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Dodgers decline option on Ohman
Dealing with injuries, left-hander made only 21 appearances
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers made the first decision of an offseason that hasn't even started yet on Friday by declining the $2.2 million 2010 option on left-handed reliever Will Ohman and instead paying a $200,000 buyout that makes him a free agent.
The decision was pretty much a foregone conclusion, as Ohman made only 21 appearances with a 5.84 ERA, spending the final four months of the season on the disabled list and undergoing surgery on Sept. 29 on the acromioclavicular joint, where the clavicle meets the shoulder blade at the top of the shoulder. He is expected to be ready for Spring Training.
While rehabbing a previous shoulder injury that had put him on the disabled list at the end of May, Ohman strained the flexor tendon near his elbow. He rehabbed that for three months and said he was ready to come back in late August, but the Dodgers couldn't shake loose a 40-man roster spot, and he remained on the 60-day DL.
Ohman, 32, was signed on March 31 to a $1.35 million deal for 2009, plus the option, when the Dodgers were concerned about the health of left-handed reliever Hong-Chih Kuo. Ohman later said that his injuries might have been the result of having only one week of Spring Training before being activated for the Opening Day roster.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There is one place in my application that I am using date() function. On servers where "date.timezone" is not set in the php.ini file, this function gives the following warning:
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More than £1m of criminal cash seized this year
Updated 9:50am Wednesday 26th February 2014 in News
MORE than £1m of criminal cash has been seized by police in the region so far this financial year.
Thames Valley Police have – since April last year – secured 157 cash detention orders, nearly reaching the force's target of 160.
In all, £1,009,357 has been seized with £305,786 already forfeited through 51 court orders.
Det Insp Gavin Tyrrell, head of the Economic Crime Unit (ECU), said: "When the police find someone with over £1,000 in cash and we suspect it has come from crime or is going to fund crime, the Proceeds of Crime Act allows us to seize it. This year alone we have seized over £1 million.
"Once the cash has been seized, financial investigators in the ECU carry out in-depth investigations into the finances of the individual who had the cash to prove its derivation, and if there is evidence to suggest on the balance of probabilities that it came from crime or was to be used in crime, a forfeiture order application will be made to a magistrates' court.
"If the magistrates are satisfied that the cash is a product of criminal activity, it will be forfeited."
He added: "This should send a clear warning to the criminals that harm our communities that we will use every tactic available to bring you to justice and remove the profit from crime."
Once cash has been ordered forfeited by the courts, it goes to central Government and 50 per cent of it is returned to the police force who obtained the order.


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PHOTO CALL: If It Only Even Runs a Minute 11, With Brynn O'Malley, Brandon Victor Dixon, André De Shields, Jake Epstein and More
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The 11th edition of the Bistro Award-winning series If It Only Even Runs a Minute was held April 22 at (le) Poisson Rouge. This edition featured a cast reunion of the entire original cast of Maltby & Shire's Starting Here, Starting Now: Loni Ackerman, George Lee Andrews and Margery Cohen.
If It Only Even Runs a Minute 11, which began at 9:30 PM, featured rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales and photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around.
Ackerman, Andrews and Cohen shared stories about creating Starting Here, Starting Now and sing numbers that they originated in 1977.
Also scheduled to perform were Kacie Sheik (Hair, February House), Cale Krise (The Book Of Mormon, Fat Camp), Daniel Everidge (Grease, Fat Camp), Bret Shuford (The Little Mermaid, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Bertilla Baker (Titanic, Asylum), Marlene Danielle (Cats, West Side Story), André De Shields (The Wiz, The Full Monty), Brandon Victor Dixon (Motown, The Scottsboro Boys), Jake Epstein (American Idiot, Spider-Man), Scott Fagan (writer of Soon), Danielle Gimbal (Pool Boy, The Fix), Leah Hocking (Billy Elliot, All Shook Up), Christopher Ketner (The Sound of Music), Kelvin Moon Loh (American Idiot, Here Lies Love), Brynn O'Malley (Annie, Sunday in the Park with George), Michon Peacock (Chicago, Georgy), Monet Julia Sabel (6 The Musical), Amanda Michelle Savan (Fancy Nancy, Cruel Shoes), Ryan Speakman (Camelot, Oliver), Larry Spivack (Metamorphosis, Triumph of Love), Taylor Trensch (Matilda, Bare), Renee Claire Bergeron (A Man Of No Importance, Whistle Down The Wind), and Freida Williams (Starmites, Jesus Christ Superstar), among others.
According to press notes, "The show features performances, as well as stories, from original cast members and writers of several of the featured shows."
If It Only Even Runs a Minute 11 featured songs from and stories about A Broadway Musical, Georgy, Greenwich Village USA, Haarlem Nocturne, La Strada, The Last Resorts, Rockabye Hamlet, The Scottsboro Boys, Soon and Starting Here, Starting Now.
If It Only Even Runs A Minute is created and produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy. Caleb Hoyer is the musical director.
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West Virginians are a bit more optimistic about the economy than they were a year ago but not as optimistic as their neighbors in the Midwest, according to a survey by Huntington Bank.
The survey was conducted in mid-November in West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and western Pennsylvania, where Huntington Bank operates.
Among the findings of the survey:
Chad Prather, senior vice president and commercial regional manager for West Virginia, said conversations with the bank's clients are expecting to invest and to grow and to hire more people next year.
He attributed the state's low optimism on the overall economy to troubles in one of its major energy industries. But conversations with people in those industries has shown optimism, he said.


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MIAMI, Fla.- Outshot by the Panthers, 23-7, the Jacksonville men's soccer team fell on the road to Florida International by a score of 2-0 on Sunday evening. In the loss, the Dolphins drop to 1-4-1 while the Panthers improve to 3-4-1.
A very intense and gritty game, both teams were held scoreless through the first half. Sharing 20 fouls in the first frame alone, a shot didn't occur from either side until the 26th minute.
With two Dolphin players removed from the game in the second period on red cards, the team fell into an offensive and defensive rut and was held to just two shots.
FIU scored its first goal with 78:20 on the clock after freshman Marvin Hezel connected on a header sent his direction from a corner kick. Later capitalizing on its two-man advantage, FIU sealed the win on a goal from freshman Seth McFarlane with eight seconds left in the match.
Making his first start of the season in the net for JU was senior keeper Gavin Carlin who registered six saves on the night. Senior midfielder Nick Rodriguez again led the team in shots (3) with each of them being on the mark but saved.
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Scottish prosecutors are conducting a further review of the evidence related to the Lockerbie bombing, prosecutors have told families of victims from the United Kingdom.
A man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was arrested Sunday, federal officials said.
Lisa Gibson -- who lost her brother in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing -- sat down the other day with the man many blame for the notorious attack: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
There is outrage in New York over Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
Thousands of protesters descended on the area near the United Nations on Wednesday, shouting their condemnation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the day of his speech before the General Assembly.
A CNN crew heads to Bedford, New York, trying to find the tent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The town of Bedford, New York, is not happy with a tent set up as part of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, a town attorney said Tuesday.
A tent was erected on a property in Westchester County, New York, in anticipation of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, police told CNN affiliate WABC Tuesday.
In a statement ready by his lawyer, Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi maintains that he did not bomb Pan Am Flight 103.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he was outraged and "repulsed" by the celebratory welcome given to a man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The government official who allowed the Lockerbie bomber to go back to Libya defended his decision before an emergency session of Scotland's parliament called Monday amid growing international outrage over the move.
The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi from prison in due to terminal illness was greeted with wideapread derision from newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, with few having good words for Scottish authorities behind the decisions.
The cheering, flag-waving welcome that the convicted Lockerbie bomber received in Libya after being released from a life sentence was "highly objectionable," President Barack Obama said Friday.
The man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, two decades ago received a boisterous welcome when his plane landed in his native Libya on Thursday.
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, two decades ago was returned to his native Libya on Thursday.
The terrorist convicted in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing may be released from jail. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.
A Scottish court has formally allowed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi to abandon his second appeal against his conviction over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people were killed when an airliner was blown out of the sky.
A Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is dropping his appeal, the Scottish Court Service said Friday.
The Scottish government have said no decision has been made on releasing the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
The man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, began an appeal of his conviction Tuesday in a Scottish court.
Events commemorating the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie were taking place Sunday in both the UK and the U.S. to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack which killed 270 people.
Libya has paid $1.5 billion to the families of terrorism victims, overcoming the final obstacle to full relations with the United States, the State Department said Friday.
A Scottish court is considering releasing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi because he is suffering from advanced prostate cancer, a court spokeswoman says.
A Libyan man jailed for the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet over Scotland in which 270 people died has advanced prostate cancer, his lawyer said Thursday.
The United States has received "a substantial amount of money" from Libya to settle claims by American victims of terrorism, a senior U.S. official announced Thursday.
Behind closed doors, the scientists and agents of the FBI scrutinize fibers, poisons, explosives, DNA and just about any other shred of evidence that might help solve crimes.
Nearly 20 years after the terror bombing aboard Pan Am Flight 103 killed 189 Americans, the Bush administration is trying to resolve a bitter dispute between U.S. terror victims and Libya -- while still boosting oil supplies.
After years as an international pariah, Libya on Thursday ascended the world stage, taking over the rotating post as president of the U.N. Security Council.
Four years after renouncing terrorism and abandoning its WMD programs, Libya Tuesday won a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council.
Libya is once again turning on the spigot.
The Madrid train bombings trial is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
The trial of suspects in the Madrid train bombing case will start February 15, the National Court said Tuesday, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others in coordinated bombings of morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
A Spanish court has ruled the investigative phase of the Madrid train bombings of 2004 has concluded, and the case is ready for trial against 29 defendants, although the court did not immediately set a trial date.
The White House, suspecting terrorism, readied plans for retaliation in the Middle East when TWA Flight 800 exploded over the ocean in 1996 after takeoff from New York, killing all 230 people on board.
A Spanish judge has indicted 29 people in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings, including five who are charged directly with the deaths of the 191 victims.
Unlike their East Coast counterparts, relatives of 9/11 victims who live in California won't be able to watch the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.
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A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus in an attempt to find a cure for the disease.
International acts of terror in 2003 were the fewest in more than 30 years, according to the U.S. State Department's annual terrorism report released Thursday.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns met with Moammar Gadhafi in Libya on Tuesday amid speculation that the United States may soon lift sanctions against the North African nation.
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ORONO–Paul Smitherman is counting on radon. The radioactive gas has been the subject of research at the University of Maine and elsewhere for more than 20 years, largely as a potential health risk in homes, schools and work places. No one, however, has yet to satisfactorily explain the behavior of what Smitherman, a U.S. Air Force veteran, calls "the radioactivity right outside your window."
In June, 2004, Smitherman set up a monitoring device outside Bennett Hall on the UMaine campus to monitor radon continuously. Once an hour, day or night, rain or shine, a computer that Smitherman programmed retrieves data from the device and posts it and a graph of daily averages to a website (http://debroglie.umephy.maine.edu/~paul/). His advisors are physicists Charles T. Hess and James McClymer.
As of mid-December, radon levels varied between 0.5 picocuries per liter (a measurement of radioactivity) and near 0. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates the average outdoor radon concentration in the U.S. to be about 0.4 picocuries per liter.
"We live in a sea of (natural) radioactivity," says Smitherman, a senior in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, "but radon in the atmosphere is not fully understood." While a few continuous radioactivity monitoring stations have been established around the United States such as at Princeton, New Jersey, most such efforts have been conducted for short periods of time.
Because weather conditions are thought to influence radon measurements, Smitherman hopes to shed light on the relationship between radon and factors such as air pressure, wind speed, relative humidity, temperature and precipitation. He is taking advantage of the department's weather station mounted on the roof of Bennett Hall. Weather data can be seen at http://phyhost2.umephy.maine.edu/~Weather/.
At 41 years old, Smitherman is what admissions offices call a "nontraditional student." Before coming to UMaine, the father of three served a four-year stint as a radar technician in the U.S. Air Force. As a civilian, he has lost jobs in the computer and paper industries in Maine as a result of economic trends. Now, he is studying environmental radioactivity to lay the foundation for a career based in science.
"I like math and really getting into a problem in detail. I feel so lucky to have found myself in a place where I can do that," he says.
Radon is a breakdown product of uranium-238 and exists commonly in the soil and groundwater as an inert gas. Since it doesn't react with other soil chemicals, says Smitherman, it can move through the soil and into the air or into homes where, at high enough levels, it can pose a health risk.
According to the EPA, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. The agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month to encourage homeowners to test the air in their homes. A University of Maine publication, Radon in Water and Air, is available on the Internet at http://www.physics.umaine.edu/radiation/radon.htm.
Other sources of natural radioactivity include potassium-40, a common component of soil and food, and cosmic rays. Because radon emits a positively charged alpha particle as it decays, it is relatively easy to detect.
Smitherman would like to continue studying radon in graduate schools. Another challenge, he says, is detecting neutron radiation. Since they have no charge, neutrons can pass easily through most materials. Neutron radiation technology has applications in homeland security where it can be used to inspect cargo.


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Pandolfi's Deli offers a friendly façade, with U.S. and Italian flags flying from the handsome building. Wrought iron street-side seating and striking awnings accentuate the 118-year-old structure.
Inside, fresh flowers decorate tables and the sound system plays blues. Massive multi-colored, distressed shutters create unusual wall décor inside the bright, spacious dining room with tall ceilings. Food orders are taken at the deli case and non-alcoholic beverages are self-serve.
Originally started in 2002, Pandolfi's Deli was run by Mike and Linda Hendershot in Liberty, Mo. The family-run restaurant re-opened in July 2010 in Kansas City's Columbus Park district at 538 Campbell Street, east of the City Market and has become a family favorite.
"Pandolfi's long-time family recipes and welcoming atmosphere are what set [this deli] apart," says owner Jake Hendershot. "We bring people together in a welcoming atmosphere, and then we give them amazing sandwiches and outstanding service."
The deli offers more than a dozen regular sandwiches plus daily specials. The deli also serves pizza and pasta, pasta e fagioli (traditional Italian vegetable and pasta soup) or zuppa del giorno (soup of the day), and salads; and crafts its own ricotta cheese and sausage.
Pandolfi's has sold more than 10,000 muffaletta sandwiches. Italian hard rolls from Le Monde Bakery, located in North Kansas City, cradle sandwich ingredients for about 80-percent of customers, Hendershot says. Thick marble rye, whole wheat, nine-grain, or Roma gluten-free whole grain breads are other choices. Hendershot's favorite is the meatball sub.
A daily special sandwich, pulled pork balsamic barbecue had pleasantly sweet sauce and flavorful, long strands of shoestring potatoes on top. At the next table, a tiny girl put away a huge bowl of spaghetti with great gusto.
Chicken Milano is a newer sandwich, featuring whole milk mozzarella, tender chicken slices, sundried tomato pesto and bell pepper slices, inside a huge roll. Other newer sandwiches include Italian sausage, chicken muffaletta and the Pandolfi BLT, made with cheesy mayo. Macaroni salad has subtle pesto flavor with a touch of sweetness from cherry tomatoes.
Choose house-made brownies, lemon bars, or made-to-order cannoli decorated with chocolate and/or pistachio bits, for a sweet finish. Priced from $7-9 per glass, the wine list features mostly Italian and California whites, reds and 'bubbles.' Pandolfi's also offers signature cocktails ($8-10) and a full bar.
"For three years we've listened and have grown our business based on the needs and wants of our guests," Hendershot says. "Many of our guests are family and some even dine here two to four times a week. We are constantly trying to improve and expand our offerings."


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In late September, Florida State Seminoles offensive line recruit Richy Klepal was forced to give up football due to serious complications from concussions.
Wednesday night, elite receiver recruit Tony Stevens decommitted from Florida State, saying that other schools were showing him more love and offering more. The decommitment came as a surprise, given that Florida State discovered Stevens before he was a top recruit, offered him early, and also holds a commitment from his teammate Ro'Derrick Hoskins.
Thursday morning, tight end Christian Morgan decommitted from Florida State because the school was just too far from his home in Plano, Texas.
It hasn't been a great month of recruiting for Florida State.
But it's not time to panic.
Tony Stevens is a big loss because he is an excellent player. But Florida State is loaded at receiver, in good position for top receiver Stacy Coley, and might not want to (and certainly does not need to) take that many receivers anyway. Plus, there is some chance FSU will get Stevens back in the fold.
Morgan is also a good prospect, and fits what Florida State is looking for from the tight end position in this cycle quite well. But he won't make or break the recruiting class.
Florida State will likely pursue Auburn tight end recruit Ashard Jackson, though he is more of a receiving tight end, where Morgan is more of a blocker. Atlanta tight end Greg Taboada, a three-star, is also a strong possibility.
Ultimately, Florida State's recruiting class sits at 16 commitments, about half of which are rated as four-stars.
Florida State plans to take a full class (at least 25 signees), and is squarely in the picture for many top recruits who are not going to commit until after they finish their senior seasons, including Booker T. Washington five-star linebacker Matthew Thomas.
The Noles are also strongly in the hunt for top running back Alex Collins, currently a Miami commitment, offensive tackle Denver Kirkland, defensive end Za'Darius Smith, will receive a visit from Florida defensive tackle Caleb Brantley, and is likely laying in the weeds on some other committed recruits as well.
It would be a surprise if the Seminoles, currently ranked No. 3 nationally in the polls, don't close out this recruiting class with a flurry and finish in the top ten, perhaps the top five. That's particularly true if the team keeps playing well on the field and stays in the national spotlight.


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The Princess Theatre in Burnham.
THE Arts Lounge at Burnham's Princess Theatre is reminding people what it has to offer in 2014.
The lounge is open from 10am to 3pm, Tuesday to Saturday, and a creative club runs on the first Wednesday of each month from 7pm to 9pm. The 'Yarn Over' yarn club runs every Wednesday, 7pm to 9pm.
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Home prices, permits, and starts are surging across the nation. With prices up 25% and more on the year, there's talk of a new housing bubble. But in a Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch analysis, Ruth Mantell takes a look at a handful of key indicators and concludes: it's still cool ("Why there's no housing bubble...yet," by Ruth Mantell).
The rebound effect is exaggerating the rate of price increase, MarketWatch says: "Many of the cities with the largest price gains are where housing crashed hardest when the bubble burst. For example, Las Vegas home prices recently posted year-over-year growth of 22%, but (as seen in the chart) remain more than 50% below a 2006 peak, according to the most recent S&P/Case-Shiller report. Prices in both Phoenix and Miami also more than 40% below local peak levels in those cities, despite recent jumps higher."
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(WMC-TV) - A former Boy Scouts leader charged with sexual battery of a child was sentenced to prison Thursday without parole. William Todd Brewer was sentenced to 30 years for each count of sexual battery of a child under 14; there were a total of three counts.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Following a week that included a pair of double-doubles, FGCU men's basketball junior Sherwood Brown (Orlando, Fla./Olympia HS) was named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week on Tuesday, announced by the league office.
Brown posted averages of 16.3 points and 9.7 rebounds over a 2-1 week at Alico Arena en route to becoming the third Eagle to be lauded by the A-Sun this season, but the first to win Player of the Week. Freshmen Brett Comer (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS) and Bernard Thompson (Conyers, Ga./Rockdale County HS) have both won the Newcomer of the Week award one time.
The Orlando, Fla. product began the week with team-highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds over just 18 minutes in a win over Longwood. Brown then followed with 14 points and six rebounds in FGCU's season-best third win of the year before closing the stretch with his third double of the season against first place Mercer. His 15 points and 13 rebounds, including seven offensive, were both team-highs against the Bears.
Brown leads FGCU in both scoring (12.4) and rebounding (5.9), figures that both rank 10th in the A-Sun. His 12 double figure outings are highlighted by a team-high two 20-point games, while he also has a team-best three double-doubles. Brown also leads the team with 41 offensive rebounds.
FGCU will be back in action when it opens the final month of the regular season with a two-game A-Sun road trip to Jacksonville. The Eagles will take on Jacksonville University on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 3:15 p.m. Live audio of the game can be heard on www.FGCUATHLETICS.com with Voice of the Eagles Tom James on the call.


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SF Board of Supervisors approves new tenant protections
The Board of Supervisors today (Tues/17) gave unanimous final approval to legislation aimed at giving renters in the city additional protections against being displaced by real estate speculators, and initial approval to legislation protecting tenants from harassment by landlords, both part of a wave of reforms moving through City Hall to address rising populist concerns about gentrification and evictions.
The anti-eviction legislation, created by Sup. John Avalos and co-sponsored by Sups. Eric Mar and David Campos, seeks to preserve rent-controlled and affordable housing by restricting property-owners' abilities to demolish, merge, and convert housing units, three of the most common ways that affordable housing units are being eliminated in the city.
There was no discussion of the Avalos legislation today as it was approved on second reading, belying last week's initial discussion, which got a little heated at times. "San Francisco is facing a crisis," Avalos said last week as he conveyed the importance of passing the ordinance before the end of the year. "We've been called on by our constituents to declare a state of emergency for renters in the city."
Last month, Campos held a high-profile hearing at the board on the city's affordable housing and eviction crisis, and won approval for his legislation to double how much tenants being evicted under the Ellis Act receive. Today's board meeting also includes a first reading of legislation by Campos to help protect tenants in rent-controlled apartments from being harassed by landlords seeking to force them out and increasing rents.
"We have heard about tenants being locked out of their apartments. We have heard about loud construction work being done...for the purpose of forcing the tenants out," Campos said today of his legislation to allow targetted tenants to have complaints heard by the Rent Board rather than having to file a lawsuit. Later, Campos said the legislation sends the message "that is not something that is going to be tolerated in San Francisco."
Campos' legislation also received unanimous approval and little discussion, even by supervisors who generally side with landlords over tenants, perhaps including just more potent this issue has become. Board President David Chiu also today introduced a resolution to support his work with Mayor Ed Lee and Sen. Mark Leno to amend the Ellis Act at the state level, hoping to give the city more control over its rent-controlled housing.
Avalos last week said he is so convinced of the urgency of the current situation that he responded to concerns voiced during the Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting on Dec. 9 about how the new legislation would work in the cases of temporary evictions and residential hotels by immediately making amendments to the ordinance without objection.
Nonetheless, further questions arose during the Dec. 10 meeting. Sups. Norman Yee and Katy Tang expressed reservations about the legislation applying in the case of owner move-in (OMI) evictions.
"I would love to support the piece, but this part just doesn't make sense to me," Yee concluded. "I'm not getting how it hurts the tenants."
While Avalos explained that OMI evictions still take affordable housing off the market, he agreed to compromise by reducing the ordinance's 10-year moratorium on demolishing, merging and converting housing units to five years.
Then, Sup. London Breed spoke up.
"This might not be popular for me to say as a legislator, but I'm very confused," she began. "I know we have this crisis of Ellis Acts around the city, but I really feel pressured, and that this legislation is being rushed. I can't support something that I don't completely understand the impacts of. I just need more time."
While Breed did not have the chance to review the legislation before the meeting, she had found the time to prepare speeches about President Nelson Mandela's passing last week and her alma mater Galileo High School's recent football victory.
Concurring with Breed, Cohen stated, "I understand that we are in a crisis of protecting our rental stock units, but I'm hesitant. Connect the dots for me, how does this save rentals? Or conserve affordable housing? What are we trying to do here?"
Kim reprimanded her fellow board members for not attending the meeting prepared, then stated, "I would support moving the ordinance forward today. The situation we are facing here in the city is extremely challenging...and this legislation is one of the tools we have for it."
Sup. Scott Wiener and David Chiu echoed Kim's support, commending Avalos for promptly addressing their former issues with his amendments and additions.
When Cohen used her time on the floor to respond to Kim's admonition by stating, "I certainly do my homework. I don't want to be made to feel bad for not getting it on the first time," Campos suggested that it might be a good time to put the discussion on hold and open the floor for public comments.
While members of the community stepped up to the visitors' podium, Yee and Campos met at the back of the room while Breed conversed with Sophie Hayward of the Planning Department, who had reviewed the ordinance before it was presented for recommendations. After further discussion with Avalos himself, Yee returned to his seat to speak with Tang. Satisfied with what she learned from Hayward, Breed came over to discuss the ordinance with Campos and Avalos. Cohen remained seated for the duration of the time, speaking with no one.
After the conclusion of public comments, Avalos reiterated the importance of passing the ordinance as soon as possible. "We have been called on by scores, hundreds of people, to preserve this stock," he stated. "This legislation will help keep families in San Francisco."
The ordinance was passed unanimously in its first reading, but the fight is not over. Breed for one made it clear that, while she understood the ordinance better after her preceding discussions, she was only giving it her support because she knew the legislation would be up for further review in a week, when all the supervisors will have had time to study it more closely.
With the affordable housing and displacement issues only generating more heat in the last week, today there was only prompt, unanimous approval and no discussion.
The most invasive measure is the prohibition on granting DBI permits. However, most Ellis Act evictions do not merge or demolish units anyway. They simply then sell the units "as is", or remodeled, to an owner occupier.
And in fact merges and demolitions are quite hard to get permits for anyway.
The other measures are even weaker. Giving Elli'sed tenants the first rights on BMR housing won't stop a single eviction and, indeed rewards the evictees. The losers there are the families who now will not get those BMR units.
And the ability to legalize in-laws will not provide any more rental units, nor will it prevent any evictions that are not already difficult to pull off anyway.
Finally, many landlords will continue to just pay tenants off to move, and there really isn't anything the Supes can do about that. Nor will this affect any LL's ability to Ellis.
A whole lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
God forbid they accomplish anything meaningful with their various schemes - then the 1% might actually be in real trouble - LOL.
When do the Ellis Act payments double? I want more money.
I believe there would need to be some discussion with Sacramento with that. Likewise they would need to take legal advice. The problem is clear - if the relo expenses appear punitive, then the increase may be bounced on the grounds that a municipality is trying to interfere with the right of a LL to exit the business as prescribed by State law.
There's a more practical problem too. If I am going to Ellis you, I have a budget for that. the more i have to pay you in relo, the less I have for any discretionary payments that Ellis evictees typically get. And the more probable that I will push for you to pay the rent due for the duration of the eviction, which tenants typically do not have to pay.
The city is dancing around the Ellis Act because they know there are strict limits to what they can do to stop them. In fact, they have probably already done everything they can.
Don't they understand that doing something, no matter how useless, is more important than actually tackling the issue from all angles?
Who do these uppity hussies think they are?
"Don't just sit there - do something!"
I see nothing in this that will deter a single property owner from Ellis'ing a building if he was planning on it before. Indeed, it might accelerate such Ellis evictions if there is any fear that the discussions with Sacramento might yield some changes in State law.
Especially now the condo conversion is off the table now, I can see little reason why a landlord does not proceed immediately to Ellis unless he is lucky or devious enough to have had turnover and enjoys market rents.
The law of unintended consequences applies, as it always does.
Jason Grant Garza here ... so KIM per the article ... Kim reprimanded her fellow board members for not attending the meeting prepared, then stated, "I would support moving the ordinance forward today. The situation we are facing here in the city is extremely challenging...and this legislation is one of the tools we have for it."
Wow, what GALL ... when she had her big to do HEARING thing over bad police investigations ... what did I get in trying to bring forward MUCH needed evidence ... you know ... non refutable (videos) and I got WHAT ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtqja9Up02A and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DogpfAUdBg4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7GI9YAElnk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Vw1f9OMLU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K37J2PCKDA . Mind you it is NOW December 18, 2013 and still NOT a PEEP from KIM'S office.
Go to youtube ... type in Jason Garza to see over 250 videos of meaningless TRIPE given to me by Officials verses results (none, nada, zip) as planned and carried out ... What you don't want another DEADEND referral, Sorry that all we can do, We really care and now another great one ... LGBT "SAFE ZONE" at SFPD where the gimmick is the propaganda of TREATMENT with respect, honesty and compassion... again, more meaningless words ... watch the videos as I continue to document and record the FARCE and INHUMANITY.
So again it is December 18, 2013 and I wonder if this reprimand will have ANY effect on KIM or her office to call me for proper process ... shall we bet?
Let us see WHAT I get the at the SFPD over the LGBT "SAFE ZONE" ... watch the videos and ask yourself ... have I gotten the respect, honesty and compassion as
the propaganda states ...watch the videos.
Yes, FALSE HOPE is more INSIDIOUS and HARMFUL than NO HELP.
Again ... meaningless words producing NO HELP or REAL results ... only to keep the ILLUSION going. Keep Drinking the KOOL-AID.
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this is about one thing - punishing property owners. how do conversions where there was an OMI four years ago, help keep the unit for "affordable housing"? Most apartments which go on the market now, are not, using any basis.
this was rammed through so property owners did not have time to even know it was on the table.
As far as fair rules for affordable housing - why doesn't anyone support "means testing", making sure the tenants getting super long term deals on their apartments cannot afford market rates. If the city wanted fairness, they would require annual 1040's submitted by tenants to show the tenant makes under a given annual amount and he or she does not commute - since rent control supposedly was for people who work in the city, not elsewhere.
Landlords have the right to do as they please with their property. Ellis Act evictions support the rule of law. Tenants aren't being penalized in any way. They are free to live anywhere else they can afford to live. There is no such thing as an unrestricted right to live on someone else's private property. Progressive activists sound like conservatives by mindlessly opposing the good things gentrification does for San Francisco: http://alfidicapitalblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/san-franciscos-anti-progre...
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4:00pm Thursday 15th November 2012 in News By Hannah Green
A UNIQUE project which could provide a massive tourism boost to Watchet, while also keeping Britain's naval history alive, is gaining momentum.
Restoration expert Paul Childs, along with his wife Rhian and sons Owen and Simon, is hoping to open a floating museum in the town featuring four of the country's most prized maritime possessions.
Mr Childs sold the family home to fund the restoration of Cold War ship HMS Gay Archer to its former glory.
Moored in Watchet, it has now been joined by antisubmarine boat Moonlight 27, the lead ship which took United States troops to Utah and Omaha beaches in Normandy during the D-Day landings in 1944, after son Owen bought it.
Along with Hyperion, which is already part of the Watchet scenery and carried King George VI in 1944, plus another boat to be confirmed, they will form Watchet War Ships Museum and the biggest collection of its kind in the world.
Following a successful trial in which visitors were able to board the Gay Archer this summer to see uniforms, photos and learn more about the boat through a guided tour and specially-produced pamphlet, funding needs to be found to make the museum a hit.
Mr Childs, from Bridgwater, said: "These are such prized possessions and now they are in the public domain, lots of people are taking an interest.
"The idea is that Watchet is going to be a focal point for all these special boats. It is all for the public but also a way of trying to safeguard our history – these boats are the last of their kind and are irreplaceable.
"This summer's trial went really well – we had holidaymakers from all over the world and they couldn't believe what they were seeing – it's mind blowing.
"They left some brilliant comments in our visitor book which makes me sure that the museum will put Watchet on the map.
"We definitely have the enthusiasm to take the project forward, now we need to look into getting funding to get the fourth boat to Watchet and get the museum up and running."
Anyone who would like to support the project can contact Paul via his website: www.p1041.org
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Slightly surprising because of how readily Karen Barbat admitted that her father struck Elise Tamaela, Karen and her father, Mihai Barbat, are now coming out with their own versions of what happened that fateful Monday in Versmold, Germany.
On a blog that she writes at tennissporten.dk, Karen Barbat says that the interpretation of both her words and the media accounts of what happened are unfair.
Translated from Danish:
I can no more see how guilty people try to be innocent, or how the media writes stories up about how an insane psychopathic father beats a casual tennis player down. Nor how I more or less am either an accomplice or a victim - and how I have been misrepresented an opinion to Ekstra Bladet that I've said that my father hit a tennis player down, in my hope to hush the matter down and tell what really happened. I have said and thought he might have reacted unfortunate in self-defense and that it was the girl who had walked up to him and began to yell and beat up on him.
Most unfortunately, it went beyond me, and the supervisor had to disqualify me afterwards because of the rules. There were no police and no police search of the episode, which some people have invented. I talked with the group, which had contributed to conflict and the girl involved. Afterwards, father and I quietly left the club and went home the next day.
The main difference in Karen's account is that her father acted in self-defense. The Tamaelas never explicitly said that Elise's injuries were unprovoked, so this seems plausible enough. But still, no male (especially one as enormous as Mihai Barbat) should be entering into any sort of physical altercation with a woman, ever.
The police also had said they wished to speak to Mihai Barbat, so that did happen, whether or not Karen was aware of it.
Mihai Barbat also gave a differing account of what happened, to Denmark's TV2 on Wednesday night.
As reported by DR (translated from Danish):
"Tamaela was very aggressive and came over and wanted to fight. But I would not. Then she hit me in the face and so I defended myself by raising the elbows," explains Mihai Barbat.
"And it may well be that I hit her unfortunately. She fell, in any case, to the ground. I feel terrible. I will not hurt anyone and did not beat her so badly," says Mihai Barbat.
He refused to say that he said "black chick" at her, which the Dutchwoman told otherwise.
"You have misunderstood me. I yelled "bad chicken" at them. They have heard that 'black chicks.'"
"I'm not racist. Damn. I did not know that she was Dutch or where she comes from," says Mihai Barbat.
According to Mihai Barbat is Tamaela himself who would have trouble.
"She asked directly: 'Will you fight me?' I would not. But what's done is done, and I'm sorry," he says.
Three points:
- Yes, Mihai, it "may well be" that you hit her, because she was hospitalized with a concussion and facial swelling.
- No one yells "bad chicken" at anybody, unless perhaps judging an episode of Top Chef.
- Mihai didn't need to know that Elise Tamaela was Dutch to know that she had dark skin. No one's claiming he had a Nigel Powers-like anti-Dutch rant.
Predictably, the Barbats are turning the tables officially as well, filing a complaint against Elise Tamaela with the ITF.
Elise's brother, Sander Tamaela, tweeted (twice) about the complaint and posted on Tennis Forum about it was well:
This is getting weirder and weirder every day... Mihai Barbat is pressing charges against Elise via the ITF, Elise just received an official email... Really wondering what that man is thinking? Does he want to save his access to tournaments or does he really think (in his own head?) that he's the one being a victim? There are (literally) a dozen of witnesses who all have seen (and some even testified at the police station, incl. the referee) what happened. The hospital has given an official statement of Elise being injured. Even Karen has confessed to the press that her father hit Elise.
Just can't express how I feel right now... This must be one of the strangest weeks in my life, let alone Elise's... It's an upside down world...
We'll keep you posted on whatever more developments may arise.
Stay tuned to SB Nation's tennis coverage at SBNation.com/tennis as well as on Twitter, @DailyForehand .


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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
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Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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NNSA seeks small-biz input on Y-12/Pantex security contract plan
The National Nuclear Security Administration has issued a notice seeking input on plans for upcoming procurement on security services for the Y-12/Pantex combined operation, and the protective services contract apparently will fold the rest of Oak Ridge security services -- at ORNL, the Oak Ridge Federal Office Building and the East Tennessee Technology Park -- into the same pact.
The notice, which is posted at the NNSA's procurement website, seeks info regarding the viability of small businesses doing the work or sharing in that role via partnerships with large businesses, etc.
WSI-Oak Ridge currently holds two security contracts in Oak Ridge, providing protective force services at Y-12 under one with NNSA and the other with DOE's Oak Ridge office for the rest of the Oak Ridge facilities. At Pantex, the security work currently is folded into the management and operations contract.
"The objective of the contract is to provide continuous protective force services 24 hours a day, 365 days per year at Pantex/Y-12 NSC and ORO in accordance with DOE and NNSA requirements under both routine and emergency conditions. The mission of the protective force contractor will be the physical protection of security interests to include nuclear explosive devices, Special Nuclear Material (SNM), national security operations and vital equipment, classified and sensitive information, government property and facilities," the notice said.
It further notes: "This is not a request for proposal, and the SOC (statement of capabilities) is not a proposal. Large businesses shall not respond to this announcement; however, large businesses should consider teaming with a small business or a team of small businesses."
The term of the contract is expected to be five years (with three-year base plus 2-yr option) and a value in excess of $1 billion.


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Nokia's new flagship handset is about to be launched to the public. It's called the Nokia N8, and I've just managed to get my hands on it. Here's the lowdown »
Pinhole photography works like the eye in bright light. Eric Renner tells Wired how to make a pinhole camera »
Wired finds some objects of desire. This month LCD goggles, aerodynamic speakers and the OWLE Bubo »
A 12x optical zoom, HD movie mode and GPS, in a camera that fits in your pocket? Wired finds out if this is the ultimate compact all-rounder »
The flow of brand new Apple products from Vietnam continues -- this time it's the new iPod touch »
Photographer Gerald Donovan has created what is being billed as the world's largest photo -- a 45-gigapixel image of Dubai »
Hardcore photography is an all-encompassing obsession but, I discover, one that fits well around a young family »
Last time we checked, donkeys didn't wear sunglasses but then again nothing is quite what is seems in the work of Ben Heine »
The TX5 is the mid range model in Sony's new T series of compact digital cameras, and brings with it awesome pictures and HD video in a stylish, waterproof body »
If you miss the surprise of flicking through newly-developed photos, have a look at the 2012 Olympics Brownie camera concept »
The E-PL1 may not be as pretty as its predecessors but it's lighter, easier for beginners to use and above all costs a whole lot less »
Polaroid's printing ability lives on with this tiny instant printer, great for families that want to print pictures on the go »
It may be expensive, but the Olympus E-P2 offers the best combination of features currently available in a Micro Four Thirds camera »
Sony's new Alpha 450 delivers impressive picture quality, high speed shooting and advanced creative functions at a reduced cost »
The new CompactFlash standard will allow CF cards to hold 188 petabytes of data, the equivalent of 2.7 million hours of HD video »
Researchers at Oxford University have modified an off-the-shelf digital camera to deliver stills at 400 frames per second »
Remember how much fun Big Trak was? Just imagine what you could do with TRACKR's camera and microphone »
An event in Austria could see the world's oldest and potentially most expensive camera, the Giroux Daguerréotype, heading to a new home »
Wired recently told the story of Polaroid's new film. Now, for the first time, we can see what's been happening on the hardware side »
The rush to add new features to compact cameras continues apace, with Casio showing off a tool that superimposes still images on video »
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Can somebody explain to me why a head coach with a superbowl ring cannot tweak his offense to make the best use of his talented QB? Do you people really want to see another QB leave here & get a superbowl ring some place else? [banghead] [banghead]
Simms isn't that talented. Get over it.
The chances are Simms will not find a starters spot next year in FA. Dallas are happy with Romo, The Skins have Campell and the Raiders have Brooks. Where ever Simms ends up next season he will be fighting for the starters job.


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4-Month CD Special at First Entertainment Credit Union in SoCal - Local Only
Short-term CD deals can often be more trouble than they're worth. But if the rate is high enough and there aren't hoops to jump through, it might be worthwhile. That may be the case with this CD special at First Entertainment Credit Union. It's offering a 4-month CD special (term savings certificate) with a 2.00% APY. Minimum deposit is $1,000, and the maximum deposit is $25,000 per member. The only requirement listed is that the funds be new money. This special is listed in this credit union's promo page as of 12/26/2011. Hat tip to reader Sperry8 who mentioned this special in the comments.
With the $25K maximum deposit, you can earn about $167 with this CD. That's about $83 more than an account that has a 1.00% APY.
First Entertainment Credit Union also has a savings account called Firt500 Savings in which you can earn 5.00% APY on your first $500 (this used to be 7%). To qualify for this yield, you're required to have a checking account with eStatements and either Online Billpayer or Direct Deposit. The low cap prevents this from being a great deal. You only can make about $20/year more than what you would make in a 1.00% savings account. You won't want to join the credit union for this, but it's an extra bonus if you join for the CD.
This credit union regularly comes out with some attractive CD deals. In 2010 they were offering a 1.75% 11-month special CD and in 2007 they were offering a 6% CD. A reader commented about opening these certificates in 2007 and thought "they were easy to deal with and pleasant."
Membership is open to most individuals who live, work, attend school or worship in the Greater Los Angeles Area. You can also be eligible via select employee groups and via family members (and not just immediate family). Please refer to the credit union's Becoming a Member Page for more details. Membership requires a one-time fee of $5 and a minimum deposit of $5 into the First500 Savings Account.
First Entertainment Credit Union branches are located in the California cities of Burbank, Hollywood, Culver City, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Studio City and Valencia. The credit union is also part of the CU Service Centers which allows you to conduct many banking transactions at other credit unions which are part of this shared branching network.
The credit union has an overall health score at DepositAccounts.com of 4 stars (out of 5) with a Texas Ratio of 14.53% (above average) based on September 2011 data. Please refer to our financial overview of First Entertainment Credit Union for more details. The credit union is federally insured by the NCUA (Charter # 68373).
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Tracy Davidson's story begins with a Bryan College cheerleader who fell in love with a soccer player. Those two people were her parents. Several decades later, Tracy herself went to Bryan and became a Bryan cheerleader...who fell in love with her own soccer player. Tracy majored in communications with a drama emphasis and Jeremy Davidson, her soccer player, was a biology major.
During her years at Bryan, Tracy developed her love for acting, which had started with her debut in high school as Cinderella's wicked stepmother. She performed in at least one play a year at Bryan and auditioned at other local theatres as well. She also served as editor of The Triangle, which prepared her for her first post-college job at Channel Two in Dayton. The position at the television station combined her dramatic and journalistic training. "Although I enjoy reading and writing, I loved being able to use my voice," Tracy said.
Tracy and Jeremy married the fall after her graduation in 1996. They remained in Dayton where Tracy continued her job in television. "I had my own evening talk show, I did the local weather, I sold commercial space, and I often ran the cameras and sound board," Tracy explained. "I learned a tremendous amount from my time there. It was a dream job for me."
Next, Tracy and her husband moved to Fayetteville, Ga., where she went to work at Delta, first as a phone receptionist and then as a coach for new hires. In 1999, the Davidsons' first child, a daughter, was born and Tracy chose to stay at home with her. Their son was born in 2002, followed by another boy in 2004.
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The following year, the Davidsons sold their house, car, and furnishings and moved with their three young children to Ukraine to do missions work with Operation Mobilization. Jeremy used his soccer training at Bryan to focus on sports ministry, coaching and discipling a soccer team. Although their overseas service was lonely at times, Tracy wouldn't trade for anything the experience and the impact it had on her view of Christianity.
When they returned to the U.S. two years later, Jeremy became youth pastor at their home church. Although Tracy and Jeremy both majored and work in very different fields, they believe the Biblical training they received at Bryan is what sets their educational experience apart. "Bryan really trained me spiritually for life," Tracy said.
Tracy is still a stay-at-home mom primarily, but works occasionally as a substitute teacher and continues to nurture her love for theatre. "I haven't stopped being involved in drama since I left Bryan," she said. "I have tried out for several local theatres, and I work non-stop doing dramatical work for our church."


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Single Cell Analysis of Retrotransposition and Genetic Mosaicism during Stem Cell-based Neurogenesis
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Public Abstract:
Bona fide human neurons can now be studied directly in ways that have never before been possible. This is due to the ability of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to differentiate into any cell in the body. However, it is critical that we learn both the similarites and differences between these two types of stem cells with regard to how well hESC-derived and hiPSC-derived human neurons resemble true human neurons. In addition, patient-derived hiPSCs provide a new avenue to help understand how human neurons give rise to neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. Whereas most healthy organs are made up of cells with identical genomes, it has recently become clear that the human brain is composed of many neurons that have unique variants of that individual's genome. Genomic diversity among an individual's neuronal genomes is brought about, in part, through the action of L1 retrotransposons. L1 retrotransposons are "jumping genes" that copy-and-paste themselves into new places in different cells through a process known as retrotransposition. Some level of L1 retrotransposition is normal and may contribute to individuality, particularly between identical twins. However, too much retrotransposition has been associated with neurological disorders. We propose to study L1 retrotransposition in hESC- and hiPSC-derived neurons from different individuals alongside hiPSC-derived neurons from schizophrenia patients. The proposed research will determine the extent to which L1 retrotransposition in stem cell-derived neurons recapitulates L1 activity during normal human development, and examine roles for retrotransposition in bringing about neural connectivity abnormalities observed a newly developed hiPSC-based model of schizophrenia.
Statement of Benefit to California:
Neuropsychiatric diseases affect millions of Californians directly, and untold more indirectly through the additional stess placed on a patient's family and loved ones. In addition, neuropsychiatric patients are at increased risk of homelessness and substance abuse that places additional burden broadly on all Californians. In passing Proposition 71, Californians asked California's scientists to advance stem cell research in meaningful ways. Neurons derived from stem cell are poised to be game-changers toward understanding and treating neuropsychiatric disease; thus, the proposed research promises to benefit all Californians by advancing our general understanding of stem cell-derived neurons, and by specifically investigating the neurodevelopmental basis of schizophrenia.
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Project Synopsis: This proposal is focused on the role of L1 retrotransposons, so-called "jumping genes", in human stem cell biology and schizophrenia. L1 retrotransposition has been shown to alter the genome both during the culture of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (hESCs and hiPSCs, respectively) as well as during normal mouse brain development. This process could affect the genomic stability of cultured pluripotent stem cells and also play a role in human neurological diseases, such as schizophrenia. The applicant proposes to use single-cell genomic analysis to study these issues in three Specific Aims: (1) to compare L1 retrotransposition in different types and subtypes of pluripotent and neural progenitor cells; (2) to compare L1 retrotransposition in hiPSCs derived from schizophrenic patients and healthy controls; and (3) to determine whether L1 retrotransposition causes other genomic changes during the differentiation of pluripotent cells into neurons. Significance and Innovation: - Reviewers noted that gene copy number variation (CNV) and a correlating increase in L1 retrotransposition have both been described in hiPSCs from Rett syndrome and schizophrenic patients. They agreed that understanding these genomic changes in pluripotent cells and neural progenitors would be a significant advance. - It may be too early to conclude that the project would have a major impact on potential applications in regenerative medicine. - The proposed single-cell genomic analysis technology is both innovative and cutting-edge. - The rationale for the project is logical and scientifically sound. Feasibility and Experimental Design: - Reviewers appreciated the strong preliminary data supporting the project's feasibility but raised some concerns about the experimental design. - One major concern is that the healthy controls proposed for Aim 2 are fibroblast donors unrelated to the schizophrenic patient donors. Reviewers noted that these samples may differ significantly in their CNV susceptibility and suggested that healthy family members of the schizophrenic patients would be important controls. The same concern applied to the proposed post-mortem controls. - The technology development proposed in Aim 3 to improve throughput may be required to generate meaningful data from Aims 1 and 2. It would have been helpful to have these techniques in place at the outset. Principal Investigator (PI) and Research Team: - Significant concerns were raised about the qualifications of the principal investigator (PI) due to limited evidence of success as an independent investigator. Reviewers stressed that the PI's credibility on this topic will be more convincing upon publication of the submitted/in preparation manuscripts. - The PI only lists five publications since 2001, none of which are senior author papers. Reviewers were uncertain of the nature of the PI's position as Staff Scientist and whether it is independent of a senior collaborating investigator. They would have appreciated greater clarification about the personnel roles on the project and the independence of the PI. Responsiveness to the RFA: - This project is responsive to the RFA, as it is focuses on basic mechanisms underlying the developmental potential of human stem cells as well as disease-in-a-dish modeling.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville University volleyball team took down Lipscomb Friday night, 3-1, in Atlantic Sun play. The Dolphins won the first and third sets 25-22 before crushing the fourth 25-13. The Bison took the second set 25-20.
"The whole week we've been working really hard with our blocking and our focus as we approach it, this tough weekend, and I think the girls were ready for the match, they executed the game plan as good as you could ask of them," said head coach Michelle Collier.
JU won with a blowout fourth set, leading at most 23-11 before the final score. The Dolphins opened 3-0 with straight kills by Sammie Strausbaugh and Taylor Nyquist as well as an attack error by Lipscomb's Jewell Dobson. Narrowly ahead 8-7, JU scored five in a row to lead 13-7 and jumped ahead further from 18-11 to 23-11. The Dolphins tallied the final two points on an Emily Laskelle kill and an attack error. JU had a .345 team attack by set percentage compared to Lipscomb's -.065.
"I'm just proud of the way that after the Stetson loss, how the team came together and we worked hard and we worked on some things that we needed to get better and it showed this match, so that's exciting," Collier said.
In the first set JU led with 17 kills to Lipscomb's 14. JU held a 9-6 advantage after tallying four straight on an attack error, two service aces and an Alyssa Robertson kill. The Bison caught up for a 14-14 tie but JU broke away once more for a 23-19 lead. On set point at 24-22, Nyquist earned the kill to win.
Lipscomb wanted revenge in the second set and the Bison found it early on, sitting 11-3 after two, two, four and three straight point rallies. JU closed the gap to trail 16-14, but the Bison took the set on a Sophie Kellerman kill. Lipscomb totaled 18 kills, 37 total attacks and 17 digs to JU's 10, 34 and 11, respectively.
The third was a steady fight. JU racked up consecutive points six times, with its largest breakaway from 14-13 to 18-13. JU held set point at 24-20 with Lipscomb tallying two straight for a 24-22 score until Strausbaugh made the final kill for JU's 25-22 set win.
"We knew Lipscomb was a big offense powerhouse and [to] just … keep them a little bit outside their comfort zone," Collier said. "I think we knew we had to play defense and we had to block and serve well and I think the team came ready for that and they executed that at a higher level.
"It was a great win for us [but] we got another tough team tomorrow … we kind of got to celebrate a little bit and then get right back to business."
Jacksonville rounds out its weekend tomorrow, hosting Northern Kentucky at 4 p.m. at Swisher.