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The Stone Sea, near Szentbékkálla in the Kál Basin (Káli-medence), is one of the must see sights around here. If climbing up on the large rock formation in the center, beware that the large cantilevered ledge ( bilegő kő, tipping stone) will suddenly tip downward ~10cm as you walk out on it. Th...


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|Propwash A boat is a hole in the water into which you pour... good times!
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As you get up toward the Nauth Showah (North Shore) you start to see some more serious tidal activity especially where constricted, but mostly rips and standing waves. The Portsmouth area around Piscataqua (sp?) is pretty tumultuous (sp?)
Those Bay of Fundy tides are really something! Would want to flats fish up that way.
BTW - those are some pretty serious moments you guys have experienced! I thought mine were hairy...a walk in the park in comparison!
pescaphile the pleasure is mine. For me it was my grandfather and the Tin fog horn. He was a master with it, not only did he use it to let other boats know where we were but I swear he used it to find his way in when the fog became heavy.
Moonlight, that trip could have been a most watched episode on the Discovery Channel. Nolan never misses an Alaska Crab show. Those guys are very brave or very foolish. Last night I thought about my time many years ago when our cockpit filled and tried to remember how scared I must have been. All I can really remember is that it was very dark, everything was moving fast around us. When we slid down the wave I thought I was going totally under, I had a harness and tether on so I was not going out bound. On the way up that next wave sideways I remember shutting my eyes real tight and holding on to the combing as best I could. Shutting my eyes in that situation is not a good thing but it does tell me I must have been real scared. 21 year olds don't get scared but I must of been.
Juro, other than the Cape Cod Canal do you get those big whirl pools out your way? I can't think of any like we have out here in the NW. Unless you want to head up to the Bay of Fundy where whirl pools at made to perfection.
Hey OC thanks for jump starting my memory. Your mention of those old tin fog horns with the wooden mouth piece brought back long-forgotten memories for me. I used to love to blow on one of those same horns as a boy with my father when he'd take me out in the boat.
Dad has been gone for going on five years and the whereabout of that fog horn is are unknown, but I guess those memories are still alive.
Holy socks OC one thing I do know is you never use water for ballast unless it is in a "Full" ballast tank thank the gods or at least the folks who built that boat for big scuppers.
As to how to figure how tall the seas are there are usually other boats out and about in the Gulf to compare notes with on the radio as to how big or how bad things are or are about to get as it is already blowing 70+ a half hour below where you are now . Its like bearings its all relative.
Came out of Simmons bay one time after being on the Hook (at anchor) for several days waiting for a particularly nasty SEer to blow itself out. The last night it had shifted slightly to Sw and really picked up probably made it easier to get our anchors out of the mud with that little direstion change. However the seas were reported by the weather out of Kodiak as being well over 30' now it was 1000 hrs and not a breathe of wind and a forecast of 10 to 15 Westerlie. Sounded like a good time to go out and see if our gear was where we left it. On the way out of the Harbor you could see the size of the swells and when we got to the seaward side of the Island we could see Biorka Reef breaking really large. This was pretty normal but what we saw adjacent to the reef were the 9 Fathom spots breaking on every swell. It was a scary ride and I really felt like it would have been better to have waited a few more hours but turning around in seas that big seemed like a bad idea besides it was now my boat and I wanted to get the gear back with the fish that was on it so the crew could have a payday. I told the boys I was not turning around and that the forecast was great and the farther we got away from the beach the better off we would be. They seemed agreeable and stayed out on the back deck while I was piloting the boat from the wheelhouse after awhile I thought that a bit odd so I peeked out the Galley door to the work deck and there they all were with the raft cannister and the survival suits all set for a man overboard drill just in case. After all these years I still am not sure if that was just saftey first or a vote of no confidence in the young skipper.
The seas did come down and by the time we ran out 20 more miles seaward our gear was right where we left and had a big old cod on everyother hook or there abouts. As I recall no one mentioned the ride out to the gear just talked about what great trip it was and how happy they all were with a boatload of fish to deleiver.
Jesus Moonlight, literlly. You were a lucky young man that day. You have far more experience on the sea than all of us put together I'm guessing. I was wondering if you could explain how you built your sea state observation skills to a high level I'm sure after many years at sea. What were some of the things you looked for as captian of your vessel?
Once when I was probably the same age you were when you went over the side I was crew on a 32 foot sailboat. As we entered the Timor Strait against a 4 knot current we hit a huge squal that lasted for almost 2 hours. The wind was from the stern and the seas quickly became very large and steep. It was around mid night but you could see the waves breaking higher than the mast all around us. There was one wave that the boat went about 2/3's up and the wave broke right on top of us pushing us down the wave face backwards. The cockpit filled up as the stern dug deep into the trough and the breaking wave came over the bow. The skipper looked at me and said we were done for. We were now side ways and going back up the next wave and I thought we were going to get rolled. But I think we had so much water in the cockpit we stayed up right, I just don't know for sure. We were lucky the scuppers were big and there were four of them and the cockpit emptied out and we got the main sail full again. When daylight broke hours later and the storm was long gone there were Indoneasian dugout type canoes with sails full and what looked like a good time in seas that had dropped to 10 to 15 feet. We on the other hand were still having a miserable time.
Man overboard breifly...
Personaly I was most impressed by getting washed overboard by one wave and deposited back aboard by the next one!
We were fishing for Black Cod back in 1978 over 30 miles of Cape Addington in the Gulf of Alaska the "Westerlie' had been building for about a week and the seas were a steady 30' to 35' that far off shore you can't even see the tops of the mountains except for the ones that are beside you and behind you and in front of you.
This particular day I guess the Skipper had his belly full of rolling around inside the wheel house and anouced that were were heading in to Noyes Island to wait for the weather to cool down a bit. Danny was an exciteable boy and always way heavy on the throttle, we were litteraly surfing down the Mountains one minute and riding in the trough the next.
It was my first job on the High Seas and as a deckhand it was my job to wash up the cod after they had been dressed prior to putting them in the Ice Hold this was busy work and you just mindlessly kept your head down and both hands busy until the three or four tons of fish was all put to bed.
It was a beautiful sunny day not a cloud in the sky but that West wind just kept getting stronger it was now being clocked at 48 and we were running full out before it so I guess you would have to add 9 knots or so to that reading. As I recall I had a 10# Cod in my left hand and a srapper spoon in my right when a wall of water sent me sailing across the deck where I was slammed into the Rack holding our Bouy Line Anchors that slowed me down (hurt like hell too) but the water just kept rising and I floated clear of the boat just then another big comber broke and surfed me right on to the top of the Bait shed aft. I was not nearly amazed by all this as my crewmates who all gave a big cheer and then started laughing at me as they were very amused that I still had the cod and the sraper in my hands. The whole incident tokk but a few seconds and I never had time to asses my plight the ocean just let me go maybe I trew the hook whatever it was one of those "moments " that a fellow tends to remember.
Last year Slinger, a friend of his and I decided to go back to our primal roots and sling some eels off the South County shore one evening. Again the fog rolled in and we needed to navigate by GPS in the dark on the way home. This was only a few months into my tenure with the new boat and electronics and I was trying to find some visual clues that would help me ratify what the little box on my console was telling me. I kept looking toward the shoreline and focusing on what appeared to be a distinct dark cloud. The funny thing was this clound kept following us and was really starting to fuel some questions in my mind about whether I could trust the instruments to get us home. After a few more minutes I came to realize that I should be named king of the idiots as the cloud I was so intently following was actually the shadow cast by the stern light and Slingers head on the fog.
|I'm gonna guess the ski boat had a world class stereo syetem with speakers loud enough to hear the Valkyrie over the drone of the motor at ski speed and that the magnets in the speakers were giving that Boy Scout compass the ride of its life.
OC you are ten times the mariner I am but thanks for the vote of conf.
I guess there are no more guesses, so here's the answer...
We had been ripped all the way across Clallam Bay to slip Pt on the other side which is listed as a CG hotspot for rocks, turbulence and whirlpools. Although we could barely see each other on the same boat I could hear the slip pt horn faintly and it seemed to be coming from ten different locations. It dawned on me that we were spinning in a whirlpool.
No one believed me because we could not see any water commotion against the hull. Of course not, it was spinning too.
I went to the bow and formed a scoop with my jacket to hear the horn. I asked to shut down the engine for a minute to hear the horn, got a heading real quick relative to north if possible, and we iterated toward it which in retrospect is not a good idea. Moving away would have been safer but indistinguishable so on we went, me with the jacket over my head waving my arms left and right to keep the boat moving somewhat straight. The horn is situated on the bluff that looms above the most trecherous part of the point, so going toward it was risky - but there was no other reference. Eventually we came to the familiar clang of the bell bouy, so headed west to confirm it - and from there it's due west to the jetty blind as bats by compass.
The whole time the crew was doubtful of every decision, in fact I had to take turns forcing everyone to have faith after we attempted something they suggested that led us nowhere etc. I could have just as easily been wrong but my point is the situation was tenuous at best for all.
There was complete doubt until the rocks and american flag at the end of the jetty appeared thru the dark thick wet soupy fog, except in my mind since I had fished there often and knew the bell bouy well.
In any case, a silva boy scout compass decades old, a dose of luck, and a bit of familiarity with a horn and bouy got us back safely. I got a little more faith from the gang after that. That evening the fishing got red hot in clearing skies and we were none the worse for wear.
|I'll take a shot Juro, Too many rum&cokes . Most true ski boats have inboard engines, were you sitting on the engine box? I have not looked at the chart for that region but I know throughout the straits and the sound there are places that a compass is useless. Luckly the charts will let you know which places that happens in. Sailing on the Hood Canal has brought a large amount of strange experiences like the one Juro had. Not only compass failure but depth soundings. From time to time everyone's depth finders go to 4 dashes on the screen. This can last up to an hour or so then everyones sounder works again. We believe it is the secret workings going on a Bangor Sub Base. One that I have figured out recently is when the depth sounder goes into alarm which I have set at 10 feet. We are in 600 feet of water sometimes when that happens and it happens starting about now through May. Anyone know what is happening on these occassions? I bet Juro knows the answer.
Reminds me of an outing at Sekiu on the north Olympic Peninsula with a friend in his recreational ski boat. A split pea fog rolled in from the west and we were working the Caves area which in on the west cusp of a large bay about 2.5-3 miles wide.
He had no compass or electronics on board, I had my trusty boy scout pocket compass that my mom bought me in Sears as a young kid and that was all on board for reckoning tools.
In a flash the sight of the rocks left us and we pondered the next move. I dug out the Silva as the others argued about which way was which. Oddly the needle was turning faster than the second hand on my watch.
Mike says "so hotshot which way?". I scratch my head. Did we fall into the Bermuda Triangle?
It occurred to me what was happening...
anyone care to guess?
Yeah I wish, if it weren't for the smell of low tide I couldn't find the beach at noon any more.
Out west the deadheads are the killer, not to mention rocks cropping up in 80 ft of water from ancient lava flows etc. I guess other boaters are a problem everywhere in fog and it would be good to 'see' them.
|I think it is JVC that makes a smaller unit and cheaper. Yes you will be able to see blitzes miles off. But you don't need radar to do that if you learn to scan the horizon with the proper mind set. I bet Juro knows how to from all I know about his abilities.
I didn't realize you could get into Radar that cheap. Not sure that unit would work for me due to space concerns which is why I thought you would need to spend the $4K-$6K to get into a networked all in one unit. But certainly worth a look. Not only would it make you safer on the water but finding the blitzes would be a whole lot easier as well .
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TUPELO – Tickets for the Fairpark concerts at the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival go on sale today at 10 a.m.
Tickets for the June 7 concert in Fairpark are $10, and the line-up includes Cowboy Mouth, The Cadillac Three, Kirk Chism and the Lost Highway and an Elvis tribute artist.
Tickets for the June 8 concert in Fairpark are $20, and the line-up includes Montgomery Gentry, "American Idol" finalist and Brandon native Skylar Laine, Surviving Allison and an Elvis tribute artist.
Beginning today and lasting only through April 30, fans can purchase a $20 weekend pass that's good for both the Friday and Saturday concerts.
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Laine gained plenty of fans on "American Idol" last year, as the country star made it to the top 5.
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"Blueprints" at Addison Circle is located in Addison Circle at Quorum Drive and Addison Circle Drive. Located in Addison Circle, this unique four-story sculpture offers a vision of Addison's past, present and future. A vase-like structure containing poles that reach out over the street are topped with five floating art panels, each a blueprint tracery of a phase in the town's development.
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- Blueprints art piece weighs 410,000 pounds, each pole weighs 9,000 pounds. It took more than 650-gallons of custom-mixed, Sherwin Williams "Sharpie Blue" paint for the piece.
- Artists: Michael Van Valkenburgh and Mel Chin. Van Valkenburgh is a professor in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Chin is an artist, originally from Houston, now living in Burnsville, North Carolina and has been an artist in residence at University of Georgia and Stanford University.
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Mississippi State has an All-American streak going.
Senior cornerback Johnthan Banks was named to the Associated Press All-America second team on Tuesday, making it three consecutive years the Bulldogs have placed a player on that squad. Fletcher Cox was a third-teamer last year, and Derek Sherrod made the second team in 2010.
Banks was not a first-team pick despite winning the Jim Thorpe Award last week; that goes to the nation's top defensive back. He's recorded 59 tackles and four interceptions this season for MSU (8-4), which will face No. 21 Northwestern (9-3) in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1.
No. 2 Alabama had four players on the first team, including center Barrett Jones, who became a two-time first-team selection.
No other team had more than two players selected to the first team. The Tide also led with six players chosen to all three teams.
Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Stanford and Florida were second with four players on the three teams, though linebacker Manti Te'o was the only Fighting Irish player to make the first team.
Alabama faces top-ranked Notre Dame in the BCS championship game Jan. 7.
Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was the first-team quarterback.
Wisconsin running back Montee Ball and Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones also became two-time All-Americans.
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Barrett Jones, a senior who made the All-America team as a tackle last season, was joined on the first team by Alabama teammates guard Chance Warmack, linebacker C.J. Mosley and cornerback Dee Milliner. Offensive tackle D.J. Fluker was picked to the second team and quarterback AJ McCarron was selected to the third team.
Te'o, the Heisman finalists and winner of seven other awards — including the Maxwell, Nagurski and Butkus — is the first Notre Dame defensive player to be an AP All-American since defensive back Shane Walton in 2002.
Manziel is the first freshman to make the first team at quarterback. On Saturday, the redshirt freshman know as Johnny Football became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
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7 July 2004
This is no ordinary place. This is my country. They [the people] are really from the country. They didn't make it, but came from it. Our ancestors — big people, strong people — stuck to it... and then we grew up. And this is our story. And this is our country David Malangi, March 1983
The first retrospective exhibition of David Malangi Daymirringu (1927–1999) will be opened by Sir William Deane AC KBE on Friday 30 July 2004 at the National Gallery of Australia. The exhibition, comprising 67 works, predominantly bark paintings and 13 remarkable sculptures, celebrates the art and lifeof David Malangi Daymirringu and the important role of this innovative artist in Australia's cultural heritage.
Malangi came to prominence in the 1960s, painting consistently over four decades within a private ceremonial context as well as for the public domain, gaining international prominence. Malangi is most familiar to Australians through the reproduction of one of his bark painting designs on the reverse of the one dollar note, released as part of Australia's new decimal currency in 1966.
The curator of the exhibition Susan Jenkins states:
No ordinary place traces the development of Malangi's work from the early bark paintings of the 1960s that record his patrilineally inherited land and ceremonies, to the masterful dedications to his mother's land and culture for which he was also responsible, and where he spent the last 30 years of his life. Malangi was a true innovator in the bark painting medium and this No ordinary place provides the opportunity to celebrate the extensive contribution of this talented and highly significant artist in the company of his peers, Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
Malangi was cultural manager of his family's vast inherited pictorial language, based on the stories and ceremonies associated with the mangroves, mud flats and fresh waterholes around the magnificent Glyde River in central Arnhem Land, and dedicated his entire adult life to the development of a strong individual graphic style.
He was one of a group of renowned Indigenous artists who represented Australia at the landmark exhibition Dreamings: the art of Aboriginal Australia held at The Asia Society Galleries, New York in 1988 and that same year was a key contributor to the magnificent The Aboriginal Memorial in the National Gallery of Australia.
The principal presenting sponsor for the exhibition in Canberra and its national tour as part of the Gallery's Travelling Exhibitions program in 2005/2006 is Newmont Mining, the world's largest gold company and a proud partner of Reconciliation Australia.
Newmont Australia Managing Director, John Dow stated that:
Newmont is very proud to be the principal sponsor of this exhibition – both as a celebration of David Malangi's life and works, and as a means to increase awareness of Aboriginal culture in Australia. Sponsoring this exhibition is one of the many 'stepping stones' we hope to lay as a Company, on the path towards true reconciliation in Australia. We are delighted to show our colours through the bark colours of David Malangi.
To accompany the exhibition, the National Gallery of Australia has published a fully illustrated publication about the life and art of David Malangi, edited by Acting Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Susan Jenkins with contributions by Nigel Lendon, Djon Mundine, Margie West and members of the Malangi family.
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Arthur L Horwich, MD
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Genetics; Motor Neurons; Neurosciences; Pediatrics; Superoxide Dismutase; Protein Folding; Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Research Summary
We are focused on misfolding caused by mutant forms of the cytosolic enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD1), that produces an inherited form of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), with progressive, fatal motor neuron dysfunction. We are using mice overexpressing a mutant G85R SOD1-YFP fusion protein to study the mechanism of disease causation. Notably, other forms of ALS, including both inherited and non-inherited forms in humans, are indistinguishable at a clinical level. The mouse model studied affords one of the most powerful approaches to following the development of this non-treatable neurodegenerative condition. The hope is that basic understanding may lead to directed therapy.
Specialized Terms: Chaperones in protein folding; ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
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Studies of the past decade have shown that many diseases of neurodegeneration are the result of protein misfolding, and we have begun to seek an understanding of the mechanism of such degeneration. We have focused on misfolding caused by mutant forms of theanti-oxidant cytosolic enzyme SOD1 (superoxide dismutase), that producean inherited form of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), with progressive,fatal motor neuron dysfunction. We are using mice expressing mutant G85R SOD1-YFP, containing a mutant version of SOD1 unable to reach the native state, studying the transgenic animals with a variety of approaches, to investigate how the mutant SOD1 produces motor neuron dysfunction.
We have identified that there is a progression of misbehavior of mutant SOD1 protein itself in the spinal cord of transgenic animals. Initially it is soluble and associated to a significant extent with the abundant cytosolic chaperone Hsc70 (by contrast the wild-type protein does not form such association, presumably because it occupies the native state). Subsequently the mutant SOD1 protein begins to form both soluble oligomers (observable by gel filtration chromatography) and insoluble aggregates and at this point an additional molecular chaperone, Hsp110 becomes associated with the soluble form. At this point the animal exhibits mild lower extremity symptoms (weakness or pulling in when held by the tail) which progress over the next two to three months to lethal paralysis, usually commencing in the lower extremities. We are currently seeking to understand ultrastructural correlates of this progression using EM, analyzing motor neuron cell bodies in the spinal cord, sciatic nerve axons, and neuromuscular junctions. Where do abnormalities first present? What is the progression? We have used laser capture microdissection of motor neurons and RNA-seq from animals at mid-course in their progression to inspect for changes in transcriptional expression, but find only a small number of differences with wild-type SOD1-YFP motor neurons. Notably, there is no heat shock response, no unfolded protein (ER) response, but there are effects on several calcium binding proteins, and the level of Hsp110 mRNA is increased. We surmise that most of the toxicity of mutant SOD1 is exerted post-transcriptionally, contrasting with pathogenesis by other proteins implicated in ALS, such as TDP43 and FUS. At the post-translational level, using affinity capture and mass spectrometry, we find a variety of associations of the mutant protein in spinal cord, the most prominent being with the molecular chaperone, Hsc70. It remains to be seen whether other lower affinity interactions, that have gone undetected by affinity capture and MS, are crucial to pathogenesis.
In the mouse system we have also recently been able, in collaboration with David McCormick's group to carry out electrophysiologic measurements of MNs by patch clamping them in spinal cord of wild-type and mutant SOD1 mice in slice preparations prepared by MSTP student Muhamed Hadzipasic in our lab. This has identified a vulnerable motor neuron that dies by the time animals are symptomatic. We are further characterizing this neuronal type as well as conducting additional circuit-related experiments to analyze how the motor sytem adapts to loss of a motor neuron firing type.
We are also studying a heterologous system that reports on mutant SOD1-YFP toxicity.
Our ability to produce and purify the mutant SOD1-YFP protein from E.coli (as well as the wild-type protein) has enabled testing in other systems. One such system involves the axoplasm from the giant axon of the squid Loligo pealei, a system in which the transport of vesicles can be examined using videomicroscopy. We observe that adding mutant SOD1-YFP (but not wild-type) produces marked slowing of anterograde but not retrograde vesicular traffic. This occurs when monomeric forms of the mutant protein are added, but also when oligomeric species, first crosslinked and then purified by gel filtration, are added. At the same time as the mutant protein produces slowing of anterograde fast axonal transport, we observe that the MAP kinase cascade is activated by the mutant protein, involving ASK1 (MAPKKK) and p38 (MAPK). Remarkably, addition of molecular chaperones, and most potently, Hsp110, restores anterograde transport to normal and abrogates activation of the kinase cascade. In affinity capture studies, we observe that Hsp110 physically associates with the mutant protein. Thus it appears that there is a pathway in which the misfolded protein, if not counteracted by molecular chaperones, is able to activate a kinase cascade that inhibits anterograde transport, most likely via the phosphorylation of kinesin. We are now seeking to understand how the misfolded protein "links" to the kinase cascade. For example, does it directly interact with ASK1, or with another component that does so?
In further tests we are studying neurotransmission in the squid giant synapse, an axonal-axonal connection, injecting mutant SOD1 protein presynaptically and testing effects on neurotransmission.
SOD1-linked ALS mice and primary cultures derived from them (at E14). Projects are designed to address early toxic alterations produced by the mutant protein, using morphologic, electrophysiologic, and ultimately molecular biochemical techniques. A range of techniques including EM, mass spectrometry, fluorescent imaging procedures, and electrophysiology measurements (the latter in collaboration with the McCormick group), are being employed.
Selected Publications
Unfolded DapA forms aggregates when diluted into free solution, confounding comparison with folding by the GroEL/GroES chaperonin system.
Ambrose AJ, Fenton W, Mason DJ, Chapman E, Horwich AL. Unfolded DapA forms aggregates when diluted into free solution, confounding comparison with folding by the GroEL/GroES chaperonin system.FEBS Lett. 2015 Feb 13;589(4):497-9. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.01.008. Epub 2015 Jan 17.
Selective degeneration of a physiological subtype of spinal motor neuron in mice with SOD1-linked ALS
Hadzipasic M, Tahvildari B, Nagy M, Bian M, Horwich AL, McCormick DA. Selective degeneration of a physiological subtype of spinal motor neuron in mice with SOD1-linked ALSProc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 25;111(47):16883-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419497111. Epub 2014 Nov 10.
Absence of lipofuscin in motor neurons of SOD1-linked ALS mice.
Bandyopadhyay, U., Nagy, M., Fenton, W.A., and Horwich, A.L. (2014) Absence of lipofuscin in motor neurons of SOD1-linked ALS mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111, 11055-11060.
Molecular chaperones in cellular protein folding: the birth of a field.
Horwich AL. Cell. 2014 Apr 10;157(2):285-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.029.
Production of RNA for transcriptomic analysis from mouse spinal cord motor neuron cell bodies by laser capture microdissection.
Bandyopadhyay U, Fenton WA, Horwich AL, Nagy M. J Vis Exp. 2014 Jan 13;(83):e51168. doi: 10.3791/51168.
RNA-Seq profiling of spinal cord motor neurons from a presymptomatic SOD1 ALS mouse.
Bandyopadhyay, U., Cotney, J., Nagy, M., Oh, S., Leng, J., Mahajan, M., Mane, S., Fenton, W.A., Noonan, J., and Horwich, A.L. (2013) RNA-seq profile of spinal cord motor neurons from a presymptomatic SOD1 ALS mouse. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053575. Epub 2013 Jan 3.
A biochemical screen for GroEL/GroES inhibitors.
Johnson SM, Sharif O, Mak PA, Wang HT, Engels IH, Brinker A, Schultz PG, Horwich AL, Chapman E. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Feb 1;24(3):786-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.100. Epub 2014 Jan 2.
Molecular chaperone Hsp110 rescues a vesicle transport defect produced by an ALS-associated mutant SOD1 protein in squid axoplasm.
Song, Y., Nagy, M., Ni, W., Tyagi, N., Fenton, W.A., Lopez-Giraldez, F., Overton, J., Horwich, A.L., and Brady, S.T. (2013) Molecular chaperone Hsp110 rescues a vesicle transport defect produced by an ALS-associated mutant SOD1 protein in squid axoplasm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 5428-5433.
Chaperonin-mediated protein folding.
Horwich AL. J Biol Chem. 2013 Aug 16;288(33):23622-32. doi: 10.1074/jbc.X113.497321. Epub 2013 Jun 26. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Feb 1;24(3):786-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.100. Epub 2014 Jan 2.
Protein folding in the cell: an inside story.
Horwich AL. Nat Med. 2011 Oct 11;17(10):1211-6. doi: 10.1038/nm.2468. No abstract available.
Hydrogen-deuterium exchange in vivo to measure turnover of an ALS-associated mutant SOD1 protein in spinal cord of mice.
Farr, G.W., Fenton, W.A., Ying, Z., and Horwich, A.L. (2011) Hydrogen-deuterium exchange in vivo to measure turnover of an ALS-associated mutant SOD1 protein in spinal cord of mice. Protein Science, July 20 doi:10.1002/pro.700 (Epub ahead of print)
Progressive aggregation despite chaperone associations of a mutant SOD1-YFP in transgenic mice that develop ALS.
Wang, J., Farr, G.W., Zeiss, C.J., Rodriguez-Gil, D.J., Wilson, J.H., Furtak, K., Rutkowski, D.T., Kaufman, R.J., Ruse, C.I., Yates, J.R. III, Perrin, S., Feany, M.B., and Horwich, A.L. (2009) Progressive aggregation despite chaperone associations of a mutant SOD1-YFP in transgenic mice with ALS. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 1392-1397.
Chaperonin chamber accelerates protein folding through passive action of preventing aggregation.
Apetri, A.C. and Horwich, A.L. (2008) Chaperonin chamber accelerates protein folding through passive action of preventing aggregation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 17351-17355.
Topologies of a substrate protein bound to the chaperonin GroEL.
Elad, N., Farr, G.W., Clare, D.K., Orolova, E.V., Horwich, A.L., and Saibil, H.R. (2007). Topologies of a substrate protein bound to the chaperonin GroEL. Mol. Cell 26, 415-426.


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In 1791, just one year after opening its doors as America's first publicly funded orphanage, the Charleston Orphan House attracted the attention of President George Washington, who visited the facility. During the same trip to the Holy City, Washington also dined at McCrady's Long Room. Last Thursday night, the two institutions converged for the sixth annual A Night for the Children gala fundraiser.
The orphanage is known today as the Carolina Youth Development Center, a name that better represents the six residential programs, two outreach programs, and various support programs sustained by the organization, all of which assist more than 600 young people every year. Several such young people were stationed by the door to greet guests and sell heart-shaped pin raffle tokens, and their smiling faces served as a wonderful welcome to the affair.
Both of the restaurant's second floor dining spaces (the Long Room and The Gallery) were open to the party with carving stations, a band, and a silent auction spread between the adjoining rooms. Incidentally, the Long Room had undergone a quick turn-around that afternoon having hosted Charleston magazine's Giving Back Awards earlier that day.
As the silent auction drew to a close, a bidding war broke out over a pair of VIP Colbert Report tickets. Luckily for everyone—bidders and CYDC alike—the donor confirmed the availability of two additional pairs, and each set quickly sold for $750 apiece. Good show!


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post the links. You can't do it.
post the links. You can't do it.
show me the money and I'll do a little out of pocket investment spending to determine whether the dusty archive that no longer exists on google or in FH exists elsewhere. Nothing wrong with spending money to make money! If you can't afford it say so cause times are hard for some
.. otherwise we'll both pony up to demonstrate the courage of our convictions to determine who's version or convenient revisionist verson is correct. What could be fairer than putting your money where your mouth is?
I don't need your money, this is about you being a liar as always. Post the proof.
Stop deflecting.
That is only counting the regular season. They are 1-2 in their last 3 games, and 3-3 overall.Sorry, I confused the playoff game so they are 2-1- that's 67%, right?
We were talking about Pitt head to head in the last 4 years. (1-1 against NE) You took it back another 5 years prior to that. You didn't answer the question though.we were talking about Pitt vs. NE head to head, right? the point was about winning in the reg season. Nice try though.
Clearly reading comprehension is one of your myriad of "life challenges."
I have been patient with you on this, more so than even most of your fellow TGG'ers when it comes to putting up with your OCD defenses of everything jest.
For the 5th time, it appears that old 06-09 pre server transitions and crash FH posts are no longer available either on the FH search function or through google. But I think you're aware of that.
I trust my memory, especially when every time the Fins impressive legacy came up you did whatever you could to discount, demean and belittle it saying that all those conference championships and SB appearances don't count - that SB wins did and we were up 2-1 only. (of course 2-0 in the competitive 3 or more post season game Post-Merger era).
Short of providing unavailable links, I offered to conduct a poll restricted to member who've been here at least since 07, to determine whether my memory or now your convenient one where 2 no longer so recent failures in the Conference title game is relevant to how successful a team is. You have belittled "polls" as you always do since they reflect the informed consensus that contradicts those lonely voices in your head.
Next, I did some more research and found out that for a non-refundable fee I could have someone (actually an acquaintance of an acquaintance) probe those dusty corners to determine whether those FH files can be somehow salvaged. I was willing to do that if you were willing to put up a nominal amount of $ on a bet on whose memory was more accurate if you truly possessed the courage of your convictions. First I proposed we both pay FH $200 each thru PP that they'd hold for safe keeping, Then because times are hard for some, I proposed $150. But you still either can't afford it or lack the courage of your convictions to put your money where your mouth is. If it's the former, let's do $50, which won't cover what I'd have to pay the guy, but it's the principle of it.
Either show me the money, or provide any link to any of your FH posts circa 07 to confirm they exist and are accessible, not your posts about FH on TGG at that time which I even found easily on google. Otherwise, you will continue to be branded as a blind, history revisionist aqua - which is only fair cause that's exactly who you are... which includes being a liar.
but we are discussing NE in the reg season, they are a great reg season team and make it near impossible for any team to win the division besides them. Only 1 team has won the AFC east besides NE in a year Brady was the primary starter and we did that in 2002.
I took it back b/c they have barely played in the reg season the last 4 years, Brady has pretty much dominated Pitt.
Nope, I don't need verification. I know you won't find anything b/c it doesn't exist. I already told you what I wrote. if you want to put up money go ahead, qwhen I win you can donate it to the site. I don't want or need your money.
You should thank me b/c I am saving you money.
LMAO....believe me, i need your money less than you need mine.. it's the principle of who's the liar.....so either you furnish an actual link to an existing junc post on FH in 06-08 to repudiate my claim they are unavailable and put the burden on me,, or take me up for a lousy 50 bucks if I can ascertain they are salvagable from elsewhere,,, or trust a poll of the memories of those members who've been here through those shenanigans of yours. 2 Conference fails, not even so recently anymore are not even in the same zip code, let alone state as 5 conference championships and 5-0 in post merger min 3 game postseason SB appearances.
I'm not the one who is lying, you are. You need to prove you aren't. it's not about money, it's about what is right. As usualy you can't bakc up your claims just like when you try to debate football. You are a sad, bitter, little man.
it's easy, show me any post you made on FH from 06-08 to prove that they all still exist... otherwise you're not so clever as you think by playing a card when you know the proof no longer exists, except in the memories of members who were around to read your BS at that time. Too bad I showed you the screen captures of you saying you wouldnt trade Suckchez for 2 first rounders or else you'd be denying that idiocy too.
Not to worry, I'm gonna see if I can get you some of these badges cuz I know that "Liar" won't make it thru (although maybe "history revisionist" would since everyone right up and down the line is hip to your shenanigans.
I don't need to prove anything, I know what happened. YOU need to prove your lies. You know you can't do it and start this deflection campaign.
Give me any badge you want, it won't change who YOU are and who I am. You can deflect all you want to try to make yourslef look and feel better but you know the truth about yourself.


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Some useful Firefox extensions for safe browsing
Since Firefox has been in the news in few different posts, I am posting some extensions which have been used for a long time by me. These are not hacker related extensions but useful for a safe browsing while taking the best out of FF. Somebody new to FF may find it useful.
If you are looking for hacker related extensions see the threads http://www.ethicalhacker.net/component/ ... ic,1155.0/ or http://www.ethicalhacker.net/component/ ... ic,1139.0/
Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/)
Very useful extension to block ad sites. U can customize this to allow ads from certain sites (white list). Adblock Filterset.G Updater (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/) is a companion to adblock plus but the folks at the adblock plus specifically tells not to use this extension as a companion to adblock plus as this may considerably slow down your browser.
All-in-one Side Bar (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1027/ )
Great tool to consolidate all the small tool windows in to a side bar. If u are a Opera fan you would love it. This tool simulates what opera does. Lot of customization possible
Faster Fox (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/)
Tweaks some FF parameters to render/download pages fast. U can do it manually in the config file, but you need to know the parameters you are looking at.
IE Tabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/)
A must have for even Firefox die hards. Invariably u will come across sites which do not render properly in Firefox. With one click u can open a IE session on a FF tab. Also useful if u develop web pages. Pages can be tested on both FF and IE with a click.
McAfee Site Advisor ( http://www.siteadvisor.com/)
A useful tool if u enjoy downloading stuff. Once u install this every time u do a search from a search engine like yahoo or Google, it will add a icon to tell u whether the site is safe. Click on the icon and it will give more details of the site.
No Script (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/)
Paste and Go (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3035/)
Another dearly loved feature of Opera brought on to the FF platform. Paste and Go lets you Paste Text and Load/Search It Immediately. Search text box gives the additional option of "paste and search" and the URL box give the additional option "paste and go"
PDF Download (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/636/)
Extremely useful feature to stop the browser opening pdf file with the adobe plug-in. U control what u want to do when u click on a PDF link. Also I would advise u to try the free foxit pdf reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/) it is a single exe which loads incredibly fast. Rendering is not as good as Acrobat Reader but if u want to glace through a PDF and u want to load it quickly, this is the best.
Scrapbook (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/427/)
Save pages/websites and create collections on the hard disk. U can even add notes and delete sections u of pages u don't need.
Tab Mix Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/)
Gives added functionality to the tabs. Also includes a session manager. FF 2 has a built in session manager but I have disabled it and still stuck to this.
CookieSwap (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3255/)
Provides ability to maintains multiple profiles. Useful if u have multiple email account with the same site like Gmail or yahoo. Main drawback is the profile swap changes is browser wide NOT tab wide. This would be a great tool if it was possible to maintain different profiles in different tabs.
ImgLikeOpera (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1672/)
As the name implies, another great Opera feature brought on to Firefox. But unfortunately this seems be broken after FF 2.


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Posted on April 21, 2013 6:05AM by Bid96
Don't mean to sound rude, but how are these "Boston" skins? Boston PD has never looked like this.
Posted on April 21, 2013 9:30AM by SharpCommand
please read the text: 3 FICTITIOUS Police vehicles from Boston
Posted on April 21, 2013 1:25PM by fxp42
Why make fictitious skins of a real department? You're better off making them "Liberty" cars.
Posted on April 22, 2013 12:09AM by SharpCommand
cause there are so much lcpd vehicle^^
Posted on May 2, 2013 9:46AM by fxp42
ELS needed?
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Yes ELS enable
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Hey guys! What's going on?
Hey guys! What's going on?
To those that like to critize me, I say: It is a lot easier to say something critical than it is to say some thing while tied up and in my trunk. - Jack Handy
Just a little contest, where the last person who posts at a time picked by someone, possibly a lawyer, or George Lucas, picks the post he finds to be most relevant to the thenme of the hymnal of Vader, and they winner gets a gift basket!
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Daschele withdrew his nomination!!!!! One less tax cheat in the cabinet!!!!
Public outcry is working.
Daschele withdrew his nomination!!!!! One less tax cheat in the cabinet!!!!
Public outcry is working.
Couldn't happen to a more corrupt individual. The nation is bound to be better off. It's sad that some continue to buy into his life as a scoundrel, with his multi-million bucks lifestyle as a so-called consultant. And the nation is unhappy with the high payments to CEOs, but they overlook the likes of a Dashole and others like him.
Got to give him some Sodak credit...he at least had enough sense to realize he would be a drag on the administration. Too bad the AG and Treasurer Sec don't have that same sense of chagrin. But then, they were taught by a former POTUS that never knew a day of shame in his entire life.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
How come only one news outlet is questioning Obomo on the hiring of Lobbyist for his Cabinet and other high postions when in his campaign, he PROMISED no lobbyist on his team?
Classic example of tell the voters one thing and then do the opposite!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/...sts/index.html), ABC News (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...-pick-for.html), The NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/us...ml?_r=1&ref=us), or NBC (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/us_world/NATL-Obama-Picks-Lobbyist-as-Pentagon-No-2.html)?
Sometimes the perception of media bias can come from not listening to hear what others say.
It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.
I think Dashle saw the writing on the wall knew his chances at confirmation were sinking by the day (the NYT op-ed didn't help, I'm sure)and bailed...it wasn't any high-browed notion of not wanting to drag the Obama Admin. down.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said Daschle did the "honorable thing" by preventing an "arduous political struggle."
"It's just the kind of class move you'd expect from a person like Tom Daschle," Durbin said.
That's a quote from our own Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.He says that Daschle has "Class". I suppose that after our Governor was impeached, Durbin needs somebody else to look up to. After being used to Illinois politics,even Daschle looks good to him now.
You can pretty much bet that the only thing going through Dasholes head at this moment is how stupid he was not to turn down the appointment sooner, so he wouldn't have had to pay all that tax.
As for Durbin, that also says a lot when we get his definition of 'class'.
And regardless of how this is spun out, please avoid your attempt of questioning my intelligence, Jeff, by telling us about some bad deed by a Republican. You or someone in your camp has succeeded in convincing one of your toadies...Remington...that this Obama cabinet corruption is no worse than those in the Bush cabinet. But he's a tad short on the proof, just following the socialist crowd.
Best suggestion I heard today was to have the IRS do a tax assessment on every member in the Federal Government. Wonder how many more we might expose with a real anal IRS exam. The last I went through was no fun, but at least I passed to the extent they don't bug me anymore. An apparent waste of time. But as it's shaping up in Washington, they may be in for some huge rewards should they go after the real big bucks.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
I will admit that I've posted some things questioning your facts, and on more than one occasion the fact that you sometimes post the right wing blurb of the week without regard for accuracy, but I have never questioned your intelligence. You in turn have challenged me for recommending higher taxes (which I never did unless that's how you interpret paying our bills), being a socialist (which I'm not) where all I've done is to show that the socialist peril you fear seems to have only benefited the wealthy, and now you accuse me of trying to excuse Daschle's tax problems which, if you look, you'll see I never did. I defended the specific charges against Geither in a very limited way, but never commented on Daschle at all. I don't particularly like him and hope Obama will now come up with someone better.
With respect to corruption in the Obama administration, I think we'll know a lot more in a couple of years. There will inevitably be some. What is interesting is that the tax issues that have come up so far were discovered during the vetting process and publicized from the beginning. That's a little different from being caught with your pants down.


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By Dennis Seid/NEMS Daily Journal
A bill in the U.S. Senate filed Tuesday would keep airport control towers open, but a vote has not yet been scheduled.
The bill, S. 687, would prohibit the closing of air traffic control towers that had been identified by the Federal Aviation Administration in a cost-cutting move as part of sequestration. The FAA had planned to shut off funding to 149 towers operated by contractors, with the closings originally planned to have started last Sunday. The tower at Tupelo Regional Airport was set to close May 5.
Other airports in Mississippi that are on the closure list are Greenville's Delta Regional Airport, Jackson's Hawkins Field, Bay St. Louis' Stennis International Airport and Olive Branch Airport.
The agency last last week delayed the closures until June 15, citing reviews of pending lawsuits and moves by some communities to fund the towers.
Among the 18 co-sponsors of the "Protect Our Skies" bill is U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
"I led the fight in the House committee and on the House floor to build the Tupelo contract control tower," he said. "The federal contract tower program performs critical safety functions and is important to airports in Mississippi. This legislation would keep the towers operating and minimize the impact of the severe and disproportionate budget cuts that the program is set to receive. The bill is still in committee, but I am hopeful it will receive timely consideration."
The Senate bill would prevent the FAA from suspending or terminating any air traffic control tower in operation as of March 1, whether it's run by the agency or by a contractor.
Also, the legislation calls for the FAA to resume operations of any tower closed after March 1 and before the bill is enacted.


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Lorna Krier is one of the most versatile young keyboardists in New York performing music from experimental to pop on anything from analog synthesizers to toy pianos to Steinways. Ms. Krier has been described as "a pianist specializing in contemporary music, who has become an expert synthesizer player and is helping break down the boundary between new classical and indie rock" (Lukas Ligeti). Acting as an advocate for new music, she has worked with some of the nation's finest young composers and performers to create exciting new works.
Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has been a founding member of many ensembles including the chamber-rock ensemble, Victoire, founded by composer Missy Mazzoli, which has been dubbed the "all-star, all-female quintet" (Time Out NY). They released their debut EP, A Door Into the Dark, on eMusic.com in 2009 and their first full-length album, Cathedral City with New Amsterdam Records Fall 2010 to critical acclaim. Lorna Krier has also co-founded the synthesizer project Love Like Deloreans, which released their self-titled EP on Friendly Ghost Recordings in 2009 and have performed throughout New York, Montreal, San Francisco, and Boston at festivals such as the Rooftop Films Festival, Knitting Factory's NY Eye & Ear, City Sol, Brooklyn Arts Council's "Glitch Generation", Z-Arts! Festival in Zion, Utah, among others. Finally, the most recent project in which Ms. Krier has been initiated as a member is the genre-bending experimental improv group, Kaleidoscope Point, founded by composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti.


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This morning at 10:45 I lost my mother to cancer at age 83, it's has been almost 1 year since being diagnosed with cancer, but she went very peacefully. She was an avid dog lover and loved being around our Labs. During the summer of 2012 at age 82 she played in the park with our young Lab 'Finn' then it was with 'Dooley', she was more active with the dogs than anyone can imagine. Bushmills Irish Whiskey was her favorite drink.....I guess that's what kept her going.
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Whether you're a 10-year-old kid or a 40-year-old kid-at-heart, bagging that first bird is a thrill. It's hard to hold that excitement in, so we've created a special place for you on the turkeyandturkeyhunting.com forum.
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and dang it, if i can't find the proper thread to post this under! oh well, a new thread will have to do!
anyway, the x-wing model is now available for purchase, and it is truely awsome! the scale is 1/72 which puts it about the same size as the action fleet (maybee a smidgen bigger). take a look, it really is incredible! you have the option of assembling it with different configurations (red5, red3, etc.), and it comes with two different astromech's (r2, and r5).
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By Tiernan Ray
In addition to the note from Merrill Lynch that I mentioned earlier, several Apple (AAPL) bulls were out today defending the stock in the wake of estimate cuts over the weekend.
Apple shares are currently up $12.09, or 2.3%, at $530.92.
Brian Blair of Wedge Partners reiterates a positive view on the stock (no formal rating), writing that there has been "an information tug of war" over the company, including "anecdotal observations about China demand for the iPhone 5 that simply wound up being wrong," alluding to Apple's announcement over the weekend that the iPhone 5 sold 2 million units since going on sale Friday.
Blair in fact thinks that Apple's numbers for iPhone for the March-ending fiscal Q2, the subject of most of the speculation in recent days, is going up, not down:
We believe that Apple has raised their production forecasts for iPhone 5 for the March quarter. We believe that increase is coming off a relatively conservative production estimate and has been raised in the 10-15% range from prior levels. We estimate iPhone 5 accounts for approximately 70% of iPhone sales, with iPhone 4S at 20% and iPhone 4 less than 10%. In our view, this gives us increased confidence that Apple is seeing better than expected demand for the iPhone 5 broadly and is seeing strong indications of demand from global carriers as it continues its 100 country (240 carriers) rollout in the quarter. Our overall iPhone unit estimate for Apple's March quarter remains in the 41 – 44 million unit range, a slight drop from our December estimate of 50 million units.
He does think Apple has reduced December iPad production by 1 million units, and cut his estimate by that much, to 22 million, of which 7 million minis, which he attributes to "reduced shipments to some select international markets that have seen tempered demand.
Blair's not fazed:
We have seen this in past years with the iPod however we don't feel that it is out of form. In the early days of the product, Apple would often provide an approximate forecast for iPod units, trimming them back as actual sell through became more clear mid-way through the holiday shopping season.


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History of the NYG&B
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is the oldest genealogical society in New York State and the second oldest in the nation.
- Founding in 1869
- Headquarters Facilities
- Early Publications
- The NYG&B in the Twentieth Century
- Genealogical Renaissance
- The New G&B
- Appendix A: About Women in the Early Years of the NYG&B
- Appendix B: A Note About Elizabeth Underhill Coles
Founding in 1869
Seven men meeting on the evening of February 27, 1869, at the home of Dr. David Parsons Holton in New York City, organized The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. On March 26 they filed a certificate of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State of New York, stating that "the particular business and objects of the Society are to discover, procure, preserve and perpetuate whatever may relate to Genealogy and Biography, and more particularly to the genealogies and biographies of families, persons and citizens associated and identified with the State of New York." In April they adopted the first By-Laws and elected officers, the first president being the historian Dr. Henry R. Stiles. The officers adopted the seal of the Society on May 8, 1869.
In establishing the Society the founders were inspired by the example of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, founded in 1845. In at least one respect, however, they differed from the New England model. While women would not be admitted to membership in the Boston society until 1898, the New York society on May 1, 1869 elected to membership Frances K. Forward Holton, who was the wife of Dr. Holton. She was followed by many others. More information on Mrs. Holton appears in Appendix A below.
The Society immediately established a library, and in December 1869 published an eight-page Bulletin. The reception of this publication encouraged the Trustees to launch a quarterly journal, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, the first issue of which was dated January 1870. Thus were established two of the oldest institutions in American genealogy. Today the Society is the second oldest genealogical society in the United States, and The Record the second-oldest genealogical periodical in continuous publication in the English-speaking world.
Headquarters Facilities
The Society's first permanent home was at Mott Memorial Hall, a house at 64 Madison Avenue. In 1888 the Society obtained space in the Berkeley Lyceum Building at 19 West 41st Street, and two years later moved to the new Berkeley Lyceum building at 23 West 44th Street, just a few steps away from where the NYG&B is today.
In 1891 Mrs. Elizabeth Underhill Coles died, leaving the Society a bequest of $20,000. With this money the Society was able to purchase in 1896 a four-story brownstone at 226 West 58th Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. This became "Genealogical Hall," the home of the Society for the next 33 years.
One of the Society's most ambitious early projects was the placement of a statue of Christopher Columbus on the Mall in New York's Central Park to mark the quadricentennial of Columbus's voyage to the New World in 1492. The bronze statue, a replica of a work by Spanish sculptor Jeronimo Sunol (1849-1902), arrived in New York on June 8, 1893. Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President of the United States, unveiled the statue in 1894 on the spot where it stands today.
By 1912 Genealogical Hall was inadequate to hold the library, and the Trustees decided to raise $65,000 to acquire the adjacent building lot for expansion. J. Pierpont Morgan contributed $10,000 on the condition that the Society raise the remainder, and this was accomplished by the end of 1913, mainly through the efforts of president Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Various factors intervened to prevent the proposed expansion, and Mr. Bowen was still president 16 years later when the Society moved across town into its next location at 122-124-126 East 58th Street.
The new facility, erected at a cost of $300,000, replaced three brownstone houses on the site. The noted New York architectural firm of La Farge, Warren and Clark designed the building. An impressive list of dignitaries, headed by former President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and former Governor of New York and Secretary of State (and future Chief Justice of the United States) Charles Evans Hughes attended the formal dedication on December 11, 1929.
The new building provided impressive and ample space for the growth of the library.
Early Publications
Over the years the Society had also expanded its publications program. By 1929 each issue of The Record ran over 100 pages, and it had become recognized as one of the leading scholarly journals of genealogy. Since 1890 the Society had also published several volumes of its collections, starting with the marriage and baptismal registers of New York State's oldest church, the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam and New York City.
The NYG&B in the Twentieth Century
The Great Depression and World War II slowed the Society's progress — The Record, for example, became greatly reduced in size. In this period, and the years after the war, interest in genealogy had declined and some may have questioned whether the Society could survive.
But amazing changes were in the offing.
When the Society was founded in 1869, the only New Yorkers who had an interest in tracing their roots, or the time to do so, were those whose lineages stretched back to the colonial period, and the Society for its first hundred years catered almost exclusively to that part of the population. Even among those with colonial ancestry, however, there were relatively few who had more than a passing interest in their family history. Genealogy remained a rather obscure hobby and its status as a profession was even more tenuous.
Genealogical Renaissance
In the 1970s there were signs of change.
The 19th century was now more distant than the 18th had been in 1869, and there was increasing interest in its records, which were also now becoming more accessible. Descendants of 19th century immigrants, and Americans of African descent, discovered that they too could delve into genealogy. The telecast based on Alex Haley's book Roots and the 1976 Bicentennial were catalysts that precipitated this new wave of interest.
The increased mobility of the population, leaving so many Americans far removed from their roots, and an increase in leisure time, especially among older Americans, were other factors in the expansion.
All over the country new genealogical societies, publications, and activities developed, and the older institutions began to experience unprecedented growth as well. The Society was similarly affected by this growth.
In the late 1980s computers began to be used in administration, publishing, and the library. The library began to significantly expand its microform holdings to facilitate research in late 19th century and early 20th century sources, while also expanding its colonial collection. In 1990, the NYG&B launched The NYG&B Newsletter; in 2004 it became The New York Researcher. In 2003 the Society began publication of all past issues of The Record on CD-ROM.
The Society's formal education programs began in 1977 with a fall lecture series. The educational program expanded in the 1990s to include programs at such locations as Albany, Saratoga Springs, Buffalo, Tarrytown, and Elizabeth, NJ, often in cooperation with other genealogical societies. The Society began to establish a presence at national, regional and local genealogical conferences sponsored by other organizations.
In the mid-1990s genealogy began to undergo a sea change with the advent of the internet. The number of Americans (and people in many other countries) pursuing genealogy skyrocketed as a result. The Society joined this new world in December 1998 when it launched its own website. Its Members' Area included the NYG&B eLibrary, a growing database of the Society's unique manuscript holdings.
By the late 1990s the Society's record growth motivated it to make changes in the building and develop a master plan for its future. To implement the changes, the Society conducted a capital campaign drive for the first time in many decades. In 1999 it was possible to begin the first stage of the plan. In 2001 the NYG&B created the Technology Center for microform and computer media. This served members for several years, but the internet continued to reduce member visits to the research library.
More and more members spent less and less time at the library, preferring instead to make use of the online offerings from home. As a result foot traffic slowed down, and it was again time to reassess the mission of the Society and the role of its building and traditional library.
The New NYG&B
The board of trustees analyzed the state of the NYG&B and studied the field of endeavor in which it operated. The board ultimately decided that the business model, in place for decades, had become unsustainable.
As a consequence NYG&B gave its library collections over to the New York Public Library, one of the largest and most important research libraries in the world. Its genealogical and family history collections were already local, national, and international in scope but the addition of the NYG&B collections added significant new depth and breadth. The gift of books and manuscripts was accompanied by sufficient funds to underwrite the cataloging of the collection.
Part of the transfer of the library included a formal agreement to work together to advance genealogical and family history research and education in New York.
In September, 2008 the published books moved sixteen blocks south to the Public Library's Irma & Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History, and Genealogy, and the manuscripts went to the Manuscripts Division of the NYPL. The NYPL then set about cataloging the books and manuscripts and adding them to the online catalog. This resulted in a vastly broader awareness of the collections to the public, since the catalog became available to anyone in the world with an internet connection, and the books and manuscripts became available not just to NYG&B members and guests, but to anyone at all who could get to the NYPL research library.
The NYG&B found a buyer for the building on 58th Street in November, 2007. With the sale of that headquarters came the necessity of finding another. In November 2008 the Society purchased a commercial condominium at 36 West 44th Street in the landmark Bar Building and created entirely new offices on the 7th floor. The well-known New York architect Peter Pennoyer and designer John Claflin are responsible for the design of the new NYG&B offices.
The NYG&B furnished the new space with items from the 58th Street building, including two of the splendid walnut library tables and all of the walnut chairs, together with selections from the NYG&B portrait collection. The staff completed the move in January of 2010.
The NYG&B's move to West 44th Street was more than just a physical relocation. Accompanying it was a change in leadership and a significant realignment of strategic direction and purpose.
Without the burden of maintaining a large building and library, the NYG&B refocused itself on three priorities: education, publications, and digital communication.
Education. the staff significantly increased the volume of public programs and began the process of integrating the programs of other important, like-minded institutions under the umbrella of The New York Family History School. Early partner organizations in developing this idea included the New York Public Library and the National Archives and Records Administration in Manhattan. The NYG&B created a website for the New York Family History School and began to promote its own programs and those of the participating organizations.
Publications. The Record continued publication without interruption or change in its purpose and scholarly standards. The New York Researcher, however, underwent a total redesign and began its evolution to being more of a magazine rather than an NYG&B newsletter.
Digital communication. The NYG&B improved its capability to implement digital media solutions, began participating in social media marketing, and created this new website. Increasing the size and functionality of the eLibrary became a priority and a team of unusually capable volunteers continue to lead that effort.
The NYG&B moves forward today into the 21st century as an educational institution committed to helping people of all backgrounds connect with their families and their communities and to find their connections with the people, places, and events pivotal in American history. Achieving those benefits is more possible than ever today with improved training in research, analytical, and writing skills and access to ever increasing volumes of quality data.
Appendix A: Note About Women in the Early Years of the NYG&B
Members of NYG&BS may be interested to know that women were welcome as members of our Society from the time of its founding in 1869. The first woman member was Frances K. Forward Holton (Mrs. David P.), who was elected to membership on May 1, 1869. She was followed over the next twenty-five years by:
Miss Elizabeth Clarkson Jay
Mrs. Leroy Newcomb Shear
Miss Annie Elizabeth Boutecon Shepard
Caroline Gallup Reed (Mrs. Sylvanus)
Martha Joanna Reade Nash Lamb (Mrs. Charles A.)
Martha Bayard Dodd Stevens (Mrs. Edwin A.)
Margaret Herbert Mather (Mrs. DeWitt C.)
Katharine Newton Youmans (Mrs. Edward L.)
Emilie Ketchum Platt Owen (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Mary Macrae Stuart (Mrs. Robert L.)
Janet Van Rensselaer Townsend (Mrs. Howard)
Aurelia Davis Schoonmaker (Mrs. Lucas E.)
Catharine Romana Marsiglia Baetjer (Mrs. Herman)
Ester Van Ysen Herrman (Mrs. Henry)
Eba Anderson Lawton (Mrs. James M.)
Miss Ann Hasbrouck
Mary Ann Hart (Mrs. Coleridge)
Miss Carrie Allen Middlebrook
Katharine Berry di Zerega (Mrs. John A.)
Lilly Jones Earle (Mrs. Ferdinand P.)
Miss Bessie Thayer Sypher (later Mrs. Charles C. Marsh)
Miss Margaret Morris Norwood
Elizabeth Ward Doremus (Mrs. Charles A.)
Miss Mary Mildred Williams
Georgie Harrington Boyden St. John (Mrs. Gamaliel C.)
Ellen Hardin Walworth (Mrs. Mansfield T.)
Miss Lucy Dubois Akerly
Mrs. Mary Wright Wootton
Margaret Innis Young (Mrs. William H.)
Mrs. Cornelia Catharine Jay Dyer
Miss Mary Close Purple
Elizabeth Romaine McMillan-Stanton (Mrs. John)
Miss Reba Bird Whitfield
After 1894 there was a noticeable increase in the number of women on the lists of new members. Today, of course, women make up at least half of the membership of the Society.
It should surprise no one that women were not given positions of responsibility during the Society's early years. At the twenty-fifth anniversary in 1894 twenty-two women members (all named above) did form the committee for an afternoon reception, but some years would pass before women began to serve on special committees and in other responsible capacities.
It was 1941 when Bertha King Benkard (Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard) became the first woman Trustee, followed in 1943 by Mrs. Myron C. Taylor and Mrs. John M. Dickinson, in 1945 by Mrs. Ethelbert Ide Low, and in 1946 by Mrs. Wyllys Terry. Since then the Board has always had women members, and women have served as officers as well. In 1983 Mrs. William R. White became the Society's first woman President.
Women have served the Society in many staff positions, including Executive Director (formerly Executive Secretary) and Director of the Library (formerly Associate Librarian). The roll of honors given by the Society contains the names of many women, among them outstanding genealogists who have been made Fellows or Corresponding Members.
A long list of women have written articles for The NYG&B Record and The New York Researcher. Many others have volunteered their time, especially in the Library. And last but by no means least, some of the most generous donors to the Society have been women, beginning in 1891 with Mrs. Elizabeth Underhill Coles whose bequest permitted the purchase of our first permanent home.
Appendix B: A Note About Elizabeth Underhill Coles
Elizabeth Underhill Coles' bequest of $20,000 made it possible for the Society to purchase in 1896 the building at 226 West 58th Street which was our home (called Genealogical Hall) until the the Society moved to East 58th Street in 1929.
Genealogists familiar with early Long Island family names will immediately suspect that Elizabeth Underhill Coles' roots may have been in Oyster Bay. She was indeed born in that town, in the section known as Musketa Cove (now the City of Glen Cove). She was descended from a long list of early Long Island families, and many of her distant cousins are undoubtedly present day NYG&BS members.
Elizabeth Underhill Coles, who was born ca.1813, kept her name by marrying a first cousin, William F. Coles, in 1833. Her parents were Oliver and Margaret (Underhill) Coles, and her grandparents were Gen. Nathaniel and Hannah (Butler) Coles and Amos and Mary (Woodhull) Underhill. Her great-grandparents were Wright and Sarah (Birdsall) Coles, John and Martha (—) Butler, Amos and Elizabeth (Seaman) Underhill, and Richard and Margaret (Smith) Woodhull. Further details may be found beginning in the Underhill Genealogy (1932) 3:557.
Mrs. Coles' father, and her father-in-law John Butler Coles, were both prominent New York City merchants, who created fortunes that made it possible for her and her husband to lead very comfortable lives. William F. Coles died in 1865. Their only son, William Franklin Coles, was one of the first members of The NYG&B Society. Elected to membership October 30, 1869, he became a Life Member in 1871, and died unmarried in 1881, at age 43.
Elizabeth Underhill Coles died December 29, 1891, at her residence, 677 Fifth Avenue, and was buried in the Coles vault at Trinity Church. She left an estate valued at between two and three million dollars. In her will written June 4, 1885, in addition to the bequest to the NYG&BS she gave a like amount to the Metropolitan Museum, along with a collection of paintings, sculpture and other works of art. She left her property at Newport to establish "Coles College" in memory of her son. The remainder of the estate was to be divided, half to go to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in memory of her husband, and from the other half, $50,000 to the children of her brother Edward Coles, $100,000 in trust for Coles College, and the rest to her brother Alexander Coles and his family.
Edward Coles, who had been executor of the estate of Mrs. Coles' husband, had expected to be treated more generously by his sister, and tried to have her will invalidated on the grounds that she was not of sound mind at the time she made it. At a hearing in the New York County Surrogate's Court he persuaded some of Mrs. Coles' servants and his own wife to give testimony in support of his case, and the matter achieved some notoriety in the press. The Surrogate, however, was not impressed; he ruled that the will was valid and admitted it to probate. (For further details see The New York Times, Oct. 27-Nov. 4, 1892.)
The NYG&B Record of April 1892 (23:95) had reported Mrs. Coles' death, noting that "by her will Mrs. Coles left a legacy of twenty thousand dollars to this Society. If the intentions of our generous benefactor are not frustrated, by relatives who are endeavoring to break her will, it is believed that the Society will soon be in the possession of a firepoof building where our valuable collections will be safe from possible destruction by fire." In the April 1894 issue (25:95) Henry R. Stiles noted in an obituary of Charles B. Moore that "his last work of love to us seems to have been the securing for our Society the valuable bequest received from the late Mrs. Coles. His influence, so unobtrusively yet effectually exercised in this matter . . . must ever be a pleasant remembrance to us. . . ."
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society received the bequest which provided it with Genealogical Hall, its first permanent home. In 1898 Mrs. Coles was made a "perpetual member" of the Society. The sale of Genealogical Hall in 1929 helped to finance the Society's next home on East 58th Street. And the proceeds from the sale of that building helps to finance the current operations of the NYG&B. And so Mrs. Coles' legacy lives on.


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