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VANCOUVER — Canadian women's hockey coach Melody Davidson says she didn't come to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games looking forward to meeting any athletes or coaches from other sports, but she's developed a soft spot for ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.
Davidson says that she ended up riding in the elevator with Moir and Virtue a couple of times at the athletes village this week and barely got a chance to wish them luck because the Canadian pair were both so keen on speaking to her about her team.
"They had their bags and they were obviously going off to skate and all they wanted to do was talk hockey," Davidson said.
Davidson, who's known for being coy about naming her starting netminder, wasn't about to announce Tuesday her goalie for the gold-medal shot against the Americans on Thursday. And she was having fun with the media about that, too.
"No roster announcements, no roster announcements," Davidson said, chuckling. "How about now? No. And now? No. How about now? No."
When Shannon Szabados got the start over Kim St-Pierre in goal in the 5-0 semifinal win over Finland, it was assumed that she was Davidson's No. 1 but Davidson denied that at a post-game news conference.
There have been newspaper stories calling Canadian winger Meghan Agosta the Sidney Crosby of women's hockey. There have also been newspaper stories giving Canadian winger Marie-Philip Poulin that tag.
Canadian blueliner Carla MacLeod was offered a chance to clean up the mess, but only muddled it even more.
"Give me both of them, like the Sedin twins," she said.
Through four games at the tournament, rearguard Catherine Ward is leading Canada in ice time, averaging 20:07 minutes per contest. Next up is fellow blueliner Colleen Sostorics, at 18:22. At the low end, oddly enough, is the team's leading scorer Agosta, at 13:18. She's just behind centre Haley Irwin and her 13:41.
With the Americans, defender Molly Engstrom leads the way at 22:01, followed by blueliner Lisa Chesson at 20:43. American forward Erika Lawler is at other end, at 10:44.


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Story Number: NNS100212-20 By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Jason McKnight, Naval Surface Forces Public Affairs
CORONADO, Calif (NNS) -- Commander, Naval Surface Forces has announced the winners of the Navy Battle "E" Award for 2009.
Out of 168 ships, only 36 met the difficult requirements. For the competitive year 2009, only 27 ships were awarded the Battle "E."
"The competition was tough. Having a fleet full of the most highly trained and professional Sailors I've ever seen makes calling just one command the winner very difficult," said Capt. Kurush Morris, assistant chief of staff for Training and Readiness.
The calendar year-long competition involves evaluation by Surface Forces of a ship's abilities in logistics, material, engineering, damage control, navigation, command and control, and air, surface, and subsurface warfare.
Even if a ship meets these challenges, it still has to demonstrate to the Immediate Superior in Command sustained superior performance, operational effectiveness, and continuous readiness to be a contender for the Battle "E."
"As an award recognized across the waterfront, everyone understands that a Battle 'E' ship knows how to do it right," said Morris. "There is an immense pride in walking up the pier and seeing that your ship is the only one with the big white 'E' painted on the bridge wing. Everyone likes being on a winning team."
Forward Deployed Naval Forces, Japan had the following winners: USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS Lassen (DDG 82), USS Patriot (MCM 7), USS Defender (MCM 2), and USS Denver (LPD 9).
Hawaii-based USS Hopper (DDG 70) and Everrett, Wash.-based USS Shoup (DDG 86) won the award.
San Diego homeported award winners are: USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), USS Benfold (DDG 65), USS Peleliu (LHA 5), USS Curts (FFG 38), USS Howard (DDG 83), and USS Kidd (DDG 100).
Mayport, Fla., had the following winners: USS Gettysburg (CG 54), USS Underwood (FFG 36), and USS Carney (DDG 64).
Norfolk, Va., award recipients include: USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Nitze (DDG 94), USS Mitscher (DDG 57), USS Bataan (LHD 5), USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), and USS Nassau (LHA 4).
The mine countermeasure rotational crew winners are Crew Conflict and Crew Constant.
The patrol coastal rotational crews winners include Crew Charlie, Crew Hotel, and Crew Juliet.
Crews awarded the Battle "E" may wear the ribbon immediately, and the competition for 2010 began last month.
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Teddi Trot & Kids Fun Run
Start your Saturday with a 5K or one mile trip through campus while raising money for Camp Good Days and Special Times.
Date: September 21, 2019 - September 21, 2019
Time: 7 a.m.
Location: Joseph S. Skalny Welcome Center
This event is part of Fisher's Alumni and Family Weekend.
Run with families, alumni, and current students to help raise money for our annual Teddi Dance for Love!
$13/Fun Run
Registration opens at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 7:45 a.m.


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Project Blue Book - Season 2 Episode 10
A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.
Genre:Mystery,Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Director:David O'Leary
Episode:10/19 eps
Duration:45 min
Season 1 - Project Blue Book
"Ohio State astrophysicist Dr. Allen Hynek is recruited by the Air Force into their top-secret program investigating UFOs called Project Blue Book. Partnered with Captain Michael Quinn, they investigate the case of a military pilot who survived a dogfight with an alien craft. Based on the \"Gorman Dogfight\" case."
"Dr. Hynek and Captain Quinn investigate a West Virginia case of a woman and her two children who witnessed a flying saucer crash near their farm and an alien being emerge from the fiery wreck; based on the Flatwoods Monster case."
"When the citizens of Lubbock, Texas witness a mysterious V-shaped craft in the night sky, Hynek and Quinn are brought in to investigate the mass sighting. Based on the \u201cLubbock Lights\u201d case."
"Quinn and Hynek are lead into a secret program involving the Operation Paperclip."
"Quinn and Hynek follow clues that lead them to a secret group who have witnessed strange lights."
"Mysterious green fireballs nearly cause a nuclear disaster during a weapons test, and Hynek and Quinn must investigate how it could have occurred."
"After a Scoutmaster vanishes when he and his troop witness a strange craft hovering in the woods, Hynek is sent to investigate for Project Blue Book, while Quinn is pulled into a rogue mission for General Harding."
"When a film emerges documenting an Army platoon under UFO attack, the Generals send Hynek and Quinn in to investigate, where they find the soldiers not only suffer from physical effects of war, but psychological ones as well."
"Hynek is drawn into a case from which he literally can't escape when a man arrives at Blue Book headquarters with his wife. The man claims he was abducted by aliens, and he plans to hold Hynek and Quinn hostage until he learns the truth."
Season 2 - Project Blue Book
21 Jan 2020
"Hynek and Quinn follow Gen. Harding to Roswell, N.M., where an anonymous individual has threatened to expose evidence to the world of an extraterrestrial crash landing six years ago."
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18 Feb 2020
"The mysterious Man in Black kidnaps Hynek, which sends Quinn on a mission with the CIA to follow him and rescue Hynek."
25 Feb 2020
"While reminiscing on the set of \"Close Encounters of the Third Kind\", Hynek recounts his experiences with the famous Robertson Panel and the eccentric alien contactee for whom he put everything on the line."
03 Mar 2020
"Hynek and Quinn visit a ranch in Utah to learn more about a young family's peculiar claims about an inconceivable and potentially harmful phenomenon."
10 Mar 2020
"Hynek and Quinn investigate the theft of sensitive material taken from Harding and Valentine, but they soon discover that their potential culprit resides close than they imagined in addition to conclusive evidence of an alien conspiracy."
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Chevrolet Unveils 2014 Stingray Convertible
Rolling out traditional "American iron" at a big European exhibition like the Geneva Motor Show, which many consider the king of car shows, in part reflects Chevrolet's global aspirations. WSJ's Jeff Bennett has all the details on the new convertible. Photo: Chevrolet
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A recall petition was filed last month at the Lenawee County clerk's office seeking the removal of two Seneca Township officials.
Township resident Dayna Cordts filed the recall petition Sept. 24 in an effort to remove township clerk Allison Ott and treasurer Marie Meinke.
If Cordts obtains the signatures of 98 registered township voters on each petition by Nov. 20, a special election could be scheduled Feb. 23, 2010. The petition is valid for 180 days, explained county clerk Roxann Holloway, and an election could also be scheduled in May. The township will bear the cost of the election.
The recall petition alleges rude and disrespectful behavior shown by Ott and Meinke during the Sept. 14 township meeting. The petition also faults the pair for voting in favor of enforcing a special use permit for Cordts's child care facility.
A special use permit was approved Aug. 3 by the township planning commission for Cordts to operate a child care facility in an area zoned for residential use.
Vague wording in the township zoning book has led to problems with the issue. The original permit issued September 2008 called for an enclosed area of at least 5,000 square feet inside a fence, as required in the zoning book.
However, Cordts pointed out the word "fence" is not used in the book in relation to child care centers. Instead, it calls for an area to be screened from adjacent lots.
Furthermore, Cordts claims the requirement does not apply to her property because her facility is designated a day care group home (for seven to 12 children). The ordinance refers only to nursery schools, day nurseries and child care centers.
Because Cordts did not erect a fence by the June 1, 2009, deadline, her permit was voided and she applied again. The planning commission approved the permit and when it was issued to Cordts, it again included the fence requirement.
Planning commission chair Bob Walton said later he wasn't aware that the second permit included a fence requirement.
This was followed by the 3-2 Sept. 14 vote to enforce the permit and to report Cordts to state licensing officials if she didn't comply.
This action is also mentioned on the recall petition.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Elston Turner scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half as Texas A&M pulled away from Houston Baptist for a 67-59 victory Thursday night.
Texas A&M (10-3) led by only three points with 3:45 remaining, but the Aggies scored 13 of the last 19 points.
Houston Baptist (4-10) had a 33-23 edge in rebounds, but the Huskies committed 23 turnovers that led to 24 points for the Aggies.
Senior forward Ray Turner made 7 of 11 shots and scored 14 points for Texas A&M, while Fabyon Harris added 12.
Caleb Crayton led Houston Baptist with 13 points.
The Aggies did not trail in the second half, but HBU pulled within 49-47 on a 3-pointer by Marcel Smith with 6:18 remaining. Turner answered with a 3-pointer and made two free throws as Texas A&M pulled away.


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Written by Jon Michael Fox
The Value of Classifying Things
Classifying the fundamental elements in any discipline is the precursor to growth for that discipline. "In the history of the sciences, every branch floundered until facts were organized and classified. After a classification system was devised, the branch advanced rapidly" (Rhodes, 1961, p 309). Classifications allow us to sort the same from the other.
Person, Process, Product and Press
The 4Ps represent the nature of creative Persons, the Processes they use, the Products or outcome of their efforts, and the Press, or environment that supports or hinders creativity. For those interested in where words come from, Press comes from the Latin word pressus, meaning a box or container to put things in – the environment being the place where the other 3Ps live. Perhaps more up-to-date is the notion of Press being the elements that press in on us, helping or hindering our creative expression.
Over the years I have been saying to my undergraduate students, "Mel Rhodes gave us a classification scheme for understanding creativity. Then he died. Creativity will kill you." Tongue-in-cheek as that may be, I decided to find out what I could about the man who was so important to those of us studying the field of creativity. He deserves more than my odd-ball humor.
Here is what I have found about James Melvin Rhodes. (As a parenthetical note, if anyone knows additional information, or can correct erroneous data, please let me know. I would like to eventually get his story on Wikipedia.)
Mel Rhodes was born on June 14, 1916 to Waldo and Rhoda Rhodes. As far as I can determine, he grew up in central Pennsylvania.
He received his baccalaureate degree in 1938 from Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. (Juniata College is in the central part of Pennsylvania – about 20 miles southwest of State College, PA). He served in the military from 1941 until 1946. After World War II, Rhodes went on to Penn State where he earned his masters degree in education in August 1950 (State College, Pennsylvania). His major was in psychology. He went on to Arizona State University and was awarded a PhD in Education at ASU in Tempe. (Tempe is part of the greater Phoenix area.) His dissertation was signed on May 16, 1956.
Rhodes accepted a position as an assistant professor of education at the College of Education, University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona in 1957 at the completion of his doctorate. He was on faculty there from 1957 to 1971.
Rhodes died in Highlands, Florida (Sebring area) on April 29, 1976 at the age of 60.
Alpha Zeta Connection
As an additional piece of information, Rhodes was a member of Alpha Zeta. -- Alpha Zeta is a professional agricultural fraternity. The only reason it is meaningful to me is that I too am a member of Alpha Zeta – although I have not been involved with the organization since 1967 when I was in college training to be a landscape architect. I don't know what his connection was; I never met the man.
In the mid-1950's Mel Rhodes was working on his doctoral dissertation -- The Dynamics of Creativity: An Interpretation of the Literature on Creativity with a Proposed Procedure for Objective Research, at Arizona State University. Rhodes wrote, "The primary purpose of this dissertation is to propose a new procedure for use in studying children who show high potential ability for creativity" (p.1). During the development of his dissertation, Rhodes collected 56 definitions for the words creativity and imagination.
His interest, among others, was to find a core definition of creativity. His research included looking at the creativity literature of the time to see what might be learned – data mining the old fashioned way. In fact he did not find a universal definition of creativity, but rather a way of thinking about it. He identified four strands of creativity. To this day we use his schema - the 4P's - as an appropriate and robust way to examine the myriad issues around this highest form of thinking. In 1961 Rhodes wrote his seminal article An Analysis of Creativity and published it in Phi Beta Kappen. A thorough explanation of his 4Ps can be found there.
In his article, Rhodes wrote, "About five years ago I set out to find a definition of the word creativity. I was interested in imagination, originality, and ingenuity. In time I had collected forty definitions of creativity and sixteen of imagination" (p. 306).
"But as I inspected my collection I observed that the definitions are not mutually exclusive. They overlap and intertwine. When analyzed, as through a prism, the content of the definitions form four strands. Each strand has unique identity academically, but only in unity do the four strands operate functionally" (p. 307).
Rhodes went on to define Person, Process, Press and Product:
"The term person, as used here, covers information about personality, intellect, temperament, physique, traits, habits, attitudes, self-concept, value systems, defense mechanisms, and behavior" (p. 307).
The term process applies to motivation, perception, learning, thinking, and communication" (p. 308).
The term press refers to the relationship between human beings and their environment" (p. 308).
"The word idea refers to a thought which has been communicated to other people in the form of words, paint, clay, metal, stone, fabric, or other material. When an idea becomes embodied into tangible form it is called a product.
Current Value of the 4Ps
Rhodes gave us a viable way to look at creativity. Because creativity is absolutely transdisciplinary – meaning it spans all disciplines – a schematic approach is most useful in understanding the nature and nurture of creativity from both a research and application point of view. It is easy to separate creativity into Person, Process, Product and Press in the attempt to understand the parts, but one must recognize that the 4P's work together -- when taking an applied approach to creativity one must consider the "ecology" of creativity.
Although classification systems can be limiting, they can be freeing at the same time. We have to start somewhere. Rhodes and his 4Ps has helped us move from the myths of creativity to a productive understanding of creativity – and how to apply it. Thank you, Mel Rhodes, for your gift.
Rhodes, M. (1961). An analysis of creativity, Phi Beta Kappen, 42, 305-310.
Rhodes, M. (1956). The dynamics of creativity: An interpretation of the literature on creativity with a proposed procedure for objective research. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Arizona State University, Tempe.


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Coming to Montana Western was part of fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a doctor for Lindsey Densmore.
UMW grad Justinn Marshall was accepted into the University of Washington's regional medical education program.
Kolby Brown is a literature major at the University of Montana Western.
Marcus Williams came to Montana Western to play football and major in business administration.
Recent Montana Western graduate Taeler Rodriguez has been accepted to the University of Denver's graduate program.


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BOSTON — Jaromir Jagr's skills have diminished since he scored at least 30 goals in 15 consecutive seasons.
He's content with what he has left, though, and so are the Boston Bruins.
"The game has changed, so I changed," the five-time NHL scoring champion said at Thursday's morning skate before his debut with Boston against the New Jersey Devils. "I'm not the guy who wanted to score the most goals in the league or most points in the league.
"Don't take it wrong, I like to score. But there's more important things, the whole picture of a team and to win as a team. I think in that kind of way I've changed a lot."
His initial role may be bigger than anticipated when the Bruins obtained him from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, the day before the NHL trade deadline.
That night, first-line center Patrice Bergeron suffered a moderate concussion. He was hurt in the second period of the Bruins 3-2 win over Ottawa when the right elbow of the Senators' Colin Greenberg struck the left side of Bergeron's head while they were racing for the puck.
The Bruins gave no timetable for Bergeron's return from the fourth concussion of his NHL career.
"He sounded positive," coach Claude Julien said. "You never know with those things. … Some guys have progressed quicker than others. It's really a tough thing to predict."
At the morning skate, right wing Tyler Seguin moved to center between left wing Brad Marchand and Jagr. Julien wouldn't commit to sticking with that alignment.
"I don't think what you see is necessarily what we're going to get," Julien said. "We're going to look and see what fits in best, not just for Jaromir Jagr, but for everybody else. It's not just about him. I think it's about fitting guys in areas where they can be good for us."
Wherever he plays, Jagr should boost the Bruins' mediocre offense that scored just 20 goals in nine games before the meeting with New Jersey. He scored 54 goals in 2005-06 and 30 in 2006-07, the last time he had at least 30.
His impact could be especially significant on the power play. Boston ranks 24th in the NHL in scoring with an extra skater, and none of their players had more than three power-play goals. With Dallas, six of Jagr's 14 goals were on power plays.
"He's a big guy," Julien said. "He protects the puck so well, strong on his stick, heavy stick. As you know, the power play is another area that he can certainly fit in. There's so much I think he can bring and, with our club, the way we play, there's no doubt he will blend in very well."
Julien stresses puck possession in the offensive zone, and the 6-foot-3, 240-pound Jagr can use his body to shield it from opponents.
But first Jagr, 41, must get used to his new teammates on his third team in two seasons after signing with Dallas following one season with the Philadelphia Flyers.
"It's not easy, but, obviously, I'm coming to a great team," Jagr said. "I've played for 22 years for a professional (team) and I played with so many great players and I learned so much stuff. And we can always learn. No matter how old you are, you can always learn.
"And if somebody thinks he knows everything when he's 25, he's lying to you or he's dumb. You can always learn and I'm here to teach the guys and tell what I had to go through and make their hockey life easier."
Jagr joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990 and they won the Stanley Cup in his first two seasons. He's still looking for his third championship and he wasn't likely to get it with the Stars, who are near the bottom of the Western Conference.
The Bruins won the Cup in 2011 and were in fourth place in the Eastern Conference before Thursday night's game.
"I'm not 25 anymore," said Jagr, who scored 47 goals during the season he turned that age. "I don't think this team really needs it. They won the Cup two years ago and when you look at the top guys, they're still here. So they know they can do it. And for me, personally, I wish I can somehow help the team to produce better."
Jagr is unsigned after this season but wants to keep playing. He could stay with the Bruins.
But he and the team aren't thinking much about that. They're focusing on making a long playoff run.
"I didn't come here hopefully to play any one game. I came here to play many more games," he said. "So I think it's going to take time to find out what's the best for us."
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Europe Week Ahead: Central Banks and Payrolls
Meetings by the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England will dominate the market next week as the troubles of Italy and Cyprus rumble on in the background. MarketWatch's Sara Sjolin and Dow Jones's Andrea Tryphonides look at the week ahead that ends with the release of the latest U.S. payrolls.
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Sommay Jaijong, known to everyone as May (sometimes pronounced Mai), dreamed of becoming a restaurant owner since the early age of 12. Though the meaning of her name indicates proficiency in marketing, May was passionate only about cooking, feeling a friendly bond and inquisitive awareness to anything edible. Ironically, to the residents of May's hometown, virtually everything was edible. The villagers in Northeastern Thailand worked hard to make ends meet and consumed whatever was available.
At age 14, May quit school to lend a hand at home. With the help of her siblings May harvested and sold vegetables, labored in the rice field, and looked after the water buffalos. While her mother was unable to afford a wooden pushcart, the work was arduous and time-consuming and May spent her days solely outdoors, away from the kitchen. She was never given the opportunity to help prepare meals, being the designated frog catcher for their evening dinner; however May satisfied her culinary aspiration through daydreams of serving her own dishes to wealthy Bangkokers.
Consequently, it took only a year for the first phase of her plans to transpire, as her aunt telephoned the Jaijong residence and requested May's assistance at her vegetarian restaurant in Bangkok. Overwhelmed by her good fortune, May purchased her first train ticket. The news swept through her village like wildfire and the residents were equally delighted at the prospect of one of their own basking in a glorious future. Indeed, May found herself anxiously anticipating the wonders of a trendy, luxurious urban life, as she headed, on her own, for the Siamese capital.
Adversely, May encountered loud, busy streets, air pollution, and apathetic residents. Unable to speak English and afraid of foreigners, she spent her first year at the restaurant deliberately out of sight, washing dishes. Over time, however, May became a server, gradually developing the confidence to practice English, and learned to cook the menu's recipes at "Vegetarian Restaurant."
Despite the fact that May dished up vegetarian cuisine, she continued eating animal products at nearly every meal, so as to avoid her aunt's flavorless cooking. Yet, by age 19, May was plagued with fatigue and indigestion. Reluctantly, May considered her uncle's suggestion of a meatless diet, under the condition that she could not only tolerate, but actually enjoy, the taste of vegetarian food.
And so the innovation of May Kaidee's recipes began. May borrowed and modified her mother's non-vegetarian meals and favorite Thai dishes, eliminated the animal ingredients, and added her own flavors. Experimenting with her aunt's menu, she added more savor and zest from Thai herbs and spices and devised her own sauces and pastes. Finally, May gained opinions and suggestions by persuading others to taste her creations, then accordingly perfected each dish.
Regularly requested as her friends' and family's personal chef, May's popularity escalated as she developed her own menu. In a matter of weeks, May dropped a significant amount of weight and overcame years of fatigue. Her self-confidence and enthusiasm about vegetarian cooking magnified as May found herself alive with an abundance of energy and endurance. Additionally, her transformation stunned and inspired others, many of whom assumed a vegetarian diet and equally reaped positive results. Convinced of the benefits of May's cuisine and impressed by her inherent ability to enhance what many had already considered appetizing dishes, May was encumbered with entreaties to open her own restaurant.
Today, twenty years later, May is recognized in Thailand as a successful entrepreneur, owning vegetarian restaurants and cooking schools in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Her business name, May Kaidee, was christened after the meaning of her first name, indicating aptitude in business and marketing, and essentially translating to, "May sells well." Indeed, as May continues to establish herself professionally, she invites relatives and friends from her hometown to work in her Bangkok restaurants, extending, as her aunt did, the opportunity to acquire a more comfortable or alternative life.
Internationally, May has instructed Thai restaurant staff members throughout Europe and Asia and is frequently requested to lecture at retreats, health seminars, and annual food events worldwide. In Russia, May has tutored master chefs from five-star hotels in St. Petersburg, and is renowned in Moscow for her sensational Thai vegetarian cooking film, translated into Russian. Additionally, May has spent time in England sharing her culinary secrets and in Japan instructing health retreats on organic farms. By 2002, May Kaidee's was chosen as a top restaurant by "Metro Magazine" in Sweden and nominated for the International Award for Tourist Hotel and Catering Industry by the Spanish magazine, "Mercado Mundial". What's more, May has made television appearances in Thailand, Germany, France, and China, and was personally selected by His Royal Highness Prince Phillippe of Belgium as the best chef in Thailand.
As May's cooking is fit for a prince, it's no wonder that May Kaidee's Vegetarian Restaurants can be found in travel guides such as Lonely Planet, Groovy Map, Rough Guide, Thomas Cook, Let's Go Thailand! Frommer, and AA KEY Guidebook. Her success story has also been covered by Bangkok Post, Thai Daily Newspaper, Metro Thailand, Come Out Bangkok, and Himatet Farang Magazine.
While her reputation stretches across the globe, May not only bumps into former customers and students during her travels, but continues to extend her following of fans. Indeed, May's restaurants are popular stomping grounds for foreign travelers in search of trustworthy, nutritious, and appetizing eats. Just one taste of May Kaidee's cuisine causes first-time customers to become faithful "regulars," even for those on a short visit to Thailand. In fact, tourists who have had the May Kaidee experience and make frequent visits to the Land of Smiles often reside at May's guesthouse or base their stay near one of her restaurants.
At present, May's ambition is to share with the world a bit of Thai culture, as well as her heavenly, health-restoring recipes for revitalizing mind, body, and spirit. While not looking after customers in Thailand, May spends time in New York City promoting her signature recipes.


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I am a guy who loves books. Anyone who knows me knows that there are fewer things in life that bring me more joy than books. So, when my friends Adam, John and I were talking and a challenge from our pastor came up, I wasn't sure how to react initially: "Close all your books [specifically the theology ones], turn off all your podcasts, and only read your Bible for a while."
I've always been a voracious reader—and generally speaking fairly broad in my selections. Fiction, sci-fi, mystery, history, humor, biography, theology… I read a LOT of books. Some good, too many not so good. But it's always been one of my few hobbies, aside from writing this blog (which is much more recent, obviously). And there's a question behind this challenge: Do I read a lot because I like to appear intelligent, or do I read a lot to grow in my knowledge and experience of God?
Are books an idol?
I've been wrestling with this idea for a few days, of putting down my books for a while, and seeing what's rattling around my head that I've not fully processed yet. To see where my heart is and learn whether or not I study theology to the glory of God or for my own.
For the next 40 days, I am committing to turning off my few podcasts and reading my Bible, with perhaps the odd bit of fiction thrown in when my head is throbbing from a whole heap of the Prophets.
And I want you to join me. If you're a podcast fiend, a book junkie, or whatever your poison: turn it off, put it down, stop doing it.
For 40 days.
Throughout the next few weeks, I'll be posting updates on my progress as I hope that God will reveal to me where my heart is at in this area of my life.
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Hi, I'm newbie here.
I am doing a research project dealing with Java and database. Suppose I have Table (in mysql) like this:
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I want to store the values in database using Java object so it can be manipulated. What do you think of the data structure suitable for this:
A-Vector of class
B-Array of class
or what
Suppose the class is defined like this:
public class job {
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Because every good gardener, chef, handyman and outdoorsman knows the significance of being prepared for just about anything, upkeep of stainless steel tools is important. Good maintenance can be done by thoroughly cleaning the blade and handle after every use. Wash your tools with warm water and soap, then dry thoroughly.


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As the pine trees part at the end of the country road, they reveal an unassuming red cottage with a rocking chair on the porch. White roses in the kitchen window give the impression that its occupants are just out running errands.
Yet this cottage, and the traces of upturned black earth around it, are at the heart of a conflict that has divided the highland village Oviken since its owner allowed Continental Precious Minerals (CPM) to take mineral samples beneath its soil.
With mineral prices rising on the global market, largely because of increased industrial and consumer demand in developing countries, international prospectors are at work all over Sweden. In Oviken, at the foot of the Scandes mountains (see map), the drilling of Canadian company CPM has launched a fierce argument over whether the financial opportunities that mining provides are worth the potential environmental impact and cost to the local tourism industry.
The promise of 400 jobs is alluring in a community of 7,000, which predicts it will lose one-seventh of its inhabitants by 2025 as they flee widespread unemployment. But the village also has a middle class that makes a living off tourism and fears what a mine could do to the area's appeal to tourists. They've joined forces with the antinuclear lobby because the area's uranium deposits are the main lure for prospectors.
Oviken sits on top of the world's largest uranium reserve, 1.038 billion pounds by CPM's calculation. It has so far been left alone because the uranium contained there is below the grade usually deemed profitable to dig up and general resistance to mining. Improved mining techniques have helped changed that, but more importantly the uranium in Oviken is mixed in with vanadium and molybden, both used in alloys. Vanadium is rare and is used in electronic products.
While uranium prices are not stable, they are predicted to rise "because the oil is running out," says analyst Lars Norin at the State Geology Authority.
Yet the price of uranium is less relevant than its nuclear associations. In Sweden, public opinion is still generally opposed to nuclear power, although lawmakers recently overturned the ban on adding more reactors, until now fueled by imported uranium.
Anything for jobs?
While the government is known for its pro-business stance, municipalities retain the right to veto uranium mining. Berg, the municipality that includes Oviken, has promised residents to do just that – a fact not everyone is happy about.
"If there aren't any jobs you can't stay," says welder Henrik Larsson, who just finished high school. "There are barely any girls left."
Regional capital Östersund, located across Storsjön, Sweden's fifth-largest lake and a key drinking water supply, provides some jobs. Many local teenagers head there right after high school graduation, but some go farther afield for work.
"We keep hearing all the negative things," Mr. Larsson says during a break from his work building snowmobile seating for tourists. "But if there was a mine here we'd have guaranteed work, so get rid of it all, as long as there's jobs."
With the phrase "get rid of it all," Mr. Larsson homes in on one main reason for other villagers' skepticism: A mine, if given the go ahead, would be open, literally shaving away parts of the ridge that Oviken sits on.
Geologist Olle Holmstrand, who works at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), says he understands the plight of job seekers, but adds, "you can't solve rural communities' problems with heavy, dirty mining. Northern Sweden has become our domestic version of a developing country. They have to deal with the pollution while we take their natural resources with promises of jobs. It's blackmail."
With the snow-flecked mountains on the horizon and dense forest brushing against pebble beaches, the region's natural beauty has made it a domestic and international tourism destination. A villager who declined to give her name confides that there have already been some complaints. A Russian tourist said that a nearby windmill ruined its natural beauty. "Imagine what a mine would entail," she says.
Fear of a Fukushima
Sweden has mined uranium only once before, during a brief quest to fuel its own reactors, but the Ranstad site was closed in the 1960s.
"We've had one mine and we've seen what happens to the environment," said lawmaker Marie Nordén of the Social Democrats, the main opposition party, on Swedish Public Service Radio earlier this month. The party's motion on March 14 to ban uranium mining was blocked by other members of parliament.
"Analyzing potential consequences where you look at jobs and environmental effects, both in the short and long term, is not done properly," says economist Ing-Marie Green at the National Agricultural College. "There are no independent assessments carried out by the authorities, assessments come from the companies own hired-in analysts."
To go ahead with a potential mine, CPM would have to apply for a permit from the National Environmental High Court.
Regardless of nuclear power's fraught history – Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and most recently, Fukushima – Sweden does still need nuclear power. This winter, as several reactors in the fleet of 10 were shut down for maintenance and security checks after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Sweden had to crank up its oil-burning generators down south to cope with the electricity demand.
While the antinuclear lobby still has many sympathizers, Göran Follstad, who moved north from Stockholm to breed horses many years ago, also speaks of environmental concerns – but as an incentive for Sweden to mine its own uranium. "We have high environmental standards and strict laws here," he says. "It's our moral responsibility to mine it by ourselves rather relying on developing countries who don't protect their workers."
While Follstad and his neighbor Kalle Malm have agreed to talk openly about the potential mine, many other villagers refuse to give their names and some shy away from the topic altogether. "In the next door village, the prospectors were welcomed with a shotgun, so they didn't drill there," Malm says.
He and his two brothers have stayed on in Oviken to live on the family farm. Tractors litter the yard and in their car repair shop, a vintage American car is being lovingly restored. Mr. Malm works part-time for emergency services to make ends meet.
One villager who is keeping tabs on the prospectors is retiree Diana Fernlund. On her floral kitchen wallpaper, she has pinned a geological survey of the creek and the hills with tracts lined in black marker. They show where the uranium ore is at its densest. She not only fears pollution but thinks there are better ways than mining to make a living in the north.
"This is paradise. This could be Sweden's Miami, a place for people like me to enjoy their older years," she says.
Ms. Fernlund moved here from southwestern Sweden to be close to her daughter, who runs a horse trekking business nearby, and her grandchildren. She has little sympathy for the young's concerns that there are no jobs.
"They can take care of us," she says, alluding to Sweden's still strong welfare state where tax money pays for the care of the elderly.
Ann Törnkvist contributed reporting.


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January 16, 2013
A freshman Congressman wants to leave the option of impeaching president Obama "on the table" if the commander-in-chief moves forward with executive actions that would further restrict the Second Amendment.
"In an interview with Florida's 'The Shark Tank,' Florida Republican Trey Radel addressed Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman's statement that he might seek impeachment if Obama goes forward with executive action to bring about gun control measures," reported the Daily Caller.
Radel says that we are at a historic "breaking point," and that Obama needs to be held accountable for circumventing the bounds of Congress.
"We've completely lost our checks and balances in this country," remarked Radel. "The Congress needs to hold the president accountable for the decisions that he's making right now and that's why again I would say that all options are on the table for doing so."
Shortly after the president's speech concerning gun violence today, Congressman Radel expressed his disappointment with the president's latest overreach attempt, tweeting, "23 exec actions Obama plans to take to address guns–Dems ask yourselves: What if this were a Rep Pres? Let's have debate, not power grab."
23 exec actions Obama plans to take to address guns–Dems ask yourselves: What if this were a Rep Pres? Let's have debate, not power grab.
— Trey Radel (@treyradel) January 16, 2013
The Congressman's sentiments echo Texas Rep. Steve Stockman's threat to use "any means necessary" to thwart Obama's efforts to undermine the Second Amendment up to and including filing articles of impeachment.
"Under no circumstances whatsoever may the government take any action that disarms any peaceable person – much less without due process through an executive declaration without a vote of Congress or a ruling of a court," Rep. Stockman stated, according to a press release. "If the President is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist."
Following Obama's national address on "gun safety" today, Congressman Stockman put out another fuming press release calling Obama's proposals "dangerous."
"My staff is reviewing the Executive Orders. Should President Obama issue Orders infringing upon your basic human right, I am prepared to fight back with peaceable legislative force," the press release states.
Stockman said, "We owe it to innocent people to make this country as safe as possible. Sadly, in President Obama's announcement every tragedy he mentioned was either in a state that aggressively restricts the right to keep and bear arms or was in a location that banned guns completely."
Stockman's press release notes that filing articles of impeachment "is not something to be taken lightly," adding that "It is a grave and serious undertaking that should only be initiated in a sober and serious manner. It should be reserved only for most egregious of trespasses by the President."
The Congressman says that Obama's use of Executive Orders to eviscerate the Second Amendment would constitute "such a trespass."
"The President cannot issue executive orders depriving the people of full access to an enumerated constitutional right."
Rep. Stockman's latest press release calls on all Americans eager to preserve their constitutional right to reach out to their state senators and House members to "urge them to support efforts to overturn or defund any proposed executive actions and to defeat the President's dangerous legislative proposals."
"The President is not an absolute ruler, and his actions and orders can be checked and balanced by the Congress and the courts – if the Congress is willing."
"That is why I ask you to please contact your elected representatives at House.gov and Senate.gov and politely urge them to support legislative efforts to overturn and defund the president's Orders, and to defeat his legislative proposals."
"The right to keep and bear arms is a basic human right that has kept us free for over two centuries. With a vigilant citizenry eager to contact their elected officials and make their voice heard, it will continue to be that way."
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Inspiration comes to me in all kinds of shapes, forms and experiences. So what's inspiring me at the moment? Well, I was lucky enough to travel down the East coast of Taiwan for a couple of days. A walk to a waterfall where monkeys played in the trees brought me to a beautiful place where there were many butterflies fluttering around oblivious to the rain. There was the butterfly wing I found lying quite beautifully on the ground.
There were the rotted leaves with only their veins showing. Nature's own version of paper cutting.
Then there's the urban side of things, here in Taipei. A three-day festival for a god (or gods) has just finished in a nearby street. All kinds of noises echoed round the neighbourhood – firecrackers, horns, brass bands, karaoke and plenty of gongs.
While at night the nightriders race their souped up bikes along the streets near here. Could they possibly be doing this!
Finally - The Zen of motorcycle riding!
I'm not sure how all these things will enter my work but it's this process of gathering and keeping the images in my head, adding more imagery and mixing them all together. Then they start to make all kinds of weird and wonderful connections. Images fuse together and I get an idea for a drawing. I'll let you know what comes of all this inspiration.


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Thursday, July 8, 2010, at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
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The white tents of vendors shine in the sunlight along S. Allen St. on Thursday, July 8, the first full day of the Central PA Festival of the Arts. More than 330 artisans and presenters line the streets of downtown State College and along roads and walkways of West campus during the five-day festival, which began with Childrens Day on Wednesday, July 7, and will continue through Sunday.
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Debi Dwyer glass designs form a canopy of color outside of Memorial Field on Fraser St.
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Photographer Sam Pathi, 71, is exhibiting at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the arts for the first time. Pathi, of Baltimore, has done much in his life, including working with Ansel Adams, photographing President Jimmy Carter, and working for National Geographic Magazine. His booth is on the Old Main mall, near Willard Building.
Artsfest 2010-004
Norman Wengert, left, and Marguerite Bierman, of Williamsport, chat with Robert Stadnycki, of Doylestown, about his unique handmade clothing. His work focuses on originality and whimsy, with his guiding motto being, "It's Okay To Have Too Much Fun."
Artsfest 2010-005
Avery and Carson check out glassworks by artisan Angelo Fico while walking on S. Allen St. with sister Sierra, not pictured, and their babysitter Abby Bourne.
Artsfest 2010-006
Nancy Lazar, of Bethlehem, Pa., admires the geometric mobiles made by Gabriel Stoner of Stoner/Hatton Mobiles, of Osage City, Kansas. This is the first Arts Fest for Lazar.
Artsfest 2010-007
Street artist Graham Curtis of Petersburg creates his art using chalk on the corner of South Allen and Foster on the Arts Festival sidewalk sale route. Thursday was the first day of the main festival, which runs through Sunday.
Artsfest 2010-009
Elisa, of Bellefonte, whose 8th birthday is Friday, braces herself for the water to hit her in the water feature on South Allen Street, a popular stop for children at the Arts Festival.
Artsfest 2010-010
The sea glass jewelry of Steve Pawloski are seen on display at the front of his booth, as the Sarasota, FL artisan works on a new piece. All of his works incorporate found sea glass set in precious metals.
Artsfest 2010-011
Bob McNally demonstrates his "Strumsticks" to Judy Becker of State College.
Artsfest 2010-012
Margie Lombard, a jewelry artisan, explains a natural pearl piece to Arts Fest youth visitors Carly, left, and Alex, right, as they visited the booth it their mother Pam Baker. The family is visiting Arts Fest from Ann Arbor, MI.


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Watanabe, R., Ishiura, N., Nakashima, H., Kuwano, Y., Hitoshi, O., Tamaki, K., Shinichi, S., Tedder, T.F. and Fujimoto, M.
Notes: B cells purified from single-cell mouse splenocyte suspensions were resuspended in medium and then stimulated with goat anti-mouse IgM Ab F(ab´)2 fragments and then lysed. Lysates were either incubated with phosphospecific antibodies (Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK or JNK Ab) or analyzed for tyrosine kinase activity using the ProFluor™ Src-Family Kinase Assay. (4139)
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Patel, V., Longacre, A., Hsiao, K., Fan, H., Meng, F., Mitchell, J.E., Rauch, J., Ucker, D.S. and Levine, J.S.
Notes: Serum-starved, bone marrow-derived macrophages were exposed to apoptotic or necrotic cells, or latex beads (control), and phosphorylation of a variety of signaling molecules was investigated by Western blot. Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb and Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb were used. (3428)
Raffetto, J.D., Vasquez, R., Goodwin, D.G. and Menzoian, J.O.
Notes: This study investigates the role of the ERK1/ERK2 (MAPK) pathway in growth regulation of venous ulcer fibroblasts. Human normal (n-fb) and venous ulcer (w-fb) fibroblasts were isolated and grown in culture in the presence or absence of the MEK-1 inhibitor PD 98059. AntiACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used in immunoblots to determine the expression of phosphorylated ERK1/ERK2 in n-fb and w-fb. In separate experiments, human neonatal foreskin fibroblasts were obtained and cultured in the presence of wound fluid from venous ulcers plus or minus PD 98059 to determine whether or not wound fluid had an inhibitory effect on expression of MAPK ERK1/2. Immunoblot analysis using AntiACTIVE® MAPK pAb indicated that wound fluid decreased phosphorylated ERK1/ERK2 expression; addition of PD 98059 did not further decrease expression of phosphorylated ERK1/ERK2 in these cells. (3537)
Yeh, A.H., Jeffery, P.L., Duncan, R.P., Herington, A.C. and Chopin, L.K.
Notes: Serum-starved PC3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells were treated with various concentrations of ghrelin over a time course. Western blots of cell lysates were probed with Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb, Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb and Anti-ERK(1/2) pAb to assess activation of MAPK pathways. (3434)
Philipova, R., Larman, M.G., Leckie, C.P., Harrison, P.K., Groigno, L., and Whitaker, M.
Notes: The authors of this study sought to determine whether both MAP kinase and Cdk1/cyclin B kinase are required for mitotic entry and calcium signals in early sea urchin embryos. Treating embryos with MEK Inhibitor U0126 12 minutes after fertilization inhibited MAP kinase activity in the early embryos. Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used for immunoprecipitation of active MAP kinase at various times after fertilization. (3506)
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Hsu, C.Y., Bristow, R., Cha, M.S., Wang, B.G., Ho, C.L., Kurman, R.J., Wang, T.L., Shih, Ie.M.
Notes: The Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK polyclonal antibody was used to immunohistochemically stain and type patient ovarian serous carcinomas. The researchers used a 1:500 dilution of the antibody on paraffin fixed tissue sections on tissue microarrays. A secondary peroxidase staining kit was used to complete the immunohistochemical staining. In these studies, the ovarian serous carcinomas displayed increased MAPK expression and activity. Western blots were also performed on tissue lysates using a 1:3000 dilution of the antibody. (3210)
Naranjo-Suárez, S., Carmen Castellanos, M., Alvarez-Tejado, M., Vara,A., Landázuri, M.O. and del Peso, L.
Notes: In this paper, the authors describe use of ImProm-II™ Reverse Transcriptase to transcribe cDNAs for Quantitative RT-PCR. Reverse transcription (RT) reactions were performed with 1μg total RNA from treated rat PC12 cells. Light Cycler reactions were setup with 1-3μl cDNA from the RT reactions. The researchers incubated cells with EGF and bFGF and analyzed HIF-2α mRNA levels. For these experiments, PC12 cells were incubated with 30ng/ml EGF or 50μM bFGF for 8 hours. Erk1&2 phosphorylation was examined by Western blot using the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. Western results were visualized by chemiluminesent detection and analyzed with a digital luminescent image analyzer. The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System was used to analyze PC12 cell-expressed luciferase from pEpoEm1-luc and pEpoE-luc promoter constructs that were normalized with the pRL-TK vector. Cells were harvested 17-18 hours post transfection and treatment. (2725)
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Barnabé-Heider, F. and Miller, F.D.
Notes: This paper describes a study of the effect of endogenous neurotrophins on cortical neuron development. Cortical progenitor cells were isolated from mouse embryos and cultured. These precursor cells express both BDNF and NT-3 as well as the corresponding TrkB and TrkC receptors. BDNF and NT-3 signal via Trk receptors to activate the PI3-kinase and MEK pathways. These pathways serve distinct functions, PI3-kinase being essential for progenitor survival and MEK for the differentiation of neurons but not glial cells. The progenitor cell cultures were treated with either Anti-Human BDNF pAb or Anti-Human NT-3 pAb at 20μg/ml to block the function of the endogenous neurotrophins. Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used to assess levels of activated MAPK by Western blotting of cell extracts. (2778)
Vijayan K.V., Liu Y., Dong J.F. and Bray P.F.
Notes: The role of integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) in focal adhesion kinase activation and MAPK signaling was studied using Chinese hamster ovary and human kidney 293 cell lines expressing either the Leu(33) or Pro(33) isoform of beta(3). Compared with Leu(33) cells, Pro(33) cells demonstrated substantially greater activation of ERK2 (but not MAPK family members JNK and p38) upon adhesion to immobilized fibrinogen (but not fibronectin), and upon integrin cross-linking. ERK2 activation was mediated through MAPK kinase and required phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling and an intact actin cytoskeleton. Levels of activated MAPK family members ERK1 and 2, JNK, and p38 were assessed by western blotting using Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK (1:5000 dilution), Anti-ACTIVE® JNK (1:5000 dilution), and Anti-ACTIVE® p38 (1:1000 dilution) pAbs. Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb was used at a 1:5000 dilution as a control for total protein amounts loaded on the blots. (2789)
Henrich, L.M., Smith, J.A., Kitt, D., Errington, T.M., Nguyen, B., Traish, A.M. and Lannigan, D.A.
Notes: This paper investigates the mechanism of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) degradation. Loss of ER is associated with aggressive breast tumors and poor clinical outcome. ERK7 is shown to be a specific regulator of ERalpha degradation in human breast cells. Several members of the MAPK family were examined to determine if they regulate ERK7 turnover. Levels of activated MAPK were examined by Western blotting of extracts of BHK cells that had been co-transfected with different kinases. The Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used to detect dually phosphorylated ERK p42/p44 in these lysates. Overexpression of ERK7 was shown to specifically enhance degradation of ERalpha in BHK cells. ERK7 and active MAPK levels were assessed in breast cancer cell lines as well as normal and cancerous human breast tissue. Lowered ERK7 levels correlated with ERalpha-positive tumors, suggesting that loss of ERK7 leads to higher levels of ERalpha in these cancers. (2769)
Cottom J., Salvador, L.M., Maizels, E.T., Reierstad, S., Park, Y., Carr, D.W., Davare, M.A., Hell, J.W., Palmer, S.S., Dent, P., Kawakatsu, H., Ogata, M. and Hunzicker-Dunn, M.
Notes: This paper investigates the pathway by which follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) activates ERKs (MAPK) p42 and p44 in rat primary granulosa cells. The phosphorylation state of MAPK p42/p44 was assessed by Western blotting using the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. Phosphorylated MAPKs were localized to the nucleus of granulosa cells by immunocytochemistry using Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. Cells were stimulated, fixed with 3.7% formaldehyde, permeabilized with 1% Triton X-100 in PBS, washed, blocked for 1 hour in 1% bovine serum albumin in PBS and incubated overnight at 4°C with a 1:100 dilution of the antibody in PBS containing 1% bovine serum albumin. (2768)
Cao, W., Sohn, U.D., Bitar, K.N., Behar, J., Biancani, P. and Harnett, K.M.
Notes: Esophageal contraction has been shown to be protein kinase C (PKC) dependent. These authors examined the involvement of ERK1/ERK2 and p38 MAPKs in PKC-dependent esophageal (ESO) circular muscle contraction and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) contraction. Feline ESO and LES circular smooth muscle was homogenized and the level of phosphorylated MAPK was studied by Western blotting using the Anti-ACTIVE MAPK® pAb. (2771)
Farooq, A., Plotnikova, O., Chaturvedi, G., Yan, S., Zeng, L., Zhang, Q. and Zhou, M.M.
Notes: The solution structure of PAC-1, a MAPK phosphatase, was determined in this study. An activated and dually phosphorylated ERK was purified by expressing a human cDNA in E. coli BL21(DE3) cells co-expressing a constitutively active MEK1. The phosphorylation state of this purified ERK was determined by Western blotting with Anti-ACTIVE MAPK pAb, Rabbit, (pTEpY), Anti-Phosphotyrosine pAb, and Anti-pT183 MAPK pAb. The Western blots were detected with Donkey Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L), AP. (2689)
Ochi, H., Ogino, H., Kageyama, Y. and Yasuda, K.
Notes: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling is necessary for proliferation and differentiation of chicken lens cells. The transcription factor L-Maf is a lens differentiation factor that appears to mediate FGF signaling. This paper shows that L-Maf is repressed by FGF/ERK signaling and that L-Maf is phosphorylated by ERK. Both Anti-ACTIVE MAPK® pAb and Anti-ERK1/2 pAb were used to determine MAPK levels by Western blotting. Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was also used in immunocytochemistry analysis of cultured chick lens cells. (2773)
Adeyinka, A., Nui, Y., Cherlet, T., Snell, L., Watson, P.H., Murphy, L.C.
Notes: The authors used Promega's Anti-Active® MAPK Antibody for Western blot analysis of T-5 human breast cancer cells with and without PD98059 treatment. (2471)
Piwien-Pilipuk, G., MacDougald, O. and Schwartz, J.
Notes: The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) occurs in cells as the transcriptional activator liver-enriched activating protein (LAP) and, in truncated form, as liver-enriched inhibitory protein (LIP), which inhibits transcription. Previous studies have shown that growth hormone (GH) promotes dephosphorylation of both LAP and LIP. This study investigated phosphorylation states of LAP and LIP by isoelectric focusing (IEF). IEF revealed that GH not only promotes dephosphorylation, but also promotes rapid and transient phosphorylation of murine C/EBPbeta on Thr188 in mLAP and Thr37 in mLIP, sites that correspond to the conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) consensus sequence. Western blotting of 3T3-F442A cell lysates showed a correlation between activation of MAPK (ERK1/2) and phosphorylation of C/EBPbeta. Active MAPK was measured using the Anti-ACTIVE MAPK® pAb, and total ERK levels were measured by Western blotting with Anti-ERK1/2 pAb. (2774)
Dudek, S.M., Fields, R.D.
Notes: The authors investigated the relationship between signaling events at the synapse and cascades that translate the signal to the nucleus. Rat hippocampal slices were prepared and maintained in a perfusion chamber and stimulated with electrodes. The same slices were then stained for phosphorylated ERK using Promega's Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. (2437)
Toshchakov, V., Jones, B.W., Perera, P-Y., Thomas, K., Cody, M.J., Zhang, S., Williams, B.R.G., Major, J., Hamilton, T.A., Fenton, M.J., Vogel, S.N.
Notes: The authors studied the signaling cascades activated by Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) and TLR-4, transmembrane proteins that respond to a variety of microbial derived molecules and signals such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipid A among others. Primary C3H/OuJ macrophages were treated with E. coli K235 LPS or Pam3Cys for 30 minutes and total cell lysates were prepared for immunoblot analysis. MAPK phosphorylation was measured using Promega's Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. (2430)
Lee, J., Klessig, D.F., and Nurnberger, T.
Notes: Hairpin proteins are a group of effector proteins involved in plant pathogenesis of several phytopathogenic bacteria. The role of these proteins in pathogenesis was examined and the authors found that MAPK activation is required. Activated MAPK was detected by Western blot analysis with an antibody raised specifically against the dually phosphorylated (active) form of MAPK. Thirty micrograms of tobacco protein extract was separated by SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose membrane, and blotted with the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb. A secondary goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody coupled to alkaline phosphatase was used to visualize the immunoreactive proteins. (2397)
Zavadil, J., Bitzer, M., Liang, D., Yang, Y.C., Massimi, A., Kneitz, S., Piek, E., and Bottinger, E.P.
Notes: The transcriptional targets of the MAPK pathway in a TGFβ1 induced model of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions are explored. Activation of MAPK signaling regulated genes with functions in cell-matrix adhesion and endocytosis. Human keratinocytes were cultured in the absence or presence of 15µM U0126. To monitor MAPK activation and inhibition, the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used in Western blots to detect the dually phosphorylated form of MAPK. Results were normalized to total level of active and inactive MAPK by Western blot analysis with the Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb, Rabbit. (2389)
Ishii, T., Satoh, E. and Nishimura, M.
Notes: The function of Integrin Linked Kinase (ILK) in cell interactions with extracellular matrix was studied. ILK activation is an important event in the integrin-mediated signal pathway and is necessary for neurite outgrowth in serum-starved mouse N1E-115 neuronal cells on laminin. Activation of p38 MAP kinase is necessary for the ILK-mediated signal leading to integrin-dependent neurite outgrowth. Activation of MEK and ERK does not appear to be involved in this process. Both Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb and Anti-ERK1/2 pAb were used to assess levels of active and total p42/p44 in cell extracts by Western blotting. (2770)
Abe, K, and Saito, H.
Notes: A possible linkage between glutamate signalling and the MAPK cascade in rat primary cortical astrocytes was examined. Levels of activated, dually phosphorylated MAPK were determined using the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb whereas total MAPK levels were monitored with the Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb, Rabbit. The MEK inhibitor U0126 at 1µm completely abolished ERK phosphorylation in response to glutamate release. Following SDS-PAGE, total protein was transferred to a PVDF membrane and blotted with a 1:5000 dilution of the Anti-ERK 1/2 pAb, Rabbit or a 1:10000 dilution of the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb overnight at 4°C. (2390)
Wakioka, T., Sasaki, A., Kato, R., Shouda, T., Matsumoto, A., Miyosho, K., Tsuneoka, M., Komiya, S., Baron, R. and Yoshimura, A.
Notes: In this paper, the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb was used to detect active ERK2 by immunoblotting. (2366)
Sugino, T., Nozaki. K., Takagi, Y., Hattori, I., Hashimoto, N., Moriguchi, T., and Nishida, E.
Notes: The role of JNK, p38 and MAPK signaling pathways in delayed neuronal death after transient forebrain ischemia was examined using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Gerbil hippocampi were homogenized, subjected to SDS-PAGE, blotted to PVDF membranes and incubated with one of the following primary antibodies: Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb (1:2000 dilution), Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb (1:1000 dilution), and the Anti-ACTIVE® MAPK pAb (1:2000 dilution).The secondary antibody was the Donkey Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L), AP, diluted 1:10,000 for JNK and p38 and 1:5000 for ERK. For immunohistochemistry, gerbils were perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde. Frozen 40µm sections were stained with either the Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb and the Anti-ACTIVE® p38 pAb. (2402)
Sugino, T., Nozaki, K., Hashimoto, N.
Notes: Gerbils were treated with 3-nitropropionic acid intraperitoneally for 1 to 4 days. Sections of the CA1 area of the hippocampus were analyzed for activation of various mitogen activated kinases. The c-Jun N-terminal kinase was activated by the treatment as judged by immunohistochemistry of 40µm frozen sections with the Anti-ACTIVE® JNK pAb. (0313)


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Part of the Creatures of Light exhibition.
Bioluminescence has evolved multiple times in the ocean, and marine animals have developed an astonishing array of systems for emitting light. Some manufacture their own light-making chemicals, luciferin and luciferase. Many more get their luciferin from the organisms they eat.
Some squids and fishes light up in another way: with their own private colony of bioluminescent bacteria. In symbiotic relationships that evolved long ago, these animals have developed special organs for supporting glowing bacteria and making use of their light. For example, flashlight fish have pockets under their eyes that are filled with bioluminescent bacteria.
Creatures of Light features a display of live flashlight fish, as well as a separate display of live bioluminescent bacteria.
Bioluminescent bacteria are widespread in the ocean—an average tablespoon of seawater contains just a few. They can float freely, or settle down inside other organisms. The species shown in the exhibition lives in the light organs of pinecone fishes and bobtail squids.


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The Boston Seminar Series on the History of Women and Gender—cosponsored by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—offers scholars and students an opportunity to discuss new research on any aspect of the history of women and gender in the United States, without chronological limitation.
The seminar series includes four meetings that will take place during the 2014–2015 academic year, each revolving around the discussion of a precirculated paper. Sessions open with remarks from the essayist and an assigned commentator, after which the discussion is opened to the floor.
Registration for the series is required. Registered participants may access the papers online at the Massachusetts Historical Society website. For more information, please call 617-495-8647.
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This was the best week ever for Jena Irene of Farmington Hills. Not only did America vote her into the top five in the "American Idol" competition, Wednesday was designated Jena Irene Auciutto Day in Oakland County.
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson honored the 17-year-old North Farmington High School senior, asking the county's 1.2 million residents to watch the Fox program and vote for her. Apparently, they did.
This week the remaining six "Idol" finalists each performed two songs and the week's theme was Country and Rock 'n' Roll. For her rock song, Jena Irene chose to sing Heart's "Barracuda" as the show opener. Judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. loved it.
"This is the perfect song for you," Urban said. "You set the bar high with a killer performance."
Connick praised her voice and encouraged her to break loose on stage and engage the audience. Lopez agreed, adding, "Those are the little things that will help you win."
When show host Ryan Seacrest pressed Lopez about her comment, Lopez smiled and said Irene did things last week that made a difference, adding, "She could win.
Irene beamed.
Showing her country side, Irene returned later in the show to sing 2005 "Idol" contestant Carrie Underwood's hit "So Small" with her big, strong voice. The judges were split.
"You are everything 'Idol' is all about," Urban gushed. "You get better and better."
While Lopez said Irene's performance gave her goose bumps, Connick said it didn't work for him — but he noted it probably doesn't matter because she is popular with viewers.
C.J. Harris from Jasper, Ala., received the lowest number of votes this week, and was sent home from the competition Thursday night.
In an interview with The Oakland Press, Irene shared her strategy.
"Singing two completely different songs is a test to see how we do outside our comfort zone," she said. "My goal is to show people I can be very diverse."
She explained that her challenge with "Barracuda" and "So Small" was to create the same feel as the original, but put her musical signature on it — what Lopez called "Jena-fy" it.
"I create the arrangement on Friday (each week) with the help of (Musical Director) Rickey Minor, the band and vocal coaches," Irene said. "We all put in our ideas. I couldn't do it alone."
Describing her voice as "intense and dark," Irene said having voice coach Randy Jackson call her "the one to beat" is an honor, but fleeting.
"The title (of) front-runner will only last a moment," she said. "You can screw up and it will affect everything."
Oakland County's other contestant this season, 16-year-old Malaya Watson of Southfield, was eliminated from the competition two weeks ago. Her departure, along with contestant Sam Woolf's turning 18, left Irene as the only minor left in the competition. Woolf was born and raised in West Bloomfield before moving to Florida, where he lives with his grandparents.
Being a minor means Irene is the only finalist who must attend school with a tutor for three hours a day and have a parent live with her.
"My mom and I have been here for two months now, and I am living in my own little bubble," she said. Although contestants are feeling mounting pressure, "I can't let all that sink in, so I just think about what I am doing at that moment. I am afraid to let it all sink in."
Irene said she hopes to see Watson when she returns to Michigan for what the show calls "Home Stories." The remaining finalists will soon visit home briefly with a producer so viewers can learn more about their lives back home. Irene says she is anxious to see all of her friends, although the visit will be brief before it's back to the "Idol" stage.