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Flying Queens load roster for next season
PLAINVIEW – Finally, Wayland Baptist University basketball coach Will Flemons can breathe a sigh of relief. After struggling through a season where injuries plagued an already depleted Flying Queen roster, Flemons wrapped up his off-season acquisitions by signing Plainview's Rebekah Sarchet on Monday. The signing day had been greatly anticipated as the Sarchet family was waiting for Rebekah's mother, Donna, to return home after an extended hospital stay. Donna, an associate professor of business at Wayland, has been battling cancer for two years and has spent the last few weeks trying to adjust to new chemotherapy treatments. Although the fight has been an emotional roller coaster for the family, the group was all smiles on Monday.
"This is a good day," Donna said when asked how she was feeling.
Sarchet's signing marked the sixth and final signing for Flemons who has rebuilt the Flying Queens during the off season.
The Queens will have a bit of a West Texas flare when they take the court next fall. Sarchet will join former PHS teammate Elyse Newland, who returns for her junior year with the Queens. Newland played in all 28 games last season, averaging 3.7 points and nearly two assists in 16 minutes per game. The sophomore guard was playing with a torn ACL which has been repaired during the off season. Newland is expected to be at full strength next season.
Joining Newland and Sarchet will be a pair of standouts from Shallowater High School. Casey Burnett averaged 17 points and 6 rebounds as a senior at Shallowater last year. Coach Flemons actively recruited the 6-1 player who will be used at both forward positions next fall.
"She shoots the ball well and understands the game," Flemons said. "And right now she has confidence and that is what you want from your freshmen. College basketball will kind of put you in your place pretty quick. If you don't have a little backbone, you will get eaten up."
Shallowater's 6-foot-7 center Sara Broome will also play for Flemons. Broome is walking on with the Queens after spending two years at Southwest Baptist University. Broome didn't see much action last season, playing in just seven games. Flemons said Broome has good hands and with a little work will provide a solid presence in the lane on both ends of the floor.
As well as having a good group of local talent, Flemons has signed several other players to fill out his roster. He inked a pair of girls from Harvest Christian Academy in Fort Worth. Jamie Graham, a 6-3 center/forward who averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds, was high on Flemons recruiting list. Edita Kresa, a 5-7 point guard, joined Graham for a weekend workout at Wayland. Kresa had originally verbally committed to Texas Christian, but wanted to play with Graham. After seeing her workout, Flemons snatched her up.
Two other six-footers will join the Queens. Miranda Damiano, a 6-0 forward from Anson, averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists last season, and Audrey Hemminger, a 6-1 forward/center from Melrose, N.M., averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Not only will Flemons' crop of recruits bring additional size to the lineup, something that was sorely missing last season, but having a full 15-player roster will give the Queens an added dimension.
"We are going to push the tempo to our liking," Flemons said. "I have been telling players that I want to press. But this past year we had something happen early to a couple of our post players and our guards were dropping like flies. Now, I can finally say we will press next year."
The lack of players on the bench hurt the Queens last season. Wayland opened conference at Lubbock Christian University with only eight players on the bench. Newland gave a valiant effort despite being sick and having to leave the floor at one point. Starting point guard Nikki Wallace dislocated a finger and couldn't play in the second half and another player fouled out, leaving only five players to finish the game.
Flemons is hoping he won't have to go through that again.
"The whole year we were just plagued with injuries," he said. "Then, finally a light clicked on in this thick skull … we have to get more players."
Flemons' recruits will join Newland and Wallace as well as Vanita Wright, Christa Condron, Anastasia Okolo, Katie Donaldson and Miki Mays. Jordan Tarver from Monterey High School in Lubbock will walk on as well


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When it comes to feeding babies, the medical community maintains that breast milk is best for nourishing newborns. But not every mom is able to produce it. A dozen mothers' milk banks have popped up across the country, connecting modern day wet nurses with mothers and newborns in need. Now the demand is growing faster than the supply.
After years of trying, Melinda and Ed Zirzow finally got their miracle babies...Reese and Reagan.
But the twins came ten weeks early and weighed just two and three pounds.
"Since I was pretty early and severe pre eclampsia, I wasn't producing milk right away, so the hospital donated donor breast milk. We were very happy recipients of that," said Melinda Zirzow.
"We have many mothers who are very ill. So they're not able to establish or maintain an adequate milk supply so that back up supply of donor human milk is critical," said Rainbow Babies and Childrens Nurse Maryann Bratz.
Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital among the four dozen facilities working with the mothers milk bank of Ohio. They connect parents of NICU patients and mothers already nursing, to distribute more than 22,000 ounces a month.
"It's great that there are donors our there that have abundant milk supplies and are willing to share, to go above and beyond to help families take care of their critically ill premature babies," said Bratz.
More hospitals using donor milk (and for longer periods of time), coupled with for-profit websites offering to pay moms for their over supply....has left shelves at the non-profit Ohio Mothers Milk Bank awfully bare. There's currently a three week wait for this liquid gold, when precious lives are at stake.
Because of the shortage, rainbow is currently using milk from an Indiana milk bank. They are waiting on a shipment from the Ohio milk bank and they're hoping more donor mothers will come forward.
Shelley Burch is one of those mothers.
"I always said I could feed the whole neighborhood, now I sort of did," she said.
While nursing her second child, she pumped an additional 200 ounces over six months, and shipped it to the milk bank, where it was pasteurized, cultured, then distributed.
"It makes me feel good that I could be helping small babies who could really use that type of nutrition," Burch said.
"We don't have a lot of money so we can't donate to charities, so I give blood and the milk donation seemed like a logical step," Burch said.
The Zirzow twins responded immediately to donor milk...and could be home by Christmas.
"They got stimulated and you could tell that there was some growth," said Ed Zirzow.
"Words can't express what another mom is doing on my behalf, while my babies are continuing to thrive. without their help, who knows how much they'd be able to progress," said Melinda Zirzow.
Insurance will cover the cost for patients in the hospital, but out patients must pay out of pocket. The cost? More than four dollars and ounce.
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Davidson County commissioner Todd Yates found not guilty on impaired boating charge
Davidson County commissioner Todd Yates found not guilty on impaired boating charge
A Davidson County commissioner accused of driving a pontoon boat while impaired on High Rock Lake and other charges has been found not guilty.
The Dispatch of Lexington reported Judge Mark Galloway found commissioner Todd Yates not guilty of the DWI charge, along with refusal to allow inspection and driving a motorboat in a no-wake zone. The judge also dismissed a charge of resisting an officer.
Galloway said he found no evidence Yates was impaired. He also said there were conflicting testimonies regarding the inspection of the boat, and the boat was not fast enough to kick up any wake.
Galloway came from another court district to hear the case at the request of Davidson County's chief judge.
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Donnie Snow was into the details.
Donnie Snow was into the details.
That much is clear in a collection of documents, photographs and ephemera on the early years of Cherry Point. The Eastern Carolina Aviation Heritage Foundation has just started cataloging all the materials.
Lois Evelyn �Donnie� Snow was in the first group of 18 Women Marines to arrive at the newly established Marine Corps air station in the thick of World War II.
Snow stepped off the train on Saturday, May, 29, 1943, at 12:08 p.m., �Just in time for lunch,� as she writes in one of her documents.
�We were called the �first 18.� We were the first Woman Marines to set foot on the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point. We had no washing machine, no dryers, ironing boards but no irons. What a mess!� Snow wrote under a photo of the group. �We had to wear our wool winter uniforms until the later part of July. It was miserable. We were all Buck Privates � $50 a month! We were going to be in a crash training program for Staff NCOs. At that point there were none � just had buck privates.�
Snow, who had joined the Marines in Des Moines, Iowa, went through boot camp at the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College in Bronx, N.Y.
�We went through Boot Camp in civilian clothes. Uniforms were not available until a few days before we transferred out,� Snow wrote in 1993 prior to her death in 2008 at age 90. �When we first arrived, I drilled in high heels until my luggage finally arrived with my marching shoes. Talk about a �hot foot� � take that times two and you know what my feet felt like (I longed for two buckets of ice water, one for each little hot foot).�
Boot camp lasted 25 days.
�However, they deftly managed to pack about 50 days of arduous and intensive training, both mental and physical, into that short period of time,� Snow wrote. �We usually had sixteen-hour workdays, six days a week.�
The training worked. Snow�s outfit, Platoon 1, 5221, had been called �the Black Sheep of the Company� but they had been drilled into perfection.
�When the WRs in Platoon 1 marched in review, they looked like puppets on a string,� Snow wrote.
While Snow was part of the first group of women on the air station, within a year there were about 3,100 at Cherry Point and its outlying air fields.
Snow became the secretary to the commanding officer for the base. After her discharge from active duty in 1946, she held that position as a civil servant through 1967. She then transferred to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to work as a program analyst until her 1979 retirement.
Geri Weeks, of Independence, Iowa, is Snow�s niece and is the person who gathered her aunt�s papers. Weeks sent the collection to Marine Corps historian Alan Stiner, who has placed it on loan with the aviation foundation.
�It was just left to me after my mom died and I had to do something,� Weeks said. �She made five copies of everything, because that�s the way she did it in the service. That�s just the way she was trained.�
�Cherry Point was just her whole life,� Weeks said. �She loved it but she didn�t like the humidity and the hurricanes.�
Cherry Point was a swamp being turned into an airfield when Snow first arrived.
�They were bulldozing and they would come out and there would be snakes on the machinery,� Weeks said. �She had to lay on the ground with the snakes in practice air raids.�
Weeks said Snow was very dedicated.
�If she took on something she was going to do it right,� Weeks said. �She just respected her commanders. I know she had a big job all the time with the commanders, and she loved them all and respected them all.�
Beverly Stonewall, of West Des Moines, Iowa, is another of Snow�s nieces.
�She had an illustrious life,� she said of Snow. �There�s probably a lot in there that would mean a lot to some seniors who were in World War II and that were in the Cherry Point area.
�She was just a dynamic, little bitty thing, more than a little bit. She didn�t ever get to 5 feet. She was probably 4-10 or somewhere around there. She always wore three-inch heels. She wore high heels all the time. She was a tremendous woman. She was a detail person and I�m sure that shows in the collection there. She lived her life that way. You didn�t have to be around her for very long before you knew that she had been military.�
Stonewall said Snow hated to be called Lois and hated for people to refer to her height.
�If you called her Lois you were in deep trouble,� she said. �I don�t know if she chose Donnie or how it came about but you didn�t dare call her Lois. And you didn�t make reference to her tininess. She was a whole bunch of people in that little body.
�She was a tremendous woman. She was just a dynamo. She never gained a pound and she never became out of shape. She always had the service stance. When she would stand at a distance you would see the military training in the way she would stand. She loved the military and it just became part of her. She was just a Marine. She would have been a good female SEAL. That was her heart.�
George Griffin, Havelock�s first mayor in 1959, remembers Snow.
�She was a lovely person,� he said. �I�d have to say she was a good-looking Marine. She was really vibrant.�
Griffin, Will Lewis and former Cherry Point commander Tom Braaten joined Amanda Ohlensehlen in looking at the collection last week for the aviation foundation.
�I came here in 1948 and all of those Windsocks were published before I came here,� Griffin said, referring to a collection of base newspapers.
Lewis said Snow�s story of active duty followed by civil service was common in Havelock.
�I think it�s relatable to a lot of people,� he said. �So many people have that story. It�s just like their stories. This is a lady that really cared about what she did.�
Braaten called all the historic documents and photos from the early days of Cherry Point important.
�I think we�ve got a real treasure here,� he said. �The question is how to share it with the public.�


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Look back at Ahmadinejad's memorable UN speeches
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — He railed against Israel, condemned "rapacious capitalism" and predicted the collapse of the "American empire." He defended Holocaust revisionists and denied that Iran had any homosexuals. Whenever Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the world stage, he was sure to inflame tensions.
As his successor Hasan Rouhani prepares to address the United Nations for the first time on Tuesday, he has already made a deep impression on world leaders with his markedly milder tone and apparent willingness to reopen negotiations with the West on Iran's disputed nuclear program.
He has raised hopes of a long-elusive warming of U.S.-Iran ties with his condemnation of the Syrian chemical weapons attack and his Cabinet's greeting to Jews on their New Year's holiday, Rosh Hashanah, earlier this month. His foreign minister agreed on Monday to restart nuclear negotiations with six world powers later this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
In contrast, Ahmadinejad was jeered and pilloried during his eight visits to U.N. headquarters in New York. Most of his speeches to the General Assembly were boycotted by the U.S., Israel and Western allies.
Here is a look back at some of Ahmadinejad's more memorable comments.
In 2007, Ahmadinejad was in New York to address the General Assembly. He also delivered a speech at Columbia University where he provoked derisive laughter when he responded to a question about Iran's execution of homosexuals.
"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country," Ahmadinejad said.
At that same 2007 speech at Columbia, he defended Holocaust revisionists. The speech caused such outrage, he was forced to cancel a trip to Ground Zero because of planned protests and fears for his security.
In 2008, Ahmadinejad bashed Israel, saying "the Zionist regime is on a definite slope to collapse, and there is no way for it to get out of the cesspool created by itself and its supporters."
In 2012, he declared Israel has no place in the Middle East.
In 2010, Ahmadinejad perpetuated the conspiracy theory that Americans were behind the Sept. 11 attacks, saying they were staged in an attempt to assure Israel's survival. He said the U.S. used the attacks as a pretext to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2006, he accused Washington of abusing its power in the U.N. Security Council to punish others while protecting its own interests and allies. He said it had become an "instrument of threat and coercion" for the U.S. and Britain. Separately, at a news conference, he expressed love and affection for the American people.
In 2008, he declared that "the American empire" is nearing collapse and should end its military involvement in other countries.
In 2009, he lashed out at the "rapacious capitalism" of the U. S. and its allies. He accused the West of hypocrisy, saying it violates the fundamental principles of the democracy it preaches. But in an Associated Press interview, he urged President Barack Obama to view Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat.
In 2011, he poked at a sore spot for the U.S. and Europe by referring to their former slave trade. He also singled out the U.S. for using a nuclear bomb against Japan in World War II and imposing and supporting military dictatorships and totalitarian regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
In 2005, the Iranian leader accused unnamed "powerful states" — an apparent reference to the U.S. and some European countries — of engaging in "nuclear apartheid" by barring some nations from gaining access to peaceful nuclear technology. Afterward, Ahmadinejad said he felt "bathed in light" during his speech and claimed his audience was so enraptured that they "did not blink."
Associated Press writer Brian Murphy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. Follow Lara Jakes on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/larajakesAP


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Scores Game-Winner On Penalty Kick
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Andy Hackbarth ended a long night of soccer at Reese Stadium on Saturday by scoring on a penalty kick with just 2 minutes, 7 seconds left in the second overtime. The goal lifted Yale to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Sacred Heart and earned the Bulldogs their first win of the season.
Yale (1-5) was awarded the kick after Sacred Heart goalkeeper Alex Fait took down Eric Meyer in the box.
Freshman Peter Jacobson had scored at 60:22 to tie the score and send the game to the extra periods.
"There were a number of positives for us tonight," said Yale head coach Brian Tompkins. "We came from behind, and we were able to win in overtime. We really struggled in overtime last year so it was important to come out on top."
The Pioneers, who received votes in this week's NSCAA national poll, grabbed the early lead when Justin Brewer scored at 23:51.
The Bulldogs had a substantial edge in possession time in the second half and capitalized when Jacobson tallied his first career goal. It came following a turnover in the midfield. Cody Wilkins took possession, dribbed down the near side and sent a perfect cross to Jacobson, who banged it in.
"I thought in the second half we really turned the momentum with our defensive pressure," Tompkins said.
Yale had a couple of good chances to win it late in the second half. Hackbarth's free kick from 25 yards out was stopped by Fait in the 88th minute, and Jenner Fox got free in the final seconds, but his shot from the right side of the box went over the top of the crossbar.
The Bulldogs finished with a 15-11 advantage in shots.
Bobby Thalman made one save to earn his first career victory in goal. Fait stopped two shots for Sacred Heart (4-2).
"This was a really good, hard-working team victory," Tompkins said. "I'm very pleased with the persistence we showed to get the result."
Yale is back in action on Tuesday at Quinnipiac. Kickoff is slated for 4 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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Brew Review #11: Oakshire Watershed IPA
I just found my new favorite beer. Okay, it might not be my all-time favorite, but the Watershed IPA by Oakshire Brewing really took a hold of me. If you're not familiar, Oakshire is a brewery based out of Eugene Oregon that started up back in 2006. If you've read my previous beer reviews, you'll know I like my hops; but only if there's just as much accompanying flavor. This beer is one of those perfectly balanced IPAs: loaded with hops up front and backed by a piney/citrus finish.
If you've ever had the Heady Topper, you'll know what I mean by balancing the beer's punch with a palatable overall taste. The Watershed IPA does just that. It's not super bitter like some IPAs that leave much to be desired. If you see a 6er of this at your local vendor of adult beverages, I'd highly suggest giving it a shot. If you're looking for a geekier review of this beer, I'd point you to Google – there are a ton of beer nerds out there, I just enjoy sharing my favorites. Cheers.


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Fullerene, also called buckminsterfullerene, any of a series of hollow carbon molecules that form either a closed cage ("buckyballs") or a cylinder (carbon "nanotubes"). The first fullerene was discovered in 1985 by Sir Harold W. Kroto (one of the authors of this article) of the United Kingdom and by Richard E. Smalley and Robert F. Curl, Jr., of the United States. Using a laser to vaporize graphite rods in an atmosphere of helium gas, these chemists and their assistants obtained cagelike molecules composed of 60 carbon atoms (C60) joined together by single and double bonds to form a hollow sphere with 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces—a design that resembles a football, or soccer ball. In 1996 the trio was awarded the Nobel Prize for their pioneering efforts. The C60 molecule was named buckminsterfullerene (or, more simply, the buckyball) after the American architect R. Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic dome is constructed on the same structural principles. The elongated cousins of buckyballs, carbon nanotubes, were identified in 1991 by Iijima Sumio of Japan.
The fullerenes, particularly the highly symmetrical C60 sphere, have a beauty and elegance that excites the imagination of scientists and nonscientists alike, as they bridge aesthetic gaps between the sciences, architecture, mathematics, engineering, and the visual arts. Prior to their discovery, only two well-defined allotropes of carbon were known—diamond (composed of a three-dimensional crystalline array of carbon atoms) and graphite (composed of stacked sheets of two-dimensional hexagonal arrays of carbon atoms). The fullerenes constitute a third form, and it is remarkable that their existence evaded discovery until almost the end of the 20th century. Their discovery has led to an entirely new understanding of the behaviour of sheet materials, and it has opened an entirely new chapter of nanoscience and nanotechnology—the "new chemistry" of complex systems at the atomic scale that exhibit advanced materials behaviour. Nanotubes in particular exhibit a wide range of novel mechanical and electronic properties. They are excellent conductors of heat and electricity, and they possess an astonishing tensile strength. Such properties hold the promise of exciting applications in electronics, structural materials, and medicine. Practical applications, however, will only be realized when accurate structural control has been achieved over the synthesis of these new materials.
During the period 1985–90 Kroto, working with colleagues at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, used laboratory microwave spectroscopy techniques to analyze the spectra of carbon chains. These measurements later led to the detection, by radioastronomy, of chainlike molecules consisting of 5 to 11 carbon atoms in interstellar gas clouds and in the atmospheres of carbon-rich red giant stars. On a visit to Rice University, Houston, Texas, in 1984, Curl, an authority on microwave and infrared spectroscopy, suggested that Kroto see an ingenious laser–supersonic cluster beam apparatus developed by Smalley. The apparatus could vaporize any material into a plasma of atoms and then be used to study the resulting clusters (aggregates of tens to many tens of atoms). During the visit, Kroto realized that the technique might be used to simulate the chemical conditions in the atmosphere of carbon stars and so provide compelling evidence for his conjecture that the chains originated in stars. In a now-famous 11-day series of experiments conducted in September 1985 at Rice University by Kroto, Smalley, and Curl and their student coworkers James Heath, Yuan Liu, and Sean O'Brien, Smalley's apparatus was used to simulate the chemistry in the atmosphere of giant stars by turning the vaporization laser onto graphite. The study not only confirmed that carbon chains were produced but also showed, serendipitously, that a hitherto unknown carbon species containing 60 atoms formed spontaneously in relatively high abundance. Attempts to explain the remarkable stability of the C60 cluster led the scientists to the conclusion that the cluster must be a spheroidal closed cage in the form of a truncated icosahedron—a polygon with 60 vertices and 32 faces, 12 of which are pentagons and 20 hexagons. They chose the imaginative name buckminsterfullerene for the cluster in honour of the designer-inventor of the geodesic domes whose ideas had influenced their structure conjecture.
From 1985 to 1990, a series of studies indicated that C60, and also C70, were indeed exceptionally stable and provided convincing evidence for the cage structure proposal. In addition, evidence was obtained for the existence of other smaller metastable species, such as C28, C36, and C50, and experimental evidence was provided for "endohedral" complexes, in which an atom was trapped inside the cage. Experiments showed that the size of an encapsulated atom determined the size of the smallest surrounding possible cage. In 1990 physicists Donald R. Huffman of the United States and Wolfgang Krätschmer of Germany announced a simple technique for producing macroscopic quantities of fullerenes, using an electric arc between two graphite rods in a helium atmosphere to vaporize carbon. The resulting condensed vapours, when dissolved in organic solvents, yielded crystals of C60. With fullerenes now available in workable amounts, research on these species expanded to a remarkable degree, and the field of fullerene chemistry was born.
The C60 molecule undergoes a wide range of novel chemical reactions. It readily accepts and donates electrons, a behaviour that suggests possible applications in batteries and advanced electronic devices. The molecule readily adds atoms of hydrogen and of the halogen elements. The halogen atoms can be replaced by other groups, such as phenyl (a ring-shaped hydrocarbon with the formula C6H5 that is derived from benzene), thus opening useful routes to a wide range of novel fullerene derivatives. Some of these derivatives exhibit advanced materials behaviour. Particularly important are crystalline compounds of C60 with alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; these compounds are the only molecular systems to exhibit superconductivity at relatively high temperatures above 19 K. Superconductivity is observed in the range 19 to 40 K, equivalent to −254 to −233 °C or −425 to −387 °F.
Particularly interesting in fullerene chemistry are the so-called endohedral species, in which a metal atom (given the generic designation M) is physically trapped inside a fullerene cage. The resulting compounds (assigned the formulas M@C60) have been extensively studied. Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals as well as early lanthanoids may be trapped by vaporizing graphite disks or rods impregnated with the selected metal. Helium (He) can also be trapped by heating C60 in helium vapour under pressure. Minute samples of He@C60 with unusual isotope ratios have been found at some geologic sites, and samples also found in meteorites may yield information on the origin of the bodies in which they were found.
Carbon nanotubes
In 1991 Iijima Sumio of NEC Corporation's Fundamental Research Laboratory, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, investigated material extracted from solids that grew on the tips of carbon electrodes after being discharged under C60 formation conditions. Iijima found that the solids consisted of tiny tubes made up of numerous concentric "graphene" cylinders, each cylinder wall consisting of a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings. The cylinders usually had closed-off ends and ranged from 2 to 10 micrometres (millionths of a metre) in length and 5 to 40 nanometres (billionths of a metre) in diameter. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy later revealed that these multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are seamless and that the spacings between adjacent layers is about 0.34 nanometre, close to the spacing observed between sheets of graphite. The number of concentric cylinders in a given tube ranged from 3 to 50, and the ends were generally capped by fullerene domes that included pentagonal rings (necessary for closure of the tubes). It was soon shown that single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) could be produced by this method if a cobalt-nickel catalyst was used. In 1996 a group led by Smalley produced SWNTs in high purity by laser vaporization of carbon impregnated with cobalt and nickel. These nanotubes are essentially elongated fullerenes.
Individual carbon nanotubes may be metallic or semiconducting, depending on the helical orientation of the rows of hexagonal rings in the walls of the tubes. Rather than conducting electricity via electron transport, a diffusive process that results in electron scattering and conductive heating, SWNTs exhibit ballistic transport, a highly efficient and fast conduction process in which electrons, prevented from diffusing through the wall of the tube or around its circumference by the regular hexagonal array of carbon atoms, propagate rapidly along the axis of the tube. Open-ended SWNTs emit electrons at currents that attain approximately 100 nanoamperes (billionths of an ampere). Owing to such remarkable properties, electrical conductors made of bundles of nanotubes should exhibit zero energy loss. Aligned MWNTs show promise as field-emission devices with potential applications in electronic flat-panel displays. Nanotubes may also be used as highly resilient probe tips for scanning tunneling microscopes and atomic force microscopes.
Carbon nanotubes exhibit faster phonon transport than diamond, which was previously recognized as the best thermal conductor, and the electric current-carrying capacity of nanotubes is approximately four orders of magnitude higher than that of copper. The Young's modulus of MWNTs (a measure of their elasticity, or ability to recover from stretching or compression) is estimated by researchers to be greater than that of carbon fibres by a factor of 5 to 10. MWNTs are capable of readily absorbing loads via a sequence of reversible elastic deformations, such as buckling or kinking, in which the bonds between carbon atoms remain intact.
Nanotubes can be "decapped" by oxidation and the resulting opened tubes filled with metals, such as lead, or even with buckyballs. Boron and nitrogen atoms may be incorporated into carbon nanotube walls. Microscopic metal particles that would otherwise be rapidly oxidized may be stabilized in air by encapsulation in nanotube skins.
Potential applications of fullerenes
The discovery of C60 has led to a paradigm shift in the understanding of graphite, in particular graphene sheets on a small scale. It is now known that the most stable form of a carbon aggregate, containing tens to several thousands of atoms, is a closed buckyball or nanotube. This new understanding is not restricted to pure carbon but also applies to other sheet-forming materials such as boron nitride, which can also form nanotubes. Closed fullerene structures, incorporating sulfides of such metals as tungsten and molybdenum, exhibit excellent solid-lubricant properties. Conducting carbon nanotubes may be coated with sheaths of metal sulfides to produce tiny insulated electrical wire.
Fullerenes and nanotubes have engendered much excitement, especially with regard to possible future applications, but so far such applications have been few and far between. Nanotubes in particular may well bring about a revolution in materials science. For example, if SWNTs can be made in bundles of 100 billion, then a material will be produced that may approach the limits of tensile strength possible for any known material involving the chemical bond. In practice, no material approaches its theoretical "intrinsic strength," because of breakdowns brought on by the propagation of microscopic defects through the material. A bundle of nanotubes, however, may bypass this problem, as microscopic defects may anneal along the length of a particular tube and certainly should not propagate across the bundle—thus avoiding the problems that occur in conventional materials. Estimates of potential tensile strength vary, but it is predicted that a 1-metre rod may reach 50 to 100 times the strength of steel at one-sixth the weight. The impact of such a material on civil engineering, building construction, aircraft, and automobiles would be spectacular. In order to realize this potential, however, new processes will have to be discovered that can produce long (more than 1 metre), perfectly ordered bundles in which all 100 billion nanotubes preferably have the same diameter and atomic arrangement. At present the technology to achieve this does not exist; indeed, it is not even obvious what strategy might be used to reach this goal. More realistically, carbon-nanotube composite materials exhibiting improved behaviour over standard carbon-fibre composites are likely in the near term. In addition, applications on a small scale should be feasible for medical purposes—for instance, the strength of individual nanotubes may prove useful in microsurgery or nanosurgery.


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The good news is your UPS came online as soon as the power went out. The bad news is it dropped the load almost as quickly. The plant manager, furious, announced that he'll be holding the UPS manufacturer responsible, saying "Their product obviously doesn't work as advertised." However, you know the fault probably isn't with the UPS itself, and you want to solve the actual problem so the load doesn't drop in the future. So you ask your boss to wait until you've been able to conduct battery testing. He replies, "We sent a tech out there with a hydrometer, and the batteries are good." What troubleshooting should you do?
The hydrometer readings don't tell you the condition of the battery; they just indicate the specific gravity of the electrolyte. You could have depleted plates, but still show "good" on the hydrometer. It's like checking your tire pressure to see if your car needs an oil change.
Your first task is to analyze the battery monitor logs. If you don't know what you're looking at, contact a battery maintenance consultant so you don't end up making expensive mistakes due to misinterpretation.
Improper maintenance is usually the cause of premature battery failure, so determine if maintenance fell short. Review the maintenance logs against IEEE Standard 450, "Recommended Practice for Maintenance, Testing, and Replacement of Vented Lead-Acid Batteries for Stationary Applications." (Reference the manufacturer's recommendations if you have VRLA batteries). Test your batteries to determine their actual condition. If you don't have an internal resistance tester, you probably don't know how to test batteries. Hire a qualified firm to conduct the testing.
When your boss has the results of this troubleshooting, he can then make a good business decision about how to proceed. Not before.


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The Sega Genesis is getting a new game
WaterMelon Corp has been developing a classic Sega Genesis brawler for the past four years.
The game is called Paprium.
Described as a "post-apocalyptic, outrageous, street brawler," the game will feature over 25 levels and more than five playable characters. Sporting 60 frames-per-second and "advanced 16-bit visuals," the title supports two-player co-op and will have multiple game modes.


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Talk about ironic. I originally submitted this article to my editor in August 2008, after the Dow had fallen "all the way" to 11,500 -- but it didn't get published right away. And now, here we are, happy to be "all the way" back above 10,000 ...
My original plan was to take you back to 1996 -- when the Dow surpassed the 6,000 mark for the first time ever -- to a Charlie Rose roundtable that included Jim Cramer and Motley Fool co-founders David and Tom Gardner.
Another crazy call by Cramer
Back then, Cramer argued that the Dow would soar all the way to 7,500 -- despite the fact that it had already more than doubled in just five years, and shares of behemoths like McDonald's
Meanwhile, David and Tom took a much different approach, telling viewers, "We don't care where the market is headed." They explained that they were focused on finding the best stocks to grow your wealth over the long haul. Basically, they searched for stocks that:
- Were underfollowed on Wall Street.
- Had a net profit margin of at least 10%.
- Had earnings and sales growth greater than 25%.
- Had insider holdings of 15% or more.
My article went on to show how, early on, this approach led them to AOL, Amazon.com, and eBay
After all, Cramer was right on the money. The Dow soared to far more than 9,000 in 1998, and reached a whopping 11,500 less than two years after that -- which is exactly where it stood on Aug. 29, 2008, when I submitted my article.
Could my timing have been any worse?
Sure, we were in the middle of a fierce bear market -- but I pointed out that of the 24 stocks that David and Tom recommended to their Motley Fool Stock Advisor subscribers during the last bear market ...
- Twenty-three were (or had been sold) in positive territory.
- Eleven had more than doubled.
- Five were up more than 400%.
I even added, "I bring this up merely to illustrate that despite what all the talking heads on TV are telling you, you absolutely should be buying great companies right now -- while they are still selling at massive discounts."
I'd almost jokingly insinuated that the Dow could drop to 7,500 ... and then, within six weeks, we were a mere 200 points from seeing it do just that.
How quickly we forget
Since March, we have seen one of the most historic rebounds in market history, and witnessed shares of everything from Genworth Financial
Now -- just like back in 1996 -- most investors are spending their time debating whether the next thousand-point move will be up or down.
While that's certainly an interesting topic of conversation, I'm going to suggest that you instead think about some advice that Tom Gardner recently gave us at a companywide "huddle."
How you can turn losses into a huge win
Tom pointed out that when things are going well, most of us spend all of our time high-fiving and celebrating. When things go sour, we turn to sulking, worrying, and even panicking.
Meanwhile, when the going gets tough for the toughest, smartest, and most successful people out there, they learn from it. And that's what sets them apart.
Case in point: Benjamin Graham
Graham went bankrupt three times as an investor. But each time, he documented and studied his failures, and he was eventually able to impart this investment wisdom to countless others -- including Warren Buffett, who in turn learned from his own mistakes and failures.
Early in Buffett's career, he mistakenly believed he could save a failing textile mill. After being forced to liquidate its textile operations, Buffett learned to pay up for quality. He turned that failing company into a $140 billion legend.
Another great example is Pixar's John Lasseter. After he graduated from college, Disney hired him to captain its Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland. Later, the company gave him a shot at being an animator, and he quickly recognized the ability of new computer technologies to revolutionize animation.
But Disney was so unimpressed with his first feature that it fired him on the spot. So Lasseter went back to the drawing board. After fine-tuning his process, he moved on to the company that would become Pixar, where he's won two Academy Awards and churned out a string of blockbuster hits that included Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Cars.
Oh, and let's not forget -- he and Steve Jobs later sold Pixar to Disney for a cool $7.4 billion.
Now it's your turn
When I originally submitted this article, I never would have imagined that we would really see the Dow hit 7,500 -- much less almost hit 6,500. Similarly, last March, I never would have imagined we'd be back above 10,000 so quickly.
But now I know that anything is possible. And I think that rather than celebrating the market's recent run-up, or trying to guess where it's going next, the best thing we can do is focus on learning from our past mistakes, so that we can make better investments going forward.
I've already learned that companies like wireless broadband provider Clearwire -- which bleed cash quarter after quarter, and are years away from profitability -- may not be the best places for my money, no matter how intriguing their stories are.
I've also learned that I should avoid investing in companies with business models that are a bit too complex for me to fully understand. That's why I probably won't be buying shares of any financials anytime soon -- no matter how intriguing they look.
Now, I challenge you to use the comments box below to tell all of us what you've learned over the past year, and how you will use that information to make yourself a better investor. Feel free to chime in with stocks you think we should take a look at -- or avoid altogether -- as well.
And if you're interested in discovering which stocks longtime investors like Tom and David Gardner are recommending, you can always take a free 30-day trial of their Motley Fool Stock Advisor service.
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This article was first published Oct. 27, 2008. It has been updated.
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Oct. 23, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT lightweight men took another positive step in the 2005-06 campaign at the Head of the Charles. Starting 12th in the Lightweight Fours division, the Engineers began the race aggressively chasing both the 11th and 10th place starters.
Within the first mile, the Light Four was overlapped with the 11th place starter, Harvard. As both boats approached the first test of their race at the Weeks Footbridge, the Engineers needed to pause rowing three times to enable their opponents to pass through the bridge safely. After stepping back on the gas through the Anderson Bridge, the team regained their advantage only to find themselves caught between the opposition and a proper course for their next turn.
Despite the best efforts of cox Louise Giam, the two crews tangled, nearly stopping, enabling a crew from Peterborough Rowing Club to come through. After breaking free, the Engineers dug deep, and took up the rate to not only leave the other crew in their wake but also pass the crew from Peterborough. Prior to the stoppage, the team was on pace to place in the top 10 of the event.
While the results do not tell the whole story, the Varsity Lightweights raced with class and pinache.
"Even though we tangled with another crew, our guys set the standard for hard racing and maintaining their composure over the entire three-mile course," remarked Head Coach Ted Benford. "Racing the Head of the Charles is such a great experience because it always provides a level of uncertainty and gamesmanship we don't see in our match racing. Overall I'm pleased with the way our team prepared, raced and maintained the highest level of sportsmanship and composure during this race. Although we're a little disappointed with the results, we're ready to get back on the water and begin getting ready for our next race."


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The Russians have reportedly lost contact with a satellite packed with geckos as part of an experiment on how zero-G affects the lizards' sex lives.
Five geckos -- four females and one male -- launched July 19 in a Foton-M4 spacecraft for a 60-day flight. They made a few orbits before the satellite stopped responding to commands from Roscosmos, the Independent newspaper reports.
"Kazakhstan, we have a problem"?
Scientists say they'll have to regain control of the satellite if they're to land the...


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Monday, January 14, 2013
29 comments:
- bobbie said...
Never mind us ~ please take very extremely good care of yourself!!!
I'll wait ~
- January 14, 2013 at 3:12 PM
- Sherry said...
You've really had this! It's been going around and I hear it can take weeks but it sounds like you've been hit with a double whammy. Here's to recuperating and feeling better...and to not worrying about promises made...being healthy is all that matters.
- January 14, 2013 at 3:19 PM
- suziqu's thread works said...
Oh dear Sandy take heed of others!
Never mind about blogging and preparing classes - that's the last thing you need to be thinking of - just take care of your precious self - rest - rest - and then more rest!
- January 14, 2013 at 3:41 PM
- Marilou Bain said...
Sandy please take care of yourself, all the things that are going around can be very serious. We all care about you here in the blogging world and you should not worry about classes, just take care of your health!
Love, prayers and hugs, Marilou
- January 14, 2013 at 4:06 PM
- Desires of the Heart said...
Oh my goodness, I am so sorry you are going through this!! It sounds just awful and your spirits must be soooo down. I agree with everyone else, you just need to concentrate on yourself and getting well. You don't owe anyone else anything. Prayers for you Sandy that God will touch your lungs and body in a special way and bring much needed healing and fresh air to your spirit as well. You are missed greatly, but the main concern if for you!! Hugs and blessing to you, Linda
- January 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM
- Karen B. said...
Dear Sandy,
I hope you get better very soon. Take it easy and take care of yourself!!!
many hugs
Karen B. ~ Todolwen
- January 14, 2013 at 4:16 PM
- amy of four corners design said...
you are the most important! take care! we will all be here whenever you return...
- January 14, 2013 at 4:27 PM
- Vee said...
Your first duty is to get well and feeling good. You have loyal friends and we will be right here when you come strolling down the lane. I am just kicking myself that I did not realize how much you have been through. Love to you...
- January 14, 2013 at 4:50 PM
- Lorrie said...
I'll echo the others in urging you to take care of yourself and not even think about blogging and projects. We'll be around when you get back to normal.
- January 14, 2013 at 5:01 PM
- Whimsey Creations said...
Oh my gosh don't even worry about classes or blogs. Just concentrate on getting well. My prayers will be with you. Hugs!
- January 14, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Vickie said...
Aw, do take care, Sandy. You get well and blogville will be here when you get back! I'll add you to my prayer list!
- January 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM
- Elizabeth Johnson said...
Oh my! Do take care of yourself. This blog is not your priority right now. Have a cup of hot tea and rest!!!
- January 14, 2013 at 7:29 PM
- Createology said...
Your health and getting well is the first and only priority. Without health we have nothing else. Please take care and get well. Healing Hugs for you...
- January 14, 2013 at 9:42 PM
- kimber said...
Dear Sandy,
Do take care of yourself...all else can wait. I am in TX and have spent the last month caring for family with the flu...even those who got a shot! Then I spent two weeks on the couch!!
Praying for your recovery and that the stir crazies let you rest.
- January 15, 2013 at 7:03 AM
- Ruth Kelly said...
Get well soon. There seems to be too much sickness this winter.
- January 15, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Robin said...
Hope you get better soon.
- January 15, 2013 at 3:05 PM
- Sue said...
Sending hugs and prayers for a speedy recovery. Blessings,
- January 15, 2013 at 6:17 PM
- Dorthe said...
Dear Sandy,
what a nasty persistent thing to be hit with! I hope for you it will soon be over, and you fully recovered.
Don`t use your energy for blogging or classes, but take care, and gain power again!
- January 16, 2013 at 6:09 AM
- sun light said...
Drum lessons for a little while to get the basics down are
a very good idea but ive noticed that taking lessons too
long gets pretty boring and once youve got the necessary
stuff down you can teach yourself most of the rest.
somerset drum lessons
wells drum lessons
street drum lessons
- January 16, 2013 at 11:10 PM
- Marilou Bain said...
Still saying prayers for you to get well Sandy, I'm worried about you, get completely well before you return so you don't have any relapses:)
Hugs and love Marilou
- January 24, 2013 at 1:29 AM
- Laura Ingalls Gunn said...
Oh my friend I had stopped by today to see if you were feeling any better.
You are in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery!
- January 26, 2013 at 9:24 AM
- kimber said...
Wanting you to know that I have been thinking of you and hoping that you are on the mend.
- January 27, 2013 at 9:51 PM
- kimber said...
Wanting you to know that I have been thinking of you and hoping that you are on the mend!
- January 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM
- Kadee Willow said...
Get well soon! This stuff is no fun and seems to linger forever!! Crazy flu season this year.
- January 30, 2013 at 7:20 AM
- My Grama's Soul said...
So sorry you are under the weather.....I had this awful flu buy myself and it has taken about 3 weeks away from my usual spunkiness. Get well soon.
- January 31, 2013 at 7:24 PM
- Jen Crossley said...
Hope you will be up and about soon take care
Jen Crossley
- February 2, 2013 at 12:24 AM
- Elizabeth Johnson said...
Oh my, and you're still not back on Feb 5. I do hope you are getting well and stronger.
- February 5, 2013 at 4:43 PM
- Wendy said...
oh dear that's nasty, take care Sandy. Hugs, Wendy
- February 13, 2013 at 7:52 AM
- suziqu's thread works said...
Glad to hear Sandy that you are now on the mend after a long haul!
Wish you luck with your family and continue to nurture yourself in the meantime.
Blogging will be there when you are ready!
- February 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM


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Piecing together "The Rite of Spring" was "a great and complicated detective story," says Millicent Hodson, a choreographer and artist, who with historian and scenic consultant Kenneth Archer painstakingly reconstructed one of the ballet world's most celebrated lost works.
Their herculean feat employed countless sources: prompt books, contemporary sketches, paintings, photographs, reviews, original costume designs, annotated scores and interviews with knowledgeable witnesses such as Dame Marie Rambert, assistant to the ballet's choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky.
Presented for the first time by the Joffrey Ballet in 1987, Hodson and Archer's "Rite" was an instant sensation. "The ballet in the flesh exceeds every sensational claim in its dossier," said an adoring review in the Christian Science Monitor.
That triumph was 16 years in the making, the result of a chance 1971 meeting between company founder Robert Joffrey and Hodson, who was then a graduate student at UC Berkeley, where the company was in residence.
"He would come and see me every evening after the show," Hodson recalled. "He told me about conversations he'd had with Rambert in the 1950s about ('Rite'). He was fascinated with the work. I told him I had this dream of trying to recreate the ballet. He said, 'That's a very exciting idea and you have to call me when you're ready.'"
But getting ready was a supreme challenge. No attempt had been made to save the choreography or Nicholas Roerich's costumes and sets for the Ballets Russes production of "The Rite of Spring" after its nine performances in Paris and London the year before World War I.
Perhaps that neglect had less to do with the ballet's tumultuous premiere than with the souring relationship between Nijinsky and Sergei Diaghilev, who ran the Ballets Russes and was involved romantically with the choreographer. Nijinsky's marriage to Hungarian aristocrat Romola de Pulszky led to his dismissal from Diaghilev's company. His mental health deteriorated quickly, and by 1917 he was unable to dance or choreograph. He was institutionalized for much of the rest of his life.
Nijinsky's and Roerich's work on "Rite" "were cast to the winds," Archer said.
Still, there were plenty of tantalizing fragments, including many reviews, Stravinsky's note- and sketch-filled rehearsal score, another score marked by a choreographic assistant, three backstage photos and a letter written much later by Nijinsky's sister, Bronislava Nijinska. She had rehearsed the role of the Chosen One, a sacrificial maiden, but was forced to drop out because she became pregnant.
Hodson scoured Europe for more material. Eventually she was joined by a similarly obsessed art historian, Englishman Kenneth Archer, who was doing research on Roerich. They combined their work, got married, and continued their quest.
The search for artifacts, such as dancers' footwear, consumed their lives. "We lived in a flat in London with a very long hall," she said. "There were 79 pairs of shoes lined up along that hall."
After several years of research, Hodson published her first ideas about "Rite" in Dance Magazine. Joffrey contacted her quickly. "He said, 'Are you ready yet?' I said, 'Not quite.'"
The pair's scholarly excursions even took them to India in 1983, where they talked to Roerich's son.
"Although he hadn't seen ('Rite'), he was there when the costumes were being painted," Archer said. "He told us about the meanings behind some of the motifs. He said, 'This is a prehistoric bird and in Slavic myth it means this, and this is a fire wheel and they were used in such-and-such a ceremony."
Hodson said she spent much time on the ballet's most important moment: the solo of the Chosen One, who dances herself to death in a primitive ritual.
It's a part that Jodie Gates knows well. The UC Irvine dance professor was one of three Joffrey dancers who performed the role in the 1980s: "It's the last 12 minutes of the work. It's very demanding."
Gates remembers Hodson and Archer's first meeting with the company.
"They came in with mountains of research. But they invited us to help them translate it all into movement. We were their working tools."
Hodson placed images of the Chosen One on the piano during rehearsals.
"She asked us to look at them and imagine what the image would look like if it came alive," Gates said. "With what velocity? How high would you jump? How quickly would you run? It was one of the most challenging things I've ever done, and the most exciting."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
* Bleach Spider Web Halloween Shirt Tutorial
So this weekend, I made my sweet "C" this bleached halloween t-shirt
out of a black shirt from her closet.
It's super easy and only took a few hours to dry.
For this project, you will need a black cotton t-shirt,
a Clorox Bleach pen, and a piece of cardboard or heavy paper bag
to put inside the shirt to protect the back of the shirt.
Sketch your design with the bleach pen on the dry t-shirt.
Be careful not to get any bleach on your work surface or your own clothes!
(see how I dripped on the table - that got wiped up quickly!)
Note: I did this project myself, I guess you could let older children do it,
but I thought this craft was better as a grown up's job.
Here's the finished spider web and spider in bleach pen.
Leave it alone, laying flat somewhere out of the way (away from small kids and pets)
Leave the paper bag/cardboard inside your shirt for this step.
Watch the bleached areas, if you look carefully at this photo
you can see the black fabric starting to turn orange.
When you have it "developed" to the color you desire,
remove the cardboard or paper bag insert and
wash it out in the sink with soapy water.
Be careful not to splash any bleach or bleach water on your own clothes!
Here's my crummy, out of focus photo of the wet,
washed out t-shirt in my sink -- but you can see how it wasn't
bleached out in some areas so I wrung out the excess water and went back and touched it up.
While the shirt was still wet, I re-inserted the paper bag
and I touched up all the splotchy areas with the bleach pen.
You don't have to wait for the shirt to dry to do this...
I let it sit on there for a 2 more hours.
I don't have an exact time total to tell you, it's just kind of a look at it and wash it out
when it looks the way you want it to kind of a project.
But, don't leave it on all day or the bleach can eat holes in your project!
That's better.
Here's the shirt washed out in the sink with soap and dried in the dryer.
I love the way it turned out
and the way black turns to orange when you bleach it is perfect for Halloween!
Close up of "C"s new Halloween t-Shirt.
My sassy little model sure likes it!
Happy Frugal Halloween Crafting!
Pink and Green Mama, MaryLea
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New HU president settling in as classes begin Aug. 26
Andre B. Laird - Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:27 AM
Originally published Aug. 26, 2013.
A whirlwind.
That's how new Huntington University President Sherilyn Emberton describes her experience since she assumed her duties on June 13.
"I have been blessed with a great transitional committee that has been helping me to initiate points of contacts within the community and Fort Wayne area," Emberton says.
She adds that the committee, which is comprised of Huntington Mayor Brooks Fetters, HU alumni, current students and representatives from the United Brethren Church, has taken her on a 360-degree sweep of the area.
"In the last 100 days, we've tried to hit as many places and events that would be a good opportunity to introduce myself to the community," says Emberton. "I've been to most of the county and regional fairs, met with city leaders and economic councils in Huntington and Fort Wayne and I'm currently visiting local service organizations."
Emberton also met with several members of United Brethren Church, which held its annual conference earlier this summer and visited the campus.
"We've had almost 100 visits so far," she notes. "The goal is just to introduce myself and build relationships."
She will begin building relations with HU students today, Aug. 26, as the student body begins classes for the 2013-14 academic year.
Emberton says that in her first year, the leadership has adopted a three-fold approach in regards to focus.
"The first thing we want to focus on is listening," she says. "And in listening, I always ask three key questions of my internal and external audiences."
Emberton says she asks if there are any strong traditions that needed to be kept intact as well as things that have been done well in the past and can be further developed.
"For our external audience, I always ask about ways we can start or strengthen relationships or partnerships," she adds. "I want to know if they have seen opportunities where we can work together."
The second area of focus is forging new direction in the academic marketplace, Emberton states.
"We always want to look for ways where we can continue to provide quality programs," she says. "One of those areas includes our new doctorate of occupational therapy."
That program is a partnership with Parkview Health, in Fort Wayne, and Emberton says it fills a need.
"We launched our nursing program a few years ago and have had graduates," she says. "But we've always done a great job of preparing our students for the medical field.
"We realized that no one was offering a program in this area and saw the need, as the field of occupational therapy is a growing one."
Emberton adds that Trine University plans to offer a doctorate in physical therapy through Parkview Health as well.
"We are in the process of searching for a candidate to head the department and hope to start recruiting students in the spring," she says. "The program is scheduled to be launched in the fall of 2014."
The final thread in the three-strand approach is making sure the university stays committed to quality education.
"We want the students to know that Huntington University is a safe, faith-focused environment, where they are free to develop their characters," says Emberton. "We want them to enjoy a true residential experience of living on a college campus and develop their testimonies for Jesus Christ."
She adds that there is a difference between HU students and others from different schools.
"Our students have a confidence that nobody else has, because of the environment they were able to build their characters in," Emberton states. "That's unique to HU and that's special."
In reflecting on her short time in office, she adds that the significance of her appointment is not something she takes lightly.
"I know a lot has been made of the fact that I'm the seventh woman hired as president of a Christian university," Emberton says. "But with only 140 Christian colleges, I am truly honored and humbled to have the opportunity to serve in this capacity."
She adds that the reception she has received so far has been overwhelming.
"I have been overwhelmed by the graciousness of the university, Huntington community and Fort Wayne community as well," Emberton says. "I feel truly blessed and honored to be here."
Complete caption: Since Huntington University President Sherilyn Emberton has taken office on June 13, she has been on a whirlwind adventure, getting to knowing members of the local community and region. Emberton says she hopes to build new relationships and partnerships as well as strengthen existing ones.


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"Happiness is a warm gun," wrote John Lennon, 12 years before being gunned down in front of his New York apartment building by a madman armed with a .38 special. Lennon, of course, was being ironic, but there's no trace of irony being exhibited by another group of Americans in love with the power, beauty and mystique of their powder-heated death tools: The sponsors of Gun Appreciation Day on Jan. 19.
Event chairman Larry Ward warmed up the blogosphere Friday morning when, during an appearance on CNN, he proclaimed that if all African Americans had been included under the 2nd Amendment from the beginning, it might have meant the end of slavery. It's possible that Ward isn't as dumb as this statement makes him sound. He is the head of a Republican consulting firm called Political Media Inc., whose name suggests that he knows something about the power of outrageous statements to draw attention to one's cause.
Gun Appreciation Day is being led by Ward but is backed by a mishmash of conservative, pro-gun groups. Its aim is to repeat the success of the religious right's day of organized support last summer for Chick-fil-A, the restaurant chain whose CEO had outraged liberals by speaking out against same-sex marriage. On Jan. 19, supporters are being asked to gather at shooting ranges, gun shows and other firearm-friendly locales, carrying copies of the Constitution and signs urging the government to keep its hands off their shooting irons.


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The Makerere University and University of California, San Francisco (MU-UCSF ) Research Collaboration
The mission of the MU-UCSF Research Collaboration is to 1) conduct high-quality research in infectious diseases; 2) build capacity through training; and 3) strengthen infrastructure to help integrate research into policy by linking researchers and policy makers. In 1998, the MU-UCSF Research Collaboration focused on characterizing the efficacy of new antimalarial therapies, defining new public health approaches to malaria and understanding the evolution of antimalarial drug resistance in urban and rural Ugandan settings. In 2004, MU and UCSF investigators began studying other infectious diseases including HIV and TB.
To date, the scientists of the MU-UCSF Research Collaboration have conducted malaria and TB surveillance of over 750,000 patients throughout Uganda; have gained extensive experience in clinical and translational research; developed sophisticated laboratories for cutting edge research in immunology, drug and parasite resistance; and a have an impressive track record of developing and overseeing rigorously conducted clinical trials in Uganda having enrolled over 7500 participants, including IND studies. The MU-UCSF Research Collaboration conducts clinical trials and laboratory research in Kampala, Tororo, Mbale, Jinja, and Mbarara and supports surveillance programs and cohort studies throughout Uganda at government health facilities. The collaboration has also sought advice and worked with the Ugandan Ministry of Health and variety of Ugandan country partners to ensure that the research programs are harmonized with local priorities.
The MU-UCSF Research Collaboration has produced over 150 publications, many of which had Ugandan or US trainees as first authors. In addition, the MU-UCSF Collaboration has trained 31 Ugandan researchers in degree accredited programs at UCSF, MU, UC Berkeley and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and over 30 UCSF medical students, fellows and post-docs at UCSF.


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Myers-Shields trade rare deal that helps both clubs
KANSAS CITY -- The trade that helped both teams is generally more rhetoric than reality. Most trades produce two things: one winner and one loser.
But right here in Kauffman Stadium this week we have an example of a trade that really did help both clubs. This trade was so good that it deserves a merit badge for making a huge difference in the fortunes of two American League franchises.View Full Game Coverage
KANSAS CITY -- The trade that helped both teams is generally more rhetoric than reality. Most trades produce two things: one winner and one loser.
But right here in Kauffman Stadium this week we have an example of a trade that really did help both clubs. This trade was so good that it deserves a merit badge for making a huge difference in the fortunes of two American League franchises.View Full Game Coverage
The trade in question was between the Royals and the Rays on Dec. 9, 2012. The Royals traded four prospects, the most prominent being outfielder Wil Myers, the consensus Minor League Player of the Year in 2012. Two young pitchers who were also highly regarded, Jake Odorizzi and left-hander Mike Montgomery, went to Tampa Bay in the deal, along with infielder Patrick Leonard, a fifth-round Draft choice in 2011.
In return the Royals received starting pitcher James Shields, Wade Davis, who had pitched both as a starter and a reliever, and a player named later, infielder Eliot Johnson.
The results were there for all to see last season. Shields not only solidified the Royals' rotation. but led it. Myers, brought up to the Majors in June, became an indispensable part of the Rays' lineup and was voted AL Rookie of the Year.
The Royals took a giant step forward in the standings, from 72 victories in 2012 to 86 last year. With a strong second half they established themselves as legitimate postseason contenders for 2014. The Rays, meanwhile, with Myers giving their lineup a sizable boost, qualified for the postseason for the fourth time in the last six seasons.
The two teams opened a three-game series Monday night with Kansas City defeating Tampa Bay,4-2, as the Royals' Jason Vargas gave up just one run in eight-plus innings. It was the Royals' seventh straight victory over the Rays at Kauffman Stadium, dating back to 2011.
But regardless of the outcomes here, the benefit the trade has delivered to both teams is clear.
"I think it's been good for both sides," Rays manager Joe Maddon said Monday. "I really do. I think James has probably brought a different perspective to their pitching in general, just the way he goes about his business and how he competes. I know he has been a force multiplier within that group. Wade, to a certain extent, I know that he has done his job. But James is the guy that makes the difference.
"Wil, on the other hand, we don't get to the playoffs [in 2013] without him. And he wins Rookie of the Year honors. So they almost got to the playoffs last year, based, I think on the impetus that was provided by James, whereas I think Wil helped us get over the hump last year. Anytime both teams benefit, you want to see that. You want to see a good trade from both sides."
The Royals had to improve their pitching and they did with Shields, plus the addition of Davis, who is now working in a setup role.
"We knew we needed pitching to get us over the hump and sometimes you need to go get it," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "We got one of the best starters in the American League -- and Wade.
"It wasn't an easy decision to make the trade. But, in the end, we felt like if we got some starting pitching, we had a chance to compete and that's exactly what happened."
The Rays appear to have the edge in long-term potential from this trade. Shields will be eligible for free agency after this season. Odorizzi, 24, has stepped into Tampa Bay's rotation, and threw six shutout innings in a victory over Texas in his first 2014 start. Montgomery, 24, once a leading prospect, is working through mechanical issues in the Minors and is still a long-term possibility.
"Odorizzi, you know, he's a quiet kid, not demonstrative," Maddon said. "He's got the baby face not unlike [Rays righty Jeremy] Hellickson. But he's very good and he's very competitive.
"Everybody's been talking about Wil through this whole thing, but Odorizzi pitched really good his first time out. Had a good camp. He's learning [Rays righty Alex] Cobb's split and that's a big addition to his other stuff. He's got a good curve, he's got a good slider, he's got a good fastball with good life on it. And now he's got this other pitch. He's not afraid to throw it and it causes him to present himself differently to left-handed hitters. So you take the long-term potential with Wil and Jake and it's pretty interesting."
What beckons now is a successful season for both the Royals and the Rays. They have both been significantly helped by that rarest of commodities, the trade that actually helped both teams.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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I have had a little problem developing within my socket for the last couple of weeks. [Socket = the top part of my prosthetic limb i.e. the part I slide my leg into when attaching it to my body.]
Let's call the problem an inflammation since neither of the doctors I have seen have named it anything else. [Note: First bad sign - patient has seen two doctors.]
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We are bombarded by ads and buzzwords for and against candidates running for office, yet we continually overlook the fact that millions are spent to get our attention and votes.
We already are saddled with ineffective lawmakers whom we elect time after time based on the amount of air time they get. We openly support the idea of term limits but fail to push the issue by voting for newcomers instead of the firmly entrenched seat fillers.
This is not to say that all long termers and newcomers are bad or good, but as voters and taxpayers we need to send the message that we want better government. Voting is the way to do it. We will make mistakes, but we will have the opportunity to correct it in the next election.
One of the first things to do is eliminate the declaration of party in the primary. Our votes are supposed to be anonymous, but this declaration limits our ability to vote across party lines and thereby negates that anonymity.
I realize it is hard to have all voters on the same page on all issues, but voting privacy is important to begin the process of �upgrading� our representation. If we really want better government then we need to demand it.
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Greinke, Kemp, Hanley showcase power stuff in win
LOS ANGELES --- Zack Greinke said he knew he was going to be out there for a while Sunday night, whether the results, as well as his stuff, were good or bad.
The Dodgers' bullpen had been forced into heavy workloads by short starts in the first two games of the series against the San Francisco Giants.View Full Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES --- Zack Greinke said he knew he was going to be out there for a while Sunday night, whether the results, as well as his stuff, were good or bad.
The Dodgers' bullpen had been forced into heavy workloads by short starts in the first two games of the series against the San Francisco Giants.View Full Game Coverage
"I know from the past experience of those situations, you can't go out there and worry about conserving pitches," Greinke said after striking out eight Giants in six innings of a 6-2 Dodgers victory at Dodger Stadium. "I've tried that before, and been hurt by it."
So Greinke attacked from the outset, and it helped that he had a better fastball than he had April 1 in San Diego, although that start he emerged the winner as well.
"It was definitely better," Greinke (2-0) said.
"We thought he was good in San Diego with his offspeed stuff," manager Don Mattingly said. "Tonight, he was more confident in his fastball, and used it more.
"I thought he was really good tonight. He still felt he had another inning in him when we took him out."
The bullpen had to get just nine outs, and eight of them were strikeouts for a staff single-game season-high 16 punchouts.
With Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez each homering twice for the Dodgers, it was a night of power from the offensive end as well.
Mattingly was especially pleased to see Kemp, who returned from the DL on Friday, break out his power stroke for his first multi-homer game since 2012.
"We saw it early in batting practice in the spring. His BP was different," said Mattingly. "He had that high finish [again], and we saw the carry on the ball. It's good to be able to see him do that here, and in the big leagues."
The win was a big turnaround by the Dodgers, who saw the Giants roll to 8-4 and 7-2 wins to open the three-game set.
"They're aggressive, so you have to be smart when you go in the strike zone," Greinke said of the Giants, who finally touched him for two runs, on homers by Brandon Belt and Hunter Pence, in the sixth inning. "You have to throw them something pretty good."
The Dodgers are used to getting both innings and results from Greinke. They are 24-6 in Greinke's 30 starts over two seasons, and he's 17-4. It was his 14th consecutive game pitching at least five innings while allowing two earned runs or fewer.
"He spoils us all the time," Mattingly said. "Zack's one of those guys who's as-billed. For me, it's fun to see it [here]. I saw it when he was in Kansas City. If his stuff is not as good as it can be, he finds a way to get through."
Mattingly visited Greinke after Pence's homer, but he left the right-hander out there to retire Michael Morse on a groundout with his 94th pitch.
"I don't know what he was doing out there," Greinke said. "It's usually [pitching coach] Rick [Honeycutt]."
Reliever Chris Withrow came on in the seventh to strike out the side on 10 pitches.
"That was huge," Mattingly said. "At that point, anything can happen. [Withrow] just slammed the door. His stuff is outstanding, and it's all power stuff."
Relievers J.P. Howell and Chris Perez added a strikeout apiece in the eighth, and Kenley Jansen fanned three in the ninth to seal the victory.
Ramirez finished with three hits, adding a double, and scored three runs.
Earl Bloom is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Recently a Kickstarter campaign launched for Elite: Dangerous, a sequel to the classic 1980s space game Elite. The campaign, which ends later today, was seeking £1.25 million — but it got more than that amount, and £13,000 came via Gollancz, the venerable science fiction publisher, which bought the rights to do a book tie-in to the new game.
Gollancz editor Marcus Gipps explains to the Guardian that they'd already talked to Elite co-creator David Braben about doing Elite tie-in novels:
Although it was clear he would be interested in later discussions, his priority was to get money into the Kickstarter, and so – after some discussion in-house as to how to manage it – we decided to go ahead. The way in which Kickstarter and similar websites will change publishing is not yet clear, but Gollancz plans to be at the forefront of digital innovation. This seemed like a perfect chance to try out a new way of acquiring a book!
And Gollancz will be reissuing the classic Elite tie-in novella by the late Robert Holdstock, who was already a Gollancz author, as part of its SF Gateway program of classic SF reissues in ebook format, according to the Guardian. Meanwhile, Gollancz has been embracing new media so much, they even bought a novel via Twitter, from songwriter and performer Mitch Benn. Read more about Gollancz's forays into social media and ebook publishing over at the Guardian.


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Real Snacks by Lara Ferroni
My love for The Snack runs deep—crunchy, salty, sweet, chewy, or otherwise. I would live on snacks if I could, and in college, I think I did. This is why I quite literally squealed with glee when I saw this new book by Lara Ferroni. She covers everything from how to make our own Thin Mint Cookies and yogurt-covered raisins to homemade Cheetos and tater tots. (Along with gluten-free and vegan versions of every single recipe. Hello!) The next chance I get, I'm headed straight to the kitchen with this book in hand.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Lara Ferroni
• Who published it: Sasquatch Books
• Number of recipes: 50 sweet and savory recipes, including gluten-free and vegan versions of each recipe
• Recipes for right now: Animal Crackers, Chocolate Snack Cakes (Ding Dongs), Peanut Butter Creme Cookies (Nutter Butters), Chocolate Mint Wafers (Girl Scout Thin Mints), Yogurt-Covered Raisins, Crunchy Cheese Puffs (Cheetos), Butter Crackers, Hot Pockets, Potato Tots
• Other highlights: While you can't exactly call a Ring Ding or a corn chip healthy (even a homemade one), the recipes in this book are certainly wholesome. Lara Ferroni takes full advantage of the flours, grains, sugars, and other ingredients that are available to us now. Ingredients like spelt flour, rice flour, muscavado sugar, and honey all make regular appearances in these recipes, and they're not just there to make us feel virtuous: it's obvious that Ferroni thought about nuances of flavor and texture, and that she chose each ingredient very deliberately.
There are a nice range of recipes in this book: ones are totally simple and doable without much forethought, and then others that require some special equipment and a clear schedule. (The Crunchy Cheese Puffs look mind blowing, but require steaming, 10 hours of dehydrator time, and then frying. Definitely a project for the committed!) There's a touch of modernist cuisine here and there where Ferroni makes use of surprising molecular gastronomy techniques, like drying cheese paste in the oven to make a powder for popcorn.
• Who would enjoy this book? Snack lovers, people looking for wholesome alternatives to processed treats, parents with school-age kids
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Real Snacks: Make Your Favorite Childhood Treats Without All the Junk by Lara Ferroni
• Visit the author's website: Lara Ferroni
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Bambi Hidden Objects
January 5, 2012
Check your observation skills and find the objects hidden in the pictures from Bamby within the given time scope!The time for the search is limited – you will have about 5 minutes for each level. All objects that you need to find are located at the bottom panel of the playing field, and once you find an object it disappears from the panel and another one may appear at its place. The scale of the objects may be different, so an object that seems small in the inventory may in fact turn out quite huge and vice versa.
The objects are drawn quite distinctly both in the inventory and in the picture itself. So you most probably will not have any problems finding them. However, if you do, then you may use the hint option.
As far as the wrong clicks are concerned, you will get penalised for random clicking – some seconds of the overall amount of time you have to complete the game will be taken off.
Play this easy yet entertaining and dynamic game and find all objects at all levels!