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Hammam-e Ali Gholi Agha
Ali Gholi Agha, one of the high ranking court officials at the last Safavid king Shah Sultan Hussein, built a bath house, bazaar and mosque in the quarter with the same name. This has recently been renovated by the municipality of Esfahan and is now open to visitors. There is also a bathhouse that is considered to be the most attractive in Iran. After renovation, it has been turned into an ethnological museum containing waxworks. The bath house has two parts, private and public. The decorations are polychrome tile and faience mosaic from the 17th century Safavid era but the murals are from the 19th century Qajarid and the 20th century Pahlavid dynasties. They were considered as public buildings and were located in the centre of quarters, along the bazaar axis next to mosques and caravanserais. Hammam were used by both genders at different hours. The bathhouse consisted of two main sections; Sarbineh section or the cloak room of the bathhouse and Garmkhaneh section which was the pleasantly warm bathing place. This bathhouse had water pools with a desirable temperature and it had diving boards. The water needed for bathhouses was supplied through water well and a special place was dedicated to it, called Gav Chah. This was a corridor with a slight slope in which a cow or bull walked and pulled up a leather bucket filled with water from a well, using this cow power a water reservoir was filled. From there the water was transferred to the ponds of the bathhouse through baked clay pipes and in this way the continuous need for water would be satisfied.
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History and Overview
Isfahan is located in central Iran, equidistant from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. It sits on both the east-west and north-south trade routes which traverse the country.
Isfahan has artifacts dating back to the Paleolithic period, and written history going back to ancient Aspandana. At one time Isfahan was among the largest cities in the world.
It has twice been the capital city of Persia -- during the Parthian Empire and again in the sixteenth century Safavid dynasty. It was here that the Safavids declared Shi'a Islam to be the empire's official religion, one of the most important markers in Islamic history.
Modern day Isfahan has one of the largest steel mills in the region, an air force base and a major oil refinery. The art and architecture in Isfahan rival anything else in the world in terms of beauty and intricacy.
Getting There
The airport is found 20km to the north-east of the city; you can reach it by taxi or bus. The airport shuttle bus goes to and from Enghelab-e Eslami Square.
It costs about 4500 rials to hire a taxi for an hour, and it's a good idea to grab one if you plan on visiting some of the more distant sights.
The main bus station is about 2km north of Shohoda Square. Here you can get buses to other cities in Iran, like Yazd or Tehran. Once a week a bus goes up to Istanbul.
People and Culture
Iranians are extremely hospitable and a growing number of them speak English, so it is possible to get by on a visit without needing to speak Farsi.
As always, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the local customs before visiting a new place. In Iran, for example, it's not polite to blow your nose in company and it is not customary for men and women to shake hands. It is better to err on the side of caution if you are not sure how to avoid offending someone.
The local currency is the rial, however locals speak about prices in tomans (one toman = ten rials). The rial is about 12,000IRR to the Euro as of February 2009 so you can see why they have a term for reducing the number by a factor of ten. US dollars and British pounds are the best currencies to bring with you, and be sure to declare all your currency at customs when you enter the country.
The food in Iran favors fresh vegetables and fruits along with long grain rice, bread and grilled meats. Kebab is the the most common preparation of meat, did you know that came from Iran?
Keep an eye out for Abgoosht, it's a thick lamb stew with lentils and potatos, served with bread in a special container.
Things to do, Recommendations
The Zayande Roud River is a nice place to go for a walk in some open space.
Visit Naghshe Jahan square for the craftsmen's shops displaying amazing handiwork. Make sure you get some Gaz, it's the special candy of Isfahan, delicious!
Before it's too hot in the mid-day, go for a walk at Najvan Park, it offers amazing views and a deep silent atmosphere.
When you're ready to do some shopping there are several malls to pick from. Mojtame Park, Osun and Ali Ghapou malls are all located in Chaharbagh Abbasi Street. These are great for clothes, flowers, electronics etc.
Jewelry time! Honor Gold Bazzar is a very big one-floor shopping mall where you can find all types of yellow and white gold, as well as silver. 18k gold is the standard of Iran.
The Isfahan Old Bazzar is here at the end of the list because we like to save the best for last. This market sells everything you could want and then more. It's very beautiful to visit even if you aren't planning on buying anything, situated in the western wing of Naghshe Jahan Square.
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New Year to Get out and Get active
2014 will be a huge year for sport in Scotland, and one that I'm looking forward to enormously. There will be fairly major personal challenges from a running/ adventure point of view, and some great stuff going on at work.
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My first outing race wise of 2014, is the Anglesey Coastal Trail Series. It's a 34 odd miler, with about 1000metres of ascent and descent in a fabulous part of the world. I'm usually one to pick races based on a place I fancy going and the seaside villages, coastal tracks and stunning beaches as well as the customary hills sound an ideal way to spend a Saturday morning. As a bonus it is on a Saturday, so we can go climbing in nearby Snowdonia the day after. The last time I was in Snowdonia, I did the Welsh 3000 feet peak challenge in winter, climbing all the 3000 peaks consecutively and running between them. The itinerary on Sunday might be a little less hectic.
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Last year I had the chance to climb, run, bike and hike in a load of cool places, from the Dolomites to East Africa, but actually many of the amazing days were in the UK- running along the Giant's Causeway and immense adjacent rock formations to days in the forests, on the coast, or in the mountains of Scotland. We also had some almost perfect weather for a week in the Lake District. This year will be no different, with trips planned at home and abroad- it is incredible what you can see in even a day
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A NEW school opened by a Christian organisation in Hornby is set to be the first 'free school' in the region.
Hornby Park School opened on Monday on the former site of Hornby High and is run by The Brethren, a Christian organisation whose members dedicate their lives to the teachings of the Bible.
The school is currently an independent school but head teacher Chris Ainsworth hopes to re-apply for free school status.
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Mr Ainsworth said: "We have the capacity to cater for a least 150 pupils and we probably could squeeze some more in after that.
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11:21pm Thu 15 Sep 11
claughton says...
And to say that they "dedicate their lives to the teachings of the Bible" really is a bad joke!
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5:43pm Fri 16 Sep 11
Ribbleton says...
From what you say it would appear that this school is not, as the article might lead one to believe, being run by the evangelical Christian Brethren who have welcoming Gospel Halls and Evangelical Churches throughout this area and offer hospitality to strangers but by a vastly different group – the "Hales Exclusive Brethren" (HEB).
If this is so, then I have dozens of questions I'd like answers to including quite a few around the claims they are reported to have made regarding non brethren students being welcome to study in the school.
In order to be able to respect the school's way of doing things would these non brethren really have to agree not to become friends with, eat with or in any other way associate/socialise with the HEB young folk? Some welcome that!
Maybe someone from the school can comment.
10:10pm Fri 16 Sep 11
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10:32am Sat 17 Sep 11
Ribbleton says...
The issues here are surely more to do with funding and integration.
If the education is shown without prejudice to be good and we taxpayers are expected to pay, then anyone whatever their faith or lack of it should be able to attend. The sect should not be allowed to impose its draconian separation rules regarding eating, friendships etc. in the school setting.
If they insist that this separation from non sect members is mandatory, surely they should pay for their own sectarian education and not be allowed to become a free school.
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E.R. Dodds' distinction between shame and guilt culture has been used to distinguish the collectivist shame-based Greek society from modern individualist guilt-based society.
Cecrops was an early Greek king who civilized the people of what became Athens.
Learn about the Greek acratisma.
Horse and Mule in Ancient Life
Horses and Mules. Comparison of the value of horses and mules for tasks in daily life in the ancient Mediterranean. Also Ancient / Classical History Forum notes on breeding horses and mules.
The word deipnon is found in the word deipnosophists where it refers to a banquet. Learn more about this Greek word.
Oxyrhynchus is also known as waste paper city. Read the basics on Oxyrhynchus.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
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Lexicon of Greek Personal Names
Alphabetized lists of attested ancient Greek male, female, and ambiguous names.
Thomas R. Martin - Greek Food
By Thomas Martin, on the Athenian diet. Bread was purchased or baked at home, but meat was a feast day luxury.
A Nineteenth Century Classical Encyclopedia
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Illustrated Guide to the Classical World: Greece
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It may seem to many of my readers that I am some kind of know-it-all. It is true that 84 years give one a lot of time to read, learn, experience and get in trouble, but I confess that lots of things still puzzle me.
One of them is this: Why is it that there is so much resistance to increasing taxes on the very wealthy, especially at a time when the wealthiest Americans, the top 1 percent, own approximately 50 percent of the total wealth in America?
I am not here to persuade you one way or the other.
As has often been said, a person is entitled to his or her own opinion but not his or her own facts. The facts are that prior to the recent election, the pollsters reported that well over a majority of Americans were in favor of increasing the tax on the income of the wealthiest people (and perhaps increasing their estate taxes). After the election, exit polls reported that the number of Americans in favor of increasing taxes on the rich has expanded.
However, it is certainly true that a substantial number of Americans disagree with raising taxes on rich people. Why?
To me, the kind of hard times that we are suffering now make it incredible that someone should take the minority view.
During the campaign there were various Republican defenses against raising the tax on the rich. Among them were that the very wealthy are a source of capital for the economy, that spending by the rich trickles down to help the economy (Republicans generally avoid the term "trickle down," but that is what it is), that the rich have earned their fortunes by hard work and thereby fulfilled the American dream, and, finally, that allowing great wealth to accumulate greatly is in the nature of capital.
Another theory is that taxing the wealthy is a large step towards socialism. Socialism has become the bugaboo of our political system. But it seems to me that we are not on the road to socialism merely because we do tax the rich, or care for the needy and provide universal health care as almost every civilized country in the world has done. Socialism is defined in Miriam-Webster as "any of the various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods." We are no more on the path to socialism under Obama as president than we are on the road to dictatorship.
One other thought, before I open the question: prior to and during the campaign the Republicans attempted to use the taxation question as leverage to ensure that the Democrats would agree to make cuts in the budget to eliminate various social programs.
Obamacare, for instance, should be eliminated in favor of vouchers. I don't mean to get into a debate about the wisdom of doing this, although I think it unwise, but it does seem that budget-cutting should be examined independently.
The rigid insistence on both sides has led us to "the fiscal cliff," which, if allowed to go into operation on Jan. 1, is virtually sure to lead to a great depression.
Help me, please. Instruct me on why the very wealthy should not be asked to pay a larger share of the tax burden.


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Coach Tracey Clingingsmith is pleased to announce that Ashtyn Aumueller of Columbus, MT and Kaylyn Delaney of Grass Range, MT have signed letters of intent to play for the Dawson Community College Lady Buccaneers next season.
Ashtyn Aumueller is a 5'1'' forward from Columbus, MT who has received First Team All Conference recognition her junior and senior years, All State her senior year, and Treasure State All Tournament team and team MVP. Aumueller has also been awarded Academic All State and the Montana University System Honor Scholarship. Coach Tracey states, "Ashtyn is an outstanding student athlete who makes everyone around her better. She is a natural leader and it was clear immediately that she is a perfect fit with our returning team members." Ashtyn averaged 9 points per game and 6 rebounds per game for Columbus High School her senior year. Ashtyn's parents are Rob and Pam Aumueller.
Kaylyn Delaney is a 6'0'' forward from Grassrange, MT who was received All State Honors in both her junior and senior years as all as First Team All Conference both years. Kaylyn helped lead her team to the State Championship game this year placing second by just six points. She was earned Academic All State her sophomore, junior, and senior years. Kaylyn is majoring in Nursing at DCC. "I'm honored to continue my basketball career at Dawson Community College while pursuing my career goals through their excellent education program," states Kaylyn. She finished her basketball year shooting 48% from the field and 70% at the free throw line. Her team lost just two games this past year, both to Belt in the Divisional and State finals. Coach Clingingsmith says, "Kaylyn is an very smart player who brings a ton of enthusiasm and competitive play to our team." Kaylyn's parents are Troy and Gina Delaney.


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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Green Series: Gardening with Native Plants
at Pier 6 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.
Grow Local! Join a BBP gardener in exploring the varieties of popular and lesser known indigenous plants that thrive in a personal garden, which in turn bolster the eco-system of…
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Sunset Rides: Free Rockaway Beach Spin Class
at Beach 108th Street Hockey Rink (in Rockaway Beach Boardwalk), Queens
7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Spinning classes on the beach under the sunset with popular music. Suncycle Studios wll be hosting this fitness program along with instructor guided fitness workouts on the highend…
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
Washington Square Park Music Festival
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.
July 9: Baroque in the Park: The Judgment of Paris, a Baroque opera by John Eccles, conducted from the harpsichord by Kenneth Cooper with five vocal soloists and chamber orchestra,…
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Martha Graham Dance Company / Special Guest: Dancin' Downtown at The Joyce Contest Winner
at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The Martha Graham Dance Company brings to life a timeless and uniquely American style of dance that has influenced generations of artists and continues to captivate audiences.
Category: Concerts, Dance, Free Summer Concerts
Summer Movie Series: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
at Hunt's Point Recreation Center, Bronx
8:00 p.m.
Watch a movie in the great outdoors! We're showing family-friendly films through August.
Category: Film, Kids, Free Summer Movies
NYRP Summer Movie Nights: Wreck-It Ralph
at Jane Bailey Memorial Garden, Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Spend a night under the stars enjoying a film on the big screen. Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic and blanket, and NYRP will provide complimentary hot popcorn served in…
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Washington Square Park Music Festival: Mostly VW--- Verdi and Wagner
at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Manhattan, Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.
Celebrate the contributions of Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi to the world of music.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts
Shakespeare in the Park Presents "Love's Labour's Lost"
at Delacorte Theater (in Central Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.
A new musical adaption of Shakespeare's screwball comedy.
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater
Bryant Park StoryTime
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10:30 p.m.
StoryTime with Cali Co Cat.
Category: Kids
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Sunrise Tai Chi Classes
at Linden Terrace (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
6:30 a.m.–7:30 a.m.
Sunrise Tai Chi Classes with Robert Martinez, certified Tai Chi Instructor.
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New OotP Filming Info and More with Jamie Waylett on PotterCast 31Waylett
March 21, 2006, 08:43 PM
Yep, all about Umbridge, the Inquisitorial Squad and more on PotterCast 31! Like almost every PotterCast, this episode is ripe with Harry Potter news, info and interviews that you can't get or even hear about anywhere else but Leaky - this week, Jamie Waylett (a.k.a. Vincent Crabbe) joins us as a co-host, to talk about filming Order of the Phoenix and a lot more.
In this show:If you are new to all this podcasting stuff, it's really easy: download and install iTunes, then click here to listen. Everything else is at PotterCast.com - you can also direct download it here, and discussion of the PotterCast is right here. Have fun!
-Slytherin baddie Jamie (Wallet) Waylett, a.k.a. Crabbe, co-hosts
-We talk David Yates, movie five, the actors's new digs, and more
-John's Fan Fiction Challenge: You give him two or three characters and a plot line, and John writes the fanfic.
-Ginny Weasley talk in the modcast
-The next call-in PotterCast - sometime over the next month. The next DVD commentary: Yet sooner.
-Kristin's return to the Mailbag segment
-Chris Columbus: The most underrated HP director?
-Harry's dreams, Trelawney and more in the fan interview
-Lori tries to recruit Guru to the Dark side
-Guinevere vs...white foam?
-Is Crabbe a secret Gryffindor?
-Mr. Blood insists on recurring in conversation - does he = Flat Stanley?
-John visiting Chipotle in Vegas in costume...?
-Sue hopes he gets arrested - and also calls him a "Big Slytherin Snakey Shaped Thing"
-Kristin is the only one to maintain her composure
-How many takes did the ferret scene take? (We learn the ferret was a diva.)
-Jamie says he'd pick pink boxers
-The Bum Double revisited
-The Inquisitorial Squad, O.W.L. Test in movie five, Staunton's "evil-eyed" Umbridge
-Listening to PotterCast on set
-On characters who live in trees (and filming those scenes)
-Jamie plays Live or Die, and promises to play Dance Dance Revolution AND eat a Chipotle burrito next time he comes to the States
-Fan Art Challenge: John driving a moped into a tree
-Goodbye Ears
-Shameless plug for the RENT podcast
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RALEIGH — Maybe you know some of the bad things that happen when states roll back their laws mandating safety helmets for all motorcycle riders:
Fewer riders wear helmets.
More riders suffer serious brain injuries in crashes, running up six- and seven-figure medical bills for families and taxpayers.
More riders die.
Theres a good thing that happens, too: With fewer lifesaving, brain-protecting helmets, we get more organ donors.
Maybe youve heard this morbid factoid as a bit of sardonic cocktail-party wisdom. But it was no joke to Stacy Dickert-Conlin, an economics professor at Michigan State University. She wanted to find out whether it was really true.
Dickert-Conlin likes to study unintended consequences. How does Social Security policy shape personal decisions about divorce and remarriage? Why do deer hunting regulations reduce shooting accidents and save human lives?
Ive always been interested in the markets for things you cant buy and sell, Dickert-Conlin told the Road Worrier.
Things like human organs. So in a 29-page study published in 2011, she and two colleagues measured the donorcycles effect.
They calculated a 10 percent increase in organ donations resulting from motor vehicle accidents in states that have repealed their helmet laws.
A better supply of organs means shorter waits for transplant recipients. So for every three deaths involving motorcyclists riding without helmets, the economists figure that death is delayed or prevented for one person on an organ waiting list.
Before we dig into the delicate numbers, lets get something straight: Dickert-Conlin is not calling for repeal of the helmet laws. She notes the grim ratio of 3 riders dead for 1 organ recipient saved. As she and her co-authors dryly observe, helmetless riding is clearly an inefficient means of preserving life.
The Road Worrier brings this up as the state Senate is considering a bill passed by the House last year that would have North Carolina conduct its own helmet law study. The idea is to predict what might happen if we join the 31 states that have decided to make helmets optional for adult bikers, or all bikers.
The bill is a compromise pushed by free-spirited bikers who have been unable to win enough votes for what they really want to do: require helmets only for teen motorcyclists and reduce penalties for violators.
If theyre looking for a chance to accentuate the positive aspects of rolling back a lifesaving law, maybe they should talk up the prospect of a transplant organ bonanza.
Dickert-Conlin traces several steps between a relaxed helmet law and an increased flow of organ donations. Its not just that helmetless bikers are more likely to die. Biker crash victims also happen to be better-than-average organ donors.
Except in cases where a living donor gives up a kidney or part of a liver, nearly all transplant organs come from donors who are brain-dead. Respirators and other medical equipment keep their hearts beating and their organs viable for transplant.
And brain death is much more often a factor in motorcycle crashes than in automobile crashes. Especially when they are not protected by helmets, the economists write, motorcyclists can be killed in low-speed, relatively minor collisions which cause brain death but leave the rest of the body in pristine condition.
Studies show helmets work
The House study bill promotes the idea of better motorcycle safety instruction, which sounds good. But researchers say that doesnt do much in the way of saving lives.
When a helmet requirement is repealed, studies show that helmet use falls from nearly 100 percent to about 55 percent.
And thats too bad because, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported, helmets cut the risk of death in a crash by 37 percent and the risk of head injury by 69 percent. Nothing else comes close to preventing so many motorcycle deaths and injuries.
It turns out that more than 12 percent of motorcycle crash victims end up as organ donors, Dickert-Conlin says compared with less than 4 percent of car crash victims. Transplant surgeons make use of two or three organs from the average donor.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculated in 2012 that the helmet requirement for all motorcyclists saves the lives of 80 motorcyclists in North Carolina every year more than in any other state. On the other hand, if all states repealed their helmet laws, Dickert-Conklin figures an additional 677 motorcyclists would die every year (on top of the current national toll of about 5,000).
One journal editor was dismissive when she circulated her donorcycles study a few years ago. Everybody knows that bareheaded bikers make good organ donors, he told her.
But no one had ever studied the connection. Rolling back helmet laws really does increase organ donation not a huge impact, but its nontrivial, she said.
We would never promote this as a policy, Dickert-Conlin said. But it is certainly the case that people who will benefit from the removal of helmet laws are people on organ waiting lists.
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Funding opportunities
Elucidating Chemotropic Responses of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Guidance Cues
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Public Abstract:
Parkinson's disease is caused by the death of neurons in the substantia nigra. These neurons extend projections, called axons, to another region of the brain called the corpus striatum. Here, they release dopamine, an essential chemical required for smooth and coordinated movement. Loss of 80% of the dopamine producing cells leads to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease which include muscle rigidity, tremor, and uncoordinated movement. Current therapy involves supplementing the dwindling dopamine production with drugs, but this therapy loses effectiveness over time. Surgical options also exist, such as neurostimulation from battery-operated implants, but surgical complications occur in addition to problems associated with implanted hardware such as broken or dislocated wires. Successful long-term treatment has been attained for a subset of patients using fetal midbrain tissue grafts that reconstitute the axonal pathway, but general use of this therapy has been limited by requirements for fresh human fetal tissue. Consequently, there are clear advantages to using sources of dopaminergic neurons for transplantation, such as human embryonic stem cells (hESC), that can be perpetually grown in tissue culture Great strides toward treatment have recently been made in our ability to reliably differentiate hESCs into dopaminergic neurons, but ultimately, therapeutic success will require reconstituting the precise neuronal connections with engrafted hESC-derived dopaminergic neurons. In the nervous system, neurons and their axons make appropriate connections by following cues present in the extracellular environment. Studies on dopaminergic neurons have shown that they are guided by two families of environmental cues called Netrins and Slits. In this application, we propose to investigate the response of hESC-derived dopaminergic neurons to the Netrin and Slit cues. Neurons respond to cues based on the expression of receptors on their cell surface. Consequently, in Aim I, we propose to determine the profile of receptors expressed on dopaminergic neurons. Studies on mouse embryonic stem cells suggest that at least one receptor for each family of cue will be expressed by hESCs. In Aim II, we propose to evaluate how hESCs respond to Netrin and Slit cues, using an assay in which aggregates of hESC-derived dopaminergic neurons are placed in a 3-dimensional matrix near a point source of Netrin and Slit. We will determine how axons of these dopaminergic neurons respond to cues by recording the migration behavior of the axons, toward or away from, the point source. If the dopaminergic neurons do not respond, we have previously identified methods to stimulate the neurons to generate a response. Finally in Aim III, we propose to observe the response of hESC-derived dopaminergic neurons to Netrins and Slits that are present in adult brains by transplanting the neurons into mice and evaluating the response of their axons one and four weeks post-transplantation.
Statement of Benefit to California:
The citizens of California voted to support research on potential stem cell therapies that can be used to treat serious medical conditions that cripple millions of Americans. Parkinson's disease is one of these conditions. The experiments proposed in this application tackle key issues that must be resolved before neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells can be successfully used to treat this neural disorder. Recently, researchers have developed ways to reliably differentiate human embryonic stem cells into the type of neurons, dopaminergic, that degenerate in patients with Parkinson's disease. This application addresses the next step required for the development of successful therapeutic strategies. These strategies will require that transplanted dopaminergic neurons respond robustly and appropriately to environmental cues in the patient's brain so that they supply the crucial chemical, dopamine, to the correct target. Parkinson's disease is one of the illnesses in which a stem cell-based therapy is within grasp. An early success in using human stem cells to treat a devastating illness will be inspirational to California citizens.
Review Summary:
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSAL: Dr. Lindsay Hinck from UC Santa Cruz proposes to study netrin and slit receptor expression in dopaminergic cells grown from hESC, to assess the response of the cells grown in 3D collagen gells containing point sources of netrin and slit, and assess the behavior of differentiated hESC cells implanted into immunocompromised mice. INNOVATION AND SIGNIFICANCE: This is an innovative and original proposal. While most researchers have selected dopaminergic cells for transplantation into animal models (and human cases) of Parkinson's disease, they have seldom considered other factors that might account for the success or failure of the grafts. In these experiments, the investigator has proposed that two well-known guidance molecules, Netrin and Slit, are important for the successful use of dopaminergic neuronal transplants. They will study Netrin and Slit receptor expression in cells differentiated from hESC line, assess their response to these two guidance molecules in vitro, and then test the hypothesis in vivo. The project may lead to advances in understanding progress of and developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease. The approach has been used for various types of neurons previously. It may be interesting to learn if Netrins and Slits also affect hESC-derived DA neurons. The proposal is moderately innovative in that this approach has never before been applied to hESC lines, and is potentially significant. STRENGTHS OF PROPOSAL: The proposed research addresses an important problem: the selection of hESC derived dopaminergic cells for transplantation for treating Parkinson's disease. Results are expected to lead to advances in understanding dopaminergic neuron axonal guidance and the role of Netrins and Slits as cues. The proposed experiments are clear, focused, and feasible with likely successful outcomes. The PI's laboratory is in a unique position to answer the question. He is an experienced and productive investigator (10 years experience in field), who trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Marc Tessier-Lavigne (1994-1998) where the applicant and his colleagues cloned the netrin receptor and developed numerous reagents to study the receptors, including antibodies against the receptors and cues, stable cell lines expressing netrins and slits, blocking reagents (ectodomain constructs), and a viral system to transfect neurons. He has experience with performing all the proposed assays. WEAKNESSES OF PROPOSAL; The proposed research has no clear hypothesis, is not feasible, as presented and is NIH fundable. The research design is not well described and not well thought through. There is a lack of details. For example, the PI proposes to use SSEA as a marker. Which SSEA? There are several of them and not every one is a marker for the same hESC state. The PI proposes to transplant terminally differentiated neurons - this may lead to cell death upon transplantation and/or a very low yield of cells surviving the procedure. A large amount of DA neurons will be required - will need high yield and relatively pure populations of DA neurons. The PI does not describe how the DA neurons will be recognized. The PI and team do not have any direct hESC experience, nor do they have a collaborator experienced in hESC culture. There is only a graduate student on the team who is currently scheduled to be trained in a hands-on hESC course in Wisconsin. The PI allocates only 11% of her time and states that she will be responsible for scientific, financial, and administrative tasks for this project. This may not be enough commitment. DISCUSSION: To do the type of study proposed, one would need a high yield differentiation method for differentiating hESC to dopinergic neurons. There is no high yield dopaminergic neuron differentiation protocol currently. Also, applicant does not state how cultures will be characterized. It was mentioned that transplantation of dopaminergic neurons can be problematic as terminally differentiated neurons do not transplant well. The investigator was regarded as experienced but new to hESC field, exactly the kind of researcher the RFA was hoping to attract. There was some question about what is the review panel's philosophy regarding the value of testing any given morphogenic molecule on hESC. A point was raised that simply calling something a dopaminergic neuron is misleading as there are many types of dopaminergic neurons - that making TH is not sufficient to make a neuron a 'true' dopaminergic neuron, noting that olfactory bulb neurons are dopaminergic - but are not the same dopaninergic neurons as those that are lost in Parkinson's Disease.


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Royals Review profiles Fordyce, Arkansas, the southernmost affiliate in the Royals Radio Network.
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Royals Review profiles Royals Radio Affiliate Monett, Missouri.
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Royals Review highlights St. Joseph, Missouri. A benchmark member of the Royals Radio Network.
Royals Review profiles another member of the Royals Radio Network.
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Garrett Wayne Ada
DELPHI — Garrett Wayne Ada, Delphi, was stillborn at 11:34 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at St. Elizabeth East, Lafayette.
Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home, Delphi, with Pastor Dan Fisher officiating.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.
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This book contains photos of interesting shapes, forms, lines, colours, I found in my 4 days in Berlin in august 2010.
About the AuthorJaime Silva
jaimsilva Lisboa, Portugal
Love to travel and take pics. Travelled already almost around whole Europe.
Publish Date September 28, 2010
Dimensions Standard Landscape 22 pgs Standard Paper
Category Portfolios
Tags design, architecture, trip, berlin, deutschland, germany, color, colors, colour, line, form, shape, colours, lines, forms, shapes
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Really Interesting .... I like it.
I have the same suggestion as andreask: try a single picture page.
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Hi, impressed by a lot of shots!! Why don't u try t o make a book with single pictures on each page?Beautiful, bravo!
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What's the best part of working in regional theatre? "Well, it gets me out of New York," declares costume designer David Zinn with a laugh. The peripatetic designer, who often works with NYC's hip downtown theatre group Target Margin, flew to the Northwest earlier this year to design costumes for Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of the play version of Chicago. The play, upon which the better-known musical is based, began in February and ran through October. Zinn designed Henry IV, Part I for the Festival last year, and says, "They must have liked me, because they brought me back."
Truth be told, says Zinn, it's not just the time away; there are the more important factors of community and resources. He says, "There's so much stuff going on at once. It's fun to go in and watch The Good Person of Setzuan and then go in and watch the dress rehearsal of Othello. It's great because everybody is working hard, and everybody's smart and interesting."
On Chicago, Zinn relied on the company's resources to build (or, where shoes were involved, paint) the various costumes of the period play (it's set in 1926). As a designer who claims to be "completely unskilled" in the art of building costumes ("I don't do a lick of it"), Zinn is highly appreciative of the staff at Oregon: "Oregon has been so good to me. Staff members on all levels of production have been wonderful. It's great to have the support and skill of the shop." Zinn lays out where the lace and trim should go on a garment, but leaves it to the staff to sew. He is therefore especially grateful for the staff's attention to detail in realizing his final creations.
And what costumes they are. Flashy and gaudy (purposely so) are the words that come to mind. Explains Zinn, "The entire play is about true artifice. It's all about the construction of this artificial image, which is what you get at the end when Roxie goes to court. She's gone from sleazy whore to a perfectly constructed angelic figure. That's why the play resonates for us today. It's so cynical in that it exposes how everybody, including the press, conspires to manipulate Roxie's image and make it palatable."
Chicago opens with Roxie Hart having just killed her lover. After her arrest, we see press person Mary Sunshine and lawyer Billy Flynn turn her into a virtuous figure. It is this tension between the surface and true self that most informed Zinn's concept. As he says, "It's all about subtext--the contrast and conflict between what you know she is and what you see her become."
The themes of the play were visually represented by Zinn, lighting designer Ann G. Wrightson, and scenic designer William Bloodgood. The basic idea, explains Zinn, was to begin with "intense, garish color" and gradually strip away the color until the end, when everything is black and white. "As Roxie strips away her real self, the colors all go away," Zinn says. The lighting too went from a warm to a cold palette, and Bloodgood designed black-and-white cutouts to represent the jury members--a move from flesh-and-blood characters to inanimate outlines with black-and-white clothes and features--with a newspaper (or tabloid) feel to them.
One way Zinn expressed Roxie's transformation was in what he terms "the journey of her hemlines and the journey of her wigs." The hemlines get longer (and her neckline higher); and her bright red wig transforms itself from short and unruly to neatly coifed, "impossibly long" hair with "kind of Princess Leia buns behind her ears."
Hair complements outfit in her second ensemble. As the play opens, Roxie wears a turquoise robe with negligee underneath (above). She then changes onstage--in front of the police officers who have been questioning her--into a bright (and short) red dress with a drop waist topped off by a leopard hat. Green shoes complete the look. For Roxie's third outfit, Zinn designed a black sheath dress with red tassels and 24" ombreing fringe (which goes from black to red) all around it. He placed an "enormous" red corsage on it, and gave Roxie black shoes with red heels to finish the look off. It has a beaded hip belt and embroidered characters on it.
Designed for the scene in which the imprisoned Roxie first meets Mary Sunshine, this ensemble is, from Roxie's point of view, "fantastically sophisticated," says Zinn. From Zinn's point of view, however, and one hopes the audience's, "It's like a bad Chinese restaurant."
By the end of the play, Roxie, dressed in a white drapey silk, appears as something of a "1920s angel."
As for Mary Sunshine, Zinn says, "She was the most fun because she was all about outfits. We decided that every time we see her, she's in a completely new one. And each outfit had a theme. First is her garden outfit, second is her sailor outfit, and third is her polka-dot outfit." Her garden outfit consists of a printed georgette and lightweight wool jacket--and ruffles that "bounce when she walks." Her belted sailor ensemble, which has a wool, drop-waisted 20s jacket, also has "little red, white, and blue stars."
Zinn acknowledges, "We went over the top with it," but claims he learned an important lesson: "Clothes can be funny." He also discovered that a certain restraint was, at times, required. Said sailor outfit initially had tassels on it as well, but "We found the tassels were too much."
Zinn says finding the shoes "was kind of a nightmare, actually. The 20s is a shape everyone was doing about five years ago, but now no one is doing it. Now it's those big clunky heels." Shoes were pulled from stock and then painted. As for hats, Zinn laughs. "We just sort of 'wung' it. Since they have such a huge facility out there, we built all the hats."
The prison inmate who claims to be God's messenger is dressed in gray and given a wig of "horribly bleached fried hair." OSF is a repertory theatre, and Zinn notes that the actress performing this role played Desdemona on alternating nights. "That is another of the joys of working with a repertory company," Zinn says. "One night you see her as Desdemona, and she's in beautiful clothes; the next night she's completely unrecognizable."
Working on Chicago "was just hilarious," says Zinn. "There are costume designers, who say, 'Oh, it doesn't matter if they don't notice my work. If they don't notice, I've done my job well.' I'm not like that. If they don't notice my work on this show, they're completely out of their minds!"
This fall Zinn travels to Seattle for The Royal Family and Dear Liar at Intiman. Up next for Zinn at Oregon: The Man Who Came to Dinner, scheduled for winter 2000.
The first major play to be written about Hollywood, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly's gentle satire of the silent film era, Merton of the Movies, was recently produced as the final play of the Geffen Playhouse's 1998-1999 season in Los Angeles. "It seemed especially fitting to do it at the Geffen," says director John Rando, "which was also built during Hollywood's early heyday." Written in 1922, when Hollywood moviemaking was still in its infancy, the play was based on Harry Leon Wilson's novel, which was serialized in the then popular Saturday Evening Post.
"Plays from the 20s, 30s, and 40s are some of my favorites to do," says sound designer Jon Gottlieb. "And this one is full of neat music, fun gags, sort of vaudeville for the stage." Gottlieb, along with codesigners Daniel Ionazzi (lighting), Kent Dorsey (scenic), and Jonathan Bixby (costumes), researched the silent film era over a period of months to provide both authenticity and additional comic opportunities throughout the show.
"It's a nice character-building play, a funny sendup of the period," says Bixby, who credits director Rando with allowing him a "long leash and lots of rope to start with." Set in the late teens and early 20s, the players were "pre-Mary Pickford, many just bit characters," adds Bixby, "and different from the 1920s look most people are familiar with." With feathers, knickers, and riding pants, Bixby constructed an ongoing "fashion show" for the audience, which roared with laughter when Merton, the young wannabe actor, emerges from an office dressed in exaggerated cowboy regalia finished off with oversized film reels for spurs.
"Merton was the first show I've done where all my music purchases were conducted over the Internet," says Gottlieb. "I never set foot in a record store." Using a diverse collection of ragtime, jazz, and instrumental music, Gottlieb crafted a silent feature movie score for the play, having already determined with Rando the "key concepts of where the music should be."
The complicated scenic transitions on the small stage drove Gottlieb to make extensive use of wireless speaker systems in his design. "There were virtually no speakers in practical locations," says the designer with a sigh, "so we ended up using Electrosonic's RF transmitters paired with 30W, 6" battery-powered speakers manufactured by Sieler Design in California. On average, we got two weeks of use on a single set of batteries, which we all thought was pretty good."
Dorsey, asked about the challenge of designing scenery for Merton, sums it up in a few short words: "There's only three feet of wing space stage left and three working linesets--count them--three." Dorsey describes the show as a puzzle in which everything had to jockey around to fit back into the same space it began in. "The first three sets in the show are actually tightly nested," explains Dorsey, "and after that everything was constantly rearranged behind the scenes."
"For the studio, we wanted one big frame to put things in, not just one set piece rolling out," notes Dorsey. "I looked at silent films and researched a lot of photos, particularly wide shots in which crews are filming several scenes simultaneously. We just wanted to have two studio scenes in the show."
In the second studio scene, Dorsey created an enormous ocean-going ship, complete with comical cutout waves that slid back and forth to simulate the movement of water. With the addition of some well-placed spurts of water and strobe lightning effects, the dramatic background of the sea was complete, ready for hilarious filming by the cast. "The final result was something of a cross between Steamboat Willie and Titanic," laughs Dorsey.
Dorsey also added practical touches that supported the script, such as two operable "studio" spotlights on raised wing stages, a faux electric batten equipped with an oversized row of authentic-looking arc lamps purchased from a Hollywood prop house, and even a set of old-fashioned graphic title cards, which were projected on the show curtain as the audience entered the theatre.
Ionazzi agrees with Dorsey that "by far the most difficult aspect of designing this show was the challenge of having six sets in such a small space. With the usual limited resources, and scenery ranging from relatively small unit sets to a full stage, maintaining quality was the hardest part. Fortunately, John Rando understood that the transitions were particularly difficult and provided us all with adequate tech time."
After reviewing research materials provided in part by Dorsey, Ionazzi discovered that filmmakers of the silent picture era frequently relied on natural daylight as an important source for the camera. Soundstages were frequently designed with broad expanses of skylight windows or oversized doors to capture daylight, similar in style to a modern-day greenhouse. Ionazzi employed washes of natural light from one side to sweep across the stage and recreate the authenticity of this style of film lighting during the first dramatic transition into the soundstage.
Ionazzi employed lighting effects to add humor at key moments during the production as well. The designer cleverly reproduced the flickering effect of a silent film projector during one comical "movie" fight scene onstage using an ETC Source Four equipped with a Diversitronics strobe cap and layered on top of several GAM TwinSpins.
"The designers, all of us, needed to learn how to end each scene to make it funny," notes Ionazzi, "which was usually timing, part stage management, the count on the light cues, everything. The show was really timed to get laughs consistently." Dorsey agrees, and adds with a chuckle, "Everybody was always in everybody's business."
A Contemporary Theatre (ACT), Seattle: Side Man Set design: Narelle Sissons Costume design: Paul Tazewell Lighting design: Peter West Sound design: Beth Berkeley Jazz consultant: Wayne Horovitz
American Conservatory Theatre (ACT), SF: The Threepenny Opera Set and costume design: Annie Smart Lighting design: Peter Maradudin Sound design: Garth Hemphill
Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, CA: The Life of Galileo Set design Douglas Stein Costume design: Meg Neville Lighting design: Chris Akerlind Sound design: James LeBrecht
Empty Space Theatre, Seattle: The Psychic Life of Savages Set design: John MacDonald Costume design: Jeannie Arnold Lighting design: Timothy Wratten Sound design: Ron Geier
Intiman Theatre, Seattle: The Royal Family Set design: Michael Ganio Costume design: David Zinn Lighting design: Mary Louise Geiger Sound design: Jim Raglund
La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA: Wonderland Set design: Rachel Hauck Costume design: Joyce Kim Lee Lighting design: Geoff Korf Sound design: Mark Bennett
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA: Space Set design: James Schuette Costume design: Melinda Root Lighting design: Scott Zielinski Sound design/music: Michael Bodeen & Rob Milburn Projection design: Jan Hartley
Old Globe, San Diego, CA: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Hostage Set design: Ralph Funicello (both) Costume design: Lewis Brown (Merry Wives); Anne Hould-Ward (The Hostage) Lighting design: Michael Gilliam (Merry Wives); David F. Segal (Hostage) Sound design: Jeff Ladman (both)
Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA: Visiting Mr. Green Set and costume design: Gary Wissman Lighting design: Michael Zinman Sound design/music: Mitchell Greenhill
Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR: Hamlet Set design: Bill Forrester Costume design: David Kaye Mickelsen Lighting design: Peter Maradudin Sound design/music: Karl Mansfield Fight choreography: John Armour
San Jose Rep, San Jose, CA: Over the Tavern Set design: Todd Rosenthal Costume design: B. Modern Lighting design: Derek Duarte Sound design: Jeff Mocus
Seattle Rep, Seattle: The Game of Love and Chance Set design: Thomas Lynch Costume design: Martin Pakledinaz Lighting design: Peter Kaczorowski
South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa, CA: Mainstage: The Philanderer Second Stage: True West Set design: John Iacovelli (Philanderer); Michael Smith (True West) Costume design: Walker Hicklin (Philanderer); Alex Jaeger (True West) Lighting design: Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz (True West); Tom Ruzika (Philanderer) Sound design: Max Kinburg (True West); Michael Roth (music and sound, Philanderer) Wig design: Carol F. Doran (Philanderer)


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The residents of the town of St. Germain have an opportunity coming up in this next election to make a real and positive change for the good of our town.
Most of you know, I am a former town chairwoman and have lived here all of my life. I want what is best for our town and I feel that the direction of the town under Chairman Walt Camp is the wrong direction.His leadership has created a one-man show, not a well- run board working together for the good of the town. Being a town chairman, you need to have your own ideas, but you also need to work with the other members of the board so that everyone's opinions and concerns are dealt with; all five board members are elected by town citizens and represent all of us.
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Ms. Toussaint had a blog post run in April as part of Maria Shriver's Month of Poetry series on her Architects of Change website. Titled "Words of Love", this guest post centered around Cynthia's most personal and beloved poem, gifted by John at their commitment ceremony in 1995. The full story is in her new book, Battle for Grace: A Memoir of Pain, Redemption and Impossible Love.
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