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The Space Armada, also known as the Andross Space Armada is a stage of Star Fox on the Level 1 path, lying between the Asteroid and Meteor.
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Over the last eight years, most Democratic politicians have made a distinction between The Good War (Afghanistan) and The Bad War (Iraq). That very much includes Barack Obama.
As an Illinois state senator, he spoke out against military action in Iraq in 2002. And as a U.S. senator at a September 2007 hearing, he offered a blisteringly negative assessment of Iraq so lengthy that it left no time for Gen. David Petraeus to reply. But he has always said he supported military action in Afghanistan as a valid response to the Sept. 11 attacks that were planned there. So it is a little surprising to see in the results of this month's ABC/Washington Post poll that most American voters are not making the Good War/Bad War distinction.
Has the war in Afghanistan contributed to the long-term security of the United States? Some 53 percent say it has, while 44 percent say it hasn't.
Has the war in Iraq contributed to the long-term security of the United States? Some 50 percent say it has, while 48 percent say it hasn't.
Those are virtually identical numbers. It seems that about half of Americans think both were Good Wars and about half consider them both Bad Wars.
Substantial majorities of Republican voters consider both to be wars worth fighting, while majorities of Democratic voters disagree. What's most interesting is the switch among Democratic voters. A year ago, 41 percent of them thought Afghanistan was worth fighting for, while only 12 percent felt that way about Iraq. In this month's polls, the corresponding numbers were 36 percent and 29 percent. The Good War-Bad War distinction is disappearing.
One reason for this is that things have been going pretty well in Iraq, while things in Afghanistan look dicey. The ABC/Post poll reported that 71 percent of Americans oppose immediate withdrawal from Iraq, and 60 percent favor keeping 50,000 non-combat troops in Iraq in a supporting role. Keeping U.S. troops there seems hardly more controversial than keeping them in Germany.
But there is something more fundamental here. The Good War-Bad War distinction was based in large part on the argument that George W. Bush lied about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction.
Of course, Bush didn't lie. He relied on the same intelligence that many Democrats and leaders of foreign nations did. But, as Karl Rove wrote in his Wall Street Journal column this week, the Bush White House never pushed back against the Bush Lied claim when it was advanced by prominent Democrats like Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, John Edwards and Al Gore.
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National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1442 (Union) and United States Department of the Army, Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Agency)
64 FLRA No. 198
July 29, 2010
Before the Authority: Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, and
Thomas M. Beck and Ernest DuBester, Members
I. Statement of the Case
This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator James M. Harkless filed by the Union under § 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Agency filed an opposition to the Union's exceptions.
The Arbitrator found that the Union's grievance was not arbitrable. The grievance concerned the procedures the Agency followed in filling certain supervisory positions. For the reasons that follow, we deny the Union's exceptions.
II. Background and Arbitrator's Award
A. Background
In August and September 2007, the Agency filled two supervisory positions with bargaining unit employees. The Agency asked for volunteers for one of the positions, that of Supervisory Information Technology Specialist. Only one employee volunteered. The Agency subsequently placed the employee in the position on a permanent basis. Award at 6. The Agency filled the second supervisory position, a Supervisory Purchasing Technician, with a bargaining unit employee on a temporary basis. Id. at 7.
The Agency did not follow competitive procedures in either case. Rather, viewing the positions as covered by the National Security Personnel System (NSPS), 5 U.S.C. § 9901, the Agency classified both personnel actions as "reassignment[s]." Id. at 7.
The Union grieved both actions. The grievance alleged that the Agency violated the parties' Labor-Management Agreement (LMA) when it filled the positions. The Union relied particularly on LMA Articles 19 (Promotions) and 20 (Details). Id. at 2, 4-5. The Agency responded that the LMA and its grievance procedure did not apply because the positions were supervisory positions. The Agency also argued that it had not elected to negotiate procedures for selecting bargaining unit employees for non-bargaining unit positions. Id. at 3. When the grievance was not resolved, it was submitted to arbitration.
B. Arbitrator's Award
The Arbitrator framed the issues as follows:
Is the negotiated grievance procedure in Article 42 of the parties' LMA applicable to the complaints set forth in this grievance? If so, did the Agency violate Article 4, Article 19 or Article 20 of the LMA, or Title 5, Section 2301, when it placed [the employees] in non-bargaining supervisory positions covered by the NSPS rules? If so, what is the appropriate remedy?
Id. at 3.
The Arbitrator ruled that the grievance was not arbitrable. In the Arbitrator's view, the grievance involved a matter excluded from the LMA's grievance procedure. Id. at 7. The Arbitrator gave a number of reasons for his conclusion. First, the Arbitrator found that the two contested positions were supervisory and thus outside the bargaining unit. Id. Further, citing Authority case law, the Arbitrator held that the method an agency uses to fill such supervisory positions does not affect bargaining unit working conditions. Id. at 8 (citing NAGE, Local R1-109, 61 FLRA 588 (2006); Antilles Consol. Educ. Ass'n, 22 FLRA 235 (1986)). In addition, the Arbitrator found "no evidence" that the Agency had elected in negotiations to make the filling of such positions subject to the LMA. Award at 8. Finding "[a]s a result" that "there is nothing in any of [the LMA's] provisions dealing with the filling of the two supervisory positions," id., the Arbitrator concluded that the grievance was not arbitrable. Consequently, the Arbitrator found no need to address the other issues raised by the Union. Id. at 9.
III. Positions of the Parties
A. Union's Exceptions
The Union contends that the award: (1) is contrary to law; and (2) fails to draw its essence from the LMA.
In support of its contrary to law claim, the Union argues that the Arbitrator's finding that the grievance was not arbitrable is contrary to Authority case law. Exceptions at 5-6. According to the Union, under Authority case law, "employees outside the unit can be covered by a grievance if it covers the time they were in the unit." Id. at 5 (citing Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 13, 43 FLRA 1012, 1024 (1992) (Firefighters)); Soc. Sec. Admin. Mid-Am. Program Serv. Ctr., 26 FLRA 292, 293 (1987) (SSA)). The Union argues that, at the time the Agency filled the supervisory positions, "the referenced employees were still members of the bargaining unit," Exceptions at 4, and "the violations of the [LMA] occurred before the bargaining unit employees were . . . converted to supervisory positions." Id. at 3. Therefore, the Union concludes, it had a legal right to file its grievance.
Regarding its essence argument, the Union claims that the Arbitrator's arbitrability ruling is not a plausible interpretation of the parties' agreement. Id. at 7. The Union relies on Articles 19 and 20, which concern promotions and details, respectively.* The Union reasons that: (1) its grievance alleged violations of Articles 19 and 20; and (2) Articles 19 and 20 state that "[c]omplaints arising from the application of [those articles] will be processed under the negotiated grievance procedure." Id. Therefore, the Union concludes, the Arbitrator erred when he failed to find that the grievance could have been processed under the parties' negotiated grievance procedure.
B. Agency's Opposition
The Agency argues that the Arbitrator's award is not contrary to law. The Agency agrees with the Arbitrator that, under Authority case law, procedures for filling supervisory positions are excluded from the scope of the parties' negotiated grievance procedure unless the parties have negotiated for such coverage. Opp'n at 2, 4. Furthermore, the Agency contends, the Arbitrator correctly determined that the parties had not engaged in those negotiations. Id. In addition, the Agency takes the position that the case law cited by the Union is not applicable. Therefore, the Agency concludes, the Union has not shown how the Arbitrator's award is contrary to law.
The Agency also argues that the award does not fail to draw its essence from the LMA. The Agency contends that the Arbitrator's determination that Articles 19 and 20 do not apply to the filling of the two supervisory positions follows from the Arbitrator's correct determination that the filling of supervisory positions is not covered by the LMA. Id. at 5. Therefore, the Agency argues, the Arbitrator did not misinterpret or misapply Articles 19 and 20 when he found the grievance not arbitrable. Id.
IV. Analysis and Conclusions
A. The award is not contrary to law.
The Union argues that the Arbitrator misapplied Authority case law when he ruled that the grievance was not arbitrable. When an exception challenges an award's consistency with law, the Authority reviews the question of law raised by the exception and the award de novo. See NTEU, Chapter 24, 50 FLRA 330, 332 (1995). In applying this standard, the Authority assesses whether the arbitrator's legal conclusions are consistent with the applicable standard of law. See NFFE, Local 1437, 53 FLRA 1703, 1710 (1998). In making that assessment, the Authority defers to the arbitrator's underlying factual findings. See id. Where an arbitrator's substantive arbitrability determination is based on law, the Authority reviews that determination de novo. See NTEU, 61 FLRA 729, 732 (2006), and cases cited therein.
The Arbitrator's determination that the LMA's negotiated grievance procedure does not cover the filling of supervisory positions is not contrary to law. Under Authority case law, an agency's selections and selection procedures for filling nonbargaining unit positions are not subject to the parties' negotiated grievance procedure unless the agency has elected in negotiations to agree to their coverage. See NAGE, Local R1-109, 61 FLRA 588, 590-91 (2006); NTEU, 25 FLRA 1067, 1079 (1987), aff'd as to other matters, 848 F.2d 1273 (D.C. Cir. 1988). This longstanding precedent also applies to supervisory or managerial positions filled on a temporary basis. See, e.g., AFGE, Local 1012 v. FLRA, 841 F.2d 1165, 1167 (D.C. Cir. 1988) (proposal concerning the filling of supervisory positions, including temporary appointments, is negotiable only at the election of the agency). Consequently, the grievability of disputes over the filling of supervisory positions is ultimately a question of contract interpretation, not law.
The Arbitrator's resolution of the grievability question in this case is consistent with Authority precedent. It is undisputed that the supervisory positions whose filling the Union challenged in its grievance are outside the bargaining unit. Moreover, the Union does not take issue with the Arbitrator's finding that there is "no evidence" that the Agency had elected to make the filling of the contested positions subject to the parties' negotiated grievance procedure. Award at 8. Therefore, the Arbitrator's conclusion, that the Union's grievance is not subject to the negotiated grievance procedure and is not arbitrable, is consistent with Authority case law.
The case law on which the Union relies does not apply. The cases cited by the Union discuss whether former bargaining unit employees may, consistent with the terms of applicable collective bargaining agreements, grieve an action taken while they were members of the bargaining unit. See, e.g., Firefighters, 43 FLRA at 1024 (past and present employees entitled under the terms of the contract to pursue grievance regarding overtime pay); SSA, 26 FLRA at 293 (grievance of former bargaining unit employee arbitrable under terms of the contract).
These cases have no application here. There is no issue in this case concerning the grievance rights of former unit employees; i.e., the employees who were chosen to fill the supervisory positions in dispute. Rather, the grievance was filed by the Union. Moreover, the grievance was filed to vindicate the interests of current unit employees, not the former unit employees who had moved to positions outside the unit.
In addition, the principle that the Arbitrator relied on is not addressed by these cases. Specifically, the Arbitrator's substantive arbitrability ruling hinged on the Arbitrator's finding that the parties' negotiated grievance procedure did not cover the filling of the supervisory positions at issue. This subject is not addressed by the Authority decisions on which the Union relies. Therefore, the case law on which the Union relies is inapposite, and does not provide any basis for finding that the award is contrary to law.
B. The award does not fail to draw its essence from the LMA.
Citing specific contract language, the Union argues that the award fails to draw its essence from the LMA. In reviewing an arbitrator's interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement, the Authority applies the deferential standard of review that federal courts use in reviewing arbitration awards in the private sector. See 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a) (2); AFGE, Council 220, 54 FLRA 156, 159 (1998). Under this standard, the Authority will find that an arbitration award is deficient as failing to draw its essence from the collective bargaining agreement when the appealing party establishes that the award: (1) cannot in any rational way be derived from the agreement; (2) is so unfounded in reason and fact and so unconnected with the wording and purposes of the collective bargaining agreement as to manifest an infidelity to the obligation of the arbitrator; (3) does not represent a plausible interpretation of the agreement; or (4) evidences a manifest disregard of the agreement. See, e.g., U.S. Dep't of Labor (OSHA), 34 FLRA 573, 575 (1990). This standard and the private sector cases from which it is derived make clear that an arbitrator's award will not be found to fail to draw its essence from the agreement merely because a party believes that the arbitrator misinterpreted the agreement. See id. at 575-76. The courts defer to the arbitrator's interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement "because it is the arbitrator's construction of the agreement for which the parties have bargained." Id. at 576.
As discussed previously, extending a negotiated grievance procedure's scope to cover the filling of supervisory positions is a permissive subject of bargaining. See, e.g., NAGE, Local R1-109, 61 FLRA at 590-91. Further, the Arbitrator's finding that there is no evidence that the Agency had elected to negotiate for such coverage is unchallenged. Consequently, the Arbitrator's conclusion that the parties' grievance procedure does not
cover the filling of supervisory positions does not fail to draw its essence from the parties' agreement.
The Union argues that the award fails to draw its essence from Articles 19 and 20 of the LMA, concerning promotions and details, respectively. The Union claims that the award does not represent a plausible interpretation of these provisions because the provisions clearly state that "complaints arising from the application of [the articles] will be processed under the negotiated grievance procedure." Exceptions at 7 (emphasis added); see also id. at 8. In the Union's view, because the grievance alleged violations of Articles 19 and 20, it constituted a "[c]omplaint arising from the application of " the articles. Id. at 7-8.
The Union's essence argument, relying on the premise that the grievance "aris[es] from the application of [Articles 19 and 20]," does not have merit. Id. at 7. Contrary to the Union's claim, the Arbitrator determined that the Union's grievance does not arise from the application of either article because "there is nothing in any of [the agreement&r


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The Light Side: Speaking Two Languages Is Golden
June 6, 2014
Time to grab Rosetta Stone if you only know one language but wish to better keep your mental faculties in your golden years. New research shows that people who are bilingual have better cognitive abilities in old age and slower onset of dementia, even if they learned a second language during adulthood.
In a new study, "Does bilingualism influence cognitive aging?" published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, capability with at least two languages is thought to improve cognition and delay dementia in older adults. While prior research has investigated the impact of learning more than one language, ruling out "reverse causality" has proven difficult. The crucial question is whether people improve their cognitive functions through learning new languages or whether those with better baseline cognitive functions are more likely to become bilingual.
"Our study is the first to examine whether learning a second language impacts cognitive performance later in life while controlling for childhood intelligence," said lead author Dr. Thomas Bak from the Centre for Cognitive Aging and Cognitive Epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, in a release, taking into account the cognitive abilities predating the acquisition of a second language.
For the study, researchers relied on data from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, comprised of 853 native speakers of English who were born, raised, and still living in the area of Edinburgh, Scotland. This control group was deemed "remarkably homogeneous," being English native speakers and of European origin.
The participants were given an intelligence test in 1947 at age 11 and retested in their early 70s between 2008 and 2010. Of those, 262 reported to be able to communicate in at least one language other than English. Of those, 195 learned the second language before age 18 and 65 others after age 18. Moreover, 160 individuals knew two languages, 61 knew three, 16 knew four, and 8 knew a whopping five languages.
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"These findings are of considerable practical relevance. Millions of people around the world acquire their second language later in life," Bak said. "Our study shows that bilingualism, even when acquired in adulthood, may benefit the aging brain."
Soccer is a game played in the suburbs, where a bunch of five- and six-year-old children chase a ball around the field while their parents sip coffee and never say a negative comment about the referee or the opposing team. And everyone must get a trophy. Not so for the World Cup.
It's going to be just a tad more intense in Brazil.
During the World Cup, blind nationalism is required. There is more yelling than in any other sport, the referee receives constant abuse not just from the fans but also from the players, while some of the best actors in the world demonstrate their incredible athletic ability.
Every four years, 32 national teams compete against each other for the right to lift a trophy and say, "Our country is the best." And starting on June 12, you get to be part of that pride as the United States travels down to Brazil to play "football" in the sweltering Amazonian heat.
The World Cup is broken up into eight groups of four teams. In the first round, all of the teams play against every other team in their groups. Using Team USA's group (Group G), as an example, the Americans will play against Germany, Portugal, and Ghana. Each game is worth points in the group standings, which are awarded as follows:
- A win gets 3 points
- A draw gets 1 point
- A loss gets 0 points.
There are plenty of very interesting statistics that show how widespread and adored soccer is around the world:
- The record for most people watching a single World Cup match was in 1950, when Brazil lost to Uruguay. A total of 173,850 people crammed into the Maracana.
- Brazil's Ronaldo is the all-time leading tournament scorer with 15 goals. However, Germany's Miroslav Klose has scored 14 and could pass Ronaldo in this World Cup.
- Brazil, the host nation, is the world's most successful national team, having lifted the trophy five times.
- In 1954, numbers were added to players' shirts. Players with #9 on their backs have scored 255 times. Players with #10 have scored 232 times.
- Roger Milla, a retired player for Cameroon, is the oldest player to ever score in the World Cup at 42 years and 39 days of age.
- Yell at the referee on close calls. He's wrong. Always. Except when the Americans score. Then he's totally right.
- If the opposing team scores a goal, just yell, "But he was offside!" Or yell, "Handball!"
- If the United States is eliminated, support Brazil (they're likely to win it all anyway).
The ThomasNet.com team supports Team USA and wishes the players the very best of luck. Tune in on Thursday, June 12, for the opening ceremony and the first match. The United States' first match, against Ghana, is on Monday, June 16, at 6 p.m. Go Team USA!This article was written by Jacob Donnelly, product manager of the ThomasNet Jobs job board on ThomasNet.com.
Hopefully, Julia Collins' recent 21-episode run on Jeopardy! has serendipitously raised the profile of the supply chain management profession besides making her a mini-celebrity. Collins, a supply chain professional of more than eight years, earlier this week was finally defeated on the game show but not before becoming Jeopardy!'s all-time winningest female contestant and nabbing total (pre-tax) earnings of $428,100. (The game show is pre-taped, so she actually had her run in late January to February.)
Collins, a 31-year-old Chicago-area resident who has a master's in logistics and supply chain management (SCM) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became the apple of the nation's eye during her 20-episode Jeopardy! winning streak, appearing on Good Morning America, not to mention being spotted while out shopping. She is currently waiting to collect her winnings, after which outlet malls could be replaced by Rodeo Drive -- though she has stated that a spending spree is not in the offing. Spoken like a true cost-saving supply chain practitioner.Jeopardy! officials note that Collins will return to the show in the future for its Tournament of Champions, giving her preferred partner status in SCM speak.
In addition to becoming the new queen of Jeopardy!, she finishes second all-time in consecutive victories and third all-time in total earnings. "I was a little bit exhausted when it was all over, but it was so much fun, and I didn't want it to stop," Collins told the Chicago Tribune.
Collins has added the title of "Jeopardy! Champion" to "Supply Chain Professional" on her LinkedIn profile. During her streak, she got on social media and created the Twitter handle @JeopardyJulia, deservedly basking in her new fame. Somewhat eerily, she had predicted that she would become a Jeopardy! champ in her eighth-grade yearbook comment.
Well, she was wrong because she actually doubled her prediction, but only because she hadn't mastered forecasting tools back then.
Over the past 50 years we've watched aliens, star fleets, and a number of other sci-fi entities employ tractor beams. Though the technology seems like nothing more than a fantasy, researchers at the University of Dundee have created a real-life tractor beam using acoustic waves.
Working in collaboration with partners at Southampton University and Illinois Wesleyan University, Dundee researchers used energy from an ultrasound array to pull a 1-cm triangular object from a stationary position toward the beam's source, as told by Physical Letters Review.
Taking advantage of their target object's shape, researchers used ultrasonic pulses to overcome friction and keep the object stable. By bouncing beams of sonic energy at a precise power level and angle of incidence, researchers created a pressurized pocket behind the object that forced the object to advance toward the tractor beam.
"This is the first time anyone has demonstrated a working acoustic tractor beam and the first time such a beam has been used to move anything bigger than microscopic targets," said Dr. Christine Demore of the Institute for Medical Science and Technology at Dundee. "We were able to show that you could exert sufficient force on an object around one centimeter in size to hold or move it, by directing twin beams of energy from the ultrasound array toward the back of the object."
What's more incredible is that the Dundee team designed the acoustic tractor beam using off-the-shelf parts. Key to the machine's abilities was an ultrasound device that's been clinically approved for use in magnetic resonance imaging-guided ultrasound surgeries.
While the power and technology required to tow a human or star cruiser is currently out of reach, researchers believe their tractor beam could be used to improve ultrasound-based healthcare in the near term.This article was originally published on Engineering.com and is adapted in its entirety with permission. For more stories like this please visit Engineering.com. Top photo credit: Photokanok at FreeDigitalPhotos.net


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James, I don't speak for Larry Kudlow but I think his objections were both substantive and political. From my perspective I think Thompson's idea has much merit and I give him credit for raising it. That said I am not unaware that it will be viciously attacked by seniors and by the Democrats if he is the candidate or another candidate makes a similar proposal. This is the infamous third rail. There is a good reason why Hillary played her cards so close to her vest in the last debate about her social security plans and why the other GOP contenders tend to simply list options other than tax increases for fixing the solvency problem.
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Might be required reading if you're thinking about entering the frame building business. Warning, Mr. Gordon has a pretty negative frame [pun] of mind about tourers and business side of bike building.
Might be required reading if you're thinking about entering the frame building business. Warning, Mr. Gordon has a pretty negative frame [pun] of mind about tourers and business side of bike building.
I think there is an Intervention for any one delusional about being the next Framebuilder-God..
I have heard that rant before, and would love to read the article. He is right, and any competition one can scare away, well, all the better. Frame building is not really automatable like say the Phil Wood business. And worse still, frame builders tend to stick with every bogus old world shortcut, that now stands for premium construction at a snaiil's pace. They have made a virtue out of inefficient. There are people who believe that writing with a quill pen on hand made paper is a better way to communicate. Then you have people who still write letters, but send them by email. And then you have the tweeting, burping, folks. It is all good, but you know which one the frame makers are more like.
The thing I always wonder about Bruce Gordon is he was in Cali during the last decade and with a machine shop and staff welder. How did he miss out cashing in on the whole chopper craze?
Maybe BG felt that he needed to "be the engine". Andy.
I met BG in late 1979, at his home in Eugene. I was building at the time and wanted to meet him. I called and he said come over and see the shop. I asked about the local market for frames and his simple answer was, non-existent, you need to build for the entire country if you want to make an even meager living. Kind of discouraging but I know he was right. He told me to wander around and see the shop while he went off to take care of something. About ten minutes later he came back, I thanked him for his time, bought a few tubes from his stash and split.
I came away with two impressions, Bruce Gordon is a man of very few words and I better get a day job.


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Admit it -- brushing your teeth is so second-nature you barely think about it. But doing it right is key for a healthy mouth. It can help you avoid problems like cavities and gum disease.
Sharpen your skills with these easy-to-follow tips:
1. Choose the Right Tool
Just any old toothbrush may not be the one for you. Think about the size of your mouth, says Richard H. Price, DMD, consumer advisor for the American Dental Association. "If you are straining to open wide enough to let the brush in, the brush is probably too big," he says.
It should feel good in your mouth and in your hand, so you'll use it often.
Know your bristles, too. If they're really stiff, they can hurt your gums. A soft brush is best.
Electric or manual? "It's an individual preference," says Michael Sesemann, DDS.
Price agrees. "It's not the toothbrush, it's the brusher."
Electric toothbrushes can make it easier to do a better job, especially if you have arthritis or other trouble with your hands, arms, or shoulders.
2. Give It Time
Are you brushing enough? Twice a day is recommended, but Sesemann says three times a day is best.
It should take at least 2 minutes each time. He says most of us fall short. He also suggests you divide your mouth into four sections and spend 30 seconds on each. To make the time go faster, Sesemann says he watches TV while he brushes.
Some electric toothbrushes have built-in timers and can track how you're using it by syncing to your smartphone.
3. Don't Overdo It
Brushing more than three times a day might not be ideal, Sesemann says. That's because too much can wear down your teeth's outer shell, called enamel, and damage your gums.
Also, "don't bear down too hard," he says. "Use a lighter touch."
If you use an electric brush, "you let the bristles do the work and just guide the toothbrush," Price says.
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If he has a sandwich write what was on it, did he get a tummy ache after eating it etc.
If he did, give him 5 bites out of everything inside the sandwich, one at a time to see if there is a reaction, keep doing it until you figure it out.
Found out there is a lot of fruits my son is allergic to and gluten.
Amanda, mom to 3 boys.
former fat girl turned fitness instructor, fighting obesity 1lb at a time.
The best thing to do to see if it is truly a reaction to gluten, is to stop giving her anything with wheat in it. I know this sounds impossible, but it's not. There are lots of foods out there that are naturally gluten-free and even Lay's potato chips, Cheetos, fruity pebbles cereal and treat bars are GF. That is the quickest and easiest way.
I know there will be people out there who will tell you to take her for a blood test to see if it really is gluten. If that's the way you want to go, then fine, but if you want to see immediate relief for your little one, my suggestion is to change her diet immediately.
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It def. sounds like a gluten allergy. You should take her to a doctor, but in the mean time, try a couple of days gluten free. It's a pain in the butt, but if you see a big difference you will have your answer.
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Sounds to me like a food allergy too. I would take a look at the top 8 allergens and see if you notice a pattern, and try an elimination diet(one at a time) to see if her symptoms improve. They can test for food allergies(not intolerances) but if you have a starting point that would be helpful.
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Start with a food journal and write down everything she eats, then give your pedi a call...they can test for any allergies and having a weeks worth of food enteries along with any reactions will help them narrow it down. good luck!
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We are going through this with my DD right now. She is 9 and has always been prone to gas and tummy aches but it has gotten worse in the last few months.
She is severely allergic to tree nuts/peanuts so gluten issues were my first instict as well. I marched her into her allergist and we re-ran the RAST test for allergies. She has no gluten/wheat or dairy issues (just the same nut issues).
We then took her in for a series of ultrasounds to check everything inside to see if something was going on with her organs. Everything is normal.
We are now going back to the allergist and regular doctor to figure out what else it could be. It sucks, I feel so bad for her.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome? I had it when I was younger and still have bouts of it every now and then. Mine is a very mild case. If I don't eat in time I get a stomachache and even eating after my stomacheache comes on does not help. Stress and being tired also causes a flare up for me. Usually going to the bathroom is the only thing that can relieve it but not all the time. Most of the time I just go to bed and it feels better in the morning. Just thought something else to look into if it's not gluten related.
She is always very gasy and farts more then anyone I know.
I will have to do the food journal to see what may be causing this. She loves to eat and is always hungry, (like any normal child) so it's going to be hard. I'll have to try the gluten free thing and see as well.
My sons friend, (who is 7) is dairy and gluten free and I always feel bad for him cause he can't eat so many things. This will be so hard for her but if it helps than she'll have to get used to it.
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Two common life-threatening tachycardias are ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular tachycardia is a rapid regular rhythm caused by electrical signals originating from an area of the ventricle. Ventricular tachycardia can decrease blood delivery by the heart and cause low blood pressure. Ventricular tachycardia can also progress to a more serious heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation.
Ventricular fibrillation is an irregular rhythm, which is a result of multiple rapid and chaotic electrical signals firing from many different areas in the ventricles. A heart undergoing ventricular fibrillation is in a state of standstill called cardiac arrest. The heart muscles quiver and cease pumping which causes a halt in the delivery of blood to the body. Unless ventricular fibrillation is terminated quickly, irreversible brain damage occurs within minutes of the onset of ventricular fibrillation, leading to death.
Sudden cardiac arrest is the most common cause of death in the United States. The most frequent causes of cardiac arrest in the United States are ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
What are the causes of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?
Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are most commonly caused by heart attacks (acute myocardial infarctions) or scarring of the heart muscle from previous heart attacks. Less common causes of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation include severe weakening of the heart muscles (cardiomyopathy), medication toxicity (such as digoxin toxicity), medication side effects, and blood electrolyte disturbances (such as a low potassium level). Ironically, some medications used in treating heart rhythm abnormalities can cause ventricular tachycardias.
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Even though the enterprise content management (ECM) market is a mature one, vendors still struggle to meet rapidly changing business and worker needs. The rise of mobility, demands for easy collaboration and the push to provide better customer experiences are all emerging as market drivers.
Enterprises, meanwhile, continue to look to ECM to put content into the applications where it is most needed. According to new data from Nucleus Research, this is pushing vendors to develop strategies that are based around simplification and integration, wider user adoption as well as mobile and sharing capabilities.
In attempt to help prospective ECM buyers, Nucleus has just released its Technology Matrix H1 2014 ECM. It evaluates the abilities of vendors to deliver ECM systems based on usability and functionality, as well as an analysis of how vendors are innovating to keep their place in the ECM market.
As well as being challenged to provide new functionalities, vendors are also being challenged by developments outside their control and in other areas of technology. Cloud computing is a perfect example.
ECM vendors are now being forced to develop either pure cloud-based versions of what were previously on-premises ECMs or those increasingly popular hybrid solutions that blend the cloud with on-premises deployments.
Enterprises that are buying these products look to ensure end-user adoption and maximum return on investment (ROI).
Key Trends
Nucleus has identified three trends that are now being pulled into the product roadmap for ECM applications:
- Simplification: Simplifying the end-user experience and making it easier for workers to work has become the priority, as has automating more processes to reduce training times
- Integration: There is a move away from standalone solutions toward integration with other applications
- Mobility and collaboration: Focus on ways to help employees create, access and share content securely from mobile devices
Nucleus Methodology
Before looking at vendors that made it into the leaders quadrant (and latter in the week at the other vendors in the other quadrants), a quick word about the methodology.
The Value Matrix is based on functionality and usability, the two core measures that Nucleus says indicate an application's ability to deliver initial ROI and maximum value over time.
It is divided into four quadrants: Leaders, Experts, Facilitators, and Core Providers. If this sounds similar to Gartner's MQs there are two important differences. Gartner's Quadrant is based on absolute values, while the Nucleus analysis is presented as relative values, in which vendors are compared to each other.
The other major difference is that the Nucleus quadrant is published twice a year with the axis rebalanced for every different publication.
Each vendor's location on the Matrix is the result of the usability and functionality scores assigned to that vendor based on interviews that Nucleus analysts have had with end users.
As part of Nucleus's analysis, customers are asked to evaluate both the application they selected as well as other vendors they considered. (These are the main criteria, but there is a lot more on this, which Nucleus outlined in a paper specifically on this from 2012).
Then the vendors were broken down into quadrants. Vendors in the Leaders quadrant are those that have invested in both functionality and usability features that are likely to deliver the greatest potential returns. In this Matrix and in this order, they include:
- OpenText
- Oracle
- OnBase
- HP Autonomy
- Perceptive Software
- SpringCM
1. OpenText
OpenText, according to Nucleus, is top dog. This is probably not a surprise given developments over the past two years since it outlined its five-pillars of information management strategy two years ago and followed it up with Project Oxygen, which it unveiled last November.
According to Nucleus, its portfolio of offerings is constantly growing in both depth and breath, while moving from 2013 to 2014 has focused to a large extent on improving usability across collaboration, sharing and content access features.
Users also noted OpenText's ability to respond quickly to business needs as an important quality, while its ongoing integration with other vendor offerings to provide better users experiences is also a major plus.
Nucleus says it expects OpenText to continue to streamline its product offerings and introduce new social and mobile functionality to increase the ease of deployment and overall usability of its solutions.
2. Oracle
Oracle has taken a two-pronged approached to developing the functionality and usability of its WebCenter offerings while the depth of its application infrastructure makes it an easily integrated complimentary content management application for all Oracle systems.
Nucleus points out that Oracle is extending the functionality of its content management integrations with other applications outside mainstream ECM, like applications for customer relationships management (CRM), or enterprise resource planning (ERP), making it easier for users to collaboration, capture and manage content directly form the application interface.


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Mayor Marks challenges ethics complaints
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Tallahassee Mayor John Marks is contesting alleged ethics violations. The Florida Ethics Commission voted to charge Marks with five violations. Marks voted on a grant for an Atlanta non-profit organization. However, he was a paid member of the non-profit's board of advisers. His votes on the grant for the Alliance for Digital Equality and Honeywell are in question. The hearing continues today, Oct. 9.
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Syracuse beats Miami in ACC opener, 49-44
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim won his first game in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He likely won't rest easy any time soon, though.
C.J. Fair scored 15 points, including the go-ahead basket with 4:16 to go, and No. 2 Syracuse rallied late to beat Miami 49-44 on Saturday in the Orange's ACC debut.
Syracuse trailed 35-29 nearing the midpoint of the second half of a slow-paced game that featured just three fast-break points — a 3-pointer by Syracuse's Trevor Cooney in the first 5 minutes of play. But with the sharpshooting Cooney suffering through his worst shooting performance of the season, the Orange found a way to prevail in the end by going inside against Miami's matchup zone.
"When you get into league play, you're going to have games like this," Boeheim said. "It's not easy. We're going to see this a lot."
Syracuse (14-0, 1-0) entered the game as one of seven unbeaten teams remaining in Division I and struggled against Miami (8-6, 0-2), the reigning conference champion.
A long jumper from the right corner by Rion Brown gave Miami a 35-29 lead with 12:22 remaining and the Hurricanes were executing coach Jim Larranaga's game plan nicely, taking time off the clock and preventing the Orange from scoring inside.
"They had a real solid matchup zone and we couldn't really get anything going," Fair said. "They got good shots working the shot clock down and made us work on defense. It's tough playing defense that long."
Jerami Grant hit a jumper from the free throw line, Fair converted a spinning layup in the lane and Tyler Ennis hit a driving layup to give Syracuse a 43-40 lead with 3:19 left.
No. 1 Arizona 71, Washington 62: In Tucson, Ariz., Nick Johnson scored 24 points, Aaron Gordon had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Arizona beat Washington 71-62 on Saturday.
The Wildcats (15-0, 2-0 Pacific-12) are off to their best start since 1931-32, when the team set a school record with 16 wins to open the season. C.J. Wilcox led Washington (9-6, 1-1) with 20 points while Perris Blackwell had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
No. 3 Ohio State 84, Nebraska 53: In Colubmus, Ohio, LaQuinton Ross scored 11 points, including two 3-pointers as Ohio State pulled away.
Amedeo Della Valle had 15 points, Marc Loving scored a career-high 13, Shannon Scott also had 13 and Amir Williams chipped in with 10 points for Ohio State.
Terran Petteway scored 15 points and Leslee Smith had 11 for the Cornhuskers (8-6, 0-2).
No. 5 Michigan 73, Indiana 56: In Bloomington, Ind., Gary Harris scored 26 points to lead Michigan State. Harris had 17 points in the first half for the Spartans (13-1, 2-0 Big Ten) and he had a 5-point play midway through the second half.


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MONTREAL – So much for the Montreal Canadiens serving as a bad matchup for a Bruins team that can do no wrong.
The Black and Gold did very little wrong in serving a 4-1 beating to the hated Habs on their home ice at the Bell Centre that ended a five-game losing streak against their Original Six arch-rivals. It didn't always look that way as the Canadiens actually carried the play in the scoreless first period while outshooting the Bruins by a 13-6 margin, and setting Boston off-balance with their speed.
But the Bruins came out looking much more like their strong selves in the second period, and started attacking a group of Montreal defenseman missing their warrior shot-blocker, Josh Gorges. Young blueliner Jarred Tinordi botched a puck retrieval attempt off a defensive zone face-off and gave Carl Soderberg a free shot at the Montreal net and goaltender Peter Budaj.
Soderberg easily beat Budaj for his 12th goal of the season at the 1:33 mark, and Boston was off and running. Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron followed with a nice two-man play that left Tinordi once again flailing as the last line of defense, and Bergeron firing his 19th goal into the open net.
The real back-breaking play occurred at the end of the second period. Thomas Vanek and Tomas Plekanec had the B's defensemen pair of Johnny Boychuk and Matt Bartkowski hemmed into their own zone. The B's managed to clear the puck, and Milan Lucic scorched a blast past Budaj to make it a three-goal advantage over Montreal.
Zdeno Chara tacked on another goal minutes into the third period, and David Desharnais finished off the scoring with the sole Habs strike that ruined Tuukka Rask's bid (33 saves) for a shutout.
GOLD STAR: Tuukka Rask made 35 saves and captured only his third career win against the Montreal Canadiens in 15 contests with a needed effort against the Habs headed into the final month of the season. Rask was at his best in the first period stopping 14 shots, including some Grade A scoring chances from the Canadiens. It appeared that Rask had some trouble gloving clean shots from the outside from Andrei Markov and Thomas Vanek in that period, but he also stoned Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk on big breakaway attempts during that time as well. Rask settled in and did allow the David Desharnais goal in the third period when the refs were slow to freeze the puck, but he was brilliant at the Bell Centre.
BLACK EYE: Jarred Tinordi was exposed a bit by the Bruins as the Montreal defenseman situation is in flux while Josh Gorges is out for the next month with a broken hand. Tinordi had an unforced turnover off a defensive zone face-off that led to an easy goal for Carl Soderberg, and then was hung out to dry when Andrei Markov fell down on the Brad Marchand-to-Patrice Bergeron odd man rush. He finished a minus-2 in 14:14 with a giveaway, and probably isn't ready for prime time against a team like the Bruins in a big game. The Habs just inserted the ageless Frances Bouillon into the lineup, and had to force-feed him 24:03 against the Bruins on Wednesday night.
TURNING POINT: Some could easily point to the 14 saves by Rask in the first period, but the big turning point arrived at the end of the second period with the Bruins already holding a 2-0 lead. The fourth line plus Matt Bartkowski and Johnny Boychuk were hemmed into the defensive zone by Tomas Plekanec and Thomas Vanek, but the Habs couldn't score despite four or five good shots at the net. The B's fourth-liners finally cleared the puck, and that a quick line change turned into a Milan Lucic bomb from the right face-off circle that pushed Boston to a three-goal lead. The Habs were cooked at that point.
HONORABLE MENTION: Milan Lucic had the big goal at the end of the second period on a powerful shot, and was a physical presence from his very first shift when he slammed Alexei Emelin against the boards. Lucic finished with four shots on net and five registered hits, and physically pounded the Canadiens in 16:37 of ice time for the Black and Gold. The B's left-winger seemed to understand, as well as anybody on the Bruins roster, that Boston needed to have some success against the Habs prior to a potential date in the playoffs. Then he went out and physically dominated Montreal with his body-checking and his offensive skill.
BY THE NUMBERS: 23:24 – the team-high ice time for B's defenseman Matt Bartkowski, who blocked five shots along with three registered hits and certainly looked playoff ready to this pair of eyes.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "That's what we are here for. We try to be one of the best third lines in the NHL and help our team win every night." –Carl Soderberg, who has been on fire with seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) in the past eight games, including the first goal against the Canadiens.


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Article: Growth of xenotransplanted leukemia cells is influenced by diet nutrients and is attenuated with 2-deoxyglucose[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We examined the effects of diet nutrients on xenotransplanted leukemia cells, THP-1 or NB4. THP-1 tumors showed more growth when fed with high fat diet, while NB4 tumors grew more with high carbohydrate diet. Then, administration of 2-deoxyglucose (a glycolysis inhibitor) showed a significant antitumor effect on both tumors: NB4 tumor showed large necrotic areas, while THP-1 tumor did not, but had augmented expression of enzymes for fatty acid oxidation. 2-Deoxyglucose inhibited the growth of NB4 by cell death because main energy producing pathway (glycolysis) was abolished, while 2-deoxyglucose slowed the growth of THP-1 by shifting energy metabolism to fatty acid β-oxidation.
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ABSTRACT: The shift in energy metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis can serve as a target for the inhibition of cancer growth. Here, we examined the metabolic changes induced by 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), a glycolysis inhibitor, in leukemia cells by metabolome analysis. NB4 cells mainly utilized glucose as an energy source by glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, since metabolites in the glycolytic pathway and in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle were significantly decreased by 2-DG. In THP-1 cells, metabolites in the TCA cycle were not decreased to the same extent by 2-DG as in NB4 cells, which indicates that THP-1 utilizes energy sources other than glucose. TCA cycle metabolites in THP-1 cells may be derived from acetyl-CoA by fatty acid β-oxidation, which was supported by abundant detection of carnitine and acetylcarnitine in THP-1 cells. 2-DG treatment increased the levels of pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) metabolites and augmented the generation of NADPH by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. An increase in NADPH and upregulation of glutathione synthetase expression resulted in the increase in the reduced form of glutathione by 2-DG in NB4 cells. We demonstrated that a combination of 2-DG and inhibition of PPP by dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) effectively suppressed the growth of NB4 cells. The replenishment of the TCA cycle by fatty acid oxidation by carnitine palmitoyltransferase in THP-1 cells, treated by 2-DG, might be regulated by AMPK, as the combination of 2-DG and inhibition of AMPK by compound C potently suppressed the growth of THP-1 cells. Although 2-DG has been effective in preclinical and clinical studies, this treatment has not been fully explored due to concerns related to potential toxicities such as brain toxicity at high doses. We demonstrated that a combination of 2-DG and DHEA or compound C at a relatively low concentration effectively inhibits the growth of NB4 and THP-1 cells, respectively. These observations may aid in the identification of appropriate combinations of metabolic inhibitors at low concentrations which do not cause toxicities.
Article: Establishment of a Novel Human Myeloid Leukemia Cell Line, AMU-AML1, Carrying t(12;22)(p13;q11) without Chimeric MN1-TEL and with High Expression of MN1[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this study, we established and analyzed a novel human myeloid leukemia cell line, AMU-AML1, from a patient with acute myeloid leukemia with multilineage dysplasia before the initiation of chemotherapy. AMU-AML1 cells were positive for CD13, CD33, CD117, and HLA-DR by flow cytometry analysis and showed a single chromosomal abnormality, 46, XY, t(12;22)(p13;q11.2), by G-banding and spectral karyotyping. Fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis indicated that the chromosomal breakpoint in band 12p13 was in the sequence from the 5' untranslated region to intron 1 of TEL and that the chromosomal breakpoint in band 22q11 was in the 3' untranslated region of MN1. The chimeric transcript and protein of MN1-TEL could not be detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction or Western blot analysis. However, the MN1 gene was amplified to three copies detected by array comparative genomic hybridization analysis, and the expression levels of the MN1 transcript and protein were high in AMU-AML1 cells when compared with other cell lines with t(12;22)(p13;q11-12). Our data showed that AMU-AML1 cells contain t(12;22)(p13;q11.2) without chimeric fusion of MN1 and TEL. The AMU-AML1 cells gained MN1 copies and had high expression levels of MN1. Thus, the AMU-AML1 cell line is useful for studying the biological consequences of t(12;22)(p13;q11.2) lacking chimeric MN1-TEL.
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ABSTRACT: For generation of energy, cancer cells utilize glycolysis more vigorously than oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria (Warburg effect). We examined the energy metabolism of four leukemia cell lines by using glycolysis inhibitor, 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG) and inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, oligomycin. NB4 was relatively sensitive to 2-DG (IC(50): 5.75 mM), consumed more glucose and produced more lactate (waste product of glycolysis) than the three other cell lines. Consequently, NB4 was considered as a "glycolytic" leukemia cell line. Dependency on glycolysis in NB4 was confirmed by the fact that glucose (+) FCS (-) medium showed more growth and survival than glucose (-) FCS (+) medium. Alternatively, THP-1, most resistant to 2-DG (IC(50): 16.14 mM), was most sensitive to oligomycin. Thus, THP-1 was recognized to be dependent on oxidative phosphorylation. In THP-1, glucose (-) FCS (+) medium showed more growth and survival than glucose (+) FCS (-) medium. The dependency of THP-1 on FCS was explained, at least partly, by fatty acid oxidation because inhibitor of fatty acid β-oxidation, etomoxir, augmented the growth suppression of THP-1 by 2-DG. We also examined the mechanisms by which THP-1 was resistant to, and NB4 was sensitive to 2-DG treatment. In THP-1, AMP kinase (AMPK), which is activated when ATP becomes limiting, was rapidly phosphorylated by 2-DG, and expression of Bcl-2 was augmented, which might result in resistance to 2-DG. On the other hand, AMPK phosphorylation and augmentation of Bcl-2 expression by 2-DG were not observed in NB4, which is 2-DG sensitive. These results will facilitate the future leukemia therapy targeting metabolic pathways.
Article: Growth inhibition of AML cells with specific chromosome abnormalities by monoclonal antibodies to receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: By using neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 1 (VEGFR1) and VEGFR2, we have shown that acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) cells with specific chromosome abnormalities are dependent on VEGF/VEGFR system. AML with t(8;21) is the most dependent subtype on VEGF with both VEGFR1 and VEGFR2. t(15;17)AML cells depend on VEGF with VEGFR1. AML cells with 11q23 abnormalities showed variable dependence on VEGF. The growth of t(11;19)AML cells are most extensively inhibited by anti-VEGFR1 antibody. Then, the growth of Kasumi-1, a t(8;21) cell line was suppressed by either anti-VEGFR1 antibody (p=0.0022) or anti-VEGFR2 antibody (p=0.0029) in a dose-dependent manner. The growth of NB4, a t(15;17) cell line was more potently suppressed by anti-VEGFR1 antibody (p=0.0111) than by anti-VEGFR2 antibody (p=0.0477). These results are quite concordant with the results of clinical samples with t(8;21) or t(15;17). In addition, anti-VEGFR2 monoclonal antibody significantly potentiated the growth inhibitory effect of idarubicin for Kasumi-1. As for downstream signals, we have shown that VEGFR2 transduce growth and survival signals through phosphorylation of Akt and MEK in leukemia cells (Kasumi-1). However, VEGFR1 transduce growth and survival signals through pathways other than MEK and Akt (NB4), although Akt phosphorylation may account for some of the VEGFR1 signals (Kasumi-1). Finally, our data suggested that autocrine pathway of VEGF and VEGFRs observed in AML cells with specific chromosomal translocations have contributed to leukemogenesis as activated signaling of receptor tyrosine kinase.
Article: t(8;21) acute myeloid leukaemia cells are dependent on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor type2 pathway and phosphorylation of Akt[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Several anti-angiogenic drugs have recently been clinically tested for haematological malignancies. To improve the efficacy of molecular target therapy against angiogenic molecules in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), we examined the dependency of AML cells on the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor type2 (VEGFR2) system by using VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor. Nineteen patient AML samples were cultured with or without VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor. All four t(8;21) viable AML cells showed significant reductions when treated with VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor, although VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor did not affect the cell proliferation of five t(15;17) AML samples. Other AML cases showed variable responses. VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor greatly suppressed the growth of Kasumi-1, a t(8;21) cell line in a dose-dependent manner through induction of apoptosis, but did not show any significant influence on NB4, a t(15;17) cell line. In addition, VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor potentiated the growth inhibitory effect of cytarabine in Kasumi-1. Finally, it was shown that the Akt phosphorylation was augmented by VEGF(165) in Kasumi-1, which was abrogated by VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor. NB4 showed undetectable Akt phosphorylation even with VEGF(165). These data demonstrated that t(8;21) AML cells are dependent on VEGF through VEGFR2, resulting in the phosphorylation of Akt.
Article: Disease-specific expression of VEGF and its receptors in AML cells: possible autocrine pathway of VEGF/type1 receptor of VEGF in t(15;17) AML and VEGF/type2 receptor of VEGF in t(8;21) AML[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Various angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and an associated molecule, placenta growth factor (PlGF), are thought to be important for normal and malignant hematopoiesis. This study examined mRNA expression of VEGF, PlGF and receptors for these molecules in AML cells and identified the disease-specific patterns of expression. AML M3 having t(15;17) abnormality showed highest expression of VEGF and VEGF receptor type 1 (VEGFR1), suggesting the autocrine pathway of VEGF-VEGFR1. Then, t(8;21) AML demonstrated augmented expression of VEGF and VEGF receptor type 2 (VEGFR2), suggesting VEGF-VEGFR2 autocrine pathway. Then, addition of VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor in Kasumi-1, a t(8;21) AML cell line, resulted in marked inhibition of cell growth, although growth inhibitory effect of R2 kinase inhibitor to HL-60 was marginal. In addition, cell cycle analysis study showed S-phase cell population reduction by R2 kinase inhibitor in Kasumi-1, but not in HL-60. This observation is thought to be the rationale for novel molecular target therapy directed to angiogenic molecules.
Article: [Successful oral ganciclovir as maintenance therapy in an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient with cytomegalovirus (CMV) induced perforative colitis].
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ABSTRACT: Recently, it has been clarified that interaction between hematopoietic cells and endothelial cells is important in normal hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis. In this study, we examined the relationship between AML cells and endothelial cells by analyzing the expression profile of angiogenic factors, angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), Ang-2, Tie-2 (a receptor for angiopoietins) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Our results demonstrated that CD7(+)AML expressed Ang-2 mRNA frequently and integrin-family adhesion molecules (CD11c and CD18) intensively, suggesting the close correlation with endothelial cells. On the other hand, in t(8;21) AML cells, expression of Ang-2 was infrequent and expression of integrin-family adhesion molecules (CD11b, CD11c and CD18) was weak, suggesting the sparse association with endothelial cells. As for CD7(+)AML cells, despite the frequent and intense expression of endothelial cell-associated molecules (such as Ang-2, CD11c and CD18), intensity of Tie-2 expression was quite low (P < 0.05). Ang-2 expressed in CD7(+)AML cells is not considered to act in an autocrine fashion, but to work on endothelial cells to "feed" leukemic cells. Although Ang-2 is recognized as a natural antagonist for Tie-2, our data presented here suggested the alternative role of Ang-2 in the relationship between endothelial cells and leukemia cells, at least in a subset of leukemia such as CD7(+)AML. These results were supported by the study using AML cell lines, KG-1 (CD7 negative) and its subline KG-1a (CD7 positive); KG-1 had mRNA expression profile of Ang-1(+)Ang-2(-)Tie-2(+), while KG-1a showed Ang-1(+)Ang-2(+)Tie-2(-). These difference in the expression profile of angiogenic factors between CD7(+)AML and t(8;21)AML may explain the characteristic morphological features of these leukemias (CD7(+)AML as blastic type and t(8;21)AML as differentiative type).
Article: Augmented expression of P-gp/multi-drug resistance gene by all-trans retinoic acid in monocytic leukemic cells[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: P-glycoprotein (P-gp)/multi-drug resistance 1 (MDR1) gene is recognized to be, at least in part, responsible for the refractoriness to chemotherapy of leukemia. The transcriptional mechanism of MDR1 gene is largely unknown. However, recent reports have clarified that early growth response 1 gene (Egr1) positively regulates MDR1 transcription, while Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1) does negative regulation of MDR1 gene expression in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate treated K562 cells. In addition, Egr1 and WT1 are structurally related transcription factors and bind to quite similar DNA sequences. Our study of mRNA expression profile of Egr1, WT1 and MDR1 in fresh AML samples demonstrated that there are disease-specific patterns. Egr1 mRNA was frequently and strongly expressed in monocytic leukemia cells, especially in AML M4 cells. WT1 mRNA was undetectable in t(8;21) AML cells. mRNA expression of MDR1 was frequent in AML M1 and t(8;21) AML cells, in which the expression level was highest in AML M1 and was low in monocytic leukemia (M4 and M5). Then, expression level of MDR1 was inversely correlated with Egr1. By liquid culture of leukemia cell lines and fresh AML cells with the addition of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), modulation of P-gp/MDR1 and Egr1 was observed and the pattern of modulation was divided into four groups: (1) blastic AML type, in which distinct expression of P-gp/MDR1 and CD34 was not influenced by ATRA; (2) t(8;21)AML type, in which P-gp/MDR1 expression was augmented by ATRA, while CD34 was kept high; (3) AML M3 type, in which P-gp/MDR1 expression was reduced with granulocytic differentiation by ATRA; (4) monocytic AML type, in which P-gp/MDR1 expression was augmented by ATRA, while CD34 expression decreased, and strong Egr1 expression was downregulated just prior to the augmentation of P-gp/MDR1 expression. WT1 expression was not influenced by the addition of ATRA in each group. Previous reports have suggested that P-gp/MDR1 plays an important role in resistance to chemotherapy, and is recognized as one of the stem cell marker. However, P-gp/MDR1 expression augmented by ATRA, which was observed in monocytic AML, was recognized as a functional molecule of mature monocyte/macrophage, because CD34 expression decreased and CD13 expression increased by ATRA. Finally, expression of P-gp/MDR1 in monocytic leukemia, which was functionally confirmed by Rh123 efflux study, was thought to be closely related to the characteristic modulation of Egr1 expression by ATRA.
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Blast From The Past
In 1962, fearing a nuclear holocaust (that never happens), a man and his expectant wife (Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek) seek refuge in an underground bomb shelter. But when they emerge 35 years later, the outside world has been transformed in more frightening ways than they had ever imagined. In need of new supplies, the couple reluctantly sends their now adult son (Brendan Fraser) to brave the hostile city above.
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Mum-of-two Kathryn Smith, of Vanner Road, had the plans explained to her by Michael Fenton, of Taylor Wimpey.
The 37-year-old said: "I'm concerned about the level of traffic this is going to bring onto Woodstock Road, which is already bad enough.
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