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35. S. Lee, B. E. Hirsch, Y. Liu, J. R. Dobscha, D. W. Burke, S. L. Tait, and A. H. Flood
"Multifunctional Tricarbazolo Triazolophane Macrocycles: One Pot Preparation, Anion Binding and Hierarchical Self-organization of Multilayers,"
submitted (2015).
34. D. Skomski, C. D. Tempas, B. J. Cook, A. V. Polezhaev, K. A. Smith, K. G. Caulton, and S. L. Tait
"Two and Three Electron Oxidation of Single-site Vanadium Centers at Surfaces by Ligand Design,"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, 7898-7902 (2015).
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03706
33. S. L. Tait
"Surface Chemistry: Self-assembling Sierpinski Triangles,"
Nature Chemistry (News and Views), 7, 370-371 (2015).
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2238
32. B. E. Hirsch, K. P. McDonald, A. H. Flood, and S. L. Tait
"Living on the Edge: Tuning Supramolecular Interactions to Design Two-dimensional Organic Crystals near the Boundary of Two Stable Structural Phases,"
Journal of Chemical Physics, 142, 101914 (2015).
31. D. Skomski, C. D. Tempas, G. S. Bukowski, K. A. Smith, and S. L. Tait
"Redox-Active On-Surface Polymerization of Single-Site Divalent Cations from Pure Metals by a Ketone-Functionalized Phenanthroline,"
Journal of Chemical Physics, 142, 101913 (2015).
30. D. Skomski, J. Jo, C. D. Tempas, S. Kim, D. Lee, and
S. L. Tait
"High-Fidelity Self-Assembly of Crystalline and Parallel-Oriented Organic Thin Films by π–π Stacking from a Metal Surface,"
Langmuir, 30, 10050-10056 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/la502288v - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
29. B. E. Hirsch, S. Lee, B. Qiao, C.-H. Chen, K. P. McDonald, S. L. Tait, and A. H. Flood
"Anion-Induced Dimerization of 5-fold Symmetric Cyanostars in 3D Crystalline Solids and 2D Self-Assembled Crystals,"
Chemical Communications, 50, 9827-9830 (2014).
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03725a - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
Featured on Chem. Commun. front cover, Vol. 50, Issue 69 and IU Newsroom press release
28. D. Skomski, C. D. Tempas, K. A. Smith, and S. L. Tait
"Redox-Active On-Surface Assembly of Metal-Organic Chains with Single-Site Pt(II),"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, 9862-9865 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/ja504850f - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
27. B. E. Hirsch, K. P. McDonald, B. Qiao, A. H. Flood, and S. L. Tait
"Selective Anion-induced Crystal Switching and Binding in Surface Monolayers Modulated by Electric Fields from Scanning Probes,"
ACS Nano, 8, 10858-10869 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/nn504685t
26. D. Skomski and S. L. Tait
"Interfacial Organic Layers for Chemical Stability and Crystalline Ordering of Thiophene and Carboxyl Films on a Metal Surface,"
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 1594-1601 (2014).
DOI: 10.1021/jp409799f - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
25. D. Skomski and S. L. Tait
"Ordered and Robust Ionic Surface Networks from Weakly Interacting Carboxyl Building Blocks,"
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117, 2959-2965 (2013).
DOI: 10.1021/jp400213a - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info] - [movie]
24. D. Skomski, S. Abb, and S. L. Tait
"Robust Surface Nano-Architecture by Alkali-Carboxylate Ionic Bonding,"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 14165-14171 (2012).
DOI: 10.1021/ja3053128 - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
Featured as JACS Image Challenge #217
23. S. L. Tait, H. Lim, A. Theertham, and P. Seidel
"First Layer Compression and Transition to Standing Second Layer of Terephthalic Acid on Cu(100),"
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 8217-8223 (2012).
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41256j - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
22. M. Z. Hossain, J. E. Johns, K. H. Bevan, H. J. Karmel, Y. T. Liang, S. Yoshimoto, K. Mukai, T. Koitaya, J. Yoshinobu, M. Kawai, A. M. Lear, L. L. Kesmodel, S. L. Tait, and M. C. Hersam
"Chemically Homogeneous and Thermally Reversible Oxidation of Epitaxial Graphene,"
Nature Chemistry, 4, 305-309 (2012).
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1269 - [manuscript PDF] - [supporting info]
Book chapter: B. Voigtlaender, S. Karthaeuser, S. N. Filimonov, and S. L. Tait
"Bottom-Up Approaches by Self-Organization Techniques," chapter 13 in
Nanoelectronics and Information Technology, Rainer Waser (Ed.), Wiley-VCH, available in June 2012.
21. Y. Ge, H. Adler, A. Theertham, L. L. Kesmodel, and S. L. Tait
"Adsorption and Bonding of First Layer and Bi-layer Terephthalic Acid on the Cu(100) Surface by High-Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy,"
Langmuir, 26, 16325-16329 (2010).
DOI: 10.1021/la101582k - [manuscript PDF]
20. A. Langner, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, R. Chandrasekar, V. Meded, K. Fink, M. Ruben, and K. Kern
"Selective Coordination Bonding in Metallo-Supramolecular Systems on Surfaces,"
Angewandte Chemie, 124, 4403-4407 (2012).
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201108530
19. X. Q. Shi, C. Lin, C. Minot, T.-C. Tseng, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, R. Q. Zhang, K. Kern, J. I. Cerda, and M. A. Van Hove
"Structural Analysis and Electronic Properties of Negatively Charged TCNQ: 2D Networks of (TCNQ)2Mn Assembled on Cu(100),"
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 17197-17204 (2010).
DOI: 10.1021/jp104954w
18. S. Stepanow, J. Honolka, P. Gambardella, L. Vitali, N. Abdurakhmanova, T.-C. Tseng, S. Rauschenbach, S. L. Tait, V. Sessi, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and K. Kern
"Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moment Anisotropies of Monodispersed Bis(Phthalocyaninato)Terbium on a Copper Surface,"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 11900-11901 (2010).
DOI: 10.1021/ja105124r
17. T.-C. Tseng, C. Urban, Y. Wang, R. Otero, S. L. Tait, M. Alcam�, D. �cija, M. Trelka, J. M. Gallego, N. Lin, M. Konuma, U. Starke, A. Nefedov, A. Langner, C. W�ll, M. �. Herranz, F. Mart�n, N. Mart�n, K. Kern, and R. Miranda
"Charge Transfer-induced Structural Rearrangements at Both Sides of Organic/Metal Interfaces,"
Nature Chemistry, 2, 374-379 (2010).
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.591
16. T.-C. Tseng, C. Lin, X. Q. Shi, S. L. Tait, X. Liu, U. Starke, N. Lin, R. Q. Zhang, C. Minot, M. A. Van Hove, J. I. Cerd�, and K. Kern
"Two-dimensional metal-organic coordination networks of Mn-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) assembled on Cu(100): structural, electronic and magnetic properties,"
Physical Review B, 80, 155458 (2009).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155458
15. T. Suzuki, T. Lutz, D. Payer, N. Lin, S. L. Tait,
G. Costantini, and K. Kern
"Substrate effect on supramolecular self-assembly: from semiconductors to metals,"
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 6498-6504 (2009).
DOI: 10.1039/b905125b
14. A. Langner, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, R. Chandrasekar, M. Ruben, and K. Kern,
"Two- to one-dimensional transition of self-assembled coordination networks at surfaces by organic ligand addition,"
Chemical Communications, 2502-2504 (2009).
DOI: 10.1039/b822476e
13. S. L. Tait, A. Langner, N. Lin, C. Rajadurai, O. Fuhr, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
"Assembling Isostructural Metal�Organic Coordination Architectures On Cu(100), Ag(100) and Ag(111) Substrates,"
ChemPhysChem, 9, 2495-2499 (2008).
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800575
Featured on CPC Vol. 9, Issue 17 cover
Cover artwork by Alexander Langner, copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission.
12. A. Langner, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, and K. Kern,
"Ordering and Stabilization of Metal�Organic Coordination Chains by Hierarchical Assembly with a Hydrogen Bonding Species at a Surface,"
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47, 8835-8838 (2008).
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803124
Featured on Angewandte Vol. 47, Issue 46 inside cover
Cover artwork by Alexander Langner, copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission.
11. S. L. Tait,
"Function Follows Form: Exploring 2D Supramolecular Assembly at Surfaces" (Perspective),
ACS Nano, 2, 617-621 (2008).
DOI: 10.1021/nn800207w
10. S. L. Tait, G. Costantini, Y. Wang, N. Lin, A. Baraldi, F. Esch, L. Petaccia, S. Lizzit, K. Kern,
"Metal�Organic Coordination Interactions in Fe�Terephthalic Acid Networks on Cu(100),"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 2108-2113 (2008).
DOI: 10.1021/ja0778186
9. A. Langner, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, and K. Kern,
"Self-Recognition and Self-Selection in Multicomponent Supramolecular Coordination Networks on Surfaces,"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104, 17927-17930 (2007).
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704882104
Highlighted in Max Planck Society press release (30 Oct. 2007) and in Max Planck Forschung, Issue 4, 2007.
8. N. Lin, A. Langner, S. L. Tait, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
"Template-directed Supramolecular Self-assembly of Coordination Dumbbells at Surfaces,"
Chemical Communications, 4860-4862 (2007).
DOI: 10.1039/b712082f
7. S. L. Tait, A. Langner, N. Lin, S. Stepanow, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
"One-dimensional Self-Assembled Molecular Chains on Cu(100): Interplay between surface-assisted coordination chemistry and substrate commensurability,"
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 10982-10987 (2007).
DOI: 10.1021/jp071100v
6. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohn�lek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
"n-Alkanes on Pt(111) and C(0001) / Pt(111): Chain-length Scaling of Kinetic Desorption Parameters,"
Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 234308 (2006).
5. S. C. Fain, Jr., C. A. Polwarth, S. L. Tait, C. T. Campbell, R. H. French,
"Simulated Measurement of Small Metal Clusters by Frequency-modulation Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM),"
Nanotechnology, 17, S121-S127 (2006).
4. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohn�lek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
"Methane Adsorption and Dissociation and Oxygen Adsorption and Reaction with CO on Pd Nanoparticles on MgO(100) and on Pd(111),"
Surface Science, 591, 90-107 (2005).
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2005.06.024
3. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohn�lek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
"n-Alkanes on MgO(100) II: Chain-length Dependence of Kinetic Desorption Parameters for Small n-Alkanes,"
Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 164708 (2005).
2. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohn�lek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
"n-Alkanes on MgO(100) I: Coverage-dependent Desorption Kinetics of n-Butane,"
Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 164707 (2005).
1. S. L. Tait, L. T. Ngo, Q. Yu, S. C. Fain, Jr., C. T. Campbell,
"Growth and Sintering of Pd Clusters on α-Al2O3(0001),"
Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 064712 (2005).


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Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category
Too Funny
Governor Romney calling Obama's "… campaign tactics "disgusting" and "demeaning," adding: "It's something which I think the president should take responsibility for and stop." This regarding questioning the practices of Bain Capital, Romney's main claim to business expertise.
This from a party and campaign saying that the current President is "taking away our Freedoms" and "Attacking the Constitution", and the usual "Taking away our Guns".
Funny and sad…
Look – I am convinced that Mr. Romney had no operational role at Bain after he left for the Olympics in SLC. But that's not the point. Romney wants to distance himself from what Bain did after 1999, because that's when most of the deals were done that had "politically unpalatable content and consequences" (read as increased use of outsourcing/offshoring and other such US job losing tactics). Understandable – but does he want us to belive that Bain 'suddenly' changed tactics after he left? Did they begin operating in a way that was objectionable – to Romney? If so, he should say so. If not, he should explain why their tactics were ok. After all, he helped found the company.
Is Romney proud of the company he started, or not?
Way to go, Charlie
Reading one of my sources today – National Review – found this quote from Charles Krauthammer regarding CERN's recent experiment that showed some neutrinos may travel faster than light:
"The implications of such a discovery are so mind boggling, however, that these same scientists immediately requested that other labs around the world try to replicate the experiment. Something must have been wrong to account for a result that, if we know anything about the universe, is impossible."
Now, the overall tone was a little bit tongue in cheek – read it here – but does Mr K really know that little about science? After all, he used to be a Psychiatrist….
Thank God for Satire
I've said it before – it's great that we have two of the most gifted satirical teams perhaps in history right now (Stewart's and Colbert's) – but so sad that they appear to be the only ones who regularly have the guts to show us what The Story Really Is (Shep Smith runs a noble, but distant second to them).
Case in point – this clip from July 27. Enjoy.
FOX is funny…
Amazing how Bob Woodward is suddenly a trustworthy source of 'inside' information on an administration… as long as it's not a Republican administration, that is ;-)
Too funny… Bread and Circuses continue….
The Onion does it again
These folks are great. Perhaps not as consistently brilliant as the teams at Colbert or The Daily Show, but wonderful when they're "on"… and you can't beat their titles when they hit it well…
Don't know whether to laugh or cry. Guess I'll do both.
Apple and Tree
Looks like Dan Quayle passed on his genes for disciplined mental processes to his son Ben… this guy should be interesting if he gets interviewed by someone with even half a brain…
Sarah Palin talking about cojones – that's rich. A half-term quitter Governor criticizing anyone's strength of character – now that's cojones.
Mainstrem Media – passive & useless, maybe even harmful
The mainstream – here I mean Television-based – media has been useless for years, merely 'reporting' (repeating) what people say rather than doing the work required to figure out whether what people are saying is accurate. 'Debate' has become two supposedly opposing viewpoints yelling at each other, or mindlessly repeating prescribed talking points. Every time I try to watch, I am disgusted.
Most sources are simply incoherent, weak, and unhelpful. Fox News at least has the strength of having a distinct narrative – that of advocating for the GOP, or at least against the Democratic Party.
I remember being angered (every time I replayed it ) by Brian Williams' arrogant comment to his friend Jon Stewart that "You and Stevie play your little reindeer games, but we have to be the serious journalists." What pious, asinine, self-righteous nonsense. Brian and his MSM cohorts add NOTHING to our understanding and our discourse. They love to act like they are (still? as Cronkite/Murrow) the 'trusted source' and True Fonts of Serious Journalism.
Demonstrably false.
Jon and 'Stevie' and their writers work harder to understand what is happening – its context and its meaning – than ANY of the MSM outlets and talking heads. What they do – brilliantly – is to directly expose the wordplay and fabrication that 'The News" and political sources dump on us every day. We may be living in a Golden Age of Satire… I know I am regularly amazed at the depth and precision of their 'bits' every week (verifying all of its accuracy is another thing).
Meanwhile, the rest of the Media is content to 'report' – mostly meaning repeating what people have said – always making sure to present 'both sides'. As if every important event or issue only had two viewpoints or even opinions! The concept of presenting a complex narrative or even a sufficient (for basic comprehension) presentation of verifiable facts seems to be more trouble than they want to take (or make). They have become a consumer of ready-made news, a tool for those able to exploit their laziness.
The best 'old media' source is still Public – NPR and PBS (especially NPR). At least there you can reliably expect to hear more than 1-2 minutes of sound bites on the issues of the day or week. Gosh, you might even hear a… discussion (!!!).

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please send me titles of children's books that are pro- girl for my 2 year old daughter. we are growing up and away from the hungry little catepillar and the other fun classics, and need some new material that ideally are pro- girl. if you also have suggestions for books on how to raise a strong girl-- please share. lisa
Once nice thing about the library is that the books eventually have to go back, which puts a limit on how many time you have to read the same book over and over (she may want to check it out again, but you'll have a week's reprieve).
You didn't mention what city you are in, but the Oakland main library has a good-size children's library, and a very helpful librarian who can help track down specific books or recommend books on a specific theme (stong girls, for example). Carrie
My partner and I have a 4 year old girl. She's recently begun to make remarks about people's bellies being ''too big.'' This concerns us considerably, and we've done a fair amount of talking with her about understanding that bodies come in all shapes and sizes and that it's important not to judge people along these lines. We seek additional resources to help in this regard. Can people recommend books/stories for 4 and 5 yr old girls that include characters (especially female) of varying body types, where such diversity is either a non-issue or, ideally, discussed in a supportive way?
More generically, we are also looking for stories with girl characters who value being smart and strong as much, if not more, than being pretty. She's adorable, and hears as much from the world all the time, and we are eager to balance this by reinforcing the power of being smart and compassionate. Our concern is that she'll conclude that her looks are the easiest way to win praise, and that emotional or other intelligences aren't worth the effort, by comparison. We work with each other, her teachers, and other significant adult figures in her life along these lines, but would appreciate additional children's lit suggestions to supplement our efforts. Thanks. Anonymous
Can anyone update/add to the list of kids' books with strong girl characters that was generated in discussion here in 1997? We have profited from many of the titles recommended but would like to have more. Also, some of the resources described there are now out of date. It would also be interesting to know if there is some kind of newsletter or catalog reviewing such books. Thank you. Jennifer
Mirette on the Highwire
Ride on the Red Mare's Back Ursula K. LeGuin (folktale, set in Sweden. Girl rescues brother from trolls.)
Catwings (& sequels) Ursula K. LeGuin (strong female kitten/cat characters)
Girls to the Rescue ed. Bruce Lasky (modern stories of brave girls by different authors)
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole (She wants to play with her pets, rather than marry & outsmarts her parents and the princes who come to call.) There's a similar book called The Paperbag Princess. I can't remember the author.
The Magic School Bus books by Joanna Cole (Ms. Frizzle is the teacher)
Grade 3-6
Tatterhood and Other Tales ed. Ethel Johnson Phelps
(folktales, some scholarly footnotes)
Not One Damsel in Distress ed. Jane Yolen (folktales)
Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson (a girl takes over the lighthouse in a storm when her father is gone)
How's that to start? I don't know how old your daughter is, these are for 10-13 year olds. nadja
I'm wondering if anyone out there has recommendations for children's books that have strong, capable, intelligent female characters and don't reinforce the crazy beauty focus, body-image neuroses and gender stereotypes that abound everywhere. For example, we have Princess Smartypants and The Paper Bag Princess, both a good start (although both books feature only white characters), and I would like to expand our library. Do y'all have any favorites? Carrie
I have purchased several other books similarly billed, but theese others seemed to have a hard time finding good books, and listed many that they admitted were mediocre stories.(?!?) Don't miss Odean's book if you are interested in strong female messages. (She also has several other books about books for kids: books for boys, for babies and toddlers and books about things kids love).
I'm a big fan, Lisa
Abuela by Arthur Dorros. (A girl and her grandmother fly over the city.)
What Kind of Babysitter is this? by Dolores Johnson (mom has a night class, elderly female babysitter is a big baseball fan)
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (nurturing male teacher, strong little girl mouse)
Michael and Rosie by Cynthia Voight. (A boy and girl are ''best friends'')
Princess Smartypants
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen (Jane Yolen has written many other books with female and male characters who have the full range of emotions and behaviors.)
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lundgren
The Catwings books by Ursula LeGuin (brave little flying cats, well written and funny for adults as well as kids.)
A Ride on The Red Mare's Back by Ursula LeGuin (Big sister rescues little brother from trolls -- insightful into both of their motivations, though mostly about the sister and the red mare.)
Inspirations: Stories of Women Artists by Leslie Sills. For older kids, though my 7-year-old likes it as a read aloud with plenty of discussion. Includes Frieda Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Faith Ringgold (who has written and illustrated a number of good kids' books herself), and Alice Neel. Tamara Pierce has written a number of series set in a medieval world where girls prove their mettle as knights.
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursual LeGuin (explores the meaning of gender -- suitable for 12+. I think it was written for adults.)
In Code: A Young Woman's Mathematical Journey by Sarah Flannery. At 16 Flannery develops an important cryptography algorithm, winning Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year award.
Adults Too many choices but you cound consider books by LeGuin, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Adrienne Rich (poetry), Marge Piercy, Lucia Berlin, Pat Murphy, Lucille Clifton (poetry -- has some books for kids), Fanny Howe (poetry -- some books for adolescents) are good starting points.
I notice my list is heavy on the science fiction -- partially that's personal taste, and partially that's because a number of feminists are writing science fiction in order to deconstruct our ideas about gender. Carol
Our daughter is really into reading chapter books now, but has come home with a string of them which have all been situated in white, middle class, suburban families with siblings who bicker constantly, tell each other to "shut up!" and call each other "stupid" and "jerk." In the latest book, the main character invited some girls over for a slumber party for her 11th birthday and two girls would not eat pizza because they were on a diet! Please tell me there are chapter books out there where girls are not obsessed by body image, siblings do not fight and name call, and all the people are not white and middle class (or European and nobility -- princesses, etc). She loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but seems to want to read about girls recently. I would love any recommendations with either boys or girls as main characters that would be topically appropriate for a first grader. Thanks! Dana
The "shoes" books, by Noel Streatfeild --Ballet, Dancing, Theater, Circus, Travelling, etc. Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink The All-of-Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor (Tailor?) The Little House on the Prarie books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Betsy Tacy Tib books, Maude Hart Lovelace The Anne of Green Gables books, by LM Montgomery (perhaps at a slightly older age) Little Women, Little Men, Jo's boys, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, An Old Fashoned Girl, plus a few others as well that I don't recall off the top of my head, by LM Alcott The Beverly Cleary books-- Ramona Quimby, age 8 comes to mind, but they are all great. Famous Five, Secret Seven (detective series), The St. Clare girls, and Mallory Towers series, by Enid Blyton and anything else that Enid Blyton has written Encyclopedia Brown The Five Little Peppers Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell Madeleine L'Engle books (again, perhaps for older kids) Charlotte's Web, by EB White (plus the rest of the the EB White books) Other great Authors, some of the titles are escaping me now: Many books by Eleanor Estes: the Moffats (series), Ginger Pye Betsy Byars (good for that age) Elizabeth Enright Other resources to find great kids books: Newberry Book Awards Caldecott Book Awards (Amazon has a list of all the books to receive these awards)The North Berkeley Branch of the Berkeley Public Library... almost all of these authors/books were there in the last millennium, and they have amazing children's librarians.
Good luck and happy reading. I enjoy re-reading many of these even now, so I hope you enjoy them as well! Sorry, I forgot to add Mrs. Piggle Wiggle to the list... (a must read!) and if anyone has a similar list from when they were young boys, I would love to see it! Shahana
An additional plug for Beverly Cleary: Ramona the Pest, Beezus & Ramona, Henry Huggins, Henry & Ribsy, Otis Spofford, etc.
Lloyd Alexander: the whole Prydain Chronicles -- The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, Taran Wanderer, The High King, etc. Robert O'Brien: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Louise Fitzhugh: Harriet the Spy, Sport John Fitzgerald: The Great Brain books (series) Elizabeth George Speare: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow E. L. Konigsburg: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler And for the slightly older child, let us not overlook the much, and deservedly, lauded Harry Potter books. Any of the these books (possible exception of the Witch of Blackbird Pond, but even there I'm not sure) I would recommend with a clear conscience to kids who like to read, of either gender. Some might be a bit challenging for a 6-year-old. One thing I do find pretty annoying is the unthinking classification of some wonderful books as a "girl's" book or a "boy's" book, often simply because of the gender of the main protagonist. Boys especially are apt not to read a "girl's book" and thus miss out on really great stuff.
My husband read certain of the above (and the L.I. Wilder books) as an adult, at my insistence, and had to agree, they were swell. Harriet of Harriet The Spy is appealing to any kid. The fact that she's a girl is practically a non-issue, but boys don't tend to read that book. Anyway, I can't wait until my 3-year-old son can sit still for a story without too many pictures, so that I can start the indoctrination. And I too would love to hear about books I may have missed. Wendy
Other books I remember loving: Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge (great family dynamics, some fantasy/magic)
Family Sabbatical and Family Grandstand (and Caddie Woodlawn) by Carol Ryrie Brink (Caddie Woodlawn has some uncomfortable native American Images) (these may be out of print, but available at the library)
The Saturdays, Four Story Mistake and pretty much anything by Elizabeth Enright.
The Moffat Series by Eleanor Estes (Rufus M is particularly charming!)
I also remember fondly the Carolyn Haywood Books but haven't read any recently to see if they hold up over time, but reading level and them wise they are *perfect* for an excellent first grade reader.
We've been reading Redwall (Brian Jacques) to our eight year old happily. We also read all of Narnia, though the earlier in the series are far more accesible than the later ones, and the Christian symbolism gets difficult. We'll probably start with Lloyd Alexander fairly soon. Myriam
We're very lucky to be in Berkeley where we have access to so many cultures. You should be able find these books in the used book stores on Telegraph. best of luck! Vaiju
The Beverly Cleary series are great, as are books by Johanna Hurwitz. Miriam Sachs has written many books over the years, many about middle class families, but others about families facing financial or health issues as well. As your daughter gets a bit older--my daughter and I have both enjoyed books by Lois Lenski. My daughter has also read historic fiction by an author whose name I forget, but who wrote one book called Lyddie about factory work in New England and another about a runaway slave making his way to freedom.
On a totally different note, my son loves books by James Howe. He has written a whole set told from the point of view of Harold the dog. They are "mysteries," starting with Bunnicula (a bunny found abandoned in a movie theater where Dracula was being shown and brought home; Chester the cat is convinced he is a vampire and begins to try to rid the house of him--very funny), and going on to Howliday Inn (Harold and Chester are boarded at a kennel while the family is on vacation), Return to Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight... you get the idea. He has enjoyed these from first grade through fourth. It's true all the main characters are male, but these are extremely funny, and my daughter loves them, too, even though she has far "out grown" them by now. And to the extent that people show up as characters at all, the women are generally sensible, direct people (the image of men tends to be less positive... quite a few bumbling fools, I'm afraid).
This list, as you will note, is very thin on books from other cultures/ethnicities/racial backgrounds. It doesn't reflect my preference, just what we found and what I can remember them reading. In the area of picture books there seems to be much more variety. Again, I can't remember the names of many authors, but two of our favorites are Faith Ringgold and Ezra Keats (I think I have these names right). The books of both of these authors go beyond a good story to beautifully illustrate childhood experiences and family relations, and my children have enjoyed them well past the stage when they moved on to chapter books. Cynthia
Some other series my daughter enjoyed at that age that are almost all about white kids but certainly much more wholesome than what you were describing are "Boxcar Children", "Magic Attic Club",and "The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashly Olsen" Other books my daughter has loved in the past few years, she is now 10 include, -books by Scott Odell "Island of the Blue Dolphins" "Carlota" -"Ella Enchanted" -"Anne of Green Gables" -books by Yoshiko Uchida "Journey Home" "A Jar of Dreams" -books by Laurence Yep "The Amah" -"Marisol and Magdalena" by Veronica Chambers -"Gwinna" by Barbara Helen Berger
A lot of these are about girls of different ethnicities and are all beautiful stories. My daughter has loved all of them and has read most of these stories several times. Some of these wont be appropriate until your daughter is a bit older but a few might make good read alouds so that you can help her understand the content. Anyhow, you might want to take your daughter to Codys or another bookstore with plenty of childrens books and let her look around in the childrens section. It is often easier for children to find books in a bookstore than in a library where book covers are more frequently on display. I hope this is helpful. There are many great books out there these are just a few. Have fun! Liza
I have two sons - 3 1/2 years and 6 months - who love it when we read stories. The problem is that all of Pooh's friends are boys (except for Kanga who is often wearing an apron) and so are the trains on the Island of Sodor (except for Daisy who doesn't like smelly tunnels). You get the idea. I'd really like to have books with a wider variety of boy and girl characters. Any suggestions? Robin
I also love the Frances books (Bedtime for Frances, A Bargain for Frances, A Baby Sister for Frances). These are old books -- I read them when I was a child -- but I like them even more as an adult because the parents seem so sensible and wise.
Sorry I don't know the authors, but I think any children's librarian or good children's bookstore could help you find them. Beth
Best Friends for Frances, by Russell Hoban Banned from an all-boy baseball game, Frances organizes a "No Boys" outing with interesting results.
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney Alice Rumphius has a career, travels to exotic places, retires by the sea, and becomes an interesting old woman.
I recently found a book called "Allie's Basketball Dream" by Barbara Barber (?) which is really well written and beautifully illustrated (illustrator is someone else.) The main character is a girl who is given a basketball by her father. When she practices shooting baskets, at first she misses; nearby boys laugh, other kids ask what she is doing, even offering to trade a volleyball for her basketball since the volleyball would be "easier" for a girl to handle. Ultimately, she keeps trying and makes some baskets. The other kids want to play with her and even the older boys cheer her. I like it and my son loves it. It has actually helped him to not get frustrated when he misses a shot. He often says "I'm Michael Jordon" when playing b-ball. But just the other day while playing, he said "I'm Allie".
The Max board book series by Rosemary Wells is about a "boy" rabbit, but his sister Ruby is always present. My son likes those too. In the Carl the dog series, it is a little girl that Carl goes on adventures with. There is the Madeline series, but that may be for slightly older kids. I have a train book that has both male and female characters doing all the different jobs associated with trains. I can look up the name. Martha
Madeline books, (which are for older kids)
In doctor suess books I often just write an "s" in front of "he" since the chracters are all weird creatures, this is especially easy in "one fish, two fish".
You're right though there aren't very many books for the under two set with any girls. liz
I do not like the way you slide. I do not like your soft inside. I do not like you lots of ways And I could live for many days Without eggs.I personally enjoy the contrast these books provide to Hoban's books for grownups (e.g. "Riddley Walker" and "Pilgermann"), which are as dark and strange as the Francis books are sweet and light. John
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on 3/30/2015 9:58:00 AM
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I've had a terrible time with mascaras. My eyes are uber sensitive and most of the mascaras that don't bother them either clump or don't do much of anything. I need waterproof, but am wary of formulas that make my lashes stiff or are impossible to get off easily. This one works for me on all counts.
The first coat doesn't seem to add much, but the second ( for work) looks really good, and the third is amazing. No clumps, no flakes, lasts all day (16+ hrs) and comes off easily with a remover like Maybelline's pink, need-to-shake one.
on 1/3/2015 7:16:00 PM
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This has been my go-to mascara for over a year now and I love it! I have naturally very short lashes and this mascara works so well and actually extends my lashes a lot. I use it every day and it always lasts all day no problem. I find when I use this mascara that I don't even need to curl my lashes because it does it for me.
The only problem is sometimes if you try to layer it too much it will clump a bit but usually this isn't an issue. Also it can be hard to get off because it is so waterproof but the make up remover wipes that I use work fine to get it all off.
I love this mascara and it's definitely worth it for the low price
on 8/23/2014 3:12:00 PM
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Initially I was impressive with this product as it defined and lengthened my lashes quite a bit but about a week later the mascara dried out.. I might've gotten a bad tube?
on 7/26/2014 8:37:00 PM
Age: 36-43
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Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've been hearing about fibre extension mascara (ie. 3D Fibre Lash) for some time now, and upon googling it, I was astounded by the price O.O There was NO way I was forking out that kind of money for a MASCARA.
I saw Maybelline Illegal Length FIbre Extension mascara at Walmart last week, and I picked it up on the assumption that it gave the same benefits of the more expensive kind...and it DOES! Today was the first day I put it on, and it made a HUGE difference compared to my usual mascara (currently, I've been using the Bombshell duo mascara from Maybelline). No matter how much I curled my lashes, the mascara would usually weigh them down and they'd be straight again - even after curling them AFTER application. With Illegal Length, I just needed to curl them ONCE and they held the curl ALL DAY :D And I could actually SEE each individual lash! I don't mind the skinny wand as it's easy to handle and get into the very corners.
As for the "waterproof" part, I didn't find it all that difficult to remove with eye makeup remover pads.
I think this will be my new HG of mascara, and I plan to stock up if it goes on sale! It works, and it's reasonably priced! Thanks, Maybelline! PLEASE DO NOT DISCONTINUE THIS ONE!!!
on 7/25/2014 10:25:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love this mascara, but there are a few drawbacks. The mascara is very waterproof and had to get off of the lashes at the end of the day. If you wear for a VERY extended amount of time it will flake off a tad. When building lashes, if the mascara is a little old/dry IT WILL GET CLUMPY (unlike its non-waterproof counter part). I try to use the other version as much as possible, but certain event call for this formula, which is not my ultimate favorite. But, it is a great price for what you get.
on 5/26/2014 1:29:00 AM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This is one of the best drugstore mascaras that I've tried recently. I give it five stars for its ability to hold a curl and lengthen lashes and five for ease of removal. However it's not truly waterproof, hence the ease of removal and it does tend to flake a very tiny bit. All in all my current favorite.
on 5/6/2014 4:10:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
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Eyes: Brown
A little surprised by the reviews but nevertheless I love this mascara! It might come across as too natural for some people but personally I find that you can build layers and layers on your lashes with this mascara.
The most important factor to me when choosing a mascara is definitely can it hold a curl for the entire day (or at least for long hours). This mascara does exactly that! When i get home after a long day, say at least 8 hours, my lashes are still nicely curled.
My lashes are long to begin with but for some reason I really like the look of longer lashes. I apply 2 coats of this mascara to my top and bottom lashes and I get many questions from people asking whether my lashes are naturally that long and how it isn't clumpy.
Some cons would be:
- You really notice the difference in the product from the first time you use it and 2 months onwards. The formula is on the dry side and some people do not like that.
- A little flakey. Not a big deal to me.
I'd recommend this mascara for people wanting a curl to hold all day with length.
One lippie off because I believe I can still find a better mascara! But for a drugstore mascara, this is really well-done by Maybelline.
on 5/5/2014 9:39:00 PM
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
This is my favorite mascara ever, I'm surprised that the reviews aren't higher, but I guess everyone feels that way about their favorites.
My eyelashes are flat as pancakes, it's so hard to hold a curl, so many mascaras weigh my lashes down, so even after I curl them they end up going straight again, it's really frustrating. Also my eyelashes are super long, people ask me all the time if they are fake, when I curl them out wearing this mascara they freak people out sometimes and I'd be lying if I said I didn't kind of enjoy it.
These stuff really does add 4 mm of length to your lashes, it's not an exaggerations. This space-y light brush also makes it easy to get every lash, and the formula is light so it doesn't weigh my lashes down.
Compliments on eyelashes are rare and a little weird, but I get them wearing this stuff. I once had my friend's dad ask me if I was wearing fake eyelashes sitting 10 feet away from me, that's how noticeable they are.
The only con is that sometimes the extension part flakes off, so I'll see a little black crumb or two, but it's really nothing noticeable, you really have to look. Doesn't smudge at all and I've done a lot of activities with it, heat, water, sweat, no problems.
on 5/4/2014 4:47:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Green
This is an okay mascara. It does make my lashes noticably longer, but you need to layer it with another mascara. Also, it is flakey. I would reccomend putting it under another waterproof mascara such as Maybelline Great Lash, a.k.a. the most waterproof mascara of all time. The brush on this mascara is a bit skinny and not very dense, so you need to apply quite a few coats to even get a decent amount of product on the lashes, however it does layer well if you've got the time to work with it.
on 4/27/2014 7:13:00 PM
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i like to use this mascara as a 'primer' to hold my curl and after to un clump! i love this stuff so much. The brush is a little to long but whatever! oh one more thing, i can never get the lid/brush to properly close but it hasn't dried out so that's good!
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As the sub-title suggests, this is the consumer's guide to precious gemstones. Divided into two parts: In plain non-technical language, Part I redefines preciousness and gently guides the reader toward a real understanding of those criteria that make a gemstone. Part II contains a series of individual essays that apply the criteria of connoisseurship to 35 of today's most important gemstones. The book covers precious stones old and new including diamond, pearl, tourmaline, sapphire, chalcedony, spinel, ruby, and garnet.
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Take two, Detroit.
It has been almost two years since ABC aired its last episode of "Detroit 1-8-7," the first network primetime series set and produced in the Motor City. All that, however, is about to change with AMC's "Low Winter Sun."
The cable network is home to critically acclaimed shows like "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad" -- which costars Michigan native Betsy Brandt and will end its five-season run this summer -- and the massively popular "The Walking Dead," which stars Troy native Steven Yeun. AMC announced that it has given a full-season order to "Low Winter Sun."
Starring Mark Strong ("Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy" and "Zero Dark Thirty") and Lennie James ("The Walking Dead," "Jericho" and "Snatch"), "Low Winter Sun" is a mysterious and moody story about a Detroit detective (Strong) who, after pulling off what he thinks was the perfect crime, is lured to the dark side, deep down in the city's underworld.
The first season, consisting of 10 hour-long episodes, is based on a 2006 award-winning British miniseries,
The pilot was approved in October for an incentive of $1.3 million by the Michigan Film Office. It was shot in the city in September.
"We're thrilled to be moving forward with this compelling and intense new drama and look forward to returning to Detroit for production on the first season," said Joel Stillerman, AMC's executive vice president of original programming, production and digital content.
Chris Mundy ("Criminal Minds," "Cold Case") will serve as writer, executive producer and show runner.
AMC didn't provide any details of the local production and when it is scheduled to begin.
A source in the local filmmaking community told Names+Faces on Sunday that while they were in town shooting the pilot, producers said they were hoping to start the first season full time in Detroit in the spring.
AMC didn't announce when "Low Winter Sun" is scheduled to premiere.
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Sunday's studio estimates had the Warner Bros. 3D epic as the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith's "I Am Legend," which opened with $77.2 million in 2007.
Despite generally poor reviews, the adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's first novel in the fantasy series was an even bigger draw than the last "Lord of the Rings" films, "The Return of the King." That film opened with $72.6 million.
While Jackson's "Rings" movies drew many Oscar nominations, the path for "The Hobbit" has thus far been a rockier road. It received no Golden Globes nominations on Thursday. Its 48 frames per second, double the usual rate, also has been criticized.
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When Gore hit US shores looking like a well-fed Grizzly Adams, the late-night comics lampooned him without mercy. The political talking heads puzzled endlessly about Gore's latest "makeover" and what signal he was trying to send. "It's not as if we were talking about Allen Ginsberg," Tipper told me, clearly amused by the image of her husband as a closet counterculturist. "It was just his way of saying he was free."
As Gore started traveling the country again, tentatively feeling out campaign donors and testing his political viability before select audiences, it soon became clear that his heart was no longer in the hunt. In late September 2001, Gore was scheduled to address an influential gathering of Democrats in Iowa. He had planned to signal his interest in the 2004 race. But after the September 11 attacks, he tore up the speech and instead called for national unity, offering a salute to President Bush as "my commander in chief." Gore rejects the notion that he had somehow lost his Democratic backbone in a spasm of post-9/11 patriotism. "I genuinely think he did a good job in the immediate aftermath of September 11 and up until Tora Bora," Gore told me, referring to the battle in Afghanistan in December 2001, when Osama bin Laden eluded US forces. "And especially up until the invasion of Iraq, I think, he did a good job. But then he blew it, in my opinion."
Over the next few months, Gore turned away from politics, Tipper says, and shouldered as his "ministry" the campaign against global warming. He went back to work on the climate-change slide show he had been giving since he was a junior congressman in the late '70s. After earning little more than a government paycheck and book royalties for most of his career, he also started to make some serious money. Indulging his lifetime fascination with "information ecology," Gore took up an advisory post at Google in early 2001, three years before its blockbuster IPO. Later that year, he signed on with Metropolitan West Financial, a Los Angeles-based securities firm, as a rainmaker. In March 2003, he joined Apple's board of directors. The next year, Gore and a consortium of investors purchased a cable TV news network for a reported $70 million. Then he teamed up with David Blood, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, to form an investment fund based on the principles of sustainability. (The event was covered in the Financial Times under the irresistible headline "BLOOD AND GORE LAUNCH FIRM WITH A DIFFERENCE.")
While the political press remained obsessed with Gore the loser (underlined by his ill-timed endorsement of Howard Dean right before the candidate tanked), by 2004 Gore the neophyte businessman had built an impressive second act around his twin passions: technology and the environment. "His new work leverages what he's really good at, which is thinking deeply about the drivers of change and having a perspective on where companies need to go in a global business environment," says Peter Knight, a longtime friend and adviser who is one of Gore's partners at Generation. "This turns out to be a wonderful convergence of his abilities and interests." Along with his bank account, the transition from public to private sector has also buoyed Gore's wounded spirit. "This is the Al that I've known since we were teenagers," Tipper says. "How does that Joni Mitchell song go? 'I was a free man in Paris, I felt unfettered and alive.' That's him."
When Gore and I meet, it is, alas, not in Paris but at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, where he and Tipper recently purchased a pied-à-terre. Gore is dressed in his new uniform, looking very GQ in well-tailored trousers and a charcoal silk shirt, open at the collar. He's chucked the Brylcreem; his hair is modishly parted and flops on his forehead. At 58, he looks younger (though considerably heavier) than he did a few years ago. Earlier in the week, Gore had returned from a grueling lecture tour of Tokyo, Manila, Mumbai, and Jiddah, where he gave a speech accusing the Bush administration of "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the September 11 attacks. Gore knew he would be pilloried for criticizing Bush on foreign soil, though he never could have predicted that a trigger-happy Dick Cheney would have blasted him, as it were, out of the headlines that week with even worse vice presidential news. As he pops a beer and sprawls on a sleek leather lounger, Gore chortles at Cheney's predicament.
I ask him how his ventures in cable television and sustainable investing are supposed to fit together. Gore responds with a typically long and sometimes philosophical filibuster that eventually circles back to the question. Central to Gore's philosophy are two inextricable beliefs: first, that "the world is facing a planetary emergency, a climate crisis that is without precedent in all of human history." Second, that "the conversation of democracy is broken." Fix the latter, Gore argues, and the chances of remedying the former improve dramatically.


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Friday: A slight chance of showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 11 mph.
Hurricane Sandy leads to city gas shortage, run on gas
With millions of New Yorkers heading back to work and limited subway service, many residents hopped in their cars only to find no place to fill up. "Gas is in short supply," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the daily press conference updating New Yorkers on the city's response to Hurricane Sandy. Long lines litter the gas stations throughout the borough that still have gas, with drivers waiting more than hour. Read more: Queens Courier
HOV rules clog river crossings
High-occupancy vehicle restrictions and the return of mass transit created a fresh nightmare for the flood of commuters trying to cram into Manhattan yesterday — backing up traffic for miles and causing long lines squeezing to get on shuttle buses. Police checkpoints were set up to enforce the rule of three people per vehicle and avoid a repeat of Wednesday's staggering gridlock, but it also led to hour-long waits to cross the East and Hudson rivers. Read more: NY Post
Belle Harbor resident uses twine, electrical cords to save self, neighbors
Some people panic in a crisis, but others find their inner hero, like one man whose quick thinking and guts spelled the difference between life and death for his neighbors in Belle Harbor. Watch video: NY1
Generators should give power to people — not marathon
As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent for Sunday's New York City Marathon. And a third "backup" unit sits idle, in case one of the generators fails. Read more: NY Post
Disturbed man randomly stabs woman, 22, after following her from Queens bus
An emotionally disturbed man followed a woman as she stepped off a Queens bus, stabbing her in an unprovoked attack, police said Thursday. Edwin Rios, 27, was busted at 12:40 a.m., almost three hours after he allegedly stabbed the 22-year-old victim at 73rd Ave. and Francis Lewis Boulevard, in Fresh Meadows. Read more: Daily News
Howard Beach pizzeria stays open despite blackout resulting from Hurricane Sandy
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Bernard Jenkin, the M.P. for the area, said it was unclear whether the delay caused Ball's death.
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Summer Saver Follow-Up
I got my Summer Saver reward. It was a $13.39 credit to my CL&P bill, which by my calculations amounts to about 21 percent, but it's possible that I've calculated it incorrectly since there was no explanation on my bill as to how much energy I saved over the three months of the program (July, August, September).
The conservation efforts I underwent over the summer in order to secure this credit were not worth the meager return of $13.39. The real value was forming better energy conservation habits that I still carry out today. Plus there is the unknown savings of how much more I might have been billed had I not been conserving.
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Homecoming at the University of Washington is a wonderful time of year. Alumni of all ages return to campus—some for the first time in decades—to share a few stories and celebrate their connection to the UW.
The Class of 1960 celebrated its 50-year reunion on Friday, Oct. 15 and dedicated this iconic 'W' which greets people as they enter campus on Memorial Way. Here's more about the Class of 1960 gift and you can check out the photo album from the 50-year reunion.
I've got awhile until my 1994 50-year reunion, but I had a memorable Homecoming weekend just as well. Prior to kickoff of the Huskies' 35-34 double overtime victory over Oregon State, I conducted the Husky Marching Band to "Bow Down to Washington." Then, UW Interim President Phyllis Wise and I presented a scholarship check to the Homecoming King and Queen.
And I finally met Dubs!
The band spelled out "UWAA" on the field (so cool!) and several past presidents of the UWAA returned to campus to be recognized on the field. It really was a fantastic weekend and another reminder of what the UW means to alumni. I hope you, too, had a great Homecoming. Go Huskies!
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Can you be clearer about the tests?!
Oct 24, 2001
Doctor, one of your messages says that HCV antibodies sometimes show up after 12 months after exposure. However, do people have to wait that long to know their ACCURATE HCV status? Is there any other better way to get an accurate result? Dr. Dieterich said the test for the virus (which test is for the virus?) can confirm it; however, you didn't say anything about the time frame. If a person get the antibody test and the PCR RNA test at four months, and both results are negative, is this enough to confirm that s/he is not infected? With both tests, how long after exposure would give the correct result? Thanks for clarifying this!
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You are right.If you have a negative PCR ,you are negative.The longer time frame refers to seroconversion of the HCV antibody in the absence of a PCR.
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Glade Festival 2011
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Headliners : Adam Beyer, and Global Communication
Venue: Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk
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Glade Festival is set on fire
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Trentemoller leaves Glade 2011 crowd confused
The first day of Glade 2011 closed after a bizarre headline set from experimental producer Trentemoller.
Engine Earz Experiment storm the Glade Stage
The motley crew known as Engine Earz Experiment swaggered onto the stage like festival veterans today, despite their lack of festival credentials.
OTT Kicks off the next evolution of Glade Festival 2011
The newly revamped dance festival is back following cancellation in 2010, with major changes to the site, size and feel.
Weather watch: what to pack for festivals this weekend
It turns out that the Met Office's prediction of a warm June isn't quite coming to fruition at festivals this weekend. Here's what weather to expect at IOW Festival, Download, RockNess, Glade and Get Loaded In The Park.
Last few Glade 2011 tickets on sale
Glade 2011 organisers have announced that they are down to the last few remaining tickets for this year's event.
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There is something powerful about weighing 232 pounds. When I was rockin' my plus sizes and highest heels I felt like I was a FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH! No one messed with me. I seldom got cat calls when I was walking down the street and that was fine by me.
Things have changed since losing weight. At gas stations, walking to my car after appearances uptown, parking lots… I'm getting a lot more attention since my gastric bypass surgery at Catawba Valley Medical Center. A compliment from a coworker, friend, church member or fellow shopper about my new dress is more than welcome. Cat calls from strange men when I'm out alone are very intimidating. With a much smaller frame, the lewd comments and come-ons leave me feeling exposed, vulnerable and somewhat powerless. I have no plans to gain the weight back and I can't just avoid going out alone. So I have to figure out a way to regain my sense of security so I won't subconsciously sabotage my efforts to stay healthy like I've done in the past.
A few weeks ago I joined the YMCA and my goal is to work out at least 3 times a week. When I'm lifting weights, planking or going hard on a treadmill, ellipticals or stationary bike I feel like I'm getting stronger. So instead of insulating myself with fat, I'm working on my muscles.


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Susan Brown, university distinguished professor of biology, studies genomics, bioinformatics and the evolution of gene regulatory networks. She is the director of the Arthropod Genomic Center and the Bioinformatics Center. She is currently working on Agripestbase, a community database that contains genome data for pest insects.
Brown has made significant contributions to the field of entomology and has played an important role in the international consortium responsible for sequencing and analyzing the genome of Tribolium castaneum, the red flour beetle. She is currently studying early embryonic patterning and segmentation mechanisms in Tribolium. For her work in helping develop a model system for genetic and molecular studies on Tribolium castaneum, Brown was awarded the the 2014 Olin Petefish Award in Basic Sciences, one of the prestigious Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards.
She has received funding from agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. She has published more than 95 articles, which have appeared in journals such as Developmental Biology, Genetics, Journal of Theoretical Biology and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
She is currently advising three graduate students and five undergraduate students, and has advised 38 graduate students and 36 undergraduate students in the past.
Brown received the 2010 Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty award and was named a fellow of the Entomology Society of America in 2011. She is a member of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Genetics Society of America.
Brown joined Kansas State University in 1983 as a research associate in the department of biochemistry. She was named a university distinguished professor, K-State's highest academic ranking, in 2012. Brown received a doctorate in genetics from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor's degree in biology from Smith College.
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All members of the American Israel Numismatic Association, subscribers to the Israel Coins and Medals Corporation, and the general public are invited to attend the annual joint meeting of AINA and the Israel Coins and Medals Corporation on Thursday, August 7, 1-3 PM at the World's Fair of Money®, Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, near Chicago.
The meeting is free to all. Attendees will hear an illustrated lecture by Ray and Steve Feller, authors of "Silent Witnesses: Civilian Camp Money of World War II," that includes Ghettos, Concentration Camps, etc. And an official of the Israel Coins and Medals Corporation will reveal their plans for future coins and medals.


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Editor's Note: Autumn is greeting us now – and it's so refreshing! We've had such a lovely (albeit heavily smoke-laced) fall…but shit's comin'. Literally. Today and tomorrow are high 70's – then (que ominous music) the Canadians are imposing a storm-front upon us.
Must enjoy the goods while here.
Happy Autumn, gentle readers, wherever you call home.
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Get informed advice from noncommissioned mobile phone specialists.
Only at Best Buy, find the best of productivity and fun in the perfect device in the Windows Store. From Surface, to tablets, laptops and all-in-one computers, the Windows store has it all. Plus, enjoy all the expert service you need to get started.
In store, online, on the phone, or at your worksite, Best Buy is here to help you find the right products and technology solutions for your business and schools.
Mac, iPod and more at this Apple store-within-a-store.
We offer electronics recycling at this and all other U.S. stores.
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VANCOUVER – Elderly people could be coerced into "choosing" euthanasia if the practice were legalized, a Vancouver doctor told the Catholic Physicians Guild.
What makes a hospital, nursing home or hospice Catholic isn't the cross in the lobby. It is the decisions made in each and every examination room, operating theatre, boardroom and clinic.
Supporters of Pakistan's religious political party Sunni Tehreek hold a banner and party flags during an anti-U.S. rally in Lahore Oct. 17.
Students at Edmonton's Our Lady of the Prairies Catholic School are generally well behaved. But since the introduction of a behavioural program a year ago, teachers say instances of aggression have been reduced significantly.
As Blessed John Paul II once said, "Catholic education is above all a question of communicating Christ, of helping to form Christ in the lives of others."
Rather than suppress boys' high-spirited physicality, aggression or shy reluctance, Edmonton Catholic Schools has responded by structuring an environment so boys can express these drives in safe, respectful ways.
Every program at St. Francis of Assisi School reverts to academics.
Whether the school implements an online math program, yoga classes or after-school basketball clinics, all are done with the intention of supporting the students academically.
Pope Benedict XVI has declared 2012-2013 to be the Year of Faith.
He's studied in Rome, been a teacher of philosophy and theology, and lived on three continents.
Images that reflect the rich 100-year history of the Edmonton Archdiocese and its parishes are now on display at City Hall. One of many jubilee events throughout 2012 and 2013, the historical exhibit marks the centennial of the archdiocese. The display, which opened Oct. 22, includes a wealth of historical images seldom seen in public, going back to the archdiocese's early years.


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New Center for Arts and Culture
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December 24, 2013
Back for a third straight year after sold-out performances, the hilarious Moo Shu Jew Show is the perfect way to spend Christmas Eve, whether you're Jewish or not. Featuring some of the country's best comedians and a multi-course Chinese meal, this popular evening will leave you with a belly full of laughs and good food. No...
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Improve your game! Come back every Tuesday to see a new technique explained and demonstrated.
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This week Annie Haeger demonstrates proper technique when roll gybing a Lasre or Radial.
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Parties looking to file a Florida mechanics lien must comply with Florida mechanics lien law, which can be found in Title 40, Chapter 713, Part I of the Florida Statutes. While lien law can be very complex, this post outlines the top five things you should know about these laws to preserve, perfect and enforce your mechanics lien rights (and an extra 6th hint for the road).
1) Preliminary Notice is Strictly Required
If you don't deliver a preliminary notice soon after the start of furnishing labor or materials, you will likely lose your mechanics lien rights in Florida. All parties who did not contract directly with the property owner must serve a Notice to Owner within 45 days of furnishing labor and/or materials to the construction project, except for two small exceptions. This preliminary notice requirement does not exist for pure individual wage-laborers or for architects, engineers, and other professionals.
The preliminary notice must contain all the information required by the statute, and must be sent to certain parties. Specifically, you must make sure to send the preliminary notice to those listed in any filed Notice of Commencement, and:
- If hired by the general contractor, send the notice to the property owner;
- If hired by a subcontractor, send the notice to the property owner and the general contractor; or
- If hired by a sub-subcontractor, send the notice to the property owner, the general contractor and the subcontractor.
Also, besides sending the preliminary notice in the proper time period and to the proper parties, it must have the proper content. All preliminary notices must contain a specific statutory WARNING statement.
2) You Must File Your Mechanics Lien Within 90 Days From Last Doing Work (Warranty Work Not Included)
In some states, the lien deadline starts to count from the end of the entire construction project. This is not the case in Florida. Mechanics lien claimants in Florida must record their mechanics lien within 90 days from their own last furnishing of labor, services or materials to a construction project. The 90 day period starts to count when the substantive portion of your work is completed, and you cannot include the correction of deficiencies in work, punch-list work, or warranty work in determining this date. For equipment rental companies specifically, the last date of furnishing is the last date the equipment was actually on site and available to the parties for use.
Also, when recording your mechanics lien, be careful where you are recording. While most counties maintain county property records with the Clerk of Court , there are some exceptional counties where the property records function is delegated to a designated "County Recorder." If there is confusion as to where your mechanics lien is to be filed, it could result in your missing the deadline to file, and invalidating your lien.
3) Make Sure You Qualify For Lien Rights
Generally speaking, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, equipment rental companies, laborers and professionals have lien rights in Florida. Florida does not require that you have a written contract to file a mechanics lien, so contracts can be oral, written, express or implied. However, the following do not have any rights to file a Florida mechanics lien:
- Sub-sub-subcontractors (those hired by sub-subs)
- Suppliers to suppliers
- suppliers to sub-sub-subcontractors
- Anyone who is required to be licensed in Florida, but who is not (read more about unlicensed contractor lien rights here)
- Maintenance workers (In order to qualify for a mechanics lien in Florida, the work and/or materials provided must permanently improve the property)
4) Do Not Exaggerate Your Lien Claim
This tip is not solely applicable to Florida, but it's particularly important in Florida because filing a "fraudulent" mechanics lien is a 3rd degree felony in that state. While this seems easy enough to avoid, it can sometimes be tough to distinguish between a "mistake" or something subject to a "good faith argument" on one hand, and an actual willful or negligent exaggeration on the other.
Because Florida does not allow lien claimants to include amounts for unapproved change orders, amounts or lost profits for unperformed work, and other similar legally theoretical claims for damage payments within the mechanics lien, doing so can lead to a fraudulently exaggerated lien. Similarly, lien claimants should not add costs, lien fees, interest, or attorney fees to their Florida mechanics lien.
There is no reason to include these amounts on the lien claim and face the risk of an exaggerated lien, because these amounts may be recoverable by the prevailing party in litigation. They specifically cannot be added to lien itself, however, because Florida mechanics lien law only allows lienors to encumber the property for the value of its actual permanent improvement to the property. This rule is typical throughout the country, and was discussed previously in the post: What Costs Can I Include In A Mechanics Lien?
5) Know The Deadline to Enforce (Foreclose)…And All Exceptions
In Florida, just like everywhere else, mechanic liens are only effective for a specifically defined period of time. Once that time period passes, the lien expires as a matter of law unless you have filed a lawsuit to foreclose upon the property and the lien. The general rule in Florida is that the lien foreclosure action is due within 1 year from the date on which the lien was recorded.
However, this 1 year foreclosure period can be shortened by the property owner to as little as 60 or 20 days via the following enforcement deadline e exceptions:
- Foreclosure period is reduce to 60 days if the property owner serves a Notice of Contest of Lien (F.S. 713.22(2)).
- Foreclosure period reduced to 20 days if the owner or interested party files a lawsuit complaint and summons with a rule to show cause on the mechanics lien (F.S. 713.21(4)).
6) Make Sure Your Project Qualifies For Lien Protection
Determining that you are a party who qualifies for lien rights (Note 4, above) is important, it's not the whole answer. You must also make sure that the project on which you are working is a project for which the correct remedy for non-payment is a mechanics lien. With the proliferation of P3 projects, a project that might look commercial in nature (and subject to mechanics lien laws), may actually be a public project for which the proper remedy is a bond claim.
Liens cannot attach to public property, so if the project you are working on is a public project, mechanics liens are not the appropriate way to secure payment. Since P3 projects can look like both public and private projects, and be subject to either set of rules depending on the particular project and contract at issue, it's important to make sure whether your project is private or public. This will help you remain in a secured position, and get paid.


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2015 Midwinter Speakers
Dianne Testa RDA, RDH, BS
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Dianne Testa is a Registered Dental Assistant, Registered Dental Hygienist and received her BS in Dental Hygiene from the University of Minnesota.
Dianne's background includes: clinical practice, director of a dental hygiene program, a clinical instructor, educator, a public speaker, and a consultant.
She currently speaks through out the country on many topics from OSHA and infection control, radiation safety, local anesthesia, Ethics and Jurisprudence and radiographic techniques. Dianne's lectures and customized trainings range in the areas of ultrasonic scaling and periodontal debridement, the use and placement of periodontal adjuncts, How to get your patients to health, treatment planning and case presentation and many more. Dianne works for GC America as their District Sales manager for Minnesota and North Dakota.
Dianne has been published in the Illinois Dental News on her work in Infection Control, RDH magazine, Dental IQ, and Practical Dental Hygiene on her work with enzyme suppressing drugs used in periodontal therapy.
Dianne has received awards for Minnesota's Outstanding Hygienist 2000, and the faculty Innovation Award 2001. She is listed in Who's Who Among American's Teachers.
Her 30+ years in dentistry shows in the excitement she brings to each and every one of her lectures and training seminars. Each and every participant leaves with valuable knowledge and the understanding of her love for dental hygiene. Her enthusiasm is contagious and keeps the audience interested and entertained.
Friday, January 16th
"What's New in Dental Radiography Including What You Forgot"
Speakers: Prof. Gail F. Williamson and Dr. Edwin T. Parks
The morning session of this program will review the principles of radiation safety and protection and provide an overview of the revised selection criteria guidelines. In addition, technical and processing errors will be discussed as a means of improving the diagnostic quality of intraoral and extraoral film‐based imaging. The afternoon session will focus on digital intraoral and extraoral radiography systems and enhancements. In addition, advanced imaging for orofacial structures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) will be discussed.
- Discuss methods to minimize patient and operator radiation exposure.
- Apply selection criteria principles when prescribing radiographs.
- Apply proper technique principles for intraoral and panoramic radiography.
- Identify, describe and correct common errors that occur on intraoral and panoramic radiographs.
- Describe basic principles and techniques involved in digital radiography.
- Evaluate claims, enhancements and diagnostic tools in digital radiography.
- Better understand advanced imaging modalities and their role in dentistry.
- Apply advanced imaging for diagnostic tasks in dentistry.
Gail F. Williamson is a Professor of Dental Diagnostic Sciences in the Department of Oral Pathology,
Medicine and Radiology, as well as Director of Faculty Enhancement, in the Office of Faculty Affairs at
Indiana University School of Dentistry. She received an AS in Dental Hygiene, a BS in Allied Health
and a MS in Education from Indiana University. She has served as Director of Allied Dental Radiology
and Course Director for Dental Assisting courses, and she continues to serve as Course Director for
Dental Hygiene Radiology courses. Prof. Williamson is the Executive Director of the American
Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, serves as a Radiology expert on the National Board
Dental Hygiene Test Construction Committee, and is active in the American Dental Education
Edwin T. Parks is a Professor of Dental Diagnostic Sciences in the Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology at Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis, Indiana. He received his DMD from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, and his MS in Dental Diagnostic Sciences from Indiana University School of Dentistry. He serves as Director of Dental Radiology and Module Director for Predoctoral Radiology Courses. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine and American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. He has recently been elected Councilor for Public Policy and Scientific Affairs of the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology. He is also active in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Dental Education Association.


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Dark Souls II PS3 beta test rescheduled for November
Network test to begin November 9 and run for three hours, space still available.
The next Dark Souls II PlayStation 3 network test will take place starting November 9, Namco Bandai announced today on Facebook. This beta test was supposed to begin on Sunday, October 27, but was delayed due to "unforeseen issues."
The new beta period will begin at 11 p.m. PDT on November 9 and run through 2 a.m. PDT on November 10. All past Dark Souls II network test participants will be allowed into the new testing period, and there is still space to join the upcoming round, Namco said.
Players can downloaded the Dark Souls II beta client on the PlayStation Network by entering the code: 38QQ-8DNE-97AA.
Dark Souls II launches for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in March 2014. The beta testing period has been announced only for PS3. For more, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Dark Souls II.