterer. That is because in that case she has already made herself one.
BTW, my first wife, after 20 years, divorced me because she was just tired of being married. I remarried. The woman had been divorced. That was 15 years ago and I'm in marital bliss the likes of which I didn't know was possible.
But where does that leave me, scripturally? Do you know how many "non divorced" 40 something women there are? And by marrying, we prevented "burning".
Most modern Baptists and Pentecostals, etc, are descended from austere and pious sects that emerged before and during the Reformation. There were the Waldenses, and the Anabaptists, which we still have with us today.
During the reformation, they at first had the same understanding as you express. However, after some of them were executed for bigamy, since the authorities at the time did not recognize divorce, they decided that they should eschew divorce for the sake of their testimony. Consequently, they would never allow any divorce-remarried to occupy leadership positions in the church, where they were highly visible.
To this day, the Anabaptists will consider you as lost and going to Hell if you are divorce-remarried, unless you and your current spouse separate and reconciliation with the former spouse is actively pursued, regardless of how little chance there is for same.
31 "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 5 (NIV)
It seems to be a twist from what Jesus actually said.
The actual term from the Greek is porneia - which is not semantically equivalent to "marital unfaithfulness.
I know some people don't recognize that verse from Matthew, saying ...except for unfaithfulness.....is license to remarry. And if you do remarry (the innocent spouse who has not committed adultery), those same ppl now tell you, you are now guilty of adultery. Of course they reason, since you can only have one wife.
Well that is just foolishness imho. If you were under the law, in the days before Christ, you would be widow/widower if your spouse cheated on you. Both Deuteronomy 22:22 and Leviticus 20:1 specify death as the punishment for adultery. Just because Jesus spared the life of the adulteress woman (and thus she is not executed and her husband freed from the marriage vow in that manner), is it not a big assumption to state that he would also forbid her husband from divorcing her and remarrying...especially in light of specific passages in the Old Testament allowing such a thing?
Even if that was not the case, and your wife was simply divorced, if she remarried (or if you are) you can not take her back. Deuteronomy 24:4 states that would be DETESTABLE to God. So to the folks who say ditch the new wife, reconcile with the old.....I say ignore them. You clearly shouldn't do what is detestable to God.
In our Catholic bible it is understood as "unlawfull" not unfaithful. Unfaithfull to Jews at the time would have been a marriage in the same family.
Marriage is a covenant with God. Divorce will never be good, no matter what the circumstances. Obviously people prefer to do whatever they feel like, as opposed to what God wants.
King Henry the 8th, separated from the Catholic church and formed the Anglican church so he could remarry. Maybe that is where the wording changed.
I personally see divorce as sin. But I will help one with that spec in their eye right after I get this log out of mine.
I'm not saying divorce isn't a sin. I'm saying it isn't always a sin. You know, when the spouse cheats.
What about your/her children. If we were the only ones that mattered I doubt Jesus would have been so adament in his gospels.
There are four New Testament passages that talk about divorce:
Matthew 5:31-32
Matthew 19:7-9
Mark 10:2-12
Luke 16:18
There are four New Testament passages that talk about divorce: Matthew 5:31-32 Matthew 19:7-9 Mark 10:2-12 Luke 16:18 Mark and Luke make no exceptions.
Yer still married to wifey number one.
While it may be true in some cases, I don't see this passage addressing that issue.
Wideawake is correct—there is a distinction between the Greek moichatai (which more or less equals adultery—not fornication) and the Greek porneia—which would include adultery, fornication, and a whole lot more. Matthew 19:9 has both—the only grounds for putting away a putative life is for porneia, and one who marries a divorce woman is guilty of moichatai.
Under Jewish law, one couldn't marry anyone one felt like—beginning with close relatives (or a woman that was already married). The best explanation I have heard is that if one has attempted marriage with someone that one couldn't marry—even if done in good faith by both parties—the resulting state would not be marriage but porenia.
To put it in Catholic terms, if one discovers that there was something present from the beginning that made the marriage impossible, the marriage attempt was nul, and thus the union is capable of being declared nul—thus annulments.
The children? Good question. In the case of my wife's children, their father died of leukemia when they were very young (she remarried after that).
Regarding my children, it was hard on them. But I take this position: I take responsibility for some of the problems in my first marriage, but not for the divorce. The reason? I didn't do it. I had no choice. This is what no-fault divorce brings us to.
But once I was single I needed to marry, for the reasons Paul describes. I actually put together a band with two of my daughters and I councelled and tutored my third in my line of work. She is now a VERY successful business analyst. The other two went to college. One is now an accountant and the other a civil engineer. The divorce was hard on them but I was a lot better equipped to deal with it married than single. Single I was pretty worthless.
And my current wife took one of my daughters from the remedial math stage to becoming a math whiz in high school to the point that it became her favorite subject and her "remedial" teache said she was one of two students in his entire career teachin remedial math that successfully climbed out of that "group". She is the one that is now a civil engineer who graduated with honors.
Meanwhile their mother burns through boyfriends and fights with each one incessantly (so say my girls, anyway).
But even after all that JBQ, none of them are Christian as adults. You don't become a Christian because of who your parents are. That is between them and God. All I could do was teach them through His word and example - and pray for them. And their hostility to the faith is waning.
Does that go for on-line cheating, or just for physically cheating?
Matthew 5
27 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Yer still married to wifey number one.
Well, the bible does say that if the non-believer leaves, you are to let them leave...
I believe he would just have to qualify on the verses below,
But when two people marrys it is supposed to be for life and that takes a lot of forgiveness even under the best of circumstances, and how many times does jesus tell us to forgive?
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
sure, if you converted prior to her leaving.
sure, if you converted prior to her leaving.
"Does that go for on-line cheating, or just for physically cheating?"
There's a difference between fantasy and real life. In time, it will either progress to a full fledged physical romance or it won't.
well, you're not going to like this - but since it's a Christian marriage you're still married to her.
Then how do you reconcile Paul's statement, "it is good to be unmarried as I am. An unmarried man can be devoted to God while a married man desires to please his wife."
Clearly, marriage isn't a requirment. If you are married - you must have one wife.
Also notice - you must be married before becoming a bishop. You can't marry after.
It's not whether I like it or not. She divorced me. She is the equivalent of an ex-girlfriend at this point. I'm not aware of any scripture that makes us "still married". This was a subject of much discussion between me and my church leaders both during the time I was using them to reconcile the relationship as well as afterward.
I confess that before I was divorced I saw divorced people as second class citizens. My eyes were opened when it was done to me. I was terribly judgemental in those days. Not that I'm perfect now, but I do tend to see even those who wrong me as "disobedient children on the playground", which is what we all are.
According to #19, adultery has already been committed, even if the two people have never met!
What's up with that?
Having stuff happen to you personally, can really open one's eyes.
Well that is just foolishness imho.
Having stuff happen to you personally, can really open ones eyes.
Yep. I'm 59. I can now see how as people mature they become less judgemental. ;-)
BTW, not all "old" people are mature.
What is there to reconcile? I can see no conflict.
In 1 Corinthians 7:8-9 (from which you quoted an excerpt), Paul is not speaking to married people:
"But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn."
Verses 32 and following give an explanation of his point. And verses 26-27 sheds some light on the circumstances of the times:
"I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress - that it is good for a man to remain as he is: Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife."
"According to #19, adultery has already been committed, even if the two people have never met!
Whats up with that?"
I don't think our definition of lust is what Jesus was talking about. I can look at a pretty woman walking down the street and have an impure thought pop into my head. I don't think that is what Jesus means. I think we should judge actions. Now if I do not push those thoughts out of my mind, but dwell on them and revel in those thoughts, then that is an action in itself. I have chosen to fantasize about a woman in an impure way.
In the online dating scenario, if you choose to abstain from physical sex, it shows that you are trying, even if its just a little, to honor your marriage vows. Maybe you are 90% sure you want to divorce your wife, but a small part of you is unsure and hence you don't get physical. I would say that is a good thing to separate thought from action. Otherwise, you could just say the hell with it, we are past the point of no return (because Jesus said we already committed adultery because we thought about it).
I guess what I am doing is separating sinful thoughts from sinful actions. The consequences are much worse when you act on your sinful thoughts than if you did not.
I'm a few years older than you, but I haven't fully matured in some ways...which I'm thankful for.
Old age and personal crisis can certainly change one's thinking.
They probably didn't have much on-line porn back then.
Sounds relative to me.
Im a few years older than you, but I havent fully matured in some ways...which Im thankful for.
In that vein, I play bass and sing vocals in classic rock bands. ;-)
Easy solution: marry an 18 year old.
Easy solution: marry an 18 year old.
Actually, I did date, VERY briefly, a girl in her mid-20's. I felt like she was a child. As it is, I met my wife at my 25th high school reunion. I love being married to my contemporary. She is my best friend.
Perhaps we could rephrase the question as "How close can I get to the sin without being guilty?" Or maybe "How far can I get from my wife without it being actual adultery?"
Seems to me that's the very point Jesus was addressing - that the problem is found in the question.
Sounds like she was in a program that was run by a feminist, where they indoctrinate the women in the idea that they "can do better" than their current relationship. Then the women (particularly after 40) discover that they can't, and then themselves become bitter feminists.
Did your wife find a new husband?
Did your wife find a new husband?
Learning to live, Learning to love is not a bad program in the way a hammer is not bad at pounding in nails. Problem is that when you try to use it as a saw, a screwdriver or sander, it kinda sucks. It can do more harm than good (obviously). The program should ONLY be used with relationships that are physically abusive.
It was also taught by lay-people. After one session, the leader took me in the hall and told me he was very concerned about me supressing memories about certain events in my childhood (spanking, parental arguments, etc.). He had me very concerned as well - until I talked to my mother and got the full skinny. There was nothing to supress. She remembered, independently, the same single event I remembered.
Ah, but I am getting us into the weeds. It's old news. Like WWII. I moved on and love my current relationship more than I ever thought it was possible.
Chick films are NOT science fiction. That stuff actually happens. It did with my wife and me.
So how do you get 'marriage is a requirement for bishops'? Out of that. It's not and never has been.
Simple - it ought not to have been done to you because that's contrary to what Christian marriage ought to be. The same ban that would prevent you from remarrying would be the same ban that would prevent her from divorcing you in the first place.
That's where the problem arises. Sure, the pastor can provide you small comforts by offering you remarriage, but they are also the ones sanctioning divorce in the first place.
"I think we should judge actions."
Are you Jesus? Like the Rock says, "It doesn't matter what you think".
Jesus is very clear - the man who looks upon a woman in lust has committed adultery with her in his heart.
The requirements for bishops can be found in 1 Timothy 3.
Yet Paul himself was unmarried. So bishops can be unmarried too.
I'm saying that you've incorrectly interpreted his instructions as barring unmarried men from becoming bishops. Paul himself was unmarried, ergo, unmarried men could no more be barred from becoming Bishops than if Paul were to step down himself.
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Human Activity Suite
Guitarist Brad Shepik has studied a broad range of world musics; Human Activity Suite is the payoff. But what is ostensibly a response to global warming has more in common with Ellington's travelogue suites than Mingus or Roach's socially conscious works. The topical aspect doesn't fly, but the music does.
Shepik's musical representations of the seven continents succeed, not least because of their textures. Shepik adds trumpeter Ralph Alessi and bassist Drew Gress to his regular trio (pianist Gary Versace, drummer Tom Rainey); adds organ and accordion to Versace's duties; and plays tambura and saz alongside acoustic and electric guitars. This palette flourishes on "Lima (South America)," trumpet and accordion blending into Latin dance, and "Stir (Antarctica)," with tambura and bass against psychedelic organ to evoke glacial stillness. The unusual instruments aren't always the most effective: "Not So Far (Australia)" captures Down Under's sweeping oceanfront and rugged wilderness with Versace playing baroque piano and Shepik doing prog-rock electric guitar (often in unison with Alessi's limpid trumpet, recalling Zappa's fusion work).
However, the suite's "commentary" movements misfire. The 13/8 rhythm and swishing sax of "Current" vaguely suggest moving water, but nothing as powerful as oceanic currents. "Human Activity" has a sinister minor key and thrashing rock rhythm, but also sweet piano, and trumpet and electric guitar with as much loftiness as urgency—not the dire warning needed here. These pieces are as beautiful and architecturally impressive as the continental movements. But for its dysfunctional framework, Human Activity Suite would be sublime.


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RUSH: Geraldine Ferraro also not backing down, despite onslaughts from across the political spec -- Well, I think the Republicans are staying quiet on this for the most part. This is another example of the chaos that has been created out there, ladies and gentlemen, by us, you and I working together to create chaos, Operation Chaos. It's even been in the Huffington Post today. It's been acknowledged. The Limbaugh Effect is working and will continue to work throughout the rest of these primaries and the Democrat campaign season. Here's the Ferraro comment, last Friday in an interview with the Torrance, California, Daily Breeze. This is the comment that got it all started.
FERRARO: If Barack Obama were a white man, would we be talking about this as a potential real problem for -- for Hillary? If he were a woman of any color, would he be in this position that he's in? Absolutely not.
RUSH: All right. So essentially what Geraldine Ferraro is saying is that if he were white, he wouldn't even be in this race. If he were white... She said the only thing he does well is give a speech. So you turn it around and what she's saying is: He's only there because he's black. The Democrats' Uncivil War. They're the ones introduced race into this campaign; they're the ones introduced gender. And this is a Clinton campaign surrogate spokesman. This is exactly... We knew this was going to happen. The Clintons aren't going to say this stuff themselves. David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategerist, had this reaction.
AXELROD: There's been this insidious pattern on the part of the Clinton campaign to allow negative, really negative and out-of-bounds comments to be made and to simply gloss over them and to kind of give a wink and a nod.
RUSH: Yeah, David, way to go! The Clintons, this is your party. Back in the nineties, nobody cared when the Clintons were doing stuff like this to us. Nooooo. Back then it was marveled at, it was appreciated, salivated over. But now that the Clintons have turned their tactics and techniques on fellow Democrats, why, (gasp!) Shock, outrage, can't believe this, and they're stunned that the Clintons get away with it. You idiots! Had you been paying any attention to the nineties, you should have figured this was going to happen in this, first time anybody came along and interrupted their coronation they're going to be swept out of the way. Now you guys are leading... Axelrod, listen to me now. Look to me. You guys got the lead in the popular vote; you got the lead in the delegates, in the pledged delegates and so forth; you got the lead in a number of states and the Clintons are saying, "That qualifies you to be vice president," and everybody is sitting around just laughing. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. So are we, by the way. It's the Clintons. Here's Hillary, by the way, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, weighing in.
HILLARY: Weeeell, I don't agree with that. And I think it's important that, you know, we try to stay focused on the issues that matter to the American people --
RUSH: Yeah.
HILLARY: -- and both of us have had supporters and staff members who have gone over the line, and we have to rein them in and try to keep this, you know, on the issues.
RUSH: Yeah, there's no reining in of Geraldine Ferraro. That's the difference. There hasn't been any reining in of Geraldine Ferraro. "Weeeeeell," it's really no big deal. Let me translate that last bite. "This is no big deal. Grow up, Obama. This is the big leagues. Stop whining! Who do you think you're in the ring with?" All right, now this morning on the Today Show, Matt Lauer talked to Senator Obama. Matt Lauer said, "I just got off the phone with Geraldine Ferraro, and she's somewhat shocked by the fact that she's being taken to task for these comments. She feels she's simply stating the obvious. I guess the question for you, Obama, is do you think this is a racist comment? Was it a sexist comment? And has she done damage to the Democrat Party at this stage in the race?"
OBAMA: I just think that [if] somebody in my campaign suggested that Senator Clinton was only where she is because she was a woman, I think people would take great offense, and rightly so, because she's a very accomplished person who is running a terrific and tenacious race, and I just don't think that that kind of approach to evaluating candidates or denigrating candidates, is particularly useful to the Democratic Party.
RUSH: Exactly right, but we are happy to have caused it here, and we are going to keep piling on with this. But, look, Obama. Since you won't say it, I will. I've said it before. Hillary Clinton's the most cheated on woman in the world! You understand the scope of this? Folks, she's the most cheated on woman in the world. (interruption) Until today. (laughs) Yes, I forgot Spitzer. You're right. Hillary Clinton is the second most cheated on woman in the world, and the fact that she is a female whose last name is Clinton is the only reason that she is considered presidential material, pure and simple. She's got no record just like Obama has no record, to recommend this kind of promotion. It's simply her turn. She's eaten all those excrement sandwiches for the last 20 years propping Bill up. This is her payback. The Democrat Party and everybody else knows it. You ought to say that, Obama, for crying out loud! McCain will get mad at you but what the hell, he's your opponent anyway! He ought to be angry. (interruption) Yeah, I know Matthews said it, and he had to apologize. Well, that's because, that's because PMSNBC is DNCTV. I mean, the Clintons get people suspended over on that network. So Matthews had to wear the protective cup out there underneath the suit slacks, go out there and apologize with the legs crossed. Here Ferraro back in action last night on Fox News Channel's Election Headquarters, Martha MacCallum (big McCain babe, by the way) interviewed Ferraro and said, "You're getting a lot of heat for this comment. You want to put it in context for us?"
FERRARO: I'm sorry that people thought it was racist, but part of the problem is -- and I'm a person, really, who has fought discrimination for 40 years. So I am absolutely offended by the e-mails, the phone calls, and all the threats that I've been getting, which is really terrible and it's come out of -- out of the Obama campaign. David Axelrod, who knows me better... In 1984, if my name were Gerard Ferraro, instead of Geraldine Ferraro, I would never have been the nominee for vice president.
RUSH: That's right. That's right.
FERRARO: What I find that's offensive, is that every time somebody says something about the campaign, you're accused of being racist.
RUSH: Yeah? Well, join the club. Join the club, Gerard -- uh, Geraldine. Sorry. You are exactly right. Join the club. Then MacCallum, Martha said -- by the way, I like Martha. Don't misunderstand anything here. What's the campaign saying? Because she did distance herself a bit from this comment today on the campaign trail.
FERRARO: She can't "rein me in." I don't run by anybody anything that they want to say or not say. I am a supporter. I will continue... If it makes David happy, I would get off the -- but I'm telling David that I will raise money for Hillary, and if Barack Obama is the candidate, he shouldn't really antagonize people like me because he's going to come and ask me to raise money for Barack Obama -- and I would do it for him, too, if he stops doing this kind of horrendous attacks.
RUSH: Don't you love this? Let me tell you something. A lot of people -- we've got a guy on the phone, I don't have time to take the call, we'll do it in the next hour -- are saying that Ferraro is having happen to her what happened to me with ESPN and McNabb. The two are totally different, folks. What Ferraro said about Obama is not even close to the comments I made on ESPN. Now, I appreciate people wanting to sympathize, but there is a huge, huge difference here.
RUSH: What did Geraldine Ferraro actually say? She said that he's only there because he's a black guy. She said if he were a white man, he wouldn't even be in the presidential race. So she's essentially saying that he's unqualified and black, right? Now, let me ask you people a question. Who gave us this concept? Unqualified and black, pfft!, shooting to the top? Who gave us this concept? I am rubbing my hands together in glee here. It was liberals who demanded this. Of course, Nixon signed it, trying to make all liberals love him. It was the same thing with the EPA, same thing with OSHA. Don't get me started on Nixon on that. Liberals gave us affirmative action. They gave us the concept of quotas, and they gave us the concept that it will never end, that we will never be able to make amends for what kind of discrimination and transgressions in the past that may have taken place. So we're going to have perpetual affirmative action, perpetual quotas.
What does it mean? What it means is that people who are minorities who have not accomplished as much to qualify, are going to be pushed ahead anyway. Because we've held 'em down for so long it's the only thing we can do to make up for our sins. Now the libs' very own theory, their very own belief system, their very own policy has resulted in something they abhor -- or at least Geraldine Ferraro does -- and I will guarantee you, in the bowels of the Clinton campaign, they are saying and have been saying for a long time, "How the hell are we being outmaneuvered by some rookie African-American guy?" Now, these Democrats, they loooove to talk about affirmative action and fairness and so forth, until it affects them -- and when it starts to affect them, what do you do? You send Bill Clinton out to basically insult them, as in South Carolina. George Neumayr who writes today in the American Spectator on this whole Ferraro flap, has a great point.
"Since liberalism is not based upon natural justice but willfulness, [liberalism] never fails to devour its supposed beneficiaries. Ferraro's condescension captures the tone of paternalistic liberalism perfectly. Its 'victims' should know their place and plot their ascent according to the progressive charts set up by the white liberal establishment," meaning Obama has reached too far here. So even though this is the party of affirmative action, the party that tells us that this equals fairness, when this fairness affects them, guess what? Somebody like Geraldine Ferraro says he's only there because he's black. That's what she said -- and now, she's mad that people are upset at her. Now, you could look at this in any number of ways. Obama is receiving 90% of the black vote in the Democrat primary. Why is that? Are the differences between Obama and Hillary on policy so different? They're not. Why are most women voting for Hillary? What is the party of segregation? You tell me. What is the real party that segregates people and puts them into groups and makes victims out of them?
It's the Democrat Party, and now they're being done in by their own policies, by their own beliefs. They end up eating themselves with this. Of course we're helping out with the Rush the Vote and the continual chaos that we're causing, but they're doing a lot to help this along themselves. I mean, to be honest here, Hillary Clinton wouldn't be where she is but for the fact that she has "Bill Clinton's wife" on her résumé and that she's a woman. Obama would not have received the kind of attention he's received from the media for who he is, would he? We can't ask this question? We're being told we can't ask the question. Geraldine Ferraro can't say this. But it looks to me like most of the blacks are voting for him, most of the women are voting for her. That party is segregated. There's no policy difference, so what's going on here?
You can't point this out? The liberals, including some black leaders, say Obama's election is a referendum on America's openness to a black candidate, but if Ferraro says that Obama wouldn't be where he is but for his race, that's not a question that could be asked? I happen to think that what she said, she should be entitled to say it. If people want to excoriate her for it, she should be excoriated, but all these people running around demanding apologies is just another creation of the Democrat Party. Look at the Clinton campaign. Obama was too ambitious, they said early on, too ambitious. They cited his kindergarten statements to prove it. Remember that, folks? I remember all this stuff. Hillary pointed out that he's lying about how long he says he wanted to be president. Why, he wrote a kindergarten essay about it -- and everybody went, "What are you talking about?" Well, there was a message there. Obama, you are too ambitious right now. You should know your place. Quick phone call, Columbia, South Carolina. John, I really appreciate you holding on. Welcome to the program.
CALLER: Hey, Rush, how you doing, today?
RUSH: Good, sir. Thank you.
CALLER: All right. I just got a quick comment. I heard you say earlier there is a difference between the comments you've made about McNabb and the ones that Geraldine Ferraro made about Obama. To me, the only difference is that you made a comment about a quarterback on an NFL team that wasn't even in the lead of his conference at the time, and she's making the same exact comments about supposedly, from their side, who's going to be the leader of a free world.
RUSH: Well, I'm glad you called, because I think a lot of people think what you think, and I don't blame you for thinking it. But there is a stark difference between what Mrs. -- and it's "Ms." Ferraro. What's her maiden name? John Zaccaro. Yeah, it should be Mrs. Zaccaro and Ms. Ferraro. But I said "Mrs." Ferraro and it's not wrong because there is no Mr. Ferraro except her dad, and we don't want to go there. What she said about Barack Obama was he wouldn't be anywhere near this presidential race if he were white. Turn it around. He's only here because he's black. I didn't say anything like that about McNabb. I said the media was holding out a little hope for McNabb. They want to build him up because they got a little social justice going on in the sports Drive-Bys, and so they cut black quarterbacks a little slack, if they like them. I never said McNabb was a bad quarterback. I just said he was overrated. I spent a lot of time talking about the talents he does have. I never, ever, said that if he were white, he wouldn't be a quarterback. I never, ever, said that he's only a quarterback because he's black. I did not insult his race at all. I was talking about the Drive-Bys and liberal Democrat social justice. Geraldine Ferraro attacked Obama and said he's not qualified for anything because he's black.
RUSH: Lexington, Kentucky. This is Becky. I'm glad you waited. I appreciate your patience. Hi.
CALLER: Hey there, Rush. How you doing?
RUSH: Good. Thank you.
CALLER: I wanted to make a couple comments about the Ferraro comment.
RUSH: Yes?
CALLER: And again, based on our premise that they have a difficult time looking beyond race, Geraldine Ferraro obviously has a difficult time looking beyond color, because isn't Barack Obama's mother... Wasn't she white?
RUSH: Shh, shh, shh. See, we're not supposed to say that, either. We can't. Look, they're really putting restrictions on us out there, Becky. You can't point that out, because that means he's not all black, he's not black enough. Can't do that. We can't mention that his dad was a (whispers) "Muslim." Can't do it.
CALLER: But he wouldn't be in the position that he is if he was a white man.
RUSH: Yeah. That's what Geraldine Ferraro said.
CALLER: Yes, exactly.
RUSH: But the funniest aspect of this to me is, who is the party that sponsors this kind of stuff?
CALLER: Precisely.
RUSH: They have been telling us that unqualified people merit advancement because they're minorities that have been discriminated against, and now one of them (laughs) wants to take the party away from the Clintons, and guess what? That's not what they had in mind.
CALLER: They certainly had no problem trotting him out at the '04 convention as the rising star of the Democratic Party, did they?
RUSH: Not at all. Good point. They had no idea it was going to lead to this.
CALLER: Exactly. Exactly. And why did they bring him out? Why do you think? To unify and get the black vote.
RUSH: To continue to do that and because... (sigh) I don't even want to answer this. Think back to what Joe Biden said. That's how Joe Biden would answer the question that you asked, and let his words be the ones that you hear. Do you remember that?
CALLER: Uh...
RUSH: "Articulate," Joe Biden said.
CALLER: Oh, that's right.
RUSH: It's good finally we got an articulate black guy in our party running for president. Clean. Clean, articulate. I think they brought him out for exactly what you say. They brought him out for unity and they said to the black population, "Hey, look! Look at what we got here! Look at what we're doing for you. You, too, could be a senator someday and be big in our party."
CALLER: The "rising star."
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: That's what we were fed.
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: The rising star.
RUSH: No question about it, he was.
CALLER: Okay. Fast-forward. If Hillary should steal the nomination and Barack decides not to become the VP --
RUSH: Yeah?
CALLER: -- then what is it going to do to...?
RUSH: I will tell you what will happen. If that happens, you are going to see more black voters stay home and not vote than you've ever seen before, and you're going to see 10 to 20% of them cross over and vote for McCain, and you are going to see... Well, I'm going to stop predicting there. But that's what you will see. People are not going to talk about this. The Drive-Bys are not going to talk about this, but there is rage in the black community over that possibility, and they see it shaping up. They are mad about it.
CALLER: (silence)
RUSH: Are you still there, Beck'?
CALLER: I sure am.
RUSH: Okay. Because your turn to talk now.
CALLER: Oh, okay.
RUSH: You must not have been given a chance to talk much at your house, but here you are. (laughter)
CALLER: (laughter) Well, I'm just kind of awe-struck by talking to you, Rush.
RUSH: No. You're awestruck because... Well, you're not really awestruck. You're just proud that I have given you credit for being brilliant, which you have been.
CALLER: (giggling) Uh, it's because I listen to you all of the time.
RUSH: Is your face turning red?
CALLER: It is! (giggling)
RUSH: (laughter) Mine already was. All right, Becky, thanks. I appreciate it.
CALLER: Thank you.
RUSH: All right. Now, I'm telling you, folks, there is a seething rage out there. It's about... If Hillary gets the nomination, after all of this, Democrats have a lesson to learn over this.


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Volume 72, Issue 10, 15 May 1980
Study of the corrosion of aluminum by CCl4 using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439019View Description Hide Description
Inelastic electron tunnelingspectroscopy (IETS) has been used to determine the molecular species which occur on an aluminumoxide surface during metallic corrosion by carbon tetrachloride. IETS spectra were obtained for CCl4 adsorbed on aluminum oxide and the observed vibration modes were assigned by comparison with infrared and Raman frequencies. Modes were observed which could be associated with the molecular species CCl4, AlCl, AlCl2, AlCl3, ⋅CCl3, C2Cl6, and the complex CCl+ 3[AlCl4]−. These species are those in the reaction sequence proposed by Stern and Uhlig for the corrosion of aluminum by CCl4. The results do not provide information on whether the reaction is chemical or electrochemical in nature. The fact that no modes were observed which would reflect oxygen–carbon bonding, and the presence of a large number of aluminum–chlorine modes suggest that the corrosion mechanism is by reaction of the solvent with exposed aluminum atoms.
Initial vibrational state dependence of resonant excitation and ''dissociative attachment'' in electron–N2 scattering72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439020View Description Hide Description
A beam of vibrationally excited ground state nitrogen molecules has been generated using a microwave discharge. The effect of this vibrational energy on the different decay processes of the A 2Π u state of N− 2 formed by electron impact in the 7–13 eV region has been studied using an electron‐impact spectrometer. Firstly, the ''boomerang'' oscillations occuring in the excitation cross section of the A 3Σ+ u levels increase in amplitude when the initial level is v=1. This effect, as well as the measured cross sections are well described by calculations using the local complex potential model. Secondly, the cross section ratio for the ''dissociative attachment'', process yielding unstable N−(3P) from the v=0 and 1 levels has been evaluated indicating that the vibrational energy has almost no effect. The calculations further indicate that this ratio only rises to 4 when going from v=0 to 4 which is in sharp contrast to H2 where, in the 4 eV region the same amount of vibrational energy increases the dissociative attachment cross section by a factor of 360.
Determination of frequency shifts by Raman difference spectroscopy72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439021View Description Hide Description
The characteristics of the Raman difference spectra which result when one Raman signal arising from a particular chemical species is subtracted from a second Raman signal due to the same species in a different system, have been examined for both Lorentzian and Gaussian band profiles. The mathematical relationships between δ (frequency separation in the difference spectra),d (intensity of difference spectra), Δ (frequency separation between the two Raman spectra),I 0 (Raman band height), and Γ (Raman bandwidth) have been derived. The relationship between the ratios d/I 0 and Δ/Γ is most useful for the determination of very accurate values of Δ, the frequency shift. These can often be determined to within ±0.01 cm−1.
Calculation of molecular polarizabilities using an anisotropic atom point dipole interaction model which includes the effect of electron repulsion72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439022View Description Hide Description
The point dipole interaction model for molecular polarizability recently proposed by Applequist, Carl, and Fung is modified by replacing isotropic atomic point dipoles with anisotropic atomic point dipoles. The modified formalism, which is invariant to coordinate transformations, requires an additional empirical parameter for each atom type (ξ A , the atomic anisotropy constant) and a single, global parameter applicable to all nonconjugated systems (κ, the repulsion exponent). The atomic polarizability tensor in the molecular environment is evaluated as a function of interatomic electron repulsion. This latter quantity is shown to be related to the degree to which bonding diminishes the polarizability of an atomic center in the direction (s) of the covalent bond (s). The anisotropic atom point dipole interaction model generates identical mean molecular polarizabilities as in the isotropic procedures of Applequist e t a l., while reducing the average error in the calculated molecular polarizability components to ∼7%. This error is comparable to experimental uncertainty.
Theoretical studies of energy transfer in disordered condensed media72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439023View Description Hide Description
In this paper we consider energy transfer among impurity molecules in disordered systems. We use the result of Gochanour, Andersen, and Fayer [J. Chem. Phys. 70, 4254 (1979)] for the generalized diffusion coefficient D(t) in terms of the decay function Φ(t), in conjunction with separate calculations of Φ(t) in the pair approximation to compute D(t). Both multipolar and exchange interactions and both short and long time limits are considered. Comparisons to earlier work are made.
Time‐correlation functions for restricted rotational diffusion72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439024View Description Hide Description
The dynamical model of rotational diffusion of rod‐shaped molecules in a conical volume is applied to the calculation of time autocorrelation functions of 1st and 2nd order spherical harmonic functions of the rod's orientation angles. Numerical results are obtained for the various correlation functions as a function of the polar angle ϑ0 within which the molecule's axis is confined. Applications to dielectric relaxation, dynamic light scattering, and fluorescence depolarization experiments are pointed out.
GaSe Faraday rotation near the absorption edge72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439025View Description Hide Description
We measured the optical dispersion of the interband Faraday rotation of GaSe near the absorption edge at the temperature of 298 °K. From our data it is possible to confirm that a direct allowed electronic transition takes place between the valence and the conduction bands in GaSe.
Absorption spectra of heavily Cu+‐doped KCl, SrCl2 and KI crystals72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439026View Description Hide Description
Optical absorption and magnetic circular dichroismspectra have been investigated in heavily Cu+‐doped KCl, SrCl2, and KI crystals (the concentration is more than 0.1 mole%). In KCl, CuCl microcrystal is formed in the annealed crystals and gives rise to two sharp bands in the 350–380 nm region, which are attributable to the Z 1,2 and Z 3exciton bands in the microcrystal by analogy with the Z 1,2 and Z 3exciton bands of pure CuCl crystal. The two bands of the microcrystal shift toward lower energy and approach to the pure CuCl exciton band spectrum with increasing microcrystal size. Similar microcrystal has been suggested to be formed in CuCl‐doped SrCl2, and CuI microcrystal in CuI‐doped KI.
Molecular dynamics simulation of the plastic phase of solid methane72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439027View Description Hide Description
A molecular dynamics (MD) calculation has been carried out for a model of solid methane at a state condition close to the triple point. We have used systems of 32 and 108 molecules interacting via atom–atom potentials. Equilibrium properties such as the configurational energy, pressure, and specific heat have been evaluated and compared where possible with experimental data. The simulated static structure factor has been analyzed assuming that rotational and translational motion can be decoupled and that the rotational structure factor can be developed as a power series in Kubic harmonics. This description is shown to yield a reasonably faithful representation of the structure in the plastic phase. The dynamical structure factor S(Q,ω) has been calculated for selected values of the momentum transfer h/Q. These results have been used to estimate the velocity of sound and hence the elastic constants. The overall agreement of the dynamical properties with experiment is not particularly good, indicating the need for a more refined intermolecular potential.
Extensions of the LSD approximation in density functional calculations72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439028View Description Hide Description
Multiplet splittings of first row and iron series atoms and ions have been calculated using two modifications of the local spin density (LSD) functional approach. (a) The energies of individual states are related to linear combinations of energies calculated from single determinants. (b) The spin dependent part of the functional is constructed to reflect the symmetry between electrons and holes. Agreement with experiment is improved significantly and trends are described remarkably well. There is a general tendency for the LSD approximation to overestimate the relative stability of states with greater p‐ and d‐character and singlet–triplet splittings for s d‐configurations.
Approximating the master equation by Fokker–Planck‐type equations for single‐variable chemical systems72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439029View Description Hide Description
The stochastic evolution of a well stirred chemically reacting system containing a single time‐varying species X is accurately described by the master equation, in which the total number x of X molecules is an i n t e g e r variable. We investigate here the legitimacy of approximating the master equation by a Fokker–Planck type partial differential equation in which x is treated as a r e a l variable. Taking the position that any partial differential equation may be regarded as a legitimate approximation to the master equation if and only if it reduces to the master equation when subjected to a proper discretization procedure, we deduce the following: For the special case in which the various chemical reactions can alter the X molecule population by no more than one molecule at a time, a second order (two term) Fokker–Planck equation suffices. However, for the more general case in which reactions are allowed that alter the X molecule population by two molecules at a time, it is necessary to use at least a fourth order (four term) Fokker–Planck equation. In all cases it is assumed that x is large compared to unity; however, no assumptions are made about the way in which the transition probability rates and the molecular population fluctuations scale with the size of the system.
Perturbation theory for the free energy of two‐center‐Lennard‐Jones liquids72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439011View Description Hide Description
Recently a perturbation theory for molecular liquids using hard dumbbells as reference system was suggested by Kohler e t a l. Here, with a somewhat modified approach, it is shown that this type of perturbation theory yields a nearly accurate equation of state even for the most anisotropic two‐center‐Lennard‐Jones molecules, for which simulation results have been reported. In addition to that, an investigation of the different approximations in this approach is given.
The electronic spectrum of TiN72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439030View Description Hide Description
The electronic spectrum of TiN has been observed in absorption for the first time and has been photographed at high dispersion. From the rotational analysis of a number of bands, new constants have been determined for the X 2Σ, A 2Π and B 2Σ states. The vibrational frequency of the ground state determined from the new measurements disagrees with a previously published value.
Measurement of the rate coefficients for the bimolecular and termolecular ion–molecule reactions of Ne2 + with selected atomic and molecular species72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439031View Description Hide Description
This work reports the measurement of second and third order ion–molecule reactions of diatomic neon ions with eight reactants selected because of their widely varying values of polarizability and dipole moment. In this study Ne2 + destruction frequencies have been experimentally determined from measurements of the selectively excited fluorescence of N2 + in high pressure afterglows of mixed gases excited by intense electron beam discharges. Data have been obtained as functions of neon pressure over the range from 500 to 1500 Torr and as functions of the partial pressure of reactant from 100 to 900 mTorr. From this data pressure dependent rate coefficients have been extracted and subsequently resolved into contributions from second order, bimolecular, and third order, termolecular, components. The bimolecular components have been found to agree with tabulated values appearing in the literature. The sensitivity of the method has been sufficient to detect termolecular components as small as 2×10−30 cm6 sec−1 and values were found to range from 3.5×10−30 cm6 sec−1 for Ar to 10−28 cm6 sec−1 for HBr. A classical approximation to the three‐body capture rate has been evaluated which explains these values in terms of the rates at which third body encounters change glancing collisions into inwardly spiraling orbits. The data reported here are in agreement with this model and indicate that the reaction probabilities in this channel are generally high. The sizes of these termolecular rates suggest their general importance in charge transferreactions in plasmas at atmospheric pressures.
On the vibrational structure in the luminescence spectra of uranium‐activated sodium fluoride crystals72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439032View Description Hide Description
In this paper we report on the luminescenceproperties of three selectively excited uranate centers in sodium fluoride crystals, v i z. the (UO6⋅VF)×, (UO6⋅VF)× p and (UO5F)× centers. The emission transition is assigned to a 4γ7u →12γ8u transition. The emission spectra and the lowest energy band in the excitation spectrum show vibronic patterns associated with two electronic origins due to splitting of the excited electronic states under C 4v symmetry. The relative intensities of the two vibronic patterns are temperature dependent. The temperature dependence of the decay time of the luminescence of the three uranate centers provides information about the transitions involved in the luminescence processes. An analysis of the vibrational structure in the luminescence spectra is presented.
Electron correlation, isoelectronic, isonuclear, spin, and excitation aspects of Politzer–Parr partitioning72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439033View Description Hide Description
The effect of electron correlation on the Politzer–Parr procedure for partitioning the electron density of an atom into core and valence regions is investigated by use of configuration interaction (CI) wave functions. Although the effect is generally small, substantial qualitative differences are observed between the 3, 4, and 6 electron cases. Analytical Hartree–Fock (HF) wave functions are used to reveal the trends in isoelectronic and isonuclear sequences. Correlated wave functions, which explicitly include the interelectronic distance, are used to study the effect of spin and electronic excitation on the populations and dimensions of the core and valence regions in the 1s n sexcited states of He.
The photolytic cage effect of iodine in the gas phase72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439034View Description Hide Description
The laser flash photolysis of iodine has been studied over a wide pressure range in several bath gases. At low pressures the observed quantum yield for photolysis at 6943 Å is independent of the gas density, whereas at higher pressures the quantum yield decreases with increasing gas density. This phenomenon is discussed in terms of the cage effect, and the measured yields are compared with model calculations. The experiments also provide information on the second order rate constants for iodine atom combination.
Mössbauer effect investigations on frozen solutions of 129I2 in p a r a‐ and o r t h o‐xylene72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439035View Description Hide Description
The Mössbauer effect in 129I due to the 27.75 keV gamma The Mössbauer effect in 129I due to the 27.75 eV gamma transition was used to investigate the frozen solutions of I2 in p a r a‐ and o r t h o‐xylene at 20 K temperature. In p‐xylene the electric quadrupole constant and isomer shift were found to be e 2 q Q/h=−2360±20 MHz and δ=0.922±0.002 mm/s, respectively. A nonzero value of the asymmetry parameter η=0.18 was also obtained. In o r t h o‐xylene–I2 complex two sets of octet of Mössbauer lines were observed. The values of e 2 q Q, δ, and η for the two sites of iodine were found to be quite different. The electronic structure of the I2‐organic solvent complexes has been discussed in the light of the charge transfer theory.
Isotope, electric field, and vibrational state dependence of single rotational level lifetimes of S 1 formaldehyde72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439036View Description Hide Description
Additional single rovibronic level lifetimes of S 1 H2CO and D2CO have been measured under collisionless conditions. The H2CO 41 lifetimes vary at least a factor of 150, from 20 nsec to 3.10 μsec. The observed D2CO 41 lifetimes fluctuate about ±20% around a mean value of 6.2 μsec, which is probably close to the pure radiative lifetime. In contrast, the observed D2CO 43 lifetimes vary from 1.09 to 2.46 μsec and the 2143 lifetimes vary from 212 nsec to 1.61 μsec. The onset of rotational state lifetime fluctuations in D2CO thus coincides with the high pressure D2+CO photochemical threshold. All of these results are explained in terms of a collisionless sequential decay mechanism, S1→S0→H2(D2)+CO. The last step probably involves tunneling through a barrier for the lower energies studied. For several H2CO 41 rotational levels application of a uniform external electric field of 0–4.6 kV/cm can change the fluorescence lifetime by at least a factor of 4. This result is understood in terms of small (≲0.05 cm−1) shifts in S1−S0 energy spacings. Quantitative estimates of S1−S0 intramolecular couplings, S0 widths due to dissociation, and S0 level spacings are derived in favorable cases.
Vibrational product state distributions of ion–molecule reactions by infrared chemiluminescence: Cl−+HBr,HI→HCl(v)+Br−,I−72(1980); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439037View Description Hide Description
Initial vibrational product distributions have been obtained for the thermal proton abstraction reactions, Cl−+HBr→HCl(v=0,1)+Br− and Cl−+HI→HCl(v=0,1,2)+I−. The experimental method utilizes detection of infrared chemiluminescence from the products of the ion–molecule reactions in a flowing afterglow. A detailed description of the apparatus design and characteristics is given. The initial relative HCl product vibrational distribution for the reaction Cl−+HI was determined to be N v=1=1.0, N v=2=0.85±0.05. The ratio of the total emission from Cl−+HBr to that from Cl−+HI was measured to be 39±2%. The results suggest substantial disposal of energy into product vibrations in these ion–molecule reactions.


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Reggie Bush: "I have a lot to prove and a lot of football left in me""I still feel good," Bush said. In Reggie Bush's case, that should've already happened. It hasn't. Now, let's be clear. It is to say that for seven seasons, Bush has never been anything more than an average running back. That isn't to say Bush doesn't des… (more)Sources: profootballtalk.com grantland.com
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IOC approves Sochi 2014 Games sports sites
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The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday approved all venue sites for the 2014 Winter Games in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Organizers were forced to relocate some of the sports because of environmental concerns, raising questions over construction deadlines.
"With the approval of biathlon, the IOC today finalized the venue locations... following the decision taken earlier this year to relocate some of the sites because of environmental considerations," the IOC said in a statement.
It said Sochi Games organizers could now move ahead with the planning and construction of the venues, the majority of which need to be built from scratch.
Sochi was awarded the Games last year but delayed the construction of some proposed sites after environmental groups said they would affect nature reserves in the Krasnaya Polyana mountains.
"The new locations for these venues don't just provide the athletes with the best possible facilities, they will also ensure that any environmental impact is kept to a minimum," IOC inspector Jean-Claude Killy said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who personally lobbied for the Games to be given to Russia, urged organizers last month to speed up preparations saying any delays would be "inadmissible."
"All construction work will be completed according to schedule," Games chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said on Tuesday.
"In fact, construction work in several venues within the mountain cluster is ahead of schedule, and construction in the Immeretinskaya Valley will start soon," he said.
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April 2010
Giants' roster almost set
The Giants made nine roster moves Friday, just about setting their opening day roster.
Players optioned to the minors on Friday were pitchers Alex Hinshaw, Kevin Pucetas and Henry Sosa, catcher Buster Posey, infielders Ryan Rohlinger and Matt Downs. All of these players were sent to Triple-A Fresno. The Giants also reassigned non-roster invitees P Felix Romero, SS Brandon Crawford and C Steve Holm to the minors.
That cut the roster to 29 players, but that includes three players expected to open the season on the DL — 2B Freddy Sanchez, IF Emmanuel Burriss and OF Fred Lewis.
The decision on the final roster spot is between pitchers Guillermo Mota and Denny Bautista.
Beyond that, he's the opening day roster
Starting pitchers
Tim Lincecum
Barry Zito
Matt Cain
Jonathan Sanchez
Todd Wellemeyer
Bullpen pitchers
Brian Wilson
Jeremy Affeldt
Sergio Romo
Brandon Medders
Waldis Joaquin
Dan Runzler
Bengie Molina
Eli Whiteside
Aubrey Huff
Travis Ishikawa
Jose Uribe
Edgar Renteria
Pablo Sandoval
Mark DeRosa
Aaron Rowand
Nate Schierholtz
John Bowker
Eugenio Velez
Andres Torres
Spring training: Giants 2, A's 1
The San Francisco Giants arrived home from Arizona on Thursday. However, their bats didn't arrive until the seventh inning on Friday.
After failing to score in the first 15 innings of their series against the Bay Area rivals, the Giants pushed across single runs in the seventh and eighth inning to beat Oakland 2-1 on Friday night.
Matt Cain had another stellar spring outing, giving up one run on three hits over six innings of work. He'll start Wednesday at Houston in the third game of the season.
The Giants' offense came alive, as it were, in the seventh inning when they actually manufactured a run. Bengie Molina had a two-out single to right. Eugenio Velez replaced him as a pinch-runner and stole second. Velez scored on Juan Uribe's double down the left-field line.
In the eighth, John Bowker got things started with a lead-off walk. Bowker worked an 0-2 count into a walk — can we give him the starting RF job on the merit of THAT alone?!?
Ryan Rohlinger sacrificed Bowker to second, and Bowker came home to score on a single by Aaron Rowand.
Three pitchers — Denny Bautista, Guillermo Mota and Waldis Joaquin — pitched three shutout innings. Joaquin was particularly solid, setting down the A's in order in the ninth for the save.
Up next
Jonathan Sanchez will take the hill for the Giants in the series finale at 1:05 p.m. Saturday in Oakland.
Giant notes: Zito's outing bad, not that bad
At first glance, Barry Zito's outing Thursday looked like another hair-pulling, aggravating Zito-esque outing — five runs on seven hits on 74 pitches over three innings.
But there are two things to remember: One, it's still preseason, so it doesn't count; Two, Zito was very close to giving up just one run on Thursday.
That's kind of Zito's M.O. — he walks along a fine line between quality start and implosion.
Let's take a close look at Zito's three innings on Thursday.
In the first inning, things started out well enough, as Zito set down the first two batters he faced. But things began to go bad the way they usually do with Zito, with a two-out walk. Kevin Kouzmanoff followed with an RBI double off the right field wall. But then it looked like Zito would get out of the inning after going 0-2 on Kurt Suzuki. Suzuki turned on a Zito fastball, and ripped it foul down the left-field line. Zito tried to come inside again off the plate, presumably to set up a 1-2 curveball. But it caught too much of the plate and Suzuki yanked it out for a 3-0 lead.
Zito set down the side in order in the second.
Zito gave up two more runs in the third, but the first run was on Zito and the second should have been charged to manager Bruce Bochy.
Coco Crisp led off with a double to left. Zito tried to pick him off second (why???) and threw it away, sending Crisp to third.
Then Bochy decided it best to play the infield in with a runner on third and no one out. The brilliant strategy allowed Rajai Davis to reach on a bloop single that would have been caught by 2B Juan Uribe if he were playing at his normal position.
Davis then stole second and took third on the first out of the inning. With a runner on third and one out, Bochy again played the infield in and Kevin Kouzmanoff singled to left on a ground ball that would have a ground out to short if the infield were playing back.
The A's got two more hits in the inning on balls that were not hit out of the infield before Zito escaped with no more damage.
So basically in the third, Zito gave up a clean double to Crisp and four singles on balls that all should have been outs.
LEWIS DL-BOUND? Fred Lewis appears headed for the DL to start the season with a rib injury that his limiting to little more than running work.
Lewis hit off a tee Thursday and reported he'll need more time to get ready to play.
Bochy said the Giants wouldn't push Lewis and would know more on his status in a couple of days.
Well, we'd hope so since the Giants face at 6 p.m. deadline Saturday to set their 25-man roster for the 2010 season.
Lewis said the injury is keeping him from taking full hacks at the ball, which isn't a lot different from when he's healthy.
And speaking of Lewis, check out this blog post by Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle on Lewis and his OBP. There's been a lot of chatter about how the Giants must keep and play Lewis because his OBP was about 100 points higher than his batting average.
We think Giant fans are just starved for ANYONE in the lineup who can show some plate discipline. But, as Schulman shows, Lewis gets his high walk total by striking out WAY TO MUCH (particularly on called third strikes), not to mention his struggles in the field. Great post Hank.
SANCHEZ DELAYED: Bochy said that 2B Freddy Sanchez won't be ready to begin a minor-league rehab assignment for another 3-4 weeks. That effectively takes Sanchez out of the Giants lineup until May at the earliest. Ugh.
Good thing we've got Juan Uribe.
You know, More Splash Hits, often sits around with bags of ice on his various aches and pains. You think maybe Brian Sabean would be willing to give us a few million to do that?
Spring training: A's 9, Giants 0
Barry Zito called Thursday's outing against the Oakland A's a throw away game. And that's a good idea. Because there wasn't much worth keeping.
The A's jumped on Zito from three runs in the first inning and strolled to a 9-0 win in the opener of a three-game series.
"My timing was off tonight," Zito said. "Just the timing and the delivery, a couple of things I'm going to clean up before the next start."
Good idea, because he's next start his Tuesday in the second game of the regular season in Houston.
Zito needed 74 pitches to get through three innings of work. He gave up five runs on seven hits and walked one. He had four strikeouts.
It wasn't a good night for the Giants offense, who managed just five singles off four A's pitchers — one single each by Travis Ishikawa, Edgar Renteria, Pablo Sandoval, Juan Uribe and John Bowker.
Kevin Pucetas, who had been in the mix for the No. 5 starter spot, came in relief of Zito and didn't fare much better, giving up three runs in 1 2/3 innings of work.
If you were looking for good news, there were scoreless innings of work in relief by Brandon Medders, Jeremy Affeldt and Dan Runzler.
Up next
Matt Cain will go to the mound as the series continues at 7:05 p.m. Friday. MLB Network will carry the game again.
Spring training: Giants, 6, Dodgers 2
The Giants ended spring training in Arizona on as high a note that you can — with a win over the hated Dodgers and a solid outing from ace Tim Lincecum.
Lincecum pitched in a minor league game against the A's Double-A players. He threw 97 pitches, giving up no runs on five singles and four walks in six innings. He also struck out eight. He hit 95 mph on the radar gun.
"I felt like I had the right stuff," Lincecum told the San Jose Mercury News. "The breaking balls, both of them, were good. Change-up was good. Fastballs feel like their getting life on it. I feel ready for the season."
It's a good sign for Giants fans, who had seen stellar outings from Cain, Zito, Sanchez and Wellemeyer, and not Lincecum. But, by all accounts, he looked ready to go next Monday in Houston.
In the game against the Dodgers, Eugenio Velez was 3 for 5 with a triple, run, RBI and stolen base. Juan Uribe hit a home run.
Up next
The Giants broke camp with 38 players still on the roster. That number must be reduced to 25 by Monday. Barry Zito takes the mound as the Giants return home to San Francisco to open a three-game series with the A's. Game time is 7:05 p.m. and it's on MLB Network. Friday night's game, which is expected to feature Matt Cain on the hill, also will be on MLB Network.


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Voice artist Michael J. Schoen narrated the documentary "Tide of Tears: The Collapse of the Cajun Coast", a film that was featured as part of the New York International Film and Video Festival.
As the documentary's website indicates, Tide of Tears isn't just another documentary on Louisiana's land loss. Tide of Tears is the one story that has not yet been told. Once called "the promised land", South Louisiana is a now a land of broken dreams, a place where faith is fading fast. The dire consequences of what may be the greatest man-made disaster in America.
As the wetland washes away, so does the true charm of the region… the Cajun culture. A way of life that has survived more than three hundred years, as distinct and colorful as the landscape itself.
Directed by Stephanie Kovac, and filmed in high definition, Tide of Tears is an in-depth look at a culture teetering on the edge of extinction and a somber expose of what America stands to lose if nothing is done to save it.
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These masks were traditionally worn once a year during Carnival to reverse roles and cross boundaries. Legend has it that during the masked celebrations certain murderous deeds were committed in disguise, as identity was hidden.
I made these images for fun. Indeed, we all laughed a lot during these impromptu shoots.
Guests would come over, or someone would drop by, and I would ask them to choose a mask from my vintage collection, then get them to stand in front of my old 60's school blackboard.
Using my iPhone — in keeping with the spontaneity and immediacy of the concept — the shoot would be over and done within a few minutes, somewhere between drinks and dinner, or after dessert. My masks are full of imperfections just like a human face, so they seem to fuse with the person wearing them. The fixed and frozen expression poised on a human form is at once disturbing and fascinating. The body language suddenly takes on more importance with the face hidden, and every angle seems to reveal a different aspect of the mask. The two elements become one.
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I cover Texas Tech women's basketball and high school softball.
The former Tech star was named the head baseball coach at Waco High School on Friday and will continue being an assistant coach for the football team.
Cox finished the race in 2 minutes, 19.85 seconds, which ranked 66th among the 113 total swimmers in the 200 IM.
Madisyn Cox will get her first of what she hopes are several shots at cracking the U.S. Olympic team.
There aren't many football players that can relate with Texas Tech signee J.J. Lollar, who is blind in his right eye.
Texas Tech's 17 athletic programs are all in good academic standing, according to the latest academic progress reports released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Texas Tech's non-revenue sports were wholly unaffected by the failures of the four flagship programs during the last school year.
Gene Darr had one interception during the three seasons he lettered at Texas Tech, so it's not difficult for the former defensive tackle to remember the details of the play.
Sanchez was one of many area softball standouts playing in the Greater West Texas Softball Coaches Association All-Star Game, an annual showcase for the area's top senior talent.
The 2012 season was perhaps the most successful one for high school softball in Lubbock.
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