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Detection of Cell Lineages Among Stem Cell Progeny by microRNA Profiling
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Many currently untreatable degenerative diseases are caused by the loss or dysfunction of cells in the body. Human embryonic stem (hES) cells are the first type of human cell cultured in the laboratory that have the potential to become any of the several hundred cell types in the developing human. The goal, therefore, of regenerative medicine is to develop the means of transforming hES cells into populations of cells that can be used to restore function in tissues lost as a result of disease. A critical milestone in the path from the lab bench to the hospital bedside is the development of techniques for manufacturing protocols to reliably obtain pure populations of desired cell types (in some cases relatively rare cell types). Some of the central regulators of cell fate (that is, whether hES cells become lung, heart, or brain) are known such as the "homeodomain" proteins. It is well-established that the homeodomain proteins are central regulators in the construction of the body plan, but no one has described an efficient means of influencing these regulatory proteins to makes cells of interest from hES cells. The recent discovery of a new class of RNA molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) is stimulating a great deal of interest in the scientific community because these molecules appear to play a master regulatory role over many of the genes in the cell including some of the homeodomain proteins. However, because of profound differences between species, data being obtained in mice is not predictive of how these RNAs govern human cell fate decisions. Therefore medical research would benefit from a method to define how these molecules control hES cell differentiation. The aim of this grant is to accomplish a comprehensive profling of these miRNAs during hES cell differentiation in vitro. We have developed a new method of sorting out the many kinds of cells that originate from hES cells. We will utilize this bank of 100+ diverse hES-derived clonal differentiated cell lines each of which has a complete gene expression profile. We will obtain a large-scale miRNA profile for representative members of these purified cell types and then, using mathematical methods, we will identify the potential master regulatory genes that these miRNAs target. Lastly, we anticipate that our experimental system will allow us to then test these miRNAs to determine whether our hypothesis is actually correct and whether we can use these master regulatory molecules to steer hES cells into the lineages most needed in medicine, including those useful in the discovery of new drugs, and for human therapy to restore function in a broad array of diseases where the the loss or dysfunction of cells is the cause of the disease.
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California, like much of the United States, is facing a staggering challenge to its health care system. The large investments made in recent decades by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have largely ignored the problems of age-related degenerative disease. As a result, increasingly physicians are treating the chronic, debilitating, and therefore expensive diseases associated with aging. This is made all the worse by the demographic wave caused by the entry of the Baby Boomers into retirement. It is estimated that by the year 2010, the Baby Boomers will be 25 percent of the population of California. By 2020 they will be approaching 64 years of age. As a result, the percentage of the elderly in California is expected to grow from 14 percent in 1990 to 22 percent in 2030. (Source: California Department of Finance, Population Projections 1993). Many of the chronic devastating diseases of an aging population are the degenerative diseases. Generally speaking, degenerative diseases are those diseases caused by the loss or dysfunction of cells. Examples include osteoarthritis (loss of cartilage cells that protect the ends of the bones), Parkinson's disease (the loss of dopminergic neurons), osteoporosis (dysfunction of osteoblasts), macular degeneration (dysfunction of retinal pigment cells) and so on. More significantly, the loss or dysfunction of cells in the heart (or the vessels that supply the heart with blood) results in heart disease, the most frequent cause of death in California. In 2001 (the most recent year data is available) heart disease caused 68,234 deaths (29% of all the deaths in the state). Stroke is also a vascular disease and the third leading cause of death in California. In 2001, stroke caused 18,088 deaths (8% of all of the deaths in the state). Regenerative medicine represents the effort of cell biologists to invent a new approach to the problem of degenerative disease. Human embryonic stem (hES) cells have the potential to become all of the cells in the human body, and their unique properties give researchers the hope that from these primitive cells new therapies can result that may be available in time for the looming health care crisis. It is estimated that are over 200 cell-types in the adult human and hES cells are capable of making all of these. However, to turn this new technology into actual therapies that can alleviate human suffering, researchers need new tools to generate large numbers of purified cell types. This proposal describes a project to identify molecules that could be used to generate large numbers of important cell types from hES cells. The results from the successful completion of this proposed research are anticipated to be useful in numerous therapeutic applications of regenerative medicine.
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WASHINGTON – Lisa Reed, a former employee of the Federal Bureau of Prisons has pled guilty to one count of making a false statement, involving her use of credit reports obtained through a database, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Gene E. Morrison, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General.
Reed, 41, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, pled guilty on February 16, 2012, before the Honorable Magistrate Judge Alan Kay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. As part of the plea agreement, Reed agreed to resign her employment from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Under the voluntary federal sentencing guidelines, she faces up to six months of imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for April 30, 2012.
According to the government's evidence, Reed was a Human Resources Specialist with the BOP, which is part of the Department of Justice. As part of her duties, she had access to a database through which she was able to obtain credit reports on prospective BOP employees. Reed was only authorized to obtain credit reports for prospective BOP employees who had completed and signed an official BOP credit report authorization form.
In June and September of 2011, using her access to credit reports through her employment with the BOP, Reed obtained credit reports for her father and her stepmother. At the time, her father and her stepmother were in the process of obtaining a divorce.
In December of 2011, Reed was interviewed about these credit reports by Special Agent D. Nichole Fleming of the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General. The office conducts criminal investigations and audits of alleged fraud, waste, and abuse committed by DOJ employees, including BOP employees. During the interview, Reed falsely claimed that she had obtained the credit reports because she was "pre-screening" her father to be a contractor with the BOP. In addition, on December 13, 2011, Reed mailed to Special Agent Fleming two BOP credit report authorization forms purporting to authorize her to obtain credit reports for her father and her stepmother. These forms contained the forged signatures of her father and her stepmother.
In announcing the guilty plea, U.S. Attorney Machen and Special Agent in Charge Morrison commended the outstanding investigative work of Special Agent D. Nichole Fleming of the Office of the Inspector General. He also praised the efforts of members of the U.S. Attorney's Office, including Legal Assistant Krishawn Graham and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Johnson, who is prosecuting the case.


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- Posted by Johanna on June 1, 2006 at 8:05 pm
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The CBLDF files motions for dismissal in the Gordon Lee case in Georgia, alleging that the law used against him is unconstitutional and that the accusations should be dismissed because of "prosecutorial misconduct", based on allowing a false charge to stand for 18 months until just before the scheduled trial.
Chris Sims explores the horror of Killdozer! (although the part I found scariest was the story of the REAL-LIFE killer bulldozer).
There are worse nerds than those few obsessive comic fans: Star Wars fans who are issuing threats to a licensed spinoff writer for following the guidelines Lucasfilm gave her. I don't even know or care enough about the premise to be sure I've gotten the premise right, but Bryan Lambert summarizes and deflates the situation.
… at what point is a nerd unsalvageable? At what point are they so insane, so caught up, so trapped in a web of their own minutiae that they aren't just stalking their hobby, they've kidnapped their hobby, tied it up in their basement, and force it to watch while they masturbate to the Star Wars Holiday Special? At what point are nerds simply incapable of being better nerds? At what point are exile, euthanasia, or chemical castration the only alternatives to a lifetime of sad nerditry? Here's a hint – when they decide they need to dispute the number of clones in the Clone Army.
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- James Schee Says:
June 1, 2006 at 10:48 PMNot the first time some Star Wars fans craziness has been made public. I remember reading about death threats made towards a writer who killed off Chewbacca in his novel, under the guidance and approval of Lucas.
- Jer Says:
June 2, 2006 at 9:54 AMDear god – it's enough to make me want to hire Mark Hamill to go to that guy's house, smack him upside the head, and say "Get a Life!" geez…
I do like the phrase "Talifan" though – its a bit over the top – not to the level of calling somone a "continuity Nazi", but approaching it.
- Chris Says:
June 2, 2006 at 4:13 PMI think the best part of the Real-Life Killdozer story is that the guy behind it went out of his way to avoid actually hurting anyone, instead focusing his powerful swath of destruction on corporate fatcats and a corrupt city government.
Well, either that or the fact that it withstood explosions.


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- Party Napkins - I prefer using two sizes: medium and small. If you can't find small ones, simply trim the middle napkin down to a smaller size. All these colors were purchased at Hobby Lobby, $2-$3. Ikea also has nice paper napkins.
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Posted By Andy Vuong On June 3, 2013 @ 7:00 am In Technology | No Comments
A new study shows that Colorado tech companies raised $502 million in 2012, with about 70 firms securing at least $1 million.
Denver-based companies raised $280 million, while Boulder firms reeled in $197 million, according to the Colorado Digital Startup report released Monday by Built In Denver [2].
Software companies accounted for 45 percent of the total raised, with business-to-business web services coming in second at 33 percent.
"The spotlight on Colorado's digital technology economy is shining bright, as government, media, large corporations, major universities and investors from around the country are taking notice — and now we have the data to prove it," Erik Mitisek, CEO Colorado Technology Association and chair of Built In Denver [3], said in a statement.
More than 47 out-of-state investors pumped money into Colorado firms, though the highest number of investments came from Boulder-based Foundry Group.
"Colorado has developed into a state that every investor should watch," said Brad Feld, managing director at the Foundry Group, in a statement. "Our startup communities and economy are thriving and the companies being created here are awesome."
The report by Built in Denver, an online community for entrepreneurs, found that 122 startups were launched in Colorado last year and 20 tech companies were acquired.
"Colorado is truly becoming the innovation center and 'Silicon Mountain of the Information Technology Community' in the United States," said Kristin Russell, chief information officer for the state.
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text: | Our mini miteNovember 9, 2010 - Ron DeuterAt three years old, Jake is one of the youngest kids in his mini mite hockey league. My wife and I weren't sure what to expect. His first practice went great. For only being on ice one time in his life, he sure took to it fast. He had no problem moving around on his own with the pusher. The second practice ended early when Jake took a spill and decided he was done. He cried, but not out of pain. He was crying out of anger and frustration. That's Jake's personality. We'll see how things progress. We're not going to push him. He showed an interest in hockey and skating, so we signed him up. If it turns out to be too much, we'll hold him off for another year or so. At this point, we'll let him set the pace. Our goal by signing him up so young was simply for him to have fun and feel more comfortable on skates. Article CommentsNo comments posted for this article. Post a Comment | in: News, Blogs & Events Web Blog Photos |


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CHARLESTON, SC – In the days after Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor unexpectedly and soundly lost his primary last week, while journalists and pundits were trying to comprehend how they'd failed to forecast such a stunning defeat, Rachel Blum was going back through some transcripts of a dissertation she's working on at Georgetown University. Its title: The Tea Party: A Party Within a Party.
News that Cantor, the powerful House Majority Leader and an entrenched Republican with a multi-million dollar war chest, had lost to Randolph-Macon economics professor David Brat, who'd raised around $200,000, shocked much of the political world. But Blum had a different reaction than many on Election Day.
"I was a little bit surprised, but not necessarily that surprised," she told me over the phone this week. "I know that the southern Virginia tea parties had had it in for Cantor for some time."
She has been studying the tea party in Virginia for the past couple years, and she recalled an interview with a leader from the Richmond area in 2012. This is what he'd told her, leaning across the table to make his point clear:
When you pinpoint that the Republican Party is just as corrupt as any other political party, it's blinding… I think politically, if a conservative resurgence is to take hold in this country, it will only come after a very bloody fight with the Republican Party. I advocated that we put independents into this election to knock out these Republican RINOs—if we put Democrats in I'm OK with that—I mean, Eric Cantor and Rob Whitman—they're Republicans in name only.
To be sure, that's just one guy in one interview, and a single two-year-old anecdote is no prophecy of Cantor's impending political doom. But a recent blog post in which Blum recalled that interview made an important point: A driving force behind the election result that stunned the political world, and that accounts for the tea party's energy and staying power, is local activists.
If the media soul-searching done in the wake of Cantor's loss is going to be fruitful going forward, both in terms of smarter campaign coverage and in terms of understanding why politicians act the way they do in office, it's a point we'll need to take to heart.
Of course, Blum's not the first or only one to make this argument. In the countless dissections of what happened and how the media failed to see it coming, some of the smarter pieces have noted the importance of local activists—along with conservative media—to Brat's win, and how a press corps focused on big-money national tea party groups, which sat out the race, might have missed those factors.
But it's a point worth dwelling on—both to understand what happened in the election, and also to think about the ongoing power struggles within the Republican Party, going forward. Because the truth is, covering politics at the level of local activists—understanding what motivates them, how they coordinate, when they're about to pull off a stunning success and when they're about to be steamrolled or co-opted—is necessary, but it can be hard.
Jim McConnell, a reporter at the weekly Chesterfield Observer in the Richmond suburbs, was the closest thing to a journalism hero in David Carr's critique of the Cantor-Brat coverage for The New York Times. While DC journalists were ensconced in the Beltway, Carr wrote, McConnell was out reporting on the district, and he "kind of saw it coming."
Whatever he knew about the election, though, McConnell doesn't claim to have cracked the larger tea party story in his area. "We've been trying to figure it out," he told me. "It's honestly something we've been trying to do locally here in Chesterfield for some time and we still haven't gotten our hands around it very well at all—about why the tea party seems to have so much success here and why their message seems to reverberate so well with so many of the residents here. And, honestly, we've tried and not done a very good job of understanding why that is."
To cut McConnell some slack against his own self-criticism, knowing that the movement is succeeding is an important first step to understanding why. And as other Virginia reporters noted to me, the movement has drawn significant coverage from the state press, especially during the 2013 nomination fights for governor and lieutenant governor. And as a South Carolina-based journalist who's recently been writing about the tea party losing steam there, I'm not going to pretend to have deep local knowledge in Virginia.
But for the rest of us, for the rest of this post I'll review some of the fundamentals—and the challenges—that apply to this sort of reporting in general, and to the tea party in particular.


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3 Terrible TreblePosted: 14/05/2012I bought the head phones for use with my mp3 player after reading the reveiws about its high sound quality.This just isn't the case.The headphones come with what looks like an inbuilt noise canceller, this is either broken or just ineffective as the treble is poluted with white noise.The cable has been noted as being short, I wasn't quite prepared for how short. 50cm including the length of the actual headphones. You'll have to have your device in a shirt pocket or clipped to your collar. Fine for an mp3 player clip, not so great for a phone.
4 New Cap CityPosted: 05/10/2011The pilot is great which is also included in this boxset. The series gets a little bit slow until about 5 episodes in. But it's to be expected as this isn't action scfi. However the reward is more than worth it, this series continually gets better right to the end.
3 Thumsticks don't glowPosted: 30/07/2011The shape is 'almost' identical to the offical controller. Although you can't attach a keypad.The Thumbsticks are a little weird: I usually have my sensitivity settings quite high so I easily noticed that there is NO feedback unless you move the sticks a couple of mm from the centre. For some this might not be a problem.The LEDs are great, however I feel the plastic should have been clouded to soften the light.
5 Happy thumbsPosted: 24/12/2010The thumb stick caps fit on snuggly and vastly improve the grip on the thumb sticks. They also work with PS2 and Xbox 360 controllers.
3 Probably goodPosted: 02/07/2010I bought this adapter in the hopes of connecting my xbox 360 to a monitor. This will probably work if its just a dvi monitor, however I went one step further with another adapter from a vga monitor(the 'normal' ones).So long story short you can't convert hdmi-dvi and then dvi-vga. I hope that helps if anyone else is tempted to give it a go.
4 Requires polishPosted: 10/11/2008Gears 2 is a great game, a definate improvement over the first and if possible I'd give it a 9 out of 10.The campaign is good but a little too short. If the Insane difficulty was available from the start the campaign would most likely have felt longer. If you have played Gears1 before, play Gears2 on Hardcore the first time round for maximum satisfaction.The Multiplayer is vastly superior to that of Gears1. Horde is a brilliant addition! The unique adaptations of familiar shooter scenarios are brilliant.Also the game comes with a code for 5 downloadable maps! These are 'remakes' of Gears1 multiplayer maps. (note: these aren't just copies) This gives you 15 maps in total.There are glitches in the campaign that require ironing out, such as cracks between terrain that have a multicoloured glow and characters floating over the ground.In Multiplayer there is a horrible glitch when playing splitscreen: when your friend respawns (or goes into a camera mode) it will cancel your current action, so if you were running, shooting or most frustratingly chainsaw dueling you will stop the action and just stand there frozen for a second! Hopefully these glitches will be eliminated in an update.
4 Jeopardy = Horror?Posted: 10/11/2008Dead Space is a highly polished 3rd person Scifi 'horror'. I must advise you to play on hard from the start for the best experience (unless unfamiliar with shooters) as without a proper sense of mortality it just won't be as scary.The reasons for the missing star:The story sucks and is predictable (even after watching 'Downfall', the Dead Space animated movie).The insanity of some of the weapons like the Ripper (Buzz saw launcher) just doesn't fit into the universe. Also the needless addition of a stasis weapon and 'gravgun' damages the sense of realism and gives you too much power.The lack of Multiplayer isn't at all suprising, but there doesn't seem to be a good reason to exclude it. A Deathmatch in ZeroG would be awesome, as would using the upgradable weapons and armour.Although only a slight gripe it would have been nice to play on impossible dificulty right from the begining! It's strange when games reward you with thier hardest difficulty after completion, Gears 2 also has this flaw!Overall this is a fantastic game. It plays well, looks awesome and is successfully scary.
4 Predictable expansion to the franchisePosted: 16/10/2008Having only played the beta I'll only comment on the multiplayer.This is almost a direct translation of COD4 into the WW2 era. You've got familiar perks and kill streak bonuses WW2 style, including vehicle perks! Worthy of note are the dogs at a 7 kill streak, they really put the fear into the enemy and are more balanced than the helicopter from COD4.Vehicles make a comeback but so far I've only seen the tanks, with the introduction of the sticky grenade and the ability of having bazookas in a similar fashion to RPG's in COD4 they aren't too much of a hindrance against a canny (and well equipped) enemy, if well supported however they are death machines!The graphics and game play are very similar to that of COD4, however some of the game effects like shellshock, gas grenades and watching people get dismembered add much to its evolution!Online play (note: Beta online play) still uses the COD4 match making lobby which is quite terrible! Please just copy the Halo3 lobby and use a true skill matchmaking system!All in all it would appear to be a good game, but with so many other good titles coming out in the same period if you already have COD4 it might be worth getting Gears 2 instead (or after).
5 Theory of RealityPosted: 30/09/2008This film is a wonderful mind bender. I would recommend watching it 3 times (or maybe 4), watching the 2nd time with commentary (if you're lost).If you don't have the patience to sit through the film a few times you're missing out, but to be fair that is a lot to ask your average audience.
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3 Slow march to nowhere!Posted: 30/06/2008I really like Coldplay but I'm finding it hard to overlook (or skip) the mediocre faults not edited out of Viva La Vida and at the same time wishing the album were longer! It does feel as though Coldplay are getting slightly worse with each new album, I think I'll give them one last chance!Brief track reviews: Life in Technicolor (an allright intro, doesn't deserve a title though!), Cemeteries in London (This is okay), Lost! (Okay), 42 (Skip!), Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love (Why isn't this 2 tracks? Okay/Skip!), Yes (Pretty Good), Viva la Vida (Brilliant!), Violet Hill (Also Brilliant), Strawberry Swing (Nice song!), Death and All his Friends (Okay, a little too long!).I'd say about 4 good songs- buying the singles and hoping for better Bsides might be a better idea....Cheers,RayB


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Yesterday, I was trying to figure out what to feed my starving munchkins for lunch. I have a ton of peas in the garden, lots of greens and lettuce, and eggs. I also have pasta and local bacon and lots of feta cheese. I remembered a delicious sounding salad that Jami over at An Oregon Cottage blogged about last year – 3 Pea Salad with Feta and Walnuts {which is really funny because she actually blogged about it yesterday but I hadn't even seen the post yet!}
Anyhow, I decided to throw together a quick pasta and the resulting dish was very tasty! You can adapt it to whatever suits your garden or fridge. Don't let only having one type of peas {or even only having frozen peas} stop you from trying this dish. I think you'll really like it – whatever type of peas you happen to have on hand.
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THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! follows a band of Muslim-American comedians on a standup tour across the US. You will laugh at these Muzzies! Read more
THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! follows a band of Muslim-American comedians on a standup tour across the US. You will laugh at these Muzzies!
About this project
Check out our film's TRAILER HERE.
Dear wonderful people! Can you please help us raise money to finish this movie? We are trying to raise finishing funds so we can pay for the animation, the editor, the sound-mix, the audio-mix, and maybe just maybe, a transfer to HDCam. These things are all painfully expensive. But we're oh-so close to being able to share the film with the world, we just need the extra cashmoneys and we'll able to finish this thing! But first, read a little about our film
THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! Synopsis:
A group of Muslim-American standup comedians go on the road to counter Islamophobia using the only weapon they have: jokes. The Muslims Are Coming! follows these comics as they visit big cities, rural villages, and everything in between to do shows, meet locals, counter the haters and make new friends. Commentary from pop culture icons like The Daily Show's Jon Stewart and Aasif Mandvi, Rachel Maddow, Janeane Garofalo, CNN's Soledad O'Brien, comedians David Cross, Colin Quinn, and Lewis Black pepper the film as the comedians travel through middle America. Will audiences laugh? Will they make a difference? Will they make it back? Rest assured, you've never laughed this hard at a Muslim.
The film is co-directed by Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah.
Check out our film's TRAILER again! HERE.
Ha! We don't actually know yet! It hasn't been designed so we're open to suggestions. However, we do promise that the tshirt will look DELIGHTFUL and COOL.
We're trying to figure out what the best reward point is for the streaming/download of the movie and our research of other kickstarter projects shows a pretty wide spectrum. We settled on $37, which includes getting your name in the movie, on the website, and getting a copy of Negin's last film "Nerdcore Rising." So, we hope that reward makes sense, but as time goes on, maybe we can do more to make it more palatable.And as always, we are open to suggestions!!
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You will receive a semi-hand crafted thank you note from the directors Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah transported to you using the latest email technology available to human beings.
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You will receive a "Thank You" in the film credits for being a truly extraordinary person which will result in warm fuzzy feelings inside for helping us. PLUS you get the reward before this and the one before that one too!
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You will receive an autographed DVD of the award winning film directed by our co-director Negin Farsad "Nerdcore Rising." Do you like Nerds? If so, this movie is for you! PLUS you get every one of the (amazing) rewards above.
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You get to own the movie, The Muslims Are Coming! Not actually the Muslims in the movie but the DVD signed by Negin and Dean plus all the astounding goodies above.
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We will write a joke especially for you about any topic you like: Your spouse, boss, ex-wife, etc. and we will film Dean or Negin telling the joke and post it on Youtube for you to enjoy for eternity or until YouTube shuts down. Plus you get gifts above.
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Have you ever wanted to be a real Hollywood producer? Well, here is your shot (or at least close to it.) For $1000 you will receive a credit in the movie as an "Associate Producer." This credit will also appear on IMDB and the film's website. Plus gifts above.
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This is one of those prizes you will tell your grandchildren about. Not only do you get 2 VIP tickets for a taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." But the show's Senior Muslim correspondent Aasif Mandvi will give you a personal tour of the set. Plus the great stuff above.
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Negin and Dean will come to your house and perform a free 30 minute stand up comedy show. Seriously, we will travel anywhere in continental US and perform a show in your house for you, your family and friends. Plus all gifts above EXCEPT tickets and tour of "The Daily Show."
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Jonathan Brody, PhD
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Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications
- Studying RNA-binding protein interactions with target mRNAs in eukaryotic cells: Native ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays
- Upgrading gemcitabine with recycled kinase inhibitors
- Argonaute CLIP-Seq reveals miRNA targetome diversity across tissue types
- HuR posttranscriptionally regulates WEE1: Implications for the DNA damage response in pancreatic cancer cells
- Commentary : Fusing transcriptomics to progressive prostate cancer
Medical School
PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Post-doctoral Oncology Fellowship with Scott Kern, MD, Johns Hopkins University
PanCAN-AACR Career Development Award, 2010
Research and Clinical Interests
During his over ten years of training at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Brody began exploring drug-target interactions. Utilizing diverse molecular biology techniques that include DNA sequencing, gene knockout and silencing assays, and development of a drug metabolism assay, Dr. Brody has published extensively on aspects of chemotherapeutics, namely gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil and platinum-based agents. Part of this work includes his special interest in targeting cancer cells with defects in the BRCA2/Fanconi Anemia pathway. His work also includes the advancement in the basic DNA detection technique of DNA electrophoresis, by discovering new and better alternatives to tris-based buffers, such as lithium-based buffers, that can separate DNA at a fraction of the time compared to conventionally used conductive media. In regards to mRNA stability, Dr. Brody aided in cloning members of the pp32 gene family over a decade ago. Members of this family, pp32 and APRIL, have been shown previously to be ligands and functionally interact with the RNA binding protein, HuR. Currently, Dr. Brody's work focuses on how HuR biology is involved in pancreatic tumorigenesis as well as cancer cell survival. His laboratory is also interested in how HuR expression levels and protein subcellular localization affects treatment of pancreatic cancer. Recently, the group published work showing that HuR subcellular localization is a valuable predictive marker for the standard of care (i.e., gemcitabine) for this disease. His laboratory's work is now primarily focused on HuR biology as it relates to the clinical management of cancer, including identifying clinically relevant HuR targets. Besides his laboratory work, Dr. Brody was recently named Director of Surgical Research and is Co-director of the Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University. He recently won the national PanCAN-AACR Career Development award and an American Cancer Society, Research Scholar Grant for his work on HuR's role in pancreatic cancer.


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Greater use of generic drugs for chronic disease makes the cost of preventive health care much less than previously thought, research by CVS Caremark Corp., Harvard University, and Brigham and Women's Hospital finds.
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Greater use of generic drugs for chronic disease makes the cost of preventive health care much less than previously thought, research by CVS Caremark Corp., Harvard University, and Brigham and Women's Hospital finds.
CVS Caremark said Thursday that a study released in the July issue of health policy journal Health Affairs concludes that preventive health care costs considerably less than earlier industry estimates because that research projected financial impact based on the costs of branded medications. Today, the cost to consumers and the health care system are much lower because generics are widely available for most chronic diseases, the researchers noted.
"No matter who holds the financial risk — the patient, employer or government health plan — using generic medications has to be a key part of managing treatment for chronically ill patients," Troy Brennan, executive vice present and chief medical officer of CVS Caremark and a study author, said in a statement. "This is a practical solution we need to focus on as we work to operate the health care system in a more cost-effective way."
For instance, CVS Caremark said, a 2008 study examining the prevention of cardiovascular disease used brand-name drugs to estimate the cost for lowering LDL cholesterol at $83,327 per quality adjusted life year (QALY), a financial measure that evaluates the impact of improving the quality of life for patients with chronic diseases. Today, recalculating for the same treatment using generic drugs would be $17,084 per QALY, or 20% of the original estimate.
And CVS Caremark pointed out that a more dramatic example is a cost comparison for treating for glucose control in cardiovascular patients, with the 2008 study estimating a $48,759 per QALY cost versus the study's recalculation with generics at $1,022 per QALY, just 2% of the original estimate.
As a result, generic medications are reshaping the economics of treating chronically ill patients, since over 70% of U.S. health care costs are spent treating patients with one or more chronic diseases, according to the researchers.
"Prevention of cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death in the U.S., is central to any policy discussion about overall health care costs," the researchers noted. "Approximately 80 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease with annual costs in the U.S. reaching $475 billion. Cardiovascular disease prevention can be largely accomplished with low-cost generic medications."
Given the huge savings potential with increased generic utilization, the research team provided recommendations for policy makers, such as promoting the use of generics in the new accountable care organizations treatment standards; limiting the use of prescription writing practices such as "dispense as written," in which doctors and patients can require their prescription to be filled as a specific brand; amending state Medicaid statutes that require patient consent before generics can be substituted; and ensuring that electronic prescribing guidelines encourage the use of more cost-effective medications.
Other suggestions included developing education programs for physicians and patients about the effectiveness of generics as well as devising new incentive programs through pharmacy benefit and health care plans that promote generic drug use.
"There is no question prevention is more affordable with the use of generics," stated William Shrank, M.D., of Harvard and Brigham and Women's and lead author of the study. "Policy makers looking to improve and expand health care options should make sure generics are readily accessible for chronically ill patients. In addition, the topic of generics and effective preventive treatment should be central to any debate on making health care more affordable."
The Health Affairs study is a product of a three-year research collaboration between CVS Caremark, Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital that is focusing on understanding why many consumers don't take their prescriptions as directed and developing solutions to improve behavior of patients around their medications.


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New York State Genealogical Data Guide A guide provided by the New York State Archives on Genealogical Data and Statistics.
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(CNN) — Flooded rail lines, bigger and more frequent droughts, and a rash of wildfires are some of the alarming predictions released in a White House climate change report Tuesday.
The White House is issuing a new report that sounds like the climate change alarm for future generations. It not only fits into the President's call for a year of action, but it also revs up the base for the upcoming midterm elections. The White House warns decades of dangerous weather from monster storms to raging wildfires are on the way, all as a result of climate change.
According to the Obama administration's new National climate assessment, sea levels will rise up to four feet, more intense waves will hit the Southwest, and the Arctic ocean could have ice-free summers by mid-century.
President Obama has promised action, but critics within his own party complain he hasn't lived up to his campaign vow from 2008. With his climate agenda stalled in Congress, the President has taken steps on his own, seeking new limits on power plant pollution and setting tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.
The GOP has fought the President on the issue. Some Republican lawmakers question whether humans are actually behind dramatic changes in the climate, while others said Obama is mounting an all out assault on energy sector jobs. However, the White House boasts the natural gas and oil industries are booming, even as the administration is taking its time on a decision on the controversial keystone oil pipeline. Some of the project's supporters in Congress are calling for a vote to bypass the President to approve it.


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Google has taken its first step to flag ordinary sites like Wikipedia and CNN with a security warning because they are unencrypted, allowing all data transmissions to be viewed by the prying eyes of hackers or governments.
Finally ready to get off the grid? It's not quite as simple as it should be, but here are a few easy-to-follow steps that should at the very least point you in the right direction.
Contractors who formerly had access to big sites like eBay report they suddenly have access again.
Presenting author information in search results wasn't as useful as Google had expected.
To encourage more websites to adopt the secure HTTPS protocol, Google makes it a factor in its search result rankings.
If you see a killer robot (including one that looks like a certain former California governor) making threatening movements toward Google's founders, there's no need to worry.
BehindTheOverlay provides a consistent button and keyboard shortcut to close those annoying website overlays.
In part 2 of a four-part series tracking a colorful quarter-century of the Web, Crave's Eric Mack drops out of school to join the dot-com madness of the late '90s, only to get drop-kicked back to where he came from.
The power of Google's core search business was on display Tuesday when it demoted the travel site in its search results. Paid links to Expedia may have triggered the penalty.
Google confirms it made a change to better protect the privacy of how people search. However, it left loopholes and once again failed to seize an opportunity to encourage all sites to go secure.


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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- Senior Lauren McNulty (left) and junior
Meaghan Sullivan (right) sparked Butler's offensive attack
this season and both were named to the first team on the 2012
Horizon League Softball All-League Team, released by the league
office on Tuesday, May 8. A third Butler player, freshman
Kristen Boros, was chosen to the league's All-Newcomer
McNulty, who was named first team All-League for the second
consecutive year, leads the Bulldogs in home runs (9), runs scored
(35) and runs batted in (29). The starting centerfielder in
52 of Butler's 53 games, McNulty will carry a career-best
.312 batting average in the 2012 Horizon League Softball
Championship, May 9-12.
Sullivan, a starting infielder in 50 games this season, currently
leads the Bulldogs with a .342 batting average. She has a
team-high 14 doubles and a team-best 53 hits, and she stands second
in runs scored (33).
McNulty is tied for third in the Horizon League in home runs, while
Sullivan ranks among the league leaders in batting and
doubles. Both players rank in the league's "Top
10" in runs scored.
Boros is Butler's second-leading hitter with a .326 average,
and she leads the Bulldogs with two triples and 13 sacrifice
bunts. The first-year infielder has started 47 of 49 games
this season.
Youngstown State outfielder Haley Thomas was named Horizon League
Player of the Year, while Loyola's Brittany Gardner was
tabbed as the league Pitcher of the Year. Valparaiso freshman
Brittany Duncan was chosen league Newcomer of the Year, and
Youngstown State's Brian Campbell was selected league Coach
of the Year.
Butler will begin play at the league tournament at top-seeded
Valparaiso on Wednesday, May 9. The Bulldogs, seeded fifth in
the tournament, will meet No. 4 seed Youngstown State at 11 a.m.
(CT). The double-elimination tournament will conclude on
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"Teaching works best when the activity engages and inspires students."
Dominic Furniss, UCL Interaction Centre
- UCL Museums & Collections: Web links to all nine collections
- Special Collections: Manuscripts, archives and rare books
- Museums Moodle: Guide to object-based learning
- Object-based learning case studies
- ZooMoodle: UCL's online animal diversity resource
- Petrie Museum booking form
- Lessons in Learning Best practice guide
- Practical concerns when implementing object-based teaching: Joe Cain, Senior Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Biology
- Leonie Hannan: Teaching Fellow in Object-based Learning
How to use objects in teaching
Expert curators at UCL have created a wide range of ready-made projects, from analysing pigments in paintings to evaluating cutting edge digital resources, and they are keen to develop customised sessions for departments to give more access to the collections.
Object-based learning resources at UCL include:
- Museum visits
- Loan boxes
- Museums Moodle
- UCL Museums Moodle-Adlib interface. This is a new function in Moodle that allows lecturers to pull in objects and their descriptions from the museum catalogues to use as information and create activities for their students. It's due to go live in 2011.
To get an idea of how Moodle can be used to create web books and other valuable teaching resources, take a look at ZooMoodle. The Learning Technology Support Service team can provide technical support to develop these sorts of Moodle-based resources.
For more practical advice, take a look at the excellent videos produced by the Museums and Collections team about using objects in teaching.
Find out more about what is available from the Museums & Collections website, or contact Leonie Hannan, Teaching Fellow in Object-based Learning at UCL.
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