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I have never in my life taken a physics course, so this may be obvious to other people who have. Parts of this article explaining relativity using only words with four or fewer words make sense to me and parts don't. The stuff near the end is really hard for me to understand, but I figure it's hard for most people to understand. What frustrates me though is the bit about Bert and Dana (when Bert is on the bus). I don't understand the declaration that, since he's moving, Bert would see the rocks come down at different times if they appeared to come down at the same time from Dana's perspective. Maybe it's true, but I have zero real-world experience of anything like that so I don't get it. Does that really happen? Is there a way to experience it?
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After a bit more study, I know that the distance between Dana and Bert means the light from one meteorite takes slightly longer to get to one of them than the light from the other. But why is movement important?
I fixed the link, no worries. I'm going to read the problem and see if I can help. I'll bet Chris would be better though . . .
Thanks, Deb!
I've looked for a good way to make this plain, but it's a strange one on all sides. Bert goes toward the light from one rock, so he meets it on the way there. He runs from one rock, so its light takes more time to catch him.
Bert looks at just the length between him and each rock, since he thinks he's still. He does math to get how long the light should take to get to him, and finds that one rock hit first.
Dana looks at both the length and how fast Bert runs, since she sees him move. Her math doesn't match Bert's math, but says that they both came down at once.
The trick is that the math for the speed of light stays the same while the math for the speed of Bert does not. Since they don't match, some part has to give to make them do so. Al said that the parts that give are space or time, thus the big deal.
(Dang, to say that with short words is hard but fun.)
(Okay, stepping away from the land of one-syllable words…)
In other words, the fact that Bert's moving makes a difference in the equations he uses to determine how long each light pulse took to reach him from their starting points, but it does *not* make a difference in determining the speed of light. (This particular pickle came directly from experiments showing that the speed of light doesn't change based on motion. The math would be tons easier if that wasn't true, but oh well.)
So, since you can't use a changing speed of light in order to make the equations match, something else has to change. Einstein's brilliant idea was that distance and time could be changed instead, as long as they were changed together in a very specific way. The two together provide enough variation to match the difference in Bert's speed and the speed of light, but the side effects are pretty crazy. Space shrinks in the direction of Bert's motion, time becomes so skewed that events can't be said to happen at the same time any more, and the effects get more pronounced the faster Bert goes.
Hope that helps. It's one of those things that matches our everyday experience so poorly that it's tough to actually picture at all. You end up going through the tunnel of equations to try to predict something you can actually picture (like everything going red-tinged or stars moving from their places in the sky) and then see if that actually happens.
See, the big words make more sense to me. Thanks for the option. :)
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Martinique is an overseas département of France located in the central part of the Lesser Antilles, the curving chain of islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea. The mountainous island is crowned by Mount Pelée, an active volcano. Martinique has a population is about 400,000 and is a very popular tourist destination. Martinique is governed like any other département of France. Aids to navigation are operated by Martinique's maritime directorate (Direction de la Mer). The French word for a lighthouse, phare, is generally reserved for larger coastal lighthouses; a smaller light or harbor light is called a feu (literally "fire," but here meaning "light"). Most of the lighthouses of the Lesser Antilles are poorly known, so information about them would be welcome, and photos are especially welcome. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume J of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA numbers are from Publication 110.
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This article was inspired by my passion for baseball, and well my tuning in to my favorite morning sports talk radio show, @FSDaybreak. The guys were talking about, yep, you guessed it Alex Rodriquez. Isn't everybody? Or is everybody sick of talking about that guy, but yet for whatever reason this man still tends to dominate the topics pertaining to the MLB. Why?
I'm going to write this quickly. As always, I'll ask that you forgive the typos and grammatical errors, as I'm in a rush and my thoughts are spilling out a bit faster than my fingers can type. I'm surprised actually that I have such passion about this topic. I thought I was sick of hearing about Alex. I mean I'm not even a Yankee fan.
So why do I care? Better yet, what is it I care about? Well, the guys at @FSDaybreak asked the question this morning, in their morning 'Eye Opener' which you probably know is a question they pose to listeners and followers, that is related to sports and asks for an opinion. Today's question, the #EO of the day, was, "What should Alex Rodriquez's penalty be?"
The hosts of the show got many opinions. So many are sick of hearing about Alex, while others are tired of hearing about PEDS. Me, I'm a little tired about both. Yet, the reality is that this matter is important. Cheating at a game, whether you like it or not, is wrong. So did Alex cheat? If so, who did he cheat? The league he plays for, the Yankees, the fans, or himself.
I don't know Alex Rodriquez. I do know what I've heard about him. I think he's been characterized as a womanizer, and well that's not going to make me like him. Yet, it won't make me hate him either. His personal life and his professional career, are sort of separate in my world. Yet, perhaps I have an unconscious bias against people who seem to devalue others but I'm not perfect. Don't we all have a little bit of Alex in us? Aren't we all driven by our egos at one point or another to the expense of others?
Who are we to judge this man? Yet, still I felt that I would weigh in on the morning question posed by @FSDaybreak. Remember, the question they asked had to do with the penalty not whether or not PEDS should be banned substances. It seems to me that this issue is getting clouded. People seem to be confusing it a bit. I don't think Alex has been charged with any federal or state crimes. I think he's been accused of violating the rules of the league he plays in. If he did violate those rules, then the penalty should be exactly what the league handed down. It seems, though, that there is an arbitration clause, and rightly so. Similar to insurance policies, and mediation in a civil court, there is a third party, who is independent with not vested interest who ultimately decides when the two parties [ in this case the MLB and Alex ] don't agree.
I think it's important to point out here that the American judiciary has two different courts. I am not a lawyer but I do have a formal education in the law, and have completed an education at the PhD level in both criminal law, and public policy administration. I also have several years experience in specializing in employment related issues in the risk management field. Still, I'd be the first to admit I know very little when it comes to matters like this. The only people who truly know, are the people involved, and even then much of the 'evidence' if that's even the correct term, against Alex is muddied.
Civil courts, and criminal courts are very different. I think the American public confuses both courts, because they see shows like Law & Order and they think they know the law, and how it works. Yet, this show depicts, for the most part, criminal law and not civil law. One thing to point out, is lying in any court, when under oath becomes a criminal matter, because it is against the law. So, let's say, a player is in civil court, and is under oath on the witness stand and lies, he then can be charged with a crime.
I don't know if people truly realize what's going on here. Alex Rodriquez, if I understand correctly has been charged with violating the rules of Major League Baseball, and he is being held accountable. That's it. As to why, his penalty might be greater than some of the other players, well this might have to do with whether it's his first or second 'offense' if you will. Using those terms, still does not make it a criminal matter.
I think that the interview many saw this past Sunday on the television show Sixty Minutes was very damning to Mr. Rodriquez in that it portrayed him as a mobster. We don't know though if the man speaking to the reporters at Sixty Minutes is being honest. For all we know, he wanted more money from Alex, and threatened to tell on him. We don't really know what went down.
The sad thing, I think is that what's happening, and maybe it's always been this way, is that the true fans, and the kids who look up to these athletes get let down in the process. Baseball and football, and other sports that are professional, are exactly that. Yet, what does the term 'professional' mean. Do athletes have a responsibility to be role models, or are they just doing a job that pays them, and they are simply people who want to earn a quick buck?
Our society in this country, is sort of just as much at fault for having athletes feel so compelled to make it into the record books, is it not? We focus on the money, the sneakers, and the womanizing antics more than we focus on the morals and goodness of the player. This is what 'we' do. So who should we blame? Maybe it's time we all took a good look in the mirror.


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In October, the Fifth Circuit, in an en banc opinion, held that a victim of child pornography is not limited to recovery for losses proximately caused by the defendant. In re Amy Unknown, No. 09-41238 (5th Cir. 2012) (en banc). Under the opinion, victims can be awarded the full amount of damages from any individual defendant - even if he only came into possession over the Internet. The decision, which I discussed in a previous post, vacated and remanded the combined cases for the district court to reconsider damages.
Each had been heard by different panels of the court individually. When the second case was heard, the panel agreed with the prior precedent, but wrote a special concurrence questioning the prior decision and suggesting the opinion be taken up en banc. The two cases were heard together by the full Fifth Circuit.
Last week, the Fifth Circuit withdrew its October opinion, choosing to vacate and remand one of the cases and to affirm the other. In re Amy Unknown, No. 09-41254 (5th Cir. 2012) (en banc). The court had remanded both in the October opinion, but in one of the cases, the government had not actually appealed the sentence which had awarded only partial damages. Therefore, the issue could not be remanded because it had not actually been appealed.
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(CBS/AP) Dyslexia may be a disorder not only of reading and writing but also of hearing.
A surprising new study shows that adults with dyslexia have a hard time recognizing voices.The finding fits with research to uncover the building blocks of literacy and how they can go wrong. The eventual goal: To spot kids at risk for dyslexia even before they open "Go, Dog, Go!" in kindergarten - instead of diagnosing dyslexia in a struggling second-grader.
"Everybody is interested in understanding the root cause of dyslexia, so we can intervene early and do something about it," says John Gabrieli, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology cognitive neuroscientist and the senior author of the study, which was published last week in the journal Science.
Dyslexia is thought to affect 8 percent to 15 percent of Americans. It's not a problem with intelligence or vision. Instead, it's language-based. The brain struggles with what's called "phonological processing" - being able to distinguish and manipulate sounds, like "bah" and "pah," that eventually have to be linked to written letters and words.
A graduate student in Gabrieli's lab wondered if dyslexia would impair voice recognition as well. After all, subtle differences in pronunciation help distinguish people.
How to test that? Previous studies showed it's easier to recognize voices if they're speaking your own language. So the researchers recruited English-speaking college students and young adults, half with dyslexia, half without. The volunteers watched animated characters - like a clown, a mechanic, a soccer player - speaking either English or Chinese, to get familiar with how they sounded.
Then came the test - to match a voice to its character. The volunteers correctly identified the Chinese speakers only about half the time, regardless of whether they had dyslexia. But when they heard English speakers, people with dyslexia still were right only half the time - while the non-dyslexics did far better, identifying 70 percent of the voices correctly.
The project raise the question of whether voice recognition is a problem in young children, too, says Florida State University psychology professor Richard Wagner, who studies how to identify dyslexia early.
Gabrieli says he plans to test 5-year-olds.
Today, researchers know that children who are more phonologically aware upon entering kindergarten have a better shot at easy reading. One way to check that: See how they're able to delete sounds from words - ask them to quickly say "cowboy" without the "boy." Wagner says a child who answers such tasks correctly probably is developing fine. One who fails doesn't necessarily have problems but merely could have misunderstood or not wanted to play along. He says more clear-cut methods are needed.
Differences in brain-processing show up even in infants, says Patricia Kuhl of the University of Washington, who studies how babies learn language.
A colleague in her lab tested how well babies distinguish "ah" and "ee" sounds between 7 and 11 months of age. Those who did best wound up with bigger vocabularies and better pre-reading skills, such as rhyming, by their fifth birthdays. That doesn't mean they'll go on to experience dyslexia, but it does show how very early development can play a role in reading-readiness.


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Hi am I the only person being driven mad by the camera on this phone. I have downloaded both a button disabled app and an overall camera disable app but the phone will still go to the camera randomly . it seems it tries to get to the camera when turning the screen on and off.
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That sounds buggy. Does the Razr i have a dedicated camera button? Since it's supposed to be relatively similar to the Razr, I'm assuming it doesn't (I have a Razr Maxx). So you're saying that when you press the power button to turn the screen on and off, the camera often opens?
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The RAZR i does have a dedicated camera button on the bottom of the right hand side. Are you pressing it by accident? I know that sounds stupid but the button is flush with the side of the phone - I have pressed it before because I put my finger over the wrong place. Which hand you hold the phone in does make a difference as to how easy it is to press it. As for the apps they might only work on some phones and versions of Android.
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By Shanie Matthews
It was 1990. I was 17, 5,000 miles away from home and desperately wishing I could easily communicate with my friends and family. But there were only two options: novel-length letters or POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). Fast forward to the 21st century and keeping in contact while abroad has become a breeze.
With the advancements of technology, the plethora of Internet Cafés, handy computer notebooks, and the various communication choices available, it is as easy as a mere click of the mouse to call home. Read on to learn the best ways to stay in touch whether you are an expat, exchange student, or vagabonding traveler. (Editor's note: All relevant links are available at the end of the article.)
Moving beyond POTS
In the 20th century a land line telephone was the quickest and most expensive way to say "hello." Still among the speediest forms of verbal interaction, the phone has made leaps and bounds towards being a cost-effective means of communication.
The big step towards cheap, long distance telephone service was the development of VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). VoIP is based on the concept that sound bites travel through high speed Internet connections the same way an email does, creating a clear telephone connection. The lightening fast exchange of information supports conversations with any other type of phone, whether or not it is a POTS. The only requirement is for your phone or computer to be connected to WiFi or a data port.
Originally created in 1973 with the conception of the first computer network, VoIP steadily moved towards easy consumer use. By the mid 90s VoIP had infiltrated the masses by means of the VocalTec Internet Phone which included voice mail and caller ID. The drawback was that it was only compatible with other VocalTec users. By 2004 the technology had advanced enough to create two different offspring of the original VocalTec concept. The first is an analog telephone adapter, a device that connects with an Internet broadband connection and a phone jack. Companies offering this system include Vonage and Comcast.
The other direction taken towards cheaper communication over the phone involved a program that is easily downloaded to any computer. Companies such as Skype and Gizmo5 have taken advantage of VoIP technology by creating a program that supports various forms of communication once downloaded to a PC or Mac. With either company you receive a phone number from your place of choice; Skype offers 21 country options while Gizmo5 offers 60. Your phone number remains your personal number for the length of account activity. For example, my Skype phone number is based in Lake Tahoe, California even though I live in Bariloche, Argentina. People calling from the U.S. often do not realize that the Californian number they called is ringing 7,000 miles away. A personal IM id, voice mail, and Instant Messenger are also included with the private phone number.
There are two major differences between companies like Skype and Gizmo5 as opposed to Comcast and Vonage. Skype, as well as Gizmo5, work by running closed source software, meaning that they are run by independent programs that can be downloaded to any computer. They also have compatibility with cell phones; Skype has its own cell phone (Skypephone) and Gizmo5 works with your mobile phone. Comcast and Vonage, on the other hand, work off of a high speed Internet connection via a phone adapter plugged into a router. Also, Comcast and Vonage are only applicable to residents of the United States, Canada and the U.K.
Despite variations in companies, the majority of people living abroad use either Skype or Vonage. Sergio, a member of Buenos Aires Expat Forum, expresses his findings when he says that "Vonage is fantastic. You can choose any area code and speak through a phone, just as though you are in the US. For USD$30 a month you have unlimited calls to the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico plus unlimited fixed phone calls to the U.K., Ireland, Spain, Italy, and France (no charge for calls to cell phones in North America but to Europe there is a charge—not to fixed phones). It's an incredible service that really reduces distances."
Others prefer Skype. Another associate of the forum, Allcraz, uses Skype. "I call through the Internet using Skype. I can call land lines and cell phones anywhere for a small fee or talk computer to computer for free." For the world traveler Skype or Gizmo5 may offer more flexibility. Skype offers instant messaging, video conferencing, call forwarding, and cheaper prices for a personal phone number and long distance coverage. Gizmo5 additionally offers compatibility with other VoIP operations, a free built in recording system, access to LiveJournal (a virtual internet community where you can create a blog, journal or diary), and is recognizable (unlike other companies) as the correct phone number on some inbound United States caller-ids.
In addition to VoIP there is also a service available for renting a cell phone that is capable of global service. Global Phone Works offers both cell and satellite phones at competitive prices. The company will ship the phone, chargers, a converter, and business cards with the cell number to your address before travel departure date. They have programs for short term trips and a yearly contract for longer stays.
For those that are not computer literate there are always the more old fashioned phone cards. These handy cards resembling a credit card are sold around the world. Some companies sell minutes that are added to a re-useable card, others are disposable with a pre-determined amount of time. The cards are sold at most markets and are used at any public phone operation. It is important to check usage fees due to extra costs being applied with certain plans and companies. If you want to buy phone cards before departing for your travel destination, check out speedpin.com. You can research prices for international calls as well as purchase cards with this online service. They are 100% guaranteed throughout the world.
The Internet
The increasing feasibility of real-time communication would not be possible without the Internet. Luckily for today's traveler Internet cafés and WiFi hot spots are becoming a common occurrence. Quality computer notebooks have hit prices below USD$500 making it more financially feasible to own one.
"For me, the laptop and reliable connection to the internet is what makes living abroad do-able," says three-year United States expat, Jamie Schectman. "I live in Patagonia in the middle of a national park and run three different international businesses from my PC. It's pretty amazing."
Easy access to the Internet has basically abolished the need for mailing letters. In its wake is gratuitous virtual mail service. Web based companies such as Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail offer free personal email accounts. These accounts are accessible from any computer or Internet compatible cell phone or blackberry. Some programs like Gmail can act as a base station for other additional email programs. This works well if you only want to correspond from one account, but would like to send using different addresses.
Another way to reach the masses is writing a blog. A blog has different services. One is using it as a virtual post card. It can be used as a basic diary, helping your loved ones know your travel story. The only difference being that your readers can respond to your letters instantly. Another is the sharing of information; creating a place for people to learn about a unique aspect to your life abroad. My husband and I write a blog on our lives in Patagonia, www.livinginpatagonia.com. Most of our readers return because of our ability to keep them updated on news and happenings in Bariloche (a notoriously difficult area to find reliable information about). In addition to being a good way to stay in contact, it is also a way to earn a few extra dollars with Google AdSense and Amazon ad programs. Websites such as blogabroad.com, blogspirit.com, diino.com, squarespace.com, wordpress.com, to name a few, offer easy-to-follow programs to create an experience-sharing blog.
Another great way of communicating via internet is Instant Messaging or IM. IM is a real-time communication tool to speak to others, whether two people or more, via an internet connection. There are various sites that offer IM. Companies such as Skype (the largest IM provider other than the Chinese customer-majority company QQ) offer programs, in addition to a personal phone number. Also, for increased security, other private users have to ask permission to be a part of your network before they are able to chat with you. Other companies, suchJabber, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Gmail Chat, as well as others, have made the instant messaging phenomenon a standard in computer communication. It is as easy as signing up for the chosen system; all which are free of charge. The only necessary component is that the person or persons that you wish to communicate with are also a member of said company.
There are various options for communicating, but what do you do if you are in an area that does not have cyber cafés or WiFi? That is where portable satellite equipment comes in. Portable satellite systems are compact, metal boxes (about the size of a laptop) that create a high speed Internet connection regardless of your location. BGAN Store sells three different models of satellites that offer superior bandwidth, the exchange of large files, as well as video and audio connections. The satellites are around US$2400, plus a monthly fee, and range from two to seven pounds. Their small size makes traveling with them a breeze. The set up is also minimal.
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There are times when snail mail is needed. It is important to have a safe place in your home country that will receive and store mail for you. It is also nice for registering and ordering items while abroad. Private mail box companies, such as Mail Box, etc., offer this service for a nominal monthly or yearly fee. The company will give you a regular street address and private mail box number. With prior arrangements made, the chosen business can email when an important document has arrived, send accumulated mail to your address abroad, or package mail for friends or family coming to visit. This is especially useful for receiving occasional online purchases that cannot be shipped internationally.
For those living abroad or thinking about doing so, the communication options of today makes the process much easier. It truly is a small world. Thanks to technology, keeping in touch is just as easy whether you are close by or far away. And while you are abroad it is nice to know that loved ones are no farther than the push of a button; a convenience that is important for both the person venturing out into the world and those left behind.
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In 2010, GAO reported that industry stakeholders and experts believed that the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) certification and approval processes contribute positively to the safety of the national airspace system. However, stakeholders and experts also noted that negative certification and approval experiences--such as duplication of approvals--although infrequent, can result in delays that industry says are costly. GAO made two recommendations requiring, among other things, that FAA develop a continuous evaluative process and a method to track submission approvals. FAA addressed one recommendation and partially addressed the other. An FAA-industry committee established in response to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (the Act) made six recommendations to improve the certification and approval processes, including establishing a performance measurement process. In response to recommendations from the certification process committee, FAA developed an implementation plan with 14 initiatives, but the initiatives do not contain some elements essential to a performance measurement process, such as performance measures. Without performance measures, FAA will be unable to evaluate current and future programs.
GAO also reported in 2010 that variation in FAA's interpretation of standards for certification and approval decisions is a long-standing problem. A second FAA-industry committee, established in response to the Act, made recommendations concerning the consistency of regulatory interpretation. FAA reported that it is determining the feasibility of implementing the recommendations and expected to develop an action plan by December 2013. Further, FAA reported it would measure implementation, but not outcomes; measuring outcomes helps to understand if the action is having the intended effect.
Among the challenges facing FAA, its certification and approval workload is expected to grow due to the introduction of new technologies and materials and expected progress in the deployment of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. Having efficient and consistent certification and approval processes would allow FAA to better use its resources to meet these increasing workload demands and better ensure aviation safety in an era of limited resources.
Why GAO Did This Study
Among the agency's responsibilities for aviation safety, FAA issues certificates for new aircraft and parts and grants approvals for changes to air operations and aircraft. In 2010, GAO made recommendations to improve FAA's certification and approval processes. Subsequently, the Act required FAA to work with industry to assess the certification process and address some of the findings in GAO's report. In July 2013, FAA issued reports on its efforts, including those in response to committee recommendations and FAA's implementation plans. This testimony addresses FAA's responses to the recommendations made by GAO in 2010 and the two joint FAA-industry committees concerning (1) the certification and approval processes and (2) the consistency of regulatory interpretation. It also discusses future challenges facing FAA's certification and approval processes.
This statement is based in part on GAO's 2010 report. More detailed information on the objectives, scope, and methodology for that work can be found in that report. In addition, for this statement, GAO interviewed industry representatives, reviewed the methodologies used to develop the committees' recommendations, and assessed the recommendations and FAA's planned responses to those recommendations in terms of whether they were relevant, clear, actionable, and feasible.
GAO is not making any new recommendations in this testimony.
For more information, contact Gerald L. Dillingham, Ph.D. at (202) 512-2834 or email@example.com.
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The perennial sporophytes of horsetails (Equisetum species) produce strobili once during every growing season. They may be borne at the tips of green shoots (E. hyemale, E. kansanum), at the tips of nongreen shoots that become green after the spores have been shed (E. fluviatile, E. sylvaticum), or on special nongreen branches that wither and die after the spores have been shed (E. arvense, E. talmateia). The appendages of the strobilus are often called sporangiophores and have been considered to be both stem branches and of leafy origin; in the latter case, they are called sporophylls. Each sporangiophore bears a number of fingerlike sporangia, which produce large numbers of thin-walled, green spores. The outermost wall layer of the spore breaks down into four appendages, which, by their sensitivity to moisture, coil and uncoil, thereby disseminating the spores.
The spores of Equisetum germinate rapidly and grow into green pincushion-like gametophytes anchored to the surface by rhizoids. Apparently, two types of gametophytes are produced from the homosporous spores; some mature slowly, are smaller than others, and always produce antheridia, never archegonia. Others are larger and hermaphroditic, producing archegonia at first and, later, antheridia. The ratios of male to hermaphroditic gametophytes vary among species but are relatively uniform within a species. The ratios are altered by changes in environmental conditions; for example, at certain temperatures (e.g., 32 °C [about 90 °F]), only male gametophytes develop from the spores of five species, whereas at 15 °C (59 °F), approximately 50 percent are male and 50 percent are hermaphroditic gametophytes.
Self-fertilization of hermaphroditic gametophytes can occur, and several sporophytes may be produced on one gametophyte. The embryo consists of an absorptive foot, a primary root (radicle), and a shoot with whorled appendages.
As they mature, many fern sporophytes begin to produce spores in clusters of sporangia on the undersurfaces of their fronds (or vegetative "leaves"). Others produce their sporangia on highly modified leaves or portions thereof.
The site of origin of the sporangia is the receptacle; the latter, with its groups of sporangia, is called a sorus. In many ferns, each sorus is covered with a special outgrowth, the indusium; in others the sporangia are covered during development by the margin of the leaf. In a few ferns (e.g., Polypodium), the sori remain uncovered.
In primitive ferns, such as Ophioglossum and Botrychium, the spores are borne upon a specialized axis, the fertile spike. The sporangia of such primitive ferns are massive, with several layers of cellular walls, and produce an indefinite but large number of spores. In most other ferns, the sporangia are smaller and long-stalked, with single-layered walls and a definite number of spores. The spores of the latter are shed explosively by breakage and shrinking as the sporangia open and then slam shut.
Most ferns produce one kind of spore (homospory), but a few genera of aquatic and amphibious ferns (Marsilea, Salvinia, and Azolla) produce two kinds (heterospory), small microspores and much larger megaspores. In either case, after being shed from the parent sporophyte, the spores that have suitable environmental conditions germinate and develop into the gametophytic phase. The ribbonlike, filamentous or heart-shaped gametophytes of most ferns contain chlorophyll, are anchored to some surface—moist soil, moist rocks, or tree bark—by unicellular rootlike rhizoids, and rarely exceed 13 mm (0.5 inch) in diameter. In a few ferns (Ophioglossum, Botrychium, and certain species of Schizaea), the gametophytes are subterranean, lack chlorophyll, are cylindrical or tuberous, and contain the filamentous structures (hyphae) of an associated fungus.
Fern gametophytes, often called prothalli (singular, prothallus or prothallium), are one cell layer thick except in the centre. Most fern prothalli are bisexual; i.e., they have both male (antheridia) and female (archegonia) sex organs, which develop usually on the undersurface of the prothallus.
Although the eggs of several archegonia may be fertilized, only one zygote usually develops into a juvenile sporophyte. The latter consists of an absorbing foot; a primary root, or radicle, which promptly penetrates the surface; a prominent first leaf; and a rudimentary, slow-growing stem. As the juvenile sporophyte becomes established, the parental gametophyte dies. The series of leaves formed from the stem of the juvenile sporophyte gradually attain the form and vein pattern that characterize the mature sporophyte.
In most ferns, the antheridia appear before the archegonia and continue to develop as the latter mature; furthermore, the archegonial necks curve toward the mature antheridia so that fertilization can readily occur. Both gametes may be derived from one individual or from different individuals. In the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), although the gametophytes are bisexual, self-incompatibility factors reduce self-fertilization. In Onoclea sensiblis, the gametophytes are unisexual in early development, thus favouring cross-fertilization, but later the gametophytes become bisexual so that, if cross-fertilization fails, the species can still be maintained.


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After epic Finals, Spurs, Heat meet in preseason
It's certainly not the NBA Finals, it's not even the regular season and the result will quickly be forgotten.
But after last season, any meeting between San Antonio and Miami means something.
The Spurs visit the Heat in a preseason game on Saturday night, the first time the teams will be seeing each other since playing Game 7 of what was an epic championship series that wrapped up four months ago. And while the mindset now doesn't compare to what they were going through this past June, both sides know that the memories of that title series will come flooding back.
''It doesn't change any of the process of what you're trying to do,'' San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. ''Thoughts will go through our heads, I'm sure.''
With that, he was even able to laugh a little bit. The pain of losing last season's title series surely lingers in San Antonio, but Popovich doesn't sound like he's dreading a return to the court where his club lost Games 6 and 7 to see the title slip from its grasp.
''We'll say `Hey, we've been here before,''' Popovich said. ''All that stuff is going to happen, but it's not going to change what we try to do on the court or any of that stuff.''
There's no championship banner or anything like that for the Spurs to see - the only cosmetic change Miami has made in that regard is simply adding ''2012-13'' to its list of divisional-title years.
Still, there will be plenty of reminders. The spot in the corner where Miami's Ray Allen hit the unforgettable 3-pointer that capped a wild rally and sent Game 6 into overtime. The spot where Heat center Chris Bosh snuffed out Danny Green's 3-point try for San Antonio at the end of that game, right by the Spurs' bench in Miami. The same locker room to where the Spurs retreated after Game 7, as confetti rained down on Miami in a championship celebration.
Spurs guard Tony Parker is expecting the flashbacks.
''A little bit. A little bit,'' Parker said. ''But you can't let it bother you. It's a new season. Use it as motivation.''
For their part, the Heat say they have no idea what to expect.
''This is new to play a team you just played in a finals in preseason,'' Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. ''It's kind of new for us, so I have no experience on it. I don't know at all. Obviously we played them (four) months ago, so we're familiar with them, they're familiar with us.''
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Heat star LeBron James said he won't mind getting back into a championship state-of-mind.
''Obviously we are three months removed from playing those guys,'' said James, the league's two-time reigning MVP. ''It will come back but definitely the intensity is different.''
AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney and AP Sports Writer Charles Odum contributed.
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FRESNO, Calif. --The No. 8 Fresno State equestrian team fell to No. 9 Texas Christian University, 11-4, in the first round of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championship yesterday in Waco, Texas, ending its season.
"We were hoping for a different outcome," head coach Eric Hubbard said. "At this level you have to leave your all out there, and we fell short of that. I am proud of our riders and look forward to a successful next season."
The Bulldogs picked up one point in equitation on the flat. Senior Dayle Fischer took the point after defeating her opponent, 143-138. Junior Macy Wilson tied her opponent with a score of 152. TCU earned the remaining two points. Senior Amanda Postel fell to her opponent 139-123. Senior Hannah Flammang received a 164, one of the highest scores of the day, but her opponent answered with a match-high 169.
"Even though today was an upsetting loss," Fischer said, "it was a great experience to be here with some of the best riders in the country. I am proud to be a Bulldog."
TCU defeated the `Dogs in equitation over fences, 3-1, taking five points total from the equitation events. Freshman Sarah Schroeder won the point for Fresno State, defeating her opponent, 163-110. Postel earned a 153, while her opponent scored a 167. Fischer lost by only a single point, 142-141. TCU grabbed the last point, beating senior Belle Calkin's score of 153.
"My first nationals was a great experience," Schroeder said. "I'm honored with this opportunity my coaches and my team have given me."
The teams tied in the horsemanship event, 2-2. Freshman Taylor Brown defeated her opponent, 148-142.5. Junior Kirsten McKillop earned the other point for the `Dogs with a 144.5. In another close matchup, sophomore Sydney Elliot lost by a single point, 141.5-140.5. Senior Whitney Kittle fell to her opponent, 144.5-128.
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TCU swept the points in the reining event, earning six points in the western category.
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Flammang called the season ending bittersweet. "I am so proud of my teammates and the way they have represented themselves in and out of the ring this year," she said. "Nationals is an end for some of us seniors, but a beginning for the future of our team. I will forever be a Bulldog."
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Huang, Y Y; Neuhauss, S C F (2008). The optokinetic response in zebrafish and its applications. Frontiers in Bioscience, 13:1899-1916.
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The optokinetic response (OKR) is a stereotyped
eye movement in response to movement in he surround. The OKR serves to stabilize the visual image on the retina, and allows for high resolution vision. Due to its high selection value, all vertebrates display this basic behavior. Here, we review the properties of the OKR with a focus on the zebrafish, including methodological aspects of measuring eye movements in small larvae. The genetic amenabilities of the zebrafish model permit the use of this reflexive behavior in genetic screens. Such approaches have led to the isolation of mutant strains with specific defects in the visual pathway. In addition to the use of the OKR as a screening assay, mutations with characteristic abnormalities in the execution of this behavior will enable the analysis of sensory-motor control in great detail. A case in point is the belladonna mutation, where an axonal misrouting effect at the optic chiasm leads to a reversed OKR with a number of interesting properties.
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Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Molecular Life Sciences |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 570 Life sciences; biology |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Retinal Slip, Gaze-Stabilization, Optokinetic Nystagmus, OKN, Slow Phase, Fast Phase, Saccade, Congenital Nystagmus, Review |
Language: | English |
Date: | 2008 |
Deposited On: | 11 Feb 2008 12:17 |
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Up Close Photos Of The Amazing Chysler Turbine Car
Only nine of Chrysler's extraordinary, sometimes-tequila-powered Turbine Cars still exist. Steve Lehto (who wrote the book on these things) has some great photos of how they live now.
Only nine of Chrysler's extraordinary, sometimes-tequila-powered Turbine Cars still exist. Steve Lehto (who wrote the book on these things) has some great photos of how they live now. » 9/07/14 1:12pm 9/07/14 1:12pm
Last week, the US Navy flew a model airplane with a small 2-stroke engine. That's not normally news, except for one big detail: the fuel the plane burned was made from seawater via a process the Navy has been working on for years. Let's look a little into what this sorcery is, and if it'll ever power our cars. » 4/15/14 4:00pm 4/15/14 4:00pm
Argonne National Laboratory's developing a low temperature combustion system to offer diesel-like efficiency without the diesel-like emissions (or performance). Sound familiar? Ultimately, diesel's higher energy density makes attempts to dismiss its use misguided.(Hat tip to Elhigh!) [Wired Autopia] » 9/27/10 4:00pm 9/27/10 4:00pm
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 500+ vehicles into this series, we've finally got an electric car! » 9/27/09 9:00am 9/27/09 9:00am
MINI's added a special sticker to the charger ports on their MINI E reminding drivers not to put fuel in it. Perfect time for a JaloPSA to remind everyone that electric cars and gasoline do not mix. » 9/23/09 8:00am 9/23/09 8:00am
Sugar in your gas tank doesn't have to be that bad, thanks to inventor Paul Patone, although you still have to mix your Mtn Dew with 20% gasoline or it'll run X-tremely rough. [Oh Gizmo] » 8/11/09 10:00am 8/11/09 10:00am
The long-brewing, all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV has finally gotten the production green-light and a sale price. It's a rather bracing $47,000 for the Japanese market. Spendy, but no gasoline necessary is a pretty killer feature, right? » 6/05/09 11:00am 6/05/09 11:00am
Want to check out the Golden Mean, a fire-belching Volkswagen Beetle-based giant snail that seats six and packs an 800-watt sound system inside its shell? With snake charming to boot? Head to Oakland tonight! » 5/02/09 10:00am 5/02/09 10:00am
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Today we've got a couple of cars with just one thing in common: insanity! » 4/12/09 4:00pm 4/12/09 4:00pm
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw a cat-piss-enhanced, meth-head-damaged, Camaro-suspended '53 Chevy take a beating in the Choose Your Eternity poll at the hands of the Jaguar-powered, bugs-in-face… » 8/12/08 5:20pm 8/12/08 5:20pm
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw the triple-'49-Mercury deal obliterate the six-four by what may be the biggest-ever margin in Choose Your Eternity Poll history: 80-20 for the Mercuries in the Low And Slow… » 7/24/08 5:20pm 7/24/08 5:20pm
There is no good reason at all for Nissan to take their fuel-cell-powered X-Trail to the Nordschleife, but that's what they've gone and done. An 11-minute, 58-second lap time and putting a fuel cell-powered SUV on the 'Ring are both patently ridiculous. Enough. Nissan, it was great when you blasted round the 'Ring… » 7/24/08 1:20pm 7/24/08 1:20pm
Two-thirds of California's population lives in the southern part of the state, so it stands to reason that the Down On The California Street series would have to return to SoCal after a few Bay Area machines. Makeopalpyse, of Team Make:Way fame, shot this car in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. Yes, folks,… » 6/15/08 4:30pm 6/15/08 4:30pm
You want to drive a car powered by the most reliable automobile engine ever produced, you want to burn non-petroleum fuel, yet you don't want to drive a boring ol' Mercedes sedan like every other anti-dinosaur-juice diesel demon in town? Loyal reader Vance has pulled our coat about this '67 Cougar with a freshly… » 6/11/08 8:00am 6/11/08 8:00am
While the 2011 Chevy Volt is proceeding down the path from vaporware to successful range testing to production ready, its price seems to remain stubbornly in the land of the lost. The original goal was to have it on the road for around $30,000, in April, Maximum Bob dropped the bomb saying the price may come in at $48k » 5/22/08 11:20am 5/22/08 11:20am


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Film Socialisme [Blu-ray] (Jean-Luc Godard, 2010) Review by Gary Tooze Production: Theatrical: Wild Bunch / Canal Video: Lorber Disc: Region: 'A' (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:41:42.137 Disc Size: 25,927,999,611 bytes Feature Size: 23,631,573,888 bytes Video Bitrate: 27.20 Mbps Chapters: 12 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Inside cardboard slipcase Release date: January 10th, 2012 Video: Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 2133 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2133 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Subtitles: Godard's 'Navajo' English, Full English, none Extras: • Trailers • Stills
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is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard'') Bitrate: Description: Legendary director Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless) returns to the screen with Film Socialisme, a magisterial essay on the decline of European Civilization. As a garish cruise ship travels the Mediterranean (with rock legend Patti Smith among its guests), Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty. *** A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona. The Film: There are more hidden references than in an afternoon of Tarantino movies. Except, unlike Tarantino, Godard is not entertaining pub quiz movie geeks; but giving clues to further meanings within his experimental and exploratory work. A young lad gives a young woman a copy of La Porte Entroite (a coming of age novel). There are nods to Husserl's philosophical geometry which fit the film but will need hours of study to fully appreciate (we see a projection of a man lecturing on 'geometry as origin' – to an empty auditorium). And Balzac's Illusions Perdues, which anticipates themes of aristocracy vs. poverty as well as journalism as intellectual prostitution. And don't miss the homage later to Battleship Potemkin's Odessa Staircase slaughter. Excerpt from Chris at EyeForFilm located HEREGertrude Stein once wrote that Ezra Pound, one of the sacred monsters of literary modernism, was "a village explainer, excellent if you were a village, if not, not." Jean-Luc Godard's place in late-20th-century French cinema is not unlike Pound's in midcentury Anglophone poetry: endlessly influential and perpetually controversial, a longtime resident of the middle ground between sage and crank. But at this point in his career Mr. Godard is better described as a village mystifier. Which is excellent if you happen to inhabit the global village of easily accessible, disposable images. We villagers tend to like our movies comfortable and familiar, and this man's job is to make them difficult and strange. Excerpt from A. O. Scott at the NY Times located HEREImage : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Film Socialisme looks very impressive on Blu-ray from Lorber. There is such a variety of visuals used in the film - from modern depth to color distorted to vintage film clips - it is hard to critique. His flowing "hodge-podge" pastiche is... riveting - to say the least. The bulk of the feature is shot on crystal clear HD and exports all the impressiveness of that process. The contrast exhibits healthy, rich black levels without much of the flaring occasionally seen using a hi-def process. Colors are frequently brilliant - being standard or digitally altered to suit the director's intent. There are plenty of scenes that look absolutely stunning. This single-layered Blu-ray via 1080P is highly impressive. Visually it seems to mimic the ambitiousness of the docu-style cinema. I feel confident that this Blu-ray exports an authentic video presentation. Regardless it looks mesmerizing. CLICK EACH BLU-RAY CAPTURE TO SEE ALL IMAGES IN FULL 1920X1080 RESOLUTION Audio :The cornucopia of audio is transferred via a DTS-HD Master 5.1 at 2133 kbps. The opening sounds imposing and deep - to quote Michael Glover Smith : "Godard's recent comfort zone seems to be in taking clips from old movies and juxtaposing them with images of other works of art, adding punning intertitles and then overlaying all of it with a dense soundtrack consisting of classical music, snippets of movie soundtracks and the director's own voice. The end result of these dense, sometimes playful, always provocative texts is to makes viewers feel like they're banging around inside the pinball machine of Godard's mind, a place I've always been more than happy to visit." The lossless track is overwhelming at times and impressive - reminding me of Malick's Tree of Life. Subtitles are offered in Godard's 'Navajo' English or a more complete 'Full English' translation of intertitles and well or none at all. My Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked. Extras : No much in the way of extras - just some Trailers, a stills gallery and the package contains some liner notes with a 3-page essay about Film Socialisme by Richard Brody (author of '''Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard'').
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