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In what's been called a landmark breakthrough, scientists at the University of Washington have designed and built two artificial enzymes that could "green up" the production of plastics, drugs, textiles and a wide range of other goods.
From manufacturing tires to churning out pharmaceuticals, industrial-scale chemistry can be a nasty business. Stews of ingredients are pressurized, boiled and laced with solvents and toxic metal catalysts to drive the reactions that yield useful products.
Nature takes a gentler approach, marshaling armies of enzymes to produce the things living cells need to keep them humming.
Now, scientists at the University of Washington have followed nature's lead to design and build two artificial enzymes that could "green up" the production of plastics, drugs, textiles and a wide range of other goods.
To accomplish their feat, the team sorted through more than 10 billion billion possible molecular combinations, and logged nearly 100,000 hours of computer time. No one had ever created such complicated enzymes from scratch.
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"It's a landmark," said Emory University chemistry professor Stefan Lutz, who was not involved in the project. "People shouldn't expect to find this sitting on the chemist's shelf tomorrow … but it demonstrates that we are, in principle, capable of designing such complex systems."
Published Friday in the journal Science, the work comes from the lab of David Baker, a pioneer in puzzling out the three-dimensional structure of enzymes and other proteins. Baker and his colleagues are applying their breakthrough approaches to development of an AIDS vaccine, flu-fighting drugs and microbes that "eat" greenhouse gases from cars and industry and turn them back into fuel.
"We want to use these tools we've developed … to re-engineer biology to do things that are useful to us," said graduate student Justin Siegel, a lead author of the study, which also involved scientists at several other research centers.
Baker and some of his colleagues created a spinoff company, Arzeda Corp., to commercialize the enzymes they develop, including the ones reported this week.
In living creatures, enzymes speed up chemical reactions crucial to digestion, muscle contraction, drug metabolism and most other key functions. But there are no naturally occurring enzymes that catalyze the chemical reaction the UW team decided to tackle.
The reaction, which earned its discoverers a Nobel Prize in chemistry, is a mainstay of manufacturing. It fuses two smaller molecules to yield a building block for everything from nylon to morphine.
The three other enzymes Baker and his team previously designed are simpler, acting like scissors to snip things apart.
"It's a much more challenging task to design something that brings two pieces together, in the right precision, in order for the chemistry to take place," Lutz said.
To appreciate the difficulty, think of an enzyme as a hand, he explained. The chemicals being joined have to fit snugly in the palm, in exactly the right configuration, or the reaction won't work.
That's why the shape of the enzyme is crucial.
Every protein, enzymes included, is little more than a chain of compounds called amino acids, strung together like beads. Blueprints for the chains are coded in DNA.
But as soon as they're produced, proteins fold into complex shapes that allow them to perform their designated tasks. Improperly folded proteins can lead to diseases like Alzheimer's and mad cow.
The UW scientists, led by Siegel and former graduate student Alexandre Zanghellini, used a computer program called Rosetta to evaluate the mind-boggling number of possible configurations for their artificial enzyme.
More than 300,000 science-lovers have signed up for a version of the computer program called Rosetta@home, which allows them to devote spare computer time to similar projects.
Intuition is still an important part of the process, especially after the possibilities are narrowed to a manageable number, Zanghellini said.
"You have to understand how an enzyme works."
The scientists winnowed the field down to a million candidates, then to 84 finalists. Each was synthesized and tested in the lab.
Two worked.
And they worked at room temperature, without the need for noxious chemicals used by industry.
"We believe that starting with this method, we can develop new enzymes for "green chemistry," said Zanghellini, who now works for Arzeda, the spinoff company.
But the artificial enzymes were almost a million times slower at catalyzing reactions than natural enzymes, Baker cautioned.
The team is tweaking them now to improve their performance.
"We're only at a very early stage here in terms of what we can really do," Baker said. "The future could be huge, but we're not at the future yet."
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The 50-year-old pitcher could postpone his Hall of Fame candidacy by playing for a major-league team again.
One fascinating aspect of Roger Clemens' comeback with the Sugar Land Skeeters — one of great names this side of the Lansing Lugnuts — is the potential ramifications for his Hall of Fame candidacy.
If he only pitches for the Skeeters, an independent team, nothing will be affected. Clemens will still be on the ballot this winter when his five-year waiting period expires.
That would hold true even if he pitches for an affiliated minor-league team. Long ago, a player's clock was reset if he returned to active playing at any level. Warren Spahn's eligibility was pushed back three years when he came out of retirement to pitch three games for the Tulsa Oilers in 1967, two years after he last pitched in the majors for San Francisco.
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"Roger's five-year waiting period restarts only on a major-league appearance," said Brad Horn, the Hall of Fame's senior director of communications and education, in an email. "Anything else (minor league, independent, even signing with a major-league team) does not force the restart until he appears in a game."
And many people believe that is Clemens' ultimate goal this season — to pitch for the Astros at age 50. Owner Jim Crane has said he'd be open to that under the right circumstances.
I can't help but wonder if Clemens realizes that he has little chance to be elected next year, when so many players linked to steroids will be on the ballot (including Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa for the first time). Perhaps he feels he might have a better shot in five years, when attitudes toward such players might have softened.
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When Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez broke a 3-3 tie with his 19th-inning home run on Sunday, he became the first major-leaguer to hit a homer in the 19th inning or later since Mike Cameron did so for the Mariners with his walkoff in the 19th against the Red Sox, on Aug. 1, 2000.
Only 20 players in history have done so, including one other with a Seattle team: Tommy Harper of the Pilots in the 20th inning at Sicks Stadium, also against the Red Sox, on July 27, 1969. The Pilots still lost, 5-3, because Boston had scored three in the top of the 20th.
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• Rangers manager Ron Washington believes the A's will be able to overcome the loss of pitcher Bartolo Colon, suspended for 50 games for a violation of MLB's drug policy. The two teams are scheduled to meet seven times in the last 10 days of the season.
"Initially, it'll affect them," Washington told The Dallas Morning News. "He's the veteran who's been holding those young pitchers together. But they'll get over it. Those guys right now, they're oblivious to everything."
• Here's an indication of how bad things are going for the Twins, who are on pace for 95 losses after dropping 99 last year: No one from their projected starting rotation on opening day is on the 40-man roster. Jason Marquis was released, Francisco Liriano was traded, Carl Pavano and Scott Baker are on the 60-day disabled list, and Nick Blackburn was outrighted off the roster on Monday.
• Reliever Francisco Rodriguez of the Brewers is no longer wearing his trademark goggles when he pitches. He admitted that after a poor game in Philadelphia in late July, he forgot he had taken them off and placed them inside his glove.
"I was mad at myself and slammed my glove down," he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "When I realized my goggles were in there, it was too late. The goggles broke. I just started wearing contacts after that. I see the same."
• Chipper Jones said Kris Medlen, who has pitched 20-1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, reminds him of Greg Maddux.
"He's one of those guys that is pretty quiet, but he always walks around like maybe he knows something you don't," Jones told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He's got Doggy's kind of presence out there on the mound. He's not a big guy, but he walks out there like 'I know I can get you out.' And he's got a few different ways to do it."
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This is the story of two boys, Dylan Ebdus and Mingus Rude. They are friends and neighbors, but because Dylan is white and Mingus is black, their friendship is not simple. This is the story of their Brooklyn neighborhood, which is almost exclusively black despite the first whispers of something that will become known as "gentrification."
This is the story of 1970s America, a time when the most simple human decisions — what music you listen to, whether to speak to the kid in the seat next to you, whether to give up your lunch money — are laden with potential political, social and racial disaster. This is the story of 1990s America, when no one cared anymore.
This is the story of punk, that easy white rebellion, and crack, that monstrous plague. This is the story of the loneliness of the avant-garde artist and the exuberance of the graffiti artist.
This is the story of what would happen if two teenaged boys obsessed with comic book heroes actually had superpowers: They would screw up their lives.
This is the story of joyous afternoons of stickball and dreaded years of schoolyard extortion. This is the story of belonging to a society that doesn't accept you. This is the story of prison and of college, of Brooklyn and Berkeley, of soul and rap, of murder and redemption.
I got very bored with this book, and it took me months to read. I liked Lethem's writing about his life at home and in school, but i found the rest uninteresting. i do not know enough about music to be interested in the details he presents, and i did not care for the magic realism. i felt he did not develop most of the characters well.
Libro non facile, lettura a volte fluida, a volte intimista, a volte così piena di citazioni che solo uno nato a Brooklyn potrebbe capire. Nel complesso, un testo importante e impegnativo. Trama affascinante, che rivela i tanti aspetti caratteriali del dover essere bambini e giovani in un luogo che non ti ama – e nel quale il sentimento è ricambiato. Pochissime note e scene allegre, tante descrizioni di allegria sintetica. Rimane, tra l'altro, un bel libro sui rapporti – a volte inconsistenti, a volte dannosi, sempre difficili - tra padri e figli, nonché sulle dinamiche interne delle tribù urbane giovanili, con sottofondo americano di miseria, razzismi e ingiustizie.
Poi un sacco di musica, fumetti, graffiti. E uno strano superpotere.
Tolgi l'orrore dalle fogne di Derry e inala l'archeologia hip hop. Ripuliamoci pure la bocca, ma dietro i malincochic newyorkesi ci sono clown e mostri bavosi che un tempo stavano alla corte del re.
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This the story of Dylan Ebdus, a white kid growing up in then-mostly African-American and Hispanic Brooklyn, and Mingus Rude, a mixed-race (white mom, black dad) kid who is his neighbor and best friend. The author uses their friendship to explore race relations (and a number of other topics) in this genre-blending magic-realist literary superhero novel, and while his intent is serious, I found this to be an engrossing, entertaining, and frequently funny read. If you grew in the 1970s, you will almost certainly be entranced by Lethem's near-photographic recollection of the popular culture of that era, as I was. If not, your mileage may vary, but if my brief review has piqued your interest, then I would say that THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE is at least worth a look.
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by U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, answer
some central questions about the case, foremost
whether Wells was a willing participant or
an innocent victim. Buchanan said Wells played
a "limited" role in the planning
phase of bank robbery. According to the indictment,
Diehl-Armstrong and Barnes contrived a plan
to make it look as though Wells was "merely
a hostage," which would give Wells an
alibi should he be captured. If the bomb detonated,
meanwhile, Wells couldn't be a witness against
them, Buchanan said.
may be that his role transitioned from that
of the planning stages to being an unwilling
participant in the scheme," Buchanan
and Barnes are currently serving unrelated
sentences in prisonDiehl-Armstrong for
killing her boyfriend in 2003 and Barnes for
a drug-related offense.
indictment alleges that Diehl-Armstrong solicited
Barnes in July 2003 to help rob a bank. She
would then use proceeds from the robbery to
pay Barnes to kill her father and collect
an inheritance, the indictment says. She is
alleged to have supplied two egg timers that
were used in the collar bomb. Prosecutors
believe the 2003 murder of her boyfriend was
intended to keep him from disclosing the emerging
bank robbery plot.
charges bring some clarity to a case that
challenged investigators, who ultimately pieced
together how Wells went from pizza delivery
guy to bank robber in the course of an afternoon.
According to the indictment, here's how it
Morrow, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's
Pittsburgh office, called the three-year,
10-month case "an outstanding, old-fashioned
investigation" and lauded the joint efforts
of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The case involved nearly 1,000 interviews
and as many leads, Buchanan said.
was a lengthy and complex investigation," Morrow said.
and Barnes both face initial appearances in
federal court this week. The three-count indictment,
returned on July 9, contains charges of conspiracy
to commit bank robbery, armed bank robbery,
and using and carrying a destructive device
in a crime of violence.
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A Shelby County youth student is one of two Kentucky high school students that just returned from spending a week at the nation's capital.
Cyrus "Cy" Dutton IV of Shelbyville and Samuel Miller of Prospect were chosen from across the state to be part of the group of 104 student delegates who attended the program's 53rdannual Washington Week March 7-14.
The U.S. Senate Youth Program comes with a $5,000 scholarship from the Hearst Foundation.
Darnell on national academic squad
Elementary schools– Breakfast: Sausage Pancake Bites (17g), WG Blueberry Muffin (28g), Diced Pears (14g); Entrées: (2) WG Pretzel (28g) w/Cheese Sauce (8.8g), Asian Chicken Bites (19g) w/WG Roll (24g); Sides: Green Beans (8g), Cauliflower (6g), Fresh Apple (25g), Orange Smiles (22g), Pineapple Tidbits (22g), Citrus Blast (14g); Condiments: Promise Margarine (0g)
Shelbyville native receives president's award
Shelby County High School Marine Corps JROTC scholarship recipients from awards night April 28 were (from left) Karah Holbrook, Lloyd James, Kiel Spurlock and Logan Jones.
Ten outstanding high school seniors will be recognized and awarded by local McDonald's restaurants of Kentuckiana owner/operators and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana (RMHCK) with one-time scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each in a ceremony held at the Greater Louisville Medical Society. Local student receiving a RMHC/scholarship was Abigail Betts from Shelby County High School and plans to attend the University of Louisville.
Elementary schools– Breakfast: Breakfast Wrap (14g) w/Salsa (3.78g), WG Blueberry Muffin (28g), Fresh Apple (25g); Entrées: Pepperoni Pizza Pocket (35g), Mini Corn Dogs (30g); Sides: Peas (13g), Cooked Carrots (8.38g), Fresh Apple (25g), Orange Smiles (22g), Peach Slices (14g), Blue Razz Juice (14g); Condiments: Ketchup (2g), Mustard (0g)
In cooperation with Shelby Energy Cooperative, Provision Concepts and volunteers, Cornerstone Christian Academy was able to install much-needed parking lot lights on our campus. Shelby Energy Cooperative workers Gary Warford and Brandon Keaton brought light to campus.
Students enrolled at the Shelby County Area Technology Center who have received the Student of the Month for April, which is a student who is exemplary in the academic areas of the classroom, were: math/English, Mckenzie Reed; industrial maintenance, Karrie Monroe; machine tool, Monquiez Reed; automotive, Aaron Adams; information technology, Justin Tuttle; health science, Katie Coulter; health science, Leah Edlin; health science informatics, Alyssa Roberts; business, Elizabeth Cook
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The Sentinel-News is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Shelby County and Shelbyville, KY, and the surrounding area.


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Synopsis: Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.
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A six year old Sampson County child who was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon has died.
Wake Med confirmed the death of Kolin Robins. The child was struck by a vehicle after police say he was playing on the edge of his yard.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday on Park Avenue in Clinton. Police say Robins was playing in the leaves and stepped into the street. The child was struck by a vehicle that was traveling about 20 miles per hour.
The driver immediately stopped to help the child, who was transported to Wake Med's trauma unit.
Clinton police say their investigation is continuing.


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A selection of tribal, progressive house, big room, new and not-so-new house tracks picked out from the best dj-sets all around the world played by Danny Verde
Special set for Muccassassina Halloween party 2015 - Manicomio. Muccassassina is the legendary most outrageous party in Rome!
Special podcast for Xlsior Festival in Mykonos (19/23 August 2015)
A selection of tribal, funky, big room, new and not-so-new house tracks picked out from the best dj-sets all around the world played by Danny Verde
Ehi there!! This is a special dj-set I did for PINK PARTY. The greatest party in Mexico City, where I will play on saturday 3rd september 2011! Not to be missed! Enjoy it! Don't forget to join my websites!
Hola Amigos!
This is a special set I did for LOVE IN TRAFFIC - MEXICO TOUR!
These are the party dates, not to be missed!
05>02 VDMAS (Mexico City)
12>02 ZOOM (Acapulco)
19>02 NATION (Leon)
This special mix includes some of my hit singles & remixes:
HALMADAXX & DANNY VERDE - Pushin To The Top (Hector Fonseca Remix) NEW!!!
BLAKE LEWIS - Till We See The Sun (Danny Verde Remix) NEW!!!
BLOW UP - Let Me See Your Underwear (Danny Verde Remix - Special Mash-Up)
DANNY VERDE & PHIL ROMANO - Express Yourself (Tikaro, J. Louis & Ferran Remix)
G.MARTIN & ALEX BARROSO feat REBEKA BROWN - This Is My Life (Danny Verde Remix)
KATY PERRY - Peacock (Hector Fonseca & Danny Verde Remix) NEW!!!
Nos vemos en Mexico! Enjoy it!
Hallo my friend!
My new mix "ESCAPE FROM PARADISE" is now on-line!
Are you ready to escape?? If so.. download it here!
Enjoy it.. and thanks for your support.
Katy Perry "Peacock" (Hector Fonseca & Danny Verde Remix)
Blake Lewis "Till We See The Sun" (Danny Verde Remix)
Halmadaxx & Danny Verde "Pushin To The Top - PART 3"
(Including: Hector Fonseca, Pagano, Halmadaxx new remixes)
Pagano & Paramour feat. Peyton "The Reflex" (Danny Verde Remix)
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My new mix "Waiting 4 The Sun", for your training, for your party, for your body & for your soul!
The summer is getting closer.. get ready to it!
14/05/10 Muccassassina (Rome)
15/05/10 La Leche (Rome)
23/05/10 Preludium (Oslo)
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29/05/10 Barbarella (Milano)
30/05/10 London Global Dance Festival London)
05/06/10 CK Club (Frankfurt)
12/06/10 NaughtyControl (Cologne)
26/06/10 White Party (Antwerp)
02/07/10 Shock @ Sala Macumba (Madrid)
04/07/10 NaughtyControl CSD pride 2010 (Cologne)
10/07/10 Gorgeous (Rome)
18/07/10 LoveBox Festival (London)
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After the great success of the first episode, finally I'm proud to show you my brand new mix "Balearic Vibes 2". There are so many good tracks around that it was very hard to select the right ones for this mix!
You can also find my last track "Pushin To The Top - (Danny Verde Ibiza 08 Remix)" included at the end of the mix.. This track gave me such a satisfaction that I wanted it to be included in this episode!
Then.. What else can I say?..
Enjoy it and.. Keep on pushin .. to the top!
1 David Penn & Rober Gaez - What Is House (KoT Anthem Dub Mix)
2 Candy Williams - Time Is Right (Jorge Martin S Dub Mix)
3 Andrew DDM & Aitor Galian - So Sexy (Original Mix)
4 Big World & Denis The Menace - Show Me A Reason
(Dj Wady Bedroom Mix)
5 Clubzound- Tribalizm (Clubz Mix)
6 Dario Nunez - Groove Rhythm (Dario Nunez & Dehugo Tribal Mix)
7 Xavi Carrique & Ethian Guerrero - Groovin you (Original Mix)
8 Julius Beat - The King (Milton Channels Remix)
9 Lula & Papa Joe - Last Night A Dj Saved My Life
(DUnity Dub Remix)
10 Javi Reina & Hugo Serra - Solid (Original Mix)
11 Ivan Pica & The Free Radicals Formation - Supernova
(Abel The Kid & Raul Ortiz Remix)
12 Patrice Baumel - Javelin (Original Mix)
13 Wally Lopez - Burning Inside (Albert Neve Dub Remix)
14 Tito Puente Jnr - Oye Como Va (Tribal Dub Mix)
15 Halmadaxx & Danny Verde - Pushin To The Top
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Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton laughed at first when asked if her mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, would be a better president...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton laughed at first when asked if her mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, would be a better president than her father, Bill, but then said: "Yes, I do think she'll be a better president."
Clinton, 28, spoke at Lehigh Valley Hospital, where she had been discussing her mother's health-care proposals.
Church to build on Wright's land
CHICAGO — Trinity United Church of Christ is building a million-dollar home along a Chicago-area golf course on land that was owned by its former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, records show.
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Sen. Barack Obama has sought to distance himself from racial and political statements made by his church's former pastor.
The 10,340-square-foot home, apparently planned for Wright's retirement, sits on land purchased by the pastor in 2004 for $345,000.
In September 2006, the church applied for a building permit, and in December 2006 he sold the land to his church, which took out a $1.6 million mortgage on the property.
McCain's first TV ad airs in New Mexico
DENVER — Republican John McCain launched his first television ad of the general election Friday, portraying himself as a courageous leader with the knowledge and experience to keep the country safe as a wartime commander in chief.
"The American president Americans have been waiting for," the ad says, juxtaposing footage of the Arizona senator campaigning with clips of himself imprisoned in Vietnam three decades ago.
The images are superimposed with newspaper headlines that call him a hero who embodies American values, has a vision for the future and is ready now to serve from day one.
The ad campaign is part of a broader push by the Republican Party's presidential pick to introduce himself to voters on his terms.
For now, the 60-second ad will air only in New Mexico — a signal that McCain plans to compete in that swing state come the fall.
Aides say portions of the commercial may run soon on cable and broadcast-news programs.
Bill Clinton in NW: Former President Clinton will campaign for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Medford and Bend, Ore., on Sunday and Monday. Sen. Clinton is expected to visit Oregon before the state's mail-in primary votes are counted on May 20.
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LONDON (AP) — A third person has been arrested in connection with allegations that Premier League soccer club Tottenham spied on officials during its failed bid to take over London's Olympic Stadium after the Games.
Tottenham was accused of ordering surveillance on all 14 members of the Olympic Park Legacy Company's board during the stadium bidding process. Spurs denied the allegation, made by company chair Margaret Ford during a London Assembly committee hearing last year.
Two people were held in November in connection with the illegal procurement of information.
Now police say they also arrested a 57-year-old man Wednesday in Cheshire "on suspicion of fraud offenses."


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Thursday is the first day the Patriots will have training camp practice open to the public, and here is what can be expected in this space.
I'll be joined by Mike Rodak, Chris Forsberg and Greg Payne, and all of us plan to fill the blog with sights and sounds from the first day. We will post observations after each practice, highlighting some of the different things that caught our eye.
Here is the schedule:
9 a.m. -- Bill Belichick news conference
9:30-10:30 a.m. -- Practice
10:30 a.m. -- Deion Branch, Jerod Mayo, Devin McCourty, Vince Wilfork media availability
12 p.m. -- Patriots online chat
2:30-5 p.m. -- Practice
I will be active on Twitter (@MikeReiss), although not during each practice. The Patriots ask reporters for their cooperation in the following areas:
1. Not reporting on offensive or defensive strategy, which includes formations, personnel groups or non-conventional plays.
2. No quoting players or coaches during a practice.
3. Not reporting on practice until the session is over.
At the end of the day, we'll have a wrap-up of all the highlights in a video package.
Thanks for following along. Let's get after it, and enjoy the ride.


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|Single-use cartridges for the storing and dispensing of dental two-component impression materials - Single-use cartridges for the storing and dispensing of dental two-component impression materials have a closable external chamber with a cylinder-shaped external wall, a cylindrical closable internal chamber that is arranged coaxially or eccentric therein, a mixing element including housing and mobile mixer that is to be mounted separately or connected firmly to the external chamber at its inlet end. Either the internal cylindrical chamber is arranged such that it can be rotated and forms the drive shaft for the mobile mixer part of the mixing element, or the drive shaft extends parallel to the central axis through the internal cylindrical chamber or forms the central axis. The content of the chambers can be dispensed by means of conveying means whose axial thrust motions can be controlled independent of each other.


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we need to get a verbal from this kid (or his legal guardian) now!! just think how his game will develop over the next 12 years. go get him CPR!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhxK8P0h5Fk&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - HARDEST HITTING 6 YEARS OLD[/ame]
Oh my God, that was incredible.
"Karl Malone love making up jokes. Karl Malone always say, 'laughter is the best Mexican.' "
-Jimmy Kimmel impersonating Karl Malone
Too late Lane Kiffin already got him. Didn't you see him on the sideline?
Holy crap, thats incredible
Love all the coaches reactions on the first hit.
You know what, Stewie, if you don't like it, go on the internet and complain. -Brian Griffin
Somebody's gotta go back and get a ----load of dimes. -Taggart
Sevilla looked like his last name. Get that kid on the field right now. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we just found a new Compliance Linebacker!!!
thank you
$10 says that kid hates football by the time he's 16.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
That was one unbelievable hit for a 6-year old! The first one he kind of blind-sided that poor QB. The second one, he came all the way across the field and blasted that kid. Wow!
The first kid was crying, just plain awesome. We need to land this kid so he can make Iowa's future QB cry unless like past squawk qb he cries without getting hit (Tate).
They are so little lol
I actually posted this last night when I saw it. Its freaking incredible...I laughed for hrs. and I know it sounds crazy, but the kids pursuit was perfect!!
I believe that is Terry Tate's youngest son.
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Tribunals of Legislative Ethics
You have members sitting in judgment of other members with whom they have to work day by day. . . . There is a kind of innate conflict of interest when members of the Ethics Committee are called upon to judge their colleagues.
While insisting that he was only "being a bit of a Devil's advocate," Representative Lee Hamilton in testimony before the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress exposed the conflict of interest at the heart of efforts to enforce legislative ethics.1 The Constitution assigns Congress the responsibility for disciplining its own members2 Yet principles of legislative ethics cast suspicion on any process in which members discipline themselves. How can ethics committees claim to judge an individual conflict of interest when they themselves stand in a position of institutional conflict of interest? The chief constitutional instrument for enforcing ethics seems itself to be ethically compromised. Members judging members raises reasonable doubts about the independence, fairness, and accountability of the process.
This chapter explores the difficulties that this institutional conflict creates for congressional ethics. The difficulties cannot be overcome simply by relying on the electoral process and the system of criminal justice, the other principal tribunals of judgment. Some changes in the way the ethics committees conduct their business are necessary. Most important, both chambers need to establish a new body, composed of citizens who are not members and who enjoy some independent authority. Such a body is especially needed to cope with the increase in cases of institutional corruption.


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Touch Not the Fish: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Change of Diet and Its Significance
Richards, M. P., Schulting, R. J., Antiquity
Against the grain? A response to Milner et al. (2004)
A recent publication in this journal (Milner et al. 2004) called into question the increasing body of human stable isotopic data showing a rapid diet shift away from marine resources associated with the beginning of the Neolithic in parts of north-western Europe, particularly in Britain and Denmark. While we very much welcome informed and positive debate on this issue, we feel we must respond to this specific paper as it is problematic at a number of levels.
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human bone is beginning to challenge what we would argue is the current orthodoxy of a gradual dietary transition between the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Indeed, the stable isotope data support some elements of a previous orthodoxy, which saw the advent of the Neolithic as a 'revolution'. This is not to say that all elements are supported by the isotopic data; the question of the interactions between any incomers and indigenous people, for example, is still very much a live issue. And it is still far from clear exactly how the shift occurred, how rapid it was in human terms (in generations rather than radiocarbon years), and why it occurred. And there is still the possibility of regional and supra-regional variation to be addressed fully. But the implications of the stable isotope data are beginning to be acknowledged and addressed (e.g. Thomas 2003). This is an important independent line of evidence, and has been available since the early 1980s (Tauber 1981a), yet until recently little consideration has been given to the picture of a very rapid and significant shift in diet across the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. Instead, it is during this very period that the view of the transition as a long, drawn-out process began to emerge and dominate discussion (Thomas 1991).
It is in this context that criticisms made of the isotopic data, particularly by Milner et al. (2004) need to be addressed. Their dismissal of the isotopic evidence for a rapid and significant transition, while to some extent encouraging debate, also prematurely attempts to close it. Milner et al. (2004) present their critique along three main fronts (see also Bailey & Milner 2002). Firstly, they contend that the zooarchaeological and archaeological evidence for diet is at odds with the stable isotope data; secondly, they point to problems of sample size and bias in the human skeletons used for analysis; and thirdly, they argue that there are problems with the interpretation of stable isotope data. We address each of these concerns in turn.
The (zoo)archaeological data
Milner et al. (2004) make much of the zooarchaeological evidence for the continued use of marine resources in the Neolithic, taking examples mainly from Denmark but also from Britain and Ireland. They argue that the presence of the remains of marine foods (especially shellfish) in Neolithic contexts, and the occurrence of apparent seal-hunting stations and of fish traps, somehow counters any argument of a large-scale dietary shift at the start of the Neolithic. Despite the numerous problems and biases with the use of zooarchaeological data, they present this evidence as if it were some sort of 'spoiler'; that finding any evidence, however slight, of any Neolithic person consuming marine foods undermines the isotopic data of a large scale shift. Simply put, the continued occasional use of marine resources in the Neolithic is not at all incompatible with the isotope data, but is largely irrelevant in the overall question of large-scale dietary shifts. The isotopic evidence presents a long-term measure of lifetime diets, and clearly shows a significant change in human diet between the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. Remains of fish and shellfish recovered from archaeological sites are the remains of individual meals, but are not indicative of the overall diet of a human population. …


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Caffeine Drinks: Pros, Cons of the Caffeine Craze (cont.)
But others are alarmed by what they say is an increasingly overcaffeinated nation; they are concerned by studies finding too much caffeine can set you up for high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and decreased bone density -- not to mention jangled nerves.
Caffeine abuse by young people alarms some experts. It was the cause of many calls to an Illinois Poison Center over a three-year tracking period, a team of doctors reported at the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting in New Orleans.
How Caffeine Works
"Caffeine exaggerates the stress response," says James D. Lane, PhD, professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and a long-time caffeine researcher. "At the cellular level, caffeine locks the receptor normally used by adenosine, a brain modulator that provides feedback to avoid overstimulation of nerve cells. If adenosine is locked up, nothing keeps the nervous system from getting too excited at a cellular level."
People joke about being hooked on caffeine, but is it truly addictive? Researchers have debated that question for years.
"There's no question," says Roland R. Griffiths, PhD, professor in the departments of psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore and a veteran researcher in the area. Caffeine is addictive for some people, he says. "Caffeine does produce dependence, and caffeine withdrawal is a real syndrome."
But George Koob, PhD, professor of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, disagrees. "While it is possible to be addicted, most people are not," he says. "I think most of my colleagues would agree."
The Benefits of Caffeine
Caffeine can improve memory, decrease fatigue, improve your mental functioning, study after study suggests.
It can improve your short-term memory and speed up your reaction times, according to a study presented in 2005 at the Radiological Society of North America.
Moderate coffee consumption -- defined as three or four cups a day, providing 300 or 400 milligrams of caffeine -- carries "little evidence of health risks and some evidence of health benefits," conclude researchers from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University in Corvalis, writing in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition in March 2006.
Coffee drinking, the researchers say, may help prevent type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and liver disease, including liver cancer. And it doesn't appear to significantly increase heart disease risk or cancer. But, they warn, those with high blood pressure, as well as children, teens, and the elderly, may be more vulnerable to caffeine's adverse effects.
The Downsides of Caffeine
Caffeine does boost blood pressure, Lane and others have found. Although the rise is temporary, Lane questions whether it's good for you when it occurs over and over. After much research, he has concluded that repeated elevations in blood pressure and increases in your reactions to daily stress that occur with caffeine intake could boost the risk of heart disease. He worries, too, about the boost in blood glucose levels that accompanies caffeine intake.


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First it was a television show. Then it was a Kickstarter-funded movie. And now "Veronica Mars" will become a web series, the CW announced today. CW Digital is overseeing the project with series creator Rob Thomas.
The "Veronica Mars" movie will have its world premiere at the upcoming SXSW Festival before its theatrical debut on March 14, a year and a day after the Kickstarter campaign launched. The web series won't launch until after the movie is released and will probably span 6-8 episodes, 5-10 minutes in length, according to USA Today.
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VCA defines a standard VMessage plaintext message protection format.
Most block ciphers will happily decrypt anything fed into them, however if there are errors in the ciphertext or the ciphertext has been tampered with then the output will be something different than the original ciphertext.
How can one know that the decrypted data is indeed identical to the original plaintext? One method that can be used is to wrap blocks plaintext inside packages or "messages" which include control data indicating whether package content was modified.
In order to have a standard way of exchanging encrypted data which also includes data integrity validation the platform defines VMessage as a standard plaintext message format.
Plaintext is split up into blocks of minimum 1 and maximum 65536 bytes. For each block, a plaintext message is constructed for that block. Messages are concatenated in the same sequence as the order of their original input plaintext blocks, in order to create a message-protected representation of the plaintext.
The message format requires a hash function h, the block size b of the cipher used to encrypt, and a byte sequence mac_secret.
The message m of a single plaintext block p is
m = M(p, msg_num)
msg_num is a message number, starting with 0 for the first message in a series of messages, and incremented by one for each new message.
The output of M is a concatenation of the following byte data:
The mac bytes are generated by computing a HMAC with mac_secret as the secret, and with a message which is a concatenation of msg_num_bytes, p_len, plaintext and padding. msg_num_bytes is a posint_to_bytes representation of msg_num (see VInteger Helper Functions).
The length of the padding data should be the minimum number of bytes such that the total length of the message M(p) is a multiple of the block size b.
A message is considered valid as long as a computed HMAC of the message number, length, plaintext and padding data embedded in the message is identical to the HMAC value which is embedded in the message.
Block ciphers are generally designed so that changes to plaintext input should cause seemingly large and random changes to encryption output, and similar for decryption. If ciphertext is tampered with then parts of the reconstructed message data should be different from the original message, and due to how hash functions work there is only a very small probability that the HMAC values align after such modifications.
An implementation of Versile Platform must support using plaintext message protection in combination with any of the supported block ciphers and hash methods.


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An improvement in fence systems adjacent cattle gates is provided. Specifically, the fence system provides a fence post having a bumper system such that in the event that a vehicle passing the fence system hits the upright, the risk of damage to the fence system is minimized. In one form of the invention, the uprights s at the end of the fence system are provided with a resilient rubber bumper attached to the upright which is preferably fabricated from discarded or used tires.
Cattle gates as a system for preventing cattle from wandering outside of a specific enclosure while also allowing vehicles or people to pass through the gate are well known. In the past, cattle gates have taken many forms including standard hinge gates which are opened either manually or automatically when a vehicle or person passes through the gate or a grate system which provides a permanent opening in the fence but discourages cattle from passing through the opening.
A number of problems exist with both standard hinge gates and cattle grates which lead to either inconvenience to a vehicle operator or the risk of cattle escaping from the enclosure. For example a manual gate requires that a person physically opens the gate to allow the vehicle to pass through, and subsequently requires a person to close the gate after the vehicle has passed through the gate. In the event that a driver of a vehicle is the sole occupant in the vehicle, this requires that the driver exits and re-enters the vehicle two times for each gate that is passed through. Furthermore, a standard hinge gate requires a latching mechanism to keep the gate closed which if either through malfunction or improper use may result in the gate opening at an improper time which allows cattle to escape. In order to overcome the inconvenience of a manual gate automatic gates have been developed which detect the presence of a vehicle near the gate and which automatically open the gate and subsequently close the gate when the vehicle has passed through. However, due to the mechanical and/or electronic complexity of such automatic gates, climate or other factors, such gates may be inappropriate due to expense and/or reliability in many circumstances.
Accordingly, in the development of systems to keep cattle enclosed within a field, a common form of gate is to provide a cattle grate or "Texas gate" type system. A cattle grate is positioned over a ditch and within an opening of an existing fence system. The grate is provided with a series of horizontal members spaced apart sufficiently for an animal's leg to fall through but close enough that a vehicle can pass over. Thus, while a vehicle can pass easily and safely over such a grate, cattle do not attempt to go over the grate and through the opening as their feet would fall through the members into the ditch below. Accordingly, the cattle stay within the pasture. Furthermore, in view of the lack of a specific barrier which must be opened, closed and maintained, the cattle grate system provides convenience to a vehicle operator in that the vehicle driver does not need to physically get out of the vehicle in order to pass through the gate. In fact, a vehicle need only slow down upon approaching and passing through a cattle grate and it is not normally required that the vehicle actually stops.
The problem with cattle grates arise when a large vehicle may have to pass through the opening while subsequently making a turn near the opening. In such a circumstance, as the vehicle turns, it may brush against the uprights of the adjacent fence posts resulting in damage to the fence posts and creating a hole in the fence system which may enable cattle to escape.
Furthermore, in the winter time, it is often necessary that a snow plow needs to travel across a cattle grate to remove snow from around the fence system. However, existing fence systems often do not allow a wide snow plow with its blade to pass through the gate without causing damage to the uprights at the side of the grate.
Accordingly, there has been a need for an improved cattle grate and fence system which overcomes the problems outlined above. In particular, there has been a need for a fence post system and cattle grate wherein the upright fence posts adjacent the cattle grate are provided with a flexible surface or a bumper so that in the event that a vehicle hits the upright, the upright will not break but rather the impact will be absorbed by the flexible surface or bumper system. Still further, there has been a need for a secondary fence post system wherein a complete section of the fence adjacent the cattle grate can be readily and easily removed from the ground in the event that a particularly wide vehicle is passing through or around the cattle grate.
A search of the prior art has revealed a number of patents to various related systems but none which address the specific problems as outlined above. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,874,493 discloses an automatic signal and barrier device for a railway crossing which includes resilient and flexible poles; U.S. Pat. No. 5,097,785 discloses a marine bumper which includes a hangar assembly for a tire bumper; U.S. Pat. No. 79,141, U.S. Pat. No. 446,852 and U.S. Pat. No. 2,309,041 disclose hinge fence post systems or support posts including pins for securing the posts in an upright position; U.S. Pat. No. 1,356,302 discloses a railway gate having a hinge support which includes a shear pin device; U.S. Pat. No. 1,694,109, U.S. Pat. No. 1,982,569 and U.S. Pat. No. 2,724,156 disclose socket like reciprocals for receiving poles; and, U.S. Pat. No. 12,385 and U.S. Pat. No. 978,505 disclose fence posts having hollow chambers and caps for sealing the chambers. However, none of the above patents disclose a vertical fence post with a bumper system adapted for use in and around a cattle grate.
In accordance with the invention, a fence post system for fencing ground is provided, the fence post system comprising:
an upright including an outwardly extending bumper along one side of the upright, the bumper and upright adapted for absorbing horizontal displacement of the bumper with respect to the upright.
In further embodiments of the invention, the bumper system comprises at least one tire attached to the upright, the tire having an outer rolling surface and wherein the at least one tire is attached to the upright through the outer rolling surface. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one tire is two tires and the two tires are attached to one another through their respective outer rolling surfaces. Discarded automobile tires are particularly useful.
Furthermore, the tires may be hinged with respect to the upright for allowing the tires to pivot with respect to the upright between a first position and a second position and wherein the tires are biased to a central position generally midway between the first and second positions.
Still further in an alternate embodiment, the upright is provided with a socket, the socket adapted for placement in the ground wherein the upright has a lower end adapted for mating engagement within the socket. The upright and socket may also be adapted to prevent rotation of the upright within the socket.
Other embodiments are provided wherein the upright includes an upper portion and a lower portion with the upper portion adapted for pivotal movement with respect to the lower portion, and shearing means are provided to lock the upright in a vertical position with the shearing means adapted to allow pivotal movement in the event a threshold bending force is applied to the upper portion.
Still further, the upright may include an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the upper portion is adapted for pivotal movement with respect to the lower portion through a resilient and flexible joint. Alternatively, the upright may be provided with biasing means to bias the upright in a vertical position, the biasing means adapted to allow pivotal movement in the event a threshold bending force is applied to the upper portion.
The invention also provides a fence and gate system comprising a grate including a plurality of horizontal members in spaced relationship supported over a ground depression and at least one upright adjacent and a fixed distance from the grate, the upright including a bumper having a horizontal length generally corresponding to the fixed distance and extending toward the grate, the bumper and upright adapted for absorbing horizontal displacement of the bumper with respect to the upright.
Still further, the a more specific embodiment of the invention provides a fence post system for fencing ground, the fence post system comprising an upright including two tires extending outwardly from one side of the upright wherein each tire has an outer rolling surface and wherein each tire is attached to the upright and to each other through the outer rolling surface and socket means adapted for placement in the ground wherein the upright has a lower end adapted for mating engagement within the socket means.
These and other features of the invention will be more apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a typical cattle grate and fence system according to the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a side view of a cattle grate in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 3 is a side view of one side of a cattle grate in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 4 is a top view of a cattle grate system in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 5a shows an alternate embodiment of an upright having a shear pin; and
FIG. 5b shows an alternate embodiment of an upright having a resilient rubber universal joint.
FIG. 5c shows an alternate embodiment of an upright having a spring.
With reference to FIG. 1, a typical cattle grate system 10 according to the prior art is shown. The cattle grate system 10 generally includes a grate 12 which includes a plurality of spaced and horizontal pipes with uprights 14 at the outer sides of the grate. The grate 12 is placed over a depression 16 which is contoured to create a cavity beneath the grate 12. Adjacent each upright 14 is a standard fence system 18 connected to each upright 14 and which is typically used to set-up or define an enclosure. Accordingly, an opening in the fence is provided by the cattle grate system 10 enabling vehicles to pass over the grate 12 which also discourages or prevents cattle from moving through the opening.
With reference to FIG. 2, a cattle grate and fence system in accordance with the invention is shown. According to the invention, the uprights 20 are spaced away from the grate 12 and provided with a resilient rubber bumper 22 to fill or block the space between the vertical upright 20 and the edge of the grate 12. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, the resilient bumper includes two tires attached both to the upright 20 and to each other. Accordingly, the upright provides a flexible barrier such that in the event that a vehicle scrapes the tires, the tires will flex and bend without causing damage to the upright 20.
With reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 4a, further details of the fence system are shown. Preferably, the upright 20 is a round or square post which is received within a round or square socket 20a in the ground 24 wherein the socket 20a is generally flush with the ground. A square post may be preferred to prevent rotation of the upright within the socket 20a. Still further, the socket 20a, enables the upright 20 to be removed from the socket 20a in the event that a particularly wide vehicle needs to pass through the gate system 10. A cover 20b may also be provided so that if the upright 20 is removed, water or dirt can be prevented from entering the socket 20a. A collar 20c may also be provided to set the height of the upright with respect to the ground. While it is preferred that the tires 22 are rigidly attached to the upright 20, it is contemplated that the tires 22 may be configured to the upright in such a manner that they are hinged with respect to the upright 20 but are also biased such that the tires 22 remain generally parallel with the direction of the fence system and fill the space between the upright 20 and the edge of the grate 12.
In a further embodiment, a portion of the fence system adjacent the gate may be completely removable by providing a second removable upright 20' a short distance from the main upright. This embodiment provides further flexibility to large vehicle operators. For example, a snow plow operator may completely remove a section of the fence post to enable a snow plow to move over the cattle grate clearing snow from the area and then be able to replace the section of fencing when the snow clearing has been completed. As indicated above, the socket 20a is preferably provided with a cap 20b to cover the socket 20a when the upright is removed so as to prevent the socket from filling with snow.
Furthermore, while it is contemplated that whole round tires are utilized for the bumper system, other bumpers may be developed utilizing other materials such as half tires or other flexible materials such as springs.
The main advantage of using tires as a bumper, is that they are plentiful and, hence, inexpensive. Tires are also highly durable for this application and will retain their strength and relative rigidity after repeated compressions from all directions. Tires will also provide sufficient resilience so that cattle testing the fence system would not be able to push against the tires with ease and, thus, escape the enclosure.
With reference to FIG. 5a, an alternate embodiment of the upright 20 is provided wherein the upright includes a pivot 30 and shear pin 32 so that in the event that a vehicle strikes the bumper system and upright 20 with sufficient force to bend the upright 20, the shear pin 32 will fail enabling the upright 20 to pivot and collapse without damage to the upright 20. In this case, if a vehicle operator causes the shear pin 32 to fail, the shear pin 32 can be replaced and the upright 20 returned to its upright position without difficulty.
Still further, and with reference to FIG. 5b, an upright 20 having a flexible joint 34 at its base may also be provided so that in the event that a vehicle strikes the upright with sufficient force to cause the upright to distort, the upright 20 will flex away with the vehicle. As soon as the force is released, that is once the vehicle has passed through the uprights, the upright will rebound to the upright position. In this embodiment, the upright 20 may be manufactured in two components--an above ground portion which is connected to a below ground portion through a flexible joint 34 such as a rubber insert or spring.
Still further and with reference to FIG. 5c, a further embodiment of the upright 20 is shown wherein the upright is manufactured in two components and includes a pivot as described above. In this embodiment, a spring 40 is configured between the above ground portion of the upright and the below ground portion. A plate 42 extending outwardly from the below ground portion may be used to anchor the spring 40 at a favourable angle with respect to the pivot such that in the event that a vehicle strikes the tires the upright will return to the vertical position by the action of the spring 40 after the force is released. In each of the embodiments as shown in FIGS. 5a, 5b and 5c, a socket 20a as described above may be utilized.
The terms and expressions which have been employed in this specification are used as terms of description and not of limitations, and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions to exclude any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the claims.
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|Classification coopérative
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|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|22 juil. 2003
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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A proof of a generalization of Deligne's conjecture
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Abstract: The goal of this paper is to give a simple proof of Deligne's conjecture on the Lefschetz trace formula (proven by Fujiwara) and to generalize it to the situation appearing in the forthcoming joint paper with D. Kazhdan. Our proof holds in the realm of ordinary algebraic geometry and does not use rigid geometry.
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