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Japan's nuclear quandary
Author: Sheila A Smith, CFR
The Kan cabinet is facing a defining moment in Japan's postwar nuclear debate.
With the bulk of nuclear reactors now offline, the country is holding its breath over how Prime Minister Naoto Kan will proceed. Difficulties continue at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Dangerous levels of radiation have been reported in the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors, and new sources of food, this time beef, have been taken off the market by the Japanese government with dire consequences for livestock producers in the stricken regions.
The short-term prognosis for Japan's electricity supply is uncertain, yet it is the longer term effort to reform Japan's energy policy that is the key to resolving the current impasse. Public confidence in Japan's nuclear industry was shattered by the disaster at Fukushima, and until the reactors are fully cooled it is unlikely that the full impact of this disaster will be appreciated. In the meantime, decisions need to be made, and Japan's energy supply needs to be assured.
The current political malaise in Tokyo will make reforming government oversight of the nuclear industry a prolonged — and highly charged — political fight. Japan's government is hoping for a political compromise with local leaders as they seek to rewrite the procedures and the oversight mechanisms that will ensure a Fukushima-scale accident will not be repeated.
But the effort to persuade local communities to restart nuclear reactors has faltered. Kan himself derailed this effort when he suggested that past practices of safety testing were insufficient, and that Japan ought to develop a 'stress test' similar to those used in Europe to ascertain the safety of Japan's aging nuclear reactors. And making matters worse are revelations public polls have been rigged by the Kyushu Electric Power Company, also implicating a local governor.
Thus, the government's hope that Japan's nuclear reactors would be brought slowly back online this summer has been dashed. Moreover, instead of working with the government, opposition party leaders seem hell bent on painting Kan as an anti-nuclear activist and hurling personal insults at Banri Kaieda (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) in Parliament.
Such politics are likely to intensify further. There is deep public anger with the nuclear policies of the past and the inability of the Kan government to bring an end to the Fukushima dangers.
Partisan politics aside, public confidence in industry and government has plummeted. A broader debate in Japan is unfolding, and the temptation is to draw the battle lines so that industry and government are on one side and Japan's citizens are on the other. But this would be a flawed — and from a policy perspective, deeply damaging — premise.
Japan has been here before. As Japan's business and government leaders consider how to move forward today, it might be helpful to look back and remember that the trade-off between Japan's economic vibrancy and the health of Japan's citizens has already been demonstrated to be a false dichotomy. In the early 1970s Japan confronted a similar moment of reckoning when environmental damage created serious health risks for communities in proximity to industrial sites. At that time, the national government refused to mediate the conflict, writing it off as a local problem. Eventually Japan's courts weighed in on the liability of companies that had polluted the streams and waters by filling them with mercury and other poisons, destroying the health of Japanese citizens. The end result was a reformulation of industrial regulation, and some of the best technologies and practices for environmental protection to emerge in the 20th century.
But the 1970s also produced evidence of proactive leadership in Japan. During that decade, Japan's economy was buffeted by extraordinary 'shocks' emanating from the global market. The world's currency markets were upended, the US embargoed soybean exports, and, perhaps the greatest blow, oil prices skyrocketed. Yet Japan's industry and government initiated wholesale reforms — restructuring the industry and introducing the energy conservation measures that today have made Japan one of the leading global forces in environmental technologies. Japan demonstrated its capacity to be far more resilient and innovative than any other advanced industrial society in energy conservation approaches, all while assiduously implementing new environmental protection policies. The quality of air and water in Japan was largely restored within a decade, and new and globally-competitive technologies emerged.
Today, the imperative for devising better safeguards for nuclear energy is abundantly clear. With transparent safeguards, and robust oversight mechanisms, local leaders and communities may be better positioned to sign on to the short-term energy needs of the country. Japan's nuclear industry has a major role to play in the national effort to ensure the safety of its reactors.
Global efforts to devise a scientific standard for evaluating radiation exposure are also long overdue. Here Japan must lead the way. Falling back on political expediency, cutting corners and rehashing yesterday's politics — the very practices that many think may have led to this crisis — is no solution. Innovation in policy management, coupled with a credible demonstration that safety and efficiency can go hand-in-hand, offers a more constructive approach to reassuring Japan's citizens that nuclear power is safe.
Underneath the heightened emotions on display in Japan's nuclear debate, the nation is deeply divided over what Fukushima Daiichi means for Japan's future. Most Japanese understand that the development of nuclear energy was indispensable to their economic development strategy in the past, but the role of nuclear energy in Japan's future remains to be seen. For the moment, devising factually correct assessments of the state of Japan's reactors is paramount. Beyond that is a broader global conversation on how to ensure the safety of nuclear power.
We should not forget that Japan's nuclear debate is not simply about energy policy. The anniversaries of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (9 August) force a moment of deep and troubling reflection for many Japanese, and are national memorials that continue to produce unequivocal statements about Japan's continued commitment to rid the world of nuclear weapons. This year, crafting Japan's nuclear message will be far more difficult. The entire nation will be listening. We should be, too.
Sheila A. Smith is a senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. This is an adapted version of an article first published here on the Council on Foreign Relations' Asia Unbound blog.
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Set sail aboard Provincetown's Annual Freedom Women's Boat Cruise with breathtaking views of the beautiful Cape Cod coastline while sipping delicious beverages. Enjoy an afternoon with djs, dancing, and special celebrity guests. Featuring DJ Jamelia Afrika.
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Bust out the bikinis and board shorts for the 3rd Annual Rehab Women's Pool Party at The Crown. Relax, revive, refresh, and party as hard as you possibly can with a special guest dj, dancing, and lots of half naked women. Don't forget your towel because you will get wet.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama Gymnastics team, which advanced to its 28th consecutive NCAA Championship last Saturday by winning and NCAA-record 25th regional title, will compete in the evening session of the semi-final round of the NCAA Championships on Thursday, April 22 in Gainesville, Fla.
"Advancing to the final site of the NCAA Championships is something that never gets old and it's something that I never take for granted," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "I'm as excited this year as I was the very first time."
The championships, hosted by the University of Florida, will be held at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, April 22-24. Team semifinal and the individual all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions on Thursday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET.
The Tide will start the semifinals on the vault and, after a bye, will proceed to the uneven bars and balance beam. Following a second bye, Alabama will finish the night on the floor exercise.
Joining the No. 3 seeded Crimson Tide in the evening session will be championship host and No. 2 seed Florida, along with No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 10 Missouri and No. 11 Michigan.
"It will be great," UA head coach Sarah Patterson said. "With the Florida Gators in our session on Thursday, there will be a lot of energy and enthusiasm in the O'Connell Center. If we can handle that environment on the first night, it will help prepare us for the second night."
No. 1 seed UCLA, along with No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Utah, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 9 LSU and No. 12 Nebraska will get the championships started Thursday at 1 p.m. ET with the first semi-final session.
Each of the 12 teams competing on Thursday will have an all-arounder from a team that didn't advance rotating with them. Denver's Kelley Hennigan will rotate with Alabama.
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2004 Outdoor: Ran in four races, placing in the Top 7 in all four...recorded three personal best times, including a 9:47.54 in the steeplechase...scored at the Double Dual with sixth-place finishes in both the 400m hurdles and 5,000m run... 2004 Indoor: Did not compete... 2003 XC: Competed twice for the team, placing 14th at the Dave Murray Invite and 174th at the Roy Griak... 2003 Outdoor: Ran in one 1,500m and one 2,000m steeplechase event during the spring...finished fourth in the steeple event at the Arizona State Invitational and captured 12th in the 1,500m run at the Baldy Castillo Invitational... 2003 Indoor: Competed in the mile run twice...finished with a season-best 4:11.72 and sixth place at the Pac-10 Invitational...took seventh at the Boise State Invitational in his only other action... 2002 XC: Competed in three races but was hampered by a black widow spider bite to his foot...was fifth on the team at the season-opening adidas Invitational (24th) and fourth at the Roy Griak Invitational (92nd) before sustaining his injury...was 10th on the team and 56th overall at the Pac-10 Championships, his only other race of the year... 2002 Outdoor: Did not compete... 2002 Indoor: Did not compete... 2001 XC: Redshirted.
High School: A 2001 graduate of Mountain Ridge High School (Glendale, Ariz.)...four-year letter-winner in track, three in cross country...won region cross country title and earned all-state honors (eighth place) as a senior...three-time all-region honoree in cross country...member of state champion 4x800m relay team ('01)...also in track, placed fifth in the mile and sixth in the two mile at the state meet.
Personal: Undecided major...parents are Gary and Barbara Pisel...has four siblings: Rene, Scott, Dawn and Calli...born Aug. 1, 1982, in Cali, Colombia.
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Remember that rumored Samsung Epic 2, which was supposed to arrive at Sprint in the third quarter of 2011? The handset still hasn't been officially announced, but it looks like it may be soon.
The Epic 2 (model number SPH-D705) has recently appeared on CelleBrite's system (which is used by Sprint to transfer phone data). Normally, this should mean that the handset is indeed coming soon, although we can't be certain of anything until Sprint confirms it.
Like the original Samsung Epic 4G, the new Epic 2 has a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and reportedly looks like in the image below (posted back in August by PocketNow):
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UCLA begins defense of its 2003 NCAA Championship this weekend at Mayfair Park in Long Beach, CA, at the Long Beach State Tournament. The Bruins open play at 11:30 am on Saturday against Santa Clara, and will also face No. 6 Washington, host Long Beach State and San Diego State during tournament play.
Time Changes For Sunday's Competition
UCLA's games against Long Beach State and San Diego State have both been moved one hour earlier. The Bruins and host 49ers will now play at 3:30 pm, while UCLA will conclude tournament play at 5:30 pm against San Diego State.
Season Opens With Six Tournament Weekends
The Bruins will open their 2004 season with six straight tournament weekends, stretching throughout the remainder of UCLA's academic winter quarter. UCLA does not play its first non-tournament single game against a collegiate opponent until the Bruins play host to Cal State Fullerton on Mar. 30 at Easton Stadium. The six tournaments comprise just over 55% of UCLA's 2004 softball schedule, with 28 tournament games, one non-conference single game and a 21-game Pac-10 schedule.
Bruins vs. Long Beach State Tournament Field:
Santa Clara: The Bruins have an 11-0 advantage in the all-time series against the Broncos. Santa Clara has a 2-3 record so far this season with wins over UC Santa Barbara and Illinois-Chicago to go with losses to Oregon State, Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara. The Bruins and Broncos last met in 1999 with the Bruins posting a doubleheader sweep of Santa Barbara to open an NCAA Championship season.
Washington: The Huskies, under the direction of Co-Interim Head Coaches Scott Centala and Steve Dailey, open their 2004 season this weekend as well. The Bruins won all four meetings with Washington last season and UCLA holds a 31-12 all-time record against UW.
Long Beach State: The Beach won the UCSB Early Bird Tournament last weekend with a 4-1 record to open their season. The Bruins and 49ers last played during the 2002 season, with The Beach winning a nine-inning first game of a doubleheader at Mayfair Park before the Bruins rebounded to win the nightcap 10-0, and a subsequent meeting at the National Invitational Tournament in San Jose, CA. UCLA holds a 55-7 all-time record against The Beach.
San Diego State: The Aztecs will open their season with a home doubleheader on Tuesday against Point Loma Nazarene before traveling to the Long Beach State Tournament. The Bruins hold a 50-2 all-time record against SDSU, and have not lost to the Aztecs since the 1978 season.
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The go-ahead for KARI to proceed with developement of a liquid propellant launch vehicle came in December 1997. The KSR-III demonstrated key technologies for the KSLV-I satellite launch vehicle in the propulsion, guidance, control, and mission design areas.
The Korea-developed pressure-fed liquid oxygen/kerosene motor provided a thrust of 12,500 kgf at sea level. This would be equivalent to the X-405 motor developed in the United States for the Vanguard space launcher in the 1950's. For the test launch, available pressurant only allowed a burn time of 53 seconds, with about 2500 kg of propellant consumed. Available tank volume indicated the stage was designed to be loaded with over 4000 kg of propellant.
Payload: 150 kg (330 lb) to a 80 km altitude.
Stage Data - KSR-III
Status: Active.
Gross mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb).
Payload: 150 kg (330 lb).
Height: 14.00 m (45.00 ft).
Diameter: 1.00 m (3.20 ft).
Thrust: 122.00 kN (27,426 lbf).
Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).
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Bobby T. Shaw II
Position: WR
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: April 23, 1975 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Galileo
College: California (school history) (Shaw college stats)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 6th round (169th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 26 (3866th overall since 1950)
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The roots of poverty
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Armstrong – the right stuff
August 26, 2015 Tuesday was the third anniversary of the death of Neil Armstrong. As regular readers know, we are big fans of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. more »»
Getting cool in schools
August 25, 2015 The high temperature at Kahului Airport soared to 97 degrees Saturday afternoon, shattering the previous 92-degree high temperature record set in 1949 and tied in 1987. more »»
Facing the challenges
August 23, 2015 We were fortunate to attend Hale Makua Health Service's Supporter Appreciation Luncheon last Thursda. more »»
Admission Day today
August 21, 2015 State and county governments are closed today in observance of Admission Day — the day 56 years ago that Hawaii became the 50th state in the United State. more »»
Amateurs or pros?
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Trampling the Constitution
August 19, 2015 The Republican Party seems hell-bent on handing the presidency to the Democratic nominee in 2016. more »»
Watching Netflix at public expense
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Candidates everywhere
August 16, 2015 The race for the both major political parties' 2016 presidential nominations is getting ever more interesting — if not downright bizarre. more »»
Fight against distractions
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More jail space long overdue
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In 1911, a newly-chartered Duquesne University - the first Catholic university in Pennsylvania - opened its first professional school. The School of Law sought "to prepare young men, especially those otherwise engaged in business, not only for the preliminary examinations of the State Board of Examiners, but also for entrance into other professions or for admissions to higher courses of study." The idea of making legal education available to anyone with the talent and will to pursue it was quintessentially Spiritan, and the first in a series of "firsts" that would set the new school and its graduates apart from their peers.
One hundred years later, Duquesne's Law School is respected regionally and has gained increasing national notice - ranked among the nation's top 100 by Super Lawyers and as a "Best Value" by National Jurist. Thousands of men and women have passed through its doors en route to distinguished careers. As we celebrate our centennial, we recognize the greater opportunities ahead. We share an ambitious vision of increased prominence that will benefit students, alumni and the entire legal profession.
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Was it good chemistry that proved to be the winning formula in the Los Angeles X's quarterfinal-match victory over the BROOKLYN STyLES?
Chemistry is difficult to measure, but in any event the X advanced to the Professional Bowlers Assn. League's semifinal.
The match, which took place at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, Mich., was shown tape-delayed Sunday on ESPN.
Last season, the X barely failed to advance to the four-team Elias Cup finals, which determined the league champion.
For the league's second season, the X shuffled the deck and added Mika Koivuniemi at No. 2 and E.J. Tackett at No. 5.
The X maintained its solid nucleus of franchise player Jason Belmonte and Parker Bohn III (No. 3) and Andres Gomez (No. 4).
Interestingly, it was Belmonte and Bohn who made the key shots as the X defeated the STyLES in the decisive Baker team match. The X won the Baker team match, 237-215, as Belmonte rolled strikes on his two shots.
Bohn, the anchor, threw a strike in the fifth frame and then sewed up the match with a strike in the 10th frame (followed by another strike and a nine count).
Tackett, the PBA 2012-2013 rookie of the year, enjoyed a solid performance in his first competition in the PBA League.
Koivuniemi, who bowled at No. 2 last season for the Philadelphia Hitmen, had some erratic moments, but it didn't seem to matter.
The X, at least for this match, appeared to have too much chemistry.


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Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author of the best-selling Evil Genes, takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery.
Table of Contents
|Notes on Methods
|p. 11
|Dramatis personae
|p. 13
|p. 17
|A Killing in Millard County, Utah
|p. 21
|Mike McGrath's Disturbing Revelation
|p. 27
|p. 28
|Blinded Me without Science
|p. 30
|Mayberry with an Edge
|p. 33
|Tough Love
|p. 39
|Mike McGrath's Disturbing Revelation, Continued
|p. 43
|What's Fair?
|p. 45
|Battered Woman Syndrome
|p. 47
|A Compulsion to Care
|p. 53
|p. 56
|Learning to Keep Empathy in Check
|p. 58
|The Dark Side
|p. 60
|Empathy's Echoes
|p. 63
|Empathizers versus Systemizers
|p. 66
|Diseases of Caring
|p. 69
|Empathic Distress
|p. 71
|Being Trained to Be Too Caring-Empathic Overarousal in Children
|p. 73
|Caring Starts Early
|p. 77
|Epigenetic Changes
|p. 78
|The Preliminary Hearing Begins
|p. 85
|Marty Sessions
|p. 99
|A Detective at Work
|p. 111
|Cross-Examination by Mr. Slavens-Why the House Was a Wreck
|p. 123
|p. 133
|The Sanctity of the Victim
|p. 137
|p. 139
|The Sanctity of the Victim
|p. 141
|Hell on Wheels
|p. 147
|Mike McGrath Applies Critical Thinking
|p. 157
|The Paradox of Family Violence
|p. 162
|A Love Affair with Art, Wooing the Press, and a Convenient Death
|p. 165
|Why So Different?
|p. 181
|Shared Genes, Different Personalities
|p. 182
|Carole at Work
|p. 187
|Animal Hoarding
|p. 194
|Allen Lake
|p. 199
|I'm Right and You're Wrong
|p. 203
|Certitude and Doing Good
|p. 207
|Left Side-Right Side
|p. 209
|A Victim's Supporters
|p. 213
|The War Room
|p. 217
|Marty's Secrets
|p. 227
|Media Maestro
|p. 241
|Shaping the Brain
|p. 243
|Preliminary Hearing-The Grand Finale
|p. 247
|Marty's Good Side
|p. 257
|How Little We Know about Psychiatric Disorders
|p. 267
|Leapfrogging Logic
|p. 275
|Accepting That Good Parents May Plant Bad Seeds-But There Is a Deeper Truth
|p. 280
|The Deal
|p. 283
|Codependency, Battered Women, and the Sanctity of the Victim
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|p. 291
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If you're looking for another crude, raunchy and hilarious parody on the recent horror movies that have come out in cinemas, then the continuation of the Haunted House film from last year will have your stomach hurting.
If you're into crude and dirty humor, you'll enjoy Marlon Wayans' writing and acting for this movie. You might remember the 'Scary Movie' movie series and 'White Chicks' and the boundaries they crossed in regards to the content showed. But for some, they'll want to see the absurdity involving a demonic doll and an abundance of jokes about movies such as 'The Conjuring' and 'Sinister.'
The movie begins where the last ended: the possessed girlfriend, Kisha (Essence Atkins), of Wayans' character, Malcolm, Malcolm himself and his cousin Ray Ray (Affion Crockett, 'Dance Flick') attempt to save Kisha from the demon which has taken over her. It doesn't go as planned.
Flash forward to Malcolm's new life. He has a new girlfriend, Megan (Jamie Pressly), new dog (see the first movie) and a new home. It's all positive for Malcolm. He's moved on. But some have not.
Demonic possession and evil spirits haunt him, the family and the house that they've moved into. Malcolm is getting punished for a bad choice he made in his past and the paranormal will do whatever it can to remind him of his poor decision.
It appears that Marlon Wayans will do anything to ensure laughter. There is no modesty or shame, and in this case, it works. As much as Malcolm tries to be the "man of the house," he sure does have the highest pitch scream for guy, but that's what makes it comical, of course. And he does involve himself in some ludicrous acts which seem to make Megan question his sanity, as we all would.
The movie is rated R for a good reason. Be prepared for an abundance of bodily function and sexual humor that some may find over-the-top. And as mentioned earlier, it may leave you gasping for air after the hilarity takes a break, or have you leave the theater, as two couples did in the middle. But nevertheless, this movie captures that Wayans humor that has had people buying tickets for over a decade, despite the gross factor.


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Structural dynamics of biomolecules
Ph.D. position available:
MSc in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Biophysics and CSIR/UGC NET qualified candidates can send CV by email.
Bhar, K et al., Phosphorylation of Leghemoglobin at S45 is most effective to disrupt the molecular environment of its oxygen binding pocket, The Protein Journal (Accepted, 2015)
Priya P, Maity A, Majumdar S, Ghosh Dastidar S, Interactions between Bcl-xl and its inhibitors: Insights into ligand design from molecular dynamics simulation, J Mol Graph Model (2015) Mar 6;59:1-13.
Maity A, Majumdar S, Priya P, De P, Saha S, Dastidar SG, Adaptability in protein structures: Structural dynamics and implications in ligand design (Review), J Bio Mol Struc Dyn (2015)33(2):298-321 .
Maity A, Yadav S, Verma CS, Dastidar SG, Dynamics of Bcl-xl in Water and Membrane: Molecular Simulations PLoS One (2013) 8, e76837.
Sengupta A, Sarkar A, Priya P, Dastidar SG, Das S, New Insight to Structure-Function Relationship of GalNAc Mediated Primary Interaction between Insecticidal Cry1Ac Toxin and HaALP Receptor of Helicoverpa armigeraí. PLoS One (2013) 8, e78249.
Chakraborti S, Chakravarty D, Gupta S, Chatterji BP, Dhar G, Poddar A, Panda D, Chakrabarti P, Dastidar SG(*) and Bhattacharyya B (*),Discrimination of Ligands with Different Flexibilities Resulting from the Plasticity of the Binding Site in Tubulin, Biochemistry (2012) 51, 7138-48.
Dastidar SG, Lane DP, Verma CS. Why is F19Ap53 unable to bind MDM2? Simulations suggest crack propagation modulates binding, Cell Cycle (2012); 11: 2239-47.
Brown CJ, Dastidar SG , S. T. Quah, A. Lim, B. Chia, C. S. Verma. C-Terminal Substitution of MDM2 Interacting Peptides Modulates Binding Affinity by Distinctive Mechanisms PLoS One (2011); 6, e24122
Fuentes G, Dastidar SG, Madhumalar A, Verma CS. Role of
protein flexibility in the Discovery of New Drugs (Review
Article), Drug Dev Res (2011), 71, 26
Dastidar SG (*), Raghunathan D, Nicholson J, Hupp TR, Lane DP,
Verma CS (*). Chemical States of the N-terminal lid of MDM2
regulate p53 binding. Cell Cycle (2011); 10: 82-89.
Dastidar SG, Madhumalar A, Fuentes G, Lane DP, Verma CS.
Forces mediating protein-protein interactions: a computational
study of p53 "approaching" MDM2. Theor Chem Acc (2010);
125: 621.
Brown CJ, Dastidar SG, See H, Comber DW, Ortiz-Lombardía M,
Verma CS, Lane DP. Rational Design and biophysical
characterization of Thioredoxin-based aptamers: Insights into
peptide grafting. J Mol Biol (2010); 235: 871.
Dastidar SG, Lane DP and Verma CS. Multiple conformation give
rise to similar binding affinities: Molecular simulation of
p53-MDM2. J Am Chem Soc (2008); 130: 13514
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Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder met with Tom Osbourne and the owners of the D Piper Inn to discuss issues affecting small businesses in our area. The historic hotel has been a landmark in Rockaway for decades and has catered to guests from all over the country and the world, who vacation on our beautiful peninsula and enjoy our neighborhoods and beaches.
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AUBURN, Ala. -- Damek Tomscha homered to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning and broke a 2-2 tie as Auburn University defeated the Maine in the baseball season-opener on Friday afternoon. It was the first of a four-game series between the two teams this weekend.
Maine took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Scott Heath (Westbrook, Maine) reached on an error and Alex Calbick (Burnaby, British Columbia) followed with a double. Heath scored when Mike Connolly (Bridgewater, Mass.) singled.
Auburn grabbed the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jackson Burgree doubled to right field. He moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Dan Glevenyak . Burgree scored when Garrett Cooper doubled. Cooper scored when Damek Tomscha singled.
Maine answered back in the top of the seventh inning. Sam Balzano (Portland, Maine) doubled and Colin Gay (Franklin, Mass.) drove him home with a double to left center field.
Maine threatened in the top of the ninth when Gay doubled with two outs, but was stranded at second base. Gay led the Maine offense with a pair of hits.
Tommy Lawrence (West Haven, Conn.) got the start on the mound for the Black Bears. He went seven innings and allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out four. Shaun Coughlin (Northford, Conn.) pitched the final inning. He falls to 0-1 on the season.
Daniel Koger got the start for Auburn. He went five innings and allowed one run on three hits. Terrance Dedrick picked up the win in relief.
The two teams play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 PM in Auburn, Ala.


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Los Angeles, California
Erin Hirsh, the Los Angeles-based celebrity fashion stylist responsible for the wardrobe of Rihanna and Kanye West on the Glow in The Dark Tour, shares her thoughts on the hipster phenomenon.
Giant Step's Resident 34: Q-Tip, Jazzanova, K'NAAN and Miriam Makeba
By Mawuse Ziegbe
So, I have this crush. He's this mannish, dude-ly, male person. He builds things. He smokes things. He skies down things. It's awesome. He's also wicked different from me. When he tells me about his time on a ranch in Wyoming, all I can think is, "what the fuck is Wyoming?" When he invites me over for Scrabble I desperately hope it's a euphemism for something involving latex and candle wax. Sadly, the earnest, good-guy gleam in his eye tells me it's not. But in the interest of new horizons and all that, I accompanied him to a Reggie Watts show at Joe's Pub. Reggie Watts looks like a cross between Counting Crows' Adam Duritz and a down-on-his-luck Sideshow Bob. He beat-boxes and does all this nonsensical yet still politically biting scatting business that sounds like a cross between Doug E. Fresh and a manic Sideshow Bob. I mean, parts of it were cool – he made beats onstage by sampling his own voice – but lots of it was just…foolish.
When I'm not faking an interest in live music to get in a guy's pants, I'm drooling over Q-Tip's new album, The Renaissance. I was initially very apprehensive about this project (the internet singles like "Work It Out" were making my brain barf). But for serious, The Renaissance is gorgeous. Q-Tip has reined in his penchant for the stuttering, monotonous beats and stiff, shallow rhymes that sank 1999′s Amplified. The Renaissance is replete with dusty soul samples punched up by 'Tip's melodic flow and conscious yet not overly preachy messages. I literally gawked at my iPod when I heard Raphael Saadiq's androgynous, syrupy vocals on "We Fight/We Love." I'm all over the bendy Boogaloo beat of "Manwomanboogie" with a surprisingly sassy Amanda Diva. "Believe" is glossed with the sublime glow of D'Angelo's trademark falsetto.
Jazzanova's latest album, Of All The Things is also unexpectedly addictive. The German collective has handily produced one of the best albums of the year. There's frisky nu-jazz and buttery soul that pulses with vibrant basslines and some of the most diverse voices in music. My favorite rapper Phonté tries his hand at singing "Look What You're Doin' To Me" and absolutely floored me with a papery falsetto that is identical to Dwele's soft crooning. Detroit artist Paul Randolph flexes his dapper vocals throughout the album, including the sunny, inspirational number "Let Me Show Ya." And Ben Westbeech, who's moving feets with Kraak and Smaak's recent hit, "Squeeze Me," wields some UK soul on the groovy, "I Can See." Of All The Things is like a mixtape packed with your absolute favorite songs by Mark Ronson, Solange, Coldplay, Al Jarreau, and Donnie. This is a good album to kick off any Jazzanova obsession.
African hip hop star K'Naan is kicking off his latest project with the lead single, "ABCs." K'naan doesn't really have a reason to make dance tracks, what with being a Somali refugee and the lack of body-rockin' fodder that experience provides. So it's good to see he found a way to make a party jam by spitting about the ills of street life over a souped-up version of Chubb Rock's "Treat 'Em Right." Activists need to get down too.
And I'm lucky the first time I ever got down in concert was with the legendary African singer and activist, Miriam Makeba. I was about three and my parents took me to see her at Boston's Symphony Hall. I was just barely able to see over the seats but I remember jamming to the horns for what seemed like hours. Miriam looked far away but she was washed in bright lights, commanding the sprawling band and just moving! That concert is one of my best family memories to this day; my parents were still together and Miriam's fierceness was one of the few things they agreed on. There may not be many more Reggie Watts concerts in my future but when your first live performance is from an artist who can inspire nations, quell feuding spouses and sing until the last very last breath, you understand the rarity of greatness.
Giant Step's Resident 33: Menahan Street Band, Hot Chip and Obama
By Mawuse Ziegbe
I'm gonna miss Michelle. And David. And Jon. And Nicole. And even Marianne, although we've only recently become acquainted. On November 4th we'll have a new president but I'll no longer get eloquent emails addressed to me from the good folks at the Obama campaign. Yes, most of the emails were like, "Mawuse– With your contribution of $25 dollars we can make it rain on this here election." But still, I felt special. And what am I going to do with no more rallies to attend? I have to entertain myself now that we're done with the Young Professionals, DJs, Promoters, Housewives and Seal Pups for Obama events. For instance, I went to a Yogis for Obama rally. And I hate yoga. I listened to Russell Simmons speak about how we can make change in this election while patiently sipping "liberation tea."
If Barack and Michelle were really my homies, I would hip them to some other quietly superhuman talents: Menahan Street Band. MSB is a project featuring members from all the New York instrumental bands that have mattered in recent years: The Dap-Kings, Budos Band, Antibalas and El Michels Affair. Their languid "Make The Road By Walking" is the basis for Jay-Z's "Roc Boys" and their album of the same name is just made so well. Think full, smoky soul that wags between plucky dub and crackly, wheezy country.
And something tells me that if Mimi and Barry weren't busy saving the world, they'd be into the Delicious Rmmxology compilation. The premise is simple: A few DJs slice up classic Delicious Vinyl jams. I could see Barack grooving to Hot Chip's gravelly re-working of The Pharcyde's "Passin' Me By." Michelle would be easily enamored with the Philippians' delicate synthy remix of Pharcyde's "Runnin.'" And I'm convinced no one can resist the epic, hyper thump of Masta Ace's "Sittin' On Chrome" as re-imagined by Mr. Flash.
Like the Obamas, UK-based outfit, Friendly Fires is just what this country needs. They make flashy yet airy disco rock replete with tangy cowbells and turbo drumming. All while wearing these darling little pantsuits. Their cover of Lykke Li's "I'm Good I'm Gone" makes great use of power piano chords once left to rot on old CeCe Peniston records. "Paris," with its dreamy lyrics and mammoth chorus could easily be the soundtrack to an historic inauguration.
Even if he gets too busy to keep in touch, I'm glad I got to know one of the biggest hope dealers in American history. And on November 5th, while I'm listening to MSB's "Esma" and planning what to do with all my free time, I just hope I get a very simple email: "Mawuse — We did it."
Friends We Love: 120 Seconds with Gilles Peterson
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London, UK
Music pioneer Gilles Peterson of Brownswood Recordings & BBC Radio 1 shares the extent of his obsession with Arsenal Football Club and some insight into why he's taking a break.
Check out Gilles Peterson at: myspace.com/gillespeterson
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Giant Step's Resident 32: TV On The Radio, Alphabeta In Greenpoint and Studio at Webster Hall
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Recently, I've been making some fun social gaffes that I thought you would enjoy. I must have spent the past few months with my head up my butt because I completely missed that TV on the Radio was playing three shows at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. I absentmindedly texted a friend close to the source about 3 hours before the show for tickets. Due to my tardiness, I expected him to type back "LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL" or delete my number but he graciously came through. Now, most frou frou music critics will tell you TVOTR is significant because of how transcendent their discordant rhythms and twisty vocals are. But sometimes, I have no idea what they're saying. To me, the lyrics on Return To Cookie Mountain often sound like, "I undressed my mother, and peed by the sun" or "I wake up in flour, go fetch the gun." Their latest project Dear Science infuses their woozy soul rock with sprinkles of Afrobeat, big band and new wave, making their new stuff preternaturally funky. The hour-long show was stacked with numbers from Science like "Crying," "Golden Age" and "Dancing Choose" and well-worn faves like "Wolf Like Me" and "Province." I had a blast but I think TVOTR fans just aren't used to dancing. Boo.
Backstage after the show I began chatting up a cheery guy who recognized my name from the guestlist. I'm making vapid small talk and then I ask, "so what do you do?" The smile melts and his gaze hardens as he says, "I'm the guitarist." See, when he said his name was Dave, I didn't realize he meant Dave Sitek, guitarist, producer, founding member and friggin' epicenter of TVOTR. Asking what Dave Sitek does at a TV on the Radio show is like waltzing into the Vatican, eyeing the Pope and asking "who's that pale feller in the dress?" Silly.
So on Friday, I left my foot-in-mouth foolishness behind me and checked out the opening reception for the Younity Heart & Soul exhibition at Alphabeta in Greenpoint. Younity is a group of around 60 female visual artists which includes legendary graf writer Lady Pink, and co-founders Alice Mizrachi and Toofly. For this exhibition, all the artists made a piece which represented love. The walls were plastered with obvious symbolism like hearts and smiley children but there were also photographs of pink heels, skateboarding wounds and a display of wooden jewelry. The subject matter had a lot of schmaltz potential but I thought the ladies executed the show handily (I'm trying to get through this without bellowing, "girl power!"…oh wait). There was also a freshly painted and incredibly intricate mural that was admirably intense. I dug it.
Easily the most intense performance of the week was the Robot Sex Guy (I never caught his proper stage name) at the Studio at Webster Hall. It started innocently with some DJ in a lab coat spinning a bit of hard house but it quickly got ridiculous. The main performer, covered in what looked like neon Christmas lights, marched onstage and started yammering about how robots are sexy too. Ok, whatever. Then, he started singing about amputated fingers (which, I guess is integral to robot sex) and then crooned into a camera that was attached to a steering wheel. The show climaxed during a song about self-love where he stroked a huge metal hose between his legs and leveled ping pong balls at the unsuspecting audience. I was in the front row and caught three to the head. I finished my drink and left. It was like watching Daft Punk if they had considerably less money and ate paint chips. Now, for some a ping pong facial is enough reason to never venture out again. But no matter the type of humiliation, there is nothing – not robot lovin' gone awry nor complete ignorance about Brooklyn visionaries – that a stiff drink and hasty retreat won't fix.
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High School: Green Bay West
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Although LaFollette's passing game drew rave reviews at the beginning of the season, it was defense that won the Owls an Egg Bowl trophy Thursday night during their annual feud with archrival Jacksboro.
With a capacity crowd on hand, LaFollette (3-2 district, 4-2 overall) shut out the host Eagles, 10-0, to extend its winning streak to three games and earn a number three seeding next week in the first round of the Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association Football Playoffs.
Some call her a historian while others call her an activist.
But locally, Violet Clark is a photographer whose art has become the backbone of a national ad campaign.
Clark has studied history extensively and has a passion for the preservation of historic land. This passion led her down a path in January when she joined the No Casino Gettysburg cause.
With just over three months left until Christmas, the Caryville Civil War Council (CCWC) is already making its list and checking it twice.
The all volunteer group is in the middle of planning its annual toy run to benefit needy families during the holiday season.
This year marks the ninth time engines have roared to raise funds for needy families.
It is all about helping others, said Larry Collier a founding member of the CCWC.
Jellico High School's volleyball team defeated rival Campbell County, 25-17, 25-13, Monday night at CCHS for its 10th win of the season.
The Lady Blue Devils (10-6 overall) have already wrapped up the District 4 regular season championship and are preparing for next week's league tournament, which has been moved from Wartburg to Coalfield.
"After we beat Berean Christian (last week on senior night), I have hope that we'll get to substate," said Jellico coach Barbara Carter.
If the leaves are turning and a chill is in the air that means one thing- the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce Pig Roast is just around the corner.
Scheduled for Oct. 26 the annual event will be held at The Stables, its home for the last few years.
"We are very excited about this event," said Cindi Reynolds, administrative assistant at the chamber.
June Lynch and Teresa Thomas have seen both sides of breast cancer.
As health care providers it has been their duty to educate women and assist in screening them for the disease.
But as women, they have held the hands of those they love who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
"It is a really scary thing for the family," said Lynch. Her 59- year old cousin recently underwent a mastectomy. "It is hard to describe what it does to you and your family."
What does a pastor want for Pastor Appreciation Day?
"Pastor?" It was Dave, one of my deacons, calling. "There are some people at church upset over the performance of the youth minister. This could get ugly. I expect we'll lose some members over it."
Campbell County School Menu
Oct. 11 – Oct. 15
Champion Orange Chicken
Steamed Rice
Egg Roll
Mandarin Oranges
Step-it-up Spaghetti with meat sauce
Garden salad
Green beans
Whole wheat roll
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Senior Citizens of Campbell County
Oct. 7 – Oct. 16
11: 30 a.m. Lunch serving chili
6 p.m. Snack bar serving chili and hot dogs
7 p.m. Live Jamboree w/Junior and Friends $3 admission
10 a.m. Bingo
11:30 a.m. Lunch serving chicken parmesan
12 to 1 p.m. Silver sneakers exercise class
The Humane Society of Campbell County will host its third annual dog show on Oct. 9 at Cove Lake State Park pavilion 4, registration begins at 10 a.m.
The Community Cares/Vista of LaFollette Housing Authority will host a 4- Wheeler Ride 2010 on Oct. 9 at Ivey Dale to raise money for activities for children that live in the housing. Registration will be from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. and start will be at 10:30 a.m. Participants must have a license to ride. For more information call Melissa Dykes at 377-5114 or Casper Dunn at 201-8013.
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Theora 1.0 Arrived, Thusnelda Following Soon
In times of YouTube and Co., a free video codec offers a good base for video enjoyment on the Internet -- independent from the interests of commercial providers. After a long development and some criticism, Ogg/Theora seems to be getting there. Yesterday saw the release of codec version 1.0, with Ogg in container format.
One criticism that spoke against the codec was speed. According to the press release, the reference library now utilizes a decoder that runs significantly faster than in earlier Theora versions. The release states that Xiph.org carried out a scan by the Coverity static analysis tool which revealed only two defects: one false alarm and the other now fixed.
Many webmasters have in the past reached for the proprietary Flash because the multiplatform format is well established and is usually problem-free, making it easy for inexperienced users to run. But Theora is catching up. The latest version of Opera and the next version of Firefox natively support the video codec, which should greatly increase its popularity. Wikipedia, the champions of openness, uses Theora for all of its videos.
It doesn't stop there. Xiph.org has been working on a next-generation encoder, codenamed 'Thusnelda' which hopes to make Theora more attractive for applications where cost and CPU consumption are not defining factors. Theora 1.0 can be downloaded as TAR.GZ-Archive or as ZIP-Archive from the download section of the Theora website.
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Preparing food with liquid nitrogen is awesome! I think that alone would win the coolness factor for a dad if you could learn how to do that! I wonder if they would give lessons? I told you this last time when you did the Apex Awards...I think this sounds like a great opportunity and can so tell you enjoy being a part of it! Keep up the great work Brian! Aaron
This chef was doing awesome things. There was another one where the truffles are floating/spinning in mid-air in a magnetic field or something. I can't wait to see what they do for ColoTechBuzz. I do think that CTA is absolutely creative when it comes to these types of events. DEMOgala is a showcase for technology, Apex Awards is a celebration of technology, and then they do other events like "C-Level at a Mile High" and a wine-tasting professional networking event. And that is just the big events - they also have more targeted speakers/panels throughout the year to encourage entrepreneurship and the advancement of technology by big and small companies.


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If you are tired of serving the same old tired potato recipe at your holiday brunch, try this easy alternative from Chef Eric Crowley. For more information about Chef Eric and to see more of his delightful recipes, visit him online at Culinary Classroom or view his videos on Vimeo.
Baked Breakfast Potatoes with Onions Yield: 4–6 Servings
Red bliss potatoes 2 pounds
Olive oil 2 Tablespoons
Onion, chopped 1/2 cup
Salt 1 Tablespoon
Pepper 1 ½ teaspoons
1. In a large bowl, combine the oil and onions. Season well with salt and pepper.
2. Preheat an oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry the potatoes. Peel if desired. If the potatoes are large, cut them into halves or quarters.
3. Toss the potatoes in the oil mixture, making sure that the potatoes are coated in oil. Add more oil, if needed.
4. Arrange the potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet that has been lined with aluminum foil.
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30 December 2010
Little snails on the rocks
In the park near our house there is a ledge covered with large limestone rocks situated not too far above a lake. This artificial structure probably has some sort of drainage function into the lake below. However, it is not clear where the water may be coming from. Anyway, what concerns here us is not the hydrology of the park, but the little snails that call the rocks their home. I took these pictures of them yesterday.
The snails were, of course, dormant. As you can see in the picture below, there were both big ones and little ones.
I believe these are a Vallonia species, probably Vallonia costata. However, even the largest snails I saw did not have the typical thickened and reflected lip characteristic of the adults of the genus.
A closer search on a warmer day should turn up more specimens to pinpoint the identity of the snails.
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28 December 2010
Land snail shells adorning a skeleton
There are innumerable examples of the use of the shells of marine snails as jewelry, decoration or tools throughout human history. I have written about some examples in this post and this post.
Examples of comparable uses of land snails shells, on the other hand, are harder to come by. That is probably because most land snail shells are less prettier and much thinner, therefore, less durable than marine snail shells.
A note in the January/February 2011 issue of Archaeology mentions a skeleton from around 800 BCE found in Peru that was adorned with about 180 land snail shells. The shells visible in the picture accompanying the article are quite large. The ancient Peruvians were undoubtedly paying attention to at least the larger snails around them.
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27 December 2010
Foot prints on a frozen lake
The lake near our house has been frozen for about 10 days. During a walk a few days ago, we noticed several tracks crisscrossing the frozen surface of the lake that also had a thin layer of snow on it. But the tracks were not fresh and I could not identify them readily.
At least some of the tracks in the above picture may have been made by white tailed deer. But I don't think the ones in the next picture are deer tracks. The straddle, or the width, of deer tracks are normally very narrow. These tracks may belong to a raccoon or a fox.
Here is another set. This could be a deer track, but it's hard to tell, because the snow had melted and distorted the foot prints.
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26 December 2010
The dead visitor from the northeast
This spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) was in a bag of spinach we bought last week. The spinach had not been frozen, but the beetle was limp and motionless after it was removed from the refrigerator and remained so at room temperature.
According to the bag, the spinach was produced by a Massachusetts company. The spotted cucumber beetle is said to be a widespread species in eastern North America.
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22 December 2010
You may stop eating your vegetables
We have all heard the claim that eating vegetables and fruits is good for us and that their consumption may help ward off many illnesses, including cancer. This receives endorsements from all sorts of health organizations and scientists so frequently that it may have reached the state of being a conditional truth. For example, here is a U.S. Government page that says "...those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers".
In reality, preventive nutrition is very much a science of uncertainties. This is so probably because of the enormous among-person variability that exists in any human population that results from the innumerable external and internal factors that control our phenotypes. Another confounding factor is the practical difficulty of monitoring and controlling peoples' diets for research purposes.
Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that a recent review* makes the bold counter claim that there is not much experimental support behind the assertion that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of getting cancer.
Nutritional principles indicate that healthy diets should include at least moderate amounts of fruit and vegetables, but the available data suggest that general increases in fruit and vegetable intake would not have much effect on cancer rates, at least in well-nourished populations.The author then goes on to review the supposed associations of specific cancers with fruit and vegetable consumption. We learn the following about prostate cancer:
There has been much interest in the possibility that fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, which are rich in the carotenoid lycopene might reduce the risk for prostate cancer, but overall the data do not support this hypothesis...Having written this, I will now take a break to enjoy a platefull of fruits with a glass of wine. They do taste good and they won't harm me. That's all that matters.
*T. J. Key. Fruit and vegetables and cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer, advance online publication 30 November 2010. Freely available here.
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21 December 2010
Winter solstice lunar eclipse
Here are the series of pictures of the moon I took early this morning during the full lunar eclipse. We were lucky that the sky remained clear throughout the night.
The 1st one shows the pre-eclipse moon at 19:44 on 20 December.
I went to bed before midnight, but got up around 01:15 and stayed up for the next hour and a half. The good thing was that I didn't have to venture far from the house to photograph the moon. Until about 02:00 I had an unobstructed view of it from my deck. Soon after that the moon moved behind a pine tree. But even then I only had to step down into the backyard for a clear view of the moon.
The next shot taken at 01:26 shows a shadow falling across the upper lefthand edge of the moon. The eclipse had started.
At 01:53, the eclipse was obvious.
Most of the moon's face had been shadowed by 02:19. At that time, the stars near the moon had become visible. The eclipsed moon and the bright stars formed a nice spectacle that more than justified standing at below-freezing temperatures outdoors in the middle of the night.
This is the last photo I took at 02:41. These last pictures showing the full eclipse didn't come out good. Over at A DC Birding Blog, John has much better ones.
I took all the pictures with an Olympus E-500 camera using a Zuiko 40-150 mm lens set at 150 mm. Until shortly before the moon was fully eclipsed, I did not need a tripod and could hold the camera in my hands. Even at 02:09 the moon was still bright enough for a shutter speed that did not require the use of a tripod. Once the brightness of the moon was reduced to a sliver, however, I had to reduce the shutter speed and put the camera on a tripod. At the time when the full eclipse started, I was using a shutter speed of 1/30 s at f4.5 and a sensitivity of 400 to be able to capture the red light covering the eclipsed face of the moon. I should also have used a remote release, for some of the last pictures turned out blurry from the shaking of the tripod.
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17 December 2010
Land snails of Turkey: Zebrina cosensis
This is one of the species in the widespread and speciose family Enidae. It is a snail of limestone rocks on the mountains of western Turkey.
I have never seen the snail itself. But I did photograph dormant individuals stuck on rocks in the summer of 2006.
Empty shells of Zebrina cosensis seem to quickly fade into a whitish color. The shell of the live snail in the above photo had a blue tint, while the specimen in the 1st photo, which was collected empty, has retained brownish patches.
The previous entry in this series was Helix lucorum.
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14 December 2010
Repeat photography over and over again
Repeat photography is the photographing of a scene repeatedly over a long period. It is usually applied to wilderness areas to document natural or human-caused changes over many decades. The U.S. Geological Survey has an ongoing repeat photography project involving mainly the deserts in southwest U.S. Some sets of photos from that program may be seen over at Wired.
Long before I learned that repeat photography was a formal procedure, I got interested in it on my own. My so far imprecise contributions may be seen in this post and this post.
To be most useful, a repeat photo of a scene should be taken from the same position and distance. But sometimes I learn of the existence of an older version of a picture I took when it's too late to correct for any differences in the composition. Here is an example.
Last June in Turkey, we visited the ruins of Priene. While we were at the theater, I photographed this goddess sitting in one of the front row seats that must certainly have been reserved for the notable.
Just last night, while skimming thru the Turkish archaeologist Ekrem Akurgal's Ancient civilizations and ruins of Turkey, I saw this picture of the theater of Priene.
They are the same seats photographed from a slightly different point. After going back and forth between the 2 photos several times, we decided that the seat marked with the red X in the Akurgal photo is the one in which the goddess is sitting in mine.
Akurgal's book was 1st published in 1969. The pictures in it may have been taken in the 1960s if not earlier. During the more than 40 years that separates the 2 pictures, the bottom right-hand corner of the goddess's seat broke off. We couldn't spot any other glaring differences between the 2 photos.
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12 December 2010
Another cold slug
After several days with temperatures just above the freezing and even colder nights, the weather got slightly milder over the weekend and it rained. So this morning I decided to do one more search for slugs in the woods before the cold weather returned.
A half an hour spent staring at wet beech trunks yielded 2 Megapallifera mutabilis. Here is one of them.
The air temperature near the slug, as seen in the photo, was 5.6°C. This slug was colder than these, but not as cold as this one.
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10 December 2010
Eyes of Pomatiopsis lapidaria
The 1st detailed account of the little semi-terrestrial snail Pomatiopsis lapidaria was published by William Stimpson (1832-1872) in 1865. Stimpson's descriptions of the anatomy and behavior of Pomatiopsis lapidaria are surprisingly accurate. For example, he described the snail's eye as follows.
The eye is situated on the outer side of a rather prominent swelling out or protuberance of the head at the base of the tentacle. On the upper and inner side of these protuberances there is a conspicuous longitudinal fusiform spot of flake-white or yellow, which is a prominent character, probably, however, of specific importance only.When I first read this passage, I was on the train home. I put a note on the margin of the paper to remind myself to check this in my photographs of Pomatiopsis lapidaria. Sure enough, an elongated, yellowish band is clearly visible above each eye in the pictures showing the heads of the snails I photographed.
I don't know what exactly those spots are and what function, if any, they may have. The "pigment layer" lining the eye chamber of Pomatiopsis lapidaria that Dundee (1957) mentioned may have been the same structure. Davis (1967) referred to them as "glandular units".
Here is the entire picture showing the rest of the snail. The whitish oval plate on the snail's foot below the shell is its operculum.
Davis, G. 1967. The systematic relationship of Pomatiopsis lapidaria and Oncomelania hupensis formosana (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Malacologia, 6:1-143.
Dundee, D.S. 1957. Aspects of the biology of Pomatiopsis lapidaria. Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. U. Michigan #100.
Stimpson, W. 1865. Researches Upon The Hydrobiinae And Allied Forms. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections #201 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections vol. 7, 1867).
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09 December 2010
08 December 2010
Vertigo pygmaea crawling
Lately, I have been interested in the relative dimensions of snails' feet and shells. What factors influence and control the size of a snail's foot relative to the size of its shell? The shape of the shell seems to matter. I have noticed in tiny species whose shells are longer than they are wide, the length of the foot is close to that of the shell. Here is a Vertigo pygmaea from my backyard.
The white line is equal in length to the snail's foot, while the blue line to its shell. The latter was about 1.9 mm long*. The ratio of the lengths of the blue and white lines (foot/shell) was 0.80.
This previous post was also about this subject and featured another example. Expect more in the future.
*I wrote about the shell lengths of Vertigo pygmaea in this post.
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06 December 2010
Essential requirements to be alive
A recent paper* of mine opened with this sentence: "During their daily survival, terrestrial gastropods have two primary requirements they need to fulfill: the intake of adequate food and the maintenance of proper hydration."
In the context of a paper on natural selection that I was reading today, I started thinking about this again. Then I came up with following list of the essential requirements in the life of an animal. They are in no particular order.
1. Survival of biological dangers (predators, parasites, bacteria, viruses, etc.).
2. Survival of physical dangers (temperature extremes, dehydration, loss of habitat, etc.).
3. Procurement of enough food to supply energy and raw materials for growth and maintenance and of oxygen to maintain an adequate level of metabolism.
4. Reproduction.
Have I forgotten anything?
Of course, none of these processes are independent of each other. For example, reproduction also requires energy, while the act of searching for and consuming food exposes an animal to biological and physical dangers. Even the food consumed could be, and often is, a source of parasites. This interdepency was something I emphasized briefly in my paper: "Food intake requires that the animals be active, but activity results in water loss as evaporation from the body surfaces and as slime left behind. The surface a gastropod is on must be sufficiently wet, the air humidity adequately high, and its food of a high enough water content so that daily activity doesn't result in a negative water balance."
The requirement to obtain enough oxygen doesn't seem to be a major concern for terrestrial animals. However, it is indeed a critical requirement for aquatic animals.
Because I work with animals, I normally think in terms of animals. But these requirements are also essential and sufficient for all other forms of life. The requirement #3 must, however, be modified to suit the idiosyncrasies of particular organisms. For example, photosynthetic plants synthesize their own "foods" from sunlight.
Natural selection operates during the fulfillment of each and every one of the 4 requirements.
*Örstan, A. 2010. Activities of four species of land snails at low temperatures. Journal of Conchology 40:245-246. See this post for more on this paper.
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05 December 2010
Pedipes ovalis and its parietal tooth
I have written about the little semi-terrestrial snail Pedipes ovalis in this post and this post. A small number of them that I collected in Florida in April 2009 and brought home to Maryland stayed alive for several months and provided me with hours of fun and enlightenment.
The shell aperture of Pedipes ovalis is surrounded by two columellar and one prominent parietal teeth.
A characteristic of the genus is the anatomy of the foot, which is divided by a transverse groove into an anterior propodium and a posterior metapodium.
A casual examination of a specimen preserved in alcohol led me to a hypothesis to explain the function of the long parietal tooth. A short paper detailing my ideas just came out in Basteria, the journal of the Netherlands Malacological Society*.
Unfortunately, Basteria won't let me post the paper on the Web for a year. But if you want a pdf copy, send me an e-mail and I'll happy to send you one.
Here is the abstract from the paper.
When Pedipes ovalis withdraws into its shell, its foot is sequestered between the parietal and the columellar teeth, while the sinus above the parietal tooth encloses the portion of the mantle skirt with the pneumostome. This organization suggests that one function of the long parietal tooth characteristic of the genus is to prevent the snail's foot from blocking the pneumostome.
*Örstan, A. 2010. A possible function of the parietal tooth of Pedipes (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Ellobiidae). Basteria 74:111-114.
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03 December 2010
We may have encountered a Zonitoides nitidus
I found this little snail under a log not too far from the Potomac River during last weekend's field trip. It's darker color in comparison to that of Zonitoides arboreus makes me think that it's Zonitoides nitidus, but I may be mistaken. A dissection would help me identify it more definitely, but I left the snail where I'd found it.
In Land Mollusca of North America (1946), Pilsbry wrote that the "animal" of Z. nitidus is black. He probably meant the snail's foot and that is why the shell, especially the body whorl, which is translucent, appears dark. The habitat of my specimen, near the Potomac, fits the habitat of Z. nitidus, which is, also according to Pilsbry, "generally found near water or in marshy places".
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We've always been drugstore shampoo and conditioner girls. We were major skeptics. We didn't believe that this certain bottle of much pricier shampoo would yield different results from that $2 bottle of shampoo. Girls, we were wrong. So, so wrong. We recently had the opportunity to try out some hair care products from the Hairkop Essence line that led to this huge shift in thinking. The Obliphica Treatment Hair Shampoo ($33) did good things by itself. The obliphica (sea buckthorn) part of the equation is what really made a difference, especially on our scalp. We don't have active dandruff, per say, but our scalp is normally dry. Not anymore. But the real gem of the Hairkop company is their Obliphica Intensive Hair Mask ($35). We generally have oily hair twenty-four hours after taking a shower, but when we allowed our locks to air dry after a single use of this stuff, it was as if a magic genie had taken up residence and granted every single strand the best day of its life. For three straight days. We went three whole days without washing our hair just to see how long it would actually hold up (don't judge, it was scientific). And it was a gross, stomach-flu-filled three days and yet our hair maintained bounce, softness, and shine, and never once felt oily. We have forever been converted into high-end shampoo girls and will gladly never look back.
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Ahsan Rasheed has revealed more details regarding the visuals of the upcoming PS4 exclusive video game, "The Order 1886." According to a report from Gamepur on Feb. 7, the industry insider stated that Ready at Dawn will be using the 4x multi-sampling anti-aliasing technique in order to smooth out the edges of textures.
He also disclosed that the development team is emphasizing the image quality of "The Order 1886" over other visual elements, adding that it may be the "cleanest game to launch" on the next-generation system. You can find some screenshots from the PS4 exclusive video game with the gallery on the left side of this article and his comments below:
Just found out the Order 1886 is using 4XMSAA. Ready At Dawn is targeting Image Quality above all else. Interesting. This might be the cleanest game to launch. I wonder what the decision was to forgo high quality FXAA plus 2XMSAA. 4XMSAA is expensive, but the PS4 has the guts to spare.
Ahsan Rasheed went on to state that the 4x multi-sampling anti-aliasing technique is a "very expensive and demanding feature" that taxes even powerful PC hardware systems. "The Order 1886" has been confirmed to run at 30 frames per second as oppose to 60. It also utilizes a cinematic ratio that puts black bars on both the top and bottom screens.
Ready at Dawn is getting additional help from Sony Computer Entertainment Santa Monica Studio to develop the third-person shooting action-adventure title. The video game is currently slated for a release later this autumn season in North America and other regions. The first gameplay video should be made available in the next couple of weeks.
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June 5, 2013
STANFORD, Calif.- Junior Nicole Gibbs has been named the Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for May 27-June 2.
The honor is the second of Gibbs' career, as she also won the award back on May 28, 2012. She is the third straight women's tennis player to be recognized, following Ellen Tsay (May 20) and Kristie Ahn (May 27).
A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Gibbs captured her second consecutive NCAA singles crown with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Nebraska's Mary Weatherholt on May 27 in Urbana, Ill.
Gibbs became the NCAA's first repeat champion since former Cardinal standout Amber Liu (2003-04) and Stanford's 16th all-time collegiate singles winner (14 NCAA, 2 AIAW) overall.
Gibbs is the fifth Stanford netter to win multiple NCAA singles titles, joining Patty Fendick-McCain (1986, 87), Sandra Birch (1989, 91), Laura Granville (2000, 01) and Amber Liu (2003, 04).
The first player to capture NCAA team and singles titles in the same year since Duke's Mallory Cecil (2009), Gibbs finished 24-4 overall and 17-4 in duals, playing all of her matches at the No. 1 position. In addition to closing out the year on a 14-match winning streak, Gibbs was 17-4 against nationally-ranked opponents and improved her career record in May to 30-1 (includes NCAA team and individual competition).
Also Nominated: Austin Hack (men's rowing), Oliver Toole (sailing), Lightweight I Eight (women's lightweight rowing).