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Loop quantum gravity, or LQG, is one of several competing theories which attempt to reconcile quantum mechanics and gravity. The Bronstein Prize recognizes high quality of scientific results in loop quantum gravity, creativity and originality, and the significance of results to the field as a whole.
The prize is named for Matvei Petrovich Bronstein, who was the first to emphasize that quantum gravity requires a deep revision of classical space-time concepts. The promising young Ukrainian physicist died in the Stalinist Great Purge in 1938.
The Bronstein Prize was instituted at the "Loops 11" conference, held in Madrid in 2011. It was given for the first time when Perimeter hosted 194 of the top researchers in loop quantum gravity at the "Loops 13" conference in July. Perimeter was delighted to see it go to one of its own.
Through this prize, the LQG community recognized Bianchi "for his insightful contributions to black hole entropy, the discrete geometry of quantum spacetime and the propagation of gravitons thereon, and for his inspiring enthusiasm and collaborative spirit."
You can read about Bianchi's work in "How to Build a Black Hole," featured in the Fall 2012 issue of Perimeter's magazine.
- View Bianchi's "Loops 13" conference talk, "Entanglement, Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy and Spinfoams"
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Programs \ Maine Heritage Orchard \ Orchards
Two orchards can be found at our Common Ground Education Center, which fairgoers approach almost immediately after entering the grounds from either the Pine (south) or Rose (north) Gates. The South Orchard contains a mixture of tree species – apples, plums, pears, cherries and a lone peach – and is typical of a small farm or home orchard. Both orchards are interplanted with garden beds that run between the rows of trees, which are used for educational demonstrations and market gardening. The orchards are an important part of our educational programming and are used for teaching pruning, grafting and organic orchard care. The North Orchard, located on the north end of the grounds, is planted with apple varieties that have their origins in the state of Maine.
The Maine Heritage Orchard
John Bunker of FEDCO Trees and other dedicated fruit explorers search the State, looking for old apple varieties that originated in Maine. This orchard is intended to be a repository for these unique varieties, exemplifying the wide diversity of different apples not found on grocery store shelves. Maine Heritage Orchard trees are currenty planted in the North Orchard. All the trees are grafted onto Antanovka rootstock, a hardy standard rootstock of Russian origin, to ensure well-anchored, free-standing and long-lived trees. Some of the Maine apples planted in the North Orchard include Black Oxford, Fletcher Sweet, Winthrop Greening, and Briggs Auburn. (In the right pane on this page, see the complete list of apple varieties in the North Orchard.) A greatly expanded Maine Heritage Orchard is now under construction at the site of a former gravel pit on MOFGA's grounds.
The South Orchard
This orchard showcases options for homeowners and small orchardists with its focus on diversity within the orchard. It contains a range of rootstocks (dwarf, semi-dwarf, standard), varieties (scab-resistant, heirloom), and species (apple, plum, pear, cherry, peach). Since 1999, MOFGA's volunteers and Journeypersons have interplanted crops among the orchard trees. Because it began with extremely sandy soils and very little organic matter, the orchard has had significant amounts of compost and other soil amendments added over time. Jack Kertesz worked tirelessly in the South Orchard, conducting a three-year SARE project, Improving Financial Returns Early in an Orchard's Life by Alleycropping. Among the intercrops still growing are Japanese fantail willows, which have proven to be both beautiful and a major host of beneficial insects. Walk through the orchard to see the botanical diversity growing within a young orchard that's just starting to bear fruit.
The North Orchard
The following apple varieties are growing in MOFGA's North Orchard.
The annual Seed Swap & Scion Exchange, where dedicated tree fruit growers meet to exchange scionwood from different varieties, takes place each March at the Common Ground Education Center. Eventually, the trees from MOFGA's orchards will be a major source of scionwood for people to use for grafting.

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Family of Plymouth woman pulled from burning car search for rescuers
6 people pulled Amy Stanley from car in Rockland
The family of a Plymouth woman who was pulled from a burning car on Route 3 in October is trying to identify the passersby who saved her life.
According to the Patriot Ledger, the family hopes to honor the six people who they believe helped free Amy Stanley from her seat as flames engulfed her car in Rockland on Oct. 22. The family has organized a benefit on Jan. 19 to recognize the rescuers and raise money to help pay Stanley's medical expenses.
Stanley, the widow of an Army specialist killed in Iraq in 2006, was able to return home on the Friday before Christmas, but is still receiving physical therapy, her family said.
Fire officials said Stanley crashed onto the Route 3 median sometime before 7 a.m. Oct. 22 and was pinned between her dashboard and seat. As flames crept towards her, an off-duty Chelsea fire captain and several passersby ran toward the burning car and tried desperately to open a door and free the woman trapped inside.
Fire officials said the rescuers freed Stanley and pulled her to safety just as flames engulfed the car.
Dana Canniff, the wife of one of Stanley's cousins, told the Patriot Ledger that Stanley's family has identified two people involved in the rescue, including the Chelsea fire captain, but believe there may have been as many as four others. They are hoping to honor all six "heroes" at the benefit Jan. 19.
The benefit will be held at 5 p.m. Jan. 19 at Plymouth VFW Post, 22 Seven Hills Road. For more information, or to buy tickets, call 781-982-3188.


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(Pocket-lint) - Between the two of us, we've fallen a little bit in love with Samsung's D6530. Maybe it's the way it doesn't try too hard to look gorgeous, or the seductive silkiness of its blacks. Whatever the reason for its magnetic allure, we just want to sit and stare at it all day.
Not that we meant to feel so drawn to this particular screen. It's positioned some way below Samsung's high-end products, a modest 40-inch girl-next-door that you can generally pick up for less than £800. But hey, they say love is blind, right?
Samsung has cultivated quite a reputation for design, and this 40-incher doesn't disappoint. Fashionably thin at 29.9mm, the screen has a stylised transparent edge and a tiny bezel, just 12mm wide. The finish is a steely grey, which contrasts dramatically with the panel which looks jet-black when switched off.
Connectivity is good, comprising four HDMI inputs, SCART and component (via supplied adaptors), a PC input, three USBs, Ethernet LAN and a digital audio optical output. Wi-Fi is built-in, so no need to fuss about with an optional dongle.
Well connected
The UE40D6530 is well specified. It's obviously Smart, in the connected sense. Samsung's investment in online content is really beginning to pay off, with the number of apps available for download mushrooming at an exponential rate. A good 70 per cent are tish, but the sheer volume is impressive. The Hub's user interface mixes up a live TV window with Smart functionality, media streaming and setup buttons. It can also be customised: individual folders can be created to store various apps. This allows a family to assign folders to each member, or genres of apps to be grouped together.
Streaming services include YouTube, LoveFilm, Daily Motion, BBC iPlayer and Acetrax. There's also free 3D in the form of the brand's Explore 3D channel, which offers trailers and assorted full-length movies, from the IMAX stable. The quality of this side-by-side stream is actually rather good.
The Smart Hub home page also has a simple movie database allied to a 'My Videos' Search function. Enter a movie title and the TV scours the interwebs for relevant content, and offers you the chance to VOD the movie if it's available.
And if you need to check out what's new on Pocket-lint between programmes, you can call up a fully featured web browser, with Flash support. You won't miss the start of your show, because a live TV window is overlaid in the corner of the page.
Calibrating this telly doesn't take too long, once you work your way through the extensive picture menus. Take care with the sharpness setting, anything much beyond 17 on the sliding scale will introduce nasty ringing around fine details.
Colours are vibrant and the aforementioned blacks are terrific. This screen delivers eye candy with generosity.
The set's motion resolution is high, making it a particularly good choice for sports fans. Proprietary Motion Plus picture processing retains a full 1080 lines of clarity, although it does bring with it some motion artefacts, seen as smudgy ripples around certain moving objects. The most benign setting is Clear.
That said, it's worth delving into the Motion Plus Custom settings to find the best balance between clarity and judder. Our recommendation is take Judder down to 0. This keeps motion image sharpness but reduces the motion artefacts.
We don't much care for MotionPlus when watching movies, as it robs an image of cinematic texture and makes everything look like it was shot on video. The good news is that even without MotionPlus, this 40-incher does a good job of holding detail.
The third dimension
The set's 3D performance will entertain the kids - if you're brave enough to let them play with expensive Active Shutter 3D eyeware. Brightness is high, although double imaging crosstalk is evident on verticals. You can fiddle with 3D perspective and 3D optimisation adjustments but these really just shift problem in and off the screen plane.
2D-to-3D conversion is also on hand to convert any flat source, be it images from the Freeview+HD tuner of regular Blu-ray or DVD discs. The quality of this conversion tech is high, although frankly we see little point to it - contrary to James Cameron's opinion, we really don't want to watch everything through shuttering bins. There are no 3D glasses provided in the box, although you'll probably find your local dealer offering a bundle deal of sorts.
Media streaming
Media playback from USB is robust. All key video formats are supported, including AVI, MOV and MKV. Streaming across a LAN is more problematic, with MKVs unplayable from a NAS.
The set's audio performance is perfectly functional. The 2x15W sound system makes enough of a noise, although it obviously doesn't have any great depth.
Overall, the 40D6530 should be considered something of a star performer for the price. Its images are enticing, it looks as pretty as a picture and the feature set hits all the hot buttons. Isn't love wonderful?


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Pickleball is the fasting growing sport in America. You can join us weekly between 8:00am – 10:00am (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) on the Courts at Rumbling Bald Resort's Wellness Center. We have an active group of members that play regularly on these days and they have been known to keep a few extra supplies for those interested in playing or learning how to play the game. The Wellness Center also has racquet rentals available for members and guests. Rentals are $3 per racquet. However, if a guest pays $5 to play in the group play, then the rental is free. You will need to present your valid POA Card or RBR Guest Card at time of play.
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Philipp Hennig
Research Overview:
Stochastic optimization methods have become an increasingly important tool in minimizing nonlinear high dimensional objectives where only noisy function and gradient evaluations are available.
Probabilistic numerics provides a framework to address these challenges by explicitly modeling noise and uncertainty.
Optimization can be cast as an inference problem where unknown quantities (e.g. the gradient or the Hessian at every location) is inferred through previously collected noisy gradient evaluations.
Often the noise variances on gradients and values is known or can be estimated with low overhead (e.g for empirical risk minimization) such that the optimizer has a quantitative understanding of how uncertain its inputs are.
My work includes i) robust estimation of first- and second order search directions for stochastic optimization. The work is closely related to previous work by Hennig and Kiefel [ ] who showed that quasi-Newton methods, such as the BFGS rule, arise as the mean of a Gaussian distribution over the elements of the Hessian matrix of an optimization objective. More distantly related work includes e.g Hennig [ ] on the solution of linear solvers.
Further areas of research are: ii) automated step size adaptation in stochatic settings, where we extended the classic line search paradigm of deterministic optimization to a fully probabilistic one [ ]. iii) overfitting prevention by early-stopping without the help of a validation set [ ] based on a lightweight statistical test, which compares gradient magintudes to their noise.
The goal of my work is a smart machine (optimizer) that needs little to no human expert knowledge to perform its task, even communicating important information about the optimization progress to us.
For more information see The Independent Max Planck Research Group on Probabilistic Numerics
About me: I am a physicist by training and I love models, math and abstract thinking. Simulations and testing own theories on data (by writing a computer program) is an essential part of science for me.
Mahsereci, M.
Probabilistic Approaches to Stochastic Optimization
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, 2018 (phdthesis)
Mahsereci, M., Hennig, P.
Probabilistic Line Searches for Stochastic Optimization
Journal of Machine Learning Research, 18(119):1-59, November 2017 (article)
Mahsereci, M., Balles, L., Lassner, C., Hennig, P.arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09580, 2017 (article)
Mahsereci, M., Balles, L., Lassner, C., Hennig, P.
Early Stopping Without a Validation Set
arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09580, 2017 (article)
Mahsereci, M., Hennig, P.
Probabilistic Line Searches for Stochastic Optimization
In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 28, pages: 181-189, (Editors: C. Cortes, N.D. Lawrence, D.D. Lee, M. Sugiyama and R. Garnett), Curran Associates, Inc., 29th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2015 (inproceedings)
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Q: I have a 2008 German Eiswein, and I haven't had it stored in a refrigeration unit since I got it. I was wondering if it is still good to drink. I have had the bottle stored upright in a dark cabinet that stays room temperature. Does it only need refrigeration just before serving? Any help on this would be great because I'd like to finally crack this bottle open.
—Hugh Scott Rockwell, Atlanta, Ga.
A: The ice wine in question here is a 2008 Nachtgold from the Peter Mertes winery, which is based in Bernkastel-Kues on the Mosel River in Germany. I think you're OK drinking it, although I'm always more confident about predicting the condition of a wine after long storage if the bottle has been laid on its side. The corks don't dry out that way and a dry cork lets air get into the bottle that can spoil the wine. You were smart to keep the wine in a dark cabinet; sunlight can damage wine. Room temperature or cooler is fine for storage.
You will want to chill this wine before serving. But don't make the mistake of forgetting that bottle in an ordinary refrigerator because the typical kitchen fridge lacks humidity and, with time, the cork can dry out.
So, back to the main question. Is it drinkable? Honestly, you're going to have to open the bottle and see. Generally, ice wines should have a deep golden color; brown tinges signal trouble.
Do have a spare bottle of something handy in case your bottle goes bust, advises Evan Goldstein, the master sommelier, author and president of Full Circle Wine Solutions, a wine and spirits education company based in San Carlos, Calif.
While the new year is always a good time to raise a glass of something special, you might want to consider keeping a couple of bottles of ice wine on-hand year 'round. The best balance a decadent sweetness with a vibrant acidity, a mouth-pleasing creaminess and brilliant golden color.
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A little ice wine goes a long way. A 2-ounce pour is standard and a 375-milliliter bottle should serve seven to eight people at a sitting.
Ice wines are delicious, yes, but also expensive because they are so hard to produce. Grapes are left out on the vine until temperatures reach 17 degrees Fahrenheit — no wonder Canada is the world's major ice wine producer. The water inside each grape turns to ice and the remaining juices and sugars become concentrated. The ice and juice are separated at the winery and the juice turned into wine.
Ice wine is known as "eiswein" in Germany, where it has its own place in the country's wine classification ranking, and "Icewine" in Canada, where it is a legally protected name.
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Conference of the Edict of Milan opens
In the congress hall of the Hotel Center in Novi Sad, on Wednesday, May 3, 2012 an international conference began: The Edict of Milan (313-2013): Basis for freedom of religion and belief. Opening this conference, His Grace Bishop Dr Irinej of Backa welcomed all high representatives of European confessions and all participants.У
On behalf of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, many guests of our Church was welcomed by His Grace Bishop Andrej of Remesiana.
Conveying the blessings and prayerful greetings of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the welcome speech was held by His Grace Archbishop Aleksandar (Isejin) of Baku and All Azerbaijan.
The participants were addressed by: His Eminence Metropolitan Emanuel of France of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, president of the Conference of the European Churches; Professor Dr Bogoljub Sijakovic, State Secretary of the Government in the Ministry of Faith and Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia; His Excellency Monsignor Orlando Antonini, Apostolic nuncio of the Holy See in the Republic of Serbia; Rabi Rene Gutmann, Chief rabi of Strasbourg, representative of the Conference of the European Rabis; Dr Johan Marte, President of the Fundation PRO ORIENTE, Vienna; Boris Vukobrat, Presidentof the Fundation for peace and crisis management from Paris; Mrs Mirjana Prljevic, international Secretary General of the CIVIS Association.
In discussion also participated: protopresbyter-staurophor Dr Radovan Bigovic, professor of the Faculty of the Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade; His Excellency Archbishop of Belgrade Monsignor Stanislav Hocevar and Representative of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Serbia, Rabi Isak Asiel.
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Purandare, N., Somayajulu, M., Hüttemann, M., Grossman, L.I., Aras, S.
Notes: Coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain-containing 10 (CHCHD10) protein mutations are associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases. Here, the cellular role of CHCHD10 in oxidative phosphorylation in the nucleus and mitochondria is investigated. CHCHD10 is shown to be a regulator of genes containing the oxygen response element (ORE) using the Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay. Interestingly, two disease variants are shown to lead to reduced respiration and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS). (5090)
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Boggs, K. and Reisman, D.
Notes: To explore the role of C/EBPb isoforms in regulating p53 expression during the cell cycle, the 1.7 kb murine p53 promoter was cloned into the pGL3-Basic Vector. Using TransFast™ Reagent, Swiss3T3 and 6629 (C/EBPb-null) cells were transfected with 0.1–0.75 µg of pGL3-1.7-kb p53 promoter construct with or without co-transfection of 0.25 µg of C/EBPb-2, and with 50 ng of pRL-TK Vector as an internal control. Twenty-four hours post-transfection, the cells were harvested and assayed for luciferase activity, normalizing reporter activity to Renilla luciferase activity. The GeneEditor™ in vitro Site-Directed Mutagenesis System was used to either mutate or delete the –972/–953 cis-acting element carrying the C/EBPb-binding site within the p53 promoter, and 0.1–0.75 µg of the mutant constructs were then tested in the same reporter assay. The C/EBPb-1, -2, and -3 cDNAs were cloned into an expression vector and translated using 0.5µg of plasmid in the TNT® T7 Quick Coupled transcription/translation system either in the presence of unlabeled or [35S]methionine. The synthesized proteins were analyzed on 12% SDS-polyacrylamide gel. (3675)
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Schäfer, P., Cymerman, I.A., Bujnicki, J.M. and Meiss, G.
Notes: The authors used biochemical and mutational analysis to characterize human lysosomal DNaseIIα. Native DNaseIIα and site-directed mutants were expressed as Flag-His6-DNaseIIα and HA-tagged DNaseIIα using expression constructs created with the pCI Vector. Protein was expressed by transiently transfecting HEK 293-T cells using the TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. Flag-His6-DNaseIIα was purified using the MagneHis™ Ni-Particles, and this purified protein was used in nuclease assays to monitor catalytic activity and in gel filtration experiments and coimmunoprecipitation assays with HA-DNaseIIα to determine whether the active enzyme is monomeric. (3786)
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Guindalini, C., Howard, M., Haddley, K., Laranjeira, R., Collier, D., Ammar, N., Craig, I., O'Gara, C., Bubb, V.J., Greenwood, T., Kelsoe, J., Asherson, P., Murray, R.M., Castelo, A., Quinn, J.P., Vallada, H., and Breen, G.
Notes: These authors investigated the effect of various polymorphisms in the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3) on susceptibility to cocaine addiction. Genotyping of various polymorphisms in cocaine abusers and control subjects revealed a potential association of the int8 VNTR with cocaine abuse. Seven alleles of the int8 VNTR were sequenced. Various allelic sequences were then cloned into a modified phRL-SV40 Renilla luciferase reporter vector and transfected into the mouse SN4741 cell line, which expresses the dopamine transporter, and the effects on reporter activity were monitored. Sequences of two alleles were then cloned into a pGL3 Promoter Vector construct and transfected into JAP cells. The cells were then challenged with various amounts of cocaine, KCL or KCl and forskolin, and the effect on reporter activity was monitored. The TransFast™ Reagent was used for transfections at a 2:1 reagent:DNA ratio. (3543)
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Wood, T.C., Salavagionne, O.E., Mukherjee, B., Wang, L., Klumpp, A.F., Thomae, B.A., Eckloff, B.W., Schaid, D.J., Wieben, E.D. and Weinshilboum, R.M.
Notes: Human arsenic methyltransferase (AS3MT) was cloned and mutated to produce allozymes for further analysis. COS-1 cells were transfected with constructs encoding the wildtype enzyme and the synthetic allozymes using TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. The wildtype enzyme and allozymes were transcribed and translated using TNT® T7 Coupled Reticulocyte Lysate System in the presence of RNasin® Ribonuclease Inhibitor. (3383)
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Baldwin, A., Huh, K-W. and Mϋnger, K.
Notes: The MagneGST™ Protein Purification System was used to purify GST fusion proteins of the oncoprotein HPV16 E7 or various mutants of HPV16 E7. The purified GST fusion proteins were used for in vitro binding experiments with steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC-1), which was produced using the TNT® T7 Coupled Wheat Germ Extract System and labeled with the Transcend™ Non-Radioactive Translation Detection System. GST pull-down assays were resolved by Western analysis using streptavidn-horseradish peroxidase and alpha-GST. To determine the effects of endogenously expressed HPV16 E7 on SCR-1-mediated transcription, luciferase reporters under the control of either the IL-8 promoter or an artificial promoter containing three estrogen response elements repeats (3 × EREs) were cotransfected with a Renilla control vector into two human cervical cancer lines (C33A and CaSki) using either the Transfast™ Transfection Reagent or another commercial transfection reagent. The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay was then used to determine luciferase activity to functionally map the E7-interacting domain and to determine the effects of high- and low-risk PHV E7s on SRC-1-mediated transcription. (3459)
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Suzuki, A., Ogura, T. and Esumi, H.
Notes: A deletion mutation of the serine/threonine protein kinase NDR2 was created by PCR using two mutagenesis primers and two plasmid-based primers. After amplification, the two products were run on a 1% agarose gel and extracted using the Wizard® SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System. The purified fragments were mixed, annealed, re-amplified and then digested prior to cloning into an expression vector. The human colorectal cancer cell lines HCT-116, DLD-1, and SW480 used in the study were seeded into a 24-well plate at 5 × 104/well, and transfected using the TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. The transfection was assessed with a green fluorescent protein expression vector. (3438)
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Cui, Z-Q., Zhang, Z-P., Zhang, X-E., Wen, J-K., Zhou, Y-F., and Xie, W-H.
Notes: Molecular beacon oligonucleotides are stem-loop oligonucleotide probes labeled with a fluorophore at one end and a quencher at the other. Upon binding to a specific target DNA or RNA, the fluorophore and quencher are separated, and the target DNA or RNA can be detected by fluorescence. In this study, the location of poliovirus plus-strand RNA was monitored in infected Vero cells using such oligonucleotide probes. The TransFast™ Reagent was used to deliver the oligonucleotide probes to the target cells. A transfection mixture containing 9µg of TransFast™ Reagent and 2µg of probe in 0.8ml HEPES buffer was incubated at room temperature for 10–15 minutes before addition to cells from which the growth medium had been removed. The transfection mixture was removed after incubation at 35°C for 40–50 minutes and replaced with fresh growth media. (3544)
D'Avino, P.P., Savoian, M.S., and Glover, D.M.
Notes: The entire sti gene (~7kb) of Drosophila was PCR cloned into the pGEM®-T Vector. The cloned sequences were then sequenced and analyzed for mutations. The researchers also used the T7 RiboMAX™ Large Scale RNA Production System to create dsRNAs from PCR-amplified regions of the sti and GFP coding regions. TransFast™ Transfection Reagent was used to transfect 2 x 106 Schneider S2 cells with 10 μg of dsRNA in a 35mm Petri dish. The cells were fixed after transfection and examined for multinucleate cells, or immunocytochemically stained for actin and anillin. (3259)
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Okubo, K. and Aida, K.
Notes: COS-7 cells were transiently transfected with vectors that express Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase α (PTPα) and Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ε (PTPε) using the TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. Transfections were performed in 100mm dishes. The authors also used the Tyrosine Phosphatase Assay System to assay Tyrosine Phosphatase activity in the transfectants. For these assays, both Tyrosine Phosphopeptides were demonstrated to be substrates for PTPα and PTPε. Data were expressed as percent of untransfected control. (2856)
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Altmann, S.M., Mellon, M.T., Distel, D.L. and Kim, C.H.
Notes: The pGEM®-T Easy Vector was used to subclone products of a 5´ RACE reaction. A promoter construct, assembled in the pGL3 Basic Vector, was co-transfected with a zebrafish interferon expression vector in the ZF4 zebrafish embryo fibroblast cell line using the TransFast™ Reagent (details provided). Luciferase levels were examined with the BrightGlo™ Luciferase Assay Reagent. Induction of zebrafish mRNA was also examined in zebrafish liver cells (ZFL) following treatment with the known interferon inducer, poly(I)-poly(C). RNA was extracted and reverse transcribed using ImProm-II™ Reverse Transcriptase. The resulting cDNA was used for quantitative, real-time RT-PCR with a SYBR green-based assay. (2627)
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Dekker, M., Brouwers, C. and te Riele, H.
Notes: Mismatch-repair deficient murine embryonic stem (ES) cells that had previously undergone recombination to have a dysfunctional neomycin resistance gene inserted into their genome were transfected with either a neomycin repair oligo or a control oligo. Transfections were performed with either Tfx™-50 or TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. Cells were seeded in six-well plates at a density of 7 x 105 cells per well. The following day, cells were transfected for 1 hour with 1.4 ml of serum-free medium containing 3-7μg of oligonucleotide plus 31.5 μl Tfx™-50 or 63 μl TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. The results are presented as percent efficiency of repair of the neomycin resistance gene as dictated by the presence of G418 resistant colonies. (3188)
Scholz, S.R., Korn, C., Gimadutdinow, O., Knoblauch, M., Pingoud, A. and Meiss, G.
Notes: Co-expression of murine CAD with either ICAD-L or -S in E. coli leads to a functional DFF complex, which after caspase-3 activation, releases a functionally active DNase. (2514)
Eloranta, J. J., and Hurst, H.C.
Notes: The authors examined how the transcription factor AP-2 interacts with and is affected by UBC9, a SUMO-conjugating enzyme. Promega's GeneEditor™ in vitro Site-Directed Mutagenesis System was used to create a single amino acid change (K10R) in AP-2γ once it was determined that the lysine was required for sumolation in vivo. Transient transfection assays were performed using the TransFast™ Transfection Reagent. All cell lines (MDA MB 436, MCF7, T47D and HepG2) were transfected in 12-well plates when 60-70% confluent. Various amounts of plasmid were used during transfection and detailed in the paper. For reporter genes, the AP-2 firefly reporter (3xAP2-Bluc) and Promega's pRL-TK Vector were used in a 1:1 ratio, the Renilla luciferase used to normalize firefly expression. Lysates were made 48 hours post-transfection and assayed using the Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System. (2558)
Dual-Luciferase® Reporter 1000 Assay System
Strobel, I., Berchtold, S., Gotze, A., Schulze, U., Schuler, G. and Steinkasserer, A.
Notes: In this paper, the Transfast™ and Tfx™-50 Transfection Reagents were compared to a variety of chemical transfection reagents and an electroporation procedure in their ability to transfect dendritic cells with a green fluorescent protein (GFP)- expressing vector or mRNA. Microscopic and FACS analyses were performed to determine transfection efficacy (percent of GFP expressing cells). Best results were obtained using the Transfast™ Transfection Reagent, which had a mean efficacy of 16.2% and 4.6% when transfecting mRNA and the GFP vector, respectively. Data demonstrating that dendritic cell transfection with Transfast™ Reagent helped in the process of cell maturation and antigen presentation are also presented. For all transfections with Transfast™ Reagent, 400μl of Opti-MEM medium was pre-incubated with 12μl of the transfection reagent and 4μg of vector DNA or RNA at room temperature for 15 minutes. One million cells were then added to these mixtures and the transfections were incubated at 37°C for 1 hour. The cells were resuspended, seeded in six well plates, and supplemented with appropriate cytokines. (2684)
Ango, F., Albani-Torregrossa, S., Joly, C., Robbe, D., Michel, J.-M., Pin, J.-P., Bochaert, J. and Fagni, L.
Notes: The authors investigated transfection of primary mammalian neuronal cultures with seven commercially available cationic lipid reagents. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was used as the reporter and successful transfection was judged by the percentage of cells transfected and the toxicity of the transfection. Mouse cerebellar neuron cultures were grown on poly-L-ornithine-coated glass cover slips (~1 x 105 cells total; 95% granule cells and 5% non-granule cells) for initial optimization experiments. Transfections were optimized for the transfection reagent:DNA ratio and increasing amounts of DNA at the optimized ratio. TransFast™ Transfection Reagent provided the greatest transfection efficiency with an overall transfection efficiency of 5% (2% granule cells/3% non-granule cells) with no toxicity. The Tfx™-50 Reagent ranked second and was also non-toxic. TransFast™ Reagent was most effective at a 1:1 ratio (3µl TransFast™ Reagent/µg DNA) prepared in 1ml of serum-free medium. The TransFast™ Reagent method was also tested on cultured mouse collicular and striatal neurons and the reagent proved non-toxic and produced comparable transfection efficiencies. The time point of transfection following plating the cells was important: Greatest transfection efficiency into granule cells (~2%) was seen when transfection occurred one day (~24 hours) after plating. The number of GFP-expressing cells increased for the first three days after transfection and then remained stable for two weeks. (1478)
Halim, A.-B., LeGros, L., Geller, A., Kotb, M.
Notes: Subunits of the cDNA for methionine adenosyltransferase were amplified from a plasmid using Taq DNA Polymerase and directly cloned into the pTARGET™ Mammalian Expression T-Vector. The sequence of the cloned inserts were confirmed with the fmol® DNA Cycle Sequencing System. The constructs were transiently transfected into COS-1 cells with the TransFast™ Reagent at a 1:1 ratio. Excellent detail is provided for the transfection. (1094)
pTargeT™ Mammalian Expression Vector System
Deguchi, M., Hata, Y., Takeuchi, M., Ide, B., Hirao, K., Yao, I., Irie, M., Toyoda, A., Takai, Y.
Notes: CHO cells stably transfected with the PSD-95/SAP90 protein were generated using the pCI-Neo Mammalian Expression Vector. These stably transfected cells or standard CHO cells were transiently transfected with various eukaryotic expression constructs including some in the pCI-neo Vector. Transient transfection of the CHO cells was performed with the TransFast™ Reagent. (1267)
pCI-neo Mammalian Expression Vector
Moran, M., Miceli, M.C.
Notes: The TransFast™ Reagent was used to stably transfect L cells with a G418-resistant expression vector. No details of the transfection are provided. (0658)
Antibiotic G-418 Sulfate
Myers, M.P., Pass, I., Batty, I.H., Van der Kaay, J., Stolarov, J.P., Hemmings, B.A., Wigler, M.H., Downes, C.P., Tonks, N.K.
Notes: The TransFast™ Reagent was used to transfect LnCaP cells using a 1:1 lipid:DNA ratio. Cells were cotransfected with a GFP vector for selection of positive cells 12 h post transfection. (0638)


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Subsonic Device, the powerful German imprint responsible for such classics as Darxid's "You", Supreme.Ja's "Digimachine", as well as Morphogenetic's "The Time Is Now", returns with one of their most unique releases to date: Krypton 81's "Outpost Alpha Centauri". This 9 song album is a complete journey to our nearest star system, where innovative synth compositions, layered by vintage overtones take control and take you to a space where we are no longer in soundscapes accustomed to...this is, Alpha Centauri after all, so strap on your seatbelts, and make sure there is plenty of oxygen, as this is a one way trip from which you will never return!
The first song we find is "Protocol Alpha", a beautiful intro in the likes of Jean-Michel Jarre, where vintage synth flights begin lift off as we are met by swirling bits of space dust. A palpable feeling sets in as earth drops down below, and we notice the magnitude of this journey we are now embarking on...hold on, for there is no turning back now, Alpha Centauri is our destination! Next up, "Genetic Mutation" begins to gallop in stride as shrill arpeggios join together with playful step sequences designed with care and skill. This song has a great vibe to it, even if a bit mischievous at times; but then again, we are in the middle of space now, and nothing from here on will be as it seems.
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March 2, 2018South Korea
South Korea must capitalize on its diplomatic push to bridge the divide between its longtime ally and its combative neighbor.
November 3, 2017Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga's impasse over the 2017 election has cast a shadow on Kenya's future.
November 3, 2017Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
A little-known treaty provides transparency for confirming arms control agreements and serves as an important measure of the health of the U.S.-Russia relationship.
August 22, 2017Afghanistan
President Trump's much-anticipated Afghan policy rightly avoids troop withdrawal timelines but offers little prospect for progress against the durable Taliban.
September 17, 2015Sub-Saharan Africa
Trafficking and poaching wildlife are a growing scourge for Africa, posing a threat to governance and even security for some nations, write CFR's John Campbell and Allen Grane.
June 24, 2013Sub-Saharan Africa
President Obama's weeklong visit to three African countries should reinforce trade and political ties and address some sentiments that the continent has been overlooked by the White House, writes CFR…
April 12, 2012Americas
The summit in Colombia offers Washington an opportunity to boost growing economic ties amid ongoing disputes with regional partners over Cuba and the legalization of illicit drugs, writes CFR's Shann…
February 25, 2011Middle East and North Africa
The experiences of several Asian states in the past quarter-century are worth noting in today's turbulent Mideast. The Asian cases show the value of swift, cohesive action by opposition groups, and t…
September 22, 2010China
The escalating dispute between Beijing and Tokyo about Japan's detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain is a challenge for Washington and raises concerns about Chinese maritime activities in the A…
February 19, 2010Democratic Republic of Congo
With the death toll in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo likely exceeding six million, the UN peacekeeping force needs beefing up, and both the Rwandan and Congolese governments should punish …


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Lucida Frameless Bevelled Wall Mirror by Deknudt Mirrors
Lucida Frameless Bevelled Wall Mirror by Deknudt Mirrors
Measures 84 x 112cm (approx 33.07 x 44.19 inches) and ready to hang.
The Lucida frameless mirror offers classic rectangular shape with a chequered border that creates an appealing textured finish. Each of the 24 square blocks within the border is made from 4 aligned mirrored strips. The square blocks sit perpendicular to each other, alternating between horizontal and vertical, so they play with the light as it hits the surface.
The frameless design makes this piece ideal for fitting into a wide range of interior styles, whether that is a glamorous Art Deco inspired space or a sleek contemporary room. As there is no frame, the Lucida Deknudt mirror can easily be placed on any colour wall too, making it a very versatile mirror to have.
Superbly finished with a bevelled edge and can be hung either portrait or landscape.
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Police and emergency services made "strenuous attempts" to deflect the blame for the Hillsborough disaster onto innocent fans, newly published documents about the tragedy have revealed.
The disclosures were made by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which has been overseeing the release of thousands of official documents relating to Britain's deadliest sporting disaster.
Prime Minister David Cameron offered a "profound" apology to the families of the 96 people who died, telling the House of Commons that the report made clear that "the Liverpool fans were not the cause of the disaster".
Cameron said that Attorney General Dominic Grieve will review the report as quickly as possible in order to decide whether to apply to the High Court to quash the original, flawed inquest and order a new one. It will be for the court to make the final decision.
The report showed that the Hillsborough families had suffered a "double injustice", both in the "failure of the state to protect their loved ones and the indefensible wait to get to the truth", and in the efforts to denigrate the deceased and suggest that they were "somehow at fault for their own deaths", said Cameron.
He told MPs: "With the weight of the new evidence in this report, it is right for me today as Prime Minister to make a proper apology to the families of the 96 for all they have suffered over the past 23 years. On behalf of the Government - and indeed our country - I am profoundly sorry for this double injustice that has been left uncorrected for so long."
Ninety six Liverpool supporters died in a crush at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 where their team were to meet Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final.
Introducing the report to the Hillsborough families at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, Bishop James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool and chairman of the panel, said: "For nearly a quarter of a century the families of the 96 and the survivors of Hillsborough have nursed an open wound waiting for answers to unresolved questions. It has been a frustrating and painful experience adding to their grief.
"In spite of all the investigations they have sensed that their search for truth and justice has been thwarted and that no-one has been held accountable.
"The documents disclosed to and analysed by the panel show that the tragedy should never have happened. There were clear operational failures in response to the disaster and in its aftermath their were strenuous attempts to deflect the blame onto the fans. The panel's detailed report shows how vulnerable victims, survivors and their families are when transparency and accountability are compromised."
In its summary the panel said: "It is evident from analysis of the various investigations that from the outset South Yorkshire Police sought to deflect responsibility for the disaster on to Liverpool fans ... there is no evidence to support this view."
The documents also reveal the "extent to which substantive amendments were made" to statements by South Yorkshire Police to remove or alter "unfavourable" comments about the policing of the match and the unfolding disaster.


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We had heard that Evenston had it's own brew pub, and of course we had to check it out.Suds Brothers looks small on the outside but is actually quite large. It occupies an old, unassuming retail space on towns old main street. If your not paying attention you might miss it. The inside has an "old west saloon" feel with a small five tank brewery in the back. With a little inspiration this could be quite an attractive place.Their tap selection wasn't too bad, on my visit they had an Amber Ale, Koelsch,Hefeweizen, IPA, smoked porter and an Alt.
The Amber, ironically poured an amber color with a creamy off-white head that stayed 'till the bottom of the cup. The nose was of light pale malts with a slight hop perfume. The taste started with caramel & moderate piney hops up front. A little nuttiness sneaks in as it warms. Finishes with malt sweetness & moderate piney hops.
The Altbier poured a clear amber/brown with thin foam cap. The nose mainly consisted of dry malts. The flavor has some nice roasted overtones and carries a bit of hop bite to bitter the malt base. Good drinkability.
The food was... okay my nachos weren't the best but my wife's patty melt was very good. The place seems to do a brisk local business, and apparently fills up in the evening. I probably won't make many special trips up there for just to visit, but I'll defiantly stop in when I'm in the area.
Due to it's proximity to Salt Lake(a mere 1 hr 15 min. from mi casa) I'm adding it to the brewpub links even though it's not a Utah brewery... Why the hell not, it's closer than some places, the beer is not too bad and it's not restricted to Utah's 4.0% draft cap. Please check 'em out. Cheers!


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Newtown victim's father faces larceny, other charges
MILFORD -- A man whose 6-year-old son was among those killed in the Sandy Hook School massacre is facing a court hearing on larceny and other charges.
Neil Heslin, who has lobbied Congress and the Connecticut legislature for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting, is scheduled to appear in Milford Superior Court Wednesday morning.
The News-Times of Danbury reports Heslin faces charges that date back to July 2011, several of which involve allegations he issued bad checks to purchase building materials for his construction company.
Heslin, who has pleaded not guilty, referred questions about the case to his attorneys, who did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Heslin's son, Jesse Lewis, was among 26 people shot to death inside the Newtown school on Dec. 14.


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La Grange LWV Registers 1000+ New Student Voters!
The League of Women Voters® of the La Grange Area registered over 1,000 new student voters in September. The League worked with area schools to host voter registration events in celebration of National Voter Registration Day, a nationwide holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. Over 75 volunteers, including League and community members, students, teachers and staff, held 5 events at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Proviso Township High Schools in Hillside and Maywood, Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park, and DePaul University in Lincoln Park.
LWV La Grange Sponsors Program On the Illinois Firearms Restraining Order
On September 18, LWVLGA co-sponsored a program describing legislation to make our communities safer. The Firearms Restraining Order allows a family/household member or local law enforcement to petition for a court order to temporarily remove firearms from an individual exhibiting risky behavior. You can view a video of the program here.
LaGrange Area LWV Announces Goals for 2020-21
The Lagrange Area League of Women Voters will employ the tenets and positions of the League of Women Voters to encourage the active, knowledgeable participation of the residents of our communities in the political process. We intend to actively work with LWVUS, LWVIL, Cook County League, and ILOs to identify and pursue improvements in our government at all levels.
- Encourage voter participation in our communities through voter registration and candidate forums
- Educate the residents of our communities on issues affecting government, education, and the environment
- Campaign for more effective and efficient local government
- Actively lobby our local, state, and federal representatives on legislation affecting our communities
- Promote diversity in our League and our communities
The projects the League of Women Voters of the LaGrange Area will actively work on in 2020-2021 will include:
- Pursue the elimination of the Lyons Township School Treasurer Office
- Actively campaign for reasonable gun control measures
- Partner with local community groups on issues of common interest
- Study affordable housing in our communities and develop recommendations
Cook County LWV Releases Updated Report on Pre-Trial Systems
With LaGrange LWV member Jan Goldberg as co-chair, the Criminal Justice Interest Group of the Cook County LWV has released a comprehensive update of its 2015 report on Pre-trial Systems in Cook County. In the original report, the group made11 recommendations to help ensure that pretrial operations are fairly and equitably administered within the criminal justice system of Cook County. These recommendations were put forth in order to ensure that pretrial systems efficiently and effectively serve the accused and the citizenry of Cook County. The purpose of this updated report is to summarize the progress made on each of these recommendations and to assess what further steps our criminal justice interest group needs to be take in order to further each goal. Download the complete report here.
LaGrange League Hosts Program on Gun Violence
More than 50 local residents braved the wind and cold for a program on the impact of gun violence on our communities. Participating were Dr. Mark Cichon, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Loyola Medical Center, Officer Tim Andries, La Grange Police Dept. and LTHS North Campus School Resource Officer, Theresa Hirstein, LTHS Social Studies Teacher; and Pat Callahan, LTHS Teaching Assistant: Both Sandy Hook Promise Leaders and SAVE Co‐sponsors. See the video here.
League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area Sponsors Training Event for New Deputy Voting Registrars
The League of Women Voters® of the La Grange Area (LWVLGA), along with the La Grange Public Library, sponsored a deputy voter registrar training at the La Grange Public Library.
Twenty-seven volunteers were sworn in and can now register any Illinois citizen to vote in the midterm election on November 6th. Individuals who serve as deputy registrars play a vital role in the democratic process by registering people to vote, encouraging voter participation and enhancing the electoral process.
League Hosts Program on Legalizing Marijuana
Over 150 people crowded into the La Grange Village Hall to listen to an expert panel discussion on the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana in Illinois. The "Great Marijuana Debate" was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area and the Coalition for a Drug Free Lyons Township. Panelists included Heather A. Steans, Illinois State Senator – 7th District, Jim Durkin, Illinois House Minority Leader, Will Jones, SAM Communications Outreach Associate, Dr. Aaron Weiner, Director of Addictions (Linden Oaks), Reverend Alexander Sharp, Executive Director, Clergy for a New Drug Policy, and Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, MSSA, Director/Cofounder, Live4Lali Inc. Read all about the debate in the Doings article. And watch a video of the debate here!
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College of Dupage - Observer Report
Your LWV Coalition for College of Dupage observers will be paying close attention to further developments between the faculty and the Board at future meetings. The faculty association does not strike us as a group that will give up easily. Just when things seemed quite peaceful and calm, this controversy about faculty hiring pops up. One can't help but remember that it was a letter from the faculty association to the Board of Trustees in September 2014 about a vote of no confidence in President Breuder which led directly to the election of the Clean Slate candidates in April 2015. Click here for the current report.
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Wilwood engineering has recently introduced a front disc brake kit for the 1995 through 2005 Mazda Miata sports car that features the latest in disc brake technology. This track-tested kit will not only provide better street performance, it will definitely make a huge improvement over the original brakes on the track where consistency counts. The complete brake kit is also lighter than the original brakes, so a handling improvement will also be a benefit received from the upgrade.
The kit features forged billet Dynalite calipers that work perfectly with the aluminum hats and 11-inch rotors. The complete kit is part number 140-11704 and it can be ordered with Platinum-E or Red powder coated calipers and the buyer's choice of standard or drilled and slotted rotors. The complete kit comes with the calipers, aluminum rotor adapters, rotors, caliper brackets, BP-10 brake pads, and all of the hardware required to finish the installation.
The Wilwood performance brake kits are loaded with cutting edge technology built on years of domination in world motorsports and are engineered for easy bolt-on installation. Wilwood's Pro Series Brake Kits are designed to meet the high performance demands of today's tire, wheel and suspension technology.
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When I first went to Utica, NY, an invited Boilermaker runner in 1986, I found myself in a dingy, dispirited industrial town; a rusting relic of the age of steel and coal. The work and wealth once brought by the canals and railroads had ebbed away. Mills and foundries had closed. People were moving out. The downtown was a place to avoid.
Seventeen years later, as the Boilermaker 15K reaches its 25th anniversary, the center of Utica is being revitalized, public morale is visibly rising, and the race has become a week-long carnival of color and confidence that reaches virtually the entire community. While the process is far from complete, and it would be over-simplistic to call a running event the only cause of such a revival, it has certainly been a catalyst.
You can't go far in the new Utica at any time of year without being reminded that it's proudly the home of the Boilermaker. From the renovated Hotel Utica where the race is headquartered, to the developing tourist attraction of the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in a once derelict commercial building, from the sparklingly restored Stanley Performing Arts Center, where the Hall of Fame stages its annual induction ceremony to packed houses, to the quiet walkway of engraved bricks donated by runners in Boilermaker Square at Butler Park, the race is a presence. It is evidently using the city, improving the city, and bringing in quality activities, celebrities, and a sense of celebration.
Even the giant painted footprints that stride bare-toed along the race's route are a novel form of urban art. Year-round, right there on the streets, they affirm that the Boilermaker is a local achievement to be displayed with good-humored pride.
In race week, the police, hospitals, public officials, human service agencies, and many more all strive to show Utica at its best, for the day when the world comes to visit. Bands play, artists paint, restaurants and hotels boom, media throb with race news, charities benefit, the mayor runs the full 15K, children volunteer and have their own Youth Run.
This pride in community achievement is evident at many successful races. In the last few months I have witnessed it vividly in places as different as Napa, CA; London, England; Christchurch, New Zealand; and Burlington, VT. But Utica needs it more. There the Boilermaker has taken on some of the public role that a top football, baseball or soccer team can fill in an unfashionable community—a symbol and a stimulus for local identity. The difference is that running is a sport for participants more than spectators. Its benefits go deeper and last longer.
We all know how running helps the individual. The research is conclusive, on cardiovascular health, bone mass, delayed aging, and much more. But the benefits to the community are only beginning to be understood. With almost no research available, I can only set up headings. When a community hosts a big running event, I believe, the positive effects can be social, environmental, economic, moral and cultural.
Community Health
Socially, Utica is a great example. From a city struggling even to survive, it has achieved inclusion in the top-30 list for the 2002 All American Cities Award.
"The Boilermaker was very important in helping us get to the finals. It is the keystone of a year-round series of fitness events that more than anything else give the community a sense of unity and energy," said Dick Mattia, elite athlete recruiter for the Boilermaker race and director of the America's Greatest Heart Run-Walk.
A similar resurgent social energy was evident in Budapest last year, when I watched 17,700 women in the Avon Global Championship openly celebrate the new opportunity that running was giving them. Women's road running is not the only new freedom in Hungary's post-Communist society, but that day it was a very public and symbolic one.
Another kind of social benefit comes from the contribution running makes to disadvantaged groups. It was the first sport in the world to give competitive opportunity and acclaim to physically and visually impaired people.
Masters runners make a similar social statement. The Boilermaker again is notable, giving prize money in the over-50 and over-60 divisions, enhancing its elite field and increasing local interest.
Scenic Security
Environmentally, too, running has made a contribution that deserves to be recorded. In Christchurch, New Zealand and Tulsa, OK—just two examples I know—runners campaigned successfully against the destruction of parkland for highways. Runners helped to free New York's Central Park of traffic for extended periods. Runners were the first to recognize the recreational potential of neglected lakesides and riverbanks, ugly wharves and disused rail lines (I used to run on one in Cambridge, England, in 1961). We invented linear parks long before they had that name.
Look around as you run, at the walkways and footbridges, the riverbank trails that weave through cities like Adelaide, Australia or Washington, DC; notice the drinking fountains and restrooms, the landscaping and the works of art, some of it running-related—the Boston Marathon Memorial in Copley Square comes to mind. Running was not alone in achieving this revolution in attitude to the urban environment, but it was among the pioneers.
And the process goes on. Many places now showcase their beauties through a road race. Count the words "scenic," "beautiful" or "magnificent" in the race ads. Then count your blessings that running is promoting such appreciation so vigorously. Putting a city's streets on TV tends to raise the consciousness of local authorities. In places like Utica, support for urban restoration from funding bodies like the Empire State Development Corporation has been gained partly through the visibility and economic value of the road race.
Running to Work
Economically, the direct impact of big running events has been well charted. The New York City Marathon is worth more than $100 million to the city. Indirect benefits may be greater. In a city like Utica, with its exodus, especially of young people, such an injection creates work not only for pasta waiters three days a year, but long-term in the high-tech, communications, service and travel sectors that running increasingly occupies.
Think how many photos are developed, how many phone calls are made, how much printing is done, for any race this big. Designers, broadcasters, PR and telecommunications people, copywriters, computer programmers, health professionals and facility managers are among those who get increased work through road running.
Care of the Soul
Morally, it is worth considering the implications for the health of a society when 9,000 people (in Utica's case) assemble as active participants, not just spectators, in a peaceful communal activity; when another 5,000 give their time and skills as volunteers; when many thousands come out into the streets in support, and countless more follow events through the media.
Is this a mere pastime? If there were protest marches, pilgrimages or poetry festivals on the same immense scale of participation, we would be rewriting our social and cultural history on the evidence. Running events, almost unnoticed by social historians, have become a major unifying initiative of our society.
Factor in the weeks or years of preparation by every participant; the commitment of time and effort by both runners and volunteers—to something that brings no reward beyond itself; consider the support from the business, health, media, education and arts communities. It adds up to enough evidence to knock over a stack of negative theories about our society's supposed selfishness, materialism and short attention span. I will take Osama bin Laden's criticisms more seriously when he has trained for and completed a marathon, or just worked a water station.
All this—social, environmental, economic and moral—amounts to a significant, as yet uncharted, contribution to what is best called the culture of a community. Culture means "growth," the way a community expresses its purpose and pride, its unity and energy. A community that puts on a great running event is validating itself and human creativity in the same way as one that is famous for its dance or music.
The Utica Story
The Utica story began in 1978, when a young local businessman, Earle C. Reed, planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the family business, then known as Utica Radiator. He wanted a public event that would "put back into the community."
A runner, Reed created a new road race for the anniversary, "as an identifier for the community." He designed a real runner's course, scenic and challenging, between the urban landmarks of a foundry and a brewery. He gave it an unashamedly industrial name—no pastoral Peachtree or Lilac Bloomsday. The race starts at Utica Boilers. A "boilermaker" is also blue-collar slang for a whiskey-and-beer chaser.
With just $750 of company money, and collaboration from the F.X. Matt Brewing Company, where the race finishes, "The Boilermaker" was run on July 16, 1978, with about 900 starters. Utica has never been the same.
"The community has to have ownership," is how Reed explains the race's exceptional success. Effort goes not just into winning support from community groups, but giving them full responsibility for whole elements of the Boilermaker. The Health and Fitness Expo, the Medical Seminar, the Pasta Dinner, the 8K Walk, the 5K Training Run, the Youth Run, the Wheelchair Division, the Corporate Cup, the Post Race Party, and many of the water stations are separate operations whose sponsoring companies or groups provide organization and volunteers, with the race lending technical help and support from its celebrity guests. Sponsors at the Boilermaker are more than just another name on a cluttered t-shirt.
Volunteers are made to feel appreciated by a Volunteer of the Year award, their own fireworks party, and more importantly by all 5,000 volunteers' names being published in the Observer-Dispatch. At this race they really do stand equal to the finishers, who are also listed in full.
"The Observer-Dispatch was involved from the start, and its full coverage has been crucial," said John Petrone, a Utica lawyer and co-director, with Reed, of the Hall of Fame. "Local TV and radio are equally committed."
Even spectators are made into participants. "The Most Enthusiastic Neighborhood" (on a vote by applause of the runners at the post-race party) is rewarded with a block party a month after the race. With year-round Boilermaker wellness clinics and training programs, the race is made an ongoing part of the region's life.
"It's not easy to tap into runners," Reed says. "They show up, they run, they go away. We try to make them feel part of the Boilermaker community, and that means the Utica community."
The National Distance Running Hall of Fame, now in its fifth year, provides a national context, media interest, and brings in a wider pool of sponsorship.
Beyond Sport
Yet still, in the midst of this sporting feast, Reed insists, "the Boilermaker transcends sports." One obvious sign is the arts festival put on through Boilermaker Week—music, painting, sidewalk arts, children's tours, an Antique and Classic Cars Show.
It's the old Greek combination of athletics and arts. Utica even provides the religious dimension, with an Interfaith Church Service the day before the race which runners are encouraged to attend in t-shirts.
Reed handed over the race directorship in 2001, and the silver anniversary on July 14th was dedicated to him. He is still, to put it mildly, actively involved, his mind buzzing with long-term strategies as well as last-minute problems.
"Education may be where we need to go next. The Hall of Fame collection might be a beginning," Reed said thoughtfully. With a nationally important library of running literature up the road at Syracuse University, and sports studies one of the most rapidly developing educational subjects, the Boilermaker could again be the catalyst. A high-level academic sports institute could promote the sustainable economy that the region badly needs.
Utica's problems are not solved. But 25 years of creative thinking by its road race have done much to turn a fragmented and depressed community into a united and hopeful one.
"The Boilermaker is a big Utica family reunion," said Reed with a glint of pride. "It's Christmas in July."
Roger Robinson, a Running Times senior writer, was formerly the over-50 winner at the Boilermaker and did radio commentary at the 2002 race.


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The two-story limestone farmhouse at 354 E. Chocolate Ave. was built by John Imboden in 1873. The property, as a family farm, continued in operation until the 1920's.
The stone smoke-house located behind the main house is the only remaining farm building of the several other original buildings.
After the death of John in 1917, his son Harry and family moved to the "newer" red-brick home across the street, now present day Chocolate Ave. The original Imboden stone farmhouse was then turned over to the tenant farmer and his family.
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Slugger's prolonged slump prompts move; reliever Guilmet promoted
CLEVELAND -- The Indians brought Mark Reynolds in over the offseason to provide the kind of right-handed power the team had lacked in recent years. For one month, the all-or-nothing slugger lived up to expectations.
Reynolds' three-month tailspin since an amazing April led to Thursday's decision by Cleveland to designate the first baseman for assignment. The Indians have promoted reliever Preston Guilmet from Triple-A Columbus to give the bullpen an extra arm for the time being.
"He's a guy that carried us the first month of the season," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "And then from that point to here, it's been pretty rough. It was getting harder and harder to find at-bats so he could get hot, because I think we all felt like he had a streak in him."
Reynolds is now in a 10-day waiting period, during which he is likely to be either traded or released by the Indians. Other teams will have an opportunity to also claim Reynolds off waivers, which could lead to a trade or Cleveland could simply let him go.
Francona noted that Reynolds did not request to be moved, but indicated that the struggling slugger is not interested in accepting a Minor League assignment.
"He expressed that he did not want to go to Triple-A and play baseball," Francona said. "So we do know that. Now, it's 10 minutes after a game, but that's what he told us [Wednesday] night."
Through 99 games with Cleveland, which signed him over the winter to a one-year contract with a base salary of $6 million, Reynolds hit .215 with a .307 on-base percentage, .373 slugging percentage, 15 home runs, 48 RBIs and 123 strikeouts. He opened the season as the Tribe's primary designated hitter, but he also helped out at first and third base.
Reynolds provided a powerful bat for Cleveland's lineup through May 6, when his batting average stood at .300. Over the first 28 games, he launched 10 home runs, collected 27 RBIs and posted a 1.026 OPS.
In the clubhouse, Reynolds was dubbed "Mega Mark" by his teammates for the tape-measure shots he was belting for the Tribe.
Unfortunately for Cleveland, Reynolds went as cold as he started hot.
"We knew when we got him that he wasn't a .300 hitter," Francona said. "He was hitting .300 and basically hitting everything in sight. And [explaining his slump] is probably not as easy as one sentence. The pitches he was hitting in April, he was either fouling, or sometimes you get one pitch in an at-bat, and he'd miss it or foul it and strike out.
"Earlier in the season, he was getting it, he was hitting it and he was doing a lot of damage."
Over the past 71 games dating back to May 7, Reynolds has posted the lowest batting average (.179) among qualified Major League players in that time period. His .532 OPS in that span rates as the second-lowest mark among big league hitters.
That three-month slump included just five home runs and 21 RBIs to go along with 96 strikeouts.
In parts of seven seasons in the Majors -- spent between stints with the D-backs, Orioles and Indians -- Reynolds has hit .233 with 196 home runs and 549 RBI in 952 games. Across the 2008-11 campaigns, he hit .231 with an average of 35 home runs, 92 RBI and 208 strikeouts per season.
While trying to balance keeping the Indians in the American League Central race with getting Reynolds going again at the plate, Francona had reduced the slugger's playing time in recent weeks. Surprising bench contributor Ryan Raburn -- who signed a two-year contract extension on Wednesday -- has garnered more time in the starting lineup.
"With Raburn swinging the bat the way he is, and [Mike] Aviles playing really well," Francona said, "it was becoming harder to get him to where he was going to be able to get hot. And then we needed a pitcher [due to Wednesday's 14-inning game].
"And I think it was becoming harder for Mark to handle not playing. It was just time to do what we did."
Guilmet offers some bullpen insurance for the Indians, who cycled through an assortment of arms in a extra-inning loss to the Tigers on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old right-hander, who appeared in one game for the Indians earlier this season, has posted a 1.95 ERA with 64 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings for Triple-A Columbus this season.
For the time being, Francona noted that the Indians might proceed with an eight-man bullpen, which is something the club has done in multiple stretches throughout this season. The positional versatility of players such as Raburn, Aviles, Nick Swisher and Carlos Santana has made it easier to play short-handed on the bench.
"You always have to be cognizant of the fact that, if there's any injury somewhere, all of a sudden you're looking for that bat," Francona said. "But you have to make decisions. Obviously, going into [Thursday], from where we sit, we think we're a better team with an eight-man bullpen."
Justin Masterson, who is a leader on the mound and off the field for the Indians, does not believe the move to part ways with Reynolds will negatively affect the clubhouse.
"We've still got a lot of good guys," Masterson said. "I wouldn't say it's a huge distraction, really, for anybody. But, some may let it creep in more than others. In the end, everyone knows that if you just go out and perform and do your stuff, hopefully that takes care of it.
"It may not work out here at some point in time. But, it may work somewhere else."


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