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Theories - Origin of Life
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
Moderator: BioTeam
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Everything that goes on in heads is subjective, but some of it can be based on evidence. In the absence of evidence for the supernatural, some of us consider the natural to be more likely. Some of us don't.
He provides links to studies. The opinions he gives are his own. The authors of the studies are not claiming the falsification of evolution nor the existence of a designer.
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Does this mean that there's no argument?
Not at all. Either he has an argument or he hasn't.
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Well now you appear to have said it all
Perhaps another primer, this time for a fan of Richard Dawkins, is in order.
Education DPhil, MA
Occupation Ethologist (The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment )
Dawkins studied zoology under Niko Tinbergen, the Dutch Nobel prize-winning ethologist. Tinbergen had already outlined his idea that plants and animals could be described as survival machines for genes.
He was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize for "excellence in communicating science to UK audiences".
Also the Kistler Prize in recognition for original contributions "to the understanding of the connection between human heredity and human society.
Has he published any peer reviewed papers on evolutionary biology?
I have searched and cannot find any, perhaps you could help here as you regard him as a biologist.
He has written several books and had some ideas on biological evolution.
His selfish gene concept (not peer reviewed of course) has been shown to be wrong.
He certainly is an outspoken atheist and a prominent critic of religion.
So as you are a fan of him as a biologist, please inform this forum (not me personally as I am clearly not deserving of your educational prowess ) what contribution has he made to biology?.
Now you say you are not a fan of him as an atheist.
Well what else is he known for?
Now as Nick7 states
I think Nick7 is being kind to you.
You have offered nothing to refute my statements except continually sliding into "god speak" as some sort of authority in the name of science.
Nick7 is also right when he says that I have only cited references from the peer reviewed evolutionary publications.
I am though, more cautious than him in regarding them as your peers as you have not demonstrated any willingness to convey exactly what evidence you rely on to buttress your apparent atheism. All that has emanated from you is a philosophical rant.
But where is the science?
I'm afraid the evidence shows you as a fan of Dawkins the atheist, not Dawkins the biologist.
I see no evidence that he is/was a biologist, even though the poor fellow is now 70 years old, a good age though, I'll have you know.
However he doesn't seem to have benefited much from maturity.
I would advise not to go down his path, unless you wish to be regarded as an embarrassment to the scientific community and as Michael Ruse (philosopher of biology, aged 72 currently at Forida State University) describes as, "pig ignorant".
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None of this is about the science, scottie. I doubt that any amount of science will prevent you from filtering everything through your faith. We've tried to explain to you how science works, but you don't seem to be catching on. Not much I can do about that, apparently.
It sounds like you have an issue with Dawkins.
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I have come across an article in New Scientist which bears on the subject of Natural Selection.
another fundamental pillar of darwinian evolution.
You will find the article here
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9 ... rming.html
The actual paper is from Science and is here
Global Genetic Change Tracks Global Climate Warming in Drosophila subobscura
The researchers conclude that populations of fruit flies on three separate continents have independently evolved identical gene changes within just two decades, apparently to cope with global warming.
The article goes on
So these inversions are proportional to average temperatures. This of course means that random mutations are clearly not involved and random mutations is a key driving force in Darwinian evolution.
Furthermore, since there is this direct connection between temperature (environmental pressure)
and the amount of this inversion (the researchers are connecting this with global warming,) how does Natural selection fit this data?
Natural selection as we know, is the simple result of variation, differential reproduction, and heredity — it is mindless and mechanistic. It has no goals; it's not striving to produce "progress" or a balanced ecosystem.
This is evidently a programmed response to climate (temperature) change.
Once again we see the darwinian process failing to account for the data.
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Maybe the mutations are common enough that they happen all the time?
Or maybe the mutation occurred once or twice and then spread through the population by interbreeding, with the final frequencies indicating the selective advantage in each particular environment.
Or maybe the mutation was already at a low frequency in the population (say, 1%), and was neutral until the recent changes.
It is an optimization process. It has no long-term goal, but it most certainly does have a short-term one, for each individual generation - and that is to maximize reproductive success.
Then you should expect that the same amount of temperature change should promote the same amount of mutations. If you look at figure 2 in the paper you cited, this is not the case. Unless the programmed response you are suggesting has some randomness in it.
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Your beliefs, scottie, are shared by very few people in this world, and you may want to ask yourself why that is. There are lots of theists, fewer deists, even fewer deists who believe that their deity tinkers with its creation, and even fewer deists who believe that their deity micromanages its creation. Your efforts to find support for your beliefs in the findings of science are futile. The only support you're finding is in your interpretations, which are not the result of an open or rational mind.
Concerning your latest effort, I don't have access to the original article, but from what you have provided, i can find no claim that the same inversions originated independently in the different populations (only that the frequencies of the inversions in the different populations are the same). Does the original article make the claim of independent origin?
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
No - in fact, the populations discussed in the paper share very recent common ancestry (the North and South American populations were founded from the Old World populations within the last 35 years), and the inversions have been known about as pre-existing polymorphisms in various Drosophila species for nearly that long.
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Thanks Astra. So the "independently evolved identical gene changes" are just shifts in frequencies resulting from selection.
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Quite a few maybes here.
What then would be your favoured maybe?
(Now I stated that)
Natural selection as we know, is the simple result of variation, differential reproduction, and heredity — it is mindless and mechanistic. It has no goals; it's not striving to produce "progress" or a balanced ecosystem.
Your response
Actually my description of Natural Selection is a direct quote from the NIH and University of California credited teaching site.
If you have a different view of NS then may I suggest you correct this august body as it does appear to disagree with your understanding. I am sure they will consider your amendment seriously.
Firstly please notice that the concluding reference to NS by the above referenced site states very clearly
Now back to the paper I cited
It recognises that 4 of the 26 data sets were problematic, however just note their response to comments on this matter
The authors were responding to comments from researchers with more knowledge on this matter that either you or I, so in the absence of a further questioning I am happy the accept that they have responded with credibility.
So I hold to my statement that, since this genetic change is tracking global warming it is therefore evidently a programmed response to climate (temperature) change.
Why else would Dr Huey find this data disturbing?
His words
Re: Theories - Origin of Life
...It doesn't matter. You said that the only possible conclusion was that it was a programmed response, and I gave you three possible ways in which it might not be. If you want to maintain your conclusion, then you have to show that all of these are incorrect, not just one.
That being said, I think you should be able to interpret based on the information in my last post which one is probably the most likely.
I apologize - I made an equivocation fallacy over the word "goal," with a meaning that I think is incorrect anyways. Always admit your errors.
The point I was trying to make was that if you apply the same environmental stress to different populations of the same species, it is expected that they will probably change in similar ways. The change is still directional, and will be in the same direction every generation.
Reproductive success is the criterion that allows for natural selection, and under selective pressure each generation changes in response to this criterion. My use of the word "goal" was meant to refer to the animals themselves, for whom reproductive success is indeed the goal, and who can take action towards that goal. (Though to be strict I suppose we should only use the word for those organisms with neural processing ability.)
Also, it's generally considered good form to list a source when you quote it word-for-word.
As far as I can tell, the argument in your above post was that natural selection was random, and thus could not result in evolution - or at least, reproducible evolution. If this is the case, please decide what your position is.
Natural selection takes initial randomness, in the form of mutations, and eliminates all the randomness that does not fall "in the right direction," so to speak. Refer to Jack's previous post.
I never said that there was anything wrong with their data. I said that their data do not support your assertion that the
response must be "programmed."
As I said above: if you have a programmed response,
It is not necessary to look at the four outliers to reach this conclusion. The amount of change is quite variable even among populations that experienced the same temperature difference.
In the most charitable interpretation I can think of, I suppose it is possible to make some assumptions and then say that their data is consistent with a completely deterministic model. However, you cannot say that it is evidence for such a model against natural selection, because natural selection can account for the same results quite well, and without the extra assumptions.
Are you sure you can't think of another reason why someone would be disturbed by the observation that climate change is causing animals to undergo dramatic genetic changes?
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|Peppler, Jim
|Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience in a church building, probably First Baptist Church in Eutaw, Alabama.
|1965 Dec.
People outside the building are watching and listening at the open windows. The image is dark, so King's profile is a silhouette. This image was probably taken for (but not used in) the article "Dr. King Sweeps Through the Black Belt, " which appeared on page 1 of The Southern Courier for December 11-12, 1965. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol1_No22_1965_12_11.pdf
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Today's Red Leaf Tea Special
Regarding requests for samples:
I would love to make samples of flavored matcha teas, but I ran into a couple problems:
1. Each flavored matcha is done manually just the way you like it. While it saves product to make smaller version, it takes same amount of time to make it and pack it as regular version.
2. Issue #1 could be solved by making batch of 10 different flavors, but with so many options offered, the next question is what flavors and what strength. Not every one will want same thing.
My solution is to make 10 flavors sampler by the end of next week. I will post a poll on my site for you to vote on what flavors you want in the sampler pack. One vote per day. The most popular 10 flavors will be included.
Let me know what flavors you want to be in the sampler. It's up to you to decide.
If you have any other suggestion, please let me know. I welcome any ideas.
here the link to the poll. vote for your favorite flavors :-)
thank you for your effort in this. I will check in again if you post another poll, as I am not interested in any of the current flavors offered within the current poll.
The flavors listed there are a suggested flavors. You can give me a list of flavors you want to be included and I will add them to the poll so that everyone can vote.
thank you.
Jasmine,Bee Pollen,Black Currant,Chamomile,Ginger,Hawaiian Honey,Lavender,Lemongrass,Mint,Rose,Royal Jelly,Watermelon, and Wintergreen are the flavors I am most interested in.
Thanks for the poll! Licorice, Macadamia Praline, Pistachio, Pumpkin pie, Raspberry Truffle, rum, white chocolate, tiramisu, amaretto, brandy.
well, dang it … you just had to go and do the grapefruit. LOL and so I had to break my no buying tea until after Christmas vow.
thanks redleaftea for being so awesome and thinking with us. can't wait to see the sampler package.
This weekend special:
Raspberry Matcha & Raspberry Truffle Matcha.
Also, coming next week: Raspberry & Cream Matcha.
Sorry it took this long, but I finally got a chance to make the Flavored Matcha Sampler Pack. Top 10 flavors suggested by you.
Wow, look at all those great flavors!
Also, I noticed a new peanut butter pie flavor. That sounds amazing!
OMG OMG OMG! I'm so excited about this! I wanted to get more into Matcha, but without the monetary investment I would have to take on one flavor! Perfect! BUT I am also a matcha newbie, so a couple questions that hopefully someone will answer for me!
1. How many cups can I typically make out of the 10g?
2. Do I NEED the fancy supplies to go along with it, or are there shortcuts with things I would already have at home (a mini egg beater instead of the wisk?)
3. I guess this is more for Red Leaf Tea, but does anybody know if there is any milk in any of the flavorings in the sample pack?
Ok that's all! Thanks in advance for answers to my noob questions :D
On a side note, I was cruising on the website and noticed the caffeine chart… what in the WORLD is 5150 juice with 16,000 mg of caffeine?!?!??!?!?!
Sadly i'm not entirely sure on the cups for 10g – it'll depend a lot as well on what matcha/water ratio you end up preferring
In terms of "fancy supplies" dont' bother until you decide you like matcha and/or want to move in that direction. You can experiment with matcha using a plain old fork/whisk or, as i prefer a hand blender or real blender. Just depends on your preferences. :)
Thanks Sil!
The way I first sampled (other than picking up a bit at Davids) was to select a flavour on sale – yes you are committed to the one flavour but it costs a lot less than the price tag on the sampler. Just on the off chance it's not for you. :)
Just out of curiousity since I haven't participated in the updated program with the submission form – Can anyone comment on how long it typically takes for the submission form to be reviewed and gift certificate updated?
No more than a couple days. Since he's not so swamped with reviews, turnaround time is quicker.
Thanks Rachel! I just wanted to double check so I'd know when/if to follow up :)
Sorry for the longer wait time. All reviews have been updated now. If you are missing one, please contact me.
Don't worry about the wait time. I was more curious so I would know when to check on things than i was concerned about it taking a few days. I'm just happy to be able to participate!
New promo:
I'm looking for a few brave matcha lovers that would like to help me test new promotion.
It's a new client referral program. Those that would like to participate will receive special code. You can use it at Facebook, Twitter anywhere you want or can, friend and family included. This code will give (new clients only) 50%OFF !!! any flavored matcha.
Now, what's in it for you? Well, how about totally 100% FREE Matcha, no stings attached.
If their order is between $0-$35 you will get 1 Small Matcha tea.
If their order is between $36-$70 you will get 2 Small Matcha teas.
If their order is between $71-$100 you will get 3 Small Matcha teas.
If their order is over $100 you will get 4 Small Matcha teas.
Totally FREE Matcha just for referring them to us.
Everyone will get their own special code so that I know where the referral comes from. You can let me know here on Steepster or our email. Note your full name is required so that I can assign it to the correct person, so if you do not want to list it publicly on Steepster, send me an email.
Let me know if you have any question.
hmmmm I think I would like to give this a try.
My full name is Ashley Cayer
I would love a code :) full name is Chuckie Dixon
I have been looking at ordering from Red Leaf sometime in the next month, so I well let the community know when I decide so that someone can take advantage of it :)
@Sweet Canadian: I was going to say that was so sweet of you, then I saw that "sweet" is your first name! :D
- Ashley Cayer (tattooed_tea) your code is VBE13.
- others – I need a full name, post it here or send me an email.
Chuckie Dixon: your code is AFM25. I have also send you an email since you sent me one as well :-)
for those who haven't tried matcha yet feel free to use my code AFM25 :) thanks and enjoy!
ashmanra: yes, please.
Good to hear from you again Joely :-). Your code is NFO64
Thank you! Its been insanely busy getting my daughter ready for college, heading up some reoccurring health issues, etc and so on. Onward and upward though :) Hope you get some new biz from all the referrals! :)
Sarah cairns: your code is DYH75. Thank you for participating.
I'd love to participate as well! Carolynne Keenan.
Carolynne Keenan: your code is NYD82.
I'd love to participate as well! Already had someone asking about your company when I brought some matcha to work!
Sasha Hodder
Chuckie Dixon has already earned 1 Free Small Matcha. Congratulation. Let me know if you want to wait till you get more or get this one right away :-)
Yay! I'm gonna wait it out a bit. I think I have a few more friends that will be buying :-)
No problem. Just contact me when you are ready to "cash out" :-)


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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
Moderator: BioTeam
Oh the hell with my last patent and the great one that Nadas posted before mine, take a look at this will you...OMG.......
it has what I said I guessed would be involved from the get-go....Strep and Staph....
here you go:
Animal models and methods for sepsis
1. A method for selecting a candidate drug for treating sepsis, comprising:
(i) selecting a model system of sepsis, said model system comprising an animal species and a pathogen species that causes sepsis in said animal species, in which model system a critical rate or pathogen load increase has been ascertained,
(ii) infecting an experimental animal of said animal species with a dose of reporter-labeled pathogen of said pathogen species, where said dose is sufficient to result in a rate of pathogen load increase exceeding said critical rate;
(iii) administering a test drug to said experimental animal;
(iv) measuring the level of said reporter in said experimental animal; and
(v) selecting said test drug as a candidate drug for treating sepsis if said test drug is effective to decrease the rate of pathogen load increase in the experimental animal below said critical rate of pathogen load increase.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pathogen species is a bacterium species and the pathogen is a bacterium.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the bacterium species is selected from the group consisting of Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Enterobacteriacae family, Providencia spp. and Pseudomonas spp.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the bacterium is a Pseudomonas spp.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal species is a mammal.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the mammal is a rodent.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the rodent is a mouse.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the reporter is light-emitting reporter.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the light-emitting reporter is a luminescent reporter.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the reporter comprises a luciferase enzyme.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the measuring is done using a photon detection device.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the photon detection device is selected from the group consisting of an intensified CCD camera and a cooled CCD camera.
13. A method for selecting a candidate drug for treating sepsis, comprising:
(i) selecting a model system of sepsis, said model system comprising an animal species and a pathogen species capable of causing sepsis in said animal species, in which animal species a time of onset of terminal sepsis, in response to a selected dose of said pathogen species, has been ascertained;
(ii) infecting experimental and control animals of said animal species with a reporter-labeled pathogen of said pathogen species;
(iii) administering a test drug to said experimental animals;
(iv) measuring the level of reporter in said experimental and said control animals at a selected time after onset of terminal sepsis; and
(v) selecting said test drug as a candidate drug for treating sepsis if said test drug is effective to cause a statistically significant reduction in the level of reporter in said experimental animals as compared with said control animals.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the pathogen species is a bacterium species and the pathogen is a bacterium.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the bacterium species is selected from the group consisting of Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Enterobacteriacae family, Providencia spp. and Pseudomonas spp.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the bacterium is a Pseudomonas species.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the animal species is a mammal.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the mammal is a rodent.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the rodent is a mouse.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the reporter is light-emitting reporter.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the light-emitting reporter is a luminescent reporter.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the reporter comprises a luciferase enzyme.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein the measuring is done using a photon detection device.
24. The method of claim 23 wherein the photon detection device is selected from the group consisting of an intensified CCD camera and a cooled CCD camera.
25. A method for selecting a candidate drug for treating sepsis, comprising
omg, for the rest see:
What a load of garbage.
October 19, 2001 / 50(41);893-7
Recognition of Illness Associated with the Intentional Release of a Biologic Agent
On September 11, 2001, following the terrorist incidents in New York City and Washington, D.C., CDC recommended heightened surveillance for any unusual disease occurrence or increased numbers of illnesses that might be associated with the terrorist attacks. Subsequently, cases of anthrax in Florida and New York City have demonstrated the risks associated with intentional release of biologic agents (1). This report provides guidance for health-care providers and public health personnel about recognizing illnesses or patterns of illness that might be associated with intentional release of biologic agents.
Health-Care Providers
Health-care providers should be alert to illness patterns and diagnostic clues that might indicate an unusual infectious disease outbreak associated with intentional release of a biologic agent and should report any clusters or findings to their local or state health department. The covert release of a biologic agent may not have an immediate impact because of the delay between exposure and illness onset, and outbreaks associated with intentional releases might closely resemble naturally occurring outbreaks. Indications of intentional release of a biologic agent include 1) an unusual temporal or geographic clustering of illness (e.g., persons who attended the same public event or gathering) or patients presenting with clinical signs and symptoms that suggest an infectious disease outbreak (e.g., >2 patients presenting with an unexplained febrile illness associated with sepsis, pneumonia, respiratory failure, or rash or a botulism-like syndrome with flaccid muscle paralysis, especially if occurring in otherwise healthy persons); 2) an unusual age distribution for common diseases (e.g., an increase in what appears to be a chickenpox-like illness among adult patients, but which might be smallpox); and 3) a large number of cases of acute flaccid paralysis with prominent bulbar palsies, suggestive of a release of botulinum toxin.
CDC defines three categories of biologic agents with potential to be used as weapons, based on ease of dissemination or transmission, potential for major public health impact (e.g., high mortality), potential for public panic and social disruption, and requirements for public health preparedness (2). Agents of highest concern are Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), Yersinia pestis (plague), variola major (smallpox), Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism), Francisella tularensis (tularemia), filoviruses (Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Marburg hemorrhagic fever); and arenaviruses (Lassa [Lassa fever], Junin [Argentine hemorrhagic fever], and related viruses). The following summarizes the clinical features of these agents (3--6).
Anthrax. A nonspecific prodrome (i.e., fever, dyspnea, cough, and chest discomfort) follows inhalation of infectious spores. Approximately 2--4 days after initial symptoms, sometimes after a brief period of improvement, respiratory failure and hemodynamic collapse ensue. Inhalational anthrax also might include thoracic edema and a widened mediastinum on chest radiograph. Gram-positive bacilli can grow on blood culture, usually 2--3 days after onset of illness. Cutaneous anthrax follows deposition of the organism onto the skin, occurring particularly on exposed areas of the hands, arms, or face. An area of local edema becomes a pruritic macule or papule, which enlarges and ulcerates after 1--2 days. Small, 1--3 mm vesicles may surround the ulcer. A painless, depressed, black eschar usually with surrounding local edema subsequently develops. The syndrome also may include lymphangitis and painful lymphadenopathy.
Plague. Clinical features of pneumonic plague include fever, cough with muco-purulent sputum (gram-negative rods may be seen on gram stain), hemoptysis, and chest pain. A chest radiograph will show evidence of bronchopneumonia.
Botulism. Clinical features include symmetric cranial neuropathies (i.e., drooping eyelids, weakened jaw clench, and difficulty swallowing or speaking), blurred vision or diplopia, symmetric descending weakness in a proximal to distal pattern, and respiratory dysfunction from respiratory muscle paralysis or upper airway obstruction without sensory deficits. Inhalational botulism would have a similar clinical presentation as foodborne botulism; however, the gastrointestinal symptoms that accompany foodborne botulism may be absent.
Smallpox (variola). The acute clinical symptoms of smallpox resemble other acute viral illnesses, such as influenza, beginning with a 2--4 day nonspecific prodrome of fever and myalgias before rash onset. Several clinical features can help clinicians differentiate varicella (chickenpox) from smallpox. The rash of varicella is most prominent on the trunk and develops in successive groups of lesions over several days, resulting in lesions in various stages of development and resolution. In comparison, the vesicular/pustular rash of smallpox is typically most prominent on the face and extremities, and lesions develop at the same time.
Inhalational tularemia. Inhalation of F. tularensis causes an abrupt onset of an acute, nonspecific febrile illness beginning 3--5 days after exposure, with pleuropneumonitis developing in a substantial proportion of cases during subsequent days (7).
Hemorrhagic fever (such as would be caused by Ebola or Marburg viruses). After an incubation period of usually 5--10 days (range: 2--19 days), illness is characterized by abrupt onset of fever, myalgia, and headache. Other signs and symptoms include nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, chest pain, cough, and pharyngitis. A maculopapular rash, prominent on the trunk, develops in most patients approximately 5 days after onset of illness. Bleeding manifestations, such as petechiae, ecchymoses, and hemorrhages, occur as the disease progresses (8).
Clinical Laboratory Personnel
Although unidentified gram-positive bacilli growing on agar may be considered as contaminants and discarded, CDC recommends that these bacilli be treated as a "finding" when they occur in a suspicious clinical setting (e.g., febrile illness in a previously healthy person). The laboratory should attempt to characterize the organism, such as motility testing, inhibition by penicillin, absence of hemolysis on sheep blood agar, and further biochemical testing or species determination.
An unusually high number of samples, particularly from the same biologic medium (e.g., blood and stool cultures), may alert laboratory personnel to an outbreak. In addition, central laboratories that receive clinical specimens from several sources should be alert to increases in demand or unusual requests for culturing (e.g., uncommon biologic specimens such as cerebrospinal fluid or pulmonary aspirates).
When collecting or handling clinical specimens, laboratory personnel should 1) use Biological Safety Level II (BSL-2) or Level III (BSL-3) facilities and practices when working with clinical samples considered potentially infectious; 2) handle all specimens in a BSL-2 laminar flow hood with protective eyewear (e.g., safety glasses or eye shields), use closed-front laboratory coats with cuffed sleeves, and stretch the gloves over the cuffed sleeves; 3) avoid any activity that places persons at risk for infectious exposure, especially activities that might create aerosols or droplet dispersal; 4) decontaminate laboratory benches after each use and dispose of supplies and equipment in proper receptacles; 5) avoid touching mucosal surfaces with their hands (gloved or ungloved), and never eat or drink in the laboratory; and 6) remove and reverse their gloves before leaving the laboratory and dispose of them in a biohazard container, and wash their hands and remove their laboratory coat.
When a laboratory is unable to identify an organism in a clinical specimen, it should be sent to a laboratory where the agent can be characterized, such as the state public health laboratory or, in some large metropolitan areas, the local health department laboratory. Any clinical specimens suspected to contain variola (smallpox) should be reported to local and state health authorities and then transported to CDC. All variola diagnostics should be conducted at CDC laboratories. Clinical laboratories should report any clusters or findings that could indicate intentional release of a biologic agent to their state and local health departments.
Infection-Control Professionals
Heightened awareness by infection-control professionals (ICPs) facilitates recognition of the release of a biologic agent. ICPs are involved with many aspects of hospital operations and several departments and with counterparts in other hospitals. As a result, ICPs may recognize changing patterns or clusters in a hospital or in a community that might otherwise go unrecognized.
ICPs should ensure that hospitals have current telephone numbers for notification of both internal (ICPs, epidemiologists, infectious diseases specialists, administrators, and public affairs officials) and external (state and local health departments, Federal Bureau of Investigation field office, and CDC Emergency Response office) contacts and that they are distributed to the appropriate personnel (9). ICPs should work with clinical microbiology laboratories, on- or off-site, that receive specimens for testing from their facility to ensure that cultures from suspicious cases are evaluated appropriately.
State Health Departments
State health departments should implement plans for educating and reminding health-care providers about how to recognize unusual illnesses that might indicate intentional release of a biologic agent. Strategies for responding to potential bioterrorism include 1) providing information or reminders to health-care providers and clinical laboratories about how to report events to the appropriate public health authorities; 2) implementing a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week capacity to receive and act on any positive report of events that suggest intentional release of a biologic agent; 3) investigating immediately any report of a cluster of illnesses or other event that suggests an intentional release of a biologic agent and requesting CDC's assistance when necessary; 4) implementing a plan, including accessing the Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism, to collect and transport specimens and to store them appropriately before laboratory analysis; and 5) reporting immediately to CDC if the results of an investigation suggest release of a biologic agent.
Reported by: National Center for Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology Program Office; Public Health Practice Program Office; Office of the Director, CDC.
Editorial Note:
Health-care providers, clinical laboratory personnel, infection control professionals, and health departments play critical and complementary roles in recognizing and responding to illnesses caused by intentional release of biologic agents. The syndrome descriptions, epidemiologic clues, and laboratory recommendations in this report provide basic guidance that can be implemented immediately to improve recognition of these events.
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, state and local health departments initiated various activities to improve surveillance and response, ranging from enhancing communications (between state and local health departments and between public health agencies and health-care providers) to conducting special surveillance projects. These special projects have included active surveillance for changes in the number of hospital admissions, emergency department visits, and occurrence of specific syndromes. Activities in bioterrorism preparedness and emerging infections over the past few years have better positioned public health agencies to detect and respond to the intentional release of a biologic agent. Immediate review of these activities to identify the most useful and practical approaches will help refine syndrome surveillance efforts in various clinical situations.
Information about clinical diagnosis and management can be found elsewhere (1--9). Additional information about responding to bioterrorism is available from CDC at <http://www.bt.cdc.gov>; the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at <http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.html>; the Association for Infection Control Practitioners at <http://www.apic.org>; and the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense at <http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org>.
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Why would you say that? It is a load of garbage? It is a Ustates Patent...
did you not see the patent # at the top? Also,, here is one that is the same thing but it gets down to the niddy-griddy
with exsposing their mobile genetics at work.....JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH
ON SECOND THOUGHT rANDY, i AGREE WITH YOU.....WHAT A LOAD OF GARBAGE THAT PATENT WAS...BUT HEY, IT WAS MADE FROM OUR GREAT US GOVERNMENT.
United States Patent 6964856
I said that my articel was a load of garbage.
There is no pipeline for reporting a new disease. That article ( mine) is the best the CDC can do.
Editorial Note:
Health-care providers, clinical laboratory personnel, infection control professionals, and health departments play critical and complementary roles in recognizing and responding to illnesses caused by intentional release of biologic agents. The syndrome descriptions, epidemiologic clues, and laboratory recommendations in this report provide basic guidance that can be implemented immediately to improve recognition of these events.
Especially this part.
What a Load of Crap, man what an understatement. I wonder how much tax money is spent preparing documents like this only to be completely ignored by those that need to be paying attention. Here's more to add to this load of crap.
"The life sciences are developing so quickly that a watch list of dangerous pathogens and toxins is useless in fighting the threat of bioterrorism," says a new report from the US National Academy of Sciences.
US 'unaware' of emerging bioterror threats
Kurt Kleiner in New Scientist writes:
"The life sciences are developing so quickly that a watch list of dangerous pathogens and toxins is useless in fighting the threat of bioterrorism," says a new report from the US National Academy of Sciences.
The report, on "next generation" bioterrorism, was requested by the US government. It concludes that intelligence agencies are too focused on specific lists of bacteria and viruses, and are not aware of emerging threats.
Focusing on the list of about 60 "select agents", such as the smallpox virus and botulism toxin, might simply divert resources from newer and more dangerous threats, such as RNA interference, synthetic biology or nanotechnology.
Our report "pushes back against the monomaniacal focus on bacteria, against the idea that if you can write a list of bad bacteria and control them then you're okay," says Peter A Singer, a bioethicist at the University of Toronto, Canada, who was on the NAS report committee.
As examples, the report suggests it might soon be possible to engineer a virulent pathogen from scratch using DNA synthesis and that advances in gene therapy might make it possible to release an aerosol of a harmful gene that would be inhaled by victims.
Insect terror
An especially insidious threat, says the report, comes with more knowledge of bioregulators – chemical compounds that regulate bodily functions. Terrorists could potentially develop bioregulators that disrupt the immune system, neurological system or endocrine system.
The report also criticises efforts to prevent bioterrorism by clamping down on the free flow of scientific information – this will only backfire and leave the US unprepared against a new generation of threats.
Furthermore, discouraging foreign scientists from working on sensitive topics in the US will only threaten to cripple the ability to respond to threats, the report says. For example, background checks that can stretch to a year discourage foreign scientists from coming to the US, denying the US their expertise.
"There's the famous expression that when you build a wall, always make sure you know what you're walling in and what you're walling out. [The US has] set up a set of mechanisms that have the power to do more harm than good," says Steven M Block, a biophysicist at Stanford University, California, and another member of the committee.
The best defence, according to the report, is for the US to encourage a free flow of information among international scientists while also setting up international agreements that prohibit work intended specifically for biological weapons. In the shorter term, the US should set up a special committee to monitor scientific developments and report to intelligence agencies, the report says.
"First they ignore you...
Then they laugh at you...
Then they fight you...
Then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi
The Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (PL 107-188) prohibits the public disclosure of any theft or loss of a potential bioterrorism agent, as well as any information related to site-specific security measures designed to prevent unauthorized access to biological agents. Although reporting of releases and thefts of bioterrorism agents from laboratories are mandatory, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may only provide public notification if the incident represents a serious public health emergency.
http://www.gene-watch.org/bubiodefense/ ... dents.html
"First they ignore you...
Then they laugh at you...
Then they fight you...
Then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi
oohh you fellas don want to go there .. . id rather keep on assuming that
humanity is as graceful as nature right..
what with ion accustic particle beams for watering the yard right.. or spaced based multi-angular halographic plasma projection system for what? a toxin free july fouth .. ooooooook lets not get into unmanned global hawks cloaked with a boeing "commenly refered to as product placement by the industry"
after a childish rant
i could hear the micro organisims whispering in ear of the architect
Hello, duh on me; I just realized some people do care and have written in on this forum and also on the Morg watch Blog.....I asked for help/suggestions and I do think I have been given that thru TamTam and also quite a few other posters as well.
So thanks and sorry I'm just now seeing all the post and reaizing this fact. I am going to chill for quite a while now and concentrate on my health.....
(that is if I don't get killed by driving fast to work this a.m.! )
Gotta Jet, thanks to all those that did try to help!
This has to been the longest thread I have found for ideas and support of morgellons. But for us to solve this mystery I believe we need to support Dr. Wymore research due to the following:
A friend of mine just sent over a news clip that the Morgellons Research Foundation is under investigation with the IRS!!!
THIS really ticks me off - how can this Mary Leitao lady get on PrimeTime - when HER own foundation is falling apart. How can someone like her take money from people and not send it to what the name of her foundation is "research". I feel sorry for her son with a mother like that.
I also went to this url that supports Cliff, too:
http://www.cherokeechas website
- at least they have a link to Oklahoma State and not taking money themselves. They support morgellon people with their Nurses Staff.
I pray that this Mary Leitao will be able to sleep at night for what she has taken from people.
Dr. Wymore and OSU I say get that link to Morgellons Research Foundation off you website - because I bet you haven't gotten much for research from them!
To all that is looking into Morgellons we pray one of ya'll give a Positive detail of what it is - God speed to you!!
Everybody please say a pray tonight to all that have morgellons.
God Bless
An intron-encoded protein is active in a gene conversion process that
spreads an intron into a mitochondrial gene.
While specific horizontal transfer events may be difficult to predict the genetic consequences of
these events can be detected in sensitive molecular phylogenetic analyses. If the intron phylogenetic
tree is discordant with the tree generated from 16S rRNA gene data then, the most probable explana-
tion is that the sporadic distribution observed is indeed best explained by lateral transfer.
There has been no rigorous attempt to examine the evolutionary history of this intron in such a phy-
logenetic context. In order to test the two competing evolutionary hypotheses in this study a systematic
survey to broaden the known distribution of the intron and to assess the frequency of the endonuclease
encoding introns was undertaken. Phylogenetic analyses were employed to determine the level of con-
gruence between the cyanobacteria host and intron. This allowed the resolution of the evolutionary
history of the intron in cyanobacteria and shows that while horizontal transfer plays a role in the evolu-
tionary history of this intron it is likely that the intron was present in the last common ancestor of mod-
ern cyanobacteria.
The self-splicing retention by extant cyanobacteria and the loss of splicing is consistent with the idea
that splicing originated as a RNA-mediated reaction. The RNA structure creates the active site but is
unable to function efficiently in vivo only when assisted by a protein complex.
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cbeau/adaptive/d ... _Robot.pdf.
I would like to know if the "hair" on my body and on my head will ever be "mine" again? This is the hallmark for me. My hair no longer looks like mine ever did, nor does it act like it ever did.
So in short TamTam, What's up with my hair??????
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Death notices for Jan. 12, 2014
Richard J. Holbrook, 44, Janesville, died Friday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Janesville. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Whitcomb-Lynch Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Sana Krantz, 77, Clinton, died Saturday at Alden Meadow Park, Clinton. Arrangements are pending. Brian G. Mark Funeral Home, Clinton, is assisting the family.
Robert C. McCauley, 69, McColl, S.C., formerly of Beloit, died Sunday, Jan. 5, at Morrison Manor Hospice, S.C. Arrangements are pending. Brian G. Mark Funeral Homes, Beloit, is assisting the family.
Jeffrey T. "Lefty" Ogle, 56, Edgerton, died Wednesday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Edgerton. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Saturday, Jan. 25, at the church. Ehlert Funeral Home, Edgerton, is assisting the family.
John L. "Jack" Schumacher, 84, Edgerton, died Saturday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Edgerton. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at Albrecht Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Edgerton, and from 10 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the church.


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Janesville company plans small expansion
JANESVILLE—A Janesville company that makes products for the food, industrial, pharmaceutical and personal care markets plans an expansion to house additional production equipment.
But the 5,300-square-foot addition at ABITEC, 1530 S. Jackson St., is not expected to result in additional jobs.
The city plan commission last week approved an amendment to a conditional-use permit to allow the three-level expansion that will house new reaction vessels and related equipment.
ABITEC operates a distribution warehouse, shipping and receiving offices, storage tanks and two production plants in about 43,000 square feet of space.
The company produces mono-, di- and triglyceride emulsifiers in Janesville. The emulsifiers are made through the breakdown of fats and oils.
It wants to upgrade its Janesville plant by adding two small reaction vessels that will ultimately replace a vessel that has reached the end of its useful life.
"This project is not driven by the need for extra capacity but by the need to improve equipment to meet standards expected by the pharmaceutical and food industries," a company official wrote in a letter to the city. "The additional space and equipment will allow ABITEC to widen the array of batch sizes that can be produced and allow for more accurate scale-up of new and modified products."


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Creating SMILES: Darien's therapeutic riding center needs volunteers
DARIEN—Mary Reich wanted a chance to be around horses and to do important volunteer work.
Nancy Daily wanted to give her time in a way that has a real impact on people's lives.
Both found their way to SMILES, a therapeutic riding center in rural Darien.
Today, the Walworth County women look forward to another season at SMILES, which stands for Special Methods in Learning Equine Skills.
The nonprofit facility has about 100 riders per week and needs more volunteers like Reich and Daily for its spring session, which begins March 31.
You don't need any prior experience with horses to volunteer at SMILES, said Katie Luessenhop, volunteer coordinator.
"The training experience is so extensive that people get comfortable with horses," she said. "People learn how to groom and saddle horses as well as how to walk and guide them."
She asks volunteers to commit to a specific amount of time, so they can be paired with the same horse and same client.
"A lot of people develop relationships with their clients," Luessenhop said.
In addition to helping others, she said, volunteering at SMILES is a good way to:
-- Get exercise. Walking during one class a week is equivalent to walking about a mile and will burn more than 400 calories per class. The reaching, bending and stretching from grooming horses will trim the waist line.
-- Meet new people and form new friendships.
Reich has volunteered at SMILES for about six years. In her previous job as a school business manager, she knew several students who had taken part in the SMILES program.
"One of the things that attracted me to it was that I thought it would be a good way to get more accustomed to horses," Reich said. "Not only could I work with the animals, but I also could do a good service by working with students and adults with disabilities."
Daily had heard of SMILES through the years and thought it was a worthwhile organization. Combined with her love of horses, she felt she would be right at home when she began volunteering three years ago.
The experience impacted her life more than she imagined.
After volunteering at SMILES, Daily decided to change jobs. She now works at VIP Services, Elkhorn, as a job developer for adults with disabilities.
"SMILES was a great confirmation of where I wanted to go," Daily said. "I wanted to do something I felt good about."
Both women were paired at SMILES to work with young Emma Caputo.
"She just lit up every time we trotted with the horse," Daily said. "Her mother told us the girl was making good progress at home because of riding on the horse."
Both Daily and Reich enjoy giving to others.
"But you don't realize what you get back in return," Daily said. "It can be equal to or more than what you give. It definitely is a two-way street."
Anna Marie Lux is a columnist for The Gazette. Her columns run Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call her with ideas or comments at 608-755-8264, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Your Views: Paul Ryan's budget cuts look in wrong spots
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
I wasn't surprised when Congressman Paul Ryan started balancing his budget by cutting benefits for the middle class, the elderly and poor.
I heard nothing about cutting the billions upon billions of dollars that the military wastes, or cutting aid to foreign countries that don't like us. How about cutting pork that is added to bills? Maybe cut fringe benefits for our leaders, subsidies to wealthy farmers and large tax breaks for the wealthy.
How about saying, "no more wars"? My goodness, I could go on and on, but it would take up a whole page plus. We are not the ones bankrupting our country; it's the government and all their wasteful spending.
Mr. Ryan, it's time you take a good, look at the real problem in this country.


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Police interviewing family in infant's disappearance
TOWN OF BELOIT—Police late Thursday reported no hard leads in the reported disappearance of a 5-day-old infant from the bedroom where he was sleeping with his mother.
Police were trying to locate anyone who had any contact with Kayden Powell since he was born Saturday, town of Beloit Police Chief Steve Kopp said. The baby's mother, Brianna Marshall, 18, found him missing from his bassinet when she woke at about 4:34 a.m. Thursday.
Kopp said Marshall reported the incident as an apparent abduction.
Police in Iowa took the baby's aunt into custody later Thursday for questioning. She had been visiting the residence at 836 E. Homeland Court and left at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. That was about the last time people at the residence saw the baby, Kopp said.
Kopp said police reached the woman on her cellphone Thursday as she was driving near West Branch, Iowa, which is along Interstate 80 about 180 miles southwest of Beloit. Police asked the woman to pull over. An officer took the woman into custody after learning she had an outstanding Texas warrant accusing her of fraud, Kopp said.
The baby was not with the woman when police found her, and the baby had not been located as of Thursday afternoon, Kopp said. It's not clear why the aunt left early Thursday morning. She apparently is a Colorado resident and was visiting after the baby was born, Kopp said.
The woman was being questioned along with four other people who had been staying at the residence Wednesday night, Kopp said.
Kopp said during a press conference Thursday night that investigations were ongoing and that "approximately 40 officers, detectives and agents have been identifying, locating and interviewing family members, friends and others who have had contact with Kayden."
As of 6 p.m. Thursday there were no suspects and no arrests had been made, Kopp said.
The residence is owned by Shirley J. Bennett, according to tax records. Kopp said Bennett is the baby's great-grandmother.
Marshall and the baby's father, Bruce Powell, 23, of Beloit, were at the residence at the time the baby was reported missing, along with Bennett and Marshall's brother. They were among those being questioned. They were cooperative, and the parents were "very distraught and upset," Kopp said.
The parents had been staying at the residence because a person who lives with them at their Beloit home was ill and they didn't want to expose the newborn baby to the sick person, Kopp said.
Investigators don't believe the incident is a child custody dispute, and there weren't any signs of forced entry to the residence. No one in or around the house heard or saw anything suspicious, Kopp said.
Town of Beloit police, city of Beloit police, the FBI, the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation and the Rock County Sheriff's Office were cooperating in the investigation.
Kopp said the baby's aunt was the only one in custody. There were no suspects in the baby's disappearance and no clues as to where the baby might have gone, Kopp said.
"There's not really enough to know. We're gathering as much information as we can. The investigation hasn't gone in any particular direction," Kopp said.
Authorities on Thursday afternoon cordoned off the residence with police tape. Kopp said investigators planned to use a search warrant to go through the residence and "properly process the scene."
The baby was born at Beloit Memorial Hospital. He is African-American, 20 inches long, 6 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, according to police.
Police did not issue an Amber Alert because the incident did not meet the criteria, Kopp said. He said police didn't have any suspect or vehicle description, so there was nothing for the public to look for.
Gazette reporter Shelly Birkelo contributed to this report.
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10 energy harvesting solutions for 2012
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PARIS Biomechanical energy harvesting from human motion offers a promising clean alternative to electrical power supplied by batteries for mobile electronic devices.
Energy harvesting is the use of ambient energy to provide electricity for small and mobile equipment, whether electrical or electronic. Four main ambient energy sources are present in our environment: mechanical energy (vibrations, deformations), thermal energy (temperature gradients or variations), radiant energy (sun, infrared, RF) and chemical energy (chemistry, biochemistry).
In a recent report, titled "Energy Harvesting in Action -2012", market researcher IDTechEX noted that $700 million was spent on the energy harvesting component itself in 2011, rising to just under $5 billion in 2022.
The proliferation of mobile electronic devices has resulted in the development of new power sources. One alternative is human power, which has the advantages of being always available, requiring no chemical fuel or logistical measures.
Indeed, the human body is very flexible in generating applicable power from sources of heat dissipation, joint rotation, enforcement of body weight, vertical displacement of mass centers, as well as elastic deformation of tissues and other attachments. This opens up opportunities for harvesting energy to power mobile or implantable medical devices which could be used for a long time or be recharged permanently.
What follows are ten different human motion energy harvesting devices and technologies, in different stages of prototyping and application.


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xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available--and some of the most uncommon formats, too. All those features come in a reusable library (xine-lib) which can easily be embedded in your applications.
LiVES is a simple to use yet powerful video effects, editing, conversion, and playback system aimed at the digital video artist and VJ. It runs under Linux, BSD, Mac OS X/Darwin, IRIX, and openMosix. It is frame and sample accurate, can handle almost all types of video, and is fully extendable through plugins and the included plugin builder tool. It can also be controlled remotely using OSC.
Dvbnrc is a TCP Daemon written in Perl that allows you to remotely control a Nokia Mediamaster running DVB2000 through a serial nullmodem cable. It allows you to telnet to the box, get the list of available TV/radio channels, change tha channel, show the current one, or change the text of the LCDisplay.
LikeTelevision's Dynamic Ad Casting software is an automated video insertion solution that manages content programming. It allows on-demand video content to be controlled to create a television-like experience through insertion of commercial advertising spots. It features total control: the administrator can design and customize the Playlist Template in any way desired. Different spots and commercials can be inserted with total control and then applied universally to even the largest libraries of video clips. Demographic modules can be integrated into the system for audience demographic targeting! The media formats supported include Real Media, Windows Media, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and more. It is optimized for the L.A.M.P. platform.
DVTS (Digital Video Transport System) sends and receives DV data using the Internet. It consists of dvsend and dvrecv - dvsend receives DV data via IEEE1394, and sends it to dvrecv using IP, while dvrecv receives DV/RTP packets, and sends DV data using an IEEE1394 interface. Using DVTS, high quality realtime video meeting can be achieved. It consumes about 8-35 Mbps of network bandwidth. Supported platforms are FreeBSD4.x, MacOSX, and Linux.
RHEED for Linux is designed to aquire data from RHEED (Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction) images in Molecular Beam Epitaxy and for controlling an electron beam gun. It is possible to determine growth rate of a semiconductor crystal from RHEED-Oscillations, to aquire Lines Of Interest (LOIs) in realtime, and develop incident angle dependent intensity curves. The Electron Beam Gun EK35BR from Staib Instruments is supported.


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Interstate expansion meeting scheduled
Expansion plans for Interstate 90/39 south of Janesville will be the topic of a public information meeting later this month.
State Department of Transportation officials will be on hand to answer questions and make a brief presentation on the project, which runs from County O south of Janesville to the Illinois state line.
The segment, also referred to as the southern segment, is one of three in a 45-mile expansion that runs from the state line to the Beltline in Madison. Construction on the southern, central and northern segments is expected to begin in 2015 and be complete by 2021.
The southern segment extends about 12 miles. The Interstate will be reconstructed and expanded to six lanes from the Illinois state line north to Highway 11/Avalon Road. It will expand to eight lanes—four in each direction—from Highway 11 to County O.
Interchanges will be reconstructed at Interstate 43 and Highway 81 in Beloit, at County S and at Highway 11.
The meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17 also will offer information on:
--The replacement of aging overpasses at Stateline, Hart, Creek and Woodman roads. Included with the Hart Road overpass will be the reconstruction of Hart Road from County S to County X.
--Right-of-way acquisition for properties adjacent to the Interstate, interchanges and local road overpasses.
Future meetings will focus solely on interchange alternatives for the I-90/39 interchange with I-43.


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Rushing Waters Fisheries' open house highlights expanded facilities
PALMYRA – Rushing Waters Fisheries is holding an open house Saturday, Nov. 9, from noon to 4 p.m. at its farm and store, located at N301 County Highway H in Palmyra.
The facility expanded the seafood products in their retail store, added space to host private events and corporate retreats, and opened a restaurant for weekend dining.
The open house will feature interactive tours of the 80-acre farm showcasing the spring water-fed ponds and raceways where the fish are raised, and the newly expanded and renovated building, including the processing facility, the retail space known as The Farm Store, and the dining venue which now seats more than 80 guests at a time.
In addition to tours, the open house will feature complimentary passed hors d'oeuvres featuring trout and salmon smoked on-site, wine sampling for the adults, and free rentals of fishing poles for anyone who wants to get one more bite before winter.