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Fed Gets Results Where It Matters Most: Mortgage Market
The day after the Federal Reserve's latest rescue mission was a sloppy one for stocks but a strong day for a more important market: mortgage-backed securities.
"Real money bought, servicers bought, and forced sellers are all gone," said Art Frank, head of MBS research for Deutsche Bank. "And if anything, hedgers were forced to buy despite the ramp up in prices."
The yields on agency-backed MBS fell sharply relative to both interest-rate swaps and Treasurys, he said. The spread over seven-year swaps narrowed 0.07 percentage point to 1.68 percentage points Wednesday, from 1.75 Tuesday and 1.90 last Thursday.
The MBS yield spread over five-year Treasurys has fallen to 3.02 percentage points from 3.48 last Thursday (among the widest since the 1980s). And with Treasury yields also falling yesterday, that should translate into lower mortgage rates quoted to consumers as soon as Thursday morning.
The catalyst is two separate initiatives by the Fed: Friday's announcement of a $100 billion, 28-day money market lending operation for which dealers can submit only agency MBS as collateral; and Tuesday's offer to lend dealers $200 billion in much-sought Treasurys in return for agency and private-label MBS collateral.
For now, those moves "changed psychology. The Fed was not going to stand there and let the markets unravel and that's a good sign," said Mr. Frank. Near term, he said, the MBS market has turned a corner. Longer term, it's hard to say because "we don't know how far the tightening of credit standards will cause hedge fund selling."
The public tends to judge the success of Fed actions by the performance of stocks because they're so visible. But the real object of its latest actions is the MBS market, whose recent selloff has threatened to make a housing slump far worse. By that standard, Wednesday's market action should be seen positively at the Fed. –Greg Ip


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TACOMA, Wash. — The owner of the historic Washington ferry Kalakala says on his website the vessel has been sold for $1 to an anonymous buyer who promises to restore the vessel to its art deco glory.
No other details about the plans were posted on the Kalakala Website.
Steve Rodrigues bought the Kalakala in hope of making it into an attraction. It has been moored in Tacoma since 2004.
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Remember when Guy Fieri, the host of the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," pulled up in his infamous red 1967 Chevy Camaro Super Sport and filmed a segment for his show at Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage located at 1246 Massachusetts Ave. in Harvard Square on Monday, July 27?
The segment is airing Monday, Nov. 23 at 10 p.m.
As previously reported in Loaded Gun Boston, it's been a tumultuous year for the Harvard Square staple that has been serving up political slander and pop-culture worship along with its killer burgers since 1960.
A grease fire on Saturday, Sept. 20 forced the owners to close down shop for the first time in almost 50 years.The iconic Mass. Ave restaurant caught on fire after a buildup of grease in the grill's hood became combustible.
Bartley's is famous for spotlighting B-list celebs and politicos with tasty burgers named after folks like Dick "a heart beat away" Cheney, Arnold "this is no girly burger" Schwarzenegger and Al "they all lie" Franken.
Fieri also taped a segment at Sam LaGrassa's, located at 44 Province St. in the Financial District, spotlighting the hot spot's killer selection of sandwiches and tasty lunchtime grub.
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Please choose and write on one of these two topics
Both Marxists and liberal theorists are concerned with power and its abuses. Both also see private property as key to an understanding of how power is exercised and how power might be limited or turned to new ends. But Marxists and liberals seem to arrive at opposite conceptions of the role of property: liberals see property as a possible restraint on power whereas Marxists see property at the source and origin of power. Why do the two approaches reach such different conclusions? Do the differences reflect differences in definitions of power and property? Or something else?
Do these differences matter? To illustrate your conclusion on this point, please take one contemporary policy problem in which both power and property seem to be at stake and compare and contrast the approaches that Marxist and liberal perspectives provide. You do not need to be a specialist on this policy issue. (A few possible problem areas might be limits on political campaign spending, cap and trade, nationalization of banks.)
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Sandy May Delay Key Jobs Report
Jared Cummans: As Sandy began to hammer the east coast late last night, the U.S. Department of Labor has yet to make a decision when to release October's jobs data. This report will be a key factor in the upcoming election, as the undecideds will look to the jobs report as a sign of how our economy has been performing which could sway them either for or against current President Barack Obama. This, of course, comes after the last jobs report where many speculated that the numbers were fudged in favor of Obama, as the unemployment rate saw its biggest dip in recent memory [for more economic news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter].
Sandy has already closed markets and wreaked havoc on the financial world, and the delaying of this report would only cause further issues. "We will assess the situation when the weather emergency is over and notify the press and public of any changes at that time,â€Â said Gary Steinberg, spokesman for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the data arm of the department. The most concerning issue is the fact that Sandy is projected to move slowly through the east coast, with the tail end of the storm coming on Thursday. Heavy rains for four straight days could very well keep government offices closed for an extended period of time.
With the election one week from today, this data release will have a huge impact on the outcome. In all likelihood, the coming report will be a big win for Obama, as our flawed unemployment rate includes temporary hiring, meaning that all of the people who have gotten part-time jobs for the holidays will bring down the jobless rate. Unemployment currently sits at 7.8%, but a dip in those numbers could do wonders for all of those on-the-fence voters who have been waiting for some kind of sign of an improving economy [see also Schiff Refutes "Stellar†Jobs Numbers].
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Raw Birthdays...
Grocery Shopping
I had SO much food in my fridge I had to take some out. There are some onions, tomatoes, carrots, and zucchini on my counter awaiting some fun creation. A few days ago I made a pate (that I ate on sliced tomatoes, yum!), that I will eventually make into patties and dehydrate into little burgers. I could add some flax seeds to what I have on my counter, blend it all up and make crackers. Hmm...sounds like a good idea. :) See! You helped me decide what to do!
I also prepare food for Bible Study every Friday evening. Last week it was salsa and guacamole, with cut veggies, but I've done wonderful dishes like Stuffed Tomatoes and Pesto Cucumber Rolls smothered in Bruschetta. That $20 I spend on everyone is well worth it to see them eating wonderfully healthy food for the three to four hours we spend together. It's also my way of tithing...God has given me this knowledge, these gifts, and this money to serve Him. What better way than to feed his warriors as we prep ourselves for battle with His Word?! :)


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Your View: Market a big help to Bird Rock school
BRE Farmers Market provides the opportunity to raise money for Bird Rock Elementary at a time when SDUSD is cutting vital student services. In fact, estimates are the unless schools raise money though private foundations, our kindergarten teachers will be asked to teach 30 students in each — an increase of 50 percent in just three short years. This is an example of the difficult budget situation we face as parents and community.
The BRE Farmers Market is a great way to offset the potential cuts to vital school services. The BRE Farmers Market provides the unique opportunity for families in our community to gather together to support our children and their school. BRE Farmers Market will not only alleviate some budget issues for our school, BRE Farmers Market will be a fantastic community event. Please join me in this effort to be proactive for our children and our community.
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Langone Joins House of Yue-Sai
May 7, 2007-- Home Textiles Today,
Rich Langone has joined the House of Yue-Sai as senior vp, creative director.
He will be responsible for the design and creation of a large portion of the merchandise for this newly formed company that will open retail home furnishings stores in China beginning later this year.
Langone most recently was vp, creative development at Springs Global US. Earlier he was with The Robert Allen Group, and Bibb.
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Mhaegen is a prostitute from Chataya's brothel in King's Landing and mother of Barra, the bastard infant daughter of Robert I. She is unnamed in the books, and is named Mhaegen in the television series. She is played by Antonia Christophers.
She is a young girl with light red hair and a powdering of freckles across the bridge of her nose and on her breast.[1]
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A Game of Thrones
Thanks to Littlefinger, Lord Eddard Stark finds her and Barra in his search for the bastards of Robert. The mother asked to see Robert again, just to show him how beautiful his daughter is. Eddard promises to talk about it with the king.[1]
A Clash of Kings
She is killed along with her daughter by Allar Deem, an officer of the City Watch, on orders from Commander Janos Slynt, who is carrying out a purge of King Robert's bastards at the command of Queen Cersei.[2]
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Article on Mhaegen on the Game of Thrones wiki.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 35, Eddard IX.
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In order to bring awareness to women's heart health, Spa Week is hosting its second annual Heart Over Heels Giveaway. The contest, which runs until March 16th, gives entries the opportunity to win a pair of the most recognizable red soles in fashion: a pair of Louboutins. Addionally, one runner-up will receive a variety of beauty products including products from Red Door Spa Professional, Big Sexy Hair, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, and Nailtini. For every entry, the company will make a donation to the American Heart Association. Click here to enter now.
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Macy's Wear Red Sale
According to American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement, an estimated 43 million women in the Unites States are affected by cardiovascular disease. To help combat this, Macy's is hosting a number of ways to raise money and awareness for women's heart health.
The Wear Red Sale (starts February 5th)
Get an extra 20% off in-store at Macys on select items when you:
1. Wear red to any Macys store
2. Buy a $2 red dress pin at any Macys store (100% of the proceeds of the sale goes to Go Red For Women)
Get an extra 15% online at Macys.com when you:
3. Shop online using the promo code: RED
The Go Red Shop
Starting February 1st, purchase select red dresses from Macy's and 10% of the purchase prices of the items will go to Go Red For Women.
Go Red Total Makeover Events
Macy's will be hosting 8 events across the country on February 7th & 8th. Event attendees receive an event passport to be stamped at heart-healthy stations throughout the store offering access to medical experts, heart-healthy tips on physical activity and nutrition, and more. Find out if an event is happening near you.
Feb 1st is National Wear Red Day®,
February 1st will mark National Wear Red Day®, a campaign that encourages everyone to wear red to bring awareness to women's heart health. Heart disease is the #1 leading cause of death among women, and since the red dress has now become synonymous with heart health, I thought I'd look all over the web to find some of my favorite dresses and hopefully, inspire you to wear red on Friday. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so you can recycle your red ensemble for a special date night or anti-Valentine's Day night out with the girls. Note: Men can participate too by wearing a red tie or shirt.


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FAIRBANKS-Ice Dogs start a new season-the postseason. The playoff series between the Ice Dogs and Kenai River Brown Bears in the Midwest division semis starts tomorrow night.
Kenai is resurrected getting a new lease on life after Coulee Region's loss on Sunday gave the Brown Bears the last playoff spot. Forward Brett Gervais and his team have made a note of the intensity level need to overcame an initial Kenai River surge.
"You know they're going to come in fired up. You know, they got a second chance and it's a new season so they're coming with tons of energy. We got to match that and you know, up it. You know, right off the gate, right off the get-go so we'll see what happens," Gervais said.
Fairbanks is 8-2 in their last 10 games including last weekend's Kenai sweep. But the two losses were to Kenai who held Fairbanks to two goals in their wins. The Ice Dogs still think that their defense and how they play together will be a big key to not just game one but the best of five series.
"It starts with just everyone just working back to get back. Our forwards do a great job of back checking, our goalies are great in the net and our D-we think defense first," Ice Dogs defenseman Duggie Lagrone.
On paper the Ice Dogs are the dominate team having won the NAHL regular season title and the season series over Kenai 13-3. Even with that success Ice Dogs goalie Kevin Aldridge will be making his NAHL playoff debut. He has 31 wins which is ranked second in the league. Last season he sat and watched Steve Perry get the work in net. Aldridge thinks what we picked up from observing will help.
"I didn't play in playoffs last year but I think you can learn a little bit from sitting back and watching. So I'm just going to try to play hard and see what happens," Aldridge said.
The teams know each other too well but the Ice Dogs are more or less playing a faceless opponent in game one.
"You always want to be executing better at a higher level each game. I think we're worried about ourselves more than anything right now and making sure we're playing the game the right way and playing it hard," assistant coach Paul Kirtland said.


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2013-14 #AztecMBB Prospectus
July 16, 2013
Starters Returning: 2 - junior forward JJ O'Brien, senior guard Xavier Thames
Starters Lost: 3 - junior guard Jamaal Franklin, senior foward DeShawn Stephens, senior guard Chase Tapley
Letterwinners Returning: 6 - junior forward James Johnson, junior forward JJ O'Brien, junior forward Dwayne Polee II, sophomore forward Winston Shepard, sophomore forward Skylar Spencer, senior guard Xavier Thames
Letterwinners Lost: 8 - junior guard Jeremy Castleberry (graduation), senior guard Aaron Douglas (graduation), senior guard Narbeh Ebrahimian (graduation), junior guard LaBradford Franklin (transferred), junior guard Jamaal Franklin (NBA Draft), senior guard James Rahon (graduation), senior foward DeShawn Stephens (graduation), senior guard Chase Tapley (graduation)
Others Returning: 1 - junior guard Ryan Staten (walk-on and did not letter)
Newcomers: 5 - senior forward Josh Davis (Tulane graduate transfer; eligible immediately), freshman guard/forward Dakarai Allen (Rivals four-star recruit), junior guard Aqeel Quinn (Cal State Northridge transfer, eligible immediately), redshirt freshman forward Matt Shrigley (redshirted 2012-13), freshman guard D'Erryl Williams (Rivals three-star recruit)
Eligible in 2014-15: 1 - junior forward Angelo Chol (Arizona transfer; must sit out 2013-14 season)
* SDSU enters `13-14 having advanced to the NCAA tourney a school-record four straight seasons and won 23 or more games in five straight after last season's 23-11 effort.
* SDSU heads into the new season having earned a postseason berth and won 20 or more games eight years running. Both streaks are program records.
* Head coach Steve Fisher returns two starters and six letterwinners, and welcomes six others, half of which were with the program a season ago. The other three consist of one high-major Division I graduate student transfer and a pair of highly regarded prep teammates who garnered national recognition as seniors.
* The two returning starters represents Fisher's fewest since welcoming one back at the start of the 2011-12 campaign. What did Fisher and the Aztecs do that season? They went on to capture a share of the Mountain West regular-season title, earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament and finished with a 26-8 record, which equaled the second-most victories in program history.
* The Aztecs feature a roster that includes just two seniors, five juniors, a pair of sophomores and three freshmen. Ironically, the last time SDSU had just two seniors on the squad was in 2011-12, when they had a graduate transfer (Garrett Green) and an Aztec veteran (Tim Shelton), and went 26-8. This season, San Diego State has graduate transfer Josh Davis and SDSU vet Xavier Thames.
* The 2013-14 Aztecs enter the upcoming season having played in 450 career Division I games, which includes 220 starts. Among those on the active roster (12), half have played in the postseason (6), while 10 have been a part of programs that advanced to postseason play.
* Even though San Diego State is set to lose 1,461 points, 649 rebounds and 64 blocked shots from a year ago, it will replenish a big chunk of those figures with the addition of Josh Davis. Last year, the Tulane transfer scored 617 points, which would make up 42.2 percent of the lost scoring, grabbed 374 rebounds, which is 57.6 percent of the departed rebounding, and blocked 30 shots, which is 46.9 percent of the lost rejections.
* SDSU also returns its leading shot blocker Skylar Spencer) and second-leading assist man Xavier Thames) and rebounder JJ O'Brien) from a year ago.


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Jersey Mike's Lays Wreaths Across America [1]
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Jersey Mike's founder and CEO Peter Cancro, along with team members and franchisees, laid wreaths for the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., as part of a National Day of Remembrance on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011.
With the help of its customers, the national sub sandwich franchise raised $100,000 for Wreaths Across America (WAA), a nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington.
"In just a little over an hour, we laid 90,000 wreaths," says Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America. "It was remarkable. Thanks to Jersey Mike's Subs for helping us make this possible."
WAA's mission — Remember, Honor, Teach — is carried out in part by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington, as well as in veterans cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
Jersey Mike's received a special honor as Cancro and Retired Air Force Master Sergeant and North-Carolina-based franchise owner Joseph Minyon placed wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"This was truly an honor for me to put on my uniform after 13 years and be part of this ceremony as a representative of Jersey Mike's," says Minyon, who joined Jersey Mike's in 1998, after retiring from 23 years of service. "It was a very significant moment to be part of placing wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This was truly an honor that has brought my two careers full circle."
Jersey Mike's plans to continue its support of Wreaths Across America in 2012.


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North Carolina National Parks
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
This 2,158-mile footpath runs from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia, traversing 14 states. The 88-mile portion of the AT in North Carolina includes the Stecoah-Cheoah Mountain area and the Nantahala section, with 4,000-foot gaps and 5,000-foot peaks.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Most visited site in the NPS system extends 469 miles through the southern Appalachians of VA and NC, following the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
This area is known for its thriving traditions of craft, music, agriculture, and Cherokee culture. The region's distinctive landscape contains eastern America's tallest mountain and deepest gorge.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Beaches, migratory waterfowl, and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse are special features of the first national seashore.
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Three undeveloped barrier islands extend 55 miles along the lower Outer Banks and feature beaches, dunes, historic Portsmouth Village, and Cape Lookout Lighthouse.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Connemara was the farm home of the noted poet-author for the last 22 years of his life.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
The first English settlement in North America was attempted here (1585-87). The fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony" remains a mystery to this day.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains is that it is the nation's busiest park with more than nine million visitors every year. It covers 800 square miles of mountainous land and preserves some of the world's most stunning deciduous forests.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
The battle fought here on March 15, 1781, was the largest action of the Revolutionary War's climatic Southern Campaign.
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
This area is home to one of America's most unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Commemorates the February 27, 1776, Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, the first decisive Patriot victory of the Revolutionary War.
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail travels through VA, TN, NC & SC, retracing the route of patriot militia as they tracked down the British.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Come on a journey to remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people despite their forced removal from their homelands in the Southeastern United States in the 1830s.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The first successful sustained powered flights in a heavier-than- air machine were made here at Kill Devil Hills by Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903.


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UVM men's basketball keeps winning at home
Vermont men's basketball beats New Hampshire
Published 1:39 AM EST Feb 07, 2013
The UVM men's basketball team beat their I-89 rivals, in another America East conference win. The win makes it 5 straight wins at home, and the Catamounts sweep the season series verse the Wildcats. Vermont plays at UMBC on Saturday.


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Phish last played IC Light Amphitheater on 1993-07-18, which was 996 show(s) ago.
0.06% of Phish performances took place there.
IC Light Amphitheater has also been named The Amphitheatre at Station Square.
IC Light Amphitheater has also been named Chevrolet Amphitheatre.
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IC Light Amphitheater appears in our data on the following 3 date(s):
2004 one show(s)· 2004-05-29 (Jazz Mandolin Project, Chevrolet Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA)
2002 one show(s)· 2002-06-11 (Trey Anastasio Band, The Amphitheatre at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA)
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TULSA, Okla. After not competing in its first two scheduled tournaments due to Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's golf team opened its 2008 fall campaign on Monday at the ORU Invitational and finds itself in fourth place out of 17 schools following 36 holes.
The Islanders opened the day with a combined score of 310 to finish fifth after 18 holes. Junior Ashley Watkins and freshman Ryann White each shot 76 in the first round, while junior Melissa Fahey fired a 78.
In the second round, A&M-Corpus Christi golfers combined to shoot a 323, Courtney Peeler, a junior college transfer from McClennan Community College, led the way with the team's third 76 of the day. Ashley Olynick carded a 78, while Fahey proved to be the most consistent Islander with a second round of 78.
The Islanders showed more consistency of any team. TAMUCC was the only team in which all five golfers finished with two round scores of 160 or better. Fahey led the team with a 156 to place 18th. White was next at 157, followed by Olynick (158), Peeler (159), and Watkins 160.
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Kirk: We will vacate at once until you can administer a metabolic reduction injection.
MCCOY: A what?
SPOCK: I'll prepare the formula, Sargon.
KIRK: Henoch, your condition?
Spock: I can continue in this body for several hours.
Kirk: Fortunate. We will vacate at once.
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Spock (as Henoch): This woman will assist me. (to Chapel) You will take me to your pharmacology laboratory. (They leave)
KIRK: Bones, what?
McCoy: It was close, Jim. You both barely got back alive. Unless the formula works, we can't risk it again.
SPOCK: Now. this formula will reduce the heart action and the bodily functions to normal. While the bodies are occupied, you will administer one injection of ten cc's each hour.
Chapel: I understand.
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Chapel: Yes, sir.
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CHAPEL: This hypo does not contain the same formula.
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In our laboratories, using a combination of experimental and modelling approaches, we study synaptic potentiation and depression underlying sensitization and habituation of swim induction in the leech
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Behavioural Approaches.
In leeches with a microsection below the cephalic ganglion, tactile and/or light electrical stimulation of the skin, that selectively elicits a burst of action potentials in T neurons, induces swim episodes with a constant latency between the application of stimuli and the start of swimming. Low rate repetitive stimulation at a constant interstimulus interval (1 min) leads to an increase of this latency (habituation), whereas nociceptive stimuli bring about a decrease of the latency, in either naive animals (sensitization) or previously habituated animals (dishabituation). Behavioural investigations showed that 5-HT, via cAMP, and inhibitors of the Na+/K+ATPase potentiate the swimming induction leading to short term sensitization and dishabituation.
Electrophysiological Approaches.
Moreover, 5-HT reduces the amplitude of the after-hyperpolarization (AHP) which follows bursts of action potentials in mechanosensory T cells of each segmental ganglion. In these neurones the AHP is mainly due to the activation of the Na+/K+ electrogenic pump and partially to a Ca++-dependent K+ current (gK+/Ca++). The effect of 5-HT is due to the inhibition of the electrogenic Na+/K+-ATPase and is mediated by cAMP. Moreover, in T neurons, repetitive application of trains of depolarizing impulses at constant intervals (< 20 sec) elicits a progressive increase in the AHP. Interestingly, agents that block the K+/Ca++ conductance do not impair the increase of AHP amplitude after repetitive stimulation. We are presently collecting data in order to demonstrate that the potentiation of the electrogenic pump represents the basic mechanism for habituation. All these results suggest that the modulation of the Na+/K+ATPase in opposite directions by different inputs might represent a pivotal mechanism for plasticity underlying learning processes at the cellular level.
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Computational studies are developed utilizing the general purpose neural simulator SNNAP. We have developed a multicompartment model of the T cell, which allowed us to better understand the role played by AHP on the conduction of action potentials in these cells and more generally in branched neurons. We are currently developing a model of the intracellular biochemical cascade underlying the above described processes.
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Master of Science in Astrophysics Astronomy Unit School of Mathematical Sciences - QMWC - University of London - U.K. Dissertation Title:
Shear Flow Instability and Accretion Disks
Master in Physics Faculty of Science Department of Physics - University of Pisa Italy Dissertation Title:
Boundary Conditions in the Coulomb-3-body problem
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In a past project, the role of the AHP amplitude modulation in leech T cells has been analysed. Bursts of spikes in T cells produce an AHP, which results from activation of a Na+/K+ pump and a Ca2+-dependent K+ current. Activity-dependent increases in the AHP are believed to induce conduction block of spikes in several regions of the neuron, which in turn, may decrease presynaptic invasion of spikes and thereby decrease transmitter release. To explore this possibility, we used the neurosimulator SNNAP to develop a multi-compartmental model of the T cell. The model incorporated empirical data that describe the geometry of the cell and activity-dependent changes of the AHP. Simulations indicated that at some branching points, activity-dependent increases of the AHP reduced the number of spikes transmitted from the minor receptive fields to the soma and beyond. More importantly, simulations also suggest that AHP could modulate, under some circumstances, transmission from the soma to the synaptic terminals, suggesting that the AHP can regulate spike conduction within the presynaptic arborizations of the cell and could in principle contribute to the synaptic depression that is correlated with increases in the AHP.
We are currently modelling the intracellular biochemical cascade underlying the AHP modulation. Data collected in our lab suggest that, during repetitive electrical stimulation of the T cell, the Ca++ influx through nifedipine-sensitive channels and the Ca++ induced-Ca++ release (CICR) from the intracellular stores play a pivotal role in AHP potentiation. The increase of the intracellular calcium concentration elicits the 5-lipoxygenase pathway of the arachidonic acid via phospholipaseA2. These metabolites might up-regulate the Na+/K+ATPase activity. At the same time, the increase of the intracellular calcium concentration could activate the phospholipaseC, which might down regulate the Na+/K+ATPase activity. In addition the increase cAMP concentration, induced by the stimulation of serotonergic receptors, down-regulates the Na+/K+ATPase activity. Very recently, experimental studies have shown that protein kinases A and C are involved in these processes. The model should clarify the role played by the different pathways in the modulation of the Na+/K+ATPase activity and the several possibilities of cross-talk among these pathways.
Zaccardi, M.L., Traina, G., Cataldo, E., Brunelli, M. (2001). Nonassociative learning in the leech
Hirudo medicinalis
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Cataldo, E., Baxter, D.A., Scuri, R., Byrne, J.H., Brunelli, M. (2002). Computational Model of Leech T Sensory Neuron: Role of Sodium-Potassium Pump in Activity-Dependent Changes of Conduction Failure in Branched Axon. Program Number: 446.9. Abstract viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience. 2002 CD-ROM.
Cataldo, E., Scuri, R., Brunelli, M. (2003). Role of the Na+/K+ Pump in Activity-Dependent Changes of Action Potentials Conduction in Branched Axon of Leech T Sensory Neuron. A Computational Model.
Pflügers Arch. ( Eur. J. Physiol.)
Brunelli, M., Scuri, R., Traina, G., Cataldo, E., Lombardo, P., Ristori, C. (2003). Effects of Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) on non Associative Learning Processes in the Leech Hirudo Medicinalis. (2003) Sixth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 3058, CD-ROM.
Scuri, R., Cataldo, E., Lombardo, P., Brunelli, M. (2003). Molecular mechanism underlying neuronal plasticity in Invertebrate sensory neurons. Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Neuroscienze 26-28 settembre, Pisa
Brunelli, M., Scuri, R., Traina, G., Zaccardi, M.L., Lombardo, P., Ristori, C., Cataldo, E., Valleggi, S. (2004). Effects of acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) on invertebrate and vertebrate central nervous system. FENS Forum.
Zaccardi, M.L., Traina, G., Cataldo, E., Brunelli, M. (in press 2004). Sensitization and Dishabituation of Swim Induction in the Leech Hirudo Medicinalis: Role of Serotonin and Cyclic Amp. Behavioural Brain Research.
Cataldo, E., Brunelli, M., Byrne, J.H., Av-Ron, E., Cai, Y., Baxter, D.A.(in press 2004). Computational Model of Touch Sensory Cells (T Cells) of the Leech: Role of the Afterhyperpolarization (AHP) in Activity-Dependent Conduction Failure. Journal of Computational Neuroscience.
Lombardo, P., Scuri, R., Cataldo, E., Calvani, M., Nicolai, R., Mosconi, L., Brunelli, M. (in press 2004) Acetyl-L-carnitine induces a sustained potentiation of the afterhyperpolarization. Neuroscience.
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Airborne Chemical Sensing with Mobile Robots
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AbstractAirborne chemical sensing with mobile robots has been an active research areasince the beginning of the 1990s. This article presents a review of research work in this field,including gas distribution mapping, trail guidance, and the different subtasks of gas sourcelocalisation. Due to the difficulty of modelling gas distribution in a real world environmentwith currently available simulation techniques, we focus largely on experimental work and donot consider publications that are purely based on simulations.
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A few years ago a girlfriend of mine packed her bags to vacation in Bali. What was supposed to be a two week-long journey quickly turned into a two year jaunt. And while she was always the type to embark on these types of crazy adventures, I now get why we pretty much had to force her home. One peek at Love Is My Favorite Color's incredible photos, and it's taking all my effort not to pack my bags myself.
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The Value of Judicial Independence: Evidence from 18th Century England
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This paper assesses the impact of judicial independence on equity markets. North and Weingast (1989) argue that judicial independence and other institutional changes inaugurated by the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 allowed the English government credibly to commit to repay sovereign debt and more generally to protect contractual and property rights. Although they provide some supporting empirical evidence, they do not investigate the effect of judicial independence separately from that of other institutional innovations. This paper is the first to attempt to do so. We look at share price movements at critical points in the passage of the 1701 Act of Settlement and other events which gave judges greater security of tenure and higher salaries. Our results suggest that giving judges tenure during good behavior had a large and statistically significant positive impact on share prices, while salary increases and other improvements to judicial independence had impacts which were consistently positive, but not individually statistically significant.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team will continue its fall tournament season by participating in the ITA Carolina Regional Championships on Oct. 18-22 at the Cary Tennis Center in Cary, N.C.
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Double Door / Charleston / CBGB Festival Report
WOW, we had a helluva weekend. Â Friday night Kip and I arrived at the Charleston at 6 to setup and line-check our mics, stands and cables, so that we could hit the ground running for our show later that night. Â Then we walked down to Double Door, where Paul was already on hand. Â The Legendary Shack Shakers had already sound-check'd, and The Velcro Lewis Group was all setup on stage, so they were ready for us shortly after we arrived. Â Ryan and Billy got there soon after we jumped on stage to sound-check. Â We typically sound weird through big rock club PA's, and this was no exception. Â My guitar was all pick-attack and not much tone at first, and Paul's howitzer bass sounded pretty god-awful through the Velcro Lewis bass amp. Â But Jessie at front-of-house and Eric at monitors were both game for the challenge, and they got the mix balanced out and eq'd pretty nicely in fairly short order. Â Then we had an hour off to grab some dinner (Kip hit Sultan's Market, Paul and I did takeout from Penny's Noodles) and write our setlist for the show. Â There was a pretty good crowd on hand when we started up at 9 sharp, and it grew steadily throughout our set. Â Double Door is a historically chatty club, and the crew warned us they couldn't make us very loud due to our mic'd instruments setup, but it worked out well. Â The crowd was not too loud and we played a set of our most upbeat tunes that held the crowd's attention, so we were pretty happy with how it went. Â Lawrence Peters from Velcro Lewis jumped up to play washboard on our version of Splitlip Rayfield's "Never Make It Home", which was a blast. Â We did a 45 minute set, then hung out to sell a few cd's and talk to some friends. Â Then we blasted over the Charleston for our next show. Â We were sorry to miss Velcro Lewis and The Shack Shakers, but it had to happen. Â Amy Butterer from Billions (who put us on the bill – thanks, Amy!) told me that JD from the Shakers really liked the Tangleweed, and Alisa later told me they thanked us from stage and dedicated a song to us, so that made us feel real good.
The Charleston was pretty packed when we got there, and we got setup and running in 15 minutes or so, jumping right into our set. Â Bar-tender Eric does sound at Hideout, so he gave us some mix-assistance once we started playing, which was a nice treat after dozens of shows mixing ourselves on-the-fly at the Charleston. Â The sound situation was immediately easier and nicer for us, and we played quite a bit more dynamically and nimbly than we had at Double Door as a result. Â We did two full, long sets, and then found ourselves getting close to last call, so our third set was only about 20 minutes. Â This was probably just as well – we'd had a long night already, and had a big day coming up on Saturday, so we wrapped it up, tore down our gear, had a drink with a bunch of friends who were still on hand, and then headed home around 2:00 a.m., 18 and a half hours after I'd started work that morning.
I slept the sleep of the dead until my phone rang at 10:15 a.m. Â It was Kip asking if I was ready to head to CBGB Fest to sound-check before the doors opened at Noon. Â I ended up grabbing a quick shower and then Alisa drove Kip and me to the Congress (via Starbucks for a breakfast sandwich and a much needed hot coffee). Â The scene in the balcony where we were to play was pretty surreal. Â The 7-piece Giving Tree Band was all setup, one guy to a step on the slanted south balcony, all wired into in-ear monitors that WERE NOT WORKING AT ALL. Â They'd been there for over 4 hours and still had no monitors in the balcony. Â There was no way the balcony bands could just use the house p.a. as their monitors, given that the system was so far away. Â The delay-effect would have made it impossible for the band to stay in sync and play in time. Â Multiple engineers at the main front-of-house board were frantically working the issue, and Giving Tree's sound-man Catfish was also working hard to help trouble-shoot and keep everyone calm as the deadline approached. Â Finally around noon (no less than 5 hours after they'd begun!), they got a signal and started building their in-ear mixes. Â Unfortunately this didn't conclude until about the time the main stage acts had to start, so Tangleweed didn't even get to set ourselves up or line-check before our first set. Â Thankfully Catfish was a great help at getting us wired into the Giving Tree's setup (which only required a couple of minor changes), and then I hooked up with Nate at front-of-house to make a plan for quickly line-checking us just before our first set began. Â Nate was clearly juggling A LOT of activity in prep for a long day of main-stage acts, but he was very cool and we worked out a plan with minimal fanfare. Â Billy hadn't arrived when it came time for our first set, so we got started without him. Â We had never played through in-ear monitors before, so that was pretty surreal, but Nate got us a serviceable mix in fairly short order, and then we got started.
Thanks to Stephanie from TRANSMISSION/GAPERS BLOCK for the above photo. Click here to see her other CBGB Fest photos of David Grisman, Avett Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Major Junction, etc…
Our first set was pretty long and involved constant tweaking to the mix, so it was a bit of a struggle, but it went pretty well all things considered. Â Billy arrived mid set and tried to join us without any in-ear monitors, which proved to be just about impossible, since he was hearing the main system about 30 milliseconds later than we were hearing the in-ear monitors, so that was pretty freaky, but we went on band-flex-time and plowed through it without any major train-wrecks. Â The crowd was getting pretty good by this time, and they responded well to our first set, so we felt pretty good despite the technical challenges. Â At this point the Fest was behind on their schedule, so they killed our second set, which was just as well and gave us extra time to get Billy a working pair of in-ear monitors and work with Nate on a plan to refresh the mix and start clean. Â He had us line-check while the Billy Childers band was playing on the main-stage, which was a genius move. Â This allowed him to get all the channels properly labeled on his board and make sure he had a good signal on four vocals and five instruments. Â It also put us at ease a bit that the next set would be better than the first one. Â Sure enough it was, but we still had some problems with monitor mixes cutting in and out (thanks to gradually dying batteries…), and some of the guys not being able to hear themselves or the rest of the band enough to stay in sync. Â I was lucky and had what seemed to be an adequate mix, and my in-ears never cut out for the entire day, so I was thankful. Â Unfortunately Kip, Ryan, Billy and Paul all had some problems at one point or another, resulting in them playing a few songs in the proverbial dark, and having to swap headsets, re-seat and replace batteries, etc…. between songs while we bantered with the ever-growing crowd looking up at us from the floor.
On the brighter side, our balcony vantage was super cool and had great visual appeal – definitely one of the most interesting visual settings in which we've ever played, even if it did come with some tall technical challenges. Â Paul and Billy got our big TANGLEWEED banner draped off the balcony in front of us before the second set, assuring that no one in the crowd would go home wondering who that kooky balcony band was. Â The other cool detail was that there was very little actual bluegrass or blues on the bill, so we ended up filling a lot of the bluegrass jones for the audience, which got us lots of nice feedback from folks in the crowd as we wandered around between sets. Â Word from the floor was that our sets were a bit on the quiet side, but we knew it had to be that way in order to assure the house signal didn't flood our mics and cause nasty feedback, and many folks said they actually appreciated the quieter music, since many of the early bands were quite rocking and pretty loud, with very little acoustic music of any kind except for us.
By our third set, our mix in both the house and the in-ears was getting better and better, and we were becoming more comfortable with the whole arrangement, so our performances got stronger as we went, and the crowd grew considerably as well. Â It was really cool how the spotlight would hit us in the balcony as soon as the main stage went quiet, and most of the crowd would turn 90 degrees to see us playing, even though the sound was still coming from the stacks hanging from the main stage. Â The light was pretty blinding but I was able to make out some friends while we played, and also made eye contact with some folks who were clearly digging the music, many of whom we managed to speak to on our breaks. Â It was a little weird using the in-ears, since it really isolated us from the sound in the room, but we could make out enough crowd response to know that we were being well received, and there were pockets of enthusiastic dancing going on too, so we felt really good about all that. Â By the time we did our fourth and final set, the crowd was getting pretty huge, and the cheers between songs were among the loudest we've ever received, so it was pretty damned exciting. Â We closed our last set with Orange Blossom Special (as Kip said, it wouldn't be a bluegrass festival if somebody didn't do this song – it was our moral obligation!), and I pulled my in-ears out as soon as we hit our final notes. Â The roar of the crowd was definitely the loudest crowd response we've ever generated, so we ended the day on a real high note, quite energized from having the good fortune to play four short sets in such a cool setting as the gorgeous Congress Theatre balcony.
The Giving Tree guys had been very pleasant and fun all day, so we were happy at this point to make way and let them take over for a couple more balcony sets before the David Grisman Quintet and the Avett Brothers sets that would close out the Festival. Â After packing up our gear we all scattered throughout the hall to talk to friends, sell cd's and just relax after being on point all day between our short sets. Â I had a good BBQ Pork sandwich from Smoke Daddy, which was much needed after not eating much all day (and having more than a few free backstage beers!). Â Vince, Alisa, Paul and I ended up taking seats in the balcony to watch Giving Tree, Grisman, and another Giving Tree set (they did great!), then we hit the floor for the Avett Brothers. Â As expected after seeing them at Wakarusa two summers ago, they were loud as hell and highly energized, with tons of support and enthusiasm from the crowd, so we rocked out with them for a hour or so until I was completely out of gas and ready to go. Â I'd started losing my voice earlier in the day (in fact, this began the night before – I talked on the phone just about all day at work on Friday, and my voice really started falling apart when I sang "With a Bottle In My Hand" at the Double Door and "Never Make It Home" at The Charleston), and then I had a massive sneezing attack for reasons I still don't understand, so with Vince's encouragement, Alisa took me home. Â We we both pretty hungry, so we grabbed takeout tacos from El Cid and chowed down at home over an episode of Entourage. Â Then we passed out around 1:30 a.m., ending another really long, exciting day in one of Tangleweed's busier weekends ever.
So that's how it all went down! Â We'd like to send our sincere thanks to Amy Butterer from Billions, Phil, Eric and Jessie at Double Door, the Velcro Lewis Group and Th'Â Legendary Shack Shakers, Wendy and Scott from the Charleston, MIke Raspatello and all the great folks at CBGB Fest and the Congress Theatre, and everyone who came to the shows and didn't pelt us with rocks or garbage (despite us winging a few cd's at you from stage!). Â Special thanks go to Catfish and the Giving Tree Band gang for all their help and and support throughout the day, too. Â They were a pleasure to work with, and their music was great, so we really hope to share a stage with them again someday. Â We had a serious blast playing 8 sets of music at three very different venues and settings in less than 24 hours, and we really enjoyed meeting so many nice folks and making some new friends/fans along the way. Â Thanks again to all of you, it was a great weekend for us.