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Encouraging STEM Students Is in the National Interest
United States must produce more workers in science, tech, engineering and math
By Chad Mirkin and S. James Gates Jr.
This article appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on June 25, 2012
This year a report issued by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, on which we serve, concluded that if the United States is to maintain its historic pre-eminence in the STEM fields -- science, technology, engineering, and mathematics -- and gain the social, economic, and national-security benefits that come with such pre-eminence, then we must produce approximately one million more workers in those fields over the next decade than we are on track now to turn out. At first glance, that may seem to be a daunting task -- but it doesn't have to be.
At current rates, American colleges and universities will graduate about three million STEM majors over the next decade, so an increase of one million would require a whopping 33-percent increase. Yet the report's lofty goal can be seen as quite feasible in the light of two other statistics: First, 60 percent of students who enter college with the goal of majoring in a STEM subject end up graduating in a non-STEM field. And second, reducing attrition in STEM programs by 10 percentage points -- so that half of freshmen who enter college with the intention of majoring in one of those fields complete college with a STEM degree -- will produce three-quarters of the one million additional graduates within a decade.
We find these facts encouraging, especially since a lot is already known about why students drop out of STEM studies. Among the leading reasons are uninspiring introductory courses, difficulty with the required math because of a lack of adequate preparation, and an academic culture that is sometimes not welcoming, particularly to women and minorities, who constitute 70 percent of college students but earn only 45 percent of STEM degrees. On the basis of that knowledge, we believe it is entirely realistic to think that, with a diligent effort, the United States can achieve the goals laid out in the report.
The federal government could get the ball rolling by acting on three recommendations suggested in the report: It should promote widespread adoption of empirically validated teaching practices, including active learning approaches, in introductory STEM courses; advocate and provide support for replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses; and begin a national experiment in postsecondary mathematics education to address the preparation gap that discourages students from pursuing STEM degrees.
But we also strongly believe that action at the federal level is not sufficient. Academic institutions, faculty, and students have an equally crucial, if not more important, role to play. It won't be easy. They all must be willing to make improvements in undergraduate STEM education in the face of institutional and individual barriers to change and an academic career-incentive system that is often not aligned to promote innovative and inspirational teaching in introductory STEM courses.
So what can colleges and universities do to help? First, they should collaborate with high schools on the development of bridge programs to improve student preparation during the summer between high school and college.
We've seen this work. For example, through a combination of bridge programs, building a community of support for STEM students, increasing students' research opportunities, and re-evaluating teaching practices, the University of Texas at El Paso raised graduation rates in STEM disciplines by nearly 50 percent and more than doubled the number of STEM baccalaureate degrees awarded to Hispanics—making it the largest producer of Mexican-American STEM graduates in the country.
Second, institutions should build on the mounting evidence that collaborative partnerships between two- and four-year institutions provide greater access to and opportunities for advanced STEM training for a more diverse population of students. In the University of California and California State University systems, universities and neighboring two-year colleges align curricula and work with students through the transition to bachelor's-degree programs in STEM disciplines. Courses at the community-college level that are vetted by university faculty not only provide intellectual rigor but also allow students to develop relationships with faculty before transferring.
Third, we call upon educators and their institutions to support research collaborations between research and nonresearch universities, including minority-serving institutions, that offer experience with cutting-edge scientific research to broad groups of students. For example, a partnership between Elizabeth City State University, in North Carolina, and the University of New Hampshire has given more than 400 students such experiences through federally sponsored programs.
Finally, we strongly recommend that academic leaders establish partnerships with the private sector to improve STEM undergraduate education. Foundations and private industry should join with universities to expand educational technologies, provide internships to students in the first two years of college, and invest in programs with proven success, such as bridge programs and certification programs linking community-college and technical education to industry-recognized standards.
To increase recognition of the importance of STEM college teaching, we think it will be crucial to have strong leadership from college presidents, provosts, and department chairs to galvanize faculty through resources and rewards. At the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, leadership from the president has led to a coordinated approach to STEM-education excellence with demonstrated success. Among African-American students who entered the program over a seven-year period, 51 percent went on to Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. programs in STEM subjects, and an additional cadre entered master's programs, particularly in technical fields.
Some changes, however, involve more-challenging and resource-intensive actions, such as altering the faculty incentive-and-promotion structure. Administrators may need to consider reallocating resources, bringing a more strategic focus to fund raising, and securing support from private sources as well as state and federal grants. Those resources can be used to influence how faculty spend their time and will be essential to institutionalizing improved STEM teaching.
We believe that engaging higher-education leaders in this mission and putting the report's recommendations into effect will remove the most significant barriers to STEM student retention. This will provide students with the skills they need to fill 21st-century jobs, and provide the United States with the work force it needs to be innovative and competitive for decades to come.
Chad Mirkin is a professor of chemistry, medicine, and engineering at Northwestern University. He is also director of Northwestern's International Institute for Nanotechnology. S. James Gates Jr. is a professor of physics and director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland at College Park.


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The processing of crustal and mantle materials in subduction zones plays a key role in creating and maintaining the habitable Earth. In order to understand the impact of magmatic subduction zones fluxes on the broader geochemical cycles, I pursue integrative geochemical and geological studies in the intra-oceanic Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc (NW Pacific), and the continental Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
The lifetime of arcs (~20-100 myr) scales to the evolution of the Earth's mantle and crustal reservoirs as well as to the plate tectonic cycle, to the opening and closing of ocean gateways, and to the evolution of the global climate. Understanding if and how the arc outflux is linked to these cycles requires a temporally precise and highly resolved record of arc evolution. Such a record is preserved in the minute igneous particles of marine tephra fallout and can be obtained by using state-of-the-art analytical techniques.
My research in Mexico focuses on understanding arc growth rates as key variable of mass balance calculations. We begun a study that shall lead to a closer integration of geochemistry with geology and volumes of extrusive series emplaced through time. This will allow us to relate subduction parameters (e.g. crustal thickness, convergence rate) to the chemical compositions of convergent margin volcanics and to test various hypotheses for the formation of convergent margin magmas. This data base project is complemented by selected field studies that aim to understand differentiation and origin of the alkaline and calc-alkaline magmas of the Mexican Volcanic Belt.
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OXFORDSHIRE'S First World War past came to life on Saturday when relatives of soldiers remembered their sacrifice at the official opening of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SOFO).
The museum, in Park Street, Woodstock, which cost £3.5m and has been more than a decade in the planning, opens its Great War exhibition today, featuring the stories of soldiers and civilians from across Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Remembers is the culmination of months of work by dozens of volunteers trawling through thousands of artefacts in the SOFO collection.
Funded by an £80,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, it tells Oxfordshire's story of the Great War on 12 display boards exploring different units, men and themes.
Relatives joined with actors and musicians to officially open the museum and tell of the bravery of their family members who served.
- Mary Bateman, 88, with Rob Langham, 26, part of living history actors, in front of a photo of her and her father Cpl Henry Timms, who was in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Mary Bateman, 88, of Kidlington, is featured in the exhibit holding a photo of her father, Corporal Henry Timms, who served with the Oxfordshire Yeomanry, also known as the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, a Territorial Army cavalry regiment which lost 125 soldiers between 1914-18.
Cpl Timms signed up as soon as war broke out.
He served in France from November 1914 until the end of the war in November 1918.
Mrs Bateman said: "The exhibition was very impressive and I was rather pleased I went.
"My father was a farmhand at Launton before the war broke out.
"When he came out of the Army he was a groom in Sussex before coming back up to Oxford to work for the railway. He never, ever spoke about the war. That was quite common among men who had served."
The exhibition focuses on soldiers who served in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry and the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as well as the lives of people on the home front as Oxfordshire dealt with the dramatic impact the war had on daily life.
- Col Tim May, pictured with a photo of his uncle, 2nd Lieutenant Eric May, of the Royal Field Artillery
Personal possessions, many of which have never been displayed in public before, are being exhibited alongside the photos.
Colonel Tim May, who served with the Oxfordshire Yeomanry and is now vice chairman of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, is featured in the exhibit holding a photo of his uncle, Second Lieutenant Eric May, from Cumnor, who served in the Royal Field Artillery.
Two of 2nd Lt May's brothers, Robert and Edwin, also served in the Army and his sister Dorothy was a nurse. Remarkably all four survived the war.
Col May said: "I think it was very successful and I hope it draws people's attention to the war and makes them want to know more about it." 2nd Lt May was posted to France in 1916 and served there until the end of the war.
He won the Military Cross for signalling to artillery colleagues from the top of a building in the face of direct fire from the enemy.
After the war he returned briefly to England before emigrating to New Zealand, where he died in 1977, aged 78.
The exhibition runs until August 31, 2015. Visit sofo.org.uk
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Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for companies involved in the exchanges, the Japanese government said.
Japan will also apply to buy Chinese bonds next year, allowing the investment of renminbi that leaves China during the transactions, the Japanese government said in a statement after a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing yesterday. Encouraging direct yen- yuan settlement should reduce currency risks and trading costs, the Japanese and Chinese governments said.
China is Japan's biggest trading partner with 26.5 trillion yen ($340 billion) in two-way transactions last year, from 9.2 trillion yen a decade earlier. The pacts between the world's second- and third-largest economies mirror attempts by fund managers to diversify as the two-year-old European debt crisis keeps global financial markets volatile.
"Given the huge size of the trade volume between Asia's two biggest economies, this agreement is much more significant than any other pacts China has signed with other nations," said Ren Xianfang, a Beijing-based economist with IHS Global Insight Ltd.
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China also announced a 70 billion yuan ($11 billion) currency swap agreement with Thailand last week as part of a plan outlined in October to promote the use of the yuan in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and establish free trade zones.
Central banks from Thailand to Nigeria plan to start buying yuan assets as slowing global growth has capped interest rates in the U.S. and Europe.
The move by China and Japan to strengthen market cooperation "benefits the ease of trade and investments between the two countries," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said today in Beijing. "It strengthens the region's ability to protect against risks and deal with challenges."
The yuan traded in Hong Kong's offshore market gained 0.5 percent offshore last week and touched 6.3324 per dollar, the strongest level since trading started in July 2010. Its discount to the exchange rate in Shanghai narrowed to 0.1 percent, from a record 1.9 percent on Sept. 23.
Yuan Gains
The yuan gained 0.05 percent in Shanghai to 6.3330 per dollar today and was little changed at 6.3450 in Hong Kong. It strengthened 4.3 percent this year, the best-performing Asian currency excluding the yen. The currency is allowed to trade 0.5 percent on either side of that rate. The yuan is a denomination of the renminbi.
Japan exported 10.8 trillion yen to China in the year through November, and imported 12 trillion yen, according to Ministry of Finance data. The deficit with China widened to 1.2 trillion yen, from 418 billion yen in January-to-November 2010. About 60 percent of the trade transactions are settled in dollars, according to Japan's Finance Ministry.
Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Dec. 20 buying of Chinese bonds would help reveal more information about financial markets in China. Noda said in September 2010, when he was finance minister, that Japan should be able to invest in China given that its neighbor buys Japanese debt. Japan holds $1.3 trillion of foreign-currency reserves, the world's second largest after China's $3.2 trillion.


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The Smart Money Loves These 10 Stocks
During the past 10 years, the best hedge funds have consistently produced market-beating returns, driving huge capital inflows into the industry and making hedge funds one of the hottest investments on the Street.
Take John Paulson for example. The hedge-fund billionaire became a legend in 2008, when it was revealed he made billions for himself and his investors in 2007 after initiating huge short positions in housing stocks. He followed that up by shorting bank stocks in 2008, producing a 19% return for his investors while the S&P 500 continued to plummet.#-ad_banner-#
David Einhorn has produced equally impressive results. Since launching Greenlight Capital in 1996, the fellow billionaire hedge-fund manager has produced an average annual return of 20%, crushing the S&P 500 and most of his hedge-fund competitors.
But unfortunately, most investors will never have access to these exotic investment vehicles.
Hedge funds are extremely exclusive investment instruments, offered only to accredited investors who have income of more than $250,000 and a net worth north of $1 million. Hedge funds are also insanely expensive. They frequently charge investors 2% of assets under management (AUM) and take 20% of annual profits, regardless of whether the fund outperforms the S&P 500. In addition, they also frequently have lock-in periods, preventing investors from accessing invested capital for years at a time. So even though the smartest money on the Street has a history of picking good stocks, access to institutional-class investments also comes with a few pitfalls.
That's why I am such a big fan of tracking what these hedge funds own. Tracking institutional ownership is like having access to the smartest hedge funds in the world without having to pay a fee, give up any profits or participate in restrictive lock-in policies.
Big institutions such as hedge funds, mutual funds and endowments have better tools and information that enable them to sniff out big winners. They also frequently benefit from the momentum they create after buying huge blocks of stocks.
In the old days, tracking what hedge funds owned was hard to come by. It was either far too expensive for regular investors to access this information, or it would be buried in a pile of paperwork from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, intimidating even the most seasoned forensic accountant. But through advancements in technology, this kind of information is now easily accessed through public channels such as Reuters or Bloomberg.
And that's exactly how I recently come up a list of the 10 stocks with the highest level of institutional ownership in the S&P 500…
Top 10 Smart-Money Stocks on S&P 500
Of these 10 stocks, two stand out as my favorites. Here they are…
1. Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD)
Market cap: $59 billion
1-year gain: 72.8%
Institutional ownership: 98.94%
This biotechnology company specializes in developing therapeutics for the treatment of life-threatening diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B. The company is also massive, with a market cap of $59 billion. But that hasn't stopped smart money from loading up on shares, with a staggering 98.9% institutional ownership.
This interest from the biggest investors on the Street has lifted Gilead to an amazing 72.8% gain in the past year and 112% in the past two. But in spite of these gains, shares still look undervalued, trading with a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 20, well below its 10-year average P/E of 25 and industry P/E average of 35.
2. Priceline, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLN)
Market Cap: $32 billion
1-Year Gain: 34%
Institutional ownership: 98.91%
Priceline, an online travel deals specialist, has been another high flyer, up 34% in the past year and 48% in the last two. This bullish movement has been fueled by strong interest from the smartest money on the Street, with institutional ownership clocking in at an impressive 98.8%. But like Gilead, Priceline is an earnings powerhouse, with analysts projecting full-year earnings of $35.95 per share in 2013.
So in spite of its nominally high share price currently hovering around $650, Priceline is trading with a price-to-earnings/growth (PEG) ratio of just 0.8, safely below the benchmark of 1 for value.
Risks to Consider: Big institutional investors can move stocks higher, but if they lose interest in a particular stock and rotate into new ideas that high volume selling can weigh on shares.
Action to Take –> These 10 stocks have the highest institutional ownership in the S&P 500. This means the smartest money on the Street thinks shares are set to move higher, giving investors an opportunity to cash in on more bullish movement. But out of the group, Priceline and Gilead also look undervalued relative to historic levels and their peers in spite of bullish earnings projections going into 2013. That should provide extra support these two stocks.
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Jesse Peretz, a former bass player for the Lemonheads, began his directing career by shooting music videos. He co-created and directed the "Jimmy The Cab Driver" comedy spots for MTV in the mid-nineties.
He has directed numerous music videos for such bands as the Foo Fighters and Teenage Fan Club and for actors like Jimmy Fallon and Jack Black. He won a Grammy award in 2001 for the Foo Fighter's "Learn to Fly" music video. He has directed hundreds of commercials for companies like Toyota, Nike, Ikea, Taco Bell, and the Gap.
His first feature film, "First Love, Last Rites," is an adaptation of the Ian McEwan short story for which he won a Fipresci Prize. His second feature, "The Chateau," a comedic story about two brothers traveling to France to claim the chateau they inherited, starred Paul Rudd and Romany Malco.
Jesse's third feature film, "The Ex," is a comedy starring Zack Braff, Jason Bateman, and Charles Grodin. He recently wrapped "My Idiot Brother", a comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters, starring Paul Rudd and Zooey Deschanel. Jesse also directs television, most recently, the Comedy Central show, "Important Things with Demetri Martin."


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Mixed connective tissue disease has signs and symptoms of a combination of disorders — primarily lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis. For this reason, mixed connective tissue disease is sometimes referred to as an overlap disease.
In mixed connective tissue disease, the symptoms of the separate diseases usually don't appear all at once. Instead, they tend to occur in sequence over a number of years, which can make diagnosis more complicated.
Early signs and symptoms often involve the hands. Fingers might get puffy, and the fingertips become white and numb, often in response to cold exposure. In later stages, some organs — such as the lungs, heart and kidneys — may be affected.
There's no cure for mixed connective tissue disease. The signs and symptoms are usually treated with certain medications, such as prednisone.
Early indications of mixed connective tissue disease can include:
See your doctor if you have signs and symptoms that interfere with your daily routine — particularly if you've already been diagnosed with lupus or another connective tissue disease.
The precise cause of mixed connective tissue disease isn't known.
Mixed connective tissue disease is an autoimmune disorder. In autoimmune disorders, your immune system — responsible for fighting off disease — mistakenly attacks healthy cells.
In connective tissue diseases, your immune system attacks the fibers that provide the framework and support for your body. Researchers are working to identify proteins produced by the immune system that might cause mixed connective tissue disease.
Some people with mixed connective tissue disease have a family history of the condition. But the role of genetics in causing the disease remains unclear.
Mixed connective tissue disease can occur in people of any age. However, it appears to be most common in women under the age of 50.
Mixed connective tissue disease can lead to serious complications, including:
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Women's Writers Project is 358 complete texts written between 1526-1850. These texts bring together nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and plays. There is a timeline so that texts can be chosen by date of composition, and texts can be browsed by genre. An attractive reader opens to the right of the screen and can be expanded to full screen.
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Lexi Laucirica is in her first year at Lipscomb's athletic department. She graduated in April of 2016 form Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL with a B.S. in Sports Management. During her time at SEU, Lexi served as the Football Recruit Coordinator and Gameday Operations Student Manager.
After she graduated from SEU in Spring of '16, she began as an Athletic Operations Intern here at Lipscomb. After the conclusion of her internship, Lexi was hired on part time in August of '16 as an administrative assistant for the department and then moved up to full time in December of '16 as the Operations Coordinator for Cross Country and Track & Field.
The Palm Beach, Florida native was a competitive cheerleader throughout high school and also cheered during her time at Southeastern University. In her off time, Lexi enjoys traveling, cooking, and DIY/ home improvement projects. She now resides in Nashville, TN.


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Taiwan claims him. China wants him. More from The Wall Street Journal: "Taiwanese think of Jeremy Lin as…a son of Taiwan because his parents came from Taiwan and now Chinese television is making the same claims, saying he's from Zhejiang or some place," [journalist and basketball blogger Chris Wang] said. "This is crazy but it's normal at the same time, because it's happened so often in the past."
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Santa Susana Field Laboratory Facility Investigation
Site Activity Overview | Facility Investigation | Interim Measures
SB 990, effective on January 1, 2008, allows DTSC to clean up the site under the requirements and procedures of the California Superfund Law, and to be enforced under the authority of either the California Superfund Law or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The new law gives DTSC the authority to oversee all aspects of the cleanup including both chemical and radioactive wastes, and allows the use of the State Superfund's risk assessment process for both the radiological and toxic contamination. It also requires DTSC to use the highest and most protective cleanup standards provided under the "rural residential (agricultural)" land use designation.
Santa Susana Field Laboratory is currently in the Facility Investigation phase. The RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) goals were to characterize the nature and extent of chemical contamination in all environmental media at the SSFL, evaluate risks to humans and the environment, and gather data to support the cleanup (the final step on the RFI process). These goals will be met and enhanced under the provisions of SB 990 and the California Superfund Law.
Groundwater investigations began in 1984 under the direction of the The Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). In 1988, the program oversight transferred to DTSC. Since the early 1980s, SSFL characterization has proceeded along two parallel paths, one for groundwater and the other for soils and related media on the surface of the property. Sampling for the RFI has continued since 1996 according to DTSC-approved work plans or as directed during the field program.
At SSFL there are 51 identified RFI sites which are grouped into 11 Group Reporting Areas. To review the RFI reports, please visit the RCRA Facility Investigation – Soils page and the RCRA Facility Investigation – Groundwater page under the Document Library on this Web site. A map of the RFI report areas can be found on the Maps page.
Since 1984, more than 400 groundwater monitoring wells were drilled at the site to evaluate and monitor the contamination in groundwater. These wells have been sampled routinely over the years. In addition to drilling wells and collecting and analyzing groundwater samples, the nature of the groundwater system has been investigated through deep corings and a variety of investigation tools. A comprehensive Remedial Investigation (RI) report has been prepared which details the groundwater data and groundwater investigation conducted at SSFL over the past two decades. The Site-Wide Groundwater Remedial Investigation report can be found on the RCRA Facility Investigation – Groundwater page under the Document Library.
The data collected has provided valuable information and insight into the movement of groundwater and contaminants at the site. This detailed level of characterization is scheduled to continue over the next few years with the goal of understanding the nature and extent of contaminants in the groundwater at the site. This information will make it possible to make decisions regarding short-term and long-term remediation program approaches for groundwater cleanup.


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Atherton, Andrew (2009) Rational actors, knowledgeable agents:extending pecking order considerations of new venture financing to incorporate founder experience, knowledge and networks. International Small Business Journal, 27 (4). pp. 470-495. ISSN 0266-2426
Bakari, M. J. and Seward, Derek W. and Taylor, C. James (2009) The Development of a Prototype of a Multi-Arm Robotic System for Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Applications within the Nuclear Industry. In: 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, 2009-10-112009-10-15.
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Carta, Daniela and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Guerry, Paul and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. (2009) Sol-gel synthesis and structural characterisation of P2O5-B2O3-Na2O glasses for biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (1). pp. 150-158. ISSN 1364-5501
Dennis, K. and Urry, John (2009) After the Car. Polity. ISBN 9780745644219
Dodd, Ian C. and Davies, William J. and Egea, G. (2009) Measuring sap flow in "two root-one shoot" grafted plants to model shoot xylem ABA concentration during partial rootzone drying. Acta Horticulturae, 846.
Dodd, Ian C. and Theobald, Julian C. and Richer, Sarah K. and Davies, William J. (2009) Partial phenotypic reversion of ABA-deficient flacca tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) scions by a wild-type rootstock: normalising shoot ethylene relations promotes leaf area but does not diminish whole plant transpiration rate. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60 (14). pp. 4029-4039. ISSN 1460-2431
Forsyth, Maria and Neil, Wayne C. and Howlett, Patrick C. and Macfarlane, Douglas R. and Hinton, Bruce R. W. and Rocher, Nathalie and Kemp, Thomas F. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) New Insights into the Fundamental Chemical Nature of Ionic Liquid Film Formation on Magnesium Alloy Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 1 (5). pp. 1045-1052. ISSN 1944-8244
Freitas, Jair C. C. and Wong, Alan and Smith, Mark E. (2009) Solid-state natural abundance Mg-25 NMR studies of Na(2)MgEDTA center dot 4H(2)O - a possible new reference compound for Mg-25 NMR spectroscopy. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 47 (1). pp. 9-15. ISSN 1097-458X
Green, Colin and Johnes, Geraint (2009) Economies of scale and mergers in higher education. In: The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education. Routledge, New York, pp. 369-380. ISBN 978-0415432641
Griffith, Christopher S. and Luca, Vittorio and Hanna, John V. and Pike, Kevin J. and Smith, Mark E. and Thorogood, Gordon S. (2009) Microcrystalline hexagonal tungsten bronze. 1. Basis of ion exchange selectivity for cesium and strontium. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 48 (13). pp. 5648-5662. ISSN 1099-0682
Guerry, Paul and Smith, Mark E. and Brown, Steven P. (2009) P-31 MAS refocused INADEQUATE spin-echo (REINE) NMR spectroscopy : revealing J coupling and chemical shift two-dimensional correlations in disordered solids. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (33). pp. 11861-11874. ISSN 1520-5126
Hung, Ivan and Uldry, Anne-Christine and Becker-Baldus, Johanna and Webber, Amy L. and Wong, Alan and Smith, Mark E. and Joyce, Sin A. and Yates, Jonathan R. and Pickard, Chris J. and Dupree, Ray and Brown, Steven P. (2009) Probing heteronuclear N-15-O-17 and C-13-O-17 connectivities and proximities by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (5). pp. 1820-1834. ISSN 1520-5126
Hung, Ivan and Wong, Alan and Howes, Andy P. and Anupõld, Tiit and Samoson, Ago and Smith, Mark E. and Holland, D. and Brown, Steven P. and Dupree, Ray (2009) Separation of isotropic chemical and second-order quadrupolar shifts by multiple-quantum double rotation NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 197 (2). pp. 229-236. ISSN 1096-0856
Johnes, Geraint (2009) Occupation and the labour market participation of women: why do some people trade down jobs when careers are interrupted? Applied Economics Letters, 16 (11). pp. 1093-1096. ISSN 1350-4851
Kemp, Thomas F. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) QuadFit-A new cross-platform computer program for simulation of NMR line shapes from solids with distributions of interaction parameters. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 35 (4). pp. 243-252. ISSN 1527-3326
Laurencin, Danielle and Gervais, Christel and Wong, Alan and Coelho, Cristina and Mauri, Francesco and Massiot, Dominique and Smith, Mark E. and Bonhomme, Christian (2009) Implementation of high resolution (43)Ca solid state NMR spectroscopy: toward the elucidation of calcium sites in biological materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (37). pp. 13430-13440. ISSN 1520-5126
Lin, Sen and Ionescu, Claudia and Pike, Kevin J. and Smith, Mark E. and Jones, Julian R. (2009) Nanostructure evolution and calcium distribution in sol–gel derived bioactive glass. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19 (9). pp. 1276-1282. ISSN 0959-9428
Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Chrzanowski, Wojciech and Pickup, David M. and O'Dell, L. A. and Mordan, Nicola J. and Newport, Robert J. and Smith, Mark E. and Knowles, Jonathan C. (2009) Structure and properties of strontium-doped phosphate-based glasses. Interface, 6 (34). pp. 435-446. ISSN 1742-5689
Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Chrzanowski, Wojciech and Valappil, Sabeel P. and O'Dell, L. A. and Pickup, David M. and Smith, Mark E. and Newport, Robert J. and Knowles, Jonathan C. (2009) Doping of a high calcium oxide metaphosphate glass with titanium dioxide. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 355 (16-17). pp. 991-1000.
Neel, Ensanya Ali Abou and O'Dell, Luke A. and Chrzanowski, Wojciech and Smith, Mark E. and Knowles, Jonathan C. (2009) Control of surface free energy in titanium doped phosphate based glasses by co-doping with zinc. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 89B (2). pp. 392-407. ISSN 1552-4973
O'Dell, L. A. and Klimm, K. and Freitas, J. C. C. and Kohn, S. C. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) (33)S MAS NMR of a disordered sulfur-doped silicate: signal enhancement via RAPT, QCPMG and adiabatic pulses. Applied Magnetic Resonance, 35 (2). pp. 247-259. ISSN 1613-7507
O'Dell, L. A. and Neel, Ensanya A. Abou and Knowles, Jonathan C. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) Identification of phases in partially crystallised Ti-, Sr- and Zn-containing sodium calcium phosphates by two-dimensional NMR. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 114 (2-3). pp. 1008-1015.
Perander, Linus M. and Zujovic, Zoran D. and Kemp, Thomas F. and Smith, Mark E. and Metson, James B. (2009) The nature and impacts of fines in smelter-grade alumina. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 61 (11). pp. 33-39. ISSN 1543-1851
Pickup, D. M. and Moss, R. M. and Qiu, D. and Newport, R. J. and Valappil, S. P. and Knowles, J. C. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) Structural characterization by x-ray methods of novel antimicrobial gallium-doped phosphate-based glasses. Journal of Chemical Physics, 130 (6). ISSN 1089-7690
Pickup, D. M. and Valappil, S. P. and Moss, R. M. and Twyman, H. L. and Guerry, Paul and Smith, Mark E. and Wilson, M. and Knowles, J. C. and Newport, R. J. (2009) Preparation, structural characterisation and antibacterial properties of Ga-doped sol-gel phosphate-based glass. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 44 (7). pp. 1858-1867. ISSN 1573-4838
Pizzala, Helene and Caldarelli, Stefano and Eon, Jean-Guillaume and Rossi, Alexandre Malta and Laurencin, D and Smith, Mark E. (2009) A solid-state NMR study of lead and vanadium substitution into hydroxyapatite. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (14). pp. 5145-5152. ISSN 1520-5126
Ridley, Andrew J. and Whiteside, James R. and McMillan, Trevor J. and Allinson, Sarah L. (2009) Cellular and sub-cellular responses to UVA in relation to carcinogenesis. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 85 (3). pp. 177-195. ISSN 0955-3002
Shan, Rafi and Lund, David and Ahmed, Hassan and Honary, Bahram (2009) Sub-Slot Phase Modulation with Square Root Raised Cosine Filter for TETRA Channel. In: IEEE 10TH International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications (ISCTA'09). IEEE, Ambleside, UK, 426–430.
Speight, R. J. (Richard J.) and Wong, A. and Ellis, P. and Bishop, P. T. and Hyde, T. I. and Bastow, T. J. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) (59)Co NMR study of the allotropic phase transformation in small ferromagnetic cobalt particles. Physical review B, 79 (5). ISSN 1098-0121
Speight, R. J. (Richard J.) and Wong, Alan and Ellis, P. and Hyde, T. and Bishop, P. T. and Smith, Mark E. (2009) A Co-59 NMR study to observe the effects of ball milling on small ferromagnetic cobalt particles. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 35 (2). pp. 67-73. ISSN 1527-3326
Tyfield, David and Urry, John (2009) Cosmopolitan China: Lessons from International Collaboration in Low-Carbon Innovation. British Journal of Sociology, 60 (4). pp. 793-812. ISSN 0007-1315
Urry, John (2009) Aeromobilities and the global. In: Aeromobilities. Routledge, London, pp. 25-38. ISBN 9780415449564
Urry, John (2009) Carros, climas e futures complexos. In: Desigualdade, Diferença e Reconhecimento. Tomo, Porto Allegre, pp. 105-130.
Urry, John (2009) The network society and the networked traveller. In: Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing. Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 89-107. ISBN 978-0-7546-7303-3
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Urry, John and Buscher, M. (2009) Mobile methods and the empirical. European Journal of Social Theory, 12 (1). pp. 99-116. ISSN 1461-7137
Valappil, Sabeel P. and Ready, Derren and Neel, Ensanya Ali Abou and Pickup, David M. and O'Dell, Luke A. and Chrzanowski, Wojciech and Pratten, Jonathan and Newport, Robert J. and Smith, Mark E. and Wilson, M. and Knowles, Jonathan C. (2009) Controlled delivery of antimicrobial gallium ions from phosphate-based glasses. Acta Biomaterialia, 5 (4). pp. 1198-1210. ISSN 1878-7568
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Morning Five: 04.26.13 EditionPosted by nvr1983 on April 26th, 2013
- We will start off today by offering our best wishes to ESPN analyst Digger Phelps who revealed that he had surgery and will be treated for bladder cancer. Most of America knows Digger for his work on ESPN including his matching tie and highlighter combinations, but he was also an outstanding coach at Notre Dame from 1971 to 1991 as he was able to knock off the #1 team in the nation seven times during that stretch (a record he shares with Gary Williams) including ending UCLA's record 88-game winning streak. We do not know much about the stage of the cancer and subsequently the prognosis, but we wish Digger the best as he continues to undergo treatment.
- In what might end up being the biggest early-entry decision this year, Doug McDermott announced that he will be returning to Creighton for his senior year. There have been several players with more NBA-level talent than McDermott who made early-entry decisions over the past few weeks, but none of them will have as profound an impact on their school, conference, and the national landscape as McDermott will. The Bluejays will be losing some key pieces (Grant Gibbs and Greg Echenique), but McDermott's return should make them competitive in the new Big East and a dangerous team in the NCAA Tournament. We are not sure how much McDermott will help his NBA Draft stock by returning, but as Andy Glockner points out the move to the new Big East should give McDermott the ability to showcase his skills against more high-level talent than he had in the Missouri Valley Conference.
- The other notable early-entry announcement yesterday came from Baylor where Cory Jefferson announced that he would be returning for his senior year. Jefferson, who showed a dramatic improvement last season, is essentially the polar opposite of McDermott as a NBA prospect in that he is a ridiculous NBA-level athlete, but his offensive game is very limited. We are not sure that Scott Drew is the best person to work on that–at least based on what we have seen from him in terms of in-game adjustments–but an extra year of college basketball should give Jefferson enough time to round out his game to make him a better NBA prospect and a probable first-round pick although with how deep next year's NBA Draft could be Jefferson needs to continue his upward trajectory to ensure himself a first-round spot.
- One of the things that we always have a hard time understanding is the hype surrounding transfers. One example of this is Hunter Mickelson, who is transferring from Arkansas to Kansas. Mickelson was a highly recruited 6'10" Arkansas native who tried to get out of his letter of intent when the coaching change at Arkansas occurred, but was not released by the school only averaged 5.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game last season in just 16.6 minutes per game. His 2.3 blocks in 17.1 minutes per game as a freshman was impressive, but we are not quite buying the hype on Mickelson yet even if his block per minute numbers compare favorably with what Jeff Withey was able to do (see Jesse Newell's excellent analysis for a more detailed breakdown of what Mickelson brings to Lawrence). Like Mickelson, Jabari Hinds was a highly touted prospect coming out of high school, but struggled during his two seasons at West Virginia before eventually finding himself on the bench late last season. Now Hinds appears to be headed for Massachusetts where as Jeff Eisenberg points out he could benefit from playing against lower-level talent. Perhaps the most perplexing case of all is Tarik Black, the Memphis big man who put up unremarkable numbers–8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds–last season yet finds himself being heavily recruited by Duke among others. As Gary Parrish points out some of this is supply and demand. At this point there are not many big men who have proven they can play at a high-major level so now there are "at least 20 other high-major programs are all lined up and working like they're the last 25 dudes in a bar with just one moderately attractive girl". The part that Parrish leaves out is that the one "lucky" dude/program has to wake up the following morning next to the moderately attractive girl.
- With all the movement in the coaching carousel there will inevitably be a few recruits who change their minds about where they want to go to school (see Mickelson above). Two of the bigger moves in the coaching carousel this season were at UCLA and Rutgers both of whom were involved in some recruit movement yesterday. In the case of UCLA they released Allerik Freeman from the national letter of intent he signed last November when Ben Howland was still the coach at UCLA. We are not sure if this decision was mutual or if Freeman was the sole driving force, but given how quickly this went down we would be surprised if Steve Alford was not ok with having an extra scholarship available. On the other end of the country and spectrum was Rutgers who picked up its first recruit of the Eddie Jordan era when junior college guard Craig Brown committed to the school. Rutgers obviously has a very long way to go to be a national-level program again and picking up a junior college guard will not turn many heads in New Jersey, but the speed with which Jordan picked up the commitment is impressive.


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Why was there a power failure during Super Bowl XLVII? No one is certain yet, but Superdome authorities and a power provider have agreed to use an outside firm to investigate the cause of the power outage that stopped Sunday's game for 34 minutes.
SMG, the company that manages the stadium, and Entergy New Orleans, the facility's power provider, released a joint statement on Tuesday stating both parties had agreed to hire outside experts to investigate why half the lights in the stadium went out in the third quarter of the game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Aquaduct vehicle was a direct result of the Innovate or Die contest hosted by Specialized, Google, and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. The contest challenge was to design and build a pedal-powered machine with some environmental benefit. After deciding to enter, we spent the first six weeks brainstorming ideas ranging from a machine that would clean up oil spills, to a machine that would boil an egg, to a machine that would reduce smog while biking to work.
We decided on the challenge of water sanitation because it affects billions of people around the world. Access to clean water is the biggest challenge facing the developing world today. Over the next several weeks, we began to understand more about the problems and needs around getting clean water in emerging economies. We sketched storyboards and prototyped ways to creatively package pedal power, water filtration, and transport into a single concept. From this, the Aquaduct was born.
What attracted you to this particular contest? Is this related to your work at IDEO, or was it solely a side project?
The contest offered a handful of us an opportunity to get hands on and build something together around a good cause. We were passionate about creating something with positive environmental and social impact. This was purely a side project because we wanted to collaborate and have some fun working outside of client constraints. IDEO fully supported our participation, and we relied on the processes, skills, and knowledge we have available at IDEO.
What fundamental issues does the Aquaduct tackle?
The Aquaduct vehicle tackles one of the biggest issues in the developing world: access to clean water. More than a billion people don't have access to clean water, and thousands die each day from water-related illnesses. Water sources are often miles away, and women must spend hours each day collecting water for their families. From our research we found that transportation and sanitation are the two main issues around water in the developing world. We sought to design a solution that would address both of these needs. The Aquaduct would allow a person to transport and clean water simultaneously. It would enable people to collect water in larger quantities with less physical strain. Also, the closed system and removable storage tank were designed to address the issue of contamination that occurs from storage and transport in open containers.
Can the design be reproduced and manufactured cheaply? How much would one cost in the developing world?
The current Aquaduct design is a prototype that was made specifically for the Innovate or Die contest. It was designed to demonstrate an innovative concept and draw attention to the need for clean water in the developing world. In its current state, the design would be too expensive for many parts of the world. By exploring more appropriate materials, technologies, and processes, we are working make it more economically viable for the developing world.
How did you build the Aquaduct? How much is custom and what pieces were you able to use from other products?
The filtration system consists of a custom peristaltic pump connected to a standard cartridge-based house filter. We chose a peristaltic pump due to its simple design features and efficiency at low shaft speeds. The pump was designed in Solidworks and then fabricated on a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mill from Delrin and aluminum.
We wanted to keep the aesthetic of the bike as clean as possible, which meant integrating all of the mechanical components as tightly as possible. Having access to 3D design and manufacturing capabilities allowed us to maintain tight tolerances and visual consistency throughout the mechanical systems.
Our prototyping process for the mechanical subsystems started with modeling the entire tricycle frame in Solidworks. We designed the individual components and made 2D models with acrylic parts cut on a lasercam. We then made 3D parts from plastic, wood, and metal using a CNC machine. The frame started out as a Miami Sun tricycle, which was heavily modified to make room for our custom pump and water tank. The body was made by machining large pieces of surfboard foam, gluing them together over the tricycle frame, and covering them in fiberglass.
What type of filter does the Aquaduct use? Is this the method you would use for production?
The selection of the filtration technology was based purely on availability. Ultimately, the success of the concept will hinge on being able to deliver a sufficiently high level of purification at a sustainable cost. Filtration technologies that are common in the United States, such as Reverse Osmosis or mechanical filtration and UV sterilization, are far more expensive than would be feasible in Third World countries. While we were not able to obtain and integrate a low-cost filter before the Innovate or Die deadline, we are currently working with experts in filtration to adapt the Aquaduct to a more appropriate, locally sourced filtration technology.
Who makes up your team and what does each member do by day? What are your educational backgrounds?
The Aquaduct team is a group of five Bay Area designers from IDEO, an innovation and design firm with one of eight offices located in Palo Alto, CA. We came together as a team of colleagues, passionate about the contest and excited to build something spectacular together. The team was composed of three mechanical engineers, one product designer, and one industrial designer, ranging in age from 24 to 44. Education-wise, we hail from a variety of schools: Dartmouth, UPenn, Lehigh, Stanford, and Santa Clara University. The response to your YouTube video has been incredible.
How do you feel about the publicity and what's next for this project?
The YouTube response and public interest has been remarkable. With more than 700,000 hits on YouTube, and the subsequent spread to other media outlets, we are thrilled at how much awareness and discussion the Aquaduct has created. We are impressed with the power of the Internet and the impact it can have in a relatively short amount of time. We've gotten a lot of great feedback and interest from many people who wish to support us and the Aquaduct going forward.
23 comments:
- Shinnam said...
How can your company be contacted for product information? When will you start production?
- May 19, 2008 at 5:37 PM
- Square Six said...
Your innovation is awesome and inspiring. I really hope you make it out of the prototype phase and into the communities that need this.
- June 24, 2008 at 9:31 AM
- Martha Lorantos said...
You guys are an inspiration. You should team up with Dean Kamen to create a couple of hybrid devices: one where a stationary bike could be the generator on his purification device, and one where a smaller version of his purifier/distiller could fit into/onto the bike for personal use. I'd love to get some of these in the field. Is it anything AID would fund?
- October 8, 2008 at 11:34 AM
- art art everywhere said...
Hi I'm a year 12 Design and Tech student from Australia. I just watched and read about your aquaduct, and it is totally awesome, seeing as it can help so many people. You guys inspired me to want to create something that benefits the environment in an extremely effective, yet simple way. If you have any tips for creating something that is environmentally friendly, that would be totally awesome my email is firstname.lastname@example.com. But anyway this product has the potential to change so many lives and thats really cool.
- October 25, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Silvina de Brum said...
Hi! congratulation for such idea. I am studying Industrial design in Uruguay. I have to make a reserch work on ecodesign and I have decided to analize your project as part of the work. Could you provide me with more information about the prototype such as dimensions, weight and materials?
Thank you very much. And Congratulations again!
- December 6, 2008 at 11:50 AM
- crissedr said...
Hi! I am really worried about water problem, specially in African countries. Your idea is great! Many people don't have "clean" water and they travel so far, walking, to get it. A bicicle would make it easier. But a filter machine could also be static. Maybe it is much cheaper to clean the water in each town, with a foot/hand powered filter system, than taking it from so far.
Many Non Profit Organitations are working on how to take clean water from down the floor, but it takes some money, really dificult for many comunities to pay. A bike would be cheaper, but a simple small filter system would be even cheaper. This could work at least for the towns where they have some water easy to get, but not clean.
If you could make a smaller device, maybe some organitations would buy it from you and help many people.
- July 4, 2009 at 7:09 AM
- maddie said...
hypothetically, how much would the aquaduct cost? this is for a project and would be really helpful.
- December 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- Graph Theorist said...
Wow! The more I think and read about this aquaduct, the more sense it makes! It is cheaper than digging wells. I thought the playpump was a great idea. It is, but this is even better!
Let the people make these bikes out of hemp. Henry Ford made many car parts out of hemp. Industrial emp is not a neurotoxin, and it is great for the environment. It contains no carcinogens, needs no pesticides, no chlorine. Do the research.
Did you know that biodegradable plastic and over twenty thousand other things can be made from hemp?
Let the people build aquaduct parts from hemp!
- January 26, 2010 at 11:17 PM
- Graph Theorist said...
What will it take to get the aqauduct mass-produced on location, in the places where it is needed, by those who need it? People in those places need jobs and empowerment. Increased employment often leads to reduced crime. People with jobs are less idle, and more likely to be too busy to commit crimes. They value their reputation as non-criminals. And with more income, they feel less pressure to commit crimes to get money. So, even if jails are not built and police are not hired and deployed, more employment leads to less crime. Producing the aquaduct in the US or Europe or China, and then transporting it to Africa makes no sense in the long run. Africa has the people, and can grow the material out of which to make the aquaduct locally, where it is needed.
- January 31, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Unknown said...
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- March 1, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Coll Doll said...
Thank you for your incredibly simple yet incredibly ingenious idea.
One issue I see is that your video shows a woman on a flat terrain. I've spent years in Africa and assure you that many villagers must traverse high hills to reach their water source. I didn't notice any gears on your bike -- which means a rider would be pushing the bike uphill by hand and foot, defeating the bike's purpose. I trust you have given thought to this elementary factor.
- August 16, 2011 at 2:07 AM
- Unknown said...
Thank you for your incredibly simple yet incredibly ingenious idea.
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- January 7, 2013 at 11:41 PM
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What will it take to drive the cost of graphene low enough to be used as a filter in the aquaduct? Competition? The people at the Carter Center have learned a few things about water filters. According to www.cartercenter.org, a cloth filter can keep people from ingesting the larva of the Guinea worm. The aquaduct can help people in any refugee camp to go from the nearest pump to their homes. Could you please help the bicycle makers of South Sudan to produce some aquaducts and deploy them where the need is greatest? Have you only built one so far? How can I get a monthly progress report from the aquaduct team?
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WOBURN, Mass. (AP) -- A man who fatally stabbed, slashed and hit his wife, mother-in-law and two young children at their home in Massachusetts after an argument over a bounced check has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Thomas Mortimer IV pleaded guilty in Woburn Superior Court to first-degree murder by deliberate meditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty in the deaths of his mother-in-law, Ellen Stone; his wife, Laura Stone Mortimer; and their two children, 2-year-old Charlotte and 4-year-old Thomas Mortimer V, nicknamed Finn.
Court documents indicate that the 4-year-old witnessed the brutal killings of his mother, grandmother and sister before he died between June 14 and June 15, 2010.
"I did these horrible things," Thomas Mortimer wrote in one of two confessions that prosecutors found in the house. "What I have done is extremely selfish and cowardly."
In the note, Mortimer said he flew into a rage after he and his wife argued over a bounced check he sent to the Internal Revenue Service.
Prosecutors say Mortimer killed the victims shortly after his parents left their home after babysitting his two children for the day. They described in court a gruesome attack that left Laura with dozens of stab wounds as well as a broken nose from a frying pan.
"I am especially sorry to Finn that he had to witness these horrid acts. It was not supposed to be this way. I disgust myself," Mortimer said in the note.
Prosecutors said emergency responders found the victims' bodies in pools of blood after Mortimer's sister-in-law, Deborah Stone Sochat, reported that her mother and sister had not answered repeated phone calls. The children's throats were slashed. Mortimer's mother-in-law was killed near the doorway, apparently as she tried to flee the home, Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Lynch said in court.
Mortimer, who grew up in Avon, Conn., was caught the next day in northwestern Massachusetts.
He indicated in the written confession he left behind that he was in turmoil after the killings.
"I can't think of much else. Actually I can think of a lot ... Ashamed, frightened, relieved, surprised that I murdered my family. Disgusted with myself," he said in the note.
Stone Sochat gave a tearful statement Wednesday, calling her mother and sister her best friends.
"Two years ago my family suffered an enormous tragedy. The losses of our loved ones can hardly be expressed through words," she said. "It is difficult to find joy when the sadness is so overwhelming."
She described Finn as a sensitive boy interested in everything, with a great sense of humor. "Charlotte had gigantic blue eyes which made you melt," she said.
Mortimer's attorney also read a statement from his parents, who spoke of their lost grandchildren and said their son was plagued by depression.
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Mortimer did not make a statement in court, where he remained handcuffed and shackled throughout. He simply confirmed to the judge that he discussed with his attorney the consequences of changing his plea and he was willingly taking responsibility for his actions.
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Mortimer said he should have written about living with Laura and her family all these years, instead of "bottling up my anger, frustration, resentment and hatred, and let it fester until one murderous night," prosecutors said in court on Wednesday.
"Ultimately, I did these horrible things because I could not cope with the responsibilities I took upon myself. I was too cavalier with life, especially others' lives," he said. "I do have remorse with what I have done. I wonder what life would be like if I did not chicken out."
He seemingly tried to justify killing his young son and daughter, suggesting they were better off without him and their mother.
"I think of the future and think of Finn or Charlotte being teased or bullied and my heart breaks. I cannot think of a more positive situation. What have I done? I hate myself more than ever," he said.