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2010: Played 127 sets...494 digs...38 aces...led the team in digs and was second in aces...ranked fifth in the NEWMAC in digs per set...total of 31 digs against Coast Guard (10/30) was the highest for the Engineers during the season...earned a career-high four aces versus Wheaton (10/19)...Gordon College Invitational all-tournament team...MIT Quad all-tournament team...AVCA 30 Dig Club...NEWMAC academic all-conference team...MIT Team MVP.
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RIPON - Monica Ortega hovered behind her daughter in front of a full-length mirror, fiddling with the straps on a knee-length black and white dress.
RIPON - Monica Ortega hovered behind her daughter in front of a full-length mirror, fiddling with the straps on a knee-length black and white dress.
"I like that one, too," she said, and her daughter, Anna, nodded shyly.
Days earlier, Anna, 15, started wearing makeup and decided that she wanted to wear a dress for the first time to her eighth-grade graduation.
Ortega, a single mother in Manteca, knew right where to go: Marissa's Closet, a nonprofit organization based in Ripon that collects formal dresses and distributes them free to people in need.
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Marissa's Closet takes its name from Marissa McLeod, a popular teen who took her life in 2009 at the age of 17. The loss of her only daughter devastated Melinda Shaw. But in the midst of her grief, the distraught mother decided to continue a project Marissa had begun in her junior year, when the teen collected and distributed more than 200 prom dresses.
In its first year, Marissa's Closet collected 1,500 dresses and renovated a vacant building.
Today, the 5,000-square-foot store has pictures of Marissa along the walls - a cheerleading outfit in one, a bright smile in another. There are shoes, handbags and more than 1,200 dresses in a rainbow of colors. There are no price tags.
The mission of Marissa's Closet has expanded along with its size. About six months after starting the nonprofit firm, a girl came to meet Shaw and look at pictures of Marissa. The visitor began to share her own thoughts of self-harm and suicide.
"She felt a bond," Shaw said. "That's kind of when I said 'Okay, I'm missing something. There's another piece I need to do.' "
The organization raised about $16,000 to purchase a permanent location in Ripon. Shaw hopes to relocate soon and open the Marissa Alexandria Center in August, offering free counseling services.
"With (bullying), suicides, depression, cutting ... all those things hitting the Valley as hard as they have, we don't really have a place where kids can just go and talk to someone," Shaw said. "I don't want a parent to ever feel the pain or hurt that I feel."
Shaw wasn't able to attend her own senior ball; she was in labor at the time. For 17 years, she said, she dreamed of watching Marissa step into a gown.
"She didn't make it to her senior ball," Shaw said, her voice catching. "So every time we help a girl go to senior ball or prom, it's like a piece of us goes with them."
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It may be difficult to muffle motorcyclesBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 02. 2013 12:25AM
Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts are expected to roll through the state for the upcoming Motorcyle Week festivities in Laconia. But a new state law aimed at curtailing motorcycle noise may not have the desired effect right away because, though enacted Jan. 1, not everyone knows about it yet.
"They lowered the decibel level?" Laconia Police Chief Chris Adams said last week. "I was unaware of that. We've had several discussions as a department getting ready for Bike Week - we really start getting ready a year in advance - and that hasn't been part of the plans."
Police in Milford and Portsmouth - two communities that conducted checkpoints on loud motorcycles and have local noise ordinances - also were unaware the law changed.
"We will have to turn our decibel meter to 92 now," Portsmouth police Sgt. Aaron Goodwin said Saturday.
Concord Deputy Chief Keith Mitchell said he wasn't aware of the change either, "but we don't monitor noise levels because our department doesn't have decibel meters.'' Bike Week is "not going to affect local enforcement here. We aren't planning anything special for that week either. We never have a problem with Bike Week in Concord."
The 90th Annual Bike Week kicks off Saturday and runs through Sunday, June 16. This year's motorcycle rally marks the first since substantial changes to a 20-year-old state law governing motorcycle noise levels and enforcement were signed into law.
House Bill 1442, which passed the Legislature in February 2012, reduced the legal noise level to 92 decibels - from 106 decibels previously - while motorcycles are idling and allow for roadside testing by police.
The final version of the bill, signed by former Gov. John Lynch, represented a compromise. The original bill, filed by state Rep. Michele Peckham, R-North Hampton, would have placed the allowable decibel level at 82, in line with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's standard for motorcycle manufacturers.
"We think this is a good compromise," said Dave Hickey of Rye and a member of the New Hampshire Citizens Against Loud Motorcycles group (NH-CALM). "It's the standard used in Maine, and all the information from that state indicates it has helped."
"All parties involved were looking to solve the problem of excessive motorcycle noise, and it was the best solution we had," said Candi Alexander, president of the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization.
'Straight pipes'
Why are some motorcycles louder than others? According to NoiseOff, a group that raises awareness of the issue of noise pollution, the answer is simple: The quiet ones are equipped with their original equipment exhaust systems, while the louder ones have had either their original systems modified or replaced with an aftermarket exhaust system.
Modified exhaust systems - often known as "straight pipes" - are those from which the baffles have been removed from the factory-supplied system or replaced by a new system without baffles, Milford police Sgt. Shawn Pelletier explained. Baffles acts like mufflers.
"When you take that (baffles) out, the exhaust gets a loud louder. It's somewhat similar to a car when the exhaust falls off and you can hear it driving down the road," Pelletier said.
Several years ago, Milford police and New Hampshire State Police ran checkpoints on loud motorcycles in downtown Milford in response to residents' complaints. Pelletier said he was surprised how much noise it took to hit even 100 decibels.
"It was a lot louder (than I thought)," Pelletier said. While police stopped many loud motorcycles, none ever measured at 106 decibels.
He compared 100 decibels to the loud, staccato bursts an 18-wheel, tractor-trailer rig equipped with Jacobs Engine Brakes - compression brakes known as "jake brakes" - makes when braking on a steep downhill in a quiet neighborhood.
"It will definitely wake you up at night," Pelletier explained.
Some nature websites say spring peeper frogs can make their peeping sound in excess of 100 decibels, most are between 85 and 90 decibels.
Safety issue
Alexander said the most common reason these vehicle owners give for making modifications is to improve safety, but an EPA analysis on noise emission regulations states: "Motorcyclists who are depending on the noise generated from their machines to provide a necessary warning to other road users are gambling with their own safety."
Police say proving a motorcycle exhaust system is too loud can be a tough task.
"The motorcycle laws in this state are not the easiest to enforce," said Lt. Jim Flanagan of the Manchester Police Department.
Flanagan said an officer must have a decibel meter with them, and an 8-foot clearance radius must be present around the motorcycle being tested. The device must be held at a 45 degree angle about 20 inches from the exhaust pipes. The test needs to be performed outdoors, so sound doesn't reverberate off walls or other objects.
"It's always been a difficult law to enforce," Sgt. Goodwin of Portsmouth agreed.
In the past, Seacoast police departments formed a specialized team to do motorcyle checkpoints, Goodwin said.
The new law "is good for anybody who doesn't like loud motorcycles," Goodwin said. "There is certainly another side of the argument - that it's a safety feature. The expression 'Loud Pipes Save Lives' - that's the other side of the argument."
But Pelletier expects the 92 decible level should benefit both sides.
"This will help the public by reducing the noise. But if the motorcycle community claims it is also a safety issue, it is still loud enough to hear them coming," he said.
Alexander said the checks are done at inspection stations during the yearly inspection or during a vehicle safety inspection road stop by police.
"They can't pull you over just because they think your bike might be too loud," said Alexander.
State-to-state differences
There are 15 states with no statewide limit on motorcycle exhaust decibels. Among New England states, Maine and Rhode Island require all motorcycles to have working mufflers that prohibit excessive noise. In Vermont, any exhaust system on a motorcycle is deemed defective if any modifications or alterations have been made that cause it to generate a higher sound level than the manufacturer's original equipment.
Massachusetts law prohibits a motorcycle from exceeding a noise limit of 82 decibels when measured at a speed of 45 mph or less, and 86 decibels at a speed of over 45 mph. In Connecticut, the maximum noise level for a motorcycle traveling 35 mph or slower in a 'soft site,' an area covered with grass or other ground cover, is 72 decibels; over 35 mph is 79 decibels. The maximum noise level for a motorcycle going 35 mph or less in 'hard site' - a site covered with concrete or asphalt - is 74 decibels; over 35 mph is 81 decibels.
Flanagan said Manchester police issued 18 citations to vehicles for muffler noise in 2012. He was not able to determine on Friday how many of those vehicles were motorcycles.
"We aren't planning any special enforcement activities associated with Bike Week this year," said Flanagan. "We will be involved in some special enforcement activities planned for the 101 East corridor, which could indirectly involve traffic headed north, but that's all."
Chief Adams said high noise levels are expected in Laconia during Bike Week. His department focuses its attention on safety and keeping the peace.
"It's night and day from what it used to be in terms of arrests here," said Adams. "Last year, we had under 100 arrests over the course of the whole nine-day event. There were years back when I first started here that we would have 200 arrests on a Saturday night. It's a much different crowd, a different atmosphere. I don't think noise levels are going to have an effect on the week at all."
State police are also expected to focus more on safety issues than sound.
"Over the last several years we've seen a dramatic increase in motorcycle crashes," says Sgt. Steve Wheeler, head of the New Hampshire State Police Tactical Reconstruction Unit.
Of the 26 motorcycle fatalities in New Hampshire last year, four occurred during Bike Week. The rally in 2011 was one of the safest in years, with just one fatality. There were 18 rider deaths in total that year. In 2010, three of the 29 fatal motorcycle accidents fell during Bike Week.
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DALLAS (AP) — Pilots at American Airlines will vote again on whether to approve a contract offer from the company, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection for nearly a year.
The Allied Pilots Association board on Friday accepted a tentative agreement with the airline and will send it to union members to consider.
The 7,500 pilots rejected a previous company offer in August, and American responded by getting bankruptcy court approval to impose pay and benefit cuts.
Union President Keith Wilson called the agreement the best one possible under current circumstances and said that "pressing for more amounts to overplaying the hand we've been dealt."
The union said voting was expected to end Dec. 7. Like the proposal rejected in August, pilots would get raises and 13.5 percent of the stock in parent AMR Corp. after it emerges from bankruptcy. The union promised to release more details later Friday.
The pilots are the last union group that hasn't approved a cost-cutting contract in the last few months. Approval of the contract would help AMR emerge from bankruptcy protection by locking down long-term labor savings. American aims to reduce annual labor costs by about $1 billion.
"We are pleased the Allied Pilots Association is putting the tentative agreement out for a vote," said AMR spokesman Bruce Hicks. Without offering specifics, he said American tried to address pilots' concerns while still getting a contract that meets the company's cost-saving target of 17 percent.
US Airways Group Inc. is pursuing a merger with American that would leave US Airways executives running the combined company. The airlines have exchanged private financial information and discussed some outlines of a merger, including who would own most of the stock, but it's uncertain if they will ever complete a deal.
On Friday lawyers for US Airways pilots asked a federal bankruptcy judge in New York for the right to ask the companies about merger talks. They argued that US Airways pilots don't have as much information as the Allied Pilots Association — which is on the creditors committee in the bankruptcy case — even though they too would be affected by a merger.
AMR believes that the US Airways union isn't entitled to the information and plans to object to the request, Hicks said.
Separately American said that more than 20,000 people applied to become flight attendants after the company announced last month that it planned to hire 1,500. They will replace more than 2,200 veteran attendants who took buyout offers of up to $40,000 to leave.
After interviews in December, the first class of new flight attendants is expected to begin training in January and start working in April.
American said it was thrilled with the response and has enough candidates but is still looking for applicants who speak Korean, Mandarin, Finnish, German, Italian or Japanese.


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The Greening of Petroleum Operations: The Science of Sustainable Energy Production
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This state-of-the-art text analyzes some of the most contentious issues in the energy industry, covering new and greener processes for engineers and scientists and urging them to move petroleum operations closer to sustainability. Although petroleum is still the world's most diverse, efficient, and abundant energy source, there is a growing initiative from global political and industry leaders to "go green," because of climate concerns and high gasoline prices. This book investigates and details how to do that.
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1 Introduction.
1.1 The Science of Change: How Will Our Epoch Be Remembered?
1.2 Are Natural Resources Finite and Human Needs Infinite?
1.3 The Standard of Sustainable Engineering.
1.4 Can Nature Be Treated as If It Were Static?
1.5 Can Human Intervention Affect Long-term Sustainability of Nature?
1.6 Can an Energy Source Be Isolated from Matter?
1.7 Is It Possible That Air, Water, and Earth Became Our Enemy?
1.8 The Difference Between Sustainable and Unsustainable Products.
1.9 Can We Compare Diamonds with Enriched Uranium?
1.10 Is Zero-waste an Absurd Concept?
1.11 How Can We Determine Whether Natural Energy Sources Last Forever?
1.12 Can Doing Good Be Bad Business?
1.13 Greening of Petroleum Operations: A Fiction?
2 A Delinearized History of Civilization and the Science of Matter and Energy.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Fundamental Misconceptions of the Modern Age.
2.3 The Science of Intangibles.
2.4 The Science of Matter and Energy.
2.5 Paradigm Shift in Scientific and bEngineering Calculations.
2.6 Summary and Conclusions.
3 Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 The Difference Between a Natural Process and an Engineered Process.
3.3 The Measurement Conundrum of the Phenomenon and its Observer.
3.4 Implications of Einstein's Theory of Relativity on Newtonian Mechanics.
3.5 Newton's First Assumption.
3.6 First Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption.
3.7 Second Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption.
3.8 Fundamental Assumptions of Electromagnetic Theory.
3.9 Aims of Modeling Natural Phenomena.
3.10 Challenges of Modeling Sustainable Petroleum Operations.
3.11 Implications of a Knowledge-based Sustainability Analysis.
3.12 Concluding remarks.
4 A True Sustainability Criterion and Its Implications.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Importance of the Sustainability Criterion.
4.3 The Criterion: The Switch that Determines the Direction at a Bifurcation Point.
4.4 Current Practices in Petroleum Engineering.
4.5 Development of a Sustainable Model.
4.6 Violation of Characteristic Time.
4.7 Observation of Nature: Importance of Intangibles.
4.8 Analogy of Physical Phenomena.
4.9 Intangible Cause to Tangible Consequence.
4.10 Removable Discontinuities: Phases and Renewability of Materials.
4.11 Rebalancing Mass and Energy.
4.12 Energy: The Current Model.
4.13 Tools Needed for Sustainable Petroleum Operations.
4.14 Conditions of Sustainability.
4.15 Sustainability Indicators.
4.16 Assessing the Overall Performance of a Process.
4.17 Inherent Features of a Comprehensive Criterion.
5 Scientific Characterization of Global Energy Sources.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Global Energy Scenario.
5.3 Solar Energy.
5.4 Hydropower.
5.5 Ocean Thermal, Wave, and Tidal Energy.
5.6 Wind Energy.
5.7 Bio-energy.
5.8 Fuelwood.
5.9 Bioethanol.
5.10 Biodiesel.
5.11 Nuclear Power.
5.12 Geothermal Energy.
5.13 Hydrogen Energy.
5.14 Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming.
5.15 Nuclear Energy and Global Warming.
5.16 Impact of Energy Technology and Policy.
5.17 Energy Demand in Emerging Economies.
5.18 Conventional Global Energy Model.
5.19 Renewable vs. Non-renewable: No Boundary as Such.
5.20 Knowledge-based Global Energy Model.
5.21 Concluding Remarks.
6 Scientific Characterization of Light and Light Sources.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Natural Light Source: The Sun.
6.3 Artificial Light Sources.
6.4 Pathways of Light.
6.5 Light Energy Model.
6.6 Spectral Analysis of Light.
6.7 Effect of Lamp Coating on Light Spectra.
6.8 Effect of Eyeglasses and Sunglasses on Light Spectra.
6.9 Concluding Remarks.
7 The Science of Global Warming.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Historical Development.
7.3 Current Status of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
7.4 Comments on Copenhagen Summit.
7.5 Classification of CO2.
7.6 The Role of Water in Global Warming.
7.7 Characterization of Energy Sources.
7.8 The Kyoto Protocol.
7.9 Sustainable Energy Development.
7.10 Zero Waste Energy Systems.
7.11 Reversing Global Warming: The Role of Technology Development.
7.12 Deconstructing the Myth of G loba 1 Warming and Cooling.
7.13 Concluding Remarks.
8 Diverging Fates of Sustainable and Unsustainable Products.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Chemical Composition of Polyurethane Fiber.
8.3 Biochemical Composition of Wool.
8.4 Pathways of Polyurethane.
8.5 Pathways of Wool.
8.6 Degradation of Polyurethane.
8.7 Degradation of Wools.
8.8 Recycling Polyurethane Waste.
8.9 Unsustainable Technologies.
8.10 Toxic Compounds from Plastic.
8.11 Environmental Impacts Issues.
8.12 How Much is Known?
8.13 Concluding Remarks.
9 Scientific Difference Between Sustainable and Unsustainable Processes.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Physical Properties of Beeswax and Paraffin Wax.
9.3 Microstructures of Beeswax and Paraffin wax.
9.4 Structural Analysis of Paraffin Wax and Beeswax.
9.5 Response to Uniaxial Compression.
9.6 Ultrasonic Tests on Beeswax and Paraffin Wax.
9.7 Natural Plastic and Synthetic Plastic.
9.8 Plastic Pathway from Crude Oil.
9.9 Theoretical Comparison Between Nylon and Silk.
9.10 Theoretical Comparison Between Synthetic Rubber and Latex (Natural Rubber).
9.11 Concluding Remarks.
10 Comparison of Various Energy Production Schemes.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Inherent Features of a Comprehensive Criterion.
10.3 The Need for a Multidimensional Study.
10.4 Assessing the Overall Performance of a Process.
10.5 Global Efficiency of Solar Energy to Electricity Conversion.
10.6 Global Efficiency of Biomass Energy.
10.7 Global efficiency of nuclear power.
10.8 Discussion.
10.9 Concluding remarks.
11 The Zero-Waste Concept and its Application to Petroleum Engineering.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Petroleum Refining.
11.3 Zero Waste in Product Life Cycle (Transportation, Use, and End-of-Life).
11.4 No-Flaring Technique.
12 Sustainable Refining and Gas Processing.
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Pathways of Crude Oil Formation.
12.3 Pathways of Crude Oil Refining.
12.4 Additives in Oil Refining and Their Functions.
12.5 Emissions from Oil Refining Activities.
12.6 Degradation of Crude and Refined Oil.
12.7 Pathways of Natural Gas Processing.
12.8 Oil and Condensate Removal from Gas Streams.
12.9 Water Removal from Gas Streams.
12.10 Separation of Natural Gas Liquids.
12.11 Sulfur and Carbon Dioxide Removal.
12.12 Problems in Natural Gas Processing.
12.13 Innovative Solutions for Natural Gas Processing.
12.14 Concluding Remarks.
13 Flow Assurance in Petroleum Fluids.
13.1 Introduction.
13.2 The Prevention of Hydrate Formation.
13.3 Problems with the Gas-processing Chemicals.
13.4 Pathways of Chemical Additives.
13.5 Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional Techniques for Hydrate Prevention.
13.6 Mechanism of Microbially Induced Corrosion.
13.7 Sustainable Approach to Corrosion Prevention.
13.8 Asphaltene Problems and Sustainable Mitigation.
14 Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery.
14.1 Introduction.
14.2 Chemical Flooding Agents.
14.3 Rendering CO2Injection Sustainable.
14.4 A Novel Microbial Technique.
14.5 Humanizing EOR Practices.
15 The Knowledge Economics.
15.1 Introduction.
15.2 The Economics of Sustainable Engineering.
15.3 The New Synthesis.
15.4 A Case of Zero-waste Engineering.
16 Deconstniction of Engineering Myths Prevalent in the Energy Sector.
16.1 Introduction.
16.2 The Sustainable Biofuel Fantasy.
16.3 "Clean" Nuclear Energy 720
17 Greening of Petroleum Operations.
17.1 Introduction.
17.2 Issues in Petroleum Operations.
17.3 Pathway Analysis of Crude and Refined Oil and Gas.
17.4 Critical Evaluation of Current Petroleum Practices.
17.5 Management.
17.6 Current Practices in Exploration, Drilling, and Production.
17.7 Challenges in Waste Management.
17.8 Problems in Transportation Operations.
17.9 Greening of Petroleum Operations.
17.10 Concluding Remarks.
18 Conclusion.
18.1 Introduction.
18.2 The HSSA (Honey > Sugar > Saccharin > Aspartame) Pathway.
18.3 HSSA Pathway in Energy Management.
18.4 The Conclusions.
Appendix 1 Origin of Atomic Theory as Viewed by the European Scientists.
Appendix 2 Nobel Prize in Physics (2008) given for discovering breakdown of symmetry.
References and Bibliography.


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Parent tells of police visit when son not at school
Wilson: Felt rights violated.
Ronnie Wilson knows what it's like to be awakened by a police officer knocking at his door.
The local contractor also learned what can happen when parents don't notify officials if their child doesn't show up at school.
During a cold snap in early January, Wilson said he and his wife tried to drive their fifth-grade son to school one morning.
But the battery in their truck was dead.
"It was so cold, I wasn't going to make him ride his bike or walk to school," Wilson said. "I told him he could stay home."
Wilson and his wife Sandy Foster buy disposable phones when they need to make calls but had no more time left on the last cell phone they bought.
As a result, school officials couldn't reach them to see why their child wasn't in school and the couple couldn't notify school officials that their son wouldn't be there that morning.
They went back to bed.
About 8:30 or 9 a.m., Wilson said there was a knock on the door. When he looked through a peephole in the door, he saw an officer.
"I went to pull on my pants and the knob started turning," he said. "I was getting ready to answer the door and he tried to push it open an inch. I was sort of stunned."
Because a younger son tries to escape through the front door, Wilson said he's installed a mechanism that stops the front door from opening completely.
Wilson said the officer then walked by the side of the house and climbed over a fence into the backyard. The officer tried to push open a back door when Wilson said he yelled "What do you want?"
He said the officer said he was at the Wilson home because their son didn't go to school and no one called to say he'd be absent.
Wilson said he didn't understand why the officer didn't identify himself before trying to get into the home.
"There was no noise, no cries for help or 911 calls," he said. "How did he know we were even home?"
Wilson said the officer left.
After thinking about it, Wilson said he felt his privacy rights were violated.
"I felt he could have walked into my home without my consent or knowledge if we weren't home," he said. "That really upset me because I felt that the sanctity of my home as a U.S. citizen had been violated."
However local police officer Joe Humphrey said although law enforcement can open doors during welfare checks, they cannot legally enter a residence without a search warrant unless it's an emergency situation.
After visiting with county and local law enforcement officers about the incident, Wilson said he was frustrated.
He then posted "No trespassing signs" on a back yard fence and signs about how his constitutional rights were violated in the front of his house.
"That's when my sign campaign began because I felt that no one was listening," Wilson said.
About two weeks ago, he took down the large signs in front of his home and later painted over the "No trespassing" words on the back yard fence.
"I finally feel like someone has finally listened to me," Wilson said.
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Café & Kosmos in Munich
Bringing the Universe to the Pub
Munich and its surroundings belong to the most important scientific regions of Germany. In astronomy and astrophysics alone, there are no less than five great research institutes and organisations, as well as several other research groups, which try, in different and complementary ways, to understand the Universe.
For many of us, research is "far away" and happens behind the closed doors of laboratories. Admittedly, there are many science magazines in print or on television and most newspapers have a page about science, but the contact between science and the public is often very indirect. Many scientific institutions organise Open Days, which are a great success, but these take place only once a year at most. Public conferences on scientific themes are also often very successful, but they generally follow the same academic scheme: the scientist speaks and the public listens. Direct exchanges between scientists and the public take seldom place.
With the idea of "Café and Kosmos", ESO and its partners want to bring researchers and non-scientists together, and to do so where people live: in the centre of the city of Munich, and in a pub, a place where communication traditionally takes place: people meet, share their thoughts, discuss business, and debate about big and small things. With Café & Kosmos, we want to give people the chance to speak with scientists about fascinating scientific themes.
Café & Kosmos is a joint initiative between ESO, the Excellence Cluster, and the Max-Planck Institutes for Physics, Astrophysics, and extraterrestrial Physics.
The concept
We want to discuss themes from astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics, and have chosen themes that are also very exciting for non-scientists, such as "what are black holes?", "what do we know about dark matter?", "why did CERN build the LHC?", "what do we know about planets outside our solar system?", and so on.
These and other topics will be discussed in the relaxed atmosphere of a pub once a month on a weekday. The duration of the discussions will be about one hour.
This format is of course not new: in many cities in the world such events are organised, with great success. In autumn 2009, a pilot scheme took place in Garching, with five events, each attended by about 60 to 70 people. The resonance was excellent and encouraged us to make this a regular event in the centre of Munich.
The first of these events took place on 31 May 2010 and then on 5 July 2010, with themes, respectively, about the Large Hadron Collider and exoplanets. Following this, the discussions will take place every first Monday of the month. Later themes will be announced as soon as possible.
In the past Café and Kosmos took place at Café Jasmin and the Vereinsheim. Since autumn 2014 the Café & Kosmos discussions now take place at the Muffatwerk, Zellstr. 4, 81667 Munich. Entrance is free. The discussions are held in German. For more information on the upcoming events, please visit the official website (in German).
Calendar of events
- 26 June 2018: "Das Neutrino auf der Waage" by Prof. Dr. Susanne Mertens (MPP) Read more
- 15 May 2018: "Großbaustelle unter Tage: Wie ein neuer Detektor für Dunkle Materie entsteht" by Dr. Tina Pollmann (TUM) Read more
- 24 April 2018: "Das Belle II-Experiment: Phänomenen jenseits des Standardmodells auf der Spur" by Prof. Dr. Thomas Kuhr (LMU) Read more
- 27 March 2018: "Gamma-Astronomie: Der Blick in die Tiefe des Weltalls" by Dr. Martin Will (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik) Read more
- 20 February 2018: "Und nirgends eine Teflonpfanne: Wissenschaftliche Fragen und Technologie-Entwicklung rund um die Astronomie" by Dr. Frank Grupp (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik) Read more
- 16 January 2018: "Lichtspur des Urknalls" by Prof. Simon White (Max-Planck-Insitut für Astrophysik) Read more
- 19 December 2017: "Neutrinos und der Materieüberschuss - die Suche nach dem neutrinolosen Doppelbetazerfall" by Dr. Béla Majorovits (Max-Planck-Insitut für Physik) Read more
- 15 November 2017: "Kollidierende Neutronensterne - wie Gold, Platin und Uran entstehen" by Prof. Dr. Hans-Thomas Janka (Max-Planck-Insitut für Astrophysik) Read more
- 24 October 2017: "Axionen und Mikrowellen: ein neues Experiment zum Nachweis Dunkler Materie" by Stefan Knirck (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik) Read more
- 04 July 2017: "Interstellare Raumfahrt zu nahen Exoplaneten - ein Traum rückt näher" by Dr. Markus Kissler-Patig (ESO) Read more
- 20 June 2017: "Wie viele Dimensionen hat unsere Welt?" by Dr. Patrick Vaudrevange (TUM) Read more
- 09 May 2017: "ALMA – das weltgrößte Radio-Observatorium" by Dr. Wolfgang Wild (ESO) Read more
- 14 March 2017: "Das Weltraum im Labor" by Dr. Vadim Burwitz (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik) Read more
- 20 February 2017: "Licht ins Dunkel - experimentelle Suche nach Dunkler Materie" by Dr. Raimund Strauss (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik) Read more
- 31 January 2017: "Planeten, entstanden aus Gas und Staub" by Prof. Dr. Barbara Ercolano (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) Read more
- 13 December 2016: "Astronomie vor Kopernikus: Sternkunde in Byzanz" by Alberto Bardi (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) Read more
- 15 November 2016: "Navigation im Weltraum: Pulsare als kosmische Wegweiser" by Mike Georg Bernhardt (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik) Read more
- 10 October 2016: "Gravitationswellen: Beben der Raumzeit" by Ewald Müller (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) Read more
- 20 September 2016: "Dark matters: Ein Einblick in die dunkle Seite des Universums" by Maximilian Totzauer (MPI MPP). Read more
- 19 July 2016: "Sein oder Nichtsein: Existiert Schrödingers Katze?" by Johannes Kofler (MPI MPQ). Read more
- 14 June 2016: "Warum gibt es mehr Materie als Antimaterie?" by Björn Garbrecht (TUM). Read more
- 17 May 2016: "Was uns historische Supernova-Überreste verraten" by Wolfgang Kerzendorf (ESO). Read more
- 12 April 2016: "Wie heiß war der Urknall?" Read more
- 8 March 2016: "Top Quarks - zerbrechliche Giganten der Quantenwelt"
- 2 February 2016: "Die Geheimnisse der Galaxienhaufen"
- 12 January 2016: "Asteroiden - Gefahr aus dem All"
- 8 December 2015: "Kein Leben ohne explodierende Sterne"
- 10 November 2015: "Einblicke in das extreme Universum"
- 20 October 2015: "Was ist Gegenwart?"
- 15 September 2015: "Gravitationswellen: Nachhall des frühen Universums"
- 14 July 2015: "Live-Schaltung zum LHC am CERN: Die Jagd nach neuen Teilchen geht weiter"
- 12 July 2015: Die dunkle Seite des Universums
- 16 June 2015: "Wie die Elemente in die Welt kamen"
- 12 May 2015: "Spuren von Sternexplosionen auf dem Meeresboden"
- 22 April 2015: "Galaktische Nebelhaufen: Die Könige im Universums-Zoo"
- 10 March 2015: "Das weltgrößte Fenster zum Himmel"
- 11 December 2014: "Zündfunke für eine Supernova-Explosion"
- 18 November 2014: "Wie sieht das Innere der Materie aus?"
- 21 October 2014: "CRESST — Licht ins Dunkel der Materie"
- 23 September 2014: "Raumsonde Rosetta — Verabredung mit einem Kometen"
- 29 July 2014: "Die Suche nach der zweiten Erde"
- 6 July 2014: "G2 - eine Wolke auf dem Weg ins schwarze Loch"
- 20 May 2014: "Der Seltsamen Materie auf der Spur"
- 8 April 2014: "Neutrinos: Die Rätsel der himmlischen Botschafter"
- 18 March 2014: "Die kosmische Inflation und der Ursprung des Universums"
- 25 February 2014: "Zwischen den Planeten: Von Asteroiden und Kometen"
- 14 January 2014: "Stringtheorie und Teilchenphysik"
- 3 December 2013: "Die Dunkle Energie - immer noch rätselhaft"
- 12 November 2013: "Black holes: The brightest objects in the Universe" Read more
- 8 October 2013: "Particle accelerators: the next generation" Read more
- 19 September 2013: "HETDEX: A look into the nursery of the Universe" Read more
- 9 July 2013: "The invisible scaffold that supports the Universe" Read more
- 18 June 2013: "Hooray! We found the Higgs boson. So, what's next?" Read more
- 7 May 2013: "Observing the Universe with the Tools of 21st Century Physics" Read more
- 24 April 2013: "How on Earth could terrestrial life survive for so long?" Read more
- 05 February 2013: "What is time?" Read more
- 08 January 2013: "G2: A cloud on its way to the black hole" Read more
- 13 November 2012: "Galactic storms in the infrared universe" Read more
- 11 September 2012: "Ultra-cold neutrons to solve the mystery of antimatter" Read more
- 10 July 2012: "String theory: unde venis et quo vadis?" Read more
- 12 June 2012: "Technology of the future for new X-ray telescopes". Read more
- 15 May 2012: "Digging down into the quantum world". Read more
- 10 April 2012: "The Particle Accelerators of the Future: Larger, Faster, Further". Read more
- 14 March 2012: "The Sun, Sunspots, and Climate Change". Read more
- 08 February 2012: "The Extremely Large Telescope". Read more
- 10 January 2012: "Particle accelerators: In search of new physics". Read more
- 21 December 2011: "Plasma crystal research on the International Space Station". Read more
- 8 November 2011: "Mysterious supernovae — secrets of the most powerful cosmic explosions". Read more
- 11 October 2011: "Dark matter — an underground search for mystery particles". Read more
- 13 September 2011: "From Ghostly Neutrinos to Active Galactic Nuclei: Latest Results in the Field of Astroparticles". Read more
- 12 July 2011: "ALMA, the new radio telscope in the desert". Read more
- 07 June 2011: "Quantum mechanics, on Earth and in space", Dr. Stefan Kluth (Max-Planck Institute for Physics). Read more
- 10 May 2011: "The Dark Traps of Space-time", Dr. Andreas Müller (Excellence Cluster Universe, & TUM), at Vereinsheim. Read more
- 04 April 2011: "What is the Universe?", Dr. Bruno Leibundgut (ESO), at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 14 March 2011: "The Cosmic Microwave Background — looking back to the ancient history of the Universe", at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 07 February 2011: "Dark energy - why is the Universe expanding faster and faster?", Prof. Stefan Hofmann (Excellence Cluster Universe), at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 06 December 2010: "The Secret of Dark Matter", Dr. Georg Raffelt (Max-Planck Institute for Physics), at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 08 November 2010: "At the heart of the Milky Way", Dr. Stefan Gillessen from the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 04 October 2010: "How large is the Universe?", Dr. Wolfram Freudlin from ESO, at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 06 September 2010: "String Theory", Prof. Ilka Brunner & Marco Baumgartl, from the Universe Cluster, at Café Jasmin. Read more
- 02 August 2010: "Black Holes", by Stefan Gillesen from MPE, at Café Jasmin.
- 05 July 2010: "Are we alone in the Universe?", Markus Kissler-Patig from ESO, at Café Jasmin.
- 31 May 2010: "The Big Bang in the Tunnel", Stefan Stonjek from the Max-Planck Institute for Physics, at Café Jasmin.
- Café & Kosmos home page: http://www.cafe-und-kosmos.de/
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Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
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Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
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Explorers Web is reporting that another avalanche has claimed lives in the region, this time on Annapurna.
Details on the accident are still a bit sketchy, but according to ExWeb there were two teams climbing the mountain's North Face this past weekend, one from Russia and another from Uzbekistan. Reportedly the Uzbeks, led by Iljas Tukhvatullin, were attempting the standard route while the Russians were hoping to open a new line to the summit.
Yesterday the Uzbek squad was moving up from Camp 1 to Camp 2 when they were hit by a massive slide of snow and ice at about 3:00 PM local time. Tukhvatullin and climbing partner Ivan Lobanov were both swept away, while a third member of the team managed to escape. After climbing up to C2, that unnamed climber then descended back to C1 to radio for help. Reportedly he has said that the avalanche was not the result of the collapse of serac but instead the entire side of the mountain began to shift and move. ExWeb speculates that an earthquake may have triggered the slide.
According to the article, another team was heading up from Base Camp today to search for survivors. We'll just have to wait and keep our fingers crossed that they could possibly find someone still alive, although that doesn't seem likely at this point.
The 8091 meter (26,545 ft) Annapurna is notorious for its avalanche danger and is considered one of the most dangerous mountains in the world in no small part because of how unstable it can be. I'm sure we'll hear more about this situation in the days ahead, but for now lets up the search and rescue team stays safe as well.
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Monday, October 08, 2012
Himalaya Fall 2012 Update: Avalanche On Annapurna
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Looking for someone to play casual tennis with a few times a week. I live in the Plateau, but I'm not limited to it. I have a pretty flexible schedule (mornings or evenings).
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Hi there. I usually play in NDG an also have a flexible schedule. Are you a she or a he and what's your age?
I'm a "she"in my early 40's...around a level 2...practice about 2-3 times a week but more is welcome!
Let me know...
I'm a 'she' and 22. Where in NDG do you usually play?
I play at Somerled courts. It's $7/hr with my Access Mtl card.
That's a bit too far from me.
I understand. And I find the Plateau a bit too far for me. Enjoy the rest of the summer!
I live in the west island but I can come to the plateau on a weekend if you would like to hit around sometime
Sure. Which court did you have in mind?
Email me at email@example.com and we could work out a location and time
Hey, if you're still looking for someone to play tennis with, let me know. I'm around a level 2.5
Hi there!
Are you still looking for someone to play casual tennis with in the Plateau? I would love to meet up this week (Jeanne Mance courts?) and rally for a while. Are you available?
Yup, I'd be able to play this week. I'd be available this Monday, and either Tues. or Wed., afternoon to early evening.
Is there a metro station close to Jeanne Mance Park or do I have to take my car? (I'm fairly new to the city)
Yo Dude,
No need for directions...I figured out the logistics of getting to those courts. However, I guess those days I suggested don't work for you since I did not get a reply. Maybe another time.
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On October 19, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the "Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998" (FAIR Act). The FAIR Act directs Federal agencies to submit to OMB each year an inventory of all their activities that are performed by Federal employees but are not inherently Governmental (i.e., are commercial).
Below are links to download the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) 1999 Commercial Activities Inventory. The inventory was prepared in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-76, its March 1996 Revised Supplemental Handbook and the FAIR Act. The inventory includes the number of ED Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees performing functions that could be considered commercial in nature. After review by, and consultation with, OMB, the Department is hereby making the inventory available to the public.
There are 28 commercial activity functions listed on ED's 1999 inventory. The FTE numbers in the report reflect ED's staffing level as of September 20, 1999. ED considers the personnel performing these functions as the minimum number of specialized, scientific or technical staff needed in-house to ensure that the Department has the necessary capabilities to fulfill its mission responsibilities or meet emergency requirements.
Several years ago, the Department undertook an aggressive effort to contract out its major activities. Contractors now perform the following activities:
- computer center, network and telecommunications operations;
- debt collection;
- training and development of ED staff;
- student financial assistance services;
- grant proposal review;
- parking services;
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- copy center services;
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- research and special studies.
As a result of its effort to outsource, ED's FTE staff dropped from approximately 7,500 in 1980 to its current level of around 4,965.
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Under Section 3 of the FAIR Act, ED's decision to include or exclude a particular activity from the Commercial Activities Inventory is subject to administrative challenge and, then, possible appeal by an "interested party." Section 3(b) of the FAIR Act defines "interested party" as:
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she's generally a chill, rational person(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19847035)
married for 6 years, 2 kids(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19847136)
When they're not crazy and they're good looking it's a no brainer.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19847158)
His support for "women are between children and men" is "compare children to men". WTF?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19848617)
Intelligent companionship = meh. Unnecessary and counterproductive.
Toughness = who the hell wants a tough chick? That's like wanting a dood. I don't want a girl who's like Hemingway or John Wayne. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19850223)
edit: ok knocked her up one was legit too. different, but legit.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19850342)
A successful marriage has nothing to do with having shit in common, being from similar educational or socioeconomic backgrounds, or even having similar values apart from religious values, if one is so inclined. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19850409)
Example: I could never have married someone who grew up a poor, because their desire for gross material tokens of success is antithetical to my background. Does that mean I automatically excluded all poors? no, just the 99% who lacked my general worldview and educational achievement.
Also, check family and remember that the apple almost NEVER falls too far from the tree(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19850424)
I guess I also understand where you're coming from re: socioeconomic status. But not all poors are like that. I know a few people who grew up in humble situations who have remained down to earth and frugal even despite achieving a good degree of financial success. In this regard I get along much better with a nice girl from a working class background who doesn't strive than with a chick from an upper middle class or lower upper class background who is very socially and professionally ambitious.
But other than those sorts of factors, I don't care about personality all too much. I can get along with most everyone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#19850568)
After our first date we cleared our calendars and hung out non stop except when working. We hadn't spent a free minute apart since meeting. She was hilarious and fun to hang out with. Unlike many of my former girlfriends, my friends loved hanging out with her. We became boyfriend/girlfriend a week after our first date and said 'I love you' by the end of the second.
She introduced me to her entrie extended family after eleven days together. They thought I was great. Her grandmother, the most important woman in her life, immediately liked me. I won over her dad, a former firefighter, when a drunk driver hit her and I made it to the scene within a minute of the police. I told him that she was going to be OK and that I loved her. I asked for his permisson to marry her three weeks later while frying a Thanksgiving turkey. He said yes.
We were married the following March. It's been the best five years of my life. We sit up late at night laughing at one another's jokes, both of us trying to fight off sleep because we're having too much fun. We've faced a lifetime of problems during those five years but all they've done is bring us closer together.
I married this girl because I never have to lie or pretend to be something I'm not. We've got the type of love everybody single hopes they'll find and every couple wishes they had. I married her because it would have been criminal not to. I married her because we've got something truly special.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1859332&forum_id=2#33574474)


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Montverde Academy has dominated high-school basketball under coach Kevin Boyle, claiming three consecutive consensus national championships.
It was only a matter of time before the Lake County boarding school made its mark on the NBA Draft.
That time has come.
Three former Eagles are expected to be selected Thursday night, making the high school the first in Florida to have a trio taken in one NBA Draft.
D'Angelo Russell, spectacular in his one college season as a 6-foot-5 Ohio State guard, expects to be one of the first names called when the draft unfolds live on ESPN, starting at 7 p.m.
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Opinion: Issues
The Pope, the 'La Sapienza' Protests, and the Death of Irony
The sad irony of the recent protests at Rome's La Sapienza University that kept Pope Benedict XVI from speaking there was that they were based entirely on a mistake. Not only was the source of the protests—a 1990 quote about Galileo lifted from a speech given by then Cardinal Ratzinger—taken out-of-context, the statement… READ MORE >
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Sharia Controversy: A Storm in a Teacup
One of the alarming things about the furor over the Archbishop of Canterbury's lecture at the Royal Courts of Justice is how a call to "think a little harder" about a complex and important issue in our society has resulted in the exact opposite: a lot of people thinking less and shouting louder. The newspapers and other media have led… READ MORE >
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The Puzzling Pope: Six Surprising Things About Benedict XVI
"The head of the CDF has to draw lines, level punishments and basically talk tough, a role that Ratzinger seemed to relish, but one that won him epithets like God's Rottweiller and the old standby, the Panzerkardinal. But now that Cardinal Ratzinger is Pope Benedict, he knows better than anyone that he is also the chief pastor of the church. There can be no 'Panzerpope.' His job is to be the good cop, a symbol of unity who tries to encourage people to live their faith more deeply. As he told a dinner companion about his new role: 'It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.'" READ MORE >
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Open Doors at St. Stephen Martyr
I'm comfortably settled in DC at the church of Saint Stephen Martyr on Pennsylvania Ave, and my particular thanks go to Br. Hugh Vincent Dyer (a fellow Godspy contributor) for his generous hospitality. As I entered the parish office I received a warm welcome from Msgr. Filardi, the pastor, but could sense that my arrival was a shade anticlimactic.… READ MORE >
Beyond Politics at the White House: What the Pope said, and what he didn't say
As I listened to Pope Benedict XVI's speech at the White House this morning, I thought of a very wise statement about God: "He loves us just the way we are, but he loves us too much to let us stay that way." All popes follow this method, the one established by Jesus: Communicate unconditional love specifically to every person and nation,… READ MORE >
Opinion: Faith
The Pope's Birthday Party
11:50. am In roughly fifteen minutes the popemobile will pass by. I walked down Pennsylvania Ave. towards the White House this morning and the mood is electric. Thousands of people line the sidewalk behind the barricades, holding aloft the Vatican flag and chanting "Viva il Papa!" Praise music is the soundtrack (and lots of 'Happy Birthdays'):… READ MORE >
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Close to Benedict at the Basilica
9:30 pm. I'm beat and a more than a bit sunburned after a day spent in hot pursuit of the popemobile through Washington D.C. This afternoon I was on the campus of Catholic University, where Pope Benedict arrived at around 5:30 to attend Vespers and address the US Catholic bishops in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.… READ MORE >
Opinion: Faith
How the Media is Missing the Pope's Radical Critique of American Religion
I sometimes think that Catholic theology operates on a super high frequency that just doesn't register on some people's hearing. That's the conclusion I came to when I read veteran NY Times Vatican-beat reporter Alessandra Stanley's summing up of the papal visit so far. Comparing it to Prince Charles' second wedding to Camilla Parker… READ MORE >
Opinion: Faith
With the Pope at Nationals Park
1:30 p.m. I'm just back to St. Stephen Martyr from the Pope's mass at Nationals Park. Without a ticket to get inside the stadium, I watched the mass on a giant TV screen set-up just outside the security gates. (My homemade sign reading "Prayers for a Ticket" didn't land me any supernatural luck – just what I get for trying to use… READ MORE >
Opinion: Faith
Reflections on the Pope as he is about to speak at the United Nations
When I first heard that Cardinal Ratzinger had been elected to the papacy, my reaction was, "Good. We're going to stick it to the liberals!" There had been so much discussion following John Paul II's death about whether the Church would now accommodate herself to the secular city via women's ordination, etc., that I could… READ MORE >
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Benedict's Discomforting Message
"Benedict directly challenged an assumption so many Americans make about religion: that it is a matter of private devotion with few public implications. Not true, said the pope. 'Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted,' he told the country's Catholic bishops Wednesday. 'Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the Gospel.' That is a demanding and unsettling standard for the right and the left alike... This is the thinking of a communitarian counseling against radical individualism... Perhaps it is the task of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to bring discomfort to a people so thoroughly shaped by modernity, as we Americans are. If so, Benedict is succeeding." READ MORE >
Opinion: Faith
Following Christ in the Footsteps of Peter
I am not a morning person, but this morning I extracted myself from the warmth of slumber at 4:30. I dragged myself to the shower and groggily went out into the chill. My destination was Annunciation Parish in Northwest Washington. There a happy party of about 100 waited to board buses to go to the residence of the Vatican nuncio. We were… READ MORE >


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42 U.S. Code § 300d–73 - Maintenance of the poison control center grant program
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(a) Authorization of program
The Secretary shall award grants to poison control centers accredited under subsection (c) (or granted a waiver under subsection (d)) and professional organizations in the field of poison control for the purposes of preventing, and providing treatment recommendations for, poisonings and complying with the operational requirements needed to sustain the accreditation of the center under subsection (c).
(b) Additional uses of funds
In addition to the purposes described in subsection (a), a poison center or professional organization awarded a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under such subsection may also use amounts received under such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement—
(1) to research, establish, implement, and evaluate best practices in the United States for poison prevention, poison control center outreach, and emergency and preparedness programs;
(2) to research, develop, implement, revise, and communicate standard patient management guidelines for commonly encountered toxic exposures;
(3) to improve national toxic exposure surveillance by enhancing cooperative activities between poison control centers in the United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(4) to research, improve, and enhance the communications and response capability and capacity of the nation's network of poison control centers to facilitate increased access to the centers through the integration and modernization of the current poison control centers communications and data system, including enhancing the network's telephony, Internet, data and social networking technologies;
(5) to develop, support, and enhance technology and capabilities of professional organizations in the field of poison control to collect national poisoning, toxic occurrence, and related public health data;
(6) to develop initiatives to foster the enhanced public health utilization of national poison data collected by organizations described in paragraph (5);
(c) Accreditation
Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may award a grant to a poison control center under subsection (a) only if—
(1) the center has been accredited by a professional organization in the field of poison control, and the Secretary has approved the organization as having in effect standards for accreditation that reasonably provide for the protection of the public health with respect to poisoning; or
(d) Waiver of accreditation requirements
(1) In general
The Secretary may grant a waiver of the accreditation requirements of subsection (c) with respect to a nonaccredited poison control center that applies for a grant under this section if such center can reasonably demonstrate that the center will obtain such an accreditation within a reasonable period of time as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(e) Supplement not supplant
Amounts made available to a poison control center under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State or local funds provided for such center.
(f) Maintenance of effort
A poison control center, in utilizing the proceeds of a grant under this section, shall maintain the expenditures of the center for its activities at a level that is not less than the level of expenditures maintained by the center for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is received.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $28,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. The Secretary may utilize an amount not to exceed 6 percent of the amount appropriated under this preceding sentence in each fiscal year for coordination, dissemination, technical assistance, program evaluation, data activities, and other program administration functions, which are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for carrying out the program under this section.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1273, as added Pub. L. 108–194, § 3,Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2889; amended Pub. L. 110–377, § 5(a),Oct. 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 4065; Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a),Jan. 24, 2014, 128 Stat. 644.)
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(1), substituted "accredited" for "certified" and "accreditation" for "certification".
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(A), substituted "research, establish, implement," for "establish".
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(C), added par. (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(B), redesignated par. (4) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (6).
Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(B), (D), redesignated par. (5) as (6) and substituted "paragraph (5)" for "paragraph (4)". Former par. (6) redesignated (7).
Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(B), redesignated par. (6) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (8).
Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(2)(B), (E), redesignated par. (7) as (8) and substituted "and Internet communications, and to sustain and enhance the poison control center's network capability to respond" for "and respond".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(3), substituted "Accreditation" for "Certification" in heading and "accredited" for "certified" and "accreditation" for "certification" in pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(4)(A), substituted "accreditation" for "certification" in heading.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(4)(B), substituted "the accreditation" for "the certification", "a nonaccredited" for "a noncertified", and "an accreditation" for "a certification".
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(4)(C), substituted "exceed—" for "exceed 5 years. The preceding sentence shall take effect as of October 8, 2008." and added subpars. (A) and (B).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(5), substituted "for its activities" for "for activities of the center".
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(a)(6), added subsec. (g) and struck out former subsec. (g) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2014 and limited the amount allowed to be spent on certain administrative functions.
2008—Pub. L. 110–377amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to awarding of grants to certified regional poison control centers and additional uses of appropriated funds by Secretary and authorized appropriations for fiscal years 2000 through 2009.
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Pub. L. 113–77, § 4(b),Jan. 24, 2014, 128 Stat. 646, provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 24, 2014] and shall apply to grants made on or after October 1, 2014."
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–377, § 5(b),Oct. 8, 2008, 122 Stat. 4067, provided that: "The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall be effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 8, 2008] and shall apply to grants made on or after January 1, 2009."
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John Fallon
always knew that he wanted to be in the arts from an early age, with his grand collection of movies, his unique artistic renderings, his many writings and his lauded performances in theatre school productions. After spending two years at
Montmorency College
learning the technical aspects of filmmaking, and another three years perfecting his craft as an actor through
John Abbott Colleges
professional theater program (from which he graduated with honors), he was on his way.
His versatility as an actor has been tested in many divergent roles including a journalist/host for 26 episodes on TVs
, a neo-nazi in a stage play entitled
Edith Stein
, a partygoer on a major
commercial campaign, a vulnerable derelict in the feature film
, Bucky the jailbird with an attitude on the popular TV series
Big Wolf on Campus
, a mercenary in the movie
Deadly Scavengers
and his most recent appearance as the mime in the upcoming Katie Holmes film entitled
John continued his trend of successful multi-tasking by writing several screenplays, acting in various TV and movie roles, and operating one of the most successful horror movie review websites on the Net called
Arrow In The Head
through which he interviewed many entertainment personalities, including directors Paul Anderson (Event Horizon, Stuart Gordon (re-Animator),writers Don Mancini (Childs Play), Wayne Powers (Deep Blue Sea), Todd Farmer (Jason X), as well as actors Christopher Lambert (Highlander), Andrew Divoff (Air Force One) Mila Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Asia Argento (XXX), amongst many others. Four hundred reviews and millions of site visitors later, John was accepted into the horror community with open arms, by many of its most respected inhabitants.
After previously penning five scripts of his own, John was eventually given his first official writing assignment for a
Tele Cine Taurus
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Lone Knight
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The Red Hours
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John Fallon
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John Fallons
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Coassin registered two points while playing in his hometown (photo courtesy Steve Babineau).
HAMDEN, Conn.—The Harvard men's hockey team scored three times in barely four minutes to tie the score late in the second period, but Quinnipiac's Ben Arnt netted his second goal of the game early in the third to lift the Bobcats to a 5-4 win Saturday night at TD Bank Sports Center.
Colin Moore, Rence Coassin and Alex Killorn scored late in the second to tie the score at 4-4, but Arnt's goal from Russell Goodman gave the lead back to the Bobcats (7-4-1, 3-2-1 ECAC Hockey). Eric Hartzell protected that lead by making 10 of his 28 saves in the third period.
Conor Morrison also scored for Harvard (2-4-0, 2-4-0), while Ryan Carroll made 24 saves in a relief appearance. Coassin and Moore each registered a goal and an assist. Quinnipiac held a 38-32 shots advantage.
The first half of the opening period was full of end-to-end action, but neither team got on the board until a Quinnipiac power-play goal at 10:21. The Crimson entered the game with the nation's top penalty-killing percentage, but John Dunbar deflected in a shot for the Bobcats with the man advantage. Juri Bouharevich doubled the lead just 40 seconds later at even strength, skating up the right side and taking a shot that deflected off a Harvard defender and into the net.
Harvard got a goal back in the final minute of the period with Morrison's first tally of the season. Danny Biega had the initial shot from the left point, and Marshall Everson threw the rebound back to the net as he skated toward the left corner. Morrison came in from the right to put away the rebound. The Crimson held an 11-10 advantage in first-period shots.
The Bobcats took control, 4-1, on goals by Arnt and Kellen Jones in the first half of the second period, but the Crimson evened the score with a big comeback. Moore started the rally by putting away the rebound of a Michael Del Mauro shot at the 15:44 mark, after Coassin dumped the puck into the left corner to start the play.
Quinnipiac hoped to stem the tide with a power play, but Coassin turned the tables with a shorthanded goal. It came on the rush after Dan Ford moved the puck out of the corner of the defensive zone to Coassin, who passed across to Moore on the right side. Moore shot from the circle, and Coassin banged in the rebound off the right pad of Hartzell. Killorn knotted the score at 4-4 with just 14.6 seconds left in the period. He beat Hartzell from low on the left side after Eric Kroshus won the puck in the corner and Michael Biega passed out front.
Carroll, who entered the game after Quinnipiac's third goal, made 18 saves in the second period, including an outstanding right-to-left slide and split to rob Jones. Kyle Richter finished with nine saves.
Arnt gave scored the winning goal at 5:12 of the third period. Harvard held a 10-7 shots edge in the frame and looked for another late rally. The Crimson got plenty of pressure, but Hartzell was up to the task. His best and most important save of the night came in the final minute, when he reached back over his left leg to make a seemingly impossible glove stop on Everson.


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Teen tunes up for big time at U17 champs
ALEXANDRA Headland teenager Alyssa Bull has a reputation on the rise - but her ego remains grounded.
Next month the 16-year-old will compete against the best ironwomen in the country when the Nutri-Grain national series starts in Perth.
On Saturday she will compete against the state's best under-17 surf lifesavers at the Interbranch Championships at Sunshine Beach.
In the process she hopes to help steer the Sunshine Coast to a fifth consecutive title in the junior carnival.
Bull will use the event as a tune-up for her debut Nutri-Grain series, which she qualified for after finishing second at the series' trials at Tugun in September.
Her progression from junior to senior events has been eye-catching. And she again showed what a burgeoning force she is by finishing fourth in a crack open ironwoman field at last Sunday's Maroochy Surf Classic.
Currently finishing Year 11 at Siena Catholic College, she thrashed the under-19 field on debut at October's Coolangatta Gold.
Bull knows her appearance in the six-round Nutri-Grain series - which begins at Perth on December 23 - will be watched with interest. She is attempting to shield herself from the weight of expectation and pressure of racing against her idols.
"I'm very excited about the next few months," she said.
"I think I said before that I'm not putting any pressure on myself.
"Making the series - for me, I've already won, I feel. So whatever happens after this is a bonus (but) obviously I'm going to race hard and try my best."
Bull said another lure of competing in the Interbranch Championships was the chance to be a teammate of girls from rival clubs who she normally raced against.
The championships recommenced five years ago, meaning the Sunshine Coast has won it every year.
The other 49-member branches are Queensland Country, South Coast and Point Danger.
Top athletes to compete at the event include Jordan Mercer and Teisha Jenkins.
"It really is a breeding ground for tomorrow's superstars," Sunshine Coast team manager and selector Craig Law said.
>> Surf facts
- Surf Life Saving Queensland Interbranch Championships
- Pool rescue events held at Noosa Aquatic Centre tomorrow
- Beach and ocean events held at Sunshine Beach on Saturday
- Sunshine Coast going for fifth straight win
- The other branches are Queensland Country, South Coast and Point Danger
- Each branch has 49 members


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Few words in the English language set off alarm bells like the word "audit." The good news is there are ways to reduce the likelihood the Internal Revenue Service will tag you for an audit. Nevertheless, if a letter from the IRS does appear in your mailbox, don't panic.
Statistically, the IRS only audits about one percent of taxpayers with incomes under $200,000, according to the tax experts at the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants. There are red flags that can raise the likelihood you'll be audited, however.
Here is a helpful tip to protect yourself against an audit:
Do avoid math errors. Believe it or not, the biggest reason people receive letters from the IRS is simple addition or subtraction mistakes. Math errors rarely lead to a full audit, but you should still double-check your math before you send in your return.


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Elevations completely change the rules. You do not use antisyphon valves to feed lines that flow to points uphill. Also, in any event, you do not install check valves downstream of antisyphon valves.
The equipment shown in the photo screams Amateur Hour to me.
Thursday, November 1st 2012, 1:06pm
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Why is the filter so low to the ground? It's only a couple of inches from the lateral line.
Are the pipes only 3 inches under the ground or are you going to bury the filter? Or both. Does the dripline require a pressure reducer? Where is it?
You already have anti-syphon valves. You don't need those black things at all. He might have those things in there because the valves are lower than the sprinklers and maybe the black things will keep the valves from draining too much. They look like they're in a good location for draining though. Oops I guess I did comment on the height difference. I'm still not going to say they're not up to code because of the height of the valves.
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Into the desert
Dr Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia
Historical Interpretation series, 5 September 2007
Desert archaeologist Mike Smith on his expedition into the remote southern Simpson Desert in South Australia. Mike recalls the thrill of discovering ancient fossil remains, working with camels and a helicopter rescue for an injured expeditioner.
Historical Interpretation series
- Writing Captain Cook symposiumProfessor Geoffrey Blainey, Jackie French, Susan Hall, Dr Maria Nugent and Martin Terry
- Rugged Beyond Imagination: Stories from an Australian mountain regionMatthew Higgins, National Museum of Australia
- Food and space: the Australian nation in the British EmpireDr Adele Wessell, Southern Cross University
- Irish in AustraliaDr Richard Reid, National Museum of Australia and Brendon Kelson
- History in the bakingDr Adele Wessell, Southern Cross University
- Environmental history beyond the ivory towerDr Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia
- The Port of AranMichael Gibbons
- Ninety years ago on a French hillside: a story of Mont St QuentinDr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
- Into the west: Torres Strait Islander railway workers, migration and belongingDr Shino Konishi, Australian National University
- Moving stories: women's lives, British women and the postwar Australian dreamProfessor Alistair Thomson, Monash University
- Outback archive: unorthodox historical recordsDr Darrell Lewis, National Museum of Australia
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While there are no details as to its content, a free Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo is scheduled for release next week on PSN (Jan. 10, 2012) and Xbox Live (Jan. 11, 2012).
The Historia Crux, a new and important gameplay system of Final Fantasy XIII-2, enables the player to travel through time to affect the past, present and future.
The Final Fantasy XIII-2 collector's edition will be available in limited quantities at GameStop, Amazon and Best Buy for $79.99. Enclosed in premium packaging featuring artwork by Yoshitaka Amano, the collector's edition boasts an impressive 4-disc official soundtrack and a collection of concept artwork. The full-color concept art collection contains material from the making of Final Fantasy XIII-2, with a variety of never-before-seen illustrations, environments and more.
For the first time in a Final Fantasy game, the player has the ability to capture monsters for use in future battles. Each monster has a specific role to play in combat, and there are more than 150 to collect, each with their own special attacks. As with the main party members, monsters can be developed and leveled up.
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