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Photo and caption by Luciana Belsito
This photo was taken in a village in southern Laos. The conditions in which these people live take us back for at least 50 years. They are very poor people and have nothing to give to their children to play with, except animals wandering around undisturbed. Sometimes someone gets caught and ends up hanging on to amuse a child.
Location: Don Khong Island-Laos
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Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux
Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its desktops to Linux and open source.
The migration, which started in Jan 2009, follows a three-year program called Open Source di Ateno (OSA). The step by step change-over began with applications like Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice. From next January, open file and document standards will replace proprietary formats and by 2011, the change over of all PCs to open source software should be complete.
Staff at the university have already started courses in Ubuntu, also part of the program. One responsible administrator, Dr. Guido Gonzato, speaks on the Open Source News Portal the EU (OSOR) of initial successes. "Participants find it not hard at all to work with Linux, OpenOffice and Firefox," and he adds, "Some of the them even helped us by highlighting some differences, so we could explain these to others."
On a website set up specifically for the program, the university informs of the project's progress. It also lists the operating systems currently in use, including Fedora, Open Solaris and some Ubuntu variations. The Linux-variant Ubuntu is being recommended as system of choice for the desktops. That the server software has already migrated to open source is evident, with Red Hat Linux as operating system, Apache Webserver, Samba as file and print server with PostgreSQL and MySQL data banks. Seven from nine scientific programs currently being run at the uni are under open source license.
great postThanks a lot for sharing the article on cash. That's a awesome article. I enjoyed the article a lot while reading. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful article.I want to say very thank you for this great informations. now i understand about it. Thank you !
Awesome!It's so encouraging to see stories like this more and more often.
Misleading headline?"it was written intentionally to mislead"
Maybe, but there's a simpler &easier explanation, leaving yours sliced by Occam's Razor: your version of the headline doesn't fit in the space available, using Linux Mag's standard font and typeface.
Further, using the present tense ("migrates" in English as they did conforms to standard 'newspaper' headline style of abbreviated titles. According that pattern of usage, the use of the present tense is ambiguous, and doesn't necessarily imply a completed action. Actually, even in standard usage present tense can refer to future events, as in "the train leaves tonight at 6 PM".
Perhaps, English is not your native language?
To intentionally mislead, would be to do as MS did a few years ago, when they announced a Brazilian bank was converting to Vista. My brother-in-law, who samples field data for network profiling and load modeling happened to be at that bank a few weeks later . . . and the IT staff there knew nothing of that conversion.
Headline is misleading.The headline should read: "Verona's University Plans Migration of 4000 PCs to Linux." I don't really think this was a mistake, but rather it was written intentionally to mislead the reader and put as much positive spin on the story as possible.
Bravo !!Standing ovation to the IT staff, the University management for courageous decision and the academy employees ..
May all you be an inspiration to the rest of academic community and rest of the users.
Good luck and again bravo !!!
Good Move!Good move! You save lots of money, create a better scientific plataform, begin to use standards, access to lots of good software, educate better, incentive innovation and free enterprise, and also become more performant and secure system network.
Usually the Companies and Universities does not have the courage to do this, specially in my country, Portugal, for lack of technology education of their IT staff that does not try to implement this great solutions. Or just because Microsoft just give some hidden money or incentives to the management people to choose Microsoft.
This action is a great example and a model world wide, that should be applied in every academic university or institute. Congratulations for their management and IT staff.
GreatGreat. Hope your example inspires other universities all over the world. It only makes sense going the open way to safeguard the future against obsolescence of file formats, like the way MS does it just to add more $ to their huge cash pile.
Wonderful! If the university could only now actively inspire others...
Issue 191/2016
Buy this issue as a PDF
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from a "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package
SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.

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The Khil were a sentient species native to the planet Belnar. They were among the earliest member species of the Galactic Republic, and had spread to countless worlds throughout the galaxy by the time the Galactic Empire came to power. They were enthusiastic supporters of the Republic and the peaceful order it represented. Khil were involved at all levels of the galaxy's society, acting as soldiers, scientists, musicians, entrepreneurs, and politicians. Most Khil considered themselves "citizens of the galaxy."
Biology and appearanceEdit
Physically, Khil were warm-blooded, hairless humanoids with grayish skin and a wide variation in height. Their mouths were their most distinctive features: instead of jaws, Khil had many fleshy tendrils hanging from their lower face and neck. Khil breathed through these organs, called hullepi in Khilese. Khil communicated by breathing through hullepi of different lengths, thus producing various musical tones. This made them natural musicians.
Organic debris and moisture absorbed through the hullepi, along with vegetable and fruit juices, made up the Khil diet. Khil communities usually had low population densities, allowing large wetland parks to thrive. In addition to their utilitarian purposes, these green spaces were kept for their aesthetic value. The many non-Khil residents and visitors on Khil colony worlds also appreciated these parks.
Society and cultureEdit
In general, Khil were dedicated and ambitious people, with little tolerance for laziness or time-wasting. From infancy, they were taught to work hard and strive for leadership positions. They were often slightly arrogant, convinced that nothing was beyond their abilities if they only applied enough effort. Though their tenacity usually served them well, they were sometimes prone to severe mood swings, and even nervous breakdowns, when faced with high stress or a lack of progress. Their intensely driven, sometimes arrogant nature was tempered by a strong loyalty to family and an usually polite and friendly demeanor.
The Khil were technologically advanced and easily integrated non-Khil neighbors into their culture. Their cosmopolitan cities attested to their willingness to live in harmony with other peaceful species. While they greatly preferred a political solution when possible, in the days of interstellar warfare they had no desire to see their hard work destroyed, especially by a war-loving enemy, and thus Khil deviousness and vindictiveness became especially apparent when they defend their homeworld and colonies.[1]
Khil had been part of the Galactic Republic for millennia, adopting the Republic's technological, cultural, and architectural standards. Khil scholars were responsible for many of the Republic's scientific achievements, and Khil traders and corporations were active Galaxy-wide. The Jedi Master Xamar, who was active circa 3964 BBY, was one of the most prominent Khil in early Galactic history.
Many Khil initially supported the Empire, only to find themselves shut out of the highest levels of government under the Humanocentric New Order's policies. Khil worlds were assigned Imperial governors, though many Khil continued to look to their own leaders for guidance. Most Khil opposed Imperial oppression in subtle, indirect ways. One notable exception occurred on Merakai, where a group of Khil protested the construction of a TIE fighter hangar. After Imperial forces massacred the protesters, many Khil joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
During the Galactic Civil War, many Rebels were hidden in Khil safehouses, supplied by Khil traders, or protected by Khil misinformation fed to the Empire. The Empire suspected many Khil of treasonous activities, but most of their actions were subtle enough that the species could not be universally condemned for treason. Greldo Farnor, who began a violent struggle against the Empire after his wife died in the destruction of Alderaan, was one of the unusual Khil who acted directly and openly. Once the Empire fell, the Khil became one of the first species to join the New Republic, continuing to support it well into the struggle against the Yuuzhan Vong.
- Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: Commencement, Part 2
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3: Commencement, Part 3 (Appears in hologram)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 4: Commencement, Part 4 (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 5: Commencement, Part 5 (Appears in flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 30: Exalted, Part 2
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 31: Turnabout
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 32: Vindication, Part 1
- The Betrayal of Darth Revan
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Mentioned only)
- Knight Errant
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars 4: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 4: Auction of a Million Souls
- "The Great Herdship Heist"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Mission to Lianna (Picture only)
- Star Wars Missions 16: Imperial Jailbreak
- Specter of the Past (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Legacy 35: Storms, Part 2
- Wanted by Cracken (First mentioned)
- Galaxy Guide 11: Criminal Organizations
- Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- Alliance Intelligence Reports
- Stock Ships
- Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
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If you are interested in joining an award-winning HO scale modular club, stop in and view our facility and meet our members. We are regularly open on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Access to the club for members is available seven days a week.
Meetings are held twice a month to conduct club business and vote on various issues that help in keeping the club both smooth-running and enjoyable. Officers are elected each year to ensure the members have control of the club's direction. Various committees have been formed under the direction of the Vice-President, enabling the club to stay on track.
Modular layouts are mobile sections of a layout that are built to specific standards. The standards ensure that all of the members' modules and any club-owned modules will connect interchangeably. Standards are supplied to all new members and serve as a guide for bench work, wiring, laying track, and building scenery.
Eastern Jackson County Mainliners use Digital Command Control (DCC). DCC allows independent control of locomotive consists and simultaneous operation of multiple trains on a single track. Multi-directional control further enhances prototypical operation as trains meet and pass.
Work sessions are scheduled to repair and upgrade modules, or to build new modules. Members are always available to offer their help and experience to anyone needing assistance in meeting the standards.
The club is always looking for ways to improve as new technology presents itself. We have projects in process and more planned as we keep updating.
Please feel free to contact anyone in the club about becoming a member. Better yet, stop in for a visit and see what a great group we are. We always welcome new members.
As we strive to continue to be an outstanding modular model railroad club, we invite you to come aboard and experience everything this hobby has to offer.
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La Crosse (WEAU)- Gas Prices are about to skyrocket.
Analysts say we could see 4 dollars a gallon by mid-April, and 5 dollars by summer.
The high gas prices hit your wallet in ways you didn't expect. Towing companies, floral delivery, and school transportation, have all said that they may raise rates if gas gets too high.
Jon Amlaw, a floral driver, may have to start charging for services he would normally do for free.
"The hospitals are delivered free, funerals are delivered free, and it's a courtesy to the customer. I'd hate to tax something to people who are sick or dying," said Amlaw.
Sunshine Floral hasn't changed its delivery prices for 8 years, but last time gas was this high they lost money. That's something they can't afford to do this time.
"I don't know how she did it. The last time the price jumped to 4 dollars, she lost money on the whole thing," said Amlaw.
Flower companies aren't the only ones that may raise rates. Mike Mauss, from Kens Towing says that they are struggling with fuel costs.
"Our fuel bill is higher than our insurance bill. We'll struggle along with it, and hope it comes back down, but it's going to take some sort of rate increase to make up for it," said Mauss.
Oil prices are at a 9 month high, and the current prices at the pump are the highest they've ever been this time of year.
"I'm hoping it doest get over $4.50 or something like that. They're talking about it raising close to 5 dollars, but anything over 4 dollars is a struggle," said Mauss.
Schools feild trips may also suffer next year due to gas prices. There may be fewer field trips next year, and students may have to make up for the cost.
"We may take a look at the number of field trips we take next year, and where we go for those. Then we would look at whether or not that cost is passed onto the students," said Joyce Smalley, Finance Manager at the La Crosse School District.


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One year ago we told you about the Billips Avenue bridge in the city of Cumberland.
It's now 58 years old and at one point started falling apart ... but funding problems have plans to replace it on hold.
The Billips Avenue bridge is technically closed ... But still very much open.
Shawna Browning, who grew up near the bridge, says, "Something needs to be done. This is our only way to and from our homes."
The bridge needed some emergency attention back in April after cement railings fell into the river below. Ed Cannon, who's lived here 25 years, was driving by as crews made temporary repairs.
He says, "They've surveyed it a half a dozen times. they say they don't have the money ... so I guess we'll have to wait until the bridge falls down before we get it fixed!"
U.S. Representative Hal Rogers helped secure almost two and a half million dollars for the replacement project, to be split between the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA. Those in his Washington office now say the money is tied up in quote "bureaucratic hang-ups."
Mayor Loretta Cornett says, "When you are at someone else's mercy ... you just have to wait."
Every time it rains, neighbors worry.
"Now we're all watching the river, making sure it doesn't get any higher. I've seen the water up to that bridge," says Browning.
Neighbors say they're thankful that emergency responders are still crossing the bridge when they need help.
Browning says, "Surely they sit and hesitate if they're not aware of the bridge. When you see 'bridge closed,' no one wants to cross."
And Shawna Browning worries one day, they won't.
Mayor Loretta Cornett says the new walk bridge nearby is almost finished, but there's no word on when the Army Corps of Engineers can start building a new two-lane driving bridge.


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Thursday June 7th
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Friday June 8th
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Saturday June 9th All Star Dual @ GISH
11:00 AM Team Pictures
12:30 PM Team Warm-ups
1:00 PM Team Introductions followed by the dual
5:00 PM Hall of Fame Banquet @ Riverside Country Club
NSWCA All-Star Wrestlers worked out today, ahead of this weekend's tournament at GISH.
The festivities, now in their second year in Grand Island, brings together the best prep wrestlers in the state of Nebraska, regardless of class.
Norm Manstedt, President of the NSWCA says it gives wrestlers in the state an opportunity to go against the very top competition Nebraska has to offer, while having fun.
Among the participants will be 4 time state champion Andrew Riedy of Grand Island, who says the tournament is a way to stay sharp in the summer before heading off to UNK to wrestle in college.
We'll have more coming up on NCN at 9.


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Savor the flavors of everyday real food, fresh from the garden or stored on your pantry shelves.
By Tabitha Alterman
paneer, cheese, Tabitha Alterman
Ready to eat in less than 2 hours, paneer is the quickest curd you can concoct. Mild-flavored paneer is typically added to highly seasoned Indian dishes, but it can shine in a multitude of recipes. It does not melt when heated. Don't use colored vinegar unless you want colored cheese. Yield: about 1 3⁄4 pounds.
1 gallon milk (cow's milk is traditional)
1/4 to 1/2 cup lemon juice or distilled white vinegar
1/4 tsp salt, or to taste
1. Heat milk. In a heavy-bottom, nonreactive pot, heat the milk over medium-low to 195 degrees Fahrenheit. Stir continuously to prevent scorching. (If you don't have a thermometer, heat until it foams but before it boils.) Remove from heat and stir to cool for a couple of minutes (to about 190 degrees).
2. Acidify milk. Milk separates into curds and whey when it is acidified. The warmer the milk, the less acidic it will need to be to separate. When the milk has reached the proper temperature, remove the milk from the heat and add the lemon juice or vinegar. Stir the acid into the milk a little at a time, pausing after each addition to check for curd separation. When the curds pull away from the side of the pot and the whey around them is mostly clear, you've added enough acid. When curds have separated, leave the pot alone for 10 to 20 minutes.
3. Drain curds. Line a colander with damp cheesecloth and set it over a large bowl or in the sink. Ladle curds into the cloaked colander to drain for 30 minutes. After draining 30 minutes, sprinkle salt over curds and stir. (Note: If you refrigerate the cheese at this point, you'll have queso blanco — break out the taco shells!)
4. Press cheese. Pull the cheesecloth ends together at the top, then twist and squeeze the cheese into a disk. Lay the flattened disk down and re-dress the cheese by layering the four corners of the cloth smoothly on top of the disk. (Keep the cheese completely encased in cloth.) Place the wrapped cheese on an upside-down plate that's atop a rimmed baking sheet (to catch the whey). Cover the cheese with another upside-down plate. Set something heavy, such as a cast-iron pan, on top of the top plate to press the cheese.
After an hour, check to see whether whey still runs out when you push the cheese with your fingertips. If so, press it longer. If not, get out your cheese knife!
5. Store cheese. Cover and refrigerate for up to a week. The pressed cheese may also be frozen for up to 3 months.
Interested in other homemade cheese recipes? Read How to Make Fresh Cheese: The Basic Steps.
Photo by Tim Nauman: Paneer doesn't melt when heated, so it's a great candidate to fry and serve with a dip.
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Barack Obama Vs. Robert Griffin III
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After all the hoopla and hype, the NCAA Tournament Championship Game has arrived, and both North Carolina and Villanova are very good, deserving teams.
North Carolina-Syracuse is an interesting matchup for the Final Four.
Most of the country predicted the Kansas Jayhawks to be here, but the Villanova Wildcats knocked off the top team in the country in last Saturday's Elite 8 contest.


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Here we go! Another Kickstarter journey to get our album and ep completed and in your ears! Please support by selecting a pre-order option and sharing with your friends!
Our recording of the classic Christmas carol 'Deck The Halls' will be on tonight's episode (Episode 1122 She's Leaving Home) of Grey's Anatomy. The song was part of a Christmas EP we released in 2010. You can download 'Deck The Halls' and the rest of the EP for FREE!! on our Bandcamp page.
Hey all!
We've had such a great summer of playing festivals so far! Thanks so much to those who have come out to see us and Hello to our new fans!
Some of you may have noticed that our band has been expanding over the summer (see pic). Because of this exciting new reality, we've decided to hit pause on touring for a little while and focus homeward for the first time in 6 years. We're playing our last shows up until 12th October.
Thanks so much for your support over these years. We'll see you soon!
We're very excited to announce the dates below!
Aug 22 | Golden Leaves Festival – Darmstadt, DE
Aug 23 | The Brave Festival – Amsterdam, NL
Sept 07 | Bruis Festival – Maastricht, NL
Sept 16 | Oporto – Leeds, UK
Sept 17 | Nice N Sleazy – Glasgow, UK
Sept 18 | Electric Circus – Edinburgh, UK
Sept 20 | Art House – Southampton, UK
Sept 22 | Portland Arms – Cambridge, UK
Sept 23 | The Bicycle Shop – Norwich, UK
Sept 25 | Old St. Pancras Church – London, UK
Sept 28 | Louisiana – Bristol, UK
Sept 29 | Henry Tudor House – Shrewsbury, UK
Oct 04, 2014 | Luxor – Cologne, DE
Oct 07, 2014 | Nörgelbuff – Göttingen, DE
Oct 08, 2014 | Kleiner Donner – Hamburg, DE
Oct 09, 2014 | Feinkostlampe – Hanover, DE
Oct 11, 2014 | Hedon – Zwolle, NL
Oct 12, 2014 | BItterzoet – Amsterdam, NL
*Ticket links on our website http://rueroyalemusic.com/
*Tickets for the Dutch shows go on sale on Saturday August 23rd at 10AM via the venue websites and Ticketmaster NL.
We made a cameo appearance in Polizeiruf 110 last night in Germany. It was the highest viewed episode of the show ever with 8.5 million viewing! Whoa!
Here's a teaser of what went down.
Here is a snap shot of our incredible view on Saturday night in Amsterdam when we got to play Theater Carré in Amsterdam.
Hey y'all,
Last December we got to play support for Volcano Choir at Paradiso in Amsterdam. It was unreal! As a result , we were asked to go on tour with S. Carey (of Bon Iver) as support for his album release EU tour in May!
Be great to see you all there!!
May 16, 2014 | Wardrobe – Leeds, UK
May 17, 2014 | RNCM – Manchester, UK
May 18, 2014 | CCA – Glasgow, UK
May 19. 2014 | Sage Gateshead – Gateshead, UK
May 21, 2014 | Arts Centre – Norwich, UK
May 22, 2014 | Village Underground – London, UK
May 26, 2014 | Pustervik – Gothenburg, SW
May 27, 2014 | John Dee – Oslo, NO
May 28, 2014 | Vega (small hall) – Copenhagen, DK
May 30, 2014 | Lido – Berlin, DE
May 31, 2014 | Way Back When Festival – Dortmund, DE
June 01, 2014 | Exit07 – Luxembourg, LU
June 03, 2014 | Le Point Ephémère – Paris, FR


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House Passes Bipartisan FAA Extension
The House of Representatives today unanimously approved a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension that ensures the FAA is funded through September 30, 2017, and that provides a limited number of important safety, security, and time-sensitive improvements for the U.S. aviation system.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sponsored the measure, H. Res. 818, the "FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016."


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SANTA CLARA — Greg Roman may be thinking about "the challenges ahead," but the 49ers offensive coordinator also shared recollections Tuesday about the 49ers' Super Bowl loss and his recent near-death experience at a team picnic.
Roman did not use his pulpit to second guess his play calls that failed to deliver a go-ahead touchdown in the 49ers' final series of their 34-31 Super Bowl loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
"I think about every game, and I think about 2013 and the challenges ahead," Roman said. "Whatever's historical is historical."
Roman was with a group of coaches and their wives at a San Jose park June 1 when he sustained minor injuries from a 60-foot-tall oak tree split in half and crashed to the ground.
"I took off in a full sprint," Roman recalled. "I got crushed by it, but I didn't take the brunt of the trunk. I got scratched all over."
Two people, neither of whom was in the 49ers' party, required medical treatment at a nearby hospital.
As the 49ers opened a three-day minicamp Tuesday, Roman showed no signs of his injuries, though he wore a black sweatshirt with logos of the 49ers and Super Bowl XLVII.
Roman does not anticipate nor want a lighter work load despite the recent addition of Eric Mangini as an offensive consultant. Roman praised Mangini's "wealth of knowledge" and welcomed his insight.
Regarding Colin Kaepernick's first offseason as the 49ers' full-time starting quarterback, Roman said: "He's light years ahead of where he was last year."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Pagan Paths
Carl Jung's ideas have been influencing the development of Neo-Paganism from its inception in the 1960s and 1970s. But what if Jung's ideas have been misunderstood by many Pagans: literalized on the one hand and oversimplified on the other? What fresh insights can a Jungian Neo-Paganism contribute to Pagan discourse and practice today? And might Jungianism serve as a bridge between the earth-centered and deity-centered Pagan communities?
You Don't Know Jung, Part 3: Individuation
You don't know Jung ... and it's his own fault. Jung concepts are frequently misunderstood by Pagans, both by those who love him and those who hate him. Part of the confusion surrounding Jung is due to his choice of terminology. Jung chose terms that -- at least when translated into English -- are commonly used to mean something very different than what he intended. In this series, I discuss five Jungian terms which are easily and commonly misunderstood: psychic, energy, self, individuation, symbol, and archetype. In this part, I will talk about "individuation".
Individuation is the process by which a person integrates the conscious and unconscious parts of themselves, and thereby shifts the center of the psyche from the ego to the True Self (see the previous post on "Self"). The problem with this term is it too closely resembles, and there for is confused with, "individualism". As a consequence, the word "individuation" gives the impression of a separating and distinguishing process, while the ultimate goal of individuation is really integration and unification.
"Again and again I note that the individuation process is confused with the coming of the ego into consciousness and that the ego is in consequence identified with the self, which naturally produces a hopeless conceptual muddle. Individuation is then nothing but ego-centredness and autoeroticism. But the self comprises infinitely more than a mere ego, as the symbolism has shown from of old. It is as much one's self, and all other selves, as the ego. Individuation does not shut one out from the world, but gathers the world to itself." ("On the Nature of the Psyche", CW 9, P 432).
The nature of the project of individuation is further confused by the fact that it consists of two psychic movements or phases which initially seem to be at odds with each other. The first phase is the differentiation or separation of the ego from its source in the unconscious, a kind of dis-integration. It is a necessary step in the process of individuation. Though the separation of the ego, the psyche which was previously unconscious, comes to be aware of itself. One must develop an ego, before one can sacrifice it in the second phase of individuation. In its social manifestation, this first phase often manifests as nonconformism and separation from communal identities and norms. In his essay, "Adaptation, Individuation, Collectivity", Jung a writes that individuation "means stepping over into solitude, into the cloister of the inner self." (CW 18, P 1097). Consequently, it does does appear individualistic. Much of Pagan and New Age practice is geared toward this first phase of individuation, the development of a separate ego.
However, this is only half of the process of individuation. While individuation is necessarily introspective, the process is not complete until the individual reintegrates with society, bringing with him or herself the possibility of collective renewal. Thus the process of individuation, seen as a whole, is not anti-social.
"As the individual is not just a single, separate being, but by his very existence presupposes a collective relationship, it follows that the process of individuation must lead to more intense and broader collective relationships and not to isolation." (CW 6, P 758).
The second phase of individuation consists of a return to the unconscious source, a reintegration with the unconscious. This is often experienced as a loss of one's "self" or a kind of death of the ego. In the personal context, this takes the form of mysticism, including the more mystical forms of Paganism. In a social context, it often manifests as return to community and a re-immersion in the social group.
It has been observed that the first phase generally occurs during the first half of a person's life (into their mid-30s) and the second phase occurs in the second half. (See James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, and Richard Rohr, Falling Upward, A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life) But, on another level, this two-phase process is an ongoing cycle that continues through a person's life. The term "individuation" does not really capture the complexity of this dynamic.
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Definition of trash talk in English:
trash talk
US informal
noun[mass noun]
Insulting or boastful speech intended to demoralize or humiliate a sporting opponent: he heard more trash talk from the Giants before the game than during the game
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- Despite the derision that its scripted matches, over-the-top trash talk, and outlandish characters sometimes inspire, professional wrestling is big business.
- I think it sells a lot better for TV, but I used to look at the old fighters like Joe Louis and I hardly ever heard trash talk at their press conferences.
- We're talking bluster and light-hearted trash talk as we each announce our picks.
verb[no object] (trash-talk)
Make boastful or insulting remarks in order to demoralize or humiliate a sporting opponent: Westering's players do not swear or tussle or trash-talk [with object]: people were going to trash-talk us until we started to win (as adjective trash-talking) trash-talking foreign junk-bond dealers
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The globe itself is ok, but the tripod is completely fake. Take a close-up look at the legs of the tripod and you'll notice the "metal" parts are just wood painted gold. The legs are very cheap and don't even extend. Each leg is just a single piece of painted wood.


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Hammersmith Flyover
The Hammersmith Flyover is a 'terrible act of vandalism' that should never be repeated and should be replaced, according to Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council and a group of local architects.
Serious questions have been asked about the long-term viability of the 50-year-old structure given the escalating costs of maintenance and increased risk of failure.
An emergency closure in 2011 caused traffic gridlock across west London.
Now architects group West London Link has presented its ideas of how Transport for London (TfL) could replace the crumbling flyover with a tunnel.
Declaring H&F Council's support for a tunnel, or 'flyunder', during a Hammersmith Town Hall meeting last night, cllr Nicholas Botterill said: "The Hammersmith Flyover is a hangover from another era that should never be repeated. The age of the ugly concrete viaduct in the sky is over and the age of the tunnel is coming."
West London Link showed how the land above a tunnel could be transformed by building new homes, creating more green space and reconnecting Hammersmith town centre with the river.
Tom Ryland, director of Chartered Practice Architects Ltd and West London Link member, said: "The flyover was a terrible act of vandalism.
"It has been patched up at huge expense and that will only last around 20 years and then it will have to be taken down. You could say we have tunnel vision as you could dig a tunnel without major disruption unlike rebuilding the flyover and diverting all the traffic for two years.
"We wanted to show TfL what could be possible and it has to be done properly and in a timely way, which means looking at it now."
Visitors to the exhibition heard that, as well as reclaiming land along the A4 - potentially from as far as the Chiswick roundabout to the new Earls Court development at West Kensington - a tunnel would significantly improve the air quality in Hammersmith, which is one of the most polluted areas in London.
The tunnel plan has been backed by the council which has vowed to start detailed work to explain the benefits to TfL and show how it could work in practice.
Cllr Botterill added: "This elevated concrete monster has divided our town centre for decades - magnifying traffic noise and polluting our air in the process. Residents need to be at the heart of the debate about the long-term replacement of this ugly and out-dated structure and there is clearly a desire to think boldly. We have the will locally to make a tunnel happen and we have the latest technology to make it happen.
"The next stage will require us to convince TfL that a tunnel is the best way forward to continue the regeneration of Hammersmith and reconnect local people with the river once again."
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We received a tip today that Bank of America supposedly plans to close nearly all of its customers' credit cards on October 1st, but the only source we can find for this rumor is a single post at iReport.com, CNN's public journalism free-for-all. Everything else online that mentions this is traced back to that one short post. So, until we find out more, we're going to say this one is bunk—and a great example of how wild rumors can pop up during desperate times. (Thanks to Joseph!)
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Well, I just got an e-mail today from BoA stating that my credit line was increased another $500, so I'm gonna say "bunk" too.
@youbastid: Seconded, they increased mine by another $5k… gah! Like it was high enough already folks.
Got at email at 3:00 today from them encouraging me to transfer my balances over to my (now) Platinum card…. the one that gets shredded every time the send it.
@youbastid: I just got my email this morning. –They just upped my credit by around 50%. Not that I need it, but whatever. In any event, yeah, I think that "tip" is bogus.
@Tallanvor: Why would you accept a credit increase if you didn't ask for it and don't want it? This is EXACTLY what caused all this crap in the first place, giving people more credit than they want, need or sometimes can afford. If you increase people's spending limit, they'll simply spend it. Isn't that what banks are supposed to be avoiding in order to get out of all this mess? Or have I complety missed the point of all this?
@shufflemoomin: An increased spending limit will boost your credit rating since you'll have a more favorable ratio of available credit. I requested an increase on my BoA card and got it about two months ago, and yesterday I also received an email reinforming me about that same increase.
They didn't increase the limit on mine but they did decide that they would cancel it and change it… again…
First time was from a mastercard to a visa (without my approval), now its from one account type to another (again without approval) so I just said to hell with them and never activated the new one and am still using the old one fine.
I can definitely see them shrink the credit lines but I can't see a reason to close accounts of people who are low risk and have low revolving balances. Sure high balance = higher risk they want to mitigate but to flat out close all accounts seems like a stretch.
Friend of mine got a call from BoA saying "We noticed you haven't paid your bill yet, even though it isn't due yet, can you tell us when your going to pay?" He just laughed and hung up. He pays the full balance every month, so the call was very odd.
Thats just freaking sad.
"You're gonna pay your bill… right? RIGHT?!?!……please?"
I call shenanigans.
Phishing? or… RUMOR!
I'm sure they have enough people flat out defaulting on their credit cards right now to not be wasting time calling on current accounts.
ps: I heard we're all going to die
pps: On the moon.
I also got a credit increase from them today as well.
I just can't see this happening. How can they milk you for unnecessary fees and mysterious overlimit charges and quietly jack your rate to 30% if your card is closed? In fact the problem is usually getting the [various bodily functions here] SOBs to actually close a card if you want them to.
I heard a rumor that the United States Bullion Depository is moving out all of the gold reserves in armored train cars into a underground facility built during the cold war and that the operation is being personally supervised by Vice President Cheney. And that this is the real reason there are oil shortages in the South… because all the rail lines are being disrupted moving 10,000 metric tons of gold.
@twophrasebark: I hope you just made that up.
@twophrasebark: Or Odd Job….did you get to speak to Odd Job, or at least fondle his hat?
@twophrasebark: I heard there are actually 3 trains, so nobody knows which train the gold is on. Except mark wahlberg measured the ride height of all the trains, and figured it out, and is now planning an elaborate heist.
It was on TBS, so it must be true!
@m4ximusprim3: That movie is awesome.
I could have sworn I made some movie related comment earlier today.
@twophrasebark: That's the facility with the nine Jewish bankers, right?
@twophrasebark: Did you see any black helicopters?
LOL. That's how Cheney is supervising it. In one of the black helicopters.
How did you know?
Hmm, BofA, the bank that even now is giving out (relatively) crazily high credit limits for the asking, and then increasing those pretty much anytime you like, just because you ask them nicely. The bank that sends us about 30 balance transfer/cash advance checks on a weekly basis, desperately trying to make us get into debt with them when we don't actually have any balances to transfer, and – what with not being certifiably insane and all – have no desire to take a cash advance on a credit card, ever.
I don't believe it for a second. BofA have evidently been exercising very little in the way of caution up until now, I can't quite see them turning around and acting in a way that would seem ultra-paranoid even for AmEx, never mind BofA.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them trim some of the uber-high credit lines they give out so routinely, though – were they to do that, it might actually be a sensible move on their part!
@MsAnthropy: They've upped my limit more times than I can count, and I have never asked for a higher limit. I get at least two letters a week from BoA with those cash advance checks. Is there any way to get them to stop sending those?
No way. This is totally ridiculous. Most credit card holders are not behind or in default. It would be massively unprofitable for them to do this.
This reminds me of the Simpsons episode when the teachers went on strike. Bart and Milhouse went down to the bank and started a riot. To paraphrase:
Bart creates havoc at a bank, calling out "What do you mean, the bank is out of money?", "Insolvent?!", and "You only have enough cash for the next three customers?" Everyone panics and rushes the glass, demanding an explanation. A Jimmy Stewart-like bank manager stammers, "I don't have your money here. It's at Bill's house and Fred's house!" A fight breaks out.
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy–>: Great line, and I remember Superintendent Chalmers punching some guy out during that fight.
@boomshakla: And Moe was like, "What's my money doing in your house!". Classic.
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saying this DOES happen, what would happen to my debt? I'd assume I would have to pay it all back still, right? and what about interest? How would this work?
(Remember, this is IF this was true… so far, I think its fake…)
@ratattak: You'd have to pay it back along with whatever the interest rate is set by your agreement (which is tied to the prime rate, so the actual number could change). The only change for you would be you couldn't charge any new debt.
I just called up BoA. They said it was a speculation "the telephone game" incident. and it is untrue. We shall find out in 2days…
I heard a rumor that the real reason Senator McCain wanted to delay the first debate was because Mississippi and some other states were having talks about seceding from the United States and refusing to honor the 14th Amendment until the federal government made each regional reserve bank independently solvent.
And McCain was worried that if he was in Mississippi during the secession, then he might not be able to travel back into Washington in time for the election and would therefore be considered flectere si nequeo, absent from American soil and therefore ineligible for election.
@twophrasebark: That one is actually true, check snopes.
@youbastid: ROFL, nice try, nothing on Snopes.
@theblackdog: I can't believe you actually checked!
This is not true. What is true is that BofA is only going to accept Ameros.
Is this the Conspiracy Rumorist?
I heard this guy, Tyler Durden, has a plan to erase all of our debt in something called Operation May….I mean, I can't talk about it.
I heard a rumor that Sergey Brin and Larry Page have been seen at the White House every day since last Wednesday. The federal government is asking Google to "disrupt" the internet temporarily in order to delay consumers and business from doing financial transactions, ostensibly to give the Treasury Department sufficient time to resolve the current crisis.
In return Google will be given the right to process all domestic financial transactions. And to make sure that the public does not object, Brin is insisting that that no one announce the plan until 1/21/09, the day after the next President is sworn in.
@twophrasebark: Do they also get to build their offshore server farms?
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@harleymcc: I knew it… Finally… I am rich! It has to be the best money, you always get some back… you can't get rid of it ever.
Im sure during all this mixup, the one thing that WONT be forgotten is how much money we all owe…
common sense, ethics, "the right thing" are all fair game though…
also, I am glad the solution to the banks lending money to people who can't pay it back (but might in the future…) isn't the government lending money to banks who can't pay it back (but might in the future…)
What will be interesting to see if this actually causes a bank run. Personally I laugh at people that dump good stock because of silly rumors.
Rumors have a nasty habit of coming true. Rule of thumb: If it's bad news, it will probably come true. For instance, layoff rumors always come true. Who needs credit cards anyway?
@parrotuya: Your statement is a perfect example of a confirmation bias – that is, you remember the rumors that come true, not the ones that were false. I had a dream come true once, and I always remember that. It doesn't matter all the hundreds and thousands of dreams that never came true.
uhmm… hello! Everyone get out their history books and turn to past economic corrections. There always is a lag with credit cards and I do believe that most banks are now bracing for a wave of credit card write-offs.
Big companies can often do stupid things. They defy logic.
BofA is a big big company.
Never, I repeat… NEVER speak in absolutes.
@wagnerism: I see what you did there.
"Only Sith speak in absolutes."
Look. There's an underground city at Dulce Base in New Mexico. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING.
Banks are not run by panicking 10 year olds (i hope). BoA is not about to close profitable accounts. They may however re-evaluate credit limits and future granting of credit.
It's like all these people saying "oh its going to be hard to get car loans etc." its just people spouting junk. Yes they are going to cut back on the riskiest borrowers, but anyone with half-decent credit is going to be OK. Only anecdotal evidence, but I got a car loan last Saturday and approved no problems and thats with an average credit score and not much down…
Same thing we found in May (admittedly, things are a lot different now to how they were in May, but still) when we bought our house. All we heard, from all directions, was about how impossible it was to get a mortgage, how lenders weren't lending, how only those with the most stellar of credit and enormous down payments would even be considered, and even then, with a really bad rate.
And here we are with our 6.1% 30 year fixed mortgage, obtained with fair-to-middling credit and a relatively small down payment. If I'd believed everything I was hearing/being told, we'd never even have tried.
That said, of course lenders are getting more picky about who they lend to, and how much they lend – which is a good thing, up to a point. Lending to anyone and everyone, regardless of whether they have a hope of paying it back, is clearly a bad thing – actually using the kind of lending standards that should have been there in the first place is not.
I can see why Bank of America would want to cut credit lines (not just close all the existing cards, but severely cut back people's available credit) – they offer some of the hugest credit lines out there, totally out of whack with an individual's annual income (of which I believe they rarely ask for proof in any case) – in the not-so-distant past, anyone with a bit of equity in their home and a HELOC had no need to run up credit card bills they couldn't pay. Not quite the same now, and any bank that's offering people the ability to go out and charge 50% of their salary on a credit card if they so desire, with no means of paying it back, well…
@masonreloaded: well, actually i think that thing about getting car loans is somewhat true. here's a link to a recent story –> [money.cnn.com]
Almost all auto dealers recently surveyed by the industry newspaper Automotive News said they were having a harder time finding loans for customers with poor credit. About 60 percent said they having more trouble getting financing even for customers with good credit. [emphasis added]
this piece i heard on NPR today –> [www.npr.org] was quite interesting. it's talking about how the breakdown of the commercial paper market has caused a lot of problems with businesses throughout the country. one of the interviewees is a dealership owner who says he had to partially underwrite a loan for a customer with good credit – he had to agree to pay the first $3200 lost in the event of a repo!
sure, people can still buy houses & people can still buy cars & people can still get credit cards, but the number of people has slowed to a drip – partially due to the tightening of credit standards, partially due to us all sitting the fence until we're a little more certain of our future, but also because there are serious issues in our financial markets that have the potential to cause extensive long-term damage to the economy as a whole.
@masonreloaded: No kidding, USAA just offered me a pre-approval on a car loan for an insane amount of money, and I am not looking to buy a car yet.
@theblackdog: USAA does that to my wife every six months. For my used Camry, I had to call them and have them lower the share draft value.
@Pop Socket: I think USAA is trying to give me a hint because my current car is nearly 12 years old, and I pay very little in insurance now ;-)
Please, god, let them close them.
Hasn't anyone read the store about me not being able to close my BofA credit card.
Maybe that will make it official?
Let me debunk this real quick.
1) The guy can't spell his title correctly (analysist?)
2) He would out his building location instead of being a deep throat?
Thanks to consumerist posting this, they are gonna be on snopes real quickly, why are we adding fuel to a silly rumor fire?
"Banks are not run by panicking 10 year olds (i hope)." No they where ran by greedy evil assholes who have ruined the entire world economy at this point while the lot of them dived out of there and are on their way to various tropical islands free of getting their piggybanks broken and free of any guilt they have at ruining millions of peoples lives.
They only left the panicking 10 year olds to pick up their masters messes while the public tries to hang them.
I know many of you feel concerned about the rumor. So I have a solution for those of you who are convinced the world is ending:
1. Withdraw all your money immediately.
2. Mail it to me for safekeeping.
3. Wait until the economy comes back. I promise I'll keep your money safe, just like all the big banks do.
Er…I guess that's not quite a selling point…
People are ridiculous.
Well, I guess that would make it easier to risk the temptation of paying for something now with the credit card and planning to pay it off on pay day.
So far I always do, but I always figured one day I wouldn't. If they close my account, no problem ; )
Bank of America lost the contract on GOVERNMENT travel credit cards to Chase. The new cards are rolling out on October 1st. This is probably where the rumor came from.
Really? I literally just got an email minutes ago about my BofA usair card and while I was expecting it say they decreased my limit (based on the earlier story with amex) they RAISED my limit?!?!?! Today?!
It'd be ironic if it was a short-seller trying to spark a rumor in these crazy times so that he can short BofA stock.
The irony, of course, is that short-selling financial stocks is furloughed for the duration.
Sort of like a bank robber that breaks in the premises, only to find that he forgot the acetylene tanks for his torch…
I received a letter yesterday telling me that they had decided to close one of my accounts that had sat idle for over 12 months. This is obviously a new policy, as between my two accounts, they have been idle for years at a time (their balance transfer offers have sucked for the last two to three years).
@failurate: And they pissed me off with the way they made their website almost impossible to use for like 6 months or so under the guise of "web security enhancements".
Then do everybody a favor and don't report the rubbish.
We don't need consumers talked into another bank run.
@Corporate-Shill: But they're saying that it's rubbish. Isn't it better to have at least one web site pointing out that this is just a rumor than to have the only web sites talking about it be the ones trying to spread the panic?
Pointing out that this is BS isn't encouraging a bank run.
Hi guys, I work in consumer credit for BofA, in the fraud department. I can confirm that this rumor is fraudulent. I am happy to say that not only is the credit department not closing but also we are in good position to grow and prosper in this economic climate. Sorry to sound like a shill, I know this disappoints some of you as well even I like to watch a trainwreck but there isn't one here.
@wrekxx: We're – well, I'm – actually quite glad to hear that. :)
So if they close every credit card does that mean my balance vanishes??? I know it doesnt but man that would be sweeeeet if it did.
They closed my husband's BoA credit card after 12 months of no use last month (ya, like we're gonna use it after they hiked his interest rate to 131 percent on a balance that was their fault). They continue to send us those cash advance checks for it tho.
I heard that most people don't actually need credit cards, and that in a stunning move the few megabankorporations have all agreed to axe the entire credit industry on October 1st.
A major executive, speaking on the condition of anonymity had this to say:
"Sure, it's a huge revenue stream loss, but we realized that most people are incapable of responsibly handling credit. But we can't take any more heat regarding our supposed "predatory" lending practices. Apparently, consumers feel like we've cheated them when we give them credit cards with ridiculous interest rates, which they then use to borrow money they have no hope of paying back even at 0% interest, and then we attempt to collect on monies owed."
Same here in Canada… I just got my RBC Visa statement, with a 20% credit increase on it. No decreases on my cards, and I am revolving them just fine. Might be an extra month this month cause I bought a new TV yay!
Except that the gasoline isn't moved through the southeast via rail… it's delivered via the Colonial Pipleline. A massive move of bullion via rail wouldn't disrupt this fuel delivery service, and as trains use diesel you couldn't say that the fuel was being used to run the trains… so nice try at trying to spook people with a rumor like this.
I have two cards, an BOA Amex and a Chase Freedom Visa, both which i got 4 months ago.
Within the last month, my BOA Amex limit increased from 2500 to 7500 and my chase limit went from 500 to 5000.
Before 4 months ago, my credit report was basically empty.
Call it coincidence, call it just plain creepy, call it whatever–BUT–yesterday I attempted to log on to my Bank of America Online account to pay my B of A credit card bill. My entire B of A online account had vanished. I was required to set myself up as a first time online use, selecting a new site key, challenge questions, the works. Once everything was reestablished my previous account information appeared (and all of it intact). Still, made me wonder exactly what might be going on.
@seismic007: Has it been a while since you've logged in? Someone said earlier that they spent six months upgrading the security for the web site.
Bunk.. Just got a email saying they increased my credit line by $1500 wow.. Was going to cancel it anyways once I pay it off
I have a BofA credit card that as from MBNA when I got it. I haven't used it in like a year. I should probably charge something to it to make it stays active I guess.
Fuzz.. Mine is too wierrrddd.. I still type in the old web address when I go to pay my bill
Well, I don't know if this holds water or not, but I do know BOA just lowered my fathers APR by about 50%.
It would be a shame if they canceled it.
I just received a letter stating that the terms of the cc had changed. It went from 6% to 14% APR. I was so mad that I closed the card on the spot.
It all doesn't matter, in 2011, Skynet wipes out all of your credit… and humanity.
Are you guys changing your site to The Rumorist? Jeez!
I WISH they would cancel mine – I've been trying to do that for 10 months.
Hrmm, it's October 1st and my credit card is still open. Anyone else have their card not canceled?
This is NOT a bunk story. Our company had a commercial card program with Bank of America and it was canceled as of October 1st without notice to us. We paid our credit card off every month as per our agreement. On the 2nd I received an email from our Stamps.com account that they were unable to bill our month fee and when I called to find out why they told me it was canceled. After being shipped to numerous people I was told they were no longer offering a commercial card program as of Oct 1st and they did not know why we were never given notice.


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What efficiency are you assuming in this recipe? I brewed this last night and got a 1044 OG,
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DNA Structure, Replication, and Technology
Recombinant DNA
Spiderman and Other Examples of Recombinant DNAIn the most recent Spiderman movie, a mutant spider bit Peter Parker and passed its spider genes to him, giving him super strength, vision, and web-slinging action. Therefore, in this case, Spiderman exists because recombinant DNA from spider genes entered the human genome of Peter Parker. If you are a Spiderman fan, you will know the original story had Peter Parker bitten by a radioactive spider. Unfortunately, that method of transferring spider powers is highly unlikely, knowing what we know about DNA. Making recombinant DNA involves taking a gene, usually from an eukaryote, and putting it into a bacterial plasmid.
Movies like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Island of Doctor Moreau, and Jurassic Park always have an evil scientist doing something evil, usually by using recombinant DNA. However, you can't blame a movie for being bad based on the fact that it features recombinant DNA. Many people fear that making recombinant DNA is "playing God." However, making recombinant DNA has far more advantages than disadvantages: the chances of creating super apes that will wipe out humanity are small. But, we at Shmoop admit that super apes are super scary. We will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of recombinant DNA technology in the "Biotechnology" section.
Yes! Even You Can Make a Super Ape!Say you want to make some super apes: where do you start? First, you need to make a plasmid, or vector, with the SUPER APE gene in it. The following section is completely hypothetical, but it shows how scientists make genetically recombinant organisms.
Disclaimer: Do not tell your friends after reading this that you know how to make an army of super apes. That secret will always remain in the vaults at Shmoop. We can neither confirm nor deny that Shmoop has an army of super apes.
Let's make some hypothetical super apes. First, you start off with a vector, or a specific plasmid that is used for generating recombinant DNA. Vectors come in a variety of forms, but they must have three sequences.
- They need an origin of replication (oriR) site, which is a sequence that signals bacteria to replicate this plasmid whenever the bacteria replicate.
- There must be an antibiotic resistance gene, which is important for selecting bacteria that have the recombinant plasmid. When a scientist grows the bacteria, he will add an antibiotic to kill all bacteria that do not have the plasmid. The antibiotic resistance gene will allow the bacteria that have the plasmid to stay alive. Score.
- A multiple cloning site (MCS) is important for facilitating insertion of the target gene into the vector. Putting the MCS into a lacZ or ccdB gene allows selection for bacteria that have the target gene inserted into the vector. This is because the target gene will disrupt the lacZ or ccdB gene, and one can easily test the activity of either of these genes by looking for colonies on a plate that lack the relevant gene activity.
A multiple cloning site is a DNA sequence that contains many restriction enzyme sites. Restriction enzymes cleave DNA at specific palindromic sequences, such as GGATCC, GAATTC, and GTTAAC, and there are thousands of different restriction enzymes that each cleave a specific sequence. MCS sequences have sites for common restriction enzymes, and these enzymes were designed to cut the DNA only in the MCS and nowhere else in the vector.
Restriction enzymes cut in a way that either leaves "sticky ends," where each strand is cut at a different position, leaving 2-5 bases of single-stranded DNA, or "blunt ends," where the same spot on both strands is cleaved. Sticky ends are generally easier to handle, and often, different restriction enzymes leave the same overhanging sequences, and you can cut your vector with one enzyme and your DNA insert with another enzyme, and the two sticky ends are then called "compatible." Check out this link. Match.com could learn something from restriction enzymes.
Once you have cut your vector in the MCS, or elsewhere in the vector that has a unique restriction site, you need to join it together. How do you join the two sequences? Naturally, you join them in the same way you join everything else: glue! Wait, not actual glue. Elmer's does not make bottles that small...instead, we use a "molecular glue" called DNA ligase. DNA ligase is an enzyme that takes a free phosphate from the 5' end of one piece of DNA and attaches it to the free –OH at the 3' end of the other piece of DNA.
Above is a schematic of how most scientists make recombinant DNA plasmids. The target gene here is our SUPER APE gene. The only concern with making a plasmid is that there is a DNA sequence limitation. You cannot insert a DNA sequence into a traditional vector if it is over 20 kilobases (kb) in length. What if your hypothetical SUPER APE gene is huge (> 300 kb)? That will put a damper on your plot of world domination, right? Not at all, my fiendish friend!
Our scientist friends have developed cosmids, or plasmids that can handle large pieces of DNA and contain cos sequences from viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages. Cosmids can handle 50-kb inserts because they integrate into the bacterial genome rather than hanging out outside of the bacterial genome, like plasmids.
If you want even more space for DNA, you can use bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), which handle 150-350 kb sequence inserts. BACs are similar in size to most other plasmids (5-7 kb in length), though they contain parA and parB genes as well as oriS sites and the repE and repF genes for regulating the BAC (and its insert) so that it is properly replicated, maintained, and segregated into progeny cells. They basically act like a second bacterial genome in bacteria, and those sequences make sure your giant SUPER APE gene is replicated in the bacteria. Stick your SUPER APE gene into the BAC, and you are all set for world domination.
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Video on microinjection techniques
I Have Made a Plasmid: Now What?All those months working diligently in the lab to make your SUPER APE plasmid have come to fruition (Heaven help us all…), and you're ready to lead an army of super apes. But, how do you go from plasmid to super ape? There are two strategies, and it depends on the biology of your SUPER APE gene. Sorry, you need to do more research on how SUPER APE makes apes super. There are a few possibilities on why current apes are not super: either they lack the enzyme that makes them super, or they have the SUPER APE gene already, but it is defective.
Let's say that apes have a dysfunctional SUPER APE gene. We can put a functional SUPER APE gene into ape embryos, and they will make the super ape gene. How does one insert a gene into an embryo? One way is to apply an electric current to the embryo, which opens the cells to take in our SUPER APE BAC. Alternatively, you can take a tiny syringe and inject the DNA into the embryo. However, both methods have several problems and are incredibly difficult to do.
There is potentially a major biological concern if we add functional SUPER APE genes to an embryo. Inserting DNA into an embryo will lead to every cell in the body having that DNA. Perhaps not every part of the body needs a functional SUPER APE gene to make the ape a super ape. If SUPER APE is expressed in the heart or lungs, it kills apes, which might be why SUPER APE is nonfunctional in all apes.
You tried adding your plasmid to embryos, and all your apes died, or were never born. That is a bummer, and not because you have a lot of dead apes on your hands now. To avoid this, we could target SUPER APE to specific tissues, such as muscles and blood cells. There are many tissue-specific markers, or transmembrane proteins, that are expressed in certain cell types. Therefore, we can use viruses that infect cells expressing muscle and blood markers to put our SUPER APE gene in muscle and blood cells. As a disclaimer, this would only be possible if SUPER APE were a small gene (< 10 kb) using current technology. But, let's assume that you are way smarter than every scientist in the world and move on. Super apes here we come!
Oops! When we put the SUPER APE gene into blood and muscle cells, it integrates into the genome and is immediately silenced by DNA methylation and tight histone packing. We need to deliver the SUPER APE gene as a protein into blood and muscle cells. Therefore, we need to make SUPER APE protein in bacteria and deliver it to our apes; however, we cannot use the same plasmid that we were using before. "Why not?" you ask? We were using the SUPER APE gene, which includes introns, and if we are making protein, we do not want intron sequences, because bacteria do not know how to splice out introns. You will have a nonfunctional SUPER APE protein.
Instead of the SUPER APE gene, we want to put the cDNA (complementary DNA) of SUPER APE into a plasmid, which will be much smaller than the SUPER APE gene. A cDNA is a DNA made from an RNA using reverse transcriptase from retroviruses. While every other polymerase you have heard of either makes DNA from a DNA template (DNA polymerase) or RNA from DNA (RNA polymerase), retroviruses can make DNA from an RNA template, though there are viruses that make RNA from RNA templates. Reverse transcriptase is the enzyme that makes DNA from RNA, and we can purify SUPER APE mRNA and add reverse transcriptase to make cDNA. This cDNA is inserted into a plasmid that has a promoter to drive expression in bacteria. We then can make lots of super ape protein in bacteria. How we get it into muscle and blood cells is a trickier problem, which we will leave to you to solve (and is probably another reason why we do not already have super apes).
One possible way to deliver super ape proteins to blood and muscle cells would be through ingesting food that makes super ape protein. Therefore, we could have plants make super ape protein, and feed those plants to our apes! The most trusted way of delivering genes to plants for biotechnology is using Agrobacterium tumerfaciens. This bacteria that infects plants and causes tumors, collectively known as Crown-Gall disease. Agrobacterium transfers a portion of its tumor inducing (Ti) plasmid DNA, called T-DNA,which causes the plant to make opines, or compounds that the bacterium uses for energy and carbon sources.
Scientists have used this genetic transfer as a tool for gene delivery into plants much in the same way the super ape protein can be made in bacteria. Putting the SUPER APE cDNA into the Ti plasmid could allow plants to make the super ape protein. Our apes can eat the super-ape-expressing plants, making them super strong for our invincible army. The bonus is that if they get out of control, we stop feeding them super ape protein plants. Hopefully, they do not learn how to grow their own super ape plants. Then, it would be curtains for us all.
Can We Stop Talking About Super Apes?Fine. We see how it is.
Much of what we previously described are techniques that real scientists use to actually make proteins and deliver genes for numerous biotechnology applications. What are some real, non-super-ape, applications of recombinant DNA technology?
There are so many applications for recombinant DNA technology: from medical applications, including gene therapy and vaccines; to the creation of genetically modified crops that are resistant to pesticides, or that make extra vitamins and minerals; to bacteria that can clean oil spills and even make "fake snow." While the applications of recombinant DNA technology are numerous, its limitations are its potential effects on our ecosystem. A longer discussion of this can be found in the "Biotechnology" section.
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Podcasts are essential for keeping up with news and trends at the intersection of learning and technology. Time is our scarcest commodity, and podcasts allow for the consumption of news and information while doing other things. Driving home from work today I plugged my iPod into the minivans stereo and happily cruised the streets of Hanover while catching up on the weeks technology news from NPR.
The drive home got me wondering about what other podcasts at the convergence of learning and technology that I may be missing. Over time my podcast subscriptions have narrowed, as time with podcasts is time away from my precious audiobooks, but maybe I'm missing some really good stuff.
What are the podcasts around learning and technology that you find essential?
My podcast list includes:
NPR: Education Podcast
NPR: Technology Podcast
I guess it would be too much to ask NPR to produce and educational technology podcast.
Tech Therapy - Chronicle of Higher Education
NYTimes Tech Talk
Some podcasts that I previously had subscribed but have culled from my iTunes list include various CNET podcasts and a bunch of TWIT podcasts featuring Leo Laporte. These podcasts were all entertaining, but I felt they were a little too much like sports radio and a little too far away from learning technology.
Nothing originating from institutions of higher education. Nothing with "learning technology" in the title. I'm looking forward to hearing about what I'm missing.
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I'm not sure if this will be helpful to you but I accidentally ran across
this site: [url]http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/index.html[/url]
I've looked on this site for many articles, etc. because linux is very
confusing to me to learn my way around. Maybe this page will be
interesting, I'm definately hopeful to understand linux better......... I
installed Mandrake 10.0 twice because I didn't check 'everything' to
install. it's an experienced users OS not what I'd call consumer friendly.
very time consuming to learn, it's not a windows-like OS, only on the
surface. I'm just learning but this is an initial reaction. I want to
learn more so I can understand why it would be in our company's interest to
think beyond Windows. Our company is building walls to protect itself with
virusware and firewalls making it more time-consuming for workers to work.
-- katy (I've used some Dos 6.0, Win95, Win98, W2k, WinXP; linux is a
world of operating difference)
From: "Daniel Koepke" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: Learning Curve...
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:32 PM
Sorry for not being more specific. My point was to try to give the
impression of my experience and what I have been used to in the past. I
went from DOS 5.0, to DOS 6.2, Win 3.11, Win95, Win98 and up until
recently (meaning the last couple of weeks of linux), Win 2K (at home and
work). So, that has been about 13 years, give or take. As for what I
was doing with DOS at that time...well, probably not much more than
changing directories and running executables:)
I realize rh7.3 is a bit on the old side, but I am new to all this and
this is what I had available. I have already updated the kernel and
installed several programs and updates successfully. I am not all that
concerned with being on the cutting edge, and seeing this is a secondary
computer, I am fine with that. I will likely be using this mainly for
basic computing needs plus an internet connection...well, that and just
to get a better feel for the linux environment.
So, it sounds like I could be looking at a few months with tutorials and
how-to's for what I will likely be doing. I am using gnome right now, so
the basic concepts, as you stated, are similar. I am just learning what
programs I really have available.
Thanks for your reply. does it really make much sends for me to be
looking for brand new releases if everything I have been doing on this
box is working fine?
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:43:57 -0500, Moe Trin wrote:
> In article <email@example.com>, Daniel
> Koepke wrote:
>>In general, how long would you say that an experienced DOS and windows
>>user, would be up-to-speed in linux? I have been working with computers
>>since the DOS 5.0 era and always have been somewhat "techie".[/color]
> Ah, but what were you doing with DOS 5.0? The basic OS had 70 commands
> (plus 8 more used in batchfiles), and no networking.
> [compton ~]$ ls `echo $PATH | tr ':' ' '` | grep -Evc '(:|^$)' 1296
> [compton ~]$
> As a user, there are 1296 commands in my PATH (about 1650 as root), and
> networking is a way of life in *nix.
>>I just installed rh7.3 on an old PII I had sitting around and have
>>really enjoyed working on it, but still feel like a newbie (which is
>>such a strange feeling to me). All this is still foreign to me, but I
>>am certainly learning pretty quickly.[/color]
> RH7.3 came out in May 2002, and the official Red Hat support ended at
> the end of December 2003. There is still a limited amount of support
> from download.fedoralegacy.org, but it's a bit on the old side.
>>So, just a simple "opinion-question" to satisfy my curiousity! Thanks![/color]
> How long did it take you to come up to speed in DOS 5? What are you
> trying to do in Linux? If you are just clicking on icons, it's not
> really that long - things are obviously different from windoze, but the
> basic concepts are similar. On the other hand, if you are trying to
> write scripts (the equivalent of batch files) to de-spam your mail on
> your ISP's mail server before you attempt to download, you will need a
> lot more time. The "Introduction to Unix" class I took a long time ago
> spent about a quarter of the semester just trying to bring us up to
> speed on 'vi' and 'mail' (two 3 hour classes per week). You'd also be
> hitting books pretty hard, because the 'man' pages aren't all that user
> friendly. Luckily, there are a bunch of 'HOWTOs' (if you installed them,
> look in /usr/share/HOWTO/), and more than twenty free books from the
> Linux Documentation Project. A few of those might be on your system too,
> but you can always go to [url]http://tldp.org/guides.html[/url]
> Old guy[/color]


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Thursday marked one of the most stinging rounds of divisive political action in the Iowa Senate so far this session as Democrats clashed with Republicans on multiple proposals they labeled as a "war on women" or antagonistic towards working families and the poor.
In one proposal, welfare recipients would have to submit to random drug tests while another would essentially have required the same of a parent who accepts child support if an ex partner demanded and paid for the tests.
A third would have yanked all state money to women's health services that are provided by any organization that performs abortions, which is most directly targeted to Planned Parenthood.
Each was either rejected by Democrats or withdrawn by Republicans after heated debate and a clear sense that the amendment had little chance of passage.
One of the most pointed moments came in a question from Sen. Kent Sorenson, after Sen. Jack Hatch noted that one amendment if passed would prohibit state money used in abortions even in cases of rape and when a mother's life is in danger. It could cause the state to lose $1.5 billion in federal money, largely for Medicaid services, Hatch noted.
"Sen. Hatch, I'm just curious how many babies are you willing to slaughter, dismember and throw in a garbage can for a billion dollars," Sorenson, a Republican from Indianola said as Democrats screamed throughout the chambers "point of order."
Senate President Jack Kibbie, D-Emmetsburg called a ridiculous question.
"Mr. President, I think it's ridiculous that we can't save unborn babies for a billion dollars," Sorenson responded as the chamber erupted into another round of screams from Democrats.
The rejected proposals were amendments to a nearly $1.6 billion health and human services budget bill. The House's version, House File 2435, has stalled for weeks.
The Senate passed its version, Senate File 2336, Thursday in a 26 to 21 vote along party lines. One of the differences is a $5.O million allocation for smoking cessation programs. The House so far has recommended no money be spent on cessation, down from around $3.2 million in the current fiscal year and down from about $6 million two years ago.
"Once again the House Republicans have proposed $0. This is wrong," said Sen. Tod Bowman, D-Maquoketa, whose mother died about 10 years ago from lung cancer related to her decades of smoking.
The drug test proposals came from Sen. Mark Chelgren, R-Ottumwa, who said they would help assure that welfare and child support money is spent appropriately.
Such requirements are an attack on the poor, Democrats alleged.
"There are no statistics. There are no facts,. There are no reports that suggests that this is a problem. Give me a break. You're here not to fix a problem. You're here to cause one," Hatch said to Chelgren.
Hatch, who led discussion on the overall budget bill, additionally told the Senate that he believes the drug test proposals were unfair to women. He further expressed concerns that the proposal would clog the court system.
Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, expressed a similar concern about the abortion proposals.
"It's time to trust women to make their own choices about their health care providers. It's time to stop the Republican war on women," Bolkcom said.
The rhetoric from both sides Thursday is largely political theater that will be used in this fall's elections, said Timothy Hagle, an associate professor in the political science department at the University of Iowa.
"Given especially this year given redistricting and a lot of people are in new or reformed districts, anything that would allow you to distinguish yourself from another opponent might be beneficial, Hagle said.
Sen. Brian Schoenjahn, D-Arlington, echoed Hagle's thought as he passed reporters during a heated point in the debate.
"Campaign material. That's all this is. Ridiculous," Schoenjahn said.
Tags: Brian Schoenjahn, Jack Hatch, Mark Chelgren