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Peripheral neuropathy associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACCPN) is a severe sensorimotor neuropathy associated with mental retardation, dysmorphic features and complete or partial agenesis of the corpus callosum. ACCPN is transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion and is found at a high frequency in the province of Quebec, Canada. ACCPN has been previously mapped to chromosome 15q. The gene SLC12A6 (solute carrier family 12, member 6), which encodes the K+-Cl- transporter KCC3 and maps within the ACCPN candidate region, was screened for mutations in individuals with ACCPN. Four distinct protein-truncating mutations were found: two in the French Canadian population and two in non-French Canadian families. The functional consequence of the predominant French Canadian mutation (2436delG, Thr813fsX813) was examined by heterologous expression of wildtype and mutant KCC3 in Xenopus laevis oocytes; the truncated mutant is appropriately glycosylated and expressed at the cellular membrane, where it is non-functional. Mice generated with a targeted deletion of Slc12a6 have a locomotor deficit, peripheral neuropathy and a sensorimotor gating deficit, similar to the human disease. Our findings identify mutations in SLC12A6 as the genetic lesion underlying ACCPN and suggest a critical role for SLC12A6 in the development and maintenance of the nervous system.
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Canon unveils EOS M mirrorless interchangeable lens camera
by Lim Pei Hao & Loh Ving Sung
23 July 2012 – Canon has introduced the new EOS M today, the first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera from the company.
On the surface, the new EOS M has a relative small body, similar to Nikon's 1 series or Sony's NEX series and weighs only 262g without lens. Canon adopts a similar image sensor from the EOS 600D and 650D to be fitted in the EOS M. It has an 18.1-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with DIGIC 5 image processor. It supports a native ISO range of 100 to 12800 and is expandable to 25600. The camera is capable of continuous shooting at 4.3fps. It also comes with a 3-inch display with multi-touch support.
In addition, EOS M supports a new range of EOS M lens, as well as existing EF and EF-S lenses by using a mount adapter. The only drawback is the camera has no built-in flash.
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On the minimum number of recombination events in the evolutionary history of DNA sequences
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In representing the evolutionary history of a set of binary DNA sequences by a connected graph, a set theoretical approach is introduced for studying recombination events. We show that set theoretical constraints have direct implications on the number of recombination events. We define a new lower bound on the number of recombination events and demonstrate the usefulness of our new approach through several explicit examples.
Corresponding author: Y.S. Song Preferred postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3TG, UK.
- Hein, J.: A Heuristic Method to Reconstruct the History of Sequences Subject to Recombination. J. Mol. Evol. 20, 402–411 (1993)
- Hudson, R.R., Kaplan, N.L.: Statistical Properties of the Number of Recombination Events in the History of a Sample of DNA Sequences. Genetics 11, 147–164 (1985)
- Kreitman, M.: Nucleotide Polymorphism at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster. Nature 304, 412–417 (1983)
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I recently visited Liberty store in London. I bought 1.5 meters of this Tana Lawn fabric. I need some ideas for a blouse. Can you help me? -- Edited on 7/24/12 2:14 PM -- -- Edited on 7/24/12 2:26 PM --
Hi lucky you!! What shape are you and do you have a style preference? I'm sure someone here has a nice pattern recommendation depending on what style you like.
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More consumers have used walk-in health clinics in recent years, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey.
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NEW YORK – More consumers have used walk-in health clinics in recent years, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey.
Of 3,000 U.S. adults polled online in early December, 27% said they have used walk-in retail clinics (19%) or work-site clinics (11%) in the last two years, up from 7% in 2008, HealthDay reported Tuesday.
Respondents indicated they were most likely to go to a retail or workplace health clinic for common ailments like colds and flu symptoms and minor first aid as well as for primary care needs such as flu vaccines, prescriptions, and blood pressure or cholesterol screenings, the survey found.
The chief reason for using a walk-in medical clinic was convenience. Consumers polled most frequently cited no need for an appointment, close location, short waiting time, accessible hours, and affordability and insurance coverage as factors for going to a retail or work-based clinic.
Age proved to be a key indicator of who was most likely to use a clinic. Among those surveyed, 40% of adults age 25 to 29 had used a retail or workplace clinic, compared with 15% of adults age 65 and older.
In general, those who had gone to a walk-in clinic were satisfied with their care, the survey found. Less than half of respondents said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied. Eighteen precent of those who had used retail clinics and 27% of those who had used work-site clinics reported that they were "somewhat" or "not at all satisfied."
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Noted poet Sofia Starnes and chemist William Starnes to speak at UVa-Wise in April
Sofia M. Starnes, a writer of Philippine-Spanish heritage and recipient of a poetry fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, will present a lecture at UVa-Wise in April.
Her husband, William H. Starnes, Jr., will also lecture at UVa-Wise in April.
In separate events, the couple will discuss the highlights of their remarkable careers.
UVa-Wise alumni invited to annual meeting
The University of Virginia's College at Wise Alumni Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at the Tavern on Main in Wise, Virginia.
Poets Starnes and Rhodes are featured at Coffee Night at UVa-Wise
Poets Sofia M. Starnes and Suzanne U. Rhodes are the featured writers for the spring Coffee Night event on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at The University of Virginia's College at Wise. Starnes and Rhodes will also present a dual lecture on April 13 at 1 p.m.
Both events take place in the Chapel of All Faiths at UVa-Wise and are free and open to the public.
At the April 13 event, Starnes will address "The Role of Poetry in Creating a Personal Landscape" and Rhodes will lecture on "The Poet as Orb Weaver."
UVa-Wise professor to appear on NBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' on April 8
Brian McKnight, associate professor of history at The University of Virginia's College at Wise is featured in an upcoming episode of the NBC show "Who Do You Think You Are?" focusing on the family history of actress and Kentucky native Ashley Judd.
McKnight's research of Judd's ancestry is highlighted in the popular show. McKnight appears on camera with Judd as he divulges details of her family history in scenes filmed in Kentucky and in Saltville, Va. Details of his research and the entire subject matter are kept secret pending the airing of the episode, which is seen at 8 p.m. on Fridays on WCYB. The exact date of the Judd episode has not been announced, it is likely to air on April 8.
Senator Puckett to speak on Founder's Day at UVa-Wise April 11
State Senator Phillip P. Puckett will deliver the keynote address on Founder's Day at The University of Virginia's College at Wise on Monday, April 11.
The Founder's Day ceremony begins at 1 p.m. in the Fred B. Greear Gymnasium. The public is invited to join UVa-Wise as it celebrates University of Virginia founder Thomas Jefferson's 268th birthday.
Confederate outlaw Champ Ferguson is topic of April 'Lunch and Learn'
Brian McKnight, associate professor of history, will discuss his new book, "Confederate Outlaw: Champ Ferguson and the Civil War in Appalachia," on April 20.
UVa-Wise benefit gala dinner, concert and silent action set for April 30
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at The University of Virginia's College at Wise will present PRISM 2011, its sixth annual gala dinner, silent auction and concert on Saturday, April 30, at 6 p.m
The event will be staged in the Gilliam Center for the Arts.
Tipton Memorial Scholarship Fund concert set for April 15 at UVa-Wise
The fifth annual David Tipton Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 15 in The Gilliam Center for the Arts on the campus of The University of Virginia's College at Wise.
The concert will feature the UVa-Wise Jazz Ensemble and Just Jazz, a jazz combo featuring former Powell Valley Band Director Noel Collins and former Appalachia Band Director Bob Ballengee.
Murder Mystery Night on April 16 at UVa-Wise to aid relief efforts in Japan
The Pre-Professional Club at The University of Virginia's College at Wise is hosting "A Murder Mystery at Slick's Speakeasy on Saturday, April 16, with all proceeds donated to the American Red Cross and its relief efforts for Japan.
The mystery begins at 7 p.m. in the Science Center Atrium. Tickets for students are $3 and $6 for others.
UVa-Wise bands to perform in April 18 concert
The University of Virginia's College at Wise bands will perform in concert on Monday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Gilliam Center for the Arts
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature the UVa-Wise Wind Ensemble and the Highland Winds. Selections will include works by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Percy Grainger, Gordon Jacob and Paul Hart.


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West Brom give 107-year-old fan VIP day out against Southampton
With the club famed for their yo-yo tendencies, it fair to say that West Brom fan Jack Jones has seen his fair share of ups and downs over the years -- 107 years, to be precise.
Jack was guest of honour as the Baggies beat Southampton 1-0 on Saturday, before his beloved club laid on a VIP afternoon for their most superannuated supporter.
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Woman Ran One Grow that was Scene of Double Murder
THUY THI NGOC NGUYEN, 37, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced today to five years in prison and five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Manufacture Marijuana. THUY THI NGOC NGUYEN was tied to multiple indoor marijuana grows in Seattle and Everett. At sentencing, the federal prosecutor described how NGUYEN had recruited other Vietnamese immigrants to tend the plants and had shown them how to harvest the crop. In July 2007, two of the recruits were killed in an execution style killing at a marijuana grow NGUYEN organized in an Everett home. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour cited that murder, and the danger to the community posed by the grow operations, when imposing sentence.
According to documents filed in the case, in May 2007, law enforcement started investigating a web of grow houses related to NGUYEN and her coconspirators. On July 2, 2007, Everett Police began investigating a double homicide at a home on Dexter Avenue. A man and a woman had been shot execution style in the midst of a marijuana grow. The home had been identified as part of the network of grow houses. Following the murder, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and local law enforcement searched all of the grow houses, linking more than 2,000 plants to THUY THI NGOC NGUYEN. Everett Police later arrested two men for the murders. One told police that they had known about the marijuana grow in the Dexter Avenue home, and believed there was $40,000 to $80,000 there as well. The men killed the couple at the grow, as part of the robbery.
THUY THI NGOC NGUYEN pleaded guilty November 26, 2007.
In asking for a significant sentence, Assistant United States Attorney Lisca Borichewski told the court that the murdered couple had been recruited from the east coast, and NGUYEN provided them housing, instructed them on how to cultivate and harvest the marijuana at her grow sites, and paid them for their assistance thereby putting them in harms way. Ms. Borichewski noted that these grows pose a danger to the community as they "are in residential neighborhoods with families and children walking down the street." THUY THI NGOC NGUYEN knew the danger of the grows – she had obtained two firearms in the months before the couple was killed at the Dexter Avenue house.
This was an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, providing supplemental federal funding to the federal and state agencies involved. The case was investigated by the DEA, King County Sheriff's Department and the Everett Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lisca Borichewski.
For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney's Office, at (206) 553-4110.


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Feature Archive of Creation Ministries International
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Follow the leader(s) … March 5, 2015
When our pastors compromise on creation, what should we do?
Created to fly! March 4, 2015
For thousands of years man has gazed in awe at the magnificent soaring ability of birds. Today we've even made our own winged machines. But it was the Creator's idea first!
STILL linking and feeding March 3, 2015
Reaching more people in the Church is critical to spreading the creation message.
Dr Carl Wieland retires after four decades March 2, 2015
Tribute to ministry founder Dr Carl Wieland on the eve of his retirement, as CMI enters new phase.
'Oldest snake' fossils found March 1, 2015
New snake fossils, the 'oldest yet', have surprised evolutionary paleontologists, forcing a retelling of the story of snake evolution, Kipling-style.
Exploring the God Question 3. Mind and Consciousness, Part 1 (The Brain) February 28, 2015
God made humans different from the animals because He wanted us to have a personal relationship with Himself.
Explaining robust humans February 27, 2015
Why were some ancient humans, as revealed by the fossils, so heavily built?
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Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 549198, 9 pages
Cyclic Branched Coverings Over Some Classes of (1,1)-Knots
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Modena e Reggio E., Via Campi 213/B, 41100 Modena, Italy
Received 19 October 2012; Revised 12 March 2013; Accepted 18 March 2013
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Copyright © 2013 Agnese Ilaria Telloni. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We construct a 4-parametric family of combinatorial closed 3-manifolds, obtained by glueing together in pairs the boundary faces of polyhedral 3-balls. Then, we obtain geometric presentations of the fundamental groups of these manifolds and determine the corresponding split extension groups. Finally, we prove that the considered manifolds are cyclic coverings of the 3-sphere branched over well-specified -knots, including torus knots and Montesinos knots.
1. Introduction
In this paper, we study the topological and covering properties of a class of closed connected orientable 3-manifold , depending on four nonnegative integer parameters such that , , , and . These manifolds are constructed from triangulated 3-cells, whose boundary faces are identified together in pairs. Then, we obtain finite -generator and -relator presentations for the fundamental group of the manifold which correspond to spines of the manifold. Furthermore, we determine the split extension of under the action of a cyclic group of order . It turns out to be the fundamental group of a three-dimensional closed orbifold obtained from the manifold as a quotient space with respect to the action of a suitable rotational symmetry of order . Finally, we completely describe the underlying topological space and the singular set of this orbifold. One of our results is that the combinatorial manifold is topologically homeomorphic to the -fold cyclic covering of the 3-sphere branched over a well-specified -knot. This allows us to draw explicitly the planar projection of a new interesting class of -knots (not yet considered in the literature) for which we study some geometrical and algebraic properties. As a very special case, that is, for certain values of the parameters, we obtain some torus knots or Montesinos knots as branching sets. Some subfamilies of our class of manifolds are known: the manifold , with , that is, (mod ), is homeomorphic to the closed connected orientable 3-manifold considered in [1]; furthermore, the triangulated 3-cells, from which the manifolds arise, are those used in [2] to construct a family of manifolds with totally geodesic boundary; finally, the manifold , with , that is, (mod ), is the unique closed 3-manifolds related with the class of hyperbolic 3-manifolds with totally geodesic boundary, combinatorially constructed in [3]. We also show that our manifolds are contained in the Dunwoody family in the sense of [4], which was defined via suitable Heegaard diagrams. As a consequence, we give a simple polyhedral description of a large subclass of Dunwoody manifolds, and this connects with the general result obtained in [5]. Finally, we observe that -knots are very important on the study of Dehn surgery. In fact, they are related with the unsolved problem of which knots in the 3-sphere admit Dehn surgery yielding lens spaces. In fact, in a recent paper [6], we have proved that our class of -knots admit Dehn surgeries yielding two infinite series of lens spaces.
2. The Combinatorial Manifolds
For every 4-tuples of nonnegative integers such that , , , and , let us consider the polyhedron , which is a triangulated 3-ball, having exactly boundary faces on each hemisphere (see Figure 1). Let us denote by (resp., ), , the southern (resp., northern) boundary faces of . The symbols 0 and in the picture denote the South pole and the North pole, respectively. The boundary face has oriented edges of type (denoted by ), oriented edges of type (denoted by ), and oriented edges of type (denoted by ). The vertices of are ordered in the clockwise manner according to the sequence , 0, , . The boundary face has oriented edges of type (denoted by ), oriented edges of type (denoted by ), and oriented edges of type (denoted by ). The vertices of are ordered in the counter-clockwise manner according to the sequence , , , , , , , . By convention, the polyhedron has no -edges, that is, every -vertex coincides with the -vertex labelled by the same subscript (see Figure 1).
Now, for every , we consider the homeomorphisms which identifies the oriented southern face as follows: with the oriented northern face by matching the oriented edges according to the above sequences (here the subscripts are taken modulo ). Obviously, this side pairing induces identifications among the vertices of the boundary faces (see Figure 1). The quotient space obtained from the polyhedron with the above-described side pairing is denoted by . A celebrated result of Seifert and Threlfall [7] states that the quotient space represents a closed connected orientable 3-manifolds if and only if its Euler characteristic vanishes. Using this criterion, we can prove our first result.
Theorem 1. For nonnegative integers , , and , the above constructed space is a closed connected orientable 3-manifolds if and only if ().
Proof. It is a routine matter to check that the quotient space has one vertex. So admits a cellular decomposition with one vertex, faces, one 3-ball, and edges. In fact, from the pairings of edges induced by the above-defined identification on the boundary faces of , for every , we get the following cycle of equivalent edges: where with , and is the minimum integer such that . Then, if (resp., ), we have (resp., ). The above sequence gives a closed edge path if and only if (mod ), that is, (mod ). Noting that , we get the congruence of the statement.
Let us assume the arithmetic conditions of Theorem 1 and denote by the fundamental group of the closed manifold . As before, set , with , and let be the minimum integer such that . Recall that if is a multiple of , then ; otherwise, if , then . By Theorem 1, we obtain immediately a geometric presentation for the group with the above-defined homeomorphisms , , as generators, and relations arising from the sequences of equivalent edges. In the following statements, we give such a presentation for the group and its dual obtained as edge-path group, since has exactly one vertex.
Corollary 2. Under the arithmetic conditions of Theorem 1, the fundamental group of the manifold admits a finite presentation with generators , , and cyclically defined relations of the form for every . Moreover, this presentation is geometric, that is, it corresponds to a spine of the combinatorial manifold .
Since the quotient complex has exactly one vertex (if the parameters satisfy the conditions of Theorem 1), we can obtain a further presentation for the fundamental group whose generators bijectively correspond to the loops of the 1-skeleton, and whose relations arise by walking around the boundaries of the 2-cells.
Corollary 3. Under the arithmetic conditions of Theorem 1, the fundamental group of the manifold admits a further presentation with generators and cyclic relations for every . This presentation is also geometric, that is, it corresponds to a spine of the manifold .
The Heegaard diagrams coming from the polyhedral description of the manifolds are exactly the ones defined by Dunwoody in 1995 (see [4]). Then, are just particular cases of the so-called Dunwoody manifolds , which depend on six integer parameters. Such manifolds have been extensively studied by many researchers (see, e.g., [4, 8–13]). More in detail, we have the following.
Corollary 4. Under the arithmetic conditions of Theorem 1, the above-constructed closed connected 3-manifold is precisely the Dunwoody manifold .
From this result, we obtain immediately a simple polyhedral description of a large subclass of Dunwoody manifolds, which connects with the general result given in [5].
3. Split Extension Group
The above-constructed polyhedron admits a rotational symmetry of order , denoted by , with respect to its central axis, that is, the axis connecting the points and . The automorphism maps every boundary face in the next face , where the subscripts are considered modulo . This automorphism induces a symmetry, also denoted by , on the combinatorial manifold . Let us denote by the split extension group of with respect to the cyclic group of order generated by . From the obtained presentations for the group , we get two different presentations for the split extension group .
Theorem 5. For nonnegative integers ,, , , and (), the split extension group of admits the finite presentations where , , and is the minimum integer such that .
Proof. Setting , where , in the cyclic relations of as written in the statement of Corollary 2, we get Let be with inverse relation . Then, the word of the previous relation becomes which is equivalent to Substituting and (i.e., ) gives the presentation Now, we determine the second presentation for the group . Substituting , where , in the cyclic relations of (as written in the statement of Corollary 3) yields where is the maximum between 0 and . If (and hence , then the previous relation is equivalent to Setting and , with inverse relations and , we obtain the presentation listed in the statement. Analogously, if , hence , then the previous relation becomes As done before, setting and , we obtain the requested relation.
4. Topological and Covering Properties
The split extension group turns out to be the fundamental group of the 3-dimensional closed orbifold obtained as quotient space of the manifold under the action of the rotational symmetry of order . Recall that this symmetry is induced by the rotation of order , also denoted by , with respect to the interior axis of the polyhedron which connects the points 0 and . The above orbifold will be denoted by , where , , ; in fact, it does not depend by the parameter , which represents the shift of the northern boundary faces of the polyhedron with respect to the southern ones. We recall that a knot in a lens space is said to be a -knot if there exists a genus one Heegaard splitting , where is a solid torus, is a properly embedded trivial arc, for , and is an attaching homeomorphism. An arc properly embedded in a solid torus is said to be trivial if there is a disk in with and (see, e.g., [14]). Set . The pair is also called a -splitting of (.
Theorem 6. For nonnegative integers , , , , and (), the combinatorial closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the -fold cyclic covering of the 3-sphere branched over the -knot depicted in Figure 6, where and .
Proof. The underlying space of the orbifold is just the manifold . This manifold can be represented by the Heegaard diagram of genus one depicted in Figure 2. Since the fundamental group is trivial, . By Theorem 6 of [11], the singular set of the orbifold is a -knot , depending on three parameters and formed by the image of the 0-axis of (depicted as a dotted line in Figure 2) in the quotient space . The Heegaard diagram of in Figure 2 can be transformed into a simpler one via suitable Whitehead-Zieschang reductions (see [15]).
Each of these moves consists in a simplification of the graph along a closed simple curve surrounding one of the circles in a planar representation of the diagram (for more details about such moves see, e.g., [15–17]). This allows us to obtain a Heegaard diagram having a reducible 1-handle; this diagram admits different planar representations depending on being even or odd. In Figure 3(a), we show a Heegaard diagram of with a reducible 1-handle for odd.
In order to cancel the unique 1-handle, we can draw the singular set (depicted as a dotted line in Figures 2 and 3) into a cylinder, so that the circles and coincide with its bases (see Figure 3(b), for odd). Then, we image to unscrew the upper base of the cylinder times and the lower one times. This gives a braid with threads on its upper side and threads on its lower side. Now it only remains to close the braid by identifying the 0- and -poles of the singular set. The obtained knot , shown in Figure 4, has so many twists in its left (resp., right) side as the unscrew motions on the upper (resp., lower) base of the cylinder. An equivalent planar projection of the knot , which is the singular set, is given in Figure 5. By a sequence of Reidemeister moves, we can further simplify the knot into the cyclic form shown in Figure 6. The case even can be treated in a similar way. Moreover, the final planar projection depicted in Figure 6 represents the knot for both cases odd and even.
Theorem 7. For nonnegative integers , , , , and (), the group of the -knot admits the 2-generator presentations where , and is the minimum integer such that .
Proof. The group can be embedded as a normal subgroup of index in , whose presentation is given in Theorem 5. The map , defined by , gives the desired embedding. Furthermore, is isomorphic to the normal closure of in , and there is a short exact sequence , where . Let us consider the 3-orbifold in the proof of Theorem 6, whose underlying space is and whose singular set is the -knot , with branching index . The -fold covering map induces a group embedding , where denotes the fundamental group of . In particular, we have , and fits in a short exact sequence , where is generated by the rotational symmetry . Now, five lemma implies , and is presented as above by Theorem 5. In fact, a -knot is a two-generator knot (see [9, 14]). Therefore, a -knot in the 3-sphere is prime (see [18]). But prime knots are classified by their groups.
To end this section, we consider the manifolds for particular values of the parameters and explicitly recognize the corresponding branch sets among some classical knots.
Theorem 8. For nonnegative integers , , , , , and (), the combinatorial manifold is the -fold cyclic covering of the 3-sphere branched over the torus knot , where and .
Proof. Under the considered hypotheses, the split extension group admits the finite presentation (see the second presentation in the statement of Theorem 5). This is the fundamental group of the orbifold , having the -knot as singular set. Since a -knot is a two-generator knot (see, e.g., [14]), it is a prime knot in the 3-sphere [18]. Thus, is completely determined by its group (for more details see, e.g., [19, Theorem 6.1.12, page 76]). In this case, the group of is presented by , where is a meridian-longitude pair of the knot. Setting , with inverse relation , the group of is presented by . Since the transformation matrix between the pairs and is with determinant +1, we see that also is a meridian-longitude pair of the knot. The last group presentation just encodes the torus knot of type , with and .
Theorem 9. For nonnegative integers , , , , and (), the combinatorial manifold is the -fold cyclic covering of the 3-sphere branched over the torus knot , where and .
Proof. In this case, the -knot is uniquely determined by its group . Substituting , with inverse relation , yields . Hence, is just the torus knot of the statement.
Theorem 10. For every , the -knot , where and , depicted in Figure 7(b), is encoded by the 2-generator group with defining presentations If further , then the knot is equivalent to the Montesinos knot (in particular, the torus knot for ) encoded by the 2-generator group with defining presentations . Furthermore, the combinatorial manifold is the Seifert fibered space with Seifert invariants .
Proof. The first sentence follows from Theorem 7 and Theorem 3.7 of [20]. If and , then the singular set is the knot in Figure 7(a). It is equivalent to the Montesinos knot , which is just the Montesinos knot of the statement (for more information on Montesinos knots and links see [21], Chapter 12, Section D). The last statement follows from a well-known theorem of Montesinos (see, e.g., [21], Proposition 12.30).
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Our Crunchy Cinnamon French Toast is made from simple ingredients. We encrust egg-soaked bread with crushed cereal and almonds right before toasting on the griddle. A topping of tangy but sweet Cranberry-Honey Compote provides just the right contrast to the rich, buttery toast. A serving of Maple-Glazed Bacon, coated with pure maple syrup and baked until crisp, completes this breakfast.
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Calories | 476 |
Total Fat | 22.4g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 136mg |
Sodium | 613mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 55.2g |
Dietary Fiber | 5.3g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 15.2g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 4
Oven Temp: 350
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- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup(s) milk
- 1/3 cup(s) half-and-half
- 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt
- 2.5 cup(s) cornflakes, lightly crushed
- 2/3 cup(s) sliced almonds, lightly crushed
- 2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
- 8 slice(s) bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the eggs, milk, half-and-half, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a shallow baking dish and set aside. Combine the cornflakes and almonds in another shallow dish.
- Melt 1/2 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over low heat. Dip 2 slices of bread in the egg mixture and lightly coat each side. Transfer the slices to the cornflake mixture, turn to coat, and place in the prepared skillet.
- Cook for 3 minutes on each side, transfer to a baking sheet, and set aside. Repeat with the remaining butter and bread slices. Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Serve immediately or keep warm in 200 degree F oven.
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Cocktail recipes for your Boardwalk Empire viewing party
To celebrate the season premiere of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" on Sunday, September 25, we created this exclusive Templeton Rye-inspired "Boardwalk Empire" viewing party guide, complete with all the essentials you need to plan and host your own 1920s-inspired get-together. Whether you're dressing the part in your finest flapper or gangster attire, cooking up your favorite era-appropriate food, or serving up 1920s-inspired cocktails to keep your guests abuzz during the season premiere, we've got you covered.
No party is complete without a signature cocktail, and we all know that Nucky's favorite spirit was rye whiskey, so we asked a few of our favorite mixologists to help us create three 1920s-inspired Templeton Rye cocktails for you to enjoy while watching the season premiere.
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Creator: Joshua Pearson, Head Bartender at Sepia
2 oz. Templeton Rye
¾ oz. Barolo Chinato
¾ oz. Dry White Port
½ oz. Lemon Juice
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Shake ingredients in cocktail shaker.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Creator: Kris Von Dopek, Libations Program Manager at Duchamp Libations
2 oz. Templeton Rye
1 oz. Tawny Port
½ oz. Real Maple Syrup
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
Build in a mixing glass and stir.
Strain over ice in an old fashioned glass.
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Creator: Eric Hay, Wirtz Beverage Illinois
1 and ½ oz. Templeton Rye
1 oz. Cherry Herring Liqueur
½ oz. Luxardo Bitter Liqueur or Campari
¾ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
¼oz. Fresh Orange Juice
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
Garnish: 2 Luxardo cherries skewered
Build all ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice and shake hard for 8-10 seconds.
Double strain into a double old fashioned glass with fresh ice.
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We all remember some of the most celebrated early black inventors like George Washington Carver who invented peanut butter, adhesives, bleach, chili sauce, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream, talcum powder and more. Or Henry Blair, the second African American to receive a patent for a corn seed planter and a cotton planter, distinguished not only for his invention but for succeeding despite the fact that he could not read or write.
Often overlooked are some more contemporary innovators and inventors. Mark Dean and co-inventor Dennis Moelle created a microcomputer system with controls for peripheral processing devices like disk drives, speakers, and scanners. NASA engineer Lonnie G. Johnson made significant contributions in spacecraft design - but kids love him for his top selling toy invention the Super Soaker Water Gun.
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For this year's Black History Month celebration Nike is honoring three notable athletes for their social innovations with special edition shoes and clothing. Soccer player Didier Drogba is recognized for his ongoing involvement in bringing solar light bulbs to impoverished areas in Africa. Tennis player Serena Williams for her empowerment of young women, including the secondary school she helped build in Kenya. Basketball star, Kevin Durant, is acknowledged for his support of his hometown recreation center for youth. Proceeds from sales of the Nike Black History Month collection go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
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ROME — Italy's high court on Tuesday harshly faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions. It ordered a new appeals court to consider all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the young woman.
In March, the Court of Cassation overturned Knox's acquittal in the 2007 murder of British flatmate Meredith Kercher, 21, and ordered a new trial. On Tuesday, the high court issued its written reasoning for doing so.
The 74-page document picked apart the 2011 appeals court decision that freed Knox, faulting the judges for ignoring some evidence, considering other evidence insufficiently and undervaluing the fact that Knox had initially accused a man of committing the crime who had nothing to do with it.
At one point, the high court said the appeals sentence "openly collides with objective facts of the case."
Among the undervalued pieces of evidence was Knox's own statement to police, written in English after her police interrogation, in which she wrote that while she couldn't remember clearly, she had an image of herself in her apartment kitchen with her hands covering her ears to drown out Kercher's screams.
Kercher's body was found in November 2007 in her bedroom of the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, a central Italian town popular with foreign exchange students. Her throat had been slashed.
Knox, now 25, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 29, were initially convicted of the crime and sentenced to long prison terms. A Perugia appeals court acquitted them in 2011, criticizing virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors. The appellate court noted that the murder weapon was never found, said that DNA tests were faulty and that prosecutors provided no murder motive.
Both Knox and Sollecito denied any involvement, saying they weren't in the apartment at the time.
A young man from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, was convicted of the slaying in a separate proceeding and is serving a 16-year sentence.
In the Cassation ruling, the high court judges sharply criticized the appeals court ruling for not taking into account the sentence against Guede, which said he hadn't acted alone.
They said the new appeal process would serve to "not only demonstrate the presence of the two suspects in the place of the crime, but to possibly outline the subjective position of Guede's accomplices." It said hypotheses ran from a simple case of forced sex involving Kercher "to a group erotic game that blew up and went out of control."
The high court faulted the Perugia appeals court for "multiple instances of deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions, saying at one point it used an "absolutely inadequate" evaluation of facts to arrive at an erroneous judgment. The new court must conduct a full examination of evidence to resolve the ambiguities, it said.
Specifically, it faulted the appeals court for undervaluing the fact that Knox had initially identified local bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba as the killer. Lumumba was jailed for two weeks but eventually freed after police determined he had nothing to do with Kercher's murder.
"Even though she was young, Knox was a mature girl with an adequate level of culture, born and raised in a country whose laws don't permit one to gratuitously accuse someone else just to get out of an embarrassing situation," the court said.
It said the failure of the appeals court to consider Knox's false accusation together with the murder charge was "manifestly illogical" and must be reconsidered by the new appeals court.
Knox was convicted of slandering Lumumba; she denies the charge and says she was pressured into making the false accusation by overzealous police interrogators.
The high court judges also sharply criticized the appeals court for glossing over what prosecutors say was a robbery staged by the suspects in the apartment to throw police off their trail.
The judges noted that the glass from a broken window shattered inside the apartment, not outside, indicating that it was broken from the inside. In addition, there was no evidence that the outside wall had been scaled by the purported robber — again indicating it was an inside, staged job, the court reasoned.


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The teen sensation received nods for Favorite Female Singer and Favorite Female Actress while her Hannah Montana program is nominated for Favorite TV Show.
The 15-year-old will go up against Beyonce Knowles, Fergie and Alicia Keys for the Favorite Female Singer award, while the nominees in the Favorite Male Singer category are Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy and Justin Timberlake.
The bands vying for the coveted Favorite Music Group award are Boys Like Girls, Fall Out Boy, Jonas Brothers and Linkin Park, while Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls," Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry," Akon's "Don't Matter" and Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" are up for Best Song.
Among the film categories, Favorite Movie will be contested by Alvin and the Chipmunks, Are We Done Yet?, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Transformers.
Favorite Male Movie Star nominees include Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Eddie Murphy for Norbit, while Jessica Alba and Keira Knightley's turns in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, respectively, are among those nominated for the Favorite Female Movie Star award.
The 2008 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards ceremony will be presented by actor Jack Black in Los Angeles on March 29.
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Thread: Really good audiobooks?
October 4th, 2012, 01:55 PM #16
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There are some really awesome versions of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant narrated by Scott Brick. He does such a great job on this series and is one of the reasons I've gotten hooked on it.
Another of my favorite audiobooks is Tolkien's Children of Hurin, narrated by Christopher Lee. Lee's voice is just so perfect for this style of book.
October 8th, 2012, 12:40 AM #18
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Thanks guys!
I am going to add first law trilogy and theft of swords to my "listen que."
I really wish I could read sometimes, but I am always on the go and audiobook form is perfect for me. So I'm always on the lookout for not only a great book, but a great narrator reading a great book - it's an awesome experience!
October 12th, 2012, 05:15 AM #19
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I think no one mentioned Stephen King's Dark tower, read by George Guidall. I don't listen to many audiobooks but found that one rally captivating!
October 16th, 2012, 12:47 PM #20
I just saw that Erikson's Gardens of the Moon is out in audio format on Audilbe. This is a new one for me. I wonder it will be easier to get into while trapped in a car rather than being unengaged when I tried to read it.
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Wow good call on the Riyria books. Almost done and it's an excellent series. Going to tell all my friends about this one!
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Also finished the First Law series, it was excellent as well. I like the narrator/actor on the Abercrombie books more, but preferred the Riyria story more. Both are excellent though and thanks for the suggestions!
December 17th, 2012, 12:29 AM #27
I would recommend checking out Orson Scott Card's books on audible, great books in themselves but also because they use both male and female voice actors for true immersion
December 17th, 2012, 12:04 PM #28
I recently finished The Dirty Streets of Heaven on audio. It was well done, and has potential as a great new series.
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With roughly 35 million people in the United States above the age of 65, and with studies showing that some 30 percent to 50 percent of elderly people have a fear of falling, the result is that 10 million to 17 million older Americans live with such a fear. For many such people, their fear leads them to shrink from everyday tasks such as bathing, cleaning or walking. If they don't get the exercise and social interaction they need, according to a study in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, that means millions of people's physical and mental health can decline – all due to fear of falling.
And their fear is not so unreasonable either, because a third of those over 65 actually do fall each year. A bad fall for an elderly person can produce a bruise, a slow-healing wound or a fracture that lands him or her in a nursing home.
"This fear of falling exists in people who have never fallen before," said Margaret Mary Wilson, assistant professor of geriatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the lead researcher of the Journal of Gerontology study. "It's an illogical fear. Yet they're so afraid of falling that they avoid activities. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. They become weak and they fall."
So it's great news indeed to hear that when elderly people take yoga classes, their fear of falling subsides somewhat. Together with other benefits of yoga – such as muscle toning, joint flexibility, lower blood pressure and reduced stress – this can contribute to the well-being and healthy longevity of our senior citizens. As the sage says, every little bit helps.


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Yeah, tonight's strip is absolutely based on real life. Not the best of physicals today.
And on another topic, I'd like to make an announcement. After nearly 10 years, and over 400 strips, Zoidland will soon be ending. I've been pondering this decision for quite some time, and I truly believe it's for the best. The characters' lives as they exist now have become very far removed from my own experience, and I've found it harder and harder to write for them. The obvious solution is to make some significant changes to their lives, but I can't quite do that within the confines of the strip as it stands. So, that leaves me but one real choice: Bringing things to a close.
Thank you all, Friends, for chuckling at my scribbles, for reading my rants, and most importantly, for your support over the years. Please be aware, though, that I'm not going away. I've still got my continued work with Jeremy Bentley on The Ouro Bros, as well as The Social Life of Frank & Linh over at Ken Mueller's blog. And…who knows? I might have something brand new for all of you before long. That's the hope, in any case.
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Mr. Berlin's undergraduate background is Forest Science, with a B.S. from Penn State. He is
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Claire, who lives in Baltimore, Md. The Berlins generate the electricity to power their home
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Good heavens, looking at the moans here you'd think we were on a Liverpool site. We're now 8 points clear of the relegation zone. Hughton intended to play a more attacking formation until Holt got injured this morning, not sure what else he could do. Personally for this season I'll settle for boring safety. Stew Pydsodd, you seem to enjoy shouting the odds and whingeing. You drop very big hints that you want rid of Hughton, who would you replace him with, 'arry,, Warnock, Mick McCarthy?
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CVS/pharmacy has debuted a program designed to allow customers to earn free gas throughout the summer by shopping for essentials at its more than 7,200 locations nationwide.
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS/pharmacy has debuted a program designed to allow customers to earn free gas throughout the summer by shopping for essentials at its more than 7,200 locations nationwide.
Under the program, which began last month and extends through August 28, members of CVS/pharmacy's ExtraCare Rewards program can earn one $10 gift card to Exxon/Mobil, Shell, BP Amoco or BP Arco every week by spending $30 on specially marked items found in the weekly CVS/pharmacy circular.
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