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NJIT Picks Winner: Up for Emmy is WTC Movie Sponsored by NJIT
September 20, 2012
This Sunday while you're watching this year's Emmy® Awards, here's some news. "Engineering Ground Zero," a production of the prominent Boston-based NOVA, was named among six titles for best documentary. >>
NJITs Fab Lab Enables Award-Winning Walkway Constructed Near WTC
December 17, 2007
A ton of plywood, a willing patron and an innovative architecture professor have joined forces to create what arguably might be New York's most beautiful sidewalk. Lower Manhattan architect Richard Garber, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, took first place last month in a competition to design, develop and build a visually pleasing and utilitarian construction site walkway. >>
NJITs Fab Lab Enables Award-Winning Walkway Constructed Near WTC
December 12, 2007
A ton of plywood, a willing patron and an innovative architecture professor have joined forces to create what arguably might be New York's most beautiful sidewalk. Lower Manhattan architect Richard Garber, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, took first place last month in a competition to design, develop and build a visually pleasing and utilitarian construction site walkway. >>
NJIT Civil Engineers Will Comment on Plane Crash into NYC Building
October 12, 2006
NJIT civil engineering professors John Schuring and Walter Konon are available to discuss the structural safety of the New York City building hit yesterday by a small aircraft. >>
October 31, 2003
"During construction, pieces are still coming together, so there is definitely some vulnerability," says John Schuring, in response to the parking deck collapse in Atlantic City. "Also, the loading on the structure is unpredictable during construction." A multi-story structure such as a parking deck also relies on the strength of concrete cured just days earlier. "Sometimes," he adds, those strengths may be overestimated because the concrete is not fully cured." >>
NJIT Honors Alumni Lost on 9/11/2001
September 11, 2003
To the mournful sound of a bagpipe and a sharp salute from NJIT's publc safety officers in dress blues, NJIT this morning honored 11 alumni and friends who died in the terrorist attacks two years ago. NJIT 's president Robert A. Altenkirch addressed a crowd of about 200 students, staff, faculty, and the family of one of the alumni who gathered on the green under a bright blue sky to dedicate a memorial to those lost. Nine NJIT graduates were working in the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 when the towers were hit by two hijacked planes and collapsed. Alumnus and former Trustee Donald Peterson and his wife Jean were on United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco when it crashed in Western Pennsylvania. "For decades to come, we will be seeking the right words, the right language, to help us heal and comprehend what happened two years ago in New York City," Altenkirch said. "It is easy to talk about understanding and tolerance," Altenkirch said, but it is more important to make an individual effort to respect other people. "We are committed to those deeds and actions here at NJIT," he said. The family of George Strauch attended the ceremony, and his brother Robert remembered him as a man who looked back fondly on his days as an undergraduate at Newark College of Engineering. Several of those NJIT alumni worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. They were due to be honored at a separate ceremony at New York City's Riverside Church September 11 at 2 p.m. New York Governor George Pataki and New Jersey Governor James McGreevey will speak at that service. It will be broadcast live by New Jersey Public Television with a re-broadcast set for 9 p.m. The lost NJIT alumni included engineers, people who worked in finance, and computer experts. Most were married. Among them they left 18 children. Hilary Strauch, 13, wrote the following poem about her father: My Dad I see a face, a face of God He's smiling down on me and my mom My dad is up there smiling too When his tower collapsed he was trapped Inside a fiery inferno with no where to go Except heaven Also among those named on the plaque are former NJIT Board of Trustees member Donald Peterson, who with his wife Jean, a retired nurse, was on United Airlines Flight 93 headed from Newark to San Francisco when it crashed in Pennsylvania. The Petersons were going to a family reunion. They lived in Spring Lake. Here are brief remembrances of the graduates. They were written from news clips and from information compiled by the NJIT Alumni Association's Julie Jablonsky. * Paul F. Beatini, 40, Class of 1986, Park Ridge, NJ, was operations vice president and assistant manager for engineering for FMGlobal Corp. He is survived by his wife Susan, two daughters now ages seven and five, and his parents and siblings. His co-workers remembered him as "a devoted family man with an unmistakable sense of humor and love of life." * Eddie Wing-Wai Ching, 29, Union, Class of 1997, was a client support administrator for UmeVoice. He was in the WTC offices of Cantor Fitzgerald, a client, on September 11. The youngest of four children, his relatives nicknamed him "Cool Man" but remember him most for his warm heart. He loved to play basketball, took pride in being a homeowner and had told friends he intended to propose marriage to his girlfriend by the end of 2001. His survivors include his mother and sister. * Patrick A. Hoey, Class of 1969, 53, Middletown, was executive manager for the Port Authority's department of tunnels, bridges, and terminals. He was in his office on the 64th Floor of Tower One when it was struck. His voice can be heard on recently-released Port Authority tapes seeking advice on whether to evacuate the building. Remembered as a family man who was active in his church and community, he was a former PTA president. Survivors include Eileen, his wife of 31 years, and their three sons. * Edward T. Keane, 66, Class of 1961, West Caldwell, had been a retired Port Authority engineer. But after three years of retirement he had decided to return to work there, this time as a consultant to the PA with Hill International. He managed projects connected with the George Washington and Goethals bridges. He was at work on the 60th Floor of Tower One when the plane struck. He and 15 co-workers had made it down to the 20th Floor when the building collapsed. Keane had survived the 1993 WTC attack, and was cited at the time for helping a distraught pregnant woman down 72 flights of stairs. Relatives remembered Keane as a man who took pleasure in hiking, sailing, gardening and travel. But his greatest joy was his family, including Barbara, his wife of 38 years, their daughter, son, and four grandchildren. * Franco Lalama, 45, Nutley, Class of 1980, was a structural engineer with the Port Authority's department of bridges and terminals. He was on the 64th floor of Tower One when it was struck. According to news accounts, he had spoken to his wife and sister by phone, telling them he was leaving the building. But he turned back to assist others. His co-workers remembered him as a brilliant engineer who could always be relied on to put the George Washington bridge back together in time for the morning rush after even the most extensive repair work. Friends said he was a gourmet who loved to make homemade wine, and served cannoli and espresso at work. Survivors include his wife Linda, their three children, his parents and siblings. * Kleber Molina, New York City, Class of 1998, worked for Fiduciary Trust Company International. He was at worked on the 95th Floor of Tower Two when it was struck. He is survived by his wife, Cathy. * Francesco "Francis" Riccardelli, 40, Westwood, Class of 1985, worked at the Port Authority as manager of vertical transportation for the World Trade Complex. He was remembered by his family as "an eternal optimist who saw only the good in the world." He was also an avid hiker, swimmer, and skier, who had a deep love of nature. He is survived by his wife Theresa and their five children. At the time of his death the children were ages 9, 8, 5, 3, and 1. * George J. Strauch, Jr., 53, Avon-by-the-Sea, Class of 1970, was an executive with Aon Corporation. He was at work in the firm's 99th Floor offices when the first tower was struck. He had phoned his wife and his mother to assure them he was all right. But then his own building was hit . Strauch was remembered as having passion for the ocean, particularly fishing. He and his wife met on the boardwalk when she was 17. He put up with a daily, 5:30 a.m., four-hour roundtrip commute so he and his family could live near the beach. His survivors include Virginia, his wife of 27 years and their daughter Hilary, now 13. * Mark Zangrilli, 36, Pompton Plains, Class of 1988, was employed by AXA Corporation near the Twin Towers on Water Street. But he was attending a meeting at Aon Corporation in Tower Two when it was struck. Zangrilli had formerly worked at the World Trade Center as an insurance underwriter for Kemper National Insurance Co. He was there during the 1993 bombing and was cited for doing a heroic job in helping evacuate coworkers there. His last contact with his wife Jill was a phone message saying the evacuation was beginning and that he would call when he got down. She remembers him as a dedicated father and husband, who took his two sons, then 3 and 1, everywhere he went on weekends. His wife and sons survive him. As part of NJIT's efforts to comfort the families of those who died, NJIT's alumni association had earlier mailed $1,000 donations to the families--including an additional alumnus, John Fisher who took evening courses for years at the university but had left before graduating. Fisher, 46, a father of seven, worked at the World Trade Center, consulting for the Port Authority as an engineering consultant for Nanotek, Inc. Immediately after the first attack he re-entered the south tower and went into the World Trade Center's operational control center. When that tower collapsed he was there, assisting with the evacuation and trying to help fix the buildings' communications systems. He is survived by his former wife Gail and their children, who were ages 16, 14, 12, 10, 10, 8 and 6 when he died. The family lives in Beachwood. ---Gale Scott >>


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By Leanne Aguilera, Hollywood.com Staff
It's the classic fairytale: Boy meet girl. Girl poses nude in boy's magazine. Boy falls in love with girl. And after an attempted wedding, breakup, and reconciliation, boy and girl tie the knot in a New Year's Eve wedding. Okay, okay. Maybe it's not your typical fairytale, but for new bride Crystal Harris Hefner, life is pretty magical right about now.
86-year-old Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner married 26-year-old Crystal Harris Monday night in an intimate ceremony at the infamous Beverly Hills mansion. And guess what? The bride wore pink!
Pink wedding dresses seem to the hot new thing in bridal couture these days, and Harris looked lovely in a blush mermaid gown designed by Romona Keeveza. The Femme Fatale lingerie shop owner tweeted a full-length mirror shot of the body-hugging strapless gown early Tuesday morning.
But that's not the only peek we got into the Hefners' big day. The bride and groom took to Twitter to share oodles of details from their New Year's Eve nuptials.
The couple exchanged their vows underneath an arch of pink, purple, and white flowers at the bottom of the mansion's iconic double stairway surrounded by a small group of family and friends.
Harris also revealed the playlist that set the tone for newlyweds' romantic evening. "The harpist and flutist did an amazing job last night. They played 'As Time Goes By,' 'Because You Loved Me,' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' and 'Chasing Cars.' They continued to play through the night as guest arrived for the big annual NYE party," Harris tweeted.
After the couple exchanged their vows it was time to party! According to Us Weekly, Hefner and Harris joined their guests including Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney, Gene Simmon and Jon Lovitz at the joint wedding reception/annual New Year's Eve bash. The party, which lasted well into Tuesday morning, was done in an Art Deco theme, and Jazz singer Brenna Whitaker graced the party with multiple performances.
Despite the couple's rocky past, Harris stresses to Us Weekly that their marriage will last through better or worse. "When the wedding didn't work out the first time, it was because of me. I needed to explore out there and take the time away [from Hef and the Mansion]. The time away really helped make me realize that where I'm meant to be is here with Hef,"" Harris says. ""Our relationship is better than it ever has been before. I'm very happy and Hef's very happy and we're excited.
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(Any Card At Any Number And Other Reputation Making Effects)
By: STUART CASSELS (The Photo Wizard)
And: Psychological Magic Advisor JONATHAN ROYLE
Within the pages of this 55 page information packed PDF E-Book you will learn one of the cleanest & most impressive looking (to an audience) versions of the legendary "Berglas Effect" that has ever been released to the Magic World.
Here's what Marc Paul (Voted The Worlds Greatest Mind Reader) and a personal expert on the ACAAN plot had to say after reading this PDF…
Thanks for "The Holy Grail of Mentalism". There is some seriously good thinking here, I particularly like the section on how to create "real miracles". I have always believed that truly inexplicable mentalism is only achieved by going that extra mile; you obviously believe the same" MARC PAUL
There are several versions and methods for achieving a near perfect ACAAN effect (in the minds of a lay audience and in some cases even in the eyes of Magicians) explained within the pages of this manuscript and its true to say (based on dictionary definition) that absolutely no Stooges or Shills are used in any of them, indeed all who participate in the effects, will due to their clever construction be equally amazed and impressed as the watching audience.
Here's a recent review from a user of The Magic Café relating only to "The Da Vinci Code" version of ACAAN which is the first of several methods taught within these pages.
Stewart claims his version follows all criteria for the Berglas Effect: 01) The cards are on view before the effect starts. 02) A spectator freely names any playing card. They are not a stooge and can freely choose any one of the 52 cards with no restrictions. 03) Another spectator freely names any number between 1 and 52. They are not a stooge and have a free choice, no restrictions. 04) A third person is invited to count down to the chosen number. The performer does not touch the cards. 05) The card discovered by the 3rd freely chosen spectator (no stooge) at the exact position of the number freely chosen by the second spectator is found to exactly match the playing card freely chosen by the first spectator.
In my opinion, his version follows these guidelines 95%
CARD WIZ – 21/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
In truth it's the author and creator's belief that performed correctly "The Da Vinci Code" method of ACAAN which he teaches meets all of these criteria 100%.
To this end consider these words from "Reality is Plastic" author Anthony Jacquin:
"This is a decent quality release. I love the effect, I am happy with the method and pleasantly surprised at the level of detail in the PDF. The effect on the audience is that they have experienced the perfect Berglas Effect"
Amongst the methods, techniques & Bonus Reputation making effects explained in clear step by step detail in this PDF are:
*The Berglas Effect – (The Da Vinci Code Approach)
*A Unique & Mind Blowing "Out" for use in some ACAAN (and other similar effects)
*An apparently "impromptu" method of The Da Vinci Code Approach ACAAN which can genuinely use an audience members borrowed deck.
*Karrel Fox Style ACAAN – (Inspired By One Of his Tricks)
*Jonathan Royles Svengali Pitch ACAAN (As performed on many thousands of occasions during his time as a dem artiste for Marvin's Magic)
*Stuart Cassel's seemingly "totally impromptu" method for ACAAN.
*Two Easy ACAAN methods for use on TV & Radio Shows.
*A discussion on the True Methods Used by David Berglas?
*BONUS EFFECT 01 – "Impromptu" Signed Card Through Window.
*BONUS EFFECT 02 – "Impromptu" Signed Card in Beer Bottle.
*BONUS EFFECT 03 – The Ultimate Borrowed – Signed – Visible – Bending & Straightening Coin Routine.
*A discussion and insight into "How to Create TRUE MIRACLES"
*Also revealed are numerous Psychological Ploys & Covert Magical & Mentalism methods & approaches which you will want to use in many other effects and routines that you perform.
*SPECIAL FREE BONUS – The PDF contains details (secret web links) allowing you the reader to download a FREE 513 page course on all areas of Hypnosis and also a FREE course on Bizarre Mentalism & Psychic Cold Reading.
Before you make the intelligent decision to order now, take a look at some of the things people have already been saying about "The Holy Grail of Mentalism"
The way it stands people can make yours up and be performing an excellent version of the ACAAN in no time! For the fans of ACAAN, I'm sure Stuart will get you thinking in new ways!
COLIN McLEOD – 21/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
In truth Stuarts PDF is a little like Marmite, your either going to love it or hate it! But Personally I've been performing Stuart Cassel's various version's (all of which are in his PDF) of ACAAN for quite some time now and I can honestly say that these effects and the bonus material he includes such as his apparently impromptu Signed Card Through Window and Signed Card in Beer Bottle using an audience members own deck of cards are absolute mind blowers and true reputation makers! I'd say that if your serious about your Magic and Mentalism then you owe it to yourself to order a copy of this PDF today.
First of all I can see your method, with the proper wording, working completely perfectly. I already love it!
BOBSER – 14/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
"I am dead pleased that I ordered this ebook. Not only does it deliver on its promise of the Berglas effect -- the invention of which amazes me more than the trick itself! -- but it also gives several variations. And then, it goes on to give some unexpected bonus effects. Although I am a mere amateur, all of these magic effects are well within my abilities." With thanks, and warm regards, PADDY
I am not sure if this idea has been used & published in an ACAAN before, but if Stewart is the first to apply this idea to his ACAAN, which can be used for other tricks, I congratulate him for his creativity and his kindness for releasing the effect, for if one really knows how to use this weapon, he/she can probably earn a fine reputation. After reading it two or three times, this effect will not be easy, but my predicted 9/10 success rate is plenty to call this effect worth while, unless you don't have "balls of steel".
CARD WIZ – 23/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
For those not familiar with the types of principles used in Stuart's various routines, I'm sure that they would get their money's worth in learning ideas formerly presented by Karrel Fox and by Wayne Dobson, as well as Jonathan Royale.
ENTITY – 19/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
For someone who enjoys cards, this is going to be rather thought provoking.
COLIN McLEOD – 20/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
I actually do think the effect is quite good given the right audience and very good performing skills
A BROWN 1968 – 23/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
I'm not afraid of bold routines what-so-ever and in fact using them gets me all excited. This is one method that requires a great deal of skill on the part of the performer in the area of spectator management. Many will be terrified at the thought of performing this; it's just a case of personal taste and experience. I think the thing is well described with every point covered and thought out. Is it the holy grail of any card...well there are still debates between religions on what the promised land is, so there is no doubt that any manuscript on this sought after plot will be one that some enjoy and others do not.
If you're looking to put an any card routine in to your rep. then I've always found it useful to have all the facts, all the angles in front of me and then I can construct something that works in my own style. However that style will certainly not work for anyone else, it will be formed for that single performer, his style attitude and presentation.
One further point on this modus operandi being offered is that the methods and ideas shared will prove of use for other applications. Ideas that perhaps you've overlooked in the past may be seen in a shining new light.
KEN DYNE – 21/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
RATING: 4.7/5 - Really good effect with difficult, fun & risky method, that can be used for other effects, and definitely has potential. This is the best version of ACAAN in regards to the Berglas Effect that I have purchased so far. If I created the effect I would not sell it.
CARD WIZ – 21-03-09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
Stuart is a flipping clever sod and I look forward to him fooling me with this in person!
COLIN McLEOD – 21/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
As Stuart has mentioned I've performed this routine a bunch of times for the lay public and I've never yet hit a snag or a problem with it. NOR to my knowledge have I had anybody work out the method after the trick by discussion with each other. So I stand by Stuart's method.
ROBERT TEMPLE – 20/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts) -
Does this ACAAN work, yes, but be prepared to use several "extra" things to perform this, and be prepared to use an out. The PDF is written well.
WILL4GZUS – 20/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
Had only the time to scan through quickly. All I can say right now is, clever thinking! From the methodology to the subtleties and presentational tips. Everything is well thought out. Explanation is easy to follow and understand. Maybe a major point for potential buyers, can you bring it to work like it was described by Stuart before? Yes! Is it something for everyone? Like with all effects coming out, some will love it, some not. But even if you decide to don´t give it a try, the ebook is full of ideas that can give you "food for thought". Especially for people who love the ACAAN plot. Those people can´t go wrong with this work.
NATHANIEL – 19/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
Well just finished reading it! (I read fast and haven't read the bonus stuff yet, but won't get another chance to post for a few days) but it is so well written that that has still allowed me to understand the method and thinking behind it. But I don't want to appear like someone who thinks they can read something and fully understand it right away... that's not what I'm saying! Part of the deal buying it was to post an honest review... here it is!
The method is one which definitely will work and for someone looking to perform this routine this method should definitely be considered!
This effect will seem very direct and for many people this will be exactly what you are looking for. If you take the time to make it up then you will certainly achieve a near perfect effect!
What I did love was learning Stuart's reasoning for each phase and he perfectly details how to construct everything and also why everything is constructed in the way that it is. He clearly is someone who is passionate about this routine and has taken time to construct a professional routine to achieve this. I am struggling to believe that this is the same routine as is being shown on youtube (and I mean that in a positive way)... these guys have clearly practiced it and if you like the look of the effect on the video then studying this work should allow you to achieve the same impact!
Stuart definitely thinks outside the box which is something I really admire. I got a lot of of reading this rather than just the routine itself. Stuart is extremely thorough in his explanation and makes everything very easy to understand. So if you are looking to learn an ACAAN routine for £20 this is definitely worth looking at for a lot of inspiration!
COLIN McLEOD – 19/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
Well done man! Fantastic!!!!!!!!! This has to PROVE that your stuff is phenomenal!!!!!
BOBSER – 19/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
"This is a decent quality release. I love the effect, I am happy with the method and pleasantly surprised at the level of detail in the PDF. The effect on the audience is that they have experienced the perfect Berglas Effect. As the author points out to achieve that there must be a compromise, there is no Holy Grail. The benefits of the compromise used far outweigh the drawbacks. The effect is written up clearly with good explanation and justification for the simple moves that make it work. It is in my mind best used as a stage effect with three people who do not know each other but could be used in other environments. All in all this is a nice piece of work. Well referenced and definitely worth the money"
23/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
I, for one, THANK YOU, very much! You were true to your word, about this release. Kept us 'in the picture' all the way through! Very well done.
SIXTEN – 19/03/09 - The Magic Café (Penny For Your Thoughts)
"This is a solid approach with several interesting angles on the ACAAN theme. Some key elements come from other performers (eg. Wayne Dobson) but these are - as far as I can tell - properly credited. In terms of content, this is a solid manuscript at a fair price"
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- Jordan Stella
- Roscoe, IL
- United States
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Should the U.S. continue to employ Affirmative Action, or should private schools be allowed to discriminate?
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination. (Wikipedia definition). In the U.S., these policies have led to an increasingly difficult situation for students applying to college; both types of universities (public and private) are being subjected to these outlandish policies which, in my opinion, represent the government overstepping its boundaries.
By definition, a private university is PRIVATE; it exists thanks to the donations of private investors, not thanks to government grants. These types of schools should not be subject to the same principles as public schools, since they are not government-run. Just like every individual is born with certain inalienable rights, so to are corporations or groups formed inside a free society. A private group should be able to discriminate if it so chooses.
Further, affirmative action attempts to make up for past wrongs by committing the same deed. By giving favor to minorities, one is still separating them from the rest of the population, and ultimately is discriminating against those not of the minority groups. Some people call this positive discrimination, but in my book discrimination is discrimination and should be stopped.
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Aug 12 2011: How are they not? They are trying to make up for separating minority groups from the rest of the citizens by separating minority groups from the rest of the citizens? By providing special help to minorities, they are doing nothing more than discriminating again.
The word discrimination comes with a very negative connotation, but in my opinion discrimination is discrimination.
Here's the definition of discrimination: treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
I ask you, how is affirmative action not discriminating? It is taking consideration of a person based on their racial group or sex. How is that not the same moral wrongdoing?
Aug 13 2011: Well, I agree with you. Affirmative action was based on amending the wrongdoings in racism and compensating for those lost years.
But we do still need it. Especially in my state Arizona. I have plenty of illegal immigrant friends that deserve to go to college and cannot. Its usually because their parents came here when they were very young and America has always been there home. With affirmative action, they can get scholarships and not add to the dropout population.
Without things such as the dream act, affirmative action is the only buffer they have.
Don't get me wrong, affirmative action is completely not fair. Applying for college was almost impossible. I was able to get no scholarships mostly because I am a white girl not going into engineering or have a military family. And, I have excellent grades too; top 17% in my school. But cannot afford university with just this, and i received no financial aid.
But, I wonder what would happen if it disappeared.
As I said, its a very tricky question.
Aug 13 2011: Here's my problem with what you just said. They are illegal immigrants. They are not citizens of this country, and thus our government is not responsible for them. Our government is responsible for the rights of U.S. citizens, not citizens of other countries. I agree that it is not the fault of the children that their parents moved here illegally, but it is not fair to real citizens if illegal immigrants are receiving FEDERAL aid.
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Wait times and ridership are inversely proportional, a MARTA official told me recently: If wait times are increased, they lose passengers. So it's no surprise that the deficit-troubled agency has been losing customers since it cut service on trains and buses in 2010. And with fewer riders, how do you justify improving the long wait times that frustrate commuters? It's a tough fix, but something needs to be done, as I write today along with a local transportation advocate.
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By Tom Sabulis
When visiting family in upstate New York, I usually take the Metro-North rail line from Grand Central Station in Manhattan, which glides up the east bank of the Hudson River to my stop in Beacon, just south of Poughkeepsie. It leaves roughly every half-hour during peak travel times, and every hour otherwise.
Like many people, I consult a schedule before I go, lest I wind up with a lot of time to kill on the platform.
This routine reminds me of riding MARTA. I also consult a schedule when using MARTA trains or buses, in order to budget my time productively.
But here's the rub: I shouldn't have to.
While Metro-North is a commuter rail service, MARTA's mission is "rapid" urban transit. It says so right in its name — Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
But on what other major rapid-transit system do you need to check the running time? In most major cities, you just show up at the station, knowing service will be along momentarily. Here, in Decatur or College Park or Dunwoody, you find yourself plotting and planning. And stressing. Because if you miss your ride, it won't be back for a while.
Since budget and service cuts were enacted in 2010, MARTA trains operate roughly 15 minutes apart, with buses every 25 to 30 minutes, for much of the day. That's less frequent than many other transit systems among the 10 largest in the United States (MARTA is ninth in size). In Boston, the "headways" — defined as intervals or time between trains or buses — are often less than 10 minutes and as frequent as six minutes.
Recently, the Atlanta streetcar, now under construction, made headlines when it was revealed that wait times along the 1.3-mile route would be 15 minutes. Mayor Kasim Reed even spoke urgently about raising money to increase the frequency — all for a system that, at least for starters, will cater to tourists and lunch excursions, not commuters.
Think about that for a minute: We're going to have the same wait times for a streetcar to the World of Coke as for a rapid-transit train in rush hour to the world's busiest airport — and it's the streetcar people who are dissatisfied!
MARTA officials are aware of the frustrations. Recently, they told me the top complaints the agency receives are about service and bus-operator attitudes. But increasing frequency is a complex, and expensive, business.
"It's an additional bus or train (along the route) in order to increase it," said John McMath, supervisor of bus scheduling. "To increase that frequency, we have to add a vehicle, which includes an operator, power, maintenance."
Said Don Williams, senior director of transit system planning, "When we start looking at adding additional service, we're talking about adding money to the budget, and we may not have it."
By increasing rail wait times for the 2010 budget reductions, MARTA saved $1.5 million, agency spokesman Lyle V. Harris said. Yet that figure seems low for an agency with a $434.9 million operating budget — a business whose Job One is moving people through town quickly.
CEO Keith Parker's proposed new budget reportedly would put MARTA on a path to restore, by 2018, half the service cut three years ago. Is that enough to stop the customer fallout? Ridership on buses and trains combined was down 8 percent in 2012. Train ridership has fallen 15 percent since 2001.
MARTA is considering a 25-cent fare increase in the coming years. But Harris says the agency is serious about trying to restore service. (MARTA is also coming out with phone and computer apps that show customers where buses and trains are on their route, to help them time their travels. And it's working with Georgia Tech on developing others.)
"The expectation, the hope, is that if we start seeing some of these savings" from belt-tightening measures suggested in the recent KPMG audit, "and if we start turning around our ridership numbers and our sales-tax revenues, we may be able to avoid a fare increase. And we might be able to restore some of the service cut in 2010," Harris said.
Anything to put the "rapid" back in MARTA.
By David Emory
It is one of the most frustrating experiences a transit rider will face: You arrive at the platform just in time to see the taillights of your train pulling away from the station, without you on board. You take a seat, resigned to the reality that a full 15 or 20 minutes will pass before the next train arrives.
This scene has become all too common in Atlanta. For decades now, we have seen a steady and relentless deterioration of service levels on our buses and trains. Take MARTA's rail system: in the 1980s, trains ran every 6 minutes, a tolerable wait time for most riders. Since then, the wait time has gradually crept higher and higher: to 8 minutes in the 1990s, to 10 minutes in the early 2000s, and eventually to the 15-minute waits that riders must endure today.
The importance of frequency to a successful transit system cannot be overstated. Transit expert Jarrett Walker, author of the book "Human Transit," has helped make "frequency is freedom" a catchphrase for transit planners. "Your car or bicycle is always ready to go when you are," Walker explains. "Frequency is the measure of how close transit comes to that same freedom."
By that measure, the freedom afforded by Atlanta's transit system today is quite low, and that is increasingly putting the city at a competitive disadvantage. No comparable rapid transit system in the country makes its riders wait as long as we do here.
Local officials often point to budget shortfalls when explaining the current service levels. Of course, most of our peer cities have also been battling severe transit funding challenges, but they have found ways to economize that don't require such drastic service cuts. There is an understanding in these places that frequent, reliable service is absolutely essential and must be prioritized.
Unfortunately, that message is often lost here, where service quality is typically the first thing to go when budgets become tight. This is true even of brand-new projects like the Atlanta streetcar, currently set to open with skeletal 15-minute service. While transit advocates are genuinely excited about the expansion of our rail system, there are legitimate concerns that excessive wait times could cripple the streetcar's effectiveness from Day One.
While the current situation may be discouraging, viable options for improvement do exist. Even modest increases in capacity can yield dramatic improvement for riders. The streetcar, for example, could cut its wait time by a third by adding just one vehicle to the route. And MARTA could look to innovation in places like Europe and Asia, where metro systems are increasingly employing high-tech solutions such as fully automated trains to improve efficiency, and are seeing impressive results.
However we get there, one thing is clear: Atlanta's transit system will continue to lag behind if quarter-hour wait times continue to be the standard. Frequency is freedom, and Atlanta must be willing to offer its transit riders that freedom if it is going to compete on the world stage.
David Emory is president of Citizens for Progressive Transit, a transit advocacy group.
May 8th, 2013
3:27 pm
One of the biggest mistakes MARTA still makes after all these years is not providing extra trains @ the Dome/GWCC rail station when special events let out from Phillips, GA Dome etal. Anyone who has waited for what seems like forever on that jam packed platform, praying the mob doesn't push you onto the tracks, knows what I mean.
It's just one more manifestation of the indifferent, couldn't care less attitude that seems to prevail at MARTA.
May 8th, 2013
8:55 am
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May 7th, 2013
3:38 pm
The one thing MARTA can do that will cost it $0 to install is a set time for the trains. If they're going to run on 15 minute intervals they need to have trains that pick up at the same place at the same time everyday. So for instance if a train starts at North Springs at 1:00 PM and it takes it 2 minutes to get to the Sandy Springs Station then it should arrive at 1:02 PM. The second train should leave North Springs at 1:15 PM and arrive at Sandy Springs at 1:17 PM. It should run on this schedule everyday so riders can schedule their trips accordingly. As it is now you may show up at North Springs at 1:00 PM and wait 10 minutes for the train to come and then the next day show up a the same time and wait 3 minutes. If a train falls behind it can increase its speed to make up the difference between stops. It is absolutely inexcusable to not have any kind of accountability with the train schedule. Everywhere else in the world trains run on a time and a interval schedule.
May 7th, 2013
2:42 pm
@Chris, how exactly is Xpress undermining MARTA? Sure, a few people who once drove to the outlying stations might be using the bus instead of MARTA, but how many more people are using Xpress to get to MARTA? If anything Xpress has brought more people onto MARTA than it pulled away.
May 7th, 2013
11:52 am
federico – 10:51 am – Agreed! State Leadership and Funding is Woefully Inadequate.
May 7th, 2013
11:25 am
The 15 train headways cited are during non-peak hours; train frequency is typically about 8 mins. during a.m. and p.m. rush hours. Ridership since 2001 is also down in large part due to the GRTA Express Buses (another effort on the part of the state to undermine MARTA). It's already been said, but the key problem that MARTA has to contend with (that other large urban system providers don't) is an unsupportive, if not down-right hostile state wrt funding transit.


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Coach Wayne Fleming is on his way back to Canada after Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League parted ways with him in the middle of a game.
In a bizarre move, Fleming found out he was fired by the club during the second intermission of their game against Vityaz Podolsk on Thursday.
Avangard were losing 1-0 after the second period and assistant coach Igor Nikitin took over for the third. Avangard rallied to win the game 2-1 in overtime.
Fleming, a former assistant coach of the Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers, was also and associate coach for Team Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
The native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, also served as an assistant coach and general manager of the Canadian National Olympic Program for two years (1990 to 1992) and was a member of the coaching staff that led the Canadian National Men's Team to a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France.
Fleming was the head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons for nine seasons (1980-81 through 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90). He led the Bisons to two Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships (1983-84 and 1984-85) and won the Father George Kehoe Memorial Award as the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union Coach of the Year for the 1984-85 season. His coach record at the University of Manitoba is 140-78-14 in 232 regular season games for a .634 winning percentage.


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By Andrea Tryphonides and Sara Sjolin
European stocks ended with a small loss Monday, as disappointing U.S. housing data checked a positive earnings forecast for Chinese companies.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index dropped 0.1% to close at 289.36, taking a breather after closing at its highest level since February 2011 on Friday.
Major national indexes were mixed. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.2% to 6294.41 and France's CAC-40 rose 0.1% to 3780.89. Germany's DAX, however, slipped 0.3% to 7833.00.
In China overnight, stocks rallied after a positive earnings outlook for local companies on the back of a 17% jump in December profits.
News out of the U.S. also provided some room for optimism. Durable-goods orders surged 4.6% in December, beating analysts' expectations, but then pending-home-sales painted a bleaker picture, with a report showing a 4.3% decline in December.
Analysts at Citigroup still think European equities will remain well supported.
"Easy money is a powerful stimulus and even if economic growth is sluggish, dividend yields that meaningfully outstrip the returns available from bonds should continue to attract inflows. Upward revisions to earnings forecasts from a number of our equity strategists further support the argument for higher equity prices," they said in a note.
In the U.S., investors paused after driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500-share index to multiyear highs in recent sessions. In midday trading, the Dow was down one point, or less than 0.1%, to 13895. It notched a sixth-straight gain on Friday, ending at its highest closing level since Oct. 31, 2007. The S&P 500 declined one point, or less 0.1%, to 1502, after climbing for eight consecutive trading sessions.
Seven of the S&P 500's 10 sectors traded lower, dragged down by materials stocks like Alcoa.
Technology stocks provided a source of strength in the market. The tech-oriented Nasdaq Composite Index added 11 points, 0.3%, to 3160. Apple reclaimed the title as the world's largest company by stock-market value. On Friday, Exxon Mobil retook the top slot on the leaderboard, but its shares fell Monday.
Among notable movers in the pan-European index, ASML Holding NV jumped 2.8%, as Citigroup raised its rating on the chip-equipment supplier to buy from neutral.
Ryanair Holdings also gained, up 0.8% after the airline reported third-quarter profit rose 21% on a 15% improvement in revenue. The company reported a 3% rise in passengers for the December quarter, and a 24% increase, amounting to 81 million euros ($109 million) in fuel costs.
Rival easyJet slipped 1% as the no-frills airline said Michael Rake will step down as chairman later this year.
Big banks traded higher in London as HSBC Holdings gained 1% and Barclays added 1.7%. However, midcap U.K. retailers fell after Morgan Stanley cut the sector to a cautious view. Home Retail Group dropped 7.2%.
Among other decliners, food-ingredient firm Tate & Lyle gave up 1.2%. Investec Securities lowered its rating to "hold" from "buy" ahead of the company's third-quarter results due on Friday.
In Frankfurt, RWE shed 1.2% after Societe Generale downgraded its rating to "sell" from "hold," citing worries over the utility company's large exposure to power prices. The bank further cut its earnings-per-share estimate on E.ON, sending its shares down 1.9%.
In Paris, Safran gained 0.5% as Societe Generale upgraded the aerospace and defense group's rating to "buy" from "hold."
BNP Paribas climbed 2.1% and Crédit Agricole rose 2.4%.
Elsewhere, Greek banks slumped. Piraeus Bank and Alpha Bank both closed 5.1% lower. Net lending to Greek businesses and households in December shrank 4% from a year earlier, as demand for bank loans continued to slide. After the close, the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission confirmed there will be an extension to the short-selling ban of banks listed on the FTSE-ASE Banks Index until April.
In currency trading, the British pound fell to an August 2012 low against the dollar and a near-14 month low against the euro. On Friday, gross domestic product data showed the U.K. economy contracted in the final three months of 2012, which heralded the start of the selloff in the pound.
In late European trading, the pound had recovered from lows and was flat against the dollar at $1.5694. The euro was also unchanged against the greenback, at $1.3461.
Among commodities, light, sweet crude for March delivery was up 0.4% at $96.25 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange by the close of European equity markets. January gold futures on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange were down 0.1% to $1654.50 per ounce.


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|Standard Name
|Systematic Name
|Feature Type
|ORF, Verified
|Major of three pyruvate decarboxylase isozymes; key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation; decarboxylates pyruvate to acetaldehyde; involved in amino acid catabolism; subject to glucose-, ethanol-, and autoregulation; activated by phosphorylation in response to glucose levels; N-terminally propionylated in vivo (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and see Summary Paragraph)
|Name Description
|Pyruvate DeCarboxylase 10
|Chromosomal Location
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|Genetic position: -7 cM
|View Computational GO annotations for PDC1
|Molecular Function
|Manually curated
|Biological Process
|Manually curated
|Cellular Component
|Manually curated
|15 genes
|151 total interaction(s) for 122 unique genes/features.
|Physical Interactions
|Genetic Interactions
|Length (a.a.)
|Molecular Weight (Da)
|Isoelectric Point (pI)
|PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|Genetic position: -7 cM
|Last Update
|Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31
|Subfeature details
|Retrieve sequences
|S288C only
|S288C vs. other species
|S288C vs. other strains
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|Primary SGDID
PDC1, PDC5, and PDC6 encode three different isozymes of pyruvate decarboxylase (1, 11, 3), an enzyme which catalyzes the degradation of pyruvate into acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide, as shown here. As the key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation, pyruvate decarboxylase commits the end product of glycolysis, pyruvate, to ethanol production rather than to its other possible major metabolic fates: the TCA cycle/aerobic respiration (pyruvate converted to acetyl-CoA by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex) or gluconeogenesis (pyruvate converted to oxaloacetate, by pyruvate carboxylase) (6 and references therein). PDC1, PDC5, and PDC6 can also decarboxylate other 2-oxo acids such as indolepyruvate and 2-keto-3-methyl-valerate, and this activity contributes to the catabolism of the amino acids isoleucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and valine (7 and references therein).
Pdc1p is the major isozyme and is strongly expressed in actively fermenting yeast cells. The nearly identical Pdc5p also functions during glycolytic fermentation, but is expressed only in the absence of PDC1 (11) or under thiamine limitation (12). Both PDC1 and PDC5 are under PDC autoregulation such that their promoters are activated in the absence of Pdc1p (13 and references therein). Expression of PDC1 and PDC5 also requires the transcription factor Pdc2p (14 and references therein). The third isozyme, Pdc6p, is not expressed during glucose fermentation and seems to be functional during growth on nonfermentable carbon sources (3). Transcription of PDC6 is dramatically induced under conditions of sulfur limitation, suggesting that it has a role during sulfur-limited growth (15). Consistent with this, the PDC6 gene encodes fewer sulfur-containing amino acids than does either PDC1 or PDC5 (6 codons vs. 17 or 18, respectively) (15).
Pyruvate decarboxylase is conserved among yeast, bacteria and plants and has been well-characterized on both the structural and enzymatic levels. The active enzyme is a homotetramer and requires thiamin diphosphate (ThDP) and Mg++ cofactors (16 and references therein).
|Kellermann E, et al. (1986) Analysis of the primary structure and promoter function of a pyruvate decarboxylase gene (PDC1) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 14(22):8963-77
|Schmitt HD, et al. (1983) The synthesis of yeast pyruvate decarboxylase is regulated by large variations in the messenger RNA level. Mol Gen Genet 192(1-2):247-52
|Hohmann S (1991) Characterization of PDC6, a third structural gene for pyruvate decarboxylase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 173(24):7963-9
|Liesen T, et al. (1996) ERA, a novel cis-acting element required for autoregulation and ethanol repression of PDC1 transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 21(3):621-32
|Hohmann S and Cederberg H (1990) Autoregulation may control the expression of yeast pyruvate decarboxylase structural genes PDC1 and PDC5. Eur J Biochem 188(3):615-21
|Pronk JT, et al. (1996) Pyruvate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 12(16):1607-33
|Dickinson JR, et al. (2003) The catabolism of amino acids to long chain and complex alcohols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 278(10):8028-34
|Foyn H, et al. (2013) Protein N-terminal acetyltransferases act as N-terminal propionyltransferases in vitro and in vivo. Mol Cell Proteomics 12(1):42-54
|de Assis LJ, et al. (2013) Pyruvate decarboxylase activity is regulated by the Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Sit4p in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 13(6):518-28
|Schmitt HD and Zimmermann FK (1982) Genetic analysis of the pyruvate decarboxylase reaction in yeast glycolysis. J Bacteriol 151(3):1146-52
|Seeboth PG, et al. (1990) pdc1(0) mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae give evidence for an additional structural PDC gene: cloning of PDC5, a gene homologous to PDC1. J Bacteriol 172(2):678-85
|Muller EH, et al. (1999) Thiamine repression and pyruvate decarboxylase autoregulation independently control the expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PDC5 gene. FEBS Lett 449(2-3):245-50
|Eberhardt I, et al. (1999) Autoregulation of yeast pyruvate decarboxylase gene expression requires the enzyme but not its catalytic activity. Eur J Biochem 262(1):191-201
|Mojzita D and Hohmann S (2006) Pdc2 coordinates expression of the THI regulon in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Genet Genomics 276(2):147-61
|Boer VM, et al. (2003) The genome-wide transcriptional responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown on glucose in aerobic chemostat cultures limited for carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, or sulfur. J Biol Chem 278(5):3265-74
|Konig S (1998) Subunit structure, function and organisation of pyruvate decarboxylases from various organisms. Biochim Biophys Acta 1385(2):271-86


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Microfluidics and Lab on Chip: State of the art and future opportunities
An interview with Dr. Rashid Bashir
During the last decade, nano- and micro-technology research has become an important industry. It is a rapidly growing, highly interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, engineering, chemistry and biology. The pico to nanoliter scale not only allows a high degree of parallelisation, but also offers superb control. Small objects such as cells can be exposed to unique conditions, facilitating entirely novel approaches, which will be discussed at the conference.
SELECTBIO's 6th Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress will bring together leaders from both academia and industry to discuss innovative developments in this exciting field. Attention will be given to some of the many applications of Labs-on-Chips, from the enhancement of life science research to taking diagnostics to the point of need. The congress will be held in Berlin, Germany from 10-11 March 2014.
The congress will be co-located with Advances in Biodetection & Biosensors, Single Cell Analysis Europe and Advances in Microarray Technology. Registered delegates will have unrestricted access to all co-located meetings.
Keynote speaker, Dr. Rashid Bashir, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, will discuss the state of the art and future opportunities in microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip. In today's blog, he shares some of the insights he will cover during his keynote speech.
SELECTBIO: What are some of the key points concerning recent advances in microfluidics you plan to cover during your keynote speech?
Bashir: I plan to discuss and present the recent advances in microfluidic biochips as point of care devices for blood cell analysis. I also plan to discuss advances in electrically based approaches to detection of biological entities at point of care.
SELECTBIO: What do you feel are the current challenges in microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip technologies?
Bashir: The sample preparation and use of real world samples in microfluidics and lab on chip.
SELECTBIO: Tell us more about the intersection of biology and engineering at the micro and nanoscale; what makes this area so exciting?
Bashir: There are so many important problems to be solved that can have a real world impact on health and medicines. From many applications in diagnostics, therapeutics, tissue engineering, bioinspired materials, precision measurements, and on and on – the possibilities are endless.
SELECTBIO: You've worked in both industry and academic labs, and you've been involved in two startups that have licensed your technologies. You've been busy! What do you like best about each?
Bashir: All of it – I love working with students and my group to make this all happen. I like to see advances in technology and science make a translational impact. University is the ideal place to push the limits of science and technology and new ideas, and startups and companies are the ideal place to push those into real applications and products. We can make an impact in both and have the real world applications drive our basic research.
SELECTBIO: What sparked your interest in microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip; i.e., how did you get started in the field?
Bashir: While I worked in electronics, semiconductor and MEMS originally, I was very fascinated with biology and completed requisite course work to engage in research at the interface of engineering and biology. Microfluidics, bioMEMS and Lab on Chip was the ideal intersection of these two worlds and became my passion.
SELECTBIO: What are some of the more interesting findings that have come about as a result of your investigations using microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip?
Bashir: We have developed microfluidic devices for detection of bacterial growth, for detection of DNA molecules in nanopores, and for counting of cells from whole blood. I will present many of these findings in my presentation.
SELECTBIO: What are some of the innovations you think will occur in the area of microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip methodologies in the future?
Bashir: No one has the crystal ball, but I think innovations in microfluidics and Lab on Chip will come from integrating real world samples and related problems and challenges, development of sample preparation techniques, and development of new sensing approaches – all coupled to hand-held devices and point of care sensors for pervasive applications for sensing at home, at doctor's office, at bed side and at resource limited settings – for sensitive detection of disease to advance personalized and precision medicine.
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Food protein-induced entercolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a rare food allergy that affects the gastrointestinal tract. Unlike most food allergies, symptoms of FPIES do not begin immediately after eating. Instead, it can take hours before severe symptoms begin.
FPIES is a non-IgE mediated immune reaction to one or more specific foods. The most common FPIES food triggers are cow's milk, soy, rice and oats, but any food can cause FPIES symptoms.
Typical symptoms of FPIES include severe vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration two hours after eating. These symptoms can lead to other complications — changes in blood pressure and body temperature, lethargy, and failure to thrive.
FPIES is commonly misdiagnosed as a severe stomach bug because the symptoms are so similar. It is generally only after repeated ingestion of the trigger food — followed by severe symptoms hours later — that indicate FPIES may be the cause.
The cause of FPIES is food related and cell mediated. When a child with FPIES eats the trigger food — whether it is milk, rice, oats or another food — symptoms develop. When the trigger food is removed from the child's diet, FPIES symptoms subside.
The challenge is often finding the specific trigger food or foods affecting the individual child. This is complicated because symptoms don't develop immediately after ingestion and can vary in intensity depending on a variety of factors. In addition, a child with FPIES may also have an additional food allergy which can complicate appropriate diagnosis.
The age in which FPIES symptoms begin to develop depends on a variety of factors but in general, infants who are bottle fed show symptoms earlier than infants who are exclusively breastfed. For bottle fed infants, FPIES reactions may begin in the first few months of life if reactions are due to milk, soy, or, at times, rice.
For exclusively breastfed infants, FPIES reactions generally only begin when other foods are added to their diet. However, we have had babies who do not tolerate foods in maternal diet (although reactions are not as severe.) Typically, the child must directly ingest the trigger food for symptoms to develop.
Symptoms of food protein-induced entercolitis syndrome can vary from child to child and vary in severity. Symptoms may include:
For the majority of children with FPIES, growth is normal and the child is healthy as long as he or she avoids trigger foods. For children with chronic FPIES, there may be growth concerns or concomitant gastroesophageal reflux.
Diagnosing FPIES can be challenging because symptoms are not immediate and do not show up on standard allergy tests such as a skin prick test (SPT) or a blood test that measures food IgE antibodies (RAST).
These tests are helpful in identifying typical food allergies that may trigger symptoms such as hives, swelling and wheezing. But they are generally negative for FPIES because it is a non-IgE food allergy.
A negative allergy evaluation may actually delay the diagnosis in some cases because a food trigger (such as cow's milk) may be incorrectly eliminated as a cause of the delayed symptoms that FPIES produces.
At The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, an FPIES diagnosis is generally made by an experienced allergist or gastroenterologist who considers the child's medical history, symptom presentation and by excluding other possible illnesses.
Other tests that may be performed include:
At The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), we practice collaborative, family-centered care. A team of expert clinicians — including leading allergists, gastroenterologists, pediatric nurses, feeding and other therapists — will partner with you in the care of your child.
Every child's FPIES reaction is different, so treatment is determined on a case-by-case basis.
For example, infants who have reacted to dairy and soy-based infant formulas may be placed on hypoallergenic or elemental formula. Breastfeeding infants who begin exhibiting FPIES symptoms when solids are introduced into their diets, may return to strictly breastfeeding. Other children — with fewer food triggers to an FPIES reaction — may be able to simply avoid eating those foods.
If a child experiences a severe case of vomiting, dehydration and/or changes in body temperature, the child should be seen immediately by a physician to avoid shock. In emergency situations, the primary therapy for an FPIES episode is intravenous fluids for rehydration. Steroids may also be used to lessen the immune reaction.
Those treatments will help lessen the FPIES reaction, but they won't treat the condition. Treatment for FPIES must be individualized and is often modified as the child grows.
Many children will grow out of FPIES by age 3, but not all do. It's important for families who have a child with FPIES to work closely with experienced clinicians who can help determine when FPIES may have resolved and when to introduce new foods into the child's diet.
Determining if a child has outgrown a trigger food is something that needs to be determined on a food-by-food basis. New foods are generally introduced into the child's diet very slowly.
At CHOP, we introduce foods to patients during an in-office food challenge when we think the child may have outgrown the allergy or if the history is unclear. We can monitor the patient during ingestion and in the hours afterwards.
If the child passes the in-office part of the food challenge, families are instructed to slowly increase the amount of food the child eats until full serving size is reached.
Doctors generally recommend trialing one food slowly before introducing a new food. Individual recommendations will be given for your child.
For most people, FPIES is not a life-long condition. In fact, many children outgrow the condition by age three.
In one recent FPIES study:
Some children continue to experience FPIES symptoms into adolescence and beyond. With proper medical attention and a personalized dietary plan to ensure proper nutrition, children with FPIES can grow and thrive.
Clinicians at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are leading FPIES research efforts worldwide. In 2010, the Hospital helped establish the FPIES United Family Fund, the first and only grassroots research fund for FPIES. By better understanding the pathophysiology of FPIES, we hope to develop new and improved treatment for the condition.
Many families, across the globe have traveled to CHOP in search of a diagnosis and treatment plan for their FPIES child. Together, these families have supported CHOP and this fund, by hosting benefits and events to create new funding for FPIES research.
To schedule an appointment or get more information about FPIES, contact the Division of Allergy at 215-590-2549 or contact us online.
Reviewed by: Terri Faye Brown-Whitehorn, MD
Date: October 2013


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5 U.S. Code § 6131 - Criteria and review
(a) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subchapter or any collective bargaining agreement and subject to subsection (c) of this section, if the head of an agency finds that a particular flexible or compressed schedule under this subchapter has had or would have an adverse agency impact, the agency shall promptly determine not to—
(b) For purposes of this section, "adverse agency impact" means—
(1) This subsection shall apply in the case of any schedule covering employees in a unit represented by an exclusive representative.
(A) If an agency and an exclusive representative reach an impasse in collective bargaining with respect to an agency determination under subsection (a)(1) not to establish a flexible or compressed schedule, the impasse shall be presented to the Federal Service Impasses Panel (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Panel").
(A) If an agency and an exclusive representative have entered into a collective bargaining agreement providing for use of a flexible or compressed schedule under this subchapter and the head of the agency determines under subsection (a)(2) to terminate a flexible or compressed schedule, the agency may reopen the agreement to seek termination of the schedule involved.
(B) If the agency and exclusive representative reach an impasse in collective bargaining with respect to terminating such schedule, the impasse shall be presented to the Panel.
(C) The Panel shall promptly consider any case presented under subparagraph (B), and shall rule on such impasse not later than 60 days after the date the Panel is presented the impasse. The Panel shall take final action in favor of the agency's determination to terminate a schedule if the finding on which the determination is based is supported by evidence that the schedule has caused an adverse agency impact.
(D) Any such schedule may not be terminated until—
(i) the agreement covering such schedule is renegotiated or expires or terminates pursuant to the terms of that agreement; or
Source(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2),July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 231.)
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