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Large poster but small imageI'm new at large print design and need to create a 3m x 6m poster at a minimum of 100dpi or I can make a 1.5m x 3m poster at 200dpi.
The problem I'm facing is getting a photo large enough! The photo we want to use is 2848 x 3875px and it's very small in comparison to the poster canvas. I'm afraid enlarging it so much is going to look awful in the final print.
What size images do people tend to use for these large scale projects? Will it be ok to enlarge an image that much or will it look terrible?
The poster is going to be suspended in the air in a shopping centre so I'm guessing the resolution can't be too low.
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Is your 39"x53" image at 72ppi? Or some other resolution.
Who is giving you the minimum of 100dpi?
When it doubt print it out. Enlarge the image and print as large a section of it that you can on your office printer, stick it to the wall and step back. Don't squint.
For a banner going up in the air at a shopping center, if I knew it was going to be at least 15 to 20 feet of viewing distance, I might try 50dpi actual (not interpolated). Possibly 35 depending on the image but that might be pushing it.
I've never printed anything at a resolution as low as PrintDriver is talking about, but we have printed a lot of large banners and signs at 125-150 and they look fine at 5-10 feet away or more.
We enlarge our magazine covers for shows/events all the time and usually they are about 3' x 4'. I've used pics as low as 120dpi for this and they are seen fairly close up, with no problem.
So I agree with PD if you are going to be hanging it from a ceiling or far away then you are okay to go with 100dpi at least.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. ~ Kurt Cobain
I wouldn't do tradeshow graphics or anything you can walk up to and touch at anything under 100dpi real (not interpolated.) Finding imagery is half the battle.
Sorry for not replying sooner - and thanks to all those who replied! The printers recommended the DPI to be 100 if it was at 3m x 6m.
I've attached a screenshot example of how much I'd have to enlarge the image by. It's over 400%!
So the red block is the size of the photo I would have to stretch to cover the majority of the canvas. Surely this is going to look terrible?
If the file is a unique image that you cannot go back and reshoot, then you can probably res it up a step at a time with "Genuine Fractals". You likely can get away with 72 dpi since the viewing distance will be great.
If you can go back and reshoot, start with a 10 or 16 megapixel camera.
Or if you can stitch multiple images together to create the final, this might be an option.
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Way back in school I remember the term "aesthetic distance" being used. I've never heard the term used since then, but I've always remembered it and factored it into my work.
What it refers to is designing something to match the distance from which it's usually viewed. For example, a wall-sized photo will rarely be viewed from 12 to 18 inches away, like a magazine or website might be viewed. Instead, the ideal viewing distance might be several feet or, in the case of a billboard, a couple of hundred feet. Consequently, from these "aesthetic distances," the resolution doesn't need to be especially high — just high enough for the image to look sharp from that distance.
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And I've given up long ago on arguing about the step conversions using any type of pixel generating program. Viewing distance vs time to muck around with stepping something up isn't ever worth the effort. It doesn't work too great at short viewing distances and for anything over 15' just save yourself the time and use the correct Photoshop bi-cubic interpolation. We have on occasion done some LVT to rescan on some images just to get something to go really huge but even that option is going out as the LVT machines slowly die. I only have one vendor with one (the same one who still has a working drum scanner )
edit: I will admit to having used pixel-generating software and I know a guy who's a whiz at making silk purses from sow's ears but it takes billable time, and far more than just punching a button that says "Make My Photo Larger."Last edited by PrintDriver; 06-15-2012, 11:27 AM.


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When people ask Sukanya Shankar if it rankles that her husband's time has to be shared with so many people, she replies, "I know he's public property." To that though, a well-wisher added, "You should say, public property, private ownership!"
Sukanya Shankar laughs delightedly in the recounting, and it's easy to forget that the husband in question, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, is in his 84th year of life. But that is something he is good at making you forget anyway. The voice may be feebler, the walk more careful, the sitar playing, to the musically observant, a marginally slowed down version of the days when listeners of East and West envisioned mystic myths of creation and destruction as his fingers raced across the sitar. But Ravi Shankar's impish remarks, the glint in his eyes, his cheeky humour and power of observation are all proof that his mind is as young, as alert as ever.
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Sukanya seems to work overtime on the latter. In a family that does not shirk to admit its departures from the beaten track, she points out how Ravi Shankar is now closer to his children and grandchildren and now "more at peace". Adds Sukanya, "My whole world is my family and that's how I keep my perspective. My priorities in life are Raviji, Anoushka, and now, Norah (the maestro's daughter by Sue Jones) and Kavi (Kaveri, his granddaughter by his elder son, the late Subho Shankar, his son by Annapoorna Devi).
"I think all creative genius children are difficult to bring up, because they usually don't have patience, and one needs a lot of patience," says Sukanya, pointing out that she doesn't only have Anoushka. "Actually I have three: Raviji, Anouskha and Norah," she laughs.
Then there is Som, Kaveri's brother, who just got married. In true motherly style, she narrates their traits. "Kaveri is very sweet. But these three — Som, Anoushka and Geetu (Norah, whose Indian name is Geetali) — are very alike, you know, spicy! I met Geetu when she was about 18, but I felt I had known her all my life."
Anoushka and Norah, says Sukanya, took some time to reach equilibrium with each other, since they were so alike. "It was difficult at first because both wanted to be leaders, and they were, in their groups of friends. But with each other, they couldn't do that!"
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"I've seen dozens of players with very few lessons excel. Why? Because they took on the role of "coach" themselves by studying the game as I've described above. They create their own "lessons" by watching, carefully observing, asking questions, and coming to correct conclusions."
This is pretty much me you're said however, I don't think I 'excel' yet (getting there through steady progess
). I didn't refer to this type of learning as self teaching before because I believe I'm still being taught by people other than my self. This type of learning is good because it gives you a more indepth understanding of the game;why you need to do things a certain way. Often I see coaches tell people vague instructions like 'hit longer' or 'punch the volley'. While the player may get it right at that moment, they go back to their old habit eventually. This is just my experience however and I am aware that there are good coaches out there. The point I'm making is that improvement should come also from your own desire to research and experiment, not just the things the coach tells you to do.
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Just got back from the dual. A few great matches tonight. Illinois came out to wrestle and score points. Iowa did not with the exceptions of Ramos and Lofthouse.
Delgado took a shot off the whistle and set the tone for the match. He never let McDonough get into his game. Matt didn't come out to score points tonight. Never got his hooks in on Jesse's legs to grind out a takedown. Didn't look like himself. Delgado is good.
Ramos put on a takedown clinic. He was able to score pretty easily. Can't wait to see what he can do against Oliver.
I missed the first part of Marions match because I have a small bladder but he wrestled a pretty solid match from what I saw.
Terrazas is good but I don't think he's great. Mark Ballweg cannot be Iowa's best option at 149. He's a good 141lber but not 149. Didnt take any shots that I recall. At this point I'm running out of hope that we will ever see Carew wrestle.
I think Dooley took five shots before St. John got a takedown and iirc it was a counter. Not impressed with his offense at all tonight. He's gonna have to wrestle a hell of a lot better if he's gonna beat Dake.
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I thought Lofthouse wrestled hard tonight. He showed good offense and had great counters to Blantons shots. Had much more wind than Jordan. Hope he can keep it up the whole year.
Fahlers shot two great super ducks. He is better than average from his feet but gets turned like a burger when underneath. He had good action and is fun to watch. Had a chance to win the match. Needed a takedown in the third to tie it but gave one up and the got turned a couple of times.
Lira wrestles hard too but just doesnt have the skills to be a great wrestler at this level.
Telford got in on more than a few shots but was unable to finish any of them. He rides good though. His match was a lot like Evans' in that he just needed the clock to be on his side once he got the legs in.
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SOFTWARE - HOW TO UPDATE (New Information Added to Reflect Release of version 4.10)
Always ensure you have a completely charged battery when doing updates - the last thing you want is your gps battery giving out halfway through the update, which could "Brick" your gps.
In case your update doesn't quite go as planned, it's a really good idea to back up the data on your gps.
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Connect your gps to a computer via USB cable
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Mark Messmer had a 50-second improvement on last year's regional time
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Freshman Reagan Colyer led the Grizzlies over the six-kilometer women's course, finishing in a time of 21:53 as Montana placed 15th in the 20-team field.
The UM men's team was led by freshman Paden Alexander, who covered the 10-kilometer course in 31:49. Montana finished 16th of the 17 teams racing.
Colorado, with all seven of its runners placing in the top 15, easily won the women's team title, with New Mexico finishing second and claiming the region's other automatic bid to the NCAA championship.
The Colorado men were ranked No. 1 nationally entering the race, but Northern Arizona, ranked No. 2, pulled the mini-upset and won by eight points over the Buffaloes. The teams will race again a week from Saturday at Terre Haute, Ind., with a national title on the line.
"Obviously we weren't out there competing for the trophy, so we had a little different focus," UM coach Collin Fehr said.
"The guys really did a nice job staying engaged in the race, and that can be challenging when the competition is so good. This region is one of the best in the country, so it's hard to stay in the mix when guys are running so fast in front of you."
The Grizzlies ended up running in three packs, with Alexander, redshirt freshman Adam Wollant and redshirt sophomore Mark Messmer working together to lead the way. Alexander finished 78th, Wollant 82nd in 31:57 and Messmer 89th in 32:21.
Alexander finished as the Grizzlies' top runner for the second time this season, Wollant ran in the top two for the sixth time in six fall races, and Messmer took 50 seconds of his regional time from a year ago.
"Something we've been working on through the whole season is working together," Fehr said, "and our top three guys ran together almost the entire race. They did a nice job of working through the race with each other, so that was nice."
Junior Ben Williamson ran alone most of the race and finished 96th in 32:39. Freshman Micah Drew was 108th in 33:52, redshirt freshman Cody Curtis was 111th in 34:14, and sophomore Matt Barker finished 112th in 34:25.
"Micah, Cody and Matt were working together for most of the race as well, and that was neat to see," Fehr said. "Once they lost connection with the main pack, they kind of had to, and they did a good job of that.
"Micah was dealing with some side aches throughout the race, Cody was gutting it out with his Achilles, and Matt has been sick all week, so we had some things working against some of the guys, but even with all that they were still really focused and kept things in perspective."
Texas Tech senior Kenndey Kithuka won the men's race in a time of 29:23.
Colyer led the Montana women for the fourth time in their last five races, and she was trailed closely by redshirt freshman Sarah Hastings, who finished four seconds -- 21:57 -- and seven spots -- 63rd -- behind Colyer. Hastings finished second to Colyer for the third straight race.
Redshirt freshman Lauryn Wate matched her best finish of the season by finishing third on the team and 90th overall in 22:27. Junior Carly Wilczynski, 93rd in 22:30, and redshirt junior Keli Dennehy, 95th in 22:32, rounded out Montana's top five.
"Reagan was a super stud again," Fehr said. "And Sarah and Lauryn have come on strong the last part of the season. They've been working their way up the lineup and were really competitors today. They were engaged and focused, and it was really neat to see that."
Junior Allie Parks finished 102nd in 22:42, junior Heather Fraley was 117th in 23:16.
New Mexico junior Sammy Silva was the winner of the women's race in 20:29.
"I thought our placement on the women's side could have been a little higher if we could have stayed engaged in the pack for longer early on," Fehr said, "but to keep things in perspective, the women weren't competing for the trophy either.
"We wanted to have everyone come across the line and feel like they left it all out there to finish the season. Overall it was positive feelings from the athletes after the race, and we haven't had that all year. We're definitely walking away from it feeling like it was a success."
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Men of Britain, count this as a Kelly Brook Christmas Eve Eve present from us:
We bet Mrs Claus looks JUST like this. Copyright: [Kelly Brook]
Yep, because what is more festive that whipping out a fine pair of norks?
And of you agree, then you are in luck as Kelly does that a lot in her 2013 calendar.
Just check out these snaps from a behind the scenes video from the shoot in which every month is a near naked Kelly Brook month.
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The Sun reported that some snaps were edited out after being deemed too rude to include.
Our money is in this one not making the cut:
Because NOTHING is ruder than a bannana. Copyright: [Kelly Brook]
And it's not just us (and the male population of Britain) saying that Ms Brook has a perfect bod, it's also a scientific factoid!
A study done at Newcastle University recently revealed Kel's 34-24-24 figure is the perfect female body.
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Because who DOESN'T hit the gym in PVC shorts? Copyright: [Kelly Brook]
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Kevin BOYer and Tom SteffANCI met in Napa Valley of all places during a boring corporate meeting. Tom was actually the bureaucrat that called the meeting Kevin was attending. After the meeting, we broke away to visit some wineries and talked tirelessly about the wines that blew our minds, those we hated and the ones we would make someday if we got the chance. We also talked about what we wanted to do to make a difference and how we each thought we might be able to do something meaningful. A strong friendship ensued and after a lot of talking about creating our own wine, we finally created BOYANCI. In April of 2009 we released our first ever vintage of BOYANCI, 2006 Red Blend, a 200 case project from Pritchard Hill. Our winemaker Mia Klein (one of the most heralded winemakers in Napa Valley history, formerly of Dalla Valle, Araujo Estate, Chappellet, Viader and owner of her own amazing brand, Selene) expertly crafts our atypical Bordeaux blend into a seamless expression of Napa Valley fruit and extraction with a Bordeaux like elegance.
In October of 2009 we launched our second wine, the 2007 InSpire, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. InSpire is the slightly rebellious son of BOYANCI, our flagship wine, InSpire exhibits a youthful exuberance in both its personality and the style of the wine. As you can see, we call out the "spire" in InSpire and include a "spire" on the label to signify the brands desire to reach up and help others. Just as we do with BOYANCI, we give 10% of our profits to Coprodeli , a non- profit that builds schools clinics and housing in the most impoverished areas of Peru. It was in Peru while marveling at the wonders of the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu that we decided on the red shape at the top of our Spire. View all BOYANCI Wines
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It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just grated an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, Albert Pujols … and the Kung Fu Panda. Pablo Sandoval hit three home runs, tying a World Series record held by Ruth, Jackson and Pujols to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 on Wednesday night at AT&T Park. Sandoval homered in each of his first three at-bats, including two off Tigers ace Justin Verlander. He connected for a third homer off reliever Al Alburquerque to tie the record held by the three legendary sluggers. Ruth set the record in 1926 and tied it in 1928. Jackson had his hat trick in 1977, and Pujols went deep three times last year in Game 3 for St. Louis against Texas. "When you're a little kid, you dream of being in the World Series but you don't think of being in this situation where you hit three home runs in a game," Sandoval said. Sandoval tripled off Verlander in the All-Star Game in July at Kansas City. That gave him a boost of confidence facing a pitcher who ...
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Keeping Land As Nature Intended
By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.
Jul. 18–STELLA — A vast stretch of the White Oak River and the marsh and farmland that extend from its banks were the backdrop for Harry Barker's childhood.
"Some of my favorite memories are working on the farm and at the end of the day, if it wasn't dark, we'd be here swimming or fishing," Barker said while standing on a dock leading to the river's edge.
Barker and his wife established a residence in Wilson after they married, but it is in the Stella area of Carteret County where they return just about every summer weekend and whenever else they can.
His land along the White Oak River is where Barker grew up, and it is where his family has roots dating back 170 years.
Barker's great-great-great-grandfather, Matthew Mason of the Sneads Ferry area, purchased a total of 1,500 acres in the area back in 1839. The 350 acres of farm and forestland the Barkers now own is part of that original property.
The land has frontage on both the White Oak River and Hunters Creek, and Barker not only wants it to stay in the family — he also wants to see it untouched by development.
For that reason the Barkers have partnered with North Carolina Coastal Land Trust to protect the land.
"Much farmland and woodland in coastal North Carolina has been sold for residential and commercial development," Barker said. "It has always been our desire to maintain our property along the White Oak River undeveloped and unspoiled. By working with the Coastal Land Trust we have ensured that two miles of waterfront and all of our woodland will remain undisturbed for all to enjoy."
The Coastal Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation organization, purchased a landowner agreement on May 29 on approximately 250 acres of the Barker property with a grant from the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund.
The landowner agreement, designed to enhance water quality, conserves a mature hardwood forest and an expansive estuarine marsh winding along more than 2 miles of the White Oak River.
It's an agreement that conserves the property for generations to come.
"This will be beyond my lifetime, and it will never be developed," Barker said.
The Barkers first became partners with the Coastal Land Trust back in December 2007 when they donated a landowner agreement on more than 50 acres of their property to contribute to the overall conservation effort.
The donation agreement allows them to continue farming and forest management activities but restricts any residential or commercial development in perpetuity.
Coastal Land Trust Deputy Director Janice Allen said the project with the Barkers has multiple conservation values, including water quality benefits, protection of wildlife and habitat and scenic value.
And because the Stella property falls within a strategic military training route for Cherry Point Air Station, there is also a military benefit, she said.
Add the fact that the property sits near Croatan National Forest and the enthusiasm of the landowners and it was easy to see the property's potential as a conservation site, Allen said.
"This was a no-brainer," she said. "Mr. Barker has been a model landowner and everything has worked out great. That's what it takes: people who love their land."
The Coastal Land Trust works with private individuals and corporate landowners in North Carolina to conserve property along the coast. Since 1992, the Trust has helped conserve more than 40,000 acres of land in 21 coastal counties.
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TAMBARAM: A large number of residents of Gerugambakkam and adjoining villages near Porur met on Saturday, urging the State government and Airports Authority of India to identify and acquire vacant land for modernisation and expansion of the Chennai Airport land for developing a greenfield airport.
Residents of Gerugambakkam, Manapakkam, Thaarapakkam, Kolapakkam and Kovur villages, that are constituent villages of the Kunrathur Panchayat Union of Kancheepuram district, met at E.V.P. Town in Gerugambakkam.
They told reporters that the State government's proposal to acquire more than 1,000 acres for the proposed expansion and modernisation of the airport came as a rude shock to them. Though the Centre had made it clear that a humane approach should be adopted during land acquisition for development works, the present proposal of the State government was unilateral, speakers at the meeting said.
Referring to a note issued by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority in June 2006, K. Balesh, a resident, said it was specifically mentioned that land coming under certain survey numbers in Gerugambakkam and Thaarapakkam villages were classified under 'Primary Residential Use Zone and it is not affected by the proposed International Airport in Kancheepuram district'. But the same villages were now proposed to be acquired for the project.


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you could tell he was hurt more than just the slam alone, i hope he can even fight again one day.
Joe "Diesel" Riggs is to undergo back surgery to relieve pressure on his sciatic nerve, following his first round injury loss to Cory Devela at Saturday nights Strikeforce "At The Dome" show, according to statements made to MMAweekly.
Riggs has been plagued with back injuries throughout his career.
Joe Riggs on his injury:
"I felt fire shoot down my right leg….I was like, I'm done. I'm done; I can't do anything…I thought I was paralyzed."
"I'm pulling my hair out over this thing, it's embarrassing….I'm not trying to disrespect the guy, but he had no business beating a guy like me."
Joe Riggs had a clause in his contract that will grant him an immediate rematch with Cory Devela, here is what Riggs had to say about their rematch:
"I vow my career on it; it will be a total, complete ass whooping"
you could tell he was hurt more than just the slam alone, i hope he can even fight again one day.
hell yeah and i hope he comes back stronger not weaker
Yeah the Riggs seems like a great guy and fighter I hope he gets back to 100%.
it was a tough break but riggs has to give it up to the guy for controlling both arms and getting a pretty damn good hip toss. i hope riggs proves what he says, rehabs well, then rematches devela.


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Proc. Nati. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 82, pp. 253-257, January 1985 Neurobiology Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in the gray tremor mutant mouse (unconventional transmissible agent/slow virus/neurological mutant mouse/myelination disorder/pigmentation disorder) RICHARD L. SIDMAN*, HANNAH C. KINNEY*, AND HOPE 0. SWEETt *Departments of Neuropathology, Harvard Medical School, and of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115; and tThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Contributed by Richard L. Sidman, September 10, 1984 ABSTRACT Gray tremor (gt) is an autosomal recessive (HYIII/Le) strain carrying the hydrocephalus 3 (hy-3) muta- mutation in the mouse linked to caracul (Ca) on chromosome tion in the Mouse Mutant Stocks Center at The Jackson Lab- 15. The complex mutant phenotype includes pigmentation de- oratory in 1977 (1). The new mutant's whole body tremor fects, tremor, seizures, hypo- and dysmyelination in central and frequent convulsive seizures are characteristic of mice and peripheral nervous systems, spongiform encephalopathy, with myelin deficiency in the CNS (17), and its nervous sys- and early death. The heterozygote (+/gt) is phenotypically tem was examined in Boston with the expectation of similar normal but develops a mild spongiform encephalopathy from 2 findings. A myelin disorder was indeed discovered, though months of age onward. The pigmentation and myelination dis- not the expected one, and additional important abnormalities orders indicate that the gt genetic locus is active neonatally and were found that had not previously been observed among the probably earlier. This report focuses mainly on the later-ex- more than 100 mutant disorders of the nervous system in pressed vacuolating disorder, which most closely mimics in tis- mice (see, e.g., refs. 18 and 19). sue distribution, histopathology, and ultrastructure the spon- giform encephalopathies caused by unconventional transmissi- Phenotype ble agents. This lesion was produced in genetically normal mice in a transmission experiment: of 99 neonatal mice inocu- Pigmentation defects identify the mutant individuals in the lated intracerebrally with gt/gt brain homogenate, all 7 mice first week after birth: light ear pinnae at postnatal day 3 (P3), of three strains (BALB/cBy, C3HeB/FeJ, and C57BL/6J) al- white blaze on head at P4, and extensive white belly spot, lowed to survive for the unusually long interval of 682-721 white feet and tail, and uniform gray agouti coat color evi- days after inoculation, developed spongiform changes distrib- dent thereafter. Eye color is not affected. On P8 the homo- uted as in the mutant phenotype. The gray tremor mutant pre- zygotes develop a whole body tremor when moving about in sents a naturally occurring spongiform encephalopathy whose the cage, and seizures appear subsequently. Mutant wean- expression is determined by the interaction of genetic factors lings often develop a gastrointestinal illness with abdominal and a transmissible agent. distension and watery fecal material with gas bubbles. Death usually occurs by P90, though on a heterogeneous back- Gray tremor (gt), an autosomal recessive mutation in the ground, some mice survive to reproduce. Heterozygotes mouse (1), features a complex phenotype including pigmen- (+/gt) have normal pigmentation, display normal behavior, tation defects, tremor, seizures, central and peripheral my- and live a normal lifespan. elin abnormalities, and early death (2). The lesion of greatest relevance to human disease is a spongiform encephalopathy Genetics in the mutant's central nervous system (CNS) characterized by noninflammatory vacuolation with rare neuronal loss and The gt mutation was first recognized in one female weanling mild gliosis (3). The spongiform lesion is the morphological of a litter of four born to + /hy-3 parents. The original male hallmark of the recognized spongiform encephalopathies of parent +/gt, +/hy-3, when mated to a C3B6-A/Aw-J Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru in humans, scrapie in (C3HeB/FeJ x C57BL/6J-Aw-J/Aw-J) hybrid female, pro- sheep, and transmissible mink encephalopathy, all caused by duced all normal progeny. Inter se matings of these F1 proge- unconventional transmissible agents or "slow viruses" (4). ny resulted in the reappearance of affected (gt/gt) animals in These agents share the unusual properties of relative resist- the F2 generation, Of 225 offspring born to known carriers, ance to DNA inactivating procedures, sensitivity to protein 67 were classified as gt/gt, a frequency not significantly dif- denaturation, and elusiveness to ultrastructural detection; ferent from the theoretical value of 0.25 for an autosomal their exact molecular nature is controversial (4-8). Another recessive mutation (67/225 = 0.2978, x2 = 2.73, P > 0.05). A cause of spongiform lesions appears to be certain ecotropic mating between two homozygotes (gt/gt) produced six af- murine leukemia viruses (9-12). All the known spongiform fected offspring. The present colony is derived from contin- encephalopathies are usually sporadic, although host sus- ued brother x sister matings from the original outcross of the ceptibility and length of incubation period may be under ge- +/gt male to the C3B6-A/Aw-J hybrid. netic control (13-16). This report describes the phenotype Linkage tests were made with several chromosome mark- and genetics of the gray tremor mouse and a preliminary in- ers before linkage was found with caracul (Ca) on chromo- oculation experiment indicating transmissibility of the spon- some 15 (Table 1). The estimates of recombination values, giform encephalopathy. calculated using Finney's scores (20), give a recombination The gt mutation appeared spontaneously in the inbred value for all crosses of 19.22 + 2.63%. Although the order is not known the position of caracul toward the distal end of The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge chromosome 15 suggests that gt is proximal to Ca. payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact. Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; Px, postnatal day x. 253 254 Neurobiology: Sidman et aLPProc. NatL Acad ScL USA 82 (1985) Table 1. Results of data showing linkage of gt with Ca on chromosome 15 Progeny % Mating (9 x d) Ca + + gt + + Ca gt Total recombination* Ca +/+ gt X + gt/+ gt 15 7 4 2 28 21.42 ± 7.75 Ca +/ gt x + +/+ gt 111 41 65 8 225 15.31 ± 4.38 + +/ gt x Ca gt++ + 63 9 78 30 180 23.97 ± 4.90 Ca gt/+ + X + +/+ gt 49 3 49 24 125 17.73 ± 5.88 Combined 558 19.22 + 2.63 *+ standard error. Recombination estimates were calculated using Finney's scores (20). Pathologic findings in gt/gt and +/gt mice lar material, wisps of membrane and vesicles (Fig. 3). Den- drites are focally swollen and contain irregular vacuoles of The nervous system was examined in 10 homozygotes, ages uncertain origin. Small vacuoles are also present in neuronal P7 to P238, 10 heterozygotes, P59-P578, and 12 wild-type perikarya, axon shafts, and presynaptic terminals. Vacuoles mice, P12-P425, all on the HYIII/Le x C3B6 and C3B6Fj in white matter are formed by interlamellar splitting of my- genetic backgrounds. In the gray tremor mutant (gt/gt), elin sheaths. Astrocytes lack vacuoles. CNS myelination is delayed and reduced in amount. Axons Vacuolation is found initially at P7, predominantly in are continuously myelinated along their lengths, as in normal white matter of spinal cord, but within a week it involves animals, but the myelin sheaths on the average are thin rela- gray matter of brainstem, thalamus, and, to a lesser extent, tive to the caliber of the enclosed axons. In the mutant's spinal cord. By the end of the first postnatal month, virtually peripheral nervous system, myelin abnormalities include de- the entire neuraxis is involved and vacuolation thereafter is layed myelination, hypomyelination, especially at the root consistently more severe in CNS gray than white matter. entry zones, and dysmyelination-for example, a whole The superficial cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex, and retina bundle of axons of various calibers enclosed within a single are uniformly spared at all ages. Astrocytic proliferation is myelin sheath (Fig. 1). These findings are in contrast to the mild and neuronal loss is inconspicuous. Inflammatory cells, normal relationship of a single axon enclosed within a single congophilic angiopathy, neurofibrillary tangles, and senile myelin sheath, with a constant ratio of myelin sheath thick- plaques are not observed. ness to axon diameter in the mouse (21). An intensive search for conventional viruses by electron The most distinctive finding in the homozygote's CNS is microscopy resulted in the detection of 83-nm intracisternal vacuolation of gray and white matter. In gray matter the vac- particles consistent with type A retrovirus in a damaged, un- uoles are conspicuous in the neuropil, where they are round identifiable cell in the anterior horn of the lumbar spinal cord or irregularly oval and occur in a range of sizes up to 20 gm in one mutant individual at P31. Budding viral particles from in diameter (Fig. 2). By electron microscopy the vacuoles plasma membrane or extracellular particles were not seen. are membrane-bound and contain various amounts of granu- "Scrapie-associated fibrils" (22) were not detected in the brains of five homozygotes at P18-33, three heterozygotes FIG. 1. Sciatic nerve, P238 gt/gt mutant. A bundle of axons of different calibers is enclosed within a single myelin sheath (right FIG. 2. Ventral horn of lumbar spinal cord, P18 gt/gt mutant. center), in contrast to the normal 1:1 relationship of axon (Ax) to Gray matter vacuoles are irregular, often confluent, and located in myelin sheath. (x3000.) the neuropil. (x530.) Neurobiology: Sidman et aL Proc. NatL Acad Sci. USA 82 (1985) 255 uolation is minimal. Such CNS vacuolation is not present in wild-type (+/+) mice of the background strain or any other strain in our colony at any age examined, with the exception of one female from the inbred colony examined at P341 and found to have minimal vacuolation in white matter of spinal cord and rostral brainstem. Her classification as +/+ was based on generation of 0/17 affected progeny when she was mated to a known + /gt male. The degree of vacuolation and sites of involvement were far less than in +/gt mice of simi- lar age. Transmission study Ninety-nine mice of seven strains obtained from The Jack- son Laboratory were inoculated with homogenized gt/gt brain on P0 to P6 (Table 2). We used three strains homozy- gous for the Fv-I allele (DBA/2J-cri, DBA/2J, and C3HeB/ FeJ) and three homozygous for Fv-lb (BALB/cBy, BALB/ cWt, and C57BL/6J). These alleles restrict replication of B- tropic and N-tropic ecotropic murine leukemia viruses, re- spectively. The inoculum was prepared by light homogeniza- tion of the brains of two mutants at P30 in lactated Ringer's solution followed by dilution of the suspension to approxi- mately 5% (estimated, wt/vol); 0.01 ml of the supernatant (gravity sedimentation) was injected intracerebrally. The in- oculated mice were kept in isolation in a quarantine facility with their parents until weaning (P18-P22) and then were separated into cages with littermates of the same sex. The FIG. 3. Ventral horn of lumbar spinal cord, P31 gt/gt mutant. parents and inoculated mice were housed for life in the quar- Vacuoles in the neuropil are membrane-bound and contain granular antine facility, where they were fed standard laboratory material, membrane fragments, and vesicles. Irregular vacuoles are chow and water ad lib and maintained on a 12-hr: 12-hr light/ present in swollen dendrites (arrow) with intact synapses. (x2000.) dark cycle. Noninoculated control mice of the same strains were housed separately in nonquarantine animal rooms but at P450-P640, eight wild-type (+ / +) mice of the background were otherwise maintained similarly to the inoculated mice strain at P19-P420, and eight C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice at and their parents. P19-P420 (P. Merz, personal communication). Of the 99 mice inoculated with gt/gt brain homogenate, 81 General autopsy, including bone marrow examination, of mice survived to weaning and, of these, 73 mice were exam- five mutants at P18, P25, and P60 was unremarkable. Agan- ined histologically at serial time points 17 to 721 days after glionosis or other abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract inoculation (Table 2). None developed hindlimb paralysis, was not detected in random histological sections, but quanti- overt tremor, or seizures. Ruffled fur and mildly unsteady fication or subclassification of enteric system neurons has gait were present in aged inoculated and noninoculated con- not been attempted. In the eye, choroidal melanocytes are trol mice. CNS vacuoles were present in 7 of 13 mice of the not distinguished until P32, after which time their numbers HYIII/Le x C3B6-A/Aw-J-gt/+ genetic background from 88 appear decreased in comparison with wild-type controls. days after inoculation onward. Progeny tests to distinguish Pigment granules are present in the retinal pigmented epithe- +/gt from +/+ genotypes among these mice were unsuc- lium. cessful but it is likely that several of these mice (statistically, In +/gt mice, qualitative examination of central and pe- two-thirds of them) were heterozygotes, shown after initia- ripheral myelin and of eye has revealed no abnormalities up tion of this experiment to have spontaneous CNS vacuola- to P578, the oldest age studied. However, mild to moderate tion (see above). We noted no difference in the rate of pro- vacuolation is seen from P59 onward in the same gray matter gression of the spongiform lesion between these mice and sites affected in gt/gt mice and is ultrastructurally indistin- proved heterozygotes. guishable. In contrast to the homozygotes, white matter vac- No definitive CNS vacuolation was detected in non-gt Table 2. Summary of transmission study Survivors at Mice with CNS vacuolation/mice examined weaning/mice Age at histologically Strain inoculated inoculation 17 88 192 233-488 682-721 Total C3B6-A/A'-J-gt (+1-) 14/22 P2, P4 0/2 1/2 2/4 2/3 2/2 7/13 DBA/2J-cri 4/7 P1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 NA 0/4 DBA/2J 7/8 P2, P4 0/2 0/1 0/2 0/1 NA 0/6 C3HeB/FeJ 11/11 PO 0/1 0/1 0/2 0/3 4/4 4/11 BALB/cBy 6/11 P3 0/1 NE 0/2 0/1 1/1 1/5 BALB/cWt 8/8 P2 0/1 0/2 0/2 0/3 NA 0/8 C57BL/6J 31/32 P2-P6 0/4 0/4 0/8 0/6 2/4 2/26 Total 81/99 0/12 1/11 2/21 2/18 9/11 14/73 Mice were examined at serial time points from 17 to 682-721 days after inoculation. NA, not available; NE, not examined. 256 Neurobiology: Sidman et al Proc. NatL Acad Sci. USA 82 (1985) strains until 682 days after inoculation. At 682-721 days, the the brains of control animals did not develop a neurological termination of the study, all four C3HeB/FeJ mice, the one disorder (see, e.g., ref. 6). surviving BALB/cBy mouse, and two of four C57BL/6J The CNS of eight male and female parents (BALB/cWt, mice had CNS vacuolation (Table 2). Of the C57BL/6J mice, BALB/cBy, C3HeB/FeJ, DBA/2J, C57BL/6J, and C3B6- two were negative at 682 days and two were mildly positive A/Aw-J-gt/+) of the inoculated mice were examined at ages (less severe than the C3HeB/FeJ and BALB/cBy mice) at 13-27 months. The one male BALB/cWt parent demonstrat- 721 days. Vacuolation in all three strains was most promi- ed mild noninflammatory vacuolation in the thalamus and nent in brainstem neuropil with mild to minimal involvement brainstem when killed 686 days after inoculum of his off- of thalamus and spinal cord; cerebral and cerebellar cortex, spring. He had appeared ill with head bobbing, hunched basal ganglia, and hippocampus were spared, as in the early back, and ruffled fur for his final 10 months and was hyper- stages of the naturally occurring disease. The three affected active for 2 months but displayed no tremor or seizures. All BALB/cBy and C3HeB/FeJ brains examined ultrastructur- progeny in his inoculated litter of eight had survived to ally contained no recognized viral particles. weaning, so that cannibalism cannot be invoked as a route of All seven C3HeB/FeJ mice present 233 days after inocula- transmission to account for his disease; he could, however, tion appeared slightly tremulous and were considered abnor- have licked inoculum leaking from the injection sites. None mal; however, there was no progression of signs, and vacuo- of his offspring had brain vacuoles but all were killed before lation was not recognized until about 13 months later (Table 1 year of age. Of five other noninoculated parents killed at 2). One BALB/cBy mouse was slightly tremulous about 375 13-20 months of age, two females (C3HeB/FeJ and days after inoculation but also showed no progression; its BALB/cBy) had mild vacuolation in the brain but had dem- brain was extensively vacuolated 711 days after inoculation. onstrated no overt illness. There had been no neonatal The C57BL/6J mice were behaviorally normal at all times. deaths among the C3HeB/FeJ offspring; four of the 11 off- At 682 days one inoculated C3HeB/FeJ mouse appeared spring had CNS vacuolation 682 and 721 days after inocula- chronically ill with weight loss, generalized weakness, and tion. One of seven of the BALB/cBy offspring had died as a reduced activity. At autopsy the brainstem was moderately neonate and may have been cannibalized, a littermate exam- vacuolated (Fig. 4), with thalamus and spinal cord less ined 711 days after inoculation had CNS vacuoles. involved. This animal also had a chronic meningitis with C57BL/6J and DBA/2J parent brains were unremarkable. lymphocytes and rare plasma cells but no intraparenchymal inflammation or viral inclusions. The liver showed chronic Interpretations and conclusions inflammation and nodular regeneration; with diligent search- ing, two extracellular, immature C type retroviral particles 1. The pigmentation defects and the unusual abnormali- were detected in a single electron microscopic field. In no ties of peripheral nerve myelination suggest that the gray other affected inoculated mouse was there evidence of in- tremor locus affects neural crest derivatives prior to birth, flammation or viral inclusions intra- or extracranially. CNS with ongoing effects on neural-crest derivatives into the neo- vacuoles or inflammation were not present in C3HeB/ natal period. FeJ, BALB/cBy, and C57BL/6J control brains. In other 2. The gene dose dependency of the spongiform change studies, hundreds of mice inoculated with homogenates from (early, severe, and symptomatic in the homozygote and late, mild, and asymptomatic in the heterozygote) suggests that this lesion may be close to the primary action of the altered gene product. No information is available as to whether a common fundamental abnormality might underlie the devel- opmental disorders of pigmentation and myelination as well, or alternatively, whether gt is a mutation involving more than one gene. 3. Gray tremor's spongiform encephalopathy and the transmitted disease in genetically normal mice share many morphological features with disorders known to be due to the unconventional transmissible agents (4, 23), particularly experimental Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease expressed in mice (24, 25). However, the transmissible agent in gray tremor has not yet been identified, and certain strains of ecotropic mu- rine leukemia virus have been reported to cause a noninflam- matory spongiform encephalopathy in wild mice (9-12). In this entity, abundant type C virus particles (9, 11, 15), as well as occasional type A particles (9), are readily identified ultra- structurally. Susceptibility to type C retrovirus expression is influenced by the Fv-1 genetic locus (15, 16). The transmis- sion of disease to both Fv-JP and Fv-Jb strains of mice sug- gests that, if ecotropic murine leukemia viruses are involved in the disease process, they may have unusual host range characteristics that distinguish them from the endogenous N- tropic ecotropic leukemia viruses of C57BL/6 and C3H mice. The significance of the rare type A particles in one degenerating cell in the spinal cord of a P31 gt/gt mutant and type C particles in the abnormal liver of one inoculated C3HeB/FeJ mouse is unknown; their presence may be inci- dental, however, since retroviruses are endogenous in the FIG. 4. The spongiform lesion consists of irregular, fine vacu- murine genome (26). oles distributed nonuniformly through the neuropil of the brainstem 4. The results of the transmission study indicate that the (arrows) and the cerebellar white matter (*) of an inoculated gray tremor mutant represents a naturally occurring spongi- C3HeB/FeJ mouse 682 days after inoculation. (Bar = 250 mun.) form encephalopathy whose expression is determined by the Neurobiology: Sidman et aL Proc. NatL. Acad Sci. USA 82 (1985) 257 interaction of genetic factors and an unconventional, retro- 6. Prusiner, S. B. (1982) Science 216, 136-144. viral, or hitherto unrecognized transmissible agent. Like the 7. McKinley, M. 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Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation to Pay Tribute to the Late Bobby Short at the 2005 Illinois Arts Legend Awards.
The Illinois Arts Legend Awards were created to honor annually one artist and one arts advocate who have made lasting contributions to the cultural life of Illinois.
"Nobody is more deserving of such an honor than Mr. Bobby Short," said Alene Valkanas, Executive Director of the Illinois Arts Alliance. "He brought so much joy to people throughout Illinois, the United States and, indeed, the world, with his talent for interpreting the American popular songbook through his signature piano and vocal styling. There will never be another performer like him. We join the millions of fans the world over who are today mourning this tremendous loss."
Mr. Short was the nation's most celebrated cabaret performer. During his childhood in Danville, which he has written about extensively in his autobiographical works, he taught himself to play and sing by ear. Touring Vaudeville at the age of 12, he was dubbed "the miniature king of swing." He has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and has been honored with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Bloomfield College in New Jersey and an appointment as Laureate of the Lincoln Academy in Illinois. Mr. Short was a staple at New York's Cafe Carlyle, where he played the last 35 seasons.
The Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation will present the awards at the seventh annual Illinois Arts Legend Awards on Friday, April 15, 2005, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Rooftop Terrace of the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, 205 East Randolph, Chicago. Receiving the Illinois Arts Legend Award for an Advocate will be Richard H. Driehaus, Chairman of the Board, Driehaus Capital Management, Inc., and founder of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Bill Zwecker of CBS 2 Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times will serve as the master of ceremonies. More than 400 civic, business and philanthropic leaders are expected to join heads of Chicago arts and cultural institutions as well as performers and artists from Chicago's theater, dance and visual arts circles.
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Please tell me they confiscated his passport?
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Actually if he is like neighbors in Danville----perhaps family had him "come for a visit" and then this him onto out social welfare system. That's what is going on, folks! The neighbors have mom visiting from India but got her onto the system already!
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Perhaps the accused really is/was "just visiting" his relatives, but it would be interesting to see how long ago he arrived for his visit. I don't know what the maximum allowed stay in the US is, for a tourist/vacation type visit (90 days, perhaps?), but I also don't think that much attention is paid to adhering to the law.
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As a physicist working on the Manhattan Project, Edward Creutz played a role in creating the atomic bomb.
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His interest in science stemmed from a childhood full of outdoor picnics, camping and gardening in his native Wisconsin, which intrigued him with its post-glacial landscape.
In a 1958 interview, Mr. Creutz called science a "very natural human activity. (Science) is our desire to understand our surroundings, what the world is. And every person has this drive born in him."
Mr. Creutz died of natural causes June 27 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe. He was 96.
Mr. Creutz was one of the nation's leading scientists when Fred de Hoffmann asked him to help establish a new atomic-energy company for General Dynamics.
He became director of research for the division known as General Atomic. The company, designed to develop peaceful uses of atomic energy, would later become General Atomics. He also was director of the division's John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science.
Mr. Creutz was involved in creating the Triga research reactor, a design that is now used worldwide, and initiated major research in fusion.
Although he had earned a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin and was considered a brilliant scientist, he eschewed the title of doctor and preferred to be called Mr. Creutz. He was a modest and humble man, and believed the designation of doctor should be reserved for physicians, his wife, Elisabeth, said.
Mr. Creutz was among the scientists working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, N.M., in the 1940s. Among his favorite recollections of the time were the birth of his son Michael and a Christmas presentation of Handel's "Messiah."
Mr. Creutz, who played timpani, also known as kettle drums, liked to tell the story of how they needed three timpani for the musical presentation, but they could only borrow two from a nearby high school.
He and the other organizers of the orchestra and chorus asked the machine shop to make a drum using half of a spare atomic-bomb casing.
Mr. Creutz's varied interests included canoeing, gardening, photography and Polynesian culture. He became so fascinated with Tahiti that he wanted to learn the language. When he couldn't find an English-Tahitian dictionary, he translated one from the French and published his own version.
He was very proud of helping develop the intellectual community in San Diego, said his son Carl. Mr. Creutz and some of his colleagues often accompanied Roger Revelle to various meetings to support him in his efforts to establish a University of California campus in San Diego.
Although Mr. Creutz maintained a home in Rancho Santa Fe since 1956, he spent time in Washington after he was named assistant director of research at the National Science Foundation in 1970.
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This expansive view of the martian real estate surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is the first 360 degree, high-resolution color image taken by the rover's panoramic camera. The airbag marks, or footprints, seen in the soil trace the route by which Opportunity rolled to its final resting spot inside a small crater at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The exposed rock outcropping is a future target for further examination. This image mosaic consists of 225 individual frames.
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With respect to this American Conservative article by Gracy Olmstead. ( http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-millennials-long-for-liturgy/ )Her article focuses on dissatisfaction with Evangelicalism, but I think that the issue is more than Evangelicalism's shortcomings.I see a broader and more profound dissatisfaction with materialism, consumerism, and the cult of technology as fueling the return of Millennials to High-Church liturgy and membership in ancient Christian communities. What do you Christian Humanists think?
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– The history of teenagers
– The widening of the gap
– Earlier generation gaps
– Technological speed
– Marketing and separate worlds
– The '20s and the '60s
– The Greatest Generation
– Retroactive definitions
Generational Literature
– Joy-Hulga rebels
– Humbert Humbert meditates
– Chabon snipes
– Roth on both sides
– A world of Rabbit Angstroms
– Generations in ethnic context
– Children of the gap
Generation X
– Rebelling against the rebels
– The Baby Busters
– Television and MTV
– The importance of irony
– Incredulity toward metanarratives
– Does the stereotype hold true?
– Marketing, marketing, marketing
– The changing narrative
– Generation X-Millennial relations
– 9/11 and the Internet
– Millennials and the Church
Critiquing the Notion
– Let's not forget class and education
– One element among many
– Material conditions
– Some questions to consider


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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
OurLivez has fired off Torpedo Alley 1.0, an US$0.99 game for iOS devices. Players use five torpedoes to knock out the submarine mothership. At higher levels, defending mini-subs will sacrifice themselves to protect their mothership.
Fairlady Media has released Ghosts! 1.0, a $0.99 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Players use a flashlight to find invading ghosts and other enemies in a dark landscape. Destroy the creepy enemies by zapping them with a lighting-enabled super flashlight or upgrade to a flamethrower for even better defenses. Ghosts! features 20 levels of gameplay.
Apalon has announced Cut It Up!, a $0.99 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The main challenge of the game is to pass through various levels by cutting chunks off...| Read more »


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14 Celebs Celebrate World Cup Final As Told Through Instagram
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5 Things You Missed At The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: Finals Week
Germany won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. But that's only one of the stories. Here are 5 things you may have missed from finals week.
3 Reasons Why FIFA Needs To Pay More Attention To Concussions
To many-a-fan's dismay, some players were noticeably 'out of it' and even collapsed after sustaining a head injury during play. While getting injured is something that can happen in any sport, certain protocols need to be followed to ensure player safety.
7 Things To Know Before Argentina-Germany World Cup Final
On Sunday at 3PM ET, the 22 best players over the past month will take the field and try to win their country a trophy and prove to the world that they are the best football club. Here are 7 things you need to know before Argentina and Germany take the pitch for which should be a hard fought battle.
Daily Madden: Brazil vs. Netherlands? What's The Point?
As Germany and Argentina prepare to face off for the World Cup Sunday, semi-final losers Brazil and the Netherlands will play a match Friday.
California Aerospace Firm Offers Space Flight To Dutch Team If It Wins World Cup
The space flight company XCOR Aerospace has pledged a free flight to space if the Dutch National team manages to win the FIFA World Cup 2014.
Daily Madden: No Match In U.S. For Passionate Soccer Fans
Brazilians and fans of their World Cup team worldwide were devastated by the 7-1 loss to Germany Tuesday.
Brazil's Crushing Loss As Told By 7 Devastated Fans
No one felt the pain of those seven goals like the fans in the stands
Argentina's World Cup Journey Through 5 Shirtless Instagrams
In America we say "cheese," in Argentina they say "get naked."
5 Things You Missed At The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: Week 5
The 2014 World Cup is down to four teams. But plenty of stories are still swirling around. Here are five things you missed.


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