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Pemy Rat: Aggressive to Friendly
The material presented here does not provide a method to help an aggressive rat become friendly. I just love Pemy so much that I want to share her in video and photos.
What did I DO that helped Pemy and Dicey?
I rewarded, with food, all good behaviors. I taught them to love a transport box to enable me to manage them and their cage. I used desensitization and counter-conditioning techniques, and positive reinforcement. What all of this means is a topic for another time.
What did I NOT do with Pemy and Dicey?
I never forced either of them to do anything. I never held them against their will. I never grabbed them for any reason. I never did anything that would have caused them to react fearfully, much less to fear me.
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View more about Pemy's and Dicey's past with me:Pemy and Dicey. Early photos of them.
Pen and Box Playspace. How I gave Very Aggressive Pemy and Dicey play time in a large space, where I could contain them and keep myself safe.
Bitten By Pemy Rat. Graphic photos of blood! Be Warned.
Helping an Unsocialized Rat Love a Transport Box. Oh BABY was this key for Pemy and Dicey.
Using a Neck Box with Shy Rats. What would coax an unsocialized rat to enjoy hanging out with a human, and yet keep the human safe? For Pemy and Dicey, once they loved a transport box, we went on Neck Box rides. I had assessed they would not bite me during this fun time. Do not do this with your aggressive rat just because it worked for me.
Dicey - Aggressive Rat No More. Pemy was the harder rat to win over. In the videos, Pemy is usually out of sight, ignoring me and thinking about chomping flesh.
Letting Rats Use Their Teeth. Really! Pemy models good teeth activity.
The material presented here does not provide a method to help an aggressive rat become friendly. I just love Pemy so much that I want to share her in video and photos.
Pemy and Dicey were two sisters born shortly after their mother was rescued from a hoarding situation in Calfornia. At the rescue, as they grew, they took on aggressive behaviors, and eventually became extremely aggressive. As a consequence, they were considered unadoptable. The rescue was willing to let me have them, as I wanted to see if I could help them out of their aggression. They were about a year old when I adopted them.
There were times I was not careful, and didn't wear gloves. The rats are sleeping way over there, and I just need to reach way over on the other side for the water bowl, so no problem, right? PROBLEM. Both rats would strike out and nail me like a snake Steve Irwin could not have avoided. I was bitten very seriously several times until I got my own behavior straightened out, and made sure I wore gloves. Both rats did bite the gloves, but never penetrated them. I ignored their bites and did minimal business in the cage, and left. For their behavior of NOT snake-launching, I rewarded them with treats, usually yogurt or a yogurt-oats mixture, via a long-handled spoon. They viewed my offer with suspicion at first, but over time accepted the rewards eagerly.
(Dicey switched to friendly long before Pemy did. Sadly, she died of internal abscesses attached to her intestines, which two surgeries were unable to resolve.)


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Sights & Sounds of the South with Elvis' 40th Anniversary Celebration
This southern U.S. tour is a must for music buffs, as it explores some of the locations that played a critical role in the evolution of American music. Your vacation includes two nights each in three of Tennessee's great cities: Memphis, dubbed the "birthplace of rock 'n' roll;" Nashville, famous for country music; and Gatlinburg, a mountain resort destination. You'll also overnight in Asheville, North Carolina, and two of Kentucky's famous cities—Louisville and Lexington.Begin your vacation in Memphis with visits to the Rock 'n' Soul Museum and Elvis Presley's Graceland. During your time in Memphis, participate in events celebrating the life of Elvis during the 40-year anniversary of his death. In Nashville, "Music City U.S.A.," your sightseeing tour includes visits to the Country Music Hall of Fame and legendary RCA Studio B, once a recording home of Elvis Presley. This special experience arranged by Globus even lets you make a recording to take home with you! While in Nashville, you'll stay at the world-famous Opryland, where you'll experience the grandeur of the South with hospitality at its finest. You'll also enjoy reserved seats to the world-famous Grand Ole Opry along with a backstage tour after the show—another out-of-the-ordinary adventure offered by Globus! Other highlights of this southern U.S. tour include Dollywood, an 88-acre theme park inspired by Dolly Parton; Great Smoky Mountain National Park, America's most visited national park; and behind-the-scenes visits to Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, and a local horse farm in Lexington—yet more hidden gems offered by Globus. In Asheville, visit George Vanderbilt's 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate, the largest privately owned home in America. All of this and more await you on this marvelous southern U.S. vacation highlighting the sights and sounds of the South.
City Highlights
MEMPHIS Sightseeing tour; visit Graceland and the Rock 'n' Soul Museum; attend the candlelight vigil at GracelandNASHVILLE [LF] Backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry; [LF] visit RCA Studio B and record your own hit; sightseeing with a Local Guide; visit Country Music Hall of Fame; reserved seats at Grand Ole Opry showHODGENVILLE Abraham Lincoln's birthplaceBARDSTOWN Visit My Old Kentucky Home State Park and Heaven Hill Whiskey DistilleryLOUISVILLE [LF] Experience the "backstretch" area at Churchill Downs; visit Kentucky Derby MuseumLEXINGTON[LF] Behind-the-scenes Kentucky Horse Farm visitGATLINBURG Orientation tour; [LF] moonshine tasting DOLLYWOOD Explore the parkGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK Orientation tourASHEVILLE Tour Biltmore Estate; farewell dinner
Breakfast daily, 1 lunch, 3 three-course dinners including a special farewell dinner in Asheville
Free Wi-Fi available on your motorcoach and in most hotels.

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Are you struggling to get all of your work done? Are things falling through the cracks? You ever feel overwhelmed? Like you have so many things to do that you can't possibly do it all? Well, there is hope for you because you can organize your life and the good news is, although it does take a little time and effort, it's not all that hard to do.
1) Set goals and prioritize. This is the very first step and it's where most people fall down. They don't know what the hell they're trying to do in the first place. Do you want to be the CEO at your company or is it "just a job" that's paying the bills while you take steps toward another career? Are you looking to get laid by as many women as possible or get married? Is your top priority getting a new car or putting back six months' worth of savings?
Take a little time to think about these things. Ask yourself some important questions. Where do you want to be in five years? If you had an infinite amount of money, what would you be doing with your life? How can you do some of those things without an infinite amount of money? How is your life shaping up in its important dimensions? How's your health, your love life, your career, your spirituality, your cash flow, and your friends/family? If you rated yourself on all those dimensions 1 – 10, what would your rating be? Now, how can you improve your life on those dimensions? What values do you put the highest and least priority on? Health, love, security, freedom, passion, success, comfort, etc., etc., etc. Once you put these values in order, it will change your decision-making process forever.
Once you have a clear sense of your goals, dreams, values, and priorities, decision-making and organization become an order of magnitude easier.
2) Map out the steps to achieve your goals. Once you know what you're trying to do, you can start planning it out. Break it down step by step. Let's say a big goal of yours is to bench press 200 pounds. You may want to start by joining a gym. Next you'll want to max out to see what you bench. Next you'll want to get a trainer, read a book, or do research on the Internet to find the best routine to increase your bench. Next you'll want to log your progress. You may need to change your diet, get friends to work out with you to increase motivation, or try a new routine to improve your results. Getting everything broken down into manageable steps, as opposed to "bench 200 pounds" will make all the difference. The big goal may seem overwhelming while each step will seem doable.
3) Write it all down. Whether you get a day planner, a notepad, or just type it out on your computer, it's important to keep a list of everything you need to do. So, if you have something you need to do, big or small, jot it down. This is more important than you might think, not just because it keeps things from falling through the cracks, but because it will give you some peace of mind. You don't have to worry that you're forgetting something important because you know that you write down everything you have to do in the same place and you can refer back to it.
4) Plan it out. Once you get to this point, there are a lot of different methods you can use to start clearing your to do list. You can put everything you have to do in order from top to bottom and work from the top down. You can give all the items a grade of A, B, C and do the most important items first. You can pick one of your top 5 most important items each day and knock it out. You can put a date on each item and refuse to let anything stay on more than a month.
You can give each to do list a point value based on a combination of importance/ difficulty and try to score a certain number of points each day. Any of these approaches can get you where you want; so pick one that appeals to you.
5) Start executing. So you've got your goals in place, you know your priorities, you have a list of things you need to do, and you've got a method for your own personal madness. Now, it's time to start doing and….you're not that motivated. What do you do? Pick a task you haven't wanted to work on and take the first small step towards getting it done. After you've gotten started, suddenly the task won't look so daunting. If even that seems like too much, pledge to yourself that you'll spend 10 minutes working on your top priority. You could probably take 10 minutes of waterboarding if you absolutely had to; so certainly you can spend that much time doing something on your to do list that you're reluctant to tackle. Once you've gotten started, don't be surprised if it feels so good that you finish it and move on to the next hardest item on your to do list. Why is that? Because ironically, as often as not, motivation can follow action just as easily as action can follow motivation. Get the ball rolling and suddenly you may be surprised that it's easier to keep moving than to stop.


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Kansas City, MO – Phil Forte hit two free throws with 2.9 seconds remaining as No. 14 Oklahoma State survived a furious late Baylor rally to down the Bears, 74-72, on Thursday in Big 12 Conference quarterfinal action.
Forte finished with 14 points and shot a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line for the Cowboys (24-7), who advance to face familiar foe Kansas State in the semifinal round on Friday.
Marcus Smart scored a team-high 21 points and pulled down five rebounds and Le'Bryan Nash added 14 points in the victory. The Cowboys defeated the Wildcats, 76-70, last Saturday to end the regular season.
"We lost a little bit of focus," Smart said. "We came out in the second half, we're up 18, and we didn't really match their intensity like we should have in the first ten minutes. They came out ready and more energized than we expected them to. At this level, this time of the season, you've got to expect it at all times. You can't have any slip ups or 'oh, shoot' moments."
Pierre Jackson scored 24 of his 31 points in the second half for the Bears (18-14), who trailed by 18 at the break and improbably tied the contest on a rare four-point play with 19 seconds remaining. A.J. Walton added 13 and Cory Jefferson had a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards in defeat.
Two Smart free throws with just under five minutes to play gave Oklahoma State a 57-49 edge, before Baylor fought back with an 11-6 spurt that Gary Franklin capped off with a trey to bring the Bears within 63-60 with 2:24 to play.
Nash then extended the lead to five points twice, as his jumper with 1 1/2 minutes remaining made it 67-62. Jackson, though then had a quick lay-in and on the other end of the floor, Michael Cobbins made 1-of-2 free throws.
Jackson stayed hot, however, and nailed a triple with 39 seconds to keep the pressure on and bring Baylor within one. Forte calmly sank two free throws to bring the advantage to three. Jackson hit 1-of-2 free throws which led to Smart making 2-of-2 free throws and it looked like Oklahoma State would finally hold on.
Then the unlikely happened with Baylor down four, as Franklin was left wide open in the corner with 19 seconds left, and not only hit a 3-pointer, but was fouled on the play by Forte for a four-point swing and tie game.
Forte drove into the lane with time winding down and was fouled by Deuce Bello before putting in the deciding points.
Jackson's three-point play seven-plus minutes into the second half capped off a 15-5 Baylor flurry to close the deficit to 47-39.
The Cowboys didn't settle for field goals, but rather free throws, allowing Baylor to sneak its way back into the contest. Oklahoma State had a streak from the 12:21 mark to 3:50 of the second half, in which its only points came from the charity stripe. The only field goals on each end of the streak were courtesy of Nash.
Baylor struggled throughout the first half as it managed just 24 points on 8- of-32 shooting -- including 0-for-13 from 3-point range.
"Joe Lunardi, we'll see what his final bracket says, because he's usually pretty good," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "But I think with the committee -- I think a perfect example is VCU a couple of years ago, whenever it was, they went to the Final Four, and people were like, Why did they get in? Well, the committee knew they were a Final Four-type team."
Game Notes
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Baylor 53-19 and has a 11-1 mark on neutral courts ... Baylor shot 36.7 percent from the floor (22-of-60) compared to 45.8 percent (22-of-48) for Oklahoma State ... The Cowboys connected on 25-of-33 from the charity stripe ... Markel Brown and Cobbins had 11 and 10 points, respectively, for OSU.


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PC Overclocking and Aftermarket Modding. Part III – Power vs. Frequency?
Thermal simulation of electronic systems using FloTHERM usually involve the definition of the 3D geometry and relevant material properties, specification of the power dissipation of the components as well as the ambient temperature that together lead to a numerical prediction of the resulting heat fluxes and temperatures. If the predicted component temperatures are too high then you've got a problem. Actually, as a FloTHERM user once said, by using FloTHERM there aren't any thermal problems anymore, just challenges as to how to (re)design the system to achieve compliant component temperatures. As far as the governing equations of heat transfer are concerned the relationship between power dissipation and temperature (rise) is bi-directional, just because we consider power to be the input and temperature to be the output, there's no reason FloTHERM has to be bound by that. Just as well because more often than not the maximum component temperature limit is known but an accurate value of component power dissipation is not.
From what little I've learnt about the wonderful world of overclocking the use of sub-zero methods of cooling (e.g. liquid nitrogen or dry ice ('dice') cooled CPU/GPU mounted pots) are great party or demo pieces but not often employed on a day to day basis. The use of heatsinking and closed loop liquid cooling systems is more common. Either way, overclocking involves the ramping up of processor speeds that results in an increase is component power dissipation that would result in excessive component temperatures (and resulting operational failure) if the extra heat were not to be removed effectively enough. I'm personally not that au fait with the relationship between processor speed and power dissipation. One relationship I am aware of is that CPU power consumption = Capacitance x Voltage squared x Frequency. But that doesn't include leakage current losses. Short of having access to electrical engineers doing full processor system simulations your thermal engineer will normally just be given a maximum assumed power dissipation, or a TDP (thermal design power). Resulting simulations may therefore tend to overestimate the resulting junction or case temperatures.
OK, let's flip things round and ask 'what would the power dissipation be to achieve a junction temperature = maximum rated junction temperature for a given cooling solution?'. Something FloTHERM excels at answering! For you FloTHERM users out there say using a detailed component model with a source attribute used to define the power, set a fixed temperature source option instead of the usual power dissipation option. Once the model is solved, [View/Top] the cuboid used to represent the die and look in the 'solid conductors' table. Hey presto, the total power dissipation is shown. As a double check you could enter that power dissipation instead of the fixed temperature resolve and you'll find the junction temperature = maximum value you entered in originally. Sure, you could use the Command Center to find the same thing using multiple 'what if' simulations but this method is direct.
Back to overclocking. Using this fixed temperature approach (where I set the CPU Tj = Tj_max = 90degC) I simulated 4 different cooling configurations; no heatsink, a passive heatsink, an active heatsink (+fan) and a LN2 cooled pot. There's quite a bit of activity in LN2 or dice pot design. The use of holes drilled into the base or rods on the base surface both increase the cooling area, turning them more into liquid cooled heatsinks. The following images all have the same colour temperature range going from 20degC to 90degC. Anything blue is at or below 20degC. Nothing will be above 90degC as that is an input.
Here's a chart showing the resulting power dissipations that are achievable under those cooling conditions. The LN2 sub-zero cooling allows for a power dissipation about 6 times that of the (standard) active heatsink cooling approach. Assuming that the CPU voltage has not been altered that would equate to an x6 increase in clock speed as a theoretical maximum. It's at this stage where I have to admit to some deficiencies in this entire approach when trying to emulate 'reality'… A steady state assumption is made where the CPUs operation is such that the entire die reaches a steady and uniform temperature, is this possible to achieve in reality? I doubt it. It's also not just absolute temperatures that result in failure. Temperature gradients drive thermo-mechanical stresses that result in package damaging strains. The gradients when going from a fixed die temp of 90degC to an LN2 temperature of -196degC are massive, the system would likely fail long before that state was reached. Maybe an overclocker would like to comment on what maximum junction temperatures can usually be reached under sub-zero cooling conditions. Also, how accurate actually is the on-die temperature monitoring system under such conditions? Anyway, if asked the question 'how much better is LN2 cooling compared to normal active heatsink cooling' maybe the answer could be 'about 6 times better, max, maybe'.
I love examining predicted heat fluxes to get a feel as to where the heat is flowing, is it getting out of the system quickly and easily, is it encountering any specific thermal bottlenecks that could be relieved? Using the new 'heat flux particle animation' feature in the latest release of FloTHERM, V9.2, you can animate these heat flow paths. Here are what they look like for the 4 cooling configurations.
With no heatsink the heat has to flow down into the PCB, encountering all the thermal resistances the PCB has to offer, or trickle out of the package top. You can't shove much heat that way without going above Tj_max, in fact you can onyl shove about 6W. With a heatsink the heat conducts up into the fins and then out through the air that moves slowly only due buoyancy. A bit better, but not much. Place a fan on the heatsink and the heat is positively sucked up the fins then blown back down through the fin channels. Put a sub-zero copper pot on top and the heat is has no option but to rush up towards the LN2 at the upper face of the pot base, the Formula 1 of cooling systems.
13th June 2011, Seoul.


text: Last week at its annual Google I\/O developer conference, the company announced Google Home, a voice assistant that's expected to be released later this year. During the event Google showed off Home features designed to automate everyday rituals and common domestic tasks. "We want users to have an ongoing, two-way dialogue with Google," CEO Sundar Pichai said during an I\/O keynote address. "We think of this as building each user their own individual Google."\n\n\n[Related: Google doubles down on enterprise at I\/O]\n\n\nGoogle Home will give the company near-ubiquitous access to users' home lives, enriching its ability to capture advanced user data about preferences and behaviors. While Google has not yet positioned Home as a tool for the enterprise, it could evolve into a valuable tool for business users that connects to Google's cloud services and other productivity platforms.\n\n\n"There might very well be a space for [enterprise]," said Urz Holzle, senior vice president of technical infrastructure at Google. "With cloud services you can actually get pretty far," when it comes to image and voice recognition, machine learning, text analysis and storage analytics, he said \u2014 all of which play increasingly important roles in business.\u00a0\n\nRoom for enterprise in Google's Home\n\nVoice-activated devices and related applications will quickly make their ways into organizations as they become more mainstream for consumers, according to Raul Castanon-Martinez, a senior analyst at 451 Research. "There are many ways in which the different technologies used for Google Home can come together to enable workers to interact with enterprise applications," he says.\u00a0\n\n\nThe voice-controlled personal assistant is "the new battleground for mobile and IoT platforms," Castanon-Martinez says. Many of the tech industry's largest companies have shifted priorities in attempts to establish themselves in the nascent space, but Microsoft and Amazon currently have a technical edge, and Apple has the lead on brand recognition with Siri, which dates back to 2011, according to Castanon-Martinez. However, Google also has a "significant advantage" because of vast Android user base, and its expertise in speech recognition and natural language comprehension, he says.\n\n\nJan Dawson, chief analyst and founder of Jackdaw Research, says Google Home represents another endpoint for several of Google's services, but it is much more niche than the company's other leading markets, such as smartphones, tablets, wearables, PCs and TVs. Google and others are so interested in these voice assistants because the home is "the one place where we tend to leave our phones behind to some extent," he says. "There's a role to be filled for devices that can be present when our phones aren't."\u00a0\n\n\nApple's answer is the Apple Watch, a device that's almost always attached to its owner. Amazon introduced a completely new category with its Echo assistant, because it doesn't have meaningful phone or tablet market share, Dawson says. "The key for this category is that these devices have to be seen as endpoints for services that exist in many other places too, rather than as self-contained devices."\n\n\nSamsung wants in on the voice assistant party, as well, and last month it announced Otto, a "smarter home companion" that can answer search queries, control smart-home systems and remotely monitor a residence. Otto is only a prototype, but the company was just as determined as Google to stake a claim in the market at its developer conference last month.\u00a0\n\nGoogle Home must evolve if it's to fit in enterprise\n\nIt's not hard to imagine Google Home, or some version of it, finding a place in the enterprise, according to Dawson, but it would have to be tailored for use in work settings. "Enterprise use for this kind of thing is a lot tougher, because you're mostly talking about people working in busy environments, close to other people, which really isn't well-suited to voice products," he says. "That's not to say that the Google assistant won't make its way into the enterprise environment in other ways, but it probably won't be through voice."\n\n\n[Related: 4 key takeaways from Samsung's developer conference]\n\n\nNatural speech tools have never caught on in the enterprise, according to Byron Galbraith, cofounder and chief data scientist at Talla, a company that makes an AI chat bot for business teams. "If I'm seated at a desk, I can almost certainly achieve the tasks I want faster within a graphical user interface or rich visual interface than through some limited set of voice commands," he says.\n\n\nSpeech interfaces could be useful in hands-free scenarios, such as in factories or warehouses, but ambient noise can seriously limit efficiency, according to Galbraith. Smart home tech seems to have coalesced around voice-enabled hubs, because "voice creates an intimate, if stilted, connection which could drive greater brand affinity," he says.\n\n\n"It's not just an Internet-connected speaker," Galbraith says. "It's Alexa." Or Siri. Perhaps Otto. Or later this year \u2026 "OK, Google."


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- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 pounds cube steak (tenderized round steak that's been extra tenderized)
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 to 4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Mashed potatoes, for serving
For the steak:
- Begin with setting up an assembly line of dishes. Mix the milk with the eggs in one; the flour mixed with the seasoned salt, 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper, paprika and cayenne in another; and the meat in a third. Then have one clean plate at the end to receive the breaded meat.
- Work with one piece of meat at a time. Sprinkle both sides with kosher salt and black pepper, then place it in the flour mixture. Turn to coat. Place the meat into the milk/egg mixture, turning to coat. Finally, place it back in the flour and turn to coat (dry mixture/wet mixture/dry mixture). Place the breaded meat on the clean plate, then repeat with the remaining meat.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the butter. Drop in a few sprinkles of flour to make sure it's sufficiently hot. When the butter sizzles immediately, you know it's ready. (It should not brown right away, if it does, the fire is too hot.) Cook the meat, 3 pieces at a time, until the edges start to look golden brown, about 2 minutes each side. Remove the meat to a paper towel-lined plate and keep them warm by covering lightly with another plate or a sheet of foil. Repeat until all the meat is cooked.
- After all the meat is fried, pour off the grease into a heatproof bowl. Without cleaning the skillet, return it to the stove over medium-low heat. Add 1/4 cup of the grease back to the skillet and allow it to heat up.
For the gravy:
- When the grease is hot, sprinkle the flour evenly over the grease. Using a whisk, mix the flour with the grease, creating a golden-brown paste. Add more flour if it looks overly greasy; add a little more grease if it becomes too pasty/clumpy. Keep cooking until the roux reaches a deep golden brown color.
- Pour in the milk, whisking constantly. Add the seasoned salt and black pepper to taste and cook, whisking, until the gravy is smooth and thick, 5 to 10 minutes. Be prepared to add more milk if it becomes overly thick. Be sure to taste to make sure gravy is sufficiently seasoned.
- Serve the meat next to a big side of mashed potatoes. Pour gravy over both!
6 servings
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Tribe refuses "bribe money" from Washington foundation
It's a story that has been percolating for a few days. Now that the Associated Press has picked it up, the latest P.R. embarrassment regarding the Washington team name has become official.
A Native American tribe on the Arizona-California border trying to raise $250,000 for a skate park has refused funding from the Original Americans Foundation, a group started earlier this year by owner Daniel Snyder in response to ongoing opposition to a name regarded by many as a slur.
"No, we're not going to accept any kind of monetary offer to side with allowing them to utilize the inappropriate name for this NFL team," Quechan tribal president Keeny Escalanti Sr. told the AP.
"The sacrifice we took to say no wasn't an easy one," Escalanti added. "We wish we could help the kids today by taking the partnership. We're trying to teach our community and the youth that we can do things the right way. We don't have to accept this type of money from these people."
Previously, the Arizona Republic explained that the tribe turned down a "blank check" from the foundation at a council meeting attended by Original Americans Foundation executive director Gary Edwards and director Karl Schreiber.
"He said he was a proud Redskin and had been a proud Redskin since he was a child," Escalanti told the Republic regarding Edwards. And it apparently got even more uncomfortable than that.
"Edwards just brought up key words that you just don't bring up in Indian country, like assimilation, annihilation," Escalanti said. "And he tried to talk down about White people, saying they're the oppressor. . . . I don't know what he thought he was doing in talking like that to us — impress us? Like he thought he could talk like that among his fellow Natives? It was so awkward."
Thus, the tribe rejected an offer from the Original Americans Foundation to pay for the entire park, issuing the following statement to the Republic: "We will not align ourselves with an organization to simply become a statistic in their fight for name acceptance in Native communities. . . . We know bribe money when we see it."
The debate regarding the name has simmered in recent weeks, with most of the news coming from failed efforts by the team to defend it. While the controversy has reached a stage where it's likely to not go away until the name changes, there wouldn't be as much to say about the situation if the team could manage to stay out of its own way for a week or two.


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With all the activities of Summer - it's easy to walk right past that sewing room door. But this next Friday - I'm going to sew sew sew!!
Will you sew with me?
I have a huge pile of projects to work on, and I love the motivation of FNSI. Thanks!
I have a PILE of quilt tops and just got a new machine, so... IF I can layer them this week, I'll be quilting some quilts on Friday night!
I am drowning in UFO's. Looking forward to the FNSI!
Yes yes yes! My hubby is taking the kids camping, so I will have a night all to myself. I am looking forward to it!
I'll be there! 'See' you all then!
Agreed, the timing couldn't be better!! Looking forward to it!
Hello Heidi,
Winter here, the perfect time to sew.
Happy days.
Oh Heidi this is fantastic timing!! I have a TON of projects that need to be done asap and this will be just the excuse I need to get my act into gear early in the day to get the little one down for her sleep early!! ... REALLY looking forward to a whole evening of sewing!! Been so long!
I think that I have too many projects to choose from, but will decide by next week--maybe my "Spools"?!
I have so many thngs to choose from and this it just the motivation I need. thanks
Looking forward to the next FNSI
Hello Heidilooking forward to sewing along MAYBE two nights and seeing what everyone is making..
So many projects. So little time!
I wrote the dates out 2 months ago on a post it and stuck it on my computer at work and still your post came as a shock that it is that time already! I really should pay more attention to the notes on my screen at work!! I think I might be able to join in this month
I always get so much done on the FNSI dates... thanks again for hosting...
Looking forward to a productive evening at the machine!
I have missed the last couple...I am really looking forward to it!!
I'll make time this time!!
Looking forward to another FNSI...
Always look forward to FNSI. Love to see what everyone else is stitching.
Looking forward to Friday night..just what I need!!
It's snuggly winter here iin Australia so no excue for not getting ots done but somehow I am falling behind..... Tracee xx
Enjoyed my first FNSI last month, I am looking forward to doing it again. Hugs......
this is my first FNSI and thank you for this very nice opportunity. sorry for my english and greetings from Switzerland, summer here but like autumn
I'm making colourful pillows & book slings for my new home daycare! Have fun ladies...can't wait to see what you're making.
I will really really try to be here this time!
looking fwd to taking part
I'm looking forward to this one! I missed it last month :)
Another great sewing night. Hopefully i'm sewing more DWR arches.
looking forward to it
Hi Heidi; this will be my first official FNSI,and I am looking forward to it :-)
lots to do - love FNSI
Yes, I will madame :). I have table mat to finish and then baby quilt as well. It will do them good to meet with sewing machine. Cheers!
Looking foward to friday night to make some more Christmas gifts.
Hope to be with you all on Friday night if all these storms finishe with us and we are safe :) Nasty nasty weather here! Be great to get back to sewing.
I have tons and tons of UFO projects....and glad to be trying this with others. I just wrote my blog so please be understanding and know I'm am a human with mistakes and tons of unfinished works not a perfect robot :-) Looking forward to Friday!!!
Looking forward to the night(s). Now to go choose which of the many projects I should work on. Thank you for the linkup.
I, too, have a ton of UFO's to work on. Happy Sewing!!
Looking forward to getting onto some of my WIPs!
I can't wait to have a nice, relaxing night working on my projects!
I sew but maybe this time I will put it on my blog.
We moved at the beginning of May, so our house has been kinda hectic lately...
REALLY looking forward to catching up this Friday and finally getting some stuff finished up!!
I've got my last SWOON block to sew for a starter!
Mum and I have signed up and have lots of options to sew!! :)
I am working Friday and Saturday during the day and plan on staying in Friday night. I have many projects going and really need to work on something!! Thanks for having this!
Gosh...I nearly missed this one!
I'm definately in!
I have two skirts cut out and ready to go. Count me in. I need the motivation!
Maybe this will encourage me to get the sewing thing happening again after a short break.
Look forward to seeing everyone there.
There is a deadline approaching for a wedding quilt; my daughter is getting married only 9 days from now. I will be quilting on Friday night and the whole weekend, for sure!
I am so looking forward to this allthough there is a football game on the tv tomorrow night as well. (Sweden vs England) But if its not a fun game I'll get to the machine earlier. But at least before and after the game the time is sewing for sure. ;)
This will be a first for me. I've never done a FNSI but the urge to sew has taken hold again so thought I'd join in the fun.
I am wanting to trace some stitchery patterns. I am also wanting to complete some applique work.
After a 3 month absence, I am finally back to doing FNSI!!
It seems the only time I blog and sew these days is for FNSI's. Thanks for the push!
I can't belive a month has gone by already. I'm hoping to do some work on a jelly roll that I have
Is it tonight or next week?? I'm going to sign up anyway!
This will be my first FNSI. I'm excited!
Gosh, I need this FNSI tonight. I haven't had a chance to touch my sewing machine in two months.
Late to the party but joining in! Better late than never...
I'm making pillows and aprons!
Making pillows and aprons.
I have a bunch of projects - large and small that I hope to complete this weekend, so I really need to get off this computer and drag myself into the sewing machine. If I get my "Little Apples" quilt bound tonight, I will consider this FNSI a success. Thanks for the motivation!
MySweetMommie and i try to sew every friday:she is working on a mystery project cause I wont tell her what it is!
I am sewing but alas I am on a huge break from blogging. Just know I am out here, at my machine! SEW much to do!!!!
I will finish my quilt
i hope I did this right- I wont have puter access tomorrow so I posted teh picture tonight
Yay for FNSI! Just jumping in at the last minute here. :)
Hi. I have put on the first thing I did last night - made some duvets. But also have other to put on soon. I stayed up sewing till 11.30pm!!
Almost forgot to sign up! I'm working on a baby quilt, old UFO from swap blocks. Tonight I sewed the rows into a top and have the muslin strip border on now. I'm going back to cut the pretty yellow 1930's border print, it will be scalloped. Hope to finish by Saturday and quilt it on Sunday.
I'm new and have never done this before! but it sounds fun! I keep seeing your button everywhere. :)
I just signed up and then saw that the sew in was for this past Friday! hahaha Well, that's just me, always one step behind. :)April @ Little Mama Hen
Had a great FNSI and fun visiting heaps of new to me blogs this morning. Thanks for hosting these girls!
It's been quite a while since I've been able to do a Friday Night Sewin, so I'm very happy that I could manage it this month!
Great to join in with FNSI. Thanks for the inspiration. (I am number 125 - and accidentally 124 - can you delete this double up. Thanks.)


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Honda team lights up school in Melbourne
The team's commitment to tackling environmental issues was demonstrated at the school. Firstly the changing of the light globes will save 44.8 tones of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 – thereby offsetting the team's entire carbon footprint for the race itself more than five times. Also on display at the school was Honda's revolutionary FCX Concept vehicle, the next generation of hydrogen fuel cell car which emits only water.
The development of the hydrogen-powered FCX is an expression of Honda's technological and environmental leadership. A production model of the FCX will be available for lease sales in Japan and the United States in 2008 – and will be widely available when the children from Albert Park Primary School are old enough to drive themselves.
The light globe changing initiative, driven and funded by the Honda Racing F1 Team, will reduce the school's annual electricity use on lighting by approximately 70%, while saving more than $8,000 per year in electricity bills.
David Hatherell, Principal – Albert Park Primary School "Albert Park Primary School is delighted to be involved in this Honda Racing F1 Team initiative. Their environmental message, in the form of the earth livery, raises important issues globally and that's fantastic. Everyone needs to make lifestyle changes to help environmental stability. At Albert Park Primary School we are very environmentally conscious. Each week we have a school award for the most sustainable class, based on how each child in each class gets to school. It was a program we put in place more than three years ago and I believe it has really helped the children and their parents understand that they can all help make a difference.'' Alistair Watkins, Marketing Director – Honda Racing F1 Team "The children here today are being educated in the ways in which the community can make an effort in reducing carbon emissions.
Replacing light bulbs is a simple, but very effective way of reducing electricity costs while helping the environment. The Honda FCX provides an insight into the type of vehicle that the children of Albert Park Primary School will be driving, once they're old enough to get behind the wheel." Earlier this month the Honda Racing F1 Team revealed a revolutionary new livery for its RA107 Formula One car, with which it aims to raise awareness of the environmental issues facing the planet. The car features a huge image of earth instead of the more traditional advertising and sponsor logos.
Honda's initiative is a powerful call to action for fans, sponsors, customers and members of the public to join Honda's commitment to help address the environmental issues facing the world via the website www.myearthdream.com. The Honda Racing F1 Team will work closely with global environmental charities to develop Honda's existing environmental ethos within the world's most high profile motorsport.


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Articles by Aye Moah
Aye Moah is chief of product at Baydin, serving as the UX designer, front end developer, and product manager for all products created at Baydin. She has a Computer Science degree from MIT and previously worked at Sapient and Cisco WebEx as a UX designer before joining the underworld of startups.
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A 14 – year-old boy was knocked off a moped and then stabbed to death by a rival gang in a "violent and frenzied" attack , a court has heard.
Jaden Moodie was allegedly dealing drugs for a gang when he was targeted by a group of five men on *** January.
Ayoub Majdouline was in a stolen Mercedes which was driven at Jaden, causing him to be "catapulted" over the bonnet, the Old Bailey heard.
Mr Majdouline, 19 and of London, denies murder and possession of a knife.
Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow QC told jurors the five men in the car had armed themselves with knives and had gone to "great lengths" to hide their faces.
"On finding Jaden Moodie, the Mercedes drove straight towards the moped, swerving onto the same side of the road so that it struck Jaden Moodie head on," he said .
He told the court the victim "did not stand a chance" and his crash helmet had come off when he was struck.
Three men then got out of the car and "repeatedly" stabbed the 14 – year-old in a "violent and frenzied attack", as he lay "defenceless and seriously injured" on the ground, the court was told.
"Fourteen seconds was all it took,
Jaden was found with nine stab wounds and bled to death in the road, the jury heard.
'Petty rivalries'
Members of the victim's family gasped and cried out as CCTV footage of the attack was played to the jury.
The prosecutor said the images showed the killers had "no qualms about playing out their petty rivalries using the blade of a knife".
The Mercedes was abandoned in a quiet cul-de-sac, while a kni fe and a pair of yellow rubber gloves were thrown away and recovered from a nearby drain the next day, the court was told.
Mr Glasgow said the 14 – year-old's blood and traces of the defendant's DNA were found on both.
Burnt clothing belonging to Jaden's attackers was also found in a churchyard, the court
Mr Majdouline disputes playing any part in the attack.
The trial continues.


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Reducing ecological footprint of OPV production
Solliance - a cross-border research initiative on thin film photovoltaics by ECN, Holst Centre, imec, TNO, TU Eindhoven and FZ Jülich - has achieved a world first with a new inkjet printing process for manufacturing environmentally friendly OPV cells that deliver benchmark efficiency. Completely compatible with existing manufacturing technology, the process replaces toxic chlorinated solvents with more benign alternatives. The result builds on a combined achievement of Solliance and French OPV manufacturer DisaSolar, and was also supported by the EU FP7 project X10D.
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) promise cheaper solar cells that can be flexible, lightweight, semitransparent and easily integrated into construction materials. Until now, however, OPV production processes have relied on spin-coating techniques and chlorinated solvents. These solvents are highly toxic; their potential for contaminating the water in rivers and killing wildlife making them a banned substance for industrial manufacturing processes. OPVs have so far been limited to lab-scale production.
Under its goal to eliminate toxic substances from production, Solliance has developed a new OPV process that allows the photo-active layers to be inkjet printed without using poisonous chlorinates. The breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with French OPV manufacturer DisaSolar and within the framework of the European project X10D.
The 'magic' behind the process is a blend of low-toxicity solvents. They provide a stable base that achieves the right level of viscosity and surface energy of the inks, allowing OPVs to be printed. The resulting OPV cells deliver performances comparable to the spin-coated counterparts from standard chlorinated solvents, both achieving approximately 3% efficiency for a P3HT:PCBM photoactive layer system.
Next to being environmentally friendly Solliance's solution also benefits from being based on inkjet printing, making it more suited to scaling up to commercial production. The process uses industrial print-heads, so cells are created in a single pass making production very fast.
"By combining a more environmentally friendly process with large area inkjet printing capability, we have successfully bridged the gap between academia and industry," explains Tamara Eggenhuisen, research scientist in Solliance's Organic Photovoltaics program.
"Apart from the speed and ecological advantages, using ink jet printing allows cells of any shape to be printed. As a result, OPV cells and modules could be fully integrated into building materials and other applications, adding invisible solar generation functionality for perfect environmental aesthetics," adds Jan Gilot, senior research scientist in Solliance's Organic Photovoltaics program.
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American Sign Language interpreters work with deaf and hearing people, relaying signed messages into spoken languages and spoken messages into signed language. Professional interpreters work in a variety of settings including education, conferences, social services, health care, and law. Students enter the full-time two-year program each fall term; enrollment is limited. Prerequisite courses include successful completion of ASL 240, Deaf Studies, and Intermediate American Sign Language skills. See the webpage for more information and the application form at www.pcc.edu/programs/sign-language.


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Iraq War vet faces 10 years in prison after photographing police
A 34-year-old Iraqi War veteran is facing ten years behind bars after photographing police officers in Austin, Texas that he says were mistreating a woman during a routine arrest on New Year's Eve.
Antonio Buehler was pumping gas on December 31, 2011 when he witnessed officers with the Austin Police Department attempt to detain a woman under suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol at a fueling station. By the end of the evening, though, Buehler also found himself being apprehended by authorities."I saw a woman getting assaulted by the police. It looked like police abuse, and I decided to speak up and take pictures. I think that is every person's right," Buehler told Austin's KVUE News earlier this year.The authorities, however, see things differently. According to the officers, Buehler was interfering with their investigation. Buehler says he was simply exercising his First Amendment rights from afar, but the police department begs to differ. Buehler was "in my face," Officer Pat Oborski writes in the official police report. The officer also claims that Buehler spit at him, an allegation that Buehler rejects."The officer kind of put his hand on his shoulder and tried to back him up and at that time was when Buehler spit in the face of Officer Oborski," Corp. Anthony Hipolito, an APD spokesman, told KVUE News earlier this year. "At that time he was placed under arrest for harassment of a public servant which is a third degree felony."When all was said and done on January 1, Buehler was released from a holding cell after 16 hours behind bars. In the six months since the incident, the defendant has been trying to get to the bottom of things. Unfortunately for him, however, it's been a fight that Austin officials have seemingly been all too unwilling to help with — a late January complained filed with the Austin internal affairs department was essentially ignored, and a letter he received last week informs him that he is forbidden to "view, possess or receive copies of the Internal Affairs Division's investigation," forcing him to face his felony charge hearing without little for him or his attorney to work with.By taking his plight to the Internet, Buehler was able to find a witness that had recorded footage that evening from their cell phone that shows Officer Oborski pinning Buehler against a truck — and not the defendant approaching the police, as described in the department's report. "I would not get involved in police action," Buehler tells KVUE, "unless they were doing something heinous such as man-handling a woman who was no threat to them. There are two criminals on the loose; they are looking to get into fights. They wear blue, are armed and wear badges,"Buehler will take his case to the Austin Citizen Review Panel next month, who can then make a recommendation regarding the charges to the police department. If the current charges remain, however, Buehler faces a maximum of ten years behind bars for the alleged felony. Last week Buehler introduced a petition to the Web asking for an investigation aimed at the Austin Police Department and has so far garnered over 1,600 signatures."These cops assaulted a woman who had committed no crime, and then levied three false charges against her. Antonio Buehler committed no crime, and that they then levied two false charges against him, one being a felony that carries a sentence of 2-10 years in prison that this cop deliberately lied in his affidavit to destroy Antonio Buehler life for not kissing his ass," reads a plea on the petition page.As Buehler awaits his hearing, he has also created a project to help other citizens protect themselves from police injustice. Through his Peaceful Street project, Buehler hopes to hand out more than 100 video cameras to Austin residents so they can keep an eye on the police."We want to encourage people to take their liberty and security in their own hands," he tells Pixiq.com.


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Earphones for Wireless Monitor applications. The IE 4 reproduces an outstanding sound quality and high dynamic. It is equipped with exchangeable ear sleeves, which gives an optimum fit to different ear cannels. The results are high isolation against environmental noise as well as a very good bass response.
Universal fit due to exchangeable ear sleeves, available in three different sizes
Natural sound reproduction and dynamic
Extremely robust, even at high sound pressure levels
Outstanding bass response
Rugged cable
Amazing for the money, it sounds great and it isolates a lot of noise. I can wear these for hours and I can't hear a single person even if they are sitting near me. Very comfortable, the big silicon tips fit me, even when sleeping or moving around. My main gripe is that the cable makes a decent amount of noise when moving it or running my fingers on it. Annoying but not a deal breaker.
I received these as a gift several years ago and enjoy using them. They are very comfortable to wear for extended periods of time and sound great. They cost a bit more than a cheap pair at Walmart, but they are well worth whatever you pay for them.
Honestly, I can`t quite recollect whether I bought this set in 2010 or 2011, I remember it was Winter February, should search for a check from the store. Anyway 6.5 or 7.5 years of daily use for a headphone set? And it still plays notes from 20 up till 19900 Hz (I can`t hear 20khz on any phones) not telling about music. I wonder whether I`ll already have my kids when IE4 dies as I`m starting to think that these headphones are immortal. Though I thinking of updating to IE800 or what`s comming after IE800 anyway. Still I will keep IE4 with me just to find out when it will finally dies.


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Firefox has officially released their web browser for all Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Edition televisions. The new app comes just a few weeks after Amazon released their Silk web browser for the Fire TV. Amazon has published a press release for the app's arrival, so it seems like they worked with Firefox to bring the app to the Fire TV.
Launching Firefox on the Fire TV presents you with the app's Home screen where 10 shortcuts to popular sites are available. Strangely, there is no way to edit the list of shortcuts and there is no way to add your own bookmark anywhere in the app. I'll update my Bookmarker apps to work with Firefox soon, but for now, unless you want to load one of the 10 default websites, you have to enter the URL every time.
Firefox thankfully uses the Fire TV's default on-screen keyboard. That means you can use your voice remote to speak your request instead of typing. The Firefox address bar doubles as a search bar, so, like the Silk Browser, it may be easier to use your voice and search for the site you want, instead of entering the full URL manually. Firefox on the Fire TV uses Google for searches and does not give you the option to change the default search engine.
When typing in Firefox, it autocompletes what you're typing for popular websites. For example, entering "n" fills in "netflix.com" and then adding a "y" will fill in "nytimes.com." There are plenty of sites that are not autocompleted, so you certainly will need to type the full URL in some cases, but the autocomplete is a nice touch that I don't think I've seen in any other app using the default on-screen keyboard.
As for the settings of the Firefox app, they're quite sparse and nowhere near as complete as the Silk browser's settings. The only real configuration options you have are choosing to not send usage data and choosing to clear the app's cookies and site data.


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Friday, May 13, 2005
Coconut-Pineapple Loaf Cake
1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sour cream
20 ounce can pineapple chunks in juice, drained well
Preheat oven to 350
Scatter coconut on a large baking sheet - bake, stirring often, until lightly toasted, about 6 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture, mixing just until combined. Add pineapple and 1 cup coconut - fold just until mixed.
Scoop the mixture into a 9" x 5" loaf pan coated with nonstick spray - smooth top and scatter the remaining coconut on top. Bake until a toothpick placed in the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs attached, about 65 to 70 minutes. Halfway through baking, cover with foil to prevent the coconut from burning.
Remove and set the loaf pan on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes before carefully turning the loaf out to cool completely.
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How much fresh pineapple do you think I'd need? I have a pineapple sitting on the counter, but no canned.ReplyDelete
Alice - if I had to guess, it would probably be around 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh pineapple! Could be a little more or a little less though.ReplyDelete
I'm about to make a batch or two, I'll let you know if the 1.5 cups works out!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/02/2008 08:24:00 AM
You most certainly are a genius ! Such a wide variety of food to pick from esp. I luvd the bakes and tarts. Only one problem- could you also indicate metric measurements and I can easily siphon out 12 tbs buttter and the like but when it comes to 2/3 cup I'm totally stumped and have to scramble to any measurements indicator. Otherwise a splendid blog and look forward to more of your content.
Carol from Mumbai, India
Carol - Thanks for checkin' out the site! We'll see what we can do, but unfortunately most people over here still do volume measurements and not metric!ReplyDelete


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'Long-awaited explanation' for mysterious effects in high-temperature superconductors
A German-French research team has constructed a new model that explains how the so-called pseudogap state forms in high-temperature superconductors. The calculations predict two coexisting electron orders. Below a certain temperature, superconductors lose their electrical resistance and can conduct electricity without loss.
"It is not to be excluded that the new pseudogap theory also provides the long-awaited explanation for why, in contrast to conventional metallic superconductors, certain ceramic copper oxide bonds lose their electrical resistance at such unusually high temperatures", say Prof. Dr. Konstantin Efetov and Dr. Hendrik Meier of the Chair of Theoretical Solid State Physics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. They obtained the findings in close cooperation with Dr. Catherine Pépin from the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Saclay near Paris.
The team reports in the journal Nature Physics.
Transition temperature much higher in ceramic than in metallic superconductors
Superconductivity only occurs at very low temperatures below the so-called transition temperature. In metallic superconductors, this is close to the absolute zero point of 0 Kelvin, which corresponds to about -273 degrees Celsius. However, crystalline ceramic materials can be superconductive at temperatures up to 138 Kelvin. For 25 years, researchers puzzled over the physical bases of this high-temperature superconductivity.
Pseudogap: energy gap above the transition temperature
In the superconducting state, electrons travel in so-called Cooper pairs through the crystal lattice of a material. In order to break up a Cooper pair so that two free electrons are created, a certain amount of energy is needed. This difference in the energy of the Cooper electrons and the so-called free electrons is called an energy gap. In cuprate superconductors, compounds based on copper oxide bonds, a similar energy gap also occurs under certain circumstances above the transition temperature – the pseudogap. Characteristically the pseudogap is only perceived by electrons with certain velocity directions. The model constructed by the German-French team now allows new insights into the physical inside of the pseudogap state.
Two competing electron orders in the pseudogap state
According to the model, the pseudogap state simultaneously contains two electron orders: d-wave superconductivity, in which the electrons of a Cooper pair revolve around each other in a cloverleaf shape, and a quadrupole density wave. The latter is a special electrostatic structure in which every copper atom in the two-dimensional crystal lattice has a quadrupole moment, i.e. two opposite regions of negative charge, and two opposite regions of positive charge. d-wave superconductivity and quadrupole density wave compete with each other in the pseudogap state. Due to thermal fluctuations, neither of the two systems can assert itself. However, if the system is cooled down, the thermal fluctuations become weaker and one of the two systems prevails: superconductivity. The critical temperature at which this occurs can, in the model, be considerably higher than the transition temperature of conventional metallic superconductors. The model could thus explain why the transition temperature in the ceramic superconductors is so much higher.
High-temperature copper oxide superconductors are also called cuprates. In addition to copper and oxygen, they can, for example, contain the elements yttrium and barium (YBa2Cu3O7). To make the material superconducting, researchers introduce "positive holes", i.e. electron holes into the crystal lattice. Through these, the electrons can "flow" in Cooper pairs. This is known as hole doping. The pseudogap state only sets in when the hole doping of the cuprate is neither too low nor too high.
More information: Efetov, K. et al. (2013): Pseudogap state near a quantum critical point, Nature Physics. DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2641
Journal information: Nature Physics
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Abraham Lincoln was one of the most celebrated and mysterious presidents in the in U.S. (maybe this is why he made such an excellent vampire hunter.) His assassination sent a nation into mourning, and was followed by a two week funeral tour by train car. But Lincoln's body did not find rest at the end of this procession. Everyone from thieves to politicians tried to take control of the corpse — even decades after it was finally buried.
Here is the macabre tale of the journeys taken by Lincoln's corpse over the decades before 1901, when at last it came to rest in a ten foot block made of cement and steel.
The 1600 mile, 400 plus city Funeral Tour
After the assassination of Lincoln on April 15th, his body went through an extensive embalming process before embarking a two week, sixteen-hundred mile tour via train on April 21, 1865. Lincoln did not make the tour alone, as the body of his son William Wallace Lincoln accompanied him, who died of typhoid fever at the age of 11 and buried in the DC area in 1862.
The tour gave a country a final chance to mourn one of its most beloved (and youngest) presidents, with the train making a snake-like tour winding through over 400 train stations along the way, including stops in Philadelphia and New York City, before arriving at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois on May 3rd, 1865.
An extensive schedule of public viewings coincided with the train journey, with Lincoln's body on display for 10 to 12 during most days of the railroad journey. This method allowed hundreds of thousands to mourn the fallen Lincoln during the two week traveling funeral.
Lincoln's body, kept in a special funeral car, began to decay by the time of the New York City stop, concerning many viewers due to a significant change in skin tone.
Snatching Lincoln's body
Lincoln's body resides in a tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, per the decision of Mary Todd Lincoln, but not without several disturbances. On November 7th 1876, a busy election night, a band of counterfeiters attempted to exhume the corpse of Lincoln to hold it for ransom in return for $200,000 (a little over $4 million today) and the release of Benjamin Boyd, a crafty, but imprisoned, engraver of counterfeiting plates.
The group of counterfeiters-turned-grave robbers entered Lincoln's tomb and removed the marble lid covering the coffin, but did not succeed in moving the coffin more than a few feet before a U.S. Secret Service member entrenched in the grave robbers' party warned local law enforcement. Interestingly, Lincoln created the Secret Service in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, with the organization's range extended to presidential security in 1901 after the assassination of President McKinley.
Several of the grave robbers escaped, but once captured, they received modest one-year sentences in Joliet State Prison. Lincoln's coffin traveled to a number of secret locations in the following years, with the coffin opened to confirm that Lincoln's body remained inside twice between 1876 and 1887.
The 1901 viewing of Lincoln's Body
The grave robbing attempt along with the decay of Lincoln's tomb led Lincolns remains to be moved to a temporary site, with Lincoln and his wife interred in a newly constructed tomb in 1901.
Lincoln's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, suggested surrounding his father's coffin in a ten foot steel cage and covering the coffin in cement in order to seal the body and prevent anyone from moving it in the future. Robert Todd Lincoln used this technique when he oversaw the burial of George Pullman. Robert Todd feared the railroad tycoon's body could be a target for desecration in future labor disputes.
Thirty-six years after President Lincoln's death, 23 people viewed Lincoln's body in order to dissolve rumors that his remains no longer lay in the coffin. After chiseling away a part of Lincoln's lead lined coffin, the men viewed the shoulders and head of Lincoln's long dead body, confidently noting the body belonged to the president, mentioning his trademark beard and wart, along with patches of yellow mold on his suit and a particularly strong smell that filled the air after the chiseling of the coffin finished.
Lincoln's body, along with that of his wife and three youngest sons, now lies in the Lincoln Tomb, a grandiose structure named one of the first of the United States' National Historic Landmarks in 1960. A 1930 renovation of the Lincoln Tomb created more room for visitors, as the tomb became one of the United States first historic tourist attractions. Lincoln's body moved 17 times on the way to its final resting place, but ten feet of cement and steel ensures that it will take a lot of time and effort to move (or view) the body again.
Iimages courtesy of Life, David Jones/CC, and The Lincoln Highway National Museum & Archives. For an extremely detail account of the movements of Lincoln's body, check out Stealing Lincoln's Body by Thomas Craughwell. Sources linked within the article.


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Veggie Pizza Squares
15 comments:
Just how we like those recipes, yummy and quick to fix. I will definately fix this one!!ReplyDelete
I have had these before, so simple yet so yummy!ReplyDelete
Oh this is a good one to have on the blog. . .I've made these before but not for ages. .ReplyDelete
It's so good to have all our favorite appy recipes in one place. . .the season for appys' is on its way.
Great pictures too.
This looks so yummy! I am a big pizza fan! Love the rolls back in your banner!ReplyDelete
Oh! How perfect is this! I've never had it but I know I would love it. I'm making it for our next home bible study group meeting!ReplyDelete
I first had this veggie pizza in college - and the recipe has since become one of my favorite appetizer/party food!ReplyDelete
So easy...and yummmy!!
Looks amazing!! I love the cute little cut outs of pizza... what a great idea for a party =)ReplyDelete
I have had this before and it is excellent!! Definitely a crowd pleaser. I like your new web page banner.ReplyDelete
My mom made this for me, it made for a great light lunch and I highly recomend it.ReplyDelete
This is something I'd like..now to get hubby to be happy with just veggies on a pizza..ReplyDelete
I love your blog, all you girls can really cook. And so many receipes from my childhood. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I just love this pizza. If you don't have dip mix, you can sub in some garlic and dill. Also adding grated cheese on top is great too.ReplyDelete
I can't get enough of these!
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Aimee, thanks for the alternative tips. It's always great to have recipe change ups. KathyReplyDelete
This is still one of my favorites. I'm so glad it's posted, sometimes I've lost some recipes over the years and now they are being posted again. Hurrah!ReplyDelete
I love making a version of these. One thing I've found when I make mine... I double the vegetables and mix half of them in with the cream cheese spread before I spread it on. The remainder of the veggies get pressed into the top. That way I get more veggies, but they don't fall off the top because there are too many. :-)ReplyDelete
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