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Joy Harjo is a poet, musician, and award-winning writer. Harjo served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas.
Joy Harjo is a WMC SheSource expert on Spirituality, Art and Culture, and Social Justice.


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A unique and interesting part of living at Burton-Conner is the opportunity to cook for yourself. Every suite in Burton-Conner is equipped with a small kitchen including a stove, an oven, a sink, at least one fridge, and enough cabinet space for all the people living in that suite. Residents who cook for themselves commonly buy groceries at Star Market, Trader Joe's, or Whole Foods, which are all about a mile from the dorm. There is also a shuttle that runs from the dorms to Star Market on the weekends, and a shuttle to Costco every other weekend. Cooking for yourself gives you more flexibility than the dining plan, letting you decide exactly what you want to eat and when you want to eat it. It's also a lot of fun experimenting with different recipes and trying new foods. Learning to grocery shop, plan meals, and cook your own food is important practice for living on your own once you graduate, but if you happen to be too busy to cook some nights, students who aren't on the dining plan can still purchase meals in the dining halls, or you could grab something to eat from any of the restaurants in Kendall Square or the Student Center.
Burton Conner comprises a delicious stew of nine unique floors, each seasoned with its own culture, history, and artistic aesthetic. Also in the mix are a dollop of paint, a handful of quality facilities, and a heaping helping of sharp-minded, warm-hearted people. This mouth-watering milieu can be found simmering in any one of Burton Conner's well-equipped suite kitchens, or being dished out at one of BC's dorm-wide events in the Porter Room, the largest indoor activity space north of the Charles and south of Briggs Field.
Burton Conner is known as the social dorm; we work hard, but we also play hard. Some of the things we play include:
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Union General Robert E. Lee would face his darkest hour as his armies were broken up during an assault against the invading Confederate forces of General James Longstreet. By 1863, the Civil War had dragged on through three of its six Aprils, and times were difficult for the Union. Draft riots sent New York City up in flames, the presidency of Abraham Lincoln came under question, and the South intended to follow up victories in Virginia by an invasion of Northern territory, hopefully impressing foreign powers to recognize the Confederacy.
Times were also difficult for Robert E. Lee. A native Virginian, he had very nearly seceded along with his state, but a personal intervention by retiring General Winfield Scott convinced him that his duty was to the United States government. He was branded a traitor by many in the South, who quickly seized his wife's property at Arlington, looting furniture that had once belonged to George Washington, inherited through Lee's wife Mary Custis, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. In the North, many suspected the accented general as a potential conspirator. Further questions were raised as Lee's campaigns in the East were slow, though knowledgeable officials recognized that he spent much of the early war assembling key supply lines and training a terribly green Union army.
The invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania came as a surprise to many, but Lee seemed almost ready for the expedition, quickly maneuvering his armies to force a battle near the town of Gettysburg, PA. Here, however, his plans failed. He had long studied the effectiveness of an artillery bombardment followed by an infantry charge as used by Garibaldi in the wars of Italian unification, but his emulation in Pennsylvania would suffer problems of wet powder, crosswinds, and unshakable dug-in positions. When his army broke, Lee was reported to have rode among them and said, "I've lost this battle, not you."
Longstreet finished his plans of rooting his army at the rail center in Harrisburg, effectively cutting off Maryland and, more importantly, Washington, D.C. Despite the victory, it would be quickly overwhelmed by a reformed Union army under General Meade. Lee was shifted into a support position, where he would ride out the rest of the war, while command shifted to the new celebrity of Ulysses Grant, whose simultaneous conquest of Vicksburg, MS, would herald the beginning of the end of the war in the West.
After the war, Lee would be a component for reconciliation with the South, accepting a lecturing position at Washington College, now known as Washington University, in Lexington, VA.


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I've heard Conor O' Callaghan, and Jenn Ashworth read before, and they are excellent. Well worth checking this one out if you can.
"An afternoon of reading heaven for fiction lovers with the chance to meet five super authors as well as other people who love books and reading as much as you do.
Authors taking part are Linda Green with her psychological drama While My Eyes Were Closed, Eleanor Wasserberg with her chilly, compulsive debut Foxlowe , creator of ITV's hit series Blue Murder with her compelling crime novel The Silence Between Breaths, Sheffield-based writer Conor O'Callaghan with his haunting, enigmatic debut Nothing on Earth set in provincial Ireland and award winning author Jenn Ashworth with her eerie lyrical new book Fell.
Plus free giveaways for everyone who attends!"
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Miley makes no secret out of the fact that she loves to be nude and she loves sex.
She engages in her two favorite pastimes in a raunchy Facetime session with fashion photographer Mert Alas. The photos were released today (Sept. 2) in Interview magazine.
Miley Cyrus Sexts Up a Storm (Click Photos to Enlarge!)
Miley hosted the MTV Music Video Awards on Sunday (Aug. 30) and sent a conservative parents' group through the roof with her over-the-top costumes and sexy routines.
It seemed more like burlesque than a music awards program.
But before you condemn Miley for "immorality" for her latest photo spread consider. She's just doing what many twenty-something girls, an older, do on a Saturday night when they're home alone.
She's just more open about it.
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Inside a table, a column often contains many duplicate values; and sometimes you only want to list the different (distinct) values.The SELECT DISTINCT statement is used to return only distinct (different) values.
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Real Budget Deficit: $4 Trillion: Federal Government Bankrupt, Say Economists
Excerpt:Â The real 2007 federal budget deficit was $4 trillion, not a previously reported $163 billion, an economist contends, based on data from the Treasury Department's annual financial report."The federal government's fiscal woes continue to careen wildly out of control," said economist John Williams, who publishes the Internet website Shadow Government Statistics. Read More


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Leaves and stems - Bipinnate leaves. Grey-green to glaucous (bluish), usually with one inconspicuous gland at or near the base of lowest pair of pinnae. Grey or whitish branches.
Habit and habitat - Erect or spreading shrub/tree to 4m high, or sometimes taller. Single-stemmed with smooth bark. Dry Eucalypt and Callitris woodland, sandy soils. Acacia spectabilis, as its name suggests, can look spectacular in flower.
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In Disney News...
...It goes without saying that the biggest news of all was last week's announcement of Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm. It will take a while to sort out what it all means, but we do know that Disney promises STAR WARS EPISODE 7 is coming in 2015. As a huge fan of the three original STAR WARS films who was bitterly disappointed by Episodes 1 and 2 -- I refused to even go see Episode 3 -- I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but hopefully Disney will have more success with a new episode than Lucas had.
...Disney's new cartoon WRECK-IT RALPH (2012) opened to positive reviews last week, though not necessarily raves. I hope to check it out soon. The superb short PAPERMAN (2012), which I got to see last summer at Destination D, plays before WRECK-IT RALPH.
Winter issue of Disney Twenty-three magazine, featuring WRECK-IT RALPH on the cover, will be available on November 13th. The edition will also cover the SNOW WHITE exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum, which opens November 15th, and features an interview with SNOW WHITE live action model Marge Champion. I've admired Marge Champion's dancing in MGM musicals for years, and it was a huge thrill to speak with her and receive her autograph at Destination D in August.
...Here's a story and videos on Annette Funicello and her life today with multiple sclerosis. This is a sad but touching article which includes information on new treatments.
...MiceChat has photos of construction underway for the RATATOUILLE ride coming to Disneyland Paris.
...A new book on a Disney star from Bear Manor Media: FESS PARKER: TV'S FRONTIER HERO by William R. Chemerka.
...SlashFilm has a first look at Tom Hanks as Walt Disney in SAVING MR. BANKS (2013), which is filming this week at Disneyland.
...Florida's Magic Kingdom has added creepy mermaids to their version of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
...Speaking of Pirates, glad to see they've departed from Disneyland's Court des Anges in New Orleans Square.
...The official Disney Blog shared a sketch (seen at right) of plans for Christmas decorations on California Adventure's new Buena Vista Street. Disneyland Live has beautiful photos of the tree -- love the trolley car ornament! Hope to have a peek at this in person this coming weekend -- as well as pick up the new Circle Sessions CD, which consists of jazz renditions of classic Disney tunes which are played in the Carthay Circle Restaurant.
...SamLand has an interesting article at MiceChat about Disneyland's river system and "private places" such as Club 33 and Walt's apartment atop the Main Street Fire Station.
...Coming to TV in 2013: TOY STORY OF TERROR.
...Disney is sponsoring a Cars Land float for the January 1, 2013 Rose Parade.
...Over at MiceAge, Al Lutz warns that Disneyland may be planning to charge extra to see their Christmas parade and fireworks in future years, along the lines of the Halloween Time parties.
...Also at MiceAge, a report on D23's 30th Anniversary celebration for Epcot, held on September 30th.
...For Southern Californians: WRECK-IT RALPH will be playing at Disney's El Capitan Theatre until December 18th. That will be followed by MONSTERS, INC. (2001) in 3-D until January 6th.
...I'm most definitely going to be visiting the El Capitan in January, when PETER PAN (1953) will be playing from January 11th to 31st. I saw a reissue in a theater as a child and look forward to the chance to see it on a big screen again.
...For more recent Disney links, please visit last month's Disney news roundup.


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? and the Mysterians Derail the Last Train to Clarksville
What are we doing in New York City? Manhatten? 1966 – How did we get here?
How did we get here, New York, of all places, Manhattan?
We never planned this—we never even talked about it, but we did make a recording.
BUT, I must confess that I had set my goals for Broadway back in 1957.
My main goal of course was to be on American Bandstand in 1958, and show the world how to dance, then to proceed in NY, Manhattan, to do a tv show that was very popular from 1950-1960, which I also wanted to be on so I could show the world how to dance. The show was called The Arthur Murray Party and featured dancing and guest vocalists. Of course ultimately I wanted to make my presence known on Broadway – in a musical production, or any kind of production, and later on as a serious actor.
When I said how did we get here, I am referring to ? and the Mysterians. I don't know what their goals were back then – Little Frank Rodriguez, our keyboard player, was just 14 and our guitarist Bobby Balderrama only 15. I'm not sure they, or Frank Lugo and Eddie Serrato HAD any real goals, so I really should say "what am I doing here"? This wasn't how I planned it.
In August, 1966, we arrived in Manhattan at night on the 22nd and I wrote my mother that tomorrow I was going to visit the Empire State Building and was going to go all the way to the top (which I did, to the 102nd floor) Of course I was on the inside, looking through the portholes on the 102nd floor –King Kong was on the outside.
BUT, lets go back to the 1st week of August because this is about a so-called group called the Monkees and another group called ? and the Mysterians and who was going to get to the top spot on the Top 100. Of course, we were. I had no doubt even before I ever heard of the Monkees that we were.
I told everyone when we recorded "96 Tears" that it was a million seller. The first week of August 1966 we were in Dallas TX promoting 96 Tears, which was then still on the Pa-Go-Go label. We already knew it was to be released the 1st week in September on the Cameo Parkway label. We were at a radio station doing a promo stop and a dj there told us "We really like your song a whole lot better than this new group we have to play. We'll play yours next week. The reason is because they have a TV series called "The Monkees" coming out." Of course I replied "Its too bad we don't have a tv series" and that set in motion the plan to derail the Monkees from reaching the top spot on Billboards top 100 before we did.
At the time, there were also such notable groups as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys who went on to become the so-called "greatest" groups in Rock and Roll History.
The clock starts now and is ticking away. The last week of August, ? And the Mysterians "96 Tears" was listed on the Billboard rankings as #112 "bubbling just outside the top 100". There were no Monkees listed.
September 3, 1966 – Lyndon Baines Johnson was president and the 24th Science Fiction convention honored Gene Roddenbury-a week later "Star Trek" debuted on NBC. On the top 100, 96 Tears has jumped to #75, while the Monkees, even with their upcoming tv show, were only at 101, just outside the top 100. The Beatles Yellow Submarine was #5 and their Elenor Rigby #47, Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice" was at #11 and the Rolling Stones "Mother's Little Helper" was fading at 40. The race was on.
By September the 10th, ? and the Mysterians are now recording our first album. Everyone KNEW this record was going to be a major hit so into the studio we went. "96 Tears" is now #45 but the Monkees are now climbing and are at #67. Beatles Yellow Submarine #3 and Elenor Rigby jumped to 26, Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice at 11 AND 42 God Only Knows.
On September 15th, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation. The Monkees TV show debuted on the 12...by September 17th 96 Tears has continued to climb to 25 and the Last Train To Clarksville chugged along at #43. Still floating the Yellow Submarine was #2 and Eleanor Rigby at 14. The Beach Boys Wouldn't It be Nice counted in at #8 and God Only Knows at 40. We were still ahead of the prefabricated fake tv band.
From September 24-30, Hurricane Inez, killed 293 in the Caribbean, Florida & Mexico. In OUR world, in the week ending September 24th , 96 Tears has broken into the top ten, at #8, the fastest rising single on the charts. The Monkees "Last Train To Clarksville" crawled to #26; The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" dropped to #4 and "Elenor Rigby" just at 11; The Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice " was #9 and their "God Only Knows" was at 39
A little trivia for everyone out there-- how many of you owned a Chevy Camaro at one time or another- did you know it was originally called the Panther. It was first released September
29 , 1966. That same week, the week ending October 1st , finds 96 Tears at #6, up two positions, Yellow Submarine dropped to 8 and Eleanor Rigby in at 11, Last Train to Clarksville was at 18, Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice at 23 and God Only Knows on its way out at 45. Neither of the Beach Boys songs from their highly acclaimed album made #1, In fact God Only Knows didn't fare well at all.
On October 6th there was a partial meltdown at Detroits's Fermi 1 nuclear reactor AND
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is first declared illegal in state of California, other states follow.. The Billboard charts for the week ending October 8th, 96 Tears continued its climb, now at #3 , The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville" moved up to #6, Submarine down to #16 taking Eleanor Rigby to #21 – the Rolling Stones entered with "Have you Seen Your Mother Baby (Standing in the Shadows)" at 40 from out of nowhere, and "Wouldn't It be Nice" dropped to 45-- God Only Knows what happened to "God Only Knows"—it was GONE.
On October 13th , 1966, 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam and on the 14th 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam. Back at home, the Billboard chart for the week ending October 15, our
"96 Tears" was for a second time #3, the Monkee's "Last Train to Clarksville" right behind us at #4, Mother Baby has gone from 40 to 14 in a week, Yellow Submarine has dropped to 32 and Eleanor Rigby at 37 – Wouldn't it be Nice is GONE
October 13-Oh My Goodness, It's my BIRTHDAY!!!
In celebration I decided to skip down Wall Street, Broadway, 5th Avenue, Greenwich Village, Time Square, Central Park, over to Harlem to the Apollo Theatre, through Tiffany's where I skipped right through the jewelry because material things really don't mean much to me, The Secretariat Building in the UN Complex (The Glass Wall – remember the movie?), Five Points and to the top of the Empire State Building, and on the 86th floor observatory, I skipped all the way around there too. When you visit NYC, I encourage you to Skip to My Lou (Judy Garland version perhaps?) around them all and photograph or videotape it and send it over to email@example.com.
On October 21st, 144 died as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan, South Wales
Billboard's Week ending October 22, 1966 chart we moved up one more spot- ever closer to derailing the Last Train to Clarksville...."Reach Out I'll Be There" by the Four Tops became the #1 song in America, but close on their heels was US--"96 Tears" now at #2 and ahead of "Last Train to Clarksville" by a single spot. Stones Mother Baby was hung up at 13, and both the Beatles songs and the Beach Boys two hits had quietly faded away.
And then it happened...the chart for the week of October 29, 1966 was released and sitting on the top of the world was ? and the Mysterians with "96 Tears"!
The Monkees, propelled by their tv show and big studio money STILL couldn't beat us, a little band of Mexicans from Michigan, to the top...and they were #2. The Stones "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby" never got past #9 where they were on this chart. There was not a peep from the Beatles or the Beach Boys... We were promoting 96 Tears and our next record "I Need Somebody" on the east coast in October and November. We were doing bigger concerts with Sonny & Cher, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and Papas, The Left Banke, and others who were eager to be on the show with us.
The week before 96 Tears became the #1 single in the country, this is what happened.
? and the Mysterians are about done recording our debut album, "96 Tears" and Neil Bogart came into the studio.
"Why don't you guys take a break, I have something to tell you." he said. "Next week you guys are going to be #1 ; are you all excited?"
Bobby, Little Frank, Frank Lugo, Eddie Serrato all started yelling and screaming "Number 1, Number 1!" Neil Bogart looked at me and said "Question Mark, aren't you excited?" and I said "No".
Before Little Frank was in the group, back in 1963, somebody booked us in Adrian MI, which is about 10 miles from Ohio. We had never played any further than a 25 mile radius from home so going to Adrian MI was like going to the moon. We knew nobody there and they didn't know who we were but after we played 2 sets, everyone loved us. At that time we were known as the Mysterians, ?, X, Y and Z.
I was thinking about this, my reply to Neil Bogart was "So what's more exciting—we've gone out of MI into OH, IN, FL, NY, PA (which we continue to do today without another gold record)
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Pipeline Theatre
Pleasance Two, 15:10 (80 mins),
3 – 29 August
An RAF drone pilot visits his rural childhood home for his sister's wedding. Holed up in an old treehouse he becomes aware of something impossible – his body discarding its human form...
Using knife-sharp new writing, puppetry, projection and an immersive soundscape, Swivelhead viscerally explores the ethical and personal consequences of a new age of warfare.
What was the inspiration for this performance?
Strangely, it came from seeing a documentary about a circus elephant who after a lifetime of shackled abuse and 'training', went rogue (i.e. back to her true, never-forgotten nature), kicked her trainer to death during a show, then stampeded out of the big top, and, eighty-seven bullets later, was brought down in a Honolulu side-street, her pathetic circus hat still topping her huge, majestic, tragic head.
This lead me to the 'training' of our military, the fight between our vulnerable, complex nature and the need for unquestioning obedience (which is assumed could end with a clinical instruction to kill), and from there to the world of remote drone flying, where the ideal of the 'warrior' has seemingly been diminished to 'executioner'.
How did you go about gathering the team for it?
The core team was already in place. Pipeline is made up of a writer, two designers and an actor, and we develop ideas, text and design together. Outside of that, we sought advice from international authorities on drone flying, pilots, experts in and sufferers of PTSD, psychotherapists and a dramaturg/researcher.
How did you become interested in making performance?
I trained as an actor, and never quite 'got' the ability to throw off the self-monitoring shackles during performance. As a writer/director, however, I don't think you can ever overthink (prior to going in to rehearsal, at any rate).
But the joy of sharing that with people who actually can genuinely be 'alive' in the part and the story is priceless. And from that, what is really interesting is the fact that even after all the thinking, writing, imagining, collaborative input, rehearsal and realising, the chemistry between performance and audience that arises during performance can never be predicted – (as Steve Waters calls it: the secret life of plays).
Was your process typical of the way that you make a performance?
Yes. Going from germ of an idea, to story outline, to design thoughts, to early scene offers, back to design, to fleshing out, back and forth.
What do you hope that the audience will experience?
I'd like them to experience a sense of unmediated involvement. Always, the hope is that the characters will stay with the audience long after the end, that they will be moved, challenged, that the piece will arouse empathy and, in its small way, make a contribution to the wider social discourse.
But if audience members can be taken into the world or reality that we're trying to conjure, in a way that they don't even think to question, even as they're sitting in a room, on squeaky chairs, at 3:10 in the afternoon, then that's the holy grail.
What strategies did you consider towards shaping this audience experience?
Any strategies that help focus attention where we want it focussed. Particularly with a theatre-going public that are film/tv-idiom sophisticated. So technically, soundscape, AV and lighting are crucial. And a design that punches beyond its weight. But the dramaturgical truisms of beginnings, character presentation, exposition, development, pace, jeopardy, story arc, reveals, etc., all hold true.
We like minutiae, detail. We want the audience to be seduced into an unquestioning state. That involves removing, tiny detail by tiny detail, anything that could get in the way of that. Whilst honing, tiny detail by tiny detail, anything that could help that.
Do you see your work within any particular tradition?
I suppose black box naturalism. In a way, we're quite old school. It's text-based, mostly fourth-wall. The writing is often subtextual, the acting nuanced and underplayed. Actors come on stage and talk to each other, and character and plot is revealed through dialogue and action, physicality. We like stories. But to make that good, properly good, is very, very hard.


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This week's column should be titled "Eelgrass for Dummies" — because the topic has been a sticking point around the harbor for years, and we all have to understand it better if we ever want to obtain dredging permits for our docks.
In my column dated Jan. 11, I discussed Regional General Permit 54, which helps residents acquire a dredging permit without going through all the sediment-testing and agency negotiations. I should also point out again how lucky we are to have Doug West as our Harbor Commission chairman and Chris Miller as our harbor resources manager leading us to the goal line.
To continue with the football analogy, I see the harbor in the red zone at first and goal. The goal is to receive a Newport Harbor amendment from the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southern California office, which will allow us a "Newport Specific Plan" that will supersede the Southern California eelgrass mitigation plan, then blend this plan into our RGP 54 permit for April 2014.


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I made these ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) for a swap that I entered in at Craft Happens. It is a great site with lots of talented women!! The site is free so please check it out :)
For this swap we needed to make 4 ATCs about a favorite boardgame. I very clearly chose Yahtzee!!
I just love all of the colors!!!
I hope these inspire you to create something with stuff you already have in your home :)
Happy Crafting!!!!


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Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, How China Disrupted Global Commodities comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of China's demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in the role which the financialisation of commodities is playing in constraining commodity production. It also documents and the growing role of China as a foreign investor in the commodities sectors. All of these trends are woven together to explore the fabric of strategic choices confronting public and private sector decision-makers.
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Following Senate passage of the compromise tax package that included a one-year extension of important tax incentives for ethanol production and use, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) CEO and President Bob Dinneen issued the following statement:
"The Senate appropriately recognized the economic value of domestic ethanol production. Extending these key incentives for American ethanol production and use will help save American jobs and provide the market stability allowing the industry to continue to grow. Members of the RFA greatly appreciate the work of ethanol advocates, led by Sen. Charles Grassley and the Obama Administration, to ensure these important job-creating provisions were included. We strongly urge the House to take up the measure as soon as is possible and to pass it before adjourning for the year.
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Homogeneous catalysis. Nickel-catalyed isomerization of hept-3-ene and Grignard Cross-Coupling
Homogeneous catalysis. Nickel-catalyed isomerization of hept-3-ene and Grignard Cross-Coupling
Homogeneous Catalysis
Nickel-catalyzed isomerization of hept-3-ene.1
Transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.2,3
In the first part of this experiment you will synthesize a nickel phosphite complex,
tetrakis(triethylphosphite)nickel(0), that is a precatalyst for the isomerization of alkenes. The
catalytic reaction is homogeneous and the active catalyst is prepared via protonation of the
phosphite complex with H2SO4 in the presence of the substrate hept-1-ene. You will then
monitor the isomerization of heptene by Gas Chromatography, under a variety of conditions. To
further probe the mechanism of this reaction you will protonate the nickel complex with
trifluoroacetic acid in an NMR tube and attempt to detect the hydride ligand.
The second part of this experiment involves a nickel-catalyzed coupling reaction
between an aryl Grignard and an alkyl halide, commonly known as the Kumada coupling
(Grignard cross-coupling). This reaction is one of a general class of reactions called crosscoupling reactions, and in this case you will synthesize an alkylthiophene, a common precursor
for organic electronic materials.
Both of these reactions introduce you to homogeneous catalysis and each involves a
simple mechanism of a transition-metal catalyzed process.
Homogeneous catalytic reactions are those in which both the substrate and the catalyst are in
the same phase, and although there are common examples of such processes in organic
chemistry (e.g. acid catalysis), this experiment introduces transition-metal-catalyzed reactions.
Transition-metal based homogeneous catalysts are often inorganic or organometallic
compounds that can coordinate to the substrate and induce some change through bond forming
or breaking reactions. In many cases the active catalyst is a coordinatively unsaturated species
(often 16-electron) that is generated from a more stable precatalyst by loss of a ligand. Common
steps in a catalytic cycle are coordination, oxidative addition, insertion, elimination, reductive
elimination and decomplexation reactions. Many types of reactions now have efficient transitionmetal based catalysts, for example hydrogenation, carbonylation, polymerization, and oxidation
to name a few. In the first part of this experiment you will investigate alkene isomerization
catalysed by a nickel complex. Alkene isomerizations have a number of commercial applications
one of the most important being the Shell SHOP process, which produces linear biodegradable
C11–C15 fatty alcohols for detergents.
The Nickel precatalyst used in the first part of this experiment [Ni{P(OEt)3}4] (1) is a
tetrahedral d10 complex. It can be prepared by reduction of octahedral green nickel (II) with
excess phosphite in the presence of diethylamine as shown below.
2 6H2O + 5P(OEt)3 + 2HNEt2
Ni{P(OEt)3}4 (1) + 2(H2NEt2)Cl
+ (EtO)3PO + 5H2O
Q1. Why is the Ni(II) complex green yet the product is white?
The precatalyst is protonated to give the active catalyst [HNi{P(OEt)3}4]+ which catalyzes the
isomerization of the substrate 1-heptene to an equilibrium mixture of 1-, 2- and 3-heptenes
(1:20:78 ratio).
Ni{P(OEt)3}4 (1) + H2SO4 [HNi{P(OEt)3}4]+ HSO4-
The mechanism of the isomerization is shown in the scheme below and involves the following
steps: (a) reversible dissociation of a phosphite ligand; (b) addition (coordination) of the olefin;
(c) insertion of the olefin into the metal-hydride; (d) beta-hydrogen elimination; (e)
dissociation (decomplexation) of the isomerized olefin. All of these steps are reversible,
however the reaction will proceed until an equilibrium mixture of the olefin isomers is formed.
Q2. The scheme shows the formation of 2-heptene, draw a scheme that would account for the
formation of 3-heptene (you can hand-draw the scheme)
Q3. Give an electron count and oxidation state at the Ni center for all the nickel species
shown in the cycle (no need to redraw the cycle)
Catalyst Turnover Frequency (TOF)
TOF is the ratio of moles of product to moles of catalyst over time and gives the efficiency of
the catalyst. Or, put another way, using the reaction in this experiment as an example, TOF
indicates how many times a single nickel center catalyzes the isomerization of either hept-1-
ene to hept-2-ene, or hept-2-ene to hept-3-ene per unit time (usually hr-1).
If [P] is the concentration of product, and [B] is catalyst then
TOF = d[P]/dt
Using the data from the GC that you collected, TOF can be estimated. Note that the mmol of
hept-3-ene must be multiplied by 2 because it takes 2 catalyst cycles to produce one hept-3-
ene molecule.
Experimental Procedures
One of you should prepare compound 1, the other compound 2
Session 1a Preparation of tetrakis(triethylphosphite)nickel(0) [Ni{P(OEt)3}4] 1.
2 6H2O + 5P(OEt)3 + 2HNEt2
Ni{P(OEt)3}4 (1) + 2(H2NEt2)Cl
+ (EtO)3PO + 5H2O
NOTE: triethylphosphite and diethylamine are extremely noxious (these compounds
stink!), all waste including syringes and needles from this experiment must be placed
in the appropriate waste containers in the hood. ABSOLUTELY ALL ASPECTS OF THIS
Preparation of tetrakis(triethylphosphite)nickel(0) [Ni{P(OEt)3}4] 1
Weigh 2.6 g (11 mmol) of NiCl2.6H2O and place it in a 100 mL Erlenmeyer flask containing a
stir bar. Add 50 mL of methanol and stir for 5 minutes to dissolve the nickel (II) chloride. Cool
the emerald green solution in an ice bath and carefully add 9.4 mL (9.1 g, 55 mmol) of
triethylphosphite over a 2 minute period via syringe. The solution should turn blood red. After
stirring for 5 minutes, carefully add diethylamine dropwise via syringe (2.5 mL, 1.8 g, 24
mmol). After half the amine has been added a white precipitate of product should begin to
form. Continue the addition very slowly until the deep red solution just begins to fade (addition
of too much amine will result in a light green impurity, it is better to sacrifice yield and obtain
pure product by stopping the addition of amine early). Stir for a further 10 minutes in the ice
bath and then filter off the white precipitate in air and wash with 3 x 10 mL portions of ice cold
methanol. Transfer the white solid using a powder funnel to a pre-weighed dry Schlenk flask
and dry under high vacuum for at least 30 minutes or until no significant weight loss occurs,
then calculate the % yield. The product, [Ni{P(OEt)3}4] 1, is sensitive and it must be stored
under nitrogen away from sunlight between lab periods. Measure the IR spectrum as a KBr
pellet and set aside at least 50 mg of product under nitrogen in a vial for a protonation study
with CF3COOH in the dry box. The 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectra of compound 1 are provided
(Figures B4-6). These should ALL be assigned and compared to those of the protonated
species (see below) and of free triethylphosphite (Figures B1-B3).
Q4. What is the red-colored intermediate in the reaction ?
Protonation of 1 with trifluoroacetic acid.
NOTE: arrange with the NMR staff to run this sample as soon as it has been prepared.
The NMR sample should be prepared in the dry box in CDCl3 in a vial. Transfer the solution to
the NMR tube and carefully add one drop of CF3COOH to the tube and place the cap on the
tube. Measure the 1H and 31P NMR spectra of this sample immediately, be sure that the 1H
NMR spectrum is measured from – 20 p.p.m. to + 20 p.p.m. Assign as many peaks as you
can, it is often a mixture.
Q5. What is the structure of the cation formed by protonation of 1.
Q6. Calculate the 2J HP coupling constant.
Session 1b. Preparation of dichloro{bis(diphenylphosphino)propane}nickel(II),
Ni(dppp)Cl2 2.
Ø To 1.2 g (5.0 mmol) NiCl2•6H2O in an Erlenmeyer flask, add enough 5:2 (v/v) 2-
propanol:methanol to make a 0.2 M solution ( ______ mL). Heat the mixture on a hot
plate to just below boiling.
Ø In a separate vessel, prepare a solution of 0.90 equiv. bis(diphenylphosphino)propane
(dppp; 1.86 g) in just enough 2-propanol to get almost all of the phosphine into solution
(keep the mixture hot on the hot plate during this process).
Ø Add the hot phosphine solution dropwise to the NiCl2•6 H2O solution while stirring. Allow
to stir, heated, for thirty minutes, then
Ø Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature,
Ø Filter the precipitate, and wash the product several times with small portions of methanol.
Ø Remove all residual solvent under high vacuum (50 °C, 30 min). Characterize the product
by IR spectroscopy and take a melting point (once completely free of solvent).
Ø Determine the percent yield for the Ni catalyst and save it for the Kumada cross-coupling
during the final period of these experiments and for the GRIM polymerization later in the
Session 2. Grignard Cross-Coupling (Kumada Coupling). Synthesis of 3-
+ AlkMgBr
Ni cat
Right at the beginning of the session place a 250 mL 2-neck Schlenk flask, a reflux
condenser, and an addition funnel into the oven. Weigh out magnesium (1.94 g, 0.080 mol)
using a weighing paper or weighing boat. Take the 2-neck flask out of the oven while it is still
hot, add the Mg filings and an egg-shaped stir bar, and then place the addition funnel in the
center and the reflux condenser on one of the sides (remember to grease the joints!). Close
off the joints with 24/40 septa, evacuate the assembly on the vacuum line and backfill with
nitrogen. Add anhydrous THF (100 mL, provided by the TA) via a cannula through the
septum. Under nitrogen flow, switch the rubber septum on the top of the condenser for a Tshape connector that is attached to the vacuum line. Close the stopcock on the addition
funnel and add the specific alkyl bromide that has been provided (___ g, __ mL, 0.080 mol)
through the septum. Add the alkyl bromide dropwise to the Mg suspension while refluxing the
mixture until all (or almost all) of the Mg has reacted (ca. 1-2 h; make sure the side-arm
stopcock is closed !). Let the mixture cool to room temperature and then place it in an ice
bath while continuing to stir. Remove the addition funnel and add 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)-
propane nickel(II) chloride synthesized during the earlier session (Ni(dppp)Cl2, 0.33 g, 0.61
mmol) under a flow of nitrogen. Close the joint with a septum and then add 3-
bromothiophene (10.0 g, 0.061 mol) dropwise by syringe to the solution at 0 °C (ice bath).
Allow the reaction to proceed under nitrogen at room temperature until the next period.
Q7. Draw a catalytic cycle using the exact components of your reaction.
Q8. The 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of a series of closely
related reactions (Kumada had already passed away). Who were the awardees and how do
their discoveries differ from Kumada's?
Session 3. Isolation of 3-Alkylthiophene
Quench the reaction mixture from the last period by addition of 5 mL of a 1 M HCl solution,
dilute with a small amount of water, extract with ether using a separatory funnel, and wash
with water. Collect the organic phase, dry over MgSO4, filter under vacuum using a Buchner
funnel and then remove the solvent using a rotary evaporator. Perform a (quick) fractional
distillation under high vacuum at elevated temperature (use a heat gun; record the boiling
point). Weigh the product into a vial, acquire 1H, 13C NMR and GC-MS data. Save the sample
and give it to the TA for bromination. The product of bromination will be used ina GRIM
polymerization in Expt. D. Compare the 1H and 13C NMR of 3-bromothiophene (see Supp.
Mat.). If you have time (at least 2 hours) you may start session 4.
Session 4. Catalytic Isomerization of 1-heptene by a nickel hydride complex.
Set up all the apparatus before initiating the reaction, you will be required to extract samples
every 2 minutes initially and transfer them to test tubes, if you are not set and ready you will
miss an extraction and have to start over. This reaction is air sensitive, the catalyst is
pale yellow when active, if the solution goes colorless the catalyst has likely been
exposed to air.
RUN 1. Add 71 mg of the nickel complex 1 to a 100 mL Schlenk flask equipped with a stir bar
and evacuate and refill the flask with nitrogen three times on the Schlenk line. Add 30 mL of
diethyl ether by syringe through the septum and immediately purge the solution gently with
nitrogen, do not purge too vigorously or the ether solvent will completely evaporate. After 5
minutes purge remove the needle and seal the flask under a positive pressure of nitrogen.
Using a 1 mL syringe, add 0.30 mL of hept-1-ene to the flask and then extract a 1.0 mL
sample for GC analysis (inject a 1 microliter sample into the GC, this may be automated), this
will be time zero GC. Get the timer ready (practice using it first!). Now add 1.0 mL of 0.1 M
H2SO4 in methanol via syringe to initiate the isomerization and start the timer. Make careful
observations and extract 1.5 mL samples at 5, 10, 20, 40 and 60 mins. These samples
should be syringed into test tubes and shaken in air immediately to quench the reaction.
Measure the GC of each sample starting with the last that was extracted, if the reaction has
failed the last sample will show no isomerization and you must repeat the reaction. If the
reaction shows some progress continue to monitor the reaction at 30 minute intervals up to
180 minutes.
RUN 2. If your reaction above proceeded very quickly (finished within less than 60 minutes),
in a clean dry flask, repeat the conditions in run 1 but at 0 ˚C in an ice bath and extract
samples at 10, 20, 30 and 45 minutes. Measure the GC of the last sample first but do not
stop the timer or wash the flask yet, if the reaction is not complete continue measurements
every 20 minutes up to 180 mins if needed. Calculate the TOF at the fastest part of the
reaction from your GC data.
Analysis of the GC data: The relative amounts of each of the isomers can be determined
from the areas under the peaks in the GC. Plot a graph of mol % heptenes vs. time for each
of the runs and calculate the TOF at the fastest part of each run from your GC data.
Q9. Discuss how you would expect addition of 10 mol% triethylphosphite affect the nickelcatalyzed isomerization reaction.
Literature Cited
1. "Simple Synthesis and Use of a Nickel Alkene Isomerization Catalyst"; Kurt R. Birdwhistell and
Joann Lanza, J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74, 581.
2. Tamao, K.; Kodama, S.; Nakajima, I; Kumada, M. Tetrahedron 1982, 38, 3347.
3. Ted M. Pappenfus, David L. Hermanson, Stuart G. Kohl, Jacob H. Melby, Laura M. Thoma, and
Nancy E. Carpenter, Demetrio A. da Silva Filho and Jean-Luc Bredas J. Chem. Educ. 2010, 87,
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Cloning Raises Ethical Questions about Life, Human Limits and Love
Lefevere, Patricia, National Catholic Reporter
ROME -- The cloning of a Finn Dorset sheep in a Scottish laboratory last week was met with alarm in many European quarters.
Some pundits compared reaction to the "immaculate conception" of "Dolly" to that of 16th century hierarchs when they first read Galileo's Dialogue on Astronomy or to demure 19th century Londoners hearing the news of Darwin's Origin of Species.
But the Vatican daily L'Osservatore Romano headlined its editorial "An urgent appeal to reason and to humanity," noting that humans have "the right to be born in a human way and not in a laboratory." To oppose cloning is not to impede progress or restrict science, the paper said, but rather to "safeguard those values that constitute the human being and its existence."
London's weekly Catholic Herald hoped the Vatican would "provide the worldwide forum" for an urgent study of the ethics of genetic engineering and called for the church to "go further" in speaking out against aspects of human procreation involving unnatural processes.
The paper noted the "disastrous consequences" that have resulted from interference with the natural order. It pointed to Britain's own "mad cow disease," which it said was made possible by a decision "to override nature by feeding herbivores with meat." It was an act, said the Herald, specifically prohibited by the Old Testament books Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
Britain's 1995 Nobel Peace laureate and campaigner against nuclear weapons, physicist Joseph Rotblat, said that genetic engineering could result "in other means of mass destruction, maybe more readilly available even than nuclear weapons."
In Paris, Axel Kamm, who directs the Cochin Institute genetics laboratory, speculated that lesbians would one day demand the right to clone. Francois Mattei, the father of France's laws on bioethics asked the United Nations to intervene to regulate cloning to avoid abuses.
German newspapers took greatest exception to Dolly. Die Welt reasoned that Hitler "would have used this technology intensively if it were available at the time" while the business daily Handelsblatt compared the impact of Dolly's birth to that of a nuclear blast.
More than anything else, it raises questions of ethics, the paper said.
In Rome those questions filled the media and could be heard in the corridors and classrooms of some of the pontifical universities and institutes visited by NCR. At the Bioethics Institute of the Catholic University of Rome, its director, Msgr. Elio Sgreccia, pointed to the need to respect animals. He said, "It was wrong to alter an animal species," although experiments on an individual animal for "grave reasons of scientific research" could be allowed.
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Researcher Spotlight: Dr Molly Crockett
Dr Molly Crockett is a research fellow at University College London and the University of Oxford. She currently holds a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship and works on the neural basis of human morality and decision making. We found out more about her work..
What are you working on?
I'm interested in the neurobiology of human morality – what are the brain processes that enable us to care for the welfare of others? How are these processes compromised in mental illness? And how do we learn about the moral character of other people? I do behavioural and brain imaging experiments to investigate these questions.
What does your average day involve?
Depends on the day! If I'm in a data collection phase, I'll spend most of my time programming experiments and interacting with study volunteers. Other times I'll be analyzing behaviour and brain imaging data, and writing about my findings for academic journals and public communication. I also travel quite a bit to present my work at conferences.
Why is your work important?
People are profoundly social, and so much of our well-being depends on having healthy social relationships. Our relationships, in turn, depend on mutual care and concern for one another. Social relationships are often disturbed in mental illness. Our work aims to develop better tools for understanding how and when social relationships succeed and fail in health and disease.
What do you hope the impact of your work will be?
I hope that our work will enable researchers and clinicians to develop more sensitive tests for diagnosing abnormal social behaviour, and better treatments for helping patients with social problems.
How did you come to be working on this topic/in this field?
My undergraduate mentor, Professor Matt Lieberman at UCLA, introduced me to the fascinating world of social neuroscience and I've been passionate about it ever since.
How has Wellcome funding helped you/your research/your career?
My Sir Henry Wellcome fellowship allowed me to spend time in a behavioural economics laboratory in Zurich, where I had the opportunity to work with Ernst Fehr, one of the leading economists studying altruism. Spending time in his lab profoundly shaped my thinking about human social interaction and strongly influenced my later work at University College London.
What's the most frequently asked question about your work?
When people hear I study the brain, they often ask if I can "read people's minds". I think this notion is the unfortunate consequence of overly optimistic media reports of brain imaging studies. We're certainly not at the point where we can tell what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking at their brain scan.
Tell us something about you that might surprise us…
Over the past few years I've done a lot of public engagement work. I used to get quite nervous when speaking in public, so to combat this nervousness I signed up for an improvisational comedy course. It was loads of fun and definitely helped with stage fright – I would strongly recommend the experience.
What keeps you awake at night?
I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to link our laboratory findings to bigger societal questions about how people trade off costs and benefits for others – for example, how policy makers decide whether to enact policies that increase social inequality or adversely affect people's health.
What's the best piece of advice you've been given?
Be patient – science is a slow process!
The 'chain reaction' question, set by our previous featured researcher, Prof Andrew Wilkie is: "What single discovery have you made that you are most proud of, and why?"
I can't talk about it at length, because it's not yet published – but I've developed a new way to measure human morality in the lab and I'm very excited to see where this line of work will lead.
You can find out more about Dr Molly Crockett on her website or by following her on Twitter. You might also be interested in reading the following papers that she has published:
Models of morality and Serotonin Modulates Striatal Responses to Fairness and Retaliation in Humans
Image credit: Brain and perception – Chris Nurse, Wellcome Images


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My name is Jenny. I weighed 215 pounds in July of 2009.
I am only 4″11″ so I was very big and started to have health issues such as high blood pressure. I have been overweight my whole life. I tried many things to lose weight such as diet pills and weight watchers. These sometimes worked, but the weight always came back.
I started thinking I needed something permanent, so I found Dr. Weiner and chose to have the lap-band surgery. I thought it was the best for me because I didn't need a reason to eat. With this system I learned to eat healthier and also have portion control.
It was a simple surgery. I was only off work for 2 weeks. One year later, I have lost 90lbs. I am happier now than I have ever been. I can do things with my kids that I had never been able to do before, like going for a walk without having to stop and take a break. I can now get out of bed without having to roll out.
This has changed my life forever. I am so thankful I found Dr. Weiner. He is the greatest, and has helped me in so many ways to get the weight off and keep it off. I would recommend this surgery to anyone who wants to make a change in their life and be thinner and happier. Thanks so much Dr. Weiner, this was the best thing that I have ever done.


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Given that different volunteers have different experiences while undertaking a mobility project, ADICE has introduced an individualised support system for every person who wishes to undertake a mobility project abroad.
ADICE ensures that all volunteers and interns receive the information and support necessary to making their project a success. ADICE also ensures that the project can benefit the volunteer's career plans.
Individual Support up to 6 months after the return to the host country
Each person is mentored for the duration of the project, the planning and sending processes and up to 6 months after their return. The 'project mentor' works for ADICE and remains the same throughout the whole process.
ADICE monitors each person over the course of their project abroad, either directly (by email or phone) or on site in which case it is done through an intermediary of the designated mentor.
Planning an experience to fit with the volunteer's career plans
Over the course of individual interviews, the project mentor plans and builds a mobility project with the future volunteer which responds to their expectations and at the same time provides a learning curve.
A learning/career plan is established by the individual during one or more stages of the mobility project. From the start, end hypotheses are drawn up in order to ensure that the mobility experience corresponds as much as possible to the individual's learning/career plan.
The project mentor's role is to keep the future volunteer or intern informed and to plan, devise and define a mobility project with the volunteer's collaboration. The project mentor will thus encourage the participant either to undertake a volunteering opportunity or an internship through a choice of international and European programs. The aim is to seperate the participant from their everyday environment and to provide the opportunity to become more independent and responsible. The future volunteer/intern must also identifiy, improve and take advantage of the skills acquired during the experience.
On returning to the home country, an evaluation is carried out in order to evaluate the skills gained.
Identifying and building a project with partners
The individual support program is organised when ADICE negotiates with international partners. This option is offered in order to ensure that the project fulfils as much as possible the expectations of the individual, and also more importantly in order to make monitoring the volunteer more consistent. The mentor then contacts the host organisation in order to prepare the volunteer's arrival.
Planning and organising the project is also done in collaboration with local partners, and this ensures that the mobility experience can benefit the individual in terms of their career plans. For example, ADICE works regularly with the Ecole de la Seconde Chance in Roubaix to convince those accountable for the volunteer in the establishment that the work experience will not compromise the volunteer's ongoing school year and can in fact enable the volunteer to learn new skills linked to his/her education.
Information and Training
ADICE informs and trains each volunteer in order to ensure they are prepared for the departure and for adapting to their new environment and thus are able to make the experience a success. Training is done either through individual interviews or through meetings with future and former volunteers. Before the volunteer's departure, ADICE gives the volunteer a mobility booklet which recounts everything the volunteer has learnt during the training process and provides all the information that may be of use in the host country such as insurance, who to contact etc.
Training support for those who do not wish to emabark straightaway on a long term project for various reasons
1) Learning support for short term projects before embarking on a long term project (volunteering or internship projects).
In order to incite the participation of persons with fewer opportunities, ADICE has developed specific learning support programs linked to the activities of its international partners.
ADICE is thus offering those who do not wish to embark on a long term project the chance to test themselves first by undertaking short term projects (lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months). These projects have been organised to take place in partner companies who have the capacity to supply daily learning support for these persons. For these future volunteers the aim is to get a taste of what it will be like to embark alone on a long term project.
After a positive first experience, the volunteer can then recieve learning support while undertaking a long term project (lasting 2 to 12 months) which will enable them to personally committ to a solidarity and intercultural exchange project.
The learning support program is organised through an ever growing network of experienced partner companies, who have the capacity to devise projects that suit the volunteer's profile (for example according to career plans and expectations of the project).
The main aim is to allow people with fewer opportunties to have access to a long term committment project in the sense of a volunteering or internship placement. In 2008, 13 short term project participants undertook or were preparing to embark on a long term project.
2) Accompanying the volunteer to the host organisation:
In certain cases, ADICE can accompany the volunteer to the host organisation, in order to ensure their arrival and transition on site in the presence of their mentor. This is targeted above all to those who, for diverse reasons, do not feel ready to travel alone to the host country (due to, for example, being scared of flying, lack of self-confidence, linguistic barriers and health problems).


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Please join us on Tuesday, May 31st 2016 at 11AM EDT for a webinar led by Dr. Douglas R. Davies, Sr. Manager of Structural Biology at Beryllium Discovery.
This webinar will highlight unique attributes of SOMAmers but also discuss similarities between aptamers and antibodies from the standpoints of and target protein recognition and shape complementarity.
Register for free here.
Aptamers are nucleic acids that fold into a well-defined three-dimensional structure and exhibit high affinity for a specific target molecule. Many aptamers are simple single-stranded DNA or RNA, although the incorporation of chemical diversity-enhancing side chains has led to the development of "slow off-rate modified aptamers" (SOMAmers). Investigators at Beryllium and SomaLogic, Inc. have collaborated to elucidate three crystal structures of proteins in complex with SOMAmers. The SOMAmer structures are distinctive members of the ensemble of sixteen aptamer-protein complex structures that have been reported to date.
About Beryllium
Beryllium is shaping the future of collaborative drug discovery. Our proven teams of drug discovery professionals are passionate about unlocking the therapeutic potential of both genetically- and clinically-validated drug targets, as well as developing new therapeutic modalities. We work in partnership with our clients to address the most difficult scientific and business challenges facing drug discovery, and to ultimately enable transformational health care outcomes.
We enable novel drug discovery by applying structural and functional biology-centric processes and platforms. Our goal is to deliver validated starting points for drug development programs, and our teams of pharma industry veterans are applying multidisciplinary knowledge to tackle the most promising therapeutic targets.


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We had one of those days on Saturday.
Liam has become a lot better at napping since we went through sleep school but still has the odd 'off' day and Saturday was one of them. Basically he told naps and self settling to eff off and decided he wanted to have all his naps on me after/during extended breastfeeding sessions. He let me know about his decision in no uncertain terms.
The morning session lasted an hour. An hour of sitting there holding my sweet boy while he nursed and snoozed, snoozed and nursed. Then he woke up, we walked up to the polling station with the children and then hit up the playground, and then came home in time for his afternoon nap.
Nope. That one was a ridiculous idea too. So once again I found myself on my bed, holding him. An hour stretched into two, then towards three. I could hear the rest of the family at the other end of the house. I could hear my own thoughts.
There were things I needed to get done today while he was napping...there are things I should be doing...I should be stricter on him and persist with getting him into bed. I should be spending time with the rest of the family, doing chores and housework, cooking, working on my scrapbook, having me time...
Then I stopped, and took a breath. I looked at my little boy, so peaceful in my arms, one little hand soft and warm against my breast, his eyes closed as he slept deeply and sweetly. As I held his trusting weight, I realised. What I 'should' have been doing...was exactly what I was doing. Holding, nurturing, loving. Being in the moment with my baby, as he is growing so very fast and all too soon, the times when he lay in my arms and nursed and snoozed, snoozed and nursed will be but a memory. There was no one else who needed me in that moment as he did. And just as equally, I needed him. So I held him a little tighter, and I breathed him in, and I let go of what I should be doing and gave myself to the moment.


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The entire 2016 Mid-Market Convention takes place at the Inn at Penn
[agenda][day date="September 18, 2016″]Sunday[/day]
[event time="7:00-9:00pm" room="Living Room"]Welcome Reception
Cocktails + Passed Hors d'oeuvres[/event]
[day date="September 19, 2016″]Monday[/day]
[event time="7:30-8:30 am" room="Regent Room"]Breakfast and Registration[/event]
[event time="8:30-9:45 am" room="Room TBA"]General Session with Mayor of Philadelphia, James Kenney, Consul General of Canada in New York, Phyllis Yaffe, and CEO of CEO Connection, Kenneth Beck.[/event]
[event time="9:45-10:00 am"]Break[/event]
[event time="10:00-11:00 am" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout I (concurrent)
A. Workshop: Board Management: CEO's Responsibilities in Managing the Board – Woodlands Ballroom C
B. Workshop: Strategic Planning for Mid-Market Companies Battling Giants – Woodlands Ballroom A
C. Presentation: Access to Capital for the Mid-Market – Woodlands Ballroom D[/event]
[event time="11:00-12:00 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout II (concurrent)
A. Panel: Emerging Markets – Woodlands Ballroom C
B. Workshop: Organizational Alignment – Woodlands Ballroom A
[lunch time="12:00-1:15 pm" room="Room TBA"]Lunch[/lunch]
[event time="1:15—2:45 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout III (concurrent)
A. 1:15-2:45 | Panel: Talent Management – Woodlands Ballroom C
B. 1:15-2:45 | Panel: Not for Women Only – Woodlands Ballroom A
C1. 1:15-2:00 | Presentation: Tax Policy Updates – Woodlands Ballroom D
C2. 2:05-2:45 | Presentation: High Performance Leadership: The Science & Social Secrets of Confidence – Woodlands Ballroom D[/event]
[event time="2:45—3:00 pm"]Break[/event]
[event time="3:00-4:30 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout IV (concurrent)
A. 3:00-4:30 | Panel: Innovation, the Mid-Market Key to Success – Woodlands Ballroom A
B. 3:00-4:30 | Panel: Diversity: A Key to Mid-Market Growth – Woodlands Ballroom C
C1. 3:00-3:45 | Presentation: Successfully Combining Teams in a Merger, Joint Venture or Acquisition – Woodlands Ballroom D
C2. 3:50-4:30 | Presentation: Investor Relations 101 for Mid-Market Public Issuers and Closely Held Privates – Woodlands Ballroom D[/event]
[event time="4:30-4:45 pm"]Break[/event]
[event time="4:45-5:30 pm" room="Room TBA"]General Session[/event]
[event time="5:30-7:00 pm" room="Living Room"]Board Connection Private Reception (prior registration only)
Networking for CEOs looking for board seats and companies looking for board members [/event]
[event time="7:00 pm" room="Penne Restaurant & Wine Bar"]Connections, Cocktails and Dinner[/event]
[day date="September 20, 2016″]Tuesday[/day]
[event time="7:30-8:45 am" room="St. Marks and Regent Rooms"]Breakfast[/event]
[event time="8:45-10:00 am" room="Room TBA"]General Session and State of the Mid-Market Keynote Address.
Speakers: Joel Benkie President and Chief Operating Officer at Ducommun Incorporated;
Ganesh Ayyar CEO and Executive Director Mphasis and 2016 Mid-Market CEO of the Year;
William J. Gorman Jr, COO, RSM US LLP
[event time="10:00-10:30 am"]Break[/event]
[event time="10:30-12:00 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout I (concurrent)
A. 10:30-12:00 | Panel: Dealing with Big Data to Build Competitive Advantage – Woodlands Ballroom A
B. 10:30-12:00 | Workshop: Personal Branding: Managing Your Own Brand – Woodlands Ballroom C
C1. 10:30-11:15 | Presentation: Working Toward Strengthening the Family Business Community within CEO Connection – Woodlands Ballroom D
C2. 11:20-12:00 | Presentation: Public Private Partnerships – Woodlands Ballroom D
[lunch time="12:00-1:00 pm" room="St. Marks and Regent Rooms"]Lunch[/lunch]
[event time="1:00-2:30 pm" room="Room TBA"]Breakout II (concurrent)
A. 1:00-2:30 | Panel: Cyber-Security and Protecting Your Trade Secrets – Woodlands Ballroom A
B. 1:00-2:30 | Panel: Social Impact – Woodlands Ballroom D
C. 1:00-2:30 | Presentation: Competitive Advantage Through Customer Centricity – Woodlands Ballroom C
[event time="2:30-3:00 pm"]Break[/event]
[event time="3:00-4:30 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]Breakout III (concurrent)
A. Panel: Education to Create Tomorrow's Workforce – Woodlands Ballroom A
B. Panel: Healthcare and the Mid-Market – Woodlands Ballroom C
C1. 3:00-3:45 | Presentation: Best Practices in Risk Management – Woodlands Ballroom D
C2. 3:50-4:30 | Presentation: Disruption or Growth? Customer Engagement is the key to success – Woodlands Ballroom D[/event]
[event time="4:30-4:45 pm"]Break[/event]
[event time="4:45-5:30 pm" room="Room TBA"]General Session[/event]
[event time="7:00 pm" room="Woodlands Ballroom"]CEO Connection Mid-Market Awards Dinner
Mid-Market Company of the Year: LinkedIn
Mid-Market CEO of the Year: Mr. Ganesh Ayyar
Mid-Market Social Impact Award: John Replogle
Mid-Market Rising Star: Aviva Leebow Wolmer
[day date="September 21, 2016″]Wednesday[/day]
[event time="9:00-10:30 am" room="Woodlands Ballroom A"]Business Plan Showcase
Connecting mid-market CEOs and companies who want to invest in innovation with innovative entrepreneurs looking for capital.[/event]
Note*: Daily programs subject to change.


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After launching the Spiv Web site earlier this year to communicate with 15- to 24-year-olds, Turner Broadcasting System thinks it has found a way to keep in closer touch with this demographic.
The Atlanta-based company kicked off Spiv (http://www.spiv.com) in January to acquaint itself with 'an audience that Turner d'esn't reach right now,' says Scott Arenson, marketing manager for Turner Broadcasting System.
Now, Turner is publishing RELOAD, a weekly e-mail newsletter that highlights what's new to Spiv's movie, sports, indie music, fashion and other areas.
'On the Internet, there's so many sites out there that you need to build a relationship with your audience in order to keep them coming back,' says Arenson, who also edits RELOAD. The first issue went out in early April, and Turner is pleased with the five to 10 new subscribers a day who are signing on.


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This weekend the Arctic Chain Hackathon venue is organised at Boden Business Park. The initiator of the competition is Boden Business Agency and the blockchain enabling company KnC who, through this event, creates opportunities to capture the unbound power of independent programmers and developers.
In early 2014, KnC established its first data center in Boden and almost two years later, everything suggests that Boden is heading towards becoming Sweden's bitcoin center. The blockchain technology, which is the underlying technology behind the crypto currency Bitcoin, is fundamentally about creating digital "certificate chains" - a technology that is expected to revolutionize several industries. The banking sector, the logistics sector and the ICT sector amongst others already devotes large research funds to develop solutions based on blockchain technology.
With the right skills, development will happen quickly. But where can you find expertise on an as yet unexplored market? KnC now opens the door for the world to unleash their hidden skills at the Arctic Chain Hackathon.
Ready to invest at the venue
During the Arctic Chain Hackathon KnC wants to develop the technology by finding new areas that the blockchain technology can be applied on. Over the weekend, participants will be able to compete in either best business idea or best programming solution. At the venue KnC and other stakeholders are ready to invest in interesting solutions.
"The Arctic Chain Hackathon is about both finding and actually creating new use cases using this technology. Really good solutions can obtain financing on the spot, or even a job with us. Blockchain is a rapidly expanding field of technology, where anything created over the weekend may have a direct global impact", says Sam Cole, CEO of KnC Group.
Patrik Öhlund, CFO of Vattenfall Hydropower who is the main sponsor of the event, explains why they enter into the Arctic Chain Hackathon:
"We see great potential in the establishment of new data centers in the region and hope that this event will promote the growth of new services linked to this. It is climate friendly to establish data center in northern Sweden thanks to free cooling and access to stable and renewable energy. Vattenfall's new strategy is based on sustainability in both generation and consumption, and data centers in northern Sweden is a perfect example of that."
Christian Ander is a member of one of the teams that have signed up for the Arctic Chain Hackathon. He is an experienced developer who runs the blockchain company BTCX in Stockholm.
"The interesting thing about the blockchain is that it opens up opportunities for the individual to self-implement things that in currently requires other parties, such as banks or government agencies. Getting the opportunity to meet industry people who create innovation and is at the forefront of blockchain and Bitcoin technology will be very educational and inspiring. Arctic Chain Hackathon feels like a good place to exchange ideas, test ideas and get relevant feedback, "says Christian Ander.
"It feels fantastic to host the Arctic Chain Hackathon at Boden Business Park. It fits hand in hand with our vision and with our customers' commitment to push digital development to the leading edge." Concludes Malin Winsa, Manager at Boden Business Park.
The venue also includes the premiere of The Bitcoin Experiment, produced by the Norwegian production company Hacienda. The Bitcoin Experiment is a Scandinavian road movie about the digital currency bitcoin. In a playful combination of reality-style documentary, carefully planned encounters, info-graphics and interviews with experts, national authorities and enthusiasts the film take a closer look at the phenomenon called the biggest technological breakthrough since the Internet.
For more information, please contact:
Sam Cole, CEO, KnC Group
+46 73 433 06 15 | email@example.com
Malin Winsa, Manager, Boden Business Park
+46 70 601 20 24 | firstname.lastname@example.com
About KnC
Founded in 2013, KnC is a global technology leader in the Blockchain space, providing efficient, secure and green blockchain power to the world. KnC also has an exceptional track record of delivering next generation ASIC chips to the market. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, KnC develops state-of-the-art chip design and cloud services for blockchain-based applications incl. cryptocurrency mining. KnC also runs industrial-scale operations in other locations globally, with the main focus within the Arctic Circle. Read more at www.kncgroup.com


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Sterling Heights Michigan Condo Insurance What you Need to Know:
Condo insurance may be needed if you are planning on purchase a condo in Sterling Heights Michigan.
Talk to your agent to make sure that you have adequate coverage for your home and belongings. Mortgage companies are starting to require that you have condo insurance and that the coverage on your condo policy has to be at least 20% of your total mortgage.
The most important thing you should know when getting Michigan condo insurance is what does your master policy say? The condo association's master policy, as well as association rules, should spell out which parts of the complex are insured through the association and which parts are not. This will help you in deciding how much coverage that you will need when you purchase your Sterling Heights Michigan condo insurance policy.
Sterling Heights Michigan Condo Assessments
Condo association insurance typically includes commercial insurance coverage for the commonly shared building and common areas. Such policies typically have an association deductible. If the condo association needs major work or there is major damage to the structure, the condo association will tender the claim to their commercial insurer, and they would get covered for their loss
If there is a deductible on the master policy, that deductible would be assessed against all unit owners. So if there are 5 unit owners, then the deductible would be divided 5 ways. Your condo policy can cover part of this assessment through a coverage called loss assessment. Normally your policy will provide coverage up to $1000 but additional limits can be purchased. This is why you should know the association's by-laws so you know what the maximum amount is that you can be assessed. There has been a recent trend toward higher condo deductibles on master policies to save money, these deductibles could go as high as $50,000 and you could be hit with an unexpected bill if you don't know the by-laws.
Condo Ownership
Owners of condo units do not own the entire complex. Typically, they own their own unit outright and share ownership of the rest of the complex with other unit-owners.
The association will have an insurance policy to cover the areas of the complex that are owned in common as well as the building exteriors and hallways and play areas. The association's dues that are collected monthly from the unit owners will pay to insure the common areas.
The unit owner will be responsible for insuring everything within the four walls of his or her unit.
The condo association's master policy or the by-laws will tell which parts of the complex are insured through the association's policy and which parts are not. These are the areas that the unit owner will need to cover under their policy.
Sterling Heights Michigan Condo insurance what will be covered:
Condo insurance can help to protect your personal property against fire, lightning, windstorm, hail, explosion, volcanic eruption, riots, aircraft damage, vandalism, vehicle damage, smoke or theft. You have two choices when it comes to insuring your personal property you can insure your property for the actual cash value (how much it is worth today) or its replacement value (how much it would cost to replace the item). You will have to pay a little more to get the replacement value coverage.
Most Condo Association policies will also cover the real property (the structure) from the exterior framing inward, but will not cover fixtures or installations within a unit. Features such as kitchen and bathroom cabinets and countertops, fixtures and flooring will need to be covered under the Condo owners policy.
Condo insurance can also provide valuable protection if your home is made unlivable due to a loss. Your policy can pay for another place to live while your home is being repaired.
Your condo policy can also provide medical payment to others for necessary medical expenses incurred or medically ascertained within 3 years from the date of accident or injury. This coverage does not apply to the insured or regular residents of the household and is $1000, but additional limits can be purchased.
There is coverage to help to protect you in case of a lawsuit due to a liability claim caused by someone being injured in your home or damage to someones property. This coverage will protect you from the lawsuit and also pay for the cost to defend you even if you were deemed to be not at fault. Liability limits start at $100,000, but additional limits may be purchased.
Please contact our office to answer all of your Sterling Heights condo insurance questions:
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"Let's Drill for Oil in the Sound"
Faulkner ... said the state can solve its money problems by immediately leasing oil rights in Long Island Sound and offshore.
"New York can lease those lands and we can get money, right now. Right now, we can do it. We have oil companies that want it. We have offshore oil companies that want it," Faulkner said.
So great is the wealth, Faulkner insisted, "we have a chance to be just like Alaska - we can actually give money back to the people and the residents of New York."
Later asked for evidence of oil under the Sound, Faulkner said there had been talk of such resources during the debate over whether to build a nuclear power plant at Shoreham, on Long Island, nearly three decades ago. He said a plan for oil drilling in waters such as Long Island Sound would not need a lengthy environmental review because it was not harmful.
"The environmentalists are basically a communist-socialist concept, and it's become a religion. And Mike has bought into that religion," said Faulkner, who also has Independence Party backing.This sounds of course like what someone would say if he were trying to get voters to dismiss him as loony and vote for his opponent. I have no idea what his prospects of winning are -- probably not great, since his opponent, Michael Spano, at least has a recognizable name in the district. But I take some comfort in knowing that in his wish to drill for oil in the Sound, Faulkner is alone.
Kudos to my former colleague, Len Maniace, for keeping a straight face while reporting this.