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Be a smart shopper when selecting an assisted living facility. Not only will the transition be of significant impact on the person(s) moving, but the cost of care is quite high. Ensure you and those involved are making a sound investment and a wise choice; consider these "fine print" questions and ask them when visiting assisted living or talking to an admissions coordinator on the phone:
- Is the facility accredited? By whom?
- How is it licensed/regulated/certified? What state department is responsible for doing so?
- Is the assisted living provider financially secure? Is there sufficient revenue to maintain all operating expenses?
- Is there an entrance fee/is it refundable? What is the monthly charge?
- Who handles maintenance/repairs to the assisted living apartment/room?
- What services (healthcare, social, dietary, personal care, laundry/housekeeping, etc.) are included in the monthly fee, and what is charged a la carte?
- Can residents keep their current physician/choose their own?
- What are the staffing levels (how many per shift, resident-to-staff ratio, evening and weekend coverage, etc.) and what qualifications/training are required of the facility's personnel?
- If more care is needed, who decides what that level of care should be/what services are required/recommended?
- Do residents have the right to appeal/what are the grounds for eviction at the facility?
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April 24, 2003 ROAD WORK WEEKLY REPORT Scheduled roadwork for the week beginning April 27, 2003, for the Department of Design & Construction. Roadwork is normally done between the hours of 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM unless otherwise noted. EWA Old Fort Weaver Road, Mokuola Street & North Road Sidewalk Improvements - Old Fort Weaver Road from Farrington Highway to Fort Weaver Road: Construct new asphalt concrete sidewalk, curb, CRM wall, and driveway aprons. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) HONOLULU Rehabilitation of Streets - Dillingham Boulevard from King Street to Waiakamilo Street: Pavement Markings. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) Reconstruction of Sidewalks, Ala Moana Area – Alohi Way, Elm Street, Pensacola Street, Piikoi Street, Hoolai Street, Kamaile Street, Alder Street, Birch Street, Cedar Street, Liona Street, Sheridan Street, Keeaumoku Street, Rycroft Street, Lauula Way, Makaloa Street: Demolish and reconstruct existing concrete sidewalks. (Estimated completion date, August 2003) Rehabilitation of streets - Nuuanu Avenue and McCully Street: reconstruct road pavement, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and driveways. Construct curb ramps, bus pads and drainage system. Relocate and/or adjust existing electrical facilities for HECO, Verizon, traffic signal, street light and appurtenances. Resurface, adjust manhole frame and cover to new grade and restripe. Install traffic signs. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) KAILUA Kainehe, Hamakua, & Keolu Reconstructed Sewer: CIP work on Kainehe Street and Keolu Drive; Shaft Construction and Microtunneling on Hamakua Drive. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) Kalaheo Avenue Reconstructed Sewer, from Kainalu Drive to Dune Circle: Road Closure for work on sewerline will be Monday thru Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. During non-work hours, one lane for northbound traffic along Kalaheo Avenue will be re-opened with the other lane closed as an on-site staging are for equipment. (Estimated completion date, March 2004) KAIMUKI Curb ramps – 13th Avenue and Mahina Avenue, 21st Avenue and Pahoa Avenue, Olokele Avenue and Winam Avenue: install striping, markings and markers. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) KALIHI Emergency Sewer Repair: Amelia Street/Kalihi Stream (March 17, 2003 to May 2, 2003) Curb Ramps - Bernice Street and Kapalama Avenue, Kapalama Place and Palapala Place, Kapalama Avenue and North School Street, Houghtailing Street and North School Street: Construct new curb ramps, sidewalks, and driveways. Replace traffic signal and streetlight system, traffic signs, striping, markings and markers. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) LAIE Kahawainui Stream Flood Control Project - Poohaili Street Improvements: Construction of roadway, including grading, installation of guardrails and steel posts, and asphaltic concrete paving. (Estimated completion date, August 2003) MAKIKI Curb Ramps at Various Locations - Piikoi Street and Wilder Avenue, Liholiho Street and Wilder Avenue: Construct new curb ramps and sidewalks. Replace traffic signal system, traffic signs, striping, marking and markers. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) MOANALUA Curb Ramps - Maalahi Street and Mahiole Street: Remedial A.C. pavement patch work. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) SALT LAKE Rehabilitation of Streets - Hoolaulea Street from Waimano Home Road to Hookahi Street: Asphalt pavement markings. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) Curb ramps - Ala Ilima Street and Ala Nioi Place, Ala Napunani Street and Likini Street: install striping, markings and markers. (Estimated completion date, April 2003) Salt Lake Boulevard Widening Phase 2A, Bougainville Drive to Maluna Street: Upgrade roadway to include 2 additional lanes in each direction, with designated left and right turning lanes. Provide traffic controls, mass grading, temporary security fencing and electrical overhead lines, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, curb ramps and property adjustments, including demolishing and reconstructing new structures and constructing new walls. Install detention basins, drainage, water, sewer, traffic signal, streetlights, underground electrical system, oil lines, gas lines, pavement striping, markings and markers, and traffic signs, irrigation and landscaping. (Estimated completion date, June 2004) WAIALUA Waialua Beach Road Sidewalk Improvements, Phase I – Install new sidewalks, curb ramps, walls, drain system, curbs, gutters, pavement restoration, irrigation system, landscaping and traffic signs. (Estimated completion date, August 2003) PARADES, WALKS, RACES & OTHER STREET CLOSURES
The above is based on the most current information available from the event organizers as of 4/24/03. TST Division, Department of Transportation Services Phone: 808-527-6009 Fax: 808-523-4446. |
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The Housing Industry Association predicts 25,000 fewer homes will be built in 2011 than 2010, a downwards revision from previous estimates, according to its National Outlook for the December quarter.
HIA wants the federal government to introduce further stimulus measures to boost new housing starts so they don't fall back to 2009 global financial crisis levels.
"Housing starts are forecast to fall by 15 per cent to a level of 143,430 in 2011, wiping out a majority of the short-lived, stimulus driven gains of last year," HIA chief economist Harley Dale said in a statement.
"This fact delivers a very poor scorecard on new home and rental market affordability, which especially hurts aspiring first home buyers and lower income households."
HIA also wants the government to appoint a minister responsible for fixing Australia's housing shortage and review taxes charged on new home construction.
Dr Dale said housing starts had risen in just two out of the past 10 years - 2002 and 2010.
A significant decline in new home building in Victoria, formerly the "shining light of residential building", was a major contributor to the poor outlook, Dr Dale said.
"We are forecasting a 19 per cent fall (in Victoria) from these dizzying heights, to 48,170 starts in 2011," he said.
"If the alarming escalation in residential land values is not arrested, the fall from grace will be much sharper."
Queensland's residential building market, the weakest in Australia, is forecast to fall 20 per cent in 2011.
NSW housing starts are forecast to fall 4 per cent in 2011, on top of a current shortfall of 15,000 dwellings per year.
Western Australia would face its fourth decline in five years, due to a shortage of readily available land and the need for policy reform, HIA said.
South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory were all expected to see declines in new home construction in 2011.
HIA said this would flow through to growth in renovations activity, which hit nearly $32 billion in 2010.
"We expect activity in the renovations sector to hold largely steady this financial year, which would be a good outcome," Dr Dale said.


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Equipment stored outside a classroom during basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C.
U.S. Marines with 1/3 Charlie Company lift a comrade who fell in a poppy field irrigation canal during a patrol in Trikh Nawar on the outskirts of Marjah, Afghanistan.
A senior military commander said Taliban resistance had fallen dramatically.
U.S. Marines carry an Afghan civilian boy with a gunshot wound to a U.S. Army medevac helicopter in Helmand province.
U.S. Marines walk on the tracks of a vehicle to avoid improvised explosive devices as their platoon tries to clear a route to reach another platoon in Marjah.
U.S. artillery fired non-lethal smoke rounds to disperse Taliban fighters in Marjah, the first time cannons have been used in the fight to drive the militants from their logistical and opium poppy-smuggling base.
A Marine commander gives a final briefing to U.S. Marines and Afghan troops before their offensive in an undisclosed place, 360 miles southwest of Kabul, early Feb. 13.
The assault on Marjah is the biggest offensive since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and serves as a major test of a new NATO strategy focused on protecting civilians.
U.S. Marines walk to their helicopter during the start of Operation Khanjari, a major U.S. operation to take areas in Southern Afghanistan from Taliban fighters, Thursday.


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Letter: Athens, [Georgia] to [Porter King, Marion, Alabama], 1852 Apr. 25
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Creator: | Lumpkin, Callender Grieve |
Title: | Letter: Athens, [Georgia] to [Porter King, Marion, Alabama], 1852 Apr. 25 |
Date: | 1852 Apr. 25 |
Description: | Callender Lumpkin, wife of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, writes a letter dated April 25, 1852 to Porter King, lawyer, future judge and Perry County representative to the Alabama legislature. She tells King that he is dear to her, as her daughter Callie King loves him. She reports that although Callie's family and friends in Athens, Georgia will miss Callie as she starts her new life in Marion, Alabama, she has made them all proud of her for her devotion to duty and her new family. Lumpkin reports that Judge [James Archibald] Meriwether, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has died suddenly; Judge Nesbit is ill; and typhoid pneumonia has taken many lives over the past winter. In closing, Lumpkin tells King she will pray for him. Document ID: jhl0079. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO. |
Subjects: | Meriwether, James A., 1806-1852--Death and burial | Marriage | Mothers-in-law | Pneumonia | Salvation | Athens (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th century | King, Porter, 1824-1890 | Athens (Ga.) | Clarke County (Ga.) |
Contributors: | Hargrett Library | Alexander Campbell King Law Library |
Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857), box 2, folder 3, document jhl0079. |
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Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Alexander Campbell King Law Library |
Collection Information: | Joseph Henry Lumpkin Family Papers |


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How to Live Longer and Feel Better by Linus Pauling was published in 1986 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller. The book presented Pauling's ideas on the value of micronutrients and vitamins, especially vitamin C, in preventing and treating disease and reviewed the older, relevant clinical literature. In preparing How to Live Longer and Feel Better, Pauling drew from his three previous popular books for the public, Vitamin C and the Common Cold; Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu; and (with Ewan Cameron) Cancer and Vitamin C, and added new information and insights. How to Live Longer and Feel Better has been unavailable for several years.
The 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction that traces Pauling's work on hemoglobin and in molecular medicine that led to his development of the theoretical basis of orthomolecular medicine, a term he coined to refer to varying the concentration of molecules normally present in the body to attain optimum health and to prevent and treat disease. How to Live Longer and Feel Better also features a new afterword and annotations, as well as name and subject indices. The 360-page book was published in May by Oregon State University Press as an oversized paperback (6 by 9 inches), available for $25.00 (includes postage).
The redesigned LPI Web site was launched in April. More compelling and easier to navigate, the site has been under development for several months. Pertinent information about the LPI mission, research programs, and faculty and staff are clearly highlighted, and special sections present the Micronutrient Information Center and the LPI Research Newsletters. A biography of Linus Pauling, news releases, information on intramural seminars and the LPI biennial conference, special research services available to professionals, books for sale, and information about making gifts to LPI are also featured.
We hope you enjoy the new site and look forward to your comments!
Ted Kulongoski, Governor of Oregon, proclaimed February 28th, Linus Pauling's birthday, "Linus Carl Pauling Day." Dr. Pauling was recognized in the Proclamation for his "efforts to bring about world peace and the banning of nuclear weapons testing" and for his "genius in chemistry [that] provided the basis for modern chemistry and set the stage for major discoveries that benefited humankind." Governor Kulongoski also noted that "Dr. Pauling was unafraid of controversy in his pursuit of the truth and devoted his entire life to the good of humanity."


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Play a game, help save the rain
Key Club Game Night, an evening of fun, interactive family games, will take place in the Cloverdale High School Multi-Purpose Room on School Street from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4.
Tickets are $5 pre-sale, $6 at the door and will include unlimited desserts, coffee and punch.
In addition to helping fund their various projects and activities, proceeds will benefit the Cloverdale High School Key Club's major service project for the 2012-2013 year, "Save the Rain."
"Save the Rain" is a non-profit organization that helps save lives by bringing access to clean drinking water to non-industrialized communities, mostly in Africa. With the group's assistance, local labor, using material from local suppliers, are building systems to capture rain water.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I'm getting there, and sometimes it feels like there's no progress at all, even though I know there must be, given all the work I'm doing on it. Here's what I know:
1. I don't want to be busy. I want to do the work I love, but I don't want ever to feel "busy." I used to think that being busy was a sign of success, of being in demand, of being right smack dab in the middle of everything that was going on. Being relevant, perhaps. Gah, is that a concept I loathe or what? Relevancy. You know: "He's no longer relevant," "I want to still be relevant." It's something I just started hearing in the last couple years, and it makes me nuts. Who decides relevancy? And relevancy to what? Oh, sure: I get the way it's used in the world: if your ideas and input are still fresh and valuable to whatever market/media/endeavor you're involved in, then you're relevant. People worry about getting old/stale/redundant and becoming irrelevant. It's mostly about ageism, of course, and I'm going to stop before I begin to rant because I reallyreallyreally *am* trying to work on having fewer opinions about stuff. It's not going so well, but I'm giving it the big try.
Anyway, in the last couple years, I've come to think of being busy not as a sign of all that but as a sign of something else. I try not to be busy. Since I set my own schedule for work and deadlines, being busy reflects a lack of planning on my part. I make a real effort not to answer "Busy. You?" when people ask, "How've you been?" I want to suggest, by my response, that maybe there's another way besides busy. I used to think there wasn't: stay busy right up until the moment you can't be busy any more, and then die. I've rethought all of that. I want to do the things I love, but I don't want to be "busy" at them. I don't want to rush. I don't want to feel overwhelmed. I want to live at a slow pace, doing careful, thoughtful work. I feel good about how this part is going.
Note: I just thought of this, of putting it into words: because I love the work I do (interviewing artists and writing/talking about them), I want to bring my full attention to the process. I used to try to cram everything in to a couple weeks per month so I had free time to do other stuff (my own projects). Now I realize how magical what I get to do really is: I get to talk to creative people about the creative work they do. I want to savor it more, and I've worked out a schedule that allows me to focus on one person at a time, never overlapping any of them. This means that, for a week at a time, I'm thinking about one person and that person's work and process and inspiration. I think about them when I'm walking and in the shower and when I'm stitching. Almost always, they'll have said something amazing, something I hadn't thought about before about the way creativity works or how inspiration feels for them. Not being busy allows me to really enjoy these (to me) revelations.
2. I don't want to be a caretaker of Stuff. I've written a ton about this lately, so I'll be brief. I don't want to take care of/worry about/insure a bunch of stuff I don't use and don't need, stuff that has no point now and will have even less point the moment I'm dead. Getting rid of this stuff—in most cases, finding new homes for it—has been tough and freeing and scary and exciting, and I'm really loving its not being around. No, I have not for a moment regretted dumping all 150+ journals.
3. I want to be able to get by on less money. This is an amazing thing to say in the US, especially in Midland, Texas, where everybody is trying to make it while the making is good. Midland has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation for the latest reporting period, and the oil business is making lots of people more money than they ever dreamed they'd have (they actually say this to us). I have just lost one of my primary jobs, just this month. I guess I was fired; it's a strange situation. I helped design and plan CreateMixedMedia.com, and there were big plans. We were told last year it was ending, then we were told to just keep going, and then I was told they were going to keep going but *without* me. Like I said, kind of strange. It effectively cuts my yearly income in half, and let's just say there wasn't a huge big thing to halve in the first place. Is it scary? You bet. The work I do for a living is work that I've kind of created: it's not like there are other identical jobs with other employers. So the work I was doing for CMM isn't something I can do somewhere else. A couple of years ago, this would have been terrifying, but now? I look at it as a challenge. Instead of thinking I should go out and find a job in Midland's crazy economy, I think I should figure out how to live on less.
And let me just stop right here and say: if it weren't for medical and vet expenses, this would be a piece of cake. Right now we're in the middle of an experiment to try to get Moe's nasal issues under control. He sneezes, he snorts, he coughs, he wheezes. He's totally miserable when this stuff is at its worst. He's had exams and had his sinuses irrigated with the results (ewwww, I know) sent to A&M. He's had bloodwork sent to A&M. We've tried all sorts of antibiotics. We've done steroids (you don't want to do those for too long because of the kidney issues). Right now he gets a dose a day, going through Week #3 now, of some horrible stuff that costs about $4 a dose. And he is just one of 8 cats, 7 of whom are over 10 years old. You get the picture.
4. I don't want to spend a single moment of time doing ANYTHING just because I'm supposed to do it. If it doesn't have a purpose or make somebody happy, if it's not fun or productive or inspiring, I'm out. This explains, in part, the hair and nails and stuff: it wasn't worth the time it took. News, current events, opinions, rants, petitions, marketing, ads: not worth the time. Which leads into—
5. I want to realize, every single day—every hour of every day—how little time we actually have on this little planet, how fleeting this life is in the scheme of things, and how lucky we are to get to experience it. Everything I said up above feeds into this, and I'm making good progress in noticing less and less the crap (all the stressful, argumentative, crazy-making stuff we pile into our lives) and noticing more and more the stuff that makes up a simple life. I stop in the middle of my walk, in the middle of the street, and stand and admire a mockingbird going through his entire (or maybe not: I've never heard one run out of variations, ever) repertoire. I squat down in the gutter to smell the newly-bloomed chocolate daisies by my new friend's house (I don't know her name, but she's a Schnauzer who use to bark loudly at us every time we passed by until I went up to the fence to see what she was saying, and she went nuts and slobbered all over me. Now it's a ritual with us). Standing back UP from squatting to smell the daisies is tougher and tougher, and that makes me appreciate it all the more. In part, knowing that arthritis is progressive and incurable actually helps me on this path because I realize that, if I live long enough, there will be a time when I won't be able to do most of what I do now (I can look at the progression of my father's for a good clue about the future).
6. And then, tying it all together, I want to spread joy. Make more people laugh out loud, give more hugs (I'm working hard on this one!), be an example of a different way to live. Am I doing a good job? Not yet, but I do think I'm getting better.
In my head I have an imaginary world filled with calm, happy, creative people, moving through life at a comfortable pace, sharing ideas and inspiration, avoiding greed and the urge to amass huge amounts of money and stuff. In this fantasy, a tiny moment comes back to me of walking on a sidewalk in downtown Santa Fe one morning and passing a woman, probably the age I am now, with a long, brightly-colored skirt and sandals, her grey hair long and loose, walking with her dog, looking happy and present in the world. I imagine more people like that, like maybe a commune with better bathrooms and more privacy, communities where the simple life was valued more than huge new fortunes and MacMansions to match (The EGE and I keep saying we're going to go out and get some photos of the ones going up around here to show you, but it's kind of sad, given the ugliness of the drought and lack of landscaping: just huge, sprawling houses with lots of dirt).
Time to go take a walk, but first I have to wash the dried antibiotic (it dries a brilliant yellow) out of Moe's eyebrow. Yes, we had a battle this morning. . . .
Thanks for coming by~~XO
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- Caatje said...
Amen to everything you say here.
There's a commercial they used to show here (I don't even remember what it was for) where you see a very busy city sidewalk where people are rush rush rushing to get to whatever important place they are going. Right smack amongst them is one man strolling very leisurely reading a book, ovlivious of the busyness around him wrapped up in his own relaxed world. A haven of peace in a world gone crazy.
Basically I want to be like that man. I'm slowly getting there, but still have some things to learn. Of your list it's number 3 that's still my biggest struggle. But it's okay, I've come a long way already. :-) - Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:40:00 PM
- Ricë said...
You have, indeed. I so admire you!
(And I just realized I have two #3s. Good grief.) - Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:20:00 PM
- Just Jen said...
I get this.
I feel this to my core.
I don't get "I'm busy" by way of excuse for not caring or reading or sharing or BEING.
laughter. lots and lots of laughter.
and love.
to you.
for all of us. - Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:28:00 PM
- Venus de Hilo said...
Love your vision of a "world filled with calm, happy, creative people, moving through life at a comfortable pace, sharing ideas and inspiration." I'm going to be one of those people today.
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:57:00 PM
- Ricë said...
Thank you—I'm so happy to be on this journey with such interesting people!
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:07:00 PM
- see you there! said...
You are so right. I've never been accused of being in a pursuit of a whole lot and the older I get the slower I go. I'm enjoying every minute though.
Darla - Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:38:00 PM
- Caatje said...
LOL, I didn't notice. I meant what's now #4. Only doing what you want to and not what you have to.
The money thing has been surprisingly easy actually. - Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:42:00 PM
- Linda Teddlie Minton said...
You were the main (only) reason I ever went to Create Mixed Media! I could never leave a comment there, for some reason (possibly my own Stupid Computer) but always enjoyed your posts there. Rats! But your philosophy of life always uplifts me.
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:56:00 PM
- kerin rose said...
please give me the address of the commune! he he!..I am on my way,....!
Rice, this is beautiful stuff, it really is.... - Friday, April 11, 2014 5:17:00 AM
- Louisa said...
I LOVE this! You've totally got it right, Rice. I feel the exact same way. Do you think it's a "maturity" thing? Experienced enough with life to see what's really important and what is just filler?
- Friday, April 11, 2014 10:36:00 AM
- Michele Littlefield said...
I love this so very much!
- Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:46:00 AM
- Zoe Nelson said...
I loved reading this because it's like you were in my head. We seem to be living parallel lives! I've started a personal campaign to stop the glorification of "busy". It's not how I want to be, to feel stressed or overwhelmed and I'm beginning to see that I'm envied by the busy ones. It's unfortunate that they feel like they don't have a choice.
- Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:55:00 AM
- Jeanie Thorn said...
I couldn't comment on this post right away, instead wanting to reread it over and over again, savoring every word. It's really quite beautiful, you know, writing what I think about but am unable to put into words. Thank you.
- Saturday, April 12, 2014 11:09:00 AM
- Ricë said...
Thanks so much! Louisa, I don't know. Some people my age seem to be on a completely different path, so although I would guess it has something to do with getting older, I'm not sure about how common it is.
- Saturday, April 12, 2014 12:59:00 PM
- Kathy said...
You are the reason I found CMM. How sad for them. Your words resonated today. Thanks for sharing.
- Sunday, April 13, 2014 11:07:00 AM
- Wendy Watson said...
And on the other side of the world I'm on the same path so all I can say is a resounding "AMEN!" I have travelled through some very poor parts of the world mindful that my wealth (not by western standards) is just a result of an accident of bith so the phrase 'living simply so other might also live' comes into the situation as well. Needs and wants . . . My needs are all taken care of, and I want to travel and see all my good friends around the world and give them another hug, sit and enjoy a glass of wine, some good food and a lot of laughter. I guess I might be 'busy working' a while longer. But for that I could resign and live off my accident of birth.
I love you column in CMM, it's the main reason for my visiting the site. Please continue your podcasts through your blog!!!!! - Monday, April 14, 2014 1:56:00 PM
- Lisa Gallup said...
Fabulous post! :D
- Monday, April 14, 2014 2:42:00 PM
- Dusty said...
You rock. You really do.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:04:00 AM
- maudemakesart.com said...
So glad that you're going to continue with the podcasts Ricë - I like being a "chickadee" and listening to you chat and question other artists as I work in my studio. You definitely bring me joy.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:25:00 AM
- jinxxxygirl said...
I wish posting and doing podcasts on your blog could bring you money because you sure make alot of people happy over here. Trust me its CMM's loss......Ofcourse maybe that means we'll see more posts here so their loss is our gain! Hugs! deb
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Thinning is the action of manipulating plant height and numbers either via cutting the plant at the stem or removing plants from the grow altogether. Naturally plants compete for light and plants that grow taller than the rest can easily prevent light from reaching other plants in the group. This is especially noticeable with unstable strains and new hybrids in which some of the population may grow more vigorously than others. The action of thinning your crop either by cutting or total removal creates a more even canopy and allows light to penetrate every top cola without some plants getting in the way of the other plants' light requirements.
Thinning generally applies to outdoor growers, but some indoor setups such as ScrOG and SOG may also need to be thinned.
As a cannabis grower you should aim to produce plants of relatively uniform growth. When all of your plants are approximately the same height, you can more easily achieve optimal lighting conditions. If one plant grows more vigorously than the others, you risk ending up with light gaps. For instance:
• Distance from Plant A to light is 3 feet
• Distance from Plant B to light is 1.5 feet
• Distance from Plant C to light is 8 inches
Obviously you will be wasting light, not to mention space, on this setup. The reason for uneven growth is simply that some plants tend to be more vigorous than others.* If this happens, the more vigorous plants will cause the smaller ones to receive less light. We use a process called thinning to control these vigorous plants.
Clones, taken from the same mother, should not need to be thinned because they will all possess the same genetic makeup.The only time that clones will not grow in a uniform manner is if light dispersal is uneven. Obviously the clones that receive more light have a better rate of photosynthesis and will grow more vigorously. If all the clones are treated in the same way, they should grow uniformly.
If you discover a vigorous plant, either cut it down to the same level as the others or remove it from the grow altogether. Do not throw away the cuttings from thinning. You can clone these cuttings into new plants!
You may be tempted to thin the other way round, leaving the taller plants and removing the smaller ones. Recall that in cannabis growing, if you have started from seed, the taller plants are generally male and the smaller ones are female. For this reason do not give in to the temptation of removing plants before you actually identify their sex.
Thinning your grow makes it look nicer, tidier and helps to improve your overall yield by preventing potentially good plants from being covered by weaker ones that are growing much taller. Remember that height and size have nothing to do with potency. Some plants with very long internodes tend to grow very tall, covering other plants and diverting most of their energy into vertical growth rather than bud production. This kind of competitive growth will only lead to less than optimal results.
By the time you have finished your thinning you should have a uniform with some clones that you can use to grow more bud.
Light bending occurs when a plant grows at an angle toward the light. You may have noticed plants on the perimeter of your grow area bending toward the light to try and get their share. If your plants bend too much they will eventually grow toward or even into another plant and block other plants from the light. Also, during flowering the buds will become heavy and may cause plants to fall over.
A simple way to avoid light bending in an indoor grow environment, is to simply switch your plants around. If a plant leans too much in one direction, then move it toward the middle of the grow space or turn the plant around. It only takes a day or two for the plant to straighten. If your plants can't be easily moved, as is the case with hydroponic setups and outdoor gardens, then you may have to tie your plants so they don't bend.
If you are growing outdoors and have a major problem with light bending you may have to cut away surrounding foliage to allow more light to reach your plants. If this is not possible, try using thread and small stakes, such as bamboo, to keep your plants upright. Remember: if your plants are bending they are trying to tell you that they need more direct light.
Pruning is the action of manipulating the number of node regions (potential bud sites) that your plant creates and has nothing to do with the thinning process. Cutting a plant at the stem will automatically result in Hopping'. For this reason, plants that are thinned via cutting will end up growing more than one top cola. Topping is discussed in the next section. This section covers pruning to increase yield.
By using stakes you can also control and separate branch growth after pruning.
This plant has generated more than eight new node regions after pruning.
Prune cuts are made using clippers held at a 45-degree angle to tbe shoot being cut. For every stem or branch that you prune, the cut area will develop two more branches.This process is natural: just look at any tree to see how the stem divides into branches which sub-bivide into more branches which divide into new shoots and leaves. Marijuana plants grow branches out from the stem. Any filling out occurs when new leaves and branches develop at the node regions. Some of these branches may develop new shoots, but these are somewhat smaller and thinner and don't support as much bud growth. If you prune your plant you can make it more like the example of the tree.
Recall that Indica plants tend to be smaller than Sativas. If you learn to prune your plant properly you can produce small bushy Sativa plants that grow in tiny spaces. Without pruning, a Sativa plant can stretch to five feet or more.
Keep in mind that there is a limit to how much you can prune a marijuana plant. If you prune the stem, it will split in two. You can prune both of these new stems and end up with four stems. You can try to prune each of these four stems to create eight stems, but results will depend on the strain and its genetically predetermined branching limit. You might be able to prune some of the lateral branches, but again, if the plant has reached its threshold it will not produce more branches. All strains are different in this respect.
Some marijuana growers will take a pair of clippers to the top of their plant just above the last branch formation during the third or fourth week of vegetative growth. The top is removed by shearing it away at the stem. What happens next is that the main stem splits off in two or more directions, creating a V-shape at the top of your plant. The end result after flowering is two or more top colas instead of one. Now, two top colas instead of one does sound appealing and some growers have even managed to force a plant to grow more than six top colas using this method. Unfortunately this topping method of pruning doesn't always lead to better results.
Depending on the strain and the growing environment, the 'topped' plant may produce two small top colas instead of two big ones. Also, each strain has a threshold for bud production that cannot be improved upon because it is a genetically predetermined factor. On the other hand, some plants when fully grown without topping do not reach their threshold. The strain Blueberry is a good example of this. If you grow Blueberry without topping you won't achieve maximum bud production from that plant, but if you top the Blueberry, you will. Other strains aren't so flexible and the two top colas will simply share the same volume of bud that a single cola would have produced on the same strain.
It's advised that you keep in mind that pruning for yield using the topping method is strain-dependent and experiment carefully with this pruning method. Do this with 2 out of 10 plants in every grow. You'll find in time that during this vegetative prune you will be able to shape your plant. Plants are generally pruned three to four weeks into their vegetative cycle, but can be pruned sooner or later or more than once.
Pruning during flowering is not advised as the plant will be forced to divert its energy from bud production into branch and leaf production. This results in a slower rate of bud growth. For optimal growth finish your pruning well before flowering.
FIM Technique
There is a topping method known as the FIM technique. If you push the leaves apart at the very top of the plant you should see a small bud (not flowering bud but an actually leaf bud). Use a pair of nail clippers to pinch off about 3/4 of the bud. This should result in more than two top colas being developed. In a single FIM clipping you can produce up to eight new top colas.
The origins of this technique are humorous. As the story goes, FIM was discovered accidentally when a grower messed up a topping exercise. FIM stands for: "Fuck I Missed".
Some people prefer their plants small and wide. Fortunately for them, making cannabis bushes is a simple process. During the third week of vegetative growth prune half the plant's branches. Cannabis plants need at least 50 percent of their leaves in order to continue growing without experiencing fatal stunting problems. If you prune off more than 50 percent of their leaves, you may end up killing your plants.* Do not prune only one side of the plant; prune both sides to achieve the 50 percent. You may also prune the main top cola if you want to split it into two or more parts.
If the prune cuts you previously made grow new branches and leaves, you may wait until the fourth or fifth week of vegetative growth and prune again, leaving 50 percent growth.
During the seventh week of vegetative growth you'll notice that your plant has started to grow outward more than upward. Let's say you have a plant with eight shoots. That means it is four nodes high. You prune the plant and end up with 16 shoots, but the plant is still only four nodes high. Now this does not mean that you can keep doubling shoots forever. Pruning merely pushes the plant to grow all of its shoots early. If you keep pruning a plant that is four nodes high until the eighth week of vegetative growth, the greatest number of shoots you will get will be about 32. Most marijuana plants will not grow much beyond this factor, but again this is strain-dependent.
Now each new shoot has a junction point or a node that it grew from and each node should produce bud during the flowering stages. It is possible to create a marijuana plant that droops over the sides, completely concealing its own pot. With the right strain, it is also possible to have a single plant spread over an entire 6x6 foot space using this method. Creating cannabis bushes usually requires a few additional weeks of vegetative growth.
This is also called Re-veging, regeneration or rejuvenation and can be done anywhere between the start of flowering and the end of the plant's peak bloom when it is ready for harvest. This does not work with strains that have autoflowering properties like Ruderalis.
The first thing you need to do in order to revert a plant back to vegetative growth is to quit the flowering photoperiod of 12/12 and change this to a vegetative pho-toperiod of 24/0 or 18/6. The 24/0 photoperiod is certainly better because it reverts your plant to vegetative growth quicker.
The next thing you should do is to remove all of the plant's flowers and calyx development by clipping them away from the plant at their base. When your plant is bare of its flowers and calyx development you can then choose to reduce the height of your plant to a stage where it resembled its vegetative growth. After a few weeks your plant will revert to vegetative growth and will no longer flower until the 12/12 photoperiod is initiated again.
When you are satisfied that your plant has reached a satisfactory level of node production change the photoperiod to 12/12 and your plant will flower again.
Reverting to vegetative growth is a way to harvest more flowers from the same plant again, however it does have the following disadvantages:
• Reverting to vegetative growth can take up to four weeks to occur properly. This time could have been spent by simply cloning the original plant and growing these clones out instead. Cloning is usually much quicker than rejuvenation.
• Plants that are rejuvenated tend to not produce the same quantities of bud that they did during their peak bloom although it is not impossible for them to do so.
• The growing medium will contain higher levels of P than l\l and K.This needs to be changed to higher or equal amounts of l\l to P and K. This can be hard to do without flushing your soil or performing a transplant. Both of these can cause stress which may lead to sexual dysfunctions appearing in the flowering stage a rejuvenated plant.
• Rejuvenated plants go through a certain amount of stress because of the photoperiod change and this can induce sexual dysfunction.
• Stress from cutting the plant during regeneration may also induce sexual dysfunction.
Some other grow books have suggested that rejuvenation compromises the genetic integrity of the plant. This is false.
A good example is if you take an IBL strain which is stable for all of its traits and pollinate the females with a male from the same strain you will produce a batch of offspring. Keep some of the male pollen used in this exercise and rejuvenate one of the females. After you rejuvenate her use the male pollen again on her to create another batch of offspring.*
If rejuvenation compromises the genetic integrity of the plant then these two sets of offspring will show variations. Do the normal offspring exhibit variations when evaluated against the rejuvenated female's offspring? No, they do not. Thus rejuvenation does not compromise the genetic integrity of the plant.**
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The important distinction is that felonies go with a person much longer than misdemeanors. A felony conviction can deprive a person of the right to vote and can keep him or her from getting a variety of jobs. It's no small thing to be a convicted felon and people need to remember that.


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NHDOT officials seek input on widening of Route 101 in Bedford
A public informational meeting is set for Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m., in the town meeting room at the BCTV studios, 10 Meetinghouse Road. The Department of Transportation is seeking input from the public about what they feel are the main trouble spots that should be addressed in the widening project. They are also seeking input from abutters.
Route 101 is a state highway and was placed on the Department of Transportation's 10-year plan for improvements in 2005.
But because of budget shortfalls, the widening of Route 101 was removed from the list. Since then, local business and community leaders fought successfully to make the project a priority again.
After Bedford Town Manager Jessie Levine met with representatives from the state Department of Transportation last week, she said the plan right now is to widen Route 101 by at least two lanes, with a possibility of widening by three lanes, allowing a divided median with turning lanes. Levine said work could begin by 2015 or 2016, depending on funding.
The start date also depends on other factors such as moving utilities and lamp posts, securing rights-of-way and negotiating with abutters.
Another factor is the extension of sewers from Nashua Road to Wallace Road, and that work needs to be done before road widening can begin.
"We want to coordinate that so we install the sewers before highway work begins," said Levine.
Levine also said the town of Bedford will push for aesthetic improvements to the road including sidewalks and landscape work, trying to increase capacity and improve traffic safety issues while improving the look and feel of the town's center.
"Route 101 is such an important business corridor," said Levine. Traffic from Wallace Road and Route 114 is often heavy, affecting residents, businesses and commuters passing through.
The meeting will be carried live by BCTV.
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Helen businesses damaged by broken pipesBy Rob Moore Editor The former Sunflower Chinese restaurant on Main Street in Helen was damaged when the sprinkler system froze and burst early Tuesday. (Photo/Rob Moore)
HELEN - Two Helen businesses sustained frozen pipes, one resulting in significant damage, early Tuesday.
Capt. Lee Poteat of Helen Fire Department said the now-vacant Sunflower Chinese restaurant, a former KFC which he described as about a 5,000-square-foot building, was filled with about eight inches of water when firefighters arrived. That's not counting all the water that ran out of the building into the parking lot and onto surrounding properties. City officials estimate that between 250,000 and 400,000 gallons of water flowed through the vacant building's fire sprinkler system into the parking lot, adjacent lots and even onto Edelweiss Street, resulting in icing issues. "It was a lot of water," said Helen Public Works Director Ross Hewell. At Jameson Inn near the entrance to the city, a pipe broke above the hotel's swimming pool, which overflowed as a result. "Jameson Inn broke a sprinkler line just above their pool," Poteat said. "Thank goodness it was above the pool. The pool overflowed into the retention pond down there." Tuesday afternoon, City Manager Jerry Elkins said additional broken pipes had been reported at several businesses in the city, including Charlemagne's Kingdom, Huddle House, and Alpine Village Inn. In addition, an outside faucet burst at the River Street public restrooms. © Copyright 2015 AccessNorthGa.com
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This robot hand, a surprise discovery in "What on Earth," a catalog of crap gadgets, plays air piano. Included are recordings of Beethoven's fifth, Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, Chopin's Minute Waltz, and various other novelty doorbell classics. It is $13.
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Xi yang shen, Tienchi ginseng, western ginseng, five-fingers
American ginseng is cultivated in the northwest regions of United States and Canada. Patients take this supplement to improve athletic performance, strength, and stamina, and to treat diabetes and cancer. In Chinese herbal formulas, American ginseng is frequently used to nourish "Yin" (1). The saponin glycosides, also known as ginsenosides or panaxosides, are thought responsible for American ginseng's effects.
Ginsenosides have both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on the CNS (4), alter cardiovascular tone, enhance humoral and cellular-dependent immunity, and have anticancer effects in vitro (3) (15) (16).
Current data suggest that ginseng may improve glucose control in diabetics (2) (6), but additional research is necessary. It demonstrated a modest effect in reducing the number and severity of colds (12); and enhanced working memory in healthy adults (21) and in patients with schizophrenia (24).
The anticancer effects of ginseng were enhanced when combined with antioxidants (14). Ginseng also acts synergistically with 5-fluorouracil against colorectal cancer cells (17) and demonstrated radioprotective effects in irradiated human lymphocytes (18).
Data from an epidemiological study show that ginseng improves survival and quality of life in breast cancer patients (13). Findings from a randomized controlled trial support its benefits in improving cancer-related fatigue (23).
Ginsenosides are thought responsible for American ginseng's activity, although the exact mechanism of action is unknown. American ginseng lowers serum glucose and may affect carbohydrate metabolism (2) (6). Related species, such as Panax ginseng, have been the focus of most laboratory and clinical research. Experiments using extracts from these species indicate that ginsenosides stimulate and inhibit the CNS (4). The extracts also stimulate TNF alpha production by alveolar macrophages (10). The Rg1 ginsenoside is associated with improvements in humoral and cell-mediated immune response and increases in T helper cells, T lymphocytes, and NK cells in mice (5). Ginseng's antagonistic effect on warfarin is not due to vitamin K (11).
Several ginsenosides demonstrated anticancer properties in vitro (3). However, current data suggest that the antiproliferative effects of American ginseng are due to compound K, a metabolite of the ginsenoside Rb1, but not Rb1 as previously thought (22).
In a rabbit model, the pharmacokinetics of ginsenosides A1, A2, B2, and C were best described with a one-component open model. Ginsenoside C (protopanaxadiol group ginseng saponin) showed a significantly longer half-life, higher plasma protein binding, and lower metabolic and renal clearance compared to A1, A2, and B2 (protopanaxatriol group ginseng saponins).
All ginsenosides except ginsenoside A1 were absorbed slowly after intraperitoneal administration. Ginsenosides were not found in rabbit plasma or urine samples after oral administration.
In mice, ginsenoside C was more toxic than ginsenoside A2 following intraperitoneal administration.
None of the ginsenosides caused toxicity following oral administration. (5)
Breast cancer patients should use this product with caution as ginseng may stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells (9).
Barton DL, Liu H, Dakhil SR, et al. Wisconsin Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) to improve cancer-related fatigue: a randomized, double-blind trial, N07C2. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Aug 21;105(16):1230-8.
In this phase III trial, 364 fatigued cancer survivors were randomized to 2000mg of American ginseng or a placebo for 8 weeks. The primary endpoint was the general subscale of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF) at 4 weeks. Deviations from the baseline were measured at 4 and 8 weeks by a two-sided, two-sample t test. Toxicities were determined by self-report and the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) provider grading.
Researchers reported that changes in the MFSI-SF were 14.4 (standard deviation [SD] = 27.1) in the ginseng group vs 8.2 (SD = 24.8) in the placebo group at 4 weeks (P = .07). At 8 weeks, a statistically significant difference was observed with a change score of 20 (SD = 27) for the ginseng group and 10.3 (SD = 26.1) for the placebo group (P = .003). Patients undergoing active cancer treatment benefited more compared to those who had completed treatment. There were no adverse effects following ginseng supplementation.
American ginseng improved cancer-related fatigue taken over an 8-week period.
Yuan CS, et al. Brief Communication: American Ginseng reduces Warfarin's effect in healthy patients. Annals of Internal Medicine 2004;141:23-27.
Twenty healthy adults took part in a four-week trial of ginseng and its effects on warfarin. All subjects received warfarin during weeks 1 and 4. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either 1.0 gram American ginseng or placebo twice daily starting in week 2. Subjects receiving ginseng had significantly decreased International Normalized Ratios (INR) when compared with those receiving placebo. Peak INR and peak plasma warfarin levels were correlated. Researchers concluded that ginseng reduces warfarin's anticoagulant effect.
Bottom Line: American ginseng has not been shown to treat or prevent cancer.
American ginseng has been shown to lower blood sugar levels in humans. Scientists think that the effects of ginseng come from its components called ginsenosides. Most research has been done on another species, Panax ginseng. These studies indicate that ginsenosides both stimulate and inhibit the central nervous system in humans and stimulate the immune system in mice. Laboratory studies in mice and population studies in humans suggest that Panax ginseng has cancer-preventative properties.
American ginseng was shown to reduce the number and severity of colds, and improve working memory in healthy adults.
It also decreases the anticoagulant effects of warfarin, an anticoagulant.
Cancer-related fatigue:
In this study, 364 fatigued cancer survivors were randomized to receive 2000mg of American ginseng or a placebo for 8 weeks. Those who took ginseng had significant improvement in their fatigue. Patients who were undergoing active treatment benefited more than those who completed treatment. No serious side effects were reported.
These results suggest that American ginseng helps improve fatigue in cancer patients.
Interaction with Warfarin:
Twenty healthy adults received warfarin during weeks 1 and 4 in this study. They were then randomized to receive either 1.0 gram American ginseng or placebo twice daily starting in week 2. Subjects who received ginseng had signficantly lowered International Normalized Ratios (INR) when compared with those receiving placebo. Researchers conclude that ginseng reduces warfarin's anticoagulant effect and suggest that physicians ask their patients about ginseng use before prescribing warfarin.
Breast cancer patients should use this product with caution as ginseng may stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells.


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As you know, Betty posted pictures of her pets, and I just sent her a new one of my dog, a Bichon Frise named Sasha. My wife bought her litter mate, a little white terror named Neko. (Sasha acts the little princess, and for Neko, well, let's just say boys will be boys.)
Many people have commented that a Bichon seems a strange choice for a biker. I disagree.
It has always seemed rather craven to me for a guy to send his dog out to do his fighting for him. When his Rottweiler tears up an adversary I'm impressed by the dog, not the little coward who bought him.
Sasha is blue-eyed, so we are kindred spirits. She has an artsy side, a curious side, a gormet tongue, and a desire to sleep late. She can look sullen, but like all Bichons, she has the ability to smile. Sometimes (like all blue-eyed folks) she'll get into trouble. It's more the circumstances, however, and it is here that I speak from experience.
She was to be my "pocket dog." That is, she was to ride inside my coat on the Harley. This never worked out.
We took the Bichons to Capital City once, and some biker lit up his straight pipes as we got out of the truck. This scared Sasha to death, she now even fears the vacuum cleaner.
We have our roles, however, and that is as it should be. She likes my pillow, and we fight over it all night--no problem there. Periodically, she takes both of her little paws and pushes me during the night. As I wake up, her face tells the story.
She has heard something in the middle of the night and it scared her. She went to get the "big dog." And that is my role.
I grab the bedroom gun (an SW 4516) and a Surefire and walk out to the living room. Sasha waits at the end of the bed until I return. I tell her that I chased the bad man away. We go back to my pillow.
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Digital World Expo said Tuesday that Kmiec will share his perspective on the fast-evolving arena of digital and interactive content at the new media conference, which connects the nation's top digital marketers. It runs Sept. 25 to 27.
Kmiec leverages social media platforms and channels to connect Walgreens' 5.9 million daily customers with their 250,000 employees, the conference organizer said, adding that for nearly 14 years he has worked for some of the world's most forward-thinking organizations and helped some of the most dynamic brands find success in the interactive and social spaces, such as BMW, Nikon and the U.S. Army.
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Taking advantage of the complete genome sequences of several mammals, we developed a novel method to detect losses of well-established genes in the human genome through syntenic mapping of gene structures between the human, mouse, and dog genomes. Unlike most previous genomic methods for pseudogene identification, this analysis is able to differentiate losses of well-established genes from pseudogenes formed shortly after segmental duplication or generated via retrotransposition. Therefore, it enables us to find genes that were inactivated long after their birth, which were likely to have evolved nonredundant biological functions before being inactivated. The method was used to look for gene losses along the human lineage during the approximately 75 million years (My) since the common ancestor of primates and rodents (the euarchontoglire crown group). We identified 26 losses of well-established genes in the human genome that were all lost at least 50 My after their birth. Many of them were previously characterized pseudogenes in the human genome, such as GULO and UOX. Our methodology is highly effective at identifying losses of single-copy genes of ancient origin, allowing us to find a few well-known pseudogenes in the human genome missed by previous high-throughput genome-wide studies. In addition to confirming previously known gene losses, we identified 16 previously uncharacterized human pseudogenes that are definitive losses of long-established genes. Among them is ACYL3, an ancient enzyme present in archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes, but lost approximately 6 to 8 Mya in the ancestor of humans and chimps. Although losses of well-established genes do not equate to adaptive gene losses, they are a useful proxy to use when searching for such genetic changes. This is especially true for adaptive losses that occurred more than 250,000 years ago, since any genetic evidence of the selective sweep indicative of such an event has been erased.
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City's 130m hitlist
| Submit Comments| Comments (84)| Printable Version1/1Play SlideshowClose MapTARGET: Dani AlvesRoberto Mancini is stepping up his interest in Daniel Alves as City bid to add extra World Cup magic to their squad. Mancini and football administrator Brian Marwood have placed Barcelona?s Brazilian right-back on a £130m wanted list that includes Yaya Toure, James Milner and David Silva. And City are also determined to ward off Rafael Benitez?s interest in taking Carlos Tevez to Inter Milan. Benitez is ready to launch a £35m bid for the Argentina striker, who was City?s top scorer last season with 29 goals. The Spaniard, who has just replaced Jose Mourinho at the San Siro, wanted to take Tevez to Liverpool last summer, but couldn?t stump up the cash. Benitez wants a replacement frontman at Inter if Tevez?s Argentina team-mate Diego Milito fails to agree a new contract. Mancini, though, sees the 26-year-old former United forward as key to his plans. And mystery surrounds the future of British record signing, Robinho, who has hinted he may return to Eastlands from his loan spell despite interest from Barcelona and Besiktas. The Brazilian said: ?They have the money and ambition to make it into the top four in England. And, believe me, next season City will. Maybe I'll be there to help them. ?When I moved to City a lot of Brazilians did not really know much about the club and they thought it was a step down. ?But I'm now thinking that people think it was the right decision for me.? The Blues are gearing up for a busy time in the transfer market after the World Cup as Mancini chases top-class talent. City intentions City?s boss has already declared he is not planning wholesale changes to his squad ? but wants the players he does bring in to make a major impact. Alves, 27, is rated as one of the best right-backs in the world. Sources in Spain indicate that the defender, who Barcelona rate at around £45m, would consider an approach from City. Alves, who is under contract at the Nou Camp until 2012, played a key role in Barca?s title win last season. His team-mate Toure remains a target for City, who want to team him up with his older brother Kolo at Eastlands. The Ivory Coast defensive midfielder, 27, is set to come up against Alves when their two countries meet in a vital World Cup clash on Sunday. Yaya?s agent Dimitri Seluk has made it clear that the midfielder is keen on a move to the Premier League, with Chelsea interested. The champions, meanwhile, have nosed in front of City in the battle for the attentions of Silva. Valencia insist they have had no firm offers for the winger, despite reports that City had made a £25m bid. Manuel Llorente, Valencia?s president, has confirmed that they are prepared to sell, though. Llorente said: ?Right now, nothing is out of the question because we need to safeguard the future of the club.? But Silva?s agent Amadeo Rengel said: ?The option of Chelsea is the most interesting in terms of the sporting project.? The winger himself insists he is going nowhere for as long as Spain are in the World Cup. Silva said: ?The calm that there is here in the Spain camp helps a lot for not thinking about anything else.? City, though, are on course to complete a deal to buy England midfielder Milner from Aston Villa after the World Cup. What do you think of City's wishlist? Have your say.
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