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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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If you are a man over 50 in a room full of friends, you can bet that you'll encounter someone with prostate cancer. That is because 1 in 6 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most common solid organ cancer in men. Black men and men with a family history are at an even higher risk. In all, almost a quarter of a million men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, and it will kill nearly 30,000.
The good news is that there are two ways a man can reduce his risk of dying from this disease. First, he can consider positive lifestyle choices. Second, he can take steps to help ensure that any cancer is detected early—when it has the very best chance of being eliminated forever with treatment.
Let's start with prevention. A healthy lifestyle is truly important. As a doctor I regularly see the toll that obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and tobacco abuse take on the length and quality of life. Statistics show that if you can avoid these common pitfalls you will live longer. But what actually helps prevent prostate cancer? Unfortunately, there are no magic bullets. Studies looking at specific nutritional supplements—selenium and lycopene, for example—have been somewhat promising in some cases and disappointing in others.
If you are serious about reducing your risk, there are some healthy habits you can adopt, starting with a low fat diet. Avoid large portions of meats, oils, cheese and other dairy products. Fats from animals seem to be the most risky, so gravitate towards fats from plant products such as olive oil and nuts. If you're a big meat eater, consider fish, which is high in beneficial omega-3 fatty acids. There are many reasons to add fruits and vegetables to your plate, although no specific nutrient has been shown to predictably reduce prostate cancer risk. It is possible that antioxidants in fruits like blueberries, or even in the green tea leaf, may be protective. The isoflavones in veggies such as soybeans, chickpeas, and lentils also may be of benefit.
If you eat as described above, and exercise regularly, you should maintain a healthy weight. Thinner patients are less likely to die from prostate cancer than obese patients.
Let's move on to early detection. If prostate cancer is found before it spreads beyond the prostate, it is usually curable. Once it leaves the prostate it can make its way to bones and lymph nodes and become impossible to eliminate. Men should understand that when prostate cancer is in its early stage within the prostate, it won't cause any symptoms at all. The best way to ensure that prostate cancer is found in the curable stage is a yearly checkup with an urologist or primary care doctor. This should begin at age 40 to 50, depending on risk factors. Your doctor should know when to start screening, so just ask! At each visit the doctor should perform a rectal exam to check for any hard nodules on the prostate, as well as a PSA blood test, which can help us detect cancer even if no nodules are present. If your doctor finds a nodule or an abnormal PSA, he may recommend a prostate biopsy.
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W.Va. lawmakers must not burden future generations
April 10, 2013
For the past couple of decades, West Virginia governors and legislators have done a truly magnificent job of worrying about what will happen to our state after they leave office. It was not always so....
"didn't worry about burdening future generations"
Lets try to take care of the generation that is here On the other hand, we know that burning coal will harm future generations. Seems that the writer is only concerned about future generations when it serves his political point.
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Gee the CEO of aetna just made 45 million. he revd a 50% bonus while his employees pay to park on the company grounds. Dumb repukenuts are against anything that benefits the middle class like allowing parents to keep their children on their insurance until age 25(Obamacare). Or maybe we can start charging kids to ride the bus, visit the school nurse or for their football jerseys. that way they can all sit at home and play video games lining the pockets of corporate scum. Wake america Republicans are poison
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Eight republican governors are advocating their states adopt the medicaid expansion. Governor Christie believes that refusing to do so would put other states ahead of New Jersey.
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Let's see 10% of the cost of health insurance for 150,000 people or 100% of the cost of ER health care for 150,000 people. WV seems to be very bad at math.
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Our society's mantra...
"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today".
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Good morning everyone! It's a new and exciting day! Especially because we're a day closer to handing our nation over! Wait... handing Our nation over.
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Men's Volleyball Travels to IPFW
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's volleyball team travels up travels up I-69 to take on intrastate rival IPFW for the 97th meeting between both schools. The Cardinals are coming off a 3-0 win at home against McKendree University. Fifteen Cardinals saw playing time in the match led by Marcin Niemczewski who had 10 kills. Freshman Mike Scannell added seven kills off a .667 attack percentage (7-1-9) while red-shirt senior Larry Wrather also registered seven kills.
Scouting Ball State
The Cardinals (2-3) most recently swept McKendree University at home on Friday, Jan. 24. Fifteen Cardinals got playing time on the night including freshman Mike Scannell who had seven kills, a solo block and an assisted block in two sets of action. Sophomore Marcin Niemczewski leads the offense so far on the year with 55 kills.
Senior setter Graham McIlvaine has 145 assists on the year and is creeping up on becoming number seven on the all-time Ball State assists category. He holds a 9.67 assists per set average. Senior middle hitter Matt Leske leads the blocking unit for Ball State with 1.06 blocks per set. Classmate Kevin Owens threw up a solo block and three assisted blocks against McKendree and has a 0.94 blocks per set average.
Scouting IPFW
No. 14 IPFW is 3-1 on the year and is coming off a 1-1 weekend. The Mastodons started of the 2014 season picking up a win against then No. 15 California Baptist 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-22). IPFW then swept Sacred Heart at home before dropping a road contest to then No. 12 Penn State 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-23). IPFW then drew a 3-1 win against Saint Francis.
The Mastodons are hitting a .364 (193-52-387) as a team and have a balanced offensive attack with five players with over 30 kills on the season. Setter Omar Rivera has 160 assists on the year while Eddie Rivera leads in digs with 29. Elon Fyfield has 10 total blocks for a 0.71 blocks per set average.
Series with IPFW
The series against IPFW goes back to the 1978 season and Ball State holds the all-time advantage in the series at 69-27. The Cardinals also hold a mark of 31-13 in Fort Wayne. Ball State picked up two of the three meetings with IPFW last season. The Cardinals knocked the Mastodons out of the MIVA Tournament last season when Ball State swept IPFW at Worthen Arena.
Record Watching
Senior setter Graham McIlvaine is 10 assists away from being seventh in program history in career assists. Heading into Friday's match, McIlvaine has 2,144 assists and trails Dave Carlson (2005-06) who has 2,153 career assists.
The Last Time Out
The last time the Cardinals and the Mastodons squared off was in the MIVA Semifinals last season when Ball State came out on top, 3-0. Jamion Hartley and Greg Herceg had 11 and eight kills while Graham McIlvaine, Matt Leske and Kevin Owens each added five kills. Ball State dominated the net with 14 team blocks to IPFW's five.
Newcomers Earn Playing Time
Fifteen Cardinals saw time in Ball State's 3-0 win against McKendree on Friday, Jan. 24, including five newcomers. Sophomore setter Hiago Garchet and freshman setter Connor Gross both got to play a set each against the Bearcats. Garchet picked up 10 assists while Gross added six. Sophomore outside hitter Mike Scannell had an efficient night with seven kills off nine attempts for a .667 attack percentage. Freshman middle hitter Alex Pia played two sets and earned two kills, a dig, a solo block and two assisted blocks. Freshman outside hitter Brendan Surane added two kills.
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The Cardinals are on Twitter at @BallStateMVB. Be sure to use the hashtag #BSUMVB all season long to join the conversation. The team also has a Facebook account, be sure to like "Ball State Men's Volleyball" for updates and pictures.


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5 Excuses That Prevent Us from Growing Up
How many of you have friends who logged more hours on Black Ops 2 last week than they did at their job? Or maybe they constantly complain that they're never going to find someone, but the last person they asked out was over a conversation about how they heard that the new Star Wars films were going to be all about Darth Vader and how it was going to be the best thing in the history of cinema? They just sit around in a funk, and it takes every ounce of willpower to stop yourself from grabbing them by the ankles and screaming at their crotch until balls appear.
It's those goddamn excuses. Every time you try to help, they have a retort that makes so much sense to them -- but to anyone who has lived through even five minutes of adulthood, it's just bullshit. And believe me, I know these quite well. I was a master at saying and believing things like ...
#5. "The System Is Unfair! I Refuse to Participate!"
Back in the early '90s, fresh out of high school, I tried to get a job at a local candy factory, because hell yes. At the time, I had virtually no work history. No experience with job interviews, no experience with applications, and barely anything to put on them, outside of my name and address. I didn't get the job, which was not unexpected, because even if you factor out my extensive arrest record for "genital terrorism," many of the "any dumbass can do this" jobs required heavy, repetitive lifting, and at the time I was built like a losing game of Hangman.
My mom's boyfriend worked there and told me later that the interviewer didn't hire me because of my hair (the left half was shaved, while the right half was down around the middle of my back). Now, hindsight tells me that he explained it because that interview marked the beginning of a very long string of job rejections that I couldn't figure out. But at the time, I got offended and exclaimed, "That's discrimination!" Then I asked him, "If I press the issue, would you be willing to say in court that they discriminated against me based on my hair?" And he looked at me the way you're looking at your monitor right now: a cringe, laced with "You are the dumbest twat alive." But instead of fixing the hair problem that was preventing me from gaining employment, I instead dyed it green out of protest, thinking, "If I have to change who I am in order to work, that's not a job I want in the first place!" In my mind, I was standing up against a horrible injustice.
"I cut my hair like you asked."
The problem with this excuse isn't about the job. It's about our juvenile sense of entitlement -- our naive belief that we can do whatever we want without repercussions. If you want to see what I mean in action, pull up any video of a cop using a Taser and read through the comments. I can save you the trouble if you value your sanity enough to decline that experiment. If the cop was in the wrong, it will be post after post from people frothing with rage, declaring that it's time we stood up and took back our country from "corrupt fucking pigs." They'll compare police officers to gang members and say they're on a power trip. You'll see the phrase "Nazi Germany" more than when the Nazis were actually in power in Germany. It's "abuse of power" and "They need to be fired and put in jail!" A third of the people will claim that they'd kill the cop if they were there, because the Internet is a perfectly logical place with people who aren't completely fucking stupid at all.
And the cops who were totally in the right? Same exact response.
From the moment we were crotched into this world, we've been taught that nobody has the right to speak to us with a certain tone of voice. But we have a right to speak our minds no matter what, and that other person has to listen and give weight to what we say. So when we're in a situation where there is simply no fucking discussion in the matter (traffic stop, meeting with the boss, redneck wedding trying to fist fight the police), our gut reaction is "NO! You will listen to what I have to say, because I have a right to express my feelings and opinions!"
We think that because the boss is being an asshole about our work performance or the police officer is yelling, "Get your ass on the fucking ground" (instead of "I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience, but could you please do me a favor and lie face down for just a few seconds?"), it excuses us from having to listen to them or follow their instructions. Instead of complying, we rebel out of this weird sense of justice. "I can't let them get away with that. I'm not doing what they say because I don't have to- OH MY GOD, THIS HURTS SO BAD, MY BODY IS BURNING WITH ELECTRICITY, FUCK!"
"I'm so sorry, I just feel terrible about this."
When we're kids, that's a great lesson, because it's teaching us important morals about communication and expression. I'm not saying that you shouldn't stand up for your rights or should let injustice go unchecked. I'm saying that when you become an adult, you learn where that shit is appropriate and where it will earn you a free face-kneeing. People who never get past that original childish viewpoint find themselves on the pavement with a Taser shoved trigger-deep in their asshole while they scream "WHAT'D I DO?!" Adults know that battling authority on their grounds only makes it worse -- you fight that shit in court.
#4. "I'm Just Not Ready to Settle Down Yet!"
You'll hear this from bachelors who don't want to get married or party lovers who aren't ready to give up the "drink until three, sleep until two" lifestyle. Other variations include "There will be time to slow down when I'm older" and "I'm living life to its fullest." Followed by intense puking noises.
It sounds pretty straightforward, I'll admit, even from an adult perspective. Hell, I know adults who still live by that motto. Here's the problem, though: Most adults understand that the idea of basing the quality of your life on the amount of liquor you drink or the strangers you fuck is an illusion created by the unweathered mind. That's not an insult -- it's a product of biology. The body is still getting high off of a fresh supply of hormones and impulse, and it's not quite ready to step outside of the "If it feels good, do it" mentality. We all go through it -- there's nothing wrong with it at the time.
"Dude, that had better be your finger."
Eventually, though, you start to mature and realize that every second you spend living like that is a second you haven't spent building your career or securing your retirement or building a legacy. And the longer you put it off, the more of a head start you give your competition for the perfect job or the perfect spouse. You start realizing that all of your friends bought their first house at age 30, while you're counting wrinkled wads of singles from the strip club the night before to pay your rent.
Does that mean you have to give up everything that's fun and grind through endless identical days of work with a scowl and a puckered asshole? Hell no. Just like all of these points, it boils down to "there's a time and a place." Settling down does not mean "giving up." It means "It's time to stop talking about what I want to be in life, and actually become that thing."
"Got a master's degree in helicopter dick."
When you're younger, that perspective is hard to see. You see compromise as a negative thing that means "Stop having fun" instead of a means to the most dramatic personal growth you'll ever experience. In this respect, the difference between juvenile and adult is "more" versus "better." When you're young, your mind will hammer you for more orgasms, more buzz, more parties ... When you're an adult, you work your ass off, and as a side effect of that, you can afford better wine. You focus on building a solid relationship where the sex is better and actually means something.
The unfortunate problem with this point is that until you actually live it, it sounds like bullshit. But believe me, any adults who tell you that they'd rather relive their teenage years than their current life aren't doing it right.
"I miss all that dick."
#3. "I Can't Make It on My Own!"
Once upon a time, I lived my life in a perpetual state of partying and sleeping on whatever couch was available to me. Two of my closest friends at the time had their own apartment, but their mothers paid all the rent and bills for them, so I found myself hanging out with them a lot. None of us worked, and we didn't make much of an effort to alleviate that problem. Mostly because we didn't see it as a problem. Some of our other friends had part-time jobs but didn't make enough to pay basic bills, so they lived at home with mom, trying and failing to save up. Again, never making the effort to find a better job or tack on a second one to fill the financial gaps.
"Finally landed a sweet job as a pig whisperer."
This isn't even close to uncommon. Thirty percent of young adults live with their parents, 53 percent if you look at just the 18-to-24 age group. If you're not in this situation, that's awesome -- no sarcasm, I'm sincerely proud of you. If you are in the situation I described above, though, I need you to do something that's kind of painful, even in the realm of imagination. I need you to imagine that the person helping you out becomes one of the 10,000 people a year who die in a DUI-related accident.
Just driving home from work, completely sober -- never even knew what hit them. Bam. Gone.
What happens now? Fuck the funeral costs -- what are you going to do in four days when the fridge is empty? In two weeks when the rent, electric, gas, car payment, phone bill, and trash pickup all become due? Do you know how to wash your own clothes? Can you cook more than a couple of meals that don't come out of a box? When a future job asks for your Social Security card or a copy of your birth certificate, do you have one? Do you know how to get one if you lose them? You should know every last bit of that shit right this second. And you should most definitely have enough of an income locked down that if God forbid something does happen, you can survive.
"Well, it's not much, but I call it home."
I know that many of you are in these situations because you graduated from college and can't find a job in your field, but you need to hear something that may piss you off: Fuck your dreams. Fuck them right exactly in their dream asses. Not off to the side -- not a grazing ass poke. Right in it. Right now, you're working for survival.
Got a degree in music? Fine, you can look for a job in that field while you're collecting an actual real paycheck from whatever job is willing to hand you money -- and sometimes that means working two or three of them to ensure that you have a place to live, while using your lunch break to hand out resumes for your dream. Every famous person in entertainment who wasn't handed a gift-wrapped career has a string of "shitty job" stories that he or she had to endure while working on becoming something better. Very few of them say, "I got my degree and then hunted around for a few years before I found a job in acting."
Acting is hard.
Unless you're flat-out rich, the economy will not allow you the luxury of cherry picking your employment. You cannot use the economy as an excuse -- you have to use it as motivation.


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The evaluation and treatment of febrile infants remains a hot topic in pediatrics despite several decades of study. In 1983, two articles1,2 were published detailing the management of febrile infants at The Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Md. Since then, published studies have described ways to determine which infants are at high or low risk for serious bacterial infection.3-9 Many criteria have been touted as being relatively safe and effective methods of making such determinations,10-12 and house staff and practicing pediatricians alike have incorporated these into their practice. We, therefore, sought to determine if there had been any significant changes in the management of febrile infants at our institution after a decade of experiences, studies, and debates of our own and others. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine what proportion of febrile infants younger than 2 months evaluated in our medical center are
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Meet the founder
Bikram Choudhury
"Lock the knee!"
That's Bikram Choudhury guiding you through the Bikram yoga experience. Bikram, through experimenting, learned fifty years ago that the wrong way of doing any posture would hurt a student's well-being. He explains further, "If you follow my instruction and do my yoga posture sequence to the best of your ability, you will live a better, healthier and more peaceful life."
The Early Years
Yogiraj Bikram Choudhury is the founder of the worldwide Yoga College of India™. Born in Calcutta in 1946, Bikram began Yoga at the age of four with India's most-renowned physical culturist at that time, Bishnu Ghosh, the younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda (Author of the most popular book on Yoga, The Autobiography of a Yogi, and founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles).
Bikram practiced Yoga at least four to six hours every day at Ghosh's College of Physical Education in Calcutta. At the age of thirteen, he won the National India Yoga Championship. He was undefeated for the following three years and retired as the undisputed All-India National Yoga Champion.
Overcoming Obstacles
At seventeen, an injury to his knee during a weight-lifting accident brought the prediction from leading European doctors that he would never walk again. Not accepting their pronouncement, he had himself carried back to Bishnu Ghosh's school, for he knew that if anyone could help to heal his knee, it was his teacher. Six months later, his knee had totally recovered. Ghosh was a celebrated physical culturist and the first to scientifically document Yoga's ability to cure chronic physical ailments and heal the body.
Bikram Yoga is Born
Bikram later on devised the 26 postures sequence, which work irrespective of age groups. These 26 postures series has a profound healing power on your body and mind. He founded Bikram's Yoga College of India. Bikram has shown the light of healthy life to millions of people around the world. Bikram is the most respected living Yoga Guru in the world. He has written books on Bikram Yoga. These books are wonderful works for the entire yoga world.
Life & Work
Bikram is also singer. His songs are really refreshing and have a soothing effect on the mind. Bikram conducts workshops, lectures and seminars throughout the world. It's a wonder to experience one of his classes. He will tell you where your weak point is while doing Bikram Yoga Posture. He will not stop until you come out at your best.
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Computer Lab User Guidelines
- Service
- Limitations of Services
- Items Left in the lab
- Shutting Down the Computer
- Saving
- Help
- Printing
- General Lab Rules
Lab Technicians are available throughout the semester to assist you with problems in the operation of equipment and software. Lab Technicians can be found at the front check-in / check-out counter, they are responsible for answering general questions, and will do their best job to assist you in the completion of your assignments. If you have a question, please do not hesitate to ask. Two things to remember when working with computers are:
Read the screen. Frequently the information that you need is available either on the screen or through a help screen in the program you are operating.
If you begin to feel frustrated take a short break. Frustration often leads to a number of negative feelings and effects. These can eventually lead to an overall feeling of being unable to learn any computer system or program. If you take a short break, you can then return to solve the problem with a fresh perspective.
Limitations of Services
There are some limitations to the above services. Please notice that your assignments were given to you, so that you would learn the material. Please do not ask the lab staff to do the assignment for you. Also, please do not ask us to confirm your every key stroke. You must have the confidence to make this decision for yourself. Read the textbook assigned for your class completely. When finishing you assignments, please remember to do exactly what the textbook requests and in the order that it is requested. Many problems arise when files are misnamed when saved or steps are performed out of order. If you have read your book, and still are confused, ask the lab staff.
Items Left in the Lab
Lansing Community College, and the TLC Computer lab, are not responsible for any items left in the lab or classrooms. Any items left in these areas are left at your own risk. We suggest if you must leave your workstation, take your belongings with you as well. Public Safety maintains a lost and found service for items left in the classrooms, rest rooms, and lounges. Any items left in the lab will be turned over to Public Safety. Items can be retrieved by going to GB 251, or by calling Lost and Found at 483-1800.
Shutting Down the Computer
There is usually not a need to shut down your computer, but if the situation arises, please do it properly. First close all open programs. Then click the Start bottom on the left corner of the screen. Next click the Shut Down button on the task bar. Choose Shut down the computer and then click OK. The computer will shut down and the screen will display a message telling you when the computer is safe to turn off. Please do not power off the machine before it is ready to be shut down. Doing so may permanently damage the computer, and make the software inoperable.
The lab has reference materials on various subjects for use in the lab. All you need is a student ID to borrow the information while you work in the lab. The college also offers tutorial services for students that need more help. They can be reached by calling 483-1206, or by stopping into the Tutorial Services office, A&S 103.
There are many ways to save your files when you study in the computer lab. You can use a CD-R, or a USB Flash Drive to save files and take them with you. Alternatively, you may save files to Desire2Learn or your Google Student email account. Keep in mind that all files saved on the lab computers are temporary and will be automatically deleted once you log off. For more information, please see Alternatives to Saving and Helpful Tips.
Each semester that you are registered for classes LCC deposits $7.50 into your print account (Equitrac). You may add value to your print account by transferring value from your Star Card. It costs $.05 per page for black & white or $1.00 for color prints. To check your print account you will need your Username and password. The link to check your balance can be found in MyLCC under the school tab.
General Lab Rules
1. The TLC computer lab is for students currently enrolled at LCC. To use the TLC computer lab, you must possess a current student star card. It is against policy for you to let another student borrow your Star Card to gain access to the computer lab. For more information, see the Acceptable Use Policy.
2. Star Card identification must be presented when requested by a Lab Technician.
3. The computer lab is for academic purposes. Therefore, a quiet atmosphere is required. Noisy students will be asked to leave (there are several student lounges on campus available for socializing).
4. Food and drink are not permitted in the computer lab. There is a bookshelf next to the check-in counter where you can leave your refreshments.
5. The use of cell phones is prohibited in the computer lab. Cell phone usage in the computer lab is distracting to other students and instructors trying to work. Please take your calls out in the hallway. We also ask that you put your cell phone on vibrate mode.
6. Computer games are not to be played in the lab unless the games are required for an LCC assignment.
7. Unauthorized copying and or installing of unauthorized software are not permitted. This may be a violation of copyright laws.
8. Tampering with the hardware or software settings will not be tolerated.
9. Students should follow the LCC Student Printing Policy when printings in the Computer Lab. Students are responsible for picking up their printouts at the front counter. The Lab will keep all printouts for a week and recycle them on every Saturday. http://www.lcc.edu/happenings/student_printing/
10. Chatting is only allowed when specifically assigned by an LCC instructor to complete coursework, i.e., Distance Learning. Please use the Library quiet rooms for computer chatting (see Library hours).
11. Students found Internet surfing for personal reasons may be asked to leave. Preference is given to students doing course work over those engaged in personal computer use.
12. Personal files are not to be stored on the local drive C. The lab is not responsible for providing students with writeable CDs or flash drives.
13. Children and friends of students are not allowed in the computer lab. The computer lab is an adult learning environment, and is not suitable or safe for children. Friends and relatives can stay in the lobby area.
14. DO NOT leave your personal belongings at the computer. Any belongings left at the computer for more than 2 minutes will be collected & put behind the counter. Any items left behind the counter for more than 20 minutes will be handed over to Public Safety. Lansing Community College is not responsible for items left behind.
15. Profanity will not be tolerated.
16. Disruptive students will be asked to leave and Public Safety may be called in such situations.
17. Viewing and printing pornographic images is not acceptable or permitted.
18. Sleeping in the lab is not permitted.
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A unique opportunitty to discover all his work
To celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the Gran Teatre del Liceu will be opening the season with a great Verdi celebration covering the whole of the composer's oeuvre. With the best of Verdi's voices, these concerts will be a box of delights that reveal some of the best-kept secrets and forgotten, rejected or alternative excerpts.


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Horn blew away Chenoweth and the unsuspecting audience at the Hollywood Bowl with her considerable vocal abilities after backup singers randomly pulled her up on stage to sing "For Good," a duet from the Broadway musical Wicked, in which Chenoweth played the original Glinda.
A video of the performance quickly went viral after being uploaded to YouTube by Horn's friend, Mike Kestler. Horn commented on the page that the duet was not planned.
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After her successful performance, Horn left the stage to find that she had impressed yet another celebrity, Darren Criss of Glee.
"When I went backstage, the first face I saw was that of Darren Criss who started immediately chanting my name." She wrote in a blog post for Broadwayworld.com.
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NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Falls' first-ever gun buyback Saturday reaped 150 weapons – an arsenal that moved Police Superintendent E. Bryan DalPorto to term the program "a tremendous success."
Of the weapons surrendered for cash, just two of the 95 handguns and 55 long guns were nonfunctioning. DalPorto said the collection included some "nasty-looking sawed-off shotguns and altered guns. [If] you were looking down the barrel of them they could be pretty intimidating."
Owners of the weapons filtered into the firehouse at 11th Street and Ontario Avenue throughout the day. With about $8,000 budgeted for the buyback, $100 was offered for rifles, $75 for handguns, $50 for shotguns and $10 for nonfunctioning guns.
"We'll look ahead at doing it again down the road," the superintendent added.
"If we can provide an outlet to citizens to get rid of guns they no longer want and we can get them off the street so they can't potentially be used in any crime, then I think the program's successful, whether we get one gun or a thousand guns," he had said earlier.
The buyback is viewed as a means of making the city a safer place for both residents and tourists.
Amid the furor of state legislation on gun control, DalPorto pointed to some negative feedback on the program, but also noted community residents requested it, including Niagara County Legislator Owen Steed, a Democrat who represents the North End of Niagara Falls; city block clubs; and MAD DADs – all co-sponsors of the buyback.
"It is not my intent to infringe on anyone's Second Amendment right and by no means are we doing this with the gun buyback," DalPorto said. "If someone doesn't want to turn in a gun, then they should stay at home and not participate in the program."
Over the past few months, the Cataract City has experienced a spike in violence, including armed robberies at gas stations and convenience stores.
To address this, police are continuing to use computer data to identify problem areas and evaluate what can be improved to direct enforcement to needed areas.
"We've been meeting with stores to come up with some type of strategy, not only to apprehend these people, but also minimize this from happening in the future," DalPorto said.
The mayor and City Council just approved $50,000 for a safe neighborhood patrol and another $25,000 for the Tourist Safe Initiative. Both programs will result in overtime for more officers.
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Toby Allen has lived with anxiety for much of his life. Three years ago, the now 22-year-old artist from the U.K. made his first attempt to take those feelings and experiences and represent them visually in a story called Toby and the Monsters. Based on the positive response he received from friends and the therapeutic benefits he experienced himself, Allen continued to revise those drawings and add other mental illnesses in the hopes that others might find some benefit as well. In his watercolor collection, Real Monsters, Allen gives a face to serious mental illness including schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder and depression.
NAMI connected with Allen by email to gain some insight into where the monsters came from, what they're here to do and where they're headed next.
Where did the idea for the Real Monsters project come from?
The project originated from dealing with my own anxiety. I found that drawing my worries and fears as little monsters would help me think about them differently and make my anxiety feel more manageable. I imagined that my anxiety could be overcome by giving it a physical from, giving it a visible weakness that I could learn to exploit.
What did you hope to achieve by illustrating mental illness with these characters?
I hoped to draw attention to mental illnesses that often get ignored or aren't taken seriously. Anxiety disorder is a very good example, the condition often being seen as trivial or not serious enough. I know this from personal experience, often having to remind people how difficult it can be to live with anxiety and do ordinary tasks that other people find easy. I want to make people aware of how damaging these illnesses are and how much of a burden they can be to those who suffer from them. The project highlights conditions that some people may have never even heard of, so the work aims to raise awareness for these.
I hope that people can relate to the work and that it helps them to see their illness in a different light. I think there is enough comedy within the illustration that can help people see their own 'monster' in a less threatening way but still emphasise how serious these conditions can be. In all the work that I create, I want to make people smile but if I can help raise awareness for mental illnesses too then it is even more rewarding.
How did you decide how to represent each of the specific illnesses?
I begin each monster design by researching the condition or disorder extensively, often relying on real life case studies or first person stories to get a better understanding of the illness I intend to draw. I constantly sketch throughout the researching process and try out many different ideas until I get something that works. I try to incorporate many different elements of the disorder into the monster's character or look which are then reflected in the descriptions, deepening the concept or understanding of each character.
Looking specifically at the anxiety monster, its form is based on small rodents that like to hide in dark places. The dark colours reflect the heavy and oppressive feelings that I associate with being anxious and the shock of bright pink in its design represents the intense rush of fear that occurs when I have an anxiety related panic attack. The clock refers to a common anxiety related to worries or fears of unpleasant future events that may never actually happen, something I know very well.
With all of the monsters, I try to reflect other people's experiences with their own disorder or condition to help develop a character that people can relate to. Of course each person's experience with a mental illness will differ, so I try to create something that many people will find familiar.
What kind of reaction have you received to the work?
The work has gained a huge positive response from the Tumblr community in particular and the project went viral within a week of it being published on my blog. I have received so many wonderful messages from people who live with one or many of the disorders I have drawn, each telling me how much the work means to them and how it has helped them to think about their condition in a different or more positive way. I regularly receive heartfelt and sincere emails from people who wish to thank me for creating the work, as if I created it especially for them.
Why do you think that reaction has been so positive?
I think that people appreciate the artwork as well as the unique presentation and stories behind the monster characters. People can relate to the monsters and imagine their condition in a different way than they thought previous, something making them laugh or simply feel a little bit better about their condition. Art has always had a big impact on its audiences and I'm glad that my work has had a profound and positive effect on my audience.
What plans do you have for the project in the future?
I will be continuing the project and creating at least two new sets of monsters in the near future. There are some very common illnesses that weren't presented in the first set such as OCD and bipolar disorder, so I would like to tackle those and also represent some illnesses that people may not be so familiar with. These would include selective mutism, schizotypal personality disorder and seasonal affective disorder.
After creating the monster sets I would like to compile the work into a book, so people can enjoy the work up close and the book could be put to use in helping young people especially come to terms with their mental illness. I have already had a lot of interest from psychotherapists and doctors who would like to use the work in this way.


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Penn State's coaches didn't know entirely what they were getting into when they took their jobs because few could have predicted the severity of the NCAA sanctions.
As soon as the sanctions came down, many wondered how long the coaches would stick around. Bill O'Brien is making $2.3 million a year and has a nine-year contract, so he has plenty of incentive to stay for a long time.
But what about the assistants? They've done their part in helping O'Brien keep the football program going in a positive direction, but they don't make near as much money and could opt to leave for greener pastures rather than deal with the heavy restrictions.
If there's a lot of turnover on the staff -- which PSU has rarely had to deal with -- it could have a significant impact on all aspects of the program. Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Charles London addressed that and other topics during a Q&A with reporters Thursday.
Q: How important will it be to keep this staff together, and how difficult might that be given that the coaches didn't know the sanctions would be in place when you took the job?
A: It's definitely important to try to keep our staff together. We've developed something here. There's a lot of good cohesion amongst our staff, and we really work well together and we feed well off of each other. So I think it would be important to try to keep our staff together regardless of what may come our way. But I think that will be a key thing in helping get Penn State football back on the right track.
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* LT Donovan Smith has been playing with a broken right hand, O'Brien confirmed, and will be able to play Saturday at Iowa.
* There will be between 80-100 recruits at Beaver Stadium for next week's game against Ohio State.
* One lady, who claimed to be a preschool teacher, asked O'Brien the awkward question of whether he wears boxers or briefs. The coach didn't provide an answer.
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Charles London also provided some details about PSU's recruiting efforts. Check the Giger Counters blog link below for that.
Q: What are your career goals, and do you want to remain a running backs coach?
A: As anybody that's in this profession, or any profession, you want to try to get to the top of your profession. So one day would I like to be a head coach? Certainly. I've got a great mentor here in Coach O'Brien, who's been very influential in my career, going back to when I was a GA for him in 2005. But I'd like to rise through the ranks like the rest of the guys. ... I'd like to get to that point in my career where I can do some different things and kind of broaden my horizons. But right now I'm very content and happy coaching the running backs.
Q: Has Bill Belton fully recovered from his ankle injury, and where is he in terms of his development?
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Q: Why doesn't Curtis Dukes play more, and how is he doing picking up the offense?
A: Curtis is getting better. He goes out there, and he works hard every day. We've always got to keep in mind that he did miss spring practice ... so when we started practicing in August, it was kind of a catch-up period for him. The other guys had been through 15 practices and had a chance to get a feel for the offense, and he didn't. Curtis does some good things when he's out there.
Q: What has Zach Zwinak done to emerge as a bigger threat?
A: Unfortunately we had some injuries early on with Billy and Derek [Day] ... and Zach got an opportunity, and he kind of took it and ran with it. Zach's done a great job of understanding what type of runner he is. ... Now our challenge is to just keep it up. Now teams are kind of keying on him. They see him back in the backfield, they expect him to be back there, so can he continue to have that same success?
Q: How much of a luxury is it to be able to redshirt Akeel Lynch?
A: It's huge for us that we're able to redshirt him this year so we can have him for four years down the road. He's got a lot potential. We expect him to be a good player here at Penn State, and it's great that we've had some other backs step up so we don't have to use him this year.
Q: How much did the plans change at running back after Silas Redd transferred?
A: It really wasn't a big shift in the game plan. Silas did a lot of things well, but we have some talented guys here, and they each have their own special skill sets. We just knew that we had to play the attributes of each guy that we had and play up their skill set to the best of our ability.


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"No bond is more meaningful, more productive, and more lasting than the relationship between parents and their children." Those words sound like they could be ripped from a Hallmark card, but they actually belong to Buffalo Bills safety Jairus Byrd.
It's safe to say the 26-year-old is not your typical NFL player. For starters, very few can match his desire to give back.
Since coming to the Bills as a second-round draft pick in 2009, that desire has been on display in several community outreach efforts, both large and small. It's also at the heart of Byrd's latest project – the Legacy Experience.
Created by Byrd and his father, Gill, the Legacy Experience is a year-long series of activities created to strengthen the relationship between fathers and sons. The words above are some of the first participants in the program come across, setting the tone for what the Byrds hope are life-long lessons.
"When you can lay that foundation of the father-son relationship, I think it carries a legacy," Jairus Byrd said. "It transcends, it keeps going."
The goal of the Legacy Experience is to build an unbreakable bond between fathers and sons. Fundamental principles of football like discipline and hard work are central to the experience.
"It's an opportunity to impact lives. I think that we're doing something different. It's something that's been in both of our hearts," Byrd said of his and his father's motivation.
Participants in the Legacy Experience volunteer in their community, post monthly blogs on their relationship, take part in live online chats with the Byrds, and will soon complete "challenges," which ask fathers and sons to spend time together. An example of one of the challenges would be dads helping their children with their homework.
"It's other than just 'hi, how you doing? How was school?' " Gill Byrd said this week.
The program, which is in its first year, has partnered with Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo and First Bible Baptist Church in Rochester.
"We're encouraging them to get out in the community, volunteer their time together," Gill Byrd said this week. "We're working with the churches saying, 'what dads and sons are getting involved with volunteer work?' That goes as credit to them being involved in the Legacy Experience."
Those families who participate can earn prizes — Jairus Byrd has already given out tickets to Bills' home games for those taking part — with the culmination of the program being a private football camp next year with Byrd and his father.
"We said, 'how can it be different than any other camp?' OK, you've got a father and son involved, that's different. Let's not start with the football camp, let's end with the football camp, that's different," Gill Byrd said. "We felt it was imperative for us to do something different and part of that difference is we spend time and try to be involved in the lives of the fathers and the sons, more than just for one day.
"Instead of the football camp being in the beginning, we're trying to stay in contact with the dads through the social media events we have, then at the end it's 'you've accomplished this,' now let's have a camp. It may be 10 dads and 20 kids standing at the end of all of this, and that's OK, we want to have a great exclusive personalized camp with them."
Fathers and sons interact with the Byrds on Jairus' website — jairusbyrd31.com — and are part of a pilot program of sorts.
"This is the first [program] of its kind that I know of. We're still learning and growing along the way. We've started small in just Buffalo and Rochester, but we've had people from across the country where we've lived call and say, 'hey, how can I get involved?'" Gill Byrd said. "It's imperative for us to have the churches involved. We have a weekly message that goes out to the dads and the sons, called a legacy moment, talking about maybe a bible verse, something that applies to being a father and being a son. We're still developing and we're still growing with this as well."
A strong faith
It's not a surprise that Christianity plays a part in the Legacy Experience. Faith is central to who Jairus and Gill Byrd are. Jairus is a frequent participant in the Bills' weekly bible-study groups, which are led by team chaplain Fred Raines.
"His commitment to God is special for someone his age in the position that he's in," Gill Byrd said.
But in a locker room where 52 other players may not share the same beliefs, Jairus' Christianity is not overt.
"It's a personal relationship, so when you have guys from different backgrounds and different beliefs, I think it's more about how you live your life," Byrd said. "I'm not trying to go in the locker room and beat people over the head with a bible. I'm just going to live my life the way I choose to and the way I know God's called me to. I'm not going to try and go in there and demand [things of people] or say things."
A proud father
Gill Byrd watches Jairus' progress from Chicago — where he's in his fifth season as the Bears' assistant defensive backs/safeties coach.
"I'm a dad, so of course I'm a Bills fan," Gill Byrd said. "I'm on the internet trying to read everything I can about how they're doing."
Jairus' development as a football player is special, but for Gill and his wife, Marilyn, it's nothing compared to seeing the men their sons have become. Jairus' brother, Gill Byrd II, graduated from New Mexico State with a degree in hotel-restaurant tourism after lettering for three years as a cornerback on the Aggies' football team.
"I think every parent, you're proud of your children as they grow up and become adults and take on those responsibilities that adults take on. Leaving boyhood and getting into manhood is a special feeling that a father has when you see your sons do that," Gill said. "I have two sons and they both are taking on responsibilities and getting into the world.
"I'm more excited about Jairus the man than I am Jairus the football player, because you know as well as I do there's a lot of great football players out there who aren't great representatives and haven't left boyhood. They're still acting childish and never getting into manhood and taking on responsibilities."
Gill Byrd was a four-time All-Pro as a member of the San Diego Chargers, with whom he spent his entire 11-year career. He still holds the Chargers' record with 42 career interceptions.
"I pick his brain every now and then," Jairus said, "but sometimes when we see each other, we just want to leave football alone."
It's obvious, though, that some of those lessons have been passed down. Gill has always been a huge influence in Jairus' playing career, going back to when he was his Pop Warner coach in 2000. The elder Byrd's ballhawking skills have been inherited by his son. Jairus Byrd finished his collegiate career at Oregon with 17 interceptions, tied for second most in school history. He hasn't lost that ability to make plays in the NFL despite switching from cornerback to free safety.
An elite talent
Before the season, former NFL executive Michael Lombardi, now an analyst with NFL.com, labeled Byrd one of his five "blue chip" safeties in the league.
Through seven games, Byrd's lived up to that description. He leads the Bills in interceptions (three) and forced fumbles (three, which also leads the NFL) and is second in tackles (44). Byrd has 16 interceptions in the first four seasons of his career — tied for third most in the league over that span — and 20 takeaways.
He followed in his dad's Pro Bowl footsteps in his rookie year of 2009, following a season in which he intercepted nine passes. But Byrd wasn't content to just play center field, picking off errant deep throws. Each offseason, he worked hard to become a more complete safety.
Asked what his focus was coming into this year, Byrd couldn't pinpoint one single thing.
"Honestly, it was a lot of things," he said. "It was a whole gamut, you know what I'm saying? Anticipation, a lot of different things. I wouldn't really narrow down one thing, I'm always looking at the whole picture. … Mostly it was just being more well-rounded than the year before. I think the natural progression is you should always improve."
The website Pro Football Focus, which grades every player on every play of the season, has him as the top-ranked safety in the league, with a 12.5 rating.
Not bad for a player in his contract year.
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about it. But it's something that I know it'll be taken care of in due time," Byrd said of his contract situation. "I'd love to stay here if everything works out."
Byrd's well on his way to writing his own legacy here in Buffalo on the field. He hopes to help others off the field write theirs, as well.
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LEETONIA - The school board is looking at possible use of solar energy at the K-12 campus.
Eric Zimmer, CEO of Tipping Point Renewable Energy, spoke to the board Thursday night about installing a solar power system at the campus that could ease the cost of electricity for the district.
According to Zimmer, solar electric technology is a mature technology that has been around for several decades. It is pollution free and has no moving parts that need to be maintained, he said, which means the district could save money through lower bills and a predictable budget.
Zimmer said the system would be hooked into the electricity grid so that whenever energy is not being drawn from the sun, it would be drawn from the grid. Any energy drawn from the sun would be credited on the electric meter, he noted.
If the district does opt for the solar power system, Tipping Point offers 20-year power purchase agreements at 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour and zero upfront capital. Zimmer said the district is currently paying just over 7 cents per kilowatt hour through Ohio Edison. There is a 25-year warranty that the panels will be generating at least at 80 percent capacity in year 25 as they did in year one of the agreement.
The current proposal for the system includes 2,308 5.5-foot tall fixed panels in the yard along Walnut Street.
Established three years ago, Tipping Point serves as a project developer that seeks third-party investors for solar power systems. Clients exclusively include school districts, municipalities and businesses such as the Licking Valley School District and the City of Columbus. Zimmer explained that the partnership is beneficial to all parties because the district saves money on energy bills while Tipping Point makes money on the project development and the investors make money on federal tax incentives and state renewable energy credits.
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Davies praises battling Blues
8 December 2013 14:59pm
By Alex Bywater
The Blues celebrate Alex Cuthbert's key score against Glasgow
Cardiff Blues boss Phil Davies was delighted with his squad as the injury hit region secured a 29-20 victory over Glasgow Warriors in the Heineken Cup on Friday night.
Glasgow got back into it in the second half but we hung in there and Leigh kicked his goals which always kept us a score clear
A try from man of the match Rhys Patchell and a second half effort from Wales wing Alex Cuthbert guided the Blues home as they made light of being without a number of key men.
The home side led 16-7 at the break with Patchell and the boot of Leigh Halfpenny doing the damage. Glasgow woke up in the second half and got back into it before Cuthbert's interception and 90 metre dash secured victory.
"I thought tonight's game was a great credit to the players, we have worked hard and now we are seeing the fruits of that labour," said Davies.
"We have been improving and to play as we did was fantastic. It was a great result and it keeps us in the group which is terrific.
"The players stuck to what we talked about and the desire was fantastic. It's another step forward for us and the pleasing thing for us was they didn't get a bonus point."
Following Friday night's win, the Blues are in second place in Pool 2, a point behind defending champions Toulon. Davies takes his side to Glasgow for the return fixture this Friday before a trip to Toulon and a home meeting with Exeter Chiefs in January.
"I thought the forwards and especially Sam Hobbs were brilliant," Davies added.
"The way he led the side was fantastic and from one to eight up front we were magnificent. Chris Dicomidis was fantastic in his first game. Him and Filo Paulo did a great job on Alastair Kellock who I think is a superb player.
"Glasgow got back into it in the second half but we hung in there and Leigh kicked his goals which always kept us a score clear. We have momentum now and are in good shape."
Patchell, who scored a try and kicked a monster first half penalty, enjoyed a superb return to action after time out with a shoulder problem suffered during Wales' preparations this autumn.
He said: "It's great to be back. The shoulder feels strong but the most important thing was the 80 minutes we produced.
"It's a heck of a win tonight, to come away with a victory and to score 29 points with two tries against a good Glasgow side is very pleasing.
"We've got ourselves into a good position in the group but Glasgow are a brilliant side who play a good brand of rugby and next weekend is going to be a hell of a battle."
New signing Dicomidis, a recruit from Premiership champions Pontypridd, played the full 80 minutes on his debut for the region.
"The physicality of the game was immense and never in a million years did I think I'd be here at the start of the season," he said.
"It's Roy of the Rovers stuff and I have to pinch myself at times. It was my first taste of top level rugby and I was happy to be there at the end.
"The whole thing was a bit surreal. It has been a dream of mine to be a professional, it's come a bit later than I would have liked but I want to keep the jersey now."
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Hosting Top Chef has many perks, but staying super-slim after a season sampling an array of dishes is not one of them.
Luckily, Padma Lakshmi doesn't mind one bit – and even admitted she goes up two dress sizes at the end of every season.
"I love food way too much to starve myself just to look good," the single mom told Fitness for its November/December cover story, out Oct. 29. "I will put in the work at the gym so I can enjoy what I eat."
Lakshmi, 43, posed for Fitness shortly after wrapping the eleventh season of the show in New Orleans, and was straightforward about the disciplined diet and exercise regimen she follows after each season ends.
"I follow a clean diet: no meats, no sweets, no alcohol, no cheese, no fried food, no wheat," she explained. "And I work out five days a week, boxing three days, lifting weights the other two."
Yet because Lakshmi loves food so much, she said she doesn't deny herself what she really wants for too long.
"I believe in everything in moderation. I never say, 'No, I can't have any of that.' I have it and enjoy it! After I finish this photo shoot, I'm going out for pizza, and I'm literally going to take down a whole large pie by myself."
Lakshmi has good reason not to get too concerned about scarfing down all those slices. She told Fitness that while she was pregnant with daughter Krishna, now 3 ½, those extra curves came with extra attention.
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Even so, it appears the host sticks to her exercise regimen – even if she has to work a bit harder these days.
"I've seen a slow decline in my metabolism from the time I was 30. Even when I'm at my ideal weight, I have to work out regularly – otherwise I'm jiggly."
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You can ferment it in bacteria. You can
subject it to outlandish temperatures and pressures. But however
you produce biofuel, one thing is constant -- you need a supply of carbon, the "feedstock".
I. Switchgrass ==
Environmental Threat?
One leading candidate for widespread use as a biofuel feedstock is
switchgrass. Fast-growing and hardy, switchgrass quickly produces a great
deal of biomass. But a new study by the University of Illinois reveals a potential downside -- switchgrass' growth comes at the
cost of soil moisture.
Switchgrass is apparently so effective at sucking water out of the ground
that it could cause adverse affects to other human crops, as well as local
ecosystems. Praveen
Kumar, the Lovell Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of
Illinois states, "While we are looking for solutions for energy through
bioenergy crops, dependence on water gets ignored, and water can be a
significant limiting factor. There are many countries around the world
that are looking into biofuel energy, but if they are adopting these (large
grasses) into their regular policy, then they need to take into account the
considerations for the associated demand for water."
The study examined transpiration -- the loss of water through plant
pores. Ultimately switchgrass and another fast growing
grass, Miscanthus, transpire at a higher rate than corn (the most widely used
ethanol biofuel crop) and thus pull water from the soil at a faster rate.
This dries the soil and increases humidity.
The researchers also used a predictive model to study what would happen
if the predictions of global warming were realized. What they found was that while higher carbon
dioxide levels decreased the transpiration rate by allowing the plant to open
its pores to the air less frequently, higher temperatures negated this affect
by increasing the rate of water loss while the pores were open. Overall,
the predicted affect was even higher rates of water loss.
Regardless of whether the warming scenario occurs, however, the study
raises concerns for the viability of switchgrass and Miscanthus as biofuel
feedstocks, particularly in drought-prone regions.
The study was published [abstract] in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences).
Of course, the pro-corn, anti-grass bent should be taken with a grain of
salt. The University of Illinois has a long-standing relationship with the corn ethanol community, which would be displaced in a
move to switchgrass cellulosic ethanol. While this particular study was
funded by a National Science Foundation grant, given the overall financial situation, it's possible that
researchers at the University of Illinois could feel incentivized to find
downsides of switchgrass and the upsides of corn.
II. Algae Could be the Cream
of the Crop
That said, the University of Illinois, in a separate study, is promoting
a fascinating biofuel alternative to both corn ethanol and switchgrass -- seaweed. Recent efforts by the U.S. Marine Corps have heated up interested in algae- and
seaweed-based biofuels.
The new study looks at how to speed up the slow process of fermenting red
seaweed biomass to produce biofuel. Currently Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- commonly named yeast -- is
the leading candidate for fermentation as it has genes which code for proteins
capable of digesting both galactose and glucose -- the two primary sugars in
red seaweed. However, wild-variety yeast "eats" glucose before
it will eat galactose, making the fermentation process slow, and thus,
ultimately, more expensive.
By introducing a new sugar transporter and enzyme that breaks down
cellobiose at the intracellular level via a bit of gene splicing, the team was
able to create a strain of yeast that simultaneously digests galactose and
glucose, cutting the production time of red seaweed-derived biofuel in half.
Yong-Su Jin, an assistant professor of microbial
genomics, compared the development "to a person taking first a bite of a
cheeseburger, then a bite of pickle. The process that uses the new strain puts
the pickle in the cheeseburger sandwich so both foods are consumed at the same
Professor Jin says that the pre-treatment process to break down seaweed
into cellobiose -- glucose pairs -- and galactose is considerably less toxic
than many of the potential processes to break down cellulose from terrestrial
crops. Furthermore, he says that red seaweed has several other advantage
as well, including its higher biomass-per-unit-area density, its higher rate of
carbon fixation than terrestrial biofuels crops, and its ability to grow in the
sea, thus escaping land-space constraints.
The researcher selected the red variety (Gelidium amansii) of seaweed
as it's a fast-growing variety found in abundance in one very space-constrained
region -- Southeast Asia.
The study on the work was published [abstract]
in the peer-reviewed journal Applied and Environmental
Microbiology. The study follows work earlier this year
published [abstract] in PNAS,
which saw Professor Jin's team introduce pathways for simultaneous digesting of
xylose -- another plant sugar -- and cellobiose into a yeast strain.
Together the studies paint an interesting picture.
Switchgrass is potentially undesirable in arid regions and in
space-confined regions. However, many of these same regions border the
So for regions like the Southeastern United
States, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Japan, growing biofuels in the sea
might be the wisest approach of all.
quote: If we are growing this stuff where ample water falls out of the sky to maintain soil moisture... great. Otherwise, the search for biomass and the process to convert it to biodiesel continues.
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