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May 14, 2014 — Sunday was my fourth Mother's Day—and in addition to my family, I celebrated the fact that one of the largest public university systems in the country has finally adopted a parental accommodation policy for its several thousand doctoral students. Crucially, this policy is sex-neutral and applies to both birth and adoption.
When I became pregnant in early spring of 2010, my university had no accommodation policy in place for pregnant students. Not only would I have appreciated a policy that allowed flexible exam deadlines; I would have appreciated knowing I'd be able to hold onto my job teaching undergraduates.
Many pregnant PhD students either hide their pregnancies or try to time their due dates for May and June. Unfortunately, I was due in November. One administrator cautioned me not to tell HR and recommended I solve my own problem by paying a friend to teach for me. The chair of the department where I taught told me I might have to resign.
I was terrified at the prospect of losing a semester's worth of income. I found myself wishing I'd kept quiet and sprung my news on my boss and colleagues in the fall semester, when it would have been too late to pull me from the classroom.
At the time, I was stressed out and overwhelmed. But two years later, I was ready to take action. I was in touch with a grad student who was five months pregnant and had the courage to take on the system when she experienced the same support vacuum as I had. We arranged to testify about our experiences before the student government. Our fellow students were supportive and an ad hoc committee was formed.
We weren't sure how to approach the issue from a legal perspective: had the university violated Title IX, the Family and Medical Leave Act, or the Americans With Disabilities Act? We didn't want pregnancy to be thought of as a disability, nor as strictly a women's rights issue; we wanted accommodation for all parents, not just mothers. Our first meeting with the administration was not promising; they seemed uninterested in finding common ground.
But we kept going. We researched existing policies at other large public university systems. We developed and administered a student survey. We drafted language for a policy suited to our system. We continued to meet with the reluctant administration.
Finally, this spring—a year and a half after we'd begun pushing for change—our university agreed to adopt an accommodation policy for a two-year trial period for its "pregnant and parenting students." The policy is generously worded and addresses deadline extensions, insurance coverage, and salary.
I sobbed with relief when I read my university's dull, businesslike announcement of its new policy. Among other things, I'm thrilled that it states that students and administrators should make arrangements "as early as possible." I hope it will serve as a national model.
I got some nice things for Mother's Day this year: lilacs, personalized stationary, and a surprise picnic excursion. But the best gift I got was the knowledge that my colleagues and I fought to change something fundamentally unfair—and won. I'm proud of the example I set for my daughter and the fact that our victory will benefit hundreds, if not thousands, of families like ours.
Even in large, bureaucratic institutions, change is possible. But it won't happen without will, effort, and determination.


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Chickpeas, Chicken, and Mushrooms
This is a no added fat recipe.
2 tablespoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic®
2 teaspoons dried sweet basil leaves
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1½ cups dried chickpeas
2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced
3 cups chopped onions, in all
5 cups sliced fresh mushrooms, in all
3½ cups defatted chicken stock, in all
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
how to prepare
Day 1 Add enough water to the chickpeas to cover them by 3 or 4 inches, and soak overnight in the refrigerator. As the peas absorb the water, they will more than double in volume.
Day 2 Combine the first 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Preheat a heavy 5-quart pot, preferably nonstick, over high heat to 350°F, about 4 minutes.
Drain but do not rinse the chickpeas.
Sprinkle the chicken evenly with 2 tablespoons of the Seasoning Mix and rub it in well. Place the chicken in the pot and cook, stirring as necessary, until it is browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Remove the chicken and set it aside. Reduce the heat to medium, add 1 cup of the onions and all the chickpeas to the pot, stir, and cook for 5 minutes.
Return the heat to high and add 2 cups of the mushrooms and ½ cup stock. Scrape the pan bottom and cook for 10-12 minutes. Add the remaining Seasoning Mix, onions, stock, and mushrooms, along with the garlic and chicken, and cook until the chicken is completely done, about 15 minutes. Makes 4 Servings.
Copyright © 1995 by Paul Prudhomme

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Kelly Clarkson's Greatest Hits AMAs Performance - Watch Now!
Kelly Clarkson performs a medley of her greatest hits at the 2012 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (November 18) in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old singer performed her songs "Miss Independent," "Since U Been Gone," "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)," and her latest single "Catch My Breath".
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kelly Clarkson
The songs are all on Kelly's new album Greatest Hits – Chapter One, which hits stores everywhere on Tuesday (November 19)!
FYI: Kelly is wearing a David Yurman ring and rings by Crow's Nest Fine Jewelry.
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Atlanta, GA - Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, today issued the following statement upon the death of Rosa Parks:
"We are saddened at the death of Rosa Parks today and remember her with gratitude. Rosa Parks' act of defiance in refusing to move to the back of a bus was actually an act of obedience to God, affirming the equality of every human being. Today, those who fight for the equality of children before birth must likewise resist unjust laws that permit abortion. Individuals should refuse to cooperate in the implementation of policies that allow the killing of children."
For more information, visit www.PriestsForLife.org and http://www.kingforamerica.com/. Dr. King serves as a Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Lindsay Lohan was on "Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday night, and she got grilled. Letterman didn't waste much time getting to what was on everybody's mind: Lohan's upcoming trip to rehab.
At times things got a bit awkward and tense. But there was also fun to be had. In fact, the jokes started during Letterman's monologue. "People have been coming up to me asking why Lindsay Lohan is on the show tonight," Letterman said, pausing for effect. "She believes I'm Dr. Phil."
A little background is necessary here: In March, because she had violated her probation, Lohan agreed to spend 90 days at a rehab facility.
Not long after Lohan came on stage and sat down, Letterman asked her, "Aren't you supposed to be in rehab now?"
For a moment there, the air felt a bit tense, and Lohan replied, "Do you not watch anything that goes on?" She told Letterman she'll be starting rehab May 2. And how many times has she already been in rehab? "Several," she said.
"How will this time be different?" Letterman asked. "What are they rehabbing? What is on their list?" Lohan sat in silence, biting her lip, obviously wishing to talk about something else, like "Scary Movie 5," which she was here to promote.
Lohan said she's "happiest and healthiest" when she's working and that her upcoming stint at a rehab facility is a "blessing."
Letterman kept hammering away, though, staying on topic: "Do you have addiction problems?"
"Now you sound like Dr. Phil," Lohan replied.
And just when you thought it was over, it wasn't. "Is it alcohol?" Letterman asked. Lohan assured him that they had discussed this in the past, to which Letterman replied, "Now I'm the one who's having the blackout."
But Lohan also got into the act, sipping from her "Late Show" mug, acting surprised there was no vodka in there.
Letterman ended his interview with Lohan the way he began it, by taking her hand into his and giving it a kiss. "God bless you," he said. "Good luck to you."


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No. 2 Indiana beats No. 7 Michigan 72-71 for title
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Cody Zeller squeezed the basketball as the final seconds ticked off the clock, sealing Indiana's first outright Big Ten title in two decades.
It was a fitting finish, for sure. Because without some huge plays by their 7-foot center, the second-ranked Hoosiers would've had to share the conference championship.
Zeller made a go-ahead layup with 13 seconds left and altered Trey Burke's shot at the other end, lifting Indiana to a 72-71 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Sunday.
After falling out of bounds on the final sequence, Zeller got up quickly and gave teammate Christian Watford someone to save the ball to at the end.
"We've been working on that all year — closing out games," said Zeller, who had 25 points and 10 rebounds.
The Hoosiers (26-5, 14-4) trailed by five in the final minute but took advantage when the Wolverines (25-6, 12-6) were unable to close it out at the foul line, costing themselves a piece of the Big Ten title.
Jordan Morgan had a fairly easy tip-in attempt of Burke's miss that could have won it for Michigan, but the ball rolled tantalizingly around the rim and off.
"It just hung there," Burke said.
Watford got to the rebound — Indiana had 23 more boards than Michigan — with 4 seconds left and threw it back in bounds to Zeller.
"Christian made a great play at the end that people might not realize, saving the ball to Cody," Hoosiers guard Jordan Hulls said.
A couple of Michigan's rivals surely wish the Wolverines had won.
Ohio State, which beat Illinois on Sunday, needed an Indiana loss to earn a share of the conference championship. Michigan State was in the same position before defeating Northwestern later in the day.
The Hoosiers had already clinched a share of the title, for the first time since 2002, but needed another victory to finish alone atop the conference for the first time since 1993.
"In retrospect, that'll be good and that'll sink in," Indiana coach Tom Crean said.
Indiana's 26th victory, and the fact that it withstood test after test in the highly competitive Big Ten, might have earned the Hoosiers a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They will be the top-seeded team at this week's Big Ten tournament in Chicago.
"We're not done yet," Hulls said.
When the Hoosiers finished off Michigan and the teams shook hands along the sideline, Crean and Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer, a former Hoosiers assistant, had a heated exchange.
"I'm not talking about any of that," Crean said. "Ask him."
A message seeking comment from Meyer was left with a Michigan spokesman.
The Wolverines blew a chance to win a share of the Big Ten title for a second straight year for the first time since the 1985 and 1986 seasons.
"This really hurts," Burke acknowledged. "This was for a championship."
Morgan made a tiebreaking putback with 1:35 left, teammate Tim Hardaway followed with a layup on the Wolverines' next possession and Glen Robinson III made the first of two free throws with 52 seconds to go to give the Wolverines a 71-66 lead.
After Zeller made a shot on the ensuing possession, Hardaway missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Zeller then connected on two free throws and Burke couldn't convert at the line, missing the front end of another haunting 1-and-1.
"This game wasn't blown on the free throw line," Michigan coach John Beilein insisted. "Those two are our leaders, and they've won a lot of games for us. We're never going to put this on them."
Zeller hit another big shot down low, a double-pump layup, for the 14th lead change in the game.
Burke and Indiana's Victor Oladipo, both of whom are Big Ten and national player of the year candidates, struggled to make shots all game at Crisler Center.
Zeller, meanwhile, made sure no one forgot about him.
"I've been saying all year long, he should be the player of the year," Oladipo said. "If you don't give it to him, something's wrong with y'all."
Oladipo had 14 points on 7-of-18 shooting and a career-high 13 rebounds, including seven on the offensive end.
"We gave up 24 offensive rebounds," Hardaway said. "That's a disgrace."
Will Sheehey scored 10 points, six of which came on key 3-pointers, for the Hoosiers.
Burke scored 20 points on 7-of-20 shooting. Robinson added 13 points, Nik Stauskas had 10 of his 12 points in the first half and Hardaway scored 11. The Wolverines were 7 of 13 at the foul line.
Indiana, looking as though it didn't want to give any other team a piece of the Big Ten championship, got off to a strong start and led 10-3 when Yogi Ferrell's field goal followed a pair of 3-pointers from Hulls.
The Wolverines took control in the first half with a 12-0 run, but faded toward halftime and led 33-30 after 20 minutes.
Michigan led by as many as 11 points — matching the biggest lead any team has had against the Hoosiers — and looked as though it was going to be on the winning end of a closely contested game until it simply could not make key free throws or stop Zeller.
"There was a strong belief (in a comeback), but obviously they had to miss some shots with the free throws to make that happen and they did," Crean said.
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Banker Chris Latham says his estranged wife's attempts to implicate him in an alleged plot to kill her have forced him into early retirement and left him struggling to pay his bills.
Latham, who reportedly was paid $683,000 a year as an executive with Bank of America, has asked a Family Court judge to end or reduce the $8,500 he is paying monthly to support his wife, who is caring for their two daughters. He stated in an affidavit that he has no job, no cash flow and no prospects for employment.
Latham, 50, said his wife Nancy successfully waged a campaign to ruin him by repeating his affiliation with the bank while alleging in statements and in a civil lawsuit that he was involved in a murder-for-hire plot that targeted her.
"(Nancy Latham) has been on a mission to destroy me and she has succeeded," he stated in an affidavit. "She and her lawyers have succeeded in ruining my career and thus the financial future of the family."
Nancy Latham's divorce lawyer, Tim Madden, declined to comment Thursday. Chris Latham's attorney, Robert Rosen, said the motion speaks for itself.
Rosen and his client sought an expedited hearing on his request, but a judge turned them down Thursday. It appears the hearing will not occur until at least July 9.
Federal investigators have charged four people in connection with the alleged murder plot, including a woman authorities have identified as Chris Latham's girlfriend.
Chris Latham has not been charged with a crime or linked by authorities to the alleged plot against his wife, who is a Mount Pleasant real estate agent and a state lottery official. He said allegations to the contrary derailed his career and left him with no immediate prospects for a new job.
His court filing includes copies of Bank of America emails indicating that he was given the choice in late May of resigning, retiring or facing immediate termination from the bank. He chose to retire May 30, the emails indicate.
Bank of America officials declined to comment on the matter.
Latham stated that his salary will end in July, and he has been forced to borrow money from relatives, max out his credit cards and raid his 401k plan just to fulfill his financial obligations to his wife.
"I am currently seeking opportunities within private banking but have been informed that I am unemployable until the federal court matters are resolved due to the negative publicity about my personal life and (my wife's) objective and mission to destroy me in the community and in the banking industry," he stated in his affidavit.
Chris Latham wants the court to end his $8,500 monthly subsidy to his wife and allow him a $99,000 advance from his retirement funds so he can pay for his living expenses, attorney fees and other obligations. He stated that he is "happy to pay reasonable child support" for his daughters' care.
The Lathams have accused each other of adultery and other misbehavior, but their already contentious divorce reached a whole new level in April when the alleged murder-for-hire plot was exposed.
During a court hearing this month, Nancy Latham described how she and her daughters live in constant fear for their lives, subject to police protection and afraid to even venture to the grocery store.
"We sit in the house with the lights out and we stay away from the windows, with cameras surrounding us," she told a judge. "We don't get to enjoy our summer."
Charged in the plot are 38-year-old Samuel Yenawine of Louisville, Ky.; Yenawine's ex-wife, 37-year-old Wendy Annette Moore, identified as Chris Latham's girlfriend and former assistant at the bank; Yenawine's girlfriend, Rachel Palmer, 36, and Russell Wilkinson, 39, both of Louisville.
The alleged plot came to light after Wilkinson was stopped by Charleston police while looking to buy heroin on the East Side. Police found a gun in his car, and he volunteered information about the scheme to kill Nancy Latham to officers, police said. Yenawine was back in Kentucky at that point and was arrested later.
Moore is accused of hiring Yenawine to do the job, and he, in turn, contracted Wilkinson's services to "watch his back," Senior Agent Joseph Boykin of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has testified.
The would-be killers bought disposable cellphones so their communications couldn't be traced, then traveled to the Lowcountry, where they met with Moore to collect a $5,000 down payment and receive a "hit package" full of photographs, maps, schedules and other information on Nancy Latham and her family, Boykin said.
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i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
:admires giant wooden aeroplane: Its about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing their like jerks!!!
Homer rocks!!!!
Mata Ashita!
Time...Line?? Time isn't made of lines! It's made of circles! That's why clocks are ROUND.


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Two District 5 Officers didn't let a long run and a few fences get in the way of an armed suspect.
On Friday, November 9th, 2012, at 11:15 p.m., District 5 squads responded to a large house party in the area of 20th and Keefe Avenue that was getting out of control. The attendees, mainly young teenagers, became unruly inside the residence and were asked to leave, causing 50-75 teenagers to spill into the street. As they did so, one subject fired one shot in the alley and fled through the yards with two other males.
While on patrol, District 5 Officers Mark Dillman and Sean Mahnke conducted a field interview of three males walking through a vacant field in the area of N. 24th St. and W. Auer Ave. One of the males ran and Officer Dillman immediately began to pursue him. After several blocks and several fences, Officer Dillman was able to take the suspect into custody in the 3300 block of N. 23rd St. While retracing the route, Officer Dillman located the suspect's coat, watch, and .357 revolver, which was discarded in a fenced-in yard. While at the station, Officer Mahnke conducted an interview of the suspect, obtaining a full confession.


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Consider a collection
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To fulfill the following query which specifies a condition on both the
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Rich Achtzehn has been involved in Spartan athletics for over 40
years. He has served as an assistant professor in education, the
Spartan wrestling coach, and the Spartan track & field coach in
addition to his duties with the cross country squads.
York's former cross country head coach, Achtzehn now serves the program as an assistant and mentor to head coach Stephen LoBianco. Achtzehn's years of experience will prove a valuable asset to the Spartan squad.
Achtzehn's teams at York College have never been strangers to success as he led the wrestling team to a fourth place finish at the NAIA team championships and four other top 20 finishes. He also led the Spartan track and field team to two CAC titles and twice earned CAC Coach-of-the-Year honors.
Achtzehn resides in Dallastown, PA, with his wife, Terry.
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We haven't done one of these for a while, so here goes:
A 12-year-old girl who used her mother's handgun to shoot an intruder in their home said she is "holding up pretty good" after the confrontation. … Kendra [St. Clair] is a sixth-grader at Calera Elementary, which is on fall break. She was home alone Wednesday when someone banged on the front door. …
About 9:30 a.m., Kendra called to say a man was ringing the doorbell and banging on the door, St. Clair said. She told her daughter to get her .40-caliber Glock and go into the bathroom closet, which has reinforced locks on the door.
Because the TV was on, St. Clair said she thinks Jones [the intruder] knew someone was in the house and went to find her.
"The bathroom light switch makes a noise when you turn it on and Kendra heard it," St. Clair said. As Jones slowly turned the door knob, Kendra fired the gun and hit him in the upper chest, abdomen region, Golden said.
Jones ran out of the house and was chased down by Bryan County officers, Golden said.
As you might expect, the Daily Mail has a not fully coherent account, with good photos:
Explaining what happened, Kendra told KX11.com: 'He opened the screen door and started pounding on the door. So I didn't answer it. And I called my mom. She said to go get the gun and hide in the closet.
'When I came out after I thought he was gone, he was standing there trying to open the back door. So I got really scared and I called 911.
'When I was back there (in the closet) on the phone with 911, I heard the bathroom light turn on that was leading to the closet. And when I saw the door handle turn, I shot him. 'I guess it went through the door, went through him, and went through the wall.'
Hey, it was a .40 caliber bullet. Here is Kendra St. Clair:
The St. Clair home is in a rural area of Oklahoma:
This is where the bullet exited the closet door:
No burglar should ever break into a house without worrying that he won't come out alive because the owner–or, as in this case, the owner's kid–has a firearm and knows how to use it. And oh, by the way–my son and I have a lane reserved at our local range at 10:00 tomorrow morning.


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How many times per day would you imagine that patients refer to Emily Hollywood MD as "Doc Hollywood?"
Three or four, says the good-natured Hollywood, who is completing her third year of residency in Upstate University Hospital's Emergency Department. She hasn't tired of the nickname yet, "but that's my maiden name, so if I ever do get tired of it, theoretically I could change it."Read more about emergency and after-hours care services in Upstate Health magazine. Hollywood appears on page 3 of the winter issue.


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Dr. Joel Wallach begins the show discussing a Time magazine story from 2009 where the headline reads "Exercise Alone Won't Result In Weight Loss". Contending this is correct stating that if people don't eat the right foods and supplement weight gain is inevitable. Stating that with the right program people can lose weight and more importantly keep the weight off.Pearls of Wisdom
Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article regarding a study of gluten free products. Researchers at the University of Illinois surveyed nearly 7500 people regarding their dietary habits. The people who ate a gluten free diet were tested for levels of arsenic and mercury. Because many of the gluten free products use rice flour. Previous studies have found a link between toxic metals and rice flour via fertilizers, soil and water. Researchers found the gluten free group had twice the levels of arsenic and 70% higher levels of mercury compared to the non-gluten free diet people.Callers
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Taylor Swift and Zac Efron: New Item?
Back in December, Taylor Swift revealed to Vogue that she wasn't dating anyone. It appears that may have changed, as Swift was spotted on a dinner date with Zac Efron recently. Did they pair find love on 'The Lorax' set?
Spies told Us Weekly that the pair arrived in Efron's Audi, then dined together at an Italian restaurant on Jan. 6. Sources described the pair as "in deep conversation" and calling Swift "very giggly." It was their second meal together at the same restaurant, Pace, in Los Angeles — earlier that week, they broke bread with none other than Justin Bieber.
The pair go way back, with Efron describing Swift in December 2010 as "a lovely girl, very beautiful." No argument here! Swift returned the sentiments, calling Efron an "all-around amazing guy." A friend of the duo told Us, "They have been friends for a long time."
So are they something more? Not quite yet, the source revealed. "Taylor thinks Zac's cute," the snitch said, but added that "they are on totally different wavelengths."
We think this pairing would not only be absolutely adorable, but would serve as a PR dream for their upcoming Dr. Seuss animated flick, due in theaters March 2. C'mon, you crazy kids! Just kiss already!


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First off, if you are the Germans and hold lots of the green part of the map and the bunkers, it's impossible to attack the beach from the ships.
why can't the ships look right? on the map, the Thomas Jefferson looks like a battleship with huge guns, when it was in fact a troop carrier and only
492 feet long with 4 x 3" guns
The USS Texas on the map looks like a landing craft, but was in fact a New York-class battleship 573 feet long and had 10 x 14" guns
on D Day she:
The initial bombardment commenced at 05:50, against the site of six 15 cm (5.9 in) guns, atop Pointe du Hoc
the U.S.S. Arkansas again looks like a landing craft on the map, but was a Wyoming-class battleship 562 feet long armed with 12 x 12" guns
on d day she:
entered the Baie de la Seine on 6 June, and took up a position 4,000 yd (3,600 m) off "Omaha" beach. At 0552, Arkansas' guns opened fire. During the day, the venerable battleship underwent shore battery fire and air attacks.
Why the hell can't the battleships bombard the German positions?
Every time I play this map you can only win by taking up the shore defence positions.
That's not how D Day played out!


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To My Friends – LUAQuotes.com
To my friends…
To my friends who are married
Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry", not "where are you,' but "I'm right here", not "how could you," but "I understand", not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."
To my friends who are engaged
The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other.
To my friends who are not so single
Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.
To my friends who are heartbroken
Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.
To my friends who are naive
How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain.
To my friends who are searching
True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist, nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Love is magic. The more we hide it, the more it shows; the more you suppress it, the more it grows.
To my friends who are the playgirl/guy time
Never say I love if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when what you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her.
To my friends who are possessive
It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.
To my friends who are afraid to confess
Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.
To my friends who are still holding on
A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and we just have to let go.
To my friends who are single
Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it would come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often times it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is worth it. So take your time and choose the best.
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LOS ANGELES — A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80.
His son, Kevin, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1913hRl ) that Jeffries died in his sleep on Saturday at his Hollywood home.
In 1955, Jeffries custom-painted Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder. Dean died in a wreck less than a month later.
Jeffries also painted many Indianapolis 500 cars.
For television, he created the "Black Beauty" for the 1960s show "The Green Hornet" and built the Monkeemobile in just 10 days. He also built movie vehicles, including a moon buggy for the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever."
Jeffries also was a stunt driver and stunt producer on films such as "The Blues Brothers" and "The Fugitive."
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The plot will be presented in two parts; note that the characters may go through the first, second or both parts. It can be easily extended, in fact, I require your aid in making it sufficiently complete.
The plot is designed for the Firefly setting.
Part 1:
The characters are contacted by the farming family of Leatherbeats. They need to be at least somewhat trustworthy, previous experience or a recommendation through someone well-known is necessary. They would have to be really trusted for the whole truth. Most probably, they will only say their grandfather has been kidnapped.
The grandfather was suffering of a serious mental disease, so he could be fooled into doing something unwise (like, writing a third of the farm he still owns to the culprit).
The search begins, the information in the lists below is in order of how easy it is to get; the latter points on these lists will take more time, money or contacts or favours.
Some general information is available directly on the farm, suspicion will quickly fall on hands that have left. More can be learned in the town.
Succeeding in that, the kidnappers can be traced into the hills, where they want to repair a derelict ship to secretly leave the planet.
If things go well here for the kidnappers, the ship will be repaired in a few days and they will flee. The story might end here with the gunplay, but the characters may be offered a place in the crew, plus a cut of the treasure this grandpa supposedly knows of. Proceed to Part 2 then.
Part 2: (depends on whether the characters have a ship of their own)
It should be kept in mind the bad guys have served on ships before, Anatol being a pilot and Wilson having a little mechanical experience, navigation being his main job. If need be, they can easily take control of a ship. Their relationship is not exactly friendship, but they won't easily betray another for money, it had to be a real sum readily available. They may pretend to take sides, though. Note that they will try to keep the nature of the 'treasure' a secret for as long as possible, which puts them at an advantage in any negotiations or threats of death.
There are several possibilities to advance the plot:
Option 1: Transport - standalone, having a ship, the characters are hired to fly the kidnappers where they want to.
Option 2: Bad guys - the characters are recruited on the kidnapper's ship as crew.
Option 3: The Chase - with the kidnappers escaping, the PC's have to follow with their own ship.
Option 4: On their own - an option good characters should not take.
Lastly, you may be interested what the great plan of the kidnappers was.
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- A search has been already made on and around the farm; nothing was found but several horses were missing.
- Several workers have left the farm in the mean time (but that is nothing unusual at this period).
- The grandpa was still quite in shape, though the disease made it hard to live for him normally. If overseen by a family member, he could make himself useful.
- One of the hands was seen talking with their grandfather several times - it was Wilson.
- The grandfather still officially owns a third of the farm - that must be the reason for the kidnapping.
- Two of the workers (Anatol and Wilson) have left shortly before the kidnapping, the others a few days after. Those two were often together.
- The Leatherbeats are decent folk, if a bit tight-lipped. But hey, who doesn't do a little smuggling on the side? (...a little cash later...) Word is they have a small warehouse just outside the town. (...some more cash...) It is right behind the (insert place).
- Billy Masters is a very trustworthy guy, except when it comes to playing cards. He cheats as he can, but as everybody knows it, he is considered harmless; but also not invited to any 'serious' games.
- Wilson Ground was a low, greedy rat, but funny and quick to make friends; knew how to make jokes though often ended up a little annoying.
- Freddy Purk was always playing that little thingy... you know, a musical instrument... anyway, stuff was too often missing when he was around. Good that he's gone, liked to get into fights too.
- Wilson used to be a soldier-type in the Alliance, but they apparently didn't like his humour - at least he says so.
- Anatol Deliner, was more withdrawn and less known, seems he could read well. Was not much for hard work. Mostly talked with Wilson.
- The rest of the workers were little known. But I can tell you something about one of them... ($$$) ...the speaker proceeds to invent some story about a failed heist, or a girl left pregnant, or an arson.
- Freddy Purk is around town somewhere, but doesn't live in town for sure.
- Wilson Ground was seen doing some shopping the other day. Seems he had some cash and wanted to go into the hills, the reason wasn't mentioned.
- The Leatherbeats are a decent family, but they like to stay private a bit more that usual. Maybe it's nothing, rumour is they are involved in some smuggling. (Can be a red herring, even if true has little impact on the plot.) They moved here after the war, when there was much coming and going.
- Smuggling is quite common around here, to find out a location or contact will take money or friends. One is a warehouse just out of town.
- Anatol Deliner has bought quite a few mechanic's tools and spare parts shortly before the kidnapping happened. Seems he wants to fix something big.
- The grandfather wasn't seen in town for a very long time.
- Wilson and Anatol come from the area, but have left years ago to find a good job with the Alliance. As both have returned empty-handed, it is clear they didn't succeed.
- Some other workers that have left later were seen going into the hills.
- Anatol made it to an officer, but was dishonorably discharged along with Wilson (a search in Alliance records will be necessary for this; the reason will not be revealed without a clearance - something the characters really shouldn't have; make it up if yes).
- There were rumours the whole family of Leatherbeats has changed its name before moving here.
Visual Degenerative Sclerosis is a feared neural disease. It typically onsets after the age of sixty and more, and it slowly makes a normal life impossible. The victim starts to loose memories, particularly those bound to sight. Faces, symbols, items, creatures - any of them may suddenly be not recognized anymore, first for short periods, then longer until they vanish completely... the unlucky person may well know its friends and family, but not be able to tell them apart from complete strangers. As they become very easy to fool (can't tell money from papers and pieces of metal, etc.), they are usually closed off and sheltered from a world they cannot live in. Mind you, after five or ten years after the first symptoms have shown, they would still know everything they knew in their lives, but be completely paralysed without assistance.
So far, there wasn't any success in treating the disease, though there are ways of slowing it down if you can afford it. Experimental cures may be tested.
Old Leatherbeat used to be called General Lingester once... one of the famous Independence leaders. Not the best strategist, he was known to inspire great courage and loyalty in the often disadvantaged Browncoats. It is thought that he fell in some hopeless battle, or was killed by an assassin. The Alliance is still not sure about his fate, or of other high-ranking leaders that vanished after the war. The high reward is, 'accidentally', still valid.
The former general has taken his retreat badly. He did it for the family, but still felt like a coward. Then came the Sclerosis, and his life deteriorated completely. Now, he is but a wreck of what he once was. Should someone actually succeed in explaining him the whole situation, and making him believe it (not an easy task), he could also decide to go out with a bang, and do something terrible.
As luck had it, Anatol's father, that was a Browncoat, knew of a badly damaged ship that could still fly if repaired. The low quality made it little more than a risky escape vehicle. Problem is not the repairs themselves, it is the costs that would eat all of his savings, so he has been leaving it for another day... like this.
The actual purpose of this place is to force negotiations, and most likely a shoot-out in a tight spot of the rocky terrain where the kidnappers reside. It would take some luck or a solid plan to defeat them. If things go too easily, the baddies could persuade the old general into shooting on the PC's. Ironically, he is the best shot of the troupe, but luckily isn't after blood (merely disabling).
If things go well for the kidnappers, the ship will be repaired in a few days and they will flee. The story might end here with the gunplay, but if the negotiations take an unexpected turn, or the shooters come to a stand-off, the characters may be offered a place in the crew, plus a cut of the treasure this grandpa supposedly knows of. Proceed to Part 2 then.
The whole location is a red herring for the plot itself. However, there is valuable and illegal loot, providing the characters can defeat the dangerous types holed up here. Freddy Purk is in charge, and is actually a reliable individuum - too bad that he doesn't want to share the secrets of the place.
The characters are hired with their ship to fly to a central world or a similar good target. Anatol and Wilson board with a sick old man, supposedly hoping for an experimental cure. Sadly, they don't make very convincing loving relatives, so it won't take long to notice something amiss with the group.
If found out, depending on the numbers they may decide to simply take the ship over, or holding someone of the crew hostage. Wilson could also sabotage the ship's engine or arrange an accident or two. Then it should be easier to make the crew cooperate.
The characters were recruited on the kidnapper's ship to get a cut of the promised treasure. As the treasure is not quite what was promised, problems will soon crop up, escalating from lethal accidents to a direct conflict. Or, they may simply start a mutiny.
If need be, Wilson and Anatol can run the ship on their own, so while they won't be inclined to killing, once started they may not stop...
With the kidnappers escaping, the PC's have to follow with their own ship, and go on a wild chase after the culprits. As their target can successfully pretend to be armed, they have to use smarts instead of muscle.
It would be useful if the characters were not very friendly with Alliance, as they might just 'call the cops', and end the adventure (but of course, they may not be available). From earlier talks they may knew the bad guys want something from the Alliance all allong, so this may be discouraged.
Just for the record, the characters could take out the kidnappers and decide themselves to get that treasure. Not very noble, but they have to live of something, right?
Should they really succeed, note that they are not connected to Alliance like Anatol and Wilson, so they may be easily cheated of the reward.
Anatol wants to present the General to the Alliance, but needs to offer him as publicly as possible - best to a commander of a large base, or of a heavy cruiser. Simply handing him out to authorities is foolish, since it would rob him of any acclaim. (Not to mention the excellent opportunity to restart his career.)
The joke is not simply in having caught a legend of the resistance forces, but using his state to achieve the unthinkable: Anatol wants the still adept soldier to train young Alliance soldiers, which would of course make wonderful propaganda. The hard part may be all the Alliance symbols and rhetoric around, but some creative application of drugs may help. It is possible the old man still knows something valuable from the times of resistance - but that is also work for skilled Alliance doctors.
The only problem is how to get out of the dirty planet, especially without being noticed.
A Toad class makes for a small ugly multifunctional ship, fit for minor trips with a crew of three; fifteen people onboard maximum (five is somewhat comfortable). It was an improvised escape pod, a taxi between larger ships, used for shipping special units or sensitive cargo, and so one, and so one, and so one. Sometimes it was lightly armed for the surprise factor (or a suicidal charge) in the war. Overall, it is an unsightly ship known for its moody behavior, and that it just won't go down. While able of inter-planet travels, it is rarely used for them.
This piece, "Grumpy", has been badly damaged, but still refuses to become scrap metal. If fixed sufficiently, it will insult the skies with its presence again. Flight will be very unstable and it will veer from left to right, even autopilot will not be safe until it is fixed at least three times.
On the positive side, it has one short-range rocket attached, and a cannon with some two hundred bullets. (Note: all highly illegal equipment on a civil ship!) This baby has still its last kick.
(You may want to edit the "Grumpy" if the characters are supposed to get this ship as their base of operations. Then again, you may not.)


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Lake Oswego, OR - Formerly of Mountainville, NY
David Stanley Hess died on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at OHSU Hospital in Portland, OR after a long illness.
David was born to Myron Stanley Hess and Arlene Miller Hess on December 16, 1956 in Lewisburg, PA and was raised in Mountainville, NY. He moved to Lake Oswego, Oregon in August of 2005 .
David was educated in the Cornwall Central School District of Cornwall, NY. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1976 and became Airman First Class as a flight line mechanic at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska, transferred in 1978 to the Air National Guard at Stuart AFB in Newburgh, NY and served until 1986.
After serving in the Air National Guard, he served as a firefighter at Castle Point VA Hospital in NY, worked in security at the U.S. Mint at United States Military Academy in West Point, NY, worked for several Auction Houses and had his own "Broom Swept" business in New York.
He loved to hunt, fish, and camp with family and friends and was a lifetime member of Black Rock Fish and Game Club in Mountainville, NY.
Survivors include his wife, Hillary Cannock Hess of Lake Oswego, OR; daughters: Laura Hess, 20 and Patricia Hess, 18, both of Lake Oswego; son, Ryan Hess, 14 of Lake Oswego; his mother, Arlene Miller Hess of Tigard, OR; brothers: Alan Zeiber of Portland, OR, and Brent Morris of McCalla, AL; sister, Susan Hess of Tigard; several nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Myron Stanley Hess.
His Funeral Services with full Military Honors will take place on Tuesday, July 16th at Willamette National Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made in David's name to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at www.pancan.org.


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The magic of Maker Faire is in the people: the spirit and generosity that Makers and event organizers express, and the curious and 0pen nature that attendees bring with them to the event. Thank you all for making the East Bay Mini Maker Faire a fantastic Maker Faire!
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Looking forward to seeing you in 2012!
I had such a great time sharing art journals with all the makers (especially the little makers who sat down and filled their whole books from start to finish!)
Thank you organizers, volunteers, attendees and other makers for a great day!
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For those radiologists who had attended crowded Society meetings at Chicago's Palmer House Hotel, it seemed incredible that the scientific assembly could be on the verge of becoming too large for McCormick Place.
The new cabinet system of management for RSNA, as established by Society leaders in the late 1970s, was operating smoothly by 1985. However, since RSNA was now publishing Radiology, RadioGraphics and the Scientific Program for the annual meeting, with plans being discussed to print course syllabi and a catalog of educational materials, RSNA leaders believed a new cabinet position—a liaison for publications—needed to be added to the Board of Directors. Consequently, to avoid increasing the size of the Board, the positions of secretary and treasurer, which had been combined temporarily in the 1960s, were combined again and filled by California radiologist Malcolm Jones, M.D. The first liaison for publications was E. Robert Heitzman, M.D.
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The Board of Directors, through a selection committee, chose Mary Ann Tuft to replace Swenson. Tuft had a master's degree in education from Lehigh University. She began her career as an elementary school teacher. Like Swenson, Tuft had a solid background in administration, which included experience with the Girl Scouts. In 1966, Tuft had joined the Great Valley Girl Scout Council of Allentown, Pa., as director of personnel services and worked her way up to the national in-service instructor of education courses for the Executive Staff of Girl Scout Councils. Her experience with medical societies began when she became a consultant to the National League for Nursing in New York. By 1969, she was the executive director of the 35,000-member American Student Nurses' Association and was responsible for operations, fundraising, financial management, publication and recruiting. She was also president of the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Association Executives.1
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Commission approves first application, provides $1,500 for state tournament
The recent passage of the first application through the Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Commission left some wondering how to apply. The applications are available for anyone wishing to apply at Stuttgart City Hall and also at the Grand Prairie Center.
The first application approved went to Stuttgart Parks and Recreation Director Mike Drewett to receive $1,500 to apply for the 11-year-old state championship tournament to be held in Stuttgart.
"State tournaments are big and they usually last for six days," Drewett said, during the July meeting. "They will come from as far away as Bentonville to Texarkana."
Which is exactly what the Commission is looking for when approving applications — bringing in people from outside the Grand Prairie.
The August meeting did not present a quorum therefore no items could be voted on. But the board will hold two meetings in September beginning with a budget meeting on Monday, Sept. 24.
The regularly scheduled meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 27. Both meetings will be held at Stuttgart City Hall, located at 304 S. Maple St., and are open to the public.
As of June, the Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Commission has received a total of $3,637.01 from the lodging tax that went into effect on March 1. The A&P Commission projects a total yearly budget of $20,000.
The guidelines to receive money from the Commission include the need for overnight guests, bringing in visitors from over a 50-mile radius, having a multiple day event and letting the money received from A&P be supplemental only.


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USA Hockey: Attended 2009 USA Hockey Open Olympic Tryouts ... 2006 USA Hockey National Development Camp selection.
2011-12 (Junior): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Appeared in one game, playing 6:44 and stopping one of two shots.
2010-11 (Sophomore): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Helped Yale earn a tie at Harvard Oct. 29, stopping 32 of 35 shots in 57:01 minutes (came on in relief of starter Jackee Snikeris '12) ... Appeared in two games, totaling 117:01 ... .904 save percentage ... 3.59 goals-against average.
2009-10 (Freshman): ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Made varsity debut with 20 minutes of work vs. Sacred Heart Nov. 27, stopping four of five shots she faced in the only game she played.
Before Yale: Academic Honor Roll selection from eighth grade through 12th grade ... Midwest Elite Hockey League Academic Gold Award for five years ... Named to All-star team at Prospects Tournament ... Won back-to-back state championships, and was Central District runner-up twice, with the Wisconsin Wild U-19 team in 2007-08 and 2008-09 ... Was state runner-up with the Wild U-16 team in 2006-07 ... Won state championship and was Central District and Polar Bear Tournament runner-up with the Wild U-16 team in 2005-06 ... Had shutout to upset Assabet Valley and advance to finals of 2005 Polar Bear Tournament ... Won MWEHL championship, and was Illinois State runner-up, with Team Illinois U-14 team in 2004-05 ... Won Illinois state championship, Central District championship, and was third place at Nationals with Team Illinois U-12 team in 2003-04.
Notes: Spends summers in Wellfleet, Cape Cod and has volunteered at Audubon Society of Massachusetts ... Speaks French and participated in a French exchange program for five weeks ... Grandfather (Donald Agger) and Great-Uncle (Robert Agger) were 1951 Yale Law School graduates ... Uncle (Marc Agger) was a 1986 Yale School of Management graduate ... Father, John Callahan, played club hockey and varsity football at Tufts ... Two other players from the Wisconsin Wild, Sheila Zingler '07 and Sarah Tittman '09, have played for Yale.
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July 2012
Iron Center and Pendant Nitrogen Needed to Achieve Catalyst's Goal
Scientists built catalysts that cleave bonds for platinum-free fuel cells
Results: To crack hydrogen molecules and free the electrons, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) built nature-inspired molecules that get the job done. These designer molecules, or catalysts, rely on an iron center and small, dangling molecular chains with strategically placed nitrogen atoms. Known as pendant amines, these chains draw in the hydrogen molecule and position it just so. The iron center breaks apart the hydrogen into protons and electrons. The pendant amines shuttle the protons off, and the process starts all over again.
"We're not trying to precisely mimic nature, just incorporate the salient features that make natural catalysts function," said Dr. Morris Bullock, Director of the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, led by PNNL. The results were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Why It Matters: Using fossil fuels to power cars and heat homes continues to raise economic, environmental, and security issues. A popular alternative is the fuel cell, which converts hydrogen, methanol, or other chemicals into water, and in the process turns out electricity. But the catalyst of choice for the fuel cells is platinum, which is expensive and scarce. In contrast, iron is far less expensive and is the Earth's most abundant metal.
Scientists at PNNL built a nature-inspired catalyst with an iron center and small, dangling molecular chains with strategically placed nitrogen atoms to crack hydrogen molecules and free the electrons needed for fuel cells.
Methods: The PNNL team based their design on natural hydrogenase enzymes, fast and energy-efficient molecular catalysts that can split the hydrogen molecules and put the electrons and protons back together to create hydrogen. Their active sites contain the inexpensive and abundant metals iron and/or nickel, which makes them attractive to scientists who want to develop a cheaper, easily available catalyst mimicking the structure and function of hydrogenases.
Dr. Tianbiao (Leo) Liu, a postdoctoral fellow at PNNL, led the catalyst design. He and his colleagues synthesized and characterized a series of iron complexes using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, electrochemical studies, and x-ray diffraction. In these complexes, the pendant amines are a critical feature. They facilitate the coupling of proton and electron transfer reactions and proton transfer between acids and bases in solution and the active iron center.
Liu incorporated an amine (nitrogen-containing) pendant into a larger phosphorus-containing, six-sided ring, called a phosphine ligand, at just the right place to where it "hangs around" the ligand in a configuration that is structurally close enough to interact with the hydrogen.
"Previous research has established that pendant amines can play an important role in relaying protons between metal and solution, in coupling proton and electron transfers, and in activating dihydrogen," said Liu. "We confirmed that both the iron center and pendant amines are crucial to hydrogen bonding and cleavage."
As a control experiment, the scientists also made a closely related compound without pendant amines, which didn't react nearly as fast. It confirmed that the pendant amine is required to make the cleaving happen.
They showed that the compound will break the H-H bond into two ions, with the proton (H+) landing on the nitrogen, and the hydride (H-) being transferred to the iron. Unambiguous proof came from using NMR spectroscopy. They took the iron catalyst with a one-to-one mixture of hydrogen and deuterium. Deuterium is just a tiny bit different from hydrogen; this difference makes it easy to track in the spectrometer. Both H-H and D-D bonds broke, making HD, proving that the bond had cleaved.
This cleavage occurred at room temperature under mild conditions, thus it mimics conditions of typical low-temperature fuel cells.
What's Next? The scientists have done the hardest part by creating the first iron complexes that will cleave H2 in just the right way. That will provide most of the steps needed-but not quite.
"Catalytic oxidation of H2 releases electrons. But in the process, a bunch of protons are also made. So we added a base to take up the protons," said Bullock. "The base binds to the metal of our iron catalysts, so they are not an electrocatalyst for complete oxidation of H2. That was a bit of a surprise to us, but a valuable one." He added, "We have to make sure we understand the energies of all these compounds so we can match the ability of a pendant amine to accept protons with the ability of iron to accept hydride."
Funding: The work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences.
Research Team: The researchers include Liu and Bullock, Shentan Chen, Molly J O'Hagan, Mary Rakowski DuBois, and Daniel L DuBois, all of PNNL.
Reference: Liu TL, S Chen, MJ O'Hagan, M Rakowski DuBois, RM Bullock, and DL DuBois. 2012. "Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Fe Complexes Containing Cyclic Diazadiphosphine Ligands: The Role of the Pendant Base in Heterolytic Cleavage of H2." Journal of the American Chemical Society 134(14):6257-6272. DOI:10.1021/ja211193j.
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China's software industry will soon classify all its online games in an effort to protect the health and welfare of children from violent and pornographic content.
On 7th, July, China Consumer's Association, China Software Industry Association and Software World Magazine announced they will work together to provide standards to classify online games in order to create a more healthy environment for adolescents.
The computer gaming industry is developing rapidly in China. Its e revenues amounted to 1.32 billion yuan (US$159 million) last year and are expected to reach 6.7 billion yuan (US$810 million) by 2007.
Through last year, China had 13.8 million online game players, accounting for 20.2 per cent of Internet users and the number is expected to grow to 41.8 million by 2007.
At present, online games have no grades and anyone can log onto the Internet to give games a try.
Statistics show that 80 per cent of online game players are under the age of 25 and have become addicted.
Most of the games are imported and some of them contain "improper" content for young people, including material that is violent, pornographic, gambling or superstitious.
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Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret.
As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates.
On Monday Collins came out, becoming the first active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team sport to acknowledge he was gay.
The reaction was swift. President Obama, who just last year gave his support for gay marriage, called Collins to say "he was impressed by his courage," according to a White House Twitter post.


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Stanford maintained its hold on the No. 5 spot and Pac-12 rival Oregon edged closer to No. 1 Alabama in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released on Sunday.
Second-ranked Oregon received four first-place votes, three more than last week, while the Crimson Tide got the other 56 first-place votes.
The first 14 positions in the poll remained the same, as there wasn't any shuffling until the voters got to Michigan, which droppied three spots to No. 18 this week. The Wolverines had a tough time Saturday, barely beating unranked and unheralded Connecticut 24-21.
Taking advantage of Michigan's struggles were Miami, Washington and Northwestern. All three schools moved up one spot to 15, 16, 17, respectively.
The Pac-12 went from five teams to four in the poll, as Arizona State dropped out following a 42-28 loss to Stanford that was much more one-sided than the final score. The Cardinal led 39-7 going into the fourth quarter Saturday evening.
Besides idle Oregon holding at No. 2 and Stanford at No. 5, UCLA remained at No. 13 after walloping New Mexico State 59-13. Washington moved up one spot after crushing FCS member Idaho State 56-0. Arizona State(41 points) and Arizona (eight points) also got votes.
Fresno State came in at No. 25 after improving to 3-0 by beating Boise State on Friday night. The Bulldogs (3-0) were the only Mountain West Conference team to receive votes.


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At Finance, Flaherty is out but is Oliver in?
OTTAWA — Jim Flaherty is out and Joe Oliver is in.
Flaherty — one of the longest serving finance ministers Canada has ever had and the only one to ever serve Prime Minister Stephen Harper — quit Harper's cabinet Tuesday.
His replacement, to be named Wednesday morning in a ceremony at Rideau Hall that will be closed to the media, appears to be Oliver. Sources tell QMI Agency Oliver is the man for the job and several other media outlets are also reporting the same thing. Aides in Harper's office were not responding to messages Tuesday night.
Oliver, though, was seen as one of the likely contenders to take Finance the minute news of Flaherty's resignation broke shortly after stock markets closed Tuesday afternoon.
Oliver is a bilingual 73-year-old Toronto MP who spent years on Bay Street as an investment banker.
It has been an honour to serve Canada. Thank you for the opportunity. pic.twitter.com/vIbBNgT0wY— Jim Flaherty (@JimFlaherty) March 18, 2014
He understands and speaks the world of money markets and central bankers and, from a political standpoint, is unlikely to aspire to succeed Harper one day.
Oliver will be responsible for designing the 2015 budget, one in which a surplus of several billions will mean Oliver's toughest job will be to decided whether to shower Canadians with tax cuts or new spending — all of it in an election year.
Jim Flaherty tries on new shoes at the Roots Factory in Toronto prior to the federal budget announcement in this combination of file photos from March 20, 2013. (Stan Behal/QMI Agency)
Flaherty, unluckily perhaps, recorded just two surplus budgets in the 10 he delivered since 2006. His most famous budgets were the first two when he cut two points off the hated GST.
Oliver had been Harper's natural resources minister. It's not yet clear who will take that key post as the point person on the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines and other energy issues.
Flaherty had told reporters several times in the last several months that he was staying to fight the 2015 general election but, in fact, he and his family had decided months ago to let go of the job and look to return to the private sector.
Flaherty has spent two decades in politics in Ottawa and at Queen's Park. His aides said he plans to stay on as the MP for Whitby-Oshawa "for the time being."
Thank you @JimFlaherty – the best Finance Minister in the world – for your years of dedicated service to Canadians. #cdnpoli— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) March 18, 2014
Flaherty has suffered over the last year from a rare and painful but treatable skin disorder. In his statement, Flaherty said his health did not play a part in his decision to quit politics.
In a statement, Harper thanked Flaherty for his service.
"It is with great reluctance that today I accepted the resignation from cabinet of Jim Flaherty," Harper said.
Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair, who shares Irish ancestry with Flaherty, also thanked him for his service.
In his resignation statement, Flaherty said that he was most proud to be part of a government that lowered corporate taxes to the lowest level in the G7, introduced the tax-free savings account and reduced taxes 160 times.
But Flaherty will also be remembered for bringing in the single largest deficit in Canadian history, a response to the financial crisis of 2008-09. Of the ten budgets Flaherty tabled since 2006, all but two were deficit budgets.
In the 2013 budget he tabled this spring, Flaherty predicted the federal government would be back in balance next year.


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2013 British & Irish Lions
Gatland reassures English hopefuls
ESPN Staff
February 14, 2013
Warren Gatland visited the England camp on Wednesday © Getty Images
Lions head coach Warren Gatland has reassured England players that he will select the touring party for Australia this summer on merit and not nationality.
Gatland visited the England camp, as part of his role as Lions head coach, following his controversial comments this week that too many England players in his touring squad could create a "media circus" in Australia.
The Lions head coach subsequently insisted that he would be happy to select 15 Englishmen for the Test team if they were the players in their positions. And England head coach Stuart Lancaster says Gatland reassured him personally there would be no bias against England players and he would select the Lions squad on merit alone.
Lancaster says he then passed the message on to his squad of players, who currently sit on top of the Six Nations table after impressive wins over Scotland and Ireland.
"I had a good chat with him and he reassured me all English players would be picked on merit, which is clearly the way it should be," he told Sky Sports News. ""From there we had a chat with (Andy Farrell) and Graham (Rowntree), who are obviously on the Lions coaching team and involved in selection. And I was able to relay that to the players on Wednesday morning, and we got on with training."
Lancaster added: "A lot of people talk about an arrogant England or a team that has done this or that. And whilst that may have been true in the past, I don't know, from my point of view all I can comment on and all I think we can be judged on is what we are doing in the here and now.
"From what I see of the players I think they give respect to people who they meet, they keep their heads down, they are good people on and off the field; they train hard and work hard for England. And I think they have shown that in their performances."
Gatland has been impressed by the work Lancaster has done in rebuilding the England team following that World Cup, to the point where they are now front-runners in the Six Nations.
Lancaster's assistant coaches Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell will be part of Gatland's Lions management team and there could also be a strong English playing contingent in Australia this summer.
"I had a great welcome and after sitting down with Stuart Lancaster and his coaches for a chat I was able to sit in on the debrief of the win over Ireland in Dublin. It was well presented by all the coaches, it was interesting and very insightful," Gatland said. "I had spent time the week before with the Welsh players, and will do the same with the Scots next week and the Irish the week after.
"The English camp is a very friendly, open, disciplined and courteous environment and I was very impressed by what I saw. I have frequently put on record my admiration for the way in which Stuart Lancaster has gone about his business since taking over the top job in England. He has set high standards, proper parameters and is getting the players to respond accordingly.
"The fact my visit coincided with all the furore over comments I made to a journalist about wanting to protect the English players in the Lions party from external forces made it all the more apt. I mixed with the players and was blown away once again by the interest in, and desire to be a part of, the Lions experience."
Gatland has been frustrated by the attention his interview generated, arguing the storm highlighted the point he was trying to make about the baggage which comes with English players.
"It still amazes me that out of a one and a half hour interview, a lot of which was spent discussing English rugby, a 13 word-headline is all that people read and remember," Gatland added in a Lions newsletter. "In many ways, the media reaction, or overreaction, to what I actually said and meant merely served to highlight the negativity I am seeking to guard against.
"We are leaving no stone unturned in our planning for the tour to Australia and protecting the players, sometimes from themselves, from the Australian and their own media, is a part of that process. We have to plan for every eventuality.
"For the record, as was also reported in the original article, but largely overlooked, 'the best players will be selected'. It has always been that way with the Lions and always will be."
The Lions will launch their analysis of the Australian players when the Super Rugby season begins this weekend and Gatland was encouraged by the first two rounds of the Six Nations.
"I have been pleased with what I've seen so far. We had a lot of good rugby in the opening round but last weekend was far more attritional, largely because of the weather," Gatland said. "Last week's action was also full of guts, character and attitude which was great to see. England have done well in their opening two games and the tournament looks like being very tight."
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A Los Angeles judge says he will issue a written ruling about director Roman Polanski's requests to end his long-running sex abuse case.
Polanski's attorney, Harland Braun, argued Monday that Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon should give some indication of how Polanski would be sentenced if he returned to Los Angeles.
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Because it can be, for so many people. You'd have to agree that the amount of suffering in this world of a sexual nature is huge. But what causes the suffering? That's a very big question, one I doubt we could ever resolve on an internet forum. Sadly, some of the suffering is caused by folk who use the bible to make homosexuals feel like they alone are sinners. I hate that it happens, because we're all sinners according to the bible. (that we all do wrong I won't get an argument on, but I know you'll all hate hearing it called sin).


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When President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union speech that "Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing," his words resonated with manufacturing advocates in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association "has been championing manufacturing for the last decade with our manufacturing renewal program," said Philip Kirschner, its president. "It's a very good sign that the president recognizes (the importance of the sector) and has programs designed to encourage manufacturing."
Obama cited the manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and proposed creating a network of 15 such manufacturing hubs nationwide "to guarantee that the next revolution in manufacturing is made in America."
Andrew Campbell, president of Eastern Millwork, a high-tech architectural wood company in Jersey City, said manufacturers need federal tax policies that encourage them to reinvest profits in their businesses. He also advocated expanding H1B visas, which he said helped his company hire more Americans.
"We have recruited European engineers that have a specific and unique training and understanding of what we do, and that has helped us automate our processes so that we could compete globally and create jobs in New Jersey," Campbell said.
Bob Loderstedt, president of the nonprofit New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, said "this is about the third year that (Obama) has publicly acknowledged the importance of manufacturing, and it will translate into a big commitment to manufacturing. I'm excited about it because Obama will in part be a cheerleader — and we need a cheerleader."
Loderstedt said larger companies have started bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States from overseas, and now "some of the medium-sized companies will do that also."
John Sarno, president of the Employers Association of New Jersey, called Obama's manufacturing plan "one of the most innovative proposals in the speech. The goal would be to establish collaboration between industry, education and government." Sarno said New Jersey "has special concerns as to where the jobs are located and where unemployed people are concentrated. We also have environmental issues. So it will require intense collaboration."
Meredith Aronson, director of the manufacturing talent network in the state Department of Labor, is working on ways to recruit young people for emerging jobs in advanced manufacturing, which relies on technology and high-skilled workers.
She was encouraged by Obama's speech: "I think for him to reinforce it so early in his comments was a good indicator that he is looking at manufacturing being a primary economic and jobs driver for the country."