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Dr. Morrell is a fourth-year Resident in diagnostic radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He received both his MD and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. In 2003, he will begin a fellowship in MRI at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of hyperpolarized helium is a newly developed technique that enables high-resolution imaging of the pulmonary airways and alveolar airspaces. Hyperpolarized xenon can also be used in MRI, and has great promise for spectroscopic imaging in applications such as tumor characterization. This article will explain the rationale for the use of these hyperpolarized gases. Potential clinical applications of hyperpolarized gas MRI are outlined, including the evaluation of asthma, cystic fibrosis, lung transplant rejection, early changes of smoking-induced lung disease, and tumor characterization. Hyperpolarized gas imaging is not yet in widespread clinical use. However, current research will likely lead to clinical applications in these and other conditions in the near future.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of hyperpolarized helium ( 3 He) and xenon ( 129 Xe) is an emerging technique that shows great promise in the evaluation of several important pulmonary diseases. Hyperpolarized 129 Xe may also prove to be a valuable agent for imaging other organ systems. Clinical indications for 3 He and 129 Xe imaging are still being investigated, and imaging with hyperpolarized gas is not currently in widespread clinical use.
Although several atomic nuclei are capable of nuclear magnetic resonance, the hydrogen nucleus ( 1 H) is almost universally used for current clinical MRI and spectroscopy. This is because hydrogen nuclei are abundant within the body in the form of free water and in hydrocarbon molecules, such as fats and proteins. This natural abundance of hydrogen nuclei in the tissues of the body leads to a large magnetic resonance signal. MRI can also be performed with other nuclei, such as isotopes of phosphorus or sodium. However, as these nuclei are scarce within the tissues of the body, their nuclear magnetic resonance signal is weak, and images derived from these signals can be obtained only with very long imaging times.
The signal obtained from 1 H nuclei during an MRI study is based on the fact that each 1 H nucleus has a tiny magnetic dipole moment, like a tiny bar magnet with north and south poles. When a patient is placed within the static field created by the large superconducting magnet of an MRI scanner, the individual magnetic dipoles of the 1 H nuclei can align themselves either with or against the field. Because of thermal energy, each individual nuclear dipole will transition rapidly between states in alignment with or against the external field. A net dipole moment exists within the tissues of the patient because at any instant in time, more dipoles will probably be aligned with the field than against it. This net moment is the source of the magnetic resonance signal. The majority by which the dipoles aligned with the field outnumber the dipoles aligned against the field is the degree of polarization. For instance, if a sample is 50% polarized, this means that 75% of the nuclei are aligned with the field and 25% are not, giving a majority of 50% in alignment with the field. The polarization that occurs when a sample is placed in a magnetic field is termed the thermal equilibrium polarization.
At room temperature in a standard 1.5 T imaging system, the majority of nuclei aligned with the field is only approximately 5 per each million. This corresponds to a polarization of approximately 0.0005%. The vast majority of 1 H nuclei do not contribute to the magnetic resonance signal; those that are aligned with the field are canceled almost completely by an almost equal number aligned against the field. Fortunately, the low thermal equilibrium polarization of 1 H nuclei is somewhat offset by their abundance in the human body, and a magnetic resonance signal of useful strength can be obtained.
The nuclei of certain isotopes of helium and xenon, 3 He and 129 Xe, are also capable of magnetic resonance. At 1.5 T and room temperature, these nuclei have thermal equilibrium polarizations of 0.0004% and 0.00014%, respectively. This low polarization combined with the low density of the gas phase at room temperature results in negligible magnetic resonance signal. However, a technique known as optical pumping has been developed recently that allows the polarization of these gases to levels many orders of magnitude greater than their thermal equilibrium. This process is known as hyperpolarization. Optical pumping systems are available commercially. Polarizations of up to 60% have been reported for 3 He, which is approximately 150,000 times the thermal equilibrium polarization in a standard 1.5 T imaging magnet. Up to 20% polarization of 129 Xe has been reported, which is more than 140,000 times its thermal equilibrium value. These huge values of polarization make MRI with these hyperpolarized gases feasible, with theoretical signal levels of approximately 100 times the signal obtained by standard 1 H imaging, despite the low density of nuclei in the gas phase.
Kinetics of hyperpolarized gas
In the familiar case of conventional 1 H imaging, polarization returns exponentially to its thermal equilibrium value after a radiofrequency (RF) pulse is applied. This exponential regeneration has a time constant of T1. This phenomenon is the basis of T1-weighting in conventional 1 H MRI, in which the repetition time (TR) is varied to give T1-weighted contrast.
Hyperpolarized gases also return to their thermal equilibrium polarization with a time constant T1. Because this thermal equilibrium polarization is negligible, the hyperpolarization effectively decays from its initial optically pumped state to zero. Thus, after hyperpolarization is achieved by optical pumping, the hyperpolarized gas must be used rapidly in an imaging experiment before the polarization decays to zero. For practical hyperpolarized gas imaging, an optical pumping apparatus must be located near the MRI facility.
Pulse sequence considerations
When an RF pulse is applied in a hyperpolarized gas imaging sequence, a portion of the hyperpolarization is tipped into the transverse plane, where it experiences T2 and T2* decay and is lost. Because hyperpolarized gas experiences no regeneration of hyperpolarization between RF pulses, the amount of polarization that is destroyed by each RF pulse is lost irretrievably, and there is no T1 weighting in the conventional sense. The hyperpolarized gas MRI experiment must be designed in such a way that the polarization is used up incrementally throughout the sequence, typically by a train of low flip angle pulses. The T2* decay time constant in the lung has been measured at approximately 10 ms for 3 He and 20 ms for 129 Xe. 1 This rapid T2* decay makes rapid acquisition essential. Fast gradient-recalled echo (FGRE) or fast low-angle shot (FLASH) sequences are typically used.
3 He is a rare isotope of helium that is produced by the breakdown of radioactive tritium, which is a byproduct of nuclear weapons research. Although 3 He is rare on earth, it is abundant in the crust of the moon, and moon mining of 3 He has been proposed (not for MRI use, but as a potential fuel for clean fusion). 3 He is relatively insoluble in blood and soft tissues, and remains in the airspaces of the lung when inhaled. Polarization of up to 60% has been reported by optical pumping. Thus, 3 He gives high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) images of the airways and alveolar airspaces and is the gas of choice for ventilation imaging. Helium is also harmless to inhale. Unfortunately, because 3 He is quite rare, it is quite expensive.
Ventilation imaging
Because helium does not diffuse quickly into the blood and soft tissues of the lung, it is useful for depicting pulmonary ventilation. Static ventilation images are obtained after the patient has inhaled a few breaths of hyperpolarized helium. Fast imaging techniques have also been developed that allow dynamic ventilation imaging of a single breath of helium, with multiple images closely spaced in time to depict the time course of distribution of the helium in the airways and alveolar spaces. Ventilation can be seen with much greater spatial resolution than is possible with nuclear medicine ventilation scans. Figure 1 presents two coronal slices from a helium ventilation scan in a healthy volunteer. Preliminary results indicate that ventilation imaging may be sensitive for several pulmonary diseases, such as lung transplant rejection, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and emphysema. The specificity of ventilation abnormalities visualized on 3 He imaging is still unclear. Many disease conditions of the lungs are manifested by heterogeneity of airspace enhancement or frank ventilation defects on 3 He imaging. In addition, healthy volunteers have been shown to have transient ventilation defects that resolve on later imaging, corresponding to atelectasis. 2
Ventilation/perfusion imaging -- The ability of 3 He imaging to depict pulmonary ventilation suggests the possibility of ventilation/perfusion imaging to evaluate pulmonary embolism. Combined contrast-enhanced 1 H perfusion/ angiography and 3 He ventilation examinations have been performed in rats 3 and, more recently, in a porcine pulmonary embolism model. 4,5 Figure 2 shows images from a ventilation/perfusion study performed in a pig. The gadolinium-enhanced angiographic images clearly demonstrate the experimentally induced embolic occlusion of pulmonary arterial branches, whereas the 3 He ventilation imaging shows normal ventilation. The usefulness of this technique in humans has not yet been established.
Transplant evaluation -- Ventilation imaging may be useful in the evaluation of lung transplants. Differences in the time course of various stages of ventilation between diseased native lungs and healthy unilateral transplant lungs have been observed using a rapid imaging sequence for dynamic ventilation imaging. 6 Good correlation between the net size of static ventilation defects on 3 He imaging and clinical assessment of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, a complication of transplant rejection, has been shown. 7 Whether 3 He ventilation imaging will be able to detect stages of bronchiolitis obliterans before it is clinically apparent remains unknown, but static ventilation defects have been seen on 3 He imaging in some patients with clinically suspected or biopsy-proven bronchiolitis obliterans when chest computed tomography (CT) is negative, suggesting that 3 He imaging may be more sensitive than CT for early changes of rejection. 8 Figure 3 illustrates a representative 3 He ventilation image and corresponding axial CT image in a patient with a right-sided lung transplant affected with bronchiolitis obliterans, in which 3 He imaging shows marked abnormality, whereas the CT is essentially normal.
Cystic fibrosis -- Numerous ventilation defects have been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis that were not always accompanied by corresponding abnormalities on proton MRI performed at the same time. 9 Further investigation may clarify the value of ventilation imaging for evaluation of cystic fibrosis and monitoring response to therapy.
Asthma -- Ventilation defects have been observed in a small group of patients with asthma, and the size and quantity of the defects may correlate with degree of disease activity. 10 After bronchodilator therapy, ventilation defects have been seen to diminish or vanish. Figure 4 demonstrates 3 He images of a patient with asthma who has multiple ventilation defects. In the same patient, 3 weeks later, the distribution of the ventilation defects has changed (Figure 4B). Again, in the same patient 30 minutes later, after bronchodilator therapy, the ventilation defects have disappeared (Figure 4C). 3 He MRI may be a means of monitoring the effectiveness of asthma therapy, and may be useful in discriminating asthma from other conditions with similar clinical presentation that do not involve the alveolar airspaces.
Diffusion imaging
Diffusion imaging of hyperpolarized helium is possible using a pulse-sequence design similar to that used for conventional 1 H diffusion-weighted imaging. Diffusion-weighted 3 He imaging has been applied primarily to pulmonary emphysema. Because the alveolar walls create a partial physical barrier to the diffusion of 3 He molecules, the breakdown of alveolar structure seen in pulmonary emphysema is accompanied by an increase in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) on 3 He diffusion imaging. Recent research has shown a correlation between measured ADC and alveolar size, as determined by histology. 11 A theoretical model of 3 He diffusion, including anisotropy due to the tubular structure of terminal alveolar units, has been applied with good experimental results. 12,13 Several studies have shown increased ADC in patients with emphysema when compared with normal controls. 14,15 Figure 5 shows a coronal slice from ADC maps of a healthy volunteer and of a patient with emphysema. Increased ADC in the emphysematous lungs is particularly pronounced in the apices. Correlation of mean ADC with pulmonary function indices such as forced expiratory volume during the first second (FEV 1 ) and forced expiratory volume during the first second to forced expiratory vital capacity ratio (FEV 1 / FVC) has also been shown in patients with emphysema. 16 Static ventilation abnormalities have been seen with higher frequency in asymptomatic smokers than healthy nonsmoking controls. 17 Similarly, preliminary results of diffusion-weighted 3 He imaging show increased mean ADC in smokers versus nonsmokers, 18 even when no abnormality is seen on chest CT. For smokers with changes on CT, focal areas of increased ADC correspond to areas of lucency on chest CT. These findings suggest that 3 He diffusion-weighted imaging may be sensitive for the early subclinical changes of emphysema, and may be valuable for assessing response to therapy in the early stages of the disease. A rapid interleaved spiral diffusion-weighted imaging sequence has recently been developed that allows diffusion imaging of the entire lung in a single helium breathhold. 19
Oxygenation imaging
The relaxation time constant T1 of 3 He is dependent on the partial pressure of oxygen (pO 2 ). Higher concentrations of O 2 lead to lower values of T1, leading to faster decay of the hyperpolarization. Mapping of T1 can be performed with sequences using a train of excitations of variable flip angles or varying time intervals between excitation and readout. Images can then be formed showing the concentration of O 2 throughout the lungs. This technique was applied in pigs and humans, 20 and showed a linear decrease in pO 2 with time during a breathhold, reflecting the expected constant rate of transport of oxygen from the lungs to the bloodstream. As implemented, this technique requires two separate acquisitions and is very sensitive to SNR, requiring longer scan times and increased consumption of helium. The interpretation of pO 2 images is complicated because pO 2 is determined by both ventilation and perfusion. Nevertheless, the ability to measure the physiologic parameter pO 2 is intriguing, and may find application to a number of pulmonary disease processes.
Other applications of 3 He imaging
Pulmonary air leaks -- 3 He ventilation imaging has been used to visualize pulmonary air leaks in a porcine model, and could be useful in evaluation of persistent air leaks or bronchopleural fistulae. 21
Paranasal sinus imaging -- Imaging of 3 He in the paranasal sinuses of pigs has been performed 22 and may give both static anatomic depiction and dynamic functional information about the flow of gas in the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity.
Angiography -- Hyperpolarized 3 He has been prepared in gaseous form within microspheres that have been injected intravenously in high concentration in rats and in explanted coronary arteries. 23,24 The usefulness of this technique in humans remains to be seen.
129 Xe is an abundant isotope, composing 26% of atmospheric xenon. Because 129 Xe is abundant, it is much less expensive than 3 He. However, lower levels of hyperpolarization have been acheived with 129 Xe than with 3 He, with levels of 10% to 20% polarization of 129 Xe reported. 25,26 Additionally, 129 Xe has a lower gyromagnetic ratio than 3 He. These two factors combine to give much less signal from 129 Xe than from 3 He, and ventilation images performed with 129 Xe have much poorer SNR. Thus, 129 Xe is not often used for ventilation imaging.
129 Xe is much more soluble in blood and soft tissue than 3 He, and detectable levels of 129 Xe have been seen in the brain, heart, and kidneys in a rat model after inhalation of 129 Xe. 27 Unfortunately, inhaled xenon acts as a general anesthetic, so the dose of inhaled xenon must be monitored carefully in an imaging experiment.
129 Xe interacts with its electronic environment to a much greater extent than 3 He. One manifestation of this is a wide range of chemical shifts in the resonant frequency of 129 Xe in response to its local chemical environment. The value of xenon in MRI may be in its tissue solubility and its wide range of chemical shifts, which have been exploited in several different ways.
Tumor characterization
Preliminary research has shown differences in 129 Xe spectra, measured by single-voxel spectroscopy, in certain tumor models versus normal tissue. Ex vivo 129 Xe spectroscopy of a radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF-1) tumor model showed differences in spectroscopic line shape between tumor and normal muscle. 28 In another experiment, 129 Xe dissolved in a perflouro octyl bromide (PFOB) emulsion was injected into RIF-1 and prolactinoma tumors in living mice, and characteristic differences in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra were observed. 25 The precise explanation of the 129 Xe spectra observed from these tumor models remains to be investigated, but these early results suggest that 129 Xe spectroscopy may be useful for identification of some tumors.
When a PFOB emulsion containing dissolved 129 Xe is injected intravenously, large PFOB particles remain in the intravascular compartment, while 129 Xe diffuses into the extravascular compartments. 129 Xe dissolved in PFOB has a chemical shift different than 129 Xe that has diffused out of the PFOB into the surrounding tissues. Because of this chemical shift, the intravascular and extravascular components of the injected 129 Xe can be detected and imaged separately. Preliminary in vitro experiments suggest that this property may be exploited to measure the arterial input function and tissue residual function, two significant tumor blood flow characteristics, in tumors such as breast cancer. 29
Polarization transfer
In the lung, frequency shifts of approximately 200 parts per million are observed between 129 Xe in gaseous phase in the pulmonary airspaces and 129 Xe dissolved in the pulmonary parenchyma and blood. This difference in resonant frequency allows the independent selective excitation of the gaseous or dissolved phases. In a technique that has been labeled xenon polarization transfer contrast, the tissue-dissolved compartment of inhaled 129 Xe is inverted selectively and allowed to exchange by diffusion with the gaseous phase compartment in the pulmonary airspaces. This results in a decrease in signal from the gaseous phase compartment on subsequent imaging. 30,31 The degree of signal decrease after selective inversion of the tissue-dissolved phase indicates the relative volume occupied by lung parenchyma versus pulmonary air space. Potential clinical implications of this information remain to be explored.
Brain imaging and spectroscopy
Inhaled 129 Xe can be visualized in the brain, and separate peaks in the chemical shift spectrum may correspond to gray and white matter. 26 Although the clinical significance of 129 Xe brain spectroscopy remains uncertain, low-resolution 129 Xe images of rodent brain have been obtained, 32 and chemical shift imaging of 129 Xe in the human brain has been demonstrated recently. 33
MRI using hyperpolarized gases is an area of active research, with many potential clinical applications. Hyperpolarized 3 He can be used to image the airspaces of the respiratory system. 3 He diffusion imaging shows promise as a sensitive early indicator of smoking-related lung disease and may be useful for the evaluation of therapies targeted to early subclinical stages of emphysema. 3 He ventilation imaging may prove to be a useful test for bronchiolitis obliterans complicating lung transplantation. Other potential applications of 3 He imaging include cystic fibrosis and asthma. 129 Xe is less well suited for imaging pulmonary air spaces, but has unique properties that may be useful for tumor characterization and for selective imaging of air- and tissue-dissolved phases in the pulmonary air spaces and lung parenchyma. As further research in hyperpolarized gas MRI is conducted, these and other applications will likely reach clinical practice.


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Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a hold with a ratings score of C+. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year.Highlights from the ratings report include:
- PM's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 1.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 0.1%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL has improved earnings per share by 9.1% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. This trend suggests that the performance of the business is improving. During the past fiscal year, PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL increased its bottom line by earning $5.18 versus $4.84 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($5.41 versus $5.18).
- The gross profit margin for PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL is rather high; currently it is at 69.43%. Regardless of PM's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, PM's net profit margin of 29.51% compares favorably to the industry average.
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It was inevitable that someone had to leave the game of the week in week six with a loss, and it wasHamilton on the wrong end of a beating courtesy of the Denver Outlaws. The Nationals still sit comfortably at 5-1 on the season and can rest easy knowing that the likes of Kevin Crowley make scoring look easy for them. However the Nationals will need to score more than their nine points in week six if they want to remain at the top. Kelsey Doherty | MLL Staff Writer |
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New iMac 27 owner. Using a Fantom Greendrive with two partitions, one for TM and one for CCC. So far so good. Plan on backing up the most recent CCC clone to a portable HD every now and then. Does everyone just leave their external drive on 24/7 for TM? When people are talking about a 2 to 3 year life span for external drives, are they talking about leaving them on all the time? Additionally with this drive I can't have the iMac go to sleep (at least the computer; I have the display set to sleep).
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When I do the external drive ejects...which I have assumed is the usual. I have the preferences set not to put drives to sleep, but when I allow the computer to sleep it disconnects the drive (I get a message saying the drive was disconnected without ejecting). Solved the problem by not letting the computer sleep. Is this not the case with all external drives?
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There's another thread where someone has similar problems, worse because he or she is using the external drive as a start drive. This likely depends on the brand of hard drive that you are using. |
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I'll try and find the thread. I just tested it and immediately after putting it to sleep the drive disconnects without ejecting.
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Actually, this apparently is a wide-spread problem that affects many different makes of drives. It also apparently is happening after upgrading to Mountain Lion with the same hardware that was working fine before upgrading. I wouldn't know; this is my first Mac, but it seems like this is a common problem that should be fixed. https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0 |
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Before we can answer this question, we must consider the definition of die. We commonly use the word die to describe when plants, animals, or humans no longer function biologically. However, this is not the definition of the word die or death in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for die (or death), mût (or mavet), is used only in relation to the death of man or animals with the breath of life, not regarding plants.1 This usage indicates that plants are viewed differently from animals and humans.
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What is the difference between plants and animals or man? For the answer we need to look at the phrase nephesh chayyah.2 Nephesh chayyah is used in the Bible to describe sea creatures (Genesis 1:20–21), land animals (Genesis 1:24), birds (Genesis 1:30), and man (Genesis 2:7).3 Nephesh is never used to refer to plants. Man specifically is denoted as nephesh chayyah, a living soul, after God breathed into him the breath of life. This contrasts with God telling the earth on Day 3 to bring forth plants (Genesis 1:11). The science of taxonomy, the study of scientific classification, makes the same distinction between plants and animals.
Since God gave only plants (including their fruits and seeds) as food for man and animals, then Adam, Eve, and all animals and birds were originally vegetarian (Genesis 1:29–30). Plants were to be a resource of the earth that God provided for the benefit of nephesh chayyah creatures—both animals and man. Plants did not "die," as in mût; they were clearly consumed as food. Scripture describes plants as withering (Hebrew yabesh), which means "to dry up."2 This term is more descriptive of a plant or plant part ceasing to function biologically.
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Plants did not "die." Psalm 37:2 describes plants as withering (Hebrew yabesh, which means "to dry up").
When plants wither or shed leaves, various organisms, including bacteria and fungi, play an active part in recycling plant matter and thus in providing food for man and animals. These decay agents do not appear to be nephesh chayyah and would also have a life cycle as nutrients are reclaimed through this "very good" biological cycle. As the plant withers, it may produce vibrant colors because, as a leaf ceases to function, the chlorophyll degrades, revealing the colors of previously hidden pigments.
Since decay involves the breakdown of complex sugars and carbohydrates into simpler nutrients, we see evidence for the Second Law of Thermodynamics before the Fall of mankind.4 But in the pre-Fall world this process would have been a perfect system, which God described as "very good."
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It is conceivable that God withdrew some of His sustaining (restraining) power at the Fall when He said, "Cursed is the ground" (Genesis 3:17), and the augmented Second Law of Thermodynamics resulted in a creation that groans and suffers (Romans 8:22).
Although plants are not the same as man or animals, God used them to be food and a support system for recycling nutrients and providing oxygen. They also play a role in mankind's choosing life or death. In the Garden were two trees—the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The fruit of the first was allowed for food, the other forbidden. In their rebellion Adam and Eve sinned and ate the forbidden fruit, and death entered the world (Romans 5:12).
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Dr. Michael Todhunter, who earned his doctorate in forest genetics from Purdue University, has spent fourteen years in forest genetic research, industrial tree-breeding research, and project management. Dr. Todhunter has also published numerous works in his field of expertise.
What determines a leaf's color?
When trees bud in the spring, their green leaves renew forests and delight our senses. The green color comes from the pigment chlorophyll, which resides in the leaf's cells and captures sunlight for photosynthesis. Other pigments called carotenoids are always present in the cells of leaves as well, but in the summer their yellow or orange colors are generally masked by the abundance of chlorophyll.1
In the fall a kaleidoscope of colors breaks through. With shorter days and colder weather, chlorophyll breaks down, and the yellowish colors become visible. Various pigments produce the purple of sumacs, the golden bronze of beeches, and the browns of oaks. Other chemical changes produce the fiery red of the sugar maple.² When fall days are warm and sunny, much sugar is produced in the leaves. Cool nights trap it there, and the sugars form a red pigment called anthocyanin.
Leaf colors are most vivid after a warm, dry summer followed by early autumn rains, which prevent leaves from falling early.2 Prolonged rain in the fall prohibits sugar synthesis in the leaves and thus produces a drabness due to a lack of anthocyanin production.
Still other changes take place. A special layer of cells slowly severs the leaf's tissues that are attached to the twig. The leaf falls, and a tiny scar is all that remains. Soon the leaf decomposes on the forest floor, releasing important nutrients back into the soil to be recycled, perhaps by other trees that will once again delight our eyes with rich and vibrant colors.
- Why Leaves Change Color, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area Fact Sheet SP-01-01, www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fs/colors/colors.htm.
- Bardon, Robert, Changing Color, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/topics/leafco~1.html.
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- Strong's Concordance, Online Bible, Online Bible Foundation, Ontario, Canada, 2006. Back (1) Back (2)
- Many creation scientists do not include invertebrates as nephesh chayyah creatures. Back
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Coming together to show support for those fighting cancer, those who have survived, and those who have lost the battle … that's what Relay for Life is all about.
On February 20 at Cave Spring Middle School, kids from all over the Roanoke Valley came to offer their support and show their committment towards the fight against cancer. These kids gathered to rally for the first ever Relay for Life of Roanoke Valley Schools, which will take place on March 16 at the Cave Spring Middle School track. This is the first time in the Roanoke Valley that students are in charge of organizing an event of this caliber. Of course, the students have guidance from adults, but for the most part they do it all themselves. Long time American Cancer Society volunteer Lucy Walton says, "not having done this before, we are certainly learning a lot. But it's been great." The kids who gathered on Wednesday, February 20 all seemed to echo what Lucy said… "it's been great."
It's amazing to see students from different schools, come together and work together to make something this important happen. Northside student Tyler Langhorn and Glenvar student Chris Bell served as the leaders of the rally and helped to explain how the relay works as well as what to expect at the event. Tyler Langhorn asked the group what they thought participants did during the relay. "It's not running laps like I thought at first," he said. He went on to explain that it's about coming together as a community and walking laps to show support for those touched by the disease. After this, Langhorn and Bell played a short informational video about what Relay for Life is about and then went on to talk about the Luminaria bags. Luminaria bags are a symbol of respect towards survivors, those who are fighting and those who have lost the battle to the disease. From the American Cancer Society web page: "Luminaria, paper bags containing votive candles, are transformed and illuminated after dark at every local Relay For Life event. Each luminaria is personalized with a name, photo, message or drawing in memory or honor of a friend or loved one who has been affected by cancer. Luminaria can also be dedicated in support of a Relay participant. Each luminaria candle represents a person."
The Relay for Life of Roanoke Valley Schools takes place on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the Cave Spring Middle School track from 2-7 p.m. The survivor and caregiver gathering will take place before the event, at 1 p.m.
You can read more about the First Ever Relay for Life of Roanoke Valley Schools in this article, or on the American Cancer Society webpage, here. You can also register for the event at www.relayforlife.org/rvsva. Anyone can register and participate. There is a $10 participant commitment fee, but no fee for cancer survivors.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - University of Louisville participated in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11.
The nationwide grass-roots effort honors American service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade and follows the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy.
The Remembrance Day National was coordinated by volunteers and administrators at U of L.
Members of the Louisville community joined volunteers in reading the names of the 6,200-plus casualties of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF), now called Operation New Dawn.
Reading of the names on campus lasted nearly eight hours to complete.
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Graham Nelson Beyale is Dine (Navajo) from Shiprock, NM and is majoring in Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Graham wrote to the Center to share his inspiring story of getting young Native Americans involved in tribal community projects across New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
At a young age, Graham recognized the challenges facing his community - poverty, substance abuse, historical trauma, domestic violence, health problems, environmental issues and young suicide - and decided that he could be the one to start addressing these challenges. During Graham's first year at UNM he was inspired by the many Native American youth like himself who wanted to make a difference in their home communities and reservations. Graham decided to return home and put to use his ideas, teachings and energy to better his community.
Graham's first community project was the development of beach volleyball courts at Shiprock's Nizhoni Park on the bank of the San Juan River. Over 60 Native youth from across the community came together to help Graham make this dream a reality. This community project was just the beginning of the Native youth movement in Shiprock. Graham discovered that youth wanted to make a difference, get involved in community service, and aspired to make a positive change.
From this volleyball court project, the Northern Dine Youth Committee (NDYC) was created and three years later the committee has completed 23 service projects, 37 community events, 22 fundraisers and participated in numerous youth meetings. The NDYC currently involves over 70 members representing 16 tribal communities in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. The Northern Dine Youth Committee strives to empower their peers to be young leaders, guided by generational teachings to serve and inspire pride in their Native communities. NDYC has been recognized by the New Mexico Governor, Navajo Nation Vice President, and local community leaders.
Beyale shares the message that "we may be the products of a hurt people in history but we are the seeds of restoration for today and many years to come. We can be the generation to defeat those hardships."
Dirk's 262 Mile Run to Support Native Youth Dirk Whitebreast, a 31-year-old member of Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, is taking on the challenge of running 10 marathons (listed below) in 30 days in an effort to raise awareness of the tragic level of youth suicide in Indian Country and other challenges faced by Native youth. All the money raised for Dirk's 262 Mile Run will be donated to support the Center for Native American Youth. On March 28, 2003, Dirk suffered the tragic loss of his 18 year old sister, Darcy Jo Keahna, to suicide. At that moment, in an effort to cope with the loss of his sibling, Dirk decided to take control of his life and become a healthier, stronger leader for his family, tribe and the entire community. Dirk's running career began in the fall of 2003 and it didn't take long for running to become his passion. Running is important to the culture of many Indian tribes across the United States. It is a challenge to one's body, mind, and spirit. Dirk ran his first marathon in April of 2006 and after that race he was hooked. To date, Dirk has run 29 marathons in 17 states and is in his 8th year of alcohol sobriety. Dirk hopes to share his experience of running marathons with Native youth, tribal leaders, and other organizations. Through his running, Dirk aims to first and foremost honor his sister, promote healthy living in Indian Country, and set an example of commitment, motivation, hard work and leadership for all Native American youth. Dirk's 262 mile challenge is a symbol of strength and endurance for Indian Country, and will create hope for Native youth while playing a part in preventing and raising awareness of the tragedy of youth suicide. Be a part of Dirk's 262 mile run and show your support for the Center for Native American Youth by donating today. Share Stories of Inspiration |


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May 10th, 2010, 12:07 AM | #1 |
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Trailer build
I sold my old 5th wheel deck over trailer to fund the new motor in the Flareside.
Now I'm far enough along on the Flareside, to warrant a need for a trailer again. I picked up some scrap steel and this is what I'm building. 20 ft long deck (24 ft with tongue), lower on drop axles, upper ramp style carhauler: Last edited by FORD FLARESIDE; February 21st, 2012 at 08:16 AM. |
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The actual build started Saturday, and I was able to get to this point by Sunday night. Lot of work yet to go, but I plan on having it assembled and on the scale next Saturday.
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Do I go with recessed LED lights on the trailer, or regular recessed lights? I like the brightness of LED's but have never used them on a trailer. Are they worth the extra cost and "Cool" factor, and do I need to do anything special in the wiring, or do the lights come with all necesseties? |
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I just bought some led turn signals from superbright.
Their expensive, but the cool factor/ no maintanence and sealed unit especially on a trailer would do it for me. (yes their very bright and dunking a boat trailer 10 times a year tends to cause issues) Nothing special needs to be done unless your installing them on the vehicle itself. BTW nice job |
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Put the tires on so I could get real measurements for the Ramps. I also leveled out the frame, and found out I'm pretty close to the ground. I may have to mount skid bars under the back of the trailer.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
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Malcolm Muggeridge (March 24, 1903 – November 14, 1990) was a British journalist, author, media personality, soldier, spy and Christian scholar.
- Freedom is a mystical truth — Its expressed best in The Brothers Karamazov, the chapter when the Grand Inquisitor confronted the returned Christ. The freedom that Christ gave the world was the freedom of being an individual, in a collectivity, of basing one's life on love, as distinct from power, of seeking the good of others rather than nourishing one's own ego. That was liberation. And the Chief Inquisitor, who speaks for every dictator, every millionaire, every ideologue that's ever been, says we can't have it. Go away. Stay away.
- Ancient and Modern : A Journey through the Twentieth Century, 1935-45 BBCTV
- The first thing I remember about the world — and I pray that it may be the last — is that I was a stranger in it. This feeling, which everyone has in some degree, and which is, at once, the glory and desolation of homo sapiens, provides the only thread of consistency that I can detect in my life.
- Apologia pro vita sua (1968)
- The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realise, is to feel ourselves to be at home here on earth.
- Chapter 1, Jesus Rediscovered (1969)
- I wonder whether, in the history of all the civilisations that have ever been, a more insanely optimistic notion has ever been entertained than that you and I, mortal, puny creatures, may yet aspire, with God's grace and Christ's help, to be reborn into what St Paul calls the glorious liberty of the children of God. Or if there was ever a more abysmally pessimistic one than that we, who reach out with our minds and our aspirations to the stars and beyond, should be able so to arrange our lives, so to eat and drink and fornicate and learn and frolic, that our brief span in this world fulfils all our hopes and desires.
- Originally in a sermon delivered at Queen's Cross church Aberdeen, Scotland (26 May 1968), later included in Jesus Rediscovered (1969)
- It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits — like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying through the stratosphere or landing on the moon. First-rate pursuits involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding — inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feel themselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, a Blake. Understanding is for ever unattainable. Therein lies the inevitability of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention.
- Muggeridge Through the Microphone (1969)
- One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth as such; only of truth in terms of enlightened expediency. The contrast is well exemplified in two exact contemporaries — Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir; both highly intelligent and earnestly disposed. In all the fearful moral dilemmas of our time, Simone Weil never once went astray, whereas Simone de Beauvoir, with I am sure the best of intentions, has found herself aligned with apologists for some of the most monstrous barbarities and falsehoods of history.
- "A Knight of the Woeful Countenance" in The World of George Orwell (1972) edited by Miriam Gross, p.167
- A scene that has often come into my mind, both sleeping and waking — I am standing in the wings of a theatre waiting for my cue to go onstage. As I stand there I can hear the play proceeding, and suddenly it dawns on me that the lines I have learnt are not in this play at all, but belong to quite a different one. Panic seizes me; I wonder frenziedly what should I do. Then I get my cue. Stumbling, falling over the unfamiliar scenery, I make my way onto the stage, and then look for guidance to the prompter, whose head I can just see rising out of the floor-boards. Alas he only signals helplessly to me and I realise of course that his script is different from mine. I begin to speak my lines, but they are incomprehensible to the other actors and abhorrent to the audience, who begin to hiss and shout: "Get off the stage!", "Let the play go on!", "You're interrupting!". I am paralysed and can think of nothing to do but to go on standing there and speaking my lines that don't fit. The only lines I know.
- Chronicles of Wasted Time: The Green Stick (1972)
- We foreign journalists in Moscow used to amuse ourselves, as a matter of fact, by competing with one another as to who could wish upon one of these intelligentsia visitors to the USSR the most outrageous fantasy…One story I floated myself, for which I received considerable acclaim, was that the huge queues outside food shops came about because the Soviet workers were so ardent in building Socialism that they just wouldn't rest, and the only way the government could get them to rest for even two or three hours was organizing a queue for them to stand in. I laugh at it all now, but at the time you can imagine what a shock it was to someone like myself, who had been brought up to regard liberal intellectuals as the samurai, the absolute elite, of the human race, to find that they could be taken in by deceptions which a half-witted boy would see through in an instant…I could never henceforth regard the intelligentsia as other than credulous fools who nonetheless became the media's prophetic voices, their heirs and successors remaining so still.
- The Great Liberal Death Wish (lecture at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA, March 1979. Transcript in Imprimis May 1979)
- I hate government. I hate power. I think that man's existence, insofar as he achieves anything, is to resist power, to minimize power, to devise systems of society in which power is the least exerted.
- From a video excerpt of a British TV Interview of Muggeridge with Oswald Mosley, used by Adam Curtis in Part 3 of his 2007 documentary series, "The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom".
- Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell.
- Chronicles of Wasted Time: The Green Stick (1972)
- There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness… is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase ''the pursuit of happiness'' is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.
- On BBC's Woman's Hour (5th October 1965)
- At the 20th Congress of British Communist Party,- usual slogans spread about the building-Marxism is the science of working-class power. Those present mostly lower middle class, few working class. On platform sat the Executve Committee, really deplorable faces. Unpleasant thought that in many parts of Europe, such people already in absolute power.
- Like It Was , p.247
- Greene is a Jekyll and Hyde character, who has not succeeded in fusing the two sides of himself into any kind of harmony. There is conflict within him, and therefore he is liable to pursue conflict without.
- Like It Was, p.249
- I doubt whether the Revolution has, in essentials, changed Russia at all. Reading Gogol, or Dostoevsky for that matter, one realizes how completely the Soviet regime has fallen back on to, and perhaps invigorated, the old Russia. Certainly there is much more of Gogol and Dostoievsky in the regime than there is of Marx.
- Like It was, p.252
- late news was suicide of w:Jan Masaryk - In my view, Jan Masaryk was thoroughly corrupt, who bumped himself off because he saw at last where his moral cowardice and ideological 'Playboyery' had led him. I vividly remember visiting him in Washington, fat, slightly tight, coming into the room looking like a broken-down butler with his master, the little Communist, Clementis, [-] and saying in a loud voice -'Has anyone seen an Iron Curtain? I haven't.' Well, he has now.
- Like It Was, p.255
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- You are one of those obsessed demoniacal creatures who ought to be avoided at all costs; they bring misfortune into the lives of others; they ruin the lives of others. The real good people are humble and silent (like your Kitty is). But beware, God sees all vanity and pride and you cannot fool him.
- Svetlana Alliluyeva, as quoted in Richard Ingrams' Muggeridge: The Biography, p.233
- The whole atmosphere [of a party hosting a pro-democracy, anti-communist Albanian National Committee] was spoilt... by Malcolm Muggeridge, who declared in a loud voice that Albania was a ridiculous country anyway that ought to be partitioned as soon as possible between Greece and Yugoslavia.
- Nicholas Bethell (1984), The Great Betrayal
- It is a frightening thought that a man as prejudiced as Muggeridge was allowed such power in an organisation such as the BBC, and in other equally powerful organs of the media. Here was a man who was known to be deeply anti-Semitic ... , whose entire life and actions were determined by prejudices, and who was openly carrying on with extramarital sexual liaisons despite pronouncing pious values. He also tried to use his position to stop other people from using contraception. He was a supporter of the war in Vietnam, and of other American war exercises. He cast doubt on the suffering in Hiroshima; he participated in CIA funded clandestine activities... He had absolutely no room in his psyche for relativism in religion, for tolerance and understanding, and he fervently believed that Christianity should go out with the sword as well as the Gospel to conquer inferior cultures. He would have no hesitation in twisting and bending facts in order to promote Christianity — in this he had an ally in Teresa.
- Aroup Chatterjee (1998), Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict
- To carry personal responsibility for keeping God alive in the modern world would be a greivous burden for anyone, even Muggeridge, whose search for the Kingdom has been fascinating to observe but who, since he found it, has been sadly in danger of becoming Christianity's most bizarre exhibitionist. Face contorted, hands clawing in the air to pantomime his inner anguish, world weary and longing for an apocalyptic end to a Naughty Age, Malcolm reviles the medium which feeds him and begs reassurance that he is still loved from the assorted personalities who gather about him like Plato's disciples. 'Why?' his strangulated cry goes up - tempting a heavenly retort 'Why indeed?'
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