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Life Technologies is acquiring BioTrove, maker of the high-throughput gene-expression and genotyping-analysis system called OpenArray®. It is based on a flexible array format that enables researchers to perform more than 3,000 PCR genotyping or qPCR gene-expression assays at a time, the firms note.
Upon completion of this transaction, the assets of BioTrove's RapidFire business unit will be spun out into an independent firm called Biocius Life Sciences. The RapidFire segment has been focusing on developing a high-throughput screening portfolio to aid drug discovery and enhance lead discovery and in vitro ADME. Biocius Life Sciences will continue to offer contract research services for lead discovery and CYP inhibition on the RapidFire platform as well as RapidFire instrumentation.
Life Technologies acquisition of BioTrove builds on a collaboration that Applied Biosystems, which is now part of Life Technologies, entered into with BioTrove in 2007. At that time, Applied Biosystems assumed responsibility for commercializing the OpenArray business for genotyping applications.
"BioTrove's technology is an important addition to our extensive PCR portfolio," remarks Greg Lucier, chairman and CEO of Life Technologies. BioTrove's platform allows samples to be validated against a large target panel or a larger quantity of samples to be screened against select validated targets. The technology is also used in markets such as pathogen testing and may enable future digital PCR applications.
With the OpenArray platform, Life Technologies and its Applied Biosystems subsidiary will be able to provide greater assay content in a higher-density format. Applied Biosystems currently offers TaqMan® assays, more than 1.1 million for gene-expression and 4.5 million for genotyping applications. Both customer-specified and predefined panels of TaqMan assays will be available for the OpenArray platform under the Applied Biosystems brand. The format requires no additional investment by customers in costly liquid-handling automation.
Over the last few months Life Technologies' PCR business has made significant strides. In September, the company launched the MeltDoctor™ High-Resolution Melt reagents for research use only as part of a PCR-based workflow that enables researchers to scan DNA from a variety of biological sample types to detect the smallest genetic variations.
The company also purchased Cytonix for intellectual property related to digital PCR. Additionally, in April the FDA issued an emergency-use authorization letter to the CDC, allowing qualified laboratories to run the CDC's H1N1 detection assay on an Applied Biosystems' 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument or the 7500 Fast Real-Time PCR Instrument.
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Get more information about La James International College – Ft Dodge by clicking links below:
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La' James International College, also known as LJIC, is a system of beauty schools located in Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska. The system has provided education in the beauty industry for over 75 years, with the original school having expanded over the years to provide additional programs and new locations to reach a larger number of students.
LJIC uses modern technology in conjunction with evolving and changing techniques to prepare students in one of a number of high demand beauty professions. Educators are experienced professionals drawn from their respective fields to provide the best education and training possible for students. The school recently incorporated computer testing into the curriculum to help prepare students for state board examinations. Students will earn an associate's degree or certificate upon completion, which demonstrates to potential employers one's skill set and dedication to work.
Programs offered include:
- Cosmetology
- Massage Therapy
- Esthetics
- Nail Technology
- Teacher Training
Fort Dodge Location
The Fort Dodge branch of La James International College is located at 2419 5th Avenue South. This campus has a graduating class size which is close to fifty-seven students per year. This campus provides student services in the form of career guidance for students in need of assistance and job placement options for students after graduation. You can learn more, including the school's consumer disclosures, by visiting ljic.edu.
Programs Offered
Below is a listing of the programs that may be offered at La James International College – Ft Dodge. Actual programs may differ from the list below, to get an official list of programs offered please visit the school's website or by phone at (515) 576-3119.
Cosmetology (2,100 Hours)
The cosmetology program takes about seventeen months for most students to complete.
Program Details:
- Estimated tuition and fees: $20,000*
- Cost of required supplies: $3,200*
- Graduates in repayment, have an estimated repayment rate of 97%**
- $12,948 is the estimated annual earnings of graduates from this program**
- $86.00/month on average is the estimated loan payment made by graduates*
- 33 students completed the cosmetology program last year
- Takes about 17 months to complete
Get more information about cosmetology and browse other schools listed by visiting our cosmetology schools profile page.
Esthetician (750 Hours)
The esthetician program offered most often takes about seven months to complete and may fulfill course requirements for licensing.
Program Details:
- Estimated tuition and fees: $11,000*
- Cost of required supplies: $2,100*
- Takes about 7 months to complete
Learn more about esthetician programs through our esthetician schools profile page, which includes listings and career descriptions.
Nail Technician (350 Hours)
The nail technician program offered most often takes about four months to complete and may fulfill course requirements for licensing.
Program Details:
- Estimated tuition and fees: $5,000*
- Cost of required supplies: $600*
- Takes about 4 months to complete
Learn more about nail technician programs through our nail technician schools profile page, which includes listings and career descriptions.
Cosmetology, Barber and Nail Instructor (1,000 Hours)
The cosmetology, barber and nail instructor program offered most often takes about eight months to complete and may fulfill course requirements for licensing.
Program Details:
- Estimated tuition and fees: $10,000*
- Cost of required supplies: $400*
- Takes about 8 months to complete
Massage Therapy (900 Hours)
Massage therapy program takes usually eight months to complete. Students that complete this program may be eligible to pursue licensing.
Program Details:
- Estimated tuition and fees: $11,000*
- The estimated cost of supplies that may be required is $1,600*
- Former students had a loan repayment rate of around 89%**
- 16 students completed this program in the previous reported year
- The length of the massage therapy program is usually 8 months
Learn more about massage therapy programs through our massage therapy schools profile page, which includes lists on other schools offering this program.
*Amounts for tuition, fees, and supplies are an estimate which are calculated based on historical data and should be solely used for informational purposes only.
**Repayment rates, earnings, and loan payments are estimates and should be treated as informational tools only, contact the school for official information.
Estimated Costs & Financial Aid
The overall cost students will pay at this school is approximately $11,200 after scholarships, grants and other forms of aid are taken into consideration. In order to calculate a more accurate and detailed cost of attendance visit the net price calculator. There may be an application fee required, please check with La James International College – Ft Dodge for more information. Any tuition and financial aid figures listed provide an outline of costs at this school, however they may not accurately represent current costs, fees, or tuition. Please check with this school for more information.
Note: Financial aid is only available for those who qualify, check with the school for details.
Financial Aid Details
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Bring squash casserole to picnics
If you're expected to bring something to the Labor Day picnic, or any other potluck event you might ever attend, your search for the right recipe ends now.
Yellow squash, available dirt cheap at every road stand/produce aisle/backyard garden, replaces potatoes in the classic cheesy casserole.
The low-cal veggie provides the same vehicle for crackers, cheese and butter that potatoes do, for considerable caloric savings.
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SICP in New Delhi, carried out a mail survey of 2000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the country and wrote case studies on 16 NGOs and 25 volunteers engaged in women and child-related activities. They study aims to understand the nature of volunteering and make it beneficial to both NGOs and volunteers.
Volunteering would become popular only if individuals realise that they can and must contribute to society, said Puspha Sundar, executive director, SCIP, while presenting the report. She recommended steps to promote volunteering by doing value-based education, media campaigns, outreach programs, building online and physical data banks of volunteer opportunities, institution of public awards for outstanding volunteer contributions, and constant encouragement by government.
She stressed the need to establish support organizations to exclusively promote, facilitate and co-ordinate volunteering in a given geographical area. Emphasizing on establishing volunteer bureaus or centres, she said they can be affiliated regionally and then nationally.
Puspha Sundar said the research showed that it was NGOs which should make efforts towards making volunteering an effective tool of social change in the country.


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Saturday morning notes
A few things…
The Kings only have five defensive prospects at their summer development camp, and now they might be down one. Derek Forbort showed up with a bad back, and his status for the public camp sessions on Monday and Tuesday are not yet known. Forbort also had a bout with mononucleosis last year, during his freshman year at the University of North Dakota, and had 15 points in 38 games. The Kings were otherwise pleased with the physical conditioning of several of the prospects, with Tyler Toffoli drawing strong reviews in particular.
Second, the Kings are doing some live streaming and interactive interviews from the Ice Crew tryouts. To view and participate, starting at 4 p.m. Pacific time today, you can click here.
Finally, one for the early adopters among us… If anyone has access to Google+ invitations, and would like to shoot one my way (firstname.lastname@example.com), that would be great. Thanks to Mike G. for the quick invite. For those on Google+, you can now find me.
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i know your pvp quests are your solid daily income. But you need huge amounts for enchanting and id'ing bo pae ( from bloody shark harbour or tower for examp.).
And most of all time you didn't get much back from breaking the stuff, only if you are lucky.
Actually i waste about 80% of the money i get from pvp daily for other stuff (id'ing items, teleport, raise crafting lvl...)
What i'm looking for is another idea to farm gold when dailys are finished.
So far i know some world bosses can be farmed (undead lvl 42 for example, sell materials for about 60s, makes about 1,8G per run).
But it is very boring and the task to summon the boss is annyoing.
I tried also to do the same what the bots do, buy a bunch of keys and farm treasure boxes in dungeons that can be reached fast. First box got me exp food, but then for 2hours nothing usefull, doesn't seem to be very rentable either.
Also, crafting doesn't seem to bring much income.
The most stuff get selled even cheaper then the crafting materials cost, weird. They selling the charms for 1,5G each, even the crystals (30) for it needed are more expensive, not to mention the other stuff you need to craft it.
Still not reached max lvl but i think it is basicly the same for all stuff, unless you have any very rare reciept.
Actually the auction house has extraordinary fluctuations. Some day you sell stuff for a huge amount, 2 days later not even for a hand full silvers. Only a few items seem to have very stable prices (like crysals from pvp or crit bo pae etc....)
I farmed the lvl 38 world boss in the past (that fox demon thing) and broke the bo pae i got from wheel, selled enchanting stones for about 50s each, one week later you don't even get 1s from it anymore.
So, anyone got an idea?
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EC Proposal on Investing in Climate-Related Technologies Unveiled
7 October 2009: The European Commission has published a proposal on "Investing in the development of low-carbon energy technologies," calling on public authorities, business and researchers to develop by 2020 the necessary technologies to address climate change, secure EU energy supply and ensure economic competitiveness.
According to the proposal, an additional investment of €50 billion in energy technology research will be needed over the next 10 years, with a view to implementing the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan – the technology pillar of the EU's energy and climate policy. Different sources of funding, from the public and private sector at national and EU levels, will be devoted in a coordinated way to six key areas of low-carbon technologies: wind, solar, electricity grids, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, and sustainable nuclear fission. [EU press release] [European Commission's proposal]


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On October 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began penalizing hospitals for high readmission rates as part of the US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP).1 Hospitals that have been designated high readmission outliers have had their Medicare payments reduced by 1% for adult patients discharged with congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and acute myocardial infarction. Penalties will increase to 3% by 2015, and other conditions will be added to the list for which those penalties apply.2 This focus on reducing 30-day readmission rates is part of a larger strategy to help control rising health care costs. While critics have complained that the HRRP is a blunt instrument that fails to account for distinguishing characteristics of hospitals and the patient populations that they serve,3 the Supreme Court's recent decision ensures that the Affordable Care Act's mandates will be implemented.4 To date, hospitals that care for children have not been targeted by the HRRP, but often policies that start in adult hospitals eventually migrate to hospitals that care for children. If that happens, then the study by Berry and colleagues5 in this issue of JAMA will take on substantial significance.
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MOOCs—or Massive Open Online Courses—have been getting a lot of attention lately. Just in the last year or so there's been immense interest in the potential for large scale online learning, with significant investments being made in companies (Coursera, Udacity, Udemy), similar non-profit... Read more
Rock legend Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd fame has asked many interesting questions (in song). This one (posted on his website) might be one you don't expect: "Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they... Read more
Teachers and students have a new portal to find open educational resources: OER Commons. It is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and students from kindergarten to graduate school can access OER materials, share, and work together. Users can search, browse, and discuss... Read more
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Creative Commons is helping to shed some light on open education resources in a recent interview with Lisa Petrides from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME): Open Education and Policy. The good news, there is a lot of policy change at all levels of education.... Read more


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The $13-million Yokouchi Pavilion & Courtyard is now starting to rock 'n' roll with food and beverage service at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului.
Patrons of the arts have patiently waited for 23 months for its completion, and now the glass, pyramid-shaped beacon is tempting diners' palates and quenching thirsts from its large, state-of-the-art prep kitchen.
"When we're rockin' and poppin' here with big shows, this place will be full-tilt boogie," says Lisa Haole, food and beverage co-director with Luana Argel.
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Food and beverage co-directors Luana Argel (left) and Lisa Haole, right, toast to their state-of-the-art facility in Kahului.
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"No more gorilla catering! And, no more schlepping!" exclaims Argel. "Look at this place, it's HUGE! We've got six points of sale for liquor, one walk-up counter for meals, one for desserts and for cappuccinos. Upstairs in the new Morgado Hall, we've got two more bars, so people can come right out of the mezzanine and grab a cocktail without having to go downstairs."
"We'll be able to serve more people at a faster pace, while offering way more options," chimes in Haole. "Now we can even make fun blender drinks. It's so-oo cool. We really want everyone to check it out!"
But like a maestro fine-tuning his orchestra with repeated rehearsals, the MACC's President and CEO Art Vento knows that practice makes perfect. So he's been polishing his latest act with training runs.
"Last week, we rolled out the food and beverage service in our new facility in a soft-opening kind of way," Vento says, "in a very low-key manner.
"By the time this weekend rolls around, we'll have gone through the process a couple of times for our upcoming heavy-hitter shows."
Of course, he's talking about the return of Keali'i Reichel over Valentine's Day weekend as well as Chris Daughtry next Friday and Sir Elton John and Damian Marley and Nas later in the month. Starting this evening, families will also flock there for Imago Theatre's "ZooZoo."
"Bigger-than-life animal characters dance and do acrobats across the Castle Theater stage tonight as Imago Theatre presents ZooZoo," says Haole. "Alexanders Famous Fish is serving up miso-grilled mahimahi, teri chicken, fruit and cheese appetizers and a keiki hot dog plates."
Saturday, award-winning kumu hula and recording artist Reichel will return to the MACC for Kukahi 2011, the annual fundraiser for his halau. "Executive Chef Tom Muromoto of Ka'anapali Beach Hotel will delight you with his Taste of Lahaina award-winning dishes," says Haole.
"Seafood Lawalu, huli-huli chicken and veggie enchiladas will start the preshow food off at 5 p.m. So come hungry! For Sunday's Kukahi show, Alexanders Famous Fish will come back to the MACC with grilled kalbi ribs, garlic-herb shrimps, seafood won tons and tropical salad with mango salsa, and more!"
Anuhea will also perform a fundraiser concert for Seabury Hall on Saturday in McCoy Studio and an extra bar will be set up in the McCoy Courtyard.
On Friday, Feb. 18, Chris Daughtry will rock the Castle Theater. "Also rockin' will be Stella Blues Cafe with their seafood chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, vegetarian lasagna with garlic bread, and housemade hummus with pita and veggies," says Argel. "Food and beverage service starts at 5:30 p.m. Join us at our new bars for a 'No Surprise' drink special it will surprise you!!!"
For the biggest shows this month, Sir Elton John will take command of the pavilion stage Feb. 24 and 25 with 5,000 fans per night in the amphitheater. It's one of only about four shows per year outdoors.
Food, beverage and merchandise sales will kick off at 4 p.m. on the Events Lawn. Adults 21 and older must bring ID for wristbands to gain entry.
For special occasions, receptions and business meetings, the Yokouchi Pavilion's upstairs Morgado Hall and its lanai may also be booked.
"I think it will fast become a great option for weddings, meetings, birthdays!" says acclaimed Chef Beverly Gannon of Celebrations Catering. Dana Pastula of Cafe O'Lei fame agrees. "Art Vento and his team have designed and built a first-class facility. Morgado Hall is beautiful with an ocean view and its lanai overlooks the courtyard."
The pavilion's visionary namesake, the late, great Pundy Yokouchi, would surely be pleased with it all.
"The MACC is planning a community celebration, free and open to the public, scheduled for Saturday, March 12, in the afternoon," says Marketing Director Karee Carlucci.
"We invite Maui residents and visitors to stop by during our 'open house' to see the new facilities, enjoy a selection of ono food and beverages, entertainment by local musicians and dancers, and lots of family fun."
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Vernon Balbert wrote:
> I'm trying to get Warpzilla up and running and am having a bit of
> trouble. (If I need to go to another newsgroup, please let me know.)
> When I try to launch firefox.exe it tells me that it can't find libc05.
> I downloaded libc06 from the Warpzilla site (which got it from
> innotek.de and placed it in the folder where firefox.exe is located) and
> it doesn't do the trick. (It specifically says libc05 OR libc06.) I
> download libc05 and the file I get is libc-0.5.1.exe. Thinking that
> this is a self-extracting file I run it and get an error saying that it
> can't be run in an OS/2 session. It also refuses to run in a Windows XP
> window. So what am I doing wrong?
if memory serves me correctly, I had to open either an os/2 or a dos
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Daniel L. Barrow, MD
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Daniel L. Barrow graduated Magna Cum Laude from Westminster College and received his MD from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Dr. Barrow completed his general surgery internship and neurosurgical residency at Emory University affiliated hospitals and obtained his neurology training at Massachusetts General Hospital. Upon completing his neurosurgical residency, he did a fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
In 1998, Dr. Barrow was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Emory Clinic, Inc. He is currently the MBNA/Bowman Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine, where his research interests have focused on cerebrovascular disease and stroke.
Dr. Barrow has authored more than 200 scientific articles and chapters in medical textbooks and has authored or edited twelve monographs, including a major textbook of neurosurgery, The Practice of Neurosurgery. He has been a visiting professor at major universities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
During his career in medicine, Dr. Barrow has won many awards, including induction into the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He has been named in Who's Who in America and has been chosen by his peers to appear in the publication, The Best Doctors in America. In 1997, Dr. Barrow received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, one of only four recipients of this prestigious honor. In 1998, he received the Alumni Achievement Award from Westminster College.
Dr. Barrow has been active in organized neurosurgery, holding a variety of leadership and editorial positions in such societies as the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Georgia Neurosurgical Society and the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. He has been on the Editorial Boards of Clinical Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Consultations and Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, and has co-edited Contemporary Neurosurgery, edited Perspectives in Neurological Surgery and chaired the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Publications Committee.
Areas of Clinical Interest:
- brain aneurysm
- cerebral aneurysm
- brain tumors
- bypass surgery brain
- carotid endarterectomy
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- cerebrovascular accident
- cervical fusion
- cranial aneurysms
- discectomy
- herniated disc
- lumbar decompression
- microdiscectomy
- microsurgery
- microvascular surgery
- spinal stenosis
- spinal surgery
- stroke
- skull base tumors
- transient ischemic attacks
- trigeminal neuralgia
(Below publications are a select list from post-2000)
Schuette AJ, Hui FK, Obuchowski NA, Walkup RR, Cawley CM, Barrow DL, Samuels OB. An examination of aneurysm rerupture rates with epsilon aminocaproic acid. Neurocrit Care. 2013 Aug;19(1):48-55. PubMed PMID: 22847395.
Barrow DL, Spetzler RF. Cotton-clipping technique to repair intraoperative aneurysm neck tear: A technical note. Neurosurgery. 2011 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 21368700.
Giannotta SL, Barrow DL. Cavernous malformations. Neurosurg Focus. 2010 Sep;29(3):Introduction. PubMed PMID: 20827863.
Schuette AJ, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Indocyanine green videoangiography in the management of dural arteriovenous fistulae. Neurosurgery. 2010 Sep;67(3):658-62; discussion 662. PubMed PMID: 20647967.
Hadjipanayis CG, Schuette AJ, Boulis N, Hao C, Barrow DL, Teo C. Full scope of options. Neurosurgery. 2010 Jul;67(1):197-203; discussion 203-4. PubMed PMID: 20559107; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2888508.
Elliott-Lewis EW, Mason AM, Barrow DL. Evaluation of a new bipolar coagulation forceps in a thermal damage assessment. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec;65(6):1182-7; discussion 1187. PubMed PMID: 19934979.
Barrow DL. Commentary. Surg Neurol. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19836064.
Mason AM, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Surgical management of intracranial aneurysms in the endovascular era : review article. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2009 Mar;45(3):133-42. Epub 2009 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 19352474; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2666114.
Tumialán LM, Barrow DL, Tindall SC. The history of neurosurgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun;62(6):1361-9; discussion 1369. PubMed PMID: 18825004.
Tumialán LM, Zhang YJ, Cawley CM, Dion JE, Tong FC, Barrow DL. Intracranial hemorrhage associated with stent-assisted coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms: a cautionary report. J Neurosurg. 2008 Jun;108(6):1122-9. PubMed PMID: 18518714.
Tumialán LM, Lin FJ, Fountain J, Barrow DL. CT venography used for preoperative planning of foreign body extraction in penetrating craniocerebral trauma: technical case report. J Trauma. 2009 Feb;66(2):567-9. PubMed PMID: 18277272.
Tumialán LM, Brat DJ, Fountain AJ, Barrow DL. An astroblastoma mimicking a cavernous malformation: case report. Neurosurgery. 2007 Mar;60(3):E569-70; discussion E570. PubMed PMID: 17327764.
Mizuno J, Mummaneni PV, Rodts GE, Barrow DL. Recurrent subdural hematoma caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Case report. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Feb;4(2):183-5. PubMed PMID: 16506488.
Tumialán LM, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Arachnoid cyst with associated arachnoiditis developing after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2005 Dec;103(6):1088-91. PubMed PMID: 16381198.
Tumialán LM, Dhall SS, Tomak PR, Barrow DL. Alagille syndrome and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006;42(1):57-61. Review. PubMed PMID: 16357504.
Dhall SS, Tumialán LM, Brat DJ, Barrow DL. Spinal intradural clear cell meningioma following resection of a suprasellar clear cell meningioma. Case report and recommendations for management. J Neurosurg. 2005 Sep;103(3):559-63. PubMed PMID: 16235691.
Scarbrough TJ, Crocker IR, Davis LW, Barrow DL, Fowler BZ, Oyesiku NM. Intracranial arteriovenous malformations treated utilizing a linear accelerator-based patient rotator or commercially available radiosurgery system. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2005;83(2-3):91-100. Epub 2005 Jul 19. PubMed PMID: 16037682.
Tumialán LM, Barrow DL. Alagille syndrome. J Neurosurg. 2005 Jun;102(6):1171. PubMed PMID: 16028785.
Barrow DL. Supplementary comment on "Histological study of the normal vertebral artery--etiology of dissecting aneurysms". Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2005 Jan;45(1):71. PubMed PMID: 15699626.
Barrow DL. Bad science ISAT: the impact on neurosurgical practice. Clin Neurosurg. 2004;51:126-31. PubMed PMID: 15571137.
Barrow DL, Cawley CM. Surgical management of complex intracranial aneurysms. Neurol India. 2004 Jun;52(2):156-62. Review. PubMed PMID: 15269461.
Narayan P, Workman MJ, Barrow DL. Surgical treatment of a lenticulostriate artery aneurysm. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2004 Feb;100(2):340-2. PubMed PMID: 15086244.
Tomak PR, Cloft HJ, Kaga A, Cawley CM, Dion J, Barrow DL. Evolution of the management of tentorial dural arteriovenous malformations. Neurosurgery. 2003 Apr;52(4):750-60; discussion 760-2. PubMed PMID: 12657170.
Narayan P, Barrow DL. Intramedullary spinal cavernous malformation following spinal irradiation. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg. 2003 Jan;98(1 Suppl):68-72. PubMed PMID: 12546391.
Zhang YJ, Barrow DL, Cawley CM, Dion JE. Neurosurgical management of intracranial aneurysms previously treated with endovascular therapy. Neurosurgery. 2003 Feb;52(2):283-93; discussion 293-5. PubMed PMID: 12535356.
Barrow DL. Reaching for Utopia and slouching towards Gomorrah. Clin Neurosurg. 2002;49:562-79. PubMed PMID: 12506570.
Barnes B, Cawley CM, Barrow DL. Intracerebral hemorrhage secondary to vascular lesions. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2002 Jul;13(3):289-97, v. Review. PubMed PMID: 12486919.
Barrow DL. Spinal cord vascular lesions. J Neurosurg. 2002 Mar;96(2 Suppl):143-4; discussion 144. PubMed PMID: 12450275.
Johnston SC, Higashida RT, Barrow DL, Caplan LR, Dion JE, Hademenos G, Hopkins LN, Molyneux A, Rosenwasser RH, Vinuela F, Wilson CB; Committee on Cerebrovascular Imaging of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology. Recommendations for the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Cerebrovascular Imaging of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology. Stroke. 2002 Oct;33(10):2536-44. PubMed PMID: 12364750.
Narayan P, Samuels OB, Barrow DL. Stroke and pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection. Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2002 Sep;37(3):158-63. Review. PubMed PMID: 12187061.
Alleyne CH Jr, Barrow DL, Oyesiku NM. Combined transsphenoidal and pterional craniotomy approach to giant pituitary tumors. Surg Neurol. 2002 Jun;57(6):380-90; discussion 390. PubMed PMID: 12176196.
Cloft HJ, Tong FC, Joseph GJ, Dion JE, Barrow DL. Early intracerebral hemorrhage complicating the successful occlusion of a carotid-cavernous fistula. Interv Neuroradiol. 2002 Jun 30;8(2):209-12. Epub 2004 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 20594532.
Tang G, Cawley CM, Dion JE, Barrow DL. Intraoperative angiography during aneurysm surgery: a prospective evaluation of efficacy. J Neurosurg. 2002 Jun;96(6):993-9. PubMed PMID: 12066933.
Barrow DL. Reaching for Utopia and slouching toward Gomorrah. Neurosurgery. 2002 Jun;50(6):1181-9. PubMed PMID: 12015834.
Zhang YJ, Barrow DL, Day AL. Extracranial-intracranial vein graft bypass for giant intracranial aneurysm surgery for pediatric patients: two technical case reports. Neurosurgery. 2002 Mar;50(3):663-8. PubMed PMID: 11841740.
Barrow DL, Cawley CM. Aneurysms requiring extended cranial base approaches. Clin Neurosurg. 2000;47:139-77. Review. PubMed PMID: 11197700.
Barrow DL, Cawley CM. Therapeutic carotid occlusion: indications and potential complications. Clin Neurosurg. 2000;46:392-409. Review. PubMed PMID: 10944691.
Barrow DL. Controversies in neurosurgery: microsurgery versus radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations--the case for microsurgery. Clin Neurosurg. 2000;46:285-94. Review. PubMed PMID: 10944684.
Barrow DL, Hadley MN. Fifty years of the congress of neurological surgeons: foundations, objectives, and legacies. Neurosurgery. 2000 Aug;47(2):261-7. PubMed PMID: 10941999.
Abruzzo T, Joseph GJ, Owens DS, Dawson RC 3rd, Reid J, Barrow DL. Prevention of complications resulting from endovascular carotid sacrifice: a retrospective assessment. Neurosurgery. 2000 Apr;46(4):910-6; discussion 916-7. PubMed PMID: 10764264.


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"The album tumbles through a series of sympathetic dronings, field recordings, and performative gestures, continuously traversing the emotional polarities of psychological tension and externalized jouissance. The album begins with a heavily processed flutter of sustained woodwinds accompanied by thunderous rumbles in the distance before dispersing amidst Bernhard Hermann-esque slashings of discordant strings. Later on, the grotesque pathos of a Wurlitzer organ dissolves into a blackened emptiness that envelopes the complex resonant frequencies from Waldron's slow, deliberate performance upon bowls and bells. Despite the incredible depth of his source materials, Waldron displays an uncanny intellect that reflects all of his wandering passages through the lens of a melancholic ambience. Simply put, Ozeanische Gefühle is a wonder to behold." (label info)
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abyssal zone
Abyssal hills are low hills that occur on the deep ocean floor. Large stretches of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean floors and more than three-quarters of the Pacific floor are covered by such hills, which rise no higher than about 1,000 meters (3,000 ft). They tend to occur as a series of parallel ridges 1–10 km across, and represent the roughed topography of mid-ocean ridges subdued by burial beneath thick layers of sediment.
Abyssal plains are very flat areas of the deep ocean floor which may extend for more than 1,000 km (600 miles). They typically have slopes with gradients of less than 1 in 1000 and are found off continental margins where sediments can enter the deep sea unobstructed. They are common in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, but rare in the Pacific, where deep trenches and island arcs serve as barriers to the transport of sediment from the continents.
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The goal is simple: Make it to opening day, unscathed.
But this goal is easier wished than accomplished. Spring training injuries cost players days of preparation and cause concern, public and private, to overflow. The injuries sometimes can be overcome quickly, given how most players report to camp in good shape and use exhibition games primarily for timing and arm strength purposes.
However, not all of the injuries are so timetable-friendly. If an injury is severe enough or strikes at an inopportune time during camp, a player's status for opening day is put in jeopardy. This spring is no different.
Among this spring's wounded:
Zack Greinke, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
This is the last guy the Dodgers wanted to lose, considering they gave him a six-year, $147 million contract this past offseason. It could prove even more costly given the uncertainty surrounding shortstop Hanley Ramirez (thumb) and left fielder Carl Crawford (elbow).
Greinke has inflammation in his pitching elbow and he says he can pitch through the discomfort. And if you believe manager Don Mattingly, he probably could. But it is difficult to temper concern considering the team felt it necessary to send Greinke to Los Angeles last week to be examined by the team physician.
Greinke threw four scoreless innings in a minor league game Wednesday afternoon and said he felt fine. But his timetable already has been pushed back for the regular season. He probably will miss his planned April 2 start and might not be available until April 5. But Greinke still has to build enough arm strength to progress to that point because he has thrown just five innings in the Cactus League.
Starting April 5 (or later) means Greinke would miss the season-opening series against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. That alone is enough to cause Dodgers fans to start cursing his contract.
David Wright, 3B, New York Mets
Captain America isn't invincible. Wright earned that nickname for his stellar play during the World Baseball Classic, but he was sidelined with an intercostal strain before the Americans were eliminated in Miami. He first felt discomfort during WBC workouts in Arizona, and he could be on the bench on opening day.
"One thing I don't want to do is do something and come back sooner than I should," Wright told reporters. "I think opening day is possible. It's just how quickly my body responds to these treatments and how quickly I can get pain-free in that rib cage area."
That can be tricky with this kind of injury. Baseball players use their trunks in just about everything they do on the field, so a side injury can take time to heal and players can aggravate the injury by being overanxious to return to action.
Wright signed an eight-year, $138 million extension in December and will anchor the Mets lineup. His absence, if it extends beyond opening day, could be a serious hit to the franchise's 2013 goals.
Mark Teixeira, 1B, Yankees
The slugger has a partially torn tendon sheath in his wrist, a diagnosis much worse than originally suspected and one that could require season-ending surgery. That would further damage an already old and hurting Yankee lineup.
The Yankees hope the injury will heal on its own and that Teixeira will avoid surgery. Teixeira is projected to be sidelined until at least early May, though that is an extremely optimistic outlook.
Teixeira's injury is similar to the one that ended Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Jose Bautista's 2012 season. The Yankees don't believe Teixeira's injury is as serious, but returning too early could lead to more damage.
"If I try to play too early from this, we could miss the whole season, and we don't want that," Teixeira told reporters. "I don't know if it's the beginning of May, the end of May, the beginning of June, I don't know when it is but we got a whole bunch of season left and the time that really matters is the playoffs."
If Teixeira misses too much time, the playoffs might not be a realistic goal. New York also will be without Alex Rodriguez (hip) and Curtis Granderson (forearm) for an extended period, and perhaps Derek Jeter (ankle) for a shorter period. Thus, the Yankees might lack the firepower to reach the postseason.
Chase Headley, 3B, San Diego Padres
Headley went from an MVP candidate to a serious injury concern. He fractured the tip of his left thumb while sliding into second base Sunday. A hand specialist determined the third baseman could miss 4-6 weeks, meaning at least the first two weeks of the regular season.
"I think you deal with the disappointment more than you deal with the pain," Headley told reporters.
The best-case scenario of two weeks isn't too bad for San Diego. But if this injury takes longer to heal, the offense could be in trouble.
Stephen Drew, SS, Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox signed the free-agent shortstop in hopes that he could be a stopgap at the position for a season until prospect Xander Bogaerts (or Julio Iglesias) is major league-ready. That plan is in jeopardy because Drew, who was hit in the head by a pitch on March 7, almost certainly will miss at least the start of the season with concussion symptoms.
Drew was evaluated this week by concussion specialists at the University Pittsburgh.
Even if Drew can return to the field in a week, it will leave him little time to be ready for the start of the season. And that puts another damper (David Ortiz's health also is concern) on a Red Sox season that already isn't expected to yield great returns.


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- Homegrown fuels an irrigation solution?
- Cut irrigation costs
- 100 percent ethanol in modified irrigation engines.
- Advantage to sweet sorghum.
- AgBio's 25FarmerNetwork: new crops, value-added processing, biofuels and biobased products.
- Offers cost advantage to farmers.
- Needed: local ethanol plant.
Cut irrigation costs
Weaver said homegrown fuel could eventually cut irrigation costs for producers, depending on their level of involvement.
"The farmer usually has to pay for everything four times over in the retail market. If we can make our own fuel to irrigate our own crops, you can't get much better than that. It's nothing but a plus-plus to help us cut our dependence on foreign oil. The model also fits well with this model of going green."
Weaver found out about the project as a board member of the United Sorghum Checkoff Program. In addition to the ethanol-powered irrigation project, the sorghum producer also planted several acres of sweet sorghum this year for research purposes.
Randy Powell, sugar crop program manager for BioDimensions, says the juice extraction experiment on German's farm in Whiteville "is to demonstrate the mechanized models, the high-volume commercial factories.
"There are people working on smaller models, mounting mills on old cotton pickers, but we're trying to work this out on a true commercial scale, where you'd produce fuel to sell to the major oil companies."
According to Brad Holden, marketing director for AmeriFuels, based in Kearney, Neb., the modified ethanol-fueled irrigation engine required special fueling components, such as injectors and fuel pumps, and new programming of the computer that controls the system.
Holden says around 100 AmeriFuels ethanol engines are currently operating in the United States, most of them in the Midwest. The engine design is three years old.
"We're trying to produce a closed loop system, where we're producing the energy we use to grow our crops, and we're not dependent on foreign oil," Holden says.
"It's a message that people know, but it's probably not been applied to the industrial side as it has the automotive area. We use a ton of fuel on the industrial side, and it's been a little overlooked."
According to BioDimensions, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and southeast Missouri consume an estimated 114 million gallons per year of fossil fuels (mostly diesel) to power irrigation engines.
Nelson said sweet sorghum, "represents a substantial opportunity to replace fossil fuels with renewable biofuels produced from sugar crop feed stocks grown and processed in the region."
Currently ethanol is priced lower than diesel, which could provide a cost advantage for producers as well.
This project is coordinated by BioDimensions in partnership with AmeriFuels Renewable Energy, Weaver Farms, German Farms, Mid-South Community College and Memphis Bioworks Foundation. The Sweet Sorghum project is supported by a grant from the United Sorghum Checkoff Program.


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The groaning static of an echo long lost ushers in Kyle Cooper and Imaginary Forces' gracefully gelid title sequence to Lawrence Kasdan's 2003 flop, Dreamcatcher. And while the film itself might be shambolic, baffling – alright, downright crummy – one thing is clear: this sequence is about tone. As we descend into a steely, ticking beat and a constellation of synthesizer notes tinkles along, elaborate webs of sinew, frosted feathers, and snow-capped mountain ranges fuse and tessellate, finally resolving into unswerving emptiness, into tundra. Chilled to the marrow by this expertly crafted farrago of natural wonders, we are nowhere near prepared to experience Morgan Freeman call every man in sight "Bucko."
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By Steven A. Transeth
This year the Department of Natural Resources and Environment denied an air quality permit for a coal power plant in Rogers City. The decision was based primarily on a report by the staff of the Michigan Public Service Commission, which was in turn based on criteria established by the governor.
I do not question the well-meaning intent of the administration in establishing this review process, but I do question whether in the long term it is in the best interest of this state.
Michigan needs to develop a balanced measured approach that includes practical solutions for dealing with fossil fuels and the development of clean energy.
Michigan needs to develop a new comprehensive energy policy that involves short- and long-term solutions — a policy grounded more in scientific/engineering literacy and less on political grandstanding.
We need to be patient and trust that if history has taught us anything, with the right leadership and direction we will find, develop, invent and create new fuel sources and better ways to use those we have. We need to understand renewable energy is only part of the answer and not allow the quest for everything green to blind us into making bad decisions.
The truth is that fossil fuels are going to play a role in electric generation for decades to come. Instead of ignoring this, we should ensure that sufficient resources are directed at finding ways to use these fuels in ways that reduce harmful emissions.
In the meantime, we need to look to those resources that can bridge the present to the future. Develop renewable energy but in a fashion that is reasoned and affordable. Expand the use of natural gas and nuclear power, which can play an important role in stabilizing the energy market.
Understand the shortsightedness of a policy that prevents us from replacing old coal plants with newer and cleaner coal facilities. Invest in research and development to insure we are the leaders in the discovery of new and better ways to generate energy. We should not be making policy based on current economic fears that causes us to risk our future by accepting unrealistic projections of the ability of renewable energy sources, such as wind, to replace current base load generation or revitalize our economy.
The Rogers City plant should not have been denied by a faulty review process based on criteria that had little to do with air quality. The rejection was all but a foregone conclusion, based on a narrow review process that was neither comprehensive nor balanced. It not only failed to consider the present positive impact of a newer, clean-burning coal facility but also the future implications for addressing the carbon problem with the innovative technologies proposed for the site.
The Rogers City plant could serve as a laboratory for clean-coal technology and make Michigan a leader in establishing a pragmatic and balanced approach to answering our energy needs today and in the future.
— Steven A. Transeth is the principal partner of Transeth & Associates, a Lansing-based firm providing legal and consulting services on energy issue. He is a former member of the Michigan Public Service Commission.


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What's up with Spyware? Who are these devious companies and what do they think gives them the right to install that hideous stuff on my computer? Spyware does some nasty things and while we can all pine and whine and sit around and wait for the government to do something about spyware (and it looks like they may finally get off their duff), we don't have to wait around by sitting on our hands.
We can take action.
Spyware is slimy software that gobbles up bandwidth, computer resources, and (most importantly) personal information without the express knowledge of the user. It's been described as parasitic software, but I feel that description does an injustice to biological parasites. Spyware is often installed with other programs, when it sneaks onto your hard drive. This frequently happens when you're installing peer-to-peer file-sharing software (a.k.a.: Kazaa), and the like … the spyware installer piggybacks on the installation. It can also be installed with a simple unwitting click in a web browser. (My primary computer had become infested through both methods, thanks to my darling daughter.) :)
Thankfully, there are mighty forces of good to fight the evil spyware tide …
Spyware is capable of doing lots of heinous work. It can watch what you are typing, where you are going on the Internet, what's on your computer's hard drive, and can even load additional spyware applications. This is nothing less than shameful, appalling, and disgraceful. I can't conceive of many (make that any) situations where it would be proper for a program to gather and send user information without the user's true approval. The practice is devious, underhanded, and downright dastardly, IMHO.
But most importantly, it is entirely preventable. You can use software to detect, remove, and prevent spyware from being loaded onto your computer. I highly recommend that you do so.
The best part is that you don't have to open your wallet to fight spyware. You can download one of the best spyware-fighters for free: Spybot Search & Destroy. If you dig it (and you will), you can make a donation to the developer for their good work. (I just did.)
You can also look to any one of scores of spyware fighters from companies such as McAfee and Lavasoft.


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Philadelphia School Superintendent Constance Clayton warned yesterday that Gov. Casey's proposed budget could "devastate" public education in the city and force her to ask City Council for a tax increase to pay for essential student services.
At a news conference, an angry Irvin R. Davis, the district's managing director, said that Casey had "screwed" the district out of $27 million, due mostly to his new formula designed to redress funding gaps between rich and poor districts across the state.
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TOKYO -- Big round heads and tiny bodies make the Powerpuff Girls instantly identifiable to their fans in America. The preteen karate superheroes star in one of the top-rated shows on cable's Cartoon Network.
Last year, though, the "Powerpuff Girls" showed up in Japan with a whole new look. On "Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z," the heroines have grown up, sprouted long legs and wear skirts well above their knees. In the original American storyline, the girls were created of sugar, spice and everything nice; their Japanese counterparts are normal girls who acquire superpowers from a chemical reaction initiated by a rice cake.
Once, American entertainment companies exporting characters just dubbed them into other languages. But in recent years, Asia has become the testing ground for character reinvention, a process called "transcreation."
The idea is to help characters designed with one audience in mind to really resonate in another culture.
Marvel Entertainment Inc. and Gotham Entertainment introduced a transcreated "Spider-Man" to the Indian market in 2004, although the original had been familiar there for a long time.
There, Spidey's alter ego, Peter Parker, is known as Pavitr Prabhakar. Spidey gains his powers from a mysterious yogi rather than a radioactive spider. When fighting crime, he sports a traditional loincloth.
Spidey also inspired one of the region's first transcreations. In 1978, the Japanese media company Toei turned Peter Parker into a racing champion named Yamashiro Takuya, who wears a bracelet that gives him the powers of a spider. His alter ego "Supaidah Man" controls a giant transforming robot to battle an enemy named Professor Monster.
Disney has had a hit in China with its "Cuties" line of Mickey Mouse and friends featuring tiny eyes, button noses and the almost-not-there mouths of Japan's Hello Kitty. Sometimes the cutie Minnie even carries a cellphone. Disney came up with the design six years ago in Japan, and now it's a top seller among preteens in China who didn't grow up with the original Mickey.
Adults like Sarah Chen, a 23-year-old graduate student in Shanghai, like them, too. "They are so cute and sweet, just like a little baby," says Ms. Chen, who first discovered the Disney cuties online and eventually purchased a sweater with the modified Mickey Mouse on it.
Most media companies acknowledge the need to localize their fare. While there's still a global audience for "Tom and Jerry" reruns and Hollywood blockbusters, American imports don't top the TV ratings in most non-English-speaking markets. Transcreation nods to that need for local relevance.
"There are very few things that work everywhere," says Orion Ross, a vice president of creative at Time Warner's Turner Networks in Asia. "Places with strong national identities, like Japan and India, need adaptation and change," he says.
For some time-tested characters, change doesn't come easily. Disney tweaked Mickey into "Cutie" form, but still insists that only Western women can play Cinderella and Snow White at Tokyo and Hong Kong Disneylands. A Disney spokeswoman says, "These performers bring the animated roles to life and are therefore cast to most closely resemble the onscreen characters....It's about remaining true to the original animated feature."
The family of Charles M. Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts" who died in 2000, forbids any changes to his comic strip. "There is no adapting Peanuts," says a spokeswoman for United Media, the New York company that distributes the feature to newspapers around the world.
Sometimes, though, changes slip in under the radar. The Times of India printed the Peanuts strip with the dog Snoopy painted brown. After the Wall Street Journal asked about that, a United Media spokeswoman said it was a "coloring error" that would be corrected. Now, Snoopy is white in the Indian newspaper, as he is in the U.S.
Ratan Barua, senior cartoon colorist for the Times in New Delhi, says coloring Snoopy brown was his idea. "I thought he should be brown," he says. While he has complied with the distributor's request to adhere to white, he says the result is "not very good."
Characters occasionally thrive despite their foreignness. When Nickelodeon looked into bringing SpongeBob SquarePants to Japan, market research said the show was bound to flop. Japanese viewers were believed to favor characters whose appearance exudes warmth and comfort, a concept known in Japanese as iyashi. Iyashi characters -- typically round, with no mouth and small eyes -- rose to prominence in Japan during the long-running economic slump that began in the early 1990s, when people were anxious and uncertain about the future.
SpongeBob, with his square body, huge mouth, buckteeth, big bug eyes and somewhat annoying personality, was the antithesis of iyashi. But viewers didn't mind: Nearly two million households soon tuned into the show every day. One thing that may have helped is that SpongeBob lives in an undersea world without humans and overt cultural references. "There is very little about SpongeBob that is 'American,'" says Cyma Zarghami, president of the Nickelodeon MTV Networks Kids and Family Group.
When Craig McCracken created the Powerpuff Girls show, he deliberately gave it what he thought was a "Japanese look." But when the show first aired in Japan in 2001, it failed to attract a wide audience. So Cartoon Network decided to reinvent the characters to boost its appeal in Japan, an idea Mr. McCracken welcomed.
In their transcreation, Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles got Japanese names and the lives of typical Japanese junior-high-school students. Since Japanese kids like to dress up like their favorite characters, the girls got more realistic outfits, with miniskirts, matching vests and hip-hugging belts.
Toei Co., the Japanese animation house brought in to help rework the characters, kept the original Powerpuff premise of crime-fighting girls with superhuman powers. To appeal to a preference among Japanese children for longer, more dramatic plots, it made the seven- to 11-minute shows 15 to 20 minutes long. It also gave them a common Japanese theme: accepting people who are different.
"Monsters can be anyone who is different from us. If we change our attitude, they can become our friends," says Hiromi Seki, a producer at Toei who helped create the show. That's a particularly relevant message in Japan, where the pressures among children to conform are very intense.
In one episode, an evil character threatens to bring about an eruption of Mount Fuji that would make Tokyo unbearably hot and spark global climate change. In another episode, a heartbroken performer of traditional kabuki theater turns into a monster and wreaks havoc on his community.
"In Japan, girly love themes are a must," Ms. Seki says. When "Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z" was launched in Japan a year ago, the executives at Cartoon Network soon realized that the revamped plots and skimpier outfits not only attracted young girls, they also broadened the audience to include animation-obsessed adult men known in Japan as otaku, or geeks, who were also fans of the original.
So the network came out with special consumer goods like bookmarks, limited-edition DVDs and pop music targeted at viewers like Hironobu Kamata, a 42-year-old manager of a copyright office in Tokyo. Mr. Kamata wakes up every Saturday morning to watch the Powerpuff Girls.
His favorite character is Miyako Goutokuji, the blond girl known as Bubbles in the U.S. "I love it all! The characters are so cute," says Mr. Kamata.
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The Italian meal structure is similar to most other European ones, consisting of a breakfast, lunch and dinner. Late-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, called "merenda" (plural merende), are also often included in this meal structure. Italians also commonly divide a celebratory meal into several different courses.
Daytime meal structure[edit]
Breakfast (Colazione)[edit]
The traditional Italian breakfast (prima colazione) consists of caffè latte (hot coffee with milk) or coffee with bread or rolls, butter, and jam. A cookie-like rusk hard bread, called fette biscottate, and cookies are commonly eaten. Children drink hot chocolate, plain milk, or hot milk with very little coffee. If breakfast is eaten in a bar (coffee shop), it is composed of cappuccino and cornetto (frothed hot milk with coffee, and a pastry) or espresso and pastry. Other products such as breakfast cereals, fruit salad (macedonia), muesli and yogurt are becoming increasingly common as part of the meal. However the traditional Italian breakfast varies by region and by season. In some regions such as Tuscany and Umbria, in the past, people used to drink red wine (notably Chianti) in which they would dip their biscuits.
It is also very common for Italians to have a quick breakfast snack during the middle of the morning (typically a small panino, or bread roll).
Lunch (Pranzo)[edit]
Lunch is traditionally regarded as the most important meal. Most shops traditionally close down in the pausa pranzo (lunch break) between 13:00 and 16:00. In most schools, children are given a lunch break when they can go home for lunch, or eat at the school cafeteria, or eat a packed lunch. Since the introduction of fast foods, takeaways and frozen and tinned foods, Italians tend to eat less home-made food, but fresh food is still quite common, and most people buy bread, milk and other foods daily. Many adults still make their own food (e.g. tomato sauce from their own tomatoes), and takeaways are still not very frequent. A typical Italian lunch consists of a first course (pasta, rice or similar), a second course (meat, fish or vegetables) and fruit.
Commuters and other workers tend to eat less at home, but instead have a quick meal in a restaurant or pizzeria. Many foreign fast-food chains operate in Italy, especially in big cities and along motorways. Italian fast-food chains are also prevalent, often featuring versions of local dishes, including Autogrill, which makes panini, small pizzas and more traditional Italian meals.
Mid-afternoon snack (Merenda)[edit]
Many children and adults have a mid-afternoon snack called merenda, generally consumed after school or in mid-afternoon. This may include a wide variety of foods. Traditionally, merenda was similar to breakfast, and might have consisted of a hot milky drink with bread and honey/jam or brioches; nevertheless, other foods are eaten, such as yogurt, gelato, granita, fruit salad (or just fruit), nuts, biscuits and cookies, cake, sweets, etc.
Dinner (Cena)[edit]
Dinner is usually a light meal in Italy. For cena, people tend to have lighter food, such as soup, broth, salad, cold meats, or the leftovers from lunch.
Formal meal structure[edit]
A structure of a traditional Italian meal in its full form, usually performed during festivities.[1]
- Aperitivo
- The aperitivo opens a meal, and it is similar to an appetizer. Most people gather around standing up and have alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks such as wine, prosecco, champagne or spumante. Occasionally small amounts of food are consumed, such as olives, crisps, nuts, cheese, sauce dips, little quiches or similar snacks.
- Antipasto
- The antipasto is a slightly heavier starter. It is usually cold and lighter than the first course. Examples of foods eaten are salumi (such as salame, mortadella, prosciutto, bresaola and other charcuterie products), cheeses, sandwich-like foods (panino, bruschetta, tramezzino, crostino), vegetables, cold salmon or prawn cocktails; more elaborate dishes are occasionally prepared.
- Primo
- A primo is the first course. It consists of hot food and is usually heavier than the antipasto, but lighter than the second course. Non-meat dishes are the staple of any primo: examples are risotto, pasta, soup and broth, gnocchi, polenta, crespelle, casseroles, or lasagne.
- Secondo
- This course may include different meats and types of fish, including turkey, sausage, pork, steak, stew, beef, zampone, salt cod, stockfish, salmon, lobster, lamb, chicken, or a roast. The primo or the secondo may be considered more important depending on the locality and the situation.
- Contorno (side dish)
- A contorno is a side dish and it's commonly served alongside a secondo. These usually consist of vegetables, raw or cooked, hot or cold. They are usually served in a separate dish, not on the same plate as the meat.[2]
- Insalata
- If the contorno contained many leafy vegetables, the salad might be omitted. Otherwise, a fresh garden salad would be served at this point.
- Formaggi e frutta
- An entire course is dedicated to local cheeses and fresh seasonal fruit. The cheeses will be whatever is typical of the region (see List of Italian cheeses).
- Dolce
- Next follows the dolce, or dessert. Frequent dishes include tiramisu, zuppa inglese, panna cotta, cake or pie, panettone or pandoro (the last two are mainly served at Christmas time) and the Colomba Pasquale (an Easter cake). A gelato or a sorbetto can be eaten too. Though there are nationwide desserts, popular across Italy, many regions and cities have local specialities. In Naples, for instance, zeppole and rum baba are popular; in Sicily, cassata and cannoli are commonly consumed; mostarda, on the other hand, is more of a Northern dish.
- Caffè
- Coffee is often drunk at the end of a meal, even after the digestivo. Italians, unlike many countries, do not have milky coffees or drinks after meals (such as cappucino or caffè macchiato), but strong coffee such as espresso, which is often drunk very quickly in small cups at very high temperatures.
- Digestivo
- The digestivo, also called ammazzacaffè if served after the coffee, is the drink to conclude the meal. Drinks such as grappa, amaro, limoncello or other fruit/herbal drinks are drunk. Digestivo indicates that the drinks served at this time are meant to ease digestion of a long meal.
- ^ Mike Kiely (4 December 2010). "The structure of an Italian meal". Italiana. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Pasquale Carpino (1980). La Cucina di Pasquale. Judith Drynan, contributor. Toronto: Horizon Book. p. 11. ISBN 0920197019.


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Corn buntings are a UK BAP priority species, having declined by 88 per cent between 1967 and 2010.
A farmland specialist favouring open landscapes, nesting on or close to the ground usually within crops, corn buntings have a seed-based diet supplemented in summer by insects. In Scotland, the population is now as low as 800 territorial males, with most concentrated in the mixed and arable farming areas of the eastern lowlands, from Fife and Angus in the south to Moray in the north.
Land management through agri-environment schemes that provides food and nesting habitats for corn buntings is the main mechanism that could lead to population recovery. Therefore, we need to monitor the effectiveness of such schemes, identify the best management options for corn buntings, and recommend further improvements where necessary.
Monitoring ran from winter 2002/03 to summer 2009, involving 71 farms in Aberdeenshire, Moray, Fife, Angus and Inverness-shire.
Winter surveys looked at habitat use by corn buntings and other seed-eating birds, to determine their use of agri-environment management options. Summer surveys from 2003 to 2009 counted the number of corn bunting territories on each farm, and mapped their positions in relation to management options and other habitats.
Other species of conservation concern such as yellowhammer, reed bunting, grey partridge and tree sparrow were also recorded. Additional monitoring of nest site selection by corn buntings in 2004 to 2009 determined the timing and success of nesting attempts, and which habitats were favoured, and existing long-term datasets were analysed to inform the species' conservation.
During winter, corn buntings and other seed-eaters including yellowhammers, reed buntings, tree sparrows, linnets and grey partridges made great use of 'unharvested crops' provided by agri-environment schemes (RSS and FBL). These crops are grown to provide winter seed for birds, and are typically mixtures of cereals and brassicas such as kale, sown in plots of 1-2 ha and left standing for one or two winters.
Crops were much more attractive to cereal grain specialists such as corn buntings and yellowhammers in their first winter of establishment. By their second winter, the main seeding plant was kale, which attracts finches such as linnets, but not buntings. Therefore, where corn buntings are targeted, we recommend annual sowing of cereal-based one-year crops, or sowing more than one patch of two-year crops in alternate years, to ensure that cereal grain is available in each winter.
Outside of schemes, cereal stubble was the main habitat used by corn buntings in winter.
During the breeding season, corn buntings laid up to three clutches from mid-May to mid-August, mostly in grass or cereal swards 30-110 cm tall. In early summer, tall crops such as autumn-sown cereals and grass silage were favoured, but from late-June onwards they switched to nesting in spring-sown cereals as these crops also matured.
Weedy cereals were especially attractive, as the weed plants provide nest concealment by forming a dense ground layer within crops, and host a wide range of insects essential for rearing chicks. In north-east Scotland, most cereals are spring-sown and not harvested until late-August/September, late enough for most corn bunting broods in these crops to fledge successfully. However, intensive monitoring showed that almost 40 per cent of first nesting attempts by corn buntings were in grass silage, and most were destroyed by mowing in June to mid-July.
One RSS management option paid farmers to delay grass mowing until 1 July, but many nests are still in use at this time. Therefore, we trialled a refinement to this option with mowing delayed until 1 August. Nest success increased from 3 per cent in fields with conventional mowing dates in June – early July to 28 per cent in fields not cut before 1 August, and losses to mowing were reduced from two-thirds of nests to just 5 per cent. This option is now available to farmers in corn bunting areas in Scotland through the national agri-environment scheme, and its widespread uptake has the potential to raise breeding success sufficiently to halt and reverse population declines.
Population monitoring has shown that between 2003 and 2009, the number of territorial male corn buntings in summer increased by 5.6 per cent per annum on farms with targeted agri-environment management (FBL), showed no significant change on farms in the non-targeted RSS, and declined by 14.5 per cent pa on control farms.
Agri-environment options most likely to have benefited corn buntings on scheme farms are unharvested crops (cereal-rich crops sown annually each spring), delayed mowing of forage grasses until 1 August, extensively managed 'weedy' spring-sown cereals, and grass margins around arable fields. We estimate that to halt the national decline, targeted agri-environment management of 500-600 ha of farmland is needed, costing £120 000 per annum. This equates to 0.02 per cent of annual subsidies paid to Scottish farmers, and 0.5 per cent of land in the remaining mainland Scotland range of corn buntings.
Allan PerkinsConservation ScientistE-mail: email@example.com
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
University of Edinburgh
Dr Adam Watson