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Donette Steele, M.A. / Clinical Psychology
Why Childhood
Special Social Learning Tasks
§ We need to learn the
rules of our society.
§ We need to learn to
§ We need to understand
the intentions of others.
§ We need to absorb societies
knowledge base.
Slow Growing Frontal lobes
§ Growth of neural connections
and pruning of unused neurons occurs in the frontal lobes on a delayed timetable.
§ As the frontal lobe
matures, we mature from toddler to infant to adolescent.
Physical Development
§ Cephalocaudal growth
Ø Growth occurs from top to bottom
Ø Larger heads, squat bodies
§ Mass to specific growth
Ø Mass movement precedes precise movement
Ø Precision can be improved through training
Ø In younger years - girls out perform boys
in precision (fine motor skills) but, boys out perform girls in power (gross motor skills).
§ Nutrition plays a major
role in this developmental period
Motor Skill Milestones
Growth Threats
Threats to Development and Health
§ Stress
Ø can
lead to reduction in height
Ø can
also bring on puberty faster
§ Inadequate protein intake
Ø Stunting
» less developed
muscles, bones, and brain tissue, compromises both gross and fine motor development, produces apathy.
Childhood Obesity
§ BMI = ratio of one's
weight to height; obesity is characterized as being at or above the 95th percentile of the norm in the NHANES poll
§ 15% of children today
are obese
§ Two times as many obese
children in the U.S. since 1970s
§ Two times as many obese
children in England since 1990
§ Four times as many obese
children in Egypt since 1988
§ Socioeconomic factors:
Ø Developed nations show overweight in low
Ø Underdeveloped show it in upper incomes
Ø Obesity rates in U.S. seen highest among
African American and Hispanic boys and girls
Childhood Obesity
Factors Influencing Obesity
§ Sedentary lifestyle
Ø Air-conditioning
- less outside play
§ Oversized portions in
§ Television
§ Parental obsession about
§ Eating fast, rather
than slow consumption
Childhood Obesity Experts
Self-esteem vs. Obesity
§ Self-esteem is more
associated with parental anxiety than actual body mass.
Diseases of Obesity
§ Type 2 diabetes and
high blood pressure are on the rise in our young.
Ø Typically a disease of aging, related
to being heavy
§ High blood pressure
Ø can lead to heart disease
Dealing With Childhood Obesity
Cognitive Development
Piaget's Preoperational Stage
§ Preoperations (pre-ops)
are defined by an inability to step back and think – to perceive differently.
Ø Preoperational stage begins at 2 years
of age.
Ø They already have object permanence.
Ø They are using language as a means to
an end.
Ø They understand intentions of others.
Ø Until about age 8, they can only see what
meets the eye.
Pre-op: Strange
ideas about substances
§ Conservation tasks
variety of tasks involving changing the shape of a substance to see if children can look beyond the appearance of the substance.
§ They are centered –
stuck on one aspect
§ They do not understand
§ They do not understand
class inclusion
§ They have trouble with
seriation tasks
§ Bigger=more; taller=older
Face Value
Pre-op: Peculiar Perceptions about People
§ Pre-op children lack
identity constancy
Ø A scary mask turns a person into a monster
§ Animism
Ø Giving life to inanimate objects
§ Anthropomorphism
Ø Giving human characteristics to non-humans
§ Artificialism
Ø Humans make everything, including natural
§ Egocentrism
Ø The inability to see anotherfs
point of view
Cognitive Development
Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage
§ Concrete operations
are defined by the ability to reason and think; more adult like
Ø Concrete stages begins at around age 5
» They can reason conceptually about concrete objects
Ø Major shifts start to occur around age
» Cannot think abstractly in a scientific way
Ø Full development may not occur until age
10 or 11
Using Piaget
How can we use Piaget's ideas?
§ It will happen when
a child is ready.
Ø Explaining there are no monsters under
the bed; instead useanti-monster spray
§ Children must have the
ability to do a task before you try to use it in teaching.
Ø academic schoolbegins between 6 and 7
Critically Evaluating Piaget
§ Since concrete operations
appear gradually, is it right to call the two distinct stages?
§ Piaget derived his theory
from a small biased sample of children (his own).
§ Piaget overestimated
§ Societal factors and
scaffolding can influence the timetable for the emergence of concrete operations.
The Zone of Proximal Development
§ The difference between
solving a problem by oneself and solving it with the help of another is the Zone of Proximal Development.
§ Scaffolding is providing
the proper support for learning –tailoring to the child.
§ Infant directed speech
is a type of scaffolding.
Becoming an effective scaffolder
§ Break complex problems
into smaller strategies
§ Give non-threatening
§ Continue to give assistance
as long as it takes
§ Set frameworks and motivation
for learning
Other societies see scaffolding differently
§ Even in our own society.
there are different approaches to scaffolding that appear to work equally well.
The Information-Processing Perspective
§ Development is continuous
rather than distinct
§ The scientific method
is paramount to research
§ They use the computer
as a metaphor for the mind
An example of how IPP is used...
§ We know there are three
areas of memory:
Ø Sensory memory
Ø Working (short term) memory
Working memory holds about 7 items (+-2)
§ Tests using phone numbers
show that an unknown area code can disrupt retention of a new number.
§ How much can we recall?
Ø Toddlers: 2 numbers
Ø Seven-year-olds: 5 numbers
As the frontal lobes activate, we get new abilities:
§ Executive functions
§ Rehearsal
§ Selective attention
§ Inhibiting responses
§ Executive functions
Ø Ability to inhibit responses
Ø Giving time to reflect, plan and direct
Ø Development of heuristic strategies for
problem solving
§ Rehearsal
Ø Repeat information to embed it into memory
§ Selective attention
Ø Young
children tend not to focus
Ø Older
children learn to focus
§ Inhibiting responses
Ø Young
children and adults with frontal lobe damage have trouble inhibiting
good game to test inhibiting capability and train inhibition is Simon Says
How can we use the IP Theory?
§ We need to teach rehearsal
§ Help to focus young
people on topic
§ Expect to regularly
remind children to do a task
§ Use scaffolding to create
§ In memory recovery situations:
Ø Asking leading questions to children is
dangerous and leads to false memories
What about children out of sync with the norm?
§ What happens when a
child cannot concentrate?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
§ A disorder predominant
among boys
§ Characteristics
Ø Excessive
Ø Easily
Ø Difficulties
Ø Difficulties
with selective attention
Ø Usually
found in elementary school
Ø Competing
stimuli produces problems
Ø Multi
tasking is nearly impossible
How can we help children with ADHD?
§ They need a lot more
gentle handed treatment.
§ Create a child-centered
§ Never expect them to
§ Take away the temptation
of competing objects.
§ Give specific times
for "physical" play.
§ Consider the possibility
that certain foods are effecting the inhibitory centers of the brain. Be aware of any specific ingestion that causes specific
Inner Speech
§ According to Vygotsky:
learning to regulate behavior and master cognitive challenges; "talking to oneself"
§ Vygotsky believed all
childhood intellectual skills came from language development
§ Founded by scaffolders
and repetition
Developing Speech
§ Phonemes are the sound
meaning of words
Ø C is for Cat
Ø At the age of 3, children have trouble
with multi-syllable words
Ø During elementary school, this problem
is largely resolved.
Interestingly, hand coordination outpaces vocalization skills and children develop sign language
skills faster than speech.
§ Phonemes are the basic sounds of speech.
§ Morphemes are the basic meanings of language.
Ø One measure of language acquisition is
thegmean length of utterancehor MLU.
§ Syntax is the system of grammatical rules in a language:
Ø The last thing children learn is the syntax
of their language, which is the grammar rules.
Children learn grammar in stages:
§ When they start putting
three words together, they begin to show an understanding of grammar. "Me
want milk" makes grammatical sense, but "milk want me" does not.
Ø At age 2,
words "me out" shows grammatical sense
§ Semantics – the meaning of words
Ø increases
astronomically in the first 6 years, but it never ceases, so we can learn new words until we die.
§ Chomsky's Language
Acquisition Device (LAD) is a supposed brain mechanism that prepares us for learning semantics.
§ Overregularization – is the use of the regular tense with irregular words:
Ø I have two hands, therefore,
I have two feets.
Ø If I have two cats, I must have two mouses.
Ø If I walked, I must have runned and swimmed.
§ Overextensions – is the extension of a word meaning to a broadly incorrect
Ø If children have a dog at home, they may
determine that all four legged creatures are dogs.
Ø Or, children may decide that their animal
is a dog and every other animal must be something else (an underextension).
The Enduring Self
Constructing our personal past
§ Studies of autobiographical
memories indicate that scaffolding with past talk conversations helps children build a personal past.
§ Scaffolding seems to
work well by talking about shared experiences.
§ An adult's leading
questions create richer autobiographical selves in the children.
§ Cultural differences
in autobiographical talk occur:
Ø Experiments
show differences between individualistic and collectivistic societies.
Theory of Mind
Making sense of other minds
§ By age four, children
really begin to relate to each other
§ They develop a theory
of mind
Ø Other people have other thoughts and perspectives
» At age four, children know their thoughts are not another
person's thoughts
» At age four, they can use this information to manipulate
their world (Can I Daddy? Mommy said it was OK.)
» Four-year-olds know how to lie
Specific Cognitive Skills
Children see that people have different minds earlier than Piaget predicted
§ Some research pinpoints
theory of mind at 18 months
§ Some children with older
siblings develop theory of mind earlier – maybe as a self-defense mechanism
§ Autism interferes with
the development of theory of mind and, therefore, autism impairs socializing skills
§ Down's syndrome
slows the development of theory of mind, but doesn't stop it from developing

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Apple Clafoutis
This dish, adapted from a dessert popular in the French Limousin region, is a great low-sugar treat.
|4 large eggs
|1 tsp. vanilla extract
|½ c. plus 2 Tbsp. sugar (or 12 packets of
sugar substitute)
|1 apple, peeled, quartered and cored
|pinch of salt
|½ c. raisins
|½ c. all-purpose flour
|1 Tbsp. unsalted butter plus more for baking dish
|1 ¼ c. milk
|confectioner's sugar
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 10-inch tart dish or 9½-inch pie plate.
2. In a bowl, combine eggs, ½ cup sugar or sugar substitute, and salt, until well mixed. Whisk in flour, milk and vanilla.
3. Cut apple into thin slices. Place over bottom of dish in concentric circles. Gently pour egg mixture over apple. Scatter raisins over mixture.
4. Cut butter into small bits and sprinkle over the batter. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar on top.
5. Place dish on baking sheet and bake until puffed and golden brown around edges, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on rack.
6. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
7. Serve cut into wedges, at room temperature or chilled. Store in refrigerator.
Serves 8.
Nutritional Information: Calories: 180; Fat: 6g; Cholesterol: 1150mg; Sodium: 80mg; Total Carbohydrates: 30g; Dietary Fiber: 1g; Sugars: 24g; Protein: 5g.
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Your Comments (5)
I thought there would be a response to the my comment on calling this a low sugar fool. What do you consider a high carb food?
I am diabetic and I could never eat this because it has 30g of carbs, 1g. of fiber, 24g. of sugar and only 5 g. of protein. It would send my blood sugar sky high. I don't understand how you can call this a low sugar food.
Just made the Apple Clafoutis and after baking in a 400 degrees oven for 30 minutes, and letting it set for 1 hour, the center of it was all "soupy". Please let me know if there was a typo in the ingredients or instructions.
Feel bad that it was such a waste of good ingredients. I will be awaiting your response.
I love sweets and I appreciate low sugar recipes.


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KIEV, Ukraine • Ukraine's foreign minister said Monday that his country was practically in a state of war with Russia, as Moscow further ratcheted up pressure on Kiev, claiming that Russian-leaning eastern regions have plunged into lawlessness.
Russian forces have effectively taken control over Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in what has turned into Europe's greatest geopolitical crisis since the end of the Cold War. On Sunday the region is to hold a referendum on whether to split off and become part of Russia, which the West says it will not recognize.
"We have to admit that our life now is almost like ... a war," Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsya said before meeting his counterparts from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. "We have to cope with an aggression that we do not understand."
Deshchytsya said Ukraine is counting on help from the West. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is to meet with President Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday.
On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said lawlessness "now rules in eastern regions of Ukraine as a result of the actions of fighters of the so-called 'Right Sector,' with the full connivance" of Ukraine's new authorities.
Right Sector is a grouping of several far-right and nationalist factions whose activists were among the most radical and confrontational of the three-monthlong demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, which eventually ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
The Kremlin statement also claimed Russian citizens trying to enter Ukraine have been turned back at the border by Ukrainian officials.
Pro-Russia sentiment is high in Ukraine's east and there are fears Russia could seek to incorporate that area as well.
Obama has warned that the referendum in Crimea would violate international law. But on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear that he supports the vote, in phone calls with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Minister David Cameron.
"The steps taken by the legitimate leadership of Crimea are based on the norms of international law and aim to ensure the legal interests of the population of the peninsula," said Putin, according to the Kremlin.
On Monday, Putin was briefed by Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, on the contents of a document Lavrov received from Secretary of State John Kerry explaining the U.S. view of the situation in Ukraine.
That document contains "a concept which does not quite agree with us because everything was stated in terms of allegedly having a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and in terms of accepting the fait accompli," Lavrov said. The Kremlin contends Yanukovych was ousted by a coup.
Lavrov said Kerry had been invited to come to Russia to discuss the situation. "We suggested that he come today, I think, and we were prepared to receive him. He gave his preliminary consent. He then called me on Saturday and said he would like to postpone it for a while," the minister said.
In Washington, the State Department said it was still waiting to hear from Moscow whether it would accept a U.S. proposal for negotiating an end to the Ukraine crisis.
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People are often agreeably surprised at how helpful it can be to speak to a supportive outsider who is not involved with their life. You might like to think about coming along for an introductory session. This can be a good way to decide for yourself if my approach is likely to be useful.
If you are enquiring for a family-member, colleague, client or friend: please feel free to contact me. I will do my best to help you find something that will help.
My clients can benefit from this broad experience, because I can often get to the heart of the problem without wasting valuable time. Wherever possible I like to start helping clients to turn things around as early as their first session.
Everybody has different ways of coping with challenges. At some time all of us experience stress, anger, loss or confusion. Over the years I have been practicing, my clients have taught me a great deal about how to learn from difficult times and how to build a better future.
The counselling sessions I offer are interactive and conversational.
I don't just sit there listening (though that's important too, of course.) I also give feedback in response to what people tell me.
Counselling can help people to look into their concerns in depth (rather than hoping they will go away, only to come back again at a later date.) Building a more hopeful future is also important. I encourage clients to learn new skills and develop new attitudes which they can use to look after themselves once their counselling sessions have come to an end. I can also offer 'check-in' sessions to previous clients who want to maintain their progress. Click on some frequently asked questions for more information about my counselling and pschotherapy services in Sheffield.
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Please click on Fees for details of my 'Sliding-Scale' of charges (for example, weekday daytime appointments are cheaper than weekday evenings and Saturday daytimes) and to find out if you are eligible for concessionary rates.
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Do not hesitate to contact me if you want to know anything at all about my counselling and psychotherapy services for individuals and couples in Sheffield.
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Accuracy and Efficiency in Computational Chemistry: The Correlation Consistent Composite Approach
Date: August 2011
Creator: Wilson, Brent R.
Description: One of the central concerns of computational chemistry is that of efficiency (i.e. the development of methodologies which will yield increased accuracy of prediction without requiring additional computational resources – RAM, disk space, computing time). Though the equations of quantum mechanics are known, the solutions to these equations often require a great deal of computing power. This dissertation primarily concerns the theme of improved computational efficiency (i.e. the achievement of greater accuracy with reduced computational cost). Improvements in the efficiency of computational chemistry are explored first in terms of the correlation consistent composite approach (ccCA). The ccCA methodology was modified and this enhanced ccCA methodology was tested against the diverse G3/05 set of 454 energetic properties. As computational efficiency improves, molecules of increasing size may be studied and this dissertation explored the issues (differential correlation and size extensivity effects) associated with obtaining chemically accurate (within 1 kcal mol-1) enthalpies of formation for hydrocarbon molecules of escalating size. Two applied projects are also described; these projects concerned the theoretical prediction of a novel rare gas compound, FKrOH, and the mechanism of human glutathione synthetase's (hGS) negative cooperativity. The final work examined the prospect for the parameterization of the modified embedded atom ...
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Advancements in Instrumentation for Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy
Date: August 2011
Creator: Dewberry, Christopher Thomas
Description: The efforts of my research have led to the successful construction of several instruments that have helped expand the field of microwave spectroscopy. The classic Balle-Flygare spectrometer has been modified to include two different sets of antenna to operate in the frequency ranges 6-18 GHz and 18-26 GHz, allowing it to function for a large range without having to break vacuum. This modified FTMW instrument houses two low noise amplifiers in the vacuum chamber to allow for the LNAs to be as close to the antenna as physically possible, improving sensitivity. A new innovative Balle-Flygare type spectrometer, the efficient low frequency FTMW, was conceived and built to operate at frequencies as low as 500 MHz through the use of highly curved mirrors. This is new for FTMW techniques that normally operate at 4 GHz or higher with only a few exceptions around 2 GHz. The chirped pulse FTMW spectrometer uses horn antennas to observe spectra that span 2 GHz versus the standard 1 MHz of a cavity technique. This instrument decreases the amount of time to obtain a large spectral region of relative correct intensity molecular transitions. A Nd:YAG laser ablation apparatus was attached to the classic Balle-Flygare and chirped ...
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Affordances of Instrumentation in General Chemistry Laboratories
Date: August 2010
Creator: Sherman, Kristin Mary Daniels
Description: The purpose of this study is to find out what students in the first chemistry course at the undergraduate level (general chemistry for science majors) know about the affordances of instrumentation used in the general chemistry laboratory and how their knowledge develops over time. Overall, students see the PASCO system as a useful and accurate measuring tool for general chemistry labs. They see the probeware as easy to use, portable, and able to interact with computers. Students find that the PASCO probeware system is useful in their general chemistry labs, more advanced chemistry labs, and in other science classes, and can be used in a variety of labs done in general chemistry. Students learn the affordances of the probeware through the lab manual, the laboratory teaching assistant, by trial and error, and from each other. The use of probeware systems provides lab instructors the opportunity to focus on the concepts illustrated by experiments and the opportunity to spend time discussing the results. In order to teach effectively, the instructor must know the correct name of the components involved, how to assemble and disassemble it correctly, how to troubleshoot the software, and must be able to replace broken or missing components ...
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Boron Nitride by Atomic Layer Deposition: A Template for Graphene Growth
Date: August 2011
Creator: Zhou, Mi
Description: The growth of single and multilayer BN films on several substrates was investigated. A typical atomic layer deposition (ALD) process was demonstrated on Si(111) substrate with a growth rate of 1.1 Å/cycle which showed good agreement with the literature value and a near stoichiometric B/N ratio. Boron nitride films were also deposited by ALD on Cu poly crystal and Cu(111) single crystal substrates for the first time, and a growth rate of ~1ML/ALD cycle was obtained with a B/N ratio of ~2. The realization of a h-BN/Cu heterojunction was the first step towards a graphene/h-BN/Cu structure which has potential application in gateable interconnects.
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Characterization of Novel Solvents and Absorbents for Chemical Separations
Date: May 2011
Creator: Grubbs, Laura Michelle Sprunger
Description: Predictive methods have been employed to characterize chemical separation mediums including solvents and absorbents. These studies included creating Abraham solvation parameter models for room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) utilizing novel ion-specific and group contribution methodologies, polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) utilizing standard methodology, and the micelles cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) utilizing a combined experimental setup methodology with indicator variables. These predictive models allows for the characterization of both standard and new chemicals for use in chemical separations including gas chromatography (GC), solid phase microextraction (SPME), and micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC). Gas-to-RTIL and water-to-RTIL predictive models were created with a standard deviation of 0.112 and 0.139 log units, respectively, for the ion-specific model and with a standard deviation of 0.155 and 0.177 log units, respectively, for the group contribution fragment method. Enthalpy of solvation for solutes dissolved into ionic liquids predictive models were created with ion-specific coefficients to within standard deviations of 1.7 kJ/mol. These models allow for the characterization of studied ionic liquids as well as prediction of solute-solvent properties of previously unstudied ionic liquids. Predictive models were created for the logarithm of solute's gas-to-fiber sorption and water-to-fiber sorption coefficient for polydimethyl siloxane for wet and dry conditions. These models ...
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Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy of Fluoroiodoacetonitrile and Chloropentafluoroacetone
Date: December 2010
Creator: Kadiwar, Gautam
Description: This work focuses on finding the complete iodine and nitrogen nuclear electric quadrupole coupling tensors for fluoroiodoacetonitrile using chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. Fluoroiodoacetonitrile contains two hyperfine nuclei, iodine (I=5/2) and nitrogen (I=1) and the spectra were observed with great resolution. A total of 499 transitions were observed for this molecule. The a, b and c rotational constants were obtained. A study of chloropentafluoroacetone was also done using chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. The two chlorine isotopes for this molecule, Cl-35 and Cl-37 were observed and 326 and 170 transitions were recorded, respectively.
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Computational Investigation of Molecular Optoelectronic and Biological Systems
Date: August 2011
Creator: Tekarli, Sammer M.
Description: The scope of work in this dissertation has comprised several major investigations on applications and theoretical studies of ab initio quantum mechanics and density functional theory where those techniques were applied to the following: (i) investigation of the performance of density functionals for the computations of molecular properties of 3d transition metal containing systems; (ii) guidance for experimental groups for rational design of macrometallocyclic multinuclear complexes with superior π-acidity and π-basicity that are most suitable for p- and n-type semiconductors of metal-organic molecules and nanomaterials; (iii) investigation of the metallo-aromaticity of multi-nuclear metal complexes; (iv) investigation of the kinetics and thermodynamics of copper-mediated nitrene insertion into C-H and H-H bond; and (v) accurate computations of dissociation energies of hydrogen-bonded DNA duplex moieties utilizing the resolution of identity correlation consistent composite approach (RI-ccCA).
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Computational Studies of Inorganic Systems with a Multiscale Modeling Approach: From Atomistic to Continuum Scale
Date: August 2013
Creator: Olatunji-Ojo, Olayinka A.
Description: Multiscale modeling is an effective tool for integrating different computational methods, creating a way of modeling diverse chemical and physical phenomena. Presented are studies on a variety of chemical problems at different computational scales and also the combination of different computational methods to study a single phenomenon. The methods used encompass density functional theory (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and finite element analysis (FEA). The DFT studies were conducted both on the molecular level and using plane-wave methods. The particular topics studied using DFT are the rational catalyst design of complexes for C—H bond activation, oxidation of nickel surfaces and the calculation of interaction properties of carbon dioxide containing systems directed towards carbon dioxide sequestration studies. Second and third row (typically precious metals) transition metal complexes are known to possess certain electronic features that define their structure and reactivity, and which are usually not observed in their first-row (base metal) congeners. Can these electronic features be conferred onto first-row transition metals with the aid of non-innocent and/or very high-field ligands? Using DFT, the impact of these electronic features upon methane C—H bond activation was modeled using the dipyridylazaallyl (smif) supporting ligand for late, first-row transition metal (M) imide, oxo and ...
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Computational Study of Small Molecule Activation via Low-Coordinate Late First-Row Transition Metal Complexes
Date: May 2010
Creator: Pierpont, Aaron
Description: Methane and dinitrogen are abundant precursors to numerous valuable chemicals such as methanol and ammonia, respectively. However, given the robustness of these substrates, catalytically circumventing the high temperatures and pressures required for such transformations has been a challenging task for chemists. In this work, computational studies of various transition metal catalysts for methane C-H activation and N2 activation have been carried out. For methane C-H activation, catalysts of the form LnM=E are studied, where Ln is the supporting ligand (dihydrophosphinoethane or β-diketiminate), E the activating ligand (O, NCH3, NCF3) at which C-H activation takes place, and M the late transition metal (Fe,Co,Ni,Cu). A hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) / radical rebound (RR) mechanism is assumed for methane functionalization (CH4 à CH3EH). Since the best energetics are found for (β-diket)Ni=O and (β-diket)Cu=O catalysts, with or without CF3 substituents around the supporting ligand periphery, complete methane-to-methanol cycles were studied for such systems, for which N2O was used as oxygen atom transfer (OAT) reagent. Both monometallic and bimetallic OAT pathways are addressed. Monometallic Fe-N2 complexes of various supporting ligands (LnFe-N2) are studied at the beginning of the N2 activation chapter, where the effect of ligand on N2 activation in end-on vs. side-on N2 isomers ...
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Cu Electrodeposition on Ru-Ta and Corrosion of Plasma Treated Cu in Post Etch Cleaning Solution
Date: August 2011
Creator: Sundararaju Meenakshiah Pillai, Karthikeyan
Description: In this work, the possibility of Cu electrodeposition on Ru-Ta alloy thin films is explored. Ru and Ta were sputter deposited on Si substrate with different composition verified by RBS. Four point probe, XRD, TEM and AFM were used to study the properties of Ru-Ta thin films such as sheet resistance, crystallinity, grain size, etc. Cyclic voltammetry is used to study the Cu electrodeposition characteristics on Ru-Ta after various surface pretreatments. The results provide insights on the removal of Ta oxide such that it enables better Cu nucleation and adhesion. Bimetallic corrosion of Cu on modified Ru-Ta surface was studied in CMP related chemicals. In Cu interconnect fabrication process, the making of trenches and vias on low-k dielectric films involves the application of fluorocarbon plasma etch gases. Cu microdots deposited on Ru and Ta substrate were treated by fluorocarbon plasma etch gases such as CF4, CF4+O2, CH2F2, C4F8 and SF6 and investigated by using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, contact angle measurement and electrochemical techniques. Micropattern corrosion screening technique was used to measure the corrosion rate of plasma treated Cu. XPS results revealed different surface chemistry on Cu after treating with plasma etching. The fluorine/carbon ratio of the etching gases results in ...
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I had the honor of designing the poster, which features a picture of her grandparents and their thirteen children, including my mother-in-law Helen, who is second from right in the top row.
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The frozen tundra of 21st-century artistic possibilities stretches before us. Madness lies in every direction. We know directing is the only option for an intrepid, citizen-philosopher, bon vivant like ourselves (or so we like to think)… but directing what?
To whom must we communicate? What message? Over what production elements are we compelled to bear influence? Can we ever start a family? Hopefully this handy chart will help.
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Directing is a trust fund baby's game. Are you a trust fund baby? If so, good for you. Couldn't happen to a better person. Seriously. Furthermore, go fuck yourself. While you yourself may be talented and friendly, your kind, with its consequence-free paradigm, dilutes the talent pool in the entertainment industry and has an undue influence on the American narrative — which is why, in the 1970's, movies were about urban, interesting looking, colorful people, and today, they're about suburban, dead-souled superheroes. And thanks to "unpaid internships," your ilk will maintain its stranglehold on the industry for generations to come.
I am not so fortunate. I had three strikes against me as I embarked on this profession. Number one, I am publicly educated. Number two, I am Irish Catholic by heritage, meaning one look at me and every person thinks, "I'm going to colonize and oppress the living shamrock out of that people-pleasing leprechaun, just for the hell of it." Number three, I am interested in the happiness of others. Numbers two and three are related, baked into my motherboard, and problems I'll contend with for life.
Number one, on the other hand, could have gone another way.
My high school was extremely traditional. How traditional? It was founded in 1635. Six years of Latin. A strict adherence to 17th century educational principals of discipline, rigor and gratuitous suffering. If you raised your hand, you had better have the right answer or you get the hose again. In the hall? Where's your lavatory pass (that's right, lavatory)? Hard work was king. Colorful complexity, as a desirable trait, was, in the eyes of my instructors, a notch below rabies. Lunch break was 19 minutes long. Lollygag time did not exist.
And here's the lesson one takes away from this. If you speak, spit out the right answer fast and get out of the line of fire. Go along. Do not be noticeable for fear of a misdemeanor mark. This is, obviously, fantastic training for the bottom of any number of executive food chains.
My wife, on the other hand, went to a private boarding high school only 25 miles, yet several centuries, north of my own. At her school, probing complexity was the name of the game. An interesting and deep answer was prized higher than a correct one. Students probably rode around in golf carts or were carried on sedan chairs by lower classmen. All enjoying the overwhelming message: I am a complex person and my complexity has value.
At dinner parties, when you find yourself bored to tears by a person's long-winded answer to "how are you?" chances are they went to private school. That other guest, who got everyone else talking but left without divulging so much as their last name? Public. And it bears mentioning, the one who snuck off to go to the bathroom but really was doing all the dishes? Parochial. God bless those poor bastards.
To be a director, in this industry that is now overrun by Thad Claddingtons the Thirds, who only feel comfortable hiring their own, we must learn to pass. All the blonde, white-slacked, yacht-treading villains from 1980's John Cusack sex comedies grew up to become agents and development executives and we, the John Cusacks of the world, only too excited to be granted the right to work, have been tossed outside the gates.
Luckily there is a way back in. A secret body language taught to and understood by only the privileged. And here I am to blow the whistle on it. I humbly present: Six Ways to Pass as Privately Educated, or… Six Secrets to High Status Body Language, or… Six Methods to Put Peasants in Their Heads…
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Great meal
I usually have Marie Callender meals for lunch but my family sometimes want them for dinner. I just had the Cheesy Chicken & Rice for lunch and it was great. Very tasty and hearty meal. The ingredients taste fresh and very well seasoned which keeps me buying more. I truly enjoyed it and will recommend it to others.
September 17, 2014
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I just had the cheesy chicken and rice for dinner and I enjoyed every bite. I also have it for lunch sometimes. I like that I have a delicious meal ready in minutes. I like how fresh the ingredients are and I can tell that your kitchen is clean and well run by how nice the food looks. Thanks for a great product. My husband had the turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and green bean and carrots and liked it.
August 19, 2014
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Cheesy Chicken & Rice is my "go to" meal for any time. I don't cook much any more and this MC dinner is great! It is delicious and filling. I never get tired of it. There are several different varieties of broccoli, chicken and rice on the market but Marie Callenders is ,by far, the best.
August 14, 2014
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This is one of my favorite Marie Callender's meals. I like to add extra shredded cheddar on top once it has finished cooking.
August 01, 2014
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My grandson likes this dish but always is looking for the mushrooms which it appears one is lucky to find. Sometimes we find one but most of the time, they don't exist.
July 31, 2014
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July 24, 2014
Not for me
Had a strong smoke flavor to it that I could barely choke down, Was okay over all and some will like it but as I mentioned this one is not for me
July 21, 2014
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This is the Second Best Marie Callender's Entree
I really loved this meal. The portion size is large and filled me up but I have taken to splitting it in half and eating half for lunch and half for dinner. I picked out the mushrooms though because I really don't like mushrooms. I have eaten about 15 of these Cheesy Chicken and Rice meals and they have all been fresh and good. The broccoli is really good. The BEST Marie Callendar Entree is the the Teriyaki Chicken.
July 14, 2014
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Yuck! I hate mushrooms!
Why did you spoil the chicken & rice by putting fungus on it?? I don't wear my reading glasses when I shop so I did not notice that it said mushrooms on it. If I had seen it, I would not have purchased it. Do you have any cheese/chicken/rice without fungus? Now I have to figure out what else to have for dinner. I love most of your other foods - I walk right by the other names to find Marie. But I can't handle mushrooms.
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Reading is a habit which helps a lot in life. This practice of reading has taken a back seat with the development of televisions and the internet. Children in the present times are all the time hooked to T.V.sets and the computers. Parents should make an effort of introducing their children to the world of books.
This should be started from a very young age. In fact children are able to understand even if they are not able to speak. You should start showing them picture books on animals, flowers and fruits. These are the things they can easily identify and they will be happy to browse through these books.
Some steps to make a child read
Buy some picture books, buy some painting books, make a scrap book by pasting pictures, make a habit of showing the picture books or reading a story at bed time.Children like to mimic. If the parents have a regular habit of reading child is sure to follow.
When the child grows up you should expose her to all types of books. Joining a library would be good idea. A regular visit to a book store would give an ample choice. Let the child browse through a wide variety of books on various subject. Do not force your choices on her .Let her choose according to her own liking. You can describe a book you want her to read if she shows some interest you can buy her the book. Spend time with your child to make her understand the story. Answer her questions patiently. Children are very curious and want to satisfy their curiosity. Reading if cultivated as a hobby can make you a very well read person and help you in all spheres of life.
What to Read
Learning to read, as you know is a continuous,never ending process. If you do very little additional reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use.
Too many of us, once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, become so restricted in our choice of reading that we shy away from any new type of reading experience. We are reluctant to try anything beyond the level of a detective story or light novel, as if no other kind of book ever published could possibly interest us. Or we read only books in their professional or business field. Or only inspirational books. Or only our favourite newspaper every morning. Or only one magazine for which we have developed a liking.
And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge,. for increased wisdom, and for broader outlook and a mature understanding.
What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain " a background for opinion and touchstone for judgment"?The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you, books you can really sink your teeth into.


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operationjake said...
Yes, it is true that Paladin Schmaladin had the video up before TechDarling did. It's gone now, but someone can find a Google cache easily, I presume. Here's some interesting thoughts on the matter:
1. The video was NOT available to view on YouTube (at the time I posted my above comment), both in a search for the title "TechDarling Response to Ferarro Identity Crisis," and in the user's page that it was posted in! Must have been a private (i.e., not available for public search, but available for embedding from the author) video... Then how did Paladin Schmaladin have the video up before TechDarling? ... Some may say a funny coincidence. TechDarling writes,
"P.S. My apologies to any of you who saw the first unedited version of this, which she so kindly posted on her blog (briefly) for you all to see, before I even put it up."
But the funny thing is... the versions are the same, and there are no significant editing differences. But once again, how was she able to post a video... on a blog... without even being able to view the video (unless it was her video)...?
2. Additionally, has anyone noticed the general insouciance that Sarah Townsend has taken towards this subject? If this is indeed identity theft, and not a Middle School prank as I'm starting to think it is, Sarah Townsend is acting quite near the opposite of what I would assume she would act. Instead of surprise and anger, or desire for truth, she seems to think, "Screw it. Ferarro, just keep blogging! Kthxbai!" Not only is this quite absurd, in the face of "identity theft," but also rather insulting. Does she not know that identity theft is rather... crippling? In this case, identity theft has not hit big: no credit cards were stolen, no reputation is ruined (yet), etc. BUT STILL! The fact that Sarah Townsend seeks to end the matter by "just blogging" is a slap in the face to the justice system, all the people that have been affected by identity theft, and all those who have worked hard to fight against it.
Sarah Townsend seems to think (remember: actions speak louder than words) that it's okay or at least unpunishable. Hell, she can do whatever she wants with prosecution IF she wanted to... But the fact that she seems to care less about supposedly "having her identity stolen by a WoW gamer," and more about her blog getting unexpected traffic, simply points out some interesting things about the situation.
And the Google cache.
The cache I found, though, shows it as a YouTube video. It may have been linked elsewhere earlier. I still agree with you - the timing is very, very, VERY coincidental.
I actually addressed both of your points in a comment I posted on Sarah's blog earlier today, which has yet to appear. Now, mind, it's *her* blog, and she totally has the right to approve my comment or not -- so maybe she just doesn't want to post what I wrote, or hasn't gotten to it, or 100,000 other reasons. :) She has a day job, after all.
But I did ask her if she wasn't bothered by all of this -- at least a tiny bit?!! -- especially since Ferraro is apparently someone she's friended (on Myspace, Facebook, etc.) from way back. I mean, if someone from my friends list pulled this -- and has been doing it for years! -- it sure as hell would bother me... I'd be locking things down left and right.
And I also asked her how Ferraro would have gotten the original, unedited video to begin with (I hadn't realized it was on YouTube). But why would she post something unfinished to YouTube to start with?
On the one hand, I really want to believe that Sarah got thefted and is making a true attempt to distance herself. Maybe her seeming unconcern is simply bravado -- we have no way to know. We also have no way to know if she's taken other measures to protect herself -- why would she discuss that publically?
On the other hand, the timing of the video posts and that same unconcern just doesn't ring true to me. "It's OK that you used my face and parts of my life for your own gain -- just keep blogging, babeh," seems a little *too* calm.
I think Sarah is about the only person who has her head on straight about this whole matter.
Ferarro has been stalking Sarah through private albums since at least 2005, according to the video, and all he/she/it took were PICTURES. Videos, pictures, and blog posts. OH NOES SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET HAS MY PICTURES.
Ferarro's a tard whose reputation is ruined, but no real damage was done at all. I'd imagine if credit cards and the like were involved, this would be much more serious. But it was just content. Sarah obviously has a lot going on for her that she isn't fussed over a few pictures. I'd also imagine that if it keeps happening, legal action will probably take place.
Also, the video was posted on Sarah's YouTube channel. Ferarro, knowing every little detail about this other person, obviously knows where her YouTube channel is. Sarah gave advance warning that the video was coming (on her website and her Twitter account), so Ferarro could easily sit there refreshing repeatedly.
Now, come down from the roof and hand over your tinfoil hat. It's for your own good.


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