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Water Bubbler with Flow Control
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Exclusive | Water Bubbler with Flow Control Provides Deep, Gentle Soaking
- Ideal for applying deep watering to small areas
- Minimizes runoff and erosion
- Includes water flow control lever
Apply a gentle soaking to the soil under trees and shrubs without washing away mulch or causing erosion. Also handy for watering the soil around delicate plants that could be damaged by direct spray. You can adjust the water flow with the flow control lever, and turn off the water so you can move the bubbler without wasting this precious resource.
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- Aluminum, ABS plastic, thermal plastic rubber, zinc
- Bubbler is 3-1/4" in diameter x 3-3/4" L
- Holes are 1/8" in diameter
- Flow control is 3-3/4" L
- On/off lever is 1-1/4" L
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Warm Goat Cheese Salad
9 ounces semi-soft goat cheese
1 recipe Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
Pinch ground black pepper
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
3/4 cup fine dry breadcrumbs or 1-1/2 cups panko (Japanese-style breadcrumbs)
Vegetable oil for frying
Dried and fresh fruits, nuts and seeds for garnish
In small mixing bowl combine goat cheese, parsley, chives, and black pepper. Divide goat cheese into 12 pieces; form into small patties approximately 1 1/2-inches in diameter and 1/4-inch thick. Place on parchment paper-lined pan; cover loosely and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
Place flour in shallow dish. In another shallow dish whisk together eggs and two teaspoons water. Place breadcrumbs in third shallow dish.
Coat one patty with flour, making sure to shake off any excess flour. Dip patty in egg mixture, making sure patty is completely coated in egg. Immediately dip in breadcrumbs. Return patty to parchment-lined pan. Repeat with remaining patties. Loosely cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
Fry patties in 1 inch of hot oil, a few at a time, about 30 to 45 seconds or until golden brown on both sides. Remove with slotted spoon and transfer to wire rack or paper towels to drain.
To assemble salads, toss mixed greens with vinaigrette and arrange plates. Garnish and top each salad with two goat cheese rounds. Makes 6 servings.
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup olive oil
1 tablespoons mustard
1 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
salt and pepper, to taste
Add garlic, mustard, honey and vinegar to a bowl. Whisk ingredients together. While whisking, slowly add olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
All-purpose bread recipe
2 3/4 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 Tablespoons granulated yeast
1 1/2 Tablespoons salt
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
6 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
Mix the yeast, salt, sugar and olive oil with the water in a 5-qt bowl, or a lidded (not airtight) food container
Mix in the flour without kneading, using a large wooden spoon.
Cover (not airtight) and allow to rise at room temperature for about 2 hours. You can use the dough at this point, or refrigerate and use over next two weeks. If you refrigerate overnight, you'll develop better flavor in the dough.
If you're using refrigerated dough, shape into a ball and let it rest for 20-30 minutes before baking.
Bake for 20 - 25 minutes at 350 F. Let cool completely before slicing.

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Whirlpool 21.1 cu. ft. Top-freezer Refrigerator w/ CEE Tier 3 Rating - Black
1 year parts and labor
Saving energy and money on your utility bills has never been so easy. Whirlpool brand's 21 cu. ft. top-freezer refrigerator is the industry's most energy-efficient available.* It's CEE Tier 3** rated and exceeds the federal minimum standard for energy efficiency by more than 30%. You can also store large amounts of meat and cheese with the full-width pantry, while contoured doors, hidden hinges and a flush base grille create a modern exterior on this energy-saving model. *Among leading competitive top-freezer brands, 19 cu. ft. capacity and above; based on 30% more efficient than federal minimum standards. **Based on the Consortium for Energy Efficiency qualified product ratings. Visit cee1.org for more information. Compatible with optional automatic ice maker kit ECKMF94.
- Clean up spilled liquids easily - SpillMizer™ glass shelves are both adjustable and transparent and help contain messy leaks and spills for easier cleanup
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Last week's column by Ed Gurowitz on the supposed "perils of free speech" is astounding in its arrogance. Mr. Gurowitz has no love for the First Amendment and casually laments that it is "untenable" to stifle the freedom of expression for those he disagrees with. More disgustingly, Mr. Gurowitz has no problem throwing his fellow Americans under the bus when it serves the purpose of Democrat talking points — no matter that he trivialize the murder of the American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other embassy personnel in the process.
Mr. Gurowitz would like us to believe that Americans who expressed a negative opinion about Islam have culpability in the murder of Mr. Stevens. To be clear, the blame for the murder of Americans in Libya is exclusively as follows: First and foremost, the uneducated, vile, animalistic thugs who carried out the terroristic attack are solely responsible for the murders. The Libyan government also failed in its duty to protect the US embassy personnel. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, failed to assess the security issues in Libya and thus failed to provide adequate security to protect embassy personnel. Finally, Mr. Obama, president of the United States, has promulgated a totally failed policy in the Middle East, which led extremists to be sure they would face no repercussions for their murderous acts. Ronald Reagan would have sent cruise missiles. Mr. Obama puts on a sad face and blames a three-month-old video for his failure to anticipate a long-planned terrorist attack. Further he describes the murder of US citizens as "bumps in the road."
Mr. Gurowitz was quick to parrot the Democrat party line. The Democrat administration pretended that this attack was no terrorist incident, but was a "random uprising" spurred by a You Tube video. As usual, the Democrat party assumes Americans are stupid and won't notice that the attack was premeditated and took place on Sept. 11. Having incorporated Mein Kampf into the party's thinking, they assume we will swallow any "Big Lie" they come up with.
Mr. Obama continues to lie about the murders. Apparently, he can't bring himself to take responsibility for his own policies. The only surprise is that the Obama camp didn't try to blame George W. Bush this time. Hillary Clinton, having learned from her husband, Bill, that the cover-up is worse than the initial misdeed, has already admitted, in public, that the murders were a terrorist attack having nothing whatsoever to do with the You Tube video.
Nonetheless, Mr. Gurowitz makes sure we know the authors of the video were Christians because Democrat party officials hate Christians even more than they hate Republicans and never fail to slander a Christian when the opportunity arises. Most disturbingly, Mr. Gurowitz actually states that the film makers, criticizing Islam, are responsible for the death of embassy personnel in Libya.
By inference, Mr. Gurowitz must be sanctioning the murder of the British Ambassador to USA. After all, a British citizen, Christopher Hitchens, (now deceased), recently published a book entitled "God is not Great" — criticizing, among other things, Christianity. No doubt, Mr. Gurowitz believes that Rick Santorum should be assassinated by irate Mormons because of his comments labeling the Mormon religion as a "dangerous cult" Perhaps Mr. Gurowitz is even advocating for his own murder by irate Buddhists seeking retribution for his misappropriation of their beliefs in last week's column.
Fortunately for Mr. Gurowitz, Buddhists, Mormons, Christians and real Americans all have a better handle on the First Amendment than he does. Whether it is pornography, Democrat propaganda masquerading as primetime TV or political ads, we all know the appropriate, civilized remedy for unacceptable expression. We simply turn it off. Unfortunately, Islam is the only world's major religion whose official policy is to sanction the murder of its critics. Sadly, Mr. Gurowitz, like the rest of the Democrat political machine, fully embraces this murderous Islamist policy. According to them, we, Americans, are absolutely not permitted to criticize Islam. If we do, we must be slandered and ostracized or murdered.
While justifying the murder of our Embassy personnel by Islamist thugs, Mr. Gurowitz states that he hopes the authors of this harmless video will "suffer for thousands of lives." Given that Mr. Gurowitz lacks a sense of proportion or an understanding of right and wrong, given that he favors Democrat talking points over American rights, it would seem he should look to the management of his own soul rather than pontificating about the salvation of others.
— Robin Fall is an Incline Village resident.


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PG&B Groups Vision is to be recognized by its guests as a leading multi concept restaurant company within the markets it competes. This recognition will be the result of maintaining the highest quality and consistency in Food, Beverage, Service, Ambiance and overall Dining Experience. Further, PG&B Group desires to achieve an overall Quality Dining Experience through the optimum balance of pricing, product diversity, physical setting and a service standard that represents a committed guest perspective attitude by all employees including management.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Stetson men's basketball team (9-11, 6-3) fell behind early and lost to Florida Gulf Coast (14-8, 6-3) by a score of 96-65 on the road Friday night. Junior Chris Perez scored 21 points and senior Adam Pegg recorded his third double-double of the season to lead the Hatters in the defeat.
"They came out on a mission," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said of the Eagles. "We were prepared for it, but we didn't respond to it, and that's the disappointing thing. There are going to be runs in every game, and sometimes when it's after the opening tip, it's a real challenge to settle yourself down. We never did."
FGCU opened the scoring with a three-pointer by Chase Fieler, and the Eagles were off to the races from there. Stetson fell behind by eight points, at 12-4, through three minutes, before making what ended up as its only true run to get into the game.
A bucket in the paint by Pegg, followed by threes from Perez and junior Aaron Graham were part of an 8-3 run that cut the FGCU lead to just three points, at 15-12, with 13:43 to play in the period. The Eagles then used an 18-4 run that stretched over a seven minute period to take a 33-16 lead that would prove to be too much for the Hatters to overcome.
It was a first half that the Hatters would like to forget. Stetson turned the ball over 15 times, which gave way to 19 FGCU points in the period. The Eagles shot 60 percent from the floor and 50 percent from beyond the arc to take a 48-29 lead at the break.
"Miserably bad early," Alexander said of Stetson's handling of the ball. "and for no reason. There wasn't anything that they did that was unplanned for, un-practiced for, and we just threw the ball away. What we talked about before the game was being really solid, and really tough. [We] couldn't have been farther from than that."
Unfortunately for Stetson, the second half wasn't much different. Beginning with a jumper by Brett Comer, FGCU extended its lead to 29 points, at 65-36, less than five minutes into the frame. The Hatters never got closer than 27 points from that point on as the Eagles cruised to the 96-65 victory.
"I have to give them a lot of credit," Alexander said of FGCU. "It was remarkable the difference in their mentality on both ends of the floor compared to ours. When you're playing with great effort, and energy, and togetherness, it's amazing how the shots fall better for you. It's amazing how the long rebounds bounce your way more often, and the loose balls, and the lucky plays, and everything else. It's mainly because you earn it. That's why they deserve the credit."
Stetson finished with 21 turnovers, its second highest total on the season, and shot just 5-of-24 from beyond the arc. FGCU, on the other hand, totaled 12 steals, 31 points off of turnovers, and shot 58.7 percent from the floor to earn the victory.
Perez's 21 points were a team high, but his seven turnovers were as well. Pegg finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. It marked the 15th straight game that the Stetson center recorded double digit points.
Sherwood Brown led the Eagles with 21 points of his own, going over the 1,000 point mark in his career during the contest. Four other FGCU players finished in double figures, including Fieler, who finished with 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, and 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.
"The only thing that can make this worse is if we don't learn from it and let it make us a better team," Alexander concluded. "If we show up for practice on Sunday, just assuming that things are going to get better because we're out there then we're very wrong. We do have to regroup. We do have to channel our energy in the right direction, be more committed to being good, and know that that's what gives us a chance to win."
Stetson will next play at Jacksonville on Thursday, Jan. 31. The Hatters and the Dolphins are scheduled to tip off at 7:00 p.m. with coverage on ASun.TV, HatterVision, and WSBB.


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Friday, November 15, 2013
The IKON Financial Raiders won the regular season and post season Small Fry championships with an undefeated record of 11-0. Team members include (bottom row, from left) Travis Villeponteaus, Seabrook Kellett, Griffin Sutterlin, Jake Leland, Andrew Pitsus, Cross Allison, Shaun Jefferson, Jacob Garris, (second row, from left)
Caden Schier, Collin Fallaw, Whit Hobgood, Sky Johnson, Bryce Scharling, Carson Woodard, Tommy Bryant, Luke Wallace, Luke Bishop, Jack Weil, Femi Akinjobi, (third row, from left) Coaches Ronnie Schier, Steve Weil, Joe Hall, Marty Hobgood, Emmy and Morton Weil.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
The NotWedding is returning to Charleston for the second time this summer. The event will be held at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, July 9. The ceremony is planned for 7 p.m.
The NotWedding is a bridal show alternative in the form of a big, fake wedding. "Wedding guests" are brides- and grooms-to-be who enjoy a touching ceremony, a tasty dinner and a dance-party reception while truly experiencing the wedding vendors in action.
Those attending will experience a perfectly planned "wedding" and have the opportunity to meet the vendors behind the scenes. The bride and groom featured throughout the event are actually a married couple from the Charleston area that will be using the event to renew their vows.
Tickets include an emotional, fake wedding ceremony encouraging strong marriages, a delectable catered dinner and a reception full of drinks, dancing and dessert. The NotWedding also boasts a handful of surprises planned for the guests throughout the evening.
Callie Murray, owner of The NotWedding, believes her company offers a revolutionary twist to the traditional bridal show. "The NotWedding allows brides-to-be to get a feel for how wedding vendors would actually perform on their wedding day, and wedding vendors love being able to truly show off what they do and how they work under the normal pressures of a wedding day," Murray said.
Style Me Pretty, a top wedding blog that receives millions of hits per month, called The NotWedding "the end-all, be-all of wedding events," and vendors who have offered their services in the past also rave about the company.
"Undoubtedly, this event single-handedly launched my brand to where it is today," says Amy Osaba, whose company provided floral design at past events.
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Cajun cuisine is spicy fare. Many Cajun dishes are high in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium or all three, but almost all of them can be made with more healthful ingredients.
- Avoid fried seafood and hush puppies.
- Blackened entrees are usually dipped in butter or oil, covered with spices and pan fried; ask the cook to use only a small amount of oil.
- Ask for all sauces and gravies on the side.
|Fried crawfish or shrimp
|Boiled crawfish or shrimp
|Gumbo, etouffe and sauces made with roux
|Creole and jambalaya dishes
|Fried seafood
|Boiled or grilled seafood
|Fried shrimp or oyster
|Dirty rice (contains chicken gizzards, livers, butter, etc.)
|White rice
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Momentum for Change is an initiative spearheaded by the UN Climate Change secretariat to shine a
light on the enormous groundswell of activities underway across the globe that are moving the world
toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. Momentum for Change recognizes innovative and
transformative solutions that address both climate change and wider economic, social and
environmental challenges.
We call these solutions Lighthouse Activities.
They're some of the most practical, scalable and replicable examples of what people,
businesses, governments and industries are doing to tackle climate change.
Winners of 2015 Momentum for Change Awards
Sixteen game-changing initiatives from around the world were announced on 27 October 2015 as
winners of the Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Award.
Winning activities include a seriously cool smartphone that puts social values first and an
initiative that is enabling 40 Latin American cities to take concrete climate action. Others
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internal carbon fee that holds the business units of one of the world's most famous software
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The Momentum for Change Awards are part of wider efforts to mobilize action and ambition as
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From the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (Drs Morris, Evans, Bienias, Bennett, and Wilson), Departments of Internal Medicine (Drs Morris, Evans, and Bienias) and Preventive Medicine (Dr Morris), Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (Drs Evans, Bennett, Wilson, Aggarwal, and Schneider), and Departments of Clinical Nutrition (Dr Tangney), Neurological Sciences (Drs Bennett, Wilson, Aggarwal, and Schneider), and Psychology (Dr Wilson), Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids improve brain functioning in animal studies, but there is limited study of whether this type of fat protects against Alzheimer disease.
To examine whether fish consumption and intake of different types of n-3 fatty acids protect against Alzheimer disease.
Prospective study conducted from 1993 through 2000, of a stratified random sample from a geographically defined community. Participants were followed up for an average of 3.9 years for the development of Alzheimer disease.
A total of 815 residents, aged 65 to 94 years, who were initially unaffected by Alzheimer disease and completed a dietary questionnaire on average 2.3 years before clinical evaluation of incident disease.
Main Outcome Measure
Incident Alzheimer disease diagnosed in a structured neurologic examination by means of standardized criteria.
A total of 131 sample participants developed Alzheimer disease. Participants who consumed fish once per week or more had 60% less risk of Alzheimer disease compared with those who rarely or never ate fish (relative risk, 0.4; 95% confidence interval, 0.2-0.9) in a model adjusted for age and other risk factors. Total intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease, as was intake of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3). Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3) was not associated with Alzheimer disease. The associations remained unchanged with additional adjustment for intakes of other dietary fats and of vitamin E and for cardiovascular conditions.
Dietary intake of n-3 fatty acids and weekly consumption of fish may reduce the risk of incident Alzheimer disease.
A PRIMARY component of membrane phospholipids in the brain is the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3).1 High levels of DHA are found in the more metabolically active areas of the brain, including the cerebral cortex, mitochondria, synaptosomes, and synaptic vesicles.2- 4 Fish is a direct dietary source of preformed DHA. In addition, DHA is synthesized endogenously through a process of desaturation and elongation of its precursor n-3 fatty acids, α-linolenic acid (18:3n-3) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3).5
In laboratory studies, animals fed diets enriched with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids had better regulation of neuronal membrane excitability,6- 11 increased levels of neurotransmitters and higher density of neurotransmitter membrane receptors,12- 16 increased hippocampal nerve growth,17 greater fluidity of synaptic membranes,18 higher levels of antioxidant enzymes,19 decreased levels of lipid peroxides,20 reduced ischemic damage to neurons,21 and increased cerebral blood flow.22,23 In behavioral models, animals fed diets enriched with n-3 fatty acids had superior learning acquisition and memory performance over animals fed control diets.4,18,24- 31
Epidemiologic investigation of dietary n-3 fatty acids and Alzheimer disease is limited. One case-control study reported that n-3 fatty acid levels in plasma phospholipids of patients with Alzheimer disease were 60% to 70% of levels found in age-matched control subjects.32 Two prospective studies found that fish consumption was inversely associated with risk of incident Alzheimer disease.33,34 We examined whether fish consumption and intake of DHA and other n-3 fatty acids were associated with protection against Alzheimer disease in a biracial community.
Participants were from the Chicago Health and Aging Project, a population-based study of risk factors for incident Alzheimer disease.35 In a 1993 to 1997 census of a south-side Chicago, Ill, community, 8501 residents 65 years and older were identified, of whom 6158 (78.8% of 7813 surviving residents) participated in 90-minute interviews that included the administration of 4 cognitive tests.36- 39 The study population was 62% black, 38% white, and 61% female, with a mean educational level of 11.8 years.
Subsequent to the population interview, 1056 participants were randomly selected for clinical evaluation of prevalent Alzheimer disease, and 729 of them were evaluated (76% of 961 surviving residents). Sample selection was within strata defined by age, sex, race, and cognitive performance (good, intermediate, or poor). This phase of the study identified a cohort of 3838 unaffected persons to follow up for incident disease. The disease-free cohort consisted of 3352 persons who had good performance on the baseline cognitive tests, and 486 whose cognitive performance was intermediate or poor but who were unaffected by Alzheimer disease at the baseline clinical evaluation.
Three years after the baseline interview, all participants were recontacted for follow-up interviews, and 4320 participated (86.7% response among 4983 surviving residents). A second random sample stratified by age, sex, race, and decline in cognitive performance (no, small, or large decline) was selected from the disease-free cohort for clinical evaluation of incident Alzheimer disease. Random selection occurred with different sampling probabilities within the strata to ensure that persons most likely to have Alzheimer disease were sampled and that a sufficient number of comparable persons who were unaffected were also selected. Of the 1249 selected, 842 persons agreed to participate (73.9% of 1140 survivors), and 815 had complete data for the analysis of fish consumption and incident disease.
The institutional review board of Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center approved the study, and all participants (or legal guardian) gave written consent. Descriptions of the population interviews40 and clinical evaluations35 have been published previously.
Diet was assessed on average 1.9 years after baseline (or 2.3 years before the clinical evaluations) by means of a modified Harvard self-administered food frequency questionnaire (FFQ).41 The FFQ was distributed to participants along with a self-addressed envelope for its return. The 154-question FFQ (139 food items) included 4 seafood items (tuna fish sandwich, fish sticks/fish cakes/fish sandwich, fresh fish as a main dish, and shrimp/lobster/crab). Other questions inquired about use of vitamin supplements, specific brand names of cereals and margarines, type of cooking oil, and fat preferences for milk and meat products that were used in the computation of nutrient intake. Nutrient intake was obtained by multiplying the nutrient content of individual food items by the frequency of consumption and summing over all items. Nutrient content of individual food items was based on the Harvard University Nutrient Composition Database, which is continually updated through the US Department of Agriculture sources,42 along with selected individual publications. For analysis, estimated intake levels of all nutrients and fats were energy-adjusted by means of the regression residual method.43 Total n-3 fatty acid intake was based on the sum of 18:3n-3 (α-linolenic acid), 20:5n-3 (EPA), 22:5n-3, and 22:6n-3 (DHA). Weekly consumption of fish was computed by summing the responses to frequency of intake for the 3 fish items.
In a reproducibility and validity study of randomly selected Chicago Health and Aging Project participants, Spearman rank correlation coefficients between 2 FFQs completed approximately 1 year apart for 139 persons were 0.55 for total intake of n-3 fatty acids, 0.58 for DHA intake, and 0.44 for EPA intake (all P<.001). Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.33 (P = .01) between plasma levels of marine n-3 fatty acids and the FFQ in 56 participants.
Alzheimer disease was diagnosed on the basis of structured neurologic clinical evaluations that were conducted in participants' homes by a team consisting of a neurologist, a nurse practitioner, a phlebotomist, and a neuropsychological technician. The evaluations included a complete medical history and neurologic examination, medication use, neuropsychological testing (using the tests of the Consortium Established for Research on Alzheimer's Disease44 and others36,45- 51), informant interviews for cognitively impaired individuals, and laboratory testing. Diagnostic use of magnetic resonance imaging was restricted to persons with evidence of dementia and uncertainty as to whether a stroke had occurred or was related to the dementia. A board-certified neurologist, blinded to participants' dietary information, reexamined each patient and reviewed all clinical data. The diagnosis of probable Alzheimer disease was based on criteria of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders Association.52 For analyses, the definition included all cases of Alzheimer disease, including 14 cases with a coexisting dementing condition. Demented persons without Alzheimer disease (n = 11) were analyzed as noncases. Apolipoprotein E genotyping was conducted by methods of Hixson and Vernier53 and the primers described by Wenham et al.54
Race questions and categories were those used by the 1990 US census. Age was computed from self-reported birth date and date of disease-free status. All nondietary variables except clinical stroke were obtained at the baseline population interview, which included interviewer inspection of all medications taken within the previous 2 weeks. Level of education was computed from self-reported highest grade or years of formal education. History of hypertension was defined as antihypertensive medication use or participant report of high blood pressure. Heart disease was defined as self-reported history of heart attack, use of digitalis, or evidence of angina pectoris based on participant responses to a standardized questionnaire.55 History of stroke was defined as probable or possible stroke as diagnosed at the clinical evaluation by a neurologist on the basis of a uniform, structured examination, medical history, and magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic testing.
We used logistic regression programmed in SAS56 to generate odds ratios as estimates of the relative risk of incident Alzheimer disease. All statistics and models were weighted for the stratified random sample design so that the study results could be referred back to the population unaffected by disease at baseline. Variance estimations for all parameters were based on jackknife repeated replication.57,58 We modeled the different types of energy-adjusted n-3 fatty acids in quintiles, using the first quintile as the referent. Analyses with the nutrients modeled as continuous variables produced the same results. The multivariable model included terms for age (years), sex, race (black or white), education (years), apolipoprotein E (APOE)–ϵ4 status (any ϵ4 allele vs none), and the interaction between race and APOE-ϵ4. The multivariable model for fish consumption also included total energy intake. Confounding by other dietary components was examined in the multivariable model with other dietary variables modeled as continuous log-transformed variables. Effect modification was examined for fish consumption (trend variable) and each nutrient (modeled as continuous variables) in multivariable models that included a multiplicative term between the nutrient and potential effect modifier.
At baseline, the 815 sample participants ranged in age from 65 to 94 years. After a mean follow-up of 3.9 years, 131 persons were diagnosed as having incident Alzheimer disease, for an annual incidence rate of 2.6% weighted for the stratified random sample design. Less than 1% of the sample was taking n-3 fatty acid dietary supplements. Of the 3 different types of fish, fresh fish as a main dish was the most frequently consumed, with 39.2% of sample participants reporting intake at least weekly compared with 13.9% consuming tuna fish sandwiches; 8.5%, fish sticks/cakes/sandwiches; and 2.4%, shellfish. Compared with persons in the lowest quintile of n-3 polyunsaturated fat intake, those in the highest quintile group were more likely to be male, to have more years of education, to have a history of hypertension, and to have lower consumption of vitamin E and higher consumption of all types of fat (Table 1).
Fish consumption was inversely associated with the risk of incident Alzheimer disease. The age-adjusted relative risks for at least weekly fish consumption were in the protective direction but not statistically significant. These became stronger and statistically significant with additional control for other risk factors, including sex, race, education, presence of the APOE-ϵ4 allele, and total energy intake (Table 2). Persons who consumed 1 fish meal per week or more than 1 fish meal per week had 60% less risk of Alzheimer disease than did persons who reported eating fish rarely or never (for both groups, relative risk, 0.4; 95% confidence interval, 0.2-0.9). Because of the possibility that persons with cardiovascular conditions increased their fish intake as a preventive measure (see Table 1), we reanalyzed the data after excluding weekly fish consumers who reported that they ate more fish now than 10 years previously. The association was more protective in this restricted group (n = 641). In the multivariable model with additional adjustment for histories of stroke, heart disease, and hypertension, the relative risk was 0.4 (95% confidence interval, 0.2-0.8) for 1 fish meal per week and 0.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.1-0.6) for 2 or more per week when compared with nonconsumers.
Total intake of the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was inversely and linearly associated with risk of incident Alzheimer disease in both the age- and multivariable-adjusted models (in each model, P for linear trend = .01) (Table 3). Persons in the top fifth of intake had a statistically significant 70% reduction in risk compared with persons in the lowest fifth of intake with adjustment for age. The relative risk was slightly modified in the multivariable model but remained statistically significant. There was also a linear protective association with intake of DHA (22:6n-3). The inverse relative risks were more protective than for total n-3 fatty acid intake, with statistically significant 60% to 80% reductions in risk for the upper 3 quintiles in the multivariable model. The range of intake of EPA (20:5n-3) was low, with 40% of participants consuming 0 g/d. Therefore, we compared the risk of Alzheimer disease for persons in each of the top three fifths of intake with the risk of persons in the lowest two fifths. The age-adjusted risk of Alzheimer disease did not differ significantly across the quintiles of EPA intake, and additional control for other potential confounders had little effect on the relative risk estimates. Another type of n-3 fatty acid found primarily in oil-based salad dressing and nuts, α-linolenic acid, had a modest inverse association with incident Alzheimer disease in the age-adjusted model (P for trend = .01) that was not apparent after adjustment for the effects of other risk factors.
The multivariable relative risks for intakes of DHA (22:6n-3), EPA (20:5n-3), or total n-3 fatty acids did not change materially when we controlled for intake of dietary vitamin E, other types of fat (n-6 polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, saturated, trans-unsaturated), or cardiovascular diseases (stroke, heart disease, hypertension). The multivariable relative risks for intake of α-linolenic acid were approximately 1.0 with adjustment for vitamin E intake, but were unchanged when adjusted for cardiovascular disease.
In further analyses, we examined each n-3 fatty acid and fish consumption for evidence of effect modification. Intake of α-linolenic acid was strongly protective among persons with the APOE-ϵ4 allele (multivariate relative risk, 0.08 per natural log [milligram] increase in linolenic acid; P = .02), but there was no apparent association among persons who were ϵ4 negative. The interaction remained statistically significant with additional control for intake of vitamin E or other types of fat. In addition, total intake of n-3 fatty acids was protective only among women (P for interaction = .02). Otherwise, there was no evidence that age, sex, race, education, or APOE-ϵ4 genotype modified the effects.
To examine the possibility that the observed associations may be due to dietary changes or inaccurate reporting among persons with cognitive impairment, we reanalyzed the data after deleting data for persons whose baseline cognitive scores ranked in the lowest 10% of the distribution. The protective association with intake of total n-3 fatty acids became stronger (the multivariable relative risks [95% confidence intervals] for quintiles 2 through 5 were 0.4 [0.1-1.0], 0.4 [0.1-1.3], 0.4 [0.1-0.8], and 0.3 [0.1-0.8]). The multivariable relative risks for quintiles of DHA intake did not change appreciably except for the highest quintile, in which the relative risk was modified, to 0.5 from 0.3 in the total sample. Adjustment for the timing of the dietary assessment had little influence on the estimated relative risks.
Consumption of the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and fish was associated with reduced risk of incident Alzheimer disease in this large prospective study. Persons who consumed at least 1 fish meal per week had 60% less risk of Alzheimer disease than did persons who rarely or never ate fish. Of the marine n-3 fatty acids, only DHA (22:6n-3) was protective against the development of Alzheimer disease. Intake of α-linolenic acid was also protective, but only among persons with the APOE-ϵ4 genotype.
The study has a number of strengths that support the validity of the findings. Protective associations were observed for DHA, a major component of brain phospholipids, with fish, its primary food source, and with α-linolenic acid, which is largely obtained from vegetable oils. The strength of these associations makes it unlikely that the findings are due to chance. These associations held even after adjustment for education and other important risk factors, including cardiovascular conditions that could potentially account for the observed relative risks. The study participants were randomly selected from the general population, and all underwent structured clinical evaluation for incident disease, thus minimizing bias due to participant selection or case detection. The examiners were blinded to participants' dietary habits, and the dietary assessments were completed before clinical evaluation for incident disease. A limitation of the study is that, for a large number of participants, the dietary assessments were not obtained at baseline. This could have biased the results if some of these participants had already developed disease when their diet was assessed, and also changed their diet. For several reasons, this alternative explanation of the protective associations appears unlikely. The results did not change when we eliminated persons with low cognitive scores at baseline, or when we controlled for the timing of the dietary assessments. Furthermore, in a previous analysis of 2953 participants of the larger study, we found significantly less cognitive decline among persons who consumed fish at least weekly.59
We did not observe a protective benefit from EPA (20:5n-3); however, the range of intake was low, and we cannot rule out an effect at higher dose levels obtained from cold-water fatty fish or fish oil supplements. The EPA levels in most low-fat fresh fish are negligible. In a random sample of 232 persons from the study population, more than 90% of the fresh fish that was reported in 24-hour dietary recalls was very low in fat.
This study supports the protective associations found by the 2 other epidemiologic studies that examined the relationship between fish consumption and incident Alzheimer disease.33,34 Numerous animal models provide evidence of a biological basis for the association. The n-3 fatty acids have been studied extensively for their antiatherosclerotic properties.5 Notably, it was DHA that had the strongest protective effect against Alzheimer disease. Docosahexaenoic acid is the most abundant fatty acid in the phospholipids of the cerebral gray matter and represents 45% to 65% of total phosphatidylserine in the mitochondria, which plays a role in neuronal signaling.2 Docosahexaenoic acid is selectively accumulated in the brain during fetal and infant brain growth.2 However, several studies have shown that it is possible to increase n-3 fatty acids in the brain through diet well after the period of early brain development.7,19,60 There is a high turnover of phospholipid fatty acids in the brain.1 In one study, consumption of preformed DHA was 7 times more likely to result in uptake by the brain than DHA derived through consumption of linolenic acid.61 Several prospective studies found decreased risk of stroke with increased fish consumption62- 64 and intake of n-3 fatty acids.62
The n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been shown to have profound effects on membrane functions, leading to change in nerve conduction, neurotransmitter release, neurotransmitter reuptake, and postsynaptic transmitter effects. A large number of animal studies have demonstrated that dietary n-3 fatty acids increased learning acquisition and memory performance,4,18,24- 31 and 2 epidemiologic studies found decreased risk of Alzheimer disease with increased fish consumption.33,34 These studies, together with our finding that consumption of fish and n-3 fatty acids was associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease, provide a strong basis for further study through epidemiologic investigations and clinical trials. Our findings suggest that consumption of fish (at least weekly), oil-based salad dressings, and nuts may reduce the risk of Alzheimer disease.
Corresponding author and reprints: Martha Clare Morris, ScD, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612 (e-mail: email@example.com).
Accepted for publication January 10, 2003.
Author contributions: Study concept and design (Drs Morris, Evans, and Bennett); acquisition of data (Drs Morris, Evans, Tangney, Bennett, Aggarwal, and Schneider); analysis and interpretation of data (Drs Morris, Evans, Bienias, Tangney, Bennett, and Wilson); drafting of the manuscript (Dr Morris); critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content (Drs Morris, Evans, Bienias, Tangney, Bennett, Wilson, Aggarwal, and Schneider); statistical expertise (Drs Morris and Bienias); obtained funding (Drs Morris, Evans, and Bennett); administrative, technical, and material support (Drs Morris, Evans, Wilson, Aggarwal, and Schneider); study supervision (Drs Morris, Evans, Tangney, and Bennett).
This study was supported by grants AG11101, AG13170, and AG10161 from the National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Md.
We gratefully acknowledge the work of study coordinators Cheryl Bibbs, Michelle Bos, MA, Jennifer Tarpey, and Flavio Lamorticella, their staffs, and the analytic programmer, Woojeong Bang, MS.
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TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Looking to spruce up your place this winter? Morning Glory home furnishings offers new and vintage pieces, with a mountain twist, for any room in your home.
Owner Marcy Schreiber bought the store in 2005 and relocated it to downtown Tahoe City. The shop, which has a variety of items from linens to jewelry, features knick-knacks that Schreiber found herself at flea markets or estate sales.
"It's about the find in the store," she said. "I have a lot of old and new (items)."
Walking through the store, customers will find anything from aprons and table cloths to bedding, backpacks, pillows and more. The store reflects Schreiber's style of mixing old and new, a look that she replicates when decorating homes.
Schreiber explained that she grew up "junking" with her mom - traveling to finding antiques to decorate their own home.
"We love to go junking," she explained. "Since I was little, my mom and I were rearranging furniture."
While the store front has various decorations, Schreiber also offers interior design, as well as setting up for events or weddings. She mixes ideas from the homeowner with her own style to create a unique look for each home she decorates. Schreiber added that recently she's been busy decorating Christmas trees for visitors or second homeowners in the area.
Along with offering unique looks for homes, Schreiber sells fabric and offers custom sewing.
While the store has hundreds of little and big items, Schreiber explained that she's constantly looking for new things. She travels to estate sales, flea markets and anywhere else she can find items she can sell in the store.
"I try to turn (the store) around a lot," Schreiber added.
Schreiber said that antiques are often her biggest seller in the store. She aims to have various price points for items in the store, along with having smaller items that visitors to the area can bring home.
Schreiber explained that much of her business comes from visitors to the area. She has countless Lake Tahoe related items, including jewelry and books. Schreiber carries some local artists for her jewelry as well.
Morning Glory is located in the heart of Tahoe City, complete with a deck on the back that overlooks Lake Tahoe. In the summer, Schreiber said customers will often sit on the deck, taking in the views while shopping. And this summer, she plans to offer beverages for customers to further enjoy their shopping experience.


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Storage auctions made the news a few weeks back in a New York Times article highlighting the growing number of storage auctions amid our housing crisis. A storage auction is similar to a foreclosure in that the leaseholder loses the rights to use the storage unit. What's unlike a foreclosure is that the storage facility's recourse is that they are permitted to sell the contents of the unit to the highest bidder. What's been happening, according to NYT, is that there is a growing number of individuals unable to make lease payments on the units and thus find their belongings being auctioned off, oftentimes for only a few hundred dollars.
Enterprising bidders are hoping to score something big when they bid on these units because you can't closely examine the contents of the storage unit. Most places will only let you take a cursory look from the outside and then the bidding commences. Since this is a pretty standard practice across the board, it seems like the storage facilities know that forcing bidders to bid sight unseen will yield them higher returns. This also tells me that unless you're willing to work hard at selling off stuff, chances are you won't be hitting a gold mine with 99% of auctions (though you always hear of miraculous finds at garage sales).
To find out more, rather than just read off the internet, I attended a storage auction being held locally. I called up the three storage facilities near my home and learned that the latest one was being held at the end of May, so I marked it on my calendar. The easiest way, if you don't know where your local storage places are, is to look in your local newspaper because storage locations will usually publish auction dates there. They want as many people attending as possible, so they generally will give that information freely.
My Auction Experience
So at 2:00 PM on May 27th, I appeared at the Fort Knox Storage Facility located in Columbia, MD to revel in the sights and smell of American capitalism (I brought my camera but it was out of juice!). Joining me were five other capitalists, all of which were easily in their forties or fifties. Not many young capitalists are trying to find their fortune at a storage facility on a Tuesday afternoon – just means more fortune for me! I noticed that they all drove minivans or trucks, though one person drove their Jaguar to the affair, and carried locks and flashlights. I later learned that after the auction is over, the facility gives you a limited amount of time (it's negotiable, it's always negotiable) so sometimes you put your own lock on it to come back later.
Auction 1: The walk over to the first unit was pretty long, easily the length of the facility, and there was an air of eager anticipation in the air. The facility owner snipped the existing lock, lifted up the door and behold… an office chair, some old clothes, and the saddest looking subwoofer you've ever seen. Oh, and there was some trash in there too. The bidding was fierce but the winner walked away with the chair and the sub for $20.
Auction 2: This one actually held some good stuff but most of the attendees were turned off by the beat up pool table. There were four couches, some mattresses, a desk, that pool table, and who knows what else inside. The winner paid out $10 for the haul and it was uncontested, though everyone was immediately turned off by the prospect of dealing with the pool table.
In both instances, the facility operator was really obliging, letting everyone look inside and poke around. There aren't really any "rules" to this auction thing, the facility just wants to be rid of it and the capitalists are looking to profit a little from getting the stuff in the first place. The operator offered the services of a moving company associate of his, to the winner of the pool table, but she said she'd just give it away online (probably through Craigslist) to anyone willing to haul it.
Parting Thoughts
Like tax lien auctions, this one has a significant personal element involved and I think my fortune can be made without tempting karma. I know the content owners have fallen behind on their leasing obligations, I know they are rightfully losing their property, but I think that there's a measure of karma involved in buying someone else's possessions on the cheap and trying to turn a profit from them.
What stops the facility from cherry picking the good stuff for themselves? They often know the contents beforehand because they can watch someone move in (the locks are not the facility locks, hence the cutting) but I suppose there's a sense of trust involved.
Ultimately, I think this would make an entertaining hobby or help someone get some furniture on the cheap, but it's likely not going to make you a fortune. Every once and a while you'll hit a jackpot but it's like the lottery, you play a lot and hope you get the big score… good for entertainment, bad for paying the bills.


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Two terabytes. That's a scary amount of data. Ten years ago, if you'd told us you'd be able to fit 2TB on a hard disk drive, our heads would have exploded. Yet there are now thousands of 2TB drives on the market, each with their own pros, cons and price tags.
We've yet to see 2.5-inch 2TB drives enclosed in external USB cases, but they're around the corner. So for the time being, all the drives reveiwed here are 3.5-inch blighters, ranging in size from pocketable to pocketable if your pocket is the size of a small reservoir.
Being bigger hard drives, they also draw more power, which means USB can't generate enough lightning juice to keep them running. So they all come with external plugs, which can be rather annoying to carry around, and even more annoying when the manufacturers insist on only sending Europlugs with them.
There are a couple of emergent features we've seen on external drives over the past couple of years. eSata is an external variant of the hard drive connectors within your PC, and enables you to plug a drive in and get faster read and write speeds. USB 3.0 has also been with us for a few months, and although it hasn't proved humungously popular as of yet, it's still finding its feet. We've included one of each of these in our Roundup.
We tested by copying a huge 4.55GB folder containing an HD movie and some pictures and music to each drive, and timing how long it took. We also ran the usual array of HD Tach and Atto Disk Benchmark, which put our drives through their paces.
For drives with eSata and USB 3.0, we tested twice: once with USB 2.0, and once with whichever other interface they happened to be sporting.
The results signalled that, other than the exciting new interfaces, there's very little difference between the drives. In fact a couple even featured the same Samsung hard drives packed in different clothes, and they gave very similar results.
If performance is going to be the same across the board, it all comes down to price and extra features. Manufacturers are increasingly selling their hard drives with lots of pre-installed software, most of which does exactly the same things Windows does natively. Plug in, turn on, and drop out.
Iomega Prestige - £149
Web: www.iomega.com
There's no turning back now; we're lost in the world of mediocre external hard drives. It's like that scene from Apocalypse Now, only instead of heading up river to find Brando, we've just found a massive platter spinning in a thoroughly unexciting fashion.
To be fair, the Prestige is quite nice looking, even if it does feature the same brushed-metal finish as the FreeAgent Desk. As with the FreeAgent Desk, it can be vertically mounted thanks to a cheap plastic stand – which defeats the point of a nice brushed-metal finish.
When something's main selling point is that it can be vertically mounted and you're writing about it, it does make you wonder where you've gone wrong with your life. It's also more compact than the FreeAgent Desk, but it does cost about £15 more.
The USB cable supplied with it has a nice black finish, and is quite flexible. I liked the plug, too.
As you may have guessed, performance is exactly the same as all the others, give or take, ooh, a couple of milliseconds on the random access speeds.
Verdict: 49%
Lacie Hard Disk Max Quadra - £180
Web: www.lacie.com
Unlike all the other drives in our test, LaCie's lovely-looking big black box actually includes two 1TB drives. "That's cheating!" I hear you cry, but cleverly LaCie has included a wee switch on the back that lets you switch between RAID 0 and 1.
This means your data is either written more quickly, or copied across both drives. It's a smart idea, and one of the few RAID implementations we've seen that doesn't involve hours of digging around in your BIOS to set up.
In addition, LaCie has included just about every connector you can think of, apart from USB 3.0, although we're sure we'll see it in a future iteration of this drive. There's the humble old USB 2.0 connector, a pair of FireWire (ask your grandparents) sockets, and, crucially, an eSata port, which gave us the fastest file transfer times of any drive in our test.
It's hugely impressive, and if you've got an eSata port that actually works, it might be worth investing in. Bear in mind that it's huge and weighty, though, so it's better for backups than as a portable drive.
Verdict: 91%
Western Digital My Book Elite - £127
Web: www.wdc.com
Where would we be without electronic ink? We wouldn't have ebook readers for one. And, er, we wouldn't have this Western Digital drive, which includes an electronic ink display on the chassis.
It's actually a really useful feature: it lets you see how much space you've got left on the drive, and it can be configured to show how many of a certain type of file is saved on there.
It's a shame, then, that the My Book Elite performed so poorly, especially when it came to the time it took to copy a file.
We liked everything else about Western Digital's drive, from the rugged-feeling design to the non-irritating backup software and the nice, handy label. If Western Digital brings out a USB 3.0 version – and it looks like the US company will – then it'll definitely be worth considering. Until that happens, it's best avoided; unless you fancy some electronic ink label action.
Verdict: 67%
Verbatim External Hard Drive - £130
Web: www.verbatim.com
Two terabytes is a lot of data, and the advantage is that you can back up huge files to it. We're not talking wimpy MP3 collections, we're talking manly, huge, uncompressed HD video files of bears pulling satellites out of space that weigh in at a terabyte each.
So we're not entirely sure what Verbatim was thinking when its drive came pre-formatted in FAT32. You know: the FAT32 that only accepts maximum file transfers of 4GB.
Having reformatted the drive to the rugged and handsome NTFS file system, the Verbatim drive performed remarkably well. Admittedly, its plasticised looks side a little too much towards the pedestrian, and the blinding LED at the front doesn't help unless you're lost at sea.
Importantly, though, it's a drive that does the job, and it's not badly priced. Just remember to format it as soon as you take it out of the box. It takes us back to the days of 3.5-inch floppies. Retro!
Verdict: 82%
Seagate FreeAgent Desk - £134
Web: www.seagate.com
With its brushed-metal finish and sleek design, the FreeAgent Desk looks like something you'd see coupled to a Mac, rather than a PC.
The fact is that its performance is pretty much the same as all the other USB 2.0 drives in our test, so I'm just going to rant about how much I hate stuff that looks like it should be coupled with a Mac.
For one, it's unnecessarily big. It looks more like something you'd use to wedge open a door on the Death Star. We much prefer things to be square and free of useless extra bits, no matter how sleek they look.
Then there's the brushed-metal finish, which just screams "I can't buy anything that isn't coated in brushed-metal, even my brogues are brushed-metal." Even the words brushed-metal irritate me.
The FreeAgent Desk can be side-mounted thanks to an incredibly cheap plastic stand, but so can lots of things, like dogs and cars. Maybe I'm being too harsh on the FreeAgent Desk, but I do absolutely hate it for no reason other than the way it looks. I'm an external hard drive racist.
Verdict: 53%
Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 - £176
Web: www.freecom.com
As its name suggests, the Freecom Hard Drive XS 3.0 is USB 3.0-enabled. It's also the smallest drive in our test, only ever so slightly bigger than a naked 3.5-inch hard drive, but you've still got the fairly huge power supply to lug around with you.
The rubberised coating makes it feel nice and solid, so if you drop it whilst you're being chased out of PC World by the security guards you don't have to worry about it breaking.
We do hate the thick rubber, though, it's like nails down a blackboard. Horrible rubber nails down a horrible rubber blackboard. The USB 3.0 actually works, though, and we got really decent file transfer and burst speed results from it.
If you're one of the lucky few that already has USB 3.0 on their PC, it's well worth spending the extra £40 over the other drives in our tests, and it even performed well as a USB 2.0 drive, being on par with the best dedicated USB 2.0 drives.
Impressive performance, depressing rubber coating. Worth it if you don't fancy the desk-hogging LaCie option.
Verdict: 90%
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Scientists say they have visualized, for the first time, fleeting changes in RNA structure that direct biological function through altered cell signalling, and may represent a completely new class of targets for the development of drugs, including those against viral and bacterial pathogens. A team at the University of Michigan's Department of Chemistry and Biophysics combined an NMR technique with mutagenesis and secondary structural prediction to effectively capture RNA molecules in 'invisible' excited states (Es) that last for just milliseconds, but involve changes in localized base-pairing that modify the RNA architecture and cell signalling.
Advances in NMR technology have allowed scientists to characterize rare and transient 'excited' protein structures and demonstrate their importance in catalysis, protein folding, signalling, and recognition, but to date, it hasn't been possible to verify evidence that RNA can also exist in transient excited states. Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, Ph.D., and colleagues now report on the NMR visualization of these RNA ESs on the hexanucleotide apical loop of HIV's transactivation response element (TAR), HIV-1's stem loop 1 (SL1, which the studies showed can exist in two different excited states), and the bacterial ribosomal A-site. The results suggest that targeting these ES structures may represent a completely new approach to developing anti-HIV and antibacterial drugs.
More specifically, the team's findings showed that the TAR ES sequesters four of the apical loop bases into base pairs, essentially preventing them from carrying out binding activities that lead to active transcription of the HIV-1 genome. In essence, they suggest, finding a way to stabilize this transcription-inhibitory excited state may represent a means of targeting TAR in the development of anti-HIV drugs. The two ESs of the HIV-1 SL1, meanwhile, involved base pairs in, above, and below the SL1 internal loop, which appears to impact on the ability SL1 has to form kissing dimmers. And the ES structure of the ribosomal A-site sequesters two adenines into base pairs that makes them unavailable to decode mRNA, and may represent a new way of targeting the A-site for the development of antibiotics.
"These excited states correspond to rare alternative forms that have biological functions," Dr. Al-Hashimi explains. "These alternative forms have unique architectural and chemical features that could make them great molecules for drugs to latch onto. In some sense they provide a whole new layer of drug targets."
The University of Michigan team describe their technology and findings in Nature. "Compared to secondary structural transitions observed in many regulatory RNA switches, transitions between the ground and excited states uncovered here involve much more localized changes in RNA structure, occur at rates that are two-to-four orders of magnitude faster, and do not require assistance from external factors," they write. "Thus, they can meet unique demands in biological circuits and macromolecular machines. The ESs also present new drug targets and offer new opportunities in the engineering of RNA-based devices. Line broadening indicative of ESs is routinely observed in NMR spectra of RNA, and we therefore predict that RNA ESs exist in great abundance throughout the transcriptome."
Dr. Al-Hashimi and colleagues report their findings in a paper titled "Visualizing transient low-populated structures of RNA."
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A call by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine a few years back for police agencies to move cold case rape kits from their evidence rooms to a state crime lab appears to be netting some results locally.
At least two local police departments are among those across the state that have submitted older rape kits to state crime labs for testing, and in some cases re-testing, as part of the cold case initiative DeWine launched in 2011.
For Austintown police, DNA testing has helped advance a cold case that has been in their files since the early 1990s.
Authorities got a hit on DNA from Sharon Lynn Kedzierski, whose body was discovered, but not initially identified, on Clarkins Drive in Austintown on April 9, 1992, near the Universal Truck Mall. DNA testing helped investigators identify Kedzierski through a national database of missing persons.
The analysis also helped investigators determine that a man charged in 1993 with the killing possibly had not.
Now, police are waiting for the results of more testing, hoping to get a better handle on the case. DeWine's office confirmed Austintown submitted a rape kit for testing. Township police said it was a rape kit from Kedzierski.
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''It's all part of a process,'' Austintown police Chief Robert Gavalier said. ''But it is a process we can go back to and look to when we're trying to look more closely at something or piece it together.''
Last year, Warren police got a hit in a 17-year-old rape kit when investigators sent it to a state crime lab for DNA testing.
Although the development isn't officially part the DeWine's cold case initiative, it's still part of local law enforcement's efforts to solve old crimes, specifically sexual assault cases.
''It definitely can help move a case along,'' said Warren police Officer Doug Hipple, who handles much of the department's evidence including rape kits.
Hipple said he could not elaborate on the details of that case because the investigation is ongoing. However, he said the state's DNA testing system has been beneficial to the city police department.
''When you think about it, it really is no different that fingerprinting,'' Hipple said. ''You collect the evidence and you test it. It's a very similar system and a beneficial investigative tool.''
Cold case breaks from DNA testing may be just what local police departments need to finally resolve some cases, and in the nick of time as the statue of limitations on rape in Ohio is 20 years. The state requires police agencies to keep rape kits for 30 years.
DeWine's cold case program in 2011 calls for sexual assault kits to be submitted for testing, regardless of how old they are, unless it's clear that a crime hasn't been committed.
As part of the program, DeWine created a unit to process old rape kits.
According to statistics provided by DeWine's office recently, 2,430 old rape kits from police agencies across the state - including one kit each from Austintown and Howland police departments - have been submitted for testing since the program was launched.
The goal is to get the DNA profiles in the database, where they can be matched against specimens taken in other cases in which DNA is used.
The move to process untested rape kits came after news reports revealed that many such kits were languishing in storage.
Locally, law enforcement officials said they have not had a backlog of untested rape kits because they have made it a policy to routinely send their sexual assault evidence to state crime labs - even more so since DeWine's program went into place. But there are instances when "cleaning house" and cleaning off the evidence shelves has paid off.
Warren Detective Michael Stabile said city police went through most of their evidence a few years ago, sent what they could to the crime lab and have continued to do so on a regular basis.
"Basically, we sent out evidence on any cases that were still open," he said.
Hipple noted that kits from all sexual assault cases involving minors are automatically tested.
Youngstown police also have a policy to process rape kits immediately, depending on the investigation, and forward them to the crime lab, said Officer Sonia Wilson, who works in the city police department's records office.
"Basically, a report is taken and each rape case is processed," she said. "Every kit goes to the lab at least once. They return it to us and we store it, put it away. If the lab gets a hit, we use that information as part of our investigation."
She said sometimes, depending on the situation, a rape kit can be sent back to the lab for more testing after an initial hit.
"There are just so many variables," she said. "Testing can carry an investigation a long way, move it along. They can get a hit years from now depending on situation."
Wilson said it's important to remember that the rape kit must include viable DNA from someone who is already in the system.
"Their DNA samples to be already be somewhere," she said. "Or, you can test a kit now and someone is arrested and charged later somewhere else in relation to another crime and you get a hit that way."
Local police cautioned that not every "hit" results in an arrest or the case being closed.
"It just depends on the circumstances of that particular case and where the investigation is," Warren police Chief Timothy Bowers said.
Still, police said they have nothing to lose. Typically, the evidence in a rape kit is collected by hospital staff and stored until it is handed over to the proper police agency, which then processes it and sends it to a state crime lab. Like fingerprinting analysis, rape kit testing is done at no cost to the local police agency.
Officials said the goal is find "hits" that match data in state and national DNA databases.
Warren Detective Michael Currington, who handles most of his department's sexual assault cases, said the matches don't automatically result in an individual case being solved, but can give investigators more information that could lead to an arrest or possible prosecution.
"It can definitely help," he said. "It can definitely help us clear up a lot of questions. It can help you rule out a suspect. Ideally, we want as much evidence as we can possibly get. Rape is one of those instances where DNA can play a huge role.''
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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PITTSBURGH - NFL coaching staffs seem to get bigger every year.
The Dallas Cowboys employ 17 assistant coaches this season, for example. The first year the Pittsburgh Steelers went to the Super Bowl, Chuck Noll had six assistants. No one had the title of offensive coordinator.
It's a game of specialization now, which means it's just a matter of time until someone adds a drama coach.
The Steelers could have used someone in that role to save Emmanuel Sanders a $15,000 fine for faking an injury. The organization was fined $35,000 for its role in Sanders' deceit.
It happened late in the Oct. 21 game at Cincinnati. Sanders was returning to the huddle when he suddenly went to the turf with what appeared to be a leg injury. The Steelers avoided using a timeout or risking a delay of penalty while trainers attended to Sanders.
They helped him off the field, and he sat out the next play, as the rules require. But then Sanders was back after no apparent sideline treatment. He really blew the ruse when he sprinted downfield on a punt.
NBC's Cris Collinsworth spotted what was happening right away. The NFL investigated and determined there was nothing really wrong with Sanders.
The league is taking this sort of violation seriously because players are trying to exploit safety regulations designed to protect them. That's why this goes beyond the level of someone claiming he nudged the ball across the goal line when he really didn't.
This is more along the lines of people who call 911 when they don't have an emergency. The NFL isn't willing to overlook it as mere gamesmanship.
It's still possible to fool the league authorities, but someone will have to do a better acting job than Sanders did. You can't make the kind of "miraculous" recovery he did and expect to get away with it.
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There's a bad sign for the Pirates as they search for catching help.
David Ross, a career back-up, signed with the Boston Red Sox for two years and $6.2 million. There's a shortage of available catchers, and it's a sellers' market. Ross hit the jackpot.
The Pirates' solution may be a trade, and closer Joel Hanrahan is their biggest chip.
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Retired four-star general David Petraeus resigned as CIA director after admitting he had an extra-marital affair.
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Mr. Crane joined the OCC in April of 2004. In his role, Mr. Crane oversees an annual operating budget of approximately $775.0 million. In addition to his financial duties, Mr. Crane is responsible for all procurement, and agency records management functions.
Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Crane served most recently as the Portfolio Manager at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), where he implemented that agency's capital planning and investment control process. Prior to serving in that position, he was the Director of the Business Solutions Division for DFAS after returning to government service in 2000.
In 1996, Mr. Crane joined Camco Financial Corporation, first as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of its First Federal subsidiary and then as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Camco Financial Corporation. In that position, he was the principal finance and accounting officer for five banks, two mortgage corporations, and a title agency. Prior to CAMCO, Mr. Crane established a management consulting practice in Washington, D.C., specializing in financial regulatory compliance, general ledger systems, and accounting work in 1989.
Mr. Crane joined the federal government in 1987 as a staff accountant for the Office of Regulatory Activities, an office of the Federal Home Loan Bank System in Washington, D.C. He was promoted to Accounting and Budget Officer in 1988.
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Mr. Crane received a bachelor of business administration from the University of Michigan. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Ohio and Florida and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Ohio Society of CPAs. He resides in Northern Virginia with his wife Patricia, and his two children, Benjamin and Rachel.


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Augusta, Ga. – The Stetson University men's golf team posted a better score in the second round of Saturday's Forest Hills Collegiate Tournament, but was unable to hang on to third place in the seven team tournament.
Despite an opening round score of 313, the Hatters were in third place with a one shot lead on Gardner-Webb at the half way point in play, but the Bulldogs were two shots better than Stetson in the second round, edging the Hatters for third place by one shot.
The host team from Georgia Regents University (formerly Augusta State) pulled away in the second round for a seven shot victory over second place USC Upstate. The Jaguars placed six players in the top 10 on their home course, led by Meechai Padung, who's second round 69 was enough for a four stroke victory over teammate Viktor Edin for top individual honors.
Padung (143) was the only player to finish under par. Edin (147) was three over and USC Upstate's Adam Goins (148) finished third at four over par.
Stetson sophomore David Torres (149) was among a group of four players tied for fourth place at five over par.
Five of the six Stetson players in the tournament posted better scores in the second round of play, with the only exception being freshman Eliott Azoulay, who posted matching 78s in the two rounds to finish tied for 24th.
Sophomore Dustin Dingus (79-74=153) finished 17th at nine over par. Classmate Andrew Peterson (82-72=154) was one shot further back in a tie for 18th, followed by freshman Zach Stark (78-77=155) in a tie for 22nd. Junior team co-captain Matt Taylor (80-77=157) tied for 26th.
The Hatters will open play on Monday in the Harmony Preserve Intercollegiate Tournament. Live scoring for that event will be available through Golfstat.com.


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"I have to see. There is time. I haven't thought about it. My contract just ended, and if I have a good offer [from Avangard] I will certainly consider it. Maybe some other teams will make me offers. As for the NHL, we'll see. I think that if I want to play in the NHL, I will come and I will be able to play in the NHL. I am not saying I will play on the first line, but I will be able to play."
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i would love for him to be back