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Hazardous Substances Ordinance
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An ordinance regarding hazardous substances and wastes, and requiring persons responsible for the storing, handling, and transportation of such substances to clean up spills, and providing remedies for the County of Clayton to clean up such spills upon failure to do so, and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
.01 PURPOSE: In order to reduce the danger to public health, safety and welfare from the spills of hazardous substances, these regulations are promulgated to establish responsibility for the removal and cleanup of spills within the county limits.
.02 DEFINITIONS: For the purpose of this ordinance, these words have the following meaning:
"Hazardous waste" means a waste or combination of wastes that, because of its quantity, concentration, biological degradation, leaching from precipitation, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, has either the following effects:
Causes, or significantly contributes to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness.
Poses a substantial danger to human health or the environment. "Hazardous waste" may include, but is not limited to, wastes that are toxic, corrosive or flammable or irritants, strong sensitizers or explosives.
"Hazardous waste" does not include:
Agricultural wastes, including manures and crop residues that are returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners.
Source, special nuclear, or by-product material as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended to January 1, 1979. (445B.411(2), Code of Iowa).
"Hazardous substance" means any substance or mixture of substances that presents a danger to the public health or safety and includes, but is not limited to, a substance that is toxic, corrosive, or flammable, or that is an irritant or that generates pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means. "Hazardous substance" may include any hazardous waste identified or listed by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, or any toxic pollutant listed under 307 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended to January 1, 1977, or any hazardous substance designated under 311 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended to January 1, 1977, or any hazardous material designated by the secretary of transportation under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. (445B.381(1), Code of Iowa).
"Hazardous condition" means any situation involving the actual, imminent or probable spillage, leakage, or release of a hazardous substance or hazardous waste onto the land, into a water of the state or into the atmosphere which creates an immediate or potential danger to the public health or safety. (445B.381(2), Code of Iowa.
"Responsible person" means a person who at any time produces, handles, stores, uses, transports, refines, or disposes of a hazardous substance or hazardous waste, the release of which creates a hazardous condition, including bailees, carriers, and any other person in control of a hazardous substance or hazardous waste when a hazardous condition occurs, whether the person owns the hazardous substance or waste or is operating under a lease, contract, or other agreement with the legal owner of the hazardous substance or waste. (445B.381(8), Code of Iowa).
"Cleanup" means actions necessary to contain, collect, control, identify, analyze, clean up, treat, disperse, remove, or dispose of a hazardous substance or hazardous waste. (445B.381(6), Code of Iowa).
"Person" means individual, corporation, firm, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. (4.1(13), Code of Iowa).
Whenever a hazardous condition is created so that a hazardous substance or waste or a constituent of the hazardous waste or substance may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters, the responsible person shall cause the condition to be remedied by a cleanup, as defined by .02(e), as rapidly as feasible to an acceptable safe condition, and restore the affected area to its state prior to the hazardous condition as far as practicable. The cost of the cleanup shall be borne by the responsible person.
If the responsible person does not cause the cleanup to begin in a reasonable time in relation to the hazard and circumstances of the incident, the County may, by an authorized officer, give reasonable notice based on the character of the hazardous condition, setting a deadline for commencing and accomplishing the cleanup or the County may proceed to procure cleanup services. If the cost of the cleanup is beyond the capacity of the County to finance, the authorized officer shall report to the Board of Supervisors and immediately seek any state or federal funds available for such cleanup.
The responsible person shall be strictly liable to the County for all of the following:
The reasonable cleanup costs incurred by the County as a result of the failure of the person to clean up a hazardous substance or waste involved in a hazardous condition caused by that person.
The reasonable costs incurred by the County to evacuate people from the area threatened by a hazardous condition caused by the person.
The reasonable damages to the County for the injury to, destruction of, or loss of County property, including parks and roads, resulting from a hazardous condition caused by that person, including the costs of assessing the injury, destruction, or loss.
A person manufacturing, storing, handling, transporting, or disposing of a hazardous substance or waste shall notify the Clayton County Sheriff's Department of the occurrence of a hazardous condition as soon as possible but not later than six (6) hours after the onset of the hazardous condition or discovery of the hazardous condition. The Sheriff's Department shall notify the proper state office in the manner established by the state.
.06 POLICE AUTHORITY: If the circumstances reasonably so require, the Clayton County Sheriff or his representative may:
Evacuate persons, even from their homes, to areas away from the site of a hazardous condition, and
Establish perimeters or other boundaries at or near the site of a hazardous condition and limit access to cleanup personnel. No person shall disobey an order of the Sheriff or any other deputy or peace officer/law enforcement officer issued under this section.
.07 COUNTY LIABILITY. Clayton County shall not be liable to any person for claims of damages, injuries or losses resulting from any hazardous condition; except, if the County is the responsible person as defined in .02 (d).
.08 PENALTY. Any person violating any provision, section, or paragraph of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned for not more than 30 days. Each day a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
.09 SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS. It is the intention of the Board of Supervisors that each section, paragraph, sentence, clause and provision is separable, and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance nor any part thereof other than that affected by such decision.
That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.


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MIDDLEBURG - Midd-West High School art students are finding there is an open canvas of opportunity in the world of art careers.
Tracey Mitchell's Advanced Art class was visited by an artist in residence this spring who created a mural with the students. Jon Laidacker, of Philadelphia, spent 10 days in Mitchell's classroom as part of the residency program offered by Perry County Council of the Arts. The program was funded by a donor, Middleswarth chip plant in Middleburg, as well as a grant through the Snyder County School Retirees.
The $800 residency was paid in full through the help of these two sources with $200 left to go toward a future residency, Mitchell said.
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Sentinel photo by TABITHA GOODLING
Midd-West High School seniors and art students Taylor Kreamer, Leanna Derstein and Mikayla Freed stand beside the mural they helped create with resident artist Jon Laidacker, of Philadelphia.
The mural, measuring 4 feet tall by 8 feet long, is tacked to a wall in Mitchell's classroom. It has yet to be glued to a permanent background that will be mobilized for viewing at different locations throughout the school at different times.
Mitchell said the residency program was an eye-opener for many students.
"The kids here do not have access to a real-life artist while he is applying his art skills," she noted.
The residency with Laidacker "showed them it's possible to have a career in this kind of art," she said, pointing out that Laidacker is part of the Philadelphia Mural and Arts program and much of his work is featured on billboards and buildings "all over Philadelphia."
As many as 20 students in grades eight through 12 worked on the mural, which features a farm-type scene with mountainous landscape and a portrait of one of Laidacker's helpers painting the scene off to the side.
Even students who did not work on the project were intrigued and peppered Mitchell with questions, she said.
A core group of about seven students spent the most time on the project, including three future art majors. Seniors Leanna Derstein, Taylor Kreamer and Mikayla Freed spent as much as two to three hours per school day helping Laidacker.
The artist developed squares on the piece with number-coded colors for the students to fill in the under-painting. "I really liked the paint by numbers technique. He was a good teacher," Freed said.
Kreamer said working on a background so large was exciting for her. All three of the girls said painting is their strength in art.
Kreamer and Derstein are attending Kutztown University in the fall, and Freed will take art classes at Millersville University.
"(The residency) is good for them," Mitchell said of her advanced art students who want to further their studies in the field. "It gives them new exposure to new types of art. We'll hopefully try doing something next year."

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In the mid-1950s, Hannah Arendt already underlined the existence of 'audible' minorities (new immigrants) as well as of 'visible' minorities (African-Americans) in the USA. In his work Race and Racism (1967), comparing the situation in the USA and in South Africa, Pierre L. van den Berghe made a distinction between the concepts of "race" and "ethnicity'. He contrasted people's "visible", "physical", "innate" or "immutable" characteristics to their purely cultural and/or religious ones, even though he also insisted on the fact that physical distinctions depend on external
or internal definitions. In 1988, Milton M. Gordon took up this view while stressing that the physical and cultural differences also rest on the "perception" that individuals have of them.
Today, the terms "physical", "innate", "immutable", are not in use any longer because they suggest a fixed and "objective" difference redolent of racism and xenophobia. However, the concept of "visibility", which rests on the idea of a culturally shaped sensory perception, has become essential in the English speaking area. Not so in France where the usual Republican discourse, which continually emphasises "ethnic-blindness", has not led to more inclusive practices as far as the so called "coloured population" is concerned. It may be necessary to go back to the sources of racial thought, and in particular to Darwinism or to social Darwinism, to understand this difference in approach between these two cultural areas.
Without excluding references to other cultural areas which could be used as counterpoints, this conference will attempt to define what is now meant by "ethnic visibility" in the English speaking area. We will pay particular attention to the links between phenotypes and social construction, to the expressions of identity (gender, religious practice, social class, etc.) as well as to the representations of ethnicity (remembrance, history, museography, stereotypes, ethnic groups categorisation in censuses, media,
Main fields of research:
1 - Phenotype and social construction
2 - Expressions of identity
3 - Interethnic conflicts
4 - Representations of ethnicity (remembrance, history, media, statistics, stereotypes, etc.)
Proposals for papers should not exceed 500 words, and should be sent
together with a short bio-bibliographical note. Both should be addressed either to Lucienne Germain (email@example.com), or to Didier Lassalle (email@example.com), or to Michel Prum (email@example.com), before 15 June 2008.
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Dr. Florence Binard (Denis-Diderot university-Paris 7)
Dr. Bénédicte Deschamps (Denis-Diderot university-Paris 7)
Pr David Fraser (university of Nottingham)
Pr. Lucienne Germain (Denis-Diderot university-Paris 7)
Pr Didier Lassalle (university of Orleans)
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Heins disappointed in March launch for U.S. BlackBerry Z10
0. phoneArena 05 Feb 2013, 17:34 posted on
While BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins should be pleased with the way that the BlackBerry Z10 launch has taken off in the U.K. and Canada, the executive is disappointed that U.S. carriers won't be selling the device until late next month; Heins says that for BlackBerry to be successful, it has to take market share back in the U.S...
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1. papss (unregistered)
To be honest I could personally care less about the first phone.. Mediocre at best from the reviews I've read. BUT I've never owned a BB product so maybe I'm missing something
33. Mittal (Posts: 493; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
my only worry is the abysmal battery life that is being reported on the Z10
36. jinxed (Posts: 107; Member since: 10 Jan 2013)
true.. but i want the bb 2 success... stronger the competition..better 4 d consumer :)
2. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
You guys are taking way too damn long for ur BB fans to release here in the U.S. while Europe and CANADA gets theirs first
3. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Strange crowd the UK. Why would they buy a 2011 tech phone for 2013 price? Don't get me wrong, it would've destroyed your average gingerbread and it's a well-rounded phone. For 2011 standards. The Xperia Z and Galaxy SIV will smash the Z10 in sales. (I guess Lewis Hamilton has great selling power on the Isles).
4. Xtasy (Posts: 284; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Why are u So slow? Who cares about the android! Its about the amazing software that the people love about the new blackberry...you are so stuck up about android that its depressing. I can easily get any android device I want right now but blackberry is just better in ways
5. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"Its about the amazing software that the people love about the new blackberry..."
Could you explain me what is so "amazing" about BlackBerry's software?
"...blackberry is just better in ways"
Could you share some examples, please?
7. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
None have you has ever used BB10, therefore all of your arguments are irrelevant. You should all be hoping Blackberry succeeds instead of being stuck in your fanboy ways of, "My OS is always the best and everything else sucks." Competition breeds innovation. Stupidity breeds more stupidity.
10. Xtasy (Posts: 284; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
I never said my OS is the best...I'm saying i prefer it for these reasons. I have a galaxy 10 tab ok so don't be talking....Stupidity is what breeds when u speak!
19. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
If you read my post, I wasn't referring to you xtasy. Relax.
12. Xtasy (Posts: 284; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Oh and btw Blackberry is already succeeding so suck it
38. ZeroCide (Posts: 773; Member since: 09 Jan 2013)
13. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Why, have you? Lol.
Nothing is more idiotic than assuming something that is not there, in your case creating fantasies what kind of phone another user may have.
18. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
I have not used it. That's why you don't see me spouting off ignorant statements about BB10.
15. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I agree about a competition.
20. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
"None have you has ever used BB10..."
If I have not used something, that's mean I can't have any opinion about it?
"...all of your arguments are irrelevant."
What argument do you see in my comment #5?
I just asked few questions, there was no propositions in my comment #5!
"...instead of being stuck in your fanboy ways..."
For example I'm not excited about BlackBerry 10, how that makes me a "fanboy" of something?
"My OS is always the best and everything else sucks."
I never have said that, so please don't make false interpretations!
"Competition breeds innovation."
Agree with that.
"Stupidity breeds more stupidity."
Agree with that also.
27. max9777 (Posts: 78; Member since: 11 Dec 2011)
Nicely said. Some people are so damned hooked on the OS they own it unbelievable. Why can't everyone just relax and enjoy the phone they have, why bash on why the other Phone/OS is outdated and sucks..
People want variety, having to OS will get tiring eventually, because there is just "that much" of innovation that a company can produce, then eventually, it will be repetitive stuff labeled as "new and innovative" and the company has you where they wanted you, Your Cash in their pockets.
8. lyndon420 (Posts: 4387; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
I thing I hear most often was / is BMM (BlackBerry Messenger). Their security doesn't really matter anymore when overseas governments have access to BB's servers.
9. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
What phone in 2011 had a dual core processor with 2gb of ram, LTE, and an HD display?
31. daftastic (Posts: 87; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
The closest would be the SGSII.
6. Xtasy (Posts: 284; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
Thanks for asking...Peek and flow makes it easy to keep contact with anyone through text, facebook, etc without having to close the app or game u might be using... Another great thing is the active tiles which are in real time. Android has widgets which is great but i rather have the active tiles
The revolutionary keyboard which is still the best even on touch screen! This is the only time that i finally decided to go full touch while still on my BB 9900. Cuz they make it easy. Iphone and adnroid doesn't come close. Above all who wants to copy everyone with android or iphone like all my friends have or left BB for...the resoltion better than rest, screen size not HUGE! so i still have pocket space, etc etc........
That right there is enough to keep me with BB cuz it's different and easier to use from other platforms...They make what the fans wanted, simple!
11. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
good points. Its sad that Blackberry missed the boat to do a launch last year, they could have potentially staved off some of their lost customers, but its good to see that the resulting release is a strong one. WP8 is pretty much screwed.
14. Xtasy (Posts: 284; Member since: 13 Jan 2013)
I agree with u but so far i heard that 50 percent of people from canada who pre ordered the blackberry don't have one so ye off to a good start
17. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I respect your opinion, at least you have stated some arguments!
1. Peek and Flow
I agree that Android or Windows Phone OS don't have it, but we can't say that BlackBerry OS is better than Android or Windows Phone OS because of "Peek and Flow" because it is more question of preference than evident advantage.
2. Live Tiles
In my opinion it also doesn't make BlackBerry OS better than other because Windows Phone also has "Live Tiles" and as you have mentioned already Android has Widgets. Also it can be solved with additional applications.
3. Newfangled Keyboard
Agree, it is something unique, but only unique keyboard can't make whole OS better than other OS(es).
4. Screen size not "HUGE"
There is even more different models with different display sizes in Android camp.
16. papss (unregistered)
I can't imagine people in Canada interested in BB...
39. daftastic (Posts: 87; Member since: 07 Jan 2013)
Time to eat your words, BBZ10 "shattered" sales records according to PA.
21. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Wow I see the android people are upset with more blackberry news. Its old tech they say.... But you don't need massive hardware for a perfectly optimized OS. Its DOA they say...... Its selling faster then windows phones and its sold out just about everywhere. Its this and Its that blah blah blah. You Blackberry haters are just But Hurt that a promising fresh new OS is on the rise and you feel threatened that it will succeed and make android not so cool anymore. How sad that PA has been overtaken with android users and now they troll in every Apple and Blackberry article.
22. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Again, a lot of propositions and zero factual arguments.
23. axllebeer (Posts: 271; Member since: 05 Apr 2011)
From my eyes, and I'm a BlackBerry, iOS, and Android user here, I think it, looks really great and refreshing. I'm almost certain that the Z10 will be my next device.
24. downbeat4 (Posts: 93; Member since: 03 Dec 2010)
I used one today...it kicked ass...period. This is coming from a guy that owns a large Android memorabilia collection. I love Android, but I'm getting this phone.
25. 9thWonderful (Posts: 232; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
It's no secret that android fans possess a sickening level tunnel vision when it comes to their OS. The sarcastic, condescending, jealously-based comments that occur & then on top of that you have to give them bullet points on why you may prefer an OS over Android. If you would like to see this in action, ironically, check your latest Apple article. There are plenty of android users there to express their self-righteous opinions.
26. REYNER (Posts: 187; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
BB10 may lack some of the applications and needs some tweaks esp. in copy/paste( quite hard to do) and customization we have to take consideration that BB10 os is just a new platform built from scratch i think it's still worth considering and i also think that this BB10 os 1st version is way better than the 1st version of ios or wp7 BB may not be able to give something new or extremely stunning feature but that fact that they we're able to catch up at some point is worth noticing. again we have to remember this os is blackberry version 1.0 it is unfair to compare its features to the current leader top 1 or two but for sure BB can make some update tweaks to maximize the os gesturand so on.. in no time BB10 can catch up or even exceed the wp8 well thats my opinion by the way the BBM seems to reach the point of maturity im really excited to experience the video chat and screen sharing! :)
28. jwl3429 (Posts: 36; Member since: 28 Sep 2009)
I wanted to like this as there were things I loved about my 9930. But after trying android on my nexus 4 there are something's that can not at this time be matched on blackberry. The cloud is the big thing I know keep all my music docs and photos in the could and have auto upload with Google +. I don't find peek all that different then the notification bar, I can see the same previews in it as I can in the hub. Also I wish blackberry had a feature like Google now that provides info to you with out you asking for it, the more I use it the more benefit I see. Not hating on blackberry as I may still try the z10 I just wish it could have now or someday will have these features.
29. jwl3429 (Posts: 36; Member since: 28 Sep 2009)
Sorry about some of the typos I do miss my 9930 keyboard.
30. nikenturd (unregistered)
A March launch is just plain stupid...Galaxy S4 announcement, anyone? oh I suppose BB forgot to figure that one out.....
35. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
Blackberry cant stop the S4 annoucement like that can with any other phone but that doesnt mean that should not try to focus on their own products and release when they can. I am quite sure that anyone who is at least considering a blackberry would still give it the benefit if they have not chosen yet. But the only ones who have already chosen are the ones who chill on these tech sites saying that they will get a phone they have not even seen yet.
37. nikenturd (unregistered)
Smart buyers will hold off to a better, faster , smarter phone...the Z10 has no chance whatsoever
32. thealphageek1 (banned) (Posts: 942; Member since: 02 Feb 2013)
I think what a lot of don't realize is that the Z10 launching in March is the fault of BlackBerry, but more the fault of US carriers due to their testing of the product, adding their bloatware, ect.
34. speckledapple (Posts: 892; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
The US market is important and it probably hurts them that they did not release it at the same time but at least they are. If they can stick tot he schedule, they still may be able to come out on top.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids schools announced Monday, April 28, that Palmer Elementary has won a visit from the the rock & roll nutrition show "Jump with Jill" on Friday, May 2.
According to the school district, Palmer won the visit through a statewide contest, thanks to the generosity of Michigan dairy farmers and milk processors and the United Dairy Industry of Michigan as part of their Fuel Up to Play 60 program.
Other local schools that won a visit include: Coopersville's South Elementary, East Oakview Elementary in Norview, Orchard View in Forest Hills, and Holland's Thomas Jefferson School.
Winning schools get a live performance as well as educational materials from the show, including a copy of the "Get Me Goin'" danceable music video filmed at Jenison Junior High School. The video was released in March for National School Breakfast Week.
Related: West Michigan students starring in 'Jump with Jill' music video being filmed in Jenison
Created by registered dietitian and musician Jill Jayne, the show uses catchy songs messages to make healthy habits memorable such as eating vegetables and to get children moving.
The statewide tour of Michigan elementary schools kicked off in March and runs through June 4. It will include 35 schools. Visit the website, for a full tour roster of winning schools.
"Our partnership with UDIM (United Dairy Industry of Michigan) allowed us to rock 56,000 kids throughout the state in 2013," said Hailey McDonell, a Detroit-native who stars as "Jill" in the Michigan Jump with Jill cast. "I can't wait to bring this experience to even more schools."
The cast also stars Holland-native Devon Watson as "DJ" who can be seen as Mr. Desayuno in the "Get Me Goin'" video.
"Dairy is one of easiest and richest ways that kids can get the calcium they need for strong bones," says Amy Viselli, a registered dietician with the United Dairy Industry of Michigan. "Jump with Jill has serious fun with a serious message."
The show at Palmer Elementary is from 10 to 11 a.m.
Monica Scott is the Grand Rapids K-12 education writer. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow her on Twitter @MScottGR or Facebook


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A Maryland man who was arrested by Philadelphia police trying to eject several people from Lincoln Financial Field before the 2011 Eagles home opener was awarded $75,000 in damages Tuesday by a Philadelphia jury.
The 12-member Common Pleas Court jury returned its verdict for Harry Mims, 32, a real estate office manager who was arrested before the start of the Sept. 25 game against the New York Giants.
Mims' lawyer, Jonathan James, who handled the civil case with partner Michael C. Schwartz, said the jury returned its verdict after about 10 hours of deliberations since Friday. The jury did not impose punitive damages against Officers Mark Alston, Joseph Carter, or Francis Kelly. The lawsuit had sought damages for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and assault.


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So we've come inside the Hotel and as we walk into the kind of main entrance, the first thing we come across is this big old sign. And it's kind of hard to miss. And it's also really striking. It's got this big arrow on top. It's got these old lights. It's got these wonderful repeating lines. And so immediately I think, I want to see if I can find a picture here. That arrow is pointing this way, and an arrow was just such a strong compositional thing, and it implies movement and motion. And so my first thought is, I am going to come around here, because if I shoot down the length of the arrow, I am going to have--if I shoot with a wide angle down the length of the arrow, I am going to have some nice perspective that's maybe going to give it a little more dynamism and really reinforce the idea of motion in this arrow.
And still I have got the repeating textures and all of that kind of thing. So I am trying some of that. And as you can see, I am doing what I have said you've got to do: I am working the shot. I am trying lots of different things. I'm trying different distances at different focal lengths and as I change focal lengths, that's changing the amount of stretching that I'm getting off of the arrow. And I am just trying to find an interesting framing here. I am playing a little bit with depth of field. How much of this do I want in focus? I kind of like the idea of letting it blur out, because that's going to really, again, reinforce that dynamic arrow thing. And maybe some of that is kind of happening and maybe it's not.
As I'm shooting though, I am mostly finding that the frame is just really cluttered. There is a trash bag full of garbage back there. There is the stuff around the wall. There is all those garbage over here. It's a beat-up, run-down, abandoned hotel. It's full of junk. I could go move that kind of stuff around, but I just don't think there is a shot there. It's kind of too literal. Just shooting this as a big sign in an empty room may be a nice document; it's not a particularly interesting photo.
So, I am going to come around here and look at it some more. And the first thing that strikes me, as I do, is this big triangle here. So you have heard me go through some of the other compositional ideas that you can use. I have had some repeating lines. I have had some other stuff. Because I didn't have an initial feel for how this works, I'm thinking through these ideas. Oh, lines, repetition, perspective, all these stuff, all these things that we are going to talk about. And now I come to shape. We have talked about points. We have talked about lines. Lines--points and lines ultimately form shapes, and shapes can be really useful things to compose with.
I have got this good strong triangle. And as I hold the camera up and frame it, the first thing I realize is, behind the triangle, I've got a big square. So maybe I can find a place where the triangle and the square work well together and give me something. And I think what I'm seeing here is I can kind of bisect the square with the triangle and create a more complex shape. Now I'm thinking, as I'm looking through the viewfinder, that this should probably be a square image.
Because if I take the triangle, which is already in a way a part of a square, and I have got this big rectangle behind it-- or a square shape behind it--I can put all that in a square frame and not have to worry about some of this extra junk that's in the edge of the frame. So I am going to need to crop this later to get what I want. I can't frame it in viewfinder, because in my viewfinder, because I have a rectangular viewfinder. And this particular camera doesn't have a square mode, so that I am thinking in squares, and I need to think about squares compose a little bit differently, and we are going to talk about that later.
So I am just working my shot here, trying a few different things. I know now that I want deep depth of field because I want the background in focus. And I am lining that up, and I am going to just see what I get and shoot a bunch until I find an image that I think is going to work. So, shapes are just another idea that I can fall back on. One thing that's happened, as I've taken it down to just this triangle and this square, is I have inherently simplified my image. So again, I am working through all of these things that we keep talking about.
I have a point of view. I have a subject, which is the triangle. I have really simplified my scene. I'm working with these different geometric ideas to try and build up an image. Sometimes when you're working with shapes you will work with very literal shapes in your image. Here I'm working with two shapes and combining them into kind of an entirely new shape. There might be other times where you're working with shapes that are not discrete objects. For example, here is a stand of trees. This is a case where I'm seeing the--I am not seeing the tress for the forest if you will.
I am looking at this stand of trees as an independent discrete shape, not as a bunch of individual shapes. That's what caught my eye was that I liked this big blob of forest up against this empty space here. Let's take a look at the use of shape in a couple of other images. Let's kick things off with a simple shape. We have here a nice big square. This image also serves as an example of point of view. This is pointing the camera straight up at the ceiling. So I have got this nice square here, and I have got even some repetition going on, because nested inside it is this other square.
Now there are some other very interesting shapes in this image, the receding lines of the ladder going up, this texture on the wall. I like this light bulb here anchoring this corner of the square, but really, it's built around the strong graphical element of the square here. Continuing to stare up, here's another ceiling shot. This time what caught my eye was again this square here. This is an air-conditioning vent of some kind that is still hanging, even though the rest of the ceiling has been torn away.
And I started working with this and ended up finding the only way I could balance it was to compose it with this duct right here. So while this might be the dominant shape in the scene, the composition was still started and built around this square shape here. Moving on to circles now. Obviously we have got two repeating circles here that form a nice symmetrical pattern around an imaginary line right here. I am hesitating here because as I look at this image now, I think that it doesn't really work. And the reason it doesn't work is because of this bright bit over here.
My eye just wants to go right up into here. I wish I had taken a step or two to the left and it may be that I did. And it might be that if I was standing to the left, I couldn't get this symmetrical thing going here. So this is a case we are coming back to this image, seeing it with fresh eyes, I see that maybe it doesn't work or maybe that there are some things I need to change. It's not unusual to return to an image later and see it very differently. And that's a really valuable thing to do if you've been looking at an image for a long time. Sometimes you've just got to step away from it.
If you get to a problem you can't solve, walk away and come back to it later. I am a little weird in this regard. I actually very often go out and shoot for a couple of days and come back, copy the images onto my computer, and I don't look at them at all for a couple of months. That's very often the only way that I can see them with fresh eyes and be really fair. That gets the image in my head out and let's me see the image as it really is when I take a long pause like that before reviewing them. Here is a case where what I was struck by was this sense of this cloud was kind of spitting out this airplane.
But in terms of composition, it's really just straight geometry building around to this big shape of this cloud. Geometric shapes do not have to be perfect. You don't have to find a perfect geometric solid or shape. This doesn't have to be a perfectly round circle to work, and as you can see here, I am playing with circle off of this other shape out here. And again, coming back with fresh eyes, looking at this you know, I think I might crop a little bit of this down here. Here is a case where you might look at this and go, isn't this really a picture about line, because of all of these lines of these stocks of sunflowers? And yes, you could look at it that way, but I think the way that you approach this compositionally is thinking about this whole mess of lines as an individual shape, putting them in front of the sun like that, getting the nice silhouette, and creating a sense of a single shape here that's balanced by all the empty space up here.
We have got a similar thing happening here. This sign is a weird shape, but what the whole shape is that I'm composing around really is the sign in combination with this dip in the road. This whole thing in here makes kind of a big implied circular shape, almost a spherical shape really because it's got depth, because the front part of the sphere is here and the back part is here, and that's what I'm composing around. I am been very careful when I am doing this not to have these lines intersect, and this part of the frame is balanced by this shadow and these other shapes over here.
So this is a case where the shape I'm working with is almost imaginary, but I still work with it graphically in that way. I measure the weight of this part of the frame by considering all of this area right here. Here is a case again where I am working with a shape that isn't really an object. The shape of this light pattern here in combination with the hole in the wall that's casting it is what I am composing around. People make great subject matter of course, but when it comes time to actually take the shot, you've got to have one eye focused clearly on simple geometry and geometric form.
So we've got the head here that is balancing the building over here, and these two shapes are bisected by the nice line of the golf club. I also like this line up here, which is forming kind of the nice counterpoint to this line over here. And to pull all this off means you've really got to have your head in two spaces. You've got to be paying attention to the humanity of the moment, paying attention to what is the compelling-looking person, what is the right facial expression, trying to make them look good, and at the same time working all of your basic geometry in trying to build up a scene. And to do that, you want to just think of them as a shape, and work with them just like any other shapes that we've seen here.
The course addresses how the camera differs from the eye and introduces composition fundamentals, such as balance and point of view. Ben also examines the importance of geometry, light, and color in composition, and looks at how composition can be improved with a variety of post-production techniques. Interspersed throughout the course are workshop sessions that capture the creative energy of a group of photography students; shooting assignments and exercises; and analyses of the work of photographers Paul Taggart and Connie Imboden.
- Looking versus seeing
- Understanding when and why to use black and white
- Analyzing lines
- Arranging the elements into lines and shapes
- Working with perspective and symmetry
- Changing focal length, camera position, and depth
- Dividing rectangular frames into thirds
- Weighting the corners in square pictures
- Composing photographs of people
- Composing landscape photos
- Working with light: direction, texture, and negative space
- How to shoot color
- Guiding the viewer's eye
- Controlling depth
- Improving composition in post-production


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- Stephen Glenn said...
Shame I don't see Michael Connarty on this list. He obviously cares more for the civil rights of the developing world that those people he and I stood to represent in May of this year.
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|The Speech and Hearing Clinic is located on the west side of the University of Washington campus at 4131 15th Avenue NE, and is in the School of Social Work/Speech and Hearing building. Please refer to the attached map of the North Central section of the UW campus, showing the location of the Social Work/Speech and Hearing Clinic.
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-- Take NE 45th/50 Street Exit
-- Go East on NE 45th Street
-- Turn right onto 15th Avenue NE traveling south
-- Our building is located between NE 42nd and NE 41st Street on the right. It is a red brick building with the front entrance located on 15th Avenue, in the middle of the block
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-- Take the Montlake exit
-- Cross over the Montlake Bridge going north.
-- Get in the left lane
-- Turn left at the stop light onto NE Pacific Street
-- Travel west on NE Pacific Street, make a right onto 15th Avenue NE
-- Travel north on 15th Avenue NE until you get to NE 41st street
-- Our building is located between NE 42nd and NE 41st Street on the left. It is a red brick building with the front entrance located on the 15th Avenue, in the middle of the block
|The clinic has limited parking adjacent to our building. Please refer to disability parking information if assistance is needed. Parking is limited in the University District. Please allow the necessary time for the procurement of parking. We recommend locating the clinic first, and then finding parking. View Clinic parking map
Disability Parking
We have two entrances to the clinic, which are disability accessible:
There are 7 parking spaces behind the clinic, 2 of which are disability parking spaces. Parking in these spaces is on a first come, first serve basis. When you park in one of these 7 spaces, you or your driver must immediately obtain a dated UW Clinic placard from the clinic receptionist to display on your dashboard. There is no charge for the use of this placard. The use of our disability parking spaces require the display of your Washington State Disabled Parking permit, as well as the UW Clinic placard*.
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There is limited metered parking available on streets around the Clinic. In particular, Brooklyn Ave NE seems to be more available for metered parking.
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At your own expense, you may choose to use the UW Central Plaza garage. The parking fee is posted at the attendant-house in the garage. The entrance to this garage is on 15th Avenue NE at 41st Street, which is one-half block south of the Clinic. If you need disability accommodation and the garage sign indicates "FULL," drive by the "FULL" sign and the garage attendant will assign you to a disability parking place near the entrance. Please contact the UW Parking Division at 206-685-1553 for further information.
The University's Dial-A-Ride service at 206-685-1511 can provide you with a ride to the clinic from any University parking lot, but not from the commercial non-UW lots. Call UW Dial-A-Ride directly to arrange for this service. Please note that this service needs at least 45 minutes advance notice to pick-up and drop-off. Arrangements for regularly scheduled pick-up and drop-off at preset times each week during the academic quarter can be made through their office.


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We are a non-profit 501c(3) organization dedicated to educating our members and the general public about growing good fruit at home.
For many years, a group of our members have been spending their spare time raising mason bees to sell to other backyard fruit growers. Currently, at nine different sites around Portland and the North Willamette valley, members set out new tubes every spring to increase their mason bee populations, making it possible to sell full tubes to others. These bees are home-grown, adapted to the Pacific northwest climate, and extremely hardy.
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California residents are now required to have a permit to raise mason bees. We CANNOT process your order without receiving a copy of your permit with your order form. Applications for CA mason bee permits are available online at: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/permitsandregs.html
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Please note… we do our best to screen our donated bee tubes, but we do not expose/clean/or sex our bees. Because of this we are able to keep our prices extremely low, at less than a third of the price of commercial suppliers. We are are unable to offer refunds. If there are problems with your bees, please contact us and we will work with you to find a solution to ensure your ability to successfully grow a population for yourself.
Our tubes of bees are designed to fit inside PVC houses, but can be tucked anywhere safe and dry (tin cans and small buckets are great too); tubes are paper coated with a thin plastic coating for weather resistance. Please note that these are cocoons inside paper tubes; the cocoons themselves have not been cleaned or sorted. Generally, in each 6 inch tube, the first 2 – 3 cocoons are males, and the remaining 3 – 6 cocoons at the back are females, who emerge last.
An average of 3 – 5 twelve inch folded tubes of bees gives a backyard grower a good start to their population, and is a good number to start a single PVC or wood block house's population. If you have a big place or more than a dozen fruit trees, consider multiple houses, spread 100-150 feet apart.
If you are trying to introduce these bees into wood block housing of some kind, all they need is to be placed alongside the house (and protected from the weather – a tin can hung horizontally works great!). The bees will exit their tubes and start using the new holes for egg laying.
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Additionally, the council will vote on a contract for more construction work to Baker Street, which is a key road leading shipments from Mobile's waterfront to the Brookley Aeroplex complex, home to Airbus in 2015.
Follow along to the live updates as they happen. The council's pre-conference meeting starts at 9 a.m.
11:40 a.m. - Councilman John Williams on Alex Ikefuna: "I, too, have found that Alex has done a tremendous job in restoring respect for the CDBG program and I hope I am able to work with him in the future as well."
11:32 a.m. - Richardson quoted the Bible to talk about his thoughts on race, repeating his position that "we're all members of the human race." He said the story of Adam and Eve involved them traveling to Ethiopia, quoting Genesis. Richardson also said if people have doubts, to get some cow blood and see if they live. But with his blood, you can live. "We are all sisters and brothers no matter how we look or no matter what the color of our skin is." Richardson's comments were prompted by his views on Black History Month and his concerns about having to designate that he's "black" on his driver's license.
11:16 a.m. - About 30 people were in attendance, black and white, showing support for Ikefuna.
11:13 a.m. - Quite a debate emerged with City Attorney Ricardo Woods reading a portion of the Zoghby Act that prevents council members from essentially interfering in the appointment of an administrative position. Manzie said he wasn't making a directive on an appointment, but he was representing his district in showing support for Ikefuna. Woods said the decision is up to the administration, and that they are aware of the community support for Ikefuna.
11:04 a.m. - Manzie, Richardson and Small all voiced favorable comments about Ikefuna.
11:03 a.m. - Stimpson said Smith's comments are "duly noted."
11:01 a.m. - Omar Smith is requesting Stimpson rehire Ikefuna and Donna Mitchell, saying that the Africatown community is lost without their service. He asked that the mayor reconsider his decision.
10:57 a.m. - Council President Gina Gregory said that the council has no authority on Ikefuna's position, deferring any reaction to the mayor's administration.
10:55 a.m. - Joe Womack, a community activist in the Africatown community, is speaking in support of Alex Ikefuna. He said that Alex is a benefit to the entire city, including the mayor's administration. The administration is currently looking for a new director of community development and planning programs.
10:49 a.m. - Barber talked more about the hot spot enforcing, saying that citizens should see more of it in the future.
10:45 a.m. - Stimpson read a proclamation in honor of the late Rev. Robert L. Hope, a social activist and minister from the Plateau community. Charles and Bob Hope are here to talk about their father.
10:37 a.m. - Mayor Sandy Stimpson just quoted President Barack Obama to honor Black History Month.
10:08 a.m. - Police Chief James Barber provided an update on the midtown jewelry thief that became the back story to complaints that erupted on social media over a possible wrongful arrest. Barber said the city, through a neighborhood enforcing measure, were able to arrest Matthew Blackman of Mobile. Blackman was carrying a back pack, which police noticed and searched him. Blackman has eight prior residential burglary arrests, Barber said. The chief was also unapologetic to the department's policing standards, saying his officers plan to be seen more in the neighborhoods through a "hot spot" enforcement practice.
9:38 a.m. - The disparity study has been received, according to the mayor. It will be released to the council later today.
9:36 a.m. - Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson talked about his meeting with "Magic" Johnson, who spoke in Pensacola, Fla., yesterday. Stimpson said he's hopeful that he can get Johnson to come and offer an inspiring speech in Mobile someday soon.
9:32 a.m. - Brief update on the city budget. We're expecting information on Thursday.
9:23 a.m. - The council announced tonight's 5 p.m. public forum on the oil storage tanks. It will be held at the International Trade Union's building on Water Street.
9:13 a.m. - The council is looking to vote on a $13,707 contract to modify the HVAC unit at the History Museum of Mobile. The money comes out of the museum's capital budget.


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Walmart's Passage to India
efore we begin to tell this story, allow us a moment to put a few things into perspective. Walmart is the world's second largest company after ExxonMobil. Last year, it was number one. Now, pause for a moment and ask yourself how large is large really? Large is when your revenues are in the region of $406 billion and you are six times larger than Proctor & Gamble, the largest consumer products company in the world. Large is when those revenues are more than the GDP of at least 144 nations.
Large is when you need at least $8 billion in additional revenues to grow by two percent each year.
When a system is built on the back of this kind of numbers, the people running it are difficult to please and equally difficult to impress. But one July morning this year, Doug McMillon, was mighty pleased and mighty impressed. The CEO of Walmart's international operation was visiting his newest baby — a large, month-old store on the fabled Grand Trunk Road just outside Amritsar in Punjab.
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Set up in a joint venture with Sunil Mittal's Bharti Group and called Best Price Modern Wholesale, bean counters at the store told him they had signed on close to 35,000 members in the first couple of weeks (which has since ballooned to 70,000). They included small kirana shop owners, hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges, the police force and even the Indian Army. Sales, they told him, exceeded expectations by almost 70 percent. And that the profits being generated were large enough to cover even depreciation. Their only concern was whether stocks could cope with demand.
McMillon blinked. After 18 years at Walmart, he knew the company is pretty damn good — actually, the best — when it comes to retailing. But it had never attempted a pure wholesale format anywhere in the world, including in the US. If anything, it has only played with hybrid models like Sam's Club that caters to both bulk buyers and retail shoppers. The closest it had come to making a format like this work was something called Maxi in Mexico. But that wasn't a pure business-to-business model. Even homemakers could shop there.
For the first time, McMillon figured, Walmart was looking at a model that held out a few promises. One, if scaled up, it could easily feed a billion dollars into Walmart's insatiable appetite over the next five years. Two, if the model be replicated in other emerging markets across the world, God alone knows how many billion dollars the company could walk away with.
Shortly after he concluded his visit to the store, an effusive McMillon told CNBC-TV18, "Our investments in India are really not constrained from a financial perspective. The constraint is more about how many cash and carry units can you get to open from a real estate perspective."
What he really meant was that Walmart is ready with a $5 billion plus war chest for its international business and it is up to India to use as much of it as it can. And that if the Indian team, headed by former Unilever executive Raj Jain, can find enough land to set up more stores of the kind operating in Amritsar, he can double the stakes. "We will roll it out rapidly," says Jain. The plan is to set up 15 — maybe more — of such stores across the country in the next two years.
Sure, there is a school of thought that argues Walmart is among the last of its kind to latch on to the great Indian dream. Home-grown businesses like the Future Group have more than a decade's head start. Others like Reliance and A.V. Birla have learnt from their mistakes and are now looking to regroup their strategies.
But honestly, that is missing the trees for the woods. All of them cater to a $20 billion organised retail opportunity. The cash and carry opportunity is a much larger, $400 billion opportunity, now dominated by the unorganised wholesalers who supply to local kirana stores. The only one who tried was Germany's Metro — the world's largest wholesale operation. But it never quite figured India out.
It isn't that Walmart was clueless of the India opportunity. After China, this is the only country where it sees enough potential to plant at least 1,000 stores. But there are regulatory issues. Indian law prevents foreign retailers from selling directly to consumers. If they intend to take the wholesale route though, they're welcome to open shop. But Walmart had a lot of thinking to do before it took the plunge.
Two decades after stepping out of the US, it remains a quintessential American company. It understands American consumers well, but is ill at ease in most emerging markets. Professor Anil Gupta, who has tracked Walmart's progress around the world teaches strategy at the University of Michigan says, "I spoke with senior executives from Walmart a couple of years ago wanting to find out how global the company's mindset is. I had an instrument to do this. They said don't give it to us. Our global mindset is below zero — we are a US company doing business abroad and not a global company."
But under its current CEO Mike Duke, Walmart has made big strides outside the US. In 2007, more than 50 percent of Walmart's assets were outside the US. "Walmart's future is clearly outside the United States," says Gupta.
And finally, its experience in other parts of the world was patchy. In Mexico, when it started out in 1991, it set up a huge American style parking lot outside its discount store. Until its managers realised customers came in buses, not cars. And that there are no takers for golf balls in a low-income country. In time though, they recovered and are now very successful there.


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This NIH funded Program Project focuses in on the mitochondria and its key role in cell survival and recovery of function following this type of insult. There is growing evidence linking triggers of cardiac preconditioning (PC) to changes in mitochondrial function, yet our knowledge is still incomplete as how the overall protein profile is altered by short versus long ischemic (I) episodes and how these changes are linked to either self-protective or detrimental effects.
With ischemic PC (IPC), a series of short sublethal ischemic events trigger a powerful cellular defense response that ultimately limits infarct size from a subsequent prolonged ischemia. Over the last several years, our lab undertook a broad-based proteomics analysis of hearts exposed to preconditioning stimuli and ischemia and showed that the effects converge on the mitochondrial proteome, manifested as changes in protein quantity, posttranslational modification (PTMs), and higher order supercomplex organization.
By carrying out a systematic in-depth proteomic investigation of the mitochondrial subproteome, including careful identification and quantification of specific post-translational modified amino acid residues of individual proteins and protein complexes, coupled with a plan to assess the functional effects of such changes, we will be able to understand how manipulating the mitochondrial proteome can result in either damage or cardioprotection, with the eventual goal of developing strategies to reduce the damage associated with acute myocardial infarction.
Proteomic alterations in Cardiac Dyssynchrony and Resynchronization
This NIH-funded Program Project has undertaken the first detailed assessment of how the failing heart is impacted by dyssynchronous contraction and the subsequent restoration of synchrony from bi-ventricular pacing.
Cardiac resynchronzation therapy (CRT) is to date the only treatment that improves systolic function of the heart and enhance survival. Our group (Drs. Kass and O'Rourke) uses a canine model of heart failure with dyssynchrony and then resynchronization. Our latest data shows that DHF and CRT affect the mitochondrial subproteome by specifically altering proteins in cellular redox control and oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) pathways, manifested as changes in both protein quantity and post-translational modifications (PTMs) within the mitochondria.
From a basic science perspective, the potential for intra-mitochondrial regulation by phosphorylation and other PTMs represents a paradigm shift in the field of bioenergetics, hence, we are only just beginning to catalog all of the changes and determine their functional effects. Our underlying hypothesis is that CRT converts the mitochondrial subproteome to a protected phenotype, reversing detrimental DHF?induced protein alterations that regulate key functions to improve ATP production and redox balance.
Post translational regulation of embryonic and cardiac stem cells
Transplanting stem cells into damaged myocardium is emerging as a novel means for acute repair and as a means to treat end-stage heart failure. The critical elements in therapeutic success will lie in being able to identify and manipulate proliferating stem cells to differentiate specifically into cardiac muscle upon demand. We have two funded projects that use synergistic and sophisticated proteomic technologies to address biological and clinical questions with respect to stem cells.
Two different funded grants will allow us to analyze several distinctive subproteomes and couple this finding to functional analysis in order to develop new tools and provide insight into the regulation of ESC. This work includes investigating the biologically important cell surface proteins, in particular the N-linked glycoproteome to create specific biomarker panel for the identification and monitoring of various stages of differentiation. Furthermore, we will ink cell surface receptor identification with identification of secreted regulatory factors (e.g. paracrine and autocrine factors) and how these alter stem cell and cardiac myocyte function and biology.
Biomarker development for clinical utility
Our lab had created a novel biomarker development pipeline that is based on de novo and targeted discovery coupled to validation for serum, plasma and urine. The underlying premise is that identification of specific protein isoforms and/or disease-associated PTMs will increase biomarker specificity. This stems from the fact, that most genes are the same throughout the body and thus, unique aspects of the cell specific proteome arise due to either difference in the protein quantity, cell specific isoforms or the specific regulation PTMs.
Our lab has worked to develop tools and robust processes for de novo discovery of disease-associated PTMs, and reliable method to quantify specific isoforms and PTMs. In the last few years, the CTSA/ICTR Biomarker Development Center was created and is housed within the Van Eyk laboratory with the mandate to investigators within JHU to develop and validate new biomarkers. Examples of biomarker projects are listed below.
Development of blood-based biomarkers for myocardial ischemia
In patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain less than 15% will be ultimately be diagnosed as having ischemia or acute myocardial infarction (MI). The current serum based cardiac biomarkers available to clinicians can identify patients with even small amounts of myocardial necrosis based on detection of cardiac specific cardiac troponin I (cTnI) or cTnT. However, the diagnosis of cardiac ischemia in the absence of necrosis is difficult as there is no serum/plasma biomarker available for clinical use. Our group has undertaken in-depth proteomic analysis for discovery and validation of such a biomarker in a set of unique patient cohorts.
Development of urine and blood-based biomarkers for chronic kidney disease
This project is funded by NIDDK's RFA, "Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarker Discovery and Validation Consortium" we (Dr. Joe Coresh and colleagues) propose a comprehensive proteomic approach to discovery, verification and validation of biomarkers for kidney function and kidney damage.
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Tip 90: Improve Running Technique with a Push Sled
Charles Poliquin
Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:08 AM
Push sleds have become a popular form of exercise for increasing running power, developing muscle mass in the lower body, and as a form of energy system training to improve muscular endurance and body composition. One additional advantage of a push sled, specifically the type with high vertical handles that enable you to run more upright, is that it can help improve running technique.
When you push a sled, your arms are relatively rigid, although some slight flexion is necessary to reduce the stress on the elbows and maintain better control of the sled. But my point is you don't have to concentrate on upper body mechanics as much with a push sled, and this difference allows you to focus more on your leg drive. For example, an athlete may not have his or her feet in alignment when running, making for inefficient movements and putting excessive stress on the joints. As the athlete pushes the sled, a coach can stand behind her or her and easily notice faulty running mechanics of the lower body. And it should go without saying that you should not use weights on the sled that are so heavy that they cause a breakdown in mechanics during any part of the sprint.
An athlete trying to improve running speed seldom wants to push a sled for more than about 25 yards, because after that distance the body usually moves into a more upright running stance. It would also be a good practice after performing several sets of upright push sled work to perform a few sets of regular sprints, as this will help reinforce correct running mechanics. Repeats of 5 to 10 meters tend to be the best approach when you want to learn develop the strength to overcome inertia.
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Week 13 Picks: Free Keiland Williams!November 23, 2007 – 6:48 pm by McD
It's hard not to feel a little bad for LSU's seniors. They sat on the bench while LSU won a national title a few years ago, and they obviously wanted one of their own. They'd already lost once as the number one team in the country this season and all they had to do Saturday was beat a struggling Arkansas team, win the SEC title game and go win their own national championship.
But it didn't work out that way, as it hasn't for most of the season for the LSU Tigers. Did we overestimate how good they were? Maybe. Are they banged up? Yes. But what really happened Friday night is the coup de grace of the Les Miles era. I'm sure he's a good guy and he's good at his job for the most part; he seems like a good motivator for his kids. However, he's a terrible game coach. He doesn't use his personnel well and he doesn't manage the clock well. The guy needs a separate assistant to make all his in-game decisions, the most egregious of which is his overuse of Jacob Hester and the criminal under-use of Keiland Williams.
Williams is only a sophomore, but he's already 226 pounds and has 4.40 speed. As a freshman, he averaged 5.7 yards per carry, despite only getting 73 carries. This year, after the Arkansas game, he has 63 carries for 424 yards. That's a 6.7 yards per carry average this season. Jacob Hester, a talented fullback, is averaging 4.95 yards per carry this season and I mentioned the key word in the last sentence: fullback. Jacob Hester is a fullback, yet Les Miles and offensive coordinator Gary Crowton seem to think he is a halfback.
I'm not saying Hester should never get the ball; he's great at getting those very tough yards for the Tigers. He also catches and blocks extremely well, but he's still just a talented fullback. Keiland Williams is exactly the kind of back that teams would kill for. The LSU offense has been lacking a big play threat all season. They've been forced to grind it out in close games because they don't have anyone that terrifies opposing defense. Except Keiland Williams, that is. If he starts, who knows how their games turn out?
This is exactly like the Oregon offense before they started using Jonathan Stewart more. Stewart is strikingly similar to Williams. They're both athletic, big backs who are clearly the best offensive players on their teams, and yet they're under appreciated. At least Stewart WAS under appreciated. I knew all along about him and it's just as obvious with Keiland Williams: the kid should be playing more. Then again, Gary Crowton is the same OC under whom Dennis Dixon and Stewart suffered last season. Pattern? I think so. Free Keiland Williams!
In other news, I'm 5 – 2 this weekend so far and now it's Rivalry Saturday!
(8) Virginia Tech (9-2) at (16) Virginia (9-2) (+3.5)
Virginia is the first house of cards to play on Saturday and I just can't see them playing well enough to handle the Hokies. Neither team is going to blow you away statistically, but Virginia Tech is better at finding ways to score points. They've always played Beamer Ball, Virginia just got into this game and saved Al Groh's job. I like that UVA has gotten good again, but there's just too much on the line in this game for Va Tech to not show up.
Pick: Virginia Tech
Update: Virginia Tech 33 Virginia 21. I can't say I'm surprised by the outcome, though how they got there was pretty interesting. Ore finally made it off the bus for a game this season and that two-headed monster turned out pretty well. The announcers kept mentioning how Spurrier-esque it was, but Spurrier's Florida team in 97 was terrible, so that makes no sense. Howie Long's kid is pretty good too, though for the first time ever, the announcers didn't mention his famous dad 500 times. There were more shots of Bruce Smith than Howie Long.
Utah (8-3) at (25) Brigham Young (8-2) (-4.5)
Ah, the Holy War. And this year it features a couple of teams who have won seven straight games. BYU seems to be back to "offensive juggernaut" status based on the last couple of years, so there's no reason to think Utah's defense is going to be up to the task. This one should be a nice shoot out before BYU pulls away. Utah seems just happy to be there while all week, BYU has been talking about reaching their potential and achieving greater things. They're not satisfied with finally being ranked this season, and that's got to count for something.
Pick: BYU
Update: BYU 17 Utah 10. WHEW! When it was 10-9 Utah and BYU was driving down with little time left, I was convinced this would be a win for the Cougars, but there was no way in hell they were covering. Then they ran the ball and some huge Samoan (or something like that) dude named Tonga or Unga ran it in for 6. Then Bronco Mendenhall showed he loved me because they went for two and got it. One of the greatest gambling moments ever. Thank you Joseph Smith. Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum.
(9) Oregon (8-2) at UCLA (5-5) (+1)
I feel Oregon's pain in this game. They're playing a must-win game with a Leaf running the offense. Ryan Leaf was also on the sidelines for last week's lost to Arizona that belatedly ended Dennis Dixon's season and showed everyone how terrible his brother Brady is. Ironically, UCLA is just breaking in their own mobile quarterback in this game, Osaar Rasshan. It'll be worth watching just to see whether Oregon can overcome their injuries or if they'll continue collapsing and ending a very depressing season in the Sun Bowl or some other awful destination.
UCLA Oregon. I've been convinced by Booter, our legal adviser, that the very future of UCLA football depends upon the Bruins losing these last games and getting Karl Dorrell fired. Who am I to go against destiny? And I quote:
"A win against Oregon nearly guarantees at least three more years of Karl Dorrell's bumbling idiocy, a new OC every season, and more race baiting by idiots who write for the LA Times. The time is now for Coach Laterrian (from Road Rules) to fall on his sword and lose."
We are all Oregon fans on Saturday.
Update: UCLA 16 Oregon 0. This was definitely the ugliest game of the season, if not ever. Phillips, Booter, and I spent a good 45 minutes dissecting the statistics from this one just because they were so awful. We decided it's probably going to require a separate post tomorrow, so check back for that. Suffice to say, this was an awful, awful game and by no means should it mean that Karl Dorrell automatically gets to keep his job.
(7) Georgia (9-2) at Georgia Tech (7-4) (+3.5)
Georgia might know by the time this game kicks off whether they'll be playing in the SEC title game or not. Hopefully for all you gamblers out there, the Kentucky/Tennessee game will still be close so that the Bulldogs will try against Georgia Tech and cover the 3.5 points. Georgia Tech has some tools to give Georgia problems, but it's hard to see them having an answer for both Knowshon Moreno AND Matt Stafford and the passing game. They'll probably be able to stop one, but not both. The big question mark for me is Georgia's coach, Mark Richt. I've never been totally impressed with him as a head coach and this is an important game. Should Tennessee go down, Georgia still has to win a rivalry game. Then again, the Vols aren't going down to Kentucky, who they've beaten 22 straight times.
Pick: Georgia
Update: Georgia 31 Georgia Tech 17. Not much to say about this one because both teams were totally, completely unremarkable. Georgia had some nice rushing numbers, though Knowshon Moreno didn't have a great game. Matt Stafford still is not developing as a passer. He's not accurate and it's beginning to become questionable whether he'll be a 60% passer. What's not questionable is Mark Richt's descent from offensive mastermind to nondescript SEC coach that takes no chances and does nothing interesting. Enjoy, Georgia fan.
Oklahoma State (6-5) at (10) Oklahoma (9-2) (-13.5)
Oklahoma is already in the Big 12 title game because Texas lost to Texas A&M in Dennis Franchione's last game, so this game is now just a pure rivalry with nothing on the line but pride. OU's DeMarco Murray won't play, but Sam Bradford will be ready to go against the Cowboys. Even though Oklahoma State has severely underachieved this season, it's hard to see a rivalry game this intense being a 13.5 point blowout for one of the teams. OU is talented, but they also play down to their competition.
Pick: Oklahoma State
Update: Oklahoma 49 OSU 17. Okay, so maybe I should have looked a little more closely at this one. It may come as a shock to you that I don't exhaustively research all of my picks from week to week. I'm not making any excuses, however. I'm a man! I'm not 40! Come after me!
(20) UConn (9-2) at (3) West Virginia (9-1) (-18.5)
Whatever it is UConn did to win 9 games this season, they'll need to do it better than ever against West Virginia. Normally, it'd be easy to predict this game to be a shoot out that the Mountaineers would eventually win, but the WVU defense is much better this season. Not such a good sign for the Huskies, given their lack of a true offensive identity. However, I do think their defense will do enough to stop the West Virginia offense at least a few times. The real question is: will Pat White be able to concentrate on football instead of Erin Andrews. We'd sure find that difficult.
Pick: UConn
Update: West Virginia 66 UConn 21. Way to get off the bus, UConn. Christ. I guess I should have seen this one coming, but UConn just kept not getting exposed and getting away with limiting turnovers and playing defense. Well, today they turned the ball over and didn't play any defense. Enough said.
8-5 with the night games just starting and the Florida game about to end.
Florida State (7-4) at (12) Florida (8-3) (-14)
I like how FSU has been playing lately, they seem to really get Jimbo Fisher's offense after years of crappiness. However, this should be a three touchdown win for Florida and an extra-motivated Tim Tebow. Florida State defenders have been calling him out all week, talking about how they're going to stop him and knock him out of the game. Florida's defense is their weakness, but they're still good and there's no reason they should have trouble stopping the Seminoles. Besides, I had to take some one to beat a huge spread at some point this weekend.
Pick: Florida
Update: Florida 45 Florida State 12. Urban Meyer is now 3-0 against Bobby Bowden and Florida State. That's enough to keep Florida fan happy this season considering the Gators have three losses and no big bowl prospects. Tim Tebow did nothing to dissuade people from voting for him for the Heisman, though I would argue that his biggest games tend to come against weaker teams. In any case, it seems as though Florida State will never be good again until Bobby Bowden retires and lets some one else run the program. Whatever it is they do just isn't working anymore and hasn't for a while. They simply aren't a major program anymore. It's kinda sad, since they were really fun to hate for a long time. Kind of like Florida is now.
In other news, I'm 9-5 with three games to go. Guaranteed over .500 for the week! Do you believe in miracles? Yes!
(22) Clemson (8-3) at South Carolina (6-5) (+3)
Normally, I'd say that Steve Spurrier would have something ready for Clemson in this rivalry game, but his South Carolina team this year just isn't very good. Clemson is also extremely hot and, though Cullen Harper is drawing the most praise, that offense doesn't function without James Davis and CJ Spiller, though neither is having a spectacular season a la Darren McFadden and Felix Jones. Usually, I'd rant about how much I hate Clemson, but in this game, South Carolina is in much worse shape.
Pick: Clemson
Update: Clemson 23 South Carolina 21. I've been totally distracted by Kansas' slow death on ABC, so I missed how this game got close. I probably should have figured that Spurrier would be able to come back on a Bowden-coached team. But in the end, Clemson managed a field goal as time expired, and South Carolina is officially 6-6. That's right, Indiana had a better record than Steve Spurrier's team. As for South Carolina, I predict they'll win nine games next season because Blake Mitchell will no longer be the quarterback. There hasn't been a program-killer like him since Zach Mills was at Penn State a few years back.
Alabama (6-5) at Auburn (7-4) (-4.5)
That sure was a funny looking win last week for Alabama against UL Monroe. There's also not a whole lot to like in terms of talent on either team too. Auburn just isn't very good and I wouldn't let John Parker Wilson quarterback a high school science project, let alone my football team (thanks to Phillips for letting me paraphrase that one, his was about Matt Flynn). It kind of stinks that the Iron Bowl is meaningless, but in truth, it's never meaningless. These two schools absolutely hate each other. They're natural enemies like Englishmen and Scots, or Welshmen and Scots, or Scottish women and Scottish men (clearly I've been watching the Simpsons)! In the end, I trust Alabama more than I trust Auburn and Tommy Tuberville at anything.
Pick: Alabama
Update: Auburn 17 Alabama 10. Well, I hope all that money for Nick Saban this year feels worth it to Crimson Tide fans. 6-6 sure looks familiar from the Shula era, doesn't it? I can already hear Tide fan using the Ty Willingham/You can't shine s**t excuse. Yes, Shula's players aren't great, especially John Parker Wilson. But .500 football ain't great. Something tells me Saban is gonna kick some ass this offseason and clean house.
(4) Missouri (10-1) at (2) Kansas (11-0) (-1.5)
Finally, the big game of the night. This is an absolutely fascinating game given the rivalry between the states and schools and how neither team is anything resembling a football power. Whoever wins this game still needs to beat Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game, so no one gets to step right into the National Title game just yet. Then again, we're only a couple of games from hearing, "Mountaineers! Jayhawks! You heard that right, it's the BCS National Championship game on Fox!" At least I think the game's on Fox. Whatever. Missouri is more talented at pretty much every position on the field. I like Kansas's running backs a little more than Missouri's, but I'd take Chase Daniel over Todd Reesing every day. I just don't think Kansas has the firepower to win this one. Then again, Missouri has bitten me in the ass before when I thought they'd win, so…
Pick: Kansas
Update: Missouri 36 Kansas 28. Much like the sacking of Lawrence, Missouri really took it to Kansas tonight. I really have to give the Tigers credit. They really played well on both sides of the ball, especially in the first half. Kansas wasn't in this game until very late and it showed. Missouri disrupted the Jayhawk offense from the very beginning and looked excellent on offense themselves. I'm impressed all the way around, even though this game makes me finish 9-8 for the weekend. Kansas had to be exposed as a house of cards eventually, and when I made my prediction, I based it solely on the fact that you can't trust Missouri in games like this. You might as well put Ohio State into the title game against West Virginia because there's no way Missouri is beating Oklahoma next week. Then again, I don't trust Oklahoma in games like this either. Maybe I just won't pick the Big 12 title game at all. Ugh. Again, thank you to Missouri for allowing more BCS chaos to occur so that we have an underwhelming title game and move one step closer to a playoff, as it should be. It's been an excellent weekend of football, and let's never speak of this again. Good night.
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When the Denison Museum opens its doors on Friday, September 16, for the first exhibition of the year, it'll be pretty hard to miss the canoe. It's been hauled out after 40 years in storage, carefully cleaned with Q-tips, and hoisted onto a custom-built stand. There are plenty of things to know about the green and yellow boat: It was used by the Kuna people of Panama in the mid-20th century before Clyde Keeler '25 purchased it and donated it to Denison; it bears a large crack that the Kunas tried to repair with a patch to no avail; and it even has a sail. But the reason the canoe is in this exhibition at this time is because it is made from wood—a hollowed out tree that still bears the scrape marks from the tools used by the Kuna people who made it.
"Knock on Wood, Five Years and Counting," is part exhibition, part celebration of the Museum's fifth anniversary, and the pieces that Curator of Collections Anna Cannizzo has chosen for display include Burmese nesting boxes and tables, jewelry, paintings, sculptures, and Buddhist prayer beads. In addition to "Knock on Wood," museum-goers also will have the chance to visit a second exhibition, "Turning Leaves: Tea through Time and Around the World," which highlights tea culture from Southeast Asia, Burma, Tibet, and Japan, and even references the "Mad Tea Party" from Alice in Wonderland. (And yes, there will be tea for drinking, too.)
The Museum's opening reception also will mark the public debut of the Museum's new director, Sherry Harlacher, whose Denison career officially began in July. Harlacher came to Granville from McNeese State University in Louisiana, where she was an assistant professor in the Department of Visual Arts. It's that classroom experience that Harlacher hopes to infuse into the Museum's role on campus as she makes plans for more individual student and class interactions with the Museum's acquisitions. She's been doing a lot of studying herself as she works to familiarize herself with the Museum's collections, including its extensive Burmese art collection (a fascinating study for her as an expert in Asian art).
For now, though, the lessons begin tomorrow, Sept. 16, from 5-7 in the Denison Museum. Stop by, have some tea, and chat with Museum staff. But please, don't try to sit in that canoe.