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Dalian, China, 1 January 2014 – Shangri-La Hotel, Dalian announces the appointment of its new executive chef, Thitisorn Amatasin, also known as Chef Bic, to oversee the hotel's culinary and banquet operations. Prior to his current appointment, Chef Bic worked at Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong as executive sous chef. He joined the Shangri-La family in 2008, overseeing a team of 20 chefs in the award-winning Angelini Restaurant and Bar at Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. Under his direction, Angelini won and maintained its reputation as the Best Italian Restaurant in Bangkok by high-society magazine Thailand Tatler. With over 12 years of experience under his belt, Chef Bic has worked in various fine‑dining establishments and five-star hotels all over Asia and Australia. He also had the opportunity to train under several three-Michelin stars French chefs, such as Pierre Gagnaire and Guy Martin. A veteran in French, Italian and Asian cuisine, this post is Chef Bic's first foray into Mainland China. "I am very excited to add a new dimension to my experience. The Chinese cuisine is very fascinating with the use of spices and ingredients. I also hope to share my knowledge and create a union of tastes that will invoke curiosity and enthusiasm," Chef Bic said. As the executive chef, his responsibilities include menu planning, recruiting and training new kitchen staff, cost control and kitchen operations of the hotel's three restaurants and two bars, as well as banquet operations.
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Violinist With One Hand Inspires Young People
Dudamel Orchestra Director Adrian Anantawan was featured in the Boston Globe.
Anantawan Coming to Conservatory Lab
Wicked Local Reported on Maestro Anantawan's arrival at Conservatory Lab.
Sing Me the Learning
Meg Campbell of the Huffington Post covered the second grade class music video, "Snakes are Born This Way".
From The Top, Episode 240
Head of School Diana Lam was interviewed on National Public Radio's From The Top, discussing El Sistema at Conservatory Lab.
From The Top, Episode 240
Head of School Diana Lam was interviewed on National Public Radio's From The Top, discussing El Sistema at Conservatory Lab.
Young Musicians from Somerville Perform in 'El Sistema in the Ville'
The Somerville Journal reported on a joint concert between Somerville and Conservatory Lab Students to promote a new El Sistema program.
Conservatory Lab Students Help Bring El Sistema to Somerville
The Allston-Brighton Tab also covered the story.
El Sistema taps the power of classical music to help US children flourish—The Christian Science Monitor, Jan 7, 2011
The Christian Science Monitor visited the school in December and ran a story on January 10, 2011.
Dudamel, El Sistema at The Conservatory Lab—The Tavis Smiley Show, Dec 29, 2010
PBS's Tavis Smiley visited the school and observed the students working in El Sistema in October. The Tavis Smiley Reports ran an episode entitled: "Dudamel: Conducting a Life", which aired nationally on December 29th. "What happens when you get children excited about music at an early age? They think learning and playing music is fun."
Diana Lam guest column: Charter schools offer a lot for students—Allston-Brighton Tab, Dec 20, 2010
The Allston-Brighton Tab published Diana Lam's OpEd "Charter schools offer a lot for students" on December 10, 2010.
Crescendo in Brighton—The Boston Globe, Dec 19, 2010
The Boston Globe's Jeremy Eichler visited the school several times, along with a photographer. He wrote a follow-up story to his El Sistema series from over the summer focused solely on Conservatory Lab. The article entitled Crescendo in Brighton ran Sunday, December 19th.
There is Magic in the Music—The Boston Globe, Jul 11, 2010
They call it El Sistema, a movement transforming the lives of Venezuelan children through performance. Now, a Boston-based group plans a US encore
'You're part of something bigger'—The Boston Globe, Jul 18, 2010
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A new regulation requires Wisconsin school buses built after Jan. 1, 2005, to have amber lights to alert motorists that the bus is about to stop.
A fire at Puyallup (Wash.) School District's bus facility damages more than 28 new school buses. Nearly 70 employees are evacuated, and no one is injured.
Leslie Kilgore, a 20-year veteran of General Motors, will oversee the development of new technologies for Thomas Built.
The former NHTSA safety standards engineer, who died on Aug. 13, was regarded for his expertise and guidance for the pupil transportation industry.
Staff members of Concord (Mich.) Public Schools find flattened tires on 10 school buses, leaving a significant portion of the fleet inoperable.
Roy Newman of Georgia is driving students to school Monday morning when his bus leaves the road and crashes head-on into a tree. All the students aboard are treated for injuries.
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Dominique Lavon Williams of North Carolina allegedly boards a bus without the driver's permission, tells her daughter to hit a student, and threatens to hit that student. She is served a criminal summons warrant.
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New riders, kindergarten students, and their families can learn about bus safety and take a spin on a Bend-La Pine Schools bus.
The new offering from School Bus Safety Co. is available online or in hard copy with CDs, guides, and practice tests.
The nonprofit organization calls for "uniform child passenger safety practices across multiple modes of transportation, including school buses, airplanes, and personal vehicles."
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For all of you lucky people living in the great city of New York, here are two fantastic upcoming events that you should try and attend.
First off, next Thursday, February 21st at 7pm at McNally Jackson, Stephen Snyder and Allison Markin Powell (both of whom make me swoon) will be talking about Japanese literature in translation as part of the always excellent Bridge Series.
Here's a bit about both Stephen and Allison:
Stephen Snyder is Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. His most recent translation is Yoko Ogawa's Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (Picador, January 2013). He has translated works by Ogawa, Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, and Miri Yu, among others. His translation of Kunio Tsuji's Azuchi Okanki (The Signore) won the 1990 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission translation prize. His translation of Natsuo Kirino's Out was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best mystery novel in 2004. His translation of Yoko Ogawa's Hotel Iris was short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011. He is the author of Fictions of Desire: Narrative Form in the Novels of Nagai Kafu and co-editor of Oe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan, and he is currently working on a study of publishing practices in Japan and the United States and their effects on the globalization of Japanese literature.
Allison Markin Powell is a literary translator and editor. She has translated works by Motoyuki Shibata, Osamu Dazai (Schoolgirl, published by One Peace Books in 2011), and Hiromi Kawakami, among others, and was the guest editor for Words Without Borders' first Japan issue. Her translation of Kawakami's novel The Briefcase (Counterpoint, 2012) has been shortlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Prize.
I'll bet this will be fantastic . . . really bummed that I'm only staying in NY through Wednesday night. And we'll have a review of The Briefcase soon. I quite liked Hiromi Kawakami's earlier novel, Manazuru, so I'm psyched to check this out. And Ogawa's Revenge is top of my to read pile thanks to Will's review.
Also next weekend, the Fourth Annual Festival Neue Literature celebrating German-language literature will be taking place across Manhattan and Brooklyn. This year's festival is curated by Susan Bernofsky and will feature Clemens Setz (Austria), Cornelia Travnicek (Austria), Leif Randt (Germany), Silke Scheuermann (Germany), Ulrike Ulrich (Switzerland), and Tim Krohn (Switzerland), as well as U.S. authors Joshua Ferris and Justin Taylor.
There are two "signature discussion panels" taking place this year: "Closed Circuits: Shrunken Dystopias" and "Breaking Away: Contemporary Travelogues." Here's all the info about both of those:
Closed Circuits: Shrunken Dystopias
Saturday, February 23rd.
6:30-8:30pm @ powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn
With authors Leif Randt, Silke Scheuermann, Clemens Setz, and Justin Taylor
Dystopias used to be grand affairs, encompassing entire planets, but now you can find one contained in a suburban block on the outskirts of Frankfurt, an uncannily odd resort town in a mysterious locale, or a home for children suffering the world's strangest disorder. Dysfunction is the new dystopia, and these subtly wry to bitingly ironic commentaries uniquely encapsulate the post-modern condition.
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Breaking Away: Contemporary Travelogues
Sunday, February 24th
McNally Jackson Bookstore
52 Prince Street, Manhattan
With authors Tim Krohn, Cornelia Travnicek, Ulrike Ulrich, Joshua Ferris
Here today, there tomorrow. Old-style travel stories seemed always to be about characters in search of themselves as inscribed in foreign landscapes. But what if the point of the travel is more escapist than exploratory? In these novels of discovery-avoidance – an avoidance not always successful – the journey is both more and less than a destination.
Moderated by Claudia Steinberg
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Margaret Marie Maliszewski of Glenville died August 29th, 2012 in the Tri County Nursing Home in North Creek, New York after a long bout with Alzheimer's.
Formally a longtime resident of Glenville, NY and in later years Prestwick Chase in Saratoga.
Margaret was the sole survivor of her childhood family and was predeceased by her parents, George and Mildred Bennett of Indian Lake as well as her three brothers Harold, Robert and Kenneth Bennett. Marge was married to Arnold Maliszewski who passed away in 1976, and is survived by her daughter Ardythe Maliszewski Potochney of Malta, NY, her son Geoffrey Maliszewski of Saratoga Springs, NY, his wife Julie and two grandchildren Brook and Ethan. Her extended family also included the Maliszewskis of Burnt Hills, NY and Massachusetts as well the Malisons of Rotterdam, NY, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Margaret was born on May 8th, 1928 in her home on Adirondack Lake in the Town of Indian Lake, NY.
She was proud graduate of Indian Lake High School where she participated in athletics and music. Upon graduation she worked for Continental Insurance Company in Albany, Carl Co. in Glenville and retired from the State of New York Tax Dept.
After her husband died in 1976, Marge was the sole provider of her immediate family and a frequent care giver for her mother. Marge was known as a dedicated employee at the various positions she held. She was very supportive for her children to have educational opportunities not available for herself. Margaret was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church of Burnt Hills, loved to dance, and was an avid sports fan.
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Those wishing to give donations in lieu of flowers may give to the following: Scholarship fund in the name of Margaret Maliszewski. Checks made payable to: Indian Lake Central School Attn: Louann Tetrault, Indian Lake Central School, 6345 NYS RT. 30, Indian Lake, NY 12842.


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The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
Life in expat Paris: lots of drinking, eating... and a little bit of working.
As the novel opens, we meet our expatriate friends in their adopted home of Paris. They all have different feelings about the city; Jake clearly relishes his life there, despite his general sense of dissatisfaction. He seems to know, like, everyone in the city of Paris (or possibly in France), and it an expert at everything from picking the right restaurant to schmoozing with Parisian hookers. We get the feeling that Jake could fit in wherever he goes. Robert Cohn, on the other hand, isn't comfortable anywhere.
Jake wants Brett. Brett wants Jake. Brett and Jake can't be together.
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Cohn has an affair with Brett in San Sebastian. Cohn, Mike, Bill, Jake, and Brett spend a week together in Pamplona.
Jake's discovery of Cohn's affair with Brett frustrates his already difficult relationship with her. Because Mike, Cohn, and Jake each have strong feelings for Brett, their mutual presence in Pamplona intensifies everyone's anxieties. Brett doesn't help matters by failing to acknowledge the havoc she is wreaking—she doesn't take responsibility for her actions (kind of a theme with this bunch of people).
In a fit of rage, Cohn beats up Jake, Mike, and Romero, then leaves Pamplona.
Cohn's attack of Jake, Mike, and Romero reflects the culmination of his anger about Brett and her liaisons. It embodies in a very physical manner the frustration and disillusionment experienced by all of the novel's main characters. His departure from Pamplona signals the beginning of the end for everyone. When the fiesta's officially over, it's a relief to all of them—and, frankly, to us.
Jake's gang leaves Pamplona with no resolution regarding the relationship between Brett and any of the men in the novel. Jake heads to San Sebastian for R&R.
When the gang departs from Pamplona, nearly everyone is dissatisfied. Cohn has disappeared, Mike is bankrupt and in emotional disarray, Jake is in need of some major alone time, and Brett has left with Pedro Romero, leaving us to question the nature of the novel's central relationships. Things are even less certain at this point than ever before, and in their last couple of days together, Bill, Jake, and Mike have the sense that a whole lot of people are missing.
Brett contacts Jake for help; Jake returns to meet her in Madrid. Brett informs Jake that she has sent Romero away.
After only a brief respite, Jake learns that Brett has sent Romero away; she telegraphs him urgently in San Sebastian to come and help her. The incident renews the question of a potential relationship between Brett and Jake. We hope against hope that something can work out, but by this point in the novel, we should really know better. Jake himself is cynical and resigned to his guilt and unhappiness with regards to Brett.
Brett and Jake decide again that they cannot be together.
Brett is left at a crossroads—she has made the right decision in letting Romero go, but now has nowhere to go herself. She eventually decides to go back to Mike, who is "so damned nice and… so awful," and is the kind of guy she can handle. In a final resolution to the central conflict of the novel, it is decided that Brett and Jake could never be together. While this was Brett's decision earlier in the novel, Jake is the one who finally decides that they never really had a chance.


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As off-piste skiers we need ski travel insurance that will pay for rescue, medical and repatriation costs following an accident. This is an essential part of being safe and having more fun when we go off-piste. The costs of rescue, medical and repatriation can amount to £30000 to £50000. An accident is bad enough without receiving a bill of this magnitude.
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Recently we started to pick up some worrying reports about ski travel insurance in relation to going off-piste. We heard from the piste patrol in Val d'Isere about British insurance companies refusing to settle some claims. Then we noticed a number of online forum discussions which were prompted by some off-piste skiers talking with insurance companies about the nature of off-piste ski insurance cover. These forums suggested some alarming or vague statements. Here is an example of a statement made in an email from an insurer
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KABUL, Afghanistan (July 5) - The newly formed Regional Command Southwest (RC (SW)) raised the NATO flag during a ceremony signifying the unification of all international security forces in southwest Afghanistan yesterday.
Governor Gulab Mangal of Helmand province and Governor Gulam Dastagar Ezad of Nimroz Province attended the ceremony along with senior governmental officials from the Helmand provincial reconstruction team, the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and ISAF partners.
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U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, the commander of RC (SW), made history by being the first Marine to command a NATO regional command in combat.
"It is a distinct privilege for all of us to stand up Regional Command Southwest," said Mills. "We are truly building on the outstanding work of all who have served here in Helmand and Nimroz Provinces. This is a natural military progression based on the number of troops serving here and the priority placed on Helmand and Nimroz provinces."
The new organization provides improved oversight of ISAF forces operating in Helmand and Nimroz provinces. With the majority of ISAF forces based in southern Afghanistan, the formation of the new headquarters permits commanders in the south to focus on geographically smaller areas, ensure greater partnering between the ANSF and ISAF and deliver the levels of security required for governance and development to continue to spread in the region.
The North Atlantic Council authorized the command's establishment based on efficient and effective command and control considerations. The troop surge last fall added an additional 10,000 Marines into Helmand province, bringing the combined total of coalition forces to 50,000 in Regional Command South (RC (S)). RC (S) had six provinces and 50,000 troops before the RC (SW) establishment date. With the new RC (SW) the ability to command and control is optimized. RC (SW) has nearly 30,000 troops to include Task Force Helmand and Task Force Leatherneck.
Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of ISAF Joint Command, said, "The establishment of Regional Command Southwest significantly increases the ability of the Afghan National Security Forces to partner with the coalition."
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Hesston Chamber Director Carlota Ponds will be resigning from the Chamber beginning April 1.
Ponds, who has been Chamber Director since 2011, will be joining Hesston College. Ponds announced her departure in a release sent to business leaders and Chamber members on Monday, March 18.
"It's easy to move forward…but it's still hard to leave. It is my pleasure to announce that, effective April 1, I have accepted a new position at Hesston College as Administrative Assistant for Alumni/Church Relations and Communications. I am excited for the opportunity to grow and stretch in new directions, but I will definitely miss the work I've come to love so much with the Hesston Area Chamber.
"The good news is I'll continue to be a part of this wonderful and vibrant community. As one vacancy is filled, another opens. A classified ad appears in this edition of The Hesston Record. If you know someone who would be a good candidate for the position of Hesston Area Chamber Director, please encourage her/him to apply. This is especially true if that person is you. The position will remain open until filled.
"Many people have helped me in my just-over two-year tenure with the Chamber. Your support has been invaluable. Thank you all for allowing me to serve and to continue serving from a different venue," said Ponds.
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Animal Biology : Investigating the structure and function of the animal body and the balance and imbalance of bodily systems, allowing more effective animal management and health monitoring.
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Fat in human milk is extremely variable and can represent up to 50 % of infant energy intake. To accurately determine milk composition and infant intake at 1 (n 17), 2 (n 17), 4 (n 17), 6 (n 15), 9 (n 6) and 12 (n 5) months of lactation, samples of fore- and hind-milk were collected from each breast at each feed over 24 h periods from an initial group of seventeen women. The content of fat in milk varied over 24 h, with a mean CV of 47·6 (SE 2·1) % (N 76) AND 46·7 (se 1·7) % (n 76) for left and right breasts respectively. The 24 h amounts of fat, lactose and protein in milk differed between women (P=0·0001), but were consistent between left and right breasts. Daily milk production differed between breasts (P=0·0001) and women (P=0·0001). Accordingly, amounts of fat (P=0·0008), lactose (P=0·0385) and protein (P=0·0173) delivered to the infant over 24 h also differed between breasts and women (P=0·0001). The energy content of milk and the amount of energy delivered to the infant over 24 h were the same between breasts, but differed between women (P=0·0001). The growth rate of a group of only six infants in the present study was not related to either the concentrations or amounts of fat, lactose, protein and energy in milk over the first 6 months of life. These results show the individuality of milk composition and suggest that only a rigorous sampling routine that takes into account all levels of variation will allow the accurate determination of infant intake of fat, lactose, protein and energy.
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I know, I know … Michigan fans would just as soon put the Rich Rodriguez era in their rear-view mirror. In a word, it was "disastrous." But Wolverine fans and others may find this interesting on an otherwise slow "Football Friday" as Michigan prepares to play Bill O'Brien and Penn State on Saturday. It seems Rodriguez thinks the NCAA violations incurred under his watch in A-squared were, shall we say, a little smelly.


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What exactly is a genetically modified plant?
Over the last few months I've been forced to think about the agricultural giant Monsanto. On the one hand I know someone who went to work there, someone I hold in high regard. And on the other hand I see repeated calls to action in the social media (by people I count among my closest friends) to boycott all Monsanto products.
Having done some research I have yet to come to a definitive conclusion myself. Monsanto has, in the past, been found guilty of serious environmental and ethical misconduct, and is currently being accused of aggressive enforcement of its patents amongst mid-western farmers. These things are obviously inexcusable. That being said, often the problems being voiced against the company are to do with the food their seeds ultimately produce. The goal appears to be to smear science when it is in fact human error that is to blame for Monsanto's reputation.
But that's as far as I will go with my opinion on the matter. My goal on this blog is to tackle hardcore science and explain it without any jargon, so that is what I will attempt to do. I'll start with conventional plant breeding, move on to looking at how modern molecular biology has accelerated plant breeding processes, and finally take a look at how true genetically modified (a.k.a. transgenic) plants are made.
Conventional Plant Breeding
Humans have been breeding plants for around 10,000 years. The basic goal of this breeding was to improve certain plant characteristics. For example wheat, a common cereal crop, has been bred to produce more and larger seeds than its wild ancestor, and to fight off common infections. These traits were all present in the wild ancestor, but over time farmers encouraged the consolidation of these traits into better and better strains of wheat. The diagram below shows a brief schematic of how this is done:
Enter Molecular Biology
In the mid-19th century Gregor Mendel showed using pea plants that traits (or phenotypes) are inherited in a predictable manner. A century later, Watson and Crick showed that the molecular identity of this heritable material, genes, was DNA. From this discovery the field of molecular biology was born. New techniques started springing up left and right to manipulate DNA, to duplicate DNA, and, importantly, to sequence DNA. Knowing the sequence of an organism's genome leads to a far greater understanding of the genes it contains, and therefore the day-to-day workings of its cells. It also allows scientists to track the movement of genes, a fact that is extremely useful in plant breeding. By using DNA sequencing technology, breeders can ensure that they select the plant that has gained a favorable gene without also assimilating any unwanted DNA.
We can therefore re-draw the above genetic cross as a molecular biologist would view it:
Vistive Brand Soybeans
Soybeans (as most other plants) produce fatty acids. These fatty acids come in a variety of different forms, but broadly speaking are long strings of carbon atoms decorated with hydrogen atoms. Soybeans contain linoleic acid, which contains two carbon-carbon double bonds. This renders it an "unsaturated fatty acid". Saturated fatty acids, on the other hand, contain no such double bonds. The carbon atoms are "saturated" with hydrogen atoms. Chemical hydrogenation, a common facet of food processing, aims to remove these double bonds. But this process has the unfortunate side effect of producing trans fats, in which the carbon-carbon double bond assumes a different shape. This alternate conformation is rarely found in nature, hence the aptitude of trans fats for clogging up our arteries.
So Monsanto used molecular biology to speed up the conventional breeding process to vastly reduce the amount of linoleic acid their soybeans produced. They inserted no foreign DNA into the plants, they simply selected the plants that had the correct genomic sequence.
Generating a Transgenic Plant
Towards the end of the twentieth century, molecular biological techniques had become so advanced that scientists were able to move pieces of DNA, particularly interesting or useful genes, between organisms. In the case of agriculture, plant biologists started to insert genes into crop breeds that could impart resistance to the common pests that plagued them. While the overall effectiveness of these measures remain controversial, let's take a look at how it's done.
The first step is to select a "gene of awesome" that you want your plant to express. Monsanto's Genuity Brand Roundup Ready crops, for example, contain a gene that imparts resistance to the herbicide glyphosphate (trade name, Roundup). This has allowed farmers to use Roundup to control weed populations in their fields without killing the crop. This is desirable not only because Roundup is relatively cheap, it is also less likely to run off into drinking water supplies than other herbicides (which given the controversy regarding its toxicity is no bad thing).
Once you have your gene of awesome you need to put it into a plasmid. This circle of DNA will also contain at least one other gene, which can then be used to track the insertion of the gene of awesome. This is called a genetic marker, and plant biologists often use a gene called GUS. GUS is useful because in the presence of a particular chemical it will turn a plant blue.
Then you need to get your plasmid into a plant cell. This is done in a variety of ways, including my personal favorite, the "gene gun". In this method plasmid DNA is applied to tiny particles of gold. These microscopic bullets are then fired at the plant, and the DNA is incorporated into the plants genome.
After growing the cells into seedlings, the GUS marker can then be used to select the seedlings that contain the gene of awesome. The new transgenic plants are then grown and propagated, et voila! You have a genetically modified plant.
Smartstax: Bt-Corn
The most recent Monsanto-related headlines have pertained to Bt-corn being approved for sale at Walmart with no indication to the consumer that that's what they're buying. If you have a problem with Monsanto, then I fully understand why you might not want to eat their corn. However, that it is poisonous to humans is, as far as I can tell, a spurious claim.
Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacteria that produces pesticidal toxins. These toxins, called Cry proteins, attack the larvae of particular insect species (including moths, butterflies, beetles, and wasps) and kill them. Cry proteins do this by recognizing proteins found on the cells of the larval gut wall. They then insert themselves into the membranes of these cells forming a channel through which water can flow. When enough water flows into the cell it bursts, and when this happens to enough cells the larva will die. Importantly, the proteins that Cry recognizes are specifically expressed in these insects, which means it represents a safe and specific pesticide.
The use of Bt in agriculture dates back to the 1920's, when French farmers began using it for pest control, and continues to be used extensively in approved organic pesticides (Dipel and Thuricide).
The Specter of Resistance
Recently it has become apparent that insects are increasingly becoming resistant to Cry. Understandably this has infuriated organic farmers who rely on biological pesticides too. Monsanto has attempted to combat this through the use of "refuges". Refuges are small amounts of non-Bt seeds that are mixed into Bt products (about 5% of the seed is non-Bt) that when planted form regions of the field where insects can flourish without relying on resistance. This reduces the selection pressure on the insects to become resistant to Cry.
So…Monsanto. Friend or Foe?
I will leave that for you to decide, but would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section. Equally, if you have any questions, I will do my best to wrangle the information out of the internet, although the polarizing nature of this topic makes finding unbiased information challenging to say the least!


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I only skimmed the gazillion comments, so it's possible they're not all dimwitted fascists. But this one grabbed me (and no, I'm not linking to the thread; if you need Joe's address, find it yourself):
Get this crap off of here. You've got the ex-wife's address.
Let's get just a little smart folks.
by briefer on Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 10:11:11
Note that the problem isn't posting a private citizen's personal info as part of a politically motivated harassment campaign. No, the problem is that it might not be the right address. Although who knows, maybe Joe's ex-wife is an enemy of the state too? Better dig up a little dirt on her as well, just to be on the safe side. That would be the smart thing to do.
Here's my second favorite:
I am sick and f****** tired of being told that, because I live in California (used to be SF), that I am somehow LESS of an American than these "average Joe" types.
Every time you scratch the surface of one of these media stereotypes in real life, they are scum.
I am a patriotic American who loves the Constitution, ideals of freedom and succeeding on merit.
And I'm sick, as an educated, gay, urban-dwelling American, of being unfavorably compared to these fake, lying, wife-beating, tax-cheating, racist, immigrant-hating frauds.
F*** him. F*** them. It's my America, too.
by Penman on Thu Oct 16, 2008 at 10:23:51 AM PDT
Yet another reason not to vote for Obama: If he wins, it'll make these
"citizen journalists" angry, insane idiots happy for a day or two.
P.S. In the comments at Patterico, Perfect Sense lives up to his or her name:
The "newsmen" who have been "exposing" Joe the Plumber must be even greater frauds and liars [than he is, purportedly] as none of them have "journalism licenses" and none are recognized by any state or federal agency as journalists. Some may work for companies with a business license, but I doubt if any individuals practicing journalism have licenses. Just think, the state and lefties expect higher standards from a plumber than a journalist.Posted by Jim Treacher at October 16, 2008 10:21 PM


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InsideLine has pitted the all-new Audi A6 against its arch enemy, the BMW 5-series. Closely matched, the two cars are both the 6-cylinder with forced induction variants. The A6 is the 3.0 TFSI and the 5er is the 535 biturbo.
We have to admit, that the A6 won was not so much of a surprise. Even the last-generation car beat the Bimmer in several recent Car Magazine tests.
As an automotive enthusiast, you can't deny the attraction of a good old fashioned comparison test. Throw a few competitors together in a mix and the differences really stand out. The results are usually interesting and always debated, so we were curious to read the latest comparo from Motor Trend. In the piece, MT writer Jonny Lieberman pits the Audi A7
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Kentuck for Kids event to celebrate Native Amerians
Published: Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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The Kentuck for Kids: Around the World tour will come to an end on Saturday with a celebration of Native Americans.
Saturday's event will include Native American stomp dancing, a soap carving activity, finger weaving, clay pinch pot creations and native corn pones from the cob oven. Children must be accompanied by an adult to participate.
The event will take place in Kentuck's Courtyard of Wonders at 503 Main Ave. in Northport from noon to 3 p.m.
Participation is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged.
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Japan Govt Likely to Drop Word "Deflation" from Report
Amid growing signs that the Japanese economy is escaping years of price declines, the word "deflation" is falling out of favor.
Starting with its December monthly economic report due on Dec. 24, the government will likely refrain from using the word–a staple in its monthly reports in recent years–in its description of the economy, officials say.
That would be the first time since November 2009, when the government acknowledged the existence of a sustained decline in prices as the economy was reeling from the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.
With a number of data pointing to signs of inflation, the cabinet office has repeatedly modified its description of the state of the economy to the point where it states that conditions are "no longer deflationary."
The closely watched consumer price index, excluding volatile fresh food, climbed to a 0.9% annual rate for October, hitting a fresh five-year high.
The so-called "core-core" inflation index, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.3% on year for the first time since October 2008. A survey by the cabinet office shows the proportion of the consumers expecting prices to go up a year ahead rose to 89.5% in October.
And prices should rise further in coming months due to a further weakening of the yen from mid-November, which will push up costs of imported goods.
So is Japan finally ready to overcome 15 years of deflation?
That's a bit premature to say, according to economists. They caution that deflation is hard to kill and can easily come back. That's one reason why most central banks are vigilant to make sure it doesn't take root in their economies.
Japan's CPI briefly hit 2.0% in 2008, a level that the Bank of Japan is now trying to achieve through its large-scale monetary easing launched in April.
But that phase of higher prices was quickly squashed by the global financial crisis, which hit Japanese exports and the broader economy, sending prices back into negative territory.
This trauma, still fresh in the minds of Japanese government and central bank officials, is making them wary about victoriously declaring that deflation is now safely out of the way.
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CSDL Home IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence 1997 vol.19 Issue No.09 - September
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Abstract—We address the problem of egomotion estimation for a monocular observer moving under arbitrary translation and rotation, in an unknown environment. The method we propose is uniquely based on the spatio-temporal image derivatives, or the normal flow. We introduce a search paradigm which is based on geometric properties of the normal flow field, and consists in considering a family of search subspaces to estimate the egomotion parameters. Various algorithms are proposed within this framework. In order to decrease the noise sensitivity of the estimation methods, we use statistical tools, based on robust regression theory. Finally, we present and discuss a wide variety of experiments with synthetic and real images, for various kinds of camera motion.

Motion analysis, egomotion, optical flow, normal flow.
César Silva, José Santos-Victor, "Robust Egomotion Estimation From the Normal Flow Using Search Subspaces", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.19, no. 9, pp. 1026-1034, September 1997, doi:10.1109/34.615451


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John Anderson's first album since 1997's Takin' The Country Back couldn't come along at a better time. He steps back into today's sometimes confusing musical landscape with a confident, rugged new work that will remind listeners what a hard-core country singer truly sounds like.
And the sound of Nobody's Got It All is both modern and timeless, crackling with ragged guitars over crisp, confident backbeats. It's a perfect setting for John's one-of-a-kind voice, an immediately recognizable sound that effortlessly evokes the history, pride and pain of the best country music.
Appropriately enough for a man entering his 27th year in the business, the major theme here is how time brings both loss and wisdom. "Five Generations Of Rock County Wilsons" mourns the passing of family ties, while "Appalachian Blue" - co-written by sister Donna Kay Anderson - and "I Ain't Afraid Of Dying" both touch on the subject of dubious "progress." The closing track, a countrified take on Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City," fits right in as a haunting wish to return to happier days.
Elsewhere on the album, "It Ain't Easy Being Me" takes that old country standby, self-pity, to new heights - both comic and chilling. John finds a moment of tremendous power in the self-penned "I Ain't Afraid Of Dying," where the seemingly cocky title line is followed by It's the living that scares me to death. It takes a real man to sing words like that, and to let you hear the vulnerability and horror behind them. Having John Anderson back in the game is nothing short of a relief.
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Dog rescue charity group now has to save itself
A charity that has been saving abandoned dogs now has to find a way to rescue itself after its landlord issued an ultimatum ordering it to leave the site in three months.
Hong Kong Dog Rescue's founder Sally Andersen said that the registered charity was given three months' notice on Tuesday that it must leave its Pok Fu Lam kennels by February 28.
But the charity has yet to find an alternative site to house the 190 dogs at the Pok Fu Lam site and is calling for adoption of the dogs.
The site's landlord, Swire Properties, said it has been charging Dog Rescue far less than the market rate and the charity's existing licence with the site expired this March.
The charity had been paying HK$5,000 per month, Andersen said.
The developer said it has been extending the agreement on a monthly basis while waiting for approval to begin a plan to turn the site into an elderly care facility.
Andersen said the charity had known about its fate since it moved in to the 20,000 sq ft site in 2005, because it knew that the site's landlord had been hoping to redevelop the site.
She said the charity had been looking for an alternative site for the past two years, and seeking help from the Lands Department, which had shown it a number of different possible areas all over Hong Kong.
But no suitable alternatives had yet been found.
Swire said it could be possible to help the charity find an alternative location in the New Territories but further study from both the property developer and the charity would be needed.
However, Andersen still hoped that the landlord could delay the moving date.
'There's no way we can move in three months,' Andersen said. 'We are still hoping [we can have] six months or something.'
She added that the future site, ideally of about 30,000 sq ft, had to be accessible for volunteers.
She said that a site only accessible by driving might affect the adoption rate of the dogs.
For the moment, Andersen said she hoped more people could take dogs home, to ease the charity's burden. 'We are asking people to adopt the dogs, and get as many [of them adopted] as possible,' she said.
The charity, founded in 2002 to rescue dogs from government kennels, has been funding itself through fund-raising campaigns and donations.
Its annual fund-raising event, Peak to Fong, which involves a walk with dogs from the Peak to Lan Kwai Fong, will take place this Sunday.
The Lands Department said that it had helped the charity to identify some potential vacant government land as an alternative to its current site, but no final decision had been reached.
A department spokesman said the government would continue to help as long as the charity needed.
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Post subject: Is it possible?
My friend has been confiding with me about ttc after knowing all our problems. She says she's been off any form of contraception for 2.5 years and been actively trying for the last year. She's currently on day 46 and has always had regular 28 day cycles, longest ever being 31. She has taken numerous tests which have been negative, and been to the doctors for blood tests which has also said negative. She has now been referred for an ultrasound next week, and I think she is quite hopeful that all the tests have been wrong. She says she 'feels different' and doesn't have any signs of AF making an appearance.
Is is possible though that she could be pregnant even with a negative blood test? She says she has read stories of women on forums who have only found out they were pregnant from the scan. I know I can only be there for her either way, but just curious.
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A blood test would almost certainly pick up the HCG (well a quantative one would ), some women get constant negatives on urine tests for a variety of reasons, from not secreting HCG in their urine to something called the hook effect with very high levels, but the quantative blood HCG test measures the exact levels of HCG in the bloodstream, 5 and under is considered a normal baseline level ,and would indicate a negative,
when it comes to positives though it's a bit more complicated because different docs and hospitals have different levels they consider to be a definate positive ,
I've seen anything from 10-25 so depending on her exact levels and when she had it done, it is possible she was early in pregnancy and just had lowish levels still and they could say it was a negative
If her level was 5 or less though then its very unlikely , and she could just be feeling different because she might not have ov'd this cycle, which could explain the lack of AF yet as well
Another possibility could be that she did ov very late so wasn't actually pregnant when she was testing or was so early it wouldn't have shown yet xx


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