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On Monday, Phoenix College updated their Facebook page with the news that the college "is recommitted to strengthening its TNR program."
In December 2013, Phoenix College officials had decided to end its trap-neuter-return (TNR) program after eight years, and remove the cats from the campus. On Sunday, the cats were to be taken to the Arizona Humane Society, where there was a chance they would be euthanized if not adopted.
The college's online newspaper, Bear Tracks, mentioned on Monday how they "understand the concern from the community regarding the safety of the feral cat community." College administration, it said, has worked with members of the surrounding community, and reached out to various local animal rescue organizations for assistance.
"In light of the community rehoming campaign bringing the size of the colony down to a manageable level," the school's newspaper says, "Phoenix College is recommitting to a strengthened TNR program. This will include the designation of an employee to oversee the program."
Phoenix College also plans on setting up an educational program for the campus community on the proper handling of feral cat communities, and an awareness program for the students, staff and community, according to Bear Tracks.
There were 20 cats on the campus. Seven of those cats have found homes.
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To Really Save Money, Cut Recurring Monthly Expenses, Not Daily Splurges
Among the most common advice given by personal finance experts is to reduce your day-to-day expenses, or so-called latte factor. These experts would have you give up your daily cup of coffee, bring your lunch to work (which is actually quite frugal and healthy), and cut back on eating out. The money saved on these daily wastes of money, the theory goes, would go a long way towards helping pay off your debt and save for retirement. This is absolutely true: most of us waste obscene amounts of money on life's little luxuries every single day. The amount we spend on these things would probably surprise most of us.
Cutting The Daily Luxuries Is HARD!
The traditional advice is right on, but have any of you ever actually tried to do it? Cutting daily expenses is hard! You may succeed for a few days or even a few weeks, but eventually most of us fall back into the same old habits. That morning cup of coffee is just too delicious to pass up and sometimes, you just have to get out of the office for lunch when the walls seem like they're closing in on you. Who wants to eat lunch at their desk when the company is falling apart around you? Besides, you tell yourself, going to lunch with coworkers is good for networking.
The problem with this approach to saving is that it's too difficult for most people to manage. It requires making a conscious decision every day to deprive yourself of something you want. Many people have the will-power to pull this off but most, unfortunately, do not. Most will eventually cave in to temptation and return to their old spendthrift ways.
Focus On Recurring Expenses
The key to really saving money, in my mind, is to focus on trimming recurring expenses. These are the expenses that really make a dent in our budget: cable television, internet, magazine subscriptions, auto insurance, car payments, etc. Taken together, we spend a large portion of our monthly income on recurring expenses. Fortunately, they are also the easiest to cut because you only have to make the decision once. Taking your lunch to work requires a daily, conscious effort, but cutting back to basic cable or finding a way to trim your car insurance premiums is a one-time deal. Once done, it's much less likely you'll be tempted back to your old ways because you won't be confronted with what you've given up on a daily basis. Here are some recurring expenses you can probably trim back.
- Cable Television – Do you really need digital television and every premium channel known to man? Probably not. Chances are, you can make due with basic cable. If there's something on the premium channels you really have to see, you can probably get the entire season from Netflix for a small fraction of the cost.
- Internet - Unless you are a hardcore gamer or run a popular website out of your basement, you don't need the fasted internet connection available. An old-fashioned 1.5 mbps T1 connection is more than adequate for practically anybody's needs and can usually be had for about half the price of your provider's most expensive package (which will probably never hit its theoretical top speed, anyway).
- Cut Insurance Costs - It goes without saying you should shop around for the best price, but quite often, you can save a bundle simply by purchasing both your auto and homeowners insurance through a single provider. I go through Allstate Insurance myself, and their rates are very competitive. Why not get a quote from Allstate while it's on your mind? Who knows, it may be lower than what you're paying now.
- Property Taxes – With property values plummeting, many of you own homes that are now worth much less than they used to be. The upside of that is lower property taxes. Make sure to carefully review your property tax assessment this year and challenge it if you think it's too high. I wouldn't put it past many cash-strapped municipalities to err on the side of higher values.
- Pay Down Your Credit Card Balances – Seriously, credit card interest is the most useless of all recurring expenses because it brings no current value whatsoever. Instead, you're paying for something you bought months or even years before. With the insane interest rates on many cards, reducing your balance by just a few thousand dollars can make a huge difference in your monthly interest payments. If you have decent credit, you might be able to "cheat the system" somewhat and do a a low- or even zero-interest balance transfer to another card. Check out the balance transfer credit cards offered on CardOffers.com and save money when you transfer high balances.

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We really enjoyed this sauce! This week we received fresh rhubarb in our CSA and having never made anything with it before I tried this. I substituted a quart of strawberries for the raspberries since both rhubarb and strawberries are in season locally. A great topping for vanilla ice cream or shortbread with cut strawberries. I also used a hand mixer to puree it as the last step. Probably didn't need the full 1/2c. of sugar which I should have known because I find eatingwell.com recipes are usually a little too heavy on it. Enjoy!
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I'm trying... again. My blood sugar is sky high....again. I feel crappy.....again. Why do I do this over and over again. I could of been in good health, off meds for heart, diabetes and cholesterol if I had of just stuck with it.....just once.
My blood sugars have been up to where it just reads high on my meter. It's been averaging in the 300s most of the time. It dips down into the 200s at times but mainly in the 300s.
So my husband, my son and my daughter in law have all decided to try juicing. Yes, juicing....sounds so boring and bland. The stuff looks disgusting and a sickly green....but it's not too bad. We decided to do a 5 day cleanse. If we can stick with it, we'll go longer but we'll have to see. We started on Monday and this is how it went....so far
Monday- We juiced 3 times this day with plenty of water. Seemed to be fine. Wasn't too hard and it didn't taste too bad. We had the Garden Blend and one that my daughter in law made up.
Blood sugar is still high, I feel crappy, very tired and it felt like it was such an effort to do anything.
Tuesday- We juiced 2 times then we all broke down and went to Sizzler...BUT....we did good. We all had the salad bar with vinegerette dressing....no bread, no desserts, no fried chicken, or soup.....just salad. We all walked out of there very proud of ourselves. We drank lots of water. I felt a little better and my blood sugars were in the high 200s and low 300s.
Wednesday- We juiced one time....only because we are out and my husband is looking for a job so we aren't home so much. So we stopped at Burger King. Guess again!!! We had salads with grilled chicken and vinegerette and water. Then for dinner we had salad again for dinner. Just veggies with some egg, Lots of water. I feel better. The fogginess seems to be less. My feet aren't swollen and my blood sugars stayed in the 200s all day. I've also lost 5 lbs. Yep....I know....water weight but a loss is a loss.
Thursday- got up and checked my blood sugar....191. I haven't seen the 100s in months so I'm really pleased. I also lost another 3 lbs! I'm feeling more alert. Not so much the big energy boost they say your suppose to get but it could because I'm not just juicing. We juiced in the morning and had a salad from taco bell...the new Cantina bowl which I didn't realize had rice in it but I left as much as I could of that in the bowl. Then for dinner we had veggie kabobs and salad.
Really, I gave it a good try juicing, but I need to chew!! Just swallowing juice just doesn't do it for me and I seriously doubt I would of stuck with strictly juicing much longer. Tomorrow, we will be out again but we'll drink our juice in the morning and get another salad in the afternoon as we will be out looking for jobs again.
This really seems to be working and my blood sugars are going down and that makes it so worth it. I don't want to die. I don't want to lose my sight and I don't want to lose a limb. My feet are so numb now and my eye sight has gotten worse and I don't want to end up on insulin just yet, so I NEED to do this. I think I'm doing so much better just here in the first 5 days.....so I think I'll keep doing what we've been doing and see how it goes.
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Dawn, plant based and lean proteins are exactly what we're going to be doing. The third day is when things started, lets just say, loosening up...lol. Stomach hurt and the whole thing so glad that parts over. Thanks for your support and best of luck to you !
LillyBy50, Yes!! My blood sugars dropped another 10 pts this morning so it really does seem to be working!! We've been eating salads for our dinner so yes, I'm chewing! But normally no, you just drink juice and that's it. I love carbs too and that is the hardest thing to give up. I miss my breads, chips, and anything carb :( Thank you for your support and best of luck to you in your journey!
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From one diabetic to another I understand. Raw is a good way to go.. have you seen the Reboot website ? while some juice others just as you stay plant based with some protein ..
Juicing is hard and around day three you start to really flush out toxins that can make you feel like total carp.
Best of luck on your journey..
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Sounds like you are on the right track and have good support around you which makes a big difference.
I understand the need to chew ---- can you at least chew on carrotts or celery or is that not allowed when you "juice".
I am a big carb fan, so juicing sounds terrifying to me!
I am glad this is improving your numbers!
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The Universal Primary Education programme, born in 1997, has been praised and criticised at the same time. With the release of PLE on Tuesday, the results showed that UPE schools had performed better than the private ones. Steven Tendo takes us down the journey of the programme.
Primary Leaving Examination results released last week showed an improvement in the performance from the previous year. After a decade of sustained criticism and microscopic inspection, Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools finally posted a commendable performance. Parents and students are finally warming up to UPE.
Timothy Agaba has just been promoted to P5, and is finally reaping the dividends of attending a good school. He spent two years in a private school in Mbarara but changed to Mbarara Municipal, a UPE school.
"I realised he was getting a raw deal," his father, Mr William Sande, says.
"The teachers were unserious and he was not getting a good education." Mr Sande says his son was very poor at simple arithmetic and English until his switch. He had enrolled him in a private school after getting so many negative reports about UPE but was disappointed that his son was not making much progress. "He is getting a far better education now," Mr Sande says.
"He gets enough homework and his grades are improving."
Jean Alinda is a pupil at Chadwick Namate Primary School in Entebbe. Her previous school, a private outfit, did not hold Parent Teacher Association meetings and she frequently cut her classes to eat roadside mangoes. Today, that is unheard of because of the tight supervision by the teachers at Chadwick.
These are snapshots of a system that has often been described as a sinking ship by some but also as the salvation of a nation. With the deluge of enrolment numbers, UPE faces challenges, which the Ministry of Education says it is on top of.
Of the 513,219 candidates who sat for PLE last year, more than 400,000 were from UPE schools. Education Minister Namirembe Bitamazire says the strict monitoring of schools under the Education Standards Agency was the cause of improved performance over the years.
The programme was introduced in Uganda in January 1997 as part of a government policy to provide free education to children.
Critics have pointed out what they have called weaknesses in a programme that should otherwise provide the best opportunity for large sections of the population to become sufficiently productive. Every year, the comparisons between the pre and post UPE periods run thick.
At the time UPE was introduced, only about one third of school-going age children were in school. Enrolment figures are up from 2.5 million in 1997 to 7.5 million pupils. According to government records, there are 258 UPE-aided primary schools with 152, 974 pupils. 26,318 of them are boys.
Increased classrooms
The programme has also seen the increase of classrooms in an effort to banish 'tree shade classes.' Classrooms have increased to more than 60,000.
Some social commentators believe in the system. "UPE is an excellent policy that could transform this society," Capt. Mike Mukula, a former State Minister for Health, told Daily Monitor.
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Mukula refers to success stories like Japan's, which he says relied on a UPE programme. According to him, UPE was first tried in the country after the Second World War and it helped the war-devastated country to develop into one of the world's biggest economies.
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There's a value to things like brands. Obviously, because we will buy things adorned with brands that we know, recognise and trust. Therefore they are valuable to their owners and they strive mightily to protect that value by making sure that the brand and products adorned with it can be trusted. This thus is a very odd complaint:
The return of class origin to the BBC
We did rather think that Britain had got over this sort of nonsense these days. It's no longer necessary to have an accent that makes the Queen sound positively estuarine in order to get onto the radio these days for example. And yet we seem to be getting back this idea that class origin should be the (or at least a) determinant of who reads the footie scores out to us:
BBC staff will be asked to disclose details of their family income and upbringing, as part of new plans to ensure that the corporation is not dominated by the middle classes.
The BBC will announce today that all new employees will be asked to answer a range of questions about their socio-economic background, including whether they were entitled to free school meals as a child, which the broadcaster says will allow it work out whether its workforce reflects modern Britain.
It's most certainly different from Reith's initial conception of what the BBC was to be for, which was rather to teach everyone to be middle class. But that's not the only historical echo we hear: half of Europe was ruled for generations on the basis that class origin determined near all. A background in the bourgeoisie condemned one, decent proletarian roots promoted though the ranks of the society. It has to be said that the experiment didn't work out well. So we're rather puzzled as to why people are so keen to repeat the error.
We would propose something perhaps a little to novel for most tastes. Hiring and firing of staff based upon their competence. If someone, yes, even a white upper class elderly male, turns out to be good at interviewing people sitting on sofas then hire them and a sofa. If there's a QQ (as we understand the acronyms these days, "queer, questioning" is a possible combination) who's a dab hand at sorting out radio interference then hire them if radio interference is the problem to be solved. Class, gender, sexuality, race and yes, class origins, just aren't to us the correct criteria to be hiring people upon.
And if the BBC really is concerned about diversity then perhaps they might like to pay attention to the only sort that does actually matter, intellectual diversity? A few more people who think a little further out of the usual soft left establishment box perhaps?
We do wonder about MPs at times you know
Well, everyone wonders about MPs at times. Where do they find them? How on earth does anyone end up voting for them? You know, the basic questions that anyone would ask when actually confronted with a few specimens of the beast. And then there are those specific specimens that really puzzle us. To take this from Siobhan McDonagh MP. She tweeted out the letter she had sent to Azzurri, the owners of the Zizzi chain of restaurants.
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Today, the Scottish thinker Adam Smith (1723-1790) is best known for his pioneering work of economics, The Wealth of Nations (1776). But the book that actually propelled him to fame was The Theory of Moral Sentiments, published on this day in 1759.
Moralists had been struggling to work out the principles that made some actions morally good and others morally bad. To churchmen, the answer was obvious: it was the word of God. Skeptics speculated about whether we had a sixth sense, a 'moral sense' that would guide us towards good.
Smith's breakthrough was to identify our moral judgements as a matter of human beings' deep psychology as social creatures. Human beings, he argued, have a natural 'sympathy' (today we would say 'empathy') for others. That enables them to understand how to moderate their behaviour and preserve harmony. It is the basis of moral judgements about behaviour, and the source of human virtue.
Writing exactly a century before Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species (1859), Smith was not sure why such social behaviour should prevail. He put it down to providence: today we would put it down to evolution.
The book was an intellectual sensation. Churchmen, of course, did not like it very much, but it caught the eye of Charles Townsend, an intellectual and senior member of the British government, who was highly impressed and sought an introduction to Smith through their mutual friend, the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). Townsend immediately hired Smith, on a salary of £300 a year for life, to be tutor to his stepson, the young Duke of Buccleuch. It was a fortune – and it gave Smith the independence and experience to start writing the work for which he is remembered today, The Wealth of Nations.
People are still haring off in the wrong direction
That the population in general is getting fatter is true. The western world is rapidly becoming one of fatty lardbuckets as far as the eye can see with distressing aesthetic results. However, it's very important indeed to understand that this is not because we are all eating more:
Owen Paterson's Brilliant Brexit Patter
Former UK cabinet minister Owen Paterson has just delivered the most intelligent case for the UK leaving the European Union that I have ever heard. His basic point is that the EU is not the 'status quo' but something that is rapidly moving to destinations that are uncertain and dangerous, particularly for the UK; and that being outside is the safer, more stable option.
Take the eurozone. It is rapidly becoming one country, says Paterson. In order to deal with the imbalances that the fixed currency has only exacerbated, it needs to centralise decision making on budgets and bailouts. Plans for this are well advanced, eurozone sovereignty is being pooled, members' discretion over their own budgets is being curbed and the eurozone will in effect be its own political union by 2025 – just nine years away. That is a very different kind of EU that is being envisaged, and not one that strikes a chord in the UK.
The UK government says that the UK will have 'special status' outside this and the other centralising tendencies. But how? There is no binding agreement that grants the UK any special status: the only sort of special status around seems to be a Norway-style outer circle. Not in the euro, not at the core, out on the fringes – it is clear that the UK's influence could only diminish. The UK would still be outvoted, still overruled by the ECJ, still expected to chip in to eurozone bail-outs (as it was with Greece), but even less able to do anything about it.
Then there are security issues, with five new countries, 87m new potential EU citizens, waiting to join. Such as Turkey, with its leaky 700-mile border abutting a war zone. Once migrants make it to Germany or the other countries that are supposed to share them out, before long they become EU citizens and able to travel and work in their destination of choice – the UK. And we have no say in it. Migration, as ASI has shown, is generally beneficial: but far more so if it happens at a manageable rate.
Paterson's vision for a UK outside these uncertainties is one of a self-governing, free-trading nation, a true part of the global family, its international trade and participation no longer absorbed into the EU. And as for trade deals, the EU is far weaker than the UK would be alone, each member having its own interests to throw into the horse-dealing, and proceeding only as fast as the slowest and most intransigent. The UK could do deals with China, India – and indeed the US, far quicker. It would also have greater representation on trade and other international bodies such as the WTO, where currently it is represented by the EU.
Leaving the EU is not an instant commitment, but a process. There would – and certainly should – be a long process of discussion before the formal commitment to withdraw (and the two-year i-dotting period that follows it) is given. In the meantime, the UK would continue to trade with the EU – something that 5m EU jobs, and EU supply chains, depend on. But meanwhile, we could be opening up better relations with the rest of the world.
There is no status quo. If the UK remains in the EU, it will be a second-class citizen, and the EU's political centralization will continue, dragging the UK along with it. The eurozone, politically integrated by 2025, will dominate the rest. Outside, the UK could at least control its borders, its budget, its national debt, its public services, its international trade. What's not to like?
Perhaps the 1% improve poor peoples' health?
A rather interesting little finding from over The Pond concerning the connection between inequality and the health of the population. Over here we've had Michael Marmot insisting for decades that health inequality is to be explained by economic inequality. And Wilkinson and Pickett have been shouting that they are not just connected by economic inequality is the direct cause of ill health for all. At which point we get the American study into health and inequality and we find something a little different:
Politicians complaining about how politics works
The current complaint from these politicians seems to be that they don't like the way politics works:
This morning's Guardian produces a bit of a giggle
That's our first reaction, at least, to this story that a Welsh billionaire is willing to invest some of his own money in a rescue of the Port Talbot steel assets. The giggle coming from, no, not the idea that there is a Welsh billionaire, the thought that, well, yes, that's what we rather expect from people when they buy something. They use their money to buy the thing that they're buying. Seems a reasonable and logical idea to us but it's obviously caught The Guardian by surprise:
The effects of Osborne's new national living wage
St Joseph's Hospice is in Liverpool, where it cares for the terminally ill in a manner that the National Health Service simply never can manage. They have sent the following around to their supporters:
Charity shop staff who work for Jospice face the prospect of losing their job due to rises in the minimum wage…
There are currently eight retail managers working across these shops but it is proposed that this number be reduced to five.
The decision has been blamed on the government's new National Living Wage, which rose to £7.50 an hour for over 25s as at the start of April and is expected to rise to £9 by 2020.
A spokesperson for Jospicesaid: 'We have informed our eight retail managers that we propose to implement a new retail team structure. Due to ever rising costs and the introduction of the National Living Wage we are unable to continue with the existing staff structure within our retail team….
As a charity we have to raise half our income through fundraising in our local communities and so we have to be as efficient as possible.
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I posted a question about the Laserjet 8100DN earlier here: http://serverfault.com/questions/139043/buying-an-old-laser-printer-what-will-need-to-be-replaced
and from doing some more research I have a new question:
I found the "maintence interval" -- "the interval at which you should install a maintenance kit" (which is a fuser and rollers), and it is...350,000 pages. BUT, when I look at the specs for an HP 8100 fuser, it says the fuser has a life span of 150,000 pages. What gives? – Will the fuser go bad after 150 or 350?
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Cancer patients have enough to worry about just trying to deal with knowing they have this disease, the stress, pain and life-changing health issues they will have to deal with hoping for a cure or remission. Now we hear that in a CBS News report that aired today the average price of oncology treatments have doubled to $10,000 per month.
This is so alarming for anyone who is suffering from one form of cancer or another. Those with health insurance may have to pay the out of pocket coinsurance payment which can be anywhere from fifteen to twenty percent of the bill on a monthly basis.
Not many patients can afford these atrocious increases and may have to re-think their therapy and treatments which in the long run can be more harmful to their health. Some patients are stopping their drug treatments simply because they can't afford to live and pay normal bills with medication expenses going up and up and up.
Last year alone treatment cost reached an all-time high of $91 billion. Some drug prices as well as some treatments can cost as much as $100,000. This is outrageous; the financial burden on families to save one member is quite alarming.
Why can't the prices be more in-line with those in Europe. European prices on average are 38 percent lower than they are in the United States. Here very little if any discounts are available for cancer drugs and treatments to try and make lives a little bit easier on those inflicted with this horrible disease.
Oncology is the biggest focus today with regards to drug research and development. The fact the brand-name cancer drugs went from $5,000 to $10,000 per month is proving to be more of a lucrative business than the care, treatment and welfare of patients.
Hopefully there will be some additional hope for cancer patients in the near future that will enable them to get the treatment and drugs they desperately need without taking them for all they have because they have a strong will to live.
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FOXBORO — Danny Amendola will miss between two and six weeks of action after tweaking a groin injury in the season-opening win over the Bills last Sunday, according to a report from the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Amendola was listed on the first injury report of the season with a groin injury and played with no apparent issues in the first quarter. But on a crossing route in the end zone late in the second quarter Sunday, he reached for his groin and sat out the remainder of the half.
He returned in the second half to catch seven passes, including four on the game-winning drive that ended in Stephen Gostkowski's 35-yard field goal. Amendola finished with 10 catches on 14 targets for 104 yards.
Amendola missed the third preseason game against the Lions with what at the time was an unspecified injury suffered in the second preseason game against Tampa Bay. He has not said if the groin injury was what kept him out in the third preseason week.
Amendola will miss Thursday's game against the Jets and has played in just 13 of his team's last 33 games dating back to the beginning of the 2011 season.
From @RapSheet: 'Danny Amendola could miss 2-6 weeks for the Patriots'
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"Dave Muller: As Below, So Above," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. Through October 12, 2008.
The exhibition incorporates a wall-sized, diagrammatic timeline of chart-topping rock hits—found in Reebee Garofalo and Steve Chapple's 1977 book Rock 'n' Roll Is Here to Pay—with an iPod shuffle-like radio station created by Muller that broadcasts a non-repeating soundtrack drawn from his personal collection of over 15,000 digital albums. In the Boston Globe, Geoff Edgers points out some of the legal questions involved with the installation. "Muller's use of the chart has created a complication. The artist considers his use of it appropriation; he likens it to the way a rapper might sample an older song. Though it is standard in the music world to pay royalties for such samples, in the art world, images and texts are regularly appropriated without compensation. Muller doesn't hide where the chart came from, even painting a roughly 2 1/2-by-3-foot panel featuring detailed information on Garofalo and Chapple's book as part of the mural. Garofalo, though, says he has mixed emotions about Muller's use of his chart. 'On the positive side, I get a thrill when I see a piece of work I did blown up to a 20-foot or 30-foot art mural in art institutions around the world,' Garofalo says in a phone interview. But Garofalo says he was upset that Muller didn't call him before he came to town to let him know about the commission. He learned of it from a friend who happened to visit the ICA and see Muller and his crew installing the chart. Garofalo says it frustrates him that the ICA's press release for the show doesn't mention him. 'It's complicated,' says Garofalo. 'In this instance, I feel like the term appropriation is a difficult term. In fact he's using 100 percent of the design, and it is the central design element of the installation.'
Also problematic is the sale of the radio station. Edgers wonders what the Recording Industry Association of America, known for suing college students who take part in illegal file-sharing, would think about Muller's willingness to sell a hard drive stocked with 399 days of music. 'It looks bad on paper because I'm basically selling a huge iPod,' Muller says. 'But in the world of fair use, in a way this is a self-portrait based on everything I've accumulated. If you're living with this piece and it's in your house, you're living inside Dave Muller's head. That's my take.'" Read more. For more info or to see images of Muller's work, check out his galleries, Barbara Gladstone and Blum & Poe.
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"Dave Muller: As Below, So Above," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. Through October 12, 2008.


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One thing that can't be said about J.J. Abrams's is that he is loyal to his source material. Take a look at his Star Trek re-boot. This reverence to original source material could be the downfall of his next foray into a larger scifi cannon.
The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that Tatooine, the home planet of the Skywalker clan, is being re-created for the new movie, and Peter Mayhew will return for the new movie as Chewbacca, the Wookiee, joining Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher appearances and an R2-D2 role (What of the other supporting cast, Lando and C3PO?).
Episode VII will shoot at Pinewood Studios, reportedly eschew CGI for practical effects and bring John Williams in for the score. That's in addition to bringing in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi veteran Lawrence Kasdan to co-write the screenplay with Abrams and including Ben Burtt (Star Wars: Episodes I - VI) to oversee sound design. The only surprise casting choice so far for Episode VII may be Girls actor Adam Driver (from Mishawaka IN.), who is in talks to play a villain, sources confirmed to THR in late February.
So with all of these many parallels between projects helps in keeping a continuity that helps in creating a window of comfort for fans and critics alike.
But Abrams might not be able to keep his inner fanboy enough in check to deliver a movie that stands on its own. Abrams himself has on frequent occasions spoke how Lucas has influenced him as a filmmaker. (Disney chief Alan Horn, in an interview with THR's Stephen Galloway on April 2, admitted problems with getting the script right and revealed that the film is already shooting.)
The original trilogy (as timeless as it is) is more than 30 years old and fans are still recovering from the newest additions to the Star Wars Galaxy, I.E Episodes 1-3. We could see Abrams go in one or two directions with the film. The Heir to the Empire books, by Timothy Zahn, hold up as a sequel on their own. Or perhaps a whole new direction creating new cannon might be his intent.
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The paper summarizes part of the results of the project SMARTFLEX (co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Education). The project involves Comau Robotics and FIAT with the goal to create conditions for breakthrough innovation in the car body assembly process in terms of autonomy and adaptivity to achieve higher flexibility and re-configurability. The overall objective is an assembly line processing numerous car bodies also with remarkably different geometry.more
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After a successful conference 2008 the Nordic Conference on Robotics & Automation will now be arranged for the second time - and now with an even more distinct focus on complete solutions for automated production. The conference is being put on by SWIRA (Swedish Industrial Robot Association) in collaboration with robotics associations throughout the Nordic region and the Scandinavian Technical Fair.more
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Robotics industry statistics released by the Robotic Industries Association report that North American based robotics manufacturers saw new orders jump 40% in units and 48% in dollars over the same period in 2009. When orders to companies outside of North America are included, the increases are even larger, up 54% in units and 62% in dollars.more
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Danish Technological Institute's Centre for Robot Technology is now one of Europe's leading innovators of robotics and is therefore having larger robot laboratories built in the science park Forskerparken in Odense as the base for the Centre's continuing expansion. The new building takes part in strengthening the Centre's ties to University of Southern Denmark, which is close by together with other of the Centre's partner companies.more


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'Yentl" gave Barbra Streisand the ultimate vanity project – and yet one which asked her to surrender every scrap of her awkward beauty.
The 1983 film, recently re-released on DVD, let Streisand direct, co-write and croon a bevy of songs for the story of a Polish Jew living in a time when only men were allowed to educate themselves.
Yentl's dear father (Nehemiah Persoff) knew his daughter craved information, so he allowed her to sneak in some studying with the drapes tightly shut.
When he passes, Yentl makes a bold decision – she'll disguise herself as a man in order to keep on studying.
"Yentl" dresses its star up in boyish attire, but no other effort is made to make her convincingly male. Streisand wisely dials down her performance, and the audience must accept her as a young male scholar.
Somehow, it works.
And, like Sean Penn before her, Streisand's performance can win over even those who've grown weary of her bare-knuckled political talk.
Yentl fools everyone, including a fellow scholar named Avigdor (the great Mandy Patinkin). Naturally, the two quickly bond, and while Yentl fears she's falling for her new friend she realizes romance could never bloom between them.
Or could it?
Endless complications ensue, including the arrival of Amy Irving's Oscar nominated performance as Avigdor's beloved.
"Yentl" ladles on the fable elements a mite too thick at times, like the opening sequence in which a book seller cries out, "Serious books for men, picture books for women."
Naturally, Yentl isn't just ahead of her time. She might as well be transported from a 1983 NOW rally to Poland circa 1904.
And yet you're invested in Yentl's story every step of the way. The film's songs are more or less interchangeable, but it's hard not to be moved when Streisand's voice is at full throttle.
"Yentl" isn't a classic. It's merely a testament to Streisand's refusal to let go of a story that haunted her for years, and for which she ultimately proved to be the perfect match.
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Not email integration -- I'm thinking of the kind of internal messaging between members that you get in a site such as Facebook, for example.
If something like that is not built-in, are there any 3rd party solutions you know of? Or would it be quite simple to roll your own?


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We are beginning the process of navigating the murky waters of learning disabilities diagnosis for our soon to be 10 year old son. Our insurance is Blue Cross, who will give us absolutly no information about what they will and will not pay for in regard to this type of testing. I have requested the paperwork from Children's Hospital to be placed on their waiting list - which is now well over 6 months long. The school psychologist has recommended (and we strongly agree) that our son be tested over the summer so that he will be able to begin 4th grade with an educational plan. This leaves us only with the option of a private evaluation - ie, one we pay for up front. We are willing to beg or borrow the money to do this but would like to hear from families who have gone this route - did your insurance company reimburse you? Any advice on how best to proceed? Thank you for any and all advice.
I expect much depends on your actual insurance, but we've had no success either with our HMO (Pacificare, through the University) or through our PPO (Aetna, through a large multinational). About the best we can do is to get Medical Care reimbursement, through a tax-saving plan.
I'd guess over all we have spent well over 20k treating thisout of pocket. We have finally, through the school, started to get some remediation in the school, now that he is in the third grade. This, by the way, is not through an IEP, but through a 504 plan for a disability.
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100 years ago today, the Titanic hit an iceberg, which sent it to the ocean's floor giving birth to one of humanities most unforgettable stories. At the Houston Museum of Natural Science visitors can pay their respect to the "Ship of Dreams" at the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition showing through September.
Learn about the birth and untimely death of the ill-fated ship, its crew and passengers. Read stories, see actual artifacts from the ship and take a step back in time. Exhibit visitors can even touch a piece of the giant ships steel hull. When entering the exhibit everyone is presented with a boarding pass. Follow your passenger's experience that night 100 years ago and see if you'll live or die in the end.
Why do we still care about the Titanic? It is one of the best examples of the human spirit and ultimate struggle between man and nature. The artifacts from the ship take visitors back in time to that horrible night where many of the artifact's owners followed the ship to its watery grave.
The condition of the artifacts is truly amazing. You can see an uncorked champagne bottle fully intact with its champagne, unbroken china and personal belongings to the ships passengers.
Though spectacular in the exhibit's condition, it is still emotional knowing that most of the artifacts owners did not survive the tragedy a century ago. Visitors can experience the history, remember and pay their respects to perhaps the greatest maritime disaster in Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
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PEORIA, Ill. - After months of physical inactivity, expert medical evaluations and a reconditioning period, Bradley men's basketball senior forward Taylor Brown (Atlanta, Ga./Dunwoody H.S.) is cleared from a medical standpoint to participate in all basketball related activities for the 2011-12 season.
"We welcome Taylor back to the court" said first-year Bradley head coach Geno Ford. "He has been through a difficult experience and we are happy that he is able to rejoin his teammates on the floor and compete for Bradley."
After spending his first collegiate semester at Bevill State College in Alabama, Brown transferred to Bradley in 2008 and averaged 3.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as a redshirt freshman for the Braves in 2008-09. The 6-foot-6 forward pushed those numbers to 13.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2009-10, when he enjoyed one of the largest individual scoring jumps in the nation and was named the captain of the Missouri Valley Conference Most Improved Team.
A 2010-11 preseason All-MVC honorable mention selection, Brown did not play as a junior, however, as he was required to de-condition his body for a 3-month period for cardiac testing and then went through a series of tests. He remained inactive until medical experts cleared him to undertake a reconditioning process prior to his complete clearance for all activities.
Taylor Brown's first public return to the court is anticipated to occur Nov. 1 during Bradley's exhibition contest against Wisconsin-Parkside. Brown will be withheld from the Oct. 18 Red-White Scrimmage for a violation of team rules.


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(Please bear with me.) If the universe included multi-universes, and black holes transferred matter between them, AND yet there was a large, but FINITE amount of matter and space, How would that max-limit change our understanding/perception or theories of the universe? Would it make any difference or change current concepts?
You should do some research regarding early models of our universe as expanding, contracting, or static. A static universe has implications for the energy use in the universe.
Regardless most of the physics would be identical, only perhaps Relativity would be any different, as it is the only area of physics which deals with such large distances.


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I have an intro Linear Algebra assignment due tomorrow and I'm unsure of what the teacher expects. (I emailed him but he hasn't replied yet) Basically we never learned this stuff in class. It's an "extension" assignment. One of the questions is
Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $A=\begin{pmatrix}3&1\\-1&2\end{pmatrix}$
I did the following:
$\det(A - \lambda I)=0$
$\lambda^2 -5\lambda + 7 = 0$
This has no real solutions. Normally, for an Linear Algebra 101 class, would this mean that there are no eigenvalues and no eigenvectors. Thanks.
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The MotorMaster+International free online software tool includes many of the capabilities and features of MotorMaster+. However, users can evaluate repair/replacement options on a broader range of motors, including 60 hertz (Hz) motors tested under the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(IEEE) standard, and 50 Hz motors manufactured and tested in accordance with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards. This tool allows users to:
- Conduct analyses in different currencies
- Calculate efficiency benefits for utility rate schedules with demand charges based upon monthly kilowatt (kW) or kilo volt amps (kVA) readings
- Edit and modify motor rewind efficiency loss defaults
- Determine best available or most cost-effective replacement motors
- Compute annual greenhouse gas emission reductions as a result of selecting a National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Premium® efficiency motor.
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- Synchronous speed
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- Operating voltage.
This list is ranked in descending order of full load efficiency. Alternatively, the user can choose to view available special or definite purpose motors.
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The software tool is designed to examine the "New" motor purchase, "Repair versus Replace", and "Replace Existing" operable motor scenarios.
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MotorMaster International Version 1.1.4 contains updated (2010) motor price and performance information, listings of IEC 50 Hz and 60 Hz motors, and better compatibility with Windows 7. The "NEMA60Hz_2010.mdb" motors database contains information for over 16,000 NEMA Design A through D Premium Efficiency, Energy Efficient, and Standard Efficiency motors. The "IEC_60Hz_2010.mdb" database contains price and performance information for IEC metric motors with efficiency values taken in accordance with the IEEE test protocol. These IEC motors are rated for operation at the North American frequency of 60 Hz with a 460 volt power supply. The "IEC2005_50Hz.mdb" and "IEC2005_60Hz.mdb" databases contain performance information for IEC motors produced by European motor manufacturers. Efficiency data in these databases is taken with respect to the IEC 60034-2 testing standard.
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Is anyone aware of any standards or guidelines for server rooms or data centers (of any scale)? I am in the process of making suggestions for a design and although some things come out of experience it would be good to be following some standard practices.
It's likely too late to help the original person, but Sun put out a book in 2002 titled "Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology.
It covers things that I've seen done wrong in the various places I've worked:
There's a section on codes, with the basic takeaway being that even for national / international codes, many are open to interpretation. You'll want to see the book for the full bibliography, but the groups mentioned in the appendix of "definitive standards for specific subjects that relate to data center design and construction" are:
Although ... I wonder about the fact that the list says 'National Bureau of Standards' as they were renamed to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in 1988, which was more than a decade before this was published.
The closest thing I've seen to a de jure standard would be BICSI's "ANSI/BICSI 002-2011, Data Center Design and Implementation Best Practices," but I'd wager this is a bit too lofty for your needs.
As for de facto standards, well, any of the big tier 1 hardware vendors (Sun, Dell, Cisco, HP, etc.) all have their own "best practices" that usually relate to their product portfolios which may or may not be a bad thing depending on how you look at it. If you search for "
Sorry for the "go and Google it" answer, but unless you provide more specifics (i.e. are you talking just physical construction design, i.e. cooling, building materials, power, dimensions, etc. or a bit further up the stack like networking, security, etc.?), we can't really help you any further.
True standards and guidelines are generally dictated by your local/state building and fire code.
For great ideas about the various philosophies regarding general layout and design of datacenters, call up a vendor like APC or some large-ish companies/universities nearby and see if you can squeeze in for a tour. People tend to be really proud of their datacenters and love to show them off, so you should have no problem with this.
Now, here comes the easy part: pay someone else to do it. Seriously. If you're not already intimately familiar with how to set up a datacenter, don't do it yourself. One simple mistake can bring the whole project to its knees.
Like others said, if you are only designing a server room for your company that will house 2 racks that aren't even full you could get away with spec'ing up the power requirements yourself (allowing a bit more for further growth expansion down the road), and then ordering as much off-the-shelf (persay) UPS devices as you need.
You will then need to consider cooling. Most small business server rooms I have visited just use conventional AC to cool their rooms.
I think one rule to always follow is always accommodate for further expansion. Its very rare that you will implement a server room/DC design and not need a few more servers/storage arrays down the road. I have seen companies make this mistake too many times and just not have the space they need and have to start from square 1 again.
Just to add to my original answer: One thing I cannot stress enough is make sure you plan your cable routing. Too many people that are DIY'ing a server room miss this out and end up with a spaghetti mess of cables. Plan everything from how you are going to get the cables out of the rack into the switch, even down to the power cables supplying the PDUs.
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Vader clenched his fist tighter as he watched the Rebel strike on his ships. He was not happy with this at all.
My Lord? came a voice from behind him. Vader turned to face a young Lieutenant.
Yes Lieutenant?
I have gone through the databases as you ordered me to and I believe I have found the traitor.
Who is he? Vader asked, his anger increasing with the minute.
The Lieutenant turned and pointed at an officer in one of the crew pits.
Vader gestured at two Stormtroopers.
Throw him into the cells; I have some business with him later.
The troopers nodded and a few minutes later, the protesting officer was being forcibly dragged off the Bridge.
Vader turned to the TIE Commissions Officer.
Deploy the strafing prototypes, Commander.
The TCO nodded and spoke a few words into a microphone.
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Yellow Squadron was cruising along at moderate speed in their Y-Wings, firing their heads off at the TIEs. Yellow Three split up from the formation to deactivate a few more TIEs when all of a sudden a burst of green light shot out from under his ship. He turned it around and saw three sleek, modified TIE Fighters. The lead fighter fired again and his ship was torn apart by the advanced lasers. The battlefield was now swarming with the TIE Advanced fighters, the Rebels were quickly losing.
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Wedge took out another transport ship and was heading for the next when his comm. crackled to life.
All units, this is Dodonna, break off and head home, we are losing ships fast.
Wedge thumbed his mike on.
But Sir, Kashyyyk will be captured by the
Cut the crap, Colonel, do as you are told.
Wedge understood that it was very serious indeed and ordered his crew to break off. As he exited the atmosphere though, he got a taste of the action. A group of fighters were zipping in and out, here and there, firing off to glory. Every second, there was an explosion involving a Rebel ship. As he made for the mother-ship, half of his Squad was picked off like flies without wings on a table. The ships ahead of him docked successfully. As he was about to enter the hangar, however, a TIE Av fired at him. The blast hit his port wings, blowing them both completely off.
This is really bugging the hell out of me, Wedge muttered through gritted teeth as he wrestled with his control stick to stabilize his craft.
This is Colonel Antilles, he said through the comm. as the Hangar doors closed and the ship revved its engines for the jump to Hyperspace.
I request the isolation of Hangar bay 57A. My ship has suffered serious hits and I dont think its stable enough.
He popped the hatch and jumped out. Landing hard, he doubled over for a minute to clear his head, and then ran like mad for the Hangar door. He slapped the panel from outside and raced for the elevator. As he headed for the Briefing Level, he heard a muffled explosion. He looked down and shook his head sadly. Sad about the fate of Kashyyyk; and his ship.
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After battling with cross-compiling C++ code for the Beagleboard using Eclipse on a Linux box, I've found a much easier way with the NetBeans IDE. You can edit and debug code on your computer of choice (I've tested with Mac and Windows) while the code compiles and runs on the Beagleboard itself:
On the Beagle side of things, you need to install a few packages using "opkg install":
- bash
- task-nativ-sdk
- gdb
- samba
Samba is used to map the Beagle's filesystem onto the other computer. I've mapped the entire filesystem "/" to a share called "root" which is mapped onto my mac at "/Volumes/root". Configuration in NetBeans is fairly straightforward:
Open the NetBeans preferences (command + , on Mac) and click the "C/C++" tab, then the "Build Tools" sub-tab, then click the "Edit" button on the right:
Click "Add" to add a new development host. Enter the hostname (or ip address) of your Beagleboard and Click Next:
Enter your login details for the Beagle and click Next. NetBeans will then connect by SSH to the Beagle and run a script to find the development tools (GCC compiler, linker, make etc):
Click "Next" then ensure that "File system sharing" is selected under "Synchronization" and click "Finish":
Now click "Path Mapper" and enter the local path (where NetBeans can see the Beagle filesystem) and remote path ("/" if you have shared the entire filesystem:
With the new development host configured, NetBeans code highlighting needs some help to find the source code. Click the "Code Assistance" sub-tab, then the "C Compiler" or "C++ Compiler" button depending on what code you're writing. Delete all of the listed include directories, then click "Add" and add the appropriate ones for the Beagle:
Now you can create a project and start coding! After creating the project, there are a few project options that need to be set (File->Project properties). Under the "Build" category, "Development host" will need to be set to the Beagle:
You may also need to set include directories for the compiler (these should be the same as those set for Code Assistance).
With everything configured, NetBeans is a great IDE for development, with Debugging features, performance monitoring and advanced editing that make development much faster than using a simple editor on the Beagle itself.


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I am starting a series of blog posts that will cover my experiences as an architect/team lead/dev lead (insert phrase for guy that is in charge of bag of poo) over the last 10 years. I say that not as a badge of honor but as a statement of I've been around a few projects.
The series will cover the following areas of observations:
Those who know me, understand my Izzy-isms. Those who don't, I explain them like this; I am not a smart man so I need to draw correlations to daily life. To do that, I use a TON of analogies to fool myself into thinking that I somehow understand what you're talking about. I also tell lots of stories to help relate the yesterday to the today and the potential tomorrow.
I see life as a very large home building project and throughout it, you will collect different sets of tools that will help you, hurt you, or when used with other tools, make magic. Some author of a book I read called the tools "golden nuggets". Hopefully I can become a tool in your life :-).
Men can relate to the tools analogy and women hopefully can relate to the home building. We will have dreams of additions, remodels, new and shiny things, pretty paint and fabric. And men think of places to put their stuff, big TV's and places to sit and enjoy our stuff.
Here is your first nugget;
Sometimes I come in before step 1 (strategy). Sometimes around step 4 or 5 (planning, bidding or RFP). Other times I walk in around step 40 (recovery), when you've wondered so far off the path or someone you hired took you off the path or worse yet, when someone else calls me in because they see you off the path and you are so far lost, that you don't even know you're off the path (bag of poo).
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At McDonald's we're committed to enhancing children's well-being through programs and initiatives that encourage active, playful creativity.
In association with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the U.S. Olympic Committee, we developed Passport to Play - a fun way to keep kids' minds engaged and bodies active. Created for 3rd–5th graders, the program introduces kids to the wide world of play through fun, active games they learn to play from 11 countries around the globe. Working with the Produce for Better Health Foundation, Passport to Play also introduces kids to fruits and veggies from those 11 countries.
Or check out the fun activities on our McWorld website that's just for tweens.
McDonald's has a long history of cheering on young athletes. Who knows? Maybe your kid will be named to our McDonald's All American High School Basketball team someday - or will represent the U.S. at the Olympics.
Let's Play!
Along with a balanced diet, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends kids ages 6 years and older get at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day.
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Klein, M A; Frigg, R; Flechsig, E; Raeber, A J; Kalinke, U; Bluethmann, H; Bootz, F; Suter, M; Zinkernagel, R M; Aguzzi, A (1997). A crucial role for B cells in neuroinvasive scrapie. Nature, 390(6661):687-690.
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Although prion proteins are most efficiently propagated through intracerebral inoculation, peripheral administration has caused the diseases kuru, iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and new-variant CJD. The development of neurological disease after peripheral inoculation depends on prion expansion within cells of the lymphoreticular system. Here we investigate the identity of these cells by using a panel of immune-deficient mice inoculated with prions intraperitoneally: we found that defects affecting only T lymphocytes had no apparent effect, but that all mutations that disrupted the differentiation and response of B lymphocytes prevented the development of clinical scrapie. As an absence of B cells and of antibodies correlates with severe defects in follicular dendritic cells, a lack of any of these three components may prevent the development of clinical scrapie. However, we found that scrapie developed after peripheral inoculation in mice expressing immunoglobulins that were exclusively of the M subclass and without detectable specificity for the normal form of the prion PrPC, and in mice which had differentiated B cells but no functional follicular dendritic cells. We conclude that differentiated B cells are crucial for neuroinvasion by scrapie, regardless of the specificity of their receptors.
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We have had the good fortune to become acquainted with quite a cross-section of people at Firebird over the years. One in particular not only carried with him a keen interest in our sport of drag racing, but he also instilled a certain sense of automotive passion onto the next generation of their family, which makes this Blast from the Past a bit more uplifting. We are disheartened by the passing of Keith Shumway, 78, on Friday, March 18, 2011.
We came upon this mid-80's winner's circle photo featuring the nostalgic front-motored dragster driven by his son Kevin shortly after winning the "All Out Drag" class. Originally a big part of the family-supported race team, Keith is pictured standing in the background (center standing with sunglasses).
Today, his son Kevin, daughter Annette, and grandchildren have been actively involved in everything from the Club Series to the Chevy races, Oldies Drags, Nightfire Nationals and season closing Halloween Classic, too. More specifically, four members of the Shumway family (Tyler, Justin, Kevin and Annette) were actively involved in helping the Hot Shots win the season-ending Copper Cup championship in Club Challenge Series in 2010. Every member of the New family and the raceway staff are deeply saddened by the loss of Mr. Shumway. He touched many people. For all that he gave, we are indebted for everything he did in his lifetime, including his two-decade honorable service in the military. Not many will disagree with the fact that he was a true gentleman of the highest order.
With that said, we're most definitely going to miss Keith Shumway. Our deepest condolences are extended to all the Shumway family members, close friends and acquaintances.
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Two Republican congressmen both say they're confident they'll win Tuesday's primary. But only one will represent the GOP in the general election. So, Monday, each candidate spent the day telling voters why they're the best person for the job.
"We're going to sprint to the finish and hopefully we will win tomorrow," said Republican U.S. Senatorial Candidate Todd Tiahrt.
"I don't see any momentum going any other direction, I see it coming my way," said Republican U.S. Senatorial Candidate Jerry Moran.
Tiahrt spoke to voters in Derby Monday, and held a news conference at the Bullet Stop in Wichita, after receiving an endorsement from the Kansas State Rifle Association.
"I'm a constitutional conservative Republican, I believe in our constitution as a firm document that is the foundation of what we hope for, for our kids," said Tiahrt.
In Topeka, Jerry Moran preached the same conservative values to a group of supporters.
"The Tea Party Senator was the one who said that he knows both candidates, and if you will send me a couple of more Morans to the Senate, we can change the Senate and therefore we can change the country," said Moran.
Change is something else both Congressmen promise, hoping to use their leadership in the House, to propel them to the Senate.
"It's not just about a congressional district, it's what we do everyday to make certain that good things happen across our state," said Moran.
"I will put my record as a Congressman against anybody's in the nation," said Tiahrt.
Although the two candidates may have disagreed during months of campaigning against each other... Monday, they did agree on one thing.
"I think the interest of what's going on in our nation's capitol is so serious, so intense, I would expect large voter turnout," said Moran.
"It's critical in an election that people get involved, and I want folks to come out and vote for a better future tomorrow," said Tiahrt.
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In Vitro Meat: Fad or the future?
16 January 2013
In Vitro Meat, where muscle tissue is grown from cells in laboratories, to eat as food, is attracting global attention. The world's first laboratory-grown hamburger has been produced by Professor Mark Post and his team in Maastricht, representing something radically new in our world.
Dr Neil Stephens, Research Associate at Cesagen (Cardiff School of Social Sciences), has been researching the social and ethical issues of this technology and what this innovation in stem cell science might mean for us in 2013.
Will we be eating burgers made in test-tubes in the near future? That is probably unlikely considering Professor Post's burger costs around £200,000 to produce.
However, the benefits this new technology can deliver - according to the scientists - include slaughter-free meat that is healthier and free from animal to human disease. The meat could also be grown during space travel and could have a much smaller environmental impact than today's whole-animal reared meat. But it is not yet clear if any of these can be delivered in a marketable form.
Since 2008, Dr Stephens has been investigating these 'social promises' by interviewing most of the scientists across the world who are involved in this project. He looks to understand how this community of scientists came together and what strategies they use to justify the promises they make.
(Excerpt taken from an article published in ESRC Britain in 2013, page.88)
Watch the video below of Dr Stephens discussing the emergence of this radically new way of making meat and the key questions about the potential sociological impact of this new technology.