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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
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Hi Nettimo, yes I have tried hydrogen peroxide and it seems to do well but not stop the symptoms of the leg continously secreting...I was given Keflex for cellulitis, but really it's for the clear exudate not the silicone coating that these critters are pouring over my leg ( I suppose so it can enable them to live above the skin). You would think that it would rang a bell with the doctors that this is the second time that I've have had cellulitis on my left leg during July and that something is terribly wrong. I have a dermatologist appointment and a psych consult coming up and the derm doctor was going along with the internist on me taking the risperdal (anti-psychotic). The derm doctor came back and said that it was weird though the way my leg looked but she said this ONLY in front of me. I have vicodin for pain but currently I'm not experiencing pain especially the joint pain (omg...that's some pain there)...Nettimo, I hope that you are doing well and continue to do well...
Dear Tamtam,
Thank you for the continued video footage that you share with all of us.
Is this a culture? That was my impression but I am puzzled as to where the red fibers are.
Would you please tell more about what we are viewing in this new video, please.
Dear Reliefseeker,
It has been my experience that when I have clear fluid draining from my lesions that diflucan will stop that in hours.
Once I had an E.R. visit where the nurse practitioner called Dr. Schwartz directly for me and described my condition to him. He confirmed her initial observation to these leaking lesions and they both though it was fungal. Diflucan was prescribed and the fluid started to dry up which allowed my skin to heal. The pain was severe, I'm glad you found someone to acknowledge this part for you. Yes, we need pain management!
Randy and all .......I work in education.....I really did know the proper name- I was just being silly. I usually say Mentally challenged. But
okay, I had a lot to say, but those gede footballs(the green ones are popping up......I will try later.
Okay, I'm back. Listen, to Maggie Mae...I just reread your post from Sat pm......and yes, I got it. I got a lot today too. I'm still in even more shock. Why me? I feel for the people and their beautiful country, their families, the constant hate and feeling like their is no help. But they chose the wrong person!!! I cry .....actually will not even look at the view whether it be a video, tv or live if it has to do with anyone suffering or being beaten,,,,,,,it makes me sick, just sick. AND AS I HAVE POSTED ON HERE AND ON THE OTHER FORUMS MORE THAN ONE TIME......i CANA'T STAND OUR GOV'T DOING THINGS THE WAY THEY DO. tHEY TOLD OUR SOLDIERS that were in Iraq that there are no rules.......It made me sick.......makes me sick, makes me sick! Now, I hope I am allowed to say this and am not breaking some stupid-arse "patriot act" law......if I am, someone let me know and I have no problem removing it.
But why me? Yeah, I'm a texas schoo lteacher but was a damn good one. Can prove it to anyone with copies of my students test scores. I would do anything for anyone that needs it. I am not into me,me, me,
I just put that out there in a post the other day b/c I was mad at this whole thing. I do mean every word I said here, up above and shed a couple of tears today when I viewed the photos. I will say the graphics were kick butt though.
Now, why is Marge and the rest of the gang (specially if they are native to America) helping to hide this. I know, they can be jewish and live here but you know what I mean. Why would they want to cover this up?
Sure it's bad, very, very bad what they are going thru and have been thru for years now. So sad......I did not know that my gov't just turned the other way.....I did not know that. Oh, hell yes, it's all about money and greed and go, go , go here......we have what they call McMansions popping up right and left in my neighborhood here. (middle to upper middle class homes) and like every 7 or so houses, well, then you see another
McMansion. Well, I can't cry anymore today, thinking of the book Tuesdays with Morrie every morning when I wake up now. Morrie said one of the great philosophers said to always wake up as if their were this lil bird perching upon your shoulder asking you..."Is this the day?" "Is this the last day? Have you hugged your loved ones and told them goodbye? Have you done as much as you possibly wanted to while on this beautiful
Look, again, I'm sorry for not being able to help. I would if I could.....In fact, on Monday, I think I will teach some art. Even let them "tag" some.......
So, can someone please tell me why this is a secret? I mean if the word was out, is it like going to change anything?
Can someone tell me how long heroine will store for? I swear on my father's grave I have not only never tried the stuff, i don't know what it looks like. But that is the way I'm going to go out when the pain gets that bad.
I'm not going to sit and suffer. I do so feel for you relief seeker. Where are you located? Do you have someone there with you? I hope so. You will def. be in my thoughts and prayers. As well as everyone else.
Okay, I have a request, can someone tell me how long the body can live before the changes are to great and the pain is gone. Hey, I can still hear that loud-ass gunpop from erlier today. I know what pain you and yours must be in.
But, by God, you have taken the wrong person. For you see, I will have no big family to "grieve" after my passing. It just seems to me that the revenge could have been better studied.....more prescise if you will.
I do not think this will go full circle again....do you guys? I mean, has it not stopped infecting yet? does anyone know the count of Morg patients?
Thanks, London
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Hello all,
I was reading the info provided re: the Far Infared Saunas from the previous page....
A few Googles and I found this:
The Effect of Far Infrared on the Growth of Mold
Additionally, this data can contribute to the
proper use of far infrared and far infrared pads. For example, if one
were to have a fungal condition,
placing a far infrared pad on it might not be the most beneficial
course of action to take.
Basically, the high school student above did a science project using the "Far Infared Pad" and determined that the Infrared pad promoted the growth of mold.
The student's conclusion above says it all.... the Infrared Pads GROW MOLD-
Seems there are numerous products being hyped that are detrimental to people in general these days.
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"When you dine with the devil, bring a long spoon."
Thanks Jill. I too saw an article like that today. Even had the molf/fungi in that old "puke-green' colored textured wall paper from the 70's. It was the green pigment.......
Okay, why this forum and why other forums as well? Ido not mean this in an ugly way at all, just want to know why they were ever created?
For the kick that some people must get huh? I mean, I could see if it was just a support forum, and all, but we were led, enticed here.
I'm guessing you all/we all hope that one does post the answer when /if they find it, right? someone answer this please......Hey reliefseeker, how long have you been in this much pain?
We are developing ultra-fine fiber polymeric
mats (permanent or biodegradable) with a
capability of releasing bioactive compounds.
These mats can be stand-alone or can serve
as film coatings on implants, tissue
engineering scaffolds, or nanocomposites.
To construct the drug-loaded mats, various
concentrations of finely ground fluorescently
labeled Bovine Serum Album (FITC-BSA)
are suspended in 25 wt percent Polylactic
Glycolic Acid biodegradable polymer in
50:50 dimethyl formamide:tetrahydrofuran.
Suspensions contained in a glass syringe
with a capillary tip were spun into 500nm
diameter fibers by an electrostatic-based
self assembly process (electrospinning), in
which a high voltage electric field was
generated between the oppositely charged
polymer and a metallic collection screen. At
a critical voltage, the charge overcame the
surface tension of the deformed polymer
drop at the needle tip, producing an ultrafine
jet. The similarly charged fibers were
splayed, and during their passage to the
screen, the solvent quickly evaporated and
dry fibers accumulated randomly on the
screen. Material properties of the nonwoven
mesh mats are investigated by SEM and
tensile testing. In vitro release of the model
protein (FITC-BSA) into an infinite sink of
37ºC phosphate-buffered saline (mimic in
vivo conditions) is measured. Preliminary
results indicate that tensile strength and the
release profiles are a function of protein
loading. Although release in the first 24
hours after initiation is dominant, release to
over 120 hours is observed. The preliminary
data suggest that this nanofiber delivery
system can open up many new applications
in both drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Phase Separation in Poly-Pseudo
Amino Acid-PEG Blends and Copolymers
at Nano- and Meso-Length Scales
Such properties as hydrophilicity, hydrolytic
susceptibility, and protein recognition are
critical to the success of polymer-based
tissue-engineering scaffolds. Poly(ethylene
glycol) [PEG] is often introduced into
scaffold polymers to tune hydrolytically
controlled properties. Relatively little is
known about the local morphology and
nature of phase separation in such PEG-
modified systems, however. This research
studies the development of phase-separated
morphology in blends and random-
multiblock copolymers of a tyrosine-based
poly-pseudo amino acid (poly [DTE
carbonate]) and PEG 1000. This system
exhibits attractive biocompatability, strength
and modulus, and resorption behavior,
which can be controlled by main-chain and
pendant-chain chemistries. The nature of
phase separation was studied by
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
using solvent-cast thin films. The various
films display qualitatively different phase-
separation behaviors with morphological
features having characteristic length scales
ranging from 10nm to 1mm. Experiments
and simulations of fibronectin adsorption
onto different homopolymer thin-film
surfaces suggest that nano- and mesoscale
phase separation may influence the
adsorption of such adhesive proteins and, in
turn, have an impact on cell adhesion and
Poly(urethaneurea)-segmented block
copolymers [PUU] are used in variety of
biomedical applications, most prominently
as blood sacs in ventricular-assist devices
and total artificial hearts. However, one of
the principle drawbacks of these
biocompatible materials is their relatively
high permeability to air and water vapor. In
this presentation, we will describe a
nanocomposite approach that results in a
significant reduction in gas permeability
through PUUs, without sacrificing
mechanical properties. In initial experiments,
PUU (22 wt percent hard segment) / alkyl-
ammonium modified montmorillonite
nanocomposites were prepared containing
low-volume fractions of the layered silicate
(<6 vol percent). X-ray diffraction
experiments show that the silicate gallery
spacing increases by about 1 nm for most of
the composites, indicating that PUU chains
are intercalated to some degree between
silicate layers. At very low silicate
concentrations, the layers may in fact be
exfoliated. The measured modulus and
strength increase with increasing silicate
content in the nanocomposites, but without
loss of ductility. Water-vapor permeability is
reduced by 5x at only 6 vol percent silicate,
as a result of the more tortuous path
required for gas molecules to penetrate the
membrane. We also plan to discuss issues
regarding these materials in blood-
contacting applications, particularly with
regard to protein adsorption to the separated
immobilizing atomic or molecular domains of
various guests. The atomic/molecular level
dispersion of inorganic guest(s) within a
dendrimer host is achieved by reactive
encapsulation. Size, shape, size distribution,
and surface functionality of these stable
nanocomposites are determined and
controlled by the dendritic host. The
solubility and compatibility of these materials
are also determined by the host polymer
molecule; however, these nanocomposites
possess many of the desirable chemical and
physical properties of the guest molecules or
atoms. For example, precipitation of metallic
gold into the interior of a poly(amidoamine)
dendrimer results in the formation of a gold
dendrimer nanocomposite. This material has
the solubility of the host dendrimer but
possesses the optical and physical
properties of the guest nanoscopic gold
These novel materials have many potential
applications for bioengineering and medicine
because the properties of both the guest(s)
and the host can be optimized to form
uniform basic structures with required
characteristics. These building blocks can
be organized further into higher order
structures, such as 1D (quantum dots), 2D
(ultrathin multilayers), and 3D
nanostructures to achieve a specific goal by
combining the tools of polymer, organic,
inorganic, and bioorganic chemistry.
Gravity and Inertia via Radiation Pressure
HAARP Quad All-Sky Imager
Hi London, the pain started again today about 6 hours ago, and I can feel this "thing" in my foot moving on a constant basis now. I went to the hospital for my left leg in an ambulance, and now I'm out with lasix yet my foot is swollen like hell,and I'm on Keflex but this damn "thing" pours out silicone wrap on my leg and always have an unending supply...I betcha that internist's arse that (think I'm delusional) this thing was the clot that he saw when they did the CT scan and the ultrasound, This internist did not want dermatology involved and when I threatened to change teams on Friday...derm was hurried in but for what I don't know...because the internist was already preparing me to be discharged. Psych was permitted to interview me for a longer period of time, whereas derm flew in took a few samples and flew out, and then came back only to take side with the internist to get me to take risperdal...it might help, I' m told...yeah right...now, I got to find a primary physician, then a surgeon...that's easier said than done....Later all
Relief seeker
Wishing you well...I feel for you, your poor dear, you got it bad...
I wanted to say about the "clot" in your foot, that thing you feel moving around: I have had a "thing" moving in my toes about a month ago first on one foot, then the other. First time when it was moving/burning/itching so badly it woke me from a sound sleep, I kept rubbing the couple affected toes with oregano oil and then actually expressed about a dozen blue fiberballs, which stopped the sensation. I have several toes on each foot which have some numbness now. On the other foot, one toe has a linear raised area (@1") housing something there. My sis had the writhing sensation in her jaw and when she rubbed with oregano oil, she felt it move and then felt something in her throat. She gargled with lots of salt water, then coughed up a lot of what looked like clear stringy worms (testing negative for O&P at lab).
Don't know what to tell you to do. Sounds like Sabrina has an answer. Good luck in finding a dr. Might have luck if you find one with a Phys. Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, perhaps who will listen and take an interest. They can prescribe.
Hi All, I finally broke down and told a good friend of mine and now we are going to another hospital because when doctors see that you have no one to help you they tend to run all over you. But listen this thing is moving in my leg all the time now and it secretes a filmy plastic that allows you to walk without stiffening up your leg...the f$%^&$# intelligence of it. My son can not cope with these doctors nor have they ever seen him, he was coming at night to see me but they could have told him anything because poor baby knows nothing about this and he seems to have started disbelieving me. He wanted to know why did I not let the wound care nurse irrigate the "false skin" and wrap it in cotton gauze and that I was looking so much better (meaning rested well) when I got out of the hospital. I'm telling you all of this in case it blows up or if something happens to me...take care
Both divinyl benzene copolymer (plastic) beads and schistosome eggs produce inflammatory reactions after intravenous deposition into the lung of a mouse. As reported previously, the schistosome egg granuloma is an immunologic reaction of the delayed hypersensitivity type; this inflammatory process is prevented by immunosuppressive measures, and characteristically demonstrates an anamnestic response. In contradistinction, the plastic bead granuloma appears to be characteristic of a foreign body reaction; it is unaffected by immunosuppressive measures and does not demonstrate an anamnestic response with repeated exposure. The data in this report suggest that the granuloma formation around plastic beads is a nonimmunologic reaction induced by chemical mediators of inflammation. This proposal is supported by the following findings: the plastic beads activate Hageman factor in normal human and mouse plasma; the plastic beads induce vascular permeability-enhancing activity as measured in guinea pig skin and kinin-like activity in normal human and mouse plasma that is dependent on Hageman factor; ellagic acid, an agent that activates Hageman factor in vivo and is reported to diminish kininogen by consumptive depletion, markedly depresses the plastic bead granuloma. These data are consistent with the idea that the plastic bead granuloma and perhaps other foreign body inflammatory reactions are in major part dependent on kinin formation.
Ellagic acid also suppressed the schistosome egg granuloma, but not to the same degree as the plastic bead granuloma. The implications of this observation are discussed in the text.
Silicosis and "blue velvet disease", pathologic processes associated with the deposition of silica and magnesium trisilicate, respectively, in the lung, and the induction of a foreign body reaction may also be dependent on the activation of chemical mediators of inflammation by the silica and magnesium trisilicate particles with immunologic mechanisms participating in only a minor way, if at all. The marked suppression of experimental silicosis and blue velvet disease in mice by ellagic acid supports this idea.
London, nadas, J Jill, et al,
Been following your posts and links and I must say I appreciate your leads
which though sounding farfetched at times, certainly described the world in which we live and breathe and move. Yikes! Frightening and enlightening. Combined with the recent "news" and my/our continued symptoms, seems rather hopeless as far as getting any real help anytime soon... Yet it all rings so true, even the nanotech-created disease concept, the overgrowth of fungi, the references in the second article to polymer-based tissue-engineering scaffolds, the presence of continual silica or glass rubules with the presense of silicone,, the polyethylene.......
I must add that much to my surprise (and not) this past week, after I removed with tweezers a tiny speck that was "biting"/piercing my forearm, placed it into a white bottle cap with solution half normal saline/half alcohol, and watched with magnifying glass, I SAW a long tangled blue fiber, couple tiniest red ones, and a couple tiny blue ones, ONE OF WHICH WAS MOTILE. It touched end-to-end (ends pointing down) and moved thru the solution quite one its own...
Freaks me out to think that the above tech-creations are somehow combining with something alive?....Are any of you thinking we have the same thing as that Chinese study (strongylus somethingorother)? The web article called "tales of a parasite sufferer" or some such reportedly cites this Chinese article and insists that its photos show same strange things as his and ours. A friend who lives in the Chesapeake Bay area sent me some "Face Doctor" soap created and winning multi awards in China, which was advertised on radio for those who "have parasites in their skin/sebacious glands causing rash like roseaola or acne"...Guess it is coming harder to eastern coastal bay areas...
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A couple of weeks back, I described this tiny, bright red micro organism that actually was inbedded inside one of those blackish colored fiberballs.
I had it soaking in a cap of hydrogen peroxide and watching the fibers bubble when I noticed it. It had 4 symetrical black dots on its' back.
The underside looked just like fleshy colored popcorn shrimp. The name of it escapes me at the moment but it started with an A. It was really another name for the small, brine, shrimp. Then I came acros this lil article yesterday!
U.S. tests CO2 underground storage options
Thursday, 12-Oct-2006 11:01AM PDT Story from United Press International
Copyright 2006 by United Press International (via ClariNet)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it is continuing a project designed to determine the feasibility of storing carbon dioxide in brine formations.
The latest stage in the research occurred recently when scientists pumped more than 700 tons of the greenhouse gas a mile underground as part of the department's carbon sequestration program.
The Frio Brine Project is designed to determine how the CO2 moves through brine- filled, highly porous sandstone that's representative of formations found worldwide.
By monitoring the CO2 flow with technologically advanced instruments during the next year, the researchers say they hope to determine whether such formations can effectively store CO2 for long periods of time, significantly reducing the amount of the gas released into the Earth's atmosphere.
"This current project will ... help to advance our injection and monitoring technology to the point where we know what formations can safely and effectively store greenhouse gases in each region of the country to address global climate change," said Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Jeffrey Jarrett.
The lead project partner, the University of Texas-Austin, injected the CO2 into a test well near Dayton, Texas, about 40 miles northeast of Houston.
Hey TamTam, I found that place you were telling us about in February....the one near San antonio. Let me know if you would like me to post it.
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This comic is from July 24th, 2003! I didn't write things down here back then. Or maybe I did, and they are now LOST FOREVER. But here is a random merchandise image; perhaps you are... tantalized?
December 5th: Last day that ALL US shipping methods are safe.
December 12th: Last day that to use USPS Priority or Express for international orders!
December 13th: Only USPS Priority Express or FedEx 2- for guaranteed Christmas delivery.
December 18th-December 19th: FedEx 2-Day and Overnight might work, but no promises!!
Here that is in GRAPHIC FORM!

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Since the founding of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft in 1787 a great number of works have been carried through our doors. To date we have received and documented over 3,800 paintings and sculptures – not including works from the photo-, Dada-, video- and print & drawing collections. Whether purchases, gifts or permanent loans, every object receives a catalogue number, and a label which is attached both to the work itself and the frame. Subsequent to this an inventory sheet is completed which contains the artist's name, title of work, date of origin, measurements, proof of provenance, literature references as well as a photographic image for identification. Finally all works are entered in a large catalogue, digitally recorded and secured on computer.
As Kunsthaus registrar we are also responsible for sending out works on loan. As it has not escaped the attention of external exhibitors that both great and small masterpieces are to be found hanging in Zurich, we receive over 150 loan requests annually from all corners of the globe. Often enquiries are made about several works at once or even entire groups of work. Each of these loan requests sets the wheels in motion. First of all our restorers check the condition of the works (conservation needs, fitness for transport). If an object is fragile, then either accompaniment by courier is recommended or the request is turned down. A second criterion is the nature of the exhibiting institute itself. Are the security standards adequate? Are the climatic controls and conditions ideal? Once these questions have been answered the management makes a decision about whether to approve the loan request. If the contractual conditions are accepted, then the real work begins. Our colleagues in technical services then have to promptly turn their attention to the issue of packing the work. At this stage the external measurements of the painting are needed and the question of how to obtain an air-conditioned packing crate, in particular for sculptures, comes to the fore. In the majority of cases the transport company delivers the packing crate which is then adapted to the dimensions of the artwork. Prints and drawings receive a passé-partout as extra protection and are framed before they disappear into their crate. Thanks to all these precautions damage is a very rare event. Nonetheless, every object is insured before it leaves the museum to enthrall a new set of viewers. As soon as a work returns to the Kunsthaus it is subject to a thorough examination and so long as nothing has changed it is returned to the collection or storage.


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Join us for this series of FREE chamber concerts by the Percussion Quartet from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Families with children ages 5 and up are encouraged to attend. These concerts are open to the public, and tickets are not required. MusiCORPS® is generously supported by United Airlines. In the Park with Civic is provided through a partnership with the Chicago Park District. All concerts are indoors unless otherwise noted. Call 312-294-3803 for more information. Dates and times are subject to change.


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Talking to Children About Tragedy in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting
How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this — fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown – located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.
My two children and I live in the Connecticut suburbs – not far from Newtown. And while we're far enough away that there won't be faces missing among my children's playgroups, we're close enough to be completely rocked by it. Heck, who in the country isn't completely rocked by it?
There was a police officer stationed outside of my daughter's school when I picked her up today — something that isn't standard practice at elementary schools in suburbia. She noticed it right away. "Mama, there's a policeman outside my school. That's weird."
I considered not telling her about the horror unfolding a few towns over — about shielding her from knowing the extent of evil that exists within humankind — that in a classroom nearly identical to her own, children nearly identical to her and her friends had been murdered while learning about two-plus-two and the importance of sharing.
And while I wish I could keep both of my children in a bubble and limit their worries to being about how Santa will get in the house when we don't have a chimney, it was clear that I couldn't shield the news from reaching her and that it was better for her to hear from me than from a news reporter putting emphasis on the word "massacre" in hopes of increased ratings.
Choosing the right words was no easy task, when as a parent all you want to do is promise to keep this little perfect person — whose bumps and bruises you fix with kisses — safe. I desperately wanted to be able to say, "A bad person hurt people. A lot of them died, but I promise that I will always keep you safe." It's the one promise every parent wishes they could make, but can't feasibly deliver.
I limited what I told her. She didn't need to know the exact death toll. I told her that not too far away, still in Connecticut, people were hurt by a bad person at a school. I told her that the bad person died and that he wouldn't be able to hurt anyone else and that I will always do everything I can to always keep her as safe as I can. I told her that her principal and police are making sure her school is safe so that nothing like that would ever happen there and that I know she probably has lots of sad feelings about it – that I have sad feelings about it – and that she can ask me any questions as she has them.
Her school also sent out a pamphlet from the National Association of School Psychologists about talking to children about violence, which recommends parents:
- Reassure children they are safe
- Make time to talk – the association recommends giving brief, simple information to early elementary school children; that upper elementary and early middle school children may need help separating reality from fantasy and to discuss efforts of school and community leaders to keep them safe; upper middle school and high school students may have suggestions on how to make schools safer and that parents should emphasize the role students play by following school safety guidelines.
- Review safety procedures
- Observe child's emotional state
- Limit child's viewing of news coverage
- Maintain normal routine
The association also says parents should tell children that senseless violence is hard for everyone to understand and that sometimes people do bad things to other people. If anything, the horror in Newtown provides for an opportunity to discuss the importance of gun safety with children and to tell them to stay away from weapons and that violence is never the answer to their problems.
I know I'll be hugging my kids extra hard these holidays and that my children and I will be sending our thoughts to the families in Newtown.


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Who's in the mix to stand out this winter sports season?
The winter sports season is upon us.
Hopes are high for a number of area teams and athletes.
Is a gold ball in the future for any of the area boys and girls basketball teams?
Will the spotlight shine on any wrestlers hoping to punch their ticket to the state meet in Madison?
Do the Janesville Bluebirds or Rock County Fury have enough firepower to advance past regional play?
Can any area gymnasts or teams get past the dominating presence of the Milwaukee-area co-op teams?
And why does the WIAA continue to host the boys state swim meet at the outdated and sorely lacking UW-Natatorium when there are better options elsewhere?
The majority of those questions will be answered by the time the madness of March subsides and spring sports season begins.
Here's a preview of what to watch for in the area from the seven winter sports.
Boys basketball
The early results are promising for Edgerton and Janesville Craig. The Cougars suffered their first loss of the season Friday night but are expected to contend for a Big Eight Conference title. Coach Mike Miller has a balanced attack, with four or five players capable of scoring in double figures.
Edgerton is riding the coattails of its conference-championship football season by busting out early in the Rock Valley North. The Crimson Tide beat East Troy on Tuesday night to� snap the Trojans' 62-game conference winning streak and remained unbeaten with an impressive win over Whitewater on Friday.
Two weeks into the season, it's apparent that there will likely be a changing of the guard in the Big Eight. Preseason favorite and 10-time defending conference champion Madison Memorial, along with defending co-champion Sun Prairie, have three conference losses between them and may have been vastly overrated by the prognosticators.
Edgerton looks to have the upper hand in the Rock Valley North, while the South appears to be a four-team race.
The Southern Lakes has only one game under its belt, but the consensus pick among coaches is that Burlington will be hard-pressed to repeat.
Stoughton, behind all-everything Nick McGlynn, is the prohibitive favorite in the Badger South.
Girls basketball
The best area player, Carly Mohns, is on perhaps the best team, Brodhead, which probably has the best chance of any area team to make a trip to the Resch Center in Green Bay.
Mohns, a University of Iowa recruit, helped the Cardinals get within a game of the state tournament a year ago.
Janesville Craig and defending Big Eight champion Janesville Parker have talented underclassmen and some outstanding shooters, but may not have enough of a post presence yet to make a tournament run.
Milton advanced to the Division 2 state tournament a year ago but lost a wealth of talent from the team, including all-state selection Morgan Blumer.
Monona Grove is the heavy favorite in the Badger South, while the Southern Lakes is wide open.
The Rock Valley has two of the top players in the state. Whitewater's Brooke Trewyn is the school's all-time leading scorer and is being heavily recruited, while Mohns is in a league of her own in the Rock Valley South.
Boys and girls hockey
The Bluebirds, Janesville's co-op boys hockey team, started the season 3-0 and improved to 4-1 with an impressive win over Sun Prairie on Thursday night.
Coach John Mauermann has three lines capable of scoring, a veteran presence in net with senior captain Michael MacDougall and a solid group of defensemen. The Bluebirds will get better as the season goes along and could surprise come tournament time.
The Rock County Fury, a girls co-op team made up of players from Craig, Parker, Beloit Memorial, Beloit Turner and Clinton, also started the season strong with wins in three of their first four games.
Coach Darrel Moore has his most experienced team yet, led by a talented senior class, and they busted out in a big way Friday night with nine goals in a win over Viroqua.
Lake Geneva Badger was the only area team to advance to the state team tournament a year ago, and the Badgers entered the season ranked 10th by Crossface Magazine in Division 1. Elkhorn, however, shook up the Southern Lakes with a win over the Badgers on Thursday night.
Milton's Nolan Shea is the top returning individual. The junior rolled to the Division 1 title at 106 pounds a year ago. The Red Hawks will have to get past Stoughton in order to reclaim supremacy in the Badger South.
Janesville Craig returns five wrestlers that won 30 or more matches a year ago and could contend for the Big Eight title.
Janesville Parker continues to rebuild and will do so this season under first-year coach and former Vikings wrestler Danny Jackson.
Boys swim
Milton finished third at last year's Division 2 state meet, but graduation took a heavy toll on the Red Hawks. Milton sophomore Mitchell Roberts was fourth at state a year ago in the 100 breaststroke.
Elkhorn's Sam Johnson is the top returning individual. The senior was second at state in Division 2 in the 200 freestyle and third in the 500 freestyle.
Janesville's top swimmer is Craig junior Peter Loftus.
Co-op teams continue to be the story—or the problem depending on how you look at it—for area gymnasts.
The co-op team of Franklin/Mukwonago/Oak Creek/Whitnall won the Division 1 team title last year, followed by the co-op team of Burlington/Badger/Catholic Central/Wilmot. Those juggernaut teams—with their combined enrollments of over 5,000 students—make it difficult for Craig and Parker to send kids, let alone teams, through to state.
Jean Welch has done an outstanding job as Craig's head coach, while Heidi Jegerlehner becomes only the second coach in Parker history, replacing longtime coach Cathy Lehmann.


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Your Views: President Obama already has great legacy to leave us
At the start of the new year, we should reflect back on the great legacy that President Obama has already established.
-- Passed health care reform: After five presidents failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act.
-- Jobs: During the last 46 months, 8.2 million private-sector jobs have been added.
-- Passed the stimulus: Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression.
-- Passed Wall Street reform.
-- Ended the war in Iraq.
-- Eliminated Osama bin laden.
-- Turned around U.S. auto industry.
-- Repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
-- Toppled Moammar Gaddafi.
-- Kicked banks out of Federal Student Loan Program, expanded Pell Grant spending: Treasury will save $67 billion over 10 years, $36 billion of which will go to expanding Pell grants to lower-income students.
-- Boosted fuel efficiency standards: New fuel efficiency standards will nearly double the fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025.
-- Increased support for veterans.
-- Tightened sanctions on Iran.
-- Passed credit card reforms.
-- Passed Lilly Ledbetter Pay Equality Law.
-- Protected two liberal seats on the U.S. Supreme Court.
-- Improved food safety system.
-- Expanded wilderness and watershed protection.
-- Improved school nutrition.
-- Expanded hate crimes protections.
-- Pushed broadband coverage.
-- Expanded stem cell research.
Very impressive accomplishments when the obstructionist "do nothing" GOP House and filibustering GOP senators have been against anything President Obama has proposed.


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Our Views: Spate of tragedies in Janesville, Rock County raise cause for concern
Recent weeks have not been good for Janesville and Rock County.
Crimes have brought bloodshed and heartbreak. Let's recap the carnage:
-- April 3, Phillip A. Byrd, 39, of Janesville was charged in Dane County with domestic first-degree intentional homicide while armed in the Feb. 23 shooting of his former girlfriend, Cheryl Gilberg, in Mazomanie.
-- April 20, a hit-and-run driver killed two Janesville motorcyclists on Highway 14 near Janesville. Five days later, authorities arrested former Janesville resident Sambath Pal, 24, of Park City, Illinois.
-- April 25, Beloit police found Edward D. Haley, 36, dead of gunshot wounds on a road near Townview Elementary School.
-- May 1, Beloit police identified two Beloit suspects in a second fatal shooting April 25. Raymond Holloway, 20, died that afternoon. Jajuan Logan, 20, was arrested April 30 in Racine. The second suspect, Angelo Young, 31, remained at large. Police didn't indicate whether the two fatal shootings were related.
-- Sunday night, Janesville's Clayton J. Courtney, 28, was arrested for the near-fatal stabbing of his roommate. Courtney also is suspected of killing Britney N. Cross, 21, of Indianford that day. His roommate says Courtney stated he killed three people, and police continue to investigate that claim.
Don't forget that Mary Coulthard, 75, left her apartment Friday night in downtown Janesville and remains missing. Or that in Delavan, just east of Rock County, Rafael Olivarez, 39, is charged in the fatal stabbing Sunday of his cousin, Ivan Guerrero, 31.
Each tragedy gives our communities another black eye. Residents and outsiders alike wonder what in the world is going on. Are our cities safe?
Generally speaking, at least in Janesville, the answer is yes. The city's lone suspected homicide in 2013 involved a drug given to an infant. Crime in general has been falling. Most of these crimes aren't random. Instead, the victims knew the suspects.
That renews the call for caution about whom you befriend. It might help to check the background of a potential roommate or romantic interest. The website wcca.wicourts.gov, commonly called CCAP, is a good source of information on a person's court history.
It's tough to lump these incidents into one category. But the spread of heroin is cause for alarm, and drugs or alcohol played roles in some. For example, police suspect Cross met Courtney on Sunday to do drugs and drink. In their case against Byrd, police say they found him with prescription medicine belonging to Gilberg, along with anabolic steroids and needles.
The spate of tragedies raises questions about society and our support systems. Is this spree a sign of things to come? Are more families living in dysfunction and poverty, where parents work low-wage jobs while kids go unsupervised, if the parents work at all?
Police and social service agencies are trying. In Janesville, police return with a YWCA staffer in the days after each domestic violence incident to try to curb further problems.
Still, schools have reduced support staff amid budget cuts, and many educators would argue that at-risk children from dysfunctional homes lack sufficient help. Our mental health services and commitment laws fall far short of getting troubled people the help they need. Tuesday's Gazette showed Courtney with "pure hate" tattooed across his chest. No one is born evil. How does a man get to that point? What brings someone to kill or try to kill?
These tragedies raise easy questions for grieving relatives and concerned residents. Unfortunately, answers—and solutions to problems—are harder to come by.


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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
Moderator: BioTeam
now sky troll ... i think it was the "croaking" from befour that may have hit that frog spot ... never the less the pimp slap tactic must do a "professional"
some good every now and then...
brick by brick factory demolition my take time ... so let them keep dancing
we will carry on .. .. . ....
Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV degrades surfactant proteins and inhibits surfactant host defense and biophysical functions.
The physical factors affecting the production of an organic solvent-tolerant protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K was investigated. Growth and protease production were detected from 37 to 45 degrees C with 37 degrees C being the optimum temperature for P. aeruginosa. Maximum enzyme activity was achieved at static conditions with 4.0% (v/v) inoculum. Shifting the culture from stationary to shaking condition decreased the protease production (6.0-10.0% v/v). Extracellular organic solvent-tolerant protease was detected over a broad pH range from 6.0 to 9.0. However, the highest yield of protease was observed at pH 7.0. Neutral media increased the protease production compared to acidic or alkaline media.
Pulmonary surfactant has two distinct functions within the lung: reduction of surface tension at the air-liquid interface and participation in innate host defense. Both functions are dependent on surfactant-associated proteins. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is primarily responsible for respiratory dysfunction and death in cystic fibrosis patients and is also a leading pathogen in nosocomial pneumonia. P. aeruginosa secretes a number of proteases that contribute to its virulence. We hypothesized that P. aeruginosa protease IV degrades surfactant proteins and results in a reduction in pulmonary surfactant host defense and biophysical functions. Protease IV was isolated from cultured supernatant of P. aeruginosa by gel chromatography. Incubation of cell-free bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with protease IV resulted in degradation of surfactant proteins (SP)-A, -D, and -B. SPs were degraded in a time- and dose-dependent fashion by protease IV, and degradation was inhibited by the trypsin-like serine protease inhibitor Nalpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine-chloromethyl ketone (TLCK). Degradation by protease IV inhibited SP-A- and SP-D-mediated bacterial aggregation and uptake by macrophages. Surfactant treated with protease IV was unable to reduce surface tension as effectively as untreated surfactant, and this effect was inhibited by TLCK. We speculate that protease IV may be an important contributing factor to the development and propagation of acute lung injury associated with P. aeruginosa via loss of surfactant function within the lung.
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I am impressed. I got no response at all. Jealous but impressed. Bravo!
Let us all keep after him and never take his hand from the fire.
Very impressed!
During the End Times, Good will battle Evil. Where do you stand?
Since you clearly have seen my responses to the questions you pose, there is no need for me to repeat my responses.
There have been no responses to the questions I posed. What is he talking about? This drives me up the wall!
During the End Times, Good will battle Evil. Where do you stand?
You go get em! Thank you for what you are doing.
You have the goods on em. And for all you have gone through, I am amazed. But, when depression turns back to anger and then we can actually approach these people, even though they may answer in froggy ways, and jump over the truth, that good ole L'anna Voo might come in handy.
Oh my, we must get back to it as our Nadas says.
Okay, now that pseudomonas aerug.....can we get a good picture of that? For comparison?
Well well......Wiki wonka......
Found some more......but, getting knocked off, by thunder storm.....
thanks sky
now why havent i done the wikipedia.. . ?
huuum bug ehhh
Aeruginosa is the Latin word for verdigris or 'copper rust'.
what, tap water vector?
"P. aeruginosa is capable of growth in diesel and jet fuel, where it is known as hydrocarbon utilizing microorganisms (or "HUM bugs""
what chemtrail ? i dont see any chemtrails?
here we go ........
The V antigen, or LcrV (for low calcium response V), is a secreted protein that is thought to help in multiple functions of the Type III secretion system of plague, including regulation of the Yop virulence factors. Importantly, it is thought to be essential for plague pathogenesis and the onset of the low calcium response.
It is also thought to function as an immunomodulator by inhibiting
production of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interferon-gamma
and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. One theory points to a role for V antigen in eliciting anti-inflammatory IL-10 production by host immune cells, thereby inhibiting production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and preventing a systemic immune response.
Among other data, mice infected with avirulent plague that lacked
the plasmid that bears the V antigen showed a robust TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma response. Co-administration of pure V-antigen exacerbated infections of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in mice.
Co-administration of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha helped protect against 10
minimal lethal doses of lcrV+ plague bacteria. As a recent review stated, "the generalized Yersinia-induced paralysis of professional phagocytes that occurs in vivo is caused by the systemic down- regulation of inflammation," putatively by IL-10.
The same review argues that the role of the V-antigen as a "long-range missile capable of systemic immunosuppression" is what separates Yersinia pestis from its enteropathogenic and chronic disease inducing cousins Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudomonas as well as from the more innocuous Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which bears a homologous protein (PcrV). Of course, the role for the V-antigen as one of the (if not the) chief immunosuppressants in plague is under considerable debate.
Ah......so someones are intersted in this pseudomonad> Chiron?
"Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium that is noted for its environmental versatility, ability to cause disease in particular susceptible individuals, and its resistance to antibiotics. The most serious complication of cystic fibrosis is respiratory tract infection by the ubiquitous bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cancer and burn patients also commonly suffer serious infections by this organism, as do certain other individuals with immune systems deficiencies. Unlike many environmental bacteria, P. aeruginosa has a remarkable capacity to cause disease in susceptible hosts. It has the ability to adapt to and thrive in many ecological niches, from water and soil to plant and animal tissues. The bacterium is capable of utilizing a wide range of organic compounds as food sources, thus giving it an exceptional ability to colonize ecological niches where nutrients are limited. P. aeruginosa can produce a number of toxic proteins which not only cause extensive tissue damage, but also interfere with the human immune system's defense mechanisms. These proteins range from potent toxins that enter and kill host cells at or near the site of colonization to degradative enzymes that permanently disrupt the cell membranes and connective tissues in various organs. This bacterium is also noted for its resistance to many antibiotics.
P. aeruginosa is widely studied by scientists who are interested in not only its ability to cause disease and resist antibiotics, but also its metabolic capability and environmental versatility. Analysis of its genome sequence has identified genes involved in locomotion, attachment, transport and utilization of nutrients, antibiotic efflux, and systems involved in sensing and responding to environmental changes.
A major interest of pharmaceutical companies, such as Chiron*, is to learn more about the genes of P. aeruginosa and other disease-causing bacteria in order to better understand the physiology of these organisms. These insights will be used to develop new antibacterial drugs to successfully treat infections by bacteria like P. aeruginosa that are resistant to many of today's antibiotics. ...
*PathoGenesis Corporation, who played a major role in sequencing the first P. aeruginosa genome, is now a part of Chiron and continues its interest in the development of new anti-Pseudomonad drugs."
Wwwwats a pseudomonad? Is that a NEW ENTITY?
Alginate Slime.......a good thing to give your kids...........right from the
Now look at last 2 sentences here:
"The pseudomonads are better known to microbiologists as pathogens of plants rather than animals, but three Pseudomonas species are pathogens of humans. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes urinary tract infections, respiratory system infections, dermatitis, soft tissue infections, bacteremia and a variety of systemic infections, particularly in victims of severe burns, and in cancer and AIDS patients who are immunosuppressed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is occasionally a pathogen of plants, as well. Pseudomonas mallei causes a disease in horses known as glanders. It is a true parasite, since it is unable to survive in nature in the absence of its host. The primary focus of infection is the lungs. The disease can be transmitted to humans from the horse. Pseudomonas pseudomallei is the agent of melioidosis, a highly fatal tropical disease of humans and other mammals. It is also an opportunistic pathogen contracted through the contamination of wounds with mud or soil.
The typical Pseudomonas bacterium in nature might be found in a biofilm, attached to some surface or substrate, or in a planktonic form, as a single cell actively motile my means of polar flagella. Pseudomonas is one of the most vigorous, fast-swimming bacteria seen in hay infusions and pond water samples. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is motile by means of a single polar flagellum. P. aeruginosa can live in a sessile biofilm form, or it can live in a planktonic form, as a free-swimming cell.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not particularly distinctive as a pseudomonad, but there are a few characteristics that are noteworthy and relate to its pathogenesis. The organism can be isolated from soil and water, particularly in enrichments for denitrifying bacteria. Although the bacterium is respiratory and never fermentative, it will grow in the absence of O2 if NO3 is available as a respiratory electron acceptor. P. aeruginosa possesses the metabolic versatility for which pseudomonads are so renowned. Organic growth factors are not required, and it can use more than thirty organic compounds for growth. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is often observed growing in "distilled water" which is evidence of its minimal nutritional requirements. Its optimum temperature for growth is 37 degrees, and it is able to grow at temperatures as high as 42 degrees. Its tolerance to a wide variety of physical conditions, including temperature, contributes to its ecological success as an opportunistic pathogen. Pseudomonas aeruginosa does, however, show a predilection for growth in moist environments, a reflection of its natural existence in soil and water.
P. aeruginosa isolates may produce three colony types. Natural isolates from soil or water typically produce a small, rough colony. Clinical samples, in general, yield one or another of two smooth colony types. One type has a fried-egg appearance which is large, smooth, with flat edges and an elevated appearance. Another type, frequently obtained from respiratory and urinary tract secretions, has a mucoid appearance, which is attributed to the production of alginate slime. The smooth and mucoid colonies are presumed to play a role in colonization and virulence.......
So, this alginate slime is not a good thing....now is it, but .....give it to the kids.
What got me about this article is that ole Glanders keeps coming back......
It was used as a bioweapon in WWI. Expansion upon that probably didn't take much........
"Pyocyanin (from "pyocyaneus") refers to "blue pus" which is a characteristic of suppurative infections caused by Pseudomonas
LONDON: look at this and they tell us we have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Right! NOT! This stuff is horrible, and yet, it is not serious to the CDC?
Is that because the cocktail is even worse than just this?
Too bad the cdcdcdcdcdcdcdc had hands tied behind back by HIN in reverse.
http://www.tjclarkco.com/bacterial_dise ... ginosa.htm
"These bacteria are clinically important because they are resistant to most antibiotics and they are capable of surviving in conditions that few other organisms can tolerate.".....
"The lipopolysaccharide layer helps the cell adhere to host tissues and prevents leukocytes from ingesting and lysing the organism. Lipases and exotoxins then procede to destroy host cell tissue which then leads to the complications associated with infection. " LPS anyone?
OOOOOOOHHHHHHMY.......bringing up some old handles here......
Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia is an opportunistic pathogen of cystic fibrosis patients. It also shows substantially greater antibiotic resistance than its relative, P. aeruginosa. However, B. cepacia can be distinguished from Pseudomonas species because it is lysine positive.
Although not of the same genus, Stenotrophomonas maltophila (formerly known as Xanthomonas maltophila) is very similar to the Pseudomonads. This motile bacterium is a cause of nosocomal infections in immunocompromised patients. S. maltophila also harbors significant resistance to many antibiotics considered effective for treating Pseudomonas infections. However, most strains of the bacterium are susceptible to trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole. S. maltophila can also be distinguished from Pseudomonas species by the lysine and DNAse tests for which it is positive "
Sooooooooooo, our Dr. Schwartz has the sulfa med down for that.
I am fascinated now............
Will the circle be unbroken?
Found a bioshield thing, but , naaaaaaaahhhh....that couldn't be in the plague from the chemtrails?
Wonder how those pilots keep that all straight up there, in their bio suits.
I think that is why they also clean off the regular jets we fly on.
Ice on the wings.........oh yeah, looks like ice, feels like ice, but clings like spider webs.
Saw the strangests clouds, dark clouds bumping into each other, wonder how the weather gets so violent lately? Scaler could help that......
Okay then.........well........
Gettin sleepy......Good night.
Cellulose/ Pilz domain/ Pseudomonas and related micro organisms;
"Recent studies identified c-di-GMP as a universal bacterial secondary messenger regulating biofilm formation, motility, production of extracellular polysaccharide and multicellular behavior in diverse bacteria"
"Association of the PilZ domain with a variety of other domains, including likely components of bacterial multidrug secretion system, could provide clues to multiple functions of the c-di-GMP in bacterial pathogenesis and cell development"
http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.or ... ull/22/1/3
Now, would we be talking Papi-1 and papi -2?
"We have identified and characterized two P. aeruginosa pathogenicity islands (PAPI-1 and PAPI-2) in the genome of PA14, a highly virulent clinical isolate. The 108-kb PAPI-1 and 11-kb PAPI-2, which are absent from the less virulent reference strain PAO1, exhibit highly modular structures, revealing their complex derivations from a wide array of bacterial species and mobile elements. Most of the genes within these islands that are homologous to known genes occur in other human and plant bacterial pathogens. For example, PAPI-1 carries a complete gene cluster predicted to encode a type IV group B pilus, a well known adhesin absent from strain PAO1. "
Found some more indications. Will get back with that.
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ok ok regulated is the word if find most interesting here.. .
Proteins containing GGDEF domains are encoded in the majority of sequenced bacterial genomes. In several species, these proteins have been implicated in biosynthesis of exopolysaccharides, formation of biofilms, establishment of a sessile lifestyle, surface motility, and regulation of gene expression. However, biochemical activities of only a few GGDEF domain proteins have been tested. These proteins were shown to be involved in either synthesis or hydrolysis of cyclic-bis(3'-->5') dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) or in hydrolysis of cyclic AMP. To investigate specificity of the GGDEF domains in Bacteria, six GGDEF domain-encoding genes from randomly chosen representatives of diverse branches of the bacterial phylogenetic tree, i.e., Thermotoga, Deinococcus-Thermus, Cyanobacteria, spirochetes, and alpha and gamma divisions of the Proteobacteria, were cloned and overexpressed. All recombinant proteins were purified and found to possess diguanylate cyclase (DGC) activity involved in c-di-GMP synthesis. The individual GGDEF domains from two proteins were overexpressed, purified, and shown to possess a low level of DGC activity. The oligomeric states of full-length proteins and individual GGDEF domains were similar. This suggests that GGDEF domains are sufficient to encode DGC activity; however, enzymatic activity is highly regulated by the adjacent sensory protein domains. It is shown that DGC activity of the GGDEF domain protein Rrp1 from Borrelia burgdorferi is strictly dependent on phosphorylation status of its input receiver domain. This study establishes that majority of GGDEF domain proteins are c-di-GMP specific, that c-di-GMP synthesis is a wide-spread phenomenon in Bacteria, and that it is highly regulated.
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/DisplayIp ... =IPR000160
InterPro: IPR000160 GGDEF
and the text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract
Entrez PubMed
RECEIVER AND REGULATOR. AND what about
DIFFRACTOR? in following. This was pub in 1981.
"The polar pili of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains K and O are hollow cylinders with 52 Å outer diameter and 12 Å inner diameter. There is a girdle of low electron density (interpreted as due to a local concentration of hydrophobic amino acid side-chains) centred at 31 Å diameter. Similar X-ray diffraction patterns are obtained from oriented fibres of the two types of pili, to a resolution of 7 Å in the equatorial direction and 4 Å in the meridional direction. The two types of pilin protein subunits have a similar molecular weight, and their sequences contain a number of homologous regions. They form a helical array with 4.06 to 4.08 units per turn of a basic helix that has a pitch of 40.8 Å for strain K pili and 41.3 Å for strain O pili at 75% relative humidity. A method is described for distinguishing between very similar diffraction patterns.
There is strong intensity at 10 Å near the equator and at 5 Å near the meridian on the diffraction patterns. This intensity distribution is characteristic of α-helical rods running roughly in the direction of the fibre axis. The orientation of these rods was established by the fit between the transform of an α-helical polyalanine model and the strong near-equatorial layer-line. '
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... d&view=c&_
Are we talking diffraction in magnetic core of earth?
per species orientation? The caps here, are they in Anstroms? (sp).
Will see if can find...more on later dates of this>
pilA mutant expressing pilus-like structures......
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JWA 'battle royal' card Saturday
Gazette staff
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
JANESVILLE—The Janesville Wrestling Alliance will put on the "Battle for Badger" card Saturday at the Holiday Inn Express & Janesville Conference Center at 3100 Wellington Place.
The card will feature the JWA's first-ever over-the-top-rope Battle Royal main event. The winner will be recognized as the JWA Badger State champion.
Doors open at 5 p.m., with an autograph session from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Action starts at 7.
Discounted tickets are available at Luke's Deli and East Point Sportz Pub of Janesville on a limited basis. Tickets also will be available at the door Saturday.
For more information, go to www.jwa-today.com.
Last updated: 3:09 pm Wednesday, February 19, 2014


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Virus changes fair landscape: Pig breed show will not be held this year
JANESVILLE—A pig disease will change this year's Rock County 4-H Fair, but it's unlikely the public will notice.
Last week, the Wisconsin state veterinarian banned spring fair pig weigh-ins and recommended that all pigs that attend the fair be slaughtered because of concerns regarding the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus—which is as awful as it sounds.
On Tuesday night, the Rock County 4-H Fair Board voted not to hold the breed show for pigs.
The breed show is for boars and gilts. Boars are uncastrated male pigs and gilts are female pigs that will be used as breeding stock. Because the animals are breeding stock, they return home after the show.
However, anytime two or three pigs are gathered together for a show, there's a chance that porcine epidemic diarrhea could spread.
The virus causes diarrhea, vomiting and severe dehydration in hogs, according to a news release from the state veterinarian's office.
Although only six cases have been found in Wisconsin, industry analysts estimate that between 1 million and 4 million swine have died from the disease since it was discovered in the U.S. pig population in 2013, the news release said.
The breed show is usually held on the Monday before the start of the Rock County 4-H Fair. As such, the show usually is attended only by exhibitors and their families.
Fair board President John Quinn estimated about 20 pigs were in last year's breed show.
The regular show, which is held during fair week, features barrows, male castrated pigs raised for meat. Those pigs usually are sold at the meat animal sale and then butchered. In some cases, however, barrows return home with their owners, Quinn said.
This year, that will not be allowed. The fair will become a "terminal show," meaning that all pigs shown at the fair must go into the sale and be slaughtered.
In addition, the weigh-in for pigs, which usually takes place in the spring, will not be held this year. Again, the state veterinarian's office is worried about the "co-mingling" of pigs.
State Veterinarian Dr. Paul McGraw has said the disease is not transmissible to humans but can result in serious financial loss for producers.
Quinn, too, stressed that the virus will not harm consumers of pork.
"We're not doing this for the fair, we're doing this for the pork industry," Quinn said.
Although the virus cannot harm humans, the stigma could attach itself to the product.
"That could hurt the pork industry, too," Quinn said.


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Death notices for Dec. 2, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
Leslie Gene Peterson, 66, Janesville, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital, Madison. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Janesville. Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. until the time of services Saturday at the church. Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Darlene M. Seefeldt, 65, Beloit, died Saturday at home. Arrangements are pending at Brian G. Mark Funeral Home, Beloit Chapel.


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Janesville's Victoria-Anna Kampmann, 9, already a martial arts champ
JANESVILLE--Nine-year-old Victoria-Anna Kampmann told her father at age 4 that she wanted to study the martial arts after seeing the action film, "The Karate Kid."
Her parents, Pascal and Valerie Brinkman-Kampmann, then enrolled young Victoria, whose nickname is Vanna, in a martial arts school. For awhile, the whole family, including Vanna's older brother, got involved in classes.
Eventually, the school closed.
But Vanna, a third-grader at Janesville's Adams Elementary School, wanted to keep learning.
Today, she attends Fearless Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Janesville, where even the icon of martial arts cinema Bruce Lee might be proud of her determination.
Vanna practices tae kwon do, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kick boxing and mixed martial arts for hours after school during the week and on Saturdays.
Ask her why, and she responds with a spurt of enthusiasm:
"I like everything about it," she said.
Vanna's martial arts teacher Jessica Savoie calls the girl dedicated to the sport.
"It is rare to see a 9-year-old this committed to the martial arts," Savoie said "It's even rare to see an adult as committed as she is."
Vanna's hard work is earning her recognition.
She will be awarded four national championship titles and one second-place title with the American Karate Association at a banquet in Chicago early next year.
Among her honors is a tie for first place in a musical form of tae kwon do, where she performed kicks and punches to the beat of the music.
"At her age, this is huge," Savoie said. "To have that kind of recognition from the American Karate Association is a big accomplishment. She has had to train and compete a lot to get to where she is."
Savoie has worked with Vanna about three years.
"She always tells me and her family that she wants to be in the Olympics for tae kwon do," Savoie said. "I think she will make it to the Olympics. Whatever she puts her mind to, she will accomplish, whether it is the martial arts or being a surgeon. We want to help her progress with her dreams."
Part of the reason for Vanna's success is her ability to stay committed.
"Many kids are done after a couple of months because they don't enjoy the martial arts," Savoie said. "Vanna seems to enjoy every minute of it."
Vanna and other children make up about 60 percent of the school's students.
"Parents see a need for kids to protect themselves, so they put them in the martial arts," Savoie said. "Our school is family based. Many parents train with their kids. A lot of times, parents will see their kids become kinder and better disciplined as a result of learning martial arts."
Vanna is a minority at the gym.
"The ratio is two women to 10 or 12 guys," Savoie said. "Women stay away from the martial arts because the sport has been portrayed as violent. But it's not really that way. Our school looks at it more as being able to defend yourself physically and mentally, not just about beating up someone. We promote a lot of self esteem along with the physical part of it. We try to teach our kids and our adults to talk it out or to walk away from a lot of bullying situations."
Young people involved in the martial arts are less likely to be involved in physical situations because they have strong minds, she said.
"If someone is making fun of one of our students," Savoie said, "they will likely feel compassion and empathy for the person causing the problem for them."
A typical day for Vanna includes practicing tae kwon do, a Korean-style martial art, known for its powerful kicking and energetic hand techniques. She also works on her jiu-jitsu technique and kickboxing with her hands and feet.
"Vanna uses a freestanding bag to work on punching and kicking," Savoie said.
Pascal Brinkman-Kampmann said he always wanted to do martial arts as a kid.
"But I never got to it," he said. "We introduced Vanna to it, but we have never pushed her. I believe kids should try many things so they get an idea about what they like."
Valerie Brinkman-Kampmann said her daughter is a different person when she practices martial arts.
"It's almost a physical change," Valerie said. "She loves to dress up, which is opposite of her rough and tough life in the gym."
Vanna competes with both boys and girls under controlled conditions.
"At her age level, they are not allowed to do many things," Valerie said. "When compared to some other sports, martial arts are low on the list of dangerous sports."
At first, Valerie was nervous about Vanna's interest in the martial arts.
"I have watched her in sparring and grappling matches," Valerie said. "I would have preferred her to be in something else. But that's just not her. We ask Vanna regularly whether she is enjoying it. She always says yes."
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Death Notices for Dec. 30, 2013
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Robin Polich, 57, Delavan, died Friday at Lakeland Health Care Center, Elkhorn. Arrangements are pending at Monroe Funeral Home, Delavan.
Raymond Earl Spry, 91, Janesville, died Saturday at Cedar Crest, Janesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of services Saturday at the funeral home.


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Fee: Free
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The JazzCity free concert series is a collaboration between the Chicago Park District and the Jazz Institute of Chicago that initiated in 1997 and explores cultural connections in communities throughout Chicago.The simple premise of the series is to connect people of all ethnicities and generations to the legacy (both musical and spiritual) of jazz in Chicago. We make it accessible by presenting it free of charge, and located right in the neighborhood. Jazz City is co-sponsored by Southwest Airlines.Chicago Latin Jazz Festival: Celebrating Community through Culture.The Chicago Latin Jazz Festival brings communities together to celebrate the history and tradition of Latin Jazz music which combines rhythms from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States.Expanded to TWO days this year to feature music, dance and art making in celebration of Latino traditions old and new. Music on Friday from 7pm - 9pm at the Boathouse and on Saturday, more music, mask making, parades, bombaso, and art activities from 2 pm - 8pm. Presented by BMO HarrisThe Chicago Latin Jazz Festival is part of Chicago Jazz Festival's Neighborhood Nights and Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks.
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Chase Park
4701 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60640
(312) 742-7518
Fee: $15 per person, children under 2 free
Age Range: Family-Friendly
Circus In The Parks, featuring Chicago's Midnight Circus, a high-flying assortment of acrobats, aerialists, clowns, contortionists and even a dog, will tour seven Chicago parks in September and October under an intimate, little big top tent.
This unique partnership between Midnight Circus, the Park District, all volunteer park advisory councils and our sponsors has quickly made this a Chicago tradition. The high-flying acrobats from Midnight Circus return with an all new show for the 2012 Tour. Step inside the magical purple and blue Big Top and witness fantastic physical fests and heart-warming magical moments so close you will feel like you are part of the show.
Tickets are $15 per person. Children under 2 years free. Discounts available for groups of 20 +. To purchase tickets on-line www.CircusInTheParks.org
Since 2007, this one-of-a-kind, family-friendly event has played to nearly 30,000 attendees, and has raised nearly $250,000 for local park improvements.
Celebrating community, raising funds, and improving parks one circus at a time Partners include: The Chicago Park District, The Midnight Circus, Park Advisory Councils for Welles Park, Holstein Park, Chase Park, Independence Park, Commercial Park, Mt. Greenwood Park, and Hamlin Park and local Alderman; Proco Joe Moreno, 1st Ward, Matthew J. O'Shea, 19th Ward, Scott Waguespack, 32nd Ward, Margaret Laurino, 39th Ward, and Ameya Pawar, 47th Ward.


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The cyber risks that confront businesses seem to be multiplying. Hacktivists have staged attacks that brought down the websites of major banks, companies are fretting about thefts of intellectual property, there are regular reports of breaches that expose the personal data of large numbers of consumers, and the White House is warning about the possibility of attacks targeting critical parts of the U.S. infrastructure.
Cyber criminals are also increasingly sophisticated, able to slip through the security measures organizations employ. And the price tag for cyber events is rising. The Ponemon Institute's 2013 study of the cost of cyber crime found the average annual cost for organizations was $11.56 million, up 26% from the previous year. According to Ponemon, companies are seeing more successful cyber attacks and it takes them longer to resolve such attacks.
Amid such changes, companies' traditional approach to IT security is evolving.
"Historically, information security has been perimeter-based," said Bob Parisi, a senior vice president and technology, network risk and telecommunications specialist at insurance brokerage Marsh. "You dig a moat, fill it with water and alligators, build a wall, put archers on top, put all your valuables inside, and let people in through the gate.
"Mobile devices, especially the very popular concept today [of 'bring your own device'], sort of exploded that concept, so there's no longer a perimeter per se," said Parisi, pictured at left. IT departments are adapting, he said, by making changes ranging from locking down disk drives and USB ports, to monitoring emails to ensure nothing inappropriate is entering or leaving the company's systems, to utilizing secure gateways or virtual private networks, he said.
Julie Conroy, research director at technology consultancy Aite Group, said companies should adopt a layered approach to information security, as financial institutions have. Rather than relying on a single solution to stop cyber criminals, companies need "a series of Web safety nets," she said. "If the bad guys slide through one way, the next layer will be successful in highlighting their activities."
Charles Beard, a principal in PwC's advisory practice, said about 80 percent of cyber crime events result from shortcomings in companies' "technology hygiene." In other words, "the adversary gained access to a system through vulnerabilities that were generally known," he said.
That's worrisome because in recent years, companies' push to cut spending has taken a toll on their IT solutions. Beard uses the term "technical debt"—the extent to which companies have deferred software upgrades or put off replacing legacy IT infrastructure.
"Our concern is that as our clients make these trade-offs around 'I will just continue to operate systems that I know are beyond end of life, and I won't retire those systems any longer because I don't have the budget,' those decisions need to be bubbled up to a much more senior level so people understand what the trade-offs are," he said. "If your calculus is 'Just let me do it the cheapest possible way,' that may not be sufficient to meet your duty for operating the company."
Know Your Adversaries
When determining how sophisticated their cybersecurity program needs to be, companies should try to understand what type of adversaries are likely to attack them, Beard said. "Think of traditional retailers who now want to open up healthcare clinics," he said. "You are bringing a different set of actors to your doorstep. What may have been sufficient [IT security] for a retailer may not be enough for a retailer with a significant healthcare component."
Similarly, if a company is starting to do business in another country or acquiring a company in a different region, it should consider whether it is likely to encounter cyber criminals interested in accessing the company's intellectual property or trade secrets, Beard said.
Ed Stroz, co-president of risk management and security consulting firm Stroz Friedberg, suggested that companies think about whether cyber criminals want something the company has, or whether they might make the company a target for their anger.
If it's the latter, companies are likely to see distributed denial of service attacks of the kind that have crashed banks' websites. If criminals are more likely to try to steal something, "you now have the challenge of detecting that kind of activity because it doesn't automatically show itself," he said.
Effective IT risk management starts at the top, Stroz said, with the company's board. He argued that the executive who heads IT risk management shouldn't be the company's chief information officer: "It puts IT people in a difficult position if the head of IT, who will get in trouble if systems are penetrated, is the same person who tells you whether that condition exists."
Stroz stressed the importance of having enough information about the company's systems to execute the risk management policy. "Does the company actually have an accurate map of its own network, a network topography?" said Stroz, pictured at right. "If a picture of the network is not available, it defeats the ability of the risk manager to understand the conversation about how risk manifests itself in the network."
That map of the network should include the location of the company's most important data, he said, so that "you can monitor more heavily for aberrations around that access path," and it should show the cloud services the company uses.
Organizations also need a written plan for responding to a cyber incident. "A lot of companies we walk into, they don't have a plan, or they're working on it and trying to make it perfect, which we think is a mistake," Stroz said. "A good plan that exists today is better than a perfect plan that's never finished."
Employees as a Risk Factor
Social networking is a fairly recent phenomenon that contributes to cyber risks. "People tend to overshare information in social media and social networking, such that it is often a fertile ground for criminals looking for data to bootstrap their way into a computer attack—your dog's name, your mother's maiden name," Parisi said.
And while some cyber crimes are the work of company insiders, organizations are also vulnerable to attacks that employees enable inadvertently, by opening the wrong email or visiting a website.
Companies need to educate their employees, "but the lessons and lectures only go so far," Stroz said. He suggested adding testing to the mix, noting that some companies keep employees on their toes by sending them suspicious emails and seeing if they take the bait.
"We do it," he said. "We have an outside firm send our people what looks like a legitimate email from someone in the company telling them to do something. If they click on the link, they get a visit from somebody saying, 'You just did what we're telling you not to do.'
"You can't eliminate this risk, but you can reduce it greatly by keeping the points very fresh in their minds," he added.
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Bamberg Beer: Mahr's Bräu – Ungespundet – Lager Hefetrüb
Mahr's Bräu is a German brewery in the suburbs of Bamberg, a UNESCO World Heritage City. Bamberg is almost directly east of Frankfurt and is one of the region's historical beer-brewing centers. Today, the Franconian Brewery Museum which is located there offers visitors a view into that long history. Situated in a former monastic brewery, with a history dating back to 1122, it seems fitting this museum was established in a town with a population of just over 70,000 people and nine breweries.
At Mahr's Bräu, the first documented mention of brewing dates back to 1602, with the brewery having been established in 1670. Fast-forward to 1895 when a farmer named Johann Michel Jr. (the grandfather of the brewery's present-day owner Ingmar Michel) purchased the brewery. To brew their beer, the Michel family use two-line summer barley, wheat and hops that are grown and harvested in the Frankonian and Bavarian regions. Their emphasis is on quality over quantity and they aim to brew with "care, ability and passion."
Although made year-round, it is difficult to source Mahr's Bräu's lager at any other time of the year than the autumn. Perhaps because that's when they are ramping up production in anticipation of Oktoberfest? We are able to stock the brewery's flagship beer: Ungespundet – Lager Hefetrüb. It is an unfiltered lager with an alcohol level of 5.2% by volume. Hefetrüb translates to "yeast" (hefe) and "turbulent" (trüb), intimating a cloudiness to the beer. Ungespundet means "unplugged" or "unbunged" and tells folks that the beer has been fermented in casks that are left partly open for a period of time, allowing the carbon dioxide to dissipate somewhat, leading to a softer carbonation in the beer.
"Soft" a word to keep in mind when drinking any Mahr's beer, but especially this lager, because it is so supple and pure, so balanced and almost creamy, so centered and honest. Try it with some smoked Austrian speck and a serious German cheese, like Anton's Liebe Rot. It will undoubtedly change your mind about lagers, as it did mine, but now it's the only one that will do. It is that good.
Among the many hats he wears, Eric Meyer is the beer buyer, grillmaster and a cheesemonger at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge.


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Herbivores without predators
Discussion of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment
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Herbivores without predators
Hi there.
I'm not that much into biology, so sorry if my question seems stupid.
As an exercise I wanted to program a small application simulating a very simple biotope.
Step one: some plants. They simply age, spread their seeds, and slowly cover all the area they can live on.
Step two: herbivores. They eat the plants, maybe only young plants. Now here is the question: if those herbivores have no predators at all, what is the most likely outcome?
Please enlighten me.
Isn't aim of any simulation to get the results?
combination of first three
Their population will increase so much, that they eat all the plants, but some (both plants and herbivores) will survive and the population will start over. It won't reach exactly balance, but will oscilate around some number of plants and herbivores (plants will be peak earlier)
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Re: Herbivores without predators
Thanks for the reply.
Well, as said it's not supposed to be a scientific model or give interesting results, but more a programming exercise combined with my amateur interest in nature sciences.
So the reason why some of the plants would survive, despite a huge number of hungry herbivores, is that the herbivores senses are limited and they wouldn't be able to locate all of those edible plants?
look for example on the grasshopers in Africa. They come in huge amounts, eat everything and go elsewhere. But does that mean, that it will be dead land for next five years? No, it will be affected and the population of plants will be reduced, but some of the plants survive, some may give rise to the seeds (although that depends, when does the herbivore peak).
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Herbivores can't exist without predators. They have no way of regulating their own numbers so that they don't consume all the plants. In the scenario that they consume most of the plants and start dying off from starvation, giving the plants time to recover, there would be so much damage to their genomes that they could never become a successful and viable species. It is only with predators that this can happen.
Hi Jorgelobo. Sorry, I'm not good at exact terminology. But a population that goes through a cycle of near starvation every fifty years or so would be genetically unstable. A starving population tends to reduce in size. A well fed population increases. This regular unchanging yo yo effect would be very bad for any species.
There is also of course the fact that without predators the beautiful herbivores we have today would never have evolved. They would all look more like tortoises without shells.
Hi Jorgelobo. I studied ecology, not genetics, but I think there are rules for the survival of any species, and they are set up something like this:-
There need to be Food chains, and the longer they are, the better. It's rather like all the bones in your arm giving a big range of movement. If you only had two joints there would be lots of things you couldn't do. A food chain gives a greater range of conditions for evolution, and leads to a greater diversity of forms. If the food chain is reduced evolution is slowed down for the species within it. Stagnation is something nature abhors. If a species can't evolve fast enough, it can't beat the disease organisms which keep ganging up on it. (Ok so crocodiles are successful, but they are a bit of a one off. The exception that proves the rule.)
So to answer your question, What I mean by genetic instabiliy is a slowed genetic response to threats in the environment.
I think you overinterpret - evolution is not a near term event and dynamics of disease are much more complicated than you suggest - both for the host and parasite. In any case, evolution is not going to addres the short term starvation issue we were discussing.
In such simulation
Considering that there are Edible plants and non edible plants both, the alternation in animal population will cause as per food availability. Again that will depend on life span and size of animal. The animals with larger life span and large body size will definitely vanish. Animals with small body size will show the alternating population pattern.
Just because predators and parasites exist in world large and highly reproducing animal races including humans could survive longer in an ecosystem.
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I think Sachin makes a good point here. The smaller the animal the greater the number that will survive. Plus if there were no predators there would be no need for the animal to grow bigger, Perhaps the size wouldn't yo yo a much as I thought .
On the problem of a change of plant type -eaten grass repaced by broadleaves, either the animal eats both or there are two species involved in the yo yo effect, a grazer and a browser. This wouldn't actually make a difference to the yo yo though. It would simply mean one species ate one area and the other the other. Both are going to run out of their food source as they increase in number, and they would be lucky to avoid extinction in the resulting desert.
In fact, come to think of it, given a desert due to overgrazing coinciding wih a couple of years of poor rains it is very doubtful that any animal life would have developed on Earth without predation.
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