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- 4 medium onions, chopped
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 12 cups chopped peeled fresh tomatoes
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 bay leaves
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1-1/4 teaspoons pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) tomato paste
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- Hot cooked spaghetti
- In a Dutch oven, saute onions in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, salt, oregano, pepper and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Add tomato paste and brown sugar; simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Discard bay leaves. Serve with spaghetti. Yield: 2 quarts.
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"I made this last week and we liked it. I cut the salt down to 1 tsp. because we are salt conscious and I didn't have fresh garlic so I used a couple tsp. of dried minced garlic from a jar. I ended up canning the sauce because my freezers are full and I got 6 and a half pints. I also pureed it before I put it in the jars. Looks wonderful. I definitely will make it again."
"I make this every year with the tomatoes from my garden and have tomato sauce all year long. It is great."
"This is way too sweet for our taste, fairly bland as well. Great use for garden tomatoes, but still searching for a secret ingredient that can give this some flavor and something to take away the sweetness. Very disappointed."
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College Hockey:Snowstorm causes multiple postponements for Friday, Saturday, Sunday
A snowstorm targeting the Northeast has postponed a number of games scheduled for this weekend.
Here are games scheduled for Friday that have been adjusted (all times EST):
• Northeastern at Massachusetts, to Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
• New Hampshire at Providence, to Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
• Merrimack at Boston University, to Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m.
• Massachusetts-Lowell at Boston College, to Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., and tickets for Friday's game will stand for that date. Friday was scheduled to be Jerry York Night to honor the coach becoming the all-time college hockey wins leader, but that event instead will take place in the 2013-14 season.
• American International at Army, to 3 p.m. Sunday.
• Sacred Heart at Holy Cross, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
• Connecticut at Bentley, to 7 p.m. Sunday.
• Bowdoin at Wesleyan, to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
• Massachusetts-Boston at Southern Maine, to Sunday at 7 p.m.
• Hobart at Manhattanville, to 1 p.m.
• Williams at Middlebury, to 4 p.m. Sunday.
• Colby at Trinity, to 1 p.m. Sunday.
• Hamilton at Connecticut College, not yet rescheduled.
• Amherst at Tufts, not yet rescheduled.
• Yale at Harvard (women), not yet rescheduled.
• Cornell at Quinnipiac (women), to 1 p.m.
• Brown at Dartmouth (women), to 5 p.m.
• Holy Cross at Nichols (women), to Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 8:10 p.m.
• Salve Regina at Manhattanville (women), to Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 3 p.m.
• Hamilton at Bowdoin (women), to 5 p.m.
• Wesleyan at Colby (women), to 2 p.m. Sunday.
• Middlebury at Williams (women), to 4 p.m. Sunday.
And here are Saturday's postponements:
• Massachusetts at Merrimack, to 4 p.m. Sunday. The Kids Fest that was scheduled for Saturday will take place 90 minutes before game time Sunday.
• Yale at Brown, not yet rescheduled.
• Army at American International, not yet rescheduled.
• Bentley at Connecticut, to 7 p.m. Monday.
• Holy Cross at Sacred Heart, to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19.
• Nichols at Curry, not yet rescheduled.
• Salem State at Plymouth State, to Sunday at 1 p.m.
• Massachusetts-Boston at New England, to Monday at 3 p.m.
• Middlebury at Williams, to 4 p.m.
• Hamilton at Tufts, not yet rescheduled.
• Elmira at Manhattanville, not yet rescheduled.
• New Hampshire at Boston University (women), to Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m.
• Yale at Dartmouth (women), to 5 p.m. Monday.
• Northeastern at Connecticut (women), to Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
• Boston College at Providence (women), to Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
• Colgate at Quinnipiac (women), to 2 p.m. Sunday.
• Brown at Harvard (women), to Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
• Salve Regina at Nichols (women), to Monday, Feb. 18 at 8:10 p.m.
• New England at Southern Maine (women), to Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
• St. Anselm at Massachusetts-Boston (women), to Monday at 5 p.m.
• Williams at Middlebury (women), to 4 p.m.
• Wesleyan at Colby (women), to 5 p.m.
• Amherst at Trinity (women), to 7:30 p.m.
• Hamilton at Bowdoin (women), to 5 p.m.
Here are games originally scheduled for Sunday that have been postponed:
• Yale at Brown (rescheduled from Saturday), not yet rescheduled.
• Connecticut at New Hampshire (women), to 7 p.m. Monday.
• Yale at Harvard (rescheduled from Friday), not yet rescheduled.
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"It was good to get started again," third year head coach Mike Stoops said following the workout. "It was a great first day. The guys were really energized."
Early afternoon thunderstorms gave way to calm, but overcast skies and cool temperatures in the evening, allowing for conditions to feel more like the first week of October rather than the early days of August. The Wildcats themselves also looked to be in midseason form, wasting no time getting into regular season drills.
The team began practice with an hour of individual and group drills, followed by a special teams segment. The offense and defense then squared off against one-another for the final hour, in both seven-on-seven drills and a half-hour team segment.
"I liked our tempo and our attitude," Stoops added. "I just liked the way we took the field. You can tell our kids did a lot of work over the summer.
"We obviously wanted to pick up where we left off. This is our third year, so we don't really have to go back to the basics. We had a big percentage of our offense in today. I liked our execution."
Sophomore quarterback Willie Tuitama, who completed eight of 15 passes during the team segment, also noticed a difference in the first day compared to a year ago.
"Last year, things were kind of slow the first day," the signal caller noted. "Today, everyone was really flying around and having
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Junior linebacker Spencer Larsen was quick to point out that Thursday's practice was only the first of many before the team's opener against BYU on Sept. 2.
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Today, Crytek announced the newest version of its CryEngine and showed it off in a new demo video posted on YouTube. The developer says that the new engine will be scalable and compatible with all current and next-generation systems, including the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and PCs.
Carl Jones, Business Development Director at Crytek:
Since CryENGINE 3 was launched in 2009, we've dramatically changed the engine so many times, with so many major new features, it's not the same engine anymore. We have revolutionised many parts of the engine: we have overhauled our entire lighting system, built movie quality character rendering and animation solutions, vastly improved the speed and effectiveness of our Sandbox editor, and even our rendering has changed with tessellation, pixel accurate displacement mapping and now physical based rendering; all of this while maintaining our first principal: that making games should be real-time, all the time. CRYENGINE is a new engine from Crytek - and it always will be!


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I'm not rooting for "The Gatekeepers" to win the Academy Award Sunday night for Best Documentary.
The compelling film, by Israeli director Dror Moreh, is based on separate interviews with six former directors of the Shin Bet who criticize Israeli policy, or lack of one, on the Palestinian front. The men are of different ages and personalities, but they agree that successive Israeli political leaders approached the issue tactically rather than strategically, and the viewer is left with the impression that it was Israel's fault that peace has not been achieved. What's more, all six seem quite pessimistic about the future.
Moreh has acknowledged in interviews that his politics are dovish, and one can make the case that he skews his film to the left, based on what he includes and what he chooses to leave out, like the ongoing hostility and violence from the Palestinian side and their rejection of all Israeli proposals.
Oscar experts say "The Gatekeepers" is a long shot to win, in part because one of the other five nominated documentaries, "5 Broken Cameras," is quite similar in theme and point of view, and the two might cancel each other out.
That film, directed by Emad Burnat, a Palestinian, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli, has a Palestinian perspective, focusing on how Palestinians use cameras to photograph alleged abuses by the Israeli army in the occupied territories.
I haven't seen "5 Broken Cameras," but I did see "The Gatekeepers," and while those on the left will say that it makes them proud to see how open and introspective the former Shin Bet directors are, and how proud we can be of a vibrantly democratic Israeli society, those on the right will cringe to see Israel beat up again, on a global platform.
I think of "The Gatekeepers" as a full-length trigger film, an opening for subsequent conversation and debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially effective in Israel, where the issues are well known. But I worry about the film's impact on American audiences who know little of the history and context of the issues seen and discussed on screen.
In any event, I'm rooting for "Searching For Sugar Man" to win for Best Documentary, a remarkable piece of research and film making about an obscure musician from Detroit in the 1960s who became a cult-like popular hero in South Africa. And the less you know of the story going into the theater the more you'll enjoy the twists and turns when you leave.
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i've seen the movie and as i left the theater i wondered about what snips of film might have been cut out that might have given a different end impression. was anything deleted by the film's producer that might have shown questions that didn't get the answers his agenda wanted? i would like to see the films "outtakes" to get answers to my question.
Don't you find that in the Jewish Psyche, as in yours Gary, there is a fine line between the fantasy,wishful desire of what you want Israel to be, and the reality of what it is ? That looks very apparent in the way you describe this film and how you express your discomfort, that those experienced ,doing, living contributors to what Israel has been doing and continue to do ,is not good enough to you as being the truth about the situation, in Israel and occupied Palestine. You rather want the fantasy image to prevail over and above the life experience of those loyal, trusted ,on the grounds experts ,whom actually carried out and lived daily what they have described in this film. Does that say anything to you and the others Jews who hold the same sentiment as you? Holding our heads in the sand is not as safe and comfortable as you might think. Or is it just me, as you might want to dismiss it?


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"In Berlin, You Never Have To Stop"
The New York Times have recently published an article about Berlin describing the experiences of a temporary expat in the city. As always, whenever Berlin gains international attention, Berliners feel somewhat flattered. It's nice that New Yorkers might think our city is interesting enough to publish words on it. But the article in question does not only reflect the uniqueness of Berlin. It's more or less a critical analysis from the perspective of someone who moved to Berlin with high expectations, and who realized that he might not find what he was looking for in the first place.
Still, it seemed that everyone we met was creative-minded and drawn to Berlin for the same reasons we were: to pursue their art. Except that very few of them seemed to have any coming exhibitions or book launches or gigs. "I spent a lot of time talking about the arts over beer or coffee, or at 4 a.m. over a mirror," Pat ruminated recently, "but I didn't see a whole lot actually being created." I found it difficult to disagree with him.
There are important things about this article which I really appreciate. The perspective of the author shows us that Berlin has been reproduced as a hub for art, creativity and laissez-faire. Although I'm sure these perceptions are true (the cause for these basics will be found in the vast and complex history of the city, but it would get out of hand if we tried to discuss them here), they're not necessarily right. What the author failed to mention is that Berlin might have the perfect infrastructure for (almost) every kind of life a person would like to live, but that most of it's shell is a shallow myth.
It's not the exceptional creativity that is currently drawing people from all over the world to Germanys capital. It's marketing, be it word of mouth and subconsciously, or the economical/political agenda of the citys government. Berlin is a huge party, a great platform, cheap and exciting – go tell that your friends and don't mention the downsides. They will all come and join you in the fun. But here's the deal: if you over-hype Berlin like that, you'll never find the city to be a comfortable place to live. Escapism from the the rest of the world to Berlin might work for a couple of weeks, months or years even. But as the author has been saying: at some point you'll want to grow up and get back into "real" life. That's sad, because it leaves a bitter aftertaste for everyone. Those who held on to twisted dreams about a city leave like the aforementioned author. Those who stick to Berlin, who do work and who create wonderful things in the city and beyond, have to fight against the chaos and pick up the pieces eventually.
Berlin, just as much as any other city of global importance, is what you make it. I'm putting emphasis here because I know that many of our readers are B-temps, foreign students, expats or simply travelers who're staying longer than the odd week or two. There are people here who live and create without raving 24/7. If you don't want to be part of that, that's cool. But show respect when it's due and desillusion yourself. At some point, there'll be rents too high to pay for people who're actually trying to make a living. And at some point, YOU can return back to New York, L.A., London and Melbourne, but you'll leave a big footprint in Berlin. Simply consider that. You'll only enjoy the laidback lifestyle if you have something to compare it to. Knowing that I can go partying every day and night, to any museum or cultural happening, is a blessing. But actually doing that religiously is going to destroy my ability to appreciate it.
Berlin is not Neverland, not Alices Wonderland, not Hedonist Paradise. It's a city like any other. If people keep sticking to their ridiculous expectations, they'll end up disappointed. I hope that our readers can appreciate the wonderful things about the city and don't leave resentful because they'd been mistaken about a myth.
Please also understand: we know that FindingBerlin.com has a certain position, usually pointing out only the beautiful things that Berlin has to offer. These things are sometimes in danger because they're taken for granted, not only by foreigners but by locals just as well. I want to take full responsibility by saying that we ALL have to take care of our environment and living conditions, but it's up to most visitors to realize that they will do great damage if they're not wary of the consequences. We resent xenophobia and I, like many others, find the mix of cultures in the city wonderful. That's why we've established FindingBerlin in the first place, that's why we like to promote Berlin even without consistent profit. But we can all – each and everyone of us, no matter how long they've lived here or if they're just a temporary visitor – fight against the negative sides (gentrification issues, cultural brawls, resentment against either foreigners or locals) and try to keep Berlin an amazing city for everyone. That includes all those who, simply put, don't give a shit about art, creativity, partying or looking flashy and just want to make a living.
i know lots of artists type people that come here expecting to be discovered and they forget to work and show what they can do and they get stuck. berlin is what you make of it.
Sorry Guys, you are part of the Gentrification…where do you live? Neukölln? See…why are the rents going up there? Because People like you live there.
Dont get me wrong, i see Gentrification as a part of the Process, as sad as it is..it happens all over the World.
What i dont like that you complain about it and in the same time being part of it.
Also you say that you are pointing out beautifull things, wich are in Danger…so why you point them out? Because you want traffic on your Blog…if you really want to protect those things then be honest to yourself and dont promote them…the people who want to find those places will find them anyways, the other can go to Oranienburgerstrasse and get wasted…
Felipe's right, it's what you make of it.
Berlin sure has a long tradition in escapism, as does any larger city. Yet, it can be more than that if you are ready for it.
When I read that NYT article I though: Who told these kids art was something alongside spring break? Bukowski loving high school teachers?
I mean, how could anyone assume artistry is a matter of place? A place who's language I am not in command of? I am impressed with the exuberant hopes that international youngsters seem to link to Berlin – the place to be, as the official facebook page promises.
While marketing promises are one thing, Berlin's economic failure is legendary, and any resident will tell you: I prefer Berlin for its cultural options, but career and income moves are made elsewhere: Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, London or Beijing. While this may not be equally true for the arts, I still feel aspiring artists could know if they read more than just pitchfork articles or fashion blogs.
All this said, I would like to point out that I believe my city greatly profits from the international impact we're experiencing today, and I highly welcome anyone who's here to start something, create, invent or simply live a life. In my mind the whole discussion is not so much about xenophobia, as some argue, but about mutual basic respect.
My clear advice to anyone planning to achieve more than temporary pleasures in Berlin, the place to be: Learn German. Anybody who wants to make it in NY or London is expected to speak decent English, and I am not even talking about Paris.
Hey Sara, thanks for your answer…it explained your point of view and i totaly agree with you…i´m just not sure that people coming to berlin see it the same way…
but there are so many things to see & go, so i for myself just dont go anymore to places wich are overcrowded.
Keep on with your work, i love your blog and read it daily!
that was pretty amazing :) Just moved to Berlin from San Diego and I have to say this website kicks ass!! Thanks for all the hard work and great writing!
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Kory Faulkner threw for 384 yards against SEMO, the third-highest single-game total in school history.
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What: Southern Illinois (1-2) at Missouri State (0-3)
Where: Plaster Field; Springfield, Mo.
When: Sept. 22, 2012 at 1 p.m. CT
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Freshman kicker Jackson MacLachlan booted a 27-yard, game-winning field goal to lift Southern Illinois past Missouri State, 20-18, on Saturday night.
- Mika'il McCall leads the nation in scoring at 14.0 points per game. McCall has seven touchdowns in three games.
- Steve Strother became the 33rd person in school history to rush for 1,000 career yards after rushing for 72 yards against SEMO.
- Kory Faulkner passed for 384 yards against Southeast Missouri, the third-highest single-game passing total in school history.
- Faulkner had 399 yards of total offense, the fourth highest single-game total offense total in school history.
- Faulkner now holds two of the top six total offense games in school history.
- Southern's offense piled up 272 yards and 21 points before the defense allowed Southeast Missouri State to gain a first down.
- Mika'il McCall leads the nation in scoring, averaging 14.0 points per game after scoring seven touchdowns in the first three games. No other player in the MVFC has scored more than five touchdowns.
- Steve Strother became the 33rd player in SIU history to rush for 1,000 yards in a career. With 72 yards against Southeast Missouri, Strother has 1,059 career rushing yards.
- Kory Faulkner threw for 384 yards against Southeast Missouri State, the third-highest single-game passing total in school history. He also rushed for 15 yards. His 399 yards of total offense are the fourth most in a single game in school history. Faulkner now holds two of the top six single-game total offense marks in school history.
- Faulkner has three career 250-yard passing games, one away from tying him with five others for fifth-most in school history.
- Faulkner leads the conference in passing (290.7) by 17 yards per game and total offense (293.3) by 15 yards per game. Faulkner's total offense numbers rank him 11th nationally. SIU ranks 13th nationally in passing (294.33/game).
- Since 1999, a Saluki quarterback has thrown for more than 315 yards only three times. Kory Faulkner accounts for two of those occasions. Faulkner threw for 334 yards against Illinois State last year and 384 against SEMO last week. Nick Hill threw for an SIU-record 436 yards against Northern Iowa in 2007.
- MyCole Pruitt led the team with nine receptions for 121 yards against SEMO. Pruitt has recorded at least four receptions in eight of the last nine games and nine of the last 11, dating back to last season.
- Pruitt has led the team in receiving yards in six of the last nine games and seven of the last 11. He has at least 60 receiving yards in seven of the last nine games.
- SIU outgained SEMO 212 yards to four in the first quarter and 364 to 30 in the first half.
- Southern set a Saluki Stadium record with 565 yards of total offense against SEMO. The previous record was 508 yards, set against Indiana State in 2010.
- The Salukis 565 yards of total offense were the most by SIU since it put up 606 yards on Illinois State in 2009.
- Against SEMO, Southern Illinois racked up 272 yards of total offense and 21 points before the Redhawks obtained a single first down.
- Southern has outrushed its opponent in 10 of its last 14 games.
- Kory Faulkner attempted a career high 58 passes against Eastern Illinois. That is two shy of the school record set by Scott Gabbert, who threw the ball 60 times in a game against Northern Illinois in 1989. He also completed a career-high 31 passes, fourth most in school history.
- Mika'il McCall's 74-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter of the Eastern Illinois game matched the longest play from scrimmage SIU had in 2011, when Steve Strother had a 74-yard run at Ole Miss. The touchdown pass to McCall was also the longest pass of Kory Faulkner's career.
- Against SEMO, SIU allowed the fewest yards in a game since giving up only 90 yards to Indiana State in 2009.
- Southern Illinois has only allowed one 100-yard rusher in the last eight games, dating back to last season. Shakir Bell rushed for 137 yards in SIU's 35-28 win over the Sycamores in 2011. Since the start of the 2011 season, SIU has only allowed three 100-yard rushers in the last 14 games.
- The Saluki defense has at least one sack in 18 consecutive games and 31 of the last 32 games.
- Jayson DiManche recorded 2.0 tackles for loss against Eastern Illinois, 1.0 against Miami (OH) and 1.5 against SEMO, giving him 27.5 career tackles for loss, ranking him 11th in school history. He is only 1.5 TFLs away from tying Bart Scott for the ninth-most career TFLs in school history with 29.0.
- DiManche's 4.5 tackles for loss this season tie him for second in the conference in TFLs. Eze Obiora is tied for sixth in the conference with 3.5 TFLs.
- DiManche has recorded a sack in each of the first three games of the season. DiManche had three total sacks in 2011.
- Southern only allowed SEMO one first down in the first half and 30 yards of total offense. SEMO ranked first in the OVC in rushing yards per game at 238.0 coming into Carbondale but mustered just 113 on 33 attempts against SIU.
- After giving up eight explosive plays to the EIU offense (20 or more yards), the Saluki defense only surrendered one against each Miami and SEMO.
- Eze Obiora earned National Defensive Lineman of the Week honors from the College Football Coaches Association after his Week 1 performance. Obiora picked up the honor after posting three sacks against Eastern Illinois.
- Obiora's three sacks against Eastern Illinois were the most by an SIU player since Jayson DiManche recorded three sacks against Western Illinois in 2010.
- Obiora recorded a half sack against Miami (OH), giving him 3.5 for the season. He is tied for the conference lead in sacks, and DiManche is tied for fourth in the MVFC in sacks with 3.0.
- Bryan Presume needs just one more forced fumble to join 12 others in SIU history who have recorded three forced fumbles in a season. Ron Geels holds the school record with six forced in 1977. No one else has forced more than four.
- Presume is the only player in the MVFC with more than one forced fumble this season.
- SIU recovered four fumbles against EIU. SIU last recovered four fumbles in a game in 2008 against UNI. SIU has recovered six fumbles this year but has no interceptions.
- SIU's five sacks against Eastern Illinois were the most sacks in a game for SIU since it sacked Western Illinois five times in both 2010 and 2011. In the Lennon era, Southern has now recorded at least five sacks in five games.
- Carlton Lewis recorded a career-high 11 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss against Miami (OH). SIU hadn't had a player record 11 tackles in a single game since Joe Okon recorded 13 against South Dakota State in 2010.
- Steve Strother is a preseason All-Conference selection after averaging 27.14 yards per kick return in his first three seasons with SIU. Eastern only kicked deep to Strother twice in seven kicks and Miami (OH) tried two squib kicks.
- Strother is currently second in school history in kick return average, averaging 25.6 yards per return. Larry Warner averaged 26.93 yards per return in 2008 and 09. SIU's last kick return for a touchdown was Strother at home against SEMO in 2010.
- LaSteven McKinney average 12.25 yards on four punt returns against SEMO. McKinney has a long of 23, his fourth career punt return of at least 20 yards. McKinney is second in the conference in punt return average (7.8).
- Austin Pucylowski enters his third year as the SIU punter. Pucylowski averaged 44.8 yards on 13 punts in the first two weeks. Only one of the punts has been returned and five were pinned inside the 20. Both punts against SEMO were pinned inside the five yard line.
- Only 17 of Pucylowski's 67 punts since 2011 have been returned.
- Southern is fifth nationally in net punting (42.3).
- Chris Adams only had nine touchbacks in 55 kickoffs last year, but he already has four in 2012.
- SIU has won its conference opener in nine of the last 10 seasons. Two of those wins have come against Missouri State.
- SIU beat Missouri State in Carbondale in last year's conference opener. Kicker Jackson MacLachlan kicked a game-winner with less than a minute remaining, earning him MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
- Missouri State dropped to 0-3 after last week's loss to Murray State. MSU opened with back-to-back FBS games against Kansas State (L, 51-9) and Louisville (L, 35-7).
- The Bears rank fourth in the conference in passing offense, averaging 270.0 yards per game through the air.
- MSU only averages 99.3 yards per game rushing through the first three contests, which is ninth in the conference.
- In its only competition vs. FCS opposition, Missouri State passed for 337 yards last week against Murray State. The Bears rushed for just 104 yards. Missouri State trailed Murray State by two touchdowns at halftime but clawed back to twice take the lead.
- The Bears are last in the MVFC in scoring offense (13.0), third down conversions (28%), scoring defense (38.0), passing defense (276.3), and total defense (455.7).
- Missouri State's Austin Glaser is fourth in the conference in passing yards per game (239.7) and total offense (236.0).
- Southern Illinois has won eight of the last nine meetings between the two schools, with the only setback in that time being a 51-41 loss in 2010. Southern tied the series at 17-17 after last year's 20-18 win in Carbondale.
- Southern won the first six meetings between the schools. Missouri State dominated between 1984 and 2002, winning 16 of 19 meetings in that span. Since, the Salukis have won eight of the last nine meetings.
- SIU is 6-10 in Springfield, Mo., after losing in its last visit.
- Head coach Dale Lennon tied Dick Towers on the SIU all-time wins list with 30. He needs one more to tie Abe Martin for fourth place in school history with 31.
- Five of the Salukis six longest plays from scrimmage came against SEMO. The only other play was Mika'il McCall's 74-yard reception in the season opener against Eastern Illinois.SIU has three explosive plays that have scored touchdowns, and three of them came against Southeast Missouri.
- Southern Illinois was picked to finish seventh in the MVFC preseason poll. Since 2003, SIU has been picked to finish fifth or worse two times. Each of the previous two times (2003, 08), SIU went on to win a share of the MVFC title.
- In 2011, SIU finished tied for seventh in the MVFC. Lennon has only finished as low as seventh two other times. The last time Lennon finished seventh, in 2002 with North Dakota, he guided his team to a national runner-up season the following year.


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VICKSBURG — The Army Corps of Engineers says it does not expect floodwater to go over a backwater levee that officials had initially feared could be overtopped by a foot.
Some of the worst flooding is in the area from Vicksburg northeast to Yazoo City, along the Yazoo River. The Yazoo Backwater Levee north of Vicksburg connects with the main Mississippi River levee. The Corps of Engineers officials had predicted that at least a foot of water could pour over the top of the levee, flooding tens of thousands of more acres of farmland in the lower Mississippi Delta.
On Wednesday, the crest forecast for the Mississippi River at Vicksburg was lowered to 57.1 feet, still on Thursday.
Corps spokesman Wayne Stroupe says that means if water does go over the Yazoo Backwater Levee, it would be only a trickle.
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Bill Parcells' contract with the Dolphins allows him to leave the team if owner Wayne Huizenga sells his majority share.
It's a possibility, hinging on whether Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga's sale of his majority ownership of the team goes through, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.
When Parcells joined the Dolphins as executive vice president of football operations last year, his deal included a onetime out clause that would allow him to walk away, with the rest of his $12 million guaranteed contract fully paid, no strings attached, if Huizenga were to sell the team.
Earlier this year, Huizenga agreed to sell 95 percent of the Dolphins to New York developer and team part-owner Stephen Ross. Huizenga hopes to close on the deal by early January to ensure that the capital gains taxes on the sale remain at 15 percent before President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office Jan. 20, Mortensen reported.
Parcells' contract specifically states only Huizenga can be in authority over him. Once Ross officially becomes majority owner, Parcells has to notify Ross within 30 days that he intends to exercise his walk-away clause and collect the full balance of $9 million, Mortensen reported.
At that time, Parcells would be a free agent. And any team that wants his services would not owe compensation to the Dolphins, according to the report.
Among the teams sources say are on Parcells' radar are the New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and the Oakland Raiders. However, if Parcells' son-in-law, New England Patriots vice president Scott Pioli, is interested in any of those jobs, Parcells is unlikely to wind up with that team, Mortensen reported.
Parcells could negotiate with Ross to extend his opt-out clause by one year. But as presently written, the clause doesn't extend after one season, according to the report.
ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen contributed to this report.


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Huawei looks to IBM to help it flog more smartphones and tablets
Seeks advice from the PC innovator in the post-PC markets
CHINESE ELECTRONICS MAKER Huawei has enlisted IBM to help it come up with a branding strategy to sell tablets, smartphones and cloud computing services.
Huawei is one of the largest telecoms equipment providers in the world and wins numerous contracts, but it wants to get into the consumer electronics business and has shown off impressive looking smartphones. Now it wants IBM, a company that has very little direct involvement in the smartphone and tablet markets, to help it build an image that will make punters lust after its kit.
Bloomberg is reporting that Huawei will seek 25 consultants from IBM to come up with answers by November. There is no information available about how much Huawei is paying IBM but Ross Gan, a spokesman for Huawei said, "It's not a traditional branding project where they tell us how the brand should be positioned ... It's more from the management-of-the-process point of view: How do I manage the brand function within the organization? Who is responsible for what?"
IBM and Huawei have a long standing relationship and with the Chinese vendor wanting to triple its revenues in the next decade, that relationship is getting stronger. One way for it to hit its target of $100bn annual revenue will be to get into the smartphone and tablet business.
Huawei's chief rival in China is ZTE, which has enjoyed considerable success with its range of cut priced Android smartphones. Judging by Huawei's devices, it looks like the firm is not only going for the low end but also the more aspirational end of the market.
IBM will have its work cut out for it to help Huawei market its devices to consumers who already have Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia and ZTE to choose from. µ
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Japan gets a new prime minister
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra
The top two contenders for the presidency of the governing DPJ in Japan (and therefore Japan's prime ministership) on 29 August are Banri Kaieda and Seiji Maehara. Kaieda represents the combined Ozawa-Hatoyama camps.
Not only is he a member of the Hatoyama group, but he has managed to secure the backing of Ichiro Ozawa. Who Ozawa would support has been one of the biggest questions in Japanese politics in the past week.
Given that the choice is between these two, what kind of prime ministers would they make?
It seems that all is quickly forgiven and forgotten in Japanese politics if power and ambition are at stake. Kaieda was once a strong critic of Ozawa for all the usual reasons. He felt so strongly about Ozawa's faults that he wrote a book entitled The Real Reason Why I Don't Like Ozawa (Politics) [Boku ga Ozawa (Seiji) o Kirai na Honto no Wake], published by Niki Shuppan in 1996. On the back cover of the book are the words, 'That's why I don't like him' printed in English.
Kaieda begins the book saying: 'He was the man who has been controlling Japanese politics from behind the scenes since former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka … He was the man who has been having his way in a high-handed manner in the dual power structure of politics as though he were a shadow shogun'. Kaieda then reflects on the 'history of Ozawa's imperious disposition' and relates numerous stories of Ozawa's power plays and their far-reaching effects not only on the individuals involved but on political developments in Japan. Kaieda also provides commentary on what he regards as Ozawa's unfinest hours, including a series of grand political and policy failures from the time of his first stint as LDP secretary-general in 1989.
At one point in the book, Kaieda refers to Ozawa's role in the Sagawa Kyūbin scandal, when he was identified by witnesses as a party to the discussions during which illegal deals were allegedly made involving former LDP Deputy President Shin Kanemaru and the head of the Sagawa Kyūbin trucking company. Ozawa testified in the Diet that his own role in the scandal was merely to empty ashtrays and refill glasses without participating in any of the discussions. But as Kaieda writes, 'I don't think anyone could believe this testimony … Would Ozawa, who was being favoured by Kanemaru … really be called … only to work like a porter? … He might have said he wasn't listening, but he must have been listening for sure'.
It now seems that Kaieda has volunteered to play the role for Ozawa that he described in his own book when he wrote, 'Ozawa does not appear on centre stage, but rather accomplishes things through using other people. Isn't this true? … This means that Ozawa likes a dual power structure'. Undoubtedly, Ozawa would seek the position of DPJ secretary-general in a Kaieda government.
On policy, Kaieda appears to have completely capitulated to the Ozawa line, not only in opposing an increase in the consumption tax and forming a coalition with the opposition, but also in implementing a policy of unbridled spending on public works. He proposes to use the earthquake and tsunami disaster as the reason for a public works spending spree in the best tradition of LDP politicians of yore.
Kaieda was far from Ozawa's first choice to run for DPJ leader. Ozawa only agreed to support Kaieda because he could not get his personal choice to stand as a 'front man'. He reached into the ranks of party elders — Azuma Koshiishi and Takeo Nishioka — asking both if they would stand. Such candidates would have been pure puppets with little support from either the wider party or the public, but with Ozawa pulling the strings. Any support they might have attracted would have been simply drummed up from the ranks of his own group and Hatoyama's. In the event, Koshiishi turned Ozawa down and Hatoyama's support could not be secured for Nishioka. The fact that Ozawa approached these unelectable leaders for the DPJ presidency reflects both his old LDP factional reflex in attempting to inflict his choice on the party and the public, and perhaps an ambition to return as the saviour of the party at a later date. In the end, Ozawa settled for Kaieda because the combination of his and Hatoyama's group gave him a good chance of being on the winning side.
Maehara is generally recognised as being outside the Ozawa camp, crossing swords with Ozawa over the road toll issue last year and supporting Kan's datsu Ozawa ('escaping Ozawa') line. This does not mean that he is altogether eschewing support from the Ozawa camp, particularly through his call for party unity — code for allowing Ozawa back into the DJP.
Maehara is the strongest candidate in terms of public support but the public are bystanders in this election, which only involves DPJ Diet members. Among party members, his prospects are far from assured.
Maehara's personality is often criticised by observers who have had first-hand experience of it. His single-minded ambition to reach the pinnacle of Japanese politics has never been in doubt. His political judgment is another matter. His propensity to do backflips on policy issues and his inability to carry things through, such as cancelling the Yamba Dam project and restructuring Japan Airlines when he was Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in the Hatoyama government are considered among his weaknesses. Maehara is also known for making rash public statements, which suggests that he speaks before he thinks. An article published in the Japanese weekly magazine, Shukan Gendai in February this year called him 'the most dangerous person in the DPJ', someone who makes ill-considered remarks, a 'human time-bomb' whose administration would not last beyond three months'. In an apocryphal story, his former professor at Kyoto University is said to have advised him to become a politician because he was not clever enough to be a scholar.
The DPJ presidential election is, therefore, a choice between an opportunistic convert to Ozawaism with all the risks of backroom manipulation that would bring, and a superficially attractive figure but one without a great deal of policy substance. If the former wins, it will be testimony to the fact that Ozawa still calls the shots in the DPJ. Neither leader could be relied on to follow through on earlier policy positions, such as their commitment to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Aurelia George Mulgan is Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
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New Gizmos at the Olympics: AP's Robotic Cameras
Major sporting events such as the Super Bowl and Olympic games are the incubation grounds for new camera technology, because news organizations are jockeying for competitive advantage and a chance to show off. And the Summer Olympics in London are no exception.
Associated Press has posted this promotional video touting the robotic cameras it has developed for this year's games. Remote cameras are usually fixed, but operators of AP's remote robotic cameras will be able to pan, zoom, and swivel the camera up and down using a joy stick, as they monitor the view on a computer screen–and click the shutter at decisive moments.
AP says it will have a robotic camera in each of 12 different venues. Anticipating where all this might be leading, we asked whether a single operator will be controlling several cameras at once, and whether operators can work from far-off locations–say a desk in New York–similar to the way the military flies its drones.
AP spokesperson Paul Colford says there will be one operator per camera. He adds that according to AP director of photography Santiago Lyon, the operator has to be at the venue where the camera is located, "because otherwise there would be a delay in what the operator is seeing."


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I've installed Ubuntu on my home workstation (HP Z400 with ATI Radeon HD 5800). At the mercy of the prompt, I agreed to installing the ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver. One would think that the system should be quite snappy, but far from it - there are numerous problems with visuals. For example the login screen has a fade in animation which takes a lot longer than it should, and dragging windows about feels like some steps are not being rendered.
The Ati Catalyst Control Center appears to function correctly, and let me setup dual monitors without any problems. What should I do to fix this behavior? I can only assume that there's a pro "make my ubuntu snappy" switch somewhere. I've tried searching the interwebs, but I was only able to find old results, which suggested turning off tripple buffers. I found no such configuration in the Ati Catalyst Control Center app.
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Companion reading: Guyton & Hall, Chapter 16: The Microcirculation and the Lymphatic System: Capillary Fluid Exchange, Interstitial Fluid, and Lymph Flow. pp. 162-174, Chapter 17: Local Control of Blood Flow by the Tissues; and Humoral Regulation. pp. 175-183
Define the mechanisms responsible for the movement of water and solute into and out of the vascular space. This includes knowing the basic transport equations for volume flux and for solute flux.
Possess a working understanding of the forces governing transport, how they can be altered, what influence changes in the driving forces will have on volume balance and solute delivery.
Understand the role of the endothelium in the regulation of circulatory function and possess a working knowledge of the mechanisms resulting in autoregulation of blood flow.
I. Fluid Exchange:
A. Transcapillary fluid balance: Starling's Hypothesis. The movement of fluid into and out of the circulatory system is governed by forces in the blood and tissue compartments. The Starling Hypothesis states that these forces are balanced under normal, resting conditions:
(Pc - Pi) = s (Pp - Pi)1. Driving Forces.a. Capillary hydrostatic pressure, Pc. 20-27 mmHg (Guyton: 17 mmHg)2. Selectivity or Reflection coefficient (s): A measure of the ease of solute penetration through the capillary wall: the probability of the molecule crossing the wall.
b. Interstitial hydrostatic pressure, Pi. -7 to -1 mmHg (Guyton: -3 mmHg)
c. Plasma solute osmotic pressure, Pp. 25 mmHg (Guyton: 28 mmHg)
d. Interstitial solute osmotic pressure, Pi. 1 to 3 mmHg. (Guyton: 8 mmHg)a. s = 1. Capillary is impermeable to solute; full osmotic pressure will be expressed.
b. s = 0. The solute "sees" no restriction and passes across the wall unhindered; thus no expression of osmotic pressure.
c. 0 < s < 1. The membrane is semipermeable to solute; some amount is "reflected" off the barrier and does not pass; the amount of imbalance is expressed as an osmotic pressure. If s were 0.75, for example 75% of the time the solute would not pass and 75% of the osmotic effect would be exerted. For most colloids (proteins) s = 1: for small solutes like NaCl or glucose, s = 0. The implication is that for continuous vessels the osmotic gradient between blood and tissue results from the retention of plasma proteins in the vessel lumen.
B. Ultrafiltration:Fluid movement, Jv: The rate of fluid movement (Jv) is a result of the hydrostatic and osmotic forces, as well as the geometry of the membrane and the available area for exchange:II. Lymphatics: The "second circulation" filtered fluid does not normally stay in the circulation:
Jv = Lp S [( Pc - Pi) - s(Pp - Pi)]or Jv = Kf [( Pc - Pi) - s(Pp - Pi)]or, as in Berne and Levy: J = k[(Pc + Pi) - (Pi + Pp)], assuming s = 1
An amount of fluid moves across the wall when an imbalance in the forces exists.1. Filtration: when Jv has a positive sign there is net movement of water out of the vessel.
2. Absorption: The net movement of water is into the vessel when Jv has a negative sign.
3. Hydraulic Conductivity, Lp. The coefficient, Lp, is indicative of the leakiness of the capillary wall to the movement of water and is a characteristic for each exchange vessel: units = cm/(s cmH2O).
4. Capillary Filtration Coefficient, CFC or Kf. Is the hydraulic conductance per unit surface area for exchange: units (ml/[s mmHg]). This is the usual parameter because most times S is unknown.
The ultrafiltrate, of the fluid that moves across the capillary wall, has the same concentration of small, uncharged solutes as plasma, an appropriate Donnan ratio concentration for ions and vanishingly low concentrations of proteins and large molecules.
A. Daily filtered load about 20 liters/day.III. Regulation of Hydrostatic Forces: What happens up stream and down stream of the capillaries matters1. Capillary/venular readsorption: 16-18 liters/day re-adsorbed by low pressure venules and capillaries.B. Blood volume exchanges: Total blood volume on the order of 5 L; plasma volume 2.75 L. Thus 7 complete volume changes a day across the capillary membranes.
2. Lymphatic drainage: 2- 4 liters/day are taken up by the lymphatic capillaries.
C. Fluid in the lymphatic system.1. Route: Fluid taken up by the lymphatics is transported as lymph back to circulatory system via lymphatic ducts that eventually connect with the subclavian veins at the junction to the internal jugular veins in the neck.
2. Mechanism: Fluid flux is facilitated by pumping action on the lymphatics located between contracting muscles. Lymphatics, like veins, possess valves to prevent back flux. Lymphatic exist in all tissues except bone, cartilage and CNS.
A. Capillary Flow: depends on the total resistance (RT) of the circuit: e.g. is the sum of precapillary resistance in the arterioles (Ra) and postcapillary resistance (Rv) in the venules.IV. Edema: The most common clinical manifestation of an imbalance of forces at the capillary wall is edema. Edema is the excess accumulation of fluid in the interstitial space that has not been readsorbed into the capillaries or taken up by the lymphatics. Causes include:
Q = DP/RT = (Pa- Pv)/(Ra + Rv)B. Capillary Pressure: Depends on the ratio of venous resistance to total resistance. Pc = [(Pa- Pv) (Rv/{Ra + Rv})] + PvC. Resistance:
Pc = [(Pa- Pv) (Rv/{RT})] + Pv1. Systemic resistance, (Rv/{Ra + Rv}) = 0.2: Venous resistance is 20% of total.
2. Pulmonary circuit, (Rv/{Ra + Rv}) = 0.4: Venous resistance is 40% of total.
3. Ra and Rv change with vasomotor activity, but the greatest changes occur on the pre-capillary (arteriolar) side of the circuit. Thus an increase in RT results in a decrease in Pc.
A. Obstruction: Parasites, larvae microfilaria causing elephantiasis- or insufficiency of lymphatics from surgery or congenital lack.V. Solute Exchange:
B. Permeability or change in reflection coefficient: Increased protein permeability will result in an imbalance. Occurs in cases of trauma, thermal injury, and inflammation. Life threatening manifestations occur in endotoxic shock, ARDS, following Interleukin 2 treatments.
C. Plasma Protein: Reduction in the circulating amount of plasma protein, especially albumin in cases of liver dysfunction, malnutrition, or acute alteration of fluid status.
D. Capillary pressure:1. Increased Pv: Venous obstruction, high plasma volume, congestive heart failure.
2. Increased Rv: Venoconstriction
3. Lowered Ra: Vasodilation
A. Capillary PermeabilityVII. Summary: Coordinated Control of blood and tissue transport1. Water: high P, uses cellular and paracellular pathways.B. Capillary "Type": Permeability varies with type of capillary; capillary type varies with organ function.
2. Lipid soluble substances: High P, cellular path
3. Ions, small polar substances: Moderate P, paracellular path; junctions, small pores?
4. Hydrophilic solutes: Moderate P, paracellular path; junctions, small pores? The larger the substance, though, the smaller the P.
5. Plasma proteins, macromolecules: Low to trace P; vesicles or junctions?1. Tight (brain) <C. Fick's First Law of Diffusion: Simple case of moving materials from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration across some distance. The process is passive by Brownian motion. Primary mechanism for the movement of respiratory gases, small solutes and nutrients.
2. Continuous (skeletal muscle, skin) <
3. Fenestrated (secretory glands, kidney, gut) <
4. Discontinuous (liver, spleen, bone marrow).NOTE: Should a value for a not be given you may assume it equals 1. Values for a relate solutes that are lipophilic, especially respiratory gases, anesthetic agents, and alcohols (remember that gases and alcohols can used to anesthetize: can you deduce why?).
Js ~ f(DC)
1. Diffusion from capillary to tissue: Within a capillary the concentration is Cp, in the interstitium it is Ci, thus the gradient is Cp-Ci, the thickness of the endothelium is Dx, and the surface area of capillary available for exchange is S. Also must include the mobility of the solute, the diffusion coefficient D and the solubility for the solute, a.
Js = - aD S Dc/Dx = PS (Cp -Ci)
where solute permeability coefficient P = aD/Dx: units cm/s.2. Diffusion between open capillaries: The same basic process but now delivering material to more than one exchange element, so the number of vessels (n) are important as this will influence the area for exchange (A = n*S) and the distance between capillaries (DX ~ f(SQRT(n)). So:
Js = - aDA dc/dxa. Js = mass/time = moles/s diffusing through a surface of n vessels, A (cm2)
b. D, the free diffusion coefficient is cm2/s
c. dc/dx, the concentration gradient, (mass/volume)/(distance) = moles/cm2 and is a function of local tissue consumption or production.
d. The flux then, since x is a function of the number of perfused vessels, will be faster if more vessels have blood flowing through them.
e. The solubility, or partition coefficient, a, in this case is unitless.
A. Recruitment: varying the number of open capillaries will regulate the delivery of solute and the removal of waste as well as vary the total area available for exchange. Recruitment is achieved by dilation of the terminal arterioles.
B. Local Blood Flow Control: Blood flow distribution can be controlled centrally (neural mechanisms) and at the local level. In organs that maintain a constant flow in the face changing vascular pressure are said to "autoregulate". To do this they have to alter vascular resistance (remember, to keep flow constant if pressure changes, resistance has to change in the opposite direction = Q = *P/R). There are two hypotheses as to the mechanism whereby autoregulation is achieved: the Metabolic Hypothesis and the Myogenic Hypothesis
For example, if pressure increases we predict that flow should increase as well. In autoregulating organs only a brief rise in flow is seen followed by a return to control levels. This means that the organ tends to maintain a fairly constant condition. Two theories to explain this phenomenon.1. Metabolic Hypothesis: The concentration of inhibitory metabolites in the microvascular bed depends on the level of blood flow through the bed. When vascular pressure is increased there is a brief elevation in blood flow which removes the inhibitory metabolites allowing the resistance vessels to contract. As they constrict, the radius decreases thereby elevating R so Q decreases.
2. Myogenic Hypothesis: The increase in pressure results in a quick stretch of the vessel wall thereby stimulating vascular smooth muscle to contract. On contraction the radius is decreased, R is increased and Q decreases.
The metabolites involved in autoregulation are Adenosine, H+, and CO2. Different organs autoregulate to greater or lesser extents and the mechanisms they use vary. The heart, kidney and brain are examples of organs showing strong autoregulation, the splanchnic circulation hardly auto regulates at all. In the skin what autoregulation there is appears to be largely due to myogenic mechanisms while in the heart and brain the metabolic mechanisms predominate.
There are 2 additional terms describing changes in blood flow with which you will be expected to know:
1. Active hyperemia: An increase in blood flow above control levels usually induced by an increase in cellular activity (metabolism, exercise). In this case rapidly accumulated metabolites (CO2, H+ ) result in arteriolar dilation (facilitating the opening of new capillaries), resulting in better tissue perfusion (e.g. enhanced substrate delivery and waste removal). The dilation persists until the metabolites are removed.
2. Reactive hyperemia: The overshoot of blood flow following an ischemic episode (decrease blood flow); it may result from both metabolic and myogenic mechanisms acting during the period of reduced flow (metabolite accumulation and dilator response to a decreased pressure).
C. Microvessel Permeability:
Microvessel permeability can be altered by inflammatory mediators inducing the formation of leaks to macromolecules. In addition, permeability properties can be altered less dramatically to regulate normal transport. Recent studies from this University and others have demonstrated that many vasoactive substances, known to regulate vascular smooth muscle tone, can also regulate microvessel permeability. At present agents which dilate vascular smooth muscle in the systemic circulation, whether by endothelium dependent or independent means, tend to increase capillary permeability to water and in some cases to solute. These include atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), sodium nitroprusside (SNP), acetylcholine (ACh), substance P (Sub-P), bradykinin (BKN), low O2 , Adenosine (ADO), and adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
By contrast, vasoconstrictors angiotensin II (AII) and norepinephrine (NE), at low doses either do not alter basal permeability properties or attenuate the increases in permeability induced by the vasodilators.
D. Lymphatic Activity: Just as we have recently demonstrated that vasoactive agents thought to influence only arterial vessel tone, several groups have found that these agents also regulate the activity of the lymphatics. Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) is of two classes, phasic and tonic. Most VSM is of the tonic variety in that it does not generate action potentials. Phasic smooth muscle (found in the portal vein and in the lymphatics) generates action potentials like visceral smooth muscle and can thus initiate waves of contraction. This mechanism will produce sufficient force to propel the contents of the vessel of lymphatic toward the heart. Retrograde flow in the lymphatics is hindered by the presence of valves and nodes. Vasodilators tend to diminish the force and frequency of lymphatic pumping (which will result in an elevated Pi ) while vasoconstrictors tend to increase the force and frequency of pumping (which will tend to decrease Pi ).


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The Sunflower Project – Week 1
Posted By Laura on March 24, 2011
The last couple of weeks have been rather busy in the purple household. I have been trying to sort out our 'junk' room so that I have a nice little crafty room. I'm not sure if it's big enough but that's a whole other story. Niamhy and I have also been doing a little bit of planting of seeds. I have purchased for her a watering can and her own little trowel and we have been having lots of fun planting lots of seeds in pots. I'm not expecting much from some of them but she is enjoying watering them and had loads of fun planting them. And that's what it's all about.
I don't often post lots of pictures of my daughter but these were too cute to resist. She had such fun.
Anyway, the *real* reason for this post!
We planted some sunflower seeds and after one week they have already started sprouting. I am well impressed. So, I thought it would be quite good to see the progress, on a week by week basis, in pictures. I'm not expecting too much as I am *not* a gardener. At all. But, anyway, here is week one:
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Stanford, Calif. - Wednesday started early for the Men's Soccer team as they spent their morning serving breakfast to homeless families and individuals at the Opportunity Center. The team engaged with the community to share bagels, juice and conversation with more than 50 patrons who use the facility as a haven during the day to shower, rest and get a balanced meal.
"Wednesday is a day we do not typically serve breakfast, so when groups like this can come in and offer that service, it makes a huge difference to our residence who would otherwise go without, sometimes until the evening meal," said Kristen Chandler, Outreach Coordinator for the Opportunity Center.
The team was able to share their experiences and connect with patrons over the shared love for soccer. "It makes my day to see the soccer team out here this morning! Seeing these college students taking time out of their day is really wonderful," explained one Opportunity Center patron who is new to the program.
After breakfast, the team volunteered to stay longer to help organize the Opportunity Center's donation closet, where donations of personal hygiene items and clothing are stored. Things such as shampoo, conditioner, soap, and shaving items are in high demand.
"This is a great experience for the guys and being involved in both distributing food and organizing donations," said Assistant Coach Gregg Olsen, who also participated Wednesday morning. "This really shows how much the team can accomplish in a short time when they work together, and the importance of being involved in our community."
As the team was leaving, several athletes were talking about ways to be involved in the future including engaging their dorms to host future breakfasts and collecting toiletries from hotels when their team travels. "I think we all had a great time today," said Senior Clayton Holz. "This definitely gives our team ideas for how we can be active in the community going forward as well, and support some of the programs already in place in the community."
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Innocent in the Sheikh's Harem
Marguerite Kaye
June 2011, Regency Romance (1818 Middle East)
Harlequin Historical, $7.99, 288 pages, Amazon ASIN 0373296495
I love going to different destinations via a good romance. Something about exotic locales just seems to blend so well with love and adventure. It is especially exciting when it combines a new place with a previous time. The mixing of the past with the foreign evokes for me what lush romance is all about.
Lady Celia Cleveden sets the standard for the practical bride. Knowing she is nowhere near the beauty her sisters are, she sets aside dreams of passionate love for a more pragmatic relationship with an imminently suitable man. She takes a great deal of pride in knowing she will be a genuine asset to his career as a diplomat, having been just such an asset to her father in his career. Her husband's hatred of all things foreign in no way dampens Celia's own enthusiasm at being in the enticing desert land of A'Qadiz. She is utterly fascinated by the people, culture and beauty of this land. Until the night their caravan is attacked while on the way to the Prince's palace.
Prince Ramiz of A'Qadiz would rather not deal with the Westerners, but he is savvy enough to know he must. He is anxious to control the inevitable clashing of their cultures and to that end has invited a foreign diplomat to his home. Watching the caravan from a distance he believes that the milksop sent to him bodes ill for the success of this venture. The man's bride, on the other hand, shows courage, intelligence - and a simmering sexuality. When he is forced to rescue her from an attack by a neighboring kingdom he finds her appeal only grows with familiarity. Will his growing attraction for this alluring young woman destroy all he has worked so hard to achieve for his people? Or will their love unite rather than divide their worlds?
The best part of this book is the location. Ms. Kaye works hard at bringing to life the people and culture of the Middle East. She is very respectful, utilizing Celia to show us the charm and beauty of the country. Too often in romance, I feel as though I am still in 21st century America, long dresses and cravats aside. This book does an excellent job of taking us to its actual venue.
Both Celia and Ramiz are interesting characters. They are a bit standard for a romance - she: Brave, intelligent and feisty; he: Alpha with a soft spot for the heroine - but they both have a bit of dimension to them and certainly fit into the story well. I liked especially that the book showed a variety of English diplomats - from Celia's outstanding father, her husband (who was quite bad at his job) and Peregrine Finchley-Burke, who was a good hearted idiot. History shows that during this time period men got the job for many different reasons, not just skill, and I found it fascinating to see the many faces of the Empire presented by these men to a foreign ruler.
Something I truly didn't like was the author's rendition of Celia's husband. Meeting the demand that the first spouse be truly evil (so we can see how great the hero is in comparison), George was a craven, sexless, boorish cad. For those who hate such things, be warned that we learn in the first few pages that he is such an awful husband Celia is still a virgin when they reach A'Qadiz. The utter destruction of this character left me with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth and pulled the overall grade of the book down.
The book still has many shining moments though. If you enjoy romances with desert Sheikhs or are partial to Harlequin Historicals I think this book would be a good fit for you.
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Aromas of citrus, lemon cream and honey combine with toasty oak, nutmeg, yellow apple and orange blossom to create this refreshing Chardonnay. On the palate, flavors of citrus, green apple, honey, light cream and cantelope, with great texture, bright acidity and balance, making this Chardonnay a great food-friendly wine.
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Bike Ride for the dead
Tickets are $20 per person
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Dia de los Muertos bike Ride is being held on Sunday, Oct. 28.
Benefits from this proceed go to Kern County Shriner Club activities.
Registration began at 8 a.m., and the ride leaves at about 9 a.m., from Shriners Noble Park at 700 P St.
The route will focus on the different cemeteries.
To participate it is $20 per person, which includes a meal ticket, and a chili-verde cook-off.