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Common questions when considering Google Workspace
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Already a Google Workspace customer? Go to our support page.
With Google Workspace, you'll receive a number of additional business-grade services which are not included with Google's free consumer apps. These services include: custom business email @yourcompany, twice the amount of cloud storage across Gmail and Drive, 24/7 phone and email support, 99.9% guaranteed uptime on business email, interoperability with Microsoft Outlook, additional security options like two-step authentication and SSO, and administrative controls for user accounts.
No. When you sign up for Google Workspace, you'll gain access to a set of integrated apps that work together seamlessly. For instance, you can receive a message in Gmail and instantly convert it into a Calendar event. When you make a comment in Docs, Sheets, or Slides, collaborators automatically receive email alerts. With a single click, you can join a video meeting in Meet from your inbox or calendar. Using these tools together improves productivity and gives your business the most value. However, you're welcome to purchase the suite and only use the services of your choice.
We've found that many of our customers are able to eliminate their existing productivity suites and rely exclusively on Google Workspace to create different kinds of files, including text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You can work on those files in real time with other people and store them in the cloud with Google Drive. Google Workspace 's apps work across devices. Unlike traditional desktop applications, there is no software to install. Google Workspace is also compatible with files made in other programs, such as Microsoft Office.
Google Workspace now offers various plans tailored to help find the right fit for you. In addition to Gmail for personal use (at no cost), Google Workspace offers Gmail Workspace Individual and Workspace Business accounts at a low cost, and includes upgrades such as increased storage, custom email addresses or professional email layouts to help individuals, teams and businesses stay on top of everything. Learn more here.
Yes. A user can have multiple email addresses by creating email aliases such as support@yourcompany. You can add up to 30 email aliases for each user.
Yes. Google Workspace migration tools are available for importing your old emails from legacy environments such as Microsoft®, IBM® Notes® and other email systems. For more information on the tools available for data migrations into Google Workspace, see Migrate your organisation's data to Google Workspace .
Yes. You can create a calendar that's accessible to everyone in your organisation (or a subset of users). For example, you might want a group calendar for events like team holidays and regular meetings.
Yes. Calendar migration options are available for many types of calendars, including both Microsoft® and IBM®. For more information on the tools available for data migrations into Google Workspace, see Migrate your organisation's data to Google Workspace . For information on allowing Microsoft Exchange and Google Calendar to work together, examine the Calendar Interop tool. For additional information about syncing Google Calendar and IBM Notes, see Options when migrating from IBM Notes.
Yes. By default, Calendar displays a pop-up reminder 10 minutes before an event. You can change the reminder times within Calendar's settings.
Absolutely. In fact, you can share the same link with all meeting participants, making it easier to get everyone you need on the call.
Yes. All video and audio streams in Meet are encrypted. Users can join securely even when they're off site.
No. With Google Workspace 's Enterprise edition, you have the ability to include a phone number and PIN on each of your meetings with no other configuration required. Check the dial-in documentation for further details.
You can upload any type of file to Drive and convert certain types of files to a web-based Google document format: Docs, Sheets or Slides.
Free Google Drive users get 15 GB of storage. Storage for Google Workspace customers varies by edition. For details, please visit the Google Workspace pricing page for more information.
Google Workspace 's Drive provides twice the amount of storage, 24/7 phone and email support, sharing controls and advanced reporting. You can upgrade to unlimited storage (accounts with fewer than five users get 1 TB/user) for an additional fee. See Google Workspace 's pricing details for more information.
Yes. This feature is available within a Chrome browser. If you haven't already, give Chrome a try—it's free and easy to install.
Yes. You can change each document's settings to grant anyone you choose editor, viewer or commenter access.
Yes. You can convert many different file types into Docs format. The original file will remain intact.
If you're a current Google Workspace customer, Chat is free. Click here to get started straight away.
Chat is the newer and preferred platform to use for Google Workspace customers. Admins can easily migrate all classic Hangouts users to Google Chat.
For resources on getting started, take a look at our comprehensive guides on the Developer Page.
Sheets supports cell formulas typically found in most desktop spreadsheet packages. These formulas can be used to create functions that manipulate data and calculate strings and numbers.
Yes. Multiple keyboard shortcuts are available for Sheets, and are always switched on. They are likely similar to many of the shortcuts you have used before.
Yes. You can convert many different file types into Sheets format. The original file will remain intact.
No. Anyone can respond to Forms.
Yes. The sharing settings for Forms make it easy to control who is able to view and edit your forms.
Yes. Forms can handle as much data as Sheets, and Sheets can currently handle 2 million cells of data. That's a lot of data.
You can draw charts and diagrams, insert objects and shapes, format text and images, enable animations, and much more.
Yes. You can convert many different files types into Slides format. The original file will remain intact.
Co-editing means that multiple people can work on the same slide at the same time. Sharing settings allow you to control who can view and edit a slide, and revision history enables you to revert to earlier versions.
Yes. People outside your company can access your site, even without a Google Workspace account. You can also opt to restrict access through sharing settings.
If your company is using any previous version of Sites, there will be no disruption. Keep editing and sharing your Sites as you have previously.
Google can help you purchase a domain through one of our domain host partners. During sign up, just select the option to 'Buy a new domain.' We'll then guide you through the process to help you set up Google Workspace for your new domain.
Apps Script makes it easy to automate, integrate and extend Google Workspace. Check out some examples at the Solutions Gallery.
Yes! Apps Script is available to anyone with a Gmail account.
Explore templates for inspiration on how you can solve both common and complex business challenges in the Solutions Gallery, or browse documentation for specifics, and take codelabs to learn more in the Google Workspace developer hub.
Apps Script has a large online community on stack overflow and Google's Apps Script community to help answer any questions that you have along the way.
You can access your Admin console at admin.google.com. Enter your email address and password to sign in, and the console appears.
User accounts give people a name and password for signing into Google Workspace , as well as an email address. You can also create accounts to use as mailing lists and give people alternate email addresses.
Yes. You can split the location of your covered data by OU. There are no restrictions on the number of splits or on the number of times you request a data move. Learn more
Electronic discovery, or eDiscovery, is the process of searching and retrieving information in electronic format. It is useful for legal matters and prevents data loss from employee turnover.
If you delete a user, all data associated with the user's account will be removed from Google. As a best practice, Google recommends suspending user accounts instead of deleting them.
Vault is included with Google Workspace 's Business and Enterprise editions. Once you start your free trial of Google Workspace, you can select and purchase one of these editions from within your Admin console. Alternatively, you can purchase by contacting sales.
No. Mobile Management is included with Google Workspace because security is important and want to make sure you have the protection you need.
Yes and yes. Admins can enforce policies across both Android and iOS so your employees can choose the device they're comfortable with to get work done.
Sign up for a free trial of Google Workspace. If you're already using Google Workspace, you can learn how to enable Mobile Management from your Admin console.
Google Workspace has three editions for companies with up to 300 users: Business Starter, Business Standard, and Business Plus. Companies with more than 300 users should consider our Enterprise offers. Please visit our pricing page to learn more.
Yes, we offer 14 days of Google Workspace service to new customers. Sign up for the free trial in minutes and create accounts for up to 10 people on your team. We'll need to get your billing details to set up your account, but you will only be charged after the free trial is over. You can cancel at any time. To get the most from your trial, we recommend trying at least 3 tasks that you want to explore, such as collaborating on Docs, launching a video meeting in Meet or checking Gmail from your mobile device.
You can sign up for Google Workspace online or contact our sales team to get started. When you sign up online, you'll automatically start with a free 14-day trial. We'll need to get your billing details to get your account set up, but you will only be charged after the free trial is over. You can cancel anytime. Please note the trial is limited to 10 users. If you add more than 10 users during your trial period, the trial will end and you will begin payment.
You can cancel your subscription at any time in the Admin console dashboard, under the Billing section. If you cancel within your 14 day trial period, you will not be charged. Please refer to this Help Centre article for more information.
Following our setup guide, you can set up Google Workspace and migrate your information at no additional cost. Our Support team is available to help if needed. If you would like someone to do the setup and migration for your company, please contact a Google Partner to learn more about these services and the costs associated.
You can pay for your Google Workspace subscription using an international credit card. Google accepts payment via Visa, MasterCard and American Express. In some locations, you can also pay by making withdrawals from a bank account (also called direct debit).
Annual plans are only offered in some countries. Visit our pricing page to see if an annual plan is offered in your country.
A user is defined as one personalised email address (name@yourcompany). A user can have several email addresses by creating email aliases. Group email aliases (such as support@yourcompany) don't count as users. You can add up to 30 email aliases for each user.
No. Each user can have multiple email addresses by creating email aliases. You can add up to 30 email aliases per user.
No, the cost of a domain is separate from Google Workspace. During sign-up, you must specify the domain that you want for your business email. If you don't yet own the domain, you can purchase it from Google for an additional fee.
Yes. When you first set up your billing, you choose the country in which you do business and the currency that you would like to pay in. Your country determines the payment methods that you can use. Choose your country and currency carefully, as you can't change these selections later.
Google Workspace has been built from the ground up to mitigate the
unique threats for cloud systems. Google's standards for performance
and reliability apply to businesses, schools and government
institutions around the world.
The technology, scale and agility of our infrastructure bring unique
security benefits to our customers. Our vast network of data centres
are built with custom-designed servers that run our own operating
system for security and performance. Because Google controls its entire
hardware stack, we are able to respond quickly to threats that may
Google employs dedicated security professionals to work on protecting
your data, including some of the world's foremost experts in computer
security. Just like all teams at Google, this team is constantly
innovating and making the future more secure, not just for Google's
billion users, but for business organisations as well.
Google has an outstanding track record of protecting user data. We
protect this data from outside intrusions as well as insider threats.
In addition, we tightly restrict and monitor any internal access to
user data. The small set of employees with access is subject to
rigorous authentication measures, detailed logging and activity
scanning to detect inappropriate access via log analysis.
It is this unique combination of people, technology and agility that
ensure your data is secure at Google. For more information, check out
the Google Workspace security white paper.
Google designed Google Workspace with very stringent privacy and
security standards based on industry best practices. This helps our
customers address their compliance and regulatory requirements. Google
offers strong contractual commitments regarding data ownership, data
use, security, transparency and accountability.
Google undergoes several independent third-party audits on a regular
basis. These independent auditors examine the controls present in our
data centres, infrastructure and operations. Examples of these audits
and standards include:
SOC1™, (SSAE-16/ISAE-3402), SOC2™, SOC3™, ISO27001, ISO 27018:2014 and
Learn more about our certifications at Security and trust.
Many Google Workspace services are also compliant with HIPAA
(U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
Google Workspace for Education can be used in compliance with laws and
regulations important to schools.
Google Workspace supports customers' compliance with the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which governs the safeguarding, use, and disclosure of protected health information (PHI). Customers who are subject to HIPAA and wish to use Google Workspace for PHI processing or storage can sign a business associate addendum with Google. View more details about HIPAA compliance with Google Workspace .
Respect for the privacy and security of data that you store with Google underpins our approach to producing data in response to legal requests. When we receive such a request, our team reviews the request to make sure that it satisfies legal requirements and Google's policies. Generally speaking, for Google to produce any data, the request must be made in writing, signed by an authorised official of the requesting agency and issued under an appropriate law. If we believe that a request is overly broad, we'll seek to narrow it. For more information, visit Google's Transparency Report.
Core customer data that is uploaded or created in Google Workspace
services is encrypted at rest, as described in this help center article.
This encryption happens as it is written to disk, without the customer
having to take any action. Google encrypts data with distinct
encryption keys, even if they belong to the same customer. Data is
encrypted using 128-bit or stronger advanced encryption standard
Google encrypts core Google Workspace data while it is 'in transit' as
well, whether it is travelling over the Internet between the customer
and Google, or moving within Google as it shifts from one data centre
to another. We encrypt this data between Google and our customers using
HTTPS with forward secrecy.
Google offers the security features required for most customers
directly in Google Workspace. Google Workspace's Business and
Enterprise editions offer some additional security features, such as
advanced Google Drive auditing and security keys
management at scale. In all plans, Google Workspace administrators have
control over system configuration and applications from within a single
dashboard via our Admin console – regardless of the size of the
Administrators can access advanced tools immediately, including
authentication features like 2-Step Verification and Single Sign-On, or
email security policies like secure transport (TLS) enforcement, IRM
and DLP which can be configured in a few clicks.
For customers with security needs beyond what is included in Google
Workspace, we created a partner marketplace that extends our capabilities.
Yes. Google has a broad customer base in Europe. Google provides capabilities and contractual commitments for our customers designed specifically to help address EU data protection requirements and the guidance provided by the Article 29 Working Party. Google Workspace offers EU standard contractual clauses and a Cloud Data Processing Addendum. Additionally, Google Workspace has been assessed as appropriate for use with the UK government's Cloud Security Principles 'OFFICIAL (including OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE)'.
Yes, you can bring your existing email, contacts and calendar data with you to Google Workspace. You can migrate the data for yourself and your team members, or you can let your team migrate their own data. Google Workspace has tools to migrate data from Microsoft® Exchange, Outlook® or Office 365™, IBM® Notes® and other email systems. For more information on the tools available for data migrations into Google Workspace, see Migrate your organisation's data to Google Workspace .
No, you'll continue to send/receive emails as usual. To use Gmail with Google Workspace, you set up your domain (MX records) to direct your mail flow to the Gmail servers. It's like registering your new address with the post office so that post is delivered to your new location. Once the MX records change takes effect (up to 72 hours), you can start receiving/sending emails through your Google Workspace account. Until then, you'll receive/send your emails through your old email system.
No, this transition will not affect your current website. Setting up Google Workspace does not require any changes to your current web host provider. While Google Workspace is not a web hosting provider, you can learn more about Google web hosting solutions through Google Cloud Platform.
To use Google Workspace, you need a domain. Your domain name is what appears after the www. in your website URL. If you already have a domain, enter it when you sign up for Google Workspace. (You'll be asked to verify that you own the domain.) If you don't have a domain or want to use a different one with Google Workspace, you can purchase a domain of your choice (if available) from Google.
Yes, you can work with a Google
Workspace partner. These experienced IT-service companies can help
you evaluate, customise, deploy and transition to Google Workspace.
They can also provide training, data management and ongoing support. If
you have questions about setting up Google Workspace, you can also
contact Google Workspace Support. The support
team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Visit the Setup Site
for information on setup, communication templates and resources for
deployment and change management.
Yes, you can manage your organisation's mobile devices, without the need for an on-premise device management server, using the Google Admin console. Mobile device management (MDM) allows you to enforce device policies over mobile devices in your organisation and perform actions like remotely wiping your users' mobile devices.
If your organisation acquires a new domain name or does business at more than one domain, you can add all your domains to your account at no extra cost. Users can then have identities at one or more of your domains while sharing services as part of a single organisation. And you can manage your domains from the same Admin console. Add a domain as either a separate domain or domain alias, depending on how you plan to use it.
Yes. No matter the size of your organisation, we recommend that you distribute the responsibility of managing your users and services among a selected set of trusted users. You can grant a user administrative privileges by assigning them one of the administrator roles available. Assigning a role grants the user access to your Admin console. You can make a user a super administrator who can perform all tasks in the Admin console. You can also assign an administrator a role that limits which tasks the administrator can perform. For example, allowing them only to create groups, manage service settings or reset a user's password.
Initially, most services are turned on for all of your users. You can use the Admin console to turn off services that you don't want people to use or to customise how services work. You have the option to enable the same settings for everyone or apply unique policies to different users. For example, you might turn on Meet just for your support team or allow only the marketing department to share public Google Sites.


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I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. Coming up, as a child, did you ever build a rocket? Well, how about one that can take two raw eggs 800 feet up and bring them back safely again? That's exactly what students from Memphis' Wooddale High School managed to do, and now they're competing in a national competition this weekend. We'll hear their inspiring story in just a few minutes.
But, first, we want to turn to a new report that turns an international spotlight on how America's indigenous people live. Native Americans, Hawaiians and Alaskan natives are the subject of a new United Nations Human Rights Commission report that examines, for the first time, the living conditions of native people against the standard set by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. That declaration establishes minimum, basic rights for indigenous people globally. The U.S. signed on to this declaration in 2010.
S. James Anaya is the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples. He is an American and a professor of law with a background in tribal law, and he led this inquiry, which just concluded. It is, as we said, the first of its kind to report on the conditions of indigenous people in the U.S.
And Professor S. James Anaya joins us now in our Washington, D.C. studios. Thank you so much for coming in.
S. JAMES ANAYA: Thank you. It's great to be here with you.
MARTIN: I should mention that you are a professor of law in the United States. You're from New Mexico, so you certainly have your own personal experience with these issues. But what motivated this report by the United Nations at this time? Was this the first opportunity after the United States signed onto this universal declaration?
ANAYA: Yeah. That's right. I, in my capacity as special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, have been interested in promoting the application and implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on a worldwide basis. And so when the U.S. expressed its support, it was natural for me to say, well, what kind of conversation can we have about what the U.S. is doing, in practical terms, to put to practice the declaration?
MARTIN: You know, one could see both sides of this. On the one hand, because you are an American and because the United States is such an important and influential body, and the United Nations is based there, you can see why some people around the world would say, OK. What's going on in your own house? But you can also see where a lot of Americans would see this type of investigation as something that would be more of a priority in less-developed or less-democratic countries where there is less transparency.
And so I think the question might be: What would you say to Americans who would say, why is this needed here?
ANAYA: Well, I have been looking at the rights of indigenous peoples in other countries and less-developed countries. I've been to countries throughout Latin America and Africa, Asia, and I think it's natural for me, in my capacity as UN special rapporteur, to look in my own backyard, as it were.
MARTIN: Obviously, the report is comprehensive, but could you just give us a few of your key findings?
ANAYA: The basic finding is that there needs to still be some reconciliation between indigenous peoples and the United States government. Indigenous peoples suffer a range of social ills, high rates of poverty, alcoholism, domestic violence, low educational attainment. And these are a product of what's been referred to as intergenerational trauma spanning decades, really centuries, since the founding of the country and before.
So the historical oppression that indigenous peoples have suffered, the taking of their lands, the undermining of their cultures, the taking of their children to boarding schools in order to wean them away from indigenous culture, these have had profound effects on indigenous peoples. There's yet to be a real reckoning of that history and reconciliation.
MARTIN: You've done a lot of work with indigenous people and tribal law throughout your career. What got you interested in this particular area?
ANAYA: Well, I am of indigenous ancestry myself, Apache and Purepecha. So, of course, I've sort of grown up with concern about indigenous peoples. And when I studied law, I became interested in devoting my career to this issue and was fortunate in being able to land a job right out of law school where I was working, representing Indian tribes.
MARTIN: Have you observed, over the course of time that you've been thinking about these issues, both personally and professionally, have you noticed any change in kind of the core issues that you talked about?
ANAYA: First of all, indigenous peoples have managed to take more and more control over their lives, but what characterizes that effort is always the constant barriers that they have to overcome in terms of various structural arrangements with states and federal government.
Another thing that I think has changed is that there's more awareness among tribes of their connections with the outside world with indigenous peoples. And so we see indigenous peoples from the United States participating in various international forums, or indigenous peoples from other countries are present and talking about the same issues and developing common strategies across borders.
MARTIN: So you say there's more transnational...
ANAYA: Yeah.
MARTIN: ...relationships than...
ANAYA: That's right.
MARTIN: ...before. That's interesting. If you're just joining us, this is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. I'm speaking with S. James Anaya. He is the United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous peoples. He has led the first-of-its-kind inquiry into the treatment of indigenous people in the United States.
I noticed in your report that you said that you were unable to meet with members of Congress in connection with your inquiry. You mean no member of Congress was willing to meet with you in your official capacity?
ANAYA: Well, we asked to meet with members of Congress, and just didn't get a positive response.
MARTIN: But you met with people at other levels of government, people from the State Department...
ANAYA: That's right. I met with every agency and department with which I asked to meet in the administration, I was able to meet with. So I did get great cooperation from the administration.
MARTIN: In your report, you do weigh in on one kind of legislative issue that is before the Congress, which is the question of the reauthorizations of the Violence Against Women Act. There's been extensive reporting on the very high level of violence, including sexual violence, being faced by women on reservations...
ANAYA: Right.
MARTIN: ...often, the perpetrators being people who are not on the reservation.
ANAYA: Oh, this is - yeah.
MARTIN: And I just wanted to ask why you feel that this would help?
ANAYA: The statistics show that 80-plus percent of those who commit violence against women are non-indigenous and, under current law, the tribal courts can't prosecute non-indigenous perpetrators of certain crimes. And so this is a real need, and I think anybody can understand that they would want the courts in the community in which they live to have responsibility and the capability of adjudicating these kinds of crimes, or alleged crimes.
And I think it, first of all, it doesn't serve women who are the victims or potential victims of this crime to limit the tribal courts in this regard, because it only serves to perpetuate this gap in prosecution. And, secondly, it is discriminatory against tribal courts and the people that run these courts.
MARTIN: I know that this report - as you and I are speaking now - has just been completed. I wanted to ask what kind of reception it's receiving so far.
ANAYA: Well, the report itself will come out in a matter of months, but I have, as you mentioned, issued a preliminary statement, and that will be the basis for a full report that will be issued.
MARTIN: Well, without being prejudicial, though, I mean, you've been in this area for a while. Is there anything over the course of this inquiry that stood out for you?
ANAYA: A couple of things, maybe. One is the - I had been to Alaska, and the indigenous people there have seen, within just a couple of generations, their access to subsistence resources diminish. Just two generations ago, they were, as they say, free to hunt, fish according to the ways of their ancestors. And now they're highly restricted in the way they can do that. They're subject to state regulation on that, which in many cases, limits - in a practical sense - their ability to live as they did. And so that is causing a lot of turmoil in indigenous societies and cultures.
What I saw there and what was highlighted in other parts of the country is this interconnection between people's physical, economic and social well-being and the continuity of their cultures that every human being aspires to, having that grounding in a cultural identity in those familiar ways.
And there is another dimension that needs to be highlighted, and that is the dimension of religion. Indigenous peoples' religious belief systems throughout the country are connected with specific places that have meaning in various ways and whose preservation is essential to the continuity of their religious practices and their belief systems and their cultures.
And so there are various locations around the country that touch upon the lives of virtually every indigenous group or community and that these people are - the indigenous peoples are striving to maintain a connection to, but that for various reasons, their access to these places is limited, or these places themselves are, in their eyes, being desecrated by various activities occurring on these places. So that's a very critical importance, and that was one of the things that was highlighted to me and impressed upon me.
Of course I have a knowledge about these issues, but to hear from people throughout the country on a consistent basis that this is a matter of vital importance, this cultural connection of lands resources and the spiritual religious dimension of that connection, was quite striking for me.
MARTIN: How will you know if you - or that you have succeeded in this post?
ANAYA: Well, from my standpoint, success is having tried, done everything I can to try to give voice to indigenous peoples, to ensure that their voice is being heard. And as long as we can continue to see steps in the right direction, I think we're moving along the path towards success. It's a process. It's a long-term one. And it's those steps that I'm looking for.
MARTIN: S. James Anaya is the United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous peoples. His mission is the first of its kind to report on the rights of indigenous people in the United States, and he was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios.
Professor Anaya, thank you so much for speaking with us.
ANAYA: Thank you very much. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Now that the shawl's finished, it'll be wrapped up and laid away to await a baby, as yet unborn, who might need it.I had no idea that a little more than a year later, the hypothetical "baby born in spring" for whom I knitted the tulips and rosebuds would be not only a reality, but an addition to la famiglia. And with infinite thoughtfulness, her parents chose Glencora to wrap her up for the trip home.
Mommy made the hat.
And it has become her naptime companion, too.
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I am thrilled with the response to this. If you've written to me, you will hear back. If you don't live near Chicago and can't get here, don't fret. I will find a way to get out there and cast the net far and wide.
There have been a few responses in which folks have felt the need to qualify themselves, i.e., "I'm fat, but if that's not a problem...".
No, that is not a problem. When I said you need only be a knitter, I meant you need be only a knitter. I am beyond sick and tired of everybody who is not a supermodel feeling the s/he needs to hide from the camera lens. That, my dears, is a poisonous notion fed to us by marketers who know that anxiety sells products. If you were already happy with your skin, you wouldn't buy their cosmetics, would you?
Just as many of us who knit and spin are in rebellion against mass production, I am in rebellion against mass self-hatred. I'm coming to realize that this will definitely be a theme running through the portrait project.
You are the only you out there, and you are the one I am looking for, because this project is about celebrating you. Don't apologize for being yourself.
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Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh, a Democrat, was appointed Friday to fill the unexpired term of longtime Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, who is leaving the Senate to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.
Walsh, 53, was already an announced candidate for the seat Baucus had planned to vacate at the end of this year. His appointment by Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock gives the former adjutant general of the Montana National Guard a leg up in the November contest to replace the six-term senator.
Friday's announcement sets up what's expected to be a pitched and costly battle crucial to GOP hopes of taking over the Senate — hopes that are contingent on winning red state seats now held by Democrats.
Baucus, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, revealed last April that he would retire this year at the end of his term; his plans were upended in December when President Obama tapped him for the ambassadorship.
He was unanimously confirmed Thursday by his Senate colleagues.
"I wanted to appoint someone who I believed would represent the values Montanans hold important," Bullock said in announcing the appointment of Walsh, his 2012 running mate. "I wanted to appoint someone who I believed would be working to find solutions, not further dividing our state and nation. And I wanted to appoint someone who I truly believed would wake up each day focused on putting Montana – and Montanans – first."
Walsh emerged as the frontrunner to replace Baucus after popular former Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, widely expected to seek the Senate seat, declined to run.
Schweitzer was initially seen as the Democrats' strongest candidate to retain the Senate seat in a state where just 41 percent of the electorate voted for Obama in 2012. Montana voters are not entirely predictable: that same year incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester won re-election with more than 48 percent of the vote.
Walsh, an Iraq War combat veteran, is considered a strong candidate but does not have the same cache with voters. He also could face two primary opponents. Former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger and rancher Dirk Adams have thrown their hats in the race, though Walsh's appointment clouds their path.
"Lieutenant Governor John Walsh has spent his life serving his state and his country," said Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "John is the kind of guy who may not agree with the party on every single issue, but he has the selflessness and courage to always do what he thinks is right for Montana, and that is exactly the kind of leadership we need here in the U.S. Senate."
The Republican frontrunner for Baucus' seat, freshman U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, this week launched his first television ad – a biographical spot that focuses on his business experience. A former executive with a Bozeman-based cloud-hosting software company that's part of the Oracle Corporation, Daines reported having $1.9 million in his campaign account, according to the Billings Gazette. Walsh reported a balance of $435,000 in his account.
State Rep. Champ Edmunds and air traffic controller David Leaser are also running for the Republican nomination.
Republicans in recent months had already begun focusing on Walsh, highlighting an Army reprimand he received in 2010. Walsh was found to have used his National Guard position to strong arm subordinates into joining a private guard lobbying group in which he was seeking a leadership position.
Walsh disputed the finding, and then-Gov. Schweitzer wrote a letter supporting him. Walsh resigned his post to run for lieutenant governor in 2012.
Both the Cook Political Report, and the Rothenberg Political Report, non-partisan analysts of elections and campaigns, rate the Montana race a toss-up.
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Emirates flies A380 from new Dubai concourse
Dubai, January 2, 2013
Dubai-based Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, saw the inaugural departure of an A380 flight from the new and world's only dedicated and purpose-built A380 concourse at Dubai International Airport.
Part of the airport's Terminal 3 complex, Concourse A will become the "home of the Emirates A380", from where passengers will connect to more than 20 Emirates A380 destinations around the world, including A380 flights to Europe on Australian airline, Qantas, in terms of the global partnership announced recently which is pending the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The departure of flight EK003 at 14h30 to London Heathrow marked the start of flights from four gates which opened at Concourse A. This also forms part of on-going operational trials and testing to ensure a smooth and seamless passenger experience before it officially opens and becomes fully operational during the first quarter this year.
More than 500 passengers across First Class, Business Class and Economy Class became the first travellers to experience boarding through the unique double decker air contact bridges connected to the aircraft, one of the key features of the facility.
"This is an historic and momentous occasion, marking another world first from Emirates. The new A380 hub is another example of Emirates being a leader in providing innovative products and services that give customers an unsurpassed travel experience," said Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline and Group and chairman of Dubai Airports.
"We are confident that our customers will find the new concourse to be a remarkable world class facility befitting of our flagship Emirates A380 aircraft." "I would also like to congratulate Dubai Airports on achieving this major milestone in the development of Concourse A."
With 528,000 sq m spread across eleven floors and the capacity to handle 15 million passengers a year, the concourse offers Emirates customers a seamless and unrivalled experience in terms of comfort, convenience and choice of facilities.
From direct lounge boarding for First Class and Business Class customers to an expansive duty free shopping area, food courts, cafes and fine dining options, a Timeless Spa and the largest First Class and Business Class lounges in the world.
The concourse also offers a dedicated hotel floor with both a four and five star offering. Passengers are transported between Terminal 3 and Concourse A by underground trains and shuttle busses from where they can depart through 20 gates when the facility becomes fully operational. – TradeArabia News Service


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For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Tanya of Chocolatechic chose Rick Katz's Brownies for Julia, page 91 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.
When the Food Librarian is tired:
a. I can fall asleep anywhere. Including hallways. Just ask @davery90230
b. I start to daydream about sleeping.
c. I look for shortcuts to save time so I can go to bed.
Thus, the Brownie Bite.
The instructions say to cook a pan of brownies for 35 minutes. Heck no. I'm not staying up for that long waiting for brownies when I can be SLEEPING. I had a sleep deprived weekend and I'm trying to rest up for the Winter Olympics. Oh yes, I'm in Olympic watching training mode right now. It's tough work. Reading athlete profiles, clearing off saved programs on the DVR, and getting a box of Kleenex ready for those touching Curling championship wins.
I baked half a batch in a mini cupcake pan. I filled 24 and had leftover batter (which I tossed because nothing was getting between me and my pillow). I baked them for 10 minutes.
The texture is a little spongy because half the egg mixture was whipped into a ribbon and folded into the chocolate batter. There is no leavening agent, only the power of the egg! Please note that many bakers who made the 9 x 9 pan of brownies found them gooey and fudgey.
Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!
Chocolatechic's blog (February 9, 2010)
Page 91 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours.


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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's planned speech Wednesday at the NAACP convention in Houston comes at a precarious time for the nation's African-American community.
-- The unemployment rate among blacks is north of 14 percent — more than 5 points higher than the national average.
-- Opponents of GOP-led efforts to require voters in about a dozen states to show identification say the voter ID laws could disproportionately disenfranchise legal black and Latino voters.
-- President Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage and his decision to suspend deportations of young illegal immigrants have roiled some among his African-American base.
That environment raises some intriguing opportunities for Romney, whose campaign mantra has been that Obama, who captured more than 95 percent of the black vote in 2008, has bungled the economic recovery.
There has been no shortage of advice for what Romney should say when he addresses members of the nation's oldest civil rights organization, which is focused this week on issues ranging from the economy and education, to health and voting rights: Talk about your father's civil rights legacy, urged Democratic strategist Karen Finney in a column for The Hill; talk about unequal access to health care and quality education — and ask what Democrats have done for you lately — advised Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.
But raising issues beyond his standard campaign trail economic message, and his recent embrace of education parity as the "civil rights issue of our era," could be risky political business for Romney.
"This is an important appearance for him," says Rogers Smith, a University of Pennsylvania political science professor who has written extensively about race and politics.
Though Romney may have little chance of capturing much of the black vote (Obama's 2008 opponent, Sen. John McCain, got 4 percent), he is going into what promises to be a close election, Smith says, and has to be careful not to tread into areas that could end up motivating a turnout for the incumbent president.
"He has to show that he is concerned," Smith says, "and maybe some will stay home."
Message Reach
Romney senior adviser Tara Wall says the former Massachusetts governor is expected to emphasize educational disparity, which he framed as a civil rights issue during a May meeting with Hispanic leaders.
"This is a dialogue," says Wall, who was hired by the Romney campaign two months ago to assist in outreach to the black community. "There is a commonality with his message and what many African-Americans support — school choice and charters, making sure kids have a fair shot at education."
"Gov. Romney also wants to draw distinctions between the way President Obama addresses the economy and the way he addresses it," Wall says.
That's too "vanilla" for Raynard Jackson, a Washington-based Republican political consultant, who would like to see Romney use his NAACP appearance for more than just "race insurance."
"Politically, I get it," says Jackson, an African-American who supported Obama in 2008,and now favors Romney. "He wants to send a message beyond the black community to white, middle-class women and independent voters that Republicans aren't racist or hostile to the black community."
But Jackson says he believes that Romney could squander an opportunity to speak directly to black voters that he may be able to peel off, particularly black business people, for fear of being perceived as pandering to African-Americans.
He's not the only one who would like to see Romney take chances, but for different ends.
Sociologist and political scientist Theda Skocpol at Harvard University says she'd like to see Romney go beyond a speech strategy of "reassuring white, independent voters that he cares about African-Americans."
Voter ID
For Skocpol, a progressive whose research has included race, politics and the Tea Party, Romney's appearance before a group that has stood for civil rights and voting rights for more than 100 years provides a rare opportunity.
"I'd like to ask Gov. Romney to openly, explicitly and courageously condemn the ongoing campaign sponsored by partisans in his own party to make it difficult for African-Americans, Hispanics, poor people and young people to vote," Skocpol says. "And to call for the Pennsylvania law, and others, to be reversed."
The new Pennsylvania voter ID law requires that voters present a current government or university-issued identification that includes the voter's name and photo. An assessment by the state, which compared voter registration lists and state transportation records showed that more than 758,000 registered Pennsylvania voters, or 9.2 percent of all state voters, don't have the type of identification required by the new law.
Earlier this month, Pennsylvania Republican House Majority Leader Mike Turzai said that the state's new voter ID law is "gonna allow Gov. Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania." The law has been challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union.
But in Pennsylvania, Romney supporter Renee Amoore, an African-American businesswoman, lifelong NAACP member, and deputy chairwoman of the state Republican Party, defended the law as necessary to thwart fraud.
"I work the polls, I see voter fraud," says Amoore, founder of a health care, economic development and management consulting group. "People just need to get an ID — and we'll help you get it."
Wall, the Romney adviser, says she has also seen voter fraud "firsthand" and that people should simply "do what's necessary to be able to vote."
While the NAACP is meeting in Texas, a Texas voter ID law is being challenged this week in a special federal court in Washington. Texas is one of the states that — because of a history of voter discrimination — must get approval from the U.S. Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act before enacting changes to its state election law.
Attorney General Eric Holder, who has been moving to block some voter ID laws, including the one in Texas, spoke at the NAACP convention Tuesday. He likened new ballot box restrictions to post-Civil War poll taxes, and said that, in protecting voting rights, "we will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right."
History Lesson
When Romney spoke in June to decidedly cool national Hispanic leaders, he softened his tough primary-campaign tone on immigration, but offered little new in the way of policy proposals.
He's expected to follow that template in Houston, where NAACP Chairwoman Roslyn Brock, in an interview on MSNBC, said members are "eagerly waiting to hear his vision for America's future ... particularly for communities of color."
President Obama addressed the convention three years ago on the group's 100th anniversary; Vice President Joe Biden will give a speech on Thursday.
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If there's a merit badge for business savvy, 13-year-old Girl Scout Danielle Lei might well deserve one.
Danielle, who set up her table of Girl Scout cookies outside The Green Cross medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco earlier this week, sold a whopping 117 boxes in a single day. She appears to have tapped into a niche market fueled by the drug's well-known propensity to stimulate appetite.
According to a Facebook page for The Green Cross, Danielle had "to call for back-up Girl Scout Cookies" after 45 minutes.
Danielle's mom, Carol Lei, tells Mashable that she usually has Danielle and her sister, who is also a Girl Scout, "set up shop at various points around San Francisco so they can learn about different environments while earning some cash. Plus, she figured this might be a good way to start a conversation about drugs and how some people use marijuana as medicine while others just get high."
"They learn that they're not drugged out," Lei said, according to the East Bay Express' Legalization Nation blog, which says it reports on "California cannabis culture." "Many have serious needs, and are just a little different."
Lei told Mashable that "I'm not condoning it, I'm not saying go out in the streets and take marijuana [...] It also adds a little bit of cool factor. I can be a cool parent for a little bit."
Mashable writes:
"'Girls are selling cookies, and they and their parents pick out places where they can make good sales,' Dana Allen, director of marketing and communications for Girl Scouts of Northern California, told Mashable. 'The mom decided this was a place she was comfortable with her daughter being at.' Later, she added, 'We're not telling people where they can and can't go if it's a legitimate business.'"
"The Girl Scouts of Colorado, though, have a different opinion — even though it's a state where recreational marijuana is now legal in small quantities."
"On Feb. 9, a poorly photoshopped photo of three girl scouts standing outside a medical marijuana clinic began circulating online:"
"So my mom's friends live in Colorado and they set up a girl scout cookies stand outside of a medical marijuana store."
In response, Girl Scouts of Colorado tweeted: "If you're wondering, we don't allow our Girl Scouts to sell cookies in front of marijuana shops or liquor stores/bars."
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And next, let's talk with Representative David Schweikert. He's in the studio with us. He's an Arizona Republican lawmaker, a member of the House majority that has insisted they will not approve a short-term government funding measure unless it also takes a bite from Obamacare.
Now, before we talk about who's to blame for the shutdown, let's just talk about practical results, because I know you wanted to avoid a shutdown and you wanted to stop Obamacare. You've ended up with a shutdown and Obamacare is in effect. Were the tactics the right tactics?
REPRESENTATIVE DAVID SCHWEIKERT: You know, I actually believe they were, but it's been fascinating because in some ways we had to go through - I don't want to refer to it as dance, but this process for a lot of the American people to actually start to tune in and understand what we were talking about, where the concerns were, and where we thought actually the way the healthcare law is written is damaging the economy and creating sort of the part-timing of America.
INSKEEP: Had there not been enough attention to this over the last three years?
SCHWEIKERT: No. Actually, that's what was fascinating. And we saw it in polling and even on your show a couple of weeks ago, talking about how many folks thought Obamacare was already in full effect. Or how many did not understand their own individual obligations.
INSKEEP: Or who thought it was a government-run health care program, which it is not.
SCHWEIKERT: Oh yeah, and it's much more complicated in the number of moving pieces. So if you look, I believe the House actually went back and forth and back and forth, and was one that kept offering alternatives, kept compromising.
INSKEEP: But in the end, the law goes into effect and the government shut down. What do you do now?
SCHWEIKERT: I'm hoping actually last night's final offer, which was let's have a conference committee and let's actually do what the process is supposed to do, where the House sends in their adults and the Senate find some adults, and they get together and they quickly sort of dice up saying, look, here's what we're willing to do, here's what you're willing to do.
GREENE: Well, Congressman, some would say on the Democratic side and some of your Republican colleagues, that that process is all well and good to have a debate about ObamaCare, but this is not the place for it - this funding battle. And I would ask about something that President Obama told Steve in an interview.
He said that there might be a Republican president at some point, and if a Democratic speaker of the House said: We're not going to raise the debt ceiling unless you pass background checks on guns. That would be a situation that Republicans might empathize with. Isn't there an argument that parties aside, politics aside, a debate over funding is not the place for this?
SCHWEIKERT: Well - and absolutely disagree. And, look, we both empathize; we both understand the juxtaposition policy. But this is the process. And if you look back, you know, over history, this is nothing new. I know we act very shrill, and the world is coming to an end, but this is a new. In the process actually is designed where you expect the Senate to throw back an offer. And you expect the House to do its dance, and...
GREENE: Over funding, I mean over government funding...
INSKEEP: Over temporary funding...
SCHWEIKERT: But it's over everything. And funding, you got to understand, the previous shutdowns, you know, what is it, 17 of them in the last -at least during my lifetime - have all been, in some subject, about funding.
GREENE: I wonder if you've spoken to John McCain, your Republican colleague. He's in the Senate from Arizona. He has suggested he didn't like ObamaCare, not a fan. But he said this, you know, we're not going to defend ObamaCare; that that battle is over and let's move on...
SCHWEIKERT: But there's actually a, sort of, one of my sadnesses and the misuse of language. If you look at our last sort of offer from the House, it was OK, we're no more defunding, no more delaying. We would like to delay the individual mandate just as big business has been given, just as 1200 other organizations have been handed from the administration. If you're going to treat all those one-way with a delay, why would you do that for individuals...
INSKEEP: The president has argued that the heart of the whole thing: It would ruin the insurance industry to delay that's what they've argued...
SCHWEIKERT: Well, then...
INSKEEP: ...to just move that back.
SCHWEIKERT: Yeah, but I don't know how you make that argument and then survive the fairness test of: Oh, by the way, you know, 1200 groups that in some ways or another substantially were supporters of this administration, or big business, get the special treatment. And then we also threw in saying, look, the law makes it very clear: Congress and their staff need to operate without the subsidy tax, the way the law's written. And I'm just surprised that there wasn't more movement on just the fairness issue coming out from the Senate.
GREENE: A couple of really good questions. Robert Costa of National Review was here yesterday, sitting there where you're sitting now - a really good reporter on Capitol Hill. He described the divide among House Republicans, said a silent majority of House Republicans think that this course is unwise. How would you describe the divide in your caucus?
SCHWEIKERT: Well come I think there is always a sense that it's very uncomfortable when now you're up against a government slowdown. None of us are happy on this and I don't care where you are ideologically. And I'm hoping that the House's proposal last night of let's get to a conference committee, and then let's start grinding out where we actually may have some commonality and some concerns, because this is not a monolith.
When I have unions contacting me as a Western State congressman saying: Please, we need the delay, we're very concerned, as more than the health care components it's also what it's doing to spouses and family members' coverage and also the 40 hour workweek.
GREENE: It just may be about 10 or 15 seconds. Is there a big division in your party right now and does that concern you?
SCHWEIKERT: I'm going to tell you, I see a division even on the left side. Even look at some of the last nights votes where we have Republicans voting no and the Democrats voting yes. It's more complicated than we keep trying to overly simplify it.
GREENE: We'll have to stop there. Arizona Republican Congressman David Schweikert, think so much for joining us this morning.
SCHWEIKERT: Nope, this is my idea of fun.
GREENE: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Simulation Methods in Physics II SS 2019
Possible exam dates:
Monday 22.07.2019 between 10am-2pm, |
- Type
- Lecture (2 SWS) and Tutorials "Simulationsmethoden in der Praxis" (2 SWS)
- Lecturer
- JP Dr. Maria Fyta
- Course language
- English
- Location and Time
- Lecture: Thu, 11:30 - 13:00; ICP, Allmandring 3, Seminar Room (room 01.079)
- Tutorials: Thu 14:00 - 15:30; Thu 09:45-11:15 (extra tutoring time when the tutors will be partly available); Tutors: Dr. Maofeng Dou, Dr. Kartik Jain; ICP, Allmandring 3, CIP-Pool (room 01.033)
The tutorials have their own title "Simulationsmethoden in der Praxis", as they can be attended independently of the lecture and are in fact part part of the Physics MSc module "Fortgeschrittene Simulationsmethoden" and not of the module containing the lecture "Simulation Methods in Physics II".
These hands-on-tutorials will take place in the CIP-Pool of the ICP, Allmandring 3. They consist of practical exercises at the computer, like small programming tasks, simulations, visualization and data analysis. The tutorials build on each other, therefore continuous attendance is expected.
The course intends to give an overview about modern simulation methods used in physics today. The stress of the lecture will be to introduce different approaches to simulate a problem, hence we will not go too to deep into specific details but rather try to cover a broad range of methods. For an idea about the content look at the lecture schedule.
We expect the participants to have basic knowledge in classical and statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, and partial differential equations, as well as knowledge of a programming language. The knowledge of the previous course Simulation Methods I is expected.
Certificate Requirements
- 1. Obtaining 50% of the possible marks in the hand-in exercises.
The final grade will be determined from the final oral examination.
Oral Examination
Please email to Christian Holm or Maria Fyta in order to arrange a date for the oral examination.
Recommended literature
Daan Frenkel, Berend Smit.
Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications.
Part of Computational Science, volume 1. Edition 2.
Academic Press, San Diego, 2002. ISBN: 978-0-12-267351-1.
Mike P. Allen, Dominik J. Tildesley.
Computer Simulation of Liquids.
Part of Oxford Science Publications. Edition 1.
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.
D. C. Rapaport.
The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation.
Edition 2.
Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780511816581.
D. P. Landau, K. Binder.
A guide to Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics.
Edition second edition.
Cambridge, 2005.
Michael Rubinstein, Ralph H. Colby.
Polymer Physics.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2003.
M. E. J. Newman, G. T. Barkema.
Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics.
Edition 2002 edition.
Oxford University Press, 1999.
Sauro Succi.
The lattice Boltzmann equation for fluid dynamics and beyond.
Oxford University Press, New York, USA, 2001. ISBN: 9780198503989.
M. E. Tuckermann.
Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Molecular Simulation.
Oxfor University Press Oxford Graduate Texts, Oxford, 2010.
F. Martin, H. Zipse.
Charge Distribution in the Water Molecule - A Comparison of Methods.
Journal of Computational Chemistry 26(1):97–105, 2004.
E. Kaxiras.
Atomic and electronic structure of solids.
apud Cambridge, Cambridge, 2003.
Andrew Leach.
Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications.
apud Pearson Education Ltd., 2001. ISBN: 978-0582382107.
Useful online resources
- Roethlisberger, Tavernelli, EPFL, Lausanne, 2015: [1]
- E-Book: Kieron Burke et al.,University of California, 2007: E-Book: The ABC of DFT.
- Linux cheat sheet here (53 KB).
- A good and freely available book about using Linux: Introduction to Linux by M. Garrels
- Density-functional-theory tight-binding (DFTB): Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 372(2011), 20120483. [2], Computational Materials Science 47 (2009) 237–253 [3]
- "Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Implementation" in Modern Methods and Algorithms, NIC Series Vol 1. (2000) [4]
- University Intranet: Quantentheorie der Molekuele (DE), Springer Spektrum 2015, [5]
- Be careful when using Wikipedia as a resource. It may contain a lot of useful information, but also a lot of nonsense, because anyone can write it.
The lecture notes will be uploaded in due time after each lecture. In order to access these from outside the University or VPN (ask your tutor about this).
Date | Subject | Resources |
11.04.2019 | Introduction/organization, electronic structure | Lecture Notes (2.62 MB) |
16.04.2019 | QM methods ingredients, Hartree approximations | QM ingredients (1.43 MB), Lecture Notes (2.82 MB) |
18.04.2019 | Hartree-Fock (HF) and post HF methods | Lecture Notes (2.93 MB) |
02.05.2019 | Moller-Plesset theory, Density Functional Theory (DFT) | Perturbation Theory-MPn (3.4 MB), DFT (2.37 MB) |
09.05.2019 | DFT (continued) | Lecture Notes (4.77 MB) |
16.05.2019 | TDDFT, ab initio MD | TDDFT (2.31 MB), ab initio MD (5 MB) |
23.05.2019 | QM/MM, Classical water models | QMMM (713 KB), explicit models (998 KB), implicit models (4.33 MB) |
30.05.2019 | Holiday (Christi Himmelfahrt) | --- |
06.06.2019 | Polymer Models | Lecture Notes (10.2 MB) |
13.06.2019 | Holiday (Pfingsten) | --- |
20.06.2018 | Holiday (Fronleichnam) | --- |
27.06.2019 | Polymer dynamics, Flory theory, Poisson-Boltzmann theory | Lecture Notes (10.26 MB) |
04.07.2019 | Hydrodynamic methods | Lecture Notes (14.24 MB) |
11.07.2019 | Free energy methods | Lecture Notes (10.75 MB) |
18.07.2019 | Particle interactions | Lecture Notes (9.69 MB), slides (1.01 MB) |
Location and Time
- The tutorials take place in the CIP-Pool on the first floor of the ICP (Room 01.033, Allmandring 3), Thu 14:00 - 15:30; Thu 09:45-11:15 (extra tutoring time when the tutors will be partly available) (Tutors: Maofeng Dou / Kartik Jain )
There will be in total 6 worksheets, which will be handed out every two weeks on Wednesdays at 14:00. The deadline for the solutions will be two weeks after on Wednesdays before 13:00. The first worksheet will be uploaded on Wed. April 17th. The deadline will be Wed. May 1st.
Worksheet 1: Quantum chemistry and simple models
- Deadline: May 1, 2019, 13:00 by email to Maofeng Dou use SM2_01 as subject line.
- Worksheet 1 (100 KB)
- template (2 KB) - input files
- latex-template.tex (7 KB) - LaTeX template for the report
Worksheet 2: Density Functional Theory
- Deadline: May 15, 2019, 13:00 noon by email to Maofeng Dou use SM2_02 as subject line.
- Worksheet 2 (141 KB)
- template (3.4 MB) - input files
- latex-template.tex (7 KB) - LaTeX template for the report
Worksheet 3: QM/MM of water molecule on Au surface and ab initio molecular dynamics of water monomer/dimer
- Deadline: May 29, 2019, 13:00 noon by email to Maofeng Dou use SM2_03 as subject line.
- Worksheet 3 (142 KB)
- template (434 KB) - input files
- latex-template.tex (7 KB) - LaTeX template for the report
Worksheet 4: Properties of Coarse-grained Polymers
- Deadline: June 19, 2019, 12:00 noon by email to Kartik Jain use SM2_04 as subject line.
- Worksheet (318 KB)
- template (9 KB)
- ESPResSo install (419 bytes)
Worksheet 5: Charge distribution and Poisson Boltzmann theory
- Deadline: July 3, 2019, 12:00 noon by email to Kartik Jain use SM2_05 as subject line.
- Worksheet 5 (346 KB)
- template (7 KB) - ESPResSo sample script
- ESPResSo install (417 bytes)
- M. Deserno and C. Holm, 2001 (304 KB) - Paper for the cell model and the charged rod.
Worksheet 6: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Free Energy
- Deadline: July 17, 2019, 12:00 noon by email to Kartik Jain use SM2_06 as subject line.
- Worksheet (285 KB)
- template (2 KB) - ESPResSo sample script
- ESPResSo install (423 bytes)
- latex-template.tex (7 KB) - LaTeX template for the report
General Remarks
- For the tutorials, you will get a personal account for the ICP machines.
- All material required for the tutorials can also be found on the ICP computers in the directory
. - For the reports, we have a nice LaTeX template (7 KB).
- You can do the exercises in the CIP-Pool when it is not occupied by another course. The pool is accessible on all days, except weekends and late evenings.
- If you do the exercises in the CIP-Pool, all required software and tools are available.
- The worksheets are to be solved in groups of two or three people. We will not accept hand-in-exercises that only have a single name on it.
- A written report (between 5 and 10 pages) has to be handed in for each worksheet. We recommend using LaTeX to prepare the report.
- You have two weeks to prepare the report for each worksheet.
- The report has to be sent to your tutor via email (Maofeng Dou or Kartik Jain).
- Each task within the tutorial is assigned a given number of points. Each student should have 50 % of the points from each tutorial as a prerequisite for the oral examination.
What happens in a tutorial
- The tutorials take place every week.
- You will receive the new worksheet on the days before the tutorial.
- In the first tutorial after you received a worksheet, the solutions of the previous worksheet will be presented (see below) and the new worksheet will be discussed.
- In the second tutorial after you received the worksheet, there is time to work on the exercises and to ask questions for the tutor.
- You will have to hand in the reports on Monday after the second tutorial.
- In the third tutorial after you received the worksheet, the solutions will be discussed:
- The tutor will ask a team to present their solution.
- The tutor will choose one of the members of the team to present each task.
- This means that each team member should be able to present any task.
- At the end of the term, everybody should have presented at least once.


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Monday, October 8, 2012
Meet this week's *Featured Designer* ~ Mel Hains Designs!
31 comments:
- Stacey said...
Her kits are adorable! thank you so much for the chance to win her store! How about a mermaids & pirates kit?
- October 8, 2012 at 3:04 PM
- Ann Garriss said...
Thanks so much for your designs. Since you live in SA what about travel items and stuff. We lived overseas for 2 years and I have problems finding travel stuff. I can only use some many airplanes and tickets. I want things that you would not see in America, fruits, trees, animals, and foods. More about life in a foreign country. We lived in Thailand. Thanks so much
Ann Garriss - October 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Amy Bateman said...
I'm thinking a kit based on holiday traditions outside of the typical Santa: Kwanzaa, Sweden's Santa Lucia, etc.
- October 8, 2012 at 3:44 PM
Been asking for this one for a year or so but no one wants to take me up on it. So here it is........an Ice Fishing Kit. Perhaps a Polar Bear or a Penguin with a fishing pole in it and definitely an ice hole. So far I've taken bears and penguins and added fishing poles to them, but would love a real element instead. Igloos and Eskimo's would be great. Of course fishing poles, sleds and huskie dogs would be allowed as well! Thanks for considering.........
Judi - October 8, 2012 at 4:14 PM
- Laramie Coyote said...
I would love to see more kits for scrapping dogs. No particular focus on breed.... just oriented to all doggies!!
Laramie - October 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Gina T. said...
How about a fantasy kit with Fairies and dragons? Thank you for the chance!
- October 8, 2012 at 6:15 PM
I would love to use a really playful and bright miniature golf kit with lots of cute little putting obstacles like: wind mills, lighthouses, curly Q's, clown mouths, etc. Maybe some beautifully colored balls and putters. And maybe some fun consession foods like corn dogs, french fries, and ice cream cones? I see everyone lots of good ideas, good luck :) Thanks for the chance!
- October 8, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- peni astiti said...
Mel's kit are lovely and fabulous. Love them always!
how about book lovers theme! and gadget theme! and everything about shoes theme? :D - October 8, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Wow what great kit ideas already. I would like to say an ice fishing kit would be great, I haven't seen one of those around!!!
I could also benefit from a kit maybe called "First" as in First steps, first haircut, first tooth, etc.
Thanks for the chance to win your store!!!
- October 8, 2012 at 10:03 PM
You have great designs already! I would love to see a rugby kit. Rugby is just starting to catch on in the States but is so popular in Europe, NZ, Australia, etc.
- October 8, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Wow I'm still new at digital scrapbooking and what a plesant suprise to see someone from SA - Please how about Matric Farewell and Veldschool true SA style. Thanks.
- October 9, 2012 at 1:41 AM
- Unknown said...
Hello ladies! I am really loving the creativity with the ideas! Thank you so much! :)
- October 9, 2012 at 1:43 AM
- CBH said...
Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBB Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 2 post on Oct. 09, 2012. Thanks again.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:24 AM
- Unknown said...
I love your I'm the Birthday Girl Kit. How about an add-on for that kit that has things like 1st birthday, and I'm 2 years old. And maybe a quick page that has a place for all eleven month pictures with a bigger one for the 1 year picture.
Making an album for my daughters first birthday is what made me want to start so maybe there are more people like me.
- October 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Unknown said...
I also like the idea that Gina had about a Fairy kit. That would be so cute.
- October 9, 2012 at 12:17 PM
- Monica said...
My kit idea is When I Grow Up - a kit that encompasses the hopes and dreams of young and even old. I hope you find the inspiration you're looking for!
- October 9, 2012 at 1:42 PM
How about a musical instruments theme? Many people play instruments of some sort but I rarely see kits for them (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, etc.). It'd be perfect for all those recital pics!
- October 9, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- jcobb said...
Love the kits! Has there ever been any consideration of designing a kit for brain tumor (cancer-gray ribbon) awareness?
- October 10, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- SewCalGal said...
Really cute designs. When I see the kids in the cowboy layout it makes me think how I've been looking for clipart/layouts with woman (e.g. women in dresses, women gardening, etc. I also want more birds and bird related clipart/layouts. Love doing layouts where ....a little birdie told me stories. And, I find it hard to find quilting & sewing related templates and can always use more of those too!
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com - October 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- Bev said...
My kit idea would be a collection for travel in your country SA It is hard to find specific kits that can be used for travel in specific areas... Welcome
- October 10, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- rosewendy said...
I know a little boy who is passionate about knights and castles etc at the moment. A kit with those elements- and perhaps a little dragon and fair maiden- would be great.
- October 10, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- RJMJ said...
Hi There...
You Have Some Very Nice & Interesting Designs...Have You Ever Considered Doing Something Very Different?...Like...A Christmas Themed Kit But In A More Victorian,Vintage Shabby Style But Not in The Typical Green & Red Xmas Colors But More In Purples & Golds Or Pinks & Silvers?...What Do You Think?...That Would Be Very Interesting...
Love Your Designs,
Thanks For the Chance To Win!
Smiles,RJ - October 11, 2012 at 5:10 AM
- jcobb said...
I would love to see someone design a kit for brain tumor (cancer) awareness. The awareness color is gray and I would love to see what you could do with it. My husband lost his 5 1/2 year battle with brain cancer on Thanksgiving day, 11-24-11. This kit would mean the world to me and all brain cancer warriors, especially if part of the proceeds went to brain tumor research, such as the American Brain Tumor Association (abta.org).
- October 13, 2012 at 9:08 AM
- Pull Your Socks Up! said...
The Robo Boy-themed kits are absolutely adorable. I think that one is going to really catch on. Found My Memories via Hello the Mushroom's blog giveaway:).
- October 13, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- Missy Roth said...
Cool! I just saw that I won. Thank you so much! Time to get shopping!
- October 14, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Love all the kits! How about something for prince and princesses,castles or Chinese New Year or St. Patrick's Day or baby showers or for the family or for everyday life.
- October 15, 2012 at 2:17 AM
I'm so upset my comment from last week never showed up, bummer.
Well anyway better late then never... I've been wanting a hair cut kit for a while now. Something geared towards kids, both of mine are going to get their 1st haircut pertty soon!!! Also just reading through all the other great idea and I would have to agree that an ice fishing kit would be great!!
Thank you
Kelly - October 15, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- boysmum2 said...
How about a summer christmas kit. Living in NZ our christmas is spent at the beach, so loads of great pictures to scrap with but need something other than snow and cold to scrap a christmas theme page with?
- October 22, 2012 at 1:51 AM
- Unknown said...
I know this is late but I thought I would share anyway! I would love a book worm theme. Both my little ones (3 and 1) are absolute book lovers and will spend hours looking through books and listening to stories. I have a ton of pictures of them amongst piles of books, and sleeping with books etc. I would love to see a theme that is geared towards children and books.
- October 24, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Jenny said...
Thanks for a chance to win your store! I love all your creations! I would love to see what you would create using a Hispanic Herritage theme. Being Hispanic and a crafter I rarely if not ever see any themes with third countries symbols, cultures, images or phrases. I would love to create a scrapbook for my parents in Spanish where I can add their pictures as children.
- November 2, 2012 at 6:25 PM
Hi, your kit is so fabulous, how about a kit with cooking competition theme. because i really love to see reality show with this theme.
thanks for the chance to win your kits
ka77hy (firstname.lastname@example.com) - November 3, 2012 at 9:57 AM


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Ground employee arrested in LA airport ice blasts
Los Angeles International Airport officials plan to meet with law enforcement authorities to examine potential security enhancements after two dry ice bombs exploded in an alleged prank by an employee at the airport.
The meetings also will explore the handling and transport of dry ice and other hazardous materials and possible improvements to those procedures.
Arif Alikhan, deputy executive director for Homeland Security and Law Enforcement at Los Angeles World Airports, said Wednesday that such meetings are routine after such an incident and will look at lessons learned.A baggage handler has been arrested following a police investigation into two dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport.
Dicarlo Bennett, a 28-year-old employee for the ground handling company Servisair, was booked Tuesday for possession of a destructive device near an aircraft. He is being held on $1 million bail.
Police had stepped up patrols and increased its checks on employees after the blasts took place Sunday night and then again Monday night.
Bennett took the dry ice from a plane and placed it in an employee restroom Sunday night and another device that was found on a tarmac outside the international terminal, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation who wasn't authorized to speak publicly.
Police had previously said they didn't believe the explosions were an act of terror because of the locations of the devices and because people weren't targeted.
No one was injured in either incident, although some flights were delayed Sunday.
The incidents could be the work of a disgruntled employee due to an internal labor dispute, said Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who heads the department's counter-terrorism and special operations bureau.
Swissport recently agreed to acquire Servisair and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. An afterhours message seeking comment from Servisair was not immediately returned.
It wasn't immediately known what Bennett's motives were, but he was riding in a van with several others, including a supervisor, when he decided to plant one of the dry ice bombs, the official told The Associated Press. Those in the van were aware of the dry ice, the official said, but no other arrests have been made.
The bombs were made by putting dry ice in 20-ounce plastic bottles and could have caused serious injury to anyone in close proximity, Downing said.
One device exploded in an employee men's room Sunday night in Terminal 2. Remnants of an exploded bottle also were found that night on the tarmac area near the Tom Bradley International Terminal, but an employee threw it away. The same employee found an unexploded bottle Monday evening and then reported what he found the previous day.
While there are cameras in some of these restricted-access areas, Downing said there isn't as much camera coverage as in the public-access areas and investigators had been reviewing available video.
Dry ice is widely used by vendors to keep food fresh.
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