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|Effective Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Replication by Engineered RNase P Ribozyme.
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|Using an in vitro selection procedure, we have previously isolated RNase P ribozyme variants that efficiently cleave an mRNA sequence in vitro. In this study, a variant was used to target the HIV RNA sequence in the tat region. The variant cleaved the tat RNA sequence in vitro about 20 times more efficiently than the wild type ribozyme. Our results provide the first direct evidence that combined mutations at nucleotide 83 and 340 of RNase P catalytic RNA from Escherichia coli (G(83) -> U(83) and G(340) -> A(340)) increase the overall efficiency of the ribozyme in cleaving an HIV RNA sequence. Moreover, the variant is more effective in reducing HIV-1 p24 expression and intracellular viral RNA level in cells than the wild type ribozyme. A reduction of about 90% in viral RNA level and a reduction of 150 fold in viral growth were observed in cells that expressed the variant, while a reduction of less than 10% was observed in cells that either did not express the ribozyme or produced a catalytically inactive ribozyme mutant. Thus, engineered ribozyme variants are effective in inhibiting HIV infection. These results also demonstrate the potential of engineering RNase P ribozymes for anti-HIV application.
|Wenbo Zeng; Yuan-Chuan Chen; Yong Bai; Phong Trang; Gia-Phong Vu; Sangwei Lu; Jianguo Wu; Fenyong Liu
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guys kill is here hell ya
Album Rating: 4.0yay
Tell him I listened to Symbolic.
Album Rating: 4.0Yo KILL, Foxy listened to Symbolic.
good right
if he asks if I like it tell him I said "yeah, it was pretty good, gave it a 4" but if he asks why not higher tell him I could bump it in the future with more listens.
I'm pretending like I'm playing poker. :serious face:
4 is bringing the average down 4.5 plz i beg
hes begging
K 4.5 Metroid Prime & Fusion Original Soundtracks and I will.
under soundtracks =)
it will be 4.5 average one day mark my words
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah, I hate Symbolic but I felt that KILL and Chuck deserved the 4.5 I gave it.
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listen to the album really loud and hope for 4.6
This was so fucking amazing.
Album Rating: 5.0Indeed.
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Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Branden Oliver rushed for 216 yards and a touchdown as the Buffalo Bulls defeated the Massachusetts Minutemen, 32-3, in a Mid-American Conference matchup at UB Stadium.
Oliver carried the load for Buffalo (5-2, 3-0 MAC) with 43 rush attempts while Joe Licata completed 18-of-27 passes for 167 yards and a touchdown. Fred Lee led the Bulls in receiving with 70 yards and a touchdown on eight receptions. Buffalo moves to 3-0 in conference play for the first time in school history with the win.
The Minutemen (1-6, 1-2) struggled to gather any momentum offensively. A.J. Doyle completed just 14-of-28 passes for 162 yards and interception while Jamal Wilson carried the ball 15 times for only 42 yards. Despite the team's struggles, Tajae Sharpe still managed to have solid game with seven catches for 94 yards. UMass has now lost 10 of its last 11 games.
After a scoreless first quarter, Buffalo got things going in the second. Patrick Clarke hit a 44-yard field goal just seconds after the conclusion of the first frame. Soon after, Buffalo's Khalil Mack intercepted a pass from Doyle and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown. With 48 seconds left in the first half, Clarke kicked in a 27-yard field goal to increase the Bulls lead to 13-0. Despite having such little time, The Minutemen managed to drive down field and set up a 42-yard field goal from Blake Lucas with seven seconds remaining in the half to put UMass on the board.
It was all Buffalo in the second half. Clarke hit a 27-yard field goal and the Bulls defense managed to tackle UMass' Wilson for a safety. In the fourth quarter, Licata found Lee for a seven-yard touchdown pass and Oliver ran in a five-yard touchdown to help the Bulls claim the commanding, 32-3 decision.
UMass turned the ball over three times and managed just 247 yards of total offense while Buffalo had no turnovers and recorded 382 yards of total offense.
Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
NFL players have a very short shelf life to make significant amounts of money so it's tough to fault anyone who has outperformed a contract when they go knocking on the door to ask for more.
Pete Mackanin will remain interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have reportedly retained restricted free agent forward Kyle Singler with a five-year contract extension.
The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran forward Brad Richards a one-year contract on Wednesday.


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EpidemiologyInvasive aspergillosis is rare in HIV-infected individuals but often overlooked antemortem. In a recent autopsy series of HIV-infected patients from Italy, invasive aspergillosis was the second most frequently identified invasive mycosis in fatal cases, 88% of which were diagnosed only postmortem.1 Illness most often is caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, but Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus terreus have been noted to cause disease. Invasive aspergillosis occurs in patients with advanced HIV infection and was more common before the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART).1-3 Specific risk factors include neutropenia, use of corticosteroids, exposure to broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy, and underlying lung disease. Patients who have had HIV-associated aspergillosis typically have CD4 T lymphocyte (CD4) cell counts <100 cells/mm3, a history of other AIDS-defining opportunistic infections, and are not receiving potent ART.4
Clinical ManifestationsIn HIV-infected patients, invasive aspergillosis most commonly presents as a respiratory illness that can be a necrotizing pneumonia or a tracheobronchitis.5 Symptoms of pneumonia include fever, cough, dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, and hypoxemia; chest radiograph may demonstrate a diffuse, focal, or cavitary infiltrate. A halo of low attenuation surrounding a pulmonary nodule or a cavity on a computed tomography (CT) scan of the lung is suggestive of pulmonary aspergillosis. Tracheobronchitis is associated with fever, cough, dyspnea, stridor, and wheezing. Bronchoscopic examination demonstrates ulcerative or plaque-like lesions adherent to the tracheal wall.6 Extrapulmonary forms of invasive aspergillosis include sinusitis, cutaneous disease, osteomyelitis, and brain abscess.7
DiagnosisThe diagnosis of probable invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is based on isolation of Aspergillus spp. from respiratory secretions or the finding of septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus spp. in respiratory samples in association with typical CT findings. Histological evidence of tissue invasion by septate hyphae with a positive culture for Aspergillus spp. establishes a definitive diagnosis.8
Preventing ExposureAspergillus spp. are ubiquitous in the environment, and exposure is unavoidable. Avoiding particularly dusty environments, especially areas of construction, is prudent because spore counts likely are higher in such settings.
Preventing DiseaseNo data exist about the prevention of primary aspergillosis in HIV-infected patients, although posaconazole has been reported to be effective in patients with certain hematological malignancies and neutropenia.10 At this time, antifungal therapy is not recommended for prevention of aspergillosis in HIV-infected individuals (AIII).
Treating DiseaseTreatment of aspergillosis in HIV-infected patients has not been systematically examined. Voriconazole is the recommended treatment for invasive aspergillosis in HIV-uninfected patients (AI).11 Because of drug-drug interactions, however, voriconazole should be used cautiously with protease inhibitors (PIs) and efavirenz (see Table 5). Alternatively, lipid-formulation amphotericin B or amphotericin B deoxycholate can be used (AII). Second-line agents include echinocandins (such as caspofungin, anidulafungin, or micafungin) or posaconazole (BIII). The role of combination antifungal therapy for primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis is being evaluated in a large, randomized trial comparing voriconazole alone with voriconazole plus anidulafungin in recipients of stem cell transplants. The length of therapy has not been established, but treatment should continue at least until the peripheral blood CD4 count is >200 cells/mm3 and the infection appears to be resolved (BIII).
Special Considerations with Regard to Starting ARTHIV-infected individuals diagnosed with aspergillosis should be started on ART as soon as possible after initiating antifungal therapy (AIII). Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) has rarely been reported in HIV-infected patients with invasive aspergillosis12 and concern for the syndrome should not delay initiation of ART (AIII).
Monitoring of Response to Therapy and Adverse Events (including IRIS)
Managing Treatment FailureThe overall prognosis for invasive aspergillosis is poor in patients with advanced immunosuppression and in the absence of effective ART. No data are available to guide recommendations for management of treatment failure. If voriconazole was used initially, substitution can be considered with an amphotericin B formulation or with echinocandins in combination with voriconazole or amphotericin B (BIII).
Preventing RecurrenceNo data are available on which to base a recommendation for or against chronic maintenance or suppressive therapy in patients who have successfully completed an initial course of treatment.
Special Considerations During PregnancyAmphotericin B or its lipid formulations are the preferred initial regimen for the treatment of aspergillosis in pregnant patients. Extensive clinical experience with amphotericin has not documented teratogenicity. At delivery, infants born to women treated with amphotericin B should be evaluated for renal dysfunction and hypokalemia.
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Watch the tryouts for the Mount Vernon basketball team:
MOUNT VERNON — Malik Taylor ran through the hallways of Mount Vernon High School as if he were leading a fast break, keeping one eye on oncoming traffic and the other on his cell phone as he punched in the numbers.
Taylor found the quickest way from Bob Cimmino's classroom to the courtyard where he'd get the best reception, and began yelling into the phone before his father, Greg, could finish saying hello.
"I did it, Dad! I did it!" Taylor shouted. "I made the team."
Malik Taylor did do it.
A junior-varsity starter who wasn't thought to be talented enough to play beyond that, Taylor defied the odds and landed one of the three most coveted spots in basketball in this area.
In the basketball-obsessed community of Mount Vernon, making the team means respect and recognition at school. It's a trip to Hawaii, an opportunity to play on television, in big arenas and in front of huge crowds. It's a launching pad to a college scholarship. It's the honor of saying you're part of one of the nation's elite programs.
Although the final day of Mount Vernon tryouts was still an hour away, Coach Cimmino confirmed to Taylor that he would be slipping on a maroon-and-gold jersey before the end of the night.
"This is the greatest thing in the world to these guys," Knights senior Jonathan Mitchell said. "To them, this is their NBA championship."
Taylor, a junior guard, Woody Eliezer, a junior forward, and Ketema Brooks, a sophomore point guard, were the three hopefuls left standing after a grueling four-day varsity tryout.
For these three, making the team at Mount Vernon was actually a multiyear process.
"Tryouts don't really begin this week," said Cimmino, who had only 25 candidates show up on Day 1. "It goes back as far as the fourth or fifth grade."
The process starts back in elementary school when just about every kid in the city joins the Junior Knights youth program. It extends through the modified, freshman and junior-varsity levels, and by the time varsity tryouts arrive, all that's left are two dozen of the finest basketball talents not just in Mount Vernon, but in the entire area.
Earning a spot on this year's team was one of the toughest tasks in the program's history. The Knights are ranked No. 14 nationally in the USA Today preseason poll and return 10 players, leaving only three roster spots available.
There was certainly no shortage of talent. Cimmino had several intriguing options — from a sharpshooting Belgian transfer to a surging freshman point guard.
Ultimately, the decision to keep Taylor, Eliezer and Brooks from the competitive player pool was made based on advice from assistant coaches, recommendations from veteran players, evaluations of report cards, and a few Cimmino hunches.
"A lot of people go through the system and don't make it this far," Eliezer said. "It means something to be on the team here. It's special."
Nothing less would have inspired Taylor to sprint the halls. Or spend 20 minutes before each session, sitting silently — eyes closed, head in hands — visualizing exactly how he needed to perform that day's drills as chaos ruled in the locker room.
"It was my way to focus," he said. "That's how I focus on everything. I pictured myself taking shots and doing the drills."
Like the rest of the hopefuls, he endured a litany of endurance tests, absorbed the offensive schemes, and executed the exhausting drills the Knights practice every day.
But Taylor always seemed to do a little extra. On the second day, when his spot on the team was in serious doubt, he dove for a loose ball and got tangled with one of the players he was competing with who was 20 pounds heavier. They wrestled for the ball and the whistle blew. They continued, and eventually Taylor ripped the ball loose.
"It's all about who wants this more," Taylor said. "You can't lay back."
That sort of mentality flowed through tryouts, which are viewed as serious business even by the veterans. Look at Sherrod Wright, a freshman who was promoted from the JV last season and was guaranteed a spot on the team. On Day 1 he fainted from a combination of exhaustion and fumes from the gym's recently waxed floor and went to the emergency room.
He was back at tryouts the next day.
"I'm fine," Wright said. "I can't miss this."
After two players were cut on Day 1, five more were sent home the next day. Those cuts were not made because of what happened in the gym, but what happened in the classroom.
Sheldon Smith, a nimble, 6-2 junior forward, was told not to come back because he hadn't turned in work in two subjects, a serious red flag in Cimmino's eyes. The next day in school, Smith got his assignments done, and talked Cimmino into letting him return even though his chances of making the team were now bleak.
"I'm glad I got this opportunity and I learned my lesson," Smith said. "I know what I have to do to be ready for next season. I'm definitely coming back."
The third day of tryouts was when the team was really settled. With 10 players cut, Cimmino trimmed a few more, including a talented junior guard named Kortney Parker, and then Max Amoranitis, a senior transfer from Belgium who might have taken several months to become eligible. Two freshmen were sent down to the JV.
"They would be great players on any other team," junior Michael Coburn said. "It's too bad."
Brooks, a favorite from the beginning, used this week to not only make the team, but to push his way into the rotation. Eliezer, once considered a "long shot," got ringing endorsements from the veterans and several teachers. Taylor nabbed the last spot because of his unrelenting hustle and is expected to challenge the guards every second at practice.
Just a week after making the team, all three said their lives had changed already — how they're treated in school and even on the street. And their goals have changed as well.
"The thing that's really changed now is that it's even more about going hard or going home," Taylor said. "There's no messing around on varsity. My mind-set has changed from making the team to getting playing time.
"Because who wants to make a team and sit on the bench?"


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Congressmen-elect Beto O'Rourke and Pete Gallego on Thursday were assigned to congressional committees they said could benefit the El Paso region.
The freshmen Democratic congressmen will take their spots on their committees when they take office Jan. 3.
O'Rourke, of the 16th Congressional District, was appointed to the House Committee on Homeland Security. The committee was created in 2002 to oversee the Department of Homeland Security and to help protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks.
O'Rourke said in a statement that his appointment to the committee will allow him to tackle one of his major concerns, improving border crossings in El Paso that are vital to the region's economy.
"This is a great position for El Paso," O'Rourke said. "It allows us to lend our expertise and perspective as the largest binational community in the United States. I will work to demonstrate that we can achieve security without sacrificing our civil liberties, our economy or our way of life."
O'Rourke said he will push for the hiring of more U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and for improved technology to ease congestion at the U.S.-Mexico border.
O'Rourke is replacing U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, who lost in the Democratic primary to O'Rourke and who will leave office after 16 years representing El Paso. Reyes was a member of the Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees.
Gallego represents the 23rd Congressional District, which stretches across West Texas from east El Paso County to San Antonio.
Gallego, of Alpine, was selected for the House Armed Services Committee, which is considered a significant appointment because El Paso will continue to have a representative on the committee that oversees defense policy and the military.
A spot on the Armed Services committee can be important in helping prevent the closing of military bases.
Gallego said that his district "contains several large military installations that are important parts of the local economy."
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It is from a decade old Cooking Light magazine and is called Mediterranean Chickpea, Tomato and Pasta Soup.
Ingredients:Recipe:The smell of this soup from the cinnamon is so fragrant and this soup is so comforting.Some changes I made to the recipe are as follows:
1 - Instead of ditalini, I used elbow macaroni.
2 - I eliminated parsley.
3 - Very important - I used two cans of chicken broth because if you don't, this won't be a soup but more like a stew.
I really love this soup and hope you do too.
What are some soups that you love to make?
and cannot make a good soup."
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Aswan, formerly spelled Assuan, (Arabic: أسوان , Aswān; Ancient Egyptian: Swenet, "Trade"; Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ, Swān; Ancient Greek: Συήνη, Syene) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
It stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine.
Aswan is one of the driest inhabited places in the world; as of early 2001, the last rain there was six years earlier. As of 18 January 2009, the last rainfall was a thunderstorm on May 13, 2006. In Nubian settlements, they generally do not bother to roof all of the rooms in their houses.
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenet, which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt to the south. Swenet is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. This goddess later was identified as Eileithyia by the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of Ancient Egypt because of the similar association of their goddesses with childbirth, and of which the import is "the opener". The ancient name of the city also is said to be derived from the Egyptian symbol for trade.
Because the Ancient Egyptians oriented toward the origin of the life-giving waters of the Nile in the south, Swenet was the first town in the country, and Egypt always was conceived to "open" or begin at Swenet. The city stood upon a peninsula on the right (east) bank of the Nile, immediately below (north of) the first cataract of the flowing waters, which extend to it from Philae. Navigation to the delta was possible from this location without encountering a barrier.
The stone quarries of ancient Egypt located here were celebrated for their stone, and especially for the granitic rock called Syenite. They furnished the colossal statues, obelisks, and monolithal shrines that are found throughout Egypt, including the pyramids; and the traces of the quarrymen who wrought in these 3000 years ago are still visible in the native rock. They lie on either bank of the Nile, and a road, four miles in length, was cut beside them from Syene to Philae.
Swenet was equally important as a military station as that of a place of traffic. Under every dynasty it was a garrison town; and here tolls and customs were levied on all boats passing southward and northward. Around AD 330, the legion stationed here received a bishop from Alexandria; this later became the Coptic Diocese of Syene. The city is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Herodotus (ii. 30), Strabo (ii. p. 133, xvii. p. 797, seq.), Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v.), Ptolemy (vii. 5. § 15, viii. 15. § 15), Pliny the Elder (ii. 73. s. 75, v. 10. s. 11, vi. 29. s. 34), De architectura (book viii. ch ii. § 6), and it appears on the Antonine Itinerary (p. 164). It also is mentioned in the Book of Isaiah from the Scriptures (ref. Ezekiel 29:10).
The latitude of the city that would become Aswan, located at – 24° 5′ 23″– was an object of great interest to the ancient geographers. They believed that it was seated immediately under the tropic, and that on the day of the summer solstice, a vertical staff cast no shadow. They noted that the sun's disc was reflected in a well at noon. This statement is only approximately correct; at the summer solstice, the shadow was only 1/400th of the staff, and so could scarcely be discerned, and the northern limb of the sun's disc would be nearly vertical.
Eratosthenes used measurements at Aswan (Elephantine) to contest the Flat Earth theory and tried to determine the circumference of Earth, using Syene as the originating point and Alexandria as the terminal point of a measured arc (based on shadow length at the solstice).
The Nile is nearly 3000 yards wide above Aswan. From this frontier town to the northern extremity of Egypt, the river flows for more than 750 miles without bar or cataract. The voyage from Aswan to Alexandria usually took 21 to 28 days in favourable weather.


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Band Too Many Zooz rocking the subways
NEW YORK (PIX11) — If you've taken the subway recently, you may have seen "Too Many Zooz" rocking out.
The YouTube sensation have over half-a-million views and they joined us to play some tunes.
'Too many Zooz" is made up of Leo P. on baritone sax, Matt Doe on trumpet and King of Sludge on drums.


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Neighborhood cleanup day planned
Published: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 11:25 p.m.
A neighborhood cleanup day is planned for April 26 in the Disque district and on Turrentine Avenue, Haralson Avenue and Argyle Circle. The event also is open to any resident of Gadsden Council District 5.
Residents who attended the recent Neighborhood Watch meeting are encouraged to pick up flyers about the cleanup on Friday from Craig Scott at the Gadsden Public Library.
On the day of "Campaign Clean-up 2014," participants will meet at 8 a.m. at Cherry Street Park to get supplies such as garbage bags, gloves and water before heading to neighborhoods to pick up trash. The cleanup ends at 11:30 a.m., and there will be a celebration from noon to 2 p.m. at the park. Food and drinks will be provided for all workers.
In the week leading up to the cleanup, Gadsden Public Works will conduct a "neighborhood blitz," sending additional trash trucks and loaders through the neighborhoods to pick up household trash or larger items. Large items should be placed curbside along with any bagged trash or other garbage and debris placed in trash receptacles.
For information, call Glenda Jackson at 256-478-0430.
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It looks like Richmond County students, who were scheduled to make up three instructional days lost to winter weather last month, won't have to make up the time after all.
School board members voted Tuesday to reverse a decision they made last week to have students and teachers attend school on Monday, March 17th, which was supposed to be a furlough day; Saturday, March 22; and Good Friday, April 18.
Board members admitted they weren't aware of an all-day training event at GRU on that Saturday that more than 300 teachers were already scheduled to attend. Board members also cited projected low attendance on the other two days as reasons to forgive the makeup days.


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Midterm Feedback
Many faculty members at Berea and elsewhere choose to solicit anonymous student feedback about learning at midterm for a number of reasons:
- While end-of-course evaluations of teaching are mandatory, high-stakes, and administered at the institutional level (after the fact to collect global impressions), midterm feedback options are
- instructor-driven and tailored to a specific context,
- confidential and outside of the formal faculty evaluation process,
- helpful for determining what, when, and how students are learning what you deem most important,
- valuable for making adjustments midstream if necessary,
- useful for communicating your goals for students' learning or clarifying pedagogical choices.
- They can also support student learning and encourage motivation, serving as a means
- to engender student reflection on learning and on their own strategies and levels of effort,
- to signal to students that they play a critical role in the educational process,
- to communicate that their perspectives matter (just asking and being responsive has that potential, even when you don't make all adjustments requested).
Many formats are available to you:
- You might distribute a simple paper survey in class
- You might develop an electronic survey (through moodle or SurveyMonkey or another software).
- You may choose to arrange for a peer to interview students in your class.
- You might request a structured, confidential Midterm Assessment of Teaching process through the CTL (for more details, contact me, ext. 3067).
Follow Up
Regardless what format you choose, it's important to briefly follow up the collection of any feedback with a conversation in the next class period about 1) key themes you have heard, 2) any changes you would make as a result, 3) clarifications about misunderstandings (of content or approach) or your rationale for particular instructional choices.
Various Options for Collecting Feedback
|Possible Advantages
|Possible Limitations
|Paper survey
|Quick, easy; possible to administer to all students in class
|Students may be less forthcoming if they are not sure they can speak anonymously
|Electronic survey
|More anonymous than paper survey
|May be more difficult to get a good response rate than with paper
|Peer-to-Peer feedback
|A faculty peer's conversations with your students may provide greater insights about their learning and perceptions than a paper survey; can provide a rich opportunity for dialogue with a peer about teaching
|More time consuming than administering a survey; may require some preparation and guidelines or training for partners
|CTL Midterm Assessment process
|A structured written and focus group protocol administered by an experienced consultant may provide greater insights about student learning and perceptions; entirely confidential; can open possibilities for consultation on teaching
|More time consuming than administering a survey; less informal than peer-to-peer feedback


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Letter from Ira E. Getchell to Ellen Forbes, Nov. 23, 1862
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According to multiple sources, retired NBA pro and current actor/famous person Rick Fox will compete on the 2010 Fall season of the ultra-popular "Dancing With the Stars."
LeBron James calls Cavs players' only meeting after loss to Raptors
Yes, the Cavaliers are 11-4 on the season and on top of the East. Yes, they are outscoring teams by 6.7 points per 100 possessions, which is fourth best in the NBA. They have the third best offense in the league. All that without their starting backcourt (Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert). There are reasons to be optimistic.
But the Cavaliers have a middle-of-the-pack defense and their efforts have been up and down. Wednesday night was one of those down nights, they lost on the road to Toronto, dropping the Cavs to 3-4 outside Quicken Loans Arena. All those losses are to teams in the East.
It was enough for LeBron James and James Jones to call a players-only meeting, reports Dave McMenamin at ESPN.
Following a 103-99 road loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers held a players-only meeting during which LeBron James and James Jones got on the team for its inconsistent play through the Cavs' 11-4 start to the season, multiple sources told ESPN.com….
"It's all mindset," James said after the game, still visibly frustrated. "It comes from within. I've always had it; my upbringing had me like that. It's either you got it or you don't."
When asked whether fatigue was a factor, James said, "No. It's not an excuse." When another reporter asked whether injuries were to blame, James repeated, "It's not an excuse."
Injuries and fatigue did play a role, this was a team without four regular rotation players and that puts more of a burden on everyone else. Players can't look at it that way, but injuries are a reality and they are impacting the Cavaliers right now.
But I get it. LeBron is trying to set a tone, one he learned in Miami and is now trying to instill in the Cavaliers. It's about effort, it's about attention to detail, it's about building good habits over the course of a season so they can pay off in the playoffs. The Cavs are winning, they look clearly like the best team in the East once healthy, and yet LeBron rightfully isn't convinced they could beat Golden State or San Antonio right now. The good news is they don't have to beat them right now, but they need to beat them eventually. The building blocks for that are laid during the season. He wants that building to start going up.
But getting guys healthy would solve a lot of those problems.
Jason Kidd ejected; shoving match ensues between teams after Kings beat Bucks
Jason Kidd is going to miss a game or three (and some dollars to go with it), and he could not be the only guy in trouble with the league after a tension-filled end to the Kings' win over the Bucks Wednesday.
There wasn't a ton of drama at the end of the contest itself. The Bucks played a "defense optional" game that led to 36 points for Rudy Gay and 13 dimes for Rajon Rondo, and the Kings won their first game this season without DeMarcus Cousins (back issue). That frustrated the Bucks to no end.
Jason Kidd expressed that frustration by slapping the ball out of referee Zach Zarba's hands, a move that rightfully earned him an instant ejection.
You can be sure a suspension is coming for Kidd — the league can't let that slide. This was not a Budenholzer incidental bump. After the game here is what Kidd had to say.
After Kidd had gone to the showers, there was a little jawing on the court between Cousins (in street clothes) and the Bucks' O.J. Mayo. That spilled over after the final buzzer into the tunnel, where there was at the very least some jawing, maybe a little shoving, and a lot of security stepping in before anything serious happened.
Whatever happened in the tunnel is going to be a lot harder for NBA disciplinarian Kiki Vandeweghe (technically the vice-president of basketball operations for the NBA) to sort out. Who started what, and did it rise to the level it calls for a fine or more, is going to be tricky, especially since this was out of site of the arena cameras.
Cavaliers stand in middle of Raptors dancers' routine (video)
The Cavaliers were ready for their game against the Raptors tonight, and Toronto's dance team wasn't going to change that.
The last time I remember something like this happening, Grizzlies guard Tony Allen walked through the Warriors' kid dancers. This video doesn't show how the Cavaliers got to that point, but they might have the defense of being there first. Allen definitely didn't have that.
Wizards score six fourth-quarter points in loss to Hornets
Gary Neal made a jumper with 10:12 remaining in tonight's Wizards-Hornets game.
That was Washington's last basket.
Jared Dudley made a pair of free throws on the Wizards next possession, and Neal added two more free throws with 23 seconds left.
And that was all the Wizards scoring in the quarter.
Washington, which entered the final period up seven, lost 101-87 after its 1-for-20 final-period shooting.
The six fourth-quarter points were the fewest by an NBA team in a quarter since Cavaliers scored six third-quarter points in a Jan. 26, 2014 loss to the Suns. Last time a team scored so few in a fourth quarter: Nov. 13, 2012, when the Raptors had five against the Pacers.
At least Neal's late free throws spared the Wizards further shame. Nobody has scored four or fewer points in a quarter since the Warriors managed just two in a Feb. 8, 2004 loss to the Raptors.
As it stands, this is one of only 44 times in the shot clock era a team has scored so few points in a quarter.


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Pella Christian head coach Larry Hessing says the biggest difference-maker in his team's success has been the improvements made on offense. The Pella Christian boys basketball team is 2-1 overall and off until Thursday, when they make the short trip to Monroe to take on No.1-ranked PCM.
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The Pella Public Library is hosting a reading by a local author and historian Tuesday. Susan Price Miller will read from her book "Memories of Bess Scholte Gaass", which is an account of Gaass' childhood based on her own stories. The reading will take place at 7 pm and is free and open to the public.
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With California's alarming prison overcrowding crisis, diversion programs and reducing recidivism are a focal point in our prevention strategies. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, over 65% of those released from prison will return within three years. Our office is working on reducing the recidivism rate through the use of alternatives to incarceration and transitional programs such as such as Neighborhood Courts, Collaborative Courts, First Offender Prostitution Program, and SF STRONG.
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Eric Lippert is a principal developer on the C# compiler team. Learn more about Eric.
Tomorrow, the 30th of November, 2012, is the first day of my fifth decade here on Earth, and my last day at Microsoft. (*)
I've been working at Microsoft full-time since 1996 and had two years of internships before that. Microsoft is an awesome company. We do great work here: work that changes the way people interact with information in a fundamental way. And I in particular, have had the pleasure and the privilege to work on technologies that change how developers like me get their jobs done. There is no place doing better work on the design and implementation of real-world, production-strength programming languages that ship to millions of developers.
A number of those developers read this very blog, which I've been writing for nine years now. Sharing my fabulous adventures in coding with you all has been one of the most enjoyable parts of this job. I mean to continue writing it, but unfortunately, Microsoft's (entirely sensible) policy is that only full time employees get to post to MSDN blogs. I am therefore, effective right now, moving my blog to ericlippert.com. Please subscribe to the RSS feed, which is at http://ericlippert.com/feed/. (**)
I also intend to finally start "tweeting" occasionally; if you haven't already, please follow me on Twitter where I am @ericlippert.
A number of people have asked me what motivated this decision. Of course any life decision of this magnitude has a lot of reasons behind it, but the biggest one is simply: I've been here for 40% of my entire life, I've been feeling for some time that it would be good to take on a new challenge, and an opportunity has arisen that is tailor-made to my skills and interests. I'll describe that new opportunity in the first post on my new blog. As you'll see, I am very pleased that it will still involve supporting the C# development community, just in a different way.
Were I to try to make a list of current and erstwhile coworkers to thank it would be extremely long and I would undoubtedly embarrass myself by omitting someone. I've had the opportunity to learn about programming languages and developer tools from literally hundreds of developers, testers, writers, editors, program managers, managers, mentors, architects, distinguished engineers and at least a couple of technical fellows. (***) Thank you all; I hope to continue to work with you in the future.
And thanks to you all, who have been reading this blog these past nine years. Your comments, praise and always constructive criticism have helped me learn what customers need and helped everyone here shape C# into the amazing tool it is today. I hope we can continue sharing this adventure; see you at ericlippert.com.
Eric Lippert
UPDATE: Holy goodness, the outpouring here, on the new blog, on reddit, hacker news and twitter of both well-wishing and FUD is delightful for the former and distressing for the latter.
Regarding the former: thank you all for your kind thoughts; I appreciate it very much.
To dispel some of the rumours that are floating around regarding the latter:
(1) C#, Roslyn and .NET in general are doing fine; rumours of their deaths are greatly exaggerated. I certainly would not go to work on yet another C# static analyzer if I did not think there was a bright future to all of them, and to the Microsoft ecosystem in general. The C# language is in good hands; Anders and Mads are still deeply engaged in that process, and I am just one (albeit highly visible) member of a kick-ass team of dozens of people who are building Roslyn. I am leaving it in excellent hands and in excellent shape.
(2) As I said, this was a personal decision based on many factors; the main factor was a desire to pursue a new set of challenges that use my existing skill set. I certainly was not fired, and I look forward to having a close working relationship with the C# team in the future.
And finally:
(3) The first day of my first decade was the day I was born. So tomorrow being the first day of my fifth decade makes me 40, not 50.
Thank you again for your kind thoughts.
(*) That timing is not coincidental.
(**) Since I will no longer have the ability to reply to comments, they are shut off as of now. If you have comments, please leave them on the new blog. Thanks!
(***) The most hilarious job title at Microsoft as far as I'm concerned.
Thank you.
I'd write a long goodbye and describe all the ways in which your work at Microsoft over the years, and in particular your blogging here, have enriched us all, but I've got to go short Microsoft's stock first. Thanks for all the incredible work. And best of luck with all your new Fabulous Adventures.
You're turning 40, correct? Because of course your first decade of life started the day you were born, so naturally... However, granted that you're a computer scientist, you might consider the first ten years of your life to have been your zeroeth decade, meaning that you just turned 50.
Regardless, happy birthday, thanks for all your amazing work and writings while at Microsoft, and I look forward to the new goodies at ericlippert.com!
I'm assuming there's so few comments so far because everyone is speechless...
Good luck Eric - it always makes me smile a little when I see a little (1) appear next to Fabulous Adventures in Google Reader. I'm not sure whether I smile more when I do understand the post, or when I don't! Reading them is a pleasure both for themselves and for the warm feeling that the future of C# is rosy. I guess I'll still get the warm feeling at the new place, and will just have to hope that you've left C# in safe hands (I'm sure you have).
Will you move the posts in this blog to the new one?
Eric - Best wishes to you, although I'm sure you won't need luck to be successful wherever you're going next. We'll miss your keen insights and pithy prose on this blog! I hope this blog can be archived somewhere for long term access -there's a lot of wisdom and insight here that should be preserved.
C# has always been my favorite. Good luck with your next career move, I can't wait to see what becomes of it
Wish you the best of luck.
Good luck, I'll be following you on your new blog :)
Best of Luck Eric
with your new home, where it is.
Thank you, and good luck!
What are you gonna do now?
Good luck Eric. I hope your new role will be satisfying.
This makes me even more worried about the future of C# as a language, however. Anders, Mads, and other C# team members have moved to TypeScript, and now you're leaving before Roslyn is even complete. Is C# a sinking ship at Microsoft or is this just a big coincidence?


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|Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States, 1998 to 2005.
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|PMID: 21099595 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of women dying from pregnancy complications in the United States and to examine the risk factors for and changes in the medical causes of these deaths.
METHODS: De-identified copies of death certificates for women who died during or within 1 year of pregnancy and matching birth or fetal death certificates for 1998 through 2005 were received by the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System from the 50 states, New York City, and Washington, DC. Causes of death and factors associated with them were identified, and pregnancy-related mortality ratios (pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births) were calculated.
RESULTS: The aggregate pregnancy-related mortality ratio for the 8-year period was 14.5 per 100,000 live births, which is higher than any period in the previous 20 years of the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. African-American women continued to have a three- to four-fold higher risk of pregnancy-related death. The proportion of deaths attributable to hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders declined from previous years, whereas the proportion from medical conditions, particularly cardiovascular, increased. Seven causes of death--hemorrhage, thrombotic pulmonary embolism, infection, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular conditions, and noncardiovascular medical conditions--each contributed 10% to 13% of deaths.
CONCLUSION: The reasons for the reported increase in pregnancy-related mortality are unclear; possible factors include an increase in the risk of women dying, changed coding with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, and the addition by states of pregnancy checkboxes to the death certificate. State-based maternal death reviews and maternal quality collaboratives have the potential to identify deaths, review the factors associated with them, and take action on the findings.
|Cynthia J Berg; William M Callaghan; Carla Syverson; Zsakeba Henderson
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|Type: Journal Article
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|Title: Obstetrics and gynecology Volume: 116 ISSN: 1873-233X ISO Abbreviation: Obstet Gynecol Publication Date: 2010 Dec
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|Created Date: 2010-11-24 Completed Date: 2011-01-04 Revised Date: 2011-08-23
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|Nlm Unique ID: 0401101 Medline TA: Obstet Gynecol Country: United States
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|Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. email@example.com
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A Trumbull firm has gained Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) approval to construct a gas station/convenience store, including a food service area, at 67 Church Hill Road, at that street's western corner with Edmond Road.
Following two March 20 public hearings on the matter, P&Z members unanimously approved the project, which is known as Wheels, submitted by Consumers Petroleum of Connecticut, Inc (CPCI).
To make way for the new construction, CPCI would demolish an existing deteriorating building on the one-acre site that formerly held a Shell gas station/convenience store. As a condition of the special permit approval, the P&Z is requiring that the structure be demolished by mid-May.
Town officials have long sought to get the dilapidated building demolished, because it is located near Exit 10 of Interstate 84, which is considered one of the visual "gateways" into Newtown.
Under the terms of the town's recently approved anti-blight ordinance, in February the owner of a dilapidated vacant commercial building at nearby 57 Church Hill Road had his building demolished.
At the first of two public hearings on March 20, P&Z members unanimously approved revised zoning regulations governing gas station/convenience stores, which liberalize the rules on such land uses.
The CPCI application for Wheels is based on the terms of those revised rules.
Under the new regulations, the maximum size of such a use increases from 1,500 square feet to 3,500 square feet.
Also, the revised regulations allow a gas station/convenience store to have a mechanized car wash on the premises, provided that the P&Z grants a special permit for such a car wash.
The CPCI application for Wheels does not include a car wash.
But the owners of the gas station/convenience store across the street at 64 Church Hill Road, known as Newtown Mobil, now plan to seek a special permit for a car wash from the P&Z. Newtown Mobil is owned by Sundaram, LLC.
In a 2012 attempt to build Wheels at 67 Church Hill Road, CPCI received several zoning variances involving property-line setbacks from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA).
But Sundaram challenged those variances in an administrative appeal in Danbury Superior Court. That appeal is pending in court. Both the ZBA and CPCI are defendants.
George Benson, the town's director of planning and land use, has said that CPCI's current plans for Wheels are designed so that no zoning variances are required to build it, thus circumventing the pending lawsuit which is based on the previous plan's need for zoning variances. Mr Benson has said that the pending court case could take years to resolve.
Triangular Action
The zoning rule revisions approved by the P&Z on March 20 thus provide the town with a mechanism to have the existing decaying building at 67 Church Hill Road demolished and replaced with a more attractive modern facility. Also, the pending lawsuit would be dropped by Sundaram.
The rule changes also allow CPCI to construct a 3,400-square-foot gas station/convenience store, which includes a food service area. Such food service facilities would not have tables for customers. No drive-through window would be allowed.
Also, the revised rules would allow Newtown Mobil to add a long-wanted mechanized car wash at its one-acre site, thus providing an incentive for Sundaram to drop its pending court appeal.
After conferring with CPCI and with Sundaram about the town's desire to spur redevelopment on Church Hill Road, the P&Z itself proposed the revised zoning regulations.
At the second public hearing, attorney Robert Hall, representing Sundaram, said that Sundaram's appeal has been "languishing" in court for nearly two years.
Some months ago, Sundaram started discussing the situation with CPCI, he said, adding that the two firms made the transition from being in "competition" to being in "cooperation."
The revised zoning regulations would allow Newtown Mobil to seek installing a mechanized car wash at the southeast section of its property, he said. As viewed from Church Hill Road, that area lies at the left-rear section of the property.
Newtown Mobil has long wished to have a car wash on the property, Mr Hall said.
Mr Hall said Newtown Mobil will soon submit a P&Z application for a special permit to install a car wash. Mr Hall said Newtown Mobil would provide its customers with a discounted price for using the car wash, provided that they buy a certain amount of fuel.
The revised zoning regulations also allow CPCI to build a gas station/convenience store with a food service area, he noted.
Mr Benson said the revised P&Z regulations mirror the zoning rule changes which the Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) made when CPCI had sought approval for a gas station/convenience store in the borough.
In January 2008, CPCI received BZC approval for a gas station/convenience store at 47 Church Hill Road, a project which would have replaced the existing Church Hill Gas Stop gas station there with much larger, modern facility. The site is across Church Hill Road from the St Rose Church campus.
CPCI, however, never proceeded with those plans.
Second Hearing
At the March 20 hearing on CPCI's Wheels project, the applicant explained that Wheels would be open 24 hours a day for gasoline service. Up to six vehicles could be fueled simultaneously. The hours for food service are as-yet unclear.
When all aspects of the business are in operation, four or five employees would be working at the site.
Civil engineer Mark Smith, representing CPCI, said that instead of the existing three "curb cuts" along the property's Church Hill Road frontage, Wheels would have only one curb cut where traffic would enter from Church Hill Road and exit onto Church Hill Road.
P&Z members asked that CPCI seek approval from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to increase the width of that planned curb cut from 24 feet to 36 feet. Such a wider curb cut would allow two exit lanes and one entrance lane, instead of one exit lane and one entrance lane.
When Edmond Road is eventually relocated, Wheels also would have an access point from that street holding one entrance lane and one exit lane.
Mr Hall, representing Sundaram, endorsed CPCI's application for Wheels, saying that the firm has taken all possible steps to coordinate its development with the planned relocation of the southern end of Edmond Road.
Intersection Changes
The P&Z's approval of Wheels sets the stage for CPCI to build the project before the DOT begins work on a planned realignment of the widely-offset intersection of Church Hill Road, Edmond Road, and Commerce Road.
DOT is in the preliminary design stage of a traffic safety project that will create a conventional four-way signalized intersection of Church Hill Road, Commerce Road, and Edmond Road.
In the project, the southern end of Edmond Road would be shifted westward so that Edmond Road becomes part of a four-way intersection with the other roads. The roads now comprise a broadly offset intersection, with the southern end of Edmond Road lying about 250 feet east of the northern end of Commerce Road.
That area has one of the highest accident rates in the ten-town Housatonic Valley Regional Planning Area, resulting in the DOT intersection construction project to simplify traffic flow there.
The DOT plans to hold a public information meeting in Newtown on the intersection project by mid-year. The project is expected to start construction in 2016.


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Recipe: Onion Dip
This recipe for homemade Onion Dip is so easy you will wonder why you ever bothered to by those instant packages.
The recipe is adapted from an Alton Brown recipe.. a very basic recipe… my only adaptation .. and it is a big one considering the few ingredients… is that I used way more onion than he did… when I made it with his quantities it just didn't have enough of an onion taste. I also salted it to taste which was less than his original recipe called for.
I used a milder onion.. sweet onions are the best for this.. but if you use a stronger onion start by using 1 ½ cups of diced onion (Alton's original amount)… then you can always add more … it only takes 20 minutes to sauté more onion.
It is best to refrigerate this for at least 2 hours before serving.. over night is an even better idea.
This dip is delicious with veggies or chips…
Recipe: Onion Dip
All you need:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ½ cups sweet onion, chopped
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¾ cup mayonnaise
1 ½ cups sour cream
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Salt and white pepper to taste
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Add the olive oil to a medium skillet and heat it over medium heat. Add the onions and kosher salt. Sauté the onions until they are caramelized, about 20 minutes or so. Stir occasionally.
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Classified as Endangered (EN – B1+2abce) on the IUCN Red List 2002 (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3).
The Chilean woodstar is a small hummingbird. It has iridescent olive-green plumage and white underparts (2). Males are distinguished by their violet-red throat patch and both sexes possess short, black bills (2).
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Found in scrub in desert river valleys up to 750 metres above sea level (2).
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The highly restricted range of the Chilean woodstar represents a threat to its survival; the species is confined to just two valleys in northern Chile which are already heavily cultivated (2). Viable habitat for this species of hummingbird is therefore scarce.
Further research into the natural ecology of this species is urgently required in order to understand the nature of resources needed to sustain the population. Exports of hummingbirds from Peru and Chile are controlled (2) and this species is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (3).
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