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Hotel La Scaletta - Rome
This excellent value-for-money Ostia Lido Hotel is a perfect base, being very well connected by public transports to the main points of interest of Rome. Free wireless internet is provided. Guests to this low cost quality hotel will enjoy its convenient setting, only 3 km from the archaeological site of Ostia, 7 km from Rome Fiumicino International Airport, 21 km from the Exhibition Center and 27 km from the historic center of Rome.
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iPads in Schools. Blooms Taxonomy with Apps. Bloomin' Apps. This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Google, Android, and Web 2.0 applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite Web 2.0, iOS, or Android app with others.
Cogs of the Cognitive Processes Option 1 I was recently reflecting on the triangular shape the Bloom's taxonomies utilize. Since the cognitive processes are meant to be used when necessary, and any learner goes up and down the categories as they create new knowledge, I was thinking another type of image might be more explanatory.Here is my draft of the idea of the "interlocking of the cognitive processes" or the "Cogs of Cognition". Bloom's and SAMR: My thoughts Bloom's and TECH: My thoughts A classroom bulletin board based on the Cogs of the Cognitive Processes! Bloomsapps. Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students.
With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom.
This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! If you find any that you have worked with in your classroom please email firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet @bloomsapps or @dmileham75 with your suggestions. Thanks for checking the site! Two Links to some iTunesU courses relating to iOS Integration: 1 iPad by Erie 1 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services ( Movie Making\Digital Storytelling Camera to PDF Free - cool little app that turns your device into a scanner. iPad Apps to Meet 14 Learning Objectives. Free Speech - Augmentative & Alternative Communication App. Pack for iPad: Our List of the Best iPad Apps. If you're an engineer/scientist type, grab GraphiX48 for an on-screen version of the HP48GX calculator.
Sure, buttons and RPN are old school, but if you long for the days when a calulator was a tool rather than an arithmetic short cut this is the app for you. Another useful app is Genius Scan. It's technically an iPhone app, but is even better with the new iPad. It allows you to take a picture of a document or page then drag a rubber-band box to the edges, after which it de-perspectives the page and applies fairly smart contrast, brightness, and gamma enhancements to make a good B&W photocopy of the document. The non-pro version lets you send the resulting image to email and any other installed app which accepts PDFs*; the $2.99 pro version lets you print or send directly to box, dropbox, evernote, or google drive. *Oddly enough, that includes dropbox, evernote, goodreader and kindle, among others.


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Strategic design can help you form a coherent "big picture" strategy across multiple projects to improve user and developer experiences.
You don't need a proprietary tool to design a great layout. Enjoy these open source alternatives to Microsoft Publisher for designing your next print layout.
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Interview with Bermon Painter on design for open source projects and shutting down BlendConf.
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We reached out to Garth Braithwaite for an interview ahead of his All Things Open talk, "Open source is ugly: Improving UI and UX."
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Wednesday afternoon, a news conference was held for the 28th annual Community Trust Bank WYMT Pike County Bowl.
During the event's 28 years, more than $600,000 have been raised and donated to the participating schools, and it's a cause that everyone involved is more than happy to be a part of.
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seeking abortions is scheduled for a vote in the House Judiciary
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Thursday she scheduled the vote even though she opposes the
measure, which has been stalled since Feb. 12.
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more difficult for women seeking a safe and legal abortion," Stein
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don't want to see the ultrasound images don't have to look.
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make a choice to not kill the baby," he said. "And that relieves
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Volume 77, Issue 11, 01 December 1982
Dichromium and trichromium77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443794View Description Hide Description
Resonance and preresonance Raman spectra are obtained from chromium‐containing argon matrics. Two progressions are assigned to Cr2 and Cr3, the former with optical constants ω″ e =427.5 and ω″ e x ″ e =15.75 cm−1 and the latter with ω″ e =313 and ω″ e x ″ e =2 cm−1. When not in resonance two other lines at 123 and 226 cm−1 were observed and ascribed to the bending and asymmetric stretching vibration of Cr3, while the vibration forming the progression was taken to be the symmetric stretch. From this, Cr3 is deduced to be a molecule with C 2v symmetry but with an apical angle near 60°, suggesting that it is perhaps a Jahn–Teller distorted D 3h molecule.
The Raman spectrum of gaseous acetic acid at 21 °C77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443795View Description Hide Description
The Raman spectrum of gaseous acetic acid at 21 °C is presented and assigned. It is suggested that a reassignment of the in‐plane C–C–O deformation of the monomer to ∼450 cm−1 is appropriate, and that the infrared band contours between 700 and 400 cm−1 be analyzed in detail to confirm this. The Raman‐active O–H stretching mode of the dimer could not be identified. The intermonomer coupling of the other intramonomer modes in the dimer is small except for the C=O stretching and C–C–O in‐plane deformation modes. Two Raman‐active intermonomer modes were observed for the first time, at 155 and 99 cm−1. The former is ν13(A g ), the O⋅⋅⋅O stretching mode, and allows the previously [J. Chem. Phys. 76, 886 (1982)] unobserved corresponding mode of (HCOOH)2 to be placed near 180 cm−1. Frequencies are deduced of all of the intermonomer modes, and the infrared doublet at 167/187 cm−1 is reassigned to ν42(B u ) in Fermi resonance with the combination state ν21(B g )+ν28(A u ) at ∼179 cm−1, instead of the previously assigned combination state ν29(A u )+ν21(B g ) which is now placed at 147 cm−1. The Fermi resonance explanation of the infrared doublet at 167/187 cm−1 invokes significant anharmonic interactions between in‐plane and out‐of‐plane displacements of the hydrogen bond. It is favored by the experimental facts over the explanation that is based on coupling between the O–H and O⋅⋅⋅O stretching coordinates [J. Chem. Phys. 52, 4403 (1970)], which is not clearly compatible with the C 2h symmetry of the dimer. Our assignment of the intermonomer bands of the gaseous dimer is similar to that deduced previously for matrix‐isolated dimers [J. Chem. Phys. 5 4, 4111 (1971)] and for liquid acetic acid [J. Chem. Phys. 7 7, 3878 (1982)]. However, the band at 55 cm−1 in the Raman spectrum of the liquid has no analog in the spectrum of the gas, and is reassigned to an intermolecular vibration of the ''liquid lattice''. Further, our assignment differs from that for the matrix‐isolated dimers in a way that is unfavorable to the interpretation of the O–H stretching band that led to the assignment of the matrix‐isolated dimers. Finally, manual correction of the Raman intensities of gaseous formic and acetic acids, for frequency‐ and temperature‐dependent factors, suggests that the vibrations below 150 cm−1 may have frequencies higher by up to 20 cm−1 than the values measured from the Raman spectra.
Electron tunneling in cytochrome c77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443796View Description Hide Description
An upper limit for the extinction coefficient of the charge transfer band in the ferrohexacyanide‐ferricytochrome credox couple has been determined from 800 to 1800 nm. We obtain ε≤0.003 M−1 cm−1 between 800–1400 nm, ε≤0.02 M−1 cm−1 between 1400–1800 nm. Prompt transfer of charge due to excitation in the heme absorption bands occurs with a quantum yield of approximately 10−4. Simple vibronically assisted tunnelingtheories and appropriate choice of highly localized wave functions have been used to show that tunnelingtheory can give a reasonable fit to all aspects of charge transfer between cytochrome c and iron hexacyanide, including the small value of the charge transfer band extinction coefficient.
Difference frequency laser spectroscopy of the ν3 band of the CH3 radical77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443797View Description Hide Description
The ν3 fundamental band of the CH3 radical has been detected in absorption with a tunable difference frequency laser. Zeeman modulation is found to be inefficient, because the spin‐rotation interaction is small. The molecular constants in the ν3vibrational state have been determined with the molecular constants in the ground state fixed at the values determined from the analysis of the ν2 band. The main parameters thus obtained are the band origin ν0=3160.8212(12), B 3=9.471 10(14), C 3=4.701 67(15), (Cζ)3=0.345 88 (22), and q 3=0.006 42(25), all in cm−1 with one standard deviation in parentheses. The transition frequencies and the molecular constants of the ν3 band may be useful in a search for interstellar CH3.
Triplet state of the double molecule 2,2′‐biquinoline: A study of the phosphorescence, Raman spectra, and ODMR transitions77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443798View Description Hide Description
An investigation of the low temperature phosphorescence and the triplet state zero‐field ODMRspectra of 2,2′‐biquinoline is presented. In order to characterize the normal modes of the molecule the Raman spectrum of the neat crystal at room temperature has been studied and the observed molecular vibrations assigned. The phosphorescence at 1.9 K in mixed single crystal (benzoic acid) and Shpol'skii hosts show a highly structured vibronic spectrum. The spectra reveal that to a good approximation the molecule retains its trans‐planar geometry in the triplet state in these matrices at low temperatures. The zero‐field transitions of the molecule in its lowest triplet state were investigated by ODMR spectroscopy on the various optically resolvable sites observed in the phosphorescence. Each of the ODMR transitions exhibit two resonances both of which have well‐resolved 1 4N hyperfine and quadrupolar satellites. On the basis of a hyperfine analysis and the frequencies of the resonances the existence of two close lying triplet states (unresolved in the phosphorescence) was determined. One of these is a localized quinolinelike 3ππ* state while the other possesses a delocalized character.
Radiative lifetime and collisional quenching of carbon monochloride (A 2Δ) in an alternating current glow discharge77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443799View Description Hide Description
Glow discharges are widely employed in semiconductor processing but are relatively poorly understood owing to, in part, a lack of reliable, quantitative diagnostics. Laser‐induced fluorescence promises to be a useful in situ, nonintrusive probe for species concentrations and gas‐phase temperatures, but requires the determination of fluoresence yields (i.e., radiative vs nonradiative decay rates) as a function of the plasma state and molecular rotational quantum number. In this work, carbon tetrachloride plasmas, which are used in the dry etching of such materials as Al, Si, GaAs, and InP, are examined using the laser‐induced fluorescence technique. The quantum yield φ of CCl A 2Δ→X 2Π fluorescence is determined as a function of pressure, flow‐rate, power, electrode temperature, and feedstock composition. Total pressure and addition of Cl2 to the feedstock are found to be most important in reducing the quantum yield; other plasma parameters and addition of O2, He, Ar, or N2 are found to be of secondary importance. The radiative lifetime of carbon monochloride CCl, A 2Δ (v=0) is found to be 105±3 ns and to be independent of rotational quantum number up to J=45.5. The weak dependence of CCl laser‐induced fluorescence on most plasma variables makes it nearly ideal as a simple, direct, and quantitative temperature and concentration diagnostic.
Charge transfer effects in surface‐enhanced Raman scatteringa)77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443800View Description Hide Description
Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) due to charge‐transferinteractions between the adsorbed molecule and the metal surface is analyzed using the semiempirical Wolfsberg–Helmholz method to relate the molecule–surface interactions and the resulting charge‐transfer states to the overlap integrals between the metal conduction‐band orbitals and an acceptor or donor molecular orbital of the molecule. Calculations for the model system of ethylene adsorbed on silver, with charge‐transfer excitation of an electron from the metal to the antibonding etylene π orbital, show that charge‐transfer Raman enhancements of the order of 10 to 1000 are possible if the charge‐transfer band is partially resonant with the exciting radiation. Symmetric vibrations usually will be enhanced substantially more than nonsymmetric ones by this mechanism because the vibrational coupling is primarily Franck–Condon rather than Herzberg–Teller. The presence of overtone and combination bands in charge‐transfer‐enhanced Raman spectra is also possible.
Observation of the 4s 3Σ+ g state of H277(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443801View Description Hide Description
A blue cw dye laser has been used to excite 14 transitions from the metastable c(2p)3Π u state to a previously unknown electronic state of H2, believed to be the (4s)3Σ+ g state. The observed transitions are all Q branches and are diagonal in vibrational quantum number. Levels with v=0 and v=1 are detected by their radiative decay, but all of the v=2 levels are predissociative with lifetimes on the order of 500 ps. Approximate molecular constants are derived from the spectra and found to be similar to those of the hydrogen molecular ion. The effective quantum number is n*=3.97, in agreement with the quantum defect found for lower triplet s states.
Brillouin and Rayleigh studies of urea single crystals77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443802View Description Hide Description
Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering techniques have been employed to study the elastic behavior of single crystals of urea over the temperature range 15–300 K. An extensive investigation of the room temperature elastic constants is presented yielding a complete evaluation of their anistropy. The temperature dependence of these elastic modes along the [001] and near the [110] directions is followed to 15 K; no evidence of a structuralphase transition has been found. Rayleigh scattering experiments reveal a correlation time in the ms range and an intensity behavior that are temperature dependent but show no anomalies as a function of temperature for a number of directions in the crystal. It is found that scattering intensity and correlation time are caused by the modulation and driving of defects by an external periodic applied stress pulse. Neither the correlation time nor the intensity behavior supports the conclusion that urea undergoes a structural second order phase transition in the temperature range 15–300 K.
Rates of collision‐induced electronic relaxation of single rotational levels of SO2 (Ã 1 A 2): Quenching mechanism by collision complex formation77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443781View Description Hide Description
The electronic quenching cross sections (σ Q,M ) of SO2 excited to single rotational levels (SRL's) of the ''B'' band (J′=9, K′=9) and the ''E'' band (J′=6, K′=6) were measured from the shortening of the fluorescence decay times by the addition of a variety of nonpolar and polar collision partners (M) at room temperature. σ Q,M for the B band SRL varied from 32 Å2 for M=He to 863 Å2 for M=CH3NO2. A similar variation of σ Q,M for the E band SRL was also observed. Eighteen observed values of σ Q,M are compared to the values calculated from various theoreticalmodels of electronic quenching including collision complex formation. Temperature dependence of the electronic quenching cross section for the collision complex is presented.
Angle‐resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of CCl4: The Cooper minimum in molecules77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443782View Description Hide Description
Angle‐resolved photoelectron spectra have been taken for the first five orbitals in CCl4 (2t 1, 7t 2, 2e, 6t 2, and 6a 1) using a variable photon source extracted from synchrotron radiation. From these data, the partial cross sections and angular distribution parameters β have been determined for photon energies from 16 to 80 eV. In the case of the lone pair orbitals (2t 1, 7t 2, and 2e) minima in both the cross sections and β values were noted experimentally in the photon energy range of 40 to 50 eV. The behavior is similar in appearance to that observed with the 3p subshell of argon and is believed to be the molecular counterpart of the Cooper minimum in atoms. Calculations of the cross sections and β values have been made for each of the different orbitals of CCl4measured experimentally using the multiple scatteringXα theory. Agreement between theory and experiment for the lone‐pair orbitals is qualitatively good and in the case of photoionization in the 2t 1 orbital it has been possible to identify which continuum channels correspond to the atomic 3s and 3d counterparts. It was also observed that the nonlone‐pair orbitals (6t 2 and 6a 1) show both experimentally and theoretically shallow minima in the vicinity of photon energies where the Cooper minimum is found. Finally, experimentally determined β values for the first three valence orbitals in CH3Br were obtained from 20 to 50 eV. The behavior of the lone‐pair orbital of CH3 Br could be correlated with the Cooper minimum observed for the 4p orbital of Kr. The general nature of the Cooper minimum in molecules is discussed.
The rotational spectrum and hyperfine structure of the methylene radical CH2 studied by far‐infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443783View Description Hide Description
Thirteen pure rotational transitions of CH2 in its X̃ 3 B 1 ground vibronic state have been measured and assigned using the technique of far‐infrared laser magnetic resonance (LMR) spectroscopy. The energy levels thus determined led to the prediction and subsequent detection by microwave spectroscopy of a further rotational transition 404–313, at lower frequency (∼70 GHz). The analysis of these observations yields precise rotational constants as well as spin–spin, spin‐rotation, and hyperfine interaction parameters for gas phase CH2. Its rotational spectrum may enable interstellar CH2 to be detected by radio astronomy. Two rotaional transitions within the v 1=1 excited vibrational state have also been identified in the LMR spectrum. Future observations of vibrationally excited CH2 may afford a means of determining the singlet–triplet splitting in methylene, and studies of CD2 and CHD will result in improved structural determinations.
The laser magnetic resonance spectrum of the ν2 band of the methylene radical CH277(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443784View Description Hide Description
Ten rotation–vibration transitions in the ν2 (bending) fundamental band of CH2 in its 3 B 1ground electronic state have been measured and assigned using the technique of intracavity CO2 laser magnetic resonance (LMR) spectroscopy in the region 880–1090 cm− 1. Using the present data, and the microwave and far‐infrared LMR measurements of pure rotational transitions, an effective bending potential energy curve has been derived for CH2 using the semirigid bender Hamiltonian. The bending frequency of CH2 is determined to be ν2=963.0987(4) cm− 1, which is considerably lower than previous theoretical and experimental estimates.
The equilibrium geometry, potential function, and rotation‐vibration energies of CH2 in the X̃ 3 B 1 ground state77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443785View Description Hide Description
By fitting the eigenvalues of the nonrigid bender Hamiltonian to the 26 available experimental rotation‐vibration energy level splittings of the 3 B 1ground electronic state of the methylene radical CH2 we determine the equilibrium geometry and potential function; the data only involve rotational transitions and transitions in the ν2 bending fundamental band. From the fit we determine that the equilibrium bond length is 1.075 Å, the equilibrium bond angle is 133.9° and the height of the barrier to linearity is 1878 cm− 1. We are able to use the nonrigid bender Hamiltonian, with this potential, to predict all the lower rotation‐vibration energy levels, including the ν1 and ν3 band origins, of CH2 and its isotopes.
Charge transfer to a solvent state. VII. Consistency between the calculated and experimental value for the photodetachment threshold energy of solvated electrons in acetonitrile77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443786View Description Hide Description
The value of the photodetachment threshold energyE i e − s for solvated electrons in doped CD3CN after UVirradiation at 77 K, as determined by stimulated luminescence technique, agrees well with the calculated value which is derived from the electrochemical data and is based on a solute–solvent cage charge transfer model. For both liquid and solid phases the E i e − s seems to be the same. At least for acetonitrile, the present results indicate that solvated electrons can be identified with the solvent polymer—specifically dimer—anion.
A generalized Franck–Condon principle for vibronic bands of diatomic molecules77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443787View Description Hide Description
The traditional Franck–Condon principle is limited in usefulness because empirical electronic transition matrix elements are not generally constant across a vibronic molecular transition band. Empirical generalizations that preserve the utility of the Franck–Condon overlap integral account for variations of the electronic matrix elements for diatomic bands in terms of transition frequency, as in a frequency‐generalized Franck–Condon approximation [G. W. Robinson and R. A. Auerbach, J. Chem. Phys. 74, 2083 (1981)], or in terms of internuclear distance, as in the well‐known r‐centroid approximation. This paper illustrates empirically the validity of the Robinson–Auerbach method, and its relationship to the r‐centroid approximation, for vibronic bands of some diatomic molecules. Most importantly, the former empirical method is derived from a gauge‐invariant theory of matter‐radiation interactions developed recently by Brown and Robinson [C. W. Brown and G. W. Robinson, J. Chem. Phys. (submitted)]. Both the empirical method and the gauge‐invariant theory utilize continuous variability between dipole length and velocity matrix elements R μν and P μν/m, respectively. Using a gauge parameter ξ, the value of which is immaterial with exact molecular eigenstates, this variability is fixed in the empirical method by the ratio (im ωμν R μν/P μν)ξ, which is unity with exact eigenstates, and in the theory by the difference ξ(im ωμν R μν−P μν), which vanishes with exact eigenstates. The empirical form of the variability is obtained from the theory when the difference im ωμν R μν −P μν small. The generalized Franck–Condon principle presented here has never before been successfully derived from theory.
Vibration‐rotation coupling in anisotropic environments: NMR of methanes in liquid crystals77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443788View Description Hide Description
It is shown that the interaction potential which describes the orientation of methane and its isotopic derivatives in a liquid–crystal environment has a simple second‐order tensorial form. The dipolar couplings previously observed in the methanes arise from a vibration‐rotation coupling mechanism and a rigid‐molecule effect present in the nonsymmetrically substituted methanes. These effects are calculated from the methane force field. A large part of the interaction can be identified with the coupling between the anisotropicliquid–crystalelectric field and the (vibrationally induced) solute anisotropicpolarizability. Relative sign information is obtained on the derivatives of the methanepolarizability with respect to the symmetry modes, quantities which are crucial in the determination of absolute Raman intensities.
Laser photofragment spectroscopy of N+ 2: Evidence for predissociation of B 2Σ+ u77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443789View Description Hide Description
Band progressions of a Σ←Σ system showing predissociation in N+ 2 are observed using a coaxial fast‐ion‐beam‐laser‐photofragment spectrometer. The most consistent interpretation of these spectra is in terms of absorptions in the first negative system of N+ 2. Thus, the bands originate in five vibrational levels (v′′=32–36) of N+ 2 X 2Σ+ g and populate quasibound states of at least three vibrational levels (v′′≳45) in the B 2Σ+ u state which lie above the dissociation limit N+(3 P 0)+N(4 S 0). Measurements of the photofragment kinetic energies show that predissociation to the least exothermic fine‐structure limit is favored.
Infrared spectral profile of hydrogen fluoride diluted in deuterium fluoride77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443790View Description Hide Description
A special infrared spectral profile with an intense band and two satellites on each side is observed for hydrogen fluoride hydrogen bonded to deuterium fluoride molecules in the solid state. The sidebands are interpreted as the result of a combination of the FH stretching vibration with the stretching and bending modes of the hydrogen bond⋅⋅⋅F–H⋅⋅⋅F. This interpretation is confirmed by the temperature dependence of the intensity of the sidebands. The experimental result also reveals a strong mechanical anharmonicity in the coupling between the high frequency vibration and the low frequency modes and a strong electrical anharmonicity of the hydrogen‐bond vibrations.
Analysis of electron spin echoes by spectral representation of the stochastic Liouville equation77(1982); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.443791View Description Hide Description
Motional effects can easily be incorporated into calculated spin echo decay envelopes by idealizing the effects of the pulses and by using the stochastic Liouville equation (SLE) to govern the time dependence of the density matrix between pulses. The spectral representation of the 90°‐τ‐180°‐τ envelope is: Σ l,m a l,m exp[−(Λ l +Λ* m )τ], where Λ l is the lth eigenvalue of the SLE matrix, and a l , m are products of relevant components of eigenvectors. The long time (large τ) phase memory time T ∞ m is equal to (Re Λ1)−1, where Λ1 is the smallest eigenvalue. For an axially symmetric g‐tensor case in the slow motional region, T ∞ m /τ R ≂ 3‖Fτ R ‖−1/2, 2‖Fτ R ‖−1/3, and 1, for Brownian, free, and jump diffusion models, respectively, with F≡2β e H 0(g ∥−g ⊥)/3ℏ and τ R the rotational correlation time. Analogous results hold for nitroxides having nuclear hyperfine tensors. The echo results are compared with simple methods of measuring τ R from cw spectra. The overall shape of the echo envelopes in the slow motional region is exp(−bF2τ3/τ R ) for very short times and exp(−2τ/T ∞ m ) for the longer times. Carr–Purcell (CP) sequences suppress the initial exponential in τ3 and increase the phase memory times as a function of decreasing τ. Detailed analysis of CP sequences can provide information on motional model. The analysis of motional averaging of nuclear modulation effects by our method is also given and it is pointed out that this approach may be useful in studying very slow motions. Despite the simplicity of the methods, we are able to approximately fit experimental data from the Tempone/glycerol–water system in both fast and slow motional regions.


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Greater New York 2010
May 23–October 25, 2010
- MoMA PS1
MoMA and MoMA PS1 come together to present Greater New York 2010, the third iteration of the series renowned for showcasing artists who live and work in the New York metropolitan area. As in years past, the exhibition focuses on emerging artists who have innovated within their own disciplines. Previous Greater New York installations have introduced such figures as Julie Mehretu, Jeremy Blake, Dana Schutz, SWOON, Mickalene Thomas, and Banks Violette.
Organized by Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA PS1 Director and MoMA Chief Curator at Large; Connie Butler, MoMA Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawing; and Neville Wakefield, MoMA PS1 Senior Curatorial Advisor.
The exhibition is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, MoMA's Wallis Annenberg Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art through the Annenberg Foundation, the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, and the MoMA PS1 Board of Directors. Generous support is provided by Agnes Gund, Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis, Richard Chang and Tina Lee, Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Beth Swofford, Adam Kimmel, The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, Sydie Lansing, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., Diana Widmaier Picasso, Dorothy Lichtenstein, and by The Contemporary Arts Council and The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art. Additional funding is provided by Franny Heller Zorn and Richard L. Zorn and by The Student Body of MoMA PS1. The accompanying publication is made possible by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.


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AF DX Lens comparison
I've only recently jumped into the Nikon world, I picked up a D7000 before our honeymoon this year and I'm still learning the ropes on it (although already got some beautiful pictures out of it).
I hope I am in the correct subforum for this, my apologies if not. I have yet to dabble into other lens with my D7000 yet, planning to try some out in the future. I did receive one as a gift though this Christmas, and I'm curious as to the difference with the lens I got with the camera. The person I received it from thought it was a wide-angle lens but I don't see that and just wanted to see how redundant the two are. I'm still learning the technical ins and outs so bear with my stupid questions .
The lens I have is the AF-S DX NIKKOR
18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR ( http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/2179/AF-S-DX-NIKKOR-18-105mm-f%252F3.5-5.6G-ED-VR.html )
And the one I received is AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II ( http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/2170/AF-S-DX-Zoom-Nikkor-18-55mm-f%252F3.5-5.6G-ED-II.html )
I do like both for their versatility, they both seem to very good 'catch-all' lens. I like that the second is a bit more portable and lighter, but I don't see from the technical descriptions if it's capable of anything unique compared to the 18-105mm.
Any opinions on whether it is worth hanging on to? If not, we will most likely return it and put the money towards a 'unique' lens before our next trip.
Thanks for your help!
#1. "RE: AF DX Lens comparison" | In response to Reply # 0Bravozulu Registered since 04th Jun 2012Mon 31-Dec-12 06:46 PM
The 18-105 costs $400. The 18-55 sells for about $125. Whether or not that directly affects quality, who knows?
But both have ED glass to eliminate CR (chromatic aberration) and VR (vibration reduction). Good. And both do away with the aperture ring, denoted by the letter "G" in the nomenclature.
All this is good. Let's see if anyone with hands-on experience here chimes in.
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#2. "RE: AF DX Lens comparison" | In response to Reply # 1muleskinner_blues Registered since 31st Dec 2012Mon 31-Dec-12 08:09 PM
Thanks Bravozulu, great info on some of that nomenclature.
Sounds pretty similar, but like you said I'll be curious if anyone with first hand experience with the lenses has any input. I'd be glad to keep the 18-55, but I'm thinking it might be best to exchange it for credit towards something else since it sounds like (to my untrained ear) the 18-105 is capable of everything it can do.
#3. "RE: AF DX Lens comparison" | In response to Reply # 1briantilley Nikonian since 26th Jan 2003Mon 31-Dec-12 08:23 PM
>But both have ED glass to eliminate CR (chromatic aberration)
>and VR (vibration reduction). Good.
Actually, the 18-55mm lens that was linked to is a previous version, without VR.
Unless there is a requirement to really minimise weight and bulk, I would suggest keeping the 18-105mm and not the 18-55mm
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#4. "RE: AF DX Lens comparison" | In response to Reply # 3Bravozulu Registered since 04th Jun 2012Mon 31-Dec-12 10:30 PM
Right about the 18-55. That would partially account for the price difference.
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I have seen the exact same AP article under different titles around the world. Why is this? Are different news organizations doing this or does AP 'retitle and re-release' the same piece? This causes duplicate posts under different titles. Is there another way to cross-check this?
Trolls eventually show their true colors. Jim takes care of them quickly. What good would a block do on a troll that signed up in 1997?
I say if some can then so can others
We were all new once.
Who do you think will win tonight at Richmond?
You're the cool mod, aren't you?
I definitely agree. People need to quit posting a new thread every time a thought pops into their head. The Dan Rather memo-gate story should have a couple dozen threads, not the literally hundreds that it does right now.
You can pull my thread any time you like.
You noticed too?
Bless your heart.
AP posts an article, other sources pick it up and change the title. IMO, they are the worst offenders. Then, posters here will faithfully search and post it, only to find out it's been posted 3-4 times already. The exact same article, different titles. If the articles are posted within 4 hours, we generally will link them. Our guideline is after 4 hours, we'll leave them up. A lot depends upon how often they were posted, how hot the topic is, how many posters are actively posting on the duplicate. It's not an exact science, and it's not set in stone. That's the dynamics of this place.
Set your browswer to dis-regard loading graphics. After the thread loads, save it as a textfile. Speedy like Alka-Seltzer.
Of course, you do realize that you've just started a 1,000+ thread...
Can we have an option to search for articles by author?
An my wife is the one on the left!
Nothing. It's the whole super-premeditated nature of the trolling that ticks me off. The ones that come in for a drive-by Trolling are really immature and impulsive. The one who have been waiting in the woodwork for +6 years to Troll is another level of liberal insanity altogether.
I'm the cool mod, but not that cool.
Noticed? You should see what our abuse report page looks like!
That has been added to our profile. It's perfect.
I didn't "think" about THAT!
A hurricane of your own, huh?
Moderators do not have any control over the coding, that's strictly John's area.
I just want to jump in here and say to YOU and all the ADMIN MODERATORS, "Thank you for the job you do. We appreciate you, we love you and we bless you." Now go forth and smite.
Thanks, just thought I'd ask :-). It would help with the duplicates on editorials, although maybe not with the AP unless they list an author.
Mods have posted this same thing from time to time in the past, yet it continues. Perhaps it is time to start sanctions against some of the chronic vanity offenders. How about a 30 day posting priv suspension? Even better, how about a 10 day posting priv suspension for everyone that replies to one of these mindless vanities?
Thanks, we all need a refresher from time to time.
I agree, but, there is nothing we can do to prevent them from trolling. Unless they sign up with a really stupid screen name. Believe me, we see some incredibly stupid names. "Ihateconservatives" got the boot before he even got a chance to active his account. Then, the rocket scientist signed up with "Ihateconservatives2". And that's a mild name. You should see some of the profain names people try to get away with.
Youcn turn auto-loadng of pictures off in almost any browser. What are you using?
PS, the bank cleared your check.
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All Im saying is you should have a zero tolerance rule, until then, you're going to keep saying the same thing and telling people to stop posting vanities month after month
Again, a lot depends upon the content. So when you start to make "differences" in vanities then you have already given up on policing them all together. What may seem important or relevant in YOUR mind or others may not seem the same in others minds and therefore that creates the double standard.
All Im saying is you should have a zero tolerance rule, until then, you're going to keep saying the same thing and telling people to stop posting vanities month after month
This in a nutshell is the biggest long-term consequence of this forgery, bigger even than the consequences for this election.
A lot of us have known this for quite some time, of course, but this will now become the general perception (and rightly so).
Daaaammmnnnn ... a smokin' hot blonde with a 9mm strapped to her hip. I'm in loooovvveeee.
Bless you!! I am so glad to see that I was not the only one getting pissed off with the duplicate threads, the vanities and the general abuse of posting guideliness and netiquette in general.
Now, can we have just one Hurricane (Hurricane nane here) thread, one Kerry is going down thread and one forged documents thread? Don't people understand the purpose of focused discussion?
It is good to see that you are whipping people into shape now. The next several weeks are going to be brutal on you Mods. Thanks in advance for your work.
Thank you. The duplicates have been driving me crazy lately. And the poster always says they searched before posting -- even when it's plainly the next article below theirs in Breaking News.
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Thanks for this restatement of posting and such.
Also, a Heads Up for the Nascar race later today,, I'll be bumping it to Breaking News about 3 pm PT as Rummy will be on deck for a 9/11 tribute scheduled for the 4pm PT time window..
That should give folks lots of time to see what is already there and maybe save you' all a little work.
If you want to move it to frontpage after wards, once the race starts ,, that would be A OK. Thanks from the FR Pit CRew!
I have already freepmailed this to the AM queue and Jim a yesterday an hadn't received a No Go so.. :-)
Hope no one else goes hog wild and starts posting a bunch of threads abut Rummy being there , but I know there will be some others posted anyway. ;-)
I have another title ready to roll that I may ask to have inserted and then have it changed it back after the tribute.
By the way, nice piece you're packing in that shot earlier. ;-) Uff and Daaaa !!!
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Le roi est mort. Good-bye and good-riddance.
that way maybe we all would not have to wade through all that zot stuff.
Seriesly, JohnRob needs to set something up so this gets posted about once a quarter.
Even Free Republic veterans sometimes make honest mistakes, too.
Depending on your browser you should be able to save as a text file.
Great post... but I must of missed the part where you warn the newbies about Laz. :)
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Editor: This is a letter of appreciation to the services provided to my wife and me this past Saturday morning (Oct. 9) following our boat accident near Hanover Beach. The intra-agency cooperation between Kentucky and Indiana emergency services and nonemergency services (Clifty Creek Power Plant tow secured through the efforts of your crew) was impressive. The professionalism and compas
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More than 540 athletes ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors competed Saturday, Oct. 9, in the second Trimble County Cross-Country Invitational at Trimble County Park. The athletes represented schools from Lexington, Burgin, Newport, Louisville, Oldham County, Carroll County, Owen County, Gallatin County, Frankfort and Eminence. In a repeat of last year's invitational, the No.
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Pick a square within a multiplication square and add the numbers on
each diagonal. What do you notice?
List any 3 numbers. It is always possible to find a subset of
adjacent numbers that add up to a multiple of 3. Can you explain
why and prove it?
We can show that (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1 by considering
the area of an (x + 1) by (x + 1) square. Show in a similar way
that (x + 2)² = x² + 4x + 4
Many numbers can be expressed as the difference of two perfect squares. What do you notice about the numbers you CANNOT make?
A little bit of algebra explains this 'magic'. Ask a friend to pick 3 consecutive numbers and to tell you a multiple of 3. Then ask them to add the four numbers and multiply by 67, and to tell you. . . .
Explore the effect of reflecting in two parallel mirror lines.
It would be nice to have a strategy for disentangling any tangled
Can you tangle yourself up and reach any fraction?
Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Pick any ten numbers from the bags above so that their total is 37.
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Can you find sets of sloping lines that enclose a square?
What would you get if you continued this sequence of fraction sums?
1/2 + 2/1 =
2/3 + 3/2 =
3/4 + 4/3 =
Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with
a single layer of red cubes, and then covering that cube with a
layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Take a look at the multiplication square. The first eleven triangle
numbers have been identified. Can you see a pattern? Does the
pattern continue?
Spotting patterns can be an important first step - explaining why it is appropriate to generalise is the next step, and often the most interesting and important.
The sum of the numbers 4 and 1 [1/3] is the same as the product of 4 and 1 [1/3]; that is to say 4 + 1 [1/3] = 4 � 1 [1/3]. What other numbers have the sum equal to the product and can this be so for. . . .
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd
numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the
site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to
develop the skills of strategic planning.
Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?
Think of a number, add one, double it, take away 3, add the number
you first thought of, add 7, divide by 3 and take away the number
you first thought of. You should now be left with 2. How do I. . . .
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a
pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow
paint on their faces?
Charlie has moved between countries and the average income of both
has increased. How can this be so?
Find some examples of pairs of numbers such that their sum is a
factor of their product. eg. 4 + 12 = 16 and 4 × 12 = 48 and
16 is a factor of 48.
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on
the edges?
With one cut a piece of card 16 cm by 9 cm can be made into two pieces which can be rearranged to form a square 12 cm by 12 cm. Explain how this can be done.
Can you find an efficient method to work out how many handshakes
there would be if hundreds of people met?
It starts quite simple but great opportunities for number discoveries and patterns!
A package contains a set of resources designed to develop
pupils' mathematical thinking. This package places a
particular emphasis on "generalising" and is designed
to meet the. . . .
Pick the number of times a week that you eat chocolate. This number must be more than one but less than ten.
Multiply this number by 2. Add 5 (for Sunday). Multiply by 50... Can you explain why it. . . .
How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there
are in different sized boxes?
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or
subtract consecutive negative numbers?
In how many ways can you arrange three dice side by side on a
surface so that the sum of the numbers on each of the four faces
(top, bottom, front and back) is equal?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
Explore the effect of reflecting in two intersecting mirror lines.
You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by. . . .
Triangle numbers can be represented by a triangular array of squares. What do you notice about the sum of identical triangle numbers?
Can you find the values at the vertices when you know the values on the edges of these multiplication arithmagons?
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces
of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had
no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
Imagine we have four bags containing a large number of 1s, 4s, 7s and 10s. What numbers can we make?
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
Can you use the diagram to prove the AM-GM inequality?
Take any two positive numbers. Calculate the arithmetic and geometric means. Repeat the calculations to generate a sequence of arithmetic means and geometric means. Make a note of what happens to the. . . .
Consider all two digit numbers (10, 11, . . . ,99). In writing down
all these numbers, which digits occur least often, and which occur
most often ? What about three digit numbers, four digit numbers. . . .
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Some students have been working out the number of strands needed for different sizes of cable. Can you make sense of their solutions?
An article for teachers and pupils that encourages you to look at the mathematical properties of similar games.
A collection of games on the NIM theme
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players
take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single
pile. The winner is the player to take the last counter.
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
Can all unit fractions be written as the sum of two unit fractions?


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Trout Unlimited teachers offer more than fishing tips
Published: Monday, April 18, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 17, 2005 at 10:42 p.m.
When the sun rose above the mountains Sunday, and the light struck the trees and cast shadows onto the Green River, five fly-fishermen huddled together on the banks, cold.
It was the second day these men joined together in a school where the lesson plan revolved around rivers and streams, insects and trout.
As the men shivered and pieced together their fishing rods, David Maxwell delivered the lesson he and his fellow instructors considered the most important -- conservation.
"People say we're a fishing club," said Maxwell, a member of the Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited. "We are not. We are a conservation organization."
Founded in 1959 by 16 fishermen on the banks of a Michigan river, Trout Unlimited tries to conserve, protect and restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.
The group now has more than 125,000 members, and 250 call Henderson and Polk counties home.
During the weekend, the Pisgah Chapter held a fly-fishing school for more than 20 beginning anglers.
Some students, such as 11-year-old Brad VanDuyne, had never lifted a fly rod. As his mother, Mandy VanDuyne, watched, Brad cast back and forth over the lake at Camp Ton-A-Wandah, and under the watchful eye of his teachers.
"He loves nature, and he loves the outdoors," Mandy VanDuyne said.
That's exactly the type of student the instructors said they wanted.
The students learned to cast and to read streams. They studied insects, and tied fishing knots.
But the main lesson the teachers wanted the students to carry away was an appreciation and desire to preserve the thousands of miles of streams and rivers in Western North Carolina.
The Davidson River in Pisgah National Forest is the waterway most watched over by the chapter. Trout Unlimited once named the Davidson River one of the best trout streams in the nation.
But the chapter fears the river's health could deteriorate. Some members say it already has declined.
So members have spent years monitoring the quality of the waters, the aquatic insect life. They also pick up trash from the roads that pass the river, and remove garbage from the banks. They plan to build a fence this week to help curb erosion on one part of the river.
And every year, these anglers, many of whom are retired, hold a fly-fishing school to ensure their efforts continue through another generation.
"In these wild places, there are no automatic stewards," said Linda Campbell, the school instructor. "You start to fly-fish, and you start going to places, and the places are just beautiful and quiet. And then you begin to care for these places. Fishing is just the beginning."
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TALENT ROCK Canceled Event and Won't Give Refunds Maitland Florida
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Talent Rock cancelled their December 2007 event, and were supposed to issue transfers in Novemeber 2007 to the people that didn't want to transfer to their May 2008 event. It is now February 2008, and they are still not giving refunds. There is rummor that the owner Dan Joelson is going to close the doors and file bankruptsy to avoid giving refunds.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Tuesday because of persistent pain in his back, creating even more uncertainty for golf's No. 1 player with the Masters only three weeks away.
And that's if Woods can even play in the Masters.
"I personally called Arnold today to tell him that, sadly, I won't be able to play in his tournament this year," Woods said on his website.
"I would like to express my regrets to the Orlando fans, the volunteers, the tournament staff and the sponsors for having to miss the event. Unfortunately, my back spasms and the pain haven't subsided."
Woods had to withdraw after 13 holes of the final round at the Honda Classic three weeks ago because of what he called back spasms and pain in his lower back. He tried to defend his title the following week at Doral, only for his back to flare up again in the final round. He closed with a 78, the highest Sunday score of his PGA Tour career and the first final round without a birdie.
After a week of rest and treatment, he didn't feel fit to play Bay Hill, where he is an eight-time winner, including the past two years.
"I am certainly sorry that Tiger is not able to play," Palmer said. "Quite obviously, we will miss having him here this week. He called me to tell me that his back was still giving him a lot of trouble and he didn't feel he should play. I told him I understood and wished him well."
This is only the second time that Woods has not played Bay Hill. He also missed in 2010 when he sat out more than four months during the scandal in his personal life.
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Norton Charles W., Bristol, was born in Bristol, Vt., January 17, 1844. His parents were Wolcott and Mehitable (Thompson) Norton, who settled in Bristol, Vt., at a very early day. They had a family of four children born to them — Anson, Charles W., Lucy (now Mrs. A. F. Peet), and Cynthia (now Mrs. Daniel P. Peet). The son Anson is now dead. Charles W. married Delia P. Bushnell, a daughter of Ira Bashnell, of Starksboro, Vt. They have had a family of eight children born to them — Anson VI. (now a student at Dartmouth College), Edgar C., Ruth L., Mandan I., Ella M., Grace P., Ira, and Ruben. The homestead farm consists of 400 acres of land. Mr. Norton has been justice of the peace, selectman, and held other minor offices in his town.
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Do you give your Lo's valentines day gifts? If so, what do you typically give or what will thou be giving this year?
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Do you give your Lo's valentines day gifts? If so, what do you typically give or what will thou be giving this year?
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We did her first hand print last year, and will do it again this year for Valentine's Day. I want to make things with her and kinda repeat it year after year until there's some sort of collection. I'm also going to continue working on her baby book that I gave her for xmas. It's still a work in progress, as is she!
I'll probably get some Reese's for me, though.
The balloon idea mentioned above is awesome... my LO loves balloons. A BIG heart... that way she can further learn words like RED, HEART, UP, etc. I'm big into learning and doing things with her...I'm always broke after her needs are met, so the cheaper the better, too! :)
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last year I did a book and duck (target dollar spot has them for every holiday/season. my kid likes ducks)
This year, I'll do a book, a cute plate/sippy cup and maybe a stuffed something. I also bought a cute outfit for pictures-the stuffed thing and sippy will double as props!
When she's older, she'll get a small thing of candy and jewelry (and a book as well if she wants)
Got lots of goodies in the Target Dollar bin. New hairbrush, 2 board books, new snack plate. I check every time I go to target and grab stuff and pack it away for holidays and special surprises.
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Complaint Review: Royal Gold Buyers
Royal Gold Buyers4th Floor hamilton House London, Select State/Province United Kingdom
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On the 14th February 2014 I sent off a pre-paid & insured package of gold to Royal gold Buyers. They acknowledged receipt of my gold, since then they neither answer the phone or reply to my emails and letters. I am in the process of pursuing this rogue company through the court. They are a complete rogue company, do not under any circumstances have any dealings with them.
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The program operates under the strict guidelines of the Clubhouse International.
Canefields Clubhouse provides hundreds of members in our community with an opportunity to experience meaningful and productive lives.
From humble beginnings in 2000, Canefields Clubhouse commenced operating with unpaid volunteers from a small private residence in Manilla Street, Beenleigh with zero funding, to where we are today – an Incorporated Association with Charity Status operating from large and expanding premises.
Canefields Clubhouse is one of fifteen (15) clubhouses in Australia. In 2011 Canefields Clubhouse received a three year unconditional certification from the Clubhouse International. Making one of only five (5) ICCD certified clubhouses in Australia. Proudly, Canefields Clubhouse was a co-recipient of the 2014 Hilton Humanitarian Prize as being part of International Clubhouse movement. In 2016, Canefields Clubhouse is preparing for re-accreditation from the Clubhouse International.
Funding sources:
Annual Reports
Canefields Clubhouse_Annual Report 2015
Canefields Clubhouse_Annual Report 2014
Community Supporters


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Omri Casspi scored 13 points as the Rookies beat the Sophomores 140-128 at the NBA All-Star Challenge.
The Israeli forward, 21, said: "I'll have to work very hard to come back here. It was a good experience to go out there and play. I don't want it to stop.
"There's no time to get tired of it. When I get tired of it, I just keep thinking to myself, 'This is where I wanted to be all the time."
Casspi earned praise from NBA star Kobe Bryant who said: "I think he's surprised Sacramento. I think he's doing phenomenally well."