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Critical infrastructure protection a core concern for lawmakers
Jim Fahey
Director of Government Relations
The horrific and tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania united a grief-stricken nation. They prompted a heroic response effort involving thousands of rescue workers, law enforcement personnel, public works officials, investigators, volunteers and many other public officials and private citizens who stepped forward to offer their assistance and support.
In Washington, Congress and the President reacted with bipartisan resolve to address the crisis, which in an instant had rendered partisan disputes over unresolved legislative business all but silenced for the time. The situation demanded immediate and undivided attention to national security, response, recovery and the economy.
The policy agenda in Washington will be affected profoundly for some time to come by the attacks on New York and the nation's capital. Infrastructure investment, energy, defense, education and health care had been issues which prior to September 11 were being debated in a policy environment defined by the nation's slowing economy and reports showing the loss of the federal budget surplus. Those conditions are not expected to reverse in the near term, but instead will now coexist within a policy environment where security concerns have reached an unprecedented level of importance.
Local infrastructure and its security will factor as a core component within the policy debates shaped by the new concerns and political conditions in Washington. Already, a renewed examination and assessment of the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructure is currently underway, including its water systems, transportation network-both surface and air-its utilities, nuclear power plants, oil refineries, financial and communications networks and others.
In the House of Representatives, Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) announced that they have elevated a working group on terrorism to subcommittee status within the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The subcommittee will be responsible for identifying weaknesses in the nation's critical infrastructure and finding ways to strengthen it.
President Bush, in addition, announced the creation of the Office of Homeland Security, to be directed by Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Ridge, which will be charged with developing a strategy for strengthening preparedness. APWA sent a letter to Governor Ridge pledging APWA's support and assistance in those efforts.
In addition to these initiatives, numerous hearings on a range of issues affecting infrastructure security, response and preparedness are underway or planned in Congress. Legislation was introduced in the weeks following the attacks to address emergency preparedness needs and airport security. In addition, bills providing $40 billion in emergency-relief funding and a separate legislative package providing airline stabilization were signed into law.
When lawmakers reconvene for the next session of Congress in early 2002, the security of the nation's infrastructure and its needs will continue to be a significant issue.
APWA public policy and advocacy priorities for 2001-2002
Heather A. McTavish, Government Relations Coordinator
During the 2001 Congress in Philadelphia, the Board of Directors adopted the following public policy and advocacy priorities for 2001-2002 upon recommendation by the Government Affairs Committee. Serving as the umbrella to the specific policy priorities are three core principles guiding APWA's legislative activity:
1) Support for adequate investment in public infrastructure.
2) Respect for local authority.
3) Reasonable regulations and protection from unfunded mandates.
The following legislative and regulatory priorities will serve as APWA's primary advocacy objectives for the next year. These objectives will guide APWA's advocacy efforts as we continue to influence and reach out to policymakers.
Full-funding for Transportation Programs Objective: Increase federal investment in transportation infrastructure and programs; protect the integrity of transportation trust funds and the framework of TEA-21.
TEA 21 Implementation Objective: Support the full and timely implementation of TEA-21.
Clean Water Funding Objective: Increase the federal investment in clean water infrastructure.
Comprehensive Stormwater Management and Funding Objectives: Support solutions that promote a comprehensive approach to stormwater management that recognizes the quality of life benefits associated with such actions. Support funding for the research pilot projects that support the development of best management practices.
Federal Emergency Relief Funding Objective: Achieve increased funding for local agencies, more rapid disbursement of funding and quicker response in pre- and post-disaster events.
Air Quality Standards Objective: Support solutions that protect air quality and promote the efficient and cost-effective delivery of public works services.
Local Control of Public Rights-of-Way Objective: Oppose preemption of local control over Public Rights-of-Way.

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Comedy tour features 3 headliners
In comedy, like bad Japanese horror films, a three-headed monster is a good thing. Friday's Keystone Light Friends of the Bob & Tom Show Comedy Tour features three seasoned performers who are big-timers at comedy clubs.
Here is a look at each one.
Ralph Harris, who headlined at Jr.'s Last Laugh in October, takes a storyteller approach that recalls his hero, Bill Cosby. He talks about relationships, and how women pretty much control their men. He lets his stories unfold; he's not a howitzer firing comedy bullets.
"I look at Jim Gaffigan and the amount of jokes he tells in about five minutes. I couldn't remember that many jokes to save my life," Harris told Showcase in October. "But I tell a story, I can guarantee you're going to laugh just as much."
Harris is also an actor. He was in the 1994-95 ABC sitcom "On Our Own," and appeared on "Seinfeld" and "In Living Color." He was also in "Dreamgirls" with another idol, Eddie Murphy. He's currently preparing a one-man show about his life with Rain Pryor, Richard Pryor's daughter.
Drew Hastings' dry, cerebral wit mines humor from his fish-out-of-water scenario. Several years ago, he left Los Angeles for life on a cattle farm in Hillsboro, Ohio. In 2012, he also became the mayor of Hillsboro. He's all about economic redevelopment.
"The economy is so bad in Ohio (that) between the foreclosures, joblessness and crime, the only thing we're missing is zombies roaming the countryside," he told Showcase before his last Erie show. "It's dark and it's gloomy. But I think people can laugh about it."
Life on the funny farm isn't so bad. He's adamant about keeping at it 'til the cows come home, though they already are.
"A farm without livestock is no farm at all," Hastings said. "At that point, you're just a neurotic old guy with a cat who lives in the country. You have a purpose when you're actually farming it."
Comedian David Crowe has "enough comic adrenaline to drop a circus elephant," according to Tom Griswold, the Tom of "The Bob & Tom" show. He won comedy competitions in San Francisco and Seattle, while Showtime aired his one-hour special, "Crooked Finger." Crowe also recently co-founded a greeting card company.
On his Showtime special, he joked about how men and women are wired differently. Men? Basic. Simple. "Like a Fisher-Price children's toy."
Women? "Like a Boeing 747," Crowe said. "Walk on board and there's a million buttons. Oh, my God. Only one of them turns the plane on."


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A $1B market by 2018, forecast at 10.3% growth per year. Already eight new players in the last three years!
Objectives of the Report
The report objectives are as follows:
What's New Compared to Last Edition
Key Features of the Report
This report provides an exhaustive analysis of High-Voltage (+400V) Super Junction MOSFET markets, technologies and players. It features:
SJ Mosfet is Jumping from Consumer Power Supplies to the Renewable Energy and Industry Segments
It's no secret: Consumer is SJ MOSFET's main application segment, representing 2/3 of its total market. And while some applications are stagnant, i.e. Desktop PC and game console power supplies, most applications are still growing. The biggest growth area will be power supplies for tablets, with an expected 32% increase in CAGR from 2013 to 2018. However, the main products where SJ MOSFETs are used are PC (Desktop and laptop) power supplies and TV sets, which total half of the SJ MOSFET market as presented in this report.
The driver for using SJ MOSFET in these applications is, first and foremost, size reduction. SJ MOSFET allows for a much smaller size than planar MOSFET, since they generate less heat.
The Hybrid and Electric car markets should not be ignored. True, they are less than $5M today, but they will represent more than $100M by 2018.
This report clarifies the situation of SJ MOSFET in EV/HEV markets, and shows how SJ MOSFET will be used in DC/DC converters and chargers and how it provides accurate market metrics.
Industrial applications are less interested in SJ MOSFET use, since these applications do not require a high frequency of switching when operating in an H-bridge. SJ MOSFET is interesting only for specific topologies such as multi-level, or for cheap, low-power solutions (small UPS, residential PV) - but even in these applications, planar MOSFET or IGBTs remain better solutions since they are cheaper and meet all requirements.
In summary, SJ MOSFET is currently employed mostly for high-end solutions.
Deep Trench/Multi-EPI: Deep Trench Technology is Improving, but is Still Too Expensive
The technology used for Super Junction MOSFET is of two types. The first one, developed by Infineon, uses a series of epitaxies and doping to create a locally doped "island" in the epi-layer. The doped region then diffuses and creates an N-doped pillar. The second technology uses deep reactive ion etching to dig a trench. This trench is then filled with an N-doped material to create the super junction structure. Players exploiting this particular technology are Toshiba, Fairchild Semiconductor and IceMOS Technology.
Technology evolution is accelerating and the opposition between multiple epitaxy and deep trench is growing stronger. Toshiba released its 4th generation of its DTMOS, a deep trench power MOSFET with a smaller pitch size. It means a smaller die size and an improved RdsON. It's still more expensive to produce than a CoolMOS (Infineon's brand name), but it's becoming more and more competitive.
Compound semiconductor remains a threat to SJ MOSFET. SiC will be positioned at higher voltage and will target high-end solutions as well. Silicon will still be present in 2015. IGBT is the best cost vs. switching efficiency trade-off, and International Rectifier is working on high-speed IGBTs that are competing directly with Super Junction MOSFET. In the end, SJ MOSFET is positioned in-between, and depending on the voltage, application and frequency of switching, it could compete with SiC, Fast IGBT, IGBT or GaN.
This report also presents evolutions in packaging, which has become a part of the game. In 2010, STMicroelectronics and Infineon maintained their leadership role by providing a common package type of very small size. It fits perfectly with consumer applications, where size reduction is a strong driver.
Eight New Players Entered The Game in the Last Three Years. How will They Capture Market Share From Stmicroelectronics and Infineon?
In 2012, Power Electronics was in crisis. IGBT fell 20 - 25% in sales. Meanwhile, Super Junction MOSFET grew at 8.3%, a trend we expect will continue until 2018, when it tops the $1B limit. This forecast demonstrates how much the technology is needed. In 2011, production capacity was too small to handle the high demand. This shortage situation helped the SJ MOSFET market weather the 2012 crisis. For manufacturers, this demand was used as a buffer, and we believe that in 2013 the market will return to its normal supply status.
Another sign of SJ MOSFET being very attractive is the numbers of players that have entered/may enter the market. As explained in this report, the last 36 months have seen eight new players throw their hats in the ring; among them, the Chinese foundries and their fabless counterparts appear to pose the biggest threat to the historical leaders' market share.
Since the technology is widely used and widely produced, we will see more players join, such as Magnachip and ON Semiconductor. The availability of the technology in Chinese foundries makes things even simpler. 2010 market share was split between the historical leaders, with Infineon having a clear advantage since they were first to commercialize the technology. However, recent announcements and partnerships will probably lead to a more level playing field. Additionally, the feedback from integrators is that they don't really worry about the manufacturer's name or brand; instead, they focus on the specifications they need and the devices that fit. With Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese foundries and device makers entering the market, we expect market share to shift. Several small players will eat a few percent and cause the leaders' share to shrink.
Company Cited in the Report (Non-Exhaustive)
350green, ABB, Aker Wade, Alpha Omega Semiconductor, ASMC, Better Place, Clippercreek, Continental, Danfoss, Dawin Electronics, DBT, Delta, Denso, Efacec, Eltek Valere, Enphase, EPC Corp., Fairchild, Flextronics, Foxconn, Freescale, Fuji Electric, Fujitsu, GaN Systems, Grace Semiconductor, Hager, Hua-Hong NEC, IceMOS Technology, Infineon, International Rectifier, Involar, Ixys, LAAS CNRS, Legrand, Leviton, LG, Magna, Magnachip, Maplesemi, microGaN, Microsemi, NCE Power, Nichicon, NXP, Omron, ON Semiconductor, Powersem, Qualcomm Halo, Renesas, Rohm, Schneider Electric, Semipower, Shindengen, Siemens, Silan, SMIC, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Towerjazz, Toyota, Transphorm, Valeo, Vincotech, Vishay...
Table of Contents
IntroductionHow is this report built?
Executive summary
Power electronics market
Super Junction MOSFET market
Applications for Super Junction MOSFETsSynthesis on Super Junction MOS applicationsSuper Junction MOS drivers by segmentSplit by application as of 2012Super Junction MOS market forecast to 2008 Super Junction MOS in PV inverterSuper Junction MOS in Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)Super Junction MOS in LCD TVSuper Junction MOS in lighting applicationsSuper Junction MOS in desktop power suppliesSuper Junction MOS in serversSuper Junction MOS in SMPS for consumer applicationsSuper Junction MOS in EV/HEV & EV/HEV supply equipmentSuper Junction MOS in other power supplies:
Super Junction MOSFET technologiesHistoryTwo technologies:Multiple epitaxy technologyDeep trench technology Cost analysisPerformances history at R&DWho does what?
SJ MOSFET packaging:HistoryPowerFLAT and ThinPAKPower Modules
Trends in the Super Junction MOSFET marketTowards higher voltageThe competing technologies against Super Junction MOSFET
Added value of Super Junction MOSConventional power MOSFETThe Super Junction principleFeatures and benefitsSi, Super Junction MOS and SiC - characteristics comparisonSuper Junction MOSFET position in voltage and frequency
Player ProfilesRecall on market share by playerPlayers profile analysisFocus on new players
Yole Développement Contacts
Reverse engineering on Super Junction MOSStructure Comparison - Multi-epiStructure Comparison - PicturesStructure Comparison - Dimensions
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Despite a steady drizzle, hunters bagged 26 deer Wednesday, closing out a two-day hunt in Ridley Creek State Park in which a total of 97 deer were killed.
Park Superintendent John Graham said 200 hunters participated on Tuesday and 179 on Wednesday, but some left early. . The maximum number of hunters allowed per day, selected by lottery, was 200.
"Hunters just don't have the enthusiasm when it's this wet," Graham said.
Despite the weather, "we've made a pretty good reduction," he said. Before the shotgun-only hunt, the deer herd was estimated at 220. The ideal range for the park is 80 to 100 deer, he said.


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Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.
Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable
Good image quality for its class; Fast, bright f/1.8-2.5 i.ZUIKO 4x zoom lens; Dual-purpose front Control Ring lets you select aperture or focus manually; three-inch articulating LCD touch-screen monitor.
Pricier than many enthusiast compacts; Image detail starts dropping off at ISO 800 and noise becomes problematic at ISO 3200; Lens cover pops off as zoom lens extends, when you turn the camera on.
AF speed vastly improved; Increased continuous frames per second (JPEGs at 12.5fps vs 10fps in G15); Solid build and ergonomic, comfortable feel; Excellent f/1.8-2.8 5x optical zoom lens; Advanced photographic features, including PASM dial and RAW capture; Dedicated ISO button; Customizable buttons; Excellent macro mode; 1080p/60fps Full HD video.
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MC Tree lets out "Probably Nu It," a new track from his upcoming @MCTREEG EP on Scion AV. The second track release from the seven-song EP, it's a mellow cruiser where Tree delivers a sing-song flow over a clicking and fluttering minimalist beat.
The @MCTREEG EP from the Chicago MC will be released for free download on January 21, 2014. If you missed it, check out "Like Whoa," which premiered last week. Artwork by Dr. Dax.
NEW RELEASE: We've got a brand-new EP from @MCTREEG coming on 1/21! Download the 1st single "Like Whoa" for FREE! http://t.co/OAFR27lAyL
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Post-Merger Product Repositioning
Amit Gandhi
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Luke Froeb
Vanderbilt University - Strategy and Business Economics
Steven Tschantz
Vanderbilt University - Department of Mathematics
Gregory J. Werden
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The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 56, Issue 1, pp. 49-67, March 2008
This paper analyzes the effects of mergers between firms competing by simultaneously choosing price and location. Products combined by a merger are repositioned away from each other to reduce cannibalization, and non-merging substitutes are, in response, repositioned between the merged products. This repositioning greatly reduces the merged firm's incentive to raise prices and thus substantially mitigates the anticompetitive effects of the merger. Computation of, and selection among, equilibria is done with a novel technique known as the stochastic response dynamic, which does not require the computation of first-order conditions.
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Gray Chiropractic Offices
Serving the Missoula Community for Three Generations
My name is David C. Gray and I have been practicing Chiropractic in Missoula for 35 years. Missoula is my hometown, I attended local elementary schools and high schools and the University of Montana. I obtained my Bachelors and Chiropractic degree at Logan College in St Louis MO in 1974. I was the seventh chiropractor in Missoula when I joined my father in practice in October 1974, we practiced together for 22 wonderful years until dad's retirement in 1996. Son Corey joined me in practice in 2000, and together we strive to bring excellence in chiropractic to Missoula at Health Options Clinic on South Russell Street.
My life path has included service in the US Navy nuclear submarine service; I was on Polar Patrol when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon! I met and married Rita in New York City while in the Navy. Together we have three wonderful children and three grandchildren, all but daughter Laura live in Missoula! Rita is a busy Real Estate person at Lambros but still keeps her hand in the family business.
I have been and remain active in the Missoula Community, I am a 35 year member of the Missoula Lions Club, a Boy Scout Leader and serve on local and State level committees serving Scouting's needs. I have taken a strong role in Leadership Training of youth and adult leaders for 20 years.
I work with many leaders in the health community to try to 'Bridge the Gap' between medicine, chiropractic and complimentary care as well as write and lecture on ethics and professional boundaries.
My practice philosophy is simple, "to treat the public as I would like to be treated, make good ethical decisions and sound health recommendations, perform my skills to the best of my ability and be thankful for the opportunity to practice here in my hometown!"
I look forward to meeting you and will do my best to help you better manage your spinal health concerns. I will bring 35 years experience tempered by new and emerging treatment opportunities and research validated approaches to my recommendations and treatment methods!
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Preview: Bucks vs. Celtics
TEAMS: Milwaukee Bucks (9-41) vs. Boston Celtics (18-34).
WHEN: 7 p.m. Monday.
WHERE: BMO Harris Bradley Center.
BROADCASTS: TV — FS Wisconsin. Radio — AM-620.
ABOUT THE CELTICS: Boston is being careful with Rajon Rondo's playing time after his return from knee surgery. Rondo will sit out against the Bucks after playing 36 minutes (15 points, 12 assists) Sunday night at home against Dallas. The Celtics' three-game winning streak was snapped with a 102-91 loss to the Mavericks. Hot-shooting lefty Chris Johnson, just up from the D-League, had 14 points (4 for 4 on threes) in 14 minutes for Boston. When Rondo sat against Sacramento on Friday, the Celtics posted a 99-89 victory and backup point guard Jerryd Bayless had 19 points.
G Phil Pressey, 5-11, Missouri
G Avery Bradley, 6-2, Texas
F Jeff Green, 6-9, Georgetown
F Brandon Bass, 6-8, LSU
C Jared Sullinger, 6-9, Ohio State
Coach: Brad Stevens (first season).
Injury report: Rajon Rondo (knee) and Vitor Faverani (sore left knee) are day-to-day.
G Brandon Knight, 6-3, Kentucky
G Nate Wolters, 6-4, South Dakota State
F Khris Middleton, 6-7, Texas A&M
F John Henson, 6-11, North Carolina
C Zaza Pachulia, 6-11, Rep. of Georgia
Coach: Larry Drew (first season; fourth overall, 137-143).
Injury report: Carlos Delfino (post-surgery, right foot), O.J. Mayo (illness/conditioning), Ekpe Udoh (sprained left ankle) and Caron Butler (sprained left ankle) are out. Ersan Ilyasova (back spasms), Luke Ridnour (back spasms) and Larry Sanders (eye contusion) are questionable.
The Celtics lead, 99-96. Milwaukee leads the season series, 2-1, and this is the final meeting in 2013-'14.
99 Average points scored by the Bucks in three games against the Celtics this season.
9.33 Wolters' assist-to-turnover ratio (28 assists to three turnovers) in January, ranking second in the league.
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SUNY Upstate creates International Center for VCFS with Israeli medical center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University has joined with Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel to create an international center that organizers say will enhance patient care, stimulate research and foster a greater understanding of velo-cardio-facial syndrome, a genetic disorder second only in prevalence to Down syndrome.
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), also known as Shprintzen syndrome, is a genetic disorder that can cause more than 180 medical complications, including immune disorders, congenital heart defects, aortic and artery abnormalities, feeding and speech disorders, cleft palate, autism spectrum disorder, and learning disabilities. It is also the single most significant genetic risk factor for developing psychiatric illness. The syndrome occurs when genetic material is missing on chromosome 22. Approximately one in 1,600 babies is born with VCFS. Going global in the treatment and study of VCFS has the potential to link preeminent centers, clinicians and researchers in all out push to advance diagnosis, treatment and knowledge of this genetic disorder.
Expected to join Schneider's Children's Medical Center and SUNY Upstate in the international center are the University of Geneva in Switzerland and Mater Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. All of these institutions are well regarded for their care of children with VCFS, officials say.
"The creation of this center marks a watershed in the treatment and study of VCFS," said Robert Shprintzen, Ph.D., a professor at SUNY Upstate who discovered the syndrome in 1978. Shprintzen said that the center will help facilitate the cross-training of physicians and other health professionals, enable video conferencing of clinical management, facilitate travel between centers by staff and students and create research partnerships.
"We hope through this center to globalize the standard of care for VCFS and to energize and heighten collaborative research into this disorder," Shprintzen said.
A study at SUNY Upstate is one of several worldwide seeking to find ways to predict the likelihood that one would develop mental illness as a result of VCFS, as not all people with VCFS develop mental illness. "Patients and their families tell us that the mental illness diagnosis related to VCFS is an ever-growing concern for them," Shprintzen noted. "We must accelerate research in this area to be better able to manage this aspect of the syndrome and provide families with a greater knowledge of how they can help their children."
Equally as important, Shprintzen noted, is the desire to address learning disabilities associated with the syndrome so that patients are better able to perform in school or at work.
Shprintzen noted that while there is still much work to be done on understanding the disease and all its conditions, great strides in treating the illness have been made. "Every day we move closer to gaining a more complete understanding of the factors that predict mental illness in VCFS patients," he said. In addition, Shprintzen noted that surgical breakthroughs for correcting many of the syndrome's physical disorders continue to be realized.
The center is based in Syracuse, New York, on the SUNY Upstate campus, which already is known internationally for its work in VCFS. Shprintzen, for whom the syndrome is named, is in high demand from patients worldwide. He treats more than 1,800 patients, mostly children, from as far away as Russia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Australia. The university undertakes more than $3 million in federally funded research into VCFS and served as host of the 11th International Scientific Meeting of the Velo?Cardio?Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation.
Funding for the center is being made possible by private and corporate contributions. A major fundraiser for the center is being held in Washington, D.C., June 13, at the Ritz-Carlton. The gala and auction will feature remarks from U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the
Washington Post's Ben Bradlee and his wife, the journalist Sally Quinn, who will introduce a movie about the VCFS and the center that was produced by their son, Quinn Bradlee.
"Other than our medical conferences, this evening to support the center is dedicated to shining the spotlight on VCFS and what we can accomplish throughout the world with our collective energy and resources," Shprintzen said.
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- Conference date: 8-13 February 2004
- Location: Riverside, California (USA)
Pickup ions (PUIs) are created from a number of neutral sources both inside and outside the heiosphere. The combination of recent observational and theoretical work has completed the catalog of at least the major sources of Heliospheric PUIs. These PUIs are the seed population for anomalous cosmic rays (ACRs), which are accelerated to high energies at the termination shock (TS). Recently, Voyager 1 (V1) encountered strong intensity enhancements in the energy range where pickup ions are energized into ACRs. These observations may indicate that V1 has already passed beyond the TS into the bath of accelerated pickup ions in the inner heliosheath. However, opposing this conclusion, V1 magnetic field and higher energy particle observations appear very typical. Here, we advance the concept that V1 was in a special region in the heliosphere where the magnetic field is highly distorted due to solar wind shearing and footpoint motions at the Sun. These Favored Acceleration Locations at the Termination Shock (FALTS) efficiently inject pickup ions into diffusive shock acceleration due to slightly increased radial field components in the FALTS field regions. Such regions provide much more direct field‐line connection to the TS than along strongly wound Parker field lines found outside of FALTS. Inside the TS, FALTS naturally enhance fluxes of accelerated pickup ions. Thus, FALTS may be responsible for the V1 observations of energetic particle enhancements. Further, FALTS provide a conduit for an inward electron heat flux from hot electrons beyond the TS, thereby heating the plasma and increasing the electron impact ionization rate. This additional ionization causes mass loading that locally weakens the TS and draws it in toward the Sun. Thus, FALTS can cause both energetic particle intensity enhancements and a weaker, locally drawn in TS; these effects may help explain the otherwise contradictory V1 observations.
Key Topics
- Pickup ions
- 6.0
- Termination shock
- 3.0
- Cosmic ray sources
- 2.0
- Ionization
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And when friends told us about other kids who'd had HFM (thanks, LauraC for the shorthand) and had trouble eating or drinking, I worried about Dean. Maybe his recent (somewhat) loss of appetite was because his mouth/throat was hurting him. Maybe he was STARVING!
So I did what I do best. I shopped!
I went to the grocery store after work to purchase the ingredients to make my version of a green smoothie. I figured a smoothie would be good for him because it is cool, easy to swallow, tasty and chock full of healthy stuff.
A snowstorm had just started brewing when I left the office, which usually means mayhem and mass consumption in the area grocery stores. But the grocery store on my way home is in the middle of the city, not the yuppie or hipster part, but the city-city part, so I was really surprised to get there and find that there was not a bag of fresh spinach to be found. The salad aisle was completely empty. Who buys up all the spinach, kale and spring mixes in a snowstorm? Wonders never cease.
So I had to buy frozen spinach, which was a bit of a bummer. But other than that, I was pretty happy with what I was able to pull together.
- Spinach
- Frozen fruit (mangoes, pineapple, strawberries, grapes, raspberries and blueberries)
- Plain Greek yogurt (and then one small peach yogurt cup from TJ's for a little added sweetness)
- A banana
- A little applesauce
- Two heaping scoops of vanilla ice cream
- Milk (to help with the blending process)
All the kids loved, loved it, but because nothing can ever go the way you envision it (new parents, write that down) Cary was the one who tried to inhale it like it was going out of style, and Dean lost interest when he realized I was essentially giving them treats, and so started whining for all manner of snacks to eat. And Lester probably drank the most of it.
Such is life.
Of course, post snowfall here, today's temperature has been around 13 to 17 degrees, with a wind chill that makes it feel closer to 5 to 10. So instead of ice cold smoothies, what I should be making for Dean is a nice hot soup, jam-packed with veggies and wheat germ or something.
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Thanks to you, readers, and your requests through the years, I had plenty of favorite Thanksgiving recipe suggestions to post on NOLA.com.
And this query made me wonder: What else is in our archives from Thanksgivings past?
For starters: a 1999 contribution from Loretta Harrison. Yes, that Loretta Harrison, as in Loretta's Authentic Pralines at the French Market. They're a family favorite on Thanksgiving and Christmas mornings.
Loretta Harrison's Sweet Potato Biscuits
Makes about 20 biscuits
1 1⁄2 cups packed, cooked sweet potato puree, cooled (from 1 large sweet potato)
9 tablespoons melted butter, divided
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons half-and-half or milk
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons sugar
1⁄8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups all-purpose baking mix
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Grease a baking sheet and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine sweet potato, 7 tablespoons butter, egg, half-and-half, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, mashing or beating with an electric mixer until smooth.
Add baking mix, mixing just until thoroughly blended; do not over mix. Roll dough into about 20 large egg-size rounds and arrange on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until biscuits are dark golden brown on the bottoms, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and promptly brush tops of biscuits with remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Serve warm. Leftovers are good reheated.
Also in 1999, Glenn Mistich of Gourmet Butcher Block in Terrytown shared this recipe for a classic formula, good at Thanksgiving or any time of year.
Cajun Dirty Rice Dressing
Makes 3 pounds
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1⁄2 medium green bell pepper, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
1⁄2 pound ground chuck
1⁄2 pound ground pork
1⁄2 pound ground chicken livers and gizzards
1 tablespoon salt
1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper or to taste
2 cups chicken stock or water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 bunch scallions, chopped
3 cups cooked rice, cooled
In a large heavy pot, make a roux by combining flour and oil and stirring constantly over medium heat until dark brown in color. Be careful not to burn. Add onion, bell pepper and celery and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Add ground chuck, pork, chicken livers and gizzards and seasonings. Brown, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes. Add stock or water, cover and simmer for 2 hours over low heat.
Mix cornstarch with enough warm water to dissolve it. Slowly add cornstarch mixture to pot. Bring back to a boil; then turn fire off. Add scallions and let cool. When cooled, combine with rice. At this point the dressing is complete. If heating dressing in a casserole dish, bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
A story about Thanksgiving at the New Orleans Fair Grounds race track in 2000 included this recipe for a dish included on the buffet there.
Mirliton and Crawfish Casserole
Makes 8 servings
4 medium mirlitons
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped bell peppers
1 cup green onions
2 pounds crawfish tails
1 teaspoon thyme
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
Salt and pepper
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup Italian-style bread crumbs
Grated Parmesan cheese
Cut mirlitons in half and remove seed but do not peel. Cut into 1-inch dices and blanch in lightly salted water until tender and not overdone.
In olive oil, saute onions, peppers and green onions; add diced mirliton and crawfish. Blend well and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in thyme, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Add eggs and bread crumbs slowly, adding only enough to absorb the liquid. Mix well and put into a greased casserole dish. Top with Parmesan and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
In 1989, chefs from New Orleans hotels shared recipes that were favorites on the lavish Thanksgiving buffets they serve. Beloved New Orleans chef Louis Evans Jr., who was then chef at Kabby's on the River at the New Orleans Hilton, shared a recipe he had made for holiday meals for 28 years. He was always asked for the recipe, he said.
Yam Souffle
Makes 6 to 8 servings
2 pounds fresh Louisiana yams (sweet potatoes), sliced 1⁄8-inch thick
4 cups water
3⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄2 pound margarine
11⁄2 teaspoons mace
1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup half and half
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 eggs
Cook yams in water for 25 minutes with 1/4 cup of the sugar and 1/4 pound of the margarine. Then drain well.
Put the cooked yams in blender or food processor. Add mace, nutmeg, half and half, remainder of sugar and margarine, orange zest, cornstarch and eggs. Blend for 2 or 3 minutes on medium speed. Then pour the mixture in a greased 9-inch baking dish and cook in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
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Aliens could return to Earth at any time and make first contact with our species. There are several factors which may contribute to the fact that they haven`t done so recently. One of which is that many of the races which have flown close to Earth have noticed the pollution in our atmosphere, this detail may have repelled many aliens from landing and making contact with us.
Another possibility is that many aliens flying in our space may have lungs that are different to ours, or maybe they don`t even have lungs. Maybe they couldn`t survive in our atmosphere. Maybe our atmosphere would be toxic to them. There are several possibilities why they haven`t landed on Earth in a while. Maybe they are afraid of starting a war, or maybe they just find us too violent a race.
It could be that some species of aliens that know of us are planning an attack and they are just waiting for the right moment to attack us. There are probably several species of aliens, some friendly and some not so friendly. When you think of it though, if there were aliens planning to attack they probably would have done so already.
We are surely no match for an advanced race of aliens that are capable of inter stellar travel. We are probably very primitive compared to races of aliens capable of flying faster then the speed of light.
There is a movement called the Raelian movement which is a kind of cult if you will. The leader of this movement claims he made contact with an alien. He claims the alien landed in a small disc close to where he was working. It was an isolated region and no one else can back his claims up unfortunately. He claims to have spent several days with the alien, and they talked a great deal.
He was told to prepare and build an embassy to welcome them back to Earth. Their spaceship would land at this embassy. The leader of the Raelian movement claims that the alien he encountered looked full of love, the was very peaceful and well-to-do. If his story is true, then this is very encouraging, and it could bring profound change to Earth when they do land.
He even built the embassy to welcome the aliens back to Earth. Here are a couple of pictures of the embassy.
Rael`s embassy would be the third temple as predicted in the ancient scriptures. According to the alien that Rael met, the area for the embassy must be in a neutral location that has neutral air space and that has been granted rights of extraterritoriality.
First contact with aliens could bring a whole new perspective to our world. We would finally know for certain that we are not alone in the universe. They could tell us all kinds of wonderful things about the cosmos and other worlds where people live.
It may even bring in a new era of peace. We would see ourselves more as a planet, and a people, we would be more united then ever. We would greet the aliens with leaders from all around the globe, and the aliens would probably encourage us to keep the peace on Earth.
Who knows when First contact with aliens will occurr. There have been hundreds of very credible ufo sightings throughout the years. Maybe the aliens are preparing for first contact with our species. Maybe our governments secretly know about aliens, and they have met them and they have turned them against us. Maybe that is why first contact with aliens hasn`t happened.
If that is the case maybe our governments are currently reestablishing a good relationship with them, and our governments could be working towards having the aliens go public on our world. The whole world would then know for sure that we are not alone.
The SETI program has been around for several years now, but has not had success. The Seti program uses radio telescopes to try and find radio signals that originate from other alien species. While this may be a good approach, it could take very long for a first contact to occur.
Another alternative which has promise is the fact that researchers are now finding new planets outside our own solar system. This is very exciting and it could lead to some amazing discoveries on planets that can support life. However knowing these planets exist and support life is great, but contacting them is another story. We don`t currently have any methods for deep space travel to reach these planets. We don`t have any other means of communication that could send a signal to these planets either.
The best option for first contact with aliens is probably them contacting us and making first contact.


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Cool picture. Did a u-turn on Charles Street by Boston common once at about 4am on a Sunday looking for my hotel. Thank God I entered Boston at that hour or I never would have found it. The area was deserted at that time.
I remember walking to Grand Central at 10 in the morning and feeling completely alone in New York City. I've had the same feeling in downtown Denver. There are certain places at certain times in cities, where, foot and vehicle traffic are anomalies.
Heh. This is down a side street a bit, and it was a bit more than an hour after COB for most places - the loop empties out pretty well, aside from the touristy spots.
Is there some sort of zombie apocalypse we should know about? Looks like a nice area in the daylight and not another single person around.


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"We're hoping Congress will do the right thing,'' Bondi said, in explaining why the state has decided not to put its legal might behind the effort. "We haven't ruled anything out at this point" noting that she hopes Mississippi's efforts are successful.
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week asking a judge to halt the rate increases imposed by the Biggert Waters Flood Control Act of 2012 until FEMA completes an affordability study required by the act. Chaney asked the state's attorney general to join him in the lawsuit but he declined.
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So I found out I was pregnant on Jan.2. Me and the father had only been dating a few months. I told him the same day that I found out and he told me he didnt want to have anything to do with it, and actually tried to get me to abort it. I've talked to him one time since that day. I am now 3 months pregnant. I'm due sept 10. Any suggestions on how I should deal with trying to get CS out of him?
I live on my own and barely have enough at the end of the month as it is. My grandparents live near by and my mom is only a couple hours away. Both said that they would help in anyway they could. But I work a full time job as an officer and I cant afford not to work.
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Two teams just beginning to find their sea legs look to set sail on their first winning streaks of the season tonight when the University at Buffalo and Niagara University meet up at Alumni Arena in the final non-conference Big 4 basketball game of the season.
For Niagara (3-5) this is the last of five consecutive road games, a stretch that began against St. Bonaventure in Rochester and included stops at Iona, Central Michigan and Loyola (Md.). The young Purple Eagles may have scored the breakthrough they were seeking in snapping a three-game losing streak with a 62-61 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory over the Greyhounds, the league's preseason favorite. That win raised Niagara to 1-1 in conference with arguably their toughest MAAC road swing of the season out of the way.
"I'd have to look it up, but in my time here I can't remember a tougher nine-game stretch to start the season," said Niagara coach Joe Mihalich, whose next win will be No. 250. "We were in that tournament where we played three really good teams, we played Oregon State and Bucknell and New Mexico State. Our conference games were the two best teams on the road and then you throw in Bonaventure in Rochester and UB at UB. That's a tough stretch. I think in the long run it's going to make us a better team."
The up-tempo, guard-oriented Purple Eagles got 19 points and five assists fromJuan'ya Green in the conquest of Loyola. Sophomore guard Antoine Mason added 14 and leads Niagara with an 18.6 average.
"I think this year our team has been better at coming together as a team and not putting our heads down when we're down at halftime and stuff like that," Green said. "Our defense has gotten a lot better."
Niagara's challenge tonight will be in containing UB's low-post game. Bulls junior forward Javon McCrea went off for a career-high 31 points in Wednesday's 72-52 drubbing of Milwaukee, connecting on 15 of 19 shots from the field. He's averaging 17.7 points with no one else in double figures.
"McCrea's terrific," Mihalich said. "He's as good as anybody we'll play all year long. I mean, he's a really, really tough guy to control."
Niagara's down-low presence has been aided by the arrival of 6-8 freshman T.J. Cline, a forward who, like UB's Will Regan, can take his game inside or out. The Purple Eagles will receive another boost inside when fifth-year senior transfer Devon White (6-8, 240) is cleared to return from an Achilles injury suffered over the summer. He could be in uniform by the end of the month.
While McCrea dazzled against Milwaukee, the most encouraging performance for the Bulls (3-7) probably came from junior swingman Auraum Nuiriankh. He struck for his first career double-double with 13 points and a resounding 15 rebounds after a rather silent beginning to the season.
"They just kept coming," Nuiriankh said. "I think with my rebounding it kind of got me into a better rhythm of the game. I was able to score a little bit more than I had been normally."
Said UB coach Reggie Witherspoon: "We needed to have him contribute in a way that I think gave him a presence on the team. He's been trying. His shot has been off and he's a good shooter, and sometimes that can cause your mind to drift a little bit. He found other ways. His defense was very good. He rebounded it well, got some steals, moved the ball well. It's good to see that. We really need it."
Tempo will have a lot to do with who comes out on top tonight. Tipoff is 7.
"It's going to be big," Witherspoon said. "I want to say we want to control it. It doesn't mean we're walking up the court but we have to control it and run when it's to our advantage. I know they just want to get up and down the court, and we have to find a way, but in these games it's hard because in these games every time somebody scores there's cheering because they're going to have people rooting for them too."
In other Big 4 action, St. Bonaventure (5-2) has a 3:05 start at Arkansas State (4-3), while Canisius college plays at Marist on Sunday.
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- Makes 6bruschette
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 (15- to 16-oz) can white beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 (1/4-inch-thick) slices rustic Italian bread, toasted
- 1/3 cup walnuts and coarsely chopped
- Garnish: chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Mince garlic in food processor and purée with beans, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon oil until smooth.
- Drizzle toasts with 2 tablespoons oil. Divide purée among toasts and top with nuts. Drizzle remaining tablespoon oil over bruschetta.
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Jacques Chirac
President of France
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. Chirac was briefly a Communist… Read More
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1932 Birth Born on November 29, 1932.
1940 7 Years Old Although Chirac was well-situated in de Gaulle's entourage, being related by marriage to the general's sole companion at the time of the Appeal of 18 June 1940, he was more of a "Pompidolian" than a "Gaullist".
1950 17 Years Old … In 1950, he signed the Soviet-inspired Stockholm Appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons – which led him to be questioned when he applied for his first visa to the United States.
1953 20 Years Old In 1953, after graduating from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, he attended Harvard University's summer school, before entering the ENA, the Grande école National School of Administration, which trains France's top civil servants, in 1957. … Read More
1956 23 Years Old In 1956, he married Bernadette Chodron de Courcel, with whom he had two daughters: Laurence (born 4 March 1958) and Claude (14 January 1962).
1959 26 Years Old After leaving the ENA in 1959, he became a civil servant in the Court of Auditors.
1962 29 Years Old In April 1962, Chirac was appointed head of the personal staff of Prime Minister Georges Pompidou. … Read More
1967 34 Years Old At Pompidou's suggestion, Chirac ran as a Gaullist for a seat in the National Assembly in 1967. … Read More
1968 35 Years Old When student and worker unrest rocked France in May 1968, Chirac played a central role in negotiating a truce. … Read More
1972 39 Years Old After some months in the ministry of relations with Parliament, Chirac's first high-level post came in 1972 when he became Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under Pompidou, who had been elected president in 1969, after de Gaulle retired. … Read More
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… He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. … Read More
1975 42 Years Old At the invitation of Saddam Hussein (then vice-president of Iraq, but de facto dictator), Chirac made an official visit to Baghdad in 1975. … Read More
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Citing Giscard's unwillingness to give him authority, Chirac resigned as Prime Minister in 1976. … Read More
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Chirac made his first run for president against Giscard d'Estaing in the 1981 election, thus splitting the centre-right vote. … Read More
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When the RPR/UDF right-wing coalition won a slight majority in the National Assembly in the 1986 election, Mitterrand (PS) appointed Chirac prime minister (though many in Mitterrand's inner circle lobbied him to choose Jacques Chaban-Delmas instead). … Read More
1992 59 Years Old In 1992, convinced a man could not become President whilst advocating anti-European policies, he called for a "yes" vote in the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty, against the opinion of Pasqua, Séguin and a majority of the RPR voters, who chose to vote "no". … Read More
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Chirac's internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatisation. He also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture sociale). … Read More
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At the age of 69, Chirac faced his fourth presidential campaign in 2002.
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On 19 January 2006, Chirac said that France was prepared to launch a nuclear strike against any country that sponsors a terrorist attack against French interests. … Read More
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When Nicolas Sarkozy became President in 2007, Juppé was one of the few "chiraquiens" to serve in François Fillon's government.
2008 75 Years Old 1 More Event
On 11 April 2008, Chirac's office announced that he had undergone successful surgery to fit a pacemaker.
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In January 2009, it was reported that Chirac had been hospitalised after being attacked by his pet Maltese poodle. … Read More
2010 77 Years Old Marc Rioufol plays Chirac in Richard Loncraine's 2010 film The Special Relationship. … Read More
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On 7 March 2011, he went on trial on charges of diverting public funds, accused of giving fictional city jobs to twenty-eight activists of his political party while serving as the mayor of Paris (1977–1995). Along with Chirac, nine others stood trial in two separate cases, one dealing with fictional jobs for 21 people and the other with jobs for the remaining seven. The President of Union for a Popular Movement, who later served as France's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alain Juppé, was sentenced to a 14-month suspended prison sentence for the same case in 2004.
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Scientists have developed an approach to generating uniformly differentiated populations of collagen-producing chondrocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that can be used to repair cartilage defects, or harnessed as an in vitro system for testing drugs or studying disease. The method, developed by a Duke University-led team, involves engineering the cells to express GFP only if they also produce collagen, and then using a cell sorting technique to collect the fluorescent cells specifically. Essentially, expression of GFP under the control of a type II collagen promoter indicates that the cell has differentiated into a chondrocyte, rather than remained in a pluirpotent state or differentiated into a cell of any other lineage.
The potential to use iPSC technologies to generate chondrocytes for cartilage repair is particularly attractive because bone-marrow derived stem cells and adipose-derived stem cells have only a limited chondrogenic potential, especially when taken from older patients or those with diseases such as osteoarthritis. However, one of main challenges with using iPSCs is the difficulty in achieving uniform differentiation to the cell type of interest.
The cell identification and sorting approach has been developed by Farshid Guilak, M.D., Brian O. Diekman, M.D., and colleagues to get around this problem. They first prompted mouse tail fibroblasts to reprogram into iPSCs using a previously described approach of forcing the overexpression of four transcription factors, Oct4, Sox3, Klf5, and Myc. They then added growth factors including BMP-4 and dexamethasone to the cultures to prompt cell differentiation into chondrocytes. GFP marker expression indicated that about 10% of the iPSCs had differentiated into chondrocyte cells, and these were sorted by flow cytometry. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis confirmed that the GFP+ cells demonstrated increased expression of chondrogenic genes when compared with the GFP- cells.
The GFP+ cells could also be expanded in vitro, and passaging in pellet culture prompted the synthesis of cartilage-specific matrix that contained characteristic high levels of glycosaminoglycans and type II collagen, and low levels of type I and type X collagen. The pellets also demonstrated increased elasticity indicative of cartilage formation. And encouragingly, when an agarose gel matrix seeded with the GFP+ cells was applied to an in vitro cartilage defect model, the cells integrated into the damaged tissue and produced a cartilaginous matrix.
"We used techniques to purify a defined cell population with enhanced chondrogenic potential from undifferentiated and off-target cell types, providing a pathway for maximizing therapeutic effectiveness while minimizing the risk of teratoma formation," the authors state in their published paper in PNAS. "This study demonstrates the potential use of iPSCs for cartilage defect repair and for creating tissue models of cartilage that can be matched to specific genetic backgrounds...The ability to derive large numbers of cells with chondrogenic potential from a noninvasively isolated somatic cell starting population is an important advance for the development of cellular therapy strategies to treat osteoarthritis."
The Duke team's work is described in a paper titled "Cartilage tissue engineering using differentiated and purified induced pluripotent stem cells."
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Stanley Joseph Rabalais
Duson—A Mass of Christian Burial for Stanley Joseph Rabalais, 79, of Duson will be celebrated on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. in St. Theresa Catholic Church. Father Martin Leonards will serve as officiant.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 16, 2012 from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., with a rosary being recited at 4:00 P.M. in St. Theresa Catholic Church Family Life Center, Duson, LA, and will continue on Monday from 8:00 A.M. until service time in the same location.
Committal services and entombment will be held on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. in Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery Mausoleum, Plaucheville, LA.
Mr. Rabalais passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 4:29 P.M. in a Lafayette hospital.
A native of Plaucheville, and longtime resident of Duson, Mr. Rabalais was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church. He was a graduate of SLI (now known as U.L. Lafayette), where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. He continued his education at L.S.U., where he earned a Masters of Arts degree in education.
Mr. Rabalais taught school and served as principal at Duson Elementary School for many years. He was well-loved by the students and teachers, and his love for the children he served was very evident. Mr. Rabalais could be seen on the school playground during recess each day, and his influence in the lives of many will live on for years to come.
An avid gardener, Mr. Rabalais was generous with the bounty of his garden, sharing vegetables with his many friends and neighbors.
Survivors include his wife of over 52 years, Lillian Rousse Rabalais of Duson; daughters, Roselle LeCorgne and husband, Lyle of Lafayette, Mary Rabalais of Cordova, TN, and Madeline Blackburn of Odessa, FL; son, David Paul Rabalais of The Woodlands, TX; grandchildren, Thomas Hebert of Lafayette, Sydney Blackburn of Odessa, FL, and Seth Blackburn of Odessa, FL; and close family friend, Cynthia Cormier Adkinson, who Mr. Rabalais considered his fourth daughter, and her husband, Jeff of Duson.
Preceding Mr. Rabalais in death were his parents, Gaston Louis Rabalais and Agnes Bessie Couvillion Rabalais; and sister, Marie Rabalais.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.duhonfuneralhome.com
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Frank Ocean called into BBC Radio 1 earlier this evening and spoke about his debut album Channel Orange. Frank discusses the reasoning behind releasing his album on iTunes early, leaks, the recording process, his performance on Jimmy Fallon, and more.
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Simple Definition of stalking horse
: someone or something that is used to hide a true purpose; especially : a candidate for a political office or position who has no real chance of winning but is being used by a political party to weaken the support for an opposing party, to find out if another candidate might be successful, etc.
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1 : a horse or a figure like a horse behind which a hunter stalks game
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"Whatever happened to . . .?" is a weekly series updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting local stories covered in The Plain Dealer. Have a suggestion on a story we should update? Send it to John C. Kuehner .
Today, we answer this question:
Whatever happened to Capt. Tanya Markow, the West Point graduate from Lakewood who flew a replica of the Wright Brothers' 1902 glider a decade ago in Kitty Hawk?
You may now come to attention, render a crisp salute and call her Lt. Col. Markow, or professor. She received a doctorate degree from Georgia Tech this summer in human-centered computing, and is on the faculty at West Point.
In 2002, she had been among a small band of test pilots from the Army, Navy and Air Force who were tapped to fly the glider after the Western Reserve Historical Society commissioned the working replica.
At the time she was a helicopter pilot and flight instructor for the Army. Markow has had a passion for anything that flies since she soloed at Burke Lakefront Airport before she turned 16.
In 2004 she successfully flew a replica of the 1903 flier with which the Wright's made the first successful powered flights in 2003. That aircraft and the '02 glider were both built by aviator-woodworker-author-educator Nick Engler of Dayton.
She was deployed to Kuwait in 2007, running an airfield that was the last place Allied troops went before entering Iraq, and their first stop upon leaving Iraq.
While at Georgia Tech, she headed a research team that developed a glove called mobile music touch. It has been likened to a workout glove with a box on the back. Used with a piano keyboard, it vibrates to indicate which key to hit, and can be used to teach people to play the instrument.
But Markow said it has broader implications for people with spinal cord injuries because it can improve motor skills and improve sensation in their fingertips.
Her assignment to West Point, teaching computer science, is for three years and she intends to apply for a full academy professorship. But her vision remains fixed on the sky. And beyond.
Markow said in a telephone interview that she maintains her ambition to become a NASA astronaut. The preponderance of the military astronauts have come from the Navy, Marines and Air Force. She hopes to be the 17th from the Army.
Beyond that, she wants to stay in the Army as along as possible, where she already has served 17 years. "I owe them six years for my PhD," she said, which would take her to 23 years.
Her ambitions are not limited to her own future. Her daughter, Morgan, 12, shares mom's abilities in math and science.
"She wants to go here (West Point)," Markow said. She's been saying that since she was four so I have to believe her."


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The National Digital Library Program and the American Folklife Center of
the Library of Congress are pleased to announce the release of the
online presentation Quilts and Quiltmaking in America. There are many
ways to study quiltmaking, but one of the most rewarding is to look at
the kinds of quilts that were made in a particular time and place. To
understand the local picture, however, a researcher needs to know how
the local traditions compare with national trends or with local
traditions elsewhere. Quilts and Quiltmaking in America presents 181
segments from recorded interviews with quiltmakers and 410 graphic
images (prints, positive transparencies, and negatives) from two
collections in the American Folklife Center: the Blue Ridge Parkway
Folklife Project and the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest
Collection. The images of the quilts convey the range of contemporary
quiltmaking styles in the United States, while the recorded interview
segments provide a more in-depth portrait of quiltmaking within the
context of the quiltmakers' lives and region.
The quilt-related information in the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project
is significant because it represents in-depth interviews with a number
of quiltmakers within a limited geographic area during the
late-twentieth-century quiltmaking revival. Photographs and brief
interview segments were chosen from the collection by the project's
consultant, Laurel Horton, to provide viewers with a guide to the story
of quiltmaking in the Blue Ridge. She selected six individuals who
represent a cross-section of the quiltmakers in the region at the time
of the project (1978) and selected photographs and narratives of both
historic and newly made quilts. Because the interview subjects present
a range of backgrounds, motivations, and aesthetic sensibilities, their
interviews reveal the difficulty of defining a single "Appalachian"
quiltmaking tradition. The quilts selected represent a range of
functional types, including utility bedquilts, elaborate special quilts,
and those made to sell at craft shops and flea markets. As a result,
the interviews and visual images demonstrate both continuing local
traditions and the influence of the national quilt revival.
In the years since it was created, the Blue Ridge collection has become
an important source of historical information. In order to enhance its
accessibility to researchers who may be hearing-impaired, unfamiliar
with the dialect of the subject or interviewer, use English as a second
language, or need clarification of quilt-related vocabulary or local
place names, all audio material in this online collection has been
transcribed by Ms. Horton.
The Lands' End collection provides a different but complementary window
into late-twentieth-century quiltmaking. This online presentation
documents the 181 state and national winners of contests sponsored by
the company in 1992, 1994, and 1996, and reflects a sampling of
excellent design and technical skill characteristic of prizewinning
quilts during this period. This collection is important because it
represents a large number of quilt images from all across the country
and because it includes statements provided by the makers in surveys
about their quilts. The Lands' End contest winners represent a wide
range of quiltmaking activity, from highly traditional to innovative.
The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources
available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain
and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for
future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library
Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical
and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong