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In June 2001, Tropical Storm Allison caused major flooding in Houston, TX. The downtown area of the city, where many of its cultural organizations are located, is bordered by a bayou. Water backed up into the extensive underground walkways and parking tunnels of the city center and the basements of the Wortham Center, home of Houston Ballet and Houston Grand Opera; the Alley Theatre; and Jones Hall, where the Houston Symphony is housed.
Houston Ballet was in the middle of its spring season when the flood came. "We had just done Gisèle Thursday night, and Friday was dark," recalls Thomas Boyd, Houston Ballet production manager and resident scenic designer. "Saturday morning I got a call from the theatre saying, 'You'd better come down here.' I said, 'I'll be right there,' and two hours later I was still trying to get there."
There was about 3' of water in the basement of the Wortham Center, which houses the costume shops and dressing rooms. "The city mobilized and started pumping water out, but for a while there was no place for it to go," Boyd continues. "Everyone had to wait until the bayou system balanced out. It was a couple of days before you could even think about pumping it out of the building."
The Ballet took costumes, shoes, wigs, fabric bolts, and so on, to its office location, where it has a parking lot, a lawn, and trees, and set everything out to dry. Pat Padilla and her wardrobe crew and volunteers from the Guild took things home and to the dry cleaners for laundering. Each costume has several sets of hooks and eyes for adjustability; many of these had rusted and had to be replaced. Also, the fabric for Peter Pan had recently been shipped in. Jeanne Button, the costume designer for the show, inspected the bolts of fabric and decided that even though some of the dye had run, it wasn't bad and they could use it after all.
Shows for Saturday and Sunday were cancelled; the next performance was the following Friday, so the Ballet had almost a week to salvage what it could, and cobble together usable pieces of several shows. Luckily, the affected shows were classical ballets—Gisèle, Cinderella, Swan Lake—and had similar late-18th-century-style costume designs. "Thank goodness for conventions," Boyd laughs. "Sometimes it comes in handy. Most of the shoes had to be pulled from other shows. And with temporary dressing rooms and the substituted items, we did the second weekend no problem. It was just a weird feeling in the theatre; it felt kind of dank."
Houston Grand Opera, meanwhile, was offering its annual free performances at the Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park. The production of Carmen was underway when the storm hit and had to be shut down. Those sets and costumes were being stored at the Wortham Center, along with those of the productions of Florencia and Carousel, all of which were damaged in the flood.
According to public relations director Kim Pirog, the Opera suffered over $1 million in damage and lost office space, wigs, makeup shops, and dye rooms. "We've been replacing items as production needs arise," she says, "but we weren't able to afford to just go and replace everything." The organization has also lost income from renting out its productions to other companies.
The Alley Theatre has two performance spaces: the main stage on the upper level, and Neuhaus Arena Stage, a smaller space on the lower level. Below that are HVAC and electrical areas, costume, set, and prop shops, rehearsal rooms, and office space, all of which suffered extensive damage. The Alley was denied assistance by FEMA, and the recovery project was funded by private donations.
The new lobby of the Alley Theatre's Neuhaus Arena Stage. Photo: Jim Caldwell.
The theatre took the opportunity to reconfigure the Arena Stage space, expanding the restrooms and increasing the lobby size, making it possible to hold more elaborate functions there. The lighting tension grid was removed and replaced with a catwalk system, which added 9' of height, allowing for larger sets and more versatile lighting positions. A wall behind one of the four seating banks was removed, so the space can now convert from an arena configuration to a thrust stage. After a seven-month, $4-million reconstruction, the Neuhaus reopened January 18 with Of Mice and Men. The sub-basement remains partly vacant; design shops were relocated to an offsite warehouse, and reconstruction continues.
The current production of Alan Ayckbourn's Garden utilizes the new thrust configuration of the Neuhaus Stage. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.
Perhaps the organization hardest hit was Houston Symphony. Director of public relations Art Kent says, "We lost all our furniture, our offices, our systems, our archives, but the real loss was our music library. We took 1,500 boxes, each one containing approximately a cubic foot of material, out of the basement of Jones Hall. Out of those 1,500 boxes, approximately 800 of them were filled with scores from our music library and material that had been accumulated over the 89-year history of this orchestra."
These scores are historical documents, because they are filled with notations from conductors. "Part of the value of this library is the fact that there were scores in there that had been marked by some of the world's great conductors," Kent says. "While we can retrieve the marks, we can't keep the actual score that was marked by Stokowski, Barbirolli, Andre Previn, and so on."
The Symphony used several document-retrieval processes, including a freeze-drying technique to remove the moisture and gamma-ray irradiation to kill the mold. "It's gone through some other process that tried to get the smell out of it, but that did not succeed," Kent adds. "We have the music back; 90-odd percent of it is readable, but it is unusable." The salvaged scores are being stored in a warehouse on the outskirts of town. Their notations are being painstakingly copied by the librarians, but the original documents will have to be destroyed due to the contamination suffered in the floodwater.
"It was the tragic beginning to a tragic year," Kent comments. "We went from the flood to September 11, and in this city, of course, to a somewhat shaken business economy because of Enron, so it has not been an easy year for us from the business perspective. It's been a wonderful year for us from the artistic perspective. It's the first season with our new music director [Hans Graf]. In the aftermath of September 11, people have been turning to things like music. We've had large and enthusiastic audiences for our concerts."
Since the flooding, "The artistic and administrative staffs of the organizations did some phenomenal work," says Barry Mandel, executive director of Houston's Theatre District Association. "Everybody was back performing four days later. The Alley actually had a world premiere show, Horton Foote's The Carpetbagger's Children; they literally picked up the whole show and moved it to another theatre. They kind of redid the set with what another theatre had. A number of groups have borrowed from other organizations, and everybody continued performing that next week. It was a mammoth undertaking, but everybody was committed to getting the show back on."
Ten months later, the city's arts organizations have moved forward. "Everybody is back in place," Mandel says, "except the Symphony and Society for the Performing Arts in terms of their offices, and we will have them back probably the mid- to end of May. We're just getting ready to open a new performing arts center, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, and Theatre Under the Stars will be moving into it as its home. They are the largest non-profit musical producer in the country. They will office there as well as Broadway in Houston, which is Clear Channel's national Broadway touring company."


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A NEW service for people with facial palsy has launched at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
The new clinic brings together different treatments for the condition, a weakness and paralysis of facial muscles caused by nerve damage.
The hospital previously carried out surgery but the clinic – set up on a year-long trial basis – will be able to offer other forms of support.
This will include a new physiotherapy service as well as speech and language therapy plus psychological support. It has been set up thanks to £25,000 from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust's charitable funds.
The trust, which runs the hospital, said it means people from across the country will be able to get support in one place.
Procedures include the use of botox on the non-paralysed side of the face to make it more symmetrical for patients with partial facial palsy.
The cash has also paid for specialist biofeedback equipment to detect muscular activity to assess how patients use their facial muscles.
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In some ways, this news is bittersweet. For so long, it seemed like the Redskins would never have a reliable kicker. Odds weren't in Kai Forbath's favor. The UCLA alum is the 19th kicker to play for the Redskins since 1995.
But the undrafted Bruin got his shot after replacing Billy Cundiff and promptly booted a 50-yarder for his first career field goal. All he's done since is make every kick he's taken, 17 in all, which is good for an NFL record.
Kai Forbath 42 yard FG is Good he now holds the record by himself with 17 straight FG's to start a career. 7-6 Eagles still lead— Dan Hellie (@DanHellie) December 23, 2012
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↵The furor over the Focus on the Family Tim Tebow ad will likely only continue to build as Super Bowl 44 approaches. Had they wanted, CBS could have invoked just as much anger from the right wing had they approved a salacious proposed ad for gay dating site ManCrunch.com that was submitted for inclusion during the Super Bowl broadcast. ↵
↵⇥The 30-second spot shows two men excitedly watching the game, before their hands brush as they both reach into a bowl of chips. Suddenly, the two begin making out, much to the shock of a guy sitting close by. ↵⇥According to a rep for the dating site, which operates under the slogan "Where Many Many Many Men Come Out to Play," the ad was submitted on Monday, January 18th. When the site followed up on the status of the ad on Friday, January 22nd, they were told by CBS that "the spot hadn't been officially approved yet" by network standards, and that "all the Super Bowl spots were sold out." ↵⇥↵
↵⇥"ManCrunch requested the spot get reviewed anyway just in case another advertiser drops out and a spot becomes available, as often happens, and CBS agreed," added the site's rep. ↵⇥↵⇥
↵⇥ManCrunch officials said they believe CBS has no intention of airing a commercial for their gay dating service, "but do not want to officially 'reject' the spot out of fear there may be a backlash from gay advocacy groups." ↵⇥↵
↵Methinks ManCrunch officials are dead on with this one. There's little to no chance CBS will give the ad any real consideration for airtime. Maybe had the commercial been toned down a bit from two guys wildly making out. Not that there won't be ads with hetero people going at it, but physical interaction between gay people is still probably too shocking for a conservatively minded Super Bowl audience, I'm guessing. ↵↵
↵It's kind of a shame, though. I would recommend scheduling the ad immediately after the Tebow spot during the same commercial break, if only to see the resulting indignation from both sides of the political spectrum, which would inevitably lead to an ideological melee on the 50-yard-line during the game. But then it could also result in mass protests, thus damaging those cherished Super Bowl ratings. That might be something of a negative, and less entertaining upshot. ↵↵
↵UPDATE: After the jump, video of the ad which finally hit the web. ↵↵
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Every Washington Nationals game features an on-field race between "Presidents" Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, and — new for 2013 — William Howard Taft.
But apparently someone feels Woodrow Wilson got snubbed and has taken to walking around Nationals Park in a giant Woodrow Wilson costume trying to find a way into the race. Seriously. This is a real thing that is happening.
Giant Woodrow Wilson hanging out outside #Nationals Park ow.ly/i/327KX—
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Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog contacted the Nationals about the Woodrow situation, and a Nats spokesperson confirmed that the team had not added any mascots and should not be held responsible for "unofficial mascots" outside Nationals Park.
This is just something someone is doing for fun. And to be honest, it's kind of awesome. Very underrated President. Woodrow Wilson even has a Facebook page, on which he accurately points out that Wilson beat both Taft and Roosevelt in the Presential race of 1912.
Woodrow Wilson was outside Nats Park again Thursday night.
Just ran into Woodrow Wilson outside WH…asked if he'll be running at Nationals Park…"no comment" http://t.co/fbbcbEdth5 (@Majchrowitz)—
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The creepy Woodrow Wilson is walking the streets of DC.—
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Rape is not just a problem of the women...' read a placard at the Midnight March in Hyderabad that started from Marriott Hotel at 10 pm and ended at the Lumbini Park at 1 am. Several queer groups joined hands with the protesting women, not just demanding safety for the fairer sex, but also for themselves.


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Everyone thought this book was so great. I don't quite get why.
Don't believe the hype. I read Franzen's previous novel, The Corrections, and found it completely forgettable. But after Oprah and everyone else declared Freedom to be the greatest book ever, I suggested it to my book club.
Freedom follows the relationship of Midwestern, upper middle class Patty and Walter Berglund, who meet in college, get married and have two children. Things get complicated for them, as for all Americans, around the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
I guess Franzen is trying to explore what it means to be "Free" in this era, but his style is so detached, it's hard to feel anything for these characters. A large section of the book is written as a third-person "autobiography" written by Patty. (What autobiographer writes in the third person?) A fundamental problem is that I don't think Franzen understands how women think. I found Patty very difficult to relate to.
I honestly wanted to quit reading a few times, but I couldn't because I had volunteered to lead the book club discussion. For me, at least the ending paid off, but didn't redeem an otherwise heartless story. The rest of my book club, women ranging in age from 30s to 70s, hated it too.
Franzen's new novel is brilliant, creepy and not without some flaws (surprise. surprise. it's not perfect). I was totally enthralled for the first 400 pages, but much less so for the last 150. Which either means that the novel is unjustifiably over-long or that I'm just not a big fan of the traditional narrative strategies employed to bring resolution and closure to a novel. Neither interests me much. And Franzen does tie up Freedom pretty neatly at The End. Before I say anything more about this novel in particular, I'm going to indulge in a little rant about characters in novels in general. Unlike many readers, I don't expect characters to be "realistic" in the sense that they need to remind me of someone I know or ever have known. Characters must, on the other hand, be authentic (fit) within the world of the novel. Characters in novels need to be realistic as characters in novels. Most have a lineage that extends back through the history of the genre. That said, it is a rare and thrilling experience to meet a character who is entirely new (to me). One of the very few I can think of is Josef Kavalier in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. On the other hand, Walter Berglund, one of the main protagonists in Freedom, although nominally more realistic, reminds me of T.C.Boyle's misanthropic nature-lover Delaney Mossbacher in his much more allegorical novel Tortilla Curtain. If I had to categorize either of these novels, I'd call them empathetical-satirical novels. Much of Freedom is is both a dead-on skewering of contemporary America and highly comedic. But Franzen forgives his characters almost every one of their foibles and flaws and wants his reader to do the same.
The story in Freedom is mainly told from the point of view of Walter (a rather annoyingly Good Person, who is dishonest with himself for most of the novel) & his wife Patty (Emerson) Berglund (high school & college star basketball player cum consummate if somewhat whacko mom).The most engaging chapters in Freedom belong, however, to Richard Katz, Walter Berglund's best friend from college, cult rocker & cad ("Mountaintop Removal") and to Walter & Patty Berglund's Republican son, Joey ("Womanland").
Most of the secondary female characters in the book remain largely indecipherable: Walter & Patty's daughter Jessica; Walter's young assistant, eventual lover and only "person of color" in the novel, Lalitha; and, Connie, Joey's high school girlfriend, financial backer & ultimately, wife. It's safe to say that Franzen knows and understands his male characters better than his female ones, even if Patty Berglund's "Autobiography" does take up a lot of page space in this long novel.
It also occurs to me that, oddly, for a 21st century American novel set largely in urban areas like St. Paul, New York & Washington, D.C, the characters are universally (with the somewhat minor exception of Lalitha)white, so white in fact, that even the Jews among them all seem to be blondes. This isn't exactly a criticism (well, perhaps, it is) but just something to notice. There is one scene late in the novel, where Patty Berglund, attending her father's funeral, remarks on the poorer, darker-skinned mourners seated in the rear of the church--the faceless, nameless pro bono clients of her high-powered , much-respected and overly busy lawyer dad, whose lives inadvertently & negatively impacted her childhood.
Bottom line: Freedom is worth reading, warts and all.
This book was absolutely fascinating. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. The time flew by and I didn't even realise. I'm not quite sure what it was that hooked me, even though the characters were at times annoying (although I couldn't seem to help but sympathise with them and their annoyingness as the book went on) and there were a few too many graphic references to human turds. It felt I was simply reading page after page of characters making bad choices and refusing to learn from mistakes and then of course, being depressed.
I am not making light of depression. At all. But every single character in this book, save Jessica, seemed to have a struggle with depression they did little about, except wallow. And the people in their lives, recognising that said people had depression, didn't do much about it except suggest they be medicated. We can see how well that worked.
And yet, for all the little annoyances and the tangents that occurred, I found myself enjoying it and turning the pages quickly to see what mess the characters made of their lives next.
Not quite as good as the hype, but 3.5 stars.
Let's talk for a second about Ego. I think this is the perfect place to do that. First of all, because Ego is a thing that we avid readers and writers are very generously gifted with. Second, because Mr Franzen's Ego can only be compared to something like Mt Everest. Actually, no: let's do Jupiter. Don't get me wrong, I don't see Ego as a bad thing per se. It just comes with the package in the very first years of your life, giving you a strong personality, opinions, leadership, and often some basic arrogance, entitlement, and a disproportionate sense of your own importance. Among the obsessive reviewers here, he who is without sin, please go ahead and cast the first stone.
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Ok, moving on - I've seen and read some interviews with Franzen, and yes, he does come across as an author who believes his books are incredibly important. Important to America (Freedom!). Important to the world. It's not difficult to perceive this self-importance in the book itself, either, so I perfectly understand the readers who (perhaps pushed over the edge by that astonishingly irritating Times cover, or by the deluge of foam-at-the-mouth praising reviews for this book) decided to hate Franzen from the start.
I was one of them, for sure. I was ready to shout: "soap opera!", whatever story Franzen was going to tell me. So, in short, I started by really not wanting to like this book. And my mission received a strong help by the first 200 pages, where Franzen presents Patty, one of the most difficult and unpleasant charachters of the book, in a sort of autobiographical memoir written by herself. Her cold, selfish attitude is made even uglier by the cynicism and negativity and hopelessness that permeate this first portion of the book. Just so negative.
But then, when I was just moments from condemning Franzen to never-ending hatred, some magic happened. The portion about another character, Katz, started, and I realized that the tone of the first 200 pages was just a partial act. A trick, maybe. Franzen, like a chamaleon, propels us forward into the world of Katz, the rock musician, and the register changes completely. I was very impressed by that, actually. And then again, the narrating voice develops, evolves, and keeps changing depending on the perspective and point of view. A wonderful ear.
He actually did something similar in "The Corrections", where he used the initial part of the novel almost as an obstacle for the reader, to overcome and then slide into the rest of it. But the difficult part was much shorter there.
The interview with Katz about the state of music is a little masterwork. Just like his first interaction with Walter and Lalitha.
Franzen's writing style is extremely clever, elegant and unsentimental, a little too cold, mental and cerebral for my personal taste, almost chilling in his acute, poignant, accurate, objective, hyper-rational observations and descriptions. More than once, while reading this book, I thought of that quote by (someone): "If we spent our life constantly looking at reality the way it actually is, we would go absolutely mad in a very short time".
There is a risk inherent in describing everything through words, and rationalizing reality too much: that you end up missing the point. Missing the heart, the emotions, what really matters. Similarly, there is a limit to thinking, beyond which it becomes just a painful excercise in analysis and dissolution of reality in smaller and smaller pieces, until you find either sublime madness (as above) or nothing at all (the terrifying emptiness at the very center of the onion).
Franzen's ambition is so huge it's almost childish. He set out to write with a mission, and the mission was to go straight to the heart of America (Freedom). Sounds like he wants to be a Great Writer, like Tolstoj or Hugo. Someone who actually changes the world, someone who has an IMPACT on society. And he does undoubtetly have an impact, because his books sell millions of copies, however I'm afraid to say, it is probably a much less "serious" impact than what he might think. People read Franzen because they love to read, or because they just want to be entertained, maybe by something smart with a little bit of thinking too, but not because they want to change anything, the world, or (especially!) themselves. Yes, there is always a little seed that might stay with you, but then even a pop song can leave a seed in you, or a movie, and today we have just too many freaking seeds to be properly receptive to any one of them. We just move on to the next one. As important as it might be, it is all, at the end of the day, entertainment.
In other words, it seems like Franzen is unable to apply that immense ability for cold razor-sharp objectivity to himself - his own role as a writer. I would say: Relax! It's just a book! But of course, that is the whole point of being a very good writer. You Do Not Relax.
Finally, I disagree with the comment made by some reviewers that the novel falls quickly into the soap opera realm. This novel deserves more attention. I am a very slow reader, and I think it was a good thing with this book. No soap opera is as complex, intelligent, and ambitious as this novel. On the other hand, many novels would look like soap operas if read at the speed of light.
Overall - an impressive, brilliant, complex, sometimes disturbing, sometimes funny, extremely well-written novel about the life of an American couple.
One keeps waiting for something that will make these flat characters develop in some way, and finally the Nice Man is struck by a great blow of fate. But rather than write his way through it, Franzen suspends things just before the moment of impact, then resumes Walter's story six years later—updating us with the glib aside that the event in question "had effectively ended his life." A writer's got to know his limitations, but this stratagem is clumsy enough to make one want to laugh for the first time in the book. It certainly beats the part where a wedding ring is retrieved from a bowl of feces.
Franzen is an amateur ethnographer impersonating a fiction writer. His novel is overstuffed with finger-puppet characters and the clutter of contemporary life: there's no reason to know that someone is wearing "Chinese-made sneakers" or that someone else watches Pirates of the Caribbean during a transatlantic flight. Freedom is crammed as well with rants passed off as dialogue and dialogue that either serves no narrative purpose or reeks of research done in the lifestyle pages of the New York Times.
The freedom of Freedom isn't freedom of choice, it's freedom from it; not an expansion but a narrowing. The book's movement is from the abyss of the abstract to the surety of the concrete, from the potential to the actual. You get there not by reinventing yourself in the American vein, by hatching a plan or heading west or donning a disguise. You do it by going home again, by seeing, as if for the first time, what you've already done, and claiming it as your own.
I didn't buy one of the characters, I didn't buy one of the plot twists, I found the stuff about a Halliburton-esque company rather convoluted and I was completely absorbed by the rest. Without question, Freedom is a book that grabs hold of you. When I was in the middle, I thought of its characters even while I wasn't reading about them, and when I was reading it, I read several lines aloud to my husband.
Franzen's daring has been to take on soap operas and HBO mini-series, demonstrating that if you want modern emotional dramas, the novel can provide them today as effectively as it did in the 19th century. But, he also offers something no HBO series can – the solitude and moral introspection of the novel, the beauty of prose, the imaginative love affair you form with characters you alone see in the way you see them. Freedom is the novel of the year, and the century.
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A high street retailer has been fined £24,000 after a customer fell through an open floor hatch at its store in Kingston.
Shoe seller Office was found guilty of failing to ensure the health and safety of customers, after a woman tumbled six feet through an open hatch at the company's former Church Street branch in 2010.
The woman injured both knees and suffered trauma and shock.
Judges at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court said Office Holdings did not have a formal approach to health and safety and that training and supervision of staff was insufficient.
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UPDATE: Court docs show Amber Roberts said, "I murdered someone but you'll have to find him," Then, "You're getting warmer"
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Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) continue to generate tremendous interest in the scientific community due to their unique ability to differentiate or transform themselves, through a process known as lineage commitment, into any of the specialized cell types found in the human body. These cells may therefore represent a source material for organ and tissue replacement to treat several debilitating ailments ranging from diabetes to Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, the current methods for directing stem cell differentiation are notoriously inefficient and difficult to control. Scientists currently lack the tools to properly obtain the large populations of differentiated cells needed for these future clinical applications. For example, traditional cell growth practices and tools rely exclusively on exposing hPSCs to chemicals and biomolecules that influence stem cell behavior. These practices overlook other crucial environmental stimuli such as mechanical signals that are inherently present in native stem cell environments. By ignoring non-chemical environmental factors that contribute to lineage commitment, such as stiffness or modifications to a cell's internal architecture, cell shape, volume, and mass, conventional culture methodologies often result in unsynchronized growth and differentiation, which has been shown to reduce yields of desired cell types. The work proposed in this project will address this problem by adapting nanotechnology based tools and methodologies, which we originally developed for studying the mechanical properties of cancer cells, to controllably apply well-defined mechanical forces to hPSCs. One objective of our research is to assess the extent to which mechanically stimulating stem cells as they grow can influence the outcome of differentiation. Functionally, these studies will determine how to coax individual stem cells to differentiate to fully functional adult cells. Heart cells will be the initial target for this work based upon their natural tendency to beat in rhythm. Altogether, the nanotechnology proposed here will enable an entirely new approach to culturing hPSCs that will permit scientists to more closely probe the mechanisms behind stem cell differentiation. This research provides the fundamental basis for a technology that has the potential to produce large populations of differentiated cells that will speed the translation of stem cell technologies for therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
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There has been tremendous interest in harnessing the unique capability of pluripotent stem cells to both self renew and to differentiate into all specialized cell types found in the human body. The scientific investigation of cells with these capabilities, such as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, may eventually lead to revolutionary cell based treatments against several debilitating pathologies that affect many citizens of California such as type I diabetes mellitus, Parkinson's disease, and sickle cell anemia. While there is significant promise for this work, the transition from the laboratory bench toward clinically viable therapies has been slowed by several limitations. In particular, current state-of-the-art methodologies for directing stem cell differentiation toward specific lineages are notoriously inefficient and often result in mixed populations of cells. In order for the state of California to maintain its scientific leadership position in the emerging field of stem cell biology and ultimately drive the deployment of clinically relevant stem cell therapies to its citizens and the world, there is a critical need for new tools and strategies that will improve the efficiency and scalability of stem cell differentiation. The work proposed in this project merges concepts from nanoscience, biophysics, materials science, and stem cell biology to develop a means to controllably apply well-defined mechanical forces that will move towards improved differentiation yields. The nanotechnologies described in this proposal enable us to emphasize experimental parameters, which are not attainable by traditional culturing practices, and provide rigorous control over the biophysical microenvironment surrounding the differentiating stem cells. The nanotechnologies developed in this program form the basis for scalable and robust culturing tools that unlock a completely new approach for controlling stem cell behavior. These enabling technologies will not only benefit the scientific community but will also drive emerging commercial and medical development of stem cell therapeutics and other advances that will the benefit the state of California and its citizens.
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The application describes the development of a tool that uses a nanotechnology- and imaging-based platform to measure and apply mechanical forces to human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to direct their differentiation. The applicant will first develop quantitative cellular force spectroscopy tools that can facilitate the application of well-defined mechanical stimuli to individual hPSC cells and colonies. Then, the applicant will determine if mechanical force conditions, which manipulate stem cell fate decisions, can be correlated with cytoskeletal signaling and gene expression and can be adapted to promote germ layer differentiation. Finally, the applicant will develop a procedure to guide individual stem or progenitor cells towards a terminally differentiated cell type through the application of mechanical forces. The reviewers acknowledged the proposed tool's potential for significant impact, since it might yield a new approach to aid hPSC differentiation. They also found some aspects of the proposal such as the incorporation of a single-cell high-throughput force spectroscopy system into the tool to be highly innovative. However, reviewers criticized the applicant's suggestions that mechanical forces would provide the most efficient method to facilitate differentiation and that this approach would eliminate the need for chemical (growth factor) supplementation. The absence of compelling preliminary data indicating the particular importance of mechanical forces for cellular differentiation weakened reviewer enthusiasm for the project. Reviewers felt that the research plan lacked clarity and adequate detail, raising major questions about the feasibility of the proposed research. Reviewers had concerns that the device to apply mechanical forces had not yet been built and tested, and thus, Aims 2 and 3 might not be feasible, since they are incumbent upon the instrument's development. There were also concerns about the system's integration with long-term cell culture platforms. Reviewers questioned the biological relevance of the forces applied to the cells, since magnetic beads are significantly smaller than single cells and will only apply localized forces over a small area of the cell. Reviewers were unclear as to how these beads would be physically bound to the cells. Also, the preliminary data did not contain any information about typical stem cell gene expression patterns before or after the mechanical stimulation, and alternative strategies were inadequately discussed. Furthermore, the applicant did not provide sufficient hypotheses as to how mechanical forces might affect cell differentiation, and it was unclear to reviewers that the proposed experimental system would provide the capacity needed to evaluate a wide range of conditions and their effects on cell fate. The Principal Investigator (PI) has significant experience with force microscopy and is a leading expert in nanotechnology. The research team is comprised of highly accomplished, senior scientists who bring complimentary expertise in stem cell biology and instrumentation to the project. However, junior members of the team are relatively inexperienced. In summary, this application describes the development of a tool to measure and apply mechanical forces to hPSCs to advance their differentiation program. Although the proposed tool is highly innovative, significant flaws in the project's rationale, approach, and research plan diminished reviewer enthusiasm. Thus, the application was not recommended for funding.


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A 1,040-millibar Eastern Pacific High combined with a 1,039-millibar high over the Great Basin will continue to produce an Omega Block along the West Coast of the United States.
This condition will make for dry and cool weather across San Luis Obispo County. The North County will see morning minimum temperatures reach the low 20s. By the way, the record low in Paso Robles during the month of January is 12 degrees. Moderate to fresh (13 to 24 mph) northeasterly (Santa Lucia) winds should keep many of the coastal valleys just above the freezing level this morning. However, if these winds don't develop as advertised, temperatures will fall below the freezing level.
Today's maximum temperatures will rise to the low 50s in the North County and low 60s elsewhere under clear skies. The Santa Lucia winds will decrease tonight into Tuesday morning and allow overnight temperatures to drop below the freezing level in many coastal valley locations and areas near the beaches.
A gradual warming trend will develop Wednesday into Friday with coastal valley and beach locations reaching the low 70s. Minimum low temperatures will go up a bit on Wednesday and then slowly rise through the week. Fair weather is expected to continue through the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. The dry weather should persist into next week with the next chance for precipitation probably not happening until Jan. 25.
Surf report
Today's 3- to 5-foot (295-degree deep-water) swell (with an 8- to 13-second period) will decrease to 2 to 4 feet (with a 7- to 16-second period) Wednesday and will remain at this height and period through Friday morning.
A very intense 936-millibar storm with hurricane force winds is forecast to develop west of the international date line Tuesday then move northward toward the Aleutian Islands. If this storm develops as advertised, one of the longest period northwesterly (300-degree deep-water) swell trains that I've ever seen could arrive along our coastline Friday afternoon at 3 to 4 feet (with a 25- to 29-second period). This swell will gradually build 5 to 7 feet (with a 22- to 25-second period) Saturday.
This northwesterly (300-degree deep-water) swell will peak Sunday at 7 to 9 feet (with a 19- to 21-second period), decreasing next week.
Seawater temperatures
Seawater temperatures will range between 52 and 54 degrees through Friday.


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The city of Dubuque launched a new tool Wednesday morning for drivers. It's an interactive map that tracks the live progress of snow plows on city streets.
The city has been using the GPS technology in its snowplows since 2006 to keep tabs on snow removal and ice control progress, but Wednesday marked the launch of this online map for the public's use.
John Klostermann, the city's street and sewer maintenance supervisor, said the online map isn't perfect just yet but it works and the technology will continue to improve in coming months.
The tool runs through Google Maps. It shows how recently each Dubuque road got plowed and lets people view separately the status of residential roads and primary/secondary roads.
The map got a test run Wednesday with a light morning snowfall, but Klostermann said that was pure coincidence.
"We actually presented it to council last night and it was all preset, and by dumb luck we got the snowfall this morning," he said at his office Wednesday.
The big goals behind the map are to help drivers determine their commute and hopefully be a benefit to people new to the city.
Klostermann said Dubuque's public transportation system may see a similar live tracking map in the future.
Klostermann said it's important to note this is simply a snow plow tracking map and not a road condition or pavement condition map like the ones on the Iowa Department of Transportation's website.
To see the city's snowplow live tracking map, click HERE.
The city's winter weather response information is HERE.


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<messaging> (Or sig) A few lines of information about the sender of an electronic mail message or news posting. Most Unix mail and news software will automagically append a signature from a file called .signature in the user's home directory to outgoing mail and news.
A signature should give your real name and your e-mail address since, though these appear in the headers of your messages, they may be munged by intervening software. It is currently (1994) hip to include the URL of your home page on the web in your sig.
The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo or one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote, fool file). However, large sigs are a waste of bandwidth, and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's prestige on the net.
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To ensure students are adequately prepared for the rigors of MBA-level coursework, students entering the program with undergraduate degrees other than business must demonstrate proficiency in the following content areas as exemplified by their APU undergraduate course equivalent:
- Accounting (BUSI 120 and BUSI 121 Principles of Accounting I/II)
- Finance (BUSI 330 Principles of Finance)
- Marketing (BUSI 360 Principles of Marketing)
- Microeconomics (ECON 251 Principles of Microeconomics)
- Statistics (PSYC 299 Applied Statistics)
Students may fulfill this requirement in the following ways:
Completed undergraduate business coursework – Students who have completed an undergraduate business degree within the past seven years, and who have earned a B- or better grade in a prerequisite course, will generally be able to waive the course. Students must submit a catalog course description and syllabus to the MBA program chair for consideration.
Graduate prerequisite transfer credit – Students may take prerequisite courses at an accredited college or university. To receive transfer credit, the course must have been taken for a grade and the student must have received a B grade or better. The transfer credit must be approved by the MBA chair before enrollment in MBA coursework. Submit a catalog course description and syllabus to the MBA program chair for consideration.
CPA exam – Students who have passed the CPA exam are not required to take the accounting prerequisite. Submit a copy of examination results or CPA Certificate to the MBA program coordinator.
International Students – In order to comply with U.S. government regulations, students must take the online prerequisite courses either in their home country (before coming to the United States to start the MBA program) or they must come to the physical classroom to take these courses if they are in the United States.
Waiver Exam – Students may take a competency exam (equivalent to a final exam) and receive a waiver if competency is demonstrated.
A 3-unit prerequisite course, BUSI 500 MBA Primer, is an undergraduate level course that prepares students to pass a waiver exam in each of the content areas. Failure to pass any and all proficiency exams at a B- or better grade will prevent the student from proceeding with the program until the student has successfully challenged and passed the exams.
At the discretion of the program chair, BUSI 500 may be taken concurrently with other courses that do not require prerequisites. BUSI 500 does not count toward meeting core or elective requirements of the program.
MBA Program Curriculum
The MBA program curriculum requires 38 units of specified core courses with an option for 9 units of elective courses for concentrations in entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, international business, strategic management, and human resources and organization development. The following is a listing and description of the required MBA program coursework.
Course Requirements
|Core Courses
|38 units
|The MBA program at APU is a 38-unit general management program consisting of the following courses. Please note that the Worldview Leadership Formation and Field Experience are short-duration residency courses not taught over the nine-week terms.
BUSI 509Worldview Leadership Formation
BUSI 512Management Accounting
BUSI 513Corporate Finance
BUSI 514Operations Management
BUSI 515Marketing Research
MGMT 516Organizational Behavior
BUSI 521Managerial Economics
BUSI 522Private Enterprise and Public Policy
BUSI 527Marketing Strategy
BUSI 548International Business
BUSI 567Advanced Financial Analysis
BUSI 578Strategy and Planning
BUSI 581Strategic Leadership
|One of the following:
BUSI 566International Field Study and Internship
BUSI 577Global Field Study
BUSI 597Field Experience
Optional Concentration Fields
|9 units
|Students may earn concentrations as part of the MBA degree by taking the equivalent of at least three 3-unit elective courses for a total of 9 units in one of the following areas:
Concentration courses are generally taught using the one-on-one Oxford tutorial model as independent study. Students may consult the MBA enrollment coordinator or the MBA program chair for appropriate faculty to contact regarding the concentration of the student's choice.
Course Attendance and Schedule
The collaborative learning process that characterizes the MBA program requires that students are prepared to contribute valuably to class discussions and to the broader learning community based on their experiences. As such, class attendance is an important aspect of commitment to the MBA program. Absences from class are not appropriate except in cases of emergency.
Students should make note of the start and end of the term as they determine their travel plans. Because the program coursework is offered in accelerated nine-week sessions, students generally cannot miss more than two classes without retaking the course. Students should notify instructors of planned absences as soon as possible and make arrangements with other students to get notes/assignments. Also, since every instructor considers participation in grading, absences and tardiness may significantly affect final grades.
Switching Programs
Students who have been admitted to the YEMBA or MMBA program may not switch from the full-time cohort to the traditional evening MBA. Rare exceptions may be made at the discretion of the program chair if the applicant has met the admissions criteria for the traditional MBA program.
Summer Courses
A limited number of courses are offered during the summer sessions. The summer term is also a time to complete elective and concentration courses as independent studies or Oxford-style tutorials.
Independent Studies
Independent studies are exclusively for subjects considered to be of academic merit that are not addressed or covered in regularly scheduled elective or required core courses. They are intended to allow students to become more versed in their areas of interest and may consist of elective and concentration courses. A student may take no more than two 3-unit courses for a total of 6 units as part of the MBA program.
Independent study coursework requires a written proposal of study prepared by the student, signed by the faculty member, and submitted along with a faculty developed syllabus for the course. The course proposal must include an outline of study, classification as an elective or concentration, proposed credits, timeline, and meeting times with faculty. The complete proposal is presented to the MBA chair and requires his/her written approval.
In order to graduate, students must complete the required courses with an overall grade-point average of 3.0 or higher within five years of matriculation. This includes completing every required course with at least a C- or better. All courses taken within the SBM and applied toward the MBA degree must be taken for a letter grade, except for courses offered only on a Pass/Fail (P/F) basis.
Academic Honors
Outstanding Graduate – At each Commissioning Ceremony, the graduate faculty may honor a single graduate with the distinction of Outstanding Graduate. The award is primarily based on academic achievement and is secondarily given to the outstanding candidate who contributed most to the APU MBA learning community.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is a semester?
The School of Business and Management graduate programs (both the MBA and MAM) run on nine-week terms.
How many units do I take each term?
To be classified as a full-time graduate student, one must be enrolled in at least 9 units during each of the two nine-week semesters (e.g., Fall I and Fall II or Spring I and Spring II). Students can take one to three classes per quarter.
How many hours does each class session require?
Fall and spring classes meet once a week for 4 hours and 5 minutes (including a break). Summer classes meet twice a week for 4 hours.
How many evenings per week do I attend classes?
Students generally attend class one to two nights per week, depending on the number of classes in which they are enrolled.
How soon can I finish this program?
This program can be completed between 1 and 5 years. Most students complete the program in 18–36 months.


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Mink Hollow Lodge in Hunter Mountain
- bedrooms 7
- baths 3½
- sleeps 20
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Visit our 7 Bedroom 3.5 Bath cozy lodge. This charming lodge is
located only 5 minutes from Hunter Mountain Ski Slopes. Relax sit back
and throw another log in our large fieldstone fireplace. Come back to
the land. Our lodge is surrounded by 150 crisp wooded acres with a
refreshing stream and panoramic mountain views. Should your body feel
tired and listless rejuvenate yourself in our hot tub and 10 person
sauna. Your unforgettable visit to this nature lovers paradise will be
with you forever. The lodge is also ideal for all season family reunions.
NOTE: Our all-inclusive affordable fee includes Sales Tax and cleaning fee. Fresh Linens Plus Full Use Of All In House Amenities
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-Six Burner Commercial Vulcan Stove with Griddle
-Fully Stocked Kitchen with Dishwasher & Microwave
-Washer & Dryer
-18 Seat Formal Dining Room
-3 TVs, DVD and CD player
-2 Fireplaces
-Large Open Front Porch
-Rear Deck with Mountain Views, Grill and Hot Tub
-Pool Table and Board Games
-10 Person Sauna Room
-All Linens included
-Free Unlimited Local & Long Distance Phone Service
-Free High Speed Internet Access
-Freestanding Bar and Card Table
activities and attractions in Hunter Mountain Catskills
The Catskill region is loaded with activities for all four seasons and
for all ages
Indulge in our many mountain winter attractions. Hunter Ski Lodge is
only 5 minutes away. Their new state of the art learning center caters
to all groups, children to seniors, novice to experts, with over 25
trails. Hunter Mountain accommodates downhill, cross country, snow
boarding and tubing patrons. After a challenging day on the slopes you
can relax in their restaurants and cozy pub to enjoy your friends and
family. Hunter Mountain has a strong track record for always having a
good base and manicured safe trails with one of the highest vertical
drops in the area. Join us for a thrilling day on the slopes.
Enjoy the fresh smell of flowers and trees as you stroll through
wooded pathways absorbing nature at its best. Try your skill at local
water tubing, horseback riding and dirt biking trails, or hike up
scenic state trails through the mountain range, or sit back and enjoy
our quaint open-air porch at the lodge.
Relax at North & South Lakes only 10 minutes away. This park includes
swimming, beach, and row & paddle boats. Enjoy visiting local museums,
antique hunting, live concerts & plays, or indulge in our many state
of the art golf courses, animal parks, caverns, fishing, Hudson River
cruises, railroad scenic tours and much, much more.
Watch the spectacular fall foliage where leaves join the color
spectrum. The crisp air is invigorating and Hunter Mountain has
numerous ethnic and specialty festivals. Relax as our many gourmet
French, Swiss, Italian and Continental Restaurants treat your mind and
body to a truly magnificent experience you will always remember.
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Weekend Rate-$650.00 per night(3 Night Minimum)
Weekday Rate-$500.00 per night(3 Night Minimum)
Weekly Rate -$3000.00(8 Days & 7 Nights)
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Arizona sacked Cam Newton seven times, once for a safety, and intercepted him on three occasions to overcome a sluggish offensive performance, and the Cardinals beat the Carolina Panthers 22-6 on Sunday.
Daryl Washington, back after serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, had two sacks and an interception for Arizona (3-2).
Calais Campbell had two sacks, one for Arizona's first regular-season safety in nine years, the other forcing a game-clinching fumble. Karlos Dansby also had two sacks and an interception.
Carolina (1-3), playing for the first time since a 38-0 victory over the New York Giants two weeks ago, managed only Graham Gano's field goals of 22 and 51 yards.
Arizona's Carson Palmer threw for a touchdown but was intercepted three times.
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Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders : Hurtsville
Jack Ladder certainly doesn't like to make the same record twice. His third album, Hurtsville, is a far cry from the Motown swagger of second album Love Is Gone, just as the latter was a stylistic leap from the lighter, sparser Not Worth Waiting For. His shift from blues-rock to goth-rock has swung the balance between Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave further in the direction of Cave, there's no question there; when I heard the single Cold Feet on the radio, I thought it was Nick Cave. But there's still a fair whack of Cohen (Blinded by Love), Springsteen (the title track) and even The Cramps covering Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus ( Position Vacant).
But there's still a whole lot of Jack Ladder too. Hurtsville comes as a pleasant surprise after a dreadful Golden Plains performance that, in retrospect, seems to have been some sort of deconstructive transition between two contrasting styles. The sweeping, epic sound of this album is a great fit for his booming voice and the Dreamlanders (Laurence Pike, Kirin J Callinan and Donny Benét) provide a masterfully moody backdrop.
Ladder's lyrics have a streak of black humour that helps to level out some of the gloom but sometimes we just get bad puns ('I want to make like a tree and... leave' from the otherwise sublime Cold Feet) and sometime they're just a bit strange ('Now lumberjacks go deep-sea diving in wet dreams', Short Memory).
While he successfully captures a mood and pays tribute to a particular era in musical history, most of the songs lack a bit of the Love Is Gone soul. However, Ladder goes a fair way to redressing the balance with the spectral closing ballad Giving Up The Giving Up .
The chameleon-like Ladder continues to thrill, frustrate and intrigue. Despite all the twists and turns that isn't likely to change.
Best track: Cold Feet
If You Like These, You'll Like This: Love In Bright Landscapes THE TRIFFIDS, High Violet THE NATIONAL, The Good SonNICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
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---- — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving to eliminate the sale of junk food in schools, and our students will be better for it.
Cafeteria meals aren't the big culprit anymore; gains have been made in recent years in improving the health requirements of the food served to kids.
The government has required that food-service offerings include more whole grains, vegetables, fruit and lower-fat dairy products. Those changes, by the way, brought complaints from some parents, who feared their kids wouldn't eat if forced, for example, to have wheat bread instead of white. But local schools tell us most children have adapted easily to the more healthy offerings.
The latest development is a move by the USDA to eliminate the sale of all junk food in schools. That is targeting the snacks that students can purchase.
A number of schools in the North Country have already voluntarily switched banned candy and soda sales in vending machines and other outlets.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was one of the lawmakers leading the charge for change. She pushed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Schools Act, signed into law in 2010, which requires the USDA to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools in what is referred to as the "Smart Snacks in School Rule."
It was designed to promote a healthy lifestyle while not taking all the fun — or fundraising — out of the snack situation.
Her office summed up the USDA's proposal, saying it:
▶ Promotes the availability of snack foods with whole grains, low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables or protein as their main ingredients.
▶ Ensures snack foods are lower in fat, sugar and sodium and provide more nutrients.
▶ Allows variation by age group for factors such as beverage portion size and caffeine content.
▶ Preserves the ability for parents to send in bagged lunches of their choosing or treats for activities like birthday parties, holidays and other celebrations.
▶ Allows schools to continue traditions like occasional fundraisers and bake sales.
▶ Ensures that standards only affect foods that are sold on campus during the school day. Foods sold at after-school sporting events or other activities aren't covered.
▶ Allows local and regional autonomy by establishing only minimum requirements. States and schools that have stronger standards will be able to maintain their own policies.
The new standards won't start until at least one full school year after public comment is considered and rules are published, so schools and vendors have time to adapt.
The leaders and food-service personnel from schools in this area have shown that they care about the health and well-being of their students. They see first-hand the effects on children of poor eating habits.
We urge those schools that haven't already eliminated unhealthy snacks to act on this important initiative before the USDA deadline.