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The subject invention is a carrier or product formed of a matrix having starch, sugar, fat, polyhydric alcohol and water in suitable ratios such that there exists a water activity of 0.6-0.75. The water activity of the product matrix may be adjusted up or down so that the availability of water in the finished product is not detrimental to the included active ingredient, be it pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or a vitamin mineral complex.
1. A composition for the oral administration of an additive selected from the group consisting of pharmaceutical, nutritional supplements, vitamins and minerals, and mixtures thereof mammals in a discrete dosage form, said discrete dosage from comprising:
said additive,
an extrudate comprising a matrix having about 10 to about 50% wt starch,
a sweetener consisting essentially of sucrose, corn syrup and sorbitol, said sucrose being in an amount of at least 10%, and
at least about 5% wt water,
said composition having Aw of about 0.60 to about 0.75, and a soft and chewy texture, and said Aw being adjusted to permit an appropriate amount of free water in the presence of the additive.
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9. A method of making a carrier and additive mixture for use in an oral administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the additive in a discrete dosage form, comprising the steps of:
a) forming a matrix and additive admixture by mixing, in a one-step procedure additive,
about 10 to about 50% wt starch,
0 to about 40% wt fat or oil,
a sweetener consisting of sucrose, corn syrup and sorbitol, said sucrose being in an amount of at least 10%,
and water,
and mixing;
adjusting the relative amounts of polyhydric alcohol and water to control the Aw of said admixture to adjust the level of moisture in the carrier to be a level not inimical to the additive and extruding said admixture to form an extrudate.
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23. A composition for the oral administration of a pharmaceutical additive to mammals in a discrete dosage form, said discrete dosage form comprising:
an extrudate having a matrix, and comprising:
10-50% starch,
0-40% fat or oil,
a sweetener consisting essentially of sucrose, corn syrup and sorbitol, said sucrose being in an amount of least 10%,
at least about 5% water,
said composition having an Aw of about 0.60 to about 0.75, and a soft and chewy texture, and said Aw being adjusted to permit an appropriate amount of free water in the presence of the additive.
This application is directed to a means for delivering pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and the like to a mammal and more specifically, the control of the water activity of a food product matrix for use in the incorporation of a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or other bioactive compound into the matrix.
Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products intended for oral administration are typically provided in tablet, capsule, pill, lozenges and caplet form. These products are swallowed whole or chewed in the mouth for delivery of the active ingredient into the alimentary system of a body. Such oral delivery systems are sometimes made chewable to ease drug administration in pediatric and geriatric patients. Such concerns with ease of administration may be amplified when dealing with pets and other animals.
As a result, several approaches have been utilized in formulating oral delivery systems, including gums and candy bases. The use of such delivery systems is limited by the reaction of the active ingredient, whether it be pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or other ingredients, to the existence of water in the system.
Therefore, an object of the subject invention is a method of controlling water activity in an oral delivery system and the product thereof.
These and other objects are attained by the subject invention wherein there is provided a carrier or product formed of a matrix having starch, sugar, fat, polyhydric alcohol and water in suitable ratios such that there exists a water activity of 0.6-0.75. The water activity of the product matrix is adjusted up or down so that the availability of water in the finished product is not detrimental to the included active ingredient, be it pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or vitamin mineral complex.
A further object of the subject invention is a oral delivery system for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals or other active ingredient which matches the water activity of the carrier to the included active ingredient.
By the subject invention, a soft chewable oral delivery system is provided. The dosage form may be in tablet form and may contain one or more active ingredients. The active ingredients are incorporated into the system which is described in further detail below and which includes a starch component, a fat or oil, a sugar component, a polyhydric alcohol, water and other minor ingredients. Into this mixture is placed the active ingredient. After mixing and extruding these ingredients, the extrudate is formed into the appropriate shape. The relative proportions of the mixture are as follows.
Generally speaking, the starch component of the matrix comprises 10 to 50 percent by weight of the matrix. More particularly, the starch component of the matrix comprises 15 to 40 percent by weight of the matrix.
While starch for use in the matrix can be of any suitable type, it is most preferred that at least part of the starch in the matrix be a highly derivatized or pregelatinized starch. If a highly derivatized starch is present in the matrix, it should be present in an amount of about ˝ percent by weight of the total starch and the balance of the starch being non-derivatized. More preferably, about 20-40 percent by weight of the total matrix and about 45% of the total starch should be the derivatized starch. An example of a preferred pregelatinized starch is A. E. Staley's NU-COL 4227 or SOFT-SET.
Other amylaceous ingredients may be used in combination with the derivatized starch or alone, provided the starch limits are not exceeded. The amylaceous ingredients can be gelatinized or cooked before or during the forming step to achieve the desired matrix characteristics. If gelatinized starch is used, it may be possible to prepare the product of the subject invention or perform the method of the subject invention without heating or cooking of any sort. However, if ungelatinized (ungelled) or uncooked starch is used, the matrix must be cooked sufficiently to gel or cook the starch to reach the desired content.
Starches that can serve as a base starch for derivatization include regular corn, waxy corn, potato, tapioca, rice, etc. Such types of derivatizing agents for the starch include but are not limited to ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, acetic anhydride, and succinic anhydride, and other food approved esters or ethers, introducing such chemicals alone or in combination with one another. Prior crosslinking of the starch may or may not be necessary based on the pH of the system and the temperature used to form the product.
By "amylaceous ingredients" is meant those food-stuffs containing a preponderance of starch and/or starch-like material. Examples of amylaceous ingredients are cereal grains and meals or flours obtained upon grinding cereal grains such as corn, oats, wheat, milo, barley, rice, and the various milling by-products of these cereal grains such as wheat feed flour, wheat middlings, mixed feed, wheat shorts, wheat red dog, oat groats, hominy feed, and other such material. Also included as sources of amylaceous ingredients are the tuberous food stuffs such as potatoes, tapioca, and the like.
Another component of the matrix is a fat component such as fat or oil of animal or vegetable origin. Typical animal fats or oils are fish oil, chicken fat, tallow, choice white grease, prime steam lard and mixtures thereof. Other animal fats are also suitable for use in the matrix. Vegetable fats or oils are derived from corn, soy, cottonseed, peanut, flax, rapeseed, sunflower, other oil bearing vegetable seeds, and mixtures thereof. Additionally, a mixture of animal or vegetable oils or fats is suitable for use in the matrix. The fat component of the matrix is about 0 to about 40% by weight of the matrix. More specifically, the fat component of the matrix is about 20 percent by weight of the matrix.
The polyhydric alcohol component of the matrix can be selected from glycerol, sorbitol, propylene glycol, 1.3-butanediol, and mixtures thereof with each other and other polyhydric alcohols. Generally the polyhydric alcohol comprises about 10 to about 50 percent by weight of the matrix. More specifically, the polyhydric alcohol comprises about 20 to about 40 percent by weight of the matrix.
The sugar component can be employed in a dry or crystalline condition or can be an aqueous syrup having a sugar concentration of from 50 to about 95, preferably from 70 to about 80, weight percent. The sugar used can be lactose, sucrose, fructose, glucose, or maltose, depending on the particular application and price or availability of a particular sugar. Examples of various well established sources of these sugars are, corn syrup solids, malt syrup, hydrolyzed corn starch, hydrol (syrup from glucose manufacturing operations), raw and refined cane and beet sugars, etc.
Water must be present in the matrix at least about 5 percent by weight of the matrix. More specifically, water is present in the matrix about 5 percent to about 20 percent by weight of the matrix. The matrix thus formed usually has a water activity of 0.60 to 0.75.
While water must be at least 5 percent by weight of the matrix, when the matrix is used in a food product, the moisture of the food product must be adjusted. Generally the moisture content of the matrix is such to give a moisture content of 5-15 percent to the final soft dry food product. More preferred is a moisture content of 5 percent to 14 percent. Most preferred is a moisture content of 8 percent to 13 percent. The desired moisture content may be achieved in any suitable fashion. Normal processing may produce the moisture content desired. A standard drying step is optional and may be used if necessary.
The active ingredient may be any drug, nutrition agent, or the like which can be orally administered. Exemplary of such active ingredients are the following: nutraceuticals, such as chromium picolinate, potassium gluconate and methionine amino acid; prescription drugs, such as ivermectin, fenbendazole, piperazine, magnesium hydroxide, stranozole, furosemide, penicillin, amoxicillin, prednisolone, methylprednisolone, acepromazine; and, other pharmaceutical products, such as aspirin, prozac, zantac, and benedryl. Minor amounts of flavorants, colorants, glycerin, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, emulsifiers, antibitterness agents, taste masking agents, stabilizers, preservatives, or combinations thereof may be added.
To form the matrix, the starch system, fat, polyhydric alcohol, corn syrup and water are mixed with a screw extruder, permitting addition of ingredients and variable heating at different points along the barrel. Other mixing apparatus, such as a sigma mixer, swept wall heat exchanger or the like may be used. If a coloration is desired in the final product, cooked or pregelled starches are used to form the matrix. The use of these starches avoids high cooking temperatures which would destroy the desired coloration and/or active ingredient. If coloration active temperature sensitivity is not a problem, it is possible to use an uncooked or ungelatinized starch to form the matrix and cook or gel the starch as the process is carried out. The incorporation of a derivatized starch in the product more clearly guarantees the softness of the product for a longer period of time. Softness is also provided by the fats and oils. In this fashion a suitable matrix is provided for use with a wide variety of active ingredients.
Having fully described the invention, the following examples are presented to illustrate the invention without limitation thereof. In these examples all parts percentages are by weight unless otherwise specified.
The above ingredients are mixed at temperatures of about 125° F., extruded and cut into a suitable tablet size. This product has an oily, bubbly appearance suggesting cutting back on the oil content. Temperature was also adjusted during each of the following examples to eliminate puffing of the product as it exits the extruder.
By the above examples and Table 1 it is apparent that an oral delivery system for the administration for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, vitamins and minerals and other active ingredients may be provided in a chewable form by the subject invention. If the active ingredient is water sensitive such as aspirin, then the amount of polyhydric alcohol is increased, the water activity is depressed to about 0.65 and the stability and texture of the resultant product is maintained. If the active ingredient requires or can tolerate the presence of free water for its activity, such as in the case of Guaifenesin, the amount of polyhydric alcohol may be decreased, while maintaining the level of such polyhydric alcohol such that a soft texture of the resulting tablet is maintained. In the case of Guaifenesin, then an Aw of 0.70 may be utilized and a softer, more chewable texture achieved. An effective oral delivery system in which the texture and stability of the product and activity of the active ingredient is controllable, is the result.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments and equivalents falling within the scope of the appended claims.
Various features of the invention are set forth in the following claims.
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Cross posted by Squiggles Mom here.
Bhai (brother in Hindi)
Bhai and I have always been close. Despite the 7 year age difference. Or maybe because of it. I remember being advised of exactly what boys thought about when they were talking to girls. And yet my head was unceremoniously buried under a pillow during the age inappropriate scenes of 'Pretty Woman' and 'Basic Instinct'. Bhai would discuss his relationships though he wouldn't kiss and tell. We would talk about anything under the sun. He's the one who introduced me to Western musicians and told me to like it if I wanted to be cool :). I turned to him when I needed a shoulder to cry on. I went clubbing with his friends and him. We have been drunk together. It's that kind of relationship.
And yet, as he faces the toughest challenge of his life, I find myself looking for excuses to bring up the thing that I know disturbs him the most and yet not finding any. I know that talking about it brings him pain and anguish, so I let it be. And yet I know the problem continues with no solution in sight and I long to talk to him, to understand what he's going through. For my peace of mind. And maybe to be of help.
Temperamentally we are very different. I'm the firebrand. The one who always knew what she wanted and went after it. I was never too bothered about what my family or friends would think as long as I was convinced of the rightness of my path. He, on the other hand, has always been devoted, and the ideal child. Always concerned about how his actions will be viewed. Making sure that our parents were happy and their dreams for their children fulfilled. The 'good' boy. Popular among all our family and friends. Leaving me feeling many a time jealous of his easygoing nature and his ability to attract people.
The last few months have been tortuous as the reality of his situation has become clearer to us. Clearer, only because it has become too much for him to bear, and he has chosen to share. But that too in snippets. All of us feel it acutely and yet don't know how to help him. He doesn't want to talk about it. I feel helpless. We all feel helpless.
You're wondering why I'm writing this now. Changing the pleasant tones of this wonderful blog. Because I need to say this to him (even though I know he won't be reading this) -
"If you need someone to talk, without judging you, or forcing you to take action, then you know where to find me. I love you, Bhai".
I can't say this to him directly though I talk to him about random other bits regularly. It's one of those things. But I'm so glad I have him and I know that I can depend on him anytime. And he has me. Always. That's what siblings are for. This is my parent's best gift to me, ever.
Squiggles Mom
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Posted by Squiggles Mom at 10:24 AM
2 comments:
- Sandeepa said...
I do not have siblings and this post for your bhai touched a cord. I pray whatever your bhai is going through gets resolved
- May 1, 2008 at 11:53 PM
- Squiggles Mom said...
Thanks Sandeepa. I hope so too.
- May 2, 2008 at 10:34 PM
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43166-207: Advanced Project Preparedness for Poverty Reduction - Detailed Design for the SASEC Subregional Road Connectivity Project (Subproject 25)
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The C-TA subproject will assist GoWB and GoI in preparing the detailed design for the SASEC Subregional Road Connectivity Project to improve highest priority road corridors, including land customs stations for possible financing by ADB. The main outcome of the TA will be the agreed detailed design of the investment project with enhanced project readiness. The project readiness will ensure that project preparation is ready for implementation with detailed design, detailed project reports, ... Read More
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Raytheon Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $200,251,988 firm-fixed-price order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement. This order is for the procurement of 71 F/A-18 AN/APG-73 radar units for the Royal Australian Air Force and 40 F/A-18 AN/APG-73 radar kits for the U.S. Navy (19) and U.S. Marine Corps (21). Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (45%), El Segundo, Calif. (35%), Andover, Mass. (11 %); Dallas, Texas (8%); and Newport Beach, Calif. (1%) and is expected to be completed by October 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (14.12%); U.S. Marine Corps (15.59%); and the government of Australia (70.29%) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00383-98-G-001A).
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Raytheon Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded an $11,262,522 option to a fixed-price-incentive contract, F33657-94-C-0006-P00129, to provide for one Operational Flight Trainer, two Instrument Flight Trainers, and two Unit Training Devices in support of the Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System (JPATS) Ground Based Training System. Expected contract completion date is August 2001. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
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William Trost Richards exhibition list and photograph, 1914
Richards, William Trost, b. 1833 d. 1905
Painter, Printmaker, Illustrator
Active in Philadelphia, Pa.; Newport, R.I.
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Collection Summary: Handwritten exhibition checklist and price list for (3z(BThe William T. Richards Exhibition,(3y (B1914, (location unknown) and a mounted photograph of Richards' painting Mid Ocean with inscription (3z(BTaken from Wm T. Richards picture of Mid Ocean in possession of Sellars (?) of Phila.(3y(B, undated.
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Louise Masters Harris, age 90, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, August 15, 2011, at the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Harris was a lifelong resident of Unicoi County and daughter of the late Walter Lee and Mary Magdeline Fannings Masters. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Harris was a lifelong member of the Evergreen Free Will Baptist Church. She was a loving and devoted mother and mamaw who taught her morals to her children and grandchildren. Other than her parents, Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by her husband, Jack H. Harris on February 25, 2008, an infant son, five sisters and a son-in-law, Kenneth Cannon.
Survivors include, two sons, Hubert Harris and wife, Carolyn, Richard Harris and wife, Shirley, all of Erwin; Three daughters, Charlotte Cannon, Henrietta, North Carolina, who was her parents caregiver for several years. Donna Morefield and husband, Richard, Erwin, Nancy Dover, La Fayette, Georgia; Thirteen grandchildren; Seventeen great grandchildren; Three great-great grandchildren; Several nephews and nieces.
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Graveside service will be held at 1:00 P. M. Wednesday, August 17, 2011, in the Evergreen Cemetery. Reverend Homer Tweed will officiate. Music will be provided by Mary Bennett and Allen Morefield. Pallbearers will be Rick Harris, Allen Morefield, Shaun Harris, Bobby Ayers, Terrell Anders, and Mike Kelly. Minister, family, pallbearers and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery by 12:45 P. M. Wednesday.
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President's Remarks
L. Jay Lemons, Ph.D.
Good afternoon. My name is Jay Lemons and it has been my great honor and privilege to serve as president of Susquehanna University during this 154th academic year. It is a joy to welcome all of you to the campus for this beautiful occasion on this glorious day along the banks of the river from which we draw our name.
Thank you, Tina Kerstan for leading us in America the Beautiful and also for leading us later in the singing of the alma mater. Also, special thanks to Kevin Henry and the Brass Quintet for their contributions to the ceremony and to all those who participated in Baccalaureate this morning.
For all assembled, today is joyous as we both celebrate graduation and Mother's Day. Twenty two years ago, May 13, also happened to be Mother's Day and it was doubly joyous for the families of Joe Sherlock and Kyle Stavinski, who were born that particular day. Happy birthday Kyle and Joe and Happy Mother's Day to all!
I would note also that it is the birthday of Bill Moore of the Class of 1963. Bill is a part of a three-generation Susquehanna family who today witnesses his grandson, Eric Tuimisto, receive his degree. There are at least four additional three-generation Susquehanna families celebrating today. Congratulations to all of you and thank you for your loyalty to this place.
Graduates—please stand. Turn to face the crowd. On this special day, please take a moment to look around this audience for your mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, dads, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, and friends who have helped to light the way for you. To all of you who have been there all along the way, this standing ovation from the Class of 2012 comes with grateful hearts and much love. Graduates, will you share your appreciation?
And now, will the faculty please rise? The faculty are the heart and soul of an institution of higher learning. Here we have a supremely talented and devoted group of distinguished teachers and scholars. Faculty colleagues, I want you to know that I hear every week from our students that you along with other members of the staff are the most essential and best part of the Susquehanna experience. I want to join your grateful students and their families in thanking you for your dedication, your wisdom, and your love for Susquehanna students.
The first time we gathered as an assembled body was in August of 2008 for our opening Convocation. That day and that event are probably in the deep recesses of your mind. All of us who spoke that day tried to share with you that this exciting time in your life would be accompanied by challenge and pain along with joy and triumph.
Take a very quick trip with me as I reflect on some of what has transpired in the world and here at Susquehanna in the past four years:
The Great Recession began only days after your arrival here. We saw the fall of giants such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, capital all but froze, and public equity markets lost half their value during your first year here.
You witnessed the election of the first African-American president in the history of the United States, the death of popular musical icons Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as well as the death of Steven Jobs, whose company became the largest publicly traded company in the world, shortly after he gave us all the iPad.
You shared in the compassionate response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, some of you lived through the earthquake in New Zealand, and we all shared in the horror at the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear tragedies that engulfed Japan and the devastation of the oil spill that would not end in the Gulf of Mexico.
You witnessed the final Harry Potter movies, the Twilight series has come and thankfully about gone, and the kids from Glee will graduate from high school finally at an average age of 25! On the fashion front, you experienced the rise of skinny jeans, the popularity and fall of both Uggs and Bogs.
Your college years brought the birth of the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. You also witnessed the last combat troops leave Iraq, and the long hunt for Osama Bin Laden come to an end.
Nearer to home you experienced many great thrills and joys. New experiences and new friendships. You also experienced the challenges of the loss of loved ones, homes, and other tragic events.
You survived the swine flu scare of 2009. One of my favorite sections of the Crusader is "Overheard On Campus" In a September 2009 edition, it was reportedly overheard on campus that a student said in the Garret Sports Complex: "Hey! You need to think before you touch, okay? Swine Flu does not discriminate." Many of you found meaning and nourishment in being involved with the Crusader, the Lanthorn and WQSU.
You helped welcome a rabbi to campus and later the birth of her adorable twins.
You were here to celebrate the university's sesquicentennial at the Market Street Festival where a 300-pound cake depicting the campus was consumed. Talking about Market Street, think about the change you have witnessed there with the opening of Isabella's, the Cupcakery, Subway, and most recently, Bella's, and the coming of late night food to Kinfolks.
Change has also been constant on campus as you witnessed the final additions to West Village, the conversion of the St. Pius Church to a new health center, a new Writers House, the completion of the new science building and the renovation of Fisher Hall.
Your time here was also memorable for the theatrical productions during these years. They included: Fiddler on the Roof, the Sound of Music, A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Diary of Ann Frank, The Full Monty, the Laramie Project, the Lion in Winter, Funny Girl and Diana of Dobson's.
You treated us to memorable opera performances such as Die Fledermaus and The Mikado along with countless vocal and instrumental concerts, recitals and exhibits of student artistic performance that demonstrate growth and learning. You delighted and impressed us with your capstone projects at Senior Scholars Day.
On the athletics front, you brought to Susquehanna conference championships and NCAA playoff appearances in many sports. More than a thousand of us shared in the thrill of the Landmark Conference basketball tourney this winter when the school spirit you created made O.W. Houts gymnasium feel a lot like Duke's famed Cameron Indoor Stadium.
You travelled to nearly every continent, you sought to address needs and be of help to people throughout the world. You contributed mightily to SU Serve where Susquehannans collectively donated more than 17,500 hours of community service all across the globe during the month of April.
We gathered together this fall in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. This was especially poignant for one among the class of 2012, who lost a parent in the bombing of the World Trade Center and stands today as the first survivor child of a 9/11 victim to graduate from Susquehanna. We join with your loved ones in celebration today of your accomplishment.
During your time here you had the opportunity to hear lectures by extraordinary persons like EO Wilson, Charles Ogletree, Amy Jill Levine, Eleanor Clift, Tony Cortese, Angela Davis, Stewart O'Nan and distinguished alumni like John Strangfeld '75 and Jennifer Perrine '00 among many, many others.
You had the opportunity to see some of the world's most talented performers on campus such as Emmanuel Ax, the American Spiritual Ensemble, and the Tokoyo String Quartet here. As well, I expect many of you will recall fondly the appearances here of One Nation, FloRida, Fabolous, Josh Blue, David Cook, the Neon Trees, and of course none of you will forget the night spent in this very space with DJ Pauly D.
You saw the continued growth of TRAX as a place for students to gather along with the birth of Traxportation, and the coming of LeaderShape as another enhancement to student life at Suquehanna. You experienced four Thanksgiving dinners, four candlelight services and four readings of The Night Before Christmas!
Your senior year was truly memorable as it began with something akin to biblical proportions as we felt the east coast earthquake here on campus just as many of you were returning to campus. Followed by a hurricane that was followed by the rains that would not stop and the inevitable flooding that pushed many of you out of your homes on the Isle of Que and pulled others of you there rendering valuable service to displaced residents. We began the year also with heavy hearts with the loss of Professor Richard Kozlowski and soon after the year began we lost David Stefanovige who graduated last May, and Elissa Krivistky of the Class of 2015.
The campus community was also rocked by the car accident of Holly Daubenspeck, who was returning to campus from her student teaching when the torrential rains put her in harm's way. Holly suffered extraordinary injuries that have kept her from campus this year. Yet her loving family, many thousands of prayers, her amazing faculty and friends, and especially Holly's own example of strength, courage and determination have given us a life affirming reason to celebrate as Holly will soon cross this stage on time with her classmates in the Class of 2012.
The combined effect of your years at Susquehanna is a footprint on our campus that joins those of all the classes before you and sets for the classes that follow you the course of being and doing that is The Susquehanna Way. I hope that you have developed an equally important sense of being rooted in a community that isn't bound by acreage. Your relationship with Susquehanna and its people is a lifelong one to be nurtured and shared.
Several years ago, we began a tradition of giving graduates pewter acorns in celebration of the beautiful oak trees that mark our campus. The acorn has rich symbolic meaning for people throughout the world and it is variously associated with wisdom, strength, abundance, success, protection and potential. What has been planted here in these four years has been a mere seed of knowledge and the cultivation of habits of mind and heart that create the potential for each of you to live a life of achievement, leadership and service.
As you cross the stage and receive your diploma, you will begin the next phase of your lifelong pursuit of learning. In recognition of that and of the connection between Susquehannans, you will each be handed a pewter acorn from Molly Dougherty, the Outstanding Senior Woman from the Class of 2007, who is today a distinguished teacher.
Trustee Signe Gates has said that one goal of a Susquehanna education is that each student will come to understand his or her place in the chain of human history. It is this expression that underlies the faculty's recommendation of the conferral of your degrees. But, to be truly educated, you must give yourself wholly to the process of learning. Be curious. Seek answers to questions. Share your knowledge with others. This is the chain of human history. Your education isn't ending, it is just beginning.
Congratulations and Godspeed.
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Most women are well-versed on the benefits of online shopping. Not only do you avoid the long lines at the mall and searching for a parking space close to a boutique entrance in the pouring rain, you can also find better deals on the internet.
The same is true for men in search of a new wallet, briefcase, or travel bag. The Internet is full of men's designer wallets and accessories for less than half the price of the same designer item at a major department store or designer boutique.
Why men should shop online
Men should shop online for many good reasons. One of the best is that you can find the designer wallet you want without paying the full price.
Consider the fact that some of the biggest department stores in the world offer designer wallets. At these stores, however, designer wallets are too often available at full price.
Online, though, many outlet shops and discount designer shops offer the same wallet for less than half the price. Once you know what brand you want, all you have to do is a quick Internet search that will identify dozens of retailers that carry the item. Then you can choose the one with the lowest price.
How to buy designer wallets online
There is one catch to shopping for designer men's accessories online: some of the sellers are not entirely honest. For this reason, it's best to avoid purchasing designer goods from individual sellers on the Internet.
Before you purchase anything, check to see if the business is reputable. This requires nothing more than another brief Internet search. Additionally, make sure the seller offers a return policy that includes a full refund if you are unhappy with your purchase.
Read customer reviews to find out if other people have been satisfied with their purchases from this outlet. Additionally, try to shop only on websites that are well-known. This eliminates your risk completely.
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Shopping for designer accessories online is not just for women. Men can accessorize on the Internet as well, provided you know exactly where to shop for the best deals. Choosing the right website at which to shop can make all the difference in your level of satisfaction with the experience.


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Campus Visits for Prospective Students
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ARTS DAYS for Prospective Students
Interested in majoring in the arts or communication/media?
Montclair State University's Arts Days provide exciting, interactive opportunities for prospective students to learn about College of the Arts programs and careers in the arts. Events feature participatory workshops with our faculty, performances by our students, career talks, audition/interview-preparation tips, campus tours and more. (All events are free!)
Click on the event titles for further information and online registration:
- Art and Design Days: Oct. 24, 2014; Mar. 20, 2015
- Communication and Media Days: Nov. 7, 2014; Mar. 27, 2015
- Dance Days: Nov 21, 2014; Apr. 10, 2015
- Music Days:
- OcTUBAfest: Oct. 15 - 18, 2014
- Honors Audition Master Classes: Oct. 18, 2014; Nov. 23, 20
- Choral Ensemble Festival and Clinics: Oct. 24, 2014
- Music Therapy Days: Nov. 6, 2014; Feb. 17, 2015
- Audition Day Chamber Music Events: Feb. 6,7, 27 and 28, 2015
- Brass Day: Mar. 22, 2015
- Television and Digital Media Info Sessions: Call for an appointment: 973.655.7471
- Theatre Days: Nov. 14, 2014; Feb. 27, 2015
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Student Performances and Exhibitions
Come witness the talents of our students by attending a performance or exhibition.
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University Open Houses, Info Sessions and Campus Tours
Montclair State University Open houses are a great way to gain an overview of the University and learn about programs in the College of the Arts. Open Houses feature informational sessions on the university - including a campus tour and student-services fair; an overview of the College of the Arts; as well as interactive break-out sessions for our Department of Art and Design, Department of Theatre and Dance, School of Communication and Media and Cali School of Music.
Click on the headings for further information and online registration:
- Undergraduate -- Open Houses -- Oct. 12, 2014; Nov. 9, 2014
- Graduate -- Open Houses and Events--Oct. 26, 2014; Spring date: TBA
- Campus Tours -- daily
Week-day Visits to the College of the Arts
If visiting the university on a week-day, feel free to stop in at the College of the Arts' Office of Student Services, located in Life Hall, Suite 224 (open M-F 8:30-4:30), to pick up college information materials or to ask a question.
You may also visit the college's academic buildings for a self-guided tour or to sit in on a class. (note: Contact the Office of Admissions regarding class visitations.)
- Department of Art and Design -- Location: Calcia Hall, suite ; Phone: 973-655-7295
- Department of Theatre and Dance - Location: Life Hall, suite 224; Phone: 973-655-4217
- School of Communication and Media - Location: Morehead Hall 103; Phone: 973-655-7471
- John J. Cali School of Music -- Location: Chapin Hall, suite 144; Phone: 973-655-7610
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College Fairs in Your Neighborhood
If your high school or community college is hosting a college fair, chances are a Montclair State University representative will be there. Look for our information table and bring us your questions. You may also look for College of the Arts representatives at one of the following regional fairs:
- National Performing Arts College Fair -- New York City - October 7, 2014 (6:30 pm - 9:00 pm); Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. (info - NACAC )
- National Performing Arts College Fair -- Philadelphia - October 6, 2014 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm); Location: Hyatt at the Bellevue. (info - NACAC )
- National Portfolio Day -- New York City - Nov. 16, 2014 (Undergraduate, Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, hosted by FIT); (info - NPDA)
- National Portfolio Day -- Westchester, New York - Nov. 15, 2013; Location: SUNY, Purchase College. (For more info, visit the NPDA website.)
- National Portfolio Day (for Graduate candidates) -- New York, New York - Oct. 26, 2014; Parsons New School of Design (info)
- National Portfolio Day (for Graduate candidates) -- Chicago, Il -- Nov. 9, 2014 (info)
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Brett D. Swank, of Northumberland, Pa., died Jan. 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position. Swank was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
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The Center for Career Services is committed to understanding your organization's unique recruiting needs and outreach efforts. We look forward to partnering with you to optimize your experience at GW.
We collaborate with our colleagues across campus, including nine school-based career offices, to provide rich programming and a variety of tools in support of our student and alumni community.
Set up a free account in GWork, our online career management system, to post jobs and internships. GWork will help you increase your visibility and promote opportunities to over 85,000 student and alumni users.
Develop your recruiting strategy and take advantage of in-person interviewing, hosting students at your office and providing advice on career preparation. We offer six ways to connect with students, including:
- On-campus recruiting: Our on-campus recruiting program provides you with a professional setting on campus to interview GW students and recent alumni for full-time employment or paid internships.
- Information sessions: Share information about your organization as a complement to on-campus interviewing or a career fair, or host a separate event.
- Employer-in-residence hours: Work with us to meet with students and provide career advice, industry information, mock interview assistance and resume critique.
- Panels and special programs: Participate in one of our special events to help students prepare for their career.
- Site visits: Invite students to take part in a site visit at your organization to help them better understand who you are and what you do.
- Virtual events: If you can't make it to campus, host a virtual information session or webinar to introduce your organization.
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It is astonishing, really.
The president of the United States has accused the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, despite its denial and without supporting evidence, of illegally funneling foreign money into U.S. campaigns. "Just this week," Barack Obama said recently about the chamber, "we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these [political] ads regularly takes in money from foreign corporations. So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
On CBS's Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked David Axelrod, senior adviser to the president, if there is any evidence to support their accusation. Axelrod responded this way: "Well, do you have any evidence that it's not, Bob?"
Likewise, Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, wouldn't back away from the incendiary charges yesterday. "The president will continue to make the argument that we don't know where this money comes from and entities like the Chamber have said they get money from overseas," Gibbs told reporters at the White House.
Set aside the hypocrisy of this whole episode. (My former White House colleague Ed Gillespie points out that no Democrats, least of all Obama, expressed concern about such outside spending in 2008, when more than $400 million was spent to help elect Barack Obama, much of it from undisclosed donors.) Set aside the fact that Mr. Axelrod concedes that the chamber is abiding by long-standing rules, that it doesn't have to disclose its donors list, and that no other organizations are disclosing theirs. Set aside the fact that the chamber has 115 foreign-member affiliates who pay a total of less than $100,000 in membership dues to a group whose total budget is more than $200 million. And set aside the fact that various news organizations have dismissed the charges, including the New York Times, which reports, "a closer examination shows that there is little evidence that what the chamber does in collecting overseas dues is improper or even unusual, according to both liberal and conservative election-law lawyers and campaign finance documents."
What we are witnessing is the abuse of power. We are now in a situation in which the president and his most senior advisers feel completely at liberty to throw out unsubstantiated charges and put the burden on people (and institutions) to prove their innocence. Liberals once referred to such tactics as McCarthyism. But Joseph McCarthy, for all his abuses, was "only" a United States senator, one member out of 100. The president and his advisers, on the other hand, have at their disposal far more power and the ability to inflict far more injury.
What Obama and his aides are demanding is that the Chamber of Commerce prove a negative — and in doing so, they are trying to intimidate the chamber into disclosing what is, by law, privileged information. "If the Chamber doesn't have anything to hide about these contributions," Mr. Axelrod says, "and I take them at their word that they don't, then why not disclose? Why not let people see where their money is coming from?"
Let's see if we can help Mr. Axelrod out by providing him with an explanation.
For one thing, he is employing the guilty-until-proven-innocent argument. For another, the White House's standard is being selectively applied. And it encourages slanderous charges because it forces innocent people to disprove them. All this is troubling in any case; but it is triply pernicious when it is practiced by those with unmatched power, because they have an unparalleled capacity to intimidate American citizens.
In further answering Axelrod's argument, consider this thought experiment. It's the year 2021, and a partisan critic of a future president repeatedly asserts that the president is addicted to child pornography. It turns out that the critic has no proof of the charge — but when told he is asking the president to prove a negative, he responds: "I take the president at his word. But just to be sure, we'd like to examine his phone records and text messages, his computer accounts, and his credit card receipts. What we want, in other words, is full access to all the relevant information we need. After all, if he's innocent, why not disclose this information? Why not let people see what you're doing with your life and free time?"
It must be obvious to Messrs. Axelrod and Obama that what they are doing is irresponsible, dangerous, and deeply illiberal. It's important to note, however, that this libel is taking place within a particular context. The attack on the Chamber of Commerce is only the most recent link in a long chain. The Obama White House has targeted Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie, and John Boehner; George W. Bush and Dick Cheney; conservative talk radio; Fox News; the state of Arizona; the Supreme Court (for its decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission); members of the Tea Party; critics of ObamaCare who attended town hall meetings; pharmaceutical, insurance, and oil companies; corporate executives, Wall Street, and the "rich."
All this ugliness comes to us courtesy of a man who said during the 2008 campaign that "the times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook"; who told us that we should "resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long"; and who assured us, on the night of his election, "I will listen to you, especially when we disagree."
Back in October 2009, I wrote about this White House's burning anger and resentment toward its critics and what it foreshadowed. That inferno is burning hotter than ever – and if it goes unchecked, it will eventually lead to a crisis.
In an August 16, 1971, memorandum from White House Counsel John Dean to Lawrence Higby, titled "Dealing with our Political Enemies," Dean wrote:
This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration; stated a bit more bluntly – how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.
At comparable stages in their first terms, the Obama administration seems to be at least as eager as the Nixon administration to use the available federal machinery to "screw our political enemies." We know how things turned out for the Nixon administration. President Obama cannot say he hasn't been forewarned.


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Maremani Nature Reserve
In northernmost South Africa close to the Limpopo River, which is the frontier to Zimbabwe, the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation has since 1999 developed a nature reserve of 38,000 ha.
Through the acquisition of a number of arid hunting and infertile farming areas it has become possible to let the natural animal life of the wooded savannah regenerate in a large continuous natural area without internal fences, but with watering holes and secure habitats.
Upon thorough studies of the viability of the area, numerous large herbivores have been re-introduced, i.a. black and white rhino, elephant, roan antelope, sable antelope and the special Central and South African Lichtenstein's hartebeest.
Maremani Nature Reserve maintains good populations of most of the large carnivores on the African continent: leopard, wild dog, spotted and brown hyena, side-striped jackal and black-backed jackal. Now and then a cheetah is seen, and in one area of the reserve a reintroduction of lions is planned in connection with a science project for young researchers and students.
Many scientists and experts have contributed to planning the nature reserve. The management is supervised by one of South Africa's most recognised nature experts, Dr. Salomon Joubert, former director of Kruger National Park, who contributes to securing the contact with students and scientists who visit Maremani.


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Hialeah police have made an arrest in the murder of a 17-year-old South Florida woman.
The Miami Herald ( http://hrld.us/16jNJte) reports 21-year-old Yoan Raul Dominguez has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Genesis Fonseca.
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SHREWSBURY, Mass. — A senior Christmas party, a shopping night and more are what's happening this week in Shrewsbury. To see a full listing of events, check out our Events page.
Monday, Dec. 3
Open Registration for Pakachoag Music School. For children up to age 5 accompanied by parent, grandparent or caregiver. Classes start Jan. 7 in Shrewsbury, Auburn, West Boylston, Sturbridge and Sterling.
Tuesday, Dec. 4
Middle Schools PTO Meeting. 7 p.m. School Committee members Erin Canzano and Jason Palitsch will be in attendance to hear concerns regarding this school year and the school budget for 2013-2014. Oak Middle School. 45 Oak St.
Wednesday, Dec. 5
School Committee Meeting. 7 p.m. Municipal building. 100 Maple Ave.
Thursday, Dec. 6
Shopping Night. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Holiday shopping night to benefit the Middle Schools PTO. Oak Middle School. 45 Oak St.
Friday, Dec. 7
Drop-In Play Group. 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Weekly drop-in play group for children up to first grade who are accompanied by a parent, guardian, or caretaker. Mount Olivet Lutheran Church. 34 Prospect St.
Senior Center Christmas Party. Live entertainment, and a ham dinner and assortment of desserts and coffee. The event is free. Shrewsbury Senior Center. 98 Maple Ave.
Second Annual Winter Craft Night. 6 to 8 p.m. Spend a few hours making unique gifts and keepsakes for everyone on your holiday list. Spring Street School. 123 Spring St.


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On Transit Map, All Roads Lead to Politics
By MICHAEL LUO
Published: January 25, 2004
Not since a legendary power broker named Robert Moses sketched his plans for the region's elaborate system of bridges and highways has New York City stood on the brink of so much change to its haggard transportation network.
After decades of neglect and deadlock, politicians and planners have begun to lay out a grand vision for the city's steel skeleton of subways and commuter trains, one that offers relief to residents of Manhattan's East Side, spurs growth on the far west, links Lower Manhattan to the region's airports and frees thousands of Long Island commuters from having to double back on their routes.
The plans would double the number of trains for New Jersey commuters heading into Midtown, create a transit hub in Lower Manhattan and construct a new Pennsylvania Station. A long-running proposal to dig a rail freight tunnel under New York harbor is also vying for federal money, spurred by worries of a terrorist attack on the George Washington Bridge.
''This is like a moon shot,'' said Peter Kalikow, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, about the sudden confluence of blueprints. ''The planets are lined up right. We can't let this opportunity drop.''
But will this giant leap for New York City's overburdened infrastructure really happen?
The vision is expensive, some $50 billion for all its parts. Few believe there is enough money to go around, and everyone has a favorite. So a bare-knuckled political battle is expected in the coming year, as the transportation authority issues its new capital plan and Congress moves to reauthorize a mammoth federal transportation bill. The outcome could determine what is built and is not.
''It's definitely Darwinian,'' said Gene Russianoff, a lawyer for the Straphangers Campaign, a transit advocacy group. ''It's definitely survival of the fittest.''
Over the last 60 years, for a host of reasons, almost nothing significant has been done to expand the city's transit system. In a last paroxysm of spending before the fiscal crises of the 1970's, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller built a rail tunnel under the East River at 63rd Street and segments of a subway line under Second Avenue before financing dried up.
By the early 1980's, the subway and commuter rail systems were in steep decline. Authorities realized that drastic measures were needed. A capital plan was issued to pay for restoration, but expansion had to wait.
''You couldn't have a conversation about expanding the capacity of the system,'' said Robert Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association, an independent urban policy group. ''The system was collapsing.''
The restoration of the system remained the focus throughout most of the 1990's. In 1996, however, Gov. George E. Pataki ordered the transportation authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the city to begin studying projects that would lead to a seamless transportation network in metropolitan New York, permitting convenient travel through the entire region.
It soon became apparent, however, that politics would play a role in setting priorities. In what was widely seen as a nod to their suburban political bases, former Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato and later Mr. Pataki locked onto East Side Access, a proposal to build a connector at Grand Central Terminal for the Long Island Rail Road that would allow commuters easier access to the East Side of Manhattan. With their support, East Side Access quickly became the leading megaproject.
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani elbowed his way into that debate with a plan to connect the subway to La Guardia Airport, a benefit for business travelers and his political base in Queens.
And the abandoned Second Avenue subway found a powerful champion in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who represents the Lower East Side. Mr. Silver vowed to hold up the state budget unless the Pataki administration committed to building the entire length of the project, as opposed to a small segment that was initially favored.
Eventually, all three projects, including a commitment to the full length of the Second Avenue subway, wound their way into the transportation authority's capital plan for 2000 to 2004, which had a record outlay of $19.5 billion.
As those proposals were being made, the Port Authority, after decades of false starts, began work on a rail link to Kennedy International Airport. The difference this time was a plan to use airport passenger fees to help pay for the AirTrain, which connects the airport to subway and Long Island Rail Road lines.
But then came the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Rather than be content with simply rebuilding Lower Manhattan, politicians argued that the attack represented a rare opportunity to start anew and fix longstanding problems.
John E. Zuccotti, chairman of Brookfield Financial Properties, the largest downtown landlord, began promoting a ''super shuttle'' commuter rail that would connect Lower Manhattan to Kennedy Airport and the suburbs of Long Island. Under the plan, trains would use the tunnel for the A and C subway lines to go under the East River, requiring some rerouting and displacing tens of thousands of subway riders, but the alternative was a new tunnel, which could take decades and billions more dollars.
State and city officials eventually went to Washington with a wish list of more than a dozen projects, including the downtown commuter rail. Total price tag: $7.5 billion.


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Ray to retire at WSAZ-TV
ATLANTA -- Gray Television Inc. Friday announced the retirement Huntington's Don Ray, general manager of WSAZ-TV and a regional vice president with the broadcast company.
"We will miss Don's first-rate leadership of one of our dominant flagship stations, as well as his stewardship of his entire region," said Gray Television President and CEO Hilton Howell in a press release. "Don is a true broadcaster in the finest sense, committed to serving each community he touched."
Ray began with WSAZ in 1973 as an account executive and later became national sales manager and general sales manager at the station. He has been general manager of WSAZ since 1989, under ownerships with Lee Enterprises and Emmis Communications. Ray became regional vice president for Gray in 2005.
Matt Jaquint has been named the new general manager for the station, effective Aug. 1, according to the news release. Ray has agreed to remain with Gray Television for an additional period to complete that transition effort.
Jaquint most recently was the general manager of KTVX and KUCW in Salt Lake City, Utah, but he also previously served at WSAZ as general sales manager from 2002 to 2005.
Gray Television is headquartered in Atlanta and owns television stations broadcasting 45 channels affiliated with one of the "Big 4 Networks" (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) and 41 additional channels of programming in 30 television markets.
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'Show me' the guns!
Missouri is the latest state to attempt a gun grab. In a bill supported by several Democrats, gun owners would have 90 days to turn in their assault weapons or high-capacity magazines. Failure to do so would result in the owner being charged with a felony and prosecuted.
Doesn't the Constitution say something about our right to bear arms not being infringed? Perhaps these lawmakers need. To read a copy.
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Anatomical and cellular responses of Pinus monticola stem tissues to invasion by Cronartium ribicola
Hudgins, J. W.; McDonald, G.I .; Zambino, P. J.; Klopfenstein, N. B.; Franceschi, V. R. 2005. Anatomical and cellular responses of Pinus monticola stem tissues to invasion by Cronartium ribicola. Forest Pathology. 35: 423-443.
White pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) causes extensive damage to white pines and their associated ecosystems across North America. The anatomical and cellular characteristics of C. ribicola colonization in Pinus monticola branch and stem tissues were studied as a basis for understanding host tree reactions that may be related to resistance. Samples examined showed typical fusiform swelling and some had produced aecia. The reaction of phloem and xylem tissues was compared with noninfected tissue using light and electron microscopy. Cortical parenchyma and phloem polyphenolic parenchyma cells underwent mitotic division, cell swelling, and ca sixfold greater accumulation of phenolic compounds in colonized vs. control stems. In the cortex and secondary phloem, haustoria were common in parenchymatous cells, and hyphae were abundant in the intercellular spaces, but cell death was rare, unless aecia had ruptured the stem cortex. Hyphae were also common in xylem rays, tracheids and between tracheids. Disease-induced changes in the cambial zone included development of cambium-derived xylem traumatic resin ducts. Results demonstrate that diverse host defence responses were activated in the bark of apparently susceptible trees, but lack of mechanical damage by C. ribicola to the phenol-containing host cells and the resin duct system allowed extensive colonization and development of aecia despite elicitation of these stem defences. Interactions between P. monticola and C. ribicola are discussed and compared with other conifer-fungus pathosystems.
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A fresh, hoppy pale ale can hold up to some of your stronger flavored candy. Try this with sour candies like sour patch kids or warheads. Your taste buds may be fried after this pairing though ;)
Refreshingly light and citrusy, you don't want to lose this beer's flavor to a sour or chocolate candy. Try this with your smarties or marshmallow varieties.
The lightest of the bunch, this beer could easily be overwhelmed by the scream-o sugar volume in most Halloween candy. Smarties, marshmallows, and caramels are a good idea.
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San Francisco, Calif. — July 21, 2014 — GoGrid, the leader in Open Data Services (ODS), today announced its "any cloud" Orchestration Engine Service for delivering complex applications across multiple public or private clouds as well as on-premise data centers. GoGrid's pioneering service enables customers and ISVs to create solutions at the click of a button and then automate deployments across any cloud or in-house environment. Telcos and other cloud partners will appreciate how 1-Button Deploy™ solutions dramatically simplify moving applications from trial to pilot and then to full-scale production, which can simplify their sales process and drive complete life-cycle relationships. The Orchestration Engine Service also enables partners to sell and deliver services for new use cases such as test and development as well as disaster recovery.
GoGrid's 1-Button Deploy™ technology leverages the orchestration service to solve key business problems like how to make cutting-edge technologies easy to consume and speed adoption. For example, 1-Button Deploy™ can orchestrate deployment of multi-server Big Data clusters across GoGrid's virtual servers in a matter of minutes rather than days or weeks, saving companies money and engineering resources while shortening time-to-market.
"Most companies assume orchestration is just about infrastructure," said Heavy Reading analyst Caroline Chappell. "GoGrid has taken the concept of orchestration a step further by encompassing the entire stack—from infrastructure all the way through applications—with an 'inter-cloud' approach. This approach enables telcos and other companies to sell-through cloud-based application solutions, enhanced with their service wrap and potentially leveraging their private networks and data centers, in a seamless and consistent way."
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CLEVELAND — It was supposed to draw fans to Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and it did.
Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the infamous "10 Cent Beer Night."
On June 4, 1974, the chance to get 10 ounces of Stroh's beer for only 10 cents drew 25,134 fans to the game. That's twice the season's average!
The promotion wasn't unique — it had been done before and would be done again.
But that night, drunk fans stormed the field and brawled with players and umpires.
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Iraqi Kurdistan was once a shining example of democracy's potential in Iraq, but today it is freedom's bleeding ulcer. While ordinary Iraqis have seen their freedoms increase since Saddam Hussein's fall, the trajectory is the reverse in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the ruling families have grown more abusive with time.
Until last week, the Kurds could still claim to be the safest, most secure region. No longer: last Thursday, gunmen attached to regional president Masud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) opened fire on demonstrators in Sulaimani celebrating the ouster of dictators in Egypt and Tunisia. Barzani's reaction had precedent in Egypt: just as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak burned down the headquarters of opposition leader Ayman Nour, so too did Barzani then proceed to seize and set fire to offices of the opposition Goran Party. And just as Egyptian security targeted the press, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Brownshirts attacked an independent television station to prevent television coverage of the atrocities. It was a stupid strategy; demonstrations continue, and with the deaths of protesters, have spread.
The senselessness Kurdish crackdown not only puts to rest the notion that Iraqi Kurdistan is a democracy but also should cause introspection about why so many Americans assume Barzani and Talabani are U.S. allies.
In hindsight, their embrace of the United States during its liberation of Iraq had more to do with power and money than ideology. Qubad Talabani has bragged of the CIA money Barzani and Jalal Talabani have received. Bribery worked for a while, but the U.S. government may no longer be the biggest paymaster. On February 11, Talabani's party held a celebration in Sulaimani in honor of Iran's Islamic Revolution; Barzani's did too. Israelis embrace Barzani with the same naivete with which they did Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not realizing that both would sell them to the Iranians for the right price.
Kurdish officials also count on Americans' having short attentions spans: they brag about their exploits fighting Saddam but seldom mention how Barzani used to ally himself with Saddam when it aided his power and pocketbook. In the Middle East, power always trumps principle.
American diplomats and analysts are often charmed too easily. Fancy dinners and seemingly earnest promises sway opinion. In the 1970s, American officials and analysts embraced Saddam Hussein. As today with Barzani, some were motivated by their own pocketbooks, while others were willing to believe him to be their great secular hope; many came to regret their handshakes.
Saddam may have been a brutal dictator, but he was a mentor; a generation of Kurdish politicians mirror his ways. Barzani and Talabani together ordered the disappearance and murder of several thousand Kurds during the 1990s. Barzani's sons run intelligence and the militia, and his nephew is de facto prime minister. Greed, sycophancy, and isolation take their toll: Masud has become Saddam; his sons Masrour and Mansour act like Saddam's sons Qusay and Uday; the affable Barham Salih has, like Tariq Aziz, become the acceptable face of a brutal regime, while Talabani's son Qubad runs a charm offensive not unlike Saddam's former ambassador, Nizar Hamdoon.
Kurds may be pro-American, but their leaders are only pro-themselves. Trying to develop a lasting relationship absent reform is about as wise as building a skyscraper on sand in an earthquake zone. Alas, as Iraqi Kurdistan also erupts, Obama is signaling to the Islamic world's most pro-American population that he simply does not care.


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When World of Warcraft first launched, it was difficult to explain just how astonishing the game really felt. The innovations that it brought to the table have become so commonplace over the years that we forget how stunning they really were. And when I first logged in, I had visions of what the world could support, the things that could be done, and the ways that players would get to explore hidden vistas and small corners of the world.
As it happened, World of Warcraft went along quite well for several years, but somewhere along the line the magic faded for me. I can point to exactly when, but that's not the goal because RIFT seems to catch a lot of those dropped promises and put them into the game. And it's a game of extremes, with summits and valleys aplenty, but there's enough to like that I don't mind the bad so much.
The soul system, for example, is an extremely potent experience. Instead of being forced down a handful of paths in the game, you have three trees to choose from, and how you use them is entirely up to you as you find synergies between trees, figure out how skills interact with one another, and specialize in any tree you want. You can level two different characters of the same race and class and have two entirely different experiences in terms of play because there are just so many different ways to specialize and play. You can even have tweaks on the same core specialization: A Druid could be a melee-happy character with a pet, or you could focus on casting spells and hanging back while your pet does the grunt work.
Of course, the soul system is also an enormous mess. You get thrown into the deep end quite early, and you wind up swamped with abilities early on without any clear picture of why you should use one set of skills over another. That's not even getting into the fact that some trees work well only as backup rather than as a focal tree. It's a great idea for a system, but it winds up being messy in practice, which is true in much of the game -- brilliant concepts with messy execution.
But that's part of the fun. If I want to play something with a balanced class setup, I play Star Wars: The Old Republic. If I want to just throw caution to the wind and try to make some kind of crazy elemental bard, I play RIFT. The game pulls in aspects of pretty much every MMO that's had an innovative idea, and half the fun is just throwing things together and seeing how they work.
If you were the type of child who threw all of her toys together into a single arena just to see if she could get Batman and Optimus Prime to ride a LEGO tank against Star Wars troopers, you know exactly the feeling I'm describing.
There are dynamic events going on all over the place. Sure, there are some issues there; a lot of time the events are happening away from what you're doing or are right in your face and you have to try and stop them by your lonesome. But when the stars align and you find yourself facing down a huge multi-stage invasion with other players, or when you just run into a small patrol group that you trace back to a foothold, making a larger change in the overall layout of the map, the whole thing feels like a welcome change. It's something new and different, a rush of the unexpected.
The game also does something that I've long wished more games would do in that it really stretches what is acceptable for a fantasy setting. You don't just have elemental influence as a vague concept; it's a tangible thing that invades every once in a while. The setting is absolutely lousy with magic, and instead of feeling like an ersatz version of 13th-century Europe, it feels appropriately magical and unusual. The rifts tearing their way into the world looks appropriately surreal and bracing.
Plus, there's costuming, there's Artifacts, there's an achievement system, there's a whole pile of different mounts, there's crafting... there's a lot of stuff. If one thing doesn't quite float your boat, the game almost always has something right around the corner meant to engage you all over again. It's got a dedication to throwing in new ideas that is rivaled only by City of Heroes.
Balanced? Heck no. But sometimes it's fun to have a game that's not concerned about polish but is dedicated to just trying something new and wacky.
That is the game's biggest weakness: There's no real sense of polish. Animations are frequently stiff, skills and rotations are frequently inelegant, and the graphical glitches range from strange to outright horrifying. Plus, the core of the game is supposed to lie with quests and dungeons, and those are both so numbingly rote that it's hard not to get just a little bitter about it. Despite coming out long after World of Warcraft learned several lessons about how to make interesting dungeons and quests, RIFT seems to have ignored all of those lessons in favor of the most boring variants. It's a real shame considering how adaptive and novel the game really is.
RIFT has tried to distance itself from WoW in the past, but I think that's a mistake. It's my understanding of the latter that leads to my affection for the former precisely because it's more willing to take risks and try something new. And while the result isn't always spot-on, it makes the game a lot of fun just for the earnestness of its attempts.
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