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Sol LeWitt
Drawings, Prints and Books 1968-1988
13 June - 25 August 2002
National Gallery Of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia has opened the first extensive Australian exhibition of drawings, prints and books by prominent American artist Sol LeWitt (born 1928). Dr Anthony White, co-curator of the exhibition and the Gallery's Curator of International Painting and Sculpture, says the NGA has the largest public collection of LeWitt's work in Australia. 'This exhibition provides Australian viewers with a unique opportunity to see the full breadth of Sol LeWitt's work from the late 1960s to the 1980s.'
Following the success of recent Sol LeWitt exhibitions, such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's retrospective in 2000 and the Wall Pieces exhibition of 1998 at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, Sol LeWitt: Drawings, Prints and Books 1968-1988 focuses on the artist's work on paper. Comprising four drawings and 22 artist's books, the exhibition features a large collection of prints (192), including a spectacular ten-metre wall series of 75 prints. Although the Gallery has been acquiring the artist's work since the late 1970s, this is the first time such a large selection has gone on public display. 'Sol LeWitt shows the richness of the Gallery's collection of the artist's work in its full glory, most of which has not been previously exhibited at the NGA,' Dr White says.
Sol LeWitt, a leading figure in contemporary American art, was a pioneer of the Conceptual art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. As Dr White explains, LeWitt reacted against the spontaneous, gestural painting style of the Abstract Expressionists with an art based on ideas and geometry. 'Arranging the most basic visual elements, such as lines, geometric figures and colours according to a pre-conceived rule or procedure, LeWitt produces startlingly beautiful compositions. As the process of creating the works involves following a set of precise instructions, many of the artist's works do not have to be executed by the artist himself.' As LeWitt himself once wrote, 'The idea becomes a machine that makes the art'.
'Like many contemporary artists, LeWitt does not indulge the viewer's desire for recognisable images or narrative. At first glance, the repetitious sequences of geometric figures, lines and grids that characterise his work seem almost devoid of interest. Through deeper acquaintance with LeWitt's work and the ideas that motivate it, we begin to better appreciate the intriguing beauty of the artist's geometrical patterns and forms,' Dr White continues.
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8 June 2010, World Oceans Day - Billions of dollars and thousands of lives can be saved if we address the loss of marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystem services through improved governance. This is a key theme of World Oceans Day, celebrated on 8 June 2010 for the second year running.
In his message for World Oceans Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "If we are to safeguard the capacity of the oceans to service society's many and varied needs, we need to do much more. On this second annual commemoration of World Oceans Day, I urge Governments and citizens everywhere to acknowledge the enormous value of the world's oceans - and do their part in ensuring their health and vitality."
Ocean ecosystems are under great stress from multiple challenges including exposure to land and marine based pollution, habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, unsustainable harvests and the introduction of exotic invasive species.
Coastal ecosystem services are valued at around US$25,000 billion per year through areas like food production, storm and flood regulatory services, climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration. Yet these values are often overlooked when national development policies are prepared, much to the detriment of the poorest.
Because of the weakening of these key ecosystems, about 270 million people are affected annually and some 124,000 killed worldwide every year by natural disasters including floods and droughts. Yet these can be prevented by reducing deforestation of catchments as well as restoring wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs.
This year, the UN Environment Programme is commemorating World Oceans Day at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi with the screening of Ωcéans, a film by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud film. The documentary is designed to raise awareness of the need to protect our oceans,
Using new underwater cameras that followed sea life over the course of four years in 50 locations around the world, Ωcéans is a timely reminder of the incredible beauty of a little-known, but fragile world. The crews - including some of the world's most experienced underwater cinematographers - captured about 200 species of fish, dolphins, whales, squid, lizards, crabs, turtles and creatures that defy classification.
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For three seasons, Justin Upton has been at the center of Arizona Diamondbacks trade rumors. Those rumors are now over.
According to various reports, the D-backs have traded Upton to the Atlanta Braves along with third baseman Chris Johnson for outfielder/third baseman Martin Prado, right-handed starter Randall Delgado, shortstop Nick Ahmed, right-hander Zeke Spruill and infielder Brandon Drury.
Upton, a two-time All-Star, will now play alongside his older brother, B.J., who signed a five-year, $75 million deal in the offseason.
At the center of the return for the Diamondbacks is Prado, who was an All-Star in 2010. Last season, Prado hit .301 with 10 homers and 70 RBI in 156 games for Atlanta. Prado, 29, has one year left on his contract. He requested $7.05 million in arbitration from Atlanta and was offered $6.65 from the club.
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Talk about a good day for a mutual-fund company. Ariel Investments, run by Obama insider John W. Rogers, Jr., netted about $37 million from a gaming-industry's stock surge today following news of a buyout. The firm, which manages $4.9 billion, only added the stock, WMS Industries (WMS), in mid-2012.
The share price of WMS, which makes casino and video gambling machines, has suffered even by this industry's standards. WMS lost nearly 55% in 2011 and another 15% last year. Compare that to International Game Technology (IGT), a slotmaker which lost 16% last year and 1.4% in 2011.
Enter Scientific Games Corp. (SGMS) this morning. Word came before the open of trading that the instant-ticketing lottery and prepaid phone-card firm agreed to buy WMS for about $1.5 billion. The news spurred shares in WMS to soar 51% today. The stock closed at $24.75, an 18-month high.
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House of Commons Hansard #105 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
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National Defence
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Rona Ambrose Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women
Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, the Auditor General made one recommendation, and that is for the Department of National Defence to refine its cost estimates.
However, our response goes much further than that to address this issue. We have frozen funding for the F-35 for this project. We have also established a secretariat to manage the process of replacing the CF-18s outside of the Department of National Defence. To ensure oversight, we will have a deputy ministers committee managing this process. All cost estimates will be tabled in Parliament and made public.
Oral Questions
April 3rd, 2012 / 2:40 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, let us take a look at what the Conservatives waste taxpayer money on instead of helping seniors, especially low-income seniors when they retire: inefficient private pension plans; billions for failed fighter jets; and let us not forget glow sticks and gazebos in Muskoka.
Now we will not know the effects of the hardships caused by denying OAS for two extra years because the government cut the National Council of Welfare.
Did the Conservatives eliminate the council because they want to hide the truth about seniors poverty from Canadians?
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear. Our budget is focused on making sure individuals have jobs. That is the best way to eliminate poverty: making sure individuals have jobs.
With respect to the National Council of Welfare, we are putting our policy resources to best use and in the most efficient manner. There are many non-governmental organizations that provide comparable independent advice and research on poverty and other related issues.
We will continue to take poverty very seriously, but we are also going to be focused on making sure Canadians have the skills they need so that they can participate in the economy.
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives will not listen to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, so what makes us think they will listen to anyone else?
They want to hide the fact that pushing the retirement age back to 67 is going to hurt low-income seniors, so they have eliminated the National Council of Welfare. The government thinks if poverty is not measured, it simply does not exist. Low-income seniors will slip between the cracks and the Conservatives will continue to choose their big business friends over those who truly need help.
Why will the Conservatives not come clean and admit they do not care about seniors living in poverty?
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. This country has one of the lowest poverty rates for seniors in the world because of this Conservative government. In fact, under the Liberals, in 1999 it was 7.9%. Under this government, it was 5.2% in 2009.
This government increased the GIS, a record increase, in the last quarter of the century, and the NDP voted against it.
Let us be very clear. These changes will begin in 2023. They will be fully implemented in 2029. We are looking out for low-income seniors. We are making sure that they are provided for.
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Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Hoang Mai Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, the idea of setting up a toll on the Champlain Bridge was bad enough, but now the Conservatives are talking about setting up tolls on the Jacques Cartier and Mercier bridges as well.
This decision could have an adverse economic effect on families on the south shore and the merchants of Montreal. People are going to take detours in order to avoid the tolls.
Why do the Conservatives want to make families pay for a new bridge when access to the island is currently free?
Highway Infrastructure
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud of the way we are dealing with the matter of the new bridge over the St. Lawrence. A lot of progress has been made. In the coming weeks, we will announce which company or companies won the contract for the environmental aspect as we continue moving forward.
For now, there will not be any tolls. However, during the consultation process that we conducted, a number of mayors in the region spoke to me about a regional toll. Why would we do all the work and spend the money without looking at tolls? We are going to consider every possible avenue. We will stay on course and deliver a new bridge over the St. Lawrence instead of complaining about it.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
2:40 p.m.
Françoise Boivin Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would also like to talk about bridges, but I would refer to the bridge that has been burned between Quebec and the Conservative government.
This morning the Government of Quebec confirmed that it plans to go to court to prevent the Conservatives from destroying the data from the firearms registry.
This ideological government and its lackeys in the Senate refuse to listen to the calls of Quebeckers, police chiefs and, most importantly, victims. It is not too late. The data can still be saved.
Will the government save the data in order to protect public safety or would it rather become embroiled in a long and costly court battle with Quebec?
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Maxime Bernier Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Mr. Speaker, our legislation provides for the elimination of the data related to the long gun registry— inaccurate, outdated and erroneous data. I am not the one saying so. As early as 2006, the Auditor General confirmed that that data was inaccurate.
We are acting within the federal government's jurisdiction in the area of criminal law and we will defend our jurisdiction.
Human Trafficking
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, today the leader of what is called the largest proven human trafficking ring in Canadian history will be sentenced.
This is a deplorable crime that leads to vulnerable people being taken advantage of, often for the profit of criminal and terrorist organizations.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety tell the House what the government is doing on this file?
Human Trafficking
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Candice Bergen Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her terrific work on this file.
Human trafficking is a despicable crime. Our government has taken strong action, such as helping to implement mandatory minimum sentences for those convicted of child trafficking, and supporting the RCMP in its Blue Blindfold campaign to raise public awareness.
We are also committed to implementing a national action plan to combat human trafficking.
Rights & Democracy
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Hélène Laverdière Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, at the precise moment when Canada should be helping emerging democracies, this government decides to eliminate the organization that is in the best position to do that job: Rights & Democracy.
The Conservatives made partisan appointments to Rights & Democracy. Then they attacked its respected director, who unfortunately then died. In a nutshell, they literally poisoned the organization, and today they have decided to finish it off.
Does the minister think this is what showing leadership on the international scene means?
Rights & Democracy
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, promoting freedom, human rights and democracy is a central element of our foreign policy. Our ambassadors and our foreign service officers do that work every day, all around the world.
For some time, the numerous problems at Rights & Democracy have been the subject of much comment in the media. It is high time that we put these problems behind us and move forward.
Rights & Democracy
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Hélène Laverdière Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the Conservatives created those problems.
The government dumped the idea of a democracy promotion institute that they had announced in the Speech from the Throne in 2008. Now they are killing Rights and Democracy, and they want to cut DFAIT programming under the international assistance envelope, which is often used to promote democracy.
The government speaks a lot about democracy, but it does not seem to want to walk the talk. What does it have against democracy?
Rights & Democracy
Oral Questions
2:45 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, here is what we are doing. There have been many problems at this agency for some time. These problems are very well known. What we are simply doing is taking this important project of rights, democracy and freedom and bringing that within our department.
I have a lot of confidence in the hard-working public servants at the Department of Foreign Affairs that we will be able to continue to tackle this issue. We have played a big role in helping the people seek freedom in Libya. We are working with the international community on Syria and we will never let that go. Freedom is an important responsibility and we will continue to promote it around the world.


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PRINCETON, N.J. (4/21/12) - The No. 20-ranked Princeton women's lacrosse team handed No. 8 Dartmouth its first Ivy League loss of the season as the Tigers keep their postseason hopes alive in a 12-9 win at Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Princeton improves to 7-6 overall and 4-2 in league play, while Dartmouth is now 10-3 overall and 5-1 in the league.
The Tigers will need to win their final league game of the year when they host Penn on Wednesday, April 25 to stay in the running for the Ivy League Tournament. With Cornell and Harvard having matching 4-2 records, the Tigers will also need some help from Dartmouth and Brown to give Cornell and Harvard a loss, as both own the tiebreaker over Princeton - head-to-head.
With Princeton honoring some of its alumnae teams at halftime, including the 2002 national championship team, the 2012 Tigers knew they had a legacy to uphold and proved that today in Princeton.
Dartmouth took a quick 2-0 lead within the first five minutes, and made it a 3-1 game as the teams traded goals within 31 seconds. Senior Cassie Pyle tied the game when she converted a free-position attempt and scored an unassisted goal.
Liz Calby pushed Dartmouth ahead by one with help from Sarah Parks at 17:57 but Princeton rebounded with two goals, one from Charlotte Davis and a third from Pyle as the Tigers took a 5-4 lead at 13:36.
Darmouth's Kirsten Goldberg scored her second of the afternoon to knot the game at 5-5 but freshman Erin McMunnscored twice in the final eight minutes to give Princeton a 7-5 lead at intermission.
Courtney Bennett cut the lead to 7-6 as she scored an eight-meter goal to start the second, but the second half belonged to Princeton as the Tigers rattled off three straight to take a 10-6 edge at 16:24. Davis, McMunn each scored their second goals of the game and McMunn buried one for a hat trick.
Goldberg didn't want to go down without a fight netting two goals within two minutes to make it 10-8 with seven minutes remaining.
Junior Sam Ellis gave Princeton a bit of a cushion with an unassisted goal at 4:15.
Sarah Plumb would delivered Dartmouth's final goal at 1:46, but Pyle sealed the victory with her fourth goal with 18.3 seconds remaining. Dartmouth's goalie K Giovanniello came out to play defense leaving an open net. Pyle wheeled to the goal and scored while Giovanniello threw her stick in front of the cage, which sustained her a yellow card. She was removed from the field taking with back up Julia Szafman finishing out the game. Giovanniello made eight saves while Szafman wouldn't have time to face a shot.
Freshman Annie Woehling was impressive between the pipes for the Tigers, making nine saves including two free-position chances.
Goldberg led the Big Green with four goals and two assists for six points. Lindsey Allard had two goals, and four other players had one point.
Pyle scored four goals and McMunn had a five-point effort with three goals and two assists. Davis and Slifer both scored twice and had one assist apiece and senior Barb Previ had two assists.
Dartmouth had a slight edge in shots, 25-23. Draw controls were even at 11-11 and Dartmouth had one more ground ball, 13-12.


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Robert and Joy Bennett, of Price, are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Sarah Dolores to Tylor Ray Christmas, of Huntington. He is the son of Shon and Denise Heaps and the late Randy Christmas.
A reception will be held in their honor on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 7-9 p.m. at the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center New Ballroom on the USU-Eastern campus.
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In a move to reduce its carbon footprint and meet its own energy needs, solar panels will be installed at Wegmans Food Markets Inc.'s organic farm and a building near its corporate headquarters.
"We felt the time was right for us to try solar," said Jason Wadsworth, sustainability coordinator at Wegmans in a statement. "Solar energy installation costs have come down, and NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) incentives are available to offset some of the cost. So, we identified two locations that made sense as starting points."
At 100 Market St.—Wegmans' office building—more than 2,000 solar panels have been installed on its roof. The panels are anticipated to produce roughly enough power for a month's worth of electricity for that building, which amounts to the electricity needed by nearly 50 homes for a year.
Wegmans Organic Farm will install more than 300 solar panels to the organic farm by the end of the summer.
"Harnessing more of the power of the sun to grow the beautiful leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers and root vegetables we have at the Organic Farm is a perfect fit," said Eben Kennedy, produce group manager overseeing the farm, in a statement. "Thanks to the solar panels, our barn and high-tunnel greenhouses will extend the growing season at very little energy cost. That's a triple win for us: it's good for the environment, good for the business, and good for people."
Funding for the panels was from NYSERDA's NY-Sun initiative, which provides $1 billion to help expand the solar industry throughout the state.
"We're very pleased to explore how clean, solar energy can take us further along the sustainability path," Wadsworth said. "We'll learn more about how this technology works for us and make better decisions in the future about when and where solar energy makes sense. We've learned that over time even little steps can add up to a very big difference."
Wegmans recently received a Green Globes certification by the Green Building Initiative for its building practices. Green Globes is a Web-based program that aides in green building education and certification that including assessment by an off-site third party representative.
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Rick and Debra Larsen of Orangeville announce the marriage of their daughter Larissa to Jason Luke, son of Blaine and Mary Ann Luke of Green River. The couple will be married in the Manti LDS Temple on March 24.
A reception will be held in their honor that evening for family and friends at the Orangeville LDS Church building from 7-9 p.m.
Larissa is a graduate of Emery High School and Southern Utah University. She is now teaching English at Payson Junior High School.
Jason is a graduate of Green River High School. He served a LDS mission in the Peru Piura Mission. He is now attending Brigham Young University.
The couple will make their home in Provo.
Tina and Jeff Ricchetti announce the marriage of their daughter Tatum Faye to Cord Dee Hansen, son of Lanna Walkenhorst and David Hansen.
The ceremony will take place at the American Legion Hall in Ferron on March 24. A reception with dancing to honor the newlyweds will be held that evening from 8-11 p.m.
Tatum and Cord will reside in Orangeville.
Together with their families, Hillary A. Thompson and Brandin K. Hurdsman announce their marriage on March 24. The couple will be married in Cleveland.
Parents of the bride are Scott and Jeannine Seegmiller. Parents of the groom are Mike and Judy Hurdsman.


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My well-meaning son put a preservative on my white bath tub tile. The preservative turned yellow when it dried. Is there anyway to clean it off without completely removing the grout and redoing it? I don't know what the preservative was, it was done years ago. I have been scraping it off the tiles themself since then. I am down to the grout now, but scraping is also removing grout.
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We are carrying out research in several areas of dynamics and electronic structure, with a special emphasis on applying quantum mechanics to the treatment of large and complex systems. Dynamical calculations are being carried out for combustion (with a special emphasis on biofuel mechanisms) and atmospheric reactions in the gas phase and catalytic reactions in the condensed phase. Both thermal and photochemical reactions are under consideration. New orbital-dependent density functionals are being developed to provide an efficient route to the potential energy surfaces for these studies. New methods are also being developed for representing the potentials and for combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical methods, with a special emphasis in the latter case on improving the electrostatics. New techniques for modeling vibrational anharmonicity and for Feynman path integral calculations are also under development.
Much of the work is carried out at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and the group also has a computational grand challenge grant from the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory and an allocation on the INCITE resources of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (the second largest computer in the world).
Several collaborations with other Chemistry faculty are also in progress: studies of solvatochromic shifts, computational electrochemistry, and drug design with Professor Cramer, development of explicit polarization models for aqueous protein chemistry with Professor Gao, studies of atmospheric nucleation with Professor Siepmann, and studies of actinoid chemistry with Professor Gagliardi. Collaborations with faculty outside of chemistry include studies of the collision processes occurring in hypersonic flow around re-entry of space shuttles with Professor Graham Candler and Tom Schwartzentruber of Aerospace Engineering, studies of the thermochemistry and dynamics of metal nanoparticles with Professor Chris Hogan of Mechanical Engineering, modeling of zinc biocenters with Professor Elizabeth Amin of Medicinal chemistry, and modeling of plasma chemistry with Professor Steven Girshick of Mechanical Engineering.
This work is supported in part by the NSF, DOE, NIH, AFOSR, and ARO.
Density functional design
We are employing two paths to improving density functional theory. On the one hand we are designing new exchange-correclation functionals with improved performance in Kohn-Sham theory. We have summarized the quest for a universal exchange-correlation functional in three overview articles. See
In a second initiative, in collaboration with Professor Laura Gagliardi, we are designing new on-top density functionals for multi-configuration pair-density functional theory. This theory (to be published) goes beyond Kohn-Sham theory to use the diagonal element of the two-particle density matrix, whereas Kohn-Sham theory is restricted to the singe-particule density. Initial results are extremely encouraging.
Inorganometallic catalyst design
The Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center (ICDC) is developing structure-function relationships that will guide further catalyst discovery. Our catalysts will consist of precisely synthesized clusters dispersed on supports. We are pushing into new territory in efficient computational materials design by making highly uniform materials selected on the basis of modeling reinforced by feedback from results of catalyst characterization, including rapid-throughput performance testing. Our Center is developing catalytic materials and catalytic conversion strategies that are inaccessible with current methodologies. The key to our approach is the development of well isolated cluster catalysts that are highly uniform in structure yet present in high-density arrays accessible by reactants, while relatively amenable to structural characterization and theoretical modeling. Our major goals are to introduce an entirely new class of cluster catalysts, to discover and explain fundamental relationships between atomic-scale structure and catalytic performance, and to apply methods to discover new catalysts for energy-relevant conversions. We are also developing new methodologies for computational design by addressing the challenge of three-dimensinal modeling that includes the effect of supports and catalyst environments that enhance reactivity at active catalytic centers. We are computationally predicting, with atomic-scale precision, cluster catalysts for conversion of light hydrocarbons in natural gas and investigating their reactivities with state-of-the-art quantum chemical and classical simulation techniques.
Quantum mechanical dynamics
A critical focus area in our research group is incorporation of quantum mechanical effects into dynamics simulations. For small-molecule systems, we have developed an efficient linear algebraic variational method for calculating converged quantum mechanical transition probabilities for reactive collisions, both electronically adiabatic and electronically nonadiabatic. Our present focus, however, is on incorporating quantum mechanical effects into simulations on large and complex systems. For this we use several semiclassical tools, including variational transition state theory with quantized vibrations, multidimensional semiclassical tunneling calculations, and semiclassical treatments of coupled electronic states, including coherence, decoherence, and nonadiabatic transitions.
An exciting area of special interest is the application of these methods to enzyme reactions, and we have made good progress at incorporating quantum mechanical effects such as zero point energy, tunneling, and substrate polarization into the quantitative modeling of proton and hydride transfer reactions catalyzed by enzymes. An interesting area for future study is the incorporation of quantal effects in enzyme reactions that proceed by radical mechanisms. An area of future work is a better treatment of open-shell effects in metalloenzymes.
The development of new methods for studying photochemistry and other non-Born-Oppenheimer processes is our current focus area for dynamics research. The convenient generation of potential energy surfaces in the dynamically preferred electronic representation and the incorporation of decoherence into non-Born-Oppenheimer trajectories are two areas of the utmost importance where progress has been made. Two examples of recent progress that will enable photochemical studies of large and complex systems are the development of the anchor points reactive potential and the development of a way to include multidimensional tunneling into multi-surface molecular dynamics calculations:
In related work we are developing improved Monte Carlo methods for the calculation of Feynman path integrals for quantum statistical mechanics, and we are developing a vibrational configuration interaction method for calculating thermal rate constants in terms of quantum mechanical flux correlation functions.
Variational transition state theory (VTST) is being further developed and used for the calculation of the rates of electronically adiabatic chemical reactions. Electronically adiabatic reactions are those that take place entirely on a single potential energy surface, usually that corresponding to the ground electronic state; this includes the field of traditional chemical kinetics, namely thermally activated reactions. We have developed a powerful technique for studying such reactions, namely, variational transition-state theory with multidimensional semiclassical tunneling contributions (VTST/MT). VTST/MT involves finding the free energy bottleneck for over barrier processes and the optimal tunneling paths for through-barrier processes. This theory, including three important generalizations for complex reactions
has been developed for reactions in the gas phase and at gas-solid interfaces based on potential energy surfaces and in liquid solution and at enzyme active sites based on free energy surfaces. We have developed practical methods for including multidimensional tunneling effects on canonical and microcanonical rate constants, kinetic isotope effects, and state-selective chemistry. We have also developed methods for treating nonequilibrium solvation effects on reactions in the condensed phase. In the gas phase, we distinguish two kinds of reactions, those proceeding over a barrier and those without a barrier; the former are studying using a potential expanded around the minimum-energy reaction path, in some cases augmented to include a wider reaction swath and large-amplitude vibrations, such as torsions; the latter class of reactions (barrierless ones) are studied using a variable reaction coordinate with multifaceted dividing surfaces. Application areas include combustion, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, clusters (from microhydrated species to nanoparticles), and catalysis (heterogeneous, organometallic, and biological).
We have also developed new methods for calculating potential energy surfaces, including the development of new density functionals that give more accurate barrier heights for complex processes.
Our work on adding quantum effects to simulations of complex chemical systems and on density functionals is funded in part by by the National Science Foundation, and our work on fundamental gas-phase kinetics is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy. Our work on combustion of biofuels is funded in part by the Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center. Our work on orbital-dependent density functionals for catalysis is funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Electronically nonadiabatic reactions, that is, reactions involving coupled potential energy surfaces, are also a major area of study. Such reactions are traditionally called photochemistry. We developed accurate semiclassical methods for multisurface trajectories and validated them against accurate quantum mechanical results obtained with the unique capabilities of our quantum mechanical electronically nonadiabatic rearrangement chemistry scattering programs, and we are developing new methods. Two types of semiclassical (in particular mixed quantum-classical) methods have been developed: improved trajectory surface hopping (also called molecular dynamics with quantum transitions and time uncertainty) and self-consistent potential methods (also called time-dependent self-consistent-field methods). We have recently developed a new method that combines the best features of both of these approaches into a single formalism. This new method is called decay of mixing with coherent switches, and it is more accurate than previously available methods for the whole range of problems encountered in photochemistry. Furthermore, it is practical to apply this method, at least when state-specific zero-point energy (ZPE) effects are not expected to be too large, to both simple and complex photochemical reactions, and we are currently carrying out (in various stages) or have recently carried out such calculations for ammonia, chlorobromomethane, OH...HH, bromoacetyl chloride, phenol, and thioanisole. New studies of electronically nonadiabatic processes of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules have also been begun. When ZPE effects play a major role, traditional mixed quantum-classical methods may need to be improved and we have recently made progress on including the effect of these adjustments on simulation results.
An important aspect of studying both electronically nonadiabatic reactions is the calculation of potential energy surfaces and their multi-state couplings, and we are currently carrying this out by the fourfold way direct diabatization procedure based on multi-configuration quasidegenerate perturbation theory and complete-active-space self-consistent-field diabatic molecular orbitals.
Additional work under study in this area includes state-specific non-equilibrium and equilibrium continuum solvation effects for the computation of excited-state wave functions, algorithms for the treatment of electronically nonadiabatic and ultrafast dynamics in both the gas-phase and solution, electrostatically embedded multiconfiguration molecular mechanics and molecular mechanics (EE-MCMM/MM) schemes for coupled potential energy surfaces, multiscale approaches for the treatment of explicit local solvation environments with embedding to include longer-range solvent effects, and Monte Carlo strategies for efficient conformational sampling of large and flexible chromophores employing direct dynamics.
National Science Foundation, and our work on charge transfer and charge transport on photoactivated systems is funded in part as a SciDAC partnership by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Force fields, potential energy surfaces, direct dynamics, and computational thermochemistry
In addition to dynamics calculations, a large effort is being devoted to the development of new potential energy functions and force fields, using new techniques of ab initio and semiempirical electronic structure theory, as well as molecular modeling techniques. Knowledge of the potential energy surface or force field is a prerequisite for either dynamics or thermochemistry calculations.
One area of active work is the extension of molecular mechanics force fields to be able to treat reactive systems that involve bond breaking. An approach called multi-configuration molecular mechanics (MCMM) has been developed for this purpose, and it is very promising. Recent progress on this method is mentioned in the Kinetics and Photochemistry section. Other general strategies for treating reactions in complex systems are combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods, electrostatically embedded many-body (EE-MB) expansions, and the explicit polarization (X-Pol) method. The most widely used strategy for calculating electronic energies and potential energy surfaces for large molecular systems such as biopolymers or large clusters is partitioning the system into subsystems or fragments, as in the QM/MM method, the EE-MB method, electrostatically embedded multiconfiguration Shepard interpolation (EE-MCSI), and the explicit polarization (X-pol) method, as well as many others. Two important problems that arise in essentially all such methods are (i) including the electrostatic potential of one subsystem in the Hamiltonian of another and (ii), when the fragments are covalently bonded, treating the boundary between fragments in calculations on the partitioned system. For problem ii, we developed a tuned pseudoatom scheme with a balanced redistributed charge algorithm that has much better performance than conventional link atom methods, especially for boundaries through a polar bond. For problem i, we developed and parameterized a general method for including charge penetration effects in a distributed monopole scheme for generating electrostatic potentials.
One area of special concentration is in the interface of electronic structure theory and dynamics. We are developing a variety of single-level and dual-level methods for direct dynamics calculations, where direct dynamics denotes the calculation of rate constants or other dynamical quantities directly from electronic structure calculations without the intermediacy of fitting a potential energy function. In such a case the potential energy surface is implicit but is never actually constructed.
A very exciting recent development is the parameterization of multi-coefficient methods for scaling components of the correlation energy and extrapolating electronic structure calculations to an infinite basis set. These methods allow one to calculate accurate gas-phase heats of formation, atomization energies, and potential energy surfaces for large systems at affordable cost. These methods have better scaling properties than pure ab initio calculations, and they often yield more accurate results with far less computer time. We have now shown how these methods can be improved by adding static correlation with density function theory for even great performance-to-cost ratios.
The direct calculation of free energies from potential energy surfaces, without first calculating the energy spectrum, is also of great interest, and we are developing improved Monte Carlo sampling methods for doing this by the Feynman path integral method.
Solvation effects
Solvation effects are important for several of the above mentioned projects, and our group has a special focus on solvation effects; much of this work involves a close collaboration with Professor ChrisCramer and his research group.
The general goal of our work on solvation is to allow the treatment of energetics and dynamics in the condensed phase to be as accurate as their treatment for gas-phase species and processes. To this end, we are working on theoretical problems involving solvation effects on organic, biochemical, and environmental processes in aqueous and nonaqueous solutions. The role of the solvent in polarizing the solute is especially interesting. Solvation models for both aqueous and organic solvents have been developed and are under development, and a variety of applications to structure and reactivity in solution are underway.
One important aspect of our solvation work is the incorporation of the new solvation models into dynamics calculations, including both equilibrium and nonequilibrium solvation, and spectroscopy. The dynamics calculations employ VTST methods discussed above, and spectroscopic applications involve a new vertical excitation model. We are also applying solvation models to nonhomogeneous media (e.g., cell membrane boundaries), to supercritical fluids, and to environmentally green ionic liquids.
Further information about solvation models and solvation software is available on another page: http://comp.chem.umn.edu/solvation .
Our work on solvation is funded in part by by the National Science Foundation and in part by the Army Research Office.
Many enzymatic reactions involve proton and hydride transfer, but until recently techniques for simulating the dynamics of these processes were usually based entirely in classical mechanics. We are working on a number of initiatives for including quantum effects in biological simulations. This includes tunneling, zero point effects, and the effect of quantization on thermally averaged quantities. We have shown that proton transfers catalyzed by enolase and hydride transfer catalyzed by liver alcohol dehydrogenase are dominatedby quantum mechanical events, and that these can be well modeled by semiclassical dynamics methods developed in our group. Further development are applications are underway.
An important application of solvation modeling is the calculation of the partitioning of organic and biological molecules between aqueous and cell membranes. This has an important effect on bioavailability of drugs. We are developing and applying new molecular modeling methods that make such calculations more accurate.
Much of our work on enzyme kinetics involves collaboration with Professor Jiali Gao. This work is funded by the in part by by the National Science Foundation and in part by the National Institutes of Health.
Nanotechnology is the art of manipulating materials on a scale of the order of a nanometer, to build molecular scale devices or to take advantage of the unique chemical, physical, and material properties of nanostructured materials. Our research in this area focuses on computational studies of nanoparticle growth and dynamics. We are concerned with the development and implementation of new methods for modeling and simulation of nanoparticles and their elementary processes, including nucleation, deposition, melting, and surface reactions. Nanoscale systems present a challenge to computation because they display properties that are not well modeled by methods developed for use in bulk simulations and because they are expensive to treat using methods developed for molecular systems. We have therefore taken a bootstrap approach with the goal of developing a set of accurate methods for predicting the energetics and structures of Al particles from Al dimer to the bulk, including nanoparticles with 40 to 200 Al atoms. Critical to the success of this project is the development of new electronic structure methods for aluminum nanoparticles. To study larger aluminum nanoparticles, we are currently also developing a novel tight binding-configuration interaction (TBCI) method that incorporates charges non-iteratively into tight binding by applying a configuration interaction-type treatment to the tight binding wavefunction. We are especially concerned with multi-scale modeling, i.e., the development of new techniques for extending the time and length scales of simulations and their application to problems involving semiconductor nanoparticles and metal nanoparticles. To study of the importance of quantum effects in nanoparticle reactivity, for example, the reaction of metal particles with hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon fragments, we are developing multilevel methods, such as QM/MM methods, that combine quantum mechanics (QM) and molecular mechanics (MM). The efficiency of these methods potentially allows one to perform accurate calculations for large reactive systems over long time scales. For the simulation of systems with non-localized active areas, it is necessary to adaptively redefine the region to be treated by quantum mechanics. For such systems, we are developing new methods for combining multilevel methods with modern sampling schemes, such as our molecular dynamics code, ANT, or Monte Carlo codes.
Our most recent work on nanoparticles is a collaboration with Chris Hogan and Steven Girshick. This work is funded by the in part by the National Science Foundation.
Integrated Tools for Computational Chemical Dynamics
This is a joint project between the Chemistry Department of the University of Minnesota and the Supercomputing Institute of the University of Minnesota (PI: D. G. Truhlar) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (co-PI: Bruce C. Garrett). The University of Minnesota faculty investigators participaating in this initiative, in addition to DGT, are: Chris Cramer, Jiali Gao, Ilja Siepmann, and Darrin York. The goal of this project is to develop more powerful simulation methods and incorporate them into a user-friendly high-throughput integrated software suite for chemical dynamics. Recent advances in computer power and algorithms have made possible accurate calculations of many chemical properties for both equilibria and kinetics. Nonetheless, applications to complex chemical systems, such as reactive processes in the condensed phase, remain problematic due to the lack of a seamless integration of computational methods that allow modern quantum electronic structure calculations to be performed with state-of-the-art methods for electronic structure, chemical thermodynamics, and reactive dynamics. These problems are often exacerbated by invalidated methods, non-modular and non-portable computer codes, and inadequate documentation that drastically limit software reliability, throughput, and ease of use. The goal of the Integrtated Tools consortium is to develop an integrated software suite that combines electronic structure packages with dynamics codes and efficient sampling algorithms for the following kinds of condensed-phase modeling problems:
thermochemical kinetics and rate constants
photochemistry and spectroscopy
chemical and phase equilibria
computational electrochemistry
heterogeneous catalysis
Photochemical creation of excited states offers a means to control chemical transformations because different wavelengths of light can be used to create different vibronic states, thereby directing chemical reactions along different pathways. It is crucial to understand how energy deposited into the system is used; this is particularly complicated in condensed phase systems where many channels lead to dissipation of excess energy. Similar opportunities and challenges present themselves in the areas of electrochemistry and catalysis. This work is supported in part by the Office of Naval Research. For further information, please see the Integrated Tools home page and Grand Challenge Project: Computational Chemical Dynamics of Complex Systems.
Grand Challenge: Computational Chemical Dynamics of Complex Systems
"Computational Chemical Dynamics of Complex Systems" is a Computational Grand Challenge project of The William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. Resources are provided by EMSL's Molecular Science Computing Facility (MSCF). The project is a collaborative effort involving scientists in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota and scientists at PNNL. Our consortium is focusing on a variety of condensed-phase modeling problems including thermochemical kinetics and rate constants, photochemistry and spectroscopy, chemical and phase equilibria, electrochemistry, and heterogeneous catalysis.
A second DOE grant for high-performance computing has been obtained under the INCITE program. This grant, entitled "Potential energy surfaces for simulating complex chemical processes" supports computing on the IBM Blue Gene/P of Argonne National Laboratory. The computer-intensive part of our INCITE research consists of electronic structure calculations required for structural characterization and rate constant and dynamics calculations. The main software packages for this project are the GAMESS to obtain accurate energies and stationary points for systems whose electronic structure has high multireference character (in molecular electronics, medicinal chemistry, and combustion energy research), POLYRATE to obtain rate constants, and GPAW for density functional calculations applied to catalytic reactions at gas-solid and gas-nanoparticle-solid interfaces and to charge transfer at material interfaces. Computational parallelism is exploited both in the electronic structure steps and in the dynamics steps.
Our high-perfrmance computing is is also supported by the Department of Defense (for computing at Maui High-Perfromance Computing Center and other DoD computers) for research on "Orbital-Dependent Density Functionals for Chemical Catalysis."
Finally our work is supported by Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for a broad program of research on "Computational Chemical Dynamics." The latter grant supports research on the structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of few-body systems; the reaction dynamics of organic, metal-organic, neurochemical, and enzymatic systems; photochemistry; combustion kinetics and atmospheric kinetics; the structure of mixed aqueous clusters; hydrogen and hydrocarbon diffusion in solid oxides; the structure and reactivity of nanoparticles; electrochemistry; catalysis; new methods for electronic structure calculations; and the influence of solvation on structure and dynamics in water, organic liquids, and environmental media and their application to relevant experimental phenomena. This research utilizes quantum mechanical, quantum statistical, semiclassical, and classical mechanical methods. We utilize commercially available electronic structure and molecular modeling packages, appropriately modified for our work. At the same time, we are developing our own integrated software tool suite plus stand-alone software packages.
Earth and Planetary Materials Research
Research is being carried out on the incorporation of quantum mechanics into the simulations of materials, especially under conditions relevant to earth and planetary sciences. This includes work on density functional theory and quantum dynamics. For further details see the VLab home page.
Atmospheric Nucleation Processes
Work is underway on understanding how particles nucleate in a multi-component gas mixture. This has important implications not only for climate and weather but also wide-ranging technological applications including gas separations, pollution control, and nanotechnology. Atmospheric nucleation involves multi-scale processes ranging from proton transfer to molecular condensation and evaporation events and culminating in the rare formation of the critical nucleus. Pre-critical clusters are characterized by emergent behavior (e.g., formation of zwitterionic particles due to proton transfer) and self-organization due to differences in micro-solubility. Many fundamental questions about atmospheric nucleation pathways remain unanswered. We are working on developing computational algorithms and analysis tools for efficient investigations of multi-component gas-to-particle nucleation processes and elucidating atmospherically relevant nucleation processes.
This research is being carried out in an NSF-funded collaborative project for cyber-enabled chemistry.
Fundamental Processes in High-Temperature Hypersonic Flows
Hypersonic vehicles that are in the atmosphere for extended period of times are exposed to high-temperature interactions between gases and the vehicle surfaces, resulting in the need for new materials for advanced thermal protection systems. We are developing theoretical and computational methods that describe the potentials and dynamics of molecule-molecule and molecule-surface collisions in order to enable more realistic hypersonic flow simulations of shock layers around the vehicles in terms of molecular-scale interactions between gases and vehicle surfaces for computer-aided design of these new materials. This involves quantum mechanical electronic structure theory, fitting of potential energy surfaces and their couplings, and electronically adiabatic and nonadiabatic dynamics of energy transfer and reactive collisions. We have found that complete active space perturbation theory is particularly well suited for this problem. Primarily we will apply recently developed, highly successful density functionals and wave function theory to develop interaction potentials. Further information on this project is available at https://www.sites.google.com/site/muriafosr/
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Trailblazer Elementary School Principal Linda Schneider says 70 percent of her teachers are "highly effective" under the Douglas County School District's new evaluation system.
The district questions that finding, and is summoning all the school's teachers for a second, independent review.
District-wide, about 15 percent of teachers are rated "highly effective," according to information provided by DCSD, with most — 71 percent — rated "effective."
Under the evaluations, each teacher is assigned a rating ranging from "highly effective" to "ineffective" that is tied to pay increases. "Highly effectives" could get a substantial raise, while "ineffectives" likely won't see increases.
News of a second evaluation at Trailblazer upset not only teachers, but parents, who gathered outside the Highlands Ranch school early May 23 to wave handmade signs of support.
"We should be celebrating our highly effective teachers instead of punishing them," said parent Amy Fain.
DCSD administrators said they aren't happy either, but stand behind the integrity of their evaluations.
"We recognize this is a difficult process for everybody," said Christian Cutter, assistant superintendent of elementary education.
Cutter said the district uses a check-and-balance system to flag statistical anomalies, or schools whose ratings appear out of balance. It also is reviewing evaluations at schools with an apparent excess of "ineffective" ratings, he said.
"In the case of Trailblazer Elementary, the principal did not follow the same standard as the rest of the system," DCSD spokeswoman Cinamon Watson said. "Her actions are simply not fair to the teachers at Trailblazer or teachers throughout the system."
Schneider said she could not talk about the issue during school hours, and was unable to provide comment May 23. According to DCSD, a panel including 10 principals who also are licensed evaluators first reviewed the evaluations, and the district then called a private meeting with Schneider.
"It was evident based on our panel review that the evaluations were not done according to the rigor and the mandates that an evaluation should be held," Cutter said.
When asked if administrative staff urged Schneider to re-think her ratings, Cutter said, "Our first level is to always work with the evaluator to build a greater understanding of not only the instrument but the practice and art of teaching. We did go down that path and it did not seem it was going to be a good solution for this issue."
DCSD said there is no limit on how many teachers can be rated "highly effective," acknowledging the new evaluation is rigorous but even-handed.
"Each evaluation is supported by a body of evidence, and if the evidence supports a highly effective rating, that is the rating, period," Watson said.
Trailblazer teachers feel the scrutiny they are under is anything but fair.
"To be told I'm getting a rating based on what someone wants me to have rather than what I've earned is offensive," said Cheryl Murphy, a seven-year Trailblazer teacher rated "highly effective." "It makes me question, 'Why am I in Douglas County?' Is Douglas County truly headed in the direction of what's best for kids, or are they looking at the bottom dollar?"
"I'm really disappointed," said teacher Theresa North, another "highly effective." "I put 100 percent into what I do here. We've jumped through every hoop they've given us this year. Why can't you just acknowledge I'm doing a good job? We feel like we are disrespected in our profession. I don't think I've ever seen morale so low."
Other teachers declined to comment publicly, saying they feared it could endanger their future employment.
"I'm just worried about feeding my family," one man said.
In the long run, school leaders believe the evaluations will have a positive effect.
"We're giving (teachers) an opportunity to have a true and accurate appraisal of their effectiveness," Cutter said. "We do feel that ultimately the feedback that's given through an evaluation process only makes people better."


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Channel Islands: Jersey and Guernsey
This group of islands, lying in the English Channel off the northwest coast of France, belonged to the Duchy of Normandy until it passed to the English Crown with the Norman conquest of 1066. It was the only British possession occupied by Germany during World War II. English and French are commonly spoken (though use of the latter is declining), and a Norman-French patois survives.
For administrative purposes, the islands are divided into the Bailiwick of Jersey (45 sq mi; 116 sq km), including the Ecrehous rocks and Les Minquiers, and the Bailiwick of Guernsey (30 sq mi; 78 sq km), including Alderney (3 sq mi; 7.8 sq km), Sark (2 sq mi; 5.2 sq km), Herm, Jethou, Brechou, and other smaller islands. The Channel Islands enjoy tax sovereignty, and their exports are protected by British tariff barriers. Financial services, tourism, market gardening, and dairy farming are important industries.
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The Woodmark Hotel has a "cozy" atmosphere, with several fireplaces throughout the property that beckon guests. Wedding attendees will enjoy socializing by the fire with a winter cocktail or glass of wine, while taking in the amazing views. The Woodmark is also home to Northwest Face Spa featuring spa rituals designed to enchant your senses through the use of exotic handmade organic skin butters, oils and sugars. A hot stone massage, facial or any of the spa's rejuvenating treatments are the perfect way for the bride and groom or guests to spend a chilly winter day.
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Elder Jared Monfredi will return home after serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Johannesburg South Africa Mission. He will speak in sacrament meeting on April 27 at 9 a.m. at the Castle Dale First Ward building.
Elder Monfredi is the son of Mike and Katherine Monfredi of Castle Dale.
Brady Pahl has been called to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission.
Elder Pahl will be speaking in sacrament meeting at the Huntington First/Fifth Ward building at 9 a.m. on April 27. He will enter the Missionary Training Center on April 30.
Elder Pahl is the son of George and Carol Wilberg and the late Robert Pahl.
Gary and Kay Rich have been called to serve as missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They have been assigned to labor in the New York New York South Mission for 18 months.
Elder and Sister Rich will report to the Senior Missionary Training Center at Provo, May 5.


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Women Call about Breast Cancer Risk
Saint Louis University Cancer Center's hereditary cancer screening program has received triple its normal number of calls since Angelina Jolie's announcement that she had a preventive double mastectomy because she was at genetic risk of getting breast cancer.
Suzanne Mahon, DNSc, an advanced practice nurse and genetics expert who directs SLU's program, said Jolie's public disclosure of such a personal decision was a wakeup call to women who know cancer runs in their family and felt ready to find out if they carried the gene putting them at high risk for the disease.
"Her public announcement was a really good thing. Not all of these people who called me need genetic testing, but it's a good thing for them to find out. They can understand their risk and make an informed choice," Mahon said.
Women who typically are at genetic risk for breast cancer have a close relative who developed the disease when young, often before age 50. Women also should consider having a genetic risk assessment if they have family members from multiple generations -- grandmother, mother, aunt, sister and daughter -- who have breast and/or ovarian cancer.
Mahon said many of her callers fell into two groups -- those with members of their families who have received genetic screening but were undecided before about getting tested and those who have a strong family history of cancer.
"In deciding whether or not to have the screening, patients should ask if that is something I really want to know about myself," Mahon said. "If I know I am at high genetic risk of developing cancer, am I going to do something with that information?"
Genetic screenings for those without insurance or in financial need are underwritten by the St. Louis Men's Group Against Cancer and private donors. Counseling services are free of charge to all.
"Genetic counseling and testing can clarify your risk of cancer. If you under-estimate your risk, you might not have the information you need to make good decisions about prevention and early detection. If we prove you don't have the risk, that can be a big relief," Mahon said.
To learn more about the SLU Cancer Center's heredity risk assessment program, call 314-268-7055.


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Provisional Schedule of Courses- Spring 2016 through Spring 2018 (PDF) - last updated 03/4/2016
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All courses must meet minimum enrollment standards.
Geology 129 (Field Geology) is split into two parts: an elective 2-unit course held during the spring and a required 4-unit course held during the summer. Although the course typically takes place in June, students formally enroll in the class during the following fall semester. Students are very strongly encouraged to take both courses within the same calendar year.


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Game No.7: New Kid in Town
Kent Wilson
October 22 2010 05:08PM
Ryan is out of commission today, so the game thread snark will have to come from me.
Yesterday did a lot to undermine both the fans and the coaches belief in the top end of the roster: Iginla to some degree, but Jokinen mostly. Why there was faith there in the first place is probably truer mystery, given the manner in which the previous Jokinen experiment failed so spectacularly. And althogh we're just six games into the new year, it's safe to say the theorized "Alex Tanguay can feed the two snipers!!1!" fix...ain't.
With all the new stats and analysis and graphs and discussion of player types, one very simple truth sometimes gets lost in the mix: having a good team is about having good players. While discussions of chemistry and fitting sniper A with passer B provides fodder for messageboards and water coolers, what really matters is how effective you versus other good players. As such, nothing was going to make Jokinen a better player when he landed back in Calgary, short of a miralce and drastic change in how he was being by Sutter. We collectively didn't pray enough, so the former hasn't happened (yet). With Joker being benched last night and slowly being filtered down the line-up, we may be moving closer to the latter.
New kid Mikkelson will be in the line-up tonight and he's performance will hopefully good enough to push Staios even closer to Abbotsford. The Blue Jackets have proven to be a formidable foe for the Flames over the years (despite being rather mediocre) and this being a second night of back-to-back means the 23 year old won't exactly be coddled in his Flames debut.
Fire it up.
I was literally just about to type "zzzzzzzz". Add on the fact that the Flames are in the shell and you have a game that is somehow more boring then the entire run of "According to Jim".
prettyyyyy sllooooowwww 3rd
nice save
October 22 2010, 07:17PM
whups....couple bloopers from Karlsson - looking fairly good so far - at least as good as can be expected.
Curious on everone's thoughts 7 games in...
-more interested in re-signing Ian White at similar terms (say $10M/3yrs)
-more interested in trading Ian White for a different asset (presumably a younger forward of sorts)?
nice play nice shot
October 22 2010, 07:19PM
nice pass but I hate how Iggy stops moving his feet as soon as he cracks the blue line.
No more then 3 mil per year at this point.
October 22 2010, 07:21PM
Nice play by Jarome. Perhaps his best of the season.
Man the Blue Jackets look horrible.
yeah, this has been a bit of a "gimme" game.
i cant see re signing white at any cost,but i nerver thought dutter would bring back olli so as long as dutter is at the wheel anythings posible
I'd look to the Rangers. Slat's would bite on Ian White. And I'm sure he'd overpay for Jarome...
I'm all in favour of letting White go for a young forward. Of course, Sutter would probably go after an older, character guy with great leadership skills, so... *shrug*
way to go borque
October 22 2010, 07:35PM
trick for borkie - 1 game 1 win for the tower. sad showing from CBJ, but i'll take it!!
We're lucky Sami Salo wasn't injured for long. I mean Bourque.
We'll trade Strudwick for White. He's old, can't play and has "leadership". Also he tells funny jokes.


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When you leave my class, you will have an appreciation of how you can be a good systems steward. A good systems steward understands good planning and decision making, how to put organizational parts together and in good balance, how to motivate and how to use technology to the betterment of society.
Great things for you at UDM
One of the things that you will like best about my class is the opportunity to have open discussion. I try to encourage you to express your opinions and engage in discussion and debate about systems and technology issues. I think that you will find our discussions to be rather thought-provoking, and I think it will prepare you to be better able to deal with such issues.
Global dimensions of business
In our world today, it is very important for you to understand the global dimensions of business. Throughout our Business program, you will take courses that have those dimensions built into them. We have specific courses in international coursework, and you will have an opportunity to join me in "study abroad" programs, such as in Rome or in Barcelona. Technology knows no global boundaries and you need to be prepared to act in that business world.
Great things in store after UDM
I know you will be successful in the job market when you graduate from University of Detroit Mercy. Our students have opportunities to prepare themselves for that graduation date. You can participate, for instance, in our co-op program which allows you to gain work experience prior to even graduating. But, I think, most importantly, our students are prepared for a vocation in life. They do not just get a job, but they get a job they have fun in, and I think that is the secret to reaching your goals throughout life.
What does "we want great things for you" mean?
I think that University of Detroit Mercy does an excellent job in preparing you as a whole person. Not only are you prepared academically, but you're prepared spiritually. You're prepared in mind, body and soul. And I believe that you will lead with compassion, and that's what is going to make you an excellent alumnus of our University.
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I am the regional director for the Financial Executives International, which has a membership of about 15,000 CFOs of companies with $20 million or more in assets. I find that membership to be very useful in the classroom. You will hear many stories of my interactions with chief financial officers and the impacts of systems and technology.