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"City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein gave an impassioned defense of the federal No Child Left Behind law yesterday, saying schools need more testing and accountability…to bolster performance and close the achievement gap."
"'It is incredibly valuable because it recognizes that the achievement gap - the gap that separates our African-American and Latino students from their white and Asian peers - is the chief problem in American schooling,' Klein said…"
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"'I've never met a law that couldn't improve. But to criticize the heart of No Child Left Behind is to refuse to take responsibility for the achievement gap…'"
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It was several years ago that a webcam was introduced to our household computer by one of the kids.
I never liked it.
A webcam is a video camera hooked up to your computer. It used to be that you had to buy an eight-ball-sized camera, plug it into the computer and turn it on to make it work. The idea was you could talk to someone, like on the telephone, but instead of just hearing the voice of the person on the other end of the line, you could see that person, too.
As if it ever would shut down when you ordered it. I didn't trust it.
It wasn't perfect video because technology had not caught up to the product. There would be slight lags in real time where the camera couldn't keep up with the action. And because it was a flat lens, it could only see what was in front of it.
Now, computers come with cameras already installed in them – little indentations a quarter the size of a dime. And they can see everything in front of them if you turn on a software program like Skype. It's a wonder. I was at a baptism once and the infant's father was overseas at the time, but someone had a laptop computer with a webcam in church, and so did the dad overseas. Even though he was on the other side of the world, he didn't miss the baptism.
My Greek class last semester was online and the professor had several Skype conferences with small groups of students, which were graded. He was in Arizona, we were in Illinois. Fortunately, he did not require us to use the camera. Voices were enough, and Skype in this case was simply a conference call on a computer.
It was the longest hour of the semester, which would have been only that much longer had we been televised, being captured live searching frantically through notes for the right answers. Appearances don't count when the camera is off. As if learning Greek online wasn't enough.
When I sat at the computer and the eight-ball camera was pointed at me, I would turn it toward the wall. I was never certain it wasn't watching. It gave me the creeps.
Apparently, my suspicions weren't far off the mark. Someone could have been looking. I was watching NBC News the other week when a report was broadcast about predators – yes, that's what they are called – who can hack into the webcam on your computer and watch what you are doing without you knowing it. My creep factor might have been early, but it was accurate.
All sorts of portable computer devices have cameras on them, and people take their computers with them wherever they go. In the kitchen. In the living room. In the bedroom. In the bathroom. The bathroom? If it's comfortable enough for a magazine, it certainly is comfortable enough for a small notebook computer.
And, according to the news report, hackers are plucking low-hanging fruit when it comes to commandeering your webcam. All you have to do is open an innocent-enough-looking email for the hacker to take over the camera and start watching you.
That's just what I thought would be the case several years ago when the first eight ball showed up on the computer desk. Except I wasn't thinking about civilian hackers. I was thinking the government. "1984" and J. Edgar Hoover had a real effect on me.
I still think the government could commandeer my laptop camera, but the real problem is the civilian, who can break into your computer in about three minutes if he or she is really interested in you. Although, he's not going to see much, other than me typing or, more likely, staring blankly at the screen with my mouth kind of half open and occasionally wiping away the drool.
I don't take the laptop into the bedroom, and it certainly is too big for the bathroom. So I'm pretty safe.
But some people treat their computers like a close friend or a spouse, and they aren't ashamed to do anything in front of it. It's a machine, after all. It's not interested in what's going on.
It's the predator, we find out, who is interested.
So what do you do? You don't open email unless you really know the person it is coming from. And when you aren't using your computer, turn it off and put the screen down just to be sure. Even covered with tape, it still can hear what you're saying. Right?
Not to be caught napping – literally – I've put a piece of electrician's tape over the camera lens on my laptop. And on my cellphone camera, just for good measure. It's taken plenty of pictures of my pocket. But it goes everywhere with me. I don't know whether cellphones can be hacked, but I'm not taking chances.
• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate, freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were indicating a lower open Thursday despite an encouraging labor market report, and after a report that Microsoft
Barnes & Noble was soaring 27.3% to $22.68 in pre-market trading after TechCrunch reported that Microsoft is offering to buy Nook for $1 billion. TechCrunch cited internal documents obtained by the technology news site. Microsoft was dropping 0.8% in pre-market trading to $32.73.
Futures were falling in an apparent retreat that follows a flurry of buying activity during the prior session that brought investors in from the sidelines, attracted by strong corporate earnings and continued accommodative monetary policies.
"We set new records every day and when you get near the 1,630 area there's going to be some natural resistance," said JJ Kinahan, Chicago-based chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade.
Futures for the S&P 500 were down 1.5 points, or 1.34 points below fair value, to 1,627.25. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 7 points, or 3.12 points below fair value, to 15,055. Futures for the Nasdaq were down 6.5 points, or 6.94 points below fair value, to 2,955.25.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that weekly initial jobless claims dropped by 4,000 to 323,000 in the week ended May 4 from an upwardly-revised 327,000 the prior week. The four-week moving average on initial claims was 336,750, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week's 343,000.
Continuing claims fell 27,000 to 3.005 million in the week ended April 27 from an upwardly-revised 3.032 million the preceding week.
Economists, on average, were expecting initial claims of 335,000 and continuing claims of 3.02 million.
At 10 a.m. EDT, the Census Bureau is predicted to say that wholesale inventories rose 0.3% in March after declining 0.3% in February.
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Revenue in the quarter rose 14% to $1 billion.
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The Knicks will never be close to contending for an NBA Championship as long as James Dolan is the owner of the team.
He does not have a basketball mind running his basketball team. If he just sits back and doesn't worry about big names and over hyped commodities, i.e. Mike D'Antoni, and let a real General Manager or President of Basketball Operations run this team and build a team the way it should be built we will never be good.
Dolan is running this franchise into the ground while making a fortune off of them. We have a great foundation in Anthony, Stoudemire, Chandler and Shumpert and all we need to do is fill in this team with legit role players and a coach who can make it work. It doesn't have to be Phil Jackson, it can be an unknown coach who has a great track record as an assistant. Scott Brooks, Tom Thibodeu guys like that should be given a chance.
Dolan is all about the headlines but all we do is make a big splash in the off season and get **** on all year long by the media because as long as Dolan's bank account is increasing per game he's fine.
I really think fans who attend games should begin to boycott games and not tune into MSG to watch games. Send this muthafcuker a message that this isn't what we want.
Dolan should really sell this team, unlikely as it may be I really hope he just wakes up one day and decides he doesn't want a part of this. I want the media to harass him every waking moment of his life til he folds and just puts the team up for sale. Donald Trump will jump at the opportunity to buy the Knicks, hell even if the team was publicly owned like the Green Bay Packers it'd be even better.
James Dolan is a plague and is making me hate watching basketball. I watch every other team and see what we should be. He's a horrible owner, hired a horrible coach, made a horrible decision by not keeping our best GM ever and will continue to be horrible until the day he dies
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"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
Kurt Vonnegut
Carmelo Anthony
Tyson Chandler
are the 2 guys we essential got because of the trade
Iman Shumpert
Josh Harrellson
we our 2 draft picks which fit great with STAT, CA7 and TC6
So essentially
Anthony, Chandler, Shumpert and Harrellson>>>>Gallinari, Chandler, Mozgov and Felton
D'Antoni cant adjust to personnel and James Dolan only hired him because of name value. What coach cant adjust his "system" to his current players.
Blame Melo all you want, he's our best player and was well worth the trade
This is about sentiment and sentiment only. Two of the players involved in the trade are no longer with Denver, and Denver hasn't skipped a beat. I'm inclined to look at the coach and give him the nod for their success.
Denver was always at the top of the NBA in points in the paint, and free throws. It's George Karl's preferred style of basketball.
I guess before the trade we were at least 2 games above .500? Is that what you're saying?
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
We are 21-30 after the trade. So technically he's right. We were better. You are what your record says you are.
I swear I would sell my soul if it meant Dolan would sell this team. No joke.
@ClydeFacts "When one of his ladys asked clyde why he doesnt text he said if you dont get the message by now a phone aint gonna help." Except for Kate. Wobble Wobble!
It can all be summed up by the following:
Denver got better after the trade.
The Knicks got worse after the trade.
Denver got a few young players that are still improving (with Wilson Chandler to rejoin the team in March). So they are going to keep getting better just based on the player we gave them.
Denver still has our first round draft pick for 2014 to bring in another good player.
Only an idiot wouldn't admit that Denver killed us in that trade!
And that doesn't even mention that we could have just used Eddy Curry's cap space to add Chandler to that old squad (perhaps having to move Turiaf the way we did) and still had Randolph as a trade asset.
Dumbest trade in the history of the NBA! It was obvious before the trade, but that some people can't even admit it now when a dead man should be able to see it suggests that some people are in extreme denial and refuse to admit they were wrong.
Why doesn't Dolan look at signing Gilbert Arenas? We can't score and we're shooting 30 3's a game, why not get a proven 3 point shooter?
Talent isn't everything in the NBA, it needs to match. The old team + $18 mil in cap space is a hell of a lot better than what we're suck with now. We had a multitude of options to build a contender.
That was with a full off-season together, Chris Bosh as their #3, and having 2 of the best 3 players in the entire NBA, one of whom is as good a non-PG playmaker as this game has ever seen.
Lebron himself took a team of the scrubs to the NBA finals and contended year in year out.
He was then paired up with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh....and they struggled and looked *worse* as a team than Lebron + that Cavs squad for quite some time.
People kept saying we should have waited til the off season for Melo but what you forget is Wilson Chandler's rights would have been renounced. Some of you guys dont know **** about how the cap works and just throw numbers out of your ass.
Without Melo there's no Tyson.......so if you want the old team back go to Denver and cheer for them. If not shut the fcuk up about Melo and watch when we get a coach who can coach talented players and not depend on a bunch of guys running and shooting jumpers all day. If you think Melo is a bigger problem than D'Antoni then your as big of an idiot as he is


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Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2013
Microfluidic systems have shown unequivocal performance improvements over conventional bench-top assays across a range of performance metrics. For example, specific advances have been made in reagent consumption, throughput, integration of multiple assay steps, assay automation, and multiplexing capability. For heterogeneous systems, controlled immobilization of reactants is essential for reliable, sensitive detection of analytes. In most cases, protein immobilization densities are maximized, while native activity and conformation are maintained. Immobilization methods and chemistries vary significantly depending on immobilization surface, protein properties, and specific assay goals. In this review, we present trade-offs considerations for common immobilization surface materials. We overview immobilization methods and chemistries, and discuss studies exemplar of key approaches—here with a specific emphasis on immunoassays and enzymatic reactors. Recent "smart immobilization" methods including the use of light, electrochemical, thermal, and chemical stimuli to attach and detach proteins on demand with precise spatial control are highlighted. Spatially encoded protein immobilization using DNA hybridization for multiplexed assays and reversible protein immobilization surfaces for repeatable assay are introduced as immobilization methods. We also describe multifunctional surface coatings that can perform tasks that were, until recently, relegated to multiple functional coatings. We consider the microfluidics literature from 1997 to present and close with a perspective on future approaches to protein immobilization.
Micro- and nanofluidic technologies for epigenetic profiling7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816835View Description Hide Description
This short review provides an overview of the impact micro- and nanotechnologies can make in studying epigenetic structures. The importance of mapping histone modifications on chromatin prompts us to highlight the complexities and challenges associated with histone mapping, as compared to DNA sequencing. First, the histone code comprised over 30 variations, compared to 4 nucleotides for DNA. Second, whereas DNA can be amplified using polymerase chain reaction, chromatin cannot be amplified, creating challenges in obtaining sufficient material for analysis. Third, while every person has only a single genome, there exist multiple epigenomes in cells of different types and origins. Finally, we summarize existing technologies for performing these types of analyses. Although there are still relatively few examples of micro- and nanofluidic technologies for chromatin analysis, the unique advantages of using such technologies to address inherent challenges in epigenetic studies, such as limited sample material, complex readouts, and the need for high-content screens, make this an area of significant growth and opportunity.
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Protein immobilization techniques for microfluidic assays7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816934View Description Hide Description
Microfluidic systems have shown unequivocal performance improvements over conventional bench-top assays across a range of performance metrics. For example, specific advances have been made in reagent consumption, throughput, integration of multiple assay steps, assay automation, and multiplexing capability. For heterogeneous systems, controlled immobilization of reactants is essential for reliable, sensitive detection of analytes. In most cases, protein immobilization densities are maximized, while native activity and conformation are maintained. Immobilization methods and chemistries vary significantly depending on immobilization surface, protein properties, and specific assay goals. In this review, we present trade-offs considerations for common immobilization surface materials. We overview immobilization methods and chemistries, and discuss studies exemplar of key approaches—here with a specific emphasis on immunoassays and enzymatic reactors. Recent "smart immobilization" methods including the use of light, electrochemical, thermal, and chemical stimuli to attach and detach proteins on demand with precise spatial control are highlighted. Spatially encoded protein immobilization using DNA hybridization for multiplexed assays and reversible protein immobilization surfaces for repeatable assay are introduced as immobilization methods. We also describe multifunctional surface coatings that can perform tasks that were, until recently, relegated to multiple functional coatings. We consider the microfluidics literature from 1997 to present and close with a perspective on future approaches to protein immobilization.
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Microarray of non-connected gold pads used as high density electric traps for parallelized pairing and fusion of cells7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4813062View Description Hide Description
Cell fusion consists of inducing the formation of a hybridoma cell containing the genetic properties of the progenitor cells. Such an operation is usually performed chemically or electrically. The latter method, named electrofusion, is considered as having a strong potential, due to its efficiency and non-toxicity, but deserves further investigations prior to being applicable for key applications like antibody production and cancer immunotherapy. Indeed, to envision such applications, a high amount of hybrid cells is needed. In this context, we present in this paper a device for massive cell pairing and electrofusion, using a microarray of non-connected conductive pads. The electrofusion chamber––or channel––exposes cells to an inhomogeneous electric field, caused by the pads array, enabling the trapping and pairing of cells with dielectrophoresis (DEP) forces prior to electrofusion. Compared to a mechanical trapping, such electric trapping is fully reversible (on/off handling). The DEP force is contactless and thus eases the release of the produced hybridoma. Moreover, the absence of wire connections on the pads permits the high density trapping and electrofusion of cells. In this paper, the electric field mapping, the effect of metallic pads thickness, and the transmembrane potential of cells are studied based on a numerical model to optimize the device. Electric calculations and experiments were conducted to evaluate the trapping force. The structure was finally validated for cell pairing and electrofusion of arrays of cells. We believe that our approach of fully electric trapping with a simple structure is a promising method for massive production of electrofused hybridoma.
Sample preconcentration inside sessile droplets using electrowetting7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4815931View Description Hide Description
Electrowetting with alternate voltage (AC) creates azimuthal flow vortices inside sessile droplets. These flow vortices can be controlled by introducing pinning sites at the contact line. When the frequency of the applied AC voltage is gradually ramped from a few hundreds of hertz to a few tens of kilohertz the azimuthal flow vortices contract and move towards the contact line near the pinning site. Dispersed particles in the liquid are collected in the center of these vortices leading to an increase in the local particle concentration by up to more than one order of magnitude. We provide a qualitative explanation for symmetry of the flow patterns within the drops and discuss possible scenarios explaining the particle collection and preconcentration.
Isotachophoresis with emulsions7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816347View Description Hide Description
An experimental study on isotachophoresis (ITP) in which an emulsion is used as leading electrolyte (LE) is reported. The study aims at giving an overview about the transport and flow phenomena occurring in that context. Generally, it is observed that the oil droplets initially dispersed in the LE are collected at the ITP transition zone and advected along with it. The detailed behavior at the transition zone depends on whether or not surfactants (polyvinylpyrrolidon, PVP) are added to the electrolytes. In a system without surfactants, coalescence is observed between the droplets collected at the ITP transition zone. After having achieved a certain size, the droplets merge with the channel walls, leaving an oil film behind. In systems with PVP, coalescence is largely suppressed and no merging of droplets with the channel walls is observed. Instead, at the ITP transition zone, a droplet agglomerate of increasing size is formed. In the initial stages of the ITP experiments, two counter rotating vortices are formed inside the terminating electrolyte. The vortex formation is qualitatively explained based on a hydrodynamic instability triggered by fluctuations of the number density of oil droplets.
Coplanar electrowetting-induced stirring as a tool to manipulate biological samples in lubricated digital microfluidics. Impact of ambient phase on drop internal flow patterna)7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817006View Description Hide Description
Oscillating electrowetting on dielectrics(EWOD) with coplanar electrodes is investigated in this paper as a way to provide efficient stirring within a drop with biological content. A supporting model inspired from Ko et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 194102 (2009)] is proposed allowing to interpret oscillating EWOD-induced drop internal flow as the result of a current streaming along the dropsurface deformed by capillary waves. Current streaming behaves essentially as a surfaceflow generator and the momentum it sustains within the (viscous)drop is even more significant as the surface to volume ratio is small. With the circular electrode pair considered in this paper, oscillating EWOD sustains toroidal vortical flows when the experiments are conducted with aqueous drops in air as ambient phase. But when oil is used as ambient phase, it is demonstrated that the presence of an electrode gap is responsible for a change in drop shape: a pinch-off at the electrode gap yields a peanut-shaped drop and a symmetry break-up of the EWOD-induced flow pattern. Viscosity of oil is also responsible for promoting an efficient damping of the capillary waves which populate the surface of the actuated drop. As a result, the capillary network switches from one standing wave to two superimposed traveling waves of different mechanical energy, provided that actuation frequency is large enough, for instance, as large as the one commonly used in electrowetting applications (f ∼ 500 Hz and beyond). Special emphasis is put on stirring of biological samples. As a typical application, it is demonstrated how beads or cell clusters can be focused under flow either at mid-height of the drop or near the wetting plane, depending on how the nature of the capillary waves is (standing or traveling), and therefore, depending on the actuation frequency (150 Hz–1 KHz).
Microfluidic trapping of giant unilamellar vesicles to study transport through a membrane pore7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816712View Description Hide Description
We present a microfluidic platform able to trap single GUVs in parallel. GUVs are used as model membranes across many fields of biophysics including lipid rafts, membrane fusion, and nanotubes. While their creation is relatively facile, handling and addressing single vesicles remains challenging. The PDMS microchip used herein contains 60 chambers, each with posts able to passively capture single GUVs without compromising their integrity. The design allows for circular valves to be lowered from the channel ceiling to isolate the vesicles from rest of the channel network. GUVs containing calcein were trapped and by rapidly opening the valves, the membrane pore protein α-hemolysin (αHL) was introduced to the membrane. Confocal microscopy revealed the kinetics of the small molecule efflux for different protein concentrations. This microfluidic approach greatly improves the number of experiments possible and can be applied to a wide range of biophysical applications.
Label-free viscosity measurement of complex fluids using reversal flow switching manipulation in a microfluidic channel7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816713View Description Hide Description
The accurate viscosity measurement of complex fluids is essential for characterizing fluidic behaviors in blood vessels and in microfluidic channels of lab-on-a-chip devices. A microfluidic platform that accurately identifies biophysical properties of blood can be used as a promising tool for the early detections of cardiovascular and microcirculation diseases. In this study, a flow-switching phenomenon depending on hydrodynamic balancing in a microfluidic channel was adopted to conduct viscosity measurement of complex fluids with label-free operation. A microfluidic device for demonstrating this proposed method was designed to have two inlets for supplying the test and reference fluids, two side channels in parallel, and a junction channel connected to the midpoint of the two side channels. According to this proposed method, viscosities of various fluids with different phases (aqueous, oil, and blood) in relation to that of reference fluid were accurately determined by measuring the switching flow-rate ratio between the test and reference fluids, when a reverse flow of the test or reference fluid occurs in the junction channel. An analytical viscosity formula was derived to measure the viscosity of a test fluid in relation to that of the corresponding reference fluid using a discrete circuit model for the microfluidic device. The experimental analysis for evaluating the effects of various parameters on the performance of the proposed method revealed that the fluidic resistance ratio ( R J L / R L , fluidic resistance in the junction channel ( R J L ) to fluidic resistance in the side channel ( R L )) strongly affects the measurement accuracy. The microfluidic device with smaller R J L / R L values is helpful to measure accurately the viscosity of the test fluid. The proposed method accurately measured the viscosities of various fluids, including single-phase (Glycerin and plasma) and oil-water phase (oil vs. deionized water) fluids, compared with conventional methods. The proposed method was also successfully applied to measure viscosities of blood with varying hematocrits, chemically fixed RBCS, and channel sizes. Based on these experimental results, the proposed method can be effectively used to measure the viscosities of various fluids easily, without any fluorescent labeling and tedious calibration procedures.
Microfluidic platform for isolating nucleic acid targets using sequence specific hybridization7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816943View Description Hide Description
The separation of target nucleic acid sequences from biological samples has emerged as a significant process in today's diagnostics and detection strategies. In addition to the possible clinical applications, the fundamental understanding of target and sequence specific hybridization on surface modified magnetic beads is of high value. In this paper, we describe a novel microfluidic platform that utilizes a mobile magnetic field in static microfluidic channels, where single stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecules are isolated via nucleic acid hybridization. We first established efficient isolation of biotinylated capture probe (BP) using streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. Subsequently, we investigated the hybridization of target ssDNA with BP bound to beads and explained these hybridization kinetics using a dual-species kinetic model. The number of hybridized target ssDNA molecules was determined to be about 6.5 times less than that of BP on the bead surface, due to steric hindrance effects. The hybridization of target ssDNA with non-complementary BP bound to bead was also examined, and non-specific hybridization was found to be insignificant. Finally, we demonstrated highly efficient capture and isolation of target ssDNA in the presence of non-target ssDNA, where as low as 1% target ssDNA can be detected from mixture. The microfluidic method described in this paper is significantly relevant and is broadly applicable, especially towards point-of-care biological diagnostic platforms that require binding and separation of known target biomolecules, such as RNA, ssDNA, or protein.
Extensional flow of hyaluronic acid solutions in an optimized microfluidic cross-slot devicea)7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816708View Description Hide Description
We utilize a recently developed microfluidic device, the Optimized Shape Cross-slot Extensional Rheometer (OSCER), to study the elongational flow behavior and rheological properties of hyaluronic acid (HA) solutions representative of the synovial fluid (SF) found in the knee joint. The OSCER geometry is a stagnation point device that imposes a planar extensional flow with a homogenous extension rate over a significant length of the inlet and outlet channel axes. Due to the compressive nature of the flow generated along the inlet channels, and the planar elongational flow along the outlet channels, the flow field in the OSCER device can also be considered as representative of the flow field that arises between compressing articular cartilage layers of the knee joints during running or jumping movements. Full-field birefringence microscopy measurements demonstrate a high degree of localized macromolecular orientation along streamlines passing close to the stagnation point of the OSCER device, while micro-particle image velocimetry is used to quantify the flow kinematics. The stress-optical rule is used to assess the local extensional viscosity in the elongating fluid elements as a function of the measured deformation rate. The large limiting values of the dimensionless Trouton ratio, Tr ∼ O(50), demonstrate that these fluids are highly extensional-thickening, providing a clear mechanism for the load-dampening properties of SF. The results also indicate the potential for utilizing the OSCER in screening of physiological SF samples, which will lead to improved understanding of, and therapies for, disease progression in arthritis sufferers.
Poly(vinyl alcohol)-heparin biosynthetic microspheres produced by microfluidics and ultraviolet photopolymerisation7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816714View Description Hide Description
Biosynthetic microspheres have the potential to address some of the limitations in cell microencapsulation; however, the generation of biosynthetic hydrogel microspheres has not been investigated or applied to cell encapsulation. Droplet microfluidics has the potential to produce more uniform microspheres under conditions compatible with cell encapsulation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand the effect of process parameters on biosynthetic microsphere formation, size, and morphology with a co-flow microfluidic method. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), a synthetic hydrogel and heparin, a glycosaminoglycan were chosen as the hydrogels for this study. A capillary-based microfluidic droplet generation device was used, and by varying the flow rates of both the polymer and oil phases, the viscosity of the continuous oil phase, and the interfacial surface tension, monodisperse spheres were produced from ∼200 to 800 μm. The size and morphology were unaffected by the addition of heparin. The modulus of spheres was 397 and 335 kPa for PVA and PVA/heparin, respectively, and this was not different from the bulk gel modulus (312 and 365 for PVA and PVA/heparin, respectively). Mammalian cells encapsulated in the spheres had over 90% viability after 24 h in both PVA and PVA/heparin microspheres. After 28 days, viability was still over 90% for PVA-heparin spheres and was significantly higher than in PVA only spheres. The use of biosynthetic hydrogels with microfluidic and UV polymerisation methods offers an improved approach to long-term cell encapsulation.
Selective dynamic concentration of peptides at poles of cation-selective nanoporous granules7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817492View Description Hide Description
The authors exposed a non-equilibrium dynamic counterion and coion analyte concentration to an AC electric field to selectively concentrate peptides at the poles of a cation-selective granule. The counterion polarization results from the focusing of the electric field show a discontinuous drop in the intra-granule counterion electromigration flux at the pole. The coion concentration polarization is due to the combined external convective and electromigration fluxes toward the pole that neutralize the accumulating counterions. Because the electromigration mobility of the peptide anion analyte depends on the pH, the authors determined a 20 000-fold high concentration factor for a near-neutral pH of 6.0 to 7.7. Because the peptide is protonated at the acidic pole and its absolute charge ranges from −0.3 to −1.9, the concentration factor scales exponentially with the absolute charge, thus allowing extremely selective concentrations of various peptides, which is demonstrated by fluorescein isothiocyanate tagged angiotensin I (pI ∼ 5.8) and Texas red tagged avidin (pI ∼ 10.5). This dynamic concentration effect can substantially enhance the sensitivity of bio-assays.
Field tested milliliter-scale blood filtration device for point-of-care applications7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817792View Description Hide Description
In this paper, we present a low cost and equipment-free blood filtration device capable of producing plasma from blood samples with mL-scale capacity and demonstrate its clinical application for hepatitis B diagnosis. We report the results of in-field testing of the device with 0.8–1 ml of undiluted, anticoagulated human whole blood samples from patients at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. Blood cell counts demonstrate that the device is capable of filtering out 99.9% of red and 96.9% of white blood cells, and the plasma collected from the device contains lower red blood cell counts than plasma obtained from a centrifuge. Biochemistry and immunology testing establish the suitability of the device as a sample preparation unit for testing alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), urea, hepatitis B "e" antigen (HBeAg), hepatitis B "e" antibody (HBe Ab), and hepatitis B surface antibody (HBs Ab). The device provides a simple and practical front-end sample processing method for point-of-care microfluidic diagnostics, enabling sufficient volumes for multiplexed downstream tests.
Adding reagent to droplets with controlled rupture of encapsulated double emulsions7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817793View Description Hide Description
We present a method to add reagent to microfluidic droplets by enveloping them as a double emulsions in reagent-filled droplets and then rupturing them with an electric field. When the double emulsions rupture, they release their contents into the enveloping droplets, ensuring mixing with reagent while limiting cross-droplet contamination.
Effects of non-Newtonian power law rheology on mass transport of a neutral solute for electro-osmotic flow in a porous microtube7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817770View Description Hide Description
Mass transport of a neutral solute for a power law fluid in a porous microtube under electro-osmotic flow regime is characterized in this study. Combined electro-osmotic and pressure driven flow is conducted herein. An analytical solution of concentration profile within mass transfer boundary layer is derived from the first principle. The solute transport through the porous wall is also coupled with the electro-osmotic flow to predict the solute concentration in the permeate stream. The effects of non-Newtonian rheology and the operating conditions on the permeation rate and permeate solute concentration are analyzed in detail. Both cases of assisting (electro-osmotic and poiseulle flow are in same direction) and opposing flow (the individual flows are in opposite direction) cases are taken care of. Enhancement of Sherwood due to electro-osmotic flow for a non-porous conduit is also quantified. Effects if non-Newtonian rheology on Sherwood number enhancement are observed.
Label-free electronic probing of nucleic acids and proteins at the nanoscale using the nanoneedle biosensor7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817771View Description Hide Description
Detection of proteins and nucleic acids is dominantly performed using optical fluorescence based techniques, which are more costly and timely than electrical detection due to the need for expensive and bulky optical equipment and the process of fluorescent tagging. In this paper, we discuss our study of the electrical properties of nucleic acids and proteins at the nanoscale using a nanoelectronic probe we have developed, which we refer to as the Nanoneedle biosensor. The nanoneedle consists of four thin film layers: a conductive layer at the bottom acting as an electrode, an oxide layer on top, and another conductive layer on top of that, with a protective oxide above. The presence of proteins and nucleic acids near the tip results in a decrease in impedance across the sensing electrodes. There are three basic mechanisms behind the electrical response of DNA and protein molecules in solution under an applied alternating electrical field. The first change stems from modulation of the relative permittivity at the interface. The second mechanism is the formation and relaxation of the induced dipole moment. The third mechanism is the tunneling of electrons through the biomolecules. The results presented in this paper can be extended to develop low cost point-of-care diagnostic assays for the clinical setting.
Simulation of malaria-infected red blood cells in microfluidic channels: Passage and blockage7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817959View Description Hide Description
Malaria-infected red blood cells (iRBCs) become less deformable with the progression of infection and tend to occlude microcapillaries. This process has been investigated in vitro using microfluidic channels. The objective of this paper is to provide a quantitative basis for interpreting the experimental observations of iRBC occlusion of microfluidic channels. Using a particle-based model for the iRBC, we simulate the traverse of iRBCs through a converging microfluidic channel and explore the progressive loss of cell deformability due to three factors: the stiffening of the membrane, the reduction of the cell's surface-volume ratio, and the growing solid parasites inside the cell. When examined individually, each factor tends to hinder the passage of the iRBC and lengthen the transit time. Moreover, at sufficient magnitude, each may lead to obstruction of narrow microfluidic channels. We then integrate the three factors into a series of simulations that mimic the development of malaria infection through the ring, trophozoite, and schizont stages. These simulations successfully reproduce the experimental observation that with progression of infection, the iRBC transitions from passage to blockage in larger and larger channels. The numerical results suggest a scheme for quantifying iRBC rigidification through microfluidic measurements of the critical pressure required for passage.
High-throughput inertial particle focusing in a curved microchannel: Insights into the flow-rate regulation mechanism and process model7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4818445View Description Hide Description
In this work, we design and fabricate a miniaturized spiral-shaped microchannel device which can be used for high-throughput particle/cell ordering, enrichment, and purification. To probe into the flow rate regulation mechanism, an experimental investigation is carried out on the focusing behaviors of particles with significantly different sizes in this device. A complete picture of the focusing position shifting process is unfolded to clarify the confusing results obtained from flow regimes with different dominant forces in past research. Specifically, with the increase of the flow rate, particles are observed to first move towards the inner wall under the dominant inertial migration, then stabilize at a specific position and finally shift away from the inner wall due to the alternation of the dominant force. Novel phenomena of focusing instability, co-focusing, and focusing position interchange of differently sized particles are also observed and investigated. Based on the obtained experimental data, we develop and validate, for the first time, a five-stage model of the particle focusing process with increasing flow rate for interpreting particle behaviors in terms of the competition between inertial lift and Dean drag forces. These new experimental findings and the proposed process model provide an important supplement to the existing mechanism of inertial particle flow and enable more flexible and precise particle manipulation. Additionally, we examine the focusing behaviors of bioparticles with a polydisperse size distribution to validate the explored mechanisms and thus help realize efficient enrichment and purification of these particles.
Fabrication of uniform multi-compartment particles using microfludic electrospray technology for cell co-culture studies7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817769View Description Hide Description
In this work, we demonstrate a robust and reliable approach to fabricate multi-compartment particles for cell co-culture studies. By taking advantage of the laminar flow within our microfluidic nozzle, multiple parallel streams of liquids flow towards the nozzle without significant mixing. Afterwards, the multiple parallel streams merge into a single stream, which is sprayed into air, forming monodisperse droplets under an electric field with a high field strength. The resultant multi-compartment droplets are subsequently cross-linked in a calcium chloride solution to form calcium alginate micro-particles with multiple compartments. Each compartment of the particles can be used for encapsulating different types of cells or biological cell factors. These hydrogel particles with cross-linked alginate chains show similarity in the physical and mechanical environment as the extracellular matrix of biological cells. Thus, the multi-compartment particles provide a promising platform for cell studies and co-culture of different cells. In our study, cells are encapsulated in the multi-compartment particles and the viability of cells is quantified using a fluorescence microscope after the cells are stained for a live/dead assay. The high cell viability after encapsulation indicates the cytocompatibility and feasibility of our technique. Our multi-compartment particles have great potential as a platform for studying cell-cell interactions as well as interactions of cells with extracellular factors.
Microfluidic rectifier based on poly(dimethylsiloxane) membrane and its application to a micropump7(2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4818905View Description Hide Description
A microfluidic rectifier incorporating an obstructed microchannel and a PDMS membrane is proposed. During forward flow, the membrane deflects in the upward direction; thereby allowing the fluid to pass over the obstacle. Conversely, during reverse flow, the membrane seals against the obstacle, thereby closing the channel and preventing flow. It is shown that the proposed device can operate over a wide pressure range by increasing or decreasing the membrane thickness as required. A microfluidic pump is realized by integrating the rectifier with a simple stepper motor mechanism. The experimental results show that the pump can achieve a vertical left height of more than 2 m. Moreover, it is shown that a maximum flow rate of 6.3 ml/min can be obtained given a membrane thickness of 200 μm and a motor velocity of 80 rpm. In other words, the proposed microfluidic rectifier not only provides an effective means of preventing reverse flow but also permits the realization of a highly efficient microfluidic pump.


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#128457 - 05/12/04 07:34 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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If I understand FF correctly, intellect is the ability to calculate the effect of water running into a bath-tub at one rate and out at another; intelligence is the mind-power to reason that this is a waste of water; Common (or Good, if you really must) Sense tells you to put the plug in.
(Actually, I do have some sympathy with FF's dislike of Common Sense. As wseiber suggests, it isn't really so very common and, when it does occur, it isn't always sense. Common sense told many good people, for many centuries, that the earth is flat.
#128458 - 05/12/04 07:37 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Someone defined common sense as the set of prejudices one has developed by age twelve.
#128459 - 05/12/04 08:06 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Military/espionage meanings are specialized and like any specialized meanings, they don't have to correspond to everyday meanings, or even to scientific ones. I'm guessing intelligence comes in some kind of "level."
I've heard the term "raw" intelligence, for example. Perhaps these are little bits and pieces that are acquired through disparate means. I can imagine that the great bulk of this unprocessed intelligence must be almost useless.
There could be various levels of processing of this intelligence. Ideally, you want a clear picture of what someone else is doing and thinking. This raw intelligence is a bunch of pieces of a jigsaw puzzle - except in a jigsaw puzzle, you know what you're trying to piece together. But intelligence services can only postulate what the picture looks like and then see how closely they can get the pieces they have to fit into something that looks like that. The raw information must be very spotty. I doubt the situation today is much like the situation just prior to World War II, when the Brits were intercepting Japanese diplomatic messages and we knew practically everything they were doing and thinking.
But it must be worse than this; that is, it's worse than just that some key pieces are missing - the person whose activities you are attempting to discern knows you are doing this and puts out false pieces. Also, the other people whom you rely on for intelligence put out false clues. And very possibly one's colleagues put out false clues.
You take what you have. You try to make little pictures from it. That's one level of processing. Then you try to fit the little pictures into successively bigger pictures. But all of this must be flavored by what you think the end picture already looks like. (I say "must," but that's only a guess.)
Anyway, I'm not sure of the relationship between the uses of the word intelligence in espionage vs mental capacity.
#128460 - 05/13/04 05:20 PM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Ferreting their worth in waste, I Googled for "wasted intelligence" and "wasted intellect". The count is 127 and 37 respectively. Much of the "wasted intelligence" phrase is properly used and gives an indication of intelligence present but not applied/improperly applied whereas much of wasted intellect looks like a misfit, and in most cases the writers' attempt is to express wasted application of intellect rather than the intellect itself. In brief, it's very difficult to think of how intellect can be wasted the way intelligence can be. Therefore intellect = intelligence + wisdom
#128461 - 05/13/04 07:21 PM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Hmm, your wasted intelligence post reminded me of a very common expression here in Canada...brain drain.
Education in Canada is relatively inexpensive so many people get a higher education. Salaries for the "in demand" jobs requiring higher education are much lower in Canada than those in the U.S. and Europe so we experience a lot of brain drain as our graduates emigrate to get higher paying jobs.
#128462 - 05/13/04 07:29 PM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Loc: Te Ika a Maui
brain drain
Also common here in Zild, although a former PM once said that NZers who emigrate to Australia raise the average IQ of both countries._________________________
noho ora mai
#128463 - 05/13/04 07:46 PM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Loc: lower upstate New York
There's a plumbing company here called the Drain Brain, she offered helpfully.
#128464 - 05/14/04 09:08 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Trust you USns to get things back to front ...
#128465 - 05/14/04 09:31 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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my DD is 2 months 4 weeks today -- i returned to work 2 weeks ago and i am having problems sticking to a regular pumping schedule, the reason for this is- i do troubleshooting issues at work and can go 5-6 hours without pumping, but when i pump i get at least 12oz combined. I would like to continue feeding LO EM but i am scared that i could be sabotaging my supply with the schedule i have and not keeping up with a regular pumping schedule.
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U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi sentenced Young Mo Sung, 46, to 31 months in prison Friday for passport fraud and structuring transactions to
evade reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Service.
Sung pleaded guilty to the two offenses on November 9, 2012. Under federal law, a Currency Transaction Report must be filed by a financial institution with the IRS in regard to any currency transaction over $10,000.
It is illegal to structure transactions with financial institutions in order to avoid this filing requirement.
Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said that, according to documents filed in connection with the case, Sung had structured approximately 254 transactions totaling $1,538,385 with domestic financial institutions through multiple bank accounts he had opened using passports under fraudulent identities to move currency he received from females employed at bars and/or clubs in Honolulu and Los Angeles.
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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
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#14 Being the best kind of Asian
15 comments:
- sara said...
Puhaha...the Pusan discrmination is notorious.
- May 12, 2008 at 11:13 AM
well not true.
jok bal /dda nom/ bbal gang ee are very very deregatory terms and my mom has never used those terms . but i have used those terms LOL i am very racist.
my mom is racist and she does not like chinese nor japanese or blacks/hispanics but she does not call them names... at all.
But i do LOL!!! and she hates me doing that LOL
- July 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM
pusan ppl are usually good people in my opinion. my parents told me that jeon-la-do people are dishonest and liars and stupid people LOL
they are very prejudiced i know LOL !!!
and yes korea is shaped as a tiger..its in the history. and its true
- July 21, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- spicybeefjerky said...
the only one i've ever heard my mom use was "ggam doongi"... "ddae-nohm" is a good one tho, must remember that for future reference.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Yup, my korean mil is probably the most racist person I have ever encountered. In her opinion, koreans are the most superior ppl in the world.
- July 29, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Doesn't bbal-gang-ee just mean communist?
- August 6, 2008 at 1:51 AM
- Sue said...
They will also often say, "Korea is not shaped like a rabbit, it's a tiger". When I try to look for the tiger, it's like the magic eye trick painting...I just can't see it.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:27 PM
haha seriously what is up with the tension between gyeong sang do and jeon la do?
they dislike each other so much
- September 5, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Korea DOES look like a rabbit.
I never noticed that before hahaha
Yeah, I'm pretty sure all Asians are racist to some extent. Although, I've never heard my [Chinese] parents use any actual derogatory names... probably because Chinese people are generally not creative enough to come up with them ahaha
- September 16, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Hmmm, I had to experience #15 combined with #14 when I married a Vietnamese girl.
And people from Pusan really are liars, that's not a stereotype.
- November 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM
what does jok bahl or dae nohm mean?
- August 22, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Dori Dori! said...
wtf ? pusan people are liars ? it's common conception that pusan people are the most honest and hospitable.
the liars are apparently from Jeolla provinces.
my parents are HUGELY RACIST AGAINST PEOPLE FROM JEOLLA region (we are kyongsang). they will not do business if they are from Jeolla region.
the racist mentality is very true in Koreans.
- November 11, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Dori Dori! said...
this WEST and EAST hatred in Korea spans back to Silla and Baekjae Kingdom era.
Silla( now kyongsang) wiped out Baekjae (now Jeolla).
Only 1 Korean president was from Jeolla, and he is one of the most hated presidents.
Most Korean political elite are from Kyong sang. Presidents are always usually from Kyong sang. Therefore, Kyong sang region saw extra economic benefits (evident when you compare cities in Kyongsang like Pusan, ulsan, to cities in Jeolla, which looks rural and ghetto).
don't hate the player
- November 11, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- 枯淡 said...
It always looks like a moose to me. XD
- December 29, 2010 at 2:50 AM
I decided to leave Seoul for good the day my director (female) came to me and demanded I fire a junior office manager because she was "too plain." This final straw occurred after years and years of outright racist, sexist and cruel treatment both on the job and in my off hours. How many times did I hear, All Pusan people are liars!" ???? Oh man. So glad to be in Cali.
- November 7, 2011 at 3:16 PM


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FIL Opening Night Has Distinctly Native Flair
by Clare Lochary | LaxMagazine.com | Twitter
|Team USA captain Lindsey Munday discusses the upcoming tournament from the opening ceremony.
The Iroquois gave the world lacrosse, a fact that was plainly evident in the opening ceremonies of the 2013 FIL Women's World Cup at the Civic Recreation Complex in Oshawa, Ont.
Six Nations dancers, singers and drummers performed at the event, which drew together lacrosse players, coaches, officials, administrators and fans from around the world for the 19-team tournament. The Haudenosaunee team did a traditional step dance in tune with the drummers, and later all 19 teams gathered together to celebrate the beginning of the world's premier lacrosse tournament.
While Six Nations influences dominated, the global nature of the event was apparent in several team's opening ceremony costumes. Players for Israel, a first-time FIL participant, donned their country's blue-and-white flag like capes, and the Hong Kong squad had a dragon marionette puppet as a mascot. The Austrian team wore dirndls and leiderhosen, while Team Japan donned short kimonos in bright blue.
FIL president Stan Cockerton, an Oshawa native and current resident, praised the Japanese team's motto when addressing the crowd, and encouraged all the tournament participants to embrace it.
"I love Japan's motto. Their motto is lacrosse makes friends," Cockerton said. "We're here to crown a champion, but I really encourage you to get to know people."
Canada, the home team, entered the stadium last, to a loud cheer from the crowd. The Canadians are hosting a senior women's FIL event for the first time in history, and have high hopes for improving upon their bronze medal finish at the 2009 games in Prague, Czech Republic.
The hosts will face stiff competition perennial powerhouses, though, like Australia and defending FIL champs, the U.S. Team USA will begin its title defense tomorrow at 8 p.m. local time in a game against England.
"It's awesome. It's really exciting. Tonight's a culmination of four years of hard work. We're really excited to open up play tomorrow," said U.S. attacker Linsdey Munday, a veteran of the 2009 team and the 2013 team captain. "We're playing the best lacrosse we can play.
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Midfielder Taylor D'Amore (Johns Hopkins) and defender Katie Hertsch (Hofstra) are the official travelling alternates for Team USA. They joined the 18-player squad in the opening ceremonies
Australian star attacker Jen Adams tore her right ACL during a team practice last week. She wore a large wrap around her knee and had a visible limp during the opening ceremonies
The Israel Lacrosse Association issued an announcement on Tuesday stating that they would not play on Shabbat, the Jewish holy day, between Friday July 19 and Sunday July 20. The FIL accommodated Team Israel's request for the round robin portion of the tournament, but warned that they would not alter the medal round schedule around Shabbat if Israel advanced that far.
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Brenda Gohmert, Goliad Middle School counselor, will be meeting with eigth-grade students and their parents the week of April 29 in regard to their schedules for high school. Gohmert will be sending letters home with date and time of meeting. She will be meeting with each student and their parents for about 15 minutes.
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Scientists at the University of Hawaii Manoa said Wednesday's quakes near Vanuatu that prompted tsunami alerts in the islands are not unusual.
The 7.8-magnitude quake formed a small tsunami in Vanuatu, but the waves measured only about 24 inches. Vanuatu is about 1,000 miles west of Samoa, which was devastated by an earthquake and tsunamis last week.
"Earthquakes happen around the Pacific on a regular basis. The magnitude 8 in Vanuatu today was just another in a long cycle and it's quite typical," said geologist Brian Taylor, of the UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.
What is atypical? Back to back earthquakes measuring 7.1 and larger, scientists said. While one earthquake can trigger another one close by, scientists said it is hard to connect these recent quakes.
"Far away we don't understand the connections," Taylor said. "So the fact that we've had three or four of these large earthquakes in the last 10 days is kind of statistical randomness."
With three tectonic plates converging, the edges of the Pacific are the most active seismic zones on the planet.
So, scientists said we should not be alarmed at the number of quakes in the region. However, they stress that we should be aware of which ones cause a tsunami.
Deep, small quakes do not move the sea floor.
"But if you have an earthquake near the sea floor such as today's earthquake in Vanuatu, which is from a seduction zone event that literally moves the sea floor, when it bounces back and releases that stretch, that's when you get a tsunami," Taylor said.
Geophysicists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said because Wednesday's quake was larger than 6.5 in magnitude they immediately sent out an advisory. It was later upgraded to a watch before they determined Hawaii was in the clear.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center scientists said they wanted to err on the side of caution rather than wait for more measurements.


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It's probably not what one might expect from what is essentially a "state of the union" video account for 2013. There are very dramatic developments accounted in the report—such a 319 percent spike in felony cases; 32 cases in 2012 that rose to 102 in 2013.
The chief's combination of crime statistics, dramatic video and distinguished verbal narratives includes Gyllenhaal's monologue in his role as Los Angeles police officer and former Marine Brian Taylor from the 2012 American Thriller drama "End Of Watch."
"I am the police, and I'm here to arrest you," the actor intones. "You've broken the law. I did not write the law. I may even disagree with the law, but I will enforce it.
"No matter how you plead, cajole, beg or attempt to stir my sympathies, nothing you do will stop me from placing you in a steel cage with gray bars.
"If you run away, I will chase you. If you fight me, I will fight back. If you shoot at me, I will shoot back.
"By law I am unable to walk away. I am a consequence. I am the unpaid bill. I am fate with a badge and a gun."
And so the mood is set for the annual report, which the chief shared with the city council last month. He also provided a copy of the video report to The Progress.
City Manager Sandra Martinez gives Chief Garcia and his department high marks for this presentation. She said she also is particularly proud of the way the chief and his officers made use of a $55,000 annual grant from Operation Border Star, the current incarnation of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's state-led border security operations. (Also covered in the chief's report.)
In 2013, the GWPD as part of Operation Border Star drove 19,139 miles as part of this effort, netting 36 arrests, 1,035 citations, 1,820 warnings, and 50 impoundings. Along the way, GW officers encountered nearly 190 undocumented immigrants, 27 of whom absconded.
"The department has gone above and beyond with Border Star," the city manager said. "And really, much of this is new because of the Eagle Ford Shale flux. There is so much traffic in and out of our city. Our department is doing the best possible job with the resources they have. And really, I feel the chief has taken the police department to another level in our small community—making sure all the local crimes are addressed."
Chief Garcia's report covers a lot of ground in a very short amount of time. For instance, it details how the department's School Resource Officer, GW Police Patrolman Michael Jefferson, worked a total of 1,408 cases in 2013.
Then, it quickly veers to other areas, such as the $4,610,113 in crime-related currency that was seized in 2013.
Drug seizures in George West in 2013, meanwhile, totaled $4,498,136 in street value. This includes the seizure of 1,058.95 pounds of hydroponic marijuana in addition to:
• 8.885 pounds of methamphetamine;
• 24.9 pounds of cocaine;
• 210 grams of heroin;
• 1.8 grams of methadone; and
• 1,000 tabs of Xanax.
While some numbered developments dramatically increased, others actually decreased in 2013. For example, calls to the police in 2013 totaled 3,494, down from 4,782 in 2012.
Additionally, courtesy car unlockings decreased from 304 in 2012 to 257 in 2013.
However, warnings issued by police in 2012 totaled 4,357, and that number increased to 7,225 in 2013.
Citations issued by police increased from 7,545 in 2012 to 8,039 in 2013.
Arrests increased as well, from 427 in 2012 to 457 in 2013.
Of the felony arrests, one particularly memorable incident involved the seizure of 833.75 pounds of marijuana on July 13, 2013. Nabbed by authorities was"Aka El Shadow," who was carrying the marijuana behind fake walls in a special horse trailer pulled by pickup truck.
Another interesting report tidbit: Inside the 12 miles that comprise George West, officers drove 85,783 miles in 2012 and 96,028 in 2013—an average of 263 miles a day. (The equivalent of an officer driving to Hillsboro every day.)
As the video presentation set to conclude, viewers were treated to the dulcet tones of the late great Paul Harvey outlining the ever-present mystique and conundrum of the American police officer:
"A policeman is a composite of what all men are – a mingling of saint and sinner, dust and deity …"
" … The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy and a gentleman.
"And, of course, he has to be a genius—for he has to feed a family on a policeman's salary."
Reporter Ben Tinsley can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 361-786-3022. Tinsley can also be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/BenTinsley or on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/ben.tinsley.12.