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Omaha is on the verge of becoming home to two of college soccer's finest facilities.
Morrison Stadium at Creighton University is widely regarded as one of the finest.
Now UNO is poised to open its own soccer showplace this fall as it rebuilds Caniglia Field, the longtime home for its former football program, into the permanent playing facility for its men's and women's soccer programs.
The project, which Associate Athletic Director Mike Kemp said is expected to cost between $1.2 million and $1.4 million, will not only put the teams in a picturesque stadium in the middle of campus, but will also have them playing on a state-of-the art, soccer-specific artificial turf.
"It will be a very unique facility," Kemp said. "It will be a beautiful stadium with a top-of-the-line playing surface. I know Hellas (Construction) is excited about it. And there will be very few cities with soccer facilities that equal Morrison and Caniglia."
The turf, from Hellas Sports Construction, will feature a lower grain that leads to a truer and faster roll for the ball compared to soccer played on football fields. And rather than the typical crumbled rubber cushioning, Kemp said UNO's turf will have a mixture of ground coconut husks and cork — a design that keeps the on-field temperature significantly lower.
The giant video scoreboard that was originally installed for football at the south end of the stadium is still in place. The main seating structure on the west side of the field will be utilized, with plans for it to be upgraded. Berm seating along the east side of the field, similar to Morrison Stadium, is in the works.
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"It's really about more than just the soccer programs," said Don Klosterman, UNO's women's coach. "I think it's showing people the direction we're all headed as an athletic department and a university, and it shows the real commitment we have to Division I athletics. That might be the most important part of it."
The facility will be used for practices and games, as well as for intramurals.
Recent cold and rainy weather has put the project slightly behind schedule, but it is still expected to be completed in July.
The former artificial turf, which wasn't wide enough for soccer and needed replacing anyway, Kemp said, has been pulled out. So, too, has the track that once surrounded the playing field. The former cinder block building that housed visiting team lockers and concessions has been torn down.
Some grading has taken place and more will be done — the soccer pitch is a flat field, while football is played on a crowned field, which slopes slightly downward from the middle to each sideline.
Crumbled rubber will be part of a layer below the playing surface that will help cushion the field to prevent injuries.
Kemp said the playing surface will be one of just a few of its kind in the United States.
UNO women's program, as well as its 2-year-old men's program, has practiced and played on a grass field at the former Chili Greens, next to the indoor practice bubble on the south end of campus.
"Our guys are super, super excited," men's coach Jason Mims said. "It's a nice field at Chili Greens, and the guys enjoy playing there, but the setup isn't much of a 'facility.' ... Now we can be right in the middle of campus."
Mims, a former Creighton assistant, saw the impact Morrison Stadium made at CU and hopes the same will happen at UNO.
"(Creighton) had a good following at Tranquility Park (in west Omaha), but as soon as we had our first game on campus, a couple thousand students showed up," Mims said. "I hope we can have the same positive results here. Just to have something happening on campus on a weekend or a weeknight ... it could be incredible."
Kemp said the facility should easily be the best among Summit League programs. Mims and Klosterman each said the upgrade hasn't quite started to filter into a positive factor in recruiting, but they expect that it will soon.
"There's a big difference between using your imagination and trying to explain it to them to really seeing it," Klosterman said.
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The University requires that all students take a minimum of 40 credits of Areas of Knowledge courses, with at least 10 credits in each of three Areas: Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts (VLPA); Individuals and Societies (I&S); and The Natural World (NW). Each school and college of the University has established requirements that meet or exceed these minimum requirements. Check General Education Requirements of UW's Schools and Colleges to find out the requirements for your major.
For example, majors in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete at least 20 credits in each of the three Areas, plus 15 additional credits from any of the Areas, while majors in the College of Engineering must complete 24-30 credits between I&S and VLPA and 50+ credits in NW.
Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts
Courses in this Area focus on the history, interpretation, criticism, and practice of the arts. The requirement is meant to help you develop a personal appreciation of the creative process. Examples of departments that offer such courses include art history, classics, dance, drama, English, music, and foreign languages. Most speech courses also count in this Area.
Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts courses are marked in the Course Descriptions and the Time Schedule as "VLPA."
Individuals and Societies
This Area includes a wide variety of options for the study of human beings and societies. Courses focus on the history, development, and dynamics of human behavior, as well as social and cultural institutions and practices. Departments that offer such courses include American ethnic studies, anthropology, economics, geography, international studies, political science, psychology, sociology, and women studies. I&S includes, from departments such as history, philosophy, and religion, courses traditionally grouped with "humanities" at other colleges.
Individuals and Societies courses are marked in the Course Descriptions and the Time Schedule as "I&S."
The Natural World
Courses in this Area focus on the disciplined, scientific study of the natural world. The Area can be divided into three broad categories: the mathematical sciences, the physical sciences, and the biological sciences. Departments that offer such courses include astronomy, biology, chemistry, fisheries, forest resources, geology, mathematics, and oceanography.
Natural World courses are marked in the Course Descriptions and the Time Schedule as "NW."
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Any passing grades (0.7 and above) are acceptable. Courses may not be taken on the satisfactory/not satisfactory (S/NS) grading option.
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- For majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, you may count 15 credits from your major department toward Areas of Knowledge. Overlap rules for majors in other colleges and schools vary; refer to the catalog listing of the specific major for details.
- If you complete two majors, and at least one of the majors is in the College of Arts and Sciences, you may count 15 credits from one major toward Areas of Knowledge, and any number of credits from the other major. You choose which major has restricted overlap.
- You may count any number of credits from courses counted toward a minor, or toward the additional writing requirement or the Q/SR requirement, toward Areas of Knowledge as well.
- The courses on the English composition list do not count toward Areas of Knowledge.
- Overlap with the foreign language requirement is a bit more complicated, and is detailed on the foreign language requirement page.
AP and IB
Except for AP credit in English composition, most credit granted from College Board Advanced Placement examinations and International Baccalaureate can be counted toward Areas of Knowledge. If you have AP or IB scores, check out the AP credit and IB credit tables.
Transfer Students
Most transfer courses in fields related to Arts and Sciences will count toward Areas of Knowledge. Transfer courses that will not count toward Areas of Knowledge include most business, engineering, and technical courses; physical education courses; and English composition courses.
Many courses that transfer as X-credit (e.g., HIST 1XX) will be assigned to the appropriate Area of Knowledge automatically, based on the department. However, some departments (e.g., PSYCH) have courses that fall in different Areas and so must be evaluated by an adviser, who will determine in which Area(s) each course falls.
Although UW courses taken S/NS cannot be counted toward Areas of Knowledge, transfer courses taken on a pass-fail basis before you first enter the UW can be counted toward Areas of Knowledge.
You can check the course equivalency tables to determine which courses from Washington community colleges count toward the UW's Areas of Knowledge requirement; they are marked in the lists as VLPA, I&S, or NW.
A student who has a transfer associate's degree from a Washington community college is allowed to count transferred courses toward the Areas of Knowledge requirement in the category the community college counted the courses. The courses most often affected are history and philosophy courses. A student who has a transfer AA and transfer courses in history or philosophy should visit The Transfer Associate Degree Agreement and Counting History and Philosophy Courses from Washington Community Colleges toward UW's Areas of Knowledge Requirement.
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Students who enter the UW with a bachelor's degree already completed, and plan to earn a second bachelor's degree from the UW, are required to complete the Areas of Knowledge requirement. Since the courses of postbaccalaureate students are not individually evaluated — that is, they are not individually translated into UW equivalents — postbaccalaureate students must meet with an adviser to determine how courses already completed apply to the Areas of Knowledge requirement.
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You can generate a complete list of the Areas of Knowledge courses with space still available with the General Education Requirement Course Search.
A list of Suggested Areas of Knowledge Courses is also available. This list is prepared before registration begins, and includes mainly lower-division, general-interest Areas of Knowledge courses. The courses are grouped by Area and by the number of credits. Courses which also count toward the additional writing requirement are indicated.
Areas of Knowledge is the breadth requirement of the bachelor's degree. It is meant to ensure that you receive a liberal education rather than narrow, specialized training in only one field.
More than a third of your bachelor's degree will be devoted to meeting the Areas of Knowledge requirement. Although it might seem like a lot — especially when added to the writing, Q/SR, and foreign language requirements — there is substantial overlap built into the general education requirements. For example, almost all students can count their Q/SR and W courses toward Areas of Knowledge as well.
Not as immediately evident is the flexibility built into the requirements. The 15 credits of overlap with your major department (in College of Arts and Sciences majors) allow you to take as few as 5 credits outside your major in one of the Areas. Many departments have courses in two or more Areas; it is then your decision which (if any) Areas you'll partially satisfy with your major.
Adding to the flexibility is the fact that many courses appear in more than one Area. You can't count such a course toward both Areas at once, but which Area you count it toward is your decision.
Virtually every undergraduate course offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, and many in other schools and colleges, count toward Areas of Knowledge. Search through the Course Descriptions and the Time Schedule and find courses that sound interesting to you. They may be spread over many departments, or you may wish to focus your general education in a few areas of special interest.
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Deep beneath the domes and spires of Kiev's Old Town, and unbeknown to the crowds who flock to the monasteries, monuments and cathedrals above, there exists another world. While there are a number of widely celebrated sites for urbex in Ukraine – from the tragically abandoned city of Prypiat to the seemingly endless Odessa Catacombs – surprisingly little in comparison has been reported about the vast network of drains, tunnels and mines, which spread for many miles beneath the capital city of Kiev.
Up until now, The Bohemian Blog has been missing something. Over the past six months I've endeavoured to gather together a decent variety of urbex reports; now including schools, asylums, industrial facilities, political sites as well as high-rise buildings. However, one significant category remains conspicuous by its absence: drains.
Drains represent a uniquely popular subset of the urbex community. Often referred to as draining, and sometimes known as urban spelunking, the art of infiltrating and exploring storm drains, sewers and other underground waterways has both its own unique attractions, and dangers, attached.
Unlike hotels, hospitals, churches and schools – buildings ergonomically and aesthetically designed to accommodate human beings with their various tastes and needs – drains were never constructed with us in mind. This has the effect of making the exploration all the more authentic; rather than simply reclaiming forgotten spaces the explorer forges new ground, discovering paths that were not intended to be trodden. In this way draining has more in common with caving or potholing than it does with the exploration of abandoned buildings.
The rewards can often be magnificent, as these accidental subterranean landscapes hold for many a bizarre beauty all their own: underground waterways becoming alluring labyrinths; reservoirs resemble endless subterranean lakes; the meeting points of separate drains and their large overflow chambers form the vaulted interiors of otherworldly cathedrals beneath the earth.
There are of course, plenty of dangers lying in wait for the urban spelunker – down here in the bowels of cities, you're unlikely to be heard if you should call for help, and you'll be lucky to find phone signal. Add to that the risk of flash floods, sudden steep drops and the perpetual background threat of tainted air… draining is certainly not a pastime to be entered into lightly.
I was lucky enough to receive the guided tour of Kiev's secret underworld, courtesy of General Kosmosa. It's a good thing, too – the winding passages and restrictive tunnels that form this subterranean network seemed to branch off in all directions, some leading deeper into disused mines beneath the city, others culminating in abrupt dead-ends.
We entered the tunnels through a simple wooden hatch set in a concrete base, located in a stretch of rough ground near the city's financial district. As I climbed carefully down the ladder and into the darkness, patches of rust and limescale came off the rungs in great, wet flakes – staining my palms a livid shade of orange.
The first trapezoid tunnel we entered into seemed to stretch on forever, a corrugated tube of concrete that faded to black in both directions. With the General leading the way, our party of three made our way upstream through the darkness, cold water rushing past our feet at ankle level. The uniform tunnels were roughly five foot in height, forcing us to hunch over as we trudged onwards.
From this main waterway a number of passages forked off at tangents, each one disappearing into dark spaces filled with the sound of running water. At one point I managed to loose sight of the others, while pausing briefly to take a photograph – running to catch up I took the wrong turning where the path divided neatly in two. It only took me a few minutes to realise I had gone the wrong way and find the rest of the group, but the experience brought home the very real danger of getting lost in this labyrinthine underworld.
After ten, maybe even twenty minutes of the same endless, corrugated tunnels (my awareness of time decreasing inversely to my developing night vision), we reached a vertical shaft. This narrow opening at the end of the tunnel had the appearance of a subterranean waterfall; a metal ladder set into the back wall, obscured behind a cascading torrent of cold water.
Torch and camera stowed safely inside a waterproof bag, I followed my guide up the ladder – the water quickly soaking me to the skin, and making for a slow and treacherous climb.
On this next level the ribbed concrete tunnels gave way to rough-hewn rock, and more than once I cracked my head on low-hanging stalactites. Another five minutes upstream however the tunnel finally opened up above us, and we entered into a vast, vaulted chamber. Fractured light spilled in from the slatted roof, illuminating the deep, round shaft – lined with concrete roundels and hung with rusted gantries – in which we now stood.
Far above our heads, beyond the iron grating, lay the heart of Kiev's financial district. Many of these tunnels were installed as a back-up water supply by Stalin, during the Soviet era. However, these newer sections were merely extensions to a much older network of tunnels, which riddle the ground beneath the city – as we were to find out by delving deeper into the warren of pipes and passages.
Initially we tried following the other main passage feeding into this central chamber, but we didn't get far before finding our path blocked by fallen rubble. Seemingly unperturbed, our guide led us back to the last chamber; choosing instead a smaller, rocky shaft that led off at a tangent. I found myself wondering (and not for the last time) how he had managed to commit to memory such a complex network of tunnels.
The next excitement came as our path opened up onto a large vertical shaft; here the slow stream we had been following trickled out along an extended lip, high above the floor below, before cascading down a drainage funnel. We were granted no such conduit however, and so upon reaching the slippery overhang we had to climb across onto a rusted metal gantry fastened to the wall nearby. From here it was possible to make one's way down a series of iron ladders, suspended at varying angles in a haphazard zigzag pattern... a precarious climb indeed, down four flights of slippery, rust-encrusted rungs.
From here we trekked through a long concrete tube, resembling a scaled-down train tunnel. After perhaps ten minutes, the end not even nearly in sight, General Kosmosa stopped us by a side turning. Here the tunnels were much smaller, older, and cut in two by the newer installation. The General told us that these were the remains of a system of mine shafts, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century; and as we crawled along the narrow shaft, I found myself imagining what it must have been like to work these mines, so far removed from the light of day. The air tasted thin, and fungus grew from the damp walls. Occasionally we found traces of life – alcoves set into the walls held spaces for bowls and flasks, places where miners would stop to rest or refresh themselves.
At times the progress was almost unbearable. The passages were so small that movement was severely limited; the ceiling often pressing low enough that we were forced to pull ourselves forward on our elbows. As the cold water continued to splash around my forearms, sometimes reaching as high as my chin, I prayed we wouldn't encounter a flash flood – it would have been near impossible to reverse out of such a confined space.
Not only did the tunnel seem to be without an end, but it was also noticeably decreasing in size. I had almost reached the point of questioning our guide's sanity, when finally we came across a junction, and dragged ourselves out of the rocky shaft and into one of the newer concrete tunnels.
From here it was an easy walk to our exit... we emerged much as we had entered the drains, through a nondescript hatch set in a patch of rough ground. Fresh air has never tasted so sweet as it did at that moment! We dried ourselves as best we could, changed our clothes, and I threw my ruined shoes in the nearest bin. After that we bought a few bottles of strong Ukrainian beer and sat on a wall in the park, watching the sun go down over the city.
All in all a fantastic day out, and a great first foray into the underside of one of Europe's most beautiful cities. Thanks once again to General Kosmosa for making this expedition possible… and if you're interested in keeping up to date with his adventures, then you can pay a visit to his own urban exploration blog here.
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The leech with big teeth which goes inside us especially gives me the creeps.
Houdini fly breaks through wall of bee nest to lay its eggs inside, by inflating its head.
What animal has the most brain proportionally speaking? If you think it's humans, you're far off. As animals miniaturize, their brains have to shrink more slowly, so they can continue to function. The tinniest spiders have 80% of their bodies filled up with nervous system.
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Smithsonian researchers report that the brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs.
As the spiders get smaller, their brains get proportionally bigger, filling up more and more of their body cavities. "The smaller the animal, the more it has to invest in its brain, which means even very tiny spiders are able to weave a web and perform other fairly complex behaviors,"...
"We discovered that the central nervous systems of the smallest spiders fill up almost 80 percent of their total body cavity, including about 25 percent of their legs."
Interesting. Never realized that in order to function, small creatures need more room for brains, but it makes sense.
I've read that our skull size limits how smart we are, but I imagine in the future, we will change what evolution has given us and increase our brain size.
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Peacock spider dances to YMCA (not scary).
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32 minutes past due. This tape is going to be the greatest ever, though, so I can wait. It will be the greatest JK20 tribute ever seen!
Originally Posted by Bill Walton Think Oscar Wilde when he said, "every saint has a past, every sinner has a future." But also think Neil Young: the fork in the road, light a candle. Instead of cursing the darkness, let's light a candle for where we're going. This was fantastic for the world. We are better people for having been here. It was absolutely incredible. I'm inspired. I don't know when I'll ever sleep again.
Whar hit tape?!
Heads must roll.. e-mailing JP now.
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Don't really feel like making a thread for this but Diante was just in the #1 Not Top 10 plays
More info please, cyguy.
"There are five real good recruits in the state. We got three of them. One couldnt get into school, and the other went to (the University of) Iowa...which is about the same thing." - Coach Johnny Orr
Originally Posted by cyguytillidie Don't really feel like making a thread for this but Diante was just in the #1 Not Top 10 plays what.... wha happn
Originally Posted by FLCyclone I graduated '04 from Southlake Carroll. What's more, I live in Orlando now too! haha that's crazy. I lived in Timmaron and only made it through the earlier grades as I made it through Caroll Intermediate but then moved away. Great area, I miss it alot.
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They had their gorilla mascot in a clown suit, hiding in a trash can. Had video of the players walking past the trash can and the gorilla would jump out. Diante was the first player in the clip. He wasn't phased though.
That is hilarious! I'd like to see the video... Full disclosure...that would have scared the **** outta me!
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Russian Space Authorities Determine Cause of Failed Mars Probe: America
Western meddling--rather than Roscosmos--may be to blame for Phobos-Grunt disaster, says Roscosmos
The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos--you know, the one that hasn't enjoyed a lot of success lately--isn't sure exactly why Russia's doomed Phobos-Grunt mission failed to fire its engines and escape Earth's orbit on a trajectory for Mars. But he's got a theory: it's the West's fault. At least, that seems to be the between-the-lines meaning of a statement made to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
"I do not want to blame anyone, but these days there are very powerful means to influence space vehicles," Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin told Izvestia, adding "we do not understand frequent failures of our space vehicles when they fly over the shadow, for Russia, part of the Earth. Right there we are unable to see the vehicle and to receive its telemetry."
The shadow for Russia, of course, is the other side of the planet (read: North America, or possibly Europe). And naturally Popovkin isn't the first to suggest that the Phobos-Grunt failure might be the result of external meddling. Back in November, a retired Russian general who was once chief of the country's ballistic missile early warning system told the Interfax news agency that American radar sites in Alaska were the cause of Phobos-Grunt's failure.
"The powerful electromagnetic radiation of those sites may have affected the control system of the interplanetary probe," General-Lieutenant Nikolay Rodionov said at the time. He was referring, presumably, to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) site near Gakona, Alaska, an ionospheric research facility run by the U.S. Navy and Air Force (and DARPA, among other research institutions) that has been blamed for everything from earthquakes to weather events to the downing of TWA flight 800.
Of course, someone's got to take the blame, and no one wants to be that someone. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has already said he wants to seek punishment for those responsible for the Phobos-Grunt debacle, saying "I am not suggesting putting them up against the wall like under Josef Vissarionovich (Stalin), but seriously punish either financially or, if the fault is obvious, it could be a disciplinary or even criminal punishment." No wonder everyone is so eager to pass the buck.
More diplomatically, Popovkin did admit that Phobos-Grunt was a hastily launched mission. Some technological risks were taken with the program, he said, and since some of parts aboard the probe were approaching their expiration dates, the mission had to go to Mars in 2011 or not at all. The result was a mission that was rushed to the launchpad.
[Russia Today via NASAwatch]
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In the late evenings of night, Grunt work on Probos-Grunt probe and it was stole premature from it's own construction. The idiot envious Chinese took the Probos-Grunt from the garage of "GRUNT" and made it their own. But the idiot Chinese stole something that was not finished and they in their on minds could not complete or even create\invent. It is expected result that it meets it fiery event, ha HA HA as my dear Grunt tells the story.
The Chinese is a land of Hackers, thief's and copy cats and their power of inventions is a lost history; they are weak........
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I have been investigating the seeder side of the Internet and checking out Conspiracy theories and the possibility of Ancient Alien interaction with humans...very interesting stuff. If you understand that only a hand full of people are in total control of the monetary system (Rothschild and Rockefeller, etc.) You begin to get a picture of the current political system. The Rockefeller's helped funded and start the United Nations..the land the UN building is on is owned by Rockefeller. The idea and intricate workings of the Freemasons and the incursion of possible Illuminati interactions is another front to be dealt with. Some of these people don't want to see other powers get access to space.
Current Black Operations that are occurring at Area 51 and possible Anti-Gravitic activity. There is a possibility that those who are in Power are actively trying to thwart further advancement into space
Look into: the TR-3B, the documentary movie called Thrive, the Orion Conspiracy website (http://www.theorionconspiracy.com/)
Look into the website called: AlienScientist (http://www.alienscientist.com/)
Look into sites that talk about Ancient Aliens and related to the Mayans
What I'm saying is that there is a possibility that there is a covert US involvement.
I believe there have been at least 29 Mars missions that Russia has taken and ALL have failed....what is going on with that. All it takes is changing a few lines of software code and that code can translate into Engines misfiring or not firing at all, orbital paths that are off by a few degrees that results in Burn Up on entry to Mars Atmosphere...etc. It just takes one person that is covertly inserted into the workforce and is tasked to make a slight change in something
"I remember doing a school project a few years back, where I had to list all the moon, Mars, etc landers and orbiters. Russia has a VERY bad history,"
ummm duh!!! this was the 17th out 17th failed mission to mars from Russia.
lets not forget the 4 nuclear reactors that they tried to launch into space that ALL failed to reach orbit, and one spilled low levels of radiation over 1/3 of Canada.
it is curious that their joint missions, and manned missions have not failed since the fall of the USSR but the majority of their solo (or non EU or NA) projects and non manned missions seem to fail the majority of the time. but then again, when was the last time you bought a Russian car, TV, or even a toaster. They have never ever ever had a decent track record with ANY technology ever! in this case I think its the easy obvious answer. They build $$$$ products.
AND WAY OFF topic, but yeah. I think the ENGLISH Nazis need to shut the $$$$ up. who cares. it is the internet. and I agree with most people. we work all day long. I am AN ENGLISH TEACHER for $$$$s sake! the LAST thing I want to do when I am on popsci is complain about english or take the time to type or proofread. its the INTERNET!!! fast messy and 99% full of %%%% so WHO CARES???
What would be the point of interfering with an interplanetary exploration probe? They could just as easily have accused the Chinese of hacking it, but what would be the motivation? Only if it wasn't really a scientific probe but some kind of spy device or weapon in disguise, but how likely is that?
I've said it when the first article came out. A full investigation needs to be done and those guilty if there are any should be punished. Otherwise, they need to re-think their Q/A processes and Continual Service Improvement strategies... cuz comeone learn from your mistakes goshdarnit russia..for Yuri plz
NASA and another space agency (either JAXA or the ESA; I forget which one), had experiments on this spacecraft. What benefit would it be to the U.S. to sabotage a mission they had a significant part in. Of course we know NASA is not the Defense Department (we sure as hell know NASA doesn't get the same funding as the DOD does). I won't call it one way or another, but it's 2012. This 1950s rhetoric seems a little bit old and out of place. If you want to look to sabotage, why don't we look at the obvious fact: over the past three to four years, the People's Republic of China has been either speculated as or caught "Red" handed being behind the hacking exploits and theat of electronic information from dozens to hundreds of private and government firms in the U.S. and several European countries. The world's #2 Economy is phishing for some paths towards industrial expansion to knock off #1, and/or position themselves to greatly influence East Asia in the attempts of being in a position to call a few shots in it's global interest at the world table.
What if the truth was that there IS some form of life on Mars and no one wants the public to know about it? So there are some global entities doing what they can to prevent that leak.
Just sayin....
Playing Devil's Advocate since 1978
"The only constant in the universe is change"
-Heraclitus of Ephesus 535 BC - 475 BC
@Inaka_Rob: Off topic I know, but if you're an English teacher than I'm a three-wheeled teapot aquarium housing a hyper-intelligent breed of Neptunian lung fish.
Travelling the internet with "fast and messy" English is like travelling the highway with fast and messy driving. Sure, you may get somewhere faster but along the way your polluting more, and possibly causing accidents (in this sense misunderstandings based on poor diction and grammar). I can understand a bit of exasperation, but someone who claims to be an English teacher completely disregarding the tenets of the language simply because they are on the internet is beyond belief.
Now back on topic, I wonder if this will produce any kind of diplomatic strain between the US and Russia. Russia may not be a technological or manufacturing power-house, but they do have plenty of resources.
@Fallacy: Those Neptunian lung fish can't be all that hyper-intelligent.
You should have written: "if you're an English teacher then (not than) I'm a three-wheeled teapot"
and: "but along the way you're (not your) polluting more"
On topic: If the Russians have built an interplanetary probe that could be affected by something like HAARP, it probably wasn't ever going to make it as far as Mars anyway.
I concur with this sentiment. Just because 90% of the people using the internet do not check their spelling and grammar (in any language for that matter), doesn't mean you should follow suit. The computer/text language of lower-case abbreviations and acronyms is illogically not uniform as some of the phrases share similar lettering with different meaning (example: g2g; good to go and got to go). The translation of the phrases are based on the writer. Most character meanings are shared and thus universal (example: lol) but as a whole it is not an effective means of communication (I know, a bit off topic from bad grammar, but the meaning still applies). For us English speakers, the most effective communication in writing comes from the grammatical principles we learned whilst children in 'Grammar School' (i.e. Elementary; which is the concept; not the likes of 'rocket science').
The internet is a place where people try to use anonymity to their advantage. I am not a Jaffa. I just play one on TV.
@Code Zero
To play your devil's advocate and poke holes in your theory, wouldn't the idea of extra-terrestrial life on Mars be the motivation behind multiple failed missions on the side of the U.S. as well as the Russians. NASA doesn't have much in terms of Red Planet exploratory failure. Overall, NASA has been nothing but successful in exploring the red planet, to a point where they consider the concept of flying a plane there (go figure). The idea would be to keep telemetry from coming back to Earth, revealing the secrets that they don't want you to know. "A government is only a body of people usually and notably ungoverned."
I thought Apollo 18 was a decent movie too.
@Fallacy: I was just being facetious. I completely agree with your points about spelling and grammar.
An edit function would be handy. I've often noticed mistakes in my posts just after they were posted.
Back on topic: I think the Russians are correct to be paranoid about interference with spacecraft. But I'd be more concerned about hackers doing it as a joke or to extort money.
Well now, if we can legitimize playing the old 'blame game' from one direction, maybe it can be reversed?
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Numerous US failures going to Mars
Okee dokee, let's blame the Russians! The Russians not only tried to sabotage the Apollo moon program by destroying the prototype capsule, they killed 3 of our astronauts. Then there is the shuttle program and 14 more 'nauts who have died because the Russians were angry that their own shuttle, Buran, wasn't going along nearly as well.
That brings us full circle because some seem to be saying that the US is attempting to undermine the very same Russians that we are also now dependent upon for a ride to the ISS... or anywhere else in space.
It's just too much politics and it is undoubtedly trendy to bash America right now.
Pop culture on PopSci. What a mix, lol.
I think a better explanation for why it didn't work is that Russians built it. If your rocket is so delicate that any stray radar waves can scramble its systems then something is very seriously wrong with your engineering department.
I once read a novel, 'Storming Intrepid' I beleive the title was [sorry for speaking like Yoda], in which a secret cabal of Soviet officials were sabotaging their own space program to provoke an international incident with the US. This might be a case of something similar happening, given the current problems their government is having.
It is wholly understandable that Russia would blame the U.S. rather than China. Just think of accountability. We allow our nation to be held accountable for some things, but China does not. Which means that Russia would have to FORCE accountability on China. Really a much more safe thing to blame the U.S.; isn't it, Mr. Medvedev?
This about this for a second. Say you are a head government official... and you have access to Area 51. Heck, let's say you're running, i don't know, a future stealth helicopter program that is in it's final stages. You don't want people to know what is really happening. You send up a fleet of these prototype stealth helicopters with specially installed landing lights on the bottom of the fuselage. You fly in formation over a particular city in Arizona, and all of a sudden, the next day, everyone thinks they saw a giant UFO that had 5 bright lights mysteriously in the same formation your helos were in. I think conspiracy theories are what is blinding people from the truth. What is better than to sit and watch people beat themselves up trying to find something you know doesn't exist. I would purposely set up "UFO" sightings using advanced technology that is being tested, and let the people run free with the idea aliens have visited Earth, traveled millions of light years, yet we managed to capture them, when we ourselves haven't even left the solar system. Really? Really? that's pathetic. Anything intelligent enough to get here isn't gonna be taken down by our technology.


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Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 5:37 pm
Should emergency rooms track the number of people who get hurt or sick after drinking coffee? That's what the maker of Monster Energy drinks suggests in response to a recent report that emergency room visits involving caffeine-laced energy drinks doubled from 2007 to 2011.
Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 8:48 pm
Information technology has transformed much of the American economy, but its use in health care still lags, especially when it comes to electronic medical records.
Here's an example: The state of Colorado runs a computerized registry where any provider who gives a child a vaccine can report that information. The system should help kids stay current with their immunizations.
The prime minister of Algeria is defending his government's response to last week's attack on a natural gas plant that left 37 hostages dead. He says the Islamic militants who were behind the attack planned to blow up the facility and would have killed a lot more people if they hadn't been stopped.
The attack happened at a huge, internationally operated facility in the Sahara. And it underscores the dangers that energy companies face when they do business in politically unstable places.
A French judge will decide this week if Twitter must hand over the identities of users sending anti-Semitic tweets. The case, brought against Twitter by a Jewish student organization, pits America's free speech guarantees against Europe's laws banning hate speech.
The controversy began in October, when the French Union of Jewish Students threatened to sue Twitter to get the names of people posting anti-Semitic tweets with the hashtag #unbonjuif, or "a good Jew."
Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 4:46 pm
President Obama mentioned him five times in Monday's inaugural address — God, that is.
In modern times, religion has become so intertwined in our political rhetoric that the failure of any president to invoke God in a speech as important as the inaugural could hardly escape notice. Thanks to this graphic in The Wall Street Journal, we noticed the presidents who did (nearly all) and the few who didn't (Teddy Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes).
A disagreement between supporters of the Sundance Film Festival and a conservative think tank in Utah is raising questions about whether tax dollars should support the arts. The Sutherland Institute says some films screened at Sundance do not reflect Utah values.
Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 6:54 pm
The photo is quite striking, to be sure.
Agence France Press photographer Issouf Sanogo writes that when he was with French soldiers in central Mali on Sunday, "a helicopter was coming in to land and churning up tremendous dust clouds. Instinctively, all the soldiers grabbed their scarfs to avoid getting a mouthful of sand."
Sanogo started taking pictures.
Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 6:15 pm
Jose James knows jazz. The son of a Panamanian jazz saxophonist, he studied at the prestigious New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, was a finalist in 2004's Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocalist Competition and recently toured with legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner.
Originally published on Sat January 26, 2013 10:19 pm
Editor's Note: Robert has added a postscript to this post. Scroll down or click here to read it.
We wax, we wane. It's the dance of life.
Every living thing is a pulse. We quicken, then we fade. There is a deep beauty in this, but deeper down, inside every plant, every leaf, inside every living thing (us included) sits a secret.


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Adams Venture III: Revelations
"Graphically stunning; emphasis on backstory adds to overall sense of relevance; plenty of puzzles." - Adventuregamers.com
Adam's Venture is an adventure game franchise that is focused on non-violent gameplay set in the early twenties of the 20th Century. With state of the art Unreal 3 graphics providing colorful and lifelike 3D environments, a gripping storyline and many puzzles to solve varying from easy to difficult, Adam's Venture supplies everything that an adventure gamer is looking for.
In Adam's Venture 3: Revelations, you get to experience a flashback Adam has to earlier events in Oxford, which have set his adventure into motion. Left for dead by the megalomanic Clairvaux leader in Solomon's collapsing palace, Adam relives his first meeting with Evelyn and their expedition to the small French town of Luz. Templar secrets, powerful corporations and the importance of keeping a promise all fight for attention in his feverish mind. Will he come to his senses in time to save Evelyn and the day? It's up to you in this third installment of the episodic series.
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New locations and varying weather types
25 new challenging puzzles, varying in difficulty
Find out how it all began and how the Clairvaux corporation means to end it.
Meet Adam's father, a lazy French postman and other characters from the series
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Game soundtrack by award winning composer Jonathan van den Wijngaarden
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jeyko | Aug. 9, 2012 | See all jeyko's reviews »Too bad this game does not have that much media attention. The voice acting is stellar. The music is atmospheric. The graphics are gourgeusly built on the Uneal 3 engine. The puzzles are hard and mindboggling - I love it! And there is a LOT of dialogue and an awesome storyline. For what it is, it's awesome and really underrated! Buy this game and support the developers - it's worth it.


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High Tower on Blue Ridge Mts. long range mountain views in Asheville
- bedrooms 5
- baths 3
- sleeps 14
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
- type Chalet
- community Swannanoa
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High Tower is located in Swannanoa, half way between
Asheville and Black Mountain. It is set on the Blue Ridge Mountains
with long distance views of the beautiful forests of the Asheville
watershed and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The summers are cool on this
mountain slope and views are breathtaking in all seasons. Air
conditioning is provided but rarely needed.
No smoking inside please. Some pets are permitted with prior written approval.
This is a spacious three story, two-unit well insulated chalet.
Each unit is all on one level and accessible from grade level with
only one or two steps. The upper residence has three bedrooms and two
baths with sleeping accomodations for 8. Two can sleep in each of
the 3 bedrooms on either a queen size bed, a full bed, or two twin
beds. A queen size sofa sleeper in the living room can sleep 2
additional people.
The second floor unit (accessible via ramp from the outside or
stairs from the ground floor garage) has two bedrooms and one bath.
Each bedroom can accomodate two people. There is a queen bed in one
bedroom and two twin beds in the other. A queen size sofa sleeper in
the living room can sleep 2 additional people.
Together both units accomodate a total of 14 persons. The
spacious home is beautifully decorated and fully furnished. There
are separate decks accessed from the living room and the bedrooms.
A lookout tower is reached via a ladder from the upper unit.
A private 237 acre game preserve with gardens is available
for hiking and picnics for guests. The owners reside nearby.
Many grocery stores, shops, video rentals and restaurants are
readily accessible in Swannanoa, Black Mountain, and Asheville.
Swannanoa is 5 miles from the unit, and only 9 miles from the quaint
town of Black Mountain. Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway are
within 10 miles.
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VCR, DVD player, games, telephone, full kitchen, microwave, dishwasher,
washer, dryer,toaster,linens, cookware, utensils, and soaps
provided. A Jacuzzi is set in beautiful
private wooded glen. Covered carport space for 5+ cars is available on site.
activities and attractions in Asheville Smoky Mountains
High Tower is easily accessible to numerous attractions
including: the Biltmore Estate, the towns of Black Mountain, and
Montreat, and both Mission and VA Hospitals. Only 3 miles from Warren
Wilson College and sharing Camp Rockmont's ridgeline (location of the
Leaf Festivals). The Blue Ridge Parkway's Folk Art Center is on the
way into delightful historic downtown Asheville. Museums including
those for art, history, crafts, automobiles, gems and minerals are in
the area as well as the historic Thomas Wolfe Home, Smith McDowell
House Museum, and Vance Birthplace. The more adventurous will easily
find white water rafting, rock climbing, snow skiing, horse back
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featured in the local Nature Center, Asheville Botanical Gardens and
the Arboretum, as well as nearby Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, and
Grandfather Mountain. Innumerable restaurants tempt the palate with a
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is plenty to see and do in the area besides simply take in its
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Three bedroom unit$188/night $1,098/week
Two bedroom unit $140/night $805/week
Entire Chalet $328/night $1,905/week
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By Lidia Kelly and Thomas Grove
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory on Saturday but their numbers were far fewer than in previous weeks.
People who demonstrated in bright sunshine in central Moscow waved flags, balloons and banners and wore white ribbons, the symbol of protests that began three months ago. Echoing chants from previous rallies, they shouted "Russia without Putin".
"The road will be long and hard, it will be no quick struggle, but we will do it all. Russia will be free - Russia demands change!" liberal leader Grigory Yavlinsky told the crowd.
But organizers put the crowd at 25,000, about a quarter of the size of the last protest before the March 4 poll gave Putin a six-year third term as president. Police estimated the crowd at 10,000 and independent witnesses put it at under 20,000.
Even though international vote monitors say the election was skewed in his favor, opposition leaders have been forced by the margin of victory to acknowledge that Putin was the winner.
Officials results showed the prime minister and former KGB spy won almost 64 percent of votes and put the runner-up, Communist Gennady Zyuganov, on less than 18 percent.
The opposition is struggling to find a way to maintain pressure on Putin and mount a sustained challenge to the man they say has stunted Russia's political and economic development after 12 years rule as president or prime minister.
Some are defiant. Sergei Udaltsov, a far-left leader, called for 1 million people to march on May 1, a national holiday.
"Only the street can change the authorities. Only the masses. We have no other option. That's why we'll be fighting, going onto the streets - until we overthrow them," he said.
But organizers did not agree on a date for the next protest and many said the opposition has to be patient over its demands for a more open political system and greater democracy.
"If this system took 15 or so years to be created, we need a few years - three, four, five - to dismantle it," Yavlinsky said.
Fewer protesters are optimistic about the chances of enacting change since police detained hundreds of people who attended unsanctioned protests on Monday in Moscow and St Petersburg or refused to go home after a Moscow rally that had been permitted.
Putin, 59, has made clear he will allow protests agreed ahead of time with city authorities but will crack down against rallies that are not sanctioned.
Helmeted riot police pulled Udaltsov from the top of a garbage bin and detained him, along with two others, after he tried to lead dozens of supporters to a central Moscow square after the sanctioned rally ended.
In St Petersburg, Russia's second city, police hauled away about 30 to 40 people when more than 200 staged an unsanctioned, mostly silent protest without banners, witnesses said. Police said 280 were detained in the city on Monday.
Police used batons to break up an unsanctioned protest in Russia's third biggest city, Nizhny Novgorod, and detained about 50 people, Interfax news agency said.
Some protesters remain defiant, demanding more rallies and protests to follow the wave that began over allegations of fraud in a parliamentary poll won by Putin's party on December 4.
"The 64 percent Putin says he received - he barely got above 50 percent if you take out all the violations. The presidential elections were a joke," Sergei Nemchinov, 50, who is unemployed, said at the Moscow rally.
"Everything depends on the price of oil. The authorities would already have fallen if it weren't for the price of oil and gas. If it does fall, Putin won't last another two years."
Others, deflated by the lack of success in drawing concessions out of Putin and worried about this week's detentions, showed their feelings by not attending.
Police were out in force and two helicopters hovered overhead as the rally got under way on the modern Novy Arbat street in central Moscow. Riot police were also out in force near Red Square in case the protesters tried to march.
"We need to create a modern society. That's why protests are needed. We cannot let lies win," said Dmitry Yakovlev, 27, a consultant.
He hoped arrests would be avoided: "But if it comes to it - I am ready to defend the truth, to suffer for truth."
(Additional reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Timothy Heritage; Editing by Steve Gutterman and Sophie Hares)


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The Physics of Follow-Through *
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This project can apply to soccer, hockey, baseball and many other sports. What is the effect of stopping the kick/shot/swing at the moment of impact vs. following through? Think of a way to measure the outcome in each case, and explain your results. (idea from Gardner, 2000, 83-85; for more information with regard to specific sprorts, see: Barr, 1990, 12-14; Gay, 2004, 142-144; Adair, 2002, 30.)Share your story with Science Buddies!
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- Adair, R. K., 2002. The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, Revised, Updated and Expanded. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
- Barr, G., 1990. Sports Science for Young People. New York, NY: Dover Publications.
- Gardner, R., 2000. Science Projects About the Physics of Sports. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.
- Gay, T., Ph.D., 2005. The Physics of Football. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
Learn more about the science of football with this easy-to-read guide:
- Timer Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds. (n.d.). Football Learning Guide. Retrieved November 11, 2013 from http://www.connectamillionminds.com/assets/media/sis/downloads/football.pdf
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Biomarkers in Samples From Patients With B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified January 2012 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was Not yet recruiting
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First received: January 4, 2012
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Last verified: January 2012
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RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This research study is studying biomarkers in samples from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia enrolled on ECOG-2993 clinical trial.
Condition | Intervention |
Leukemia |
Genetic: RNA analysis Genetic: cytogenetic analysis Genetic: microarray analysis Other: laboratory biomarker analysis |
Study Type: | Observational |
Official Title: | Micro RNA Expression Analysis in B-Lineage Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia From ALL Trial, E2993, Including Patients With Various Cytogenetic and Molecular Abnormalities |
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Drug Information available for:
Ribonucleic acid
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources:
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Burkitt Lymphoma
B-cell Lymphomas
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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Comprehensive view of microRNA expression by cytogenetic subgroup [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- MicroRNA expression in relation to clinical outcome [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Differential microRNA expression between normal B-cells and progenitors compared to B-ALL [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 186 |
Study Start Date: | March 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | March 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
- To identify microRNAs that behave as oncogenes or as tumor suppressor genes in B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in vitro and in vivo.
- To examine if single microRNA or signatures of microRNA correspond to different clinical outcomes in cytogenetically distinct B-ALL groups.
OUTLINE: RNA from archived samples are analyzed for microRNA expression profile in vitro and in vivo.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- Samples from patients enrolled on ECOG-2993
- Samples from patients with recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities other than BCR-ABL, including MLL/AF4, E2A/PBX1, and TEL/AML1
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Responsible Party: | Robert L. Comis, ECOG Group Chair's Office |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01505699 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000720304, ECOG-E2993T4 |
Study First Received: | January 4, 2012 |
Last Updated: | January 4, 2012 |
Health Authority: | Unspecified |
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission B-cell adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Burkitt Lymphoma Leukemia Leukemia, Lymphoid Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma Epstein-Barr Virus Infections Herpesviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Tumor Virus Infections Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin |
Lymphoma Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoma, B-Cell Neoplasms, Experimental Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases |
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Gut Microbiota Composition and Activity in Relation to Host Metabolic Phenotype and Disease Risk
Gut Microbiota Composition and Activity in Relation to Host Metabolic Phenotype and Disease Risk
Cell Metabolism, Volume 16, Issue 5,
Pages 559-564,
Publication Date 7 November 2012
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.10.007
Elaine Holmes
Jia V. Li
Julian R. Marchesi
Jeremy K. Nicholson
Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
Corresponding author
The symbiotic gut microbiota modulate health and disease of the host through a series of transgenomic metabolic and immune regulatory axes. We explore connections between microbiome composition and function related to individual metabolic phenotypes and consider these interactions as possible targets for developing new personalized therapies and clinical management strategies.


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One year ago, I stuck my resume up on Dice and Monster expecting to find a nice job as a system administrator. I wrote a decent resume, outlined my abilities and accomplishments and waited to see my cell phone light up with calls. Nothing happened. I went to both job boards and saw that I had a few hits. I seem to remember about four hits on each board for a total of eight hits. I felt a tiny sense of discouragement.
I did get one call from a recruiter looking for a help desk specialist for Raytheon. The hours were simply horrible, I didn't know the product and I could make about the same amount of money flipping hamburgers at Jakes. Fortunately the recruiter, George, and I got to chatting. He told me that he wanted to retire after 40 years in the business, but his old client Raytheon kept calling him. He also conveyed something I didn't know.
When a job order from a large company like IBM went up on their web site, the young recruiters of today simply used software that went looking for candidates on the job boards and at the same time blasted out a "Hello" e-mail. George also told me that at the bottom of each e-mail the software placed a message saying: If you know someone with these qualifications, we pay referral fees.
George didn't like the state of his profession. He said that most candidates never met their recruiter. Then he asked, "What happened to the day when a company trusted you because you were a 'partner' and brought them people you knew and trusted?"
Finally, I got some advice from the elder statesman of the recruiting world. "Put two resumes on each site. Make one of them your Linux resume and the other a technical writer. Then switch them every morning."
I followed his advice and recruiters would call me. I heard this interesting repetitious statement a number of times: "I just found your resume and it fits a position that just opened up".
Sometimes, it's amazing when an industry professional shares knowledge outsiders don't have. So, what will it be? Admin or writer? How about first come first serve?
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Word has gotten around that Tom has left Linux and open source publishing. I say good riddens. What has he really contributed aside from a bunch of opinions?
I heard he's made a mid-career change to watch repair. Watch repair? Good luck, we can defintely do without this guy. I'm certain I'm not the only one who is glad to see Tom go.
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) President Carl Shaffer talks about major state legislative achievements in 2012 and informs reporters that Congress still has time this year to address major issues affecting farmers in Washington, D.C., during a news conference at PFB's 62nd Annual Meeting in Hershey. (Submitted photo / December 16, 2012) |
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) says farm families will significantly benefit from recent changes to state laws that provide exemptions from considerable tax burdens and remove obstacles impacting agriculture transportation. Farm Bureau, however, warns that the clock is running out on Congress to address critical financial issues affecting farm families across the United States.
"The future is brighter for Pennsylvania farmers, and for generations of farmers to come, now that they are exempt from the state inheritance tax and the realty transfer tax when a family-owned farm enterprise changes its business structure," said PFB President Carl T. Shaffer, during a news conference at PFB's 62nd Annual Meeting in Hershey. "I've already heard of one family who will be receiving a refund of more than $10,000 as a result of the change in the realty transfer tax law."
Farm Bureau notes that aside from working with lawmakers to amend the tax laws, PFB achieved another top legislative priority through the enactment of legislation that updates the state vehicle code.
"When provisions of the law go into effect during January and February, there will be more flexibility in moving farm equipment on Pennsylvania roads, while the trucks and trailers we use around the farm will be allowed to travel longer distances. The changes free farmers from the worry, cost and hassle of acquiring certain permits from what is often described as an unattainable permitting process," added Shaffer.
While many Farm Bureau goals have been accomplished this year in Harrisburg, PFB asserts there is still time in 2012 to address major agricultural issues at the national level, such as the Farm Bill, the Capital Gains Tax and the Federal Estate Tax.
"Congress must come together during the lame duck session to solve substantial tax concerns that will impact farmers. If nothing is done, a farmer's ability to deduct farm equipment expenses and utilize bonus depreciation will be greatly reduced. We need a real solution to prevent a capital gains tax increase on the sale of land, livestock and other assets," continued Shaffer. "Farm families are also urging lawmakers to take action on the federal estate tax. If Congress does nothing, the maximum tax rate will increase to 55 percent and the farm exemption will be reduced from $5 million to $1 million. Such a low exemption would negatively affect farms of all sizes in Pennsylvania, including farms the public identifies as small and mid-sized family farms."
Shaffer, who is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation's executive committee, says another area of critical importance that needs to be addressed in the months ahead is improvements to infrastructure affecting the transportation of food products to market in Pennsylvania and across the world.
"Our competitive advantage over foreign nations has historically been our ability to move products to overseas markets using our network of highway, rail and port infrastructure. If the United States wants to remain a global player in agriculture trade, we must confront the deterioration of our seaports and a growing inability to load and unload the largest ships that will be able to navigate the new Panama Canal," added Shaffer.
Shaffer, who grows corn, soybeans and wheat on his Columbia County farm, says most farmers across Pennsylvania were spared from significant weather-related losses this year and that it could be a good year for many farmers, especially those who produce grains, fruits and vegetables. Shaffer, however, warned that drought conditions in the Midwest have significantly reduced corn and soybean yields, which in turn hurts farmers in Pennsylvania who purchase those crops to feed their animals.
"Profit margins continue to be slim or non-existent for some farmers because of high production costs, including skyrocketing feed costs. Dairy farmers have been especially troubled in 2012, as milk prices fell during the first half of the year, while feed costs increased significantly. Milk producers continue to struggle to meet escalating feed costs, despite an increase in milk prices over the past few months," concluded Shaffer.
Hundreds of farmers from across the state attended Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's 62nd Annual Meeting at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center from Nov. 12-14, to set policy for the statewide organization on issues affecting farm and rural families.
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is the state's largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 55,000 farm and rural families, representing farms of every size and commodity across Pennsylvania.


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