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Green-car startup Fisker Automotive named former General Motors Co and Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS> marketing executive Joel Ewanick as interim chief commercial officer, Fisker said on Monday.
Ewanick was ousted as the global marketing chief at GM in July after serving in that position for a little more than two years.
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Fisker recently hired Ewanick as a marketing consultant and he will remain a consultant even as he takes over as the chief commercial officer, a company spokesman said.
Ewanick will replace Richard Beattie, who is retiring.
Tony Posawatz, Fisker Automotive's chief executive, said "as we seek to appoint a long-term successor, there is no one better than Joel, with his wealth of motor industry experience and knowledge to guide us through this interim period. I am delighted to welcome him to the Fisker team."
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UW Agricultural Honor Society Honors Top Students, State Veterinarian
Top University of Wyoming agricultural students were honored, and state veterinarian Jim Logan of Riverton received Gamma Sigma Delta's Outstanding Agriculturalist Award, at the organization's recent annual meeting. Gamma Sigma Delta is the international honor society of agriculture.
Receiving outstanding student awards, their hometowns and majors in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, were:
Outstanding Freshman Female -- McKensie Harris, Laramie, animal and veterinary sciences (ANVS).
Outstanding Freshman Male -- Shane Bell, Winnemucca, Nev., ecosystem science and management (ESM).
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Logan was a practicing veterinarian in the Riverton area for more than 20 years, and has served as Wyoming state veterinarian for more than 11 years.
"Jim genuinely has producers' best interests in mind at all times," says Dannele Peck, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, during her award presentation.
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"Besides his involvement with many agriculturally oriented organizations here in Wyoming, Jim also serves as chairman of various committees for national organizations," he says. "These organizations support and protect our livestock producers from the effects of several livestock diseases, and having Jim's close involvement serves to keep Wyoming's interests front and center."


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Seven Sweet Scoops: Luke Kennard Recruiting Battle, Rashad Vaughn Drawing Scrutiny, and MorePosted by Sean Moran on December 20th, 2013
Seven Sweet Scoops is a weekly column by Sean Moran, the RTC recruiting guru. Once a week he will bring you seven notes from the high-stakes world of college basketball recruiting. We also encourage you to check out his contributions at The Intentional Foul, dedicated to recruiting coverage and analysis. You can also follow Sean at his Twitter account @Seanmohoops for up-to-date news from the high school and college hoops scene. If you have any suggestions as to areas we are missing or different things you would like to see, please let us know at email@example.com.
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1. Recruiting Battle Heating Up For Two-Sport Star
Last week, five-star shooting guard Luke Kennard scored 51 points in front of Thad Matta. This past Tuesday he went for 37 points in front of John Beilein. Despite just beginning his junior season, Kennard has already seen his fair share of recruiting attention in both basketball and football. The 6'4" guard is currently ranked as the No. 4 shooting guard and No. 15 overall player in the class of 2015 but was also named first-team All-State for his quarterback play. The Ohio native is currently averaging 40 points per game and in August was named as one of Reebok's top 25 most dynamic athletes. Louisville offered him a football scholarship, but Kennard has received offers from the nation's elite in basketball as well. In addition to Ohio State and Michigan, he is being heavily recruited by Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana, UNC, Duke, Florida and Michigan State.
2. Vaughn Recruitment Drawing Scrutiny
Five-star senior shooting guard Rashad Vaughn is one of three remaining Top 100 prospects in the class of 2014. The No. 2 shooting guard in the country and No. 13 prospect overall recently left his home state of Minnesota to play his senior season at basketball powerhouse Findlay Prep (NV). Now his hometown newspaper, the Star Tribune, is questioning the role of Vaughn's mentor, Pete Kaffey. As noted in the article, Kaffey, 27, began a mentoring role when Vaughn was a fifth-grader. Last year, Kaffey spent the season as an assistant coach at Vaughn's high school, Robbinsdale Cooper (MN) High and also accompanied Vaughn on various unofficial visits to colleges and AAU tournaments and camps throughout the summer. When he decided to transfer he chose Findlay Prep, a program well known "as a pipeline for NBA talent" and also a school that happened to have an assistant coaching position waiting for Kaffey. While there are no allegations of wrongdoing at this time, it will be interesting to see where the 6'5" scorer lands and if Kaffey ends up working in some capacity on the college staff. Right now Vaughn is expected to narrow his college list down to five finalists which will include UNLV and Iowa State along with possibly UNC, Kentucky, Minnesota or Kansas.


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Manchester school board sends two budgets to aldermenBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 12. 2013 12:18AM
School Committee Roll Calls on BudgetThose voting against the larger budget were Mayor Ted Gatsas, and board
members Christopher Stewart, Dave Wihby, Debra Gagnon Langton and Roger Beauchamp.
Those voting in favor of the budget were board members Sarah Ambrogi, Dave Gelinas, Jason Cooper, Kathy Staub, John Avard, Art Beaudry, Erika
Connors, Donna Soucy, Ted Rokas and Roy Shoults.
Those voting for the tax cap budget were Gatsas, and board members
Stewart, Wihby, Beauchamp. Ambrogi, Cooper, Connors, Shoults and Rokas.
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MANCHESTER - The Board of School Committee voted Monday to send two budgets to the aldermen, one totaling $159 million and the other a tax cap budget of $155.7 million.
The board also voted to approve a $2.8 million bond for new technology and teacher training.
The bond money enabled the board to subtract roughly $800,000 from the $160 million budget originally proposed by Superintendent Thomas Brennan as the minimum amount required to meet state standards.
The budget votes mirror the action taken by the board last year, when it sent two budgets to the aldermen in order to comply with the tax cap.
The board voted 10-5 in support of the larger budget. The vote for the tax cap budget was 9-6.
School board member Sarah Ambrogi was among the yes votes, but she described it as a "feel good" motion.
"If we do present a higher number," she said, "I think it would be appropriate to talk about more than minimum standards with the aldermen. We've never had discussions about results."
Board member Christopher Stewart said he could not vote for a larger budget without stronger guarantees that student achievement would improve.
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Brennan said he couldn't guarantee improvements in test scores with the larger budget.
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Colombiana: Unrated (US - BD RA)
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Luc Besson has made a depressing habit of writing and producing interchangeable action films for way too long now. I haven't found anything interesting about his productions since Danny the Dog ( Unleashed), and I'm no longer willing to excuse these utterly mediocre films on the minor merit of a handful of good performances. Besson has the influence and cash to take risks with unique films (like Nil by Mouth and a handful of other films he's lent his credibility to between mediocrities) that don't fit so snuggly into the template he already designated for himself back when he directed good films. Colombiana doesn't just represent another entry in the seemingly never ending thread of mediocre shoot 'em ups, it represents his refusal to fully commit either way in regards to revisiting his earlier successes, namely La Femme Nakita and Leon: The Professional. Fans have been clamoring for an official sequel to Leon forever now (it's been so long I'm not sure I care anymore personally), and for whatever reason Besson lost his nerve (probably disinterest on Nathalie Portman's part), and restructured the Leon sequel script with Robert Mark Kamen to create something entirely generic outside of its passing reference to Latin culture. I can't imagine that even the die-hard fans were particularly happy with the final result.
Story-wise Colombiana is exactly the kind of interchangeable/predictable mish-mash I assumed it would be. It's obvious that this started as a sequel to Leon, and the changes made to set it apart have been snagged from classic sources, as well as Tarantino's ode-du-revenge Kill Bill, not to mention how much it has in common with DC Comic's Huntress' origin story (or at least one of her several origin stories). Zoë Saldana plays an adult Cataleya Restrepo, who as a child watched both her gangster parents murdered by an evil Columbian drug lord Don Luis' (Beto Benites) minions, including stone cold killer Marco (Jordi Mollà). After escaping certain death, Cataleya takes a trip to Chicago, where she's raised by her criminal uncle Emilio (Cliff Curtis) to be a stone cold killer herself. Bloody vengeance, and not much else, ensues.
Besides the lack of novelty, there's also a startling lack of sense in Colombiana. It's easy enough to suspend one's disbelief when it comes to B-action, but there are dumbfounding lapses in logic, especially during the rushed first act. For example, during pursuit Marco demands that his thugs take Cataleya alive, only to unload a clip in her general direction a few minutes later. Then Uncle Emilio randomly shoots up a car in front of a busy elementary school to prove a point to little Cataleya about…um…violence? The less said about the manner that the FBI stumbles into Cataleya's identity later in the film, the better. This all adds up to zero emotional involvement with the characters besides what the actors bring to the table, and a rather wearisome plot line. As per the norm casting remains Besson's strongest asset and despite very weak characterizations, most of the cast brings at least an iota of charm to the table. Cliff Curtis and Lennie James are the only elements that feel entirely wasted, but I'm also generally disappointed by Saldana, who really needs to step up in terms of her choices following well earned accolades for Star Trek and Avatar. Cataleya is less a character and more of a sex symbol. A really skinny sex symbol, in a really bad mood. I'm sure in better/more thoughtful hands this killer doll angle would be appropriately exploited, but here Saldana comes across as generally boring – especially her time-wasting romance with Michael Vartan.
Most of Besson's lasting fans probably won't care about the lack of story intrigue, and will be much more curious about the scope of director Olivier Megaton's action chops. Megaton has obvious talent, and fills out his quota of sweeping establishing shots, graceful ass shots, and frenetic action like a true-blue Besson Machine cog, but I can't imagine him transcending the Machine anytime soon (his next film is a sequel to the bizarrely beloved Taken). The action is properly staged, but massively over-cut to the point of nonsense. It appears there is tangible geography to the set-ups, but Megaton and editor Camille Delamarre kill the rhythm over and over again with dizzying angle changes. The bigger issue outside the chaotic editing, which does, on occasion, create a sense of intensity, is the fact that we've seen all of this stuff before – in other Luc Besson productions. The first real action scene we get is yet another foot chase across a Latin American slum's rooftops, and from here things follow a similarly predictable trajectory. The climax falls to the usual folly of excessive slo-mo, and steals intermittently from The Matrix and The Bourne Ultimatum (points for a cool final blow, however). I have not seen the original theatrical cut of the film, which was rated (as I understand) a rather rough PG-13. This unrated version seems too bloody for PG-13, but isn't excessively R-rated either. I assume that the film was made with the PG-13 in mind, and simply trimmed a few frames here and there when they pushed the rating too far.
Colombiana comes to Blu-ray in full 1080p HD video, and is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen. Director Olivier Megaton and cinematographer Romain Lacourbas shot this film using traditional 35mm film, and in general embraces the format's grittier nature. The colour palette is made up largely of bright, harsh yellows, offset by cool greens and light blues (inside/night is blue/green, outside/day is yellow/orange). Yes, generally speaking, this is yet another case of orange and teal digital grading overuse, but it looks pretty good. The red highlights are also perfectly clear, without any noticeable low-level noise or blocking. Contrast levels are quite impressive, especially the bottomless, mostly consistent blacks, though the whites are so blown-out the edges on the details in daylight sequences tend to disappear into a fog. The darkest sequences show a lot more grain, but it remains consistent and never shows major signs of compression. Details are uniformly pretty sharp, though the stylistic choices (blown-out whites, heavy blacks, shallow focus) keep it from being 'top of the pops' great. Edge enhancement isn't an issue, but there are occasional shimmering effects in wide-angle cityscapes.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 sound mix is about as heavily stylized as one would expect from a Besson produced/Megaton directed motion picture. One might even say that the sound design, though not particularly original, is the film's strongest consistent element. Following a surprisingly stoic shootout, the films first chase kicks into gear, complete with aggressive musical score, trampling footsteps, breaking wood, revving motorcycle engines, and generic/abstract camera 'whoosh' sounds. This sequence features big dynamic range and plenty of directional support. Later the designers show off their more subtle talents as Saldana sneaks about a police station triggering subtle noises, which cut nicely against more throbby, LFE heavy music. The rest of the mix follows this lead, and is spiked by a few large-scale explosions and a rather noisy climatic battle. Nathaniel Méchaly's score is actually quite good, surprisingly enough. There aren't many hummable bars, and the non-action cues verge on sappy, but the more boisterous stuff has a strong and unique quality.
The fluffy extras start Colombiana: The Making Of (25:00, HD). This relatively informative EPK features interviews with director Olivier Megaton, stunt coordinator Michel Julienne, actors Amandla Stenberg, Zoe Saldana and Michael Vartan, stuntman Christophe Roblin, and cinematographer Romain Lacourbas, and covers the various locations the production utilized, along with stunts, story elements, characters, weapons training, Megaton's direction, and features some rehearsal footage and storyboards. Cataleya's Journey (9:30, HD) features Megaton, Saldana, Lennie James, Jesse Borrego, and Stenberg talking up the character and performances. It includes some of the same footage seen on the previous EPK. Assassins (11:50, HD) is really more of the same, featuring the same interview subjects against the same backdrops, with more focus on the cast overall. Training a Killer (6:00, HD) is, again, more of the same, with focus placed on the fight styles used in the film. Take the Ride (7:50, HD) finishes the EPKs off with even more of the same, and a re-jiggered focus onto the international cast and crew. The disc also features trailers for Sony releases.
Colombiana threatens to come together in the third act by presenting a somewhat novel twist on the usual vigilante/cop team-up and upping the stakes, but the lack of compelling characters and the dulled bite of an intended PG-13 rating keep things at a thoroughly mediocre level. The heavily stylized photography looks as sharp, vibrant, and grainy as intended, the DTS-HD audio track is superb, and the extras are a repetitive bore.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th December 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, French, Portuguese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and English ADT
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Colombiana: The Making Of, Cataleya's Journey, Assassins, Training A Killer, Take the Ride, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Zoe Saldana, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis, Michael Vartan
Genre: Action
Length: 111 minutes
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It then starts up, and when it came to the screen saying "Windows XP" and the three little blue bars scrolling scross the screen, it just sat there. Hmm, well it sat for a while so I shut it down. Start the laptop back up, and it tells me how it shut down imporperly.... OK, start normally. Nothing again, same thing.
I then shut down again, and tell it to revert back to when things were working.... It said this before booting up so I said OK go back to before there was a problem. Well it's on the same damn screen again showing the blue bars and no HD activity at all.
It's not hardware. Linux boots up fine.
Has anyone EVER seen this before? It just sits there saying it's booting up Windows with the bars scrolling, and sits there.
It booted into safe mode and I'm doing a restore to a few days ago right now. So right now it's restoring.... Hopefully this work. Can't understand why it did this..... There were no crashes, nothing. Can't think of a reason for it.
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I have a 7 1/2 week old baby, born full term, no problems, except I was given a nipple shield in the hospital because he wouldn't latch, I freaked out, and the nurses suggested it. (There is no LC at our hospital) The main reason I think he needed it at first was my flat nipples (??). It worked very well, I seemed to have a huge supply, and the only downside was the inconvenience of dragging the shield everywhere, having to boil it, etc. LO has gained very well, going from 6 lb. 12 oz at birth to 9 lb 7 oz at 5 weeks.
Well, I seem to have finally weaned him from the shield! At first it was "yippee," as I wanted to wait to offer a bottle of breastmilk until he could latch effectively without the shield. So I started pumping once or twice a day for the past couple days. The first day I got 3 oz, and yesterday I only got 1 oz, and only a few drips after I'd fed him. SO...that got me worried about my milk supply.
A few days ago, when I was first having success weaning from the shield, he seemed to want to eat constantly and my nipples were in agony. My thought=growth spurt. I use the nipple sandwich technique and he seems to have a good latch. The pain went away shortly.
Now yesterday the pain came back with a vengeance and I was barely able to sleep last night because of my sore nipples, along with the fact he wanted to nurse every hour. In defeat, I finally resorted to using the shield. Otherwise I'd cry out in pain, remove him and try to reposition him, he'd fall asleep, and wake up crying in a few minutes. He has also pooped less and been more gassy last night and today so far.
I have been drinking huge amounts of water and started "Mother's Milk" tea to make sure it's not a supply problem, too!!
So, in short:
1. Does weaning from the shield cause nipple pain at first?
2. Could my milk supply be being negatively affected by weaning from the shield?
3. I thought pumping would increase supply. Could it be decreasing it? I don't want to do anything to jeopardize my supply!!
On top of all that my MIL called the other day with a bunch of snarky comments on breastfeeding (her daughter is exclusively formula feeding her baby). Ugh. I was stupid enough to invite her to stop over and I'm afraid she's gonna show up unannounced in the midst of my agony!


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"The front, which moved through our area late last week, dried out our local atmosphere enough so that we can declare with reasonable confidence that the dry season has indeed started," said meteorologist Robert Molleda.
In contrast to the wet season, when afternoon thunderstorms flare up almost daily, the five-month dry season is characterized by low rain chances and cooler weather. It also is when wildfires are most likely to erupt.
The rainy season, meanwhile, was a bit wetter than normal.
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Since many employees have expressed interest in the status of the Golden Handshake, I thought you would like to know that at its meeting on March 22 the Board of Trustees passed the following resolution:
Resolved, By the Board of Trustees of The California State University, that in accordance with Chapter 680, Statutes of 1982, it elects to exercise the provisions of Education Code Section 22731 and Government Code Section 20816, contingent upon the receipt of necessary authorizations consistent with provisions of the law and the Executive Order; and be it further
Resolved, That the staff be directed to develop and submit, in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order No. B-102-82, the necessary supporting materials for a fiscal review of the CSU's participation in the program; and be it further
Resolved, That the 120-day period during which retirements under this program shall be effective will be from April 18, 1983 to August 15, 1983.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's Supreme Court sided with local fishermen who contend a coal-fired power complex harms ocean life and pollutes their community, but the judges stopped short of ordering a suspension and left it to environmental authorities to decide if operations can continue.
The ruling on the Bocamina complex released Friday was another in a series of blows to big power projects in energy-strapped Chile, where concerns over environmental issues have been rising.
In December, an appeals court halted the 350-megawatt Bocamina II part of the complex owned by Endesa Chile in the southern Bio Bio region, citing harm to fishermen's livelihood.
The 128-megawatt Bocamina I plant was allowed to keep running. But the Supreme Court said the whole complex should shut down unless officials determine the water-cooling system doesn't threaten or hurt marine life.
The company can only operate the Bocamina I and II thermoelectric plants if they don't put harm marine life or put it at risk, the high court said in a ruling made Thursday.
The court ordered Chile's environmental authorities to take all measures required, including "a halt of operations" if needed, until the problem is fixed.
Environmental groups and fishermen say the complex's use of huge amounts of seawater to cool its equipment damages the area.
"It has been sucking the water with tubes, destroying and spitting back dead fish and crustaceans into the water through its cooling system," said Lorenzo Soto, a lawyer representing fishermen. He called the court's finding "a great victory for the local fishing community."
Endesa Chile issued a statement that it has implemented a plan to reduce the risk of sea life being sucked into the cooling system and has given it to authorities.
The Supreme Court's decision is the latest setback for megaprojects due to environmental concerns.
A $1.4 billion coal-fired plant also owned by Endesa was suspended last year.
And a proposed project to power central Chile by damming Patagonian rivers in the south remains on hold. The 2,750-megawatt HidroAysen hydropower project co-owned by Endesa will be reviewed by a ministerial commission, but newly elected President Michelle Bachelet has already said the project is not viable.
Polls say most Chileans oppose the HidroAysen plan to dam two of the world's wildest rivers and build more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) of power lines linking them to the grid that powers the nation's capital. Some protests against HidroAysen have turned violent.
Environmentalists fighting coal-fired power plants and hydroelectric dams say Chile should instead develop renewable energy sources.
But some experts say alternative energy would not meet demand over the coming years. Studies indicate Chile needs to triple its energy capacity in less than 15 years, and it has no domestic oil or natural gas.
Chile imports 97 percent of its fossil fuels and depends largely on hydropower for electricity, creating a crisis when droughts drain reservoirs or far away disputes affect fuel imports.
Endesa is a Spanish subsidiary of the Italian energy company Enel SpA. It operates 16 hydroelectric and 11 thermoelectric plants in Chile, according to the company's website.
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With production on "Star Wars Rebels" in full swing, starwars.com Tuesday released a video introducing executive producer Greg Weisman, who offers a few tidbits about the series.
We already knew the series, which has a planned debut in Fall 2014, will be set between "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" and "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope."
In the video, Weisman confirms the series will take place closer to "Episode IV" on the timeline and its tone also will lean toward that of "A New Hope." The rebellion is not yet organized, Weisman says in the video, and the series will examine the formation of the Rebel Alliance over multiple seasons.
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Physics (Master of Science)
The Department of Physics offers research opportunities in astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, and the physics of materials. Astrophysical research centers on experimental radio astronomy, with particular emphasis on pulsars and the interstellar medium. Observations are carried out using major instruments of the U.S. National Observatories and generally involve computer analysis and interpretation.
Research in biophysical ultrasound is directed toward an understanding of the physical principles involved when ultrasound interacts with living systems. This often involves collaboration with the College of Medicine. Acoustical and optical tweezers permit manipulating single cells without touching them. New forms of ultrasonic transducers and biosensors are being developed in collaboration with Electrical Engineering, as part of the Materials Science Program.
Biophysical research includes studies on the development and employment of novel uses of in situ atomic force microscopy for biological applications, specifically high-resolution structural studies of membrane proteins, investigation of the packing of genetic materials on bilayer membranes, and studies on how DNA-bilayer interactions affect the use of cationic lipids as gene-delivery means. Other studies to better understand the structure and assembly kinetics of biological membranes focus on the physical properties of lipid layers employing in situ atomic force microscopy, fluorescence imaging, and differential scanning calorimetry.
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Additional theoretical studies include strongly-correlated electron systems, such as complex oxides and cuprates and high-temperature superconductors. Of particular interest are frustrated quantum magnets with novel ground states, as well as conducting cuprates which exhibit complex interplay of charge and spin phenomena. Such systems also tend to undergo quantum phase transitions, and the study of quantum critical phenomena is a major research direction.
Theoretical studies of the optical properties of materials include the electronic structure of defect complexes in ionic crystals, the application of subtracted dispersion relations to optical data analysis, and the separation of inter- and intra-band effects in the infrared spectra of metals. Related studies are concerned with theories of X-ray scattering, of X-ray optical properties, and of X-ray optical elements.
Research in materials physics includes studies of the kinetics of thin film growth and surface processing, applied to materials with interesting and useful physical properties such as organic semiconductors and magnetic materials. Many of the research projects involve real-time X-ray or electron diffraction structural studies of surface phenomena, combined with computer simulation of relevant surface processes. We have an ultra-high vacuum thin-film deposition laboratory dedicated to these studies, and we make regular use of synchrotron X-ray facilities in the US.
Additional research in materials physics includes studies of fundamental magnetic and spin-dependent electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures that employ high magnetic fields optical spectroscopy imaging techniques. The physics department hosts one of the few laboratories in New England where time-resolved, spin-dependent spectroscopy imaging at magnetic fields as high as five Tesla may be carried out.
Opportunities for collaborative research with other University departments and groups include those with Chemistry, the Materials Science Program, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, the Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, Medical Radiology, and Geology.
The Department participates in two doctoral programs: Materials Science and Cell and Molecular Biology.
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Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Master of Science
Undergraduate majors in science, engineering, or mathematics are considered for admission to the program. Satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination (general) are required.
Requirements for Advancement to Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Science
Physics PHYS 211, PHYS 213, and PHYS 273; two additional semester courses in physics above the sophomore level; two semester courses in mathematics above the sophomore level.
Minimum Degree Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science
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A person familiar with the situation says Middle Tennessee has accepted an offer to join Conference USA and is leaving the Sun Belt.
The person spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday on condition of anonymity because neither the conference nor Middle Tennessee had publically announced the decision. The Virginian-Pilot first reported the move.
Middle Tennessee announced it will hold a news conference on campus Thursday but did not say what it was in regards to. The Blue Raiders (8-3) play Arkansas State on Saturday for the Sun Belt Conference championship.
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The state news agency said fighting on Saturday was the worst since a cease-fire agreement was reached last month. The agency said fighting began when a group of armed tribesmen in vehicles and riding camels attacked the El-Sireaf area in North Darfur.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time since the 2005-06 season, the Lipscomb men's basketball team is set to make a trip to Rupp Arena to face the defending national champion Kentucky Wildcats on Dec. 15 as announced by both schools on Tuesday.
"When people think of college basketball they think of Kentucky," said Lipscomb head coach Scott Sanderson. "To be able to play those guys in Rupp Arena, like we did in 2005, is a great opportunity for the program and for the university.
"Any team that plays Kentucky is going to be excited about it. There is a difference. We have played at North Carolina, at Memphis and N.C. State. We have played in a lot of places. And by far that is the best atmosphere I have ever been in for playing a college basketball game."
The full 2012-13 schedule for the Bisons will be released next week and includes additional marquee non-conference matchups on the slate.
"From a national market standpoint you can't get any better than Kentucky," Sanderson said. "There will be a lot of media coverage and you can't pay for that kind of exposure."
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That is how Agence France-Presse describes him, in a fawning profile. How fitting that Kerry should be beloved by the French! It is no secret that the Europeans, in general, sympathize with the Democratic Party and are bewildered, at best, by Republicans. Still, it is interesting to see what Europeans will be reading about our current Secretary of State.
By plane, motorcade and occasional helicopter, top US diplomat John Kerry is diving into his new role, burning midnight oil as he seeks an elusive Mideast peace deal.
After six high-profile trips to the region in as many months, the US secretary of state announced Friday he has something to show for his efforts: an upcoming meeting in Washington where Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will discuss a possible resumption of peace talks.
Am I the only one who thinks it is hilarious that our Secretary of State is devoting substantially all of his efforts to bringing peace to the only place in the Middle East that is already peaceful? Wouldn't it be a better idea to try to bring peace to, say, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Libya, Turkey or Iraq?
[Kerry] landed his dream job this year, taking up the helm at the State Department on February 1 to help shape America's foreign policy.
Kerry, 69, brings impeccable credentials to the position.
Really? He is a man of modest intelligence at best, who was a do-nothing senator for several decades. He became Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by virtue of seniority, and achieved nothing in that position.
Kerry, perhaps best known abroad for his failed 2004 presidential bid, took over from Hillary Clinton, who won accolades during her four years on the job.
Seriously? Accolades from whom? What foreign policy accomplishments can be attributed to Hillary's four years at Foggy Bottom? I am aware of none. Here in the U.S., she is best remembered for Benghazi. But in the European press, all Democrats get a pass. Well, actually, that is pretty much true here, too.
At his January confirmation hearing, Kerry set out some clear foreign policy priorities. He warned the US would do "what we must" to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and told China he would work to strengthen ties.
The world believed in Kerry's determination to stop Iran's nuclear program to exactly the same degree that it believed in Barack Obama's.
He also vowed to be "a passionate advocate" to tackle climate change.
Kerry has even less chance of changing the climate than of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Kerry was born in Denver, Colorado on December 11, 1943 to a privileged family. His mother Rosemary was part of the Forbes shipping clan and spent much of her early life on an estate in France. …
Kerry's childhood, spent in private schools in Switzerland and New England, fashioned the character of the so-called "Boston Brahmin" who would eventually face blistering Republican attacks for his internationalist views.
That, plus his incompetence and his anti-American history.
After graduating with a law degree from Yale University in 1966, Kerry joined the Navy and volunteered to fight in Vietnam.
Kerry's undergraduate degree, not his law degree, was from Yale. He graduated from Boston College law school because he couldn't get into Harvard or Yale.
During his second 48-day tour, as a lieutenant in charge of dangerous "Swift" gunboat missions in the Mekong Delta, Kerry was awarded three Purple Hearts for wounds suffered and a Bronze Star and a Silver Star for valor.
But he returned from Vietnam disenchanted with the war, and, in testimony before Congress in April 1971, he famously asked: "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
His remarks made him a hero of the anti-war left in the 1970s and underpinned his 2004 election-year opposition to the Iraq war.
Kerry is best remembered for falsely accusing his fellow American servicemen of being mass murderers.
To make matters worse, a group of Vietnam veterans known as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth released a series of blistering attack ads accusing Kerry of lying about his service.
Kerry eventually pushed back, saying the ads were completely false. Republican Senator John McCain, a fellow veteran, also condemned them, but Kerry nevertheless lost the 2004 election.
That's how the AFP piece ends: Kerry's defeat was one of those inexplicable American election outcomes. This is rapidly becoming ancient history, but the Swift Boat Vets put out a number of ads, only one of which, as I recall, questioned Kerry's medals or contained any factual statements that were disputed by anyone. The Vets' chief service was to alert millions of Americans who didn't remember John Kerry to the disgraceful role he played in relation to the Vietnam War. One of the Vets' ads showed archival footage of Kerry slandering his fellow servicemen in front of a Senate committee. "Completely false"? I don't think so. Another showed that every single officer in Kerry's Navy chain of command believed that he is unfit to be president. Democrats conveniently forget the facts when they talk about the Swift Boat Vets.
Why does AFP like Democrats like John Kerry so much? Simple. They want America to be weak, and they recognize in Kerry, and others like him, kindred spirits. Why American reporters and editors share the same prejudices is a more complicated question.


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Chelsea have joined Manchester United in the race to sign Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay, according to O Jogo.
The west London side have already informed the Portuguese side of their interest and are expected to mount a transfer bid in the summer.
United have been long known admirers of the Argentine centre-half but Chelsea are now looking to pinch the player's signature under their rivals' noses.
With John Terry seemingly in the closing stage of his career and David Luiz heavily linked with a move to Spanish giants Barcelona, Chelsea could see Garay as the ideal replacement.
After failing to establish himself at Real Madrid, the tough-tackling 26-year-old joined Benfica for just €5 million in 2011 and has since only enhanced his growing reputation.
Spanish giants Real Madrid will be entitled to half of whatever fee is agreed between Benfica and the English duo, who could be set for an enthralling bidding war this summer.
The Argentine, who has won 11 caps for his country, will only boost his credentials and international chances further if he is a success in the Premier League.
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The family that flays together, stays together, or so it has over centuries for the Parkers, the clan at the center of "We Are What We Are," a campy and sometimes elegant American Gothic horror story. The opening sequence demonstrates that Jim Mickle and screenwriter Nick Damici (collaborators on the 2010 vampire movie "Stake Land") have talent, as rain pours on a bleak store, and a woman blanches at the sight of a butchered pig. She steps outside, convulses, bleeds from the mouth, falls, bashes her head, and sinks to her death in a ditch full of water. It's a kind of visual poetry that sums up much of what is to come. By the end, however, with its grand guignol Eucharistic parody, it's an ambitious concept that Mickle and Damici have taken too seriously, or not seriously enough.
The woman in the ditch is Emma, wife of Frank Parker (Bill Sage), and mother of teenagers Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner) and their little brother, Rory (Jack Gore). Devastated, Frank tells the eldest, Iris, that she will have to take on her mother's role now, and hands her an ancient journal. Iris has mixed feelings about this, and her sister Rose agrees. "I wish we were like everyone else," she says. The irony being that they are, only more so, taking the consumerism and gender roles of the average nuclear family to monstrous extremes.
Meanwhile, the rain has caused widespread flooding, the ongoing emergency distracting the police from investigating the disappearance of a local girl. So what if dozens have vanished recently, never to return? Or that the local doctor (Michael Parks) has found a human bone on the bank of the creek near the Parkers' property? And aren't the Parkers a bit strange, what with the loopy patriarch preaching a gospel of fire and brimstone and presiding over changeling-like kids with anxious eyes? But if the police were competent in films like this, there wouldn't be much of a story.
Based on Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau's "Somos lo que hay" (2010), the film relocates the family from the urban miserabilism of Mexico City to the small town miserabilism of upstate New York, making the story less socioeconomic and more mythic. Or perhaps more anthropological, as it flashes back to the origins of the Parkers' practices during a harsh winter in 1781. At times, such as in the close-ups of meat and the arch dinner table talk, it seems intended as farce. At other times it seems like the laughs may be unintentional. Maybe Mickle and Damici should have recognized that their film is what it is — a grade A, meat-and-potatoes genre flick — and not added all the fancy fixin's.Peter Keough can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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With the right parts, tools, and 15 minutes of spare time, you can make a laser pen that transmits audio signals across the room with almost no audio loss. This is a neat mod for anyone that wants to transmit some audio to a better sound system across the room or pavilion. Of course, we will not mention all the potential pranks someone could do with this set up.
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Sony Tests Anti-CD Burning Technology
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Sony is testing out some new Anti-CD burning technology in hopes of stopping what they refer to as "school-yard piracy". Ah, when will they learn? I mean it takes them how long to come up with a "new" anti-piracy technology; and it takes people how long to come up with a work around? Even without someone breaking the security there's always some other method to work around it. Nonetheless, Sony's new method allows consumers to make limited copies of protected discs, but blocks users from making copies of the copies
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PS3's RSX Processor Not Done
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Turns out that the Playstation 3's RSX processor is not done; not only is it not done but its not even near done. According to NVIDIA's CFO, Marv Burkett, the RSX processor's silicon is not even taped out, meaning it's being finalized now and will be ready by Christmas – in time for a spring 2006 launch. That being the case, what were the Sony guys showing us at E3? They were boasting left and right about what the RSX processor can do, but there is no processor yet. According to Burkett, the technology demos were being showcased in an upcoming new desktop product with similar capabilities of the RSX. As bit-tech.net puts it, "So, if NVIDIA's upcoming part is capable of all that we saw demonstrated at the press conference, what is RSX capable of?" Seriously, when will we really see what these things can do?
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If you're a Mac user but still need to run Windows software, but don't want to pay the high price for VirtualPC, iEmulator is a new, low-cost, high-performance PC emulator.
Designed for MacOS X 10.3.0 or above, it reportedly runs Win98 or 2000 with the least difficulty, so if WinXP is your thing, you may be out of luck. However, for everyday tasks requiring Windows (such as the web designer who needs to check browser compatibility or a real estate broker who needs to use his company's proprietary Windows-platform-only software), this could herald a huge breakthrough for Apple users who have no desire to have a "backup" PC.
Features include the ability to designate up to 1GB of RAM to the emulated PC, access Mac format files within the PC environment, Windows boot disk creation for installation, and even a DOS operating environment. And with a price tag under $25, it's a bargain buy for a die-hard Macintosh user, with the added bonus of directly supporting the software developer, rather than some big multi-million-dollar corporation.
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I'm sure Bill Gates' home is "tricked out" as far as the most advanced technology is concerned. I've heard of rooms that change the artwork and temperature as it detects you entering. A very lucky British family of four will be trying out what looks to be a run-of-the-mill 5 bedroom home which rivals anything I've seen on MTV Cribs. The home that will be closely monitored, and will include such extravagant features like:
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This Time, Equal Rights for All
Today, the International Day Against Homophobia, people around the globe are rallying in support of LGBT rights and acceptance. It is a day to acknowledge the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender folk to love and live openly; to be safe, protected from violence and discrimination; to have access to quality health care and education; and to build families and legally marry.
Here in the United States, this day also kicks off a week of actions urging Congress to pass H.R. 3017, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) of 2009. This bill would prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. A coalition of LGBT and ally organizations is calling for all supporters of equal rights to lobby their elected officials, raise awareness about ENDA, and help push Congress to enact basic employment protections for all.
Workplace discrimination
With no federal law prohibiting workplace discrimination, people in our country lose their jobs every day for being gay or transgender. Organizations working to pass ENDA have been collecting people's stories of on-the-job discrimination: Thomas Bryant was fired in Indiana after he went to Human Resources to solicit help about a coworker haranguing him with homophobic epithets. And Brooke Waits lost her job in Texas the day after her boss opened her cell phone and saw a picture of Waits sharing a New Year's kiss with her partner.
The importance of enacting laws to protect transgender employees is highlighted in a 2009 study by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The study found that the rate of unemployment among transgender communities is twice that of the nation as a whole, which is especially debilitating in these economically challenging times. Additionally, a whopping 97 percent of the 6,450 respondents say they experience harassment or mistreatment on the job because of their gender identity.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Subsequent legislation has extended protections to guard against discrimination based on disability and age. If passed, ENDA would institute much needed basic protection for LGBT employees.
A federal fix?
Public opinion, and even corporate employment policy, has become much more inclusive than federal law in recent years. A 2007 Gallup poll showed that 89 percent of Americans believe gay people should have "equal rights in terms of job opportunities." And as of September 2009, 87 percent of the Fortune 500 companies had implemented non-discrimination policies that include sexual orientation. Protection for transgender employees, however, lags behind—just 41 percent of Fortune 500 companies include gender identity in their non-discrimination policies.
In the absence of federal policy, it has been left up to each state to decide how to approach protection for the LGBT workforce. In 1982, Wisconsin became the first state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation; Minnesota was the first to ban discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity, in 1993.
Several states have since adopted LGBT-inclusive employment policies. But being gay or transgender continues to be a job hazard: Workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation is currently legal in 29 states, while firing or harassing employees because of their gender identity is legal in 38 states.
Activists and lawmakers have been working to pass basic federal employment protection for LGBT folk for almost 40 years. The first version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act was introduced in 1994 and has been introduced in all but one Congress since then.
This year, though, ENDA has a fighting chance. With ongoing organizing efforts from advocacy organizations, support from Democratic leadership, and 202 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, supporters are hopeful that ENDA could make it to President Obama's desk during this session. As a supporter of ENDA, he would most assuredly sign it into law. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), sponsor of the current version of ENDA and one of three openly gay members of Congress, set an optimistic tone in late April when he told supporters, "The Speaker has promised we will get this done fairly quickly."
Since then, however, public predictions of a quick vote have stopped. And time is running short for this legislative session. Although a vote in the House of Representatives has been expected for weeks, none has yet been scheduled. ENDA is still under review by the House Education and Labor Committee.
"We're pushing really hard to bring the bill to a vote," said Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director for the Task Force. "Time is running out and we're very concerned that if ENDA doesn't become law this year, it will be another several years before it has a chance."
Rights for all, not just some
The last time ENDA was up for a vote, in 2007, gender identity was dropped from the bill. Frank, also a bill sponsor at that time, removed transgender protections in an attempt to pass a watered-down version. Not only did this action leave many in the LGBT community feeling betrayed, it wasn't successful. A non-inclusive version of ENDA passed through the House, but it died on the Senate floor.
Now, with conflicting reports on whether or not a whip count has been completed and whether or not there are enough votes to pass ENDA untarnished, rumors are flying that gender identity may be dropped from the bill again. Some members of Congress have been quoted saying that prohibiting gender identity discrimination "goes too far" and opponents of the bill are gearing up for a fight.
So far, at least publicly, the issue is non-negotiable. Frank continues to assert that gender identity will not be dropped again.
LGBT-rights organizers have been working hard in recent years to ensure transgender people are not excluded from ENDA again. When gender identity was removed in 2007, hundreds of organizations—national, state, and local—rallied together to advocate for an inclusive version of the bill. And those who signed the following letter became the first members of United ENDA, a coalition working to win workplace protection for the entire LGBT community:
The undersigned represent the vast and celebrated diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in this country … We are united in a common cause: We ask you to keep working with us on an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that protects everyone in our community, and to oppose any substitute legislation that leaves some of us behind.
United ENDA now has over 400 member organizations, including local grassroots groups, labor coalitions, and national advocacy organizations. And the commitment to oppose legislation that "leaves some of us behind" has stayed strong over the past three years. The groups have been lobbying Congress, sharing stories that exemplify the discrimination LGBT workers face, phone banking, and working with local and supportive media outlets to raise awareness and increase pressure on Congress. United ENDA is even organizing the "I Want to Work!" campaign, calling on LGBT people to apply for jobs with their Congressional offices. Mottet, among others, is confident that these efforts are working. "We have the votes to keep gender identity in."
This week—starting today with the International Day Against Homophobia and ending in celebration of Harvey Milk Day on Saturday—people around the world and across the country are gathering in support of equal rights. Not equal rights for some, but equal rights for all.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – One Powerball ticket has matched all six numbers in the latest drawing for the estimated $400 million jackpot.
The Multi-State Lottery Association says the winning numbers selected Wednesday night were purchased in South Carolina.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 7, 10, 22, 32, 35 and Powerball 19.
The latest jackpot comes after a $448 million pot in early August was split between three tickets. In May, a Florida widow won the biggest Powerball jackpot in history - a $590 million pot.