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Here is an adventure I had last winter (January 2007).
I was supposed to go to Nijmegen at 9:14am from Düsseldorf via train, change to a local commuter train in Arnhem, then arrive in Nijmegen. Spend the day with our main collaborator there, give a talk outlining our fMRI experiment after lunch, then test our experiment in their scanner that afternoon with me inside playing subject. Then, get a 5pm train home, changing in Arnhem again to get back by 7pm. (Arnhem is just 15 minutes by train from Nijmegen.) This was the idea anyway!
The morning went fine, but on my train ride, my wife called to say she heard from people about some big storm coming, and they warned people to stay home! News to us! (Apparently most countries were not really prepared either, with the chaotic response that ensued...)
Here is the "extratropical cyclone" that hit Europe:
So I worked on my talk on the train, changed trains on schedule in Arnhem, noting that the station there looked really thrown-together and not a real station, then made in to Nijmegen. (Arnhem was constructing a new station at the time.) I caught a bus to the FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. I gave my talk after lunch and, after getting some tough questions from nearly every principal investigator, our project was approved. Then we went down to the scanner and tried out our experiment and it seemed to work really well! My colleague decided that, even though the trains were not showing delays, I should take an earlier train to make my connection because the Dutch trains don't necessarily run on time (compared to Amtrak in the US, the German ones do run on schedule fairly well, though I guess Switzerland has even better on-time performance and most expats complain about the delays by German trains!).
So I grabbed the bus (hmm...sure is windy outside), went to the station, and ran to the platforms. They were all packed with people waiting for different trains. I frantically tried to figure out which was the right track, but none of the signs matched. The info-desk person was not there but I found a railway worker wearing day-glow orange and asked if he knew which platform was the Arnhem train, or how I could find out. "Didn't you see the storm outside? No more trains are running from here!"
Umm...did anyone think of telling that to the people waiting on the platforms for trains? Guess not. I asked how I could get there to make my connections and he said there was a bus going there--"it takes about one hour"...and I have about 45 minutes to spare at this point. I check inside and news was that the ICE's (the German express trains between major cities--and my way to get back to Düsseldorf) were still running, so if I can get to Arnhem, I can get home. I ran outside to check the bus stop--and they weren't running extra buses to transport people, just the normal, once an hour bus to Arnhem, and there were about 300 people waiting for it. Not a good sign. So I looked for the taxi stand. A train station has to have one right? Um, no. I find someone inside who tells me where taxis usually park. None there. Bus still not coming. Wind getting really strong (I can lean over at nearly a 45 degree angle at this point and not fall down).
Finally, after running in circles, I find a taxi driving on a different street and catch him. "How much to get to Arnhem?" "About 40 euros" "How long" Üsually 15-20 minutes" Yes! I hop in and we go....and hit traffic. It actually takes about 30 minutes with trees starting to get blown on the freeway, but we make it to the Arnhem train station.
Two minutes to spare! I run out of the cab, no time for a receipt. Sprint in to the "station" straight to the platform (running up and down those stairs they stick between temporary bleachers) and nothing. Did I miss it? Is it late? I overhear something in German that doesn't sound promising. I go upstairs and hear something in English about how no trains are coming from Germany. I finally find at employee who says that nothing is going to Germany either, and they don't know anything else. It is a bit wet in the station because the plywood and corrugated metal walls have a big, 10 foot gap between them and the roof. Interesting design. I notice posters for a new station being built in 2 years on my way to the ticket office.
Now that I am not running, I notice people sitting dejected on the floor everywhere, getting a bit wet with the lack of enclosed walls. I go to ask the ticket agent what I should do when the trains run again. Get a new ticket? Use the old one? He says to use the old one. When might the trains go again? The storm is supposed to be at its worst in 3 hours, so maybe tomorrow morning or afternoon. Hmm...OK. Is there a hotel at the station I can get a room in? No. Are there some nearby? Only a couple but they are full. (This is not making my adrenaline go down yet.) Then man hunched over the counter next to me says "Maybe you can trying calling hotels after I'm done, but I'm not finding any yet." He has a phone book. So I wait behind him and hear him asking in German over and over for a room. Finally it sounds positive and he asks for directions from the clerk (something about no taxis...nice!).
He starts to leave and I stop him. Excuse me, did you find a room? Yes! But I forgot to ask if they had more. The agent said it is just a short walk if you want to come and ask if they have one. Not having anything else to do, I say sure. He mentioned it might be expensive, at least 150 euros, but without a choice, it seems, that was better then sleeping in the rain and wind at the station.
Thirty minutes later...the nearby hotel is seen on a roadway. I guess most Dutch hotels are on roadways rather than at train stations. The German Man who found a room had first walked to the few near the station and found them all booked. Tourist info had closed early. All the taxis decided to go home. Then he had to twist an agent's arm to get a phone book. Great customer service! He explained that the ICE train employees would take care of customers much better in Germany. As we walked we talked about what we did for a living (he did something with IT), where we were from (he lived near Frankfurt, waaay south of where I live), what we were doing (he had a client nearby he met with for a couple of days), etc. We get to the hotel and a few others are checking in. He gets up to the front and says he just called to reserve a room, and there was this other man at the station (me) who was also stranded. Do they have another room? No. Last one went to him.
I started getting that "sinking" feeling (maybe it was that Perfect Storm brewing outside). I figured I would wait until he checked in and then I would ask the desk clerk to help me find a room somewhere, and maybe a taxi to get there. If there was somewhere. And if there was a taxi.
German Man then asks them how big the room is and they say it is a double. He turns to me "Want to share my room?" I asked if he was, Serious? Yes, it is better than the station, and I already called a dozen hotels before this one and they all had no room. OK! They say it has two beds, so that works. I pull out my wallet and he says not to worry about it, he would take care of it and, as he was there on business, just account for the room as for his stay. Wow. What do we do now? It is almost 7pm, and I am starving (I eat light when I give a talk) so I ask if I can buy him dinner as a thank you for sharing the room. So we go upstairs to drop our stuff. Let's see...I have a computer and paper. Fortunately I also had a toothbrush as I like to brush my teeth before talks--helps with having that feeling of confidence, rather than onion-smelling nervousness. No contact lens cleaning solution, but I have a roof over my head--and it's connected to the walls unlike the station! The room appeared to have one large bed instead of two but then the German Man noticed it was actually two beds that we could push apart.
We head down to the pricey restaurant and German Man asks for a "really big beer" and I'll have one too. He had already eaten Burger King as he hunted for a hotel, unsure if he'd have another opportunity. So he just gets a salad (more meat than green, with parma ham on it) and I get "tandoori salmon" which is basically sushi--raw salmon with some sauce and noodles, potatoes and salad. I was starving though so it went down quick. We talked in more detail about work, family, politics, cultures, play "who in the restaurant really wants to be here, and who is stuck like us?", etc. Just hang out there for a few hours with nothing else to do. Head up to get some much needed sleep at 10pm, with a plan to get up early and to the station in case the first scheduled train is running again.
Breakfast at the hotel. Beautiful view of the Rhine (or Rijn, in Netherlands, like Rembrandt von Rijn), then walk back to the station, straight to the platform, as the TVs all show the normal schedule. Ha! Finally they announce that there are local trains, but no international ones, please go to the travel desk. So we go, and stand in super-long line.
As we are waiting I notice the German Man's luggage tags. Hmm...maybe I should find out his name? Especially after sharing a hotel room together the night before. "Umm, I just realized I never introduced myself! I'm Michael." He starts laughing. Nice to meet you! Again! And he tells me his name is Martin. Somehow we went a whole night without that little formality. We finally talk to the ticket agent. Martin asks why they don't have buses running to transport people. The agent notes that is an interesting idea. Then says that the trains might run again sometime tomorrow--goodbye!
So Martin calls his coworkers and ask if they can find a rental car--there is no office for one at the "station." If they find one he'll drop me near Düsseldorf on his way to Frankfurt to go home. So we go to find coffee and sit down and wait. En route we see that the taxis came back! A bit late. We venture into Arnhem, find coffee and his coworkers call back in about an hour. A car! They had trouble finding a rental office, but finally found a reservation for one available at 2pm. They give the address and phone number. Martin calls and the person seems a bit confused, but says 2pm is right. So we walk around Arnhem, look at some stores, the market, then look for lunch...all the restaurants seem closed. Just the wrong time to be in Arhem, or maybe it is always a bad time to be there?
My boss calls while we walk around and asks "where are you?" Umm, Arnhem. But don't worry, I met a great German man who is willing to rent a car and drop me off in D-dorf. "Why aren't you on a train on your way here yet?" Umm, didn't you hear about this storm thing? No trains? A smoky bar/cafe is open, so we lunch there then go get a cab to the car rental.
The taxi drives, and drives, and...I'm almost back in Nijmegen! We are in the middle of nowhere, and he stops at a Home Depot-looking place. Martin confirms the address is right, so the taxi drops us off with a "good luck!" We go in and see they rent drills, chain saws, buckets...no cars. We ask an employee who at first confirms this but says he'll make a call. Person on the phone confirms that a car is supposed to be there for us from a big rental company, but they just partner with them. "Come back in an hour." Ok--where can we go for an hour around here? (Remember--we are here to rent a car!) "Nowhere around here." We are in the middle of nowhere. So we go for a long walk doing nothing, come back, and the car is there. Only problem is they don't know how to rent it to us. After about 15 minutes of calls, they get the company to fax them the rental forms, Martin signs them, and we go (noting that the forms do not say which car we are taking--hope it is the right one!).
A little over an hour later Martin drops me off at the Düsseldorf airport and hurries off before I can get his card or something--hoping I could thank him again somehow. Eventually I find my way home. My wife was happy to see me home after wondering where I was (my phone ran out of credit about halfway through all of this), who I was sharing a room with, and if I'd ever make it back.
Then I had to go back to Nijmegen again the next weekend!
A nice ending is that Martin found me on the internet, using my first name, city and work, and emailed me, so I was able to send him a proper thank-you. It was really amazing how he was just automatically sharing like that (his room, his car, etc.); many Germans I tell this story to keep saying that is a rare thing here. Even outside of Germany that level of generosity is uncommon.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
Kindness from a German Stranger in the Netherlands
3 comments:
- Matt said...
Great story, Mike! Though it makes me wish for rain... And January...
Oh, well. Flagstaff this weekend, which should be great........
- August 23, 2007 at 9:15 AM
- udigrudi said...
Hey German Contact, what's happened to the blog?
Job hunting going ok? Afraid of revealing anything at this critical time?
- November 2, 2007 at 5:02 AM
- Kerensa said...
This is a great story, you pulled me in....like a facinating short in the New Yorker or something! I am certain that your wonderful nature contributed to the things that went "right" for you on this day!
- November 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM
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By DAVID RAINER
Alabama's hunting community welcomed a new member recently in Macon County, and the new hunter pulled off a feat that often takes hunters years to accomplish – bag an eight-point buck.
Gary Baller of Fayetteville, N.C., joined fellow Marine Corps veterans in the "Wounded Veterans Hunt" and scored quickly.
"I never fired a hunting rifle until I got the deer," said Baller, who served as a combat engineer in Iraq. "Doug (Houston of Mobile) and I were sitting in the stand and the deer crossed the road to our left. I wasn't able to get a shot off, but about 20 or 30 minutes later, he walks right out in front of me. He starts walking toward us. Of course, I'm a new hunter so I was going to rush the gun right out of the blind.
"Doug whispered, 'Hold on, don't spook him.' He finally turned to the side and started walking. He stopped and put his head up and gave me the perfect shot and I took him down. He dropped right there. An eight-point buck, first hunt – I was smiling from ear to ear. Doug was telling me it was probably six or seven years before he got his first eight-point."
During his tour of duty, Baller suffered four level-two concussions and a burst eardrum as a result of 11 IED (improvised explosive device) explosions and one car bomb. He is truly appreciative of the effort to get him and his fellow veterans into the Alabama woods for a deer hunt.
"I was amazed this actually was going to come through," he said. "I was amazed this much was being done for us. It's a blessing, that's for sure. I just picked up fishing a few months ago, and now I've got a new hobby. I'm turning into a real man, I guess."
The "Wounded Veterans Hunt" is the brainchild of Capt. Lee Stuckey and Master Sgt. Jeff McKinney, both Marines stationed in Montgomery.
"We were just sitting around talking about our ability to take people hunting," Stuckey said. "We wanted to be able to help the wounded vets in the area. We're both avid hunters. We started talking about it and the plan fell together.
McKinney said he has land leased in Crenshaw County, but they decided the logistics wouldn't work to hunt his lease. That's when the word went out to the Shorter community and others in Montgomery.
"All the people around Shorter and the people we asked in Montgomery all helped," Stuckey said. "Anybody we asked, they jumped on it and ran with it. They said, 'What can we do and how can we help?" I had lieutenant colonels telling me they would clean bathrooms just to help out and help the troops. Just because we had the idea, the execution is the most important part. It was the people around Shorter and the volunteers who executed the plan."
Twenty-five veterans participated in the hunt and the injuries ranged from head trauma to amputees.
"We've got several vets dealing with post traumatic stress disorder," Stuckey said. "That's the thing – people seem to think visible wounds are the worst, but you can't get prosthetic brains. The mental wounds, you can't see them, but sometimes they're worse than the physical wounds."
McKinney said they decided not to just invite vets from recent conflicts, but to open it to anybody and everybody who had served. He said the Marine Corps League helped to get the word to the veterans. Several World War II veterans participated in the event, as well as vets from Vietnam and Bosnia.
"I thought it would just be vets from Iraq and Afghanistan, but Master Sergeant McKinney explained that we could show all the generations and build the camaraderie," Stuckey said. "We could show the old Corps and the new Corps. Also, we can show these guys who were recently wounded an example of what's going to happen to them in 30 years – you can still be successful and fight through whatever you're going through now. And no matter what's going on in your head, it gets better. You can look at the other veterans and they will tell you, personally, that it gets better.
"The thing is we didn't want to just do white-tailed deer hunting. We didn't want to do just one event to see how it would go over. We partnered with the Outdoor Recreation and Heritage Foundation (a wing of Paralyzed Veterans of America) and the thing is we don't want to help just one day. If somebody wants to go fishing, we're going to take them fishing. If they want to go duck hunting, turkey hunting or just go bowling, we'll take them. We want to continue an outreach to veterans, whether they were wounded or not. We want to constantly thank them, even though we're veterans ourselves. We know what the sacrifices are. We wanted to do this to show other people they can help. All they have to do is reach out their hand and say, 'What can I do for a veteran and thank him for his sacrifices?'"
Stuckey said the feedback from the participants and volunteers has been all thumbs up.
"Everybody has said it's been awesome," he said. "It's all about the camaraderie and the competition in the big buck contest, or the little buck contest. It's great fun and we get to exchange stories and see that the Marine Corps hasn't changed that much in 40 years. And the hunting has been awesome; we've killed two eight-points and a 10-point, several does and six or eight hogs. We had a couple of misses on some nice bucks, too."
Gene Flournoy, the landowner whose barn was used as headquarters for the hunt, said he didn't hesitate when Stuckey asked him to help.
"Lee lives next door and he came over one day and told me about his idea," Flournoy said. "I told him I was on board 100 percent. This is a way for us to give back a little bit, because these guys give a lot."
Joe Whatley, one of the landowners who donated the use of his property, said although this was his first time to help a wounded veterans group, he'd hosted several events for disabled hunters in the last several years. Whatley also put Aaron Howell of Potsdam, N.Y., on the aforementioned trophy 10-point.
"Aaron shot the buck with a .30-06 he borrowed from somebody for the hunt," Whatley said. "It was about a 240-yard shot. I haven't hunted in about three years, but I do this about every other day. The ones that are more handicapped or more challenged, the better I feel about it."
Howell, a double amputee, said they watched three does for several hours before the big buck showed up.
"A fourth doe came into the field and the buck popped out right behind her," said Howell, who said he hunted whitetails in his native New York state and around Camp Lejeune before he was injured in the IED explosion. "He trotted across the field and stopped. He wasn't right on the doe, but he seemed to be cruising around checking the does. It was a little over 200 yards and there was a little bit of brush in the way. I was hoping it wouldn't deflect the bullet, and it didn't.
"I've killed many deer, but this is definitely my biggest buck. I knew it was a good buck. When they brought him to the stand for me to get a look at him, there was definitely no ground shrinkage. He was every bit as nice as I remembered seeing him when he came out."
Leonard Burt Dennis, Outreach Director with the University of Alabama's Campus Veterans Association, participated in the hunt and hopes to see it grow.
"This is something if you want to do something fun, meet some people and kinda feel at home, when you haven't felt at home for a while," said Dennis, also a wounded veteran. "In my case, the Marine Corps was my home and my family for four years. You raise (the wounded veterans) up and don't let them feel sorry for themselves. And you don't let yourself feel sorry for them. We don't sit around telling war stories, we just enjoy being around other Marines."
PHOTO: (By David Rainer) Aaron Howell, a Marine wounded in Iraq, and landowner Joe Whatley, right, admire the big 10-point buck Howell took during the "Wounded Veterans" hunt recently in Macon County. Twenty five veterans participated in the inaugural event started by Capt. Lee Stuckey and Master Sgt. Jeff McKinney.


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Big News From The Lingerie Football League
Nothing says Football more then the LFL. Hey, the way Roger Goodell is running the NFL this might be a league that stays around for awhile. In the LFL you can still tackle, still hit the QB, and still play defense.
Now if you are a fan of woman playing rough and wearing skimpy clothing a video game could be up next.
Due out for 2014 a video game featuring the Lingerie Football league. I am not kidding. Imagine how well this game will sell. Imagine the fine camera work.
Yes fellas you can be the QB right behind the center taking the snap. Perhaps you can be the tight end. Get to know the players while you play. Talk about diversity.
The LFL has issues of course. The teams in the USA will shut down play for the 2013 season. No they haven't run out of hot ladies to compete, or lingerie to wear. Just owners with deep pockets. But the league will continue with an Australian version this year. No word whether they will be televised in the United States. But this game can help you keep the dream alive-many of the dreams.
I can only imagine the ideas of where to place cameras for this video game. keep it clean guys :)
All jokes aside this league gets rough at times. So heated that in a recent 'all star game' the opposing coaches almost got into a full scale brawl. The girls love to hit each other and get rough. Who cares about fundementals really! Who cares about completion percentages, rushing yards, yards after catch and all those NFL stats that we get all caught up in.
I think an LFL video game can give Madden video gamesa run for their money. Have you seen what Americans spend for porn every year. It's a multi BILLION dollar buisness. Nothing in Madden 13 can compete with that. And think at no point will the disaster Goodell suspend anyone for "bounties". In fact gamers it will be encouraged :)


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Last weekend provided East London with a sun scorching through a clear blue sky, the busiest streets streets I've seen this year, and the annual Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair.
Usually days as hot as these I stay indoors and leave the taps on - am definitely more of a lake person than a beach person - and get the fake tan out. But this year I went down to represent Core Arts and plug some of our up and comings.
Core Arts is a gallery and venue with several art and music studios, not to mention a super sized hall, a bar and a contemporary garden, and promotes positive mental health. It's situated in the heart of Hackney and all it's experimental glory. I'm an artist/member here and I spent much of last week interviewing other artist/members about their experiences here and pretty much all of them at some point said that it's mixture of members and their personalities is what gives Core Arts it's character. From all area's of London, all types of diagnosis - which one person said he leaves at the door when he comes in, picks it up again on the way out - and a variety of talent.
The Art Car boot Fair was situated just off Brick Lane, where in the baking sun, we dressed Core Arts managers' sixties triumph in vintage bunting (courtesy of Nan's Cabinet) and filled it up with balloons - careful not to reenact a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - which we invited members of the public to scrawl on (the balloons, not the car, even art needs rules!) Some drew self portraits - Jarvis Cocker did a particular stunning self portrait on one - whilst others wrote their darkest thoughts and get go (may I add these balloons were helium) to be found weeks later by baffled europeans in their back gardens. One read "Pronoia" the reverse of paranoia where you believe although everyone is talking about you it's BECAUSE YOU'RE AMAZING, another read "olanzapinacolada" an anti-psychotic cocktail (I'll take three) and another read "I want to marry Noel Edmonds but a caravan would do" (I confess to that one). Some of out event info was attached to balloons and let off, you never know if someone in the South of Italy may just happen to be in East London that day.
Some people just came over to talk about art, others about mental health. For one woman it was one of the longest chats she'd ever had about her own mental health as she's a very busy, very work focused woman who hasn't had the opportunity to meet others with the same condition as her own. We may not be therapists, but we've been there - or are still there - and are pretty resourceful too.
Other cars (boots or stalls) see the likes of Emin International, Peter Blake, Billy Childish (who has lectured and exhibited at Core Arts, sweet, sweet man) the list goes on, and I'd only be pretending to know who they are if I continued. One stall in particular took my fancy, behind it were two guys selling tat SO useless it was actually priceless. Anything from broken buckets, one glove, tasteless watch straps...
Then there was the Double Regina Experience which, having watched the frozen faces of people exiting this tent I thought this must be well worth a quid (very cheap for East London these days) where you actually meet Queen Elizabeth I and Queens Elizabeth II and amongst the velvet and scent are given advice without offering any information first. (I kid you not, mine was "Watch what you write this week") Think Dalai Lama in a basement cafe in Dalston.
At five thirty (half an hour before the event ends) I finally made it to the bar. Thanks to Blakey, Cocker, Emin, Hogg and Childish for all the sweet and strange messages on our balloons (something I never thought I'd hear myself say) and all the artists, organizers and people that made this event soooo damn East London. Back to the comfort of my own home for Caravan documentaries and back to back episodes of Deal Or No Deal.
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The Phoenix Coyotes' shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night is certainly a reason to celebrate, but the celebration shouldn't last too long before the team gets back to work. After snagging a much-needed two points on the second game of a four-game eastern road trip, the Coyotes are right back in action Tuesday night against a Florida Panthers squad that has performed far from stellar this season, yet seems to possess a renewed energy with Roberto Luongo back in net. Furthermore, the Coyotes have not trended consistently for several months, and the team's recent fortunes are replete with losses to weak teams almost immediately after wins over formidable opponents. As a result, the Coyotes, who could have comfortably settled themselves into NHL Western Conference playoff position some time ago, instead find their postseason hopes hanging by a thread in a tight battle for the final wildcard spot.
Inconsistent play, along with an inability to build off momentum from big wins, plagued the Coyotes in the period leading up to the Olympic break. In late January, a shutout win over the Los Angeles Kings was followed only two nights later by an embarrassing home loss to the Buffalo Sabres. The Coyotes regrouped nicely in their next game and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were previously undefeated all season against the Pacific Division. However, the Coyotes dropped another contest to the Dallas Stars in their next tilt. A colossal confidence boost arrived shortly thereafter with a shutout win over the Chicago Blackhawks, but then the Coyotes lost again to the Stars, a team they are battling neck and neck with for the lone postseason berth remaining out west.
Now is the time for the Coyotes to assemble a successful run as the NHL season enters its final stretch and for the team to string together a winning streak that lasts longer than merely two games, something they haven't accomplished since early November. There are certainly a plethora of positives the team can build on after dodging a literal Lightning strike Monday night in Tampa. Newcomer Brandon McMillan lit the lamp for the second straight game after a recent call-up from the AHL. Another new face on the roster, Martin Erat (acquired from the Washington Capitals right before last week's trade deadline) , scored his first goal in a Coyotes uniform. Mike Smith is back to true form between the pipes, denying Andrej Palat, Val Filppula and Ryan Callahan all in a row in the shootout to enable the Coyotes to skate away Monday night with two valuable points.
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This is a historic weekend for Su Teatro, the 39-year-old Chicano theater that's offering its first programming in its new home at the Denver Civic Theatre.
Now that Su Teatro is back close to where it began in the Santa Fe Arts District, and in a performing arts center with two theaters, there will be far more opportunities to present concerts, as well as plays.
Su Teatro opened for business Friday with a concert by Los Pleneros de la Veinte Una (LP21), which has one remaining performance, at 10 a.m. today at 721 Santa Fe Drive (burritos and coffee available).
It is the first time the Pleneros, practitioners of traditional Puerto Rican music, have visited Denver.
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Su Teatro's first homegrown play at the Civic will be Luis Valdez's "La Carpa de los Rasquachis," opening March 11.
Su Teatro still needs to raise about $80,000 in the next two months to own the building outright (303-296-0219).
To read more about Friday's concert, click here
"Bucking" the trend
The dust-up over nudity — or the lack thereof — in the Aurora Fox's "The Graduate" carries some irony for Tracy Shaffer, who plays Mrs. Robinson.
Before her Feb. 12 opening in Aurora, Shaffer received a congratulatory letter from Buck Henry, who wrote the Oscar-nominated 1967 screenplay. His parting line: "Try to think of me when you take your clothes off." Not!
Long ago, Shaffer claims to have kidnapped Henry from an art gallery and taken him to a party high in the Hollywood Hills. Over the next year, they became friends. "He's the one who, very seriously, told me I should write," said Shaffer, pictured at right with Henry.
Shaffer's own play, "(W)hole," will get its world premiere staging at Paragon Theatre in October.
As for the nudity issue, "The Graduate" director John Ashton wrote a letter published last week in The Denver Post arguing that it was "not in any way integral to the tone, message, or even that particular moment in the play."
Shaffer says of it all: "Once again, Buck, you've been upstaged by my bust line."
On Broadway
Denverites are making a sudden storm of Broadway: Wheat Ridge High grad Annaleigh Ashford (who played Glinda in "Wicked") will join the cast of "Hair" as Jeanie, the pregnant hippie who's madly in love with Claude, it was announced Tuesday. Elsewhere: The Denver Center Theatre Company's Kate McCluggage ("Noises Off") and John Behlmann (National Theatre Conservatory) have been cast together in "The 39 Steps"; and January LaVoy ("Lobby Hero") has been cast in "Enron."
In case you missed it: Shocking news from the Denver Center
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts announced Saturday it will be phasing our its prestigious National Theatre Conservatory master's program, which will save up to $1.2 million a year. Click here to read the full story, and initial reaction.
Lucy Lewd!
A touring production of "Avenue Q" visits the Pikes Peak Center on March 16-17, but an often-used marketing photo of one of the cast members has been deemed too provocative for billboards and bus stops in Colorado Springs.
OK, so the character's name is "Lucy the Slut." But Lucy the Slut is a puppet. The advertisement (pictured at right) emphasizes her foam-wool cleavage.
"Avenue Q" is a smart and subversive take-off on "Sesame Street," winning the 2004 Tony Award for best musical (719-520-SHOW).
A noteworthy Trinidad hire
The Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre, the little summer musical company whose season was saved last summer by Trinidad residents who raised $90,000 in just 21 days, has hired Arthur Espinoza, former company manager of the Colorado Ballet, as its new executive director.
Next: Expect the company to finally move out of the auditorium at Trinidad State Junior College and into the first home of its own.
"I tell you, it won't be long before we will be a force to be reckoned with," said artistic director Fred Vaugeois, whose company will be offering "Nunsense," "Baby" and "Squabbles" this summer.
Nickelson's daughter accepts his Mayor's Award
ShaShauna Lynette Staton accepted a 2009 Denver Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts on behalf of her late father, Jeffrey Nickelson, founder of Shadow Theatre Company, on Wednesday.
Read and see more about the awards ceremony. Our coverage includes videos of Regan Linton of PHAMALy singing "What Does He Want of Me?" from "Man of La Mancha" as an acoustic duet with Flobots guitarist Andy Guerrero; and Leonard Barrett singing "The Impossible Dream." Also: Flobots accept their award, and perform "Good Soldier," a song from their upcoming album. Click here .
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Running Lines at the 2010 Colorado New Play Summit
This week, we talk to experts about the four featured readings at the 2010 Colorado New Play Summit. Guests include: Kent Thompson, Caridad Svich, Tony Garcia, Jane Page, Gavin Cameron-Webb and Beth Holt. Plus a special appearance by Buntport Theater. Video by John Moore
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The 2010 Colorado New Play Summit drew 4,000 patrons, including 300 theater professionals and, for the first time, members of the American Theatre Critics Association. How did the Denver Center Theatre Company – and Denver itself – fare? Beginning Sunday, Feb. 21, read our complete wrap-up on the summit, and the plays it featured, by clicking right here. (again, that link does nor go live until Feb. 21),
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On our new website dedicated to high-school theater, denverpost.com/standingo, we've launched a weekly video feature: Grown-up area actors telling tales (often humbling, often horrible), from their own high-school days. First up is the Denver Center's Sam Gregory, talking about excess smoke and exploding violins:
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This week's theater theater openings
Opening Thursday, Feb. 25, through March 13: Thunder River's "The Glass Menagerie" Carbondale
Opening Thursday, Feb. 25, through May 15: Arvada Center's "Schoolhouse Rock Live" (children's)
Opening Thursday, Feb. 25, through May 23: Heritage Square Music Hall's "The Pinch Hitter" Golden
Opening Thursday, Feb. 25, through April 17: Carousel Dinner Theatre's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" Fort Collins
Opening Friday, Feb. 26, through March 13: Coal Creek Community Theatre's "Shakespeare Incorporated" Louisville
Opening Friday, Feb. 26, through March 14: Theatre 'D Art's "Little Murders" (Colorado Springs)
Opening Saturday, Feb. 27, through March 27: Spotlight Theatre's "And Then There Were None"
This week's closings
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Today, Feb. 21: Vintage Theatre's "Auntie Mame"
Today, Feb. 21: Backstage's "All in the Timing" Breckenridge
Today, Feb. 21: TheatreWorks' "Twelve Angry Men" Colorado Springs
Today, Feb. 21: Heritage Square Music Hall's "That was Loud, This is Now" Golden
Today, Feb. 21: Gemma Wilcox's "The Honeymoon Period Is Officially Over," at Manitou Art Theatre Colorado Springs
Thursday, Feb. 25: Black Box Burlesque's "Cora Vette's Dangerous Curves" (Thursdays only, Bender's Tavern)
Friday, Feb. 26: Mercury Motley Players' "Goldman Sex" (at Mercury Cafe)
Saturday, Feb. 27: Denver Center Theatre Company's "Eventide" and "When Tang Met Laika"
Saturday, Feb. 27Saturday: Brooks Center Arts' "A Rose to the End of Time"
Saturday, Feb. 27: The Avenue Theater's "Secrets of a Soccer Mom"
Saturday, Feb. 27: Adams Mystery Playhouse's "Molly Brown and the Mysterious Murder"
Saturday, Feb. 27: Saturday: Springs Ensemble Theatre's "Talk Radio" Colorado Springs
Sunday, Feb 28: Miners Alley Playhouse's "Habeas Corpus" Golden
Sunday, Feb 28: Festival Playhouse's "Love Letters" Arvada
Complete theater listings
Go to our complete list of every currently running production in Colorado, including summaries, run dates, addresses, phones and links to every company's home page. Or check out our listings by company or by opening date
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As I see it, there are two approaches, which might each be correct depending on the context. o A (level-other-than-SOAP -- "LOTS"?) request/response consists of a SOAP request/response, plus an optional SOAP one-way. The SOAP response may be an ACK message. o A one-way MEP over HTTP request (or similar request/response oriented transports) MUST produce either a response (reply or fault) or an ACK. I'm liking this better. I've argued that this doesn't allow for, say, [message id] in ACKs, but see the next item. * It would be really cool if we could layer SOAP over SOAP. That last requires a bit of detailed explanation (meaning that my vacation is now officially over :-) Suppose I want to be able to send a stream of notification messages with security and reliability each handed at the SOAP level (WSS and WSRmumble), the transport level (SSL/TCP/whatever) or not at all. The nine possible combinations look pretty much the same to the application logic. What I'm grasping at here is a binding of the one-way MEP to another SOAP one-way MEP such that arbitrary SOAP processing can take place between the layers. E.g., 1. The sender's application logic produces a SOAP message to be sent. 2. This SOAP message has sequence numbers etc. added, gets encrypted and signed, and is resent if needed. Or it may be batched with other SOAP messages, or whatever, depending on what the deployment needs and what the transport binding supplies. 3. Whatever SOAP messages result from step 2 are sent over some binding of the one-way SOAP MEP. 4. Messages received are decrypted, signature verified, acked, unbatched, etc. 5. The receiver's application logic receives messages. The point is that steps 1 and 5 together look like a SOAP one-way MEP, and step 3 looks like a SOAP one-way MEP. In the general case, though, there may be no simple relationship between them. Steps 2 and 4 may batch messages, retransmit, or both. Nonetheless, we can specify the relationship between the two levels, and we ought to be able to layer that relationship by composing, say, reliability, batching and security. Steps 2 and 4 smell quite a bit like intermediary processing, and they may be, but intermediaries alone don't capture linkages like the need to decrypt what you encrypt and so forth. It would be nice to say something like "The WSS binding of the SOAP one-way MEP sends a message by encrypting it, signing it, attaching wsse: header information, and sending it via another binding of the SOAP one-way MEP. It receives messages by receiving them from another binding of the SOAP one-way MEP, verifying and decrypting." One use case driving this looks something like this: * A cell phone makes an HTTP request to an HTTP server. * Back comes a SOAP message HTTP response, encrypted, signed and carrying the appropriate WSS tokens. * Inside the body of the SOAP message is a series of request messages, each in the form of a SOAP envelope. * The cell phone processes the requests. * At some point, it has some, but perhaps not all, of the responses ready. * It batches up those responses into a SOAP body, signs, encrypts and attaches security tokens. * It sends the result to the server as an HTTP request. (Actually, this might also include some request messages for the HTTP server, and/or one-way messages. Similarly, the original HTTP request might have contained one-way messages.) * The server decrypts, verifies and unbatches the responses, most likely using [message id] to correlate them with their requests. * The server batches up zero or more further requests, encrypts, signs, etc. * And so forth. What we have here are two separate SOAP message flows. There is an application level flow of (parenthetical comment aside) requests to and responses from the cell phone. There is also a SOAP message flow of HTTP requests and responses. The two are completely independent in both direction and number. The application level flow is asynchronous and is best seen as a composition of one-way messages, one for each request and for each response. The transport-level flow may or may not be a sensible example of the SOAP request/response MEP. In either case, it can also be seen as a series of one-way messages. I believe that the approach I outlined above is flexible enough to cover such a case. If so, I'm quite confident it's flexible enough to cover a large array of scenarios we haven't even thought of yet. I'm also convinced that the existing MEP framework will not handle a case like the above easily, even in the case where the application-level flow is purely request/response.Received on Wednesday, 10 August 2005 21:28:54 UTC
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Sticky Monkey flower is a woody bush between .5 and 1.2 meters tall. It has deep green blade-shaped leaves that release a sticky resin when cut open. The leaves are slightly bitter with a flavor that is a cross between sage and mint. The tubular blossoms are said to resemble the fuzzy face of a monkey and range in color from pale salmon to deep crimson. They are quite mild and are mostly used for aesthetic purposes.
Sticky Monkey flower grows year-round with blossoms available in the spring and summer.
Current Facts
Sticky Monkey flower or Bush Monkey flower is botanically named Mimulus aurantiacus. It is a perennial shrub in the snapdragon family with edible leaves, blossoms and roots. The shrub is also ornamental, attracting hummingbirds, butterflies and other insects.
The leaves of Sticky Monkey may be added raw into salads for a clean herbal background. When steeped for five minutes they become a minty tea with an herbal sage quality. Sticky Monkey's strong and bitter flavor make it an ideal accompaniment to rich meats as a marinade or finishing herb. The flowers are very sturdy and take well to a coating of sugar for dessert dishes. Both the leaves and blossoms make vibrant garnishes for sweet or savory applications.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
The Miwok and Pomo Native Americans used Sticky Monkey flower and roots for their antiseptic properties in the treatment of minor scrapes and burns.
Sticky Monkey flower is native to southwestern United States. It grows wild throughout Oregon and California, and is often planted in domestic gardens throughout other parts of the country. Sticky Monkey flower is a drought tolerant species that thrives in most soil types with sufficient drainage. It may be found in sunny Chapparal habitats or partially shaded Oak Woodlands.
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Posted on April 02, 2014
Brand: Overseas Connection
Traditional gankogui (African agogo bells) with a stacked configuration; medium size (approx. 10"-11" long). Made in Togo and Ghana by blacksmiths using hand bellows and rudimentary forges. Since each bell is hand-forged, each will have its own unique tone. The sizes will also vary; the smaller bell is about 2.5" diameter and the larger bell about 3.5" diameter. Traditionally used to mark the beat for ceremonies, this bell is one of the most important parts of many percussion ensembles. It produces various open and closed sounds, with a brighter tone than the Nigerian agogo bell. Try dampening the bell against your leg while you play. Easily hand held; or ready for stand attachment (use your own stand and hardware). Wooden striker included.
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Posted on August 05, 2014
Brand: Gator Cases
The Gator Classic GP-PC2018BD 20" x 18" Protechtor Bass Drum Case is recognized as the industry standard rotationally molded drum case. The rotational molding process gives added strength and durability to case corners and provides water resistance that non-roto cases can't match. These cases come with a limited, lifetime warranty against cracking.
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Exterior Length: 28.00 "
Exterior Width: 28.00 "
Exterior Height: 22.00 "
Exterior Weight: 14.00 pounds
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|This page is about Bridgit Mendler. For the wikia this page is about, click here.
Bridgit Claire Mendler (born December 18, 1992) is an American actress, singer, musician, and songwriter who is best known for her starring role as Teddy Duncan in the Disney Channel Original sitcom, Good Luck Charlie. Recently, Mendler landed a starring role as Olivia White in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Lemonade Mouth. She also made a guest appearance in Violetta. She also played Ashley Wilkenson in Nashville.
Good Luck Charlie
In 2010, Mendler rose to fame among Disney audiences for her starring role as Teddy Duncan on Good Luck Charlie. The role has gained her both critical and commercial success for her natural acting skills and believable energy.
In 2011, Mendler made her debut appearance in a Disney film as the voice of Marie Appoline Bouvier in Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and performed the song "This is My Paradise".
Later in 2011, Mendler landed her first starring role in a Disney Channel Original Movie as Olivia White in Lemonade Mouth. This served as a very successful role for Mendler, receiving critical acclaim for both her acting skills and musicianship. She did another movie for 2011 - Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! - based off the series on December 2, 2011. In 2012, she did the voice of Arrietty for the American English dub version of The Secret World of Arrietty. In 2014, Mendler appeared alongside Debby Ryan in Muppets Most Wanted. Unfortunately, their scene was cut from the final film.
In 2009, she guest starred in an episode of the hit Disney Channel Original Series, JONAS, entitled "Wrong Song", as Penny Ken, Nick Lucas' love interest.
In 2010, Mendler landed her first recurring role on the popular Disney Channel Original sitcom, Wizards of Waverly Place, as Juliet Van Heusen.
Finally, Mendler struck gold with her first lead role in a Disney Channel Original Series as Teddy Duncan in Good Luck Charlie.
She also guest starred in the Disney Channel reality series PrankStars, and in the Disney Latin America show Violetta.


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In 2014 we entered this cream for the FreeFrom Skin Care Awards in the 'Ladies Face Leave On' class and were delighted to receive a commendation for this cream
50ml airless pump £18.00.
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We have soaked the almond oil with marigold petals to infuse the goodness into the oil and made our light fragrance free body cream formulation and the calming qualities will be transferred to our skin.
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This cream was trialed for more than 18 months – only on our human friends of course – and the responses have been incredibly positive.
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We were asked to make this by a podiatrist who had tried our SilkyHand Cream and realised its effect but she stressed that any good foot cream must have the urea content. It took a year to find a supplier and we were given the thumbs up – it really does work!
We chose the essential oil combination carefully and this cream has a gently floral aroma with a hint of the medicinal tea tree oil.
Jasmine tones the skin, increases elasticity and is often used to reduce scarring. Lavender has a soothing and calming effect and also relieves muscular and rheumatic aches and pains. Tea tree oil is a powerful stimulant is anti bacterial and anti fungal so perfect for our hard working feet. Urea not only softens all that hard skin but is also good for chilblains too.
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Friday was the annual Winterfest at the elementary. The journaling talks about how I snuck out of the house without the kindergartener and I only felt mildly guilty. My guilt was on the back burner all weekend. It was a pleasant change.
It goes on to say that I don't know why I bothered even going since Wendy just wanted to walk around with friends and I was pretty much left with another mom in the same position visiting in the library.
After 11 long winterfests of entering the raffle basket drawing - I won one! It was pretty fun when they called my name for the gift wrapping basket. My neighbor lady nudged me and said, "How are you going to get that home?" since her and I both walk. We really laughed though when her son won the way too big to carry sports basket. I was able to carry mine and walk home - but she ended up having to find a ride.
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Mark Stadtherr
Emeritus Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Emeritus Professor
College of Engineering
Phone: 574-631-9318
Office: 118A Cushing Hall
B.Ch.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1972)
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1976)
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1976-1982.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1982-1996.
Visiting Professor, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK, January-May 2001.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1996-2009.
Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2009-present.
Concurrent Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2010-present.
D. A. Măceș and M. A. Stadtherr, "Computing Fuzzy Trajectories for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems," Computers & Chemical Engineering, 52: 10-25, 2013.
Y. Zhao and M. A. Stadtherr, "Global Solution of Min-Max Optimization Problems for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems," Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, 30: 1287-1291, 2012.
Y. Zhao, and M. A. Stadtherr, "Rigorous Global Optimization for Dynamic Systems Subject to Inequality Path Constraints," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48:7246-7256, 2011.
J. A. Enszer, Y. Lin, S. Ferson, G. F. Corliss and M. A. Stadtherr, "Probability Bounds Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamic Process Models," AIChE Journal, 57:404-422, 2011.
L. D. Simoni, A. Chapeaux. J.F. Brennecke and M.S. Stadtherr, "Extraction of Biofuels and Biofeedstocks from Aqueous Solutions Using Ionic Liquids," Computers & Chemical Engineering, 34:3893-3901, 2010.
Y. Lin and M. A. Stadtherr, "Rigorous Model-Based Safety Analysis for Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems," Computers & Chemical Engineering, 33:493-502, 2009. A method is presented for the quantitative, model-based safety analysis of nonlinear continuous-time hybrid systems. This method uses the region-transition-model (RTM) framework of [Huang, H., Adjiman, C. S., & Shah, N. (2002). Quantitative framework for reliable safety analysis. AIChE Journal, 48, 78–96], together with a recently developed technique [Lin, Y., & Stadtherr, M. A. (2007). Validated solutions of initial value problems for parametric ODEs. Applied Numerical Mathematics, 57, 1145–1162] for the rigorous global analysis of nonlinear, continuous-time systems with uncertain initial conditions and/or parameters. Given an operating region described by bounds on possible initial conditions, inputs and model parameters, and a finite time horizon, the method can determine which operating subregions lead to safe operation. Numerical examples are presented that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. This approach can supplement and complement the more qualitative techniques that are widely used for hazard identification and safety analysis.
Y. Lin and M. A. Stadtherr, "Fault Detection in Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems with Uncertain Parameters," AIChE Journal, 54:2335-2345, 2008. In model-based fault diagnosis for dynamic systems with uncertain parameters, an envelope of all fault-free behaviors can be determined from the model and used as a reference for detecting faults. We demonstrate here a method for generating an envelope that is rigorously guaranteed to be complete, but without significant overestimation. The method is based on an interval approach, but uses Taylor models to reduce the overestimation often associated with interval methods. To speed fault detection, a method that uses bounded-error measurement data and a constraint propagation procedure is proposed for shrinking the envelope. Several fault detection scenarios involving nonlinear, continuous-time systems are used to evaluate this approach.
L. D. Simoni, A. Chapeaux, J. F. Brennecke and M. A. Stadtherr, "Asymmetric Framework for Predicting Liquid−Liquid Equilibrium of Ionic Liquid−Mixed-Solvent Systems," Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48:7246-7265, 2009.
Excellence in Teaching Award
Given on August 21, 1978 by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Chemical Sciences. This award recognizes excellence in teaching in the School of Chemical Sciences.
Xerox Award for Faculty Research
Given on May 14, 1982 by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering. This award recognizes the most outstanding research by an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering.
Computing in Chemical Engineering Award
Given on November 17, 1998 by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. This is the top national award for outstanding contributions in the field of computing in chemical engineering.
James A. Burns, C.S.C., Award
Given on May 17, 2008 by the University of Notre Dame, Graduate School. This award recognizes exemplary contributions to graduate research and education.
GTE Emerging Scholar Lectureship,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, November 18, 1986.
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students
University of Illinois, several appearances, 1976-1995.
Summary of Activities/Interests
The focus of our research is on the development and application of strategies for reliable engineering computing. In many applications of interest in chemical engineering, it is necessary to deal with nonlinear models of complex physical phenomena, on scales ranging from the macroscopic to the molecular. Frequently these are problems that require solving a nonlinear equation system (algebraic and/or differential) or finding the global optimum of a nonconvex function. Thus, the reliability with which these computations can be done is often an important issue. For example, if there are multiple solutions to the model, have all been located? If there are multiple local optima, has the global optimum been found? The goal is to develop the tools needed to resolve these issues with mathematical and computational certainty, thus providing a degree of problem-solving reliability not available when using standard methods, and to apply these tools to problems of interest. Since, in some cases, this approach is computationally intense, strategies that take good advantage of parallel computing architectures are also of significant interest.
In recent years, our group has shown that strategies based on the use of interval mathematics can be used to reliably solve a wide variety of global optimization and nonlinear equation solving problems of interest in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Some problems of current interest in the group include: 1) Verified solution of uncertain dynamic systems, i.e., problems in which there are uncertainties in model parameters and/or initial conditions, including applications in ecology, physiology, epidemiology and chemical engineering; 2) Parameter estimation in modeling of phase equilibrium, including the implications of using locally vs. globally optimal parameters in subsequent computations; 3) Location of equilibrium states and bifurcations of equilibria in ecosystem models used to assess the risk associated with the introduction of new chemicals into the environment; 4) Molecular modeling, including transition state analysis and the calculation of molecular conformations; and 5) Global optimization, including problems involving dynamic models. Also of special interest (in collaboration with Professor Joan Brennecke and the Notre Dame Energy Center) are modeling problems that arise in the development of sustainable, energy-efficient and environmentally-conscious processing technology, in particular the use of supercritical carbon dioxide and room-temperature ionic liquids as environmentally-benign replacements for traditional organic solvents.


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Hunger In Texas The Topic For State LawmakersResearchers and lawmakers refer to it as Food Insecurity or availability of food in areas and one's access to it. In Austin today lawmakers are trying to break down why there are food shortages across the state and find ways to solve the problem.
Summer Art Classes & Programs In North TexasSchool may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean the learning has to end. DFW offers plenty of creative arts workshops and programs.


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In a bleached white washed finish, this wood floor lamp topped with a linen drum shade.More Details >
Inspired by classic wood work, this bleached wood floor lamp will beautifully illuminate any room. Paired with a large drum linen shade accented with a classic pattern that complements the soft brown color in the base and body. From the Petite Paro collection by Jamie Young Company.


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Alicia - posted on 10/07/2016 ( 16 moms have responded )
The post that was written by Courtney and can clearly identify myself. The ex inlaws were in conspiracy for a while since I arrived in Johannesburg and when they found out I suffered depression and was staying in a room because I could not find suitable employment they took it upon themselves to call social in and my life has been a nightmare ever since. They have also turned my children against me telling them to call me by my first name and not to call me mom. The mag never listened to much of what I said and they rode all over me. The social worker was only advocating for them, never once came to see my new place or interview me with regards to my depression except questions like "do you have a microwave"? I have only seen them for 1 hour this year in February because she always made arrangements and then would never pitch.
My children wrote a letter at school (boy 12, girl 11). It read: Mom you are a star, mom, please come back to us, mom, please fetch us, mom, we need you mom, please write back to us. I believe the social worker played all of this out to ensure they get my kids (they are unable to fall pregnant) and are buying them everything under the sun - even taking them on a helicopter ride. I went to court on 4 Oct and had to walk away because I felt the tears as they were standing with these people and would not speak but I know my children and could see they wanted to but were uncomfortable. Then the mag gives them to these people for a year - she said it is usually 2 years in SA Law but she will deviate and make it 1 year. I have been crying ever since. I did nothing wrong to them. I have had depression since 1994 when my first son was born - he is now 22. But they saw a loop hole and went for it. There is so much more but I am paining tooooo much, and I cannot stop crying. I am coming to work with no makeup and crying and wondering that now my children will forget me and be lost to me forever. I feel like a zombie inside. I want to crumble into a ball and roll away. To top it off it was 2 days before they removed them that we were playing and laughing and all that. Every now and again since they were very young (I have looked after them by myself since they were 2 and 3 as the father disappeared) they would come up to me randomly and say "mom I love you" and give me a big squeeze. All that is gone now. What do I do. I cannot carry on like this and wait for a whole year cos I know the social worker is going to stop the visits. The mag knew about their letter but failed to ask them about it like she said she would. I know this sounds paranoid but it's like they all went against me in court....nothing I said was right to them. So I walked out of court without my children and them laughing and sneering. They will not even let me see them for xmas, birthdays, or even phone them.


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Angels-Athletics Preview
The Oakland Athletics hope Bartolo Colon can continue his recent run of success as they try to snap out of a rough stretch.
Trying to win three straight starts for the first time in over a year, the 39-year-old right-hander looks to help the A's avoid a fourth consecutive loss Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.
Colon (8-8, 3.55 ERA) has not allowed a run over his last 16 1-3 innings after going eight during a 4-1 home win over Toronto on Thursday. He last yielded a run in the fourth inning of a 5-4, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees on July 22.
"He's given us a bunch of quality starts," teammate Josh Reddick told the Athletics' official website. "You know he's going to throw strikes and put the ball in play."
Colon, who won 39 games over the first two of a four-year stint with the Angels from 2004-07 and was the AL Cy Young Award winner in '05, is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA against them this season.
He'll take the mound trying to help Oakland (58-51) get back on track after it lost for the sixth time in nine games Monday. The 4-0 win for Los Angeles (59-51) dropped the A's one-half game behind the Angels for the second wild-card spot.
Jered Weaver tossed a four-hitter and Erick Aybar had three hits after missing two weeks with a broken toe to lead the Angels to a third straight win over Oakland.
Batting an AL-leading .348, Mike Trout added two hits as Los Angeles improved to 4-4 on a 10-game trip. Trout, who leads the majors with 36 steals, stole three to increase his club record to 27 straight stolen bases without being caught.
"He wreaks havoc out there," losing pitcher Jarrod Parker said.
Scheduled Angels starter C.J. Wilson (9-7, 3.27) is 0-3 with a 5.36 ERA in seven starts since winning at Baltimore on June 26, but he's 2-1 with a 1.67 ERA in four starts at Oakland. The left-hander allowed one hit and struck out seven over eight innings of a 5-0 victory there May 22 to improve to 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA against the A's in 2012.
Wilson, however, has yielded 15 runs and walked eight over 11 1-3 innings of his last two road starts. He gave up eight of those runs in 5 1-3 innings while not factoring in the decision of a 15-9 loss at Texas on Thursday.
Though Wilson leads the Angels with 122 strikeouts, manager Mike Scioscia and pitching coach Mike Butcher would like to see the veteran find a way to extend his outings by doing a better job of managing hitters.
"(It's) just trying to really get him a little more efficient with his pitches," Butcher told the Angels' official website. "I think when he does that, he'll get himself deeper into ballgames. His stuff speaks for itself."
Brandon Inge, whose only hit in nine at-bats versus Wilson left the park, had two of Oakland's four hits Monday.
It's uncertain if rookie Yoenis Cespedes will be back in the lineup after sitting for the second time in three games Monday with a sprained right wrist. The A's are 46-29 when Cespedes - batting .306 with 14 homers and 56 RBIs - starts and 12-22 when he does not.


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NATHAN Buckley said Collingwood's coaches and players must 'sharpen up' after the Magpies' sobering 60-point loss to Carlton at the MCG on Friday night.
Buckley, who is facing pressure after just his third game in charge since succeeding Mick Malthouse, said his club had been shown up by a hungrier side playing better as a team and with a greater spread of contributors.
Carlton's seven goals in the first quarter saw it race to a comfortable lead that only for a brief period in the second period did Collingwood look like being capable of pulling back.
A six goal second half saw the lead extended further ending up with a crushing 18.14 (122) to 9.8 (62) loss for Buckley.
"We've had a fairly big wake-up call tonight," Buckley said.
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Ni Hao! Or for those of you still brushing up on your Chinese for the World Finals in Harbin, hello and welcome back! As we gear up for the first part of this year's competition, the 2009 ACM-ICPC Regionals, remember to check the Battle of the Brains page to find updates, podcasts and stories from past participants. The ACM-ICPC and IBM are working diligently to give you the latest contest information, including regional dates, winners and links to other relevant sites.
This year you can also follow us on Twitter, where you will find an open forum of participating students from schools around the world. We expect to kick off the 2009-2010 podcast series in the middle of September by posting an interview with Alan Ganek, chief technology officer and vice president for IBM Software strategy and technology. Not only is Alan an outstanding scientist with 16 patents, he is the funding executive for the ACM-ICPC. We're all very excited to hear Alan's advice for Regionals preparation and beyond. For those looking for some practice questions, look no further than past brain busters archived on the ICPC web site:
Try out a few of these to get your brain warmed up for the upcoming competition. Good luck, or hao yun!