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I sent out the reminder for my writer social this evening. We're six writers, a few with published short stories. We meet in a bar every other Thursday, drink and talk for an hour to two, writers bonding about life and writing.
I like including a quote from a writer in the reminder. Today I went to "Quotable Quotes on Writers and Writing" (http://www.logicalcreativity.com/jon/quotes.html) and chose Anatole Broyard: "Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want."
There are honorable mentions:
You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won't be able to take a break from being a writer... - Stephen Leigh
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. - Oliver Herford
Half my life is an act of revision. - John Irving
We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little. - Anne Lamott
There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.- Terry Pratchett
If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches, and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in; if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one...he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent. - Honore de Balzac
Books aren't written, they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it... - Michael Crichton
Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil - but there is no way around them.- Isaac Asimov
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences. - Anne McCaffrey
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.- Somerset Maugham
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.- Anais Nin
To have something to say is a question of sleepless nights and worry and endless ratiocination of a subject - of endless trying to dig out of the essential truth, the essential justice. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer. - Ernest Hemingway
So many insights and opinions about that help me as I struggle, refocus, fall down and get back up again. Just like playing football, or being drunk. - Me
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Lake Adair (Lake
Adair Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) go
North on Edgewater for approx. 0.3 mile; West (Left) on either Lake Adair
Blvd entrance. Parking is on Lake Adair Blvd opposite lake side. Lake
Baldwin (Fleet Peeples Park): Off SR
50 (Colonial) go North on Bennett for approx. 1 mile; West (Left) on Corrine
Drive for approx. 0.5 mile;
North (Right) on General Reese approx. 0.7 mile; East (Right) on Glenridge
Way approx. 1 mile; South
(Right) on Lakemont Ave. Park is on Left. Lake
Beauty (Lake
Beauty Park): Off Orange Ave; West on Miller for
approx. 0.2 mile. Lake is on Left. Parking: Hospital parking
garage approx. 0.1 mile on Left on Miller -OR- off Miller take a Right on
Kuhl, bear Left at stop sign and you can park in metered parking on Right
(Sturtevant St) or continue on and take a Left on Lucerne (parking is on
Right). Lake
Cherokee (Lake
Cherokee Park): Off Orange Avenue, East on Kaley approx. 0.5 mile;
North (Left) on Summerlin approx. 0.8 mile; West (Left) on Cherokee Drive
approx. 0.1 mile; North (Right) on
Cherokee Circle. Parallel parking available around lake. Clear
Lake (L. Claudia Allen
Park): Off John Young Parkway (423) go
West on Columbia St. for approx. 0.2 mile; Left on Mabel Butler for
approx. 0.4 mile. Park is straight ahead at end of Mabel Butler.
Pier at end of park near bridge. Aeration in the canal. Clear
Lake (George Barker
Park): Off 441 go West on Gore St approx. 0.5 mile; South (Left) on Tampa for 0.1
mile; West (Right) on Gore for 0.1 mile. Park entrance ahead on Left. Lake
Como (Lake
Como Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) go South on Bumby approx. 1.2 mile.
Bumby forms a circle around lake. No parking around
lake, use one of the radial side streets. Lake
Concord (Don Dudley
Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) go North on
Edgewater approx. 0.2 mile. Lake is on Right. No parking around
lake, must walk from Lake Adair Blvd. Lake
Davis (Lake
Davis Park): Off Orange Ave; East on Kaley approx. 0.5 mile; North
(Left) on Summerlin approx. 0.6 mile; Right on Lake Davis Drive. Parallel parking
available around lake except in a few posted areas near intersection
around Summerlin. Lake
Dot (Lake
Dot Park): On South side of SR 50 (Colonial) 0.5 mile West of
I-4 overpass. Lake
Emerald (Lake
Emerald Park): Off Mills Avenue, 0.4 miles South of SR-408, turn
Left on Gore Street. Lake Emerald Drive is the first Right. Lake
Estelle/Rowena (Loch Haven
Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) go North on Mills approx 1.2 miles. Park
on Mills or take a Left on Rollins and park in museum parking lot on Left
(Museum lot open 7 AM - 9 PM, but sometimes closed for special events). Lake
Fairview (Lake
Fairview Park): Off 441(N. Orange Blossom Trail) go East on Lee Road approx 0.1 mile. Entrance is on Right. Lake
Formosa (Lake Formosa
Park): From Orange Avenue
go East on Princeton approx. 0.5 mile; South (Right) on Mills approx. 0.1
Parallel parking on Mills. Fish around bridge. -OR- From Orange
Avenue go East on Princeton approx. 0.1 mile; South (Right) on Alden Road approx 0.2
Parallel parking on both sides of Alden Road. Lake
George (Barber
Park): Off SR 436 (Semoran) go
West on Gatlin for approx 0.5 mile. Entrance on Right. One small
retention pond immediately on left. Bigger lake and shallow
retention pond in the back that you have to go through gate on dirt road
and then onto a grassy field. Lake
Greenwood (Greenwood Urban
Off Orange Avenue; East on Kaley approx. 0.5 mile; North (Left) on
Summerlin approx. 0.5 mile; Right
(East) on Briercliff Drive approx 0.2 mile; North (Left) on Mills. Wetlands can be
accessed by going East (Right) to Greenwood Street, Palmer Street, or
Elmwood St. (distance from Mills to Wetland parking is approx 0.4 -
0.5 mile. Highland
Lake (Highland Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) go North on Highland
Ave for approx 0.5 miles. Lake on right hand side. 2 hour
parallel parking on Highland Avenue. Lake
Ivanhoe (Lake
Ivanhoe Park): Off SR 50
(Colonial) go North on Magnolia. Go through Orange Avenue light and
through Ivanhoe light then take a Left on Lakeview St. (i.e. follow the sign for I-4 West). Get immediately into Right lane. Fishing area
immediately on Right under bridge. Lake
Ivanhoe (Gaston-Edwards
Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) North on Magnolia approx. 0.4 mile; take a Right on Orange and go approx. 0.5
mile; take a Left on
Ivanhoe Blvd. Entrance immediately on Left. Phone: 407-246-2283 Hours: 5:00 a.m. - Sunset Lake
Lancaster (Lake Lancaster
Park): Off Orange Ave East on
Kaley St approx. 0.9 mile; North (Left) on Fern Creek Ave approx. 0.3
mile. Lake
Lawne (Barnett
Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial), Go
North on BMX Lane which is just west of Central Florida Fairgrounds (look for
Barnett Bank sign). Turn right at next 2 intersections. Pier is on Right
in first parking lot. Boat ramp is on Right past pavilions. Fishing
also available behind County/Park Administration Building. Lake
Lorna Doone (Lorna
Doone Park): off 441(N Orange Blossom Trail) go West on Church St. approx
0.1 miles. Lake is on Right bordered by Rio Grand Ave, Church St.,
Tampa Ave. and Central Blvd. Parking is available at Lake Lorna
Doone, on the corner of Church and Rio Grand Ave., in parking lot on Tampa
Ave., or along road on Central Ave. Parking lots cost $5 during
Citrus Bowl. Lake
Lucerne (Lake Lucerne
Park): Off Orange Ave
after Lucerne Circle intersection bear Left at the "Y"
intersection and follow signs for 408 West. Go straight at the first light
(i.e. stay on Lucerne Circle N). Stay to Left at next fork (i.e. do not go
on 408). Parallel parking is on Right on Lucerne Circle. If you stay
on Lucerne Circle you can go back on Orange Ave. Lake
Mann (Roosevelt
Martin Park): Off John Young
Parkway go West on Church Street; North (Right) on Cottage Hill for 0.1
mile; West (Left) on Lawrence St. for approx. 0.2 mile; Right on Bayshore
Dr. for approx. 0.1 mile. Park is on Left. Lake
Mann (Gilbert McQueen
Park): Off John Young Parkway go West on CR Smith approx. 0.2 mile; Right on
Goldwyn Av; Left on Basie Pl; Left on Domino; then take 2nd left on unmarked
road. Go approx 0.1 mile and unmarked road dead ends in park. Lake
Mann (Lake
Mann Fishing Pier): Off John Young
Parkway go West on Columbia Street; North (Right) on Florence Avenue;
Fishing Pier is at end of Florence Avenue. Park
Lake (Park
Lake Park): Off SR 50 (Colonial) 0.4 mile East of Mills. Can
park off SR 50 or Park Lake Circle unless otherwise posted. Lake
Richmond (Prince Hall Park): Off John Young
Parkway go West on LB McCleod approx 0.4 mile; North (Right) on Burton
approx 0.2 mile; West (Left) on Prince
Hall Blvd for approx. 0.6 miles. Park is on Left. Lake
Santiago (Demetree
Park): Off SR 436
(Semoran) go West on Lacosta Drive for approx. 0.4 mile (it is the
2nd street North of Curry Ford); North (Right) on San Luis Drive for 0.3
mile; West (Left) on Teatro Ct for 0.1 mile. Entrance at the end of
road. Turkey
Lake (Turkey Lake
Park): Off Kirkman go West on Conroy approx. 1.4 miles; North (Right)
on Hiawassee Rd approx. 0.9 mile. Park entrance is on Right. Pier has a fish feeder to attract
fish. Lake
Underhill (Col. Joe
Kittinger Park): Off
436 (S Semoran) go West on Lake Underhill Road for 2.3 miles; North (Right) on
Crystal Lake Drive for <0.1 mile. Entrance on Right. To get
back to Lake Underhill Road take a Left on Crystal Lake and take a Left on
Anderson. Lake
Underhill (Lake Underhill
Park): Off 436 (S Semoran) go West
on Lake Underhill Road. Park is approx 1.4 miles on Right. Lake
Weldona (Lake Weldona
Park): Off Orange Ave;
East on Kaley St approx 0.9 mile; North (Right) on Ferncreek approx. 0.5
mile; Left on Lake Weldona Drive. Park is on the Right. Parallel parking on lake side of
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I mention this every time on ITU when some hyped up dude with a keyboard goes with the "scared" route. Since the UGA game is always played in Jax, they don't do another home-and-home series because of the huge loss of revenue missing a home game would be(90,000+ people buying the hell out of everything in sight as well as parking).
Athletic directors only see dollar signs. Like Rhianna.
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Are there years where the teams listed are down and an FCS champion type team will beat them? Sure. Just like a down Ole Miss loses to an FCS but a good one beats Tebow's UF.
Over the course of seasons though, those are much better programs than the FCS schools.
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Additionally, seeing how hard we gave it to teams like Louisville, Bowling Green and ULL compared to teams like A&M, USCe, and LSU, I'd much rather swap Miami for South Harmon Institute of Technology. Maybe our team and coaches would actually give a crap.
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UMASS is FBS.
No, I don't think there is that much of a difference in the product on the field. There is a big difference in the money put into things, but that doesn't make the product better.
If I put App St, North Dakota St, or Ga Southern in a tournament with those teams listed above, I would like the chances of one of those teams winning instead of one of the FBS programs.
The point is that if a school is a top tier program, does beating Syracuse, Minnesota, or Navy really prove anything more than beating Ga Southern?
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A teenager who may have had a grudge against a teacher opened fire Friday with a shotgun at a suburban Denver high school, wounding two fellow students before killing himself.
Quick-thinking students alerted the targeted teacher, who quickly left the building, and police immediately locked down the scene on the eve of the Newtown massacre anniversary, a somber reminder of how commonplace school violence has become.
One of the wounded students, a girl, was hospitalized in serious condition after confronting the gunman. The other student suffered minor injuries and was expected to be released from the hospital later Friday, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said.
The gunman made no attempt to hide the weapon when he entered the school from a parking lot and started asking for the teacher by name, Robinson said.
When the teacher learned that he was being targeted, he left "in an effort to try to encourage the shooter to also leave the school," the sheriff said. "That was a very wise tactical decision."
Jessica Girard was in math class when she heard three shots.
"Then there was a bunch of yelling, and then I think one of the people who had been shot was yelling in the hallway 'Make it stop,'" she said.
A suspected Molotov cocktail was also found inside the high school, the sheriff said. The bomb squad was investigating the device.
Within 20 minutes of the first report of a gunman, officers found the suspect's body inside the school, Robinson said.
Several other Denver-area school districts went into lockdown as reports of the shooting spread. Police as far away as Fort Collins, about a two-hour drive north, stepped up school security.


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STBExH's 'kindness' leaving me £250pm worse off!
(44 Posts)STBExH has told me he has set up childcare vouchers with work to contribute to dcs' childcare costs. 'Lovely' I thought.
But because I earn under 26k I receive both working and childcare tax credits which, combined, pay for my dcs childcare. STBExH's contribution would obviously have to be declared to tax credits and the sum I receive would decrease. Ok, no problem, STBExH is stepping up to his responsibilities, the money comes from him and not tax credits.
But he tells me as a consequence he will reduce his maintenance payment by £243 a month, so I will be worse off and life is tight enough as it is The only one who benefits is STBExH as using vouchers is a £1200 tax break.
Have I worked this out correctly? Am I missing something? And can he insist that part of his contribution to the dcs maintenance is through childcare vouchers?
no you aren't missing anything.
I don't think he can insist on deducting contributions he makes in other ways from his maint - enforcing it is another matter, you may need to take to CSA.
Can you simply refuse his kind <<>> offer?
Also, surely the tax break on the vouchers for him is totally separate from any TC's you will claim as a lone parent? Its not his income (and therefore tax break) you will be notifying to TCs when making the claim?
Also if you make a claim for maintenance through the csa they won't give a shiny shit if he's paying you some vouchers or not, they will make him pay the cash maintenance due.
You're right - only he benefits. He's less clued up about TC than even I am, so hopefully he'll see that his 'kindness' would actually cause us financial hardship. Will put it to him.
I can see why you're pissed off. However as another way of looking at it, why should nrps be denied the right to a tax break supposedly available to all working parents
No problem with the tax break and if I was over threshold for tax credits it wouldn't be a problem at all but if I can't meet my bills as a result of his actions it becomes his problem.
STBExH did a bit of indignant hurt, complained I didn't explain the workings of tax credits to him and probably has done nothing about stopping them. But hopefully now not an issue as my childminder phoned to check I knew about STBExH setting up vouchers and have told her not to go ahead with setting up the payments.
But clearly in practice you do have a practice with the tax break. You, as pwc, want to get the tax (credit or otherwise) advantage for the children, which in turn means you don't want him to get it (because you can't both have a tax benefit due to the scenario you describe). So although "in theory" you're ok with a nrp getting a tax break, in reality you're not, because you want it.
allnewtaketwo, surely she (and ex) want the children to benefit from it?
Yes of course but you're inherently assuming that the children will only benefit if the mother gets the tax break rather than the father.
Tax credits are not a tax 'break' though
This arrangement would see the NRP better off by about £50 per month yet OP could lose more than £50 in tax credits if she earns under £26k and has at least two children.
I'm not disagreeing with the financial realities of the situation. However, my initial observation stands, namely "However as another way of looking at it, why should nrps be denied the right to a tax break supposedly available to all working parents".
Perhaps the OP can agree with the nrp that instead of him contributing in part via childcare vouchers, he pays the cash but receives the benefit he is being denied, via a reduction in cm. So the pwc loses no tax credits.
The situion with tax credits is that there is a cm disregard (due purely to the unreliability of some nrp's in paying cm). But given the OP's ex does pay cm, she's benefittting from the tax credit disregard. I personally think she has a moral obligation to share this "win" with the other parent, who is as capable as the pwc as spending the money to the benefit of the child.
Its a tax break only for parents who have to pay childcare in order to work. It is not available to all parents either. Only those who work for a company which offer the scheme.
He doesn't pay for childcare so why should he get it?
I am genuinely confused by your thinking on this. Perhaps I am looking at my own situation whereby a tax break for the non resident non anything father would be laughable.
Like I said though, and as OP has done now by informing CM, she doesn't need to accept his offer of vouchers anyway. He'll get the tax break and the vouchers but not sure how he'll go about spending them
If he decides to then reduce maintenance payments anyway OP can always ask CSA to manage the payments from him for the dc.
I think that assumes the nrp has similar costs and expenditure. STBExH sees the children twice after school for an hour or so and for the day on Saturdays, no overnights. All costs relating to the 3dcs are mine except whatever he does with the dcs on Saturday - until recently even the afterschool activity he took them to so they wouldn't be out in the cold over winter was covered by me.
All household expenditure, which hasn't changed when STBExH left (except the food bill), is mine. He was on an income of 2.4k pm with the prospect of promotion, which is a lot of money to walk out of the door; he now earns less but still more than me with fewer outgoings. He pays me £700 a month in cm which in essence covers the mortgage and the council tax. Childcare bill is 10.5k. My job is part-time mainly because if I go over 26k my childcare bill would be near 18k, making it financially to work, plus the hours/commute are so long as to not be compatible with the dcs.
Obviously our marriage ending wasn't in the plans!
When we were married we both claimed childcare vouchers. For a while after he left I refunded him his childcare vouchers but I was coming off the back of maternity leave so tax credits, which are backdated, were higher/he was paying me a bit more so I could manage it.
I jknow he should be able to have the same benefits but ust can't afford for him to claim childcare vouchers now as the tax credits would decrease and he would reduce the maintenance he pays, meaning I couldn't afford to work and would possibly lose our home.
The long-term plan is to downsize and remove the time and cost of my commute but until recently that wasn't an option as STBExH wasn't working and the mortgage company wouldnt authorise a move even though the mortgage is portable.
STBExH did speak to me and say he'd put a stop on the tax credits but only after work told him my childminder refused to process them.
He pays £x pm in cm into the pwc household. The pwc household pays childcare costs. To say he is not paying for childcare is ridiculous. It is impossible to specify what an £x contribution specifically pays for.
What are you confused about? Parents with children in childcare are allowed a tax break from the government. The OP doesn't want the NRP to have it in her scenario. I can see why, and have suggested an alternative.
"He'll get the tax break and the vouchers but not sure how he'll go about spending them"
Do you think that's funny with your wink? Like it's a game to you, this raising children lark?
Schmaltzing, if you don't mind me asking, what proportion of your childcare costs do the tax credits cover?
Yes, raising children by oneself while daddy gets to swan around and do as he pleases is such japes
He is not the one paying for childcare, anymore than he is paying for the OPs vice of choice if she has one.
He is contributing towards the household of his children. If OP was offered free childcare by a parent or friend should the maintenance reduce then too?
Btw the wink was exactly that. He is totally allowed to claim the tax break if he wishes. Won't save him anything at all though in this case will it.
So if he's not paying for childcare what is he paying for, in your opinion, exactly?
"If OP was offered free childcare by a parent or friend should the maintenance reduce then too?". Erm sorry that's just too childish and silly a suggestion to even answer.
"He is totally allowed to claim the tax break if he wishes. Won't save him anything at all though in this case will it"
Sorry have you logged onto your mummy's account? Are you 10?
Tax credits used to cover all of my childcare bill (combined working and child tax credit) but that was because the sum was backdated to the previous year which took into account my maternity leave so my earnings looked a lot less.
Now my combined tax credits cover about 2/3rds my childcare. And I do claim vouchers so am aware of the inconsistency in my approach re STBExH not claiming them but I cannot keep the roof over dcs' heads if there is minus £243 from tax credits and minus £243 from STBExH.
My salary on its own does not cover all the bills. For a while STBExH was paying CM and spousal maintenance, when he earnt more, to cover the shortfall, planned until the dcs and I moved and took out the commuting cost/time/reduction in childcare costs but he stuffed up his job (stopping us from moving) and has only recently started earning again (about 10k less than he was on previously).
I guess the difficulty is that if he's p**d off he could go to the csa and get a substantial reduction on the £700pm he's currently paying?
OP I understand. His net gain of around £50 per month would mean a net loss to you of more than he gains.
Would be madness even if he was hands-on and an active part of the childcare routine. As he's not I wouldn't even sweat it.
Allnew no I'm not quite 10 yet
<<tilts head>> I am wondering if you have a partner who pays maintenance to an ex of his? You are spouting the sort of guff that second wives often spout about maintenance.
what exactly am I "spouting"? I have said I understand how the OP feels and have offered an alternative.
The OP has calmly discussed the pracital realities of the position, the only person getting nasty and vindictive over her ex is you.
Not everyone has a chip on their shoulder, you know
I personally think she has a moral obligation to share this "win" with the other parent, who is as capable as the pwc as spending the money to the benefit of the child.
Guff spouted here ^^
and here
* However as another way of looking at it, why should nrps be denied the right to a tax break supposedly available to all working parents*
child maintenance isn't supposed to cover childcare allnew. the csa don't alter the amount paid if childcare becomes necessary. they base it on the NRP's income and whether they have other children. put it this way, if OP stopped working and no longer needed childcare- the NRP wouldn't get a reduction in child maintenance.
OP is paying for her own childcare using her WTC and CTC. the child maintenance is for food and clothes and electric and rent etc relating to the costs of the children living with OP.
It never makes sense to financially try and cripple the other parent as you both need to be able to look after the dcs. However, certainly at present and for the forseeble future, I bear the majority of the costs and the care of dcs whilst he earns more and doesn't live in an environment to have them to do more than one sleepover a holiday. If we were both financially comfortable as we certainly used to be it wouldn't matter but some months when you leak more money than comes in, it's not a comfortable feeling, especially if you've always been financially prudent.
CM in my head covers the mortgage and council tax. Everything else I pay for. The months where house insurance and car insurance/tax are due I hold my breath. But the lawnmower and laptop have died of old age so am probably more antsy about money that usually.
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Standard Name | PEX1 1 |
Systematic Name | YKL197C |
Alias | PAS1 2 |
Feature Type | ORF, Verified |
Description | AAA-peroxin; heterodimerizes with AAA-peroxin Pex6p and participates in the recycling of peroxisomal signal receptor Pex5p from the peroxisomal membrane to the cystosol; induced by oleic acid and upregulated during anaerobiosis (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and see Summary Paragraph) |
Name Description | PEroXin 1 |
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High-throughput |
Regulators | 73 genes |
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73 total interaction(s) for 51 unique genes/features. | |
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Length (a.a.) | 1,043 |
Molecular Weight (Da) | 117,275 |
Isoelectric Point (pI) | 6.93 |
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Phosphorylation | PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database |
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Last Update | Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31 | ||||||||||||
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External Links | All Associated Seq | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB |
Primary SGDID | S000001680 |
The biogenesis of peroxisomes requires a group of protein factors referred to as peroxins which are encoded by the PEX genes. Peroxisomal proteins are synthesized on free polyribosomes and imported posttranslationally. The transport of peroxisomal matrix proteins from the cytoplasm to the peroxisome is mediated by two peroxisome-targeting signal (PTS1 and PTS2) sequences, whereas the transport of proteins destined for peroxisomal membranes is mediated by the membrane PTS signals (mPTS) and occurs independently of the matrix proteins by a distinct mechanism (reviewed in 8, 9 and 10). The import of peroxisomal matrix proteins can be divided into four main steps: 1) cargo recognition/transport; 2) docking of the cargo-loaded receptors on the peroxisomal membrane; 3) cargo release and translocation; and 4) receptor recycling (reviewed in 11, 10 and 9).
Pex1p and Pex6p are large AAA-ATPase family members (ATPases associated with a wide range of cellular activities) that contain two AAA-cassettes, each of which is characterized by Walker A (ATP binding) and Walker B (ATP hydrolysis) motifs (4, 12). Pex1p, Pex6p and several other peroxins (Pex4p, Pex15p and Pex22p) are involved in the ATP-dependent relocation of the PTS1 import receptor Pex5p from the peroxisomal membrane back to the cytosol after cargo release (reviewed in 10). Pex1p and Pex6p interact to form a stable heterodimer in the cytosol (6, 13). This interaction involves the N-terminal AAA-cassettes of both peroxins and requires ATP-binding but not hydrolysis by the C-terminal AAA-cassette of Pex1p (6, 3). The cytosolic Pex1p-Pex6p complex is then recruited to the peroxisomal membrane by direct interactions between Pex6p and Pex15p, a type II integral membrane protein that functions as a membrane anchor for the AAA-peroxin complex (14, 13). This interaction requires ATP binding by Pex6p and dissociation requires ATP hydrolysis, suggesting an ATP-dependent cycle of recruitment and release (14). The membrane-anchored form of the Pex1p-Pex6p complex mediates the dislocation of the docked, ubiquitinated Pex5p receptor from the peroxisomal membrane, resulting in either receptor recycling or degradation (7, 15).
pex1 mutants were originally identified based on their inability to utilize oleic acid as sole carbon source (2). Mutants lack morphologically detectable peroxisomal structures and mislocalize peroxisomal matrix proteins to the cytosol (2, 4). PEX1 expression is induced by growth on oleic acid, upregulated during anaerobiosis, and positively regulated by proteins involved in depression of glucose-repressible genes including the transcriptional activator Adr1p, the protein kinase Snf1p, and its activating subunit Snf4p (4, 16, 17, 5).
The human peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs; OMIM) are a group of genetically heterogeneous diseases with more than ten complementation groups that are characterized by severe mental retardation, neuronal, hepatic and renal abnormalities, and death in early infancy (18). Clinical features of PBD patients vary, but all exhibit a defect in the import of one or more classes of peroxisomal matrix proteins. This cellular phenotype is shared by yeast pex mutants, and human orthologs of yeast PEX genes are defective in some groups of PBD patients. Pex1p is conserved from yeast to humans, and the human AAA-peroxins interact with each other similarly to the yeast proteins, suggesting conservation of function (19 and reviewed in 20). Defects in the human PEX1 gene (OMIM) are by far the most common cause of PBDs, and the human ortholog is able to rescue the peroxisomal biogenesis defect of human fibroblasts isolated from patients in complementation group 1 (CG1) (21, 22, 23).
1) | Distel B, et al. (1996) A unified nomenclature for peroxisome biogenesis factors. J Cell Biol 135(1):1-3 |
2) | Erdmann R, et al. (1989) Isolation of peroxisome-deficient mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 86(14):5419-23 |
3) | Krause T, et al. (1994) Effect of site-directed mutagenesis of conserved lysine residues upon Pas1 protein function in peroxisome biogenesis. Yeast 10(12):1613-20 |
4) | Erdmann R, et al. (1991) PAS1, a yeast gene required for peroxisome biogenesis, encodes a member of a novel family of putative ATPases. Cell 64(3):499-510 |
5) | Skoneczny M and Rytka J (2000) Oxygen and haem regulate the synthesis of peroxisomal proteins: catalase A, acyl-CoA oxidase and Pex1p in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; the regulation of these proteins by oxygen is not mediated by haem. Biochem J 350 Pt 1():313-9 |
6) | Birschmann I, et al. (2005) Structural and functional analysis of the interaction of the AAA-peroxins Pex1p and Pex6p. FEBS J 272(1):47-58 |
7) | Platta HW, et al. (2005) Functional role of the AAA peroxins in dislocation of the cycling PTS1 receptor back to the cytosol. Nat Cell Biol 7(8):817-22 |
8) | Sacksteder KA and Gould SJ (2000) The genetics of peroxisome biogenesis. Annu Rev Genet 34:623-652 |
9) | Purdue PE and Lazarow PB (2001) Peroxisome biogenesis. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 17:701-52 |
10) | Brown LA and Baker A (2003) Peroxisome biogenesis and the role of protein import. J Cell Mol Med 7(4):388-400 |
11) | Gould SJ and Collins CS (2002) Opinion: peroxisomal-protein import: is it really that complex? Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 3(5):382-9 |
12) | Voorn-Brouwer T, et al. (1993) Sequence of the PAS8 gene, the product of which is essential for biogenesis of peroxisomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim Biophys Acta 1216(2):325-8 |
13) | Rosenkranz K, et al. (2006) Functional association of the AAA complex and the peroxisomal importomer. FEBS J 273(16):3804-15 |
14) | Birschmann I, et al. (2003) Pex15p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae provides a molecular basis for recruitment of the AAA peroxin Pex6p to peroxisomal membranes. Mol Biol Cell 14(6):2226-36 |
15) | Platta HW, et al. (2007) Ubiquitination of the peroxisomal import receptor Pex5p is required for its recycling. J Cell Biol 177(2):197-204 |
16) | Simon M, et al. (1991) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae ADR1 gene is a positive regulator of transcription of genes encoding peroxisomal proteins. Mol Cell Biol 11(2):699-704 |
17) | Simon M, et al. (1992) Control of peroxisome proliferation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by ADR1, SNF1 (CAT1, CCR1) and SNF4 (CAT3). Yeast 8(4):303-9 |
18) | Warren DS, et al. (1998) Identification of PEX10, the gene defective in complementation group 7 of the peroxisome-biogenesis disorders. Am J Hum Genet 63(2):347-59 |
19) | Tamura S, et al. (1998) A cytoplasmic AAA family peroxin, Pex1p, interacts with Pex6p. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 245(3):883-6 |
20) | Kiel JA, et al. (2006) PEX Genes in Fungal Genomes: Common, Rare or Redundant. Traffic 7(10):1291-303 |
21) | Gregori C, et al. (2007) The High-Osmolarity Glycerol Response Pathway in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida glabrata Strain ATCC 2001 Lacks a Signaling Branch That Operates in Baker's Yeast. Eukaryot Cell 6(9):1635-45 |
22) | Portsteffen H, et al. (1997) Human PEX1 is mutated in complementation group 1 of the peroxisome biogenesis disorders. Nat Genet 17(4):449-52 |
23) | Tamura S, et al. (1998) Human PEX1 cloned by functional complementation on a CHO cell mutant is responsible for peroxisome-deficient Zellweger syndrome of complementation group I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95(8):4350-5 |


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Republican governors worry about divisive GOP primary race
Republican governors say they are concerned the prolonged primary race has alienated independent voters and may have badly damaged the eventual nominee.
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Daniels said he would not consider jumping into the race even if Romney were to lose Michigan. Some Republican leaders have said privately that if Romney does not prevail in Michigan – a state where he was born and grew up and where his father served as governor – the defeat could serve as an opening for a party heavyweight like Daniels to join the field.
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Daniels, who has not endorsed a candidate, said he didn't believe a potential Romney loss in Michigan indicated unremitting problems with his candidacy.
"The problem I would worry about, and have all along, is that our side might not offer a bold enough and specific enough and constructive enough and, I would say, inclusive enough alternative to America," Daniels said.
Maine Republican governor Paul LePage suggested the drawn-out negativity of the contest could mean Republicans should reach for a new candidate strong enough to defeat the president.
"If they continue to beat each other up, then maybe we should get somebody unknown to go against Obama. They're damaging themselves," Le Page said. "It's like a marital battle. Somebody's got to apologize."
Some Republican governors voiced concern that social issues like contraception and gay marriage had at times eclipsed discussion of the economy in the presidential primary race.
"I do agree those social issues are not as significant as some of the economic and fiscal issues that really threaten our way of life," South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said, saying he was worried the debate over such issues might alienate uncommitted voters.
Contraception emerged as a hot button issue last month after the Obama administration announced it would require church-affiliated employers to include birth control as part of an employee's health insurance coverage. The decision drew outrage from Catholic bishops and other religious leaders, and Obama eventually retooled the requirement to say health insurers, not the religious groups themselves, must pay for the coverage.
Many Republicans, including the leading presidential candidates, slammed Obama for what they called government infringement on religious liberty. But their hard line risked making the candidates look as though they were anti-birth control – particularly Santorum, a Roman Catholic who has said he believes contraception is harmful to women.
The problem was further compounded when Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a rising Republican star widely considered a contender for the vice presidential nomination, backed a controversial bill that would have required women undergo a vaginal ultrasound before receiving an abortion.
McDonnell backed down this week, asking the bill's sponsors to require a less invasive ultrasound procedure instead. But the controversy drew national attention and scorn from women's groups.
Pennsylvania Republican Gov. John Corbett said he wasn't concerned that social issues had become part of the presidential campaign, saying such topics are top concerns for many Republican voters. But Corbett, who hasn't endorsed a primary candidate, said the discussion would shift once a nominee is chosen.
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We often hear that "We can't encroach on production" to do DR tests. While I wholeheartedly agree with this principle, with proper planning there's no reason that production needs to be affected.
In a best-case scenario, the DR site "becomes" the production site, with servers, networks and storage all taking similar or identical identities of the production platforms being replaced. However, there are some scenarios, most notably during testing, where production is still up and running while a recovery event or test is occurring. While much of this can be handled via networking and routing, sometimes the storage environment can't be completely isolated, especially if some type of real-time replication is being used. One way to alleviate this problem is to use snapshots of the replicated production data for DR testing, rather than the actual replicas. This will allow detailed testing to a specific RPO without the need to terminate or alter the background replication processes during the test. Some observers may suggest that this will require more storage at the DR site, but you'll probably have snapshots or mirrors at your DR site if you're replicating, especially to protect from rolling disasters. Use a subset of those copies for your DR testing.
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Great restaurant for people with allergies! The gluten free menu is rather small, but the wait staff is very accomodating with alternative selections and substitutions : )
What a great place We have been here three times and have not got sick once(as I am Celiac) and the service was great too
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amazing menu for gf diets. they carry gluten free creations bread. all of the meats salad dressings and sides are gluten free.
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Hash browns were just steamed potatoes, NO BROWN AT ALL. Over all bland, staff not knowledgeable.
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An Idyllic English Country house. A restorative week in Provence. A camel trek through the Sahara. From the aqua blue of the Indian Ocean to a monastery in the California mountains, here are 11 places to let your guard down, put your feet up, and give your spirit a breather.
Home on the Range When you check in to the Cibolo Creek Ranch, you'll appreciate just how vast the state of Texas truly is. The ranch covers 30,000 rugged acres, which means you won't be able to see beyond its borders once you turn down the dusty driveway. Rooms in the three 19th-century forts are decorated in an Alamo-by-way-of-Ralph Lauren fashion, with goose-down bedding, antique Mexican armoires, and three-foot-thick adobe walls that cocoon you in sweet silence. (No fax machines or televisions in these rooms, and your cell phone will be blissfully out of range.) The stunning south Texas desert is the real star, though, with its sculptural hills to hike, red-clay trails for horseback riding, and expansive pool for just plain lolling before the nightly campfire.


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The best crab bait is stinky chicken, for some reason's the crabs come crawling to this. I purchased this stink butter for the bait I don't think it worked all that well. Best time to crab is during slack tide. The little crabbies don't move around as much and have an easier time ...
Day 4: Seattle
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The City of Columbia is encouraging people to turn off the lights in their homes and buildings this Saturday in celebration of the annual Earth Hour event. Earth Hour is a global program that promotes energy savings, and Columbia has participated in it each year since 2008.
The kids might have the whole week off, but you have something better: the weekend. Soak up some sun this weekend and pretend you're on spring break, too. Visit the vineyards. Run a 5K. Adopt a new pup--anything to stay in the sun!
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Torinos (and Montegos) were among the Malaisiest of Malaise Era machines, so it seems fitting to follow up the '75 Gran Torino Junkyard Find with today's '76. Yes, just as Nixon's resignation came just before the Fall of Saigon, Ford kept following up one big, slow midsize car with even bigger and slower versions. (Read More…)
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Having just spent a weekend officiating at a race with one of the perpetrators of the latest Motor Trend Car of the Year choice, I got to thinking about past controversial COTY choices… and what choices we might make today, with the benefit of hindsight. Second-guessing the 1971 and 1983 choices is fish-in-a-barrel stuff (though I think the very radical-for-Detroit Vega deserved the award in spite of its terrible execution), but you can find tough choices all the way back to 1949. Today we're going to talk about 1970′s Car of the Year winner: the Ford Torino. (Read More…)


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Trolleys a first-order folly

The Metropolitan Transit Authority's plan of laying "streetcar tracks" down the middle of Main Street is a folly of the first order.

 Tracks are very expensive and the work on them has to be "in place," which is a problem that is upsetting to all traffic downtown. A design requiring detours would not be in the interest of the designers, political or otherwise. Tracks can also be a driving hazard in rainy weather.

 I agree that the improvements to Main Street are in order and that transportation to downtown will be in high demand. Buses certainly do pollute the air, so an electrically powered system, as light rail is supposed to be, is certainly a step in the right direction.

 But how about a trackless trolley? It would not require loading zones in the middle of the street as it can move to the curb easily and at other times maintain its right of way near the center of the street.

 In future years, the high-occupancy vehicle lanes now in use can be less expensively retrofitted for these trolleys as buses give out. And this won't limit Metro's ability to use these older buses to provide service until the buses are phased out, thus achieving even cleaner air.

 Trackless trolleys could also be utilized for newer-style HOV lanes without the necessity for separate, isolated lanes and without their ugliness and impenetrability.

Michael Donnelly, Houston

 No 'middle ground' with EPA

The Chronicle's Nov. 26 editorial "Flexibility needed to clean air, ensure growth, prosperity," was correct to say that local solutions are preferable to Washington's heavy-handedness. But, as we formulate our planning, we ought to bear in mind that the Houston air-quality issue has been blown out of proportion and that air quality continues to improve, even under current standards.

 Because of the hype surrounding this issue, I'd bet that few Houstonians or Texans are even aware that Houston's air quality has actually improved over the last five years.

 One group that has been helping to give visibility to that fact is Citizens

for a Sound Economy in its work to push sound science and promote common-sense solutions. CSE cites the Environmental Protection Agency's own figures in quantifying the air-quality improvements in Houston, as well as across the state.

 It is refreshing to see the business community both acknowledge the importance of adequate air quality and work toward benefiting the city. However, I do not believe our community should be seeking a "middle ground" with the EPA

- at least not as that ground is now defined.

 We should be seeking to quantify whatever standards are appropriate. If the standards turn out stringent, then, because our health and quality of life depend on them, so be it. If the standards turn out to be not so stringent, that, too, would be OK.

 But the standards should be based on objective, scientific proof - not the politically and ideologically motivated dictates of the EPA.

 The editorial mentioned that one alternative strategy would be to improve the accuracy of air quality models in order to get a better handle on the problem. Since Houston's air quality continues to improve, wouldn't it make more sense to understand the problem before imposing unstudied solutions? And particularly when those "solutions" could affect the economy, the quality of life or both?

 I have absolutely no doubt that the Houston community, the one that rose to the occasion to build the Ship Channel when it was needed and thereby created one of the world's greatest ports, can also quantify our air quality and come up with solutions that will work for Texans.

 I have no confidence whatsoever that a bureaucrat sitting at an EPA desk in Washington has either the incentive or the desire to look after our best interests.

John Hoppe, Sugar Land

 Significant digits turning

This coming New Year's Eve will be the most significant in 1,000 years as it marks the end of the second and the beginning of the third millennium; the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century; the end of the current decade and the beginning of the next; and the end of the year 2000 and the beginning of 2001. Four significant marks of time on the same night.

 It is unlikely that any of us now alive will be here for the fourth millennium and very few (if any) will still be around for the 22nd century, so everyone should celebrate the coming New Year.

John H. Hall Jr., Shenandoah

 Not the same Goldberg

I was stunned by Julie Mason's Nov. 26 column, in which she criticized Houston City Councilmember Mark Goldberg for his lack of attentiveness to civic associations in his district ("Forget Florida, let's talk 2001 city elections").

 As the past president of the Maplewood Civic Improvement Association, I can verify that Goldberg is a regular attendee at our general meetings, as well as monthly board meetings. More importantly, both he and his aide, Ramon Hernandez, have been available to discuss issues important to our neighborhood.

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If you were intrigued by Saptarshi's blog post about the "green" ideas of Sophie Bathurst, you'll be happy to know she has been blogging in more detail about them on the World Bank's Climate Change blog. Sophie is the winner of this year's World Bank Essay Competition, and she has some innovative ideas about tackling climate change through youth-led solutions. Check it out!
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Sligo is a large and busy market town on the short River Garavogue, which drains Lake Gill into the sea. The town is surrounded by fine and varied countryside: green and wooded valleys, high mountains and sandy seaside beaches. Rosses Point (An Ros), on its sandy peninsula jutting out into Drumcliff Bay, has a championship golf course and two beautiful beaches for bathing and wind-surfing.
Tourist attractions Sligo : Things to see and do
Abbey St. IRL - Sligo
The ruins, on the south bank of the Garavogue, occupy the site of a Dominican friary founded by Maurice Fitzgerald in 1252, and accidentally destroyed by fire in 1414. The nave has a finely-carved altar-tomb (north wall), which belonged to the O'Crea..
The Model
The Mall IRL - Sligo
The Niland Collection, displayed in rotation, contains some 200 works by Jack Yeats, acquired by Norah Niland, former County librarian. The Irish Modern Art Collection includes paintings by George Russell, Maurice McGonigal, Norah McGuinness, Estella..
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
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Carrowmore is Ireland's largest Stone Age graveyard. It consists of 60 passage graves - dolmens and cromlechs, and one cairn, which is the largest grave. The oldest dates from 3200 BC, 700 years earler than Newgrange. The Visitor's Centre houses an e..
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Ideally situated in central Sligo, the Sligo City Hotel is next to O'Connell Street, which offers shops, restaurants and bars. Featuring an on-site restaurant, free Wi-Fi, free daily newspapers and free limited private parking, the hotel is a 5-minut..
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Close to Sligo town centre, these modern, purpose-built apartments and rooms offer self-catered accommodation just a 5-minute drive from Ireland's scenic coastline. Each apartment at the Benbulben Suites is serviced weekly. The kitchenette is equip..
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Ballindoon IRL - Castlebaldwin
Smart, modern hotel restaurant with a glass-fronted kitchen, brushed velvet booths, and lough and country views. Good-sized menus offer classically based dishes with personal twists; local growers and producers are credited on the menu.
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4-5 O'Connell St IRL - Sligeach / Sligo
Hugely characterful pub with sloping floors, narrow passageways, dimly lit anterooms and a lovely "Ladies' Room" complete with its own serving hatch. Cooking is warming and satisfying, offering the likes of Irish stew or bacon and cabbage.
Market Yard IRL - Sligeach
Smart, modern restaurant in the shadow of the cathedral, with a tiled exterior and wooden blinds. The French chefs prepare classic Gallic menus which follow the seasons. The all-French wine list features interesting, lesser-known wines.


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Re-entry into the real world after a visit to The Spa has been surreal. The song refrain "Take Me Away" has been playing in my head all day. It was so nice to get away for a few days; the benefits are immeasurable.
Obligations and responsibilities weigh heavily on my shoulders everyday...
Today is Mothers Day in Ireland. I woke up to a lovely card from my three sons. It is a reproduced lithograph and shows the back of a woman's body sitting on a diving board. She is clad in a black swimsuit. The sea below her is a teal blue. I related to her immediately because I feel like that...
"Two women friends and I want to do a weekend getaway in the next few weeks," the note began. "Our wish list (though we can live without some of it) would be for a B&B or cabin, perhaps hot tub or access to a nearby spa, beautiful spot to walk, yummy restaurants and cool shops to browse."


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Mark Calcavecchia remained the leader after the weather-delayed first round of the AT&T Championship finished on Saturday.
His 5-under 67 on Friday held up for a three-stroke lead, though Calcavecchia and others began the second round while others finished the first. He was 1 over through eight holes, and Tom Kite and Kenny Perry made up a stroke with even par front nines.
The tournament was delayed by more than three hours on Friday when a heavy rainstorm with high wind and lightning rolled over the TPC San Antonio Canyons Course.
There is ample sunshine for the second round, though the cooler weather took its toll on Saturday. John Cook, a two-time winner of this Champions Tour event and a third-place finisher from last year, withdrew because of back pains after completing his first round in the morning.
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