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March 2, 2004
Evidence bubbles over to support tabletop nuclear fusion device
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Researchers are reporting new evidence supporting their earlier discovery of an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions.
The researchers believe the new evidence shows that "sonofusion" generates nuclear reactions by creating tiny bubbles that implode with tremendous force. Nuclear fusion reactors have historically required large, multibillion-dollar machines, but sonofusion devices might be built for a fraction of that cost.
"What we are doing, in effect, is producing nuclear emissions in a simple desktop apparatus," said Rusi Taleyarkhan, the principal investigator and a professor of nuclear engineering at Purdue University. "That really is the magnitude of the discovery the ability to use simple mechanical force for the first time in history to initiate conditions comparable to the interior of stars."
The technology might one day, in theory, lead to a new source of clean energy. It may result in a new class of low-cost, compact detectors for security applications that use neutrons to probe the contents of suitcases; devices for research that use neutrons to analyze the molecular structures of materials; machines that cheaply manufacture new synthetic materials and efficiently produce tritium, which is used for numerous applications ranging from medical imaging to watch dials; and a new technique to study various phenomena in cosmology, including the workings of neutron stars and black holes.
Taleyarkhan led the research team while he was a full-time scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and he is now the Arden L. Bement Jr. Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue.
The new findings are being reported in a paper that will appear this month in the journal Physical Review E, published by the American Physical Society. The paper was written by Taleyarkhan; postdoctoral fellow J.S Cho at Oak Ridge Associated Universities; Colin West, a retired scientist from Oak Ridge; Richard T. Lahey Jr., the Edward E. Hood Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); R.C. Nigmatulin, a visiting scholar at RPI and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Bashkortonstan branch; and Robert C. Block, active professor emeritus in the School of Engineering at RPI and director of RPI's Gaerttner Linear Accelerator Laboratory.
The discovery was first reported in March 2002 in the journal Science.
Since then the researchers have acquired additional funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, purchased more precise instruments and equipment to collect more accurate data, and successfully reproduced and improved upon the original experiment, Taleyarkhan said.
"A fair amount of very substantial new work was conducted, " Taleyarkhan said. "And also, this time around I made a conscious decision to involve as many individuals as possible top scientists and physicists from around the world and experts in neutron science to come to the lab and review our procedures and findings before we even submitted the manuscript to a journal for its own independent peer review."
The new findings were scrutinized by experts at Oak Ridge.
"There was a great deal of internal review at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before the paper was submitted to the journal for external review," said Lee L. Riedinger, deputy for science and technology at Oak Ridge. "It is clear that Rusi's new data are more significant statistically than his earlier data. This is an exciting result, even if I do not understand the origin of the effect."
Riedinger said new experiments should be conducted to check the findings and to spur further research.
The device is a clear glass canister about the height of two coffee mugs stacked on top of one another. Inside the canister is a liquid called deuterated acetone. The acetone contains a form of hydrogen called deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, which contains one proton and one neutron in its nucleus. Normal hydrogen contains only one proton in its nucleus.
The researchers expose the clear canister of liquid to pulses of neutrons every five milliseconds, or thousandths of a second, causing tiny cavities to form. At the same time, the liquid is bombarded with a specific frequency of ultrasound, which causes the cavities to form into bubbles that are about 60 nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter. The bubbles then expand to a much larger size, about 6,000 microns, or millionths of a meter large enough to be seen with the unaided eye.
"The process is analogous to stretching a slingshot from Earth to the nearest star, our sun, thereby building up a huge amount of energy when released," Taleyarkhan said.
Within nanoseconds these large bubbles contract with tremendous force, returning to roughly their original size, and release flashes of light in a well-known phenomenon known as sonoluminescence. Because the bubbles grow to such a relatively large size before they implode, their contraction causes extreme temperatures and pressures comparable to those found in the interiors of stars. Researchers estimate that temperatures inside the imploding bubbles reach 10 million degrees Celsius and pressures comparable to 1,000 million earth atmospheres at sea level.
At that point, deuterium atoms fuse together, the same way hydrogen atoms fuse in stars, releasing neutrons and energy in the process. The process also releases a type of radiation called gamma rays and a radioactive material called tritium, all of which have been recorded and measured by the team. In future versions of the experiment, the tritium produced might then be used as a fuel to drive energy-producing reactions in which it fuses with deuterium.
Whereas conventional nuclear fission reactors produce waste products that take thousands of years to decay, the waste products from fusion plants are short-lived, decaying to non-dangerous levels in a decade or two. The desktop experiment is safe because, although the reactions generate extremely high pressures and temperatures, those extreme conditions exist only in small regions of the liquid in the container within the collapsing bubbles.
One key to the process is the large difference between the original size of the bubbles and their expanded size. Going from 60 nanometers to 6,000 microns is about 100,000 times larger, compared to the bubbles usually formed in sonoluminescence, which grow only about 10 times larger before they implode.
"This means you've got about a trillion times more energy potentially available for compression of the bubbles than you do with conventional sonoluminescence," Taleyarkhan said. "When the light flashes are emitted, it's getting extremely hot, and if your liquid has deuterium atoms compared to ordinary hydrogen atoms, the conditions are hot enough to produce nuclear fusion."
The ultrasound switches on and off about 20,000 times a second as the liquid is being bombarded by neutrons.
The researchers compared their results using normal acetone and deuterated acetone, showing no evidence of fusion in the former.
Each five-millisecond pulse of neutrons is followed by a five-millisecond gap, during which time the bubbles implode, release light and emit a surge of about 1 million neutrons per second.
In the first experiments, with the less sophisticated equipment, the team was only able to collect data during a small portion of the five-millisecond intervals between neutron pulses. The new equipment enabled the researchers to see what was happening over the entire course of the experiment.
The data clearly show surges in neutrons emitted in precise timing with the light flashes, meaning the neutron emissions are produced by the collapsing bubbles responsible for the flashes of light, Taleyarkhan said.
"We see neutrons being emitted each time the bubble is imploding with sufficient violence," Taleyarkhan said.
Fusion of deuterium atoms emits neutrons that fall within a specific energy range of 2.5 mega-electron volts or below, which was the level of energy seen in neutrons produced in the experiment. The production of tritium also can only be attributed to fusion, and it was never observed in any of the control experiments in which normal acetone was used, he said.
Whereas data from the previous experiment had roughly a one in 100 chance of being attributed to some phenomena other than nuclear fusion, the new, more precise results represent more like a one in a trillion chance of being wrong, Taleyarkhan said.
"There is only one way to produce tritium through nuclear processes," he said.
The results also agree with mathematical theory and modeling.
Future work will focus on studying ways to scale up the device, which is needed before it could be used in practical applications, and creating portable devices that operate without the need for the expensive equipment now used to bombard the canister with pulses of neutrons.
"That takes it to the next level because then it's a standalone generator," Taleyarkhan said. "These will be little nuclear reactors by themselves that are producing neutrons and energy."
Such an advance could lead to the development of extremely accurate portable detectors that use neutrons for a wide variety of applications.
"If you have a neutron source you can detect virtually anything because neutrons interact with atomic nuclei in such a way that each material shows a clear-cut signature," Taleyarkhan said.
The technique also might be used to synthesize materials inexpensively.
"For example, carbon is turned into diamond using extreme heat and temperature over many years," Taleyarkhan said. "You wouldn't have to wait years to convert carbon to diamond. In chemistry, most reactions grow exponentially with temperature. Now we might have a way to synthesize certain chemicals that were otherwise difficult to do economically.
"Several applications in the field of medicine also appear feasible, such as tumor treatment."
Before such a system could be used as a new energy source, however, researchers must reach beyond the "break-even" point, in which more energy is released from the reaction than the amount of energy it takes to drive the reaction.
"We are not yet at break-even," Taleyarkhan said. "That would be the ultimate. I don't know if it will ever happen, but we are hopeful that it will and don't see any clear reason why not. In the future we will attempt to scale up this system and see how far we can go."
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Additional Evidence of nuclear emissions during acoustic cavitation
1Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, 2Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, 3Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180,
4Russian Academy of Sciences,
6 Karl Marx Street, Ufa 450000, Russia
Time spectra of neutron and sonoluminescence emissions were measured in cavitation experiments with chilled deuterated acetone. Statistically significant neutron and gamma ray emissions were measured with a calibrated liquid-scintillation detector, and sonoluminescence emissions were measured with a photomultiplier tube. The neutron emission energy corresponded to <2.5 MeV and had an emission rate of up to ~4X105 n/s. Measurements of tritium production were also performed and these data implied a neutron emission rate due to D-D fusion which agreed with what was measured. In contrast, control experiments using normal acetone did not result in statistically significant tritium activity, or neutron or gamma ray emissions.
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Town House with Great Personal Style
It's a little of this and a little of that in a Virginia townhouse that ignores the rules
Just as in television, where shows follow a proven formula, design also tends to stick to orthodox techniques that dependably result in function, beauty, and style: A collection of blue-and-white porcelain, a comfy leather club chair, and a crystal chandelier all aim to please. And they deliver.
But when designer Barbara Franceski envisioned the scheme for her own town house, she didn't follow the usual script. Instead, she relied on personal taste to give her home a style both spirited and hip.
&"Your house should make you happy," says Barbara. "I encourage my clients to think outside the box for the design they would like to see, not what they think should be done. I want them to have a little playfulness within their homes."
What first attracted Barbara to her Alexandria, Virginia, town house was its offering of just about everything she wanted—light-filled rooms, beautiful crown molding, and easy walking distance to popular boutiques, galleries, and restaurants in the city's historic Old Town district. And elements that didn't appeal to her, such as the golden shade of the oak floors, could easily be altered.
The three-story town house is laid out like a center-hall Colonial, with the living room to the right as you enter and the dining room to the left. But therein ends the expected. Barbara sanded and bleached the existing oak floors and painted the rooms in light and happy colors, then filled the spaces with quirky furnishings and accessories arranged in a way that is unexpected and chic.
The living room represents the first departure from the usual design narrative. Here a neutral palette of white and creamy yellow provides a backdrop for Barbara's collection of contemporary art, not an uncommon practice for art lovers. But instead of arranging furnishings in the room's center or around a fireplace—as many conventional design plans dictate—Barbara positioned seating to focus on a bold-colored contemporary abstract painting propped in front of her television. The art conceals the blank screen but is easy to remove when she wants to watch TV. Additional artwork in the room includes a black-and-white abstract painting hanging above the mantel and three compelling canvases that spike the otherwise neutral walls with vibrant red.
The living room's seating pieces—a corner-hugging sectional sofa upholstered in a natural-colored linen fabric, two unmatched armchairs, and a tufted ottoman in white cotton with nailhead trim—mingle with small tables finished in faux metallic leather, Lucite, or mirrors. A polished nickel floor lamp adds sparkle.
The dining room's modest size did not deter Barbara from taking the color wheel for a spin. Below the chair rail, walls are washed with chartreuse. For the narrow panels above it, she had a William Morris fabric backed with paper so it could be applied like wallpaper. "Instead of puffy upholstered fabric on the walls, it's more like wallpaper, but you still get the softness of fabric with it, and it brings yet another texture into the room," she says.
For one of the wider panels above the chair rail, Barbara had an aha moment on a rainy day. She had been wanting to add verve to her dining room—a space she says you pass by more often than you use—when she noticed her colorful umbrella drying in the hall. A friend helped her figure out how to display umbrellas by cutting off the excess handle lengths and attaching the tops to the wall. The umbrellas are framed with chunky nailheads—a punchy trim used on furnishings throughout the house. To complete the out-of-the-ordinary dining room, a mix of chairs and a banquette encircle a dark wood pedestal table illuminated by a beaded chandelier.
The upper floors of the town house also radiate charisma. The master bedroom's iron bed floats in the middle of the room, balanced by a large piece of folk-style art—an original screen print executed on reclaimed wood boards.
Barbara's enviable home office is ensconced on her third floor, a neutral space for a designer who toils all day with a dizzying array of fabrics, accessories, swatches, and paint chips. Uncluttered and meticulously organized, the workspace incorporates a glorious collection of books, auction catalogs, and her inspiration boards with an ever-changing collection of snippets of this and that, plus tearsheets from magazines. "I like a neutral envelope in which to work and lay out fabrics and draw plans," Barbara says.
Now finished, her house is an honest expression of who she is and what she loves. "I don't have a formula—that go-to sofa or paint color that I use every time," she says. "I tackled this project as I do all my projects: Start from scratch by looking at the family to discover what they are and what they need. And then, like a client, I implemented the same standard of design for myself."
Photography: Francesco Lagnese
Produced by Eileen A. Deymier
Interior design: Barbara Franceski, Barbara Franceski LLC, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703/927-5014, barbarafranceski.com.
Area rug (Aubusson-style, from estate sale): owner's collection.
Sectional sofa (4800 series, small natural nailhead trim, Black Walnut leg finish); fabric ("Linato"/Linen); white throw pillows ("Boomer"/White): Lee Industries, 800/892-7150, leeindustries.com.
Pillows with appliqued circles ("Layla Pillow"); bolster pillow ("Lulu Pillow"): Crate & Barrel, 800/996-9960, crateandbarrel.com.
Bulls-eye pillow ("Bulls-Eye"/Blue Smoke): West Elm, 866/428-6468, westelm.com.
Ottoman ("Roth," discontinued): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, restorationhardware.com.
Gold tufted cube by sofa: Three Hands Corp., 800/443-5443, threehands.com.
Art (Mexican Family Tree, c. 1880, purchased at auction): GoAntiques.com, goantiques.com.
Square oyster shell mirrors (#1348): Currey & Co., 877/768-6428, curreyco.com. Fish plates on wall (vintage, "Fish," by Johnson Brothers); fabric panel ("Kaivo,"/Orange and red, by Marimekko): flea market find.
Painting in hues of red (Clingin' Fire, 1972, acrylic on canvas): Modernicus, no longer in business.
Lucite stool with white vinyl seat (vintage): flea market find.
Tufted chair ("Jacqueline Arm Chair," Gramercy Collection): Four Hands, 512/371-7575, fourhands.com.
Trim on perimeter (#33132, color 9675): Houlès, 310/652-6171, houles.com.
Pillow on chair ("Lulu Pilow"): Crate & Barrel, 800/997-9960, crateandbarrel.com.
End table beside tufted chair ("Condotti Table," by Lewis Mittman): Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Lucite table lamp (vintage): Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, upscaleresale.com.
Octagonal lampshade: The Lamplighter, 703/549-4040, lamplighterlamps.com.
Books, ceramic accessories: Home Essentials, homeessentials.com.
Wall paint ("String" #8): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, farrow-ball.com.
Trim paint ("White Dove"): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, benjaminmoore.com.
Living Room
A mirrored screen from Niermann Weeks and table from Arteriors contribute sparkle.
Blue velvet chair ("Grenelle Arm Chair," by Lewis Mittman): Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Three-arm floor lamp (vintage Italian, chrome): Verdigris Antiques & Interiors, 703/505-9970, verdigris.bondandbowery.com.
Mirrored accent table by velvet chair ("Parsons Mirrored Accent Table"): Arteriors Home, 877/488-8866, arteriorshome.com.
Tufted chair ("Jacqueline Arm Chair," Gramercy Collection): Four Hands, 512/371-7575, fourhands.com.
Trim on perimeter (#33132, color 9675): Houlès, 310/652-6171, houles.com. End table beside tufted chair ("Condotti Table," by Lewis Mittman): Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, 212/888-5580, ef-lm.com.
Lucite table lamp (vintage): Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, upscaleresale.com.
Octagonal lampshade: The Lamplighter, 703/549-4040, lamplighterlamps.com.
Mirrored screen ("Sevigne Screen"): Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, niermannweeks.com.
Portrait of girl; dress form (vintage, stretch wire on metal stand): flea market find. Area rug (Aubusson-style, from estate sale): owner's collection.
Living Room Detail
A vintage wire dress form perched below an oil portrait adds texture to the room's furnishings.
Living Room Detail
A flea market find, Mexican Family Tree hangs above the sectional sofa in the living room. Its dreamy earth tones flow with the furniture and complement the bright hues of the abstract art around it. Pillows from Crate & Barrel liven up the sofa.
Living Room Detail
The living room's eclectic accessories include an oil painting that conceals a TV on a console table.
Square oyster shell mirrors (#1348): Currey & Co., 877/768-6428, curreyco.com. Fish plates on wall (vintage, "Fish," by Johnson Brothers): flea market find.
Console table by window ("Lucia Console Table," discontinued, shortened to custom height): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, restorationhardware.com.
Abstract painting on console table (hides flat-screen Television): Verdigris Antiques & Interiors, 03/505-9970, verdigris.bondandbowery.com.
Living Room Detail
Ceramic vases line the mantel before another rich abstract painting.
Abstract painting over mantel (by Brazilian artist Sayonara G. Oliveira): Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, upscaleresale.com.
Ceramic accessories: Home Essentials, homeessentials.com.
Dining Room
Barbara finished the walls of the dining room with five decorative treatments—picture molding, Farrow & Ball paint, fabric from William Morris, nailhead trim, and two striped umbrellas.
Table (distressed, ebonized finish): Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, www.upscaleresale.com.
Spiderback chair (vintage) with custom skirt: owner's collection.
Skirt fabric ("Garden Gate"/Key Lime Pie #4094/01): Pollack, 212/627-7766, www.pollackassociates.com.
Fabrication: J.K. Drapery Inc., 703/941-3788.
Dining chairs (#1927-01, small nickel nailhead trim, Black Walnut leg finish); fabric ("Wisdom"/Burlap); contrast border fabric ("Flanders"/Khaki): Lee Industries, 800/892-7150, www.leeindustries.com.
Leather love seat ("Madison Loveseat"); fabric ("Bisque Leather"): Palecek, 800/274-7730, www.palecek.com.
Pillow on love seat ("Bianca"/Celery, Citron, discontinued): Calico Corners, 800/213-6366, www.calicocorners.com.
Chandelier (linked wood beads, copper frame): BoBo Intriguing Objects, 404/355-2309, www.bobointriguingobjects.com.
Area rug (custom): fabricated by Carpet One of Alexandria, www.carpet1alexandria.com.
Carpet border ("Dolce"/Wild Rice #207DL, color DL11, cotton surging yarn #93): Fabrica 800/854-0357, www.fabrica.com.
Carpet field (Wilton carpet remnant): Stanton Carpet, 706/624-9385, www.stantoncarpet.com.
Round mirrored tray ("Cinchwaist Tray"): Arteriors Home, 877/488-8866, www.arteriorshome.com.
Mirror ("Bangle," discontinued): Horchow, 877/944-9888, www.horchow.com.
Striped umbrella artwork (created with 2 Totes umbrellas): umbrellas from Target, www.target.com.
Decorative one-inch upholstery nails (color 499-03, French Natural): Furniture Restoration Tools & Supplies, 866/528-4170.
Upholstered panels ("Tulip Embroidery" #DMOETU302): Morris & Co., www.william-morris.co.uk.
Paper backing on wall fabric by: Custom Laminations, CLI Group, 973/279-9174, www.customlaminations.com.
Paint above chair rail and trim ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, www.benjaminmoore.com.
Paint under chair rail ("Churlish Green" #251): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, www.farrow-ball.com.
Dining Room Detail
A wooden cabinet with geometric patterns on its glass doors hosts Barbara's vintage "Fish" plates. Organic elements are found in the wooden beads of the chandelier, the crystal on the tea tray, and the effortless lines throughout the dining room.
Cabinet ("Tall Circles Cabinet"/bleached oak with clear glass front): Julian Chichester, 336/886-2454, www.julianchichester.com.
Drapery ("Merrick"): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, www.fabricut.com.
Drapery hardware (Tantulo Collection, color 26, Ivoire Patine): Houlès, 310/652-6171, www.houles.com.
Butler's Pantry
The butler's pantry offers an unusual transition between kitchen and dining room. In it, a tufted chair sits below a lineup of Ruben Toledo fashion plates that hang in formation on the wall.
Drum light fixture (by Cindy Ciskowski): J. Lambeth, 202/646-1774, www.jlambeth.com.
Tufted side chair ("Martine Dining Chair"): Restoration Hardware, 800/910-9836, www.restorationhardware.com.
Wall paint ("Elephant's Breath" #229): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, www.farrow-ball.com.
Trim paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, www.benjaminmoore.com.
Pantry Details
"I don't have a formula—that go-to sofa or paint color that I use every time," says homeowner/designer Barbara Franceski.
Wood buffet with open shelves; vintage dinner plates (Upsala Ekeby Sweden Crown Dinner Plate"); portrait of Asian woman; assorted ceramics (found on travels): owner's collection.
Home Office
Barbara's fab finds enliven her home office. A painting of Jacqueline Kennedy pays tribute to her mother, who once was a docent for the First Ladies Exhibition at the National Museum of American History.
Drafting table ("Neolt Drafting Table"): owner's collection.
Italian nursery rhyme work table (discontinued); five-cabinet credenza (white, from original Home Office Collection): Ballard Designs, 800/536-7551, www.ballarddesigns.com.
Painting (of Jackie O): Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, www.upscaleresale.com.
Inspiration boards (covered in linen/cotton remnants): Staples, 800/782-7537, www.staples.com.
Five-drawer storage cart ("Elfa"); wall shelves: The Container Store, 888/266-8246, www.containerstore.com.
Rug: owner's collection.
Home Office Detail
A table from Ballard Designs bearing Italian nursery rhymes nods to Barbara's part-Italian heritage.
Master Bedroom
In the master bedroom, a dynamic piece of artwork features a bird with a watering can on reclaimed boards.
Bed ("Loire Canopy Bed," Parisian steel finish with bronze accents): Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, www.niermannweeks.com.
Upholstered headboard ("Calvados"/Blue #33725-4): Clarence House, 800/221-4704, www.clarencehouse.com.
Round side table ("Tony," antiqued mirror top, antiqued silver finish): Oly, 775/336-2100, www.olystudio.com.
Wing chair ("Carter Chair," with nailhead trim #324-005T) fabric ("Natural Denim"): Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, www.mgbwhome.com.
Spiderback chair (vintage) with custom skirt: owner's collection.
Skirt fabric ("Garden Gate"/Key Lime Pie" #4094/01): Pollack, 212/627-7766, www.pollackassociates.com.
Upholstered ottomans: owner's collection.
Three-light floor lamp: Verdigris Antiques & Interiors, 703/505-9970, www.verdigris.bondandbowery.com.
Original screenprint on painted wood board (Jake Water Seeds): Branddave, www.branddave.com.
Lantern ("Venetian Lantern"/Kent White and Rusted Gold Leaf): Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, www.niermannweeks.com.
Acrylic console ("Peekaboo Clear Console"): CB2, 800/606-6252, cb2.com.
Drapery ("Eleganza" #3064214); trim ("Bijan" #2450910): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, www.fabricut.com.
Drapery hardware (Tantulo Collection, color 16, Blanc Mat for rods, and color 15, Bronze, for finials): Houlès, 310/652-6171, www.houles.com.
Wall and trim paint ("Pointing" #2003): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, www.farrow-ball.com.
Ceiling paint ("Pink Cloud" #887): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667, www.benjaminmoore.com.
Carpet: owner's collection.
Master Bedroom Detail
Above a chest of drawers with a distressed finish is a mirror with an inset of swirls. "I love waking up in the morning and seeing all the art and the way that it works in the room," Barbara says.
Dresser: owner's collection.
Composite head of ancient man: Upscale Resale, 703/698-8100, www.upscaleresale.com.
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Sunburst mirror ("Bruno," discontinued): Cooper Classics, 800/262-3453, www.cooperclassics.com.
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Aqua glass vase; green glass decanter; framed print of young vicar: owner's collection.
Guest Bedroom Detail
Barbara's love of art is evident throughout her home. This watercolor complements the sea glass tones in the guest bedroom.
Watercolor of woman; line drawing (by designer): owner's collection.


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Joined: 17 May 2010
Posts: 6
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:05 pm
Post subject: reality check?
Hi everyone,
I'm a social work student who is passionate about social welfare but also has a very keen interest in medicine. I really would like to pursue medicine at some stage maybe after a year or two of clinical social work practice in a hospital setting - but i'd like some advice from you guys -
If I'm honest I'm not sure if i have the ability to undertake medicine. I usually get credits or sometimes distinctions; which I think is pretty good but I'm not sure if it is good enough for medicine. I've never been an A+ student but I'm a good communicator, have a good dose of common sense and I believe I'm a good listener - unfortunately these 'skills' are not that highly regarded compared with academic grades.
To top this off I'm also a 'senior' at 30 - someone told me that the other day
Many thanks guys!
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Joined: 01 Apr 2008
Posts: 259
Location: Perth, WA
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:34 am
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That sounds like a pretty good medicine pedigree to me.
Dont be discouraged by marks. Medicine is more about how you process information more than its about memorising lists.....
I'm a 3rd year, and I'm getting solid marks. I did an Arts degree back in the mid nineties, am 33, and never considered myself an academic as suck (I always did reasonably well).
That being said, I will warn you.... its a LOT of work...... but its also great fun!
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Joined: 07 Sep 2011
Posts: 2
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:50 am
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Hi guys,
I've been reading a lot of discussions and this has been the only one that has compelled me to write a reply to! And it's not even a reply lol I'm seeking advice!!
I am in a similar situation.
I'm currently 26 have studied a bachelor of science, done a 4th yr in psych and am now completing a masters in counselling. It all sounds pretty impressive on paper but my undergrad marks could've been better ~55-65%.
So I've looked to Grad med. However, I'm wondering whether I am smart enough as my undergrad years were spent socialising and having a ball resulting in 55-65% avgs. Currently I'm sitting on a GPA of 5.38 not incl postgrad or incl postgrad 6.18
I haven't studied science for 6 years and I feel like my brain has been fermenting for the last 6 years as I write reflective essays and all of that psych-y stuff!!
Even if I do pass the GAMSAT and do get in, will I be able to survive med academically???
Also at 26 if all goes smoothly means I will graduate at 32. I have always wanted to have kids before I am 30, so the other question is, is having kids during med school do-able?? Granted I find Mr-Right sometime soon lol
One of the disappointing things for me is that the question of age would not be such a significant factor if we lived in USA. I have friends over there who have only just started their med degree in their late 20s/early 30s and this is quite common. Over here in AUS we are battling for positions with people aged 22,23,24yo.
I feel you skylar!
Lovebite - which uni are you at? I'm from Perth as well!
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Joined: 17 May 2010
Posts: 6
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:02 pm
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hi guys,
thanks for your advice !! Lovebite how did you go on the gamsat? I mean coming from an arts background? how did you cope with the maths/science section?
happley - yes lots of essay writing etc but no science based subjects - this does worry me a bit too
kids and medicine - good question - it'd be tough - i don't think you could do med part time could you?
yes i'm a 65-75 percentage student too -
ah! help!!
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Posts: 259
Location: Perth, WA
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:17 pm
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Yeah... I worked hard in preparation for GAMSAT.
I decided that I would study 4 hours a day, for 3 months, in addition to working full time.
I figured that if I couldn't handle 36 hours work, plus 4 hours a day (4x7=2
i.e. a 60+ hour working week, that I'd never cope with a full time study load, plus part time work.
I ended up with a 64, and got 61 in the science section (from memory). When I first started my science study, I remembered almost nothing from high school. I remember asking my girlfriend "what is a solute".... oh dear.
Anyway, its there for the taking.
I'm about to finish third year, and graduation is only 54 weeks away. Time flies when you're having fun!
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Posts: 6
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:55 pm
Post subject: cheers lovebite!
okay! 4hours a day for five months!! no worries!! LOL i'll give it a go!!
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Joined: 09 Oct 2011
Posts: 2
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:12 pm
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Hi guys,
It's so great to find a place where people have similar issues and fears to me!
I'm looking to sit the GAMSAT in 2013 (a while away, I know). I'm about to complete a Bachelor of Arts at Monash (Vic), and I've done quite well (distinction and high distinction averages). I studied English so I'm pretty confident about those sections, however my Science skills are lacking, and are at about yr 11 level probably.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to allocate 16 months of full time study to just get the science up to scratch. But I'm still feeling like it will be a stretch, and I don't know whether to give up the career that is already available to me, or go all in. Even if it all goes to plan and I get into medicine, I'll be 27 before I graduate, and most likely still poor and struggling.
What do you guys reckon? I really feel like I'm behind the eight ball since many people seem to have done a science degree already :s
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Joined: 01 Apr 2008
Posts: 259
Location: Perth, WA
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:37 am
Post subject: Re: cheers lovebite!
skylar4 wrote:
okay! 4hours a day for five months!! no worries!! LOL i'll give it a go!!
Oh sorry.... not the advice you were looking for?
Ok, how about 15 minutes a day for two weeks?
Not trying to sound mean, but medicine is a bloody long, and hard slog.... and it starts the day you decide to bunker down and study for GAMSAT. If you don't have the fuel to put the work in for GAMSAT, don't kid yourself into thinking you'll have the fuel for medicine.
I'm loving it, sure, but I'm tired, and sick of study..... I'm also sick of living on less than I'm used to, and I'm sick of knowing that I'll graduate in a year, and still have 6+ years of study ahead of me before I can hope to be a fellow.
A few people have asked me whether they should do it.... and to be honest, I'm not sure that I'd recommend it to you if you're set up, and not 500% super keen, and fixated on medicine. Its no picnic.
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Joined: 29 Nov 2011
Posts: 2
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:16 pm
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Hey guys,
Im in a similar situation with thinking about kids and want to get into medicine as soon as I can.
Im planning to sit the GAMSAT in 2012 and am now organising studying for it now I have finished my exams for the year. I have been looking at the preparation materials that are available for purchase and was hoping one of you guys have heard any good/bad information about them or have used them?? I really really want to do well and am willing to put in the time (even the 4 hours a day for 3 months).
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Posts: 23
Location: Adelaide
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:15 pm
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Lyse88 wrote:
I'm planning to sit the GAMSAT in 2012 and am now organising studying for it now I have finished my exams for the year. I have been looking at the preparation materials that are available for purchase and was hoping one of you guys have heard any good/bad information about them or have used them?? I really really want to do well and am willing to put in the time (even the 4 hours a day for 3 months).
Take a look at the 'GAMSAT Test Preparation Forum Index -> Reviews of GAMSAT Courses, Books' threads. e.g.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:58 pm
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Thank you, Sorry I only saw that thread after I posted!
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You are right, with 335VAC at the rectifier anodes I would think you should be seeing closer to 400V at the first filter. Recheck the wiring, but maybe lowering the idle current will bring the voltage back up?
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Im glad to hear that you had a good ending to what could have been a terrible disaster Casey.Definitely check all of the smoke detectors.
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Con Murphy wrote:I think Angers is in Western France in the flat, Chateaux-laden wine region of the Loire, which probably makes the coincidence seem even more unlikely.
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US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more.
In all likelihood, Funai will appeal the ruling—but outside of a courtroom miracle, this should effectively bring the situation to a close. The reality is that patent infringement cases like this pop up from time to time, and victory seems rare. [Vizio via Electronista]


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There are still some seats left on the SQL Server 2008 A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction that I will be presenting at the LEC this December.
The course will from the 18th to 21st December. So after class you visit the nearby great London shopping to pick up any last minute gifts and presents.
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A key concept in life is synchronicity--or taking life's chances with a of sense of purpose, fighter pilot Major Dan Rooney told the opening session of the 2012 America's Credit Union Conference Sunday evening in San Diego. The conference runs through Wednesday.
Rooney is an F-16 pilot who flew three combat tours in Iraq, a professional golfer, an author, and a philanthropist who helps families of disabled and deceased war veterans.
He founded the Folds of Honor Foundation in 2007 that, through scholarships and other financial assistance, gives back to the spouses and children of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in service to our country.
"Synchronicity is all around us--signs on the highway of life," Rooney explained. "It's the divine current of life leading us to our essence. It's the courage to take action when that inspiration comes into your path."
His dad told Rooney two things when he was young. Find your passion in life. And once you find it and develop it, you can accomplish anything.
Consequently, when Rooney was 12 years old, he told his dad he wanted to be a golf pro and a fighter pilot.
When he was a college student at Kansas University, a professor wrote the word "volition" on a classroom chalkboard and asked rowdy students if they knew what the word meant.
When no one answered, he told them: "Volition will define your life; it is the power to choose. It is the path to build things up or tear them down. In the end, no one but you controls your choices. Volition defines your life."
When people push themselves, they become that change in their lives, Rooney said. "If you are comfortable, you're not reaching your potential," he added. "Flexibility is the key to life."
That flexibility led to a calling he had when flying his second-to-last mission in Iraq and after seeing one person fly his dead brother's remains back home to the U.S.
Years of seeing people going home from combat who are physically and mentally disabled gave Rooney inspiration. "But inspiration means nothing in life unless you do something about it," he added.
So Rooney had a moment of synchronicity, realizing what he was supposed to do--and founded a Patriot Golf Day that started out small, but then was launched nationally in August 2007, prompting 3,300 golf courses nationwide to sign up.
That year, $1.1 million was raised to help military families. Since then, $13 million has been raised. That year, Rooney founded Folds of Honor Foundation.
"We all have a calling," Rooney concluded. "When you walk out of here, experience that power of volition in your life. At the end, what did you do with your talents to make the world a better place?"


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mEDUXa 1.0 Ready to Take Over the Canary Islands
The Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Spanish Canary Island's regional goverment have released mEDUXa 1.0. mEDUXa is a Free Software GNU/Linux distribution developed for educational purposes based on Kubuntu. It will be deployed on 35,000 computers in 1100 schools, which represents 325,000 possible users (25,000
Menu layout
I find it interesting the way they have configured the elementary school desktop (escritorio primaria). Funny layout. The older ones get a more conventional desktop though (escritorio secundaria)
By MiktT at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
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Yes, we have spent more time on the desktop for little kids because they don't have such a thing on windows and it is really dificult for them to use a regular desktop. We hope to recieved a good response from those students, demostrating that linux desktops in general, and KDE in particular, is the answer for specific groups of users with specific demands due to the customization features. For this purpose, kiosk mode is a killer one.
By toscalix at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
Re: Menu layout
How do those desktop cards/groups work? Looks really good.
By MM at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
Re: Menu layout
It's just a custom desktop background with the icons arranged on top of it.
It is possible to customise KDE pretty completely. We got rid of the KDE Menu, got rid of Kicker, increased the size of the application toolbars, used a bigger mouse cursor all without needing to change any code. The settings can be setup in Kiosk mode profiles and easily managed centrally. Even non-KDE apps like GCompris and TuxPaint really fit it well too because they use non-standard UI elements like big buttons, and don't bother with ordinary fiddly (for 5-8 year olds) application menus.
Re: Menu layout
Do you think it will be possible to allow all this with settings so parents and other people (libraries, cyber cafe, ...) could easily set up such a desktop for their kids? It has been my idea to do so when we started KDE-Edu and I'd really like this for KDE4.
By Anne-Marie Mahfouf at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: Menu layout
Hi Annma yes at present we can configure KDE for kids like mEDUXa, but I think we can do something much better for KDE4 (and the OLPC project). So lets organise a meeting to discuss what we can do - ask Agustin the leader of the mEDUXa project about this.
By Richard Dale at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: Menu layout
By MM at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
can we see what it looks like?
By hipie at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
Re: screenshots
Yes, click on the images on the right of the press release page here:
-- Richard
Very good job!
Just great! I love seeing things like that which make use of the advantages that only opensource software provides.
You might want to take a look at Kids icon set by Everaldo.
By Leonidas at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
I can't believe...
... so many schools on the Canary Islands???
Here in Germany, we've much less schools related to the population figure...
By Anonymous at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
Re: I can't believe...
Yes, it looks like a fake.
By ben at Sun, 2006/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: I can't believe...
And you base that statement on what?
Here are a few independent numbers I've found:
The overall population is about 2 million people (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_islands).
The European average fraction of students w.r.t. the overall population is between 20% and 25%. This number includes university students and other types, too, though
The number of 300000 students in *schools* on the Canary islands given in the article would mean a fraction of 15% of the overall population. Looks completely reasonable to me.
Divided by the number of schools (1100) that makes about 270 students per school.
And there is one PC for 9 students. Or 32 PCs per school (which is about one or two classrooms for IT courses).
Does this really sound that unplausible?
By cm at Sun, 2006/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: I can't believe...
Yes you're right, indeed the Canary Islands really exist and have lots of schools. This is the home page of the Canarian Government's info about the schools (in Spanish).
By Richard Dale at Sun, 2006/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: I can't believe...
> Yes you're right, indeed the Canary Islands really exist and have lots of schools.
Richard, that's comforting. I'm sure I wasn't imagining you at aKademy. I know you live in the Canary Islands and I can confirm you really exist too. ;-)
By Eric Laffoon at Mon, 2006/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: I can't believe...
No wonder. Remember PISA ?
By pisastar at Sun, 2006/11/26 - 6:00am
Is there somewhere I can download a copy of the student system?
I'd very much like to try it in action!
By Anders at Fri, 2006/11/24 - 6:00am
Re: Download?
We're very keen to get as many people trying it as possible and giving feedback as it's all Free Software, but I don't think we've got the infrastructure for public downloads yet. It will need a small amount of work to remove dependencies such as Active Directory authentication and so on, and then put it on a suitable server for download.
I'm quite excited about opening it out as a community project, and we going to organise a WikiMedia based EduWiki for public discussions on integrating with other educational distributions like Skol Linux and so on. Maybe Agustin, the project leader can comment on how long he thinks that will take to get going.
use of KVocTrain
For the past three years I have been trying to find support (actually a programmer) for an improvement in KVocTrain:
A vocabulary test screen which shows the results at the end of the query.
We are using the programme at our vocational school in Bad Nauheim (Germany) and the lack of this feature is not very helpful in getting more of my colleagues to use the Linux installation in our language lab.
Richard, what do you think about this extension?
Thanks for your ideas!
By Markus at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: use of KVocTrain
Hi Marcus,
Do you have a mockup about the result screen? I am very interested in GUI ideas for such a screen. Implementation is not a problem, design is. I am interested in it for several edu applications.
By Anne-Marie Mahfouf at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: use of KVocTrain
Thanks for your interest Anne-Ma!
We are using the advanced features of KVocTrain: units, comparison forms, example sentences, conjugations. That makes using KWordQuiz difficult. (Together with a colleague I am the author of the Basic vocabulary German-English file, which you can download via the "get new vocabulary" menu item.)
I have done a design of the exam screen including ideas how to implement it (conceptwise not codewise as I haven't got a clue of programming). I'm posting my qt-designer files and my thoughts about it on the kde-edu mailing list, subject "vocabulary test screen".
I was wondering, if participating in Goggle's summer of code (too late for this year, I'm afraid) or something like a competition would be a reasonable idea to get the coding started. Is this realistic?
By Markus at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: use of KVocTrain
If KVocTrain isn't maintained, but is still regarded as useful, I would like to see if we can rewrite it in either Python or Ruby for KDE4. I think PyKDE and Korundum are perfect matches for writing edu apps, whereas C++ is over complicated and too much work.
By Richard Dale at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: use of KVocTrain
Richard, if it isn't maintained (you may ask Peter Hedlund) and you'll try to rewrite it, I volunteer for testing it.
This is because I regard it as very useful in my English classes - and so do my pupils (the ones that like English as a foreign language for sure).
By Markus at Sat, 2006/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: use of KVocTrain
I'm doing my best to maintain KVocTrain. I'm currently working on the port to KDE4. It includes creating a KEduVocDocument library in libkdeedu that is shared by several edu apps. The port also includes a switch to a model/view interface for the vocabulary table (applies also to KWordQuiz). The code base is indeed pretty complex and a non-standard user interface is used in some places that needs to be changed.
Any help with this work is of course greatly appreciated. People gladly ask for new features to the program, but are there maybe also some things that might be removed? As an example, KVocTrain has some intricate code for copying and pasting different formats of delimited text. Isn't a spreadsheet application more suitable for that type of thing?
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Campaign for Afghan Women & Girls
(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Campaign Objectives
- Increase public awareness of the plight of Afghan women and girls.
- Increase and monitor the provision of emergency/ reconstruction assistance to Afghan women and girls
- Work to ensure that women are at the center of the reconstruction of Afghanistan and the peace process
- Increase security, safety, and end violence for Afghan women and girls
- Support Afghan women's rights, healthcare, and education
About the Campaign
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) has been working to help Afghan Women and Girls since 1996: first, with our campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid, then after the Taliban regime collapsed, and now during the Afghan Reconstruction. The Feminist Majority Foundation Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls has four major components: Public Education and Community Organizing, Public Policy Research and Strategy Development, Global Outreach, and support of Humanitarian Aid to Afghan Women-led Organizations and to programs serving Afghan Women and Girls.
The campaign, chaired by Mavis Leno, was the first of its kind to build a U.S. grassroots constituency around a foreign policy issue of women's rights. It successfully brought the Taliban regime's atrocities against women and girls in Afghanistan to the attention of the United States and the world. In 2002, the Feminist Majority Foundation intensified its nationwide public education campaign for Afghan women and girls to win the full and permanent restoration of women's rights, promote the leadership of women in the planning and governing of post-Taliban Afghanistan, increase and monitor the provision of emergency and reconstruction assistance to women and girls, urge the expansion of peacekeeping forces, and support the Afghan Ministry for Women's Affairs, the Afghan Independent Rights Commission and Afghan women-led non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Because of our work on behalf of Afghan women and girls, the Feminist Majority Foundation was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
With the support of literally tens of thousands, our work was key in stopping U.S. and U.N. recognition of the Taliban and in winning extensive funding for Afghan women's programs, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA). In total up to 2010, we have helped to win some $367 million in U.S. funding of Afghan women and girls' programs. In July, 2013, Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development announced that USAID was launching a new five year program "targeting the education, promotion, and training of a new generation of Afghan women, ages 20-30. Towards this effort USAID is pledging $110 million and has set the ceiling for the program at $416 million seeking another $110 plus million from other international donors. FMF's work first to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan and then to help Afghan women and girls over these past 11 years since the fall of the Taliban has had tangible impact. We have repeatedly urged the funding and strengthening of Afghan women-led groups and women's right organizations in Afghanistan as well as women's programs.
Background - Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid
In 1997, The Feminist Majority launched the Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan to urge the US government and the U.N. to do everything in their power to restore the human rights of Afghan women and girls. Chaired by Mavis Leno, the Feminist Majority Foundation's campaign has brought together more than 110 leading human rights and women's organizations to condemn the Taliban's human rights abuses against women and girls and to put pressure on the US and UN to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
The Campaign was successful in increasing public awareness about the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan, preventing US and UN recognition of the Taliban, increasing the admission of Afghan women and girls as refugees, increasing humanitarian aid to the region and pressuring UNOCAL, a California oil company to abandon its plans for an Afghan oil and gas pipeline which would have produced over $100 million annually in royalties for the Taliban.
With the fall of the Taliban regime, the Feminist Majority Foundation renamed its campaign and began working to convey to the world that women are an essential part of the solution for the future of Afghanistan .
Public Education
Through our website, media interviews, news stories, op-eds, visibility events, speaking engagements, organizational briefings, online organizing, and public education materials, the Feminist Majority Foundation has worked to bring public attention to the fragility of women's rights in Afghanistan, absence of major reconstruction activity, and persistent security needs as well as the return of extreme fundamentalist militias and the Taliban to regions of Afghanistan. Our online Daily Feminist News provides ongoing reports and updates on the situation of women's rights and human rights in Afghanistan . Our website also provides opportunities for online activism on behalf of Afghan women and girls. With the news stories, we provide online action alerts, such as urging expansion of peacekeeping forces and increased funds for reconstruction.
Afghan Women's Scholarship Program
This program enables young Afghan women to pursue higher education in the U.S. Our campaign asks U.S. college and universities to donate tuition and, if possible, room and board for Afghan women to study in the U.S. Each of the scholarship recipients are committed to help other Afghan women and girls. In 2014, 37 Afghan women are studying in the United States under this program. Since its inception, 96 women have been served by this program. The Feminist Majority Foundation also provides supplemental assistance for books and other expenses for Afghan women who have received scholarships through other sources.
29 Afghan women have now graduated from four year U.S. colleges and universities, nine have earned their associates degrees and are continuing their educations, seven have achieved masters degrees, and two have earned Ph. D degrees. Many have returned to Afghanistan and two are currently working in Afghan governmental agencies. Others are wanted to further the status of Afghan women and girls through education, healthcare, and the media.
Policy Research and Strategy Development
From its inception, our Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls has been based on primary research. Throughout the campaign, we have interviewed Afghan women leaders about the plight of Afghan women and girls and our staff has traveled into the region and to Afghanistan many times, most recently in 2013. Our ability to report first-hand on conditions in the region has significantly increased our credibility with policy makers, enhanced our ability to propose concrete policy changes, and strengthened our advocacy campaign.
Direct Assistance
The Feminist Majority Foundation has provided direct funding to Afghan women's NGOs and other forms of direct assistance from its own funds. In addition to providing grants, we have provided technical assistance to small, women-led non-profits, helping with grant-writing and circulating their proposals among other funders.
Afghan Women's Craft Project
Our Afghan Women's Craft project raises additional funds for Afghan women and girls through on-line sales. Crafts are made by Afghan women or provided by Afghan organizations. All proceeds go to benefit Afghan women and girls.
Organizational Outreach
The Feminist Majority Foundation has provided leadership for the feminist community on the issues faced by Afghan women and girls for the past 16 years. We have constantly briefed and provided materials to our colleagues in other women's and human rights organizations about developments in the country and the need of Afghan women led organization, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Coalition. We work in coalition with Afghan women's organizations, as well as US and international women's rights and human rights organizations.


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Need a design for e commerce jewelry website which will carry about 50 products.
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FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Got more minutes as the year went on, playing a season-high 11 at BYU (Feb. 23) ... played a then-season-high 6 minutes and blocked a shot at San Diego (Feb. 2) ... played in her first WCC game vs. San Diego (Jan. 9) ... scored during five minutes of action at SMC (Jan. 26) ... made her first collegiate appearance at Fresno St. (Nov. 13) ... scored her first basket in victory over UNC (Nov. 16) ... played 4 minutes in the first half against Princeton (Dec. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Starred at Colorado's Regis Jesuit High School … 2011 McDonald's All-America nominee … helped the Raiders win the 2009 Colorado Class 5A state championship as a sophomore … senior leader on Regis' 2010-11 team that advanced deep into the state tournament … named First Team All-Continental League as a senior ... three-year varsity letter-winner … played with SCU teammate Ruta Zurauskyte as a freshman and sophomore … selected to play in The Show 2011 All-Star Game … Battle of the Rockies All-Star selection … part of Santa Clara's nationally recognized recruiting class, announced in November 2010 … was twice given Regis Jesuit's women's basketball's 'Raider Award' for all-around excellence on and off the court.
PERSONAL: Born in Denver, Colo. as the daughter of Dave and Donna Rooney … has two older brothers, Brian and Kevin who were both college athletes … has a sister-in-law, Lindsay … graduated with honors from Regis Jesuit, earning a 3.9 cum GPA … drew praise as an all-state academic honoree … enjoys running and has two puppies, Paisley and Stella … hopes to become a physical therapist or athletic trainer … majoring in Biology.


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Opinion: Warren Buffett's Tax Cliff
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on Warren Buffett's stock buyback. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... welcome to Opinion Journal Live ... on Jason Riley in my first guest is Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman ... to talk about Warren Buffett surprising one point two ... billion dollars share buyback welcome James tasters ... so I know you're huge fan of Mr. Buffett's tax reform proposals by one to get ... your take on the share buyback because of something Berkshire Hathaway ... the sort of looked down on in the past ... especially in the elevated price they paid ID ... you you mention it was surprising ... you when you're watching Warren Buffett the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway in action you have to constantly remind yourself that he favors higher taxes on the wealthy because ... so many of the movie makes up and up up by amazing coincidence of minimizing the tax bill for himself and other shareholders ... in this situation buying back stock he is he said he's warranted many occasions ... you don't wanna pay too much to view the CEO buying back your own company stock ... aam he of ... in order to do this transaction he raised the amount he was willing to pay relative the book value are no explanation by at the end of ... the set now is willing to pay a two hundred and twenty percent of book value ... now ... would you do when you have excess cash and Berkshire well if you don't need to define your operations are new acquisitions ... you can either distributed in the dividend or you buy back shares which has the same effect and a ... he obviously still doesn't wanna do it that dividend and coincidentally we do have this big dividend tax increase coming in we're in for Tesoro and again and I usually do this to reduce the number of shares in circulation there for ... investors to retain their shares on a bigger stake above the copier I'll ... most most ... companies work this but ... aam as you mentioned that Apple gains taxes going up ... next year aam and this is independent of the fiscal cliff tops couple dance that's going up next year the and ... and investors want to unload stock up at the lower crime rate aam and and that's the that's the bottom line anything he and so here we have an advocate of changing tax policy ... scrambling to do something under the old rules just before the deadline yet it a record two weeks out in the letter from both directions from the Berkshire side he's choosing ... to reward shareholders being in a way that does not have a tax consequence in a way that shields them from taxation ... would he added the other side I it's ... nice he is perhaps helping the beest fits the bill was that was the estate of a longtime shareholder ... he's possibly ... helping them love minimize their tax bill that because of course of ... as you said capital gains are going up as well so why is there is for anyone selling ... non better to do it now than two weeks from now so it seems ... from both angles to be ... a very ... he would say very seven transaction to minimize federal taxes ... I just looking at it now again in after mine yourself that he's simultaneously frequently of a public campaign to say we mean higher taxes and only to the saying we need higher taxes he talks about the effects of raising tax rates he says ... a in which people can afford it like M ... and B it doesn't really affect behavior Jane arrived yet reading is changing as of the ... word we've been out of a ... in the catalog of of these of ... transactions that ... that ... coincidentally seem to minimize taxes while he's saying he doesn't let that ... Dr is decisions of the really know investors make decisions on the basis that ... it's getting more affordable and it's one of all that Berkshire ... Kymeta cash never pays a


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Sync swim team off to a good start
Janet Culp: I just got back from the pool where our duet swam very well and placed 5th. Their spin and heron elements were near flawless and the best we've seen all year! My teammates and I are so proud of them as they are off to a great start for our team!
This morning we had practice at BNU again, which is so much better than having a crazy schedule of no music at the competition pool. Then we practiced for a short bit after the duet swam. Even though all of our attention is on the duet right now, we still have to keep our team routines sharp so they can jump back in on Thursday when their competition is over.
And the best news of the day, is that my parents, sister, and brother are due in today! I haven't been able to reach them yet, but I can't wait to see them tomorrow. They have tickets to the duet event, and so at the very least I'll be able to see them up in the stands! My husband Erick arrives tomorrow as well, as do some of my friends. I can't tell you how excited I am that they are going to be here to watch me and my team compete. It really makes my swim that much more special! Plus we could use a few more American cheerers in the crowd.
Our coaches also told us that they've made official decisions about our players in each program, which means that Becky is well enough to swim the tech program in competition. She was recovering from an arm injury that has been plaguing her for a couple months now. I'm so happy for her–there was a time when she wasn't sure she was going to be here! At the same time that means I'll just be swimming the free program since I was filling in for her in the tech during her recovery. I'm a little disappointed about not swimming tech, especially since I've been working on it for so long now.
But that feeling is definitely overshadowed by the honor I feel to be in the free program and to be competing at the Olympics with the world's best athletes. It's just incredible to look around the computer room where I'm typing this blog, the cafeteria where I eat dinner, or even the elevator up to my room and be surrounded by so many talented and amazing people. And it's incredible that I'm part of all of it!
Littleton native Janet Culp will compete in synchronized swimming for Team USA at the Beijing Olympics. She is reporting on her experience half a world away for The Denver Post.