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Gainward and Gigabyte GeForce GT 220
Based on the more advanced GT216 processor, the GeForce GT 220 occupies the next step in Nvidia's line-up of DirectX 10.1-compatibles. This model is represented by two products in this review: a Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI and a Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB.
The box with the Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI is larger than the box of the above-discussed Gigabyte GV-N210OC-512I, but is designed in the same way. The only addition is the text about the use of an 80mm fan.
This time around, the memory type is indicated correctly. The card indeed comes with DDR3. Inside the box there is a foam-rubber tray that protects the graphics card from any hazards during transportation and storage. The accessories are even fewer than those included with the Gigabyte GV-N210OC-512I: a user manual, an installation guide, and a disc with drivers.
We found no cables or adapters in the box.
Gainward's version comes in a miniature box that is as compact as the Gigabyte GV-N210OC-512I's. The company's traditional picture of an angel, this time in orange tones, is used in the box design.
There is more useful information here than on the Gigabyte card. Besides the type and amount of graphics memory, you can learn what connectors the card has, what DirectX version it supports, and what tech process its GPU was manufactured on. Besides the graphics card, packed into a blister wrap, the box contains a quick installation guide and a disc with drivers.
As you can see, neither card comes with gorgeous accessories as both belong to the bottom market segment. They do not need any adapters, though. You don't have to connect an external power cable while each card has a full selection of native connectors including HDMI. Now, let's see how they are designed.
The two versions of the GeForce GT 220 from Gigabyte and Gainward look completely different. The single thing they share is that both use non-reference PCBs and coolers and both are very compact. The full-height form-factor does not allow using these cards in low-profile system cases.
The Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI differs from Nvidia's reference sample more than the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB which deflects from the reference design in details only. The Gigabyte version obviously has a more advanced cooling system with an 80mm fan installed on a rather massive heatsink. The Gainward is equipped with a smaller heatsink and a 60mm fan.
Each heatsink is fastened to the PCB with four spring-loaded screws, but Gainward's cooler also has two plastic bars that prevent misalignment. The graphics core of the Gigabyte card does not have this kind of protection. It was easy to take the coolers off. Here is what we saw then:
Gainward's card is populated more uniformly. The top right part of the Gigabyte's PCB is almost empty. The Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI's 2-phase GPU voltage regulator uses low RDS (on) MOSFETs and is controlled by an uPI Semiconductor uP6205. The memory voltage regulator has only one phase with three MOSFETs and is controlled by an uP6161 chip.
The power system of the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB follows a 2+1 design, too, but the controllers are located on the reverse side of the PCB while the regulators are placed on both side of the PCB. The GPU and memory voltage regulators are controlled by uP6210 and uP6161 chips, respectively.
Each card carries 8 DDR3 memory chips: Hynix H5TQ1G63BFR-12C on the Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI and Samsung K4W1G1646E-HC12 on the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB.
The memory chips have identical specs, however: a capacity of 1Gb (16Mb x 64), a voltage of 1.5V, and a rated frequency of 800 (1600) MHz. Each graphics card has a local memory bank with a capacity of 1 gigabyte and a 128-bit memory bus. The reference GeForce GT 220 has a memory frequency of 790 (1580) MHz and the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB has the same. Unlike them, the Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI has a slightly pre-overclocked memory frequency of 800 (1600) MHz. The resulting difference in memory bandwidth is negligible, though.
Both cores have the same marking, but the sample installed on the Gainward card is somewhat younger. It was made on the 21st week of this year while the GPU of the Gigabyte card was manufactured on the 25th week. Note that the graphics core of the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB has a plastic protective frame. The GT216 die is compact at less than 100 sq. millimeters but its specs are far from impressive, either. As we noted above, the GT216 is in between the G94 and the G96 in specifications, having 48 shader processors, 16 texture-mapping units and 8 RBEs. These resources are too scanty for modern heavy applications like Crysis Warhead or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, but should be enough for simple games, high-definition video and PhysX acceleration.
The reference GT216-based card has main and shader domain frequencies of 625 and 1360MHz, but both reviewed versions are pre-overclocked: the Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI is pre-overclocked to 720/1566MHz and the Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB, to 645/1403MHz. The GeForce GT 220 can be used for playing undemanding games, so this overclocking may prove to be of some practical worth.
Both cards have the same connectors: DVI-I, HDMI and D-Sub. They do not support SLI and have no connector for S/PDIF. As we said above, the new 40nm GPUs from Nvidia can receive audio via PCI Express. This implementation of audio-over-HDMI is not as handy and universal as the integrated audio core of the Radeon HD series GPUs, but it is better than Nvidia's previous implementation which was limited to the capabilities of the S/PDIF interface.
Overall, the Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1GI and Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB seem to be equals in terms of specifications and performance even considering the pre-overclocked frequencies of the former card. The Gigabyte card has a better cooler, though. The large heatsink with an 80mm fan brings a promise of lower noise and higher cooling performance. Like every theoretical supposition, this one needs checking out in practice. That's what we are going to do in the next section of the review.


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After nine long years of waiting, the NHL Playoffs have made their return to the Air Canada Center, and the entire city of Toronto is buzzing.
Talk shows are discussing who the Leafs would prefer to play. The Boston Bruins offer a tough, gritty opponent who has pretty much owned the Leafs souls for the better part of a half decade. The Montreal Canadiens are the sentimental favorite to play the Leafs and likely offer the Leafs the best chance to advance in the playoffs.
Other than them, the Washington Capitals offer the Leafs the best matchup going forward. Alex Ovechkin has been unstoppable lately, but in a seven game series, their deficiencies in goal and on the back end defending could come to the forefront. However, Ovechkin could likely carry the Capitals past the Leafs despite those downfalls in the Capitals attack.
Here are five expectations I am setting for the Leafs for this playoff season. I'm setting them rather low because I'd rather not expect too much and get disappointed.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers open up their 2010 season at Heinz Field this Sunday against an up and coming Atlanta Falcons team.
The Falcons have a potentially potent offense with Matt Ryan, Michael Turner, Roddy White, and Tony Gonzalez as well as a talented defense which features players such as John Abraham, Mike Peterson, and Dunta Robinson.
It is also a team that is hungry for a return trip to the playoffs.
Pittsburgh will face a challenge within their own roster as they will start Dennis Dixon.
Dixon, who earned the starting job after Ben Roethlisberger was suspended and Byron Leftwich injured, will only be making his second-career start.
While he is inexperienced, Dixon has a ton of talent and will be one of the keys if the Steelers want to win this Sunday.


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I was curious, when I came in the shack this morning, what had happened to the weather station. From 0300 onwards, it had shifted its time by 2 minutes for when it saves a data set. I peered at the console at noticed that the time had been synched to DCF77 (because it's a Swiss made device).
Either DCF77 has been off the air since I installed the weather station in April, or conditions have improved to allow reception. If you're active at VLF, it might be worth testing the good conditions theory!


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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter won't need until 2013 to play. In fact, he's ready to dominate right now.
Carpenter is coming off surgery to fix his thoracic outlet syndrome, which many expected would have prevented him from pitching at all this season.
But the Cardinals ace surprisingly returned to the mound on Friday in a 5-4 loss in extra innings against the Chicago Cubs.
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SAN MARCOS (AP) - Over the objections of media lawyers, a county judge Monday closed a hearing and sealed search warrants in the case of four Wimberley Junior High School students accused of planning to bomb their school.
Hays County Court-at-Law Judge Howard S. Warner II refused to lift a gag order preventing lawyers and others from speaking about the case.
Warner said it was in "the best interest of the children and the community" to keep the proceedings closed. Later that morning at a closed hearing, he ruled that the four boys should remain in juvenile detention.
Lawyers for three newspapers and a television station asked Warner to open hearings and records in the case and reverse a gag order he placed on all parties involved.
Paul Watler, representing The Dallas Morning News, the Austin American-Statesman and Dallas television station WFAA, said withholding information about the case does a disservice to the public.
"They are left to only speculate and rely on rumors and secondhand information and so forth," Watler said.
Mark Cannan, a lawyer for the San Antonio Express-News, said disseminating information about the case could help parents, teachers and others learn more about spotting potentially troubled students.
"I think public awareness of what is going on in our schools and what is going on with our children is really important so those signals aren't missed," Cannan said.
Watler and Cannan said they expect to appeal the judge's decision.
Lawyers representing the students and Hays County prosecutors argued Monday to keep the case closed to the public. The judge said it was "rare and unusual" for the defense and prosecutors to be on the same side of an issue.
Hays County Assistant District Attorney Cathy Compton presented a petition with about 110 signatures from Wimberley residents. It stated that they object to "unwanted media attention" and asked for continued closure of the case to protect the town's children.
"Juveniles are special," Compton said. "They have statutorily mandated specific protections."
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Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on Tuesday and Friday. This week, we dive into to an equally vexing question about the Bible from Chris:
Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on Tuesday and Friday. This week, we dive into to an equally vexing question about the Bible from Chris:
Questions That Haunt Christianity came back with a vengeance this week. Wow. I'm especially grateful to William Birch, who asked the question, for being so engaged in the comment section — you should go read them all.
William's question was:
If God hates homosexuality so much, then why won't He deliver me from it?
Many commenters took exception to the way that William posed the question. They didn't like the "If…then…" formula, because if you reject the conditional clause at the beginning, then there's nothing else to talk about. But everyone worked through that, since this is obviously a personal and haunting question for William (and many others).
For beginners, I'm going to agree with premises that William stated in the comment section. Even though I don't necessarily wholeheartedly affirm these premises, they're essential to answering the question in the way that William intends it:
With those as background, here's my response:
After a summer vacation, the Questions That Haunt Christianity series is back. Readers pose questions – you can submit your questions here – I post the the question on Tuesday, readers comment throughout the week, and I take my crack at an answer on Friday. Nothing I've undertaken in my career has so sharpened my skills as a practical theologian, so I'm excited (and daunted) by a new season of QTH.
To start the new season of QTH, we've got a brief, but anguished and personal question, from William:
We're just a couple weeks away from a new season of The Questions That Haunt Christianity, my ongoing series that attempts to tackle the toughest questions of the faith. I've got a queue of questions left over from last year, but now's the time to submit new questions. I don't answer in the order that questions come in. Instead, I scroll through questions and pick one that grabs my attention.
And, if you'd like to see the questions that have already been answered, check out my ebook of former questions and answers:
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Friday, 11 November 2016 2:23pm
The Department of Marine Science is a multidisciplinary department with research strengths in both biological and physical marine sciences. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees focusing on pure and applied research in marine science, oceanography and aquaculture.
We have dedicated research facilities around the South Island of New Zealand (Otago Harbour, Stewart Island and Fiordland), but our staff and students conduct their research everywhere from Fiji to Antarctica.
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Inspiring words from our awarding winning paleo-oceanographer
Congratulations to our Division of Sciences Awards winners:
Giving it Back: A Master of water and fire
|Fede Baltar for Outstanding Early Career Teacher
Sally Carson for Community Engagement by General Staff
Ocean Acidification Research Theme (Abby and Miles on Steering Committee) for the Research Group of the Year.
|While waiting to head out for a fortnight at sea, the Master of Otago research vessel Polaris II Bill Dickson takes the time to become the focus of the first profile in the Bulletin Board's new volunteer series "Giving it Back", dedicated to staff who share their skills and time with the community. Read more ...
December 2015 Ocean Acidification Expedition to White Island Whakaari
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Congratulations to Lindsay Wickman and Tamlyn Somerford
Congratulations Steve Dawson and Liz Slooten
|They were each awarded a University of Otago Marine Science Postgraduate Award to support their research.
|Prof Steve Dawson (marine science) and Prof Liz Slooten (zoology) were jointly awarded the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society's inaugural John Morton Medal.
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Usually at the start of the New Year I have been planning and plotting my goals, and am super amped to start the New Year off right. We all know how that goes for most people. I wouldn't say I fizzle, really. I always keep my eye on the prize. But things never work out exactly as planned, and unfortunately I'm pretty unrealistic about how much one person can accomplish in any given amount of time.
For some reason, this year, I didn't even give my goals a single thought. Maybe it was because I was trying to live in the moment with my children and family. Maybe it's because I'm so fucking tired of plotting and planning. Worrying and…worrying. I just don't have it in me to be amped. All I have is enough for me to moving forward. Cautiously optimistic.
Like many bloggers, I really wanted to write about all of the fabulous goals I have for myself. I have pondered what I would say in this post for several days, and basically I had come up with nothing until I sat down to write it. I was going to write about how I have no goals!
But that is not completely true. Of course I have goals, but nothing I want to really write about. None of them have any deep meaning. They are not particularly life changing. They are just regular old career, family, and healthy living goals. Boring.
As I began thinking through having no exciting goals to write about, and as I thought over my brainstorming process in the last week it became very clear that my number one goal should be to just keep moving forward. Keep a positive attitude. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Keep swinging at all the shit that is thrown my way. Dig out from the trenches when I get buried. Move forward. Onward. Upward.
It was a trifecta of signs that helped lead me to my goal. First of all, on New Year's Day, I think on Headline News, they had some 'expert' talking about how you should identify only a couple of goals for the New Year, and those goals should be taken at most a week at a time. They should also include some room for setbacks. I think this is so obvious that it's one of those things that needs to be spelled out for people. We are so hard on ourselves. We don't give ourselves any breathing room to make mistakes, learn, grow.
The second sign was from a vlog post by Audra Silva where she describes her one word goal for the New Year: Intention. While I could relate to her goal to live with intention as a way to accomplish goals rather than abandoning them, what really struck me was the simplicity of having one word to describe how you would like to live your life. One word, one goal, to live with intention.
The last sign was yesterday, and the one that after some thought really lead me to identify moving forward as my number one goal, came from my friend Jenn in response to a post on Facebook. I had posted "I'm still trying to decide what my 2013 goals are. What are yours?" The conversation went like this:
Jenn: "I have always been terrible with goals. Or planning my future. I kind of just take it as it comes and if I want something to happen I just make it happen. Usually semi-spontaneously. Good luck with yours!"
Me: "I think that is why I'm having a hard time. I just need to keep trucking along!"
Jenn: "Some people do not need goals to get/do what they want. Don't beat yourself up over it."
And you know, she is totally right. Not just about goals, but the fact that I didn't even realize I was beating myself up over it. I was stressing over not being able to identify unrealistic goals. How lame.
The afterthought of all of this comes from the Jason Mraz song, "I'm Yours." I'm brought back to this song a lot in my life, for a lot of reasons, but in this case it's the line, "Open up your plans, and damn, you're free!"
As a planner and plotter who gets bogged down in the 'what-if's' and 'what's next's' this is something that had not come easily, but hopefully in 2013 I will be able to open up my plans and keep moving forward.


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William Neale Malloy, fell asleep in death on June 19, 2013, at home with family beside him, after an extended illness.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m., Saturday at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green St., Parkersburg, W.Va., with Minister James Long officiating. Visitation one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
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The Islanders made official what Arthur Staple reported earlier today: Matt Donovan's up. For Bridgeport, it's basically an Aaron Ness for Donovan swap. Scott Pellerin, after they skated at Scope late this afternoon, said he's had good talks with the Islanders' staff about Ness; "he's been playing very well. We've got to get him back to playing at that level, to get him back to playing in the NHL."
Donovan returns to the Island after 14 points in 17 games here. "He's been playing very well for us," Pellerin said. "He's been working on his consisistency and the parts of his game he needs to continue to do well, at our level and also in the NHL. It's an opportunity for him to go out and prove he can play at that level."
On the Cantin suspension, Pellerin noted the automatic review on a match penalty. "As a group, we were a little upset. The play happens so fast," he said. "It's a sucker pass. His teammate threw it through the middle of the ice. Cantin comes over and finishes his check. In this day and age, you're responsible for your hits. … It's unfortunate the player was injured. With the match penalty, obviously, the league came down with a decision, and we'll accept it and move on."
The suspension leaves them with six healthy and available defensemen; not knowing what was coming until they'd left for Norfolk, they didn't bring somebody in as a seventh. "If something has to be done, we'll do it," Pellerin said. "I'm confident in the group we have."
Otherwise, basically what was available to them Tuesday is available to them Friday (at the moment, at least). Justin Johnson is eligible to come back Saturday.
Looking down the road: Lindsay Kramer got a copy of the Olympic break transactions rules. If I'm reading them correctly, it appears that only the Islanders guys who've played a decent amount both up and down would be eligible to play here during the break, and that only if they don't play 16 of the last 20 Islanders games before the break (a period that begain Tuesday in Boston).
The weather scrapped Jonathan Quick's rehab assignment this weekend, the L.A. Times reports.
Good reads on the Olympic selection process from ESPN and Kevin Allen of USA Today, who got to sit in on the discussions.
And RIP, Bob Grant and Jay Traynor.


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The 18th Annual Summer Fling
We are set for Rain or Shine!
1st Event ever on the Mall St. Mathews Parking Structure 2nd Floor. Come enjoy live music under the stars! Dancing, Full Bar (2x bigger) with Beer, Wine, Mixed Drinks, expanded Food Court! Fantastic, fun crowd, all for a GREAT cause! Cabo Wabo Picture Frames available for your photo opportunities! Come early, food on hand, bring a chair!
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2015
Time: 7:00pm til 1:00am
Place: Mall St. Mathews
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Featuring: V-Groove with Old School
Benefits: Community Clubhouse, Inc.
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You are invited and we hope you can attend to help the children. This will be Cabo Wabo's 51st event. It is being held to the benefit of The Community Clubhouse. They help kids who do not have the family resources to help them succeed and proceed through the classroom. The Clubhouse gives children a venue to bring themselves up to grade level. This allows them to gain self respect and likely future success. The volunteers at the Community Clubhouse are saving kids and their families, one at a time. The Community Clubhouse is operated by all volunteers and has NO PAYROLL. Their resources are stretched ever so thin because all of the volunteers tutor one on one with the kids. This leaves very little time for reaching out to the community for needed funds. Then you add a waiting list of over 50 kids. You can do the math. This is one the most deserving "in need" groups we have ever had the pleasure to work with. One that you can really make a difference with. The Clubhouse runs on under $20,000 a year, with a good deal of their funding coming from the volunteers themselves. They deserve our help! You helped at our event last January for Down Syndrome of Louisville to receive some serious funds. I hope you will again, as you have fifty times before, help out. This time is different, they need funds now. If you can and feel the desire, please send some love and money to the Community Clubhouse. They are a 501-c-3, so your donations are tax deductible. Also, if you would like to help out by volunteering, or if you have a student in need of community service hours, here is a deserving charity. They are already working on the next academic year starting this fall.


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On school!During the summer I didn't get the full picture of what it feels like to be totally EXHAUSTED. Whenever I felt weak or bleh during the day I could just throw myself back into bed and forget about it, but now at school from 7:20 to 2:20 every day I'm trying to learn to cope with it and get through the day. It's so remarkably different from last year. I didn't feel ANYWHERE near this... blah (I can't think of another word for it?). So, it's going to take adjusting but I think I can do it. I'm considering telling my teachers that I'm taking medication that makes me tired and stuff but not go into it any further than that - just so I can maybe get some understanding/patience with them and stuff. All of my teachers so far seem REALLY nice so I don't think there will be a problem. :) I also have some old teachers that I'm friends with that would be more than happy to spend time with me afterschool or something if I feel like I'm falling behind. I'm way beyond determined to make this year work.Anyway, Monday was the first day, and it was odd. The new batch of freshmen seemed so tiny and confused. I can't remember ever being like that (I'm a junior this year). I did my part in initiation by directing a few newbs to the opposite side of the school when they asked directions. Hey, it happened to me. It's life!They'll do it when they're juniors/seniors, too. Tradition, people!By the way, this year there are exactly nine hundred and twenty six freshmen. There are about 690 sophomores, 730 juniors and 700 or so seniors. You do the math. There are easily over 3000 kids in my highschool. The graduating senior class last year was 500 or something like that. Think about how many extras we got. The hallways are SO claustrophobic. Near the lunchroom/security office it is SO crowded that when walking through I feel like I'm going to pass out. You can feel people pressing in on you from all sides, and it's still quite humid out so that factor added in makes it almost unbearable. First period is algebra 2 with a teacher I had last year. It's fantastic. I enjoy the material, I love the teacher, the students in the class are quiet and not distracting. Perfect for the morning. I'm very pleased. Second period is creative writing I. I have a very angry butch lesbian for a teacher. but the class seems interesting and to be honest, she doesn't seem all that mean. plus the class is SMALL and theyre all into writing so I know I'm going to enjoy it.third period is environmental science. This week it'll be changed to an AP (advanced placement) class where I could maybe get some scholarships from at the end of the year from the dreaded AP test. fourth period i either have a science lab a study hall or gym. depending on the day. gym seems to be atrocious. note to self: find a way out of swimmingfifth is art 3. horrific teacher, horrific class, boring material. i may drop it. ill decide by next week. =/ i could use some advice on this one. everyone has told me they would shoot me if i drop art altogether because they think im a good artist, but it's such torture for me, and it's an elective, and i'm not interested in the material, and dont wish to go into art as a career.should I drop it?bahanyway, sixth is british literature. whicih will soon be an honors class once they stop fucking my schedule upseven is world history. ADORE THE TEACHER. also an honors class. VERY interested. the students in the class are irritating though. but generally nice to me! which is surprisingeight is spanish 3. tediously boring, but i already promised myself i'd take four years of spanish in highschool.and then college prep geometry last period. the teacher has been sick, it's a class with a bunch of sophomores and one other junior (a friend of mine, luckily) but I think I'm going to hate it with a passion.now for some pictures for your viewing enjoyment!:me - exhausted and with wet hair on the first day of school before the bus came and got methe dreaded alg 2 book. fear it as you know you should.the pink thing on the right is my planner - yes, i'm that gay.my bag. with stuff in it. and pocket wombat protecting it!the buttons on my bookbag. I LOVE them.the WHOLE bookbag. yes it's very nice. I know. and heavy. D:
Hang in there, Mouse! You've got your whole life ahead of you. Wait 'til college where you can plan your allotment of absences strategically. It's like putting together a puzzle for the semester. I'm glad you have such great teachers.HUGS!!!!brother joe
Hello Jaser, It is good to hear that your schooling has started off on the right foot. Remember to apply yourself in your classes and make the best of it. Enjoy your school year. Have the BEST Day.
Ok, Mouse, so, please DO NOT DROP SPANISH CLASS....It will prove really helpful In Ibiza (Spain) when you are 21..believe me..A lot of cute guys!!!!! :D :DAnd remember I am here to help you with homeworkAlex
Good to hear that you are getting started off on the right foot.From the work I have seen from you, I think you are a great artist. If you stop drawing, it will be difficult to pick it back up when you are older. I speak from experience. I was once an artist at your age, and stopped doing it from some stupid reason. Now I regret it, because the pencil feels foreign in my hand.What would you take to replace Art if you drop it? Anything else catch your fancy?As for you being exhausted, just take it a day at a time and get your rest as you see fit. Your body probably got used to you being able to lie down and catch a few z's during the summer. Hopefully, your stamina will come back up.Take care, Mouse.
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Diarylethene microcrystals make directional jumps upon ultraviolet irradiation126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2429061View Description Hide Description
Microcrystals of a diarylethene undergo jumps upon photoirradiation. These photochromic crystals present molecular structural changes upon irradiation with ultraviolet light because of reversible photocyclization reactions. When the energy absorbed by crystals reaches about , the uniaxial stress induced in the crystal lattice relaxes through directional jumps. If one prevents crystals from jumping, then parallel, equidistant cracks appear on crystal surfaces. These photomechanical effects could result from a Grinfeld surface instability.
The nature of the electronic state of : A multiconfigurational study126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2429060View Description Hide Description
Multiconfigurational second order perturbation theory, with extended atomic basis sets and inclusion of scalar relativistic effects, was employed to investigate the low-lying electronic states of . The state is represented by a single configuration, , derived from a single excitation from the ground state, which defines its electronic nature. A new excited state, coined as , , located above the state, and described by the electronic configuration, was also identified.
A thermochemically competitive local hybrid functional without gradient corrections126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2429058View Description Hide Description
Following the suggestion of local hybrid functionals with position-dependent exact-exchange admixture [J. Jaramillo, G. E. Scuseria, and M. Ernzerhof, J. Chem. Phys.118, 1068 (2003)], a functional that mixes only local and exact exchange plus local correlation has been constructed. With a simple local mixing function for the position dependence, this Lh-SVWN functional provides atomization energies for the G2-1 set that are competitive with currently available state-of-the-art functionals like, e.g., B3LYP. This is achieved without generalized gradient approximations for exchange or correlation.
One photon two electron excitations between doubly excited states of helium126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2429057View Description Hide Description
Variational calculations using Hylleraas coordinates have been performed for the first time for estimating the energies of state of helium for . We predict absorption peaks at , , and for the series converging to ionization threshold of which can be expected to be observed in the experiment of single photon double excitation of lowest state of helium placed in synchrotron radiation.
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Canonical sampling through velocity rescaling126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2408420View Description Hide Description
The authors present a new molecular dynamics algorithm for sampling the canonical distribution. In this approach the velocities of all the particles are rescaled by a properly chosen random factor. The algorithm is formally justified and it is shown that, in spite of its stochastic nature, a quantity can still be defined that remains constant during the evolution. In numerical applications this quantity can be used to measure the accuracy of the sampling. The authors illustrate the properties of this new method on Lennard-Jones and TIP4P water models in the solid and liquid phases. Its performance is excellent and largely independent of the thermostat parameter also with regard to the dynamic properties.
Estimation of absolute solvent and solvation shell entropies via permutation reduction126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2400220View Description Hide Description
Despite its prominent contribution to the free energy of solvated macromolecules such as proteins or DNA, and although principally contained within molecular dynamics simulations, the entropy of the solvation shell is inaccessible to straightforward application of established entropy estimation methods. The complication is twofold. First, the configurational space density of such systems is too complex for a sufficiently accurate fit. Second, and in contrast to the internal macromolecular dynamics, the configurational space volume explored by the diffusive motion of the solvent molecules is too large to be exhaustively sampled by current simulation techniques. Here, we develop a method to overcome the second problem and to significantly alleviate the first one. We propose to exploit the permutation symmetry of the solvent by transforming the trajectory in a way that renders established estimation methods applicable, such as the quasiharmonic approximation or principal component analysis. Our permutation-reduced approach involves a combinatorial problem, which is solved through its equivalence with the linear assignment problem, for which methods exist. From test simulations of dense Lennard-Jones gases, enhanced convergence and improved entropy estimates are obtained. Moreover, our approach renders diffusive systems accessible to improved fit functions.
Performance of density functionals for first row transition metal systems126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2406071View Description Hide Description
This article investigates the performance of five commonly used density functionals, B3LYP, BP86, PBE0, PBE, and BLYP, for studying diatomic molecules consisting of a first row transition metal bonded to H, F, Cl, Br, N, C, O, or S. Results have been compared with experiment wherever possible. Open-shell configurations are found more often in the order . However, on average, 58 of 63 spins are correctly predicted by any functional, with only small differences. BP86 and PBE are slightly better for obtaining geometries, with errors of only . Hybrid functionals tend to overestimate bond lengths by a few picometers and underestimate bond strengths by favoring open shells. Nonhybrid functionals usually overestimate bondenergies. All functionals exhibit similar errors in bondenergies, between 42 and . Late transition metals are found to be better modeled by hybrid functionals, whereas nonhybrid functionals tend to have less of a preference. There are systematic errors in predicting certain properties that could be remedied. BLYP performs the best for ionization potentials studied here, PBE0 the worst. In other cases, errors are similar. Finally, there is a clear tendency for hybrid functionals to give larger dipole moments than nonhybrid functionals. These observations may be helpful in choosing and improving existing functionals for tasks involving transition metals, and for designing new, improved functionals.
Model colloidal fluid with competing interactions: Bulk and interfacial properties126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2405355View Description Hide Description
Using a simple mean fielddensity functional theory(DFT), the authors investigate the structure and phase behavior of a model colloidal fluid composed of particles interacting via a pair potential which has a hard core of diameter , is attractive Yukawa at intermediate separations, and is repulsive Yukawa at large separations. The authors analyze the form of the asymptotic decay of the bulk fluid correlation functions, comparing results from DFT with those from the self-consistent Ornstein-Zernike approximation (SCOZA). In both theories the authors find rich crossover behavior, whereby the ultimate decay of correlation functions changes from monotonic to long wavelength damped oscillatory decay on crossing certain lines in the phase diagram or sometimes from oscillatory to oscillatory with a longer wavelength. For some choices of potential parameters the authors find, within the DFT, a line at which the fluid becomes unstable with respect to periodic density fluctuations. SCOZA fails to yield solutions for state points near such a line. The propensity towards clustering of particles, which is reflected by the presence of a long wavelength slowly decaying oscillatory pair correlation function, and a structure factor that exhibits a very sharp maximum at small but nonzero wave numbers, is enhanced in states near the line. The authors present density profiles for the planar liquid-gas interface and for fluids adsorbed at a planar hard wall. The presence of a nearby transition gives rise to pronounced long wavelength oscillations in the one-body density profiles at both types of interface.
Assessment of the exchange-correlation functionals for the physical description of spin transition phenomena by density functional theory methods: All the same?126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2406067View Description Hide Description
This study aims to assess present day density functionals in the description of spin crossover iron(II) complexes. Two recently synthesized spin crossover complexes were considered. Theoretical calculations were made using 53 of the most popular exchange-correlation density functionals with triple zeta plus polarization quality basis sets. The present work shows that even though different density functionals can lead to different energy gaps between spin states, most of them are very similar for these two compounds when a comparison between energy gaps is sought. The present work shows that even though different exchange correlations can lead to different energy gaps between spin states, the difference between these gaps calculated at different geometries and that calculated at a given reference geometry is surprisingly independent of the choice of functional. The reasons for the similarities and the differences among exchange and correlation functional combinations are discussed.
Do intense electromagnetic fields annihilate∕create conical intersections?126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2423009View Description Hide Description
In this article the authors relate the possibility that an intense electric field affects topological features of a molecular system. For this purpose they studied a model based on the Mathieu equation. They found that such a field may affect the spatial distribution of the nonadiabatic coupling terms but not the position of the intersections. In other words an intense electric field does not create or annihilate conical intersections. It is shown that this conclusion is valid as long as the field is an analytic function of the coordinates in the region of interest. These findings can be extended to magnetic fields (or electromagnetic fields) as long as they are analytic functions in the region of interest.
Polarizability and second hyperpolarizability evaluation of long molecules by the density functional theory with long-range correction126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2428291View Description Hide Description
Polarizabilities and second hyperpolarizabilities of polyacetylene and a hydrogen chain are evaluated by density functional theory(DFT) using a hybrid generalized gradient approximation functional with correct long-range electron-electron interactions. The well known catastrophic overestimate of the hyperpolarizabilities for molecular systems of enhanced length is corrected by the two-electron repulsion operator decomposition technique, integrating the distance-dependent nonlocal exchange effects for long-range interaction, while neither the asymptotically corrected exchange functional for long-range interaction nor ordinary hybrid methods seem to be capable of overcoming the serious drawback of the DFT in polarizability/hyperpolarizability evaluation.
New implementation of second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory with an analytic Slater-type geminal126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2403853View Description Hide Description
The author introduces a new method for the exchange commutator integrals in explicitly correlated Møller-Plesset second order perturbation theory. The method is well suited with an analytic Slater-type geminal correlation factor. He also explains the scheme for auxiliary integrals needed for the correlation factor. Based on different Ansätze, he analyzes the performance of the method on correlation energies and reactionenthalpies in detail.
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Relativistic coupled-cluster calculations of parity nonconservation in by the sum-over-states approach126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2404664View Description Hide Description
The authors present the results of their calculation for the parity nonconserving transition in using the relativistic coupled-cluster theory in the singles, doubles, and partial triples approximation. The contributions from the leading intermediate states are explicitly considered. It is found that the largest contribution comes from the state. Their results are in reasonable agreement with other calculations.
Hard-wall potential function for transport properties of alkali metal vapors126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2403879View Description Hide Description
This study demonstrates that the transport properties of alkali metals are determined principally by the repulsive wall of the pair interaction potential function. The (hard-wall) Lennard-Jones (LJ) (15-6) effective pair potential function is used to calculate the transport collision integrals. Accordingly, reduced collision integrals of K, Rb, and Cs metal vapors are obtained from the Chapman-Enskog solution of the Boltzmann equation. The law of corresponding states based on the experimental transport reduced collision integral is used to verify the validity of a LJ(15-6) hybrid potential in describing the transport properties. LJ(8.5-4) potential function and a simple thermodynamic argument with the input data of liquid metals provide the required molecular potential parameters. Values of the predicted viscosity of monatomic alkali metal vapor are in agreement with typical experimental data with average absolute deviations of 2.97% for K in the range of , 1.69% for Rb, and 1.75% for Cs in the range of . In the same way, the values of predicted thermal conductivity are in agreement with experiment within 2.78%, 3.25%, and 3.63% for K, Rb, and Cs, respectively. The LJ(15-6) hybrid potential with a hard-wall repulsion character conclusively predicts the best transport properties of the three alkali metal vapors.
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Liquid-vapor transition of systems with mean field universality class126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2405353View Description Hide Description
We have considered a system where the interaction, , is given as a linear combination of two potentials, each of which being characterized with a well-defined critical behavior: for we have chosen the potential of the restricted primitive model which is known to belong to the three-dimensional Ising universality class, while for we have considered a long-range interaction in the Kac [J. Math. Phys.4, 216 (1963)] limit, displaying mean field (MF) behavior. We study the performance of two theoretical approaches and of computer simulations in the critical region for this particular system and give a detailed comparison between theories and simulation of the critical region and the location of the critical point. Having shown by theoretical arguments that the system belongs to the MF universality class for any positive value of and shows nonclassical behavior only for , we examine to which extent theoretical approximations and simulation can reproduce this behavior. While in this limiting case theoretical approaches are known to fail, we find good agreement for the critical properties between the theoretical approaches and the simulations for larger than 0.05.
Theoretical approach to evaluate thermodiffusion in aqueous alkanol solutions126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2409930View Description Hide Description
Flow due to thermodiffusion may change direction in fluid mixtures with the variation of composition and temperature. This occurrence remains an unraveled phenomenon in petroleum research. Using a modified theoretical approach, this paper evaluates the thermal diffusion factor in alkanol water mixtures, including methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol aqueous mixtures. By combining this approach with an equation of state perturbed chain statistical associating fluid theory and using two adjustable parameters calculated from experimental data, the present approach provides a good agreement for the prediction of thermal diffusion in alkanol water mixtures when compared with the available experimental data. This work reveals that the thermodiffusion in infinite dilutions may play an important role in understanding the thermodiffusion phenomena.
The Ehrenfest method with quantum corrections to simulate the relaxation of molecules in solution: Equilibrium and dynamics126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2404676View Description Hide Description
The use of the Ehrenfest method to simulate the relaxation of molecules in solution is explored. Using the cyanide ion dissolved in water as a test model, the independent trajectory (IT) and the bundle of trajectories (BT) approximations are shown to provide very different results for the time evolution of the vibrational populations of the solute. None of these approximations reproduce the Boltzmann equilibrium vibrational populations accurately. A modification of the Ehrenfest method based on the use of quantum correction factors is thus proposed to solve this problem. The simulations carried out using the modified Ehrenfest method provide IT and BT relaxation times which are closer to each other and which agree quite well with previous hybrid perturbative results.
Study of water dynamics and distances in paramagnetic solids by variable-temperature two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2424701View Description Hide Description
A recently proposed two-dimensional NMR experiment is used to measure the (spin ) quadrupolar and paramagnetic shift anisotropy interactions in powdered as a function of temperature. The principal components of the quadrupolar and paramagnetic shift anisotropytensors and the Euler angles describing the orientations of the tensors in the molecular frame are determined at each temperature. For this purpose an analytical approach is introduced to extract desired parameters from motionally averaged two-dimensional line shapes where the averaging is introduced by rapid 180° flips around axes of molecules. This approach can be readily applied to study various materials containing water of crystallization. It is also clearly shown that the rapid continuous rotation of molecules around their axes is not taking place in the studied solid in the range of temperatures between 209 and . Once the paramagnetic shift anisotropy of a deuterium atom is measured accurately it is used to estimate the distance between deuterium and the nearest copper atom bearing an unpaired electron. Excellent agreement is found between structural parameters obtained in this study and those provided by neutron and x-ray diffraction, showing that the paramagnetic shift anisotropy is a sensitive probe of distances in paramagneticsolids.
Ideal glass transitions, shear modulus, activated dynamics, and yielding in fluids of nonspherical objects126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2405354View Description Hide Description
An extension of naïve ideal mode coupling theory (MCT) and its generalization to treat activated barrier hopping and glassydynamics in fluids and suspensions composed of nonspherical hard core objects is proposed. An effective center-of-mass description is adopted. It corresponds to a specific type of preaveraging of the dynamical consequences of orientational degrees of freedom. The simplest case of particles composed of symmetry-equivalent interaction sites is considered. The theory is implemented for a homonuclear diatomic shape of variable bond length. The naïve MCT glass transition boundary is predicted to be a nonmonotonic function of the length-to-width or aspect ratio and occurs at a nearly unique value of the dimensionless compressibility. The latter quantifies the amplitude of long wavelength thermal density fluctuations, thereby (empirically) suggesting a tight connection between the onset of localization and thermodynamics. Localization lengths and elastic shear moduli for different aspect ratio and volume fraction systems approximately collapse onto master curves based on a reduced volume fraction variable that quantifies the distance from the ideal glass transition. Calculations of the entropic barrier height and hopping time, maximum restoring force, and absolute yield stress and strain as a function of diatomic aspect ratio and volume fraction have been performed. Strong correlations of these properties with the dimensionless compressibility are also found, and nearly universal dependences have been numerically identified based on property-specific nondimensionalizations. Generalization of the approach to rigid rods, disks, and variable shaped molecules is possible, including oriented liquid crystalline phases.
Photoionization affected by chemical anisotropy126(2007); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2423027View Description Hide Description
The kinetic constants of rhodamine 3B quenching by -dimethyl aniline were extracted from the very beginning of the quenching kinetics, recently studied in a few solvents of different viscosities. They were well fitted with the conventional kinetic constant definition, provided the radial distribution function of simple liquids was ascribed to the reactant pair distribution and the contact electron transfer rate was different in all the cases. This difference was attributed to the chemical anisotropy averaging by the rotation of reactants, which is the faster in solvents of lower viscosity. With the proper choice of a space dependent encounter diffusion, the whole quenching kinetics was well fitted with an encounter theory, using the Marcus [J. Chem. Phys.24, 966 (1956); 43, 679 (1965)] transfer rate instead of the contact Collins-Kimball [J. Colloid. Sci.4, 425 (1949)] approximation. Not only the beginning and middle part of the quenching were equally well fitted, but the long time (Markovian) rate constant was also found to be the same as previously obtained. Moreover, the concentration dependencies of the fluorescence quantum yield and the Stern-Volmer constant were specified and await their experimental verification.


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Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Presents Solo Recital by Simone Dinnerstein, 1/23
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts presents an intriguing solo recital by renowned Brooklyn-based pianist SIMONE DINNERSTEIN. Dinnerstein's first major performance following the release of her new CD features the Bach Inventions as well as the NY premiere of a work by Nico Muhly. Thursday, January 23, 2014, 8:00 p.m. Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street) Tickets: $35-45 • Students with valid ID: $21-27
J.S. Bach: Two Part Inventions for keyboard, Op. 772-786
George Crumb: Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (Ruminations on 'Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk, 2011)
Nico Muhly: You Can't Get There From Here (2012) - New York premiere
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Opus 111
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Simone Dinnerstein will present a series of free classroom concerts at elementary and middle schools in and around Morningside Heights and Harlem, where Miller Theatre is located, in the days surrounding the recital. This series of outreach performances emerges from a commitment to education and community that is shared by Dinnerstein and Miller Theatre.
Dinnerstein has a long history of bringing music into schools, prisons, nursing and retirement homes, and hospitals. In short, anywhere where she thinks the music can speak. She plays regularly in the New York public schools that are part of her Neighborhood Classics concert series. Miller Theatre, for its part, has produced a number of free community events in recent years, including the participatory art-making festival and parade Morningside Lights; an outdoor performance of John Luther Adams'Inuksuit in Morningside Park; and the ongoing, free monthly Pop-Up Concerts series onstage.


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Contouring is preparing the soil, planting and cultivating crops around a hill rather than up and down the hill. Contour rows run around a slope nearly on the level. The rows form hundreds of small dams to slow runoff.
A similar conservation practice called cross slope farming involves establishing a row pattern that is not up and down hill and as nearly on the contour as possible. Although not as effective as contouring, cross slope farming can be used to protect some areas.
Contouring reduces sheet and rill erosion on sloping cropland. Farming sloping cropland on the contour can reduce soil loss by as much as 50 percent.
Cross-slope farming also reduces sheet and rill erosion but to a lesser degree than contouring.
Contouring is a conservation option on any cropland where sheet and rill erosion are a problem. Crossslope farming can be used instead of contours on slopes where contour farming is prohibitive.
For assistance in planning and establishing contouring and crossslope farming on your farm contact your Natural Resource Conservation Service office.
The lay of your land, or the shape and steepness of the slopes on your land determines the row pattern of your contours. Your land may be steep or irregular enough that you have more than one key contour line. That means that you may have two or more contour patterns in the same field.
To minimize soil loss, NRCS requires:
This practice is considered applied when the row pattern meets the above requirements.
A hand level or a contour gauge, and a way of marking your contour lines are the only tools you need to lay out contours. You'll need a helper to set the flags for you. Follow this procedure to lay out contours in your fields.
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To avoid having to lay out a key contour line every year, it's a good idea to establish a permanent strip of grass along the key contour line.
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Hokkaido Seafood Buffet Review, San Mateo
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Hokkaido Seafood Buffet
2200 Bridgepoint Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94404
650-212-2104 (Fax)
This restaurant closed in July 2013, they are looking for a new location. Try Champagne Buffet in San Mateo.
Hokkaido Seafood Buffet is a popular buffet in San Mateo's Bridgepoint shopping center (near Foster City), next door to the ice rink. They charge $19.99 – $20.99 for dinner, depending on the day. Lunch ranges from $11.99 to $16.99. An extra $1.75 buys you unlimited soda. There was a $5 Mon – Thur discount coupon in some Ranch 99 fliers that we used in 2009. We haven't seen any new coupons lately though. Our last visit was at the end of January 2012.
Decor, Vibe – Hokkaido Seafood Buffet is in a former sports bar location with many levels, lots of booths, and flat screen TVs. Lots of families and big parties. This place was packed at dinnertime. 75% of people were Asian.
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Raw shellfish selection and quality was average, with oysters, crayfish, and some average Alaskan crab.
Several sushi chefs ready to refill the vast Sushi and Sashimi selection. They feature almost 10 different types of sushi rolls and six types of sashimi. This is one of Hokkaido Seafood Buffet's strengths.
Chinese cooked items like fish, shrimp, clams, vegetables, etc are their strength. Watch for freshly reloaded items, they'll be hot and at their best.
Black Bean Clams, Whole Fish, crab, lobster, stir fried vegetables, watery ribs
Boring Canned Fruits
Very Weak dessert selection with soft serve, jello, fruits, cookies, almond Jell-O, and some weak cakes. Moonstar Buffet in Daly City clearly outdoes them.
Deep Fried shrimp, Egg rolls, Sesame balls, garlic bread were all decent. Pizza was very lacking and an afterthought that was probably previously frozen.
Black Chicken soup in the covered pots was passable and a surprising exotic addition. In 2012, they had added the unpolitically correct sharks fin soup. They also had vermicelli noodles with scallops in a large clam that was average at best.
Peking duck was average quality but one of their better items. The server makes it for you with scallions, plum sauce, and a massively oversized steamed bun.
Meats from the Grill include average quality items
Grilled Char siu style chicken, teriyaki chicken, whole mackerel, and short ribs were average to below average. BBQ ribs were good, but cooked Chinese style in lots of liquid.
Dim Sum selection was average and hot, the quality was average to below average. Pork Buns, shrimp dumplings, siu mai dumplings, Lotus wrapped sticky Rice, pork spare ribs, and more.
Deviled style eggs, Cucumber
Seaweed Salad, Jellyfish salad, cole slaw
Salads selection is weak. Decent selection of fruit including cantaloupe, watermelon, honey dew, Kiwi, oranges.
Hokkaido Seafood Buffet was pretty popular, so they have a niche here in San Mateo. Service was good with servers roaming constantly. If you like sushi, sashimi, cooked Chinese food, this might be your place. Try it during lunch to minimize cost or try and find a Hokkaido buffet coupon. Pig out time!
Moonstar in Daly City is their main competitor in the region. We feel the quality of the food is a little higher at Moonstar. They have Shark's fin, many better desserts, free drinks, and better grilled food. The buffets in Vegas like the Wynn Buffet are in another league. Looking for the best buffet? Conrad Sunday brunch in Hong Kong is a universe ahead. Discounts are available for kids. Dinner costs $6.99 for those 3 to 6 years old, $9.99 for those 7 to 10 years old.
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4 Responses to "Hokkaido Seafood Buffet Review, San Mateo"
Moonstar Buffet Review, Daly City | Foodnut.com Says:
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:57 am
[…] place is superior to the local competitors Todai, Hokkaido, and Indulge. The only local buffets that are superior are the expensive Ritz Carlton Sunday […]
Kaven Chen Says:
April 1st, 2011 at 11:16 pm
I went there only once and it would be my last time for sure. I was trying to get some sushi rolls at Saturday night. So I went there and gave it a try. The place didn't have any togo menus, and one togo box of sushi would cost $19.99 plus tax, the same rate as dine-in. After knowing that it was one way or the other, I decided to stay. Guess what? it surprised me even more. First, 4 out of 5 people didn't know what Italian Dressing was. When I asked for that they looked at me like I was from another planet. Second, right after I work on the first plate, the waitress handed me the bill. And while I was trying to start the second one, The woman asked me to pay up so she could go home early. I complied and left that damn place immediately.
The Japanese nuclear crisis has given enough hard time to all Japanese restaurants. What you are don't will bring an end to your business sooner. And one more piece of advice: Don't badmouth about the customers in Chinese behind the station, because some of them might understand.
Len Says:
November 26th, 2012 at 11:17 am
For my money … Hokaido is the best Asian buffet in the entire San Francisco Bay Area. The food quality is excellent, clean, fresh and plenty of it. The management has always been extremely pleasant and anxious to please. The same for most of the service staff, like 98% of them. REMEMBER .. you are in a place staffed by Japanese people and maybe some of them don't have the greatest command of the English language. Common sense will help you get what you want. And … for the skeptics .. NO, I do not have any personal connection to this restaurant other than being a customer who enjoys good dining. The cost of this buffet is also a bargain. If you haven't been there .. go!!! You won't be disappointed.
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September 19th, 2013 at 9:55 pm
[…] format includes Sushi, seafood, Dim Sum, and lots of Chinese food. Their chief competition includes Hokkaido in Foster City (RIP) and Moonstar in Daly City. We would rank their food quality slightly higher […]
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Everyone on earth was understandably delighted by Cee-Lo's excellent "Forget You" song, sometimes known as "F*ck You." But then the delightment faded, like it does for all novelty numbers. But we're going to give a little of it back to you, in the form of a parody of the novelty number.
"Up-B" will be familiar and funny to anyone who has ever played Super Smash Brothers... plus, the dude who sings it has at least as good a voice as Cee-Lo!


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THIRST Part One is now in Post-production!
It's been a wild ride the last several months! I'm thrilled to say that THIRST Part One is now in post-production! THIRST is a new post-apocalyptic indie film series that asks the question, "What does it mean to be human?"
Working in collaboration with playwright John Becker, along with an incredibly talented cast and crew, we wrapped production in October, 2015. We're now well into the post-production of the film, and can't wait to share with you this project!
Please check out the THIRST website at www.thirst.film as well as the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thirstfilmseries! More news soon as we get closer to release!
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Hello Everyone! James Durham here with some big updates!
Sometimes cutting right to the point is the best way to handle it. So here it is:
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with cancer.
Now, before you get worried about me, there is very good news. After testing and surgery, the diagnosis is as good as I could hope for. I was diagnosed with a form of cancer that is very curable, and on top of that, I caught it early at stage 1, so I plan to live a long and healthy life. I am very, very lucky.
So please, no worries about that. I'm fine now, and life is, in fact, better than ever.
But through all this, I changed, and I'm continuing to change. In a single, solitary moment, I experienced a profound shift in my heart. And I can't shake it — I don't want to shake it.
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Act of Justice
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War
Publication Year: 2007
Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
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Many have generously given their time to review the manuscript for this book and offer corrections and suggestions. I especially thank George Anastaplo, Harold Holzer, Edward Steers, and Frank Williams for their valuable help. Of course, these eminent scholars are not responsible for any errors remaining in the text. ...
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Only once did Abraham Lincoln explain to the American people the legal principles underpinning his Emancipation Proclamation. On August 26, 1863, Lincoln sent James C. Conkling a wide-ranging defense of the proclamation on political, practical, and military grounds that was intended to be read to a mass meeting in Springfield, Illinois. ...
1. Planting the Seed: Charles Sumner and John Quincy Adams
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Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts hurried to the White House as soon as he learned that the Confederates had fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861. There he urged President Lincoln to use his power as commander in chief of the armed forces under the Constitution to free the slaves in the rebellious states. ...
2. The Supreme Court on Private Property and War
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Where the laws of war apply, the ordinary civil and criminal laws are swept aside, much as generals Thomas Jesup and Zachary Taylor swept aside local laws on fugitive slaves to ensure that their Seminole captives were treated as prisoners of war. Peacetime law is not to be disregarded in every wartime situation, however. ...
3. Criminal Conspiracy or War?
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In the summer of 1861, it was not clear whether the Lincoln administration wanted any of the laws of war to apply to its relations with the rebels. And the president could hardly claim to use powers granted him by the laws of war if those laws did not apply. History had provided Lincoln with two models for effectively confronting a rebellion ...
4. The Union Applies the Law of War
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Not until April 1863 did the Federal government issue a formal statement declaring its intention to apply the law of war to Confederate forces. Long before then, however, that law had been applied in practice by both the Union and Confederate armies. The Lincoln administration accepted the law of war little by little, ...
5. The Law as a Weapon
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During the fall and winter of 1861–1862, while the U.S. government slowly conceded to Confederate forces the rights of international belligerents, U.S. military commanders in the field started to use the law of war as a sword against the rebels. The president had begun this process himself in April when he claimed the right ...
6. Congress Acts and the Confederacy Responds
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By the spring of 1862, the Lincoln administration had, as a matter of policy, accorded Confederate forces all the rights of legitimate belligerents under the laws of war. Through military commissions, the administration was enforcing the laws of war against unlawful combatants for the Confederacy. ...
7. Military Necessity and Lincoln's Concept of the War
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The South's restrained response to the First Confiscation Act strengthened the political barriers to Lincoln's use of the emancipation weapon. Northerners holding property on Confederate territory could now be expected to join the white populations of the border states, Democrats, and conservative Republicans in opposing any Federal interference ...
8. The Proclamation as a Weapon of War
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In its final form, the Emancipation Proclamation was based on two of the government's belligerent rights under the law of war. It relied on the right to seize and destroy enemy property for reasons of military necessity, and on the right to seek allies through promising liberty to an oppressed people. ...
9. The Conkling Letter
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Whatever its long-term international effects, General Order 100 had no discernable impact on the political and legal debate about the morality, wisdom, and constitutionality of the Emancipation Proclamation. This intense, emotional, and highly learned controversy began as soon as the preliminary proclamation ...
10. A Radical Recognition of Freedom
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In a lecture at the Lincoln Museum in 2004, Allen Guelzo noted that "the most obvious fact about the Emancipation Proclamation that raises question-marks in people's minds is the matter of timing: why did he wait so long? . . . If the Civil War was really about slavery, and Lincoln was in earnest about abolishing slavery, ...
Appendix A: First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861
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Appendix B: Browning–Lincoln Correspondence, September 1861
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Appendix C: Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862
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Appendix D: Emancipation Proclamation, First Draft, July 22, 1862
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Appendix E: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862
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Appendix F: Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
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Page Count: 212
Publication Year: 2007
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- Research Aims to Protect Bt Technology
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Pesticides derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis – widely known as Bt – have been important to farmers since the 1920s. Sixteen years ago, transgenic seed that produces insecticidal Bt proteins became available. Use of these transgenic Bt crops in the U.S. has reached 75% of cotton and 65% of corn acreage, while Bt pesticides are the most important insect control method available to organic farmers.
The Bt crop technology has saved producers millions of dollars by increasing yields and greatly reducing applications of broad-spectrum chemical pesticides. These factors make Bt important to both agriculture and human health.
Yet entomologists know that constant exposure creates evolutionary pressure for insect pests to become resistant to a pesticide. That's why Bt plants are required to produce a high dose of insecticidal toxin and producers adopting Bt crops have been mandated to plant non-Bt refuges to bolster populations of susceptible insects in their fields. Susceptible insects emerging from these refuges mate with and dilute any resistant populations.
However, resistance to Bt crops has already emerged in India, China and Puerto Rico, where damage by resistant fall armyworms to a Bt corn variety resulted, for the first time in the U.S., in withdrawal of this variety from the market.
Although cold temperatures prevent their northward movement, Bt-resistant fall armyworms from Puerto Rico are believed to have migrated into Florida, representing a risk to southern growers and organic farmers.


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Donna Seaman, of Booklist, wrote, "…mischievously and mordantly funny, scathingly forthright, deeply and universally compassionate, and wholly magnetizing. This is a must-have collection." regarding Sherman Alexie's new book Blasphemy. I find the comment noteworthy as I would say the first sentence not only describes Alexie's writings but also his personality.
Tuesday, November 13th, SLIS students and members of the TLAM student group traveled to Milwaukee to see Sherman Alexie speak at the Milwaukee Public Library. The event was free, open to the public, and well worth the visit. A Milwaukee librarian and local bookseller introduced Alexie to a full auditorium. Then he began speaking, first about his recent visit to Minneapolis, then about missing his flight to Milwaukee, and finally about getting a flight only to realize his baggage was routed elsewhere. Needless to say the story was filled with humor and the realities of everyday life, all the while using an array of colorful language.
After telling the audience about his last few days he read from one of the short stories in his new book, Blasphemy. Finally the audience was able to ask questions before his time came to a close. Several questions were responded to and Alexie even laughed at one of his own jokes, it was truly that funny. He ended things off with a poem. Then it was a waiting game as we stayed to get our books signed.
This was my first time seeing Sherman Alexie and I'd definitely see him again. I don't believe I've ever laughed as much at an author event. His writings (those I've read) and his personality truly match and combine into a wonderful presentation of humor and truth. I was unaware he wrote as much poetry as he does however with his comment of poetry being his favorite thing to write I'll be looking for more within the genre. When it comes to novels, he replied they are his marathons, something take him the longest to execute. I will definitely be increasing my poetry and fiction reading lists with a lot more from Alexie. After all, when he signed my book he wrote "Librarians are awesome".
He is one of the great voices of our time and is worth your time and consideration. If you haven't read anything by Sherman Alexie or are unfamiliar with him, check him out at http://www.fallsapart.com/index/. I personally would highly recommend The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.
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Nike/US Lacrosse South Region Report
by Laurel Pfahler | LaxMagazine.com
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Top PerformersAllison McDonough, Vero Beach (Fla.)
The sophomore goalkeeper played the biggest game of her two-year varsity career in the Fighting Indians' upset of national No. 3 St. Anthony's (N.Y.) on April 3, coming up with 22 saves. McDonough had been sharing minutes with Lucy Moore but earned her stay in goal. St. Anthony's only scored on 8-meter direct shots in the second half.
Mary Kate Nawalaniec, Ursuline (Texas)
The senior midfielder paced the Bears with four goals and two assists in a 13-9 win over Coppell (Texas) on April 5. According to coach Lori Wales, Nawalaniec also played a key part in helping the team dominate possession, winning six draw controls, forcing five turnovers and picking up six ground balls. "Mary Kate is not only an all-around solid player, but also a great leader for our team," Wales said.
Erin McBride, Walton (Ga.)
A freshman attacker, Erin McBride scored 15 goals in three games at the Dogwood Classic at Westminster (Ga.) April 5-6. She had five goals and seven draw controls in the championship game to earn Co-MVP honors for the tournament. McBride also had a game-high six goals in an 18-6 win over Etowah (Ga.) on March 28.
Games to Watch
Milton (Ga.) vs. Good Counsel (Md.) – April 13
These two teams were nationally ranked right next to one another in the previous Top 25 poll with Milton at No. 12 and Good Counsel at No. 13, and they meet in the Legacy Cup at Milton. Though Good Counsel has since suffered a second loss, this is another good test for Milton, which then returns to Georgia competition to wrap up its regular-season schedule with four more games.
Vero Beach (Fla.) at Benjamin (Fla.) – April 11
Vero Beach shouldn't have any trouble with Benjamin, but this is a good way for the Buccaneers to measure how much they have improved since last year's 14-8 finish. Benjamin lost to Vero Beach 20-4 last year and just made its way into the South region rankings. No Florida team has come within eight goals of Vero Beach this year. This is the Buccaneers' last regular-season game, while the Fighting Indians play one more.
1. Milton (Ga.), 8-3
The Eagles remain the top team after going 2-2 during a competitive trip to the Virginia/D.C. area from April 5-6. They opened with a 13-9 loss to Loyola (Ill.), the Midwest region's top-ranked team at the time, and a win over Bishop Ireton (Va.). The next day, in the St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Spring Fling, Milton turned away Archbishop Carroll (Pa.) 12-6 and just fell short against national No. 4 Georgetown Visitation (D.C.), losing 13-12 in overtime. Milton's only other loss was to national No. 1 McDonogh.
2. Vero Beach (Fla.), 12-4
The Fighting Indians made a push to return to the top spot by upsetting St. Anthony's (N.Y.), which was ranked No. 3 in the national poll. But having lost to Milton earlier this season, Vero Beach needed some help from two common opponents last week to overtake the Eagles, and didn't get it. Both Vero Beach and Milton lost by one to Georgetown Visitation (D.C.), but Milton had a six-goal margin of victory against Archbishop Carroll (Pa.), whereas Vero Beach only won by two in double overtime earlier this season. Still, the St. Anthony's win was an impressive addition to the Indians' collection.
3. St. John's (Texas), 12-2
The Mavericks remain at No. 3 after earning four more wins over Texas competition, including beating Lamar and Cy-Fair, who both have just three losses. St. John's trailed Lamar by two at halftime but scored six-straight goals en route to a 14-10 win March 28. Freshman Lindsey McKone led the team with four goals, and senior Amanda Leavett, a Princeton signee, added three goals and an assist. The Mavericks' losses were to West region No. 1 Carondelet (Calif.) and No. 3 Amador Valley (Calif.).
4. Lassiter (Ga.), 9-2-1
The Trojans move up a notch after going 1-2-1 during a challenging two-day stretch of four out-of-state games from April 5-6. They beat Glenelg (Md.) 14-13 and tied New Trier (Ill.), the Midwest region's No. 2 team, but lost to Bishop Ireton (Va.) 15-12, and Marriotts Ridge (Md.) 24-6. Marriotts Ridge was the No. 9 team in the Baltimore Sun rankings. Coach Faith Harmeyer said she is hoping these out-of-state games prepare them for a postseason run. Lassiter already owns a win over Hutchison (Tenn.) and has one more out-of-state game April 12 against Good Counsel (Md.).
5. Barron Collier (Fla.), 12-3
The Cougars fall a spot after going 0-3 against out-of-state opponents to end their perfect season – though all three games were competitive. Barron Collier lost 11-10 to both Regis Jesuit (Colo.) and Holy Cross (Md.), with the latter going into triple overtime. Even the 13-8 loss to Harriton (Pa.) was an improvement from last year's 20-7 defeat. Olivia Ferrucci had six goals and two assists in the Holy Cross game.
6. Hutchison School (Tenn.), 10-2
The Sting stays put despite winning four more games and extending their win streak to seven since dropping games to Lassiter (Ga.) and Milton (Ga.) in early March. Among the latest victories was a 10-8 win over Ensworth (Tenn.) in a rematch of last year's state title game. After leading 5-3 at halftime, Hutchison fell behind 6-5 early in the second stanza, but scored five straight and held on for the win. Junior midfielder Sandy Smith scored the tying and go-ahead goals and also added an assist during the rally. Emily Mayzell had five goals in a 15-8 win over Harpeth Hall (Tenn.).
7. Walton (Ga.), 9-1-2
The Raiders move up from the No. 9 spot after going 2-0-1 in the Dogwood Classic from April 5-6 and sharing a piece of the tournament title with host Westminster (Ga.). Walton opened the tournament with a 16-6 win over St. George's (Tenn.) and advanced into the championship game with a 17-12 win over Upper Arlington (Ohio), which at the time was the No. 6 team in the Midwest region rankings. In the championship, Westminster had a 13-11 lead with two minutes to play, but the Raiders rallied with goals by Caroline White and Kylie Holthaus to end the game in a draw. Georgia High School Athletic Association rules prevent members from playing overtime against teams from different classifications.
8. Ursuline Academy (Texas), 9-0
The Bears picked up another two wins against Allen (Texas) and Coppell (Texas) to earn the top seed going into the playoffs and remain unbeaten with just one more game left on their schedule before the postseason begins April 20. Notre Dame-bound goalkeeper Jennifer Blum and senior midfielder Emily Merkel, who is signed to play at Catholic University, lead Ursuline.
9. Benjamin (Fla.), 15-0
The Buccaneers make their debut in the rankings with the help of a win over Bartram Trail (Fla.), a team that knocked previous No. 10 Lake Brantley (Fla.) out of the mix. Though Benjamin played just one out-of-state game, its 21-5 win over Northview (Ga.) compares to Hutchison's 16-6 victory five days prior. The Buccaneers also have a notable win over 2012 state runner-up Bishop Moore (Fla.). Sophomore Maria Dattolo was leading Benjamin with 76 goals and 15 assists through 14 games, while junior Hayley Ciklin had 56 goals and 51 assists as the leading point scorer (107).
10. Green Hope (N.C.), 7-1
The defending state champion Falcons have won seven straight since opening their season with a 16-15 overtime loss to East Chapel Hill (N.C.), which is now 6-2 with a loss to a Charlotte Catholic (N.C.) team, which Green Hope beat. The Falcons, coming off a 20-0 season, hadn't lost a game since the 2011 Elite Eight, but they've rebounded with some wins over top teams in North Carolina. In addition to handing Charlotte Catholic one of its two losses in a rematch of last year's state championship game, Green Hope accounts for Cardinal Gibbons' (N.C.) lone loss.
News and Notes
Indians down Friars
After losing three games by two goals or less to out-of-state opponents, Vero Beach (Fla.) finally broke through against St. Anthony's (N.Y.).
The Fighting Indians beat the Friars 13-12 with the help of an eight-goal effort by Katy Pridemore, and they never trailed in the second half.
Vero Beach coach Shannon Dean called it a game of "redemption." St. Anthony's was ranked No. 3 nationally at the time.
"Going into this game, we talked about redemption because we were close in three losses to out-of-state opponents, all one or two-goal games, and we needed to redeem ourselves as a program," Dean said. "They came out and responded well."
The Indians had lost 19-18 to then No. 5 Georgetown Visitation (D.C.), 11-9 in overtime against Conestoga (Pa.) and 14-13 to Milton (Ga.), which was No. 13 in the most recent national poll.
St. Anthony's (N.Y.) was the last of seven out-of-state games on Vero Beach's schedule, as the Indians finished 3-4 against non-Florida teams, including a 12-6 loss to national No.1 McDonogh (Md.).
Still on Top
Hutchison (Tenn.) didn't play its best game in the win over Ensworth (Tenn.), but coach Sam Ziegler said she hopes the second-half comeback was a wakeup call to her players.
The Sting won the game 10-8 in a rematch of their 2012 state championship victory.
"It was definitely a good test to see where the rest of the state is right now, but we didn't play our best," Ziegler said. "Everyone is out to get us now, and everyone is going to give us their best game, so we are going to have to be on top of our game going forward."
Hutchison's next big tests are April 13-14 against Ravenwood (Tenn.) and unbeaten Pope John Paul (Tenn.), which Ziegler said "could set the stage for the playoffs."
Ziegler is hoping the Sting's experience during a four-game stretch against Georgia competition earlier this season helped her players become better prepared for the top teams in Tennessee. Hutchison dropped games to Milton and Lassiter during that stretch, but the Sting won the other two games.
"The thing I tell them is if we play strong out-of-state teams, it's going to help us against strong in-state teams," Ziegler said. "I think it was good for us to lose those two games so we could come back with a little chip on our shoulder."
The Sting especially learned the need for better conditioning during the loss to Milton. With a small roster and not as much depth as bigger schools, Hutchison, a small private school, doesn't have as many subs and plays the same 15-16 players all the time. Fitness is a main focus, Ziegler said.
Midfielder Sandy Smith, attacker-turned-midfielder Lauren Atkins and defender Bridget Boyer have led Hutchison in recent games.
Tournament Champions
Walton (Ga.) made an impressive comeback to earn its share of the Dogwood Classic crown in its first trip to the annual tournament. After trailing Westminster (Ga.) 7-1 at one point and going into halftime down 9-4 the Raiders tied the game with 30 seconds left to end the game in a 13-13 draw.
Westminster's Caroline Hays led all scorers with six goals in the game. The host school has earned at least a share of the tournament title four years in a row.
Check back to LaxMagazine.com every other Tuesday throughout the high school season for updates to the Nike/US Lacrosse Regional Girls' Top 10 rankings and the Nike/US Lacrosse National Girls' Top 25.
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In February, the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University teamed up with NJ Spotlight and raised more than $31,000 to fund reporting on immigration issues in New Jersey.
NJ Spotlight is using its share of the money raised to pay for a year-long deep-dive into the issues and policies affecting immigrant communities in New Jersey: their struggles and achievements, and the impact immigrants and their families have on education, healthcare, jobs, housing and more in the state.
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Earlier this year, the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University teamed up with NJ Spotlight to raise more than $31,000 to support reporting on immigration issues in New Jersey.
NJ Spotlight, an independent news organization focused on politics and public policy issues, will use its share of the money raised to produce a series of in-depth reports on the issues and policies that affect immigrant communities in New Jersey: their struggles, achievements, and the impact that immigrants and their families have in critical areas like education, healthcare, jobs, housing and more.
Meanwhile, the Center for Cooperative Media will distribute up to $8,500 in grant funding to pay for reporting on immigration issues in New Jersey, with an eye specifically toward supporting ethnic and community media organizations. We're looking for personal stories about what it's like to be an immigrant in New Jersey, as well as reporting on immigration issues affecting local ethnic communities.
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I spent a sizable chunk of 2015 helping to coordinate Dirty Little Secrets, the Center for Cooperative Media's first statewide collaborative reporting project. The experience taught me a lot.
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Does New Jersey live up to Lady Liberty's ideals?
New Jersey has historically opened itself to newcomers. After all, the Statue of Liberty stands on the New Jersey side of the harbor. With almost 2 million foreign-born residents, the only states with more immigrants per capita are California and New York.
Yet what makes New Jersey truly different is the diversity of our immigrant population.
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e350 Video: Legal and Immigration Segment, DUI Tips (via Inside Out)
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Kamila Kolodynska, 22, was born in Szprotawa, Poland. She lives in Leszno Gorne, Poland until she immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 10 years old. Her family immigrated to New Jersey to seek medical help for her older sister who has neurofibromatosis. Kamila lives in Clifton and attends Montclair State. She hopes to continue her studies in political science in the United States and to one day work in the immigration field to help others navigate the system.
This video was produced for The Immigration Project by Justin Guerrier, in association with documentary marker Beth Toni Kruvant, Guerrier graduated from Montclair State in May 2013 with a degree in Filmmaking and currently works for Brookdale Television as a production technician. He also works as a freelance producer, camera operator, sound mixer and editor.
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Sandy Poses Special Problems for Immigrant Day Laborers Aiding Recovery Effort (via NJSpotlight)
"After Sandy, I went to work with a contractor doing a basement cleanup," recalled Marcelo, a day laborer from Brazil who's been living in the U.S. for the past seven years but didn't want to give his last name because he's not authorized…
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'Dream Act' Advocates Accuse Christie of Reneging on Promise (via NJSpotlight)
Credit: Office of the Governor/Tim Larsen Gov. Chris Christie did something few Republicans have been able to do in recent years when he sailed to re-election earlier this month: He won a majority of the state's Latino vote. Exit polls conducted by…
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Seeking Asylum Is Anything But Easy for Bangladeshi Refugee (via Paterson Times)
Holding up a black-and-white election poster of father, since slain, Ibrahim Momin feels the same fate could be in store for him if the U.S. fails to grant him political asylum. Photo: Beverly Peterson. By J.M. RAHMAN, PATERSON TIMES Since 2009, when…
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N.J. Senate approves bill granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — A bill to offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who grew up in New Jersey is continuing its progress towards Gov. Chris Christie's desk. The state Senate today voted 25 to 12 to approve the controversial measure, which would…
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Jersey City touts 'first in state' immigrant affairs department (via NJ.com)
Tucked away inside a first-floor office in Jersey City City Hall is a new city department that Mayor Steve Fulop says is the first in the state to explicitly cater to immigrants. Dubbed the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the division is staffed by…


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