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> In order to give this treatment a thorough evaluation I feel it must
> be tested in different regions and in different apiaries. It must be
> tested side by side with control hives (non-treatment or other
> treatment hives). The method of setting up an apiary to test a
> treatment can be debated but a significant reduction in varroa must
> be shown between treatment and non-treatment hives in the same apiary.
> The bottom line, however, is that it doesn't matter. If a technique
> works, a theory for why it works is not necessary and can be
> generated at some later point.
Peter -
We all need to hear what you just said. The discussion we are having on
small cell size in relation to being an effective method for mite treatment
at the very least, is good. Everyone is expressing their own feeling about
the subject but many times I read remarks that show very little to no
reading of existing information on this topic has been done, even though
it's readily available for all on the web.
This technique of keeping bees on 4.9mm cells is working as the Lusby's are
living proof. You can debate why it's working but not the fact that "it" is
working and has been for quite a few years with their production growing
every year. I find it to be such a common practice among certain people on
this list to always want to find the fault with something or someone instead
of whatever good can be found. The FACT is that the Lusby's themselves state
right in the article that all can read, if only they would do it, I quote:
"This shows breeding is not all the solution. We figure comb is 1/3, diet is
1/3 and breeding is 1/3. Comb must be put in by half (5) to full boxes to
I get the feeling that most people think all you need to do is throw a bunch
of 4.9 foundation in their hives and the mites will disappear. No where in
all the info that is posted about the Lusby's work is a claim made that 4.9
cell size will rid a hive of mites, no where. Yet a lot of people are using
this assumption in their reasoning. Broad statements are made where finer
details need to be understood. The mites are still in their hives but at
extremely low levels. They also feel that by having their bees on a natural
size that has no chemical residues in the wax or honey, (go and read the
literature for their definition of natural) gives the bee a better standing
to deal with secondary diseases.
This same article shows that "a significant reduction in varroa must be
shown between treatment and non-treatment hives in the same apiary."
I quote from it:
"On 11 September Dr. Eric H. Erickson, the director of the Carl Hayden Bee
Research Facility in Tucson, Arizona, went with us to two bee locations, in
unisolated areas, to test for both tracheal mites and Varroa mites. Samples
taken in the center of the brood nest also contained drones where possible.
We choose unisolated locations because we wanted to show him, to beat the
problem, one must be able to accomplish business as normal in doing bee
management within the field. Please note that beekeepers around us have
severely lost bees, as we ourselves have, to both mites over the years. When
taken, several adjacent yards within 2 miles were being treated, crashing,
or being fed to keep them alive. Our bees were building; and at the Carmen
yard were very fast drawing new foundation."
Granted, this is not a "controlled" study, but enough there to warrant a
scientific research with further studies on small cell size. Let's start
putting our energy into soliciting Dadant to produce 4.9 foundation and our
scientists (logically this should be Dr Erickson) to pick up the research on
this again. As someone else wrote, let's put up or shut up. If both of these
contacts received sincere requests of those mentioned, I'll bet wheels would
turn. They won't if all they hear is silence. I challenge everyone to act.


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No, I do not mean the television show, Glee. What I am raising, instead, is the place of laughter, joy, humor in relation to our joint enterprise: liberal education. The topic is a paradoxically serious one. Must liberal education be ponderously serious? Must great books education be somber? I think not. Part of the reason I believe this is my experience of Shimer -- where the utmost seriousness is combined with a significant sense of humor. But there is more, much more, to why I raise the question, "Glee?"
Many years ago, I read a book by Peter Berger (someone whose social constructionist work is read in Shimer's great books curriculum and appears on many sociology syllabi across the United States and elsewhere), entitled The Heretical Imperative. In this 1979 book, Berger conjoins his (methodologically atheist) sociological hat with his (Lutheran) theological impulses (as he does in other work such as A Rumor of Angels). Among other things, Berger argues for a variety of laughter as a bit of insight into what reaches beyond the human enterprise and gestures toward the divine. (For a review symposium on The Heretical Imperative, click here.) That I can remember (or, perhaps misremember) this decades after reading the book in graduate school is part of why the question "Glee?" seems so important to me. (Truth in advertising: Berger did write a subsequent book entitled Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience (1997). I have not read it. Have you? Please share.)
Why else "Glee"? I have always loved Freud's book Jokes and their relation to the unconscious but that has absolutely nothing to do with why I am asking the question "Glee?" For those of you who know German well -- is it true, is the book funny? My German was never good enough to tell.
In any case, there is a serious reason why I am writing about laughter, humor, and related matters here, on this blog about higher education. And that is because I think one of the ends of education (note that I am not saying outcomes) is a meaningful life and meaningful work, both of which I also associate with humor. While I am not religious (or even spiritual, really), I am a scholar of religion. And, so I picked up a book recently which has contributed to my thinking about all this. The book? Between Heaven and Mirth by James Martin, S.J. (For more on him, click here.) As I read, I substituted the phrase "higher education" and then "liberal education" and then "Shimer College" for religion. Hmmm, I thought.
And, I noticed a whole array of "great book" types cited by Martin - from Aristotle to Aquinas, from Martin Luther to Martin Luther King (not to mention Macchiavelli). Dorothy Day and Teresa of Avilla appeared in their humorous forms.
While I am not writing about the comic, nor exactly about jokes, I am asking: must what higher education accomplishes be ponderous? I offer a hearty NO to that question. In my view, homo academicus (for a review of Bourdieu's book of this title, click here) and homo ludens are not opponents -- but friends -- unexpected allies even. (And, I am returning to jot here, that I wrote this before beginning our social reading of Utopia together. Duncombe's introduction raises related issues.)
Homo ludens? Yes even play is important. Huizinga's work of that title reminds us that man (and I presume woman) plays. Think Shimer (and education more broadly) -- think riddles and puzzles and the "magic" of knowing. (Or, for a revisiting of Huizinga's work click here. Or, for a discussion of hte playful and the serious, try here.)
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To be wasted beyond belief, to the point where you can chip your tooth in half due to stupidity without even realizing it.
He was so gonirudh last night that he hit himself in the face playing beerpong, dropped his pants, and chipped his tooth in half. He then proceeded to vomit all over his bed and pass out in it.
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TORRANCE, Calif., April 18, 2013 — "Toyota will stage the world debut of the redesigned 2014 4Runner mid-size SUV on Saturday, April 27 at 1:15 p.m. PDT at the 2013 Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif., near Palm Springs. The event marks the automaker's first-ever public reveal at a major music festival."TOYOTA USA: 2013 Stagecoach Country Music Festival Sets the Stage for 2014 Toyota 4Runner RevealI'm afraid for this vehicle, based on the headlight and the small tails. The grille looks like it has the massive Avalon lower grille... but it's been flipped/reversed. After the horrors of the new Tundra, Highlander and Rav4, I'm a bit scared for what Toyota will do for the 4Runner. Hopefully it will turn out nicely.
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Are they going to keep it a proper SUV or are they going to sell out and puss it up like Ford and Nissan did?
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Can't be any worse than the current one. The one out now looks worse than it's forerunner, which was awesome looking.
-Formerly ChaiLatte
Does anybody else see a Turbo Forester in those teases?
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if it is anything like the new highlander, it will be horrible
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At least the current 4runner is still body on frame (and can be had with a rear locker!) - lets hope the new one is too.If they brought the price down and kept it BOF, it's acceptable. Anything else... is not!
the JGC isnt BOF. I dont care if its unibody, as long as its still rwd/4wd and has some offroad chops
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jdlinder1:the JGC isnt BOF. I dont care if its unibody, as long as its still rwd/4wd and has some offroad chopsThe Grand Cherokee is the one vehicle that is unibody and can hold its own offroad. A exception to the rule lolPersonally I dont like unibody, and thats one of the reasons I like the 4runner still.We know however that the trend is: once something goes from BOF to Unibody its a street queen forever more...
Um, I kinda like the headlight and taillights. I see some f150 in the tails (not saying it as a bad thing, just that they seem to have similar shapes). Hopefully they'll keep it BOF. That'd make it cool and unique compared to the competition
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I'm scared :|the rear is going t look fine. but the front worries me D: 4 runner is one of the last remaining BOF SUVs...
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I like the 4Runner. Hopefully they can refine the interior to Avalon levels!
Headlights look decent, here's to hoping they don't bulge out.
Just make it look BETTER than the current vehicle which looks really bad. I just don't get how they *** it up so bad. I have hope for the front, but looks like back will be staying the same, not good.
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Not much to go on, but all this is going to be is a refresh. It'll essentially be the new lights, a reworked front fascia, and some improvements to the interior, probably.I like the lights pictured. Looks more aggressive than the current one. The one now looks like they tried to do a modern take on the 90's gen 4Runner. It just looks okay. The only one that looks good, imo, is the Trail Teams.I still like the 03-09 gen a lot more. It had the option of the 4.7 V8. This one would be much improved if they'd offer the Tundar's 4.6 in it.
<('.'< JIGGLY-PUFF (>' .')> :Does anybody else see a Turbo Forester in those teases?Yes! It looks exactly like the Turbo Forester. The tail lights look more like the ones on the Crosstrek.
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British actor Jim Broadbent talks to Scott Kara about his inside knowledge of dementia and why he's well qualified to play a man who's 'losing his marbles'
Jim Broadbent's latest role - a once-fearsome journalist who has succumbed to Alzheimer's - is what the British actor jokingly refers to as part of his "trilogy of dementia work".
His first and most famous role that dealt with the disease was in 2001 film Iris, where he played John Bayley, the devoted husband of novelist Iris Murdoch (played by Dame Judi Dench), who suffered from Alzheimer's.
He won an Oscar for it, and remembers the film fondly, and wonderful lines - because as you will see, Broadbent is big on good scripts - like Dench's: "There is only one freedom of any importance whatsoever, that of the mind."
"Oh, it's a wonderful line, isn't it?" he says on the phone from London. "And that's where we go when we really want to be free, isn't it?"
In 2011 he starred as Denis Thatcher, the dead husband of Margaret Thatcher (played by Meryl Streep) in The Iron Lady, which dealt with the former British Prime Minister's battle with dementia. In the film, Broadbent was a nagging and often flippant and frustrated figment of Thatcher's imagination.
But now, in three-part BBC psychological thriller, Exile, which starts on UKTV on Monday, March 4, he's the one playing a character in the grip of the condition.
Exile tells the story of Tom Ronstadt (played brilliantly by John Simm, best known for Life on Mars and State of Play among other things), who's a successful but cut-throat journalist. In fact, Tom is a wretched and selfish cocaine-snorting, whiskey-toting sod, yet somehow Simm makes you like him. When his life turns pear-shaped, he resolves to return to his hometown for the first time in 18 years, where he comes face to face with his sick father Sam, a once-formidable journalist himself.
Broadbent is reluctant to talk too specifically about Exile because he filmed it last year and his memory is a little hazy. And yes, he does see the irony in that, joking, "honestly, I can't be succinct about it".
"It's complicated, an incredibly complicated scenario, with all sorts of things going on. Deception, forgiveness, and the obvious - somebody with a very bright, sharp mind who is disintegrating. It's about a father and son relationship essentially," he offers.
Sixty-three-year-old Broadbent was born in the tiny Lincolnshire village of Holton cum Beckering into an arty family, with his parents both artists and amateur actors.
Incidentally, he reveals, just before TimeOut's allotted interview time runs out, that his sister-in-law is Celia Wade-Brown, the Mayor of Wellington. "Yes, but we haven't visited for a while," he says in his almost scuttling, slightly mumbled British accent.
He graduated from drama school in London in 1972 and worked mainly in the theatre, and some television, until he made a name for himself in British director Mike Leigh's renowned 1990 film, Life Is Sweet.
Roles in The Crying Game and Topsy Turvy (another Leigh film) followed, and these days many may still remember him best as Bridget Jones' kind and loving dad. Or perhaps as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rogue! or Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
But it's roles like Sam Ronstadt in Exile where Broadbent is at his best, putting him up there with other great British actors like Michael Gambon, Ian McKellen and Bill Nighy. It's almost as if the parts he plays are written for him.
"I try not to have a style because I let the script define what the style is. And on the whole I like playing characters who are a bit further away from me than normal."
The chemistry between Broadbent and Simm makes Exile a gripping and disturbing series, but there are many moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity, like when Tom, in a desperate bid to trigger his father's memory, is asking him about his former editor and what he was like, to which Sam replies: "The guy's an idiot. Calls himself Oxford-educated. He couldn't write 'f***' on a dusty blind."
"It's quite good and eloquent, coming from someone who's losing his marbles," laughs Broadbent.
Although he can joke about dementia, Broadbent has also had first-hand experience of what the disease does to people, after helping nurse his mother through Alzheimer's.
"The reason I was drawn to Iris in the first place was because of my mother. I knew it was a very good [and accurate] script because I had an awful lot to do with the disease. She was still only in her 50s and in the nursing home. So I knew what the condition was. And Judi Dench did a very honest portrayal of someone who was suffering.
"It was the easiest thing in the world for me to relate to. It was just obvious to me."
There is a scene in Exile, where Sam and Tom are looking at old family photos, that was particularly poignant for Broadbent. "It's something I remember doing with my mother. It's sort of like opening tiny doors, like an advent calendar and seeing the pictures. It would stimulate her memory with these very precise and accurate moments. And then it would just frustratingly shift.
"The condition evolves very quickly, it can be one thing one day and then the next week it will change and have gone on to another level. It's devastating in that way."
These days he admits he's "quite picky about what I do, but I do tend towards dark humour on some level", he says with a chuckle. But though he may come across as a little reticent about his career, you can still tell he's passionate about acting.
The reason he liked Exile so much is because it took him back to working on two of his other favourite projects, TV series The Street, written by Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, The Lakes), and film Longford (in which he played Lord Longford, who fought for parole for Moors murderer Myra Hindley).
For starters, all three were based in and around Manchester and he says Exile (written by Danny Brocklehurst) comes from "the Jimmy McGovern school of writing".
"It's much easier to work with good writers," he deadpans, "because actors can't make bad scripts good. So as long as the script is good, I like it."
Who: Jim Broadbent
What: Exile, three-part psychological drama starts Monday, March 4, UKTV
Past work: Life Is Sweet (1990); Crying Game (1992); Topsy-Turvy (1999) Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Moulin Rouge! (2001); Iris (2001); Longford (2006); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011); The Iron Lady (2011)
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Looks like someone sold you a missed-matched parts kit with a virgin front trunnion. What kind of kit is it? Where did you get it?
If this helps any, I measured a couple of Romanian trunnions I have. The rivet holes are 4mm. (same size as the lower hole you have) You could probably use a 5/32" drill. Thats what I usually drill my receivers with for rivets.
A 10-32 thread calls for a #21 drill, .159" if you're using screws like you mentioned.
The rivet holes you are missing measuring from the front of the trunnion, are 10mm and 27mm from the front.
As far as drilling the trunnion, its softer and easier to drill than you would think.
On the barrel pin hole, what I would do is drill that after headspacing the barrel in. I would use a 1/4" center cutting end milll and drill about half way thru and finish with a drill bit, then ream to 7mm. THATS what I would do, there's probably some more ways to skin that cat.
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Fable has always been a teenager's game, both in terms of the combat, the magic and the slightly blue humor. But something about the game's open world has always appeal to my kids from a younger age — certainly too young to be let loose on the game alone.
My son would be in fits of laughter by the farting ability of the main character — and found it even funnier if I didn't get the timing right and it all went horribly wrong. Then my daughter made a strong connection with your canine friend in the game. She would happily wander around the outreaches of Albion trailing her dog behind her — talking to him all the time.
In our family Fable had many different names. It was the "rude game" to my son, "dog-walking game" to my daughter and "adventure game" to me. With a little care and attention from me we could enjoy the game without encountering the more fighting and magical elements.
Fable: The Journey ($39.99) has meant that Albion has taken on a new place in the gaming habits of my family, not to mention some new names. Although my children are still not old enough to play it on their own, The Journey offers a much more self-contained and more manageable package for us. It is still played in the wide open fields, highways, rivers, lakes and cities of Albion but now you are offered a singular path through this landscape.
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Check this out. I had a bait hive out and a friend of mine told me there were bees in and out of it w/ pollen. I went and checked on it and did see a few bees inside but didn't sound like many when I knocked on it. Brought it home and voila, about a 100 bee swarm! Queen is in there, laying eggs. Not sure if you can zoom in but you can see a few new eggs, some that were recently laid, and a few cells w/ multiple eggs, ugh. I added a frame of brood from another swarm to get them going, hoping to get them boosted before fall to overwinter in a nuc.
Also, anyone in Lenawee County Michigan area? I got a call for a 2' x 3' swarm and she has had no luck finding anyone to pick it up. Said its inside a house and mostly accessible, she is willing to pay for repairs if there are walls that have t come off. Email me if you are in the area and can take a look.


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Alicia Curtis, a senior social work major from West Bloomfield, was a Nykerk 2015 Song Coach and works in the Events and Conference Office. She has been a volunteer mentor for teenage girls through Barnabas Ministries and has also volunteered at the Heartland of Holland Retirement home.
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HAHAHA And now the water buckets on our fire of enthusiasm. Just kidding. We know we have gaps that need to be filled first, but its fun to think of the possibilities. We do have a lot of weapons. I thought we were just talking wide out options. The firepower on this team is significant and formidable, if we can use it right.
Entire Team Let Eli down today - NYG4l
Hopefully a lot of these pre-CBA over paid contracts are gone by then and Reese can can better manage the talent.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
Not so fast, I believe Jenigan will be in the picture. it was very evident the Giants plan on him being part of the future. I believe in at least two games at the end of the year JJ saw the field BEFORE Randle. JJ also obviously passed Barden on the depth chart. I believe there will be 4 different WR that will interchange with the 3 wide. JJ will be one of them. Just an opinion, we all got em.
No. Good front offices let people walk and replace them with cheaper alternatives. It's all about value these days and less about "retaining talent". If you try and retain all your talent, you'll be broke after 8 players.
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For my entire life, I have esteemed the Red Sox above all other teams. I adored everything they represented: New England, Fenway, and, prior to 2004, the seemingly predestined way the Red Sox would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I shouldn't say that I adored that last part, because no real fan likes for their team to lose, but I understood and felt comfortable in the old paradigm, the one dominated by the Curse of the Babe. Their World Series win of 2004 was the greatest sports moment ever, and (sports) life will never get that good again. But with the 2004 win (and to a lesser degree, the 2007 title), things were lost, too. The fallout from those two titles is what currently troubles my baseball soul.
This year's Red Sox season ended last weekend, and, as you probably know, they have missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006. How does that grab me? It really doesn't. I don't feel relief that my team wrapped up a mediocre, dispiriting campaign; I don't feel the "there's always next year" optimism so endemic in hardcore sports fans. I don't feel frustrated. The fact is, I don't feel anything. I have never been as disconnected from them as I am right now, and that sucks.
I haven't adjusted to the new type of existential dread the Old Town Team creates. The pre-2004 existential dread, where fans knew something terrible would happen — be it Grady Little leaving Pedro in the 2003 ALCS, or that baseball rolling through Buckner's legs 18 years earlier — was horrible but familiar. Ah, yes, you would think, as season after season went into the shitter, for a second there I forgot that the Sox were cursed. Now, my baseball existentialism has a slightly different focus. Instead of feeling like I'm part of a large, unlucky tribe (Red Sox Nation) trying to make my way in a harsh, unforgiving world (the AL East), I feel cut off from that tribe. Not only am I wandering the wasteland without my team, but I don't miss them. I hardly notice that they're gone. The Red Sox? Who are they?
There are other reasons for this gloomy phenomenon: the team had so many injuries this year that they should have been called the Boston Sea Dogs. Pedroia, Youk, Lowell, and Dice-K all went down, to name a few. Big Papi was on the schnide from April until June. John Lackey was mediocre. Also, large personnel questions loom over this off-season: Will Ortiz be back (probably)? Will Jason Varitek, the Red Sox captain, return (probably not)? Who will be the everyday catcher in 2011? Who will play third base? Why should I give a rat's ass?
Perhaps the best example of how to bear this new and bewildering brand of the existential blues comes from English Literature. When John Milton lost his sight, he composed a sonnet (commonly called Milton On His Blindness) that finds the poet adjusting to his new circumstances. Unable to serve God in the way he previously had, Milton instead exhorts himself to patiently bear whatever God asks, faithfully, and without complaint. (Milton's self-penned pep talk worked, too. Paradise Lost, his masterpiece, was yet to come.) The poem's famous last line, "They also serve who only stand and wait," could have been written about my current predicament. To reconnect to my favorite team, I need patience and faith. I need to trust that things will improve, and somewhere, deep down, I do.
But until then, it's time to watch the Pats and the Celtics.
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The Major in Chemistry
The major in chemistry consists of nine course units above Chemistry 110, including Chemistry 113-114, 211-212, 220.2, 222, 331-332, and 370.2. The remaining course is selected by the student with the approval of the major advisor. Chemistry majors also must take Mathematics 170 (or its equivalent sequence Mathematics 106-166), Mathematics 171, and Physics 111-112.
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The minor in chemistry consists of five course units: Chemistry 113-114, 211, 222, and either 212 or 331.
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Departmental Recommendations
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Courses in Chemistry
100. Chemistry and Society. This course for non-science majors explores fundamentals of chemistry, scientific method of inquiry, and past, present, and future impact of chemistry on society. Illustrations of general principles come from areas such as the environment, public health, and technological advances. Fall. Three 50-minute periods, one 3-hour laboratory. (F4)
108. Fundamentals of Chemistry. Introduction to inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Topics include atomic structure, bonding, molecular structure, aqueous solutions, behavior of gases, acids, bases, buffers, respiration, energy, and radioisotopes. Emphasis on chemistry of life processes. Fall. Three 50-minute periods, one 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite for nursing majors: Biology 103. (F4)
113-114. General Chemistry. Atomic theory and structure, behavior of matter, principles and laws, and the scientific method of working and reasoning. Laboratory consists of related physical-chemical experiments in first term; second-term lectures emphasize structure, chemical equilibrium, acid/base theory, and qualitative analysis, with laboratory work devoted to the same topics. Two 50-minute periods, two 50-minute problem sessions, one 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite for CHEM 114 is CHEM 113. (F4)
Sh. Dunham and St. Dunham
205. Environmental Chemistry. An overview of the primary chemical processes that affect our environment. Topics include natural cycles of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, as well as some major perturbations introduced by industrialized societies. Lab provides hands-on experience with current important analytical methods for studying the chemistry of the natural environment, analysis and interpretation of experimental data, and applications such as treatment of wastewater and abatement of atmospheric pollutants. Prerequisite: Chemistry 114. Three 50- minute periods, one 3-hour laboratory.
211-212. Organic Chemistry. Exploration of elementary concepts of organic chemistry and their application to study of structure, reactivity and synthesis of organic compounds. Emphasis on correlation of the structures of molecules with their functions and explanation of these correlations on fundamental scientific principles. Laboratory uses open-ended exploratory approach for learning fundamental laboratory techniques, as well as providing experience with classical synthesis and qualitative organic analysis including hands-on experience with MS, FTIR, and FTNMR spectroscopic techniques and chemical analysis. Prerequisite: Completion of Chemistry 114 with a grade of "C-" or better. Three 50-minute periods, one 50-minute problem session, one 3-hour laboratory.
220.2. Methods in Chemical Research. Introduction to computer use in chemical experimentation and research, including spreadsheets and statistical programs to solve problems in chemical equilibrium and chemometrics. Real-time data acquisition hardware and software will be used to gather data for analysis in spreadsheets. Course also covers on-line searches of chemical literature using Chemical Abstracts and the Science Citation Index. Writing-intensive. Prerequisites: Chemistry 114 and Mathematics 170. Fall. One weekly 3-hour lab period.
222. Quantitative Analysis. Theory and application of classical quantitative analysis techniques, including gravimetric, titrimetric, potentiometric, visible spectrophotometric, and liquid-liquid extraction methods as applied to organic and inorganic material. Introduction to statistical treatment of experimental data and development of comprehensive understanding of solution equilibria. Substantial laboratory component provides hands-on experience with each method, applied to the assay of real samples. Prerequisites: Chemistry 114 and 220.2 or permission of instructor. Spring. Two 70-minute periods, one 50-minute problem session, one 3-hour laboratory.
311. Instrumental Analysis. Introduction to principles and major applications of modern instrumental techniques, including electrochemical, spectrometric and chromatographic methods, as applied to materials assay, quantitative spectrometric analysis of organic compounds, and investigation of properties of materials and reactions. Laboratory component stresses operation of key instruments to obtain data typical of each. Prerequisites: Chemistry 222 and 331. Fall. Two 70-minute periods, two 3-hour laboratories.
313. Physical Organic Chemistry. Physical methods for studying organic structures and reactions. Topics include Hückel molecular orbital theory; applications of the concept of conservation of orbital symmetry to cycloaddition, electrocyclic reactions, and sigmatropic rearrangements; kinetic isotope effects; linear free-energy relationships; trapping of reaction intermediates. Readings taken directly from chemical literature. Prerequisites: Chemistry 212 and 332. Fall. Three 50-minute periods, one 50-minute problem session.
314. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. The role of organic chemistry in understanding and manipulating biological systems. Organic reaction mechanisms related to processes such as enzyme catalysis and biosynthesis and the rational development of pharmaceuticals to alter these processes will be discussed. Topics include synthetic peptide, DNA, and sugar design, mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, drug development, structure-activity relationships, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and bioorthogonal chemistry in the context of treatments for conditions such as bacterial infections, allergies, inflammation, and cancer. Prerequisite: Chemistry 212 or permission of instructor. Fall. Two 70-minute periods.
315. Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Introduction to retrosynthetic approach for designing syntheses of organic molecules and systematic investigation of synthetic use of organic reactions encountered in Chemistry 211-212. Course focus is on synthetic utility of various organic reactions and logic of synthetic design. Prerequisite: Chemistry 212 or permission of instructor. Fall. Three 50-minute periods, one 50-minute problem session.
327. Biochemistry I. (Also Biology 327) Focus on the structural features of the four major classes of biomolecules and the basic functions of these molecules in cells. Coverage of the fundamentals of information flow in biological systems, enzyme kinetics and catalytic mechanisms will set the stage for Biology/Chemistry 328 (Biochemistry II). Students will also be introduced to many of the techniques used in biochemistry laboratories and begin to learn how to investigate biochemical problems. Prerequisites: Biology 112 or 119 and Chemistry 212 or permission of instructor. Fall. Two 70-minute lectures, one 70-minute problem session, and one 3-hour laboratory.
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328. Biochemistry II. (Also Biology 328). Builds upon the biochemical foundations covered in Biology/Chemistry 327. Areas include metabolic pathways, strategies and regulation, membrane transport, enzyme catalysis and regulation, bioenergetics, signal transduction pathways, and the biochemistry of disease. Students will be exposed to additional laboratory techniques, experimental design, bioinformatics, and grant proposal writing. Analysis of primary literature is an integral component of the course. Prerequisite: Biology/Chemistry 327 or permission of instructor. Spring. Three 50-minute lectures and one 3-hour laboratory.
331-332. Physical Chemistry. States of matter, chemical thermodynamics, theory of solutions, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, elementary quantum theory. Problems and laboratory reinforce theoretical discussion. Prerequisites: Chemistry 220.2 or 222, Mathematics 171, and Physics 112. Three 50-minute periods, one 50-minute problem session, one 3-hour laboratory.
333. Advanced Physical Chemistry. Application of quantum mechanics to atomic and molecular structure, group theory, and atomic, molecular, and laser spectroscopy. Prerequisite: Chemistry 332. Spring. Three 50-minute periods and one 50-minute problem session.
341. Inorganic Chemistry. Periodic-table relationships, bonding theories, coordination compounds, acid/base theories, organometallic compounds. Laboratory stresses synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331 or permission of instructor. Spring. Two 70-minute periods, one 70-minute problem session, and one 3-hour laboratory.
St. Dunham
370.2. Senior Seminar in Chemistry. Advanced topics in chemistry. Designed to provide senior-level students with the opportunity to deal with projects that bring together concepts from different areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Emphasis on development of ability for independent analysis of chemical problems. Includes lectures by visiting speakers on current chemical and biochemical research, as well as literature research, written reports, and oral presentations on a chemical topic chosen by student in consultation with a faculty advisor. In addition, students will critique presentations by visiting scientists and other students. Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of department chair. Spring. One 100-minute period.
375.2. Senior Seminar in Biochemistry. (Also Biology 375.2) Advanced topics in biochemistry. Designed to provide senior-level students with the opportunity to deal with projects that bring together concepts from different areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Emphasis on development of ability for independent analysis of biochemical problems. Includes lectures by visiting speakers on current chemical and biochemical research, as well as literature research, written reports, and oral presentations on a biochemical topic chosen by student in consultation with a faculty advisor. In addition, students will critique presentations by visiting scientists and other students. Prerequisite: Biology/Chemistry 328 or permission of instructor. Spring. One 100-minute period.
190-199, 290-299, 390-399. Special Topics.
286, 381-384. Independent Study.
288, 386-388. Internship.
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What Are the Risk Factors for Cancer of the Esophagus?
A risk factor is anything that changes your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, like smoking, can be changed. Others, like a person's age or family history, can't be changed.
Scientists have found several factors that affect your risk of cancer of the esophagus. Some are more likely to increase the risk for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and others for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
But having a risk factor, or even several, does not mean that you will get the disease. Many people with risk factors never develop esophagus cancer, while others with this disease may have few or no known risk factors.
The chance of getting esophageal cancer is low at younger ages and increases with age. Less than 15% of cases are found in people younger than age 55.
Men are more than 3 times as likely as women to get esophageal cancer.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
The stomach normally makes strong acid and enzymes to help digest food. In some people, acid can escape from the stomach into the lower part of the esophagus. The medical term for this is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or just reflux. In many people, reflux causes symptoms such as heartburn or pain that seem to come from the middle of the chest. In some, though, reflux doesn't cause any symptoms at all.
People with GERD have a slightly higher risk of getting adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. This risk seems to be higher in people who have more frequent symptoms. But GERD is very common, and the vast majority of people who have it do not go on to develop esophageal cancer. GERD can also cause Barrett's esophagus, which is linked to an even higher risk (discussed below).
Barrett's esophagus
If reflux of stomach acid into the lower esophagus goes on for a long time, it can damage the inner lining of the esophagus. This causes the squamous cells that normally line the esophagus to be replaced with gland cells. These gland cells usually look like the cells that line the stomach and the small intestine, and are more resistant to stomach acid. This condition is known as Barrett's (or Barrett) esophagus.
The longer someone has reflux, the more likely it is that they will develop Barrett's esophagus. Most people with Barrett's esophagus have had symptoms of heartburn, but many have no symptoms at all.
The gland cells in Barrett's esophagus can become more abnormal over time. This can result in dysplasia, a pre-cancerous condition. Dysplasia is graded by how abnormal the cells look under the microscope. Low-grade dysplasia looks more like normal cells, while high-grade dysplasia is more abnormal and is linked to the highest risk of cancer.
People with Barrett's esophagus are much more likely than people without this condition to develop adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. Still, most people with Barrett's esophagus do not get esophageal cancer. The risk of cancer is highest if dysplasia is present or if other people in your family also have or have had Barrett's.
Tobacco and alcohol
The use of tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and chewing tobacco, is a major risk factor for esophageal cancer. The more a person uses tobacco and the longer it is used, the higher the cancer risk. Someone who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day or more has at least twice the chance of getting adenocarcinoma of the esophagus than a nonsmoker. The link to squamous cell esophageal cancer is even stronger. The risk of esophageal cancer goes down if tobacco use stops.
Drinking alcohol also increases the risk of esophageal cancer. The chance of getting esophageal cancer goes up with more consumption of alcohol. Alcohol affects the risk of the squamous cell type more than the risk of adenocarcinoma.
Combining smoking and drinking alcohol raises the risk of esophageal cancer much more than using either alone.
People who are overweight or obese (very overweight) have a higher chance of getting adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. This is in part explained by the fact that people who are obese are more likely to have esophageal reflux.
Certain substances in the diet may increase esophageal cancer risk. For example, there have been suggestions, as yet not well proven, that a diet high in processed meat may increase the chance of developing esophageal cancer. This may help explain the high rate of this cancer in certain parts of the world.
On the other hand, a diet high in fruits and vegetables is linked to a lower risk of esophageal cancer. The exact reasons for this are not clear, but fruits and vegetables have a number of vitamins and minerals that may help prevent cancer.
Drinking very hot liquids frequently may increase the risk for the squamous cell type of esophageal cancer. This might be the result of long-term damage the liquids do to the cells lining the esophagus.
Overeating, which leads to obesity, increases the risk of the adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
In this condition, the muscle at the lower end of the esophagus (the lower esophageal sphincter) does not relax properly. Food and liquid that are swallowed have trouble passing into the stomach and tend to collect in the esophagus, which becomes stretched out (dilated) over time. The cells lining the esophagus can become irritated from being exposed to foods for longer than normal amounts of time.
People with achalasia have a risk of esophageal cancer that is many times normal. On average, the cancers are found about 15 to 20 years after the achalasia is diagnosed.
This is a rare, inherited disease that causes excess growth of the top layer of skin on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. People with this condition also develop small growths (papillomas) in the esophagus and have a very high risk of getting squamous cell cancer of the esophagus.
People with tylosis need to be watched closely to try to find esophageal cancer early. Often this requires regular monitoring with an upper endoscopy (described in " How is cancer of the esophagus diagnosed?").
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
People with this rare syndrome have webs in the upper part of the esophagus, typically along with anemia (low red blood cell counts) due to low iron levels, tongue irritation (glossitis), brittle fingernails, and sometimes a large thyroid gland or spleen. Another name for this is Paterson-Kelly syndrome.
A web is a thin membrane extending out from the inner lining of the esophagus that causes an area of narrowing. Most esophageal webs do not cause any problems, but larger ones can cause food to get stuck in the esophagus, which can lead to problems swallowing.
About 1 in 10 patients with this syndrome eventually develop squamous cell cancer of the esophagus or cancer in the lower part of the throat (hypopharynx).
Workplace exposures
Exposure to chemical fumes in certain workplaces may lead to an increased risk of esophageal cancer. For example, exposure to some of the solvents used for dry cleaning might lead to a greater risk of esophageal cancer. Some studies have found that dry cleaning workers may have a higher rate of esophageal cancer, but not all studies have found this link.
Injury to the esophagus
Lye is a chemical found in strong industrial and household cleaners such as drain cleaners. Lye is a corrosive agent that can burn and destroy cells. Accidentally drinking from a lye-based cleaner bottle can cause a severe chemical burn in the esophagus. As the injury heals, the scar tissue can cause an area of the esophagus to become very narrow (called a stricture). People with these strictures have an increased risk of squamous cell esophageal cancer, which often occurs many years (even decades) later.
History of certain other cancers
People who have had certain other cancers, such as lung cancer, mouth cancer, and throat cancer have a high risk of getting squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus as well. This may be because all of these cancers can be caused by smoking.
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection
HPV is a group of more than 100 related viruses. They are called papilloma viruses because some of them cause a type of growth called a papilloma (or wart). Infection with certain types of HPV is linked to a number of cancers, including throat cancer, anal cancer, and cervical cancer.
Signs of HPV infection have been found in up to one-third of esophagus cancers from patients in parts of Asia and South Africa. But signs of HPV infection have not been found in esophagus cancers from patients in the other areas, including the US.
Last Medical Review: March 20, 2014 Last Revised: February 4, 2016
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I know it's just disappointing to lose but not gain
It is absolutely the "Giants way"
They may sign a big name guy here or there but every year these boards erupt with complaints from people who arent paying attention.
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if the FO listened to half of you guys the team would be in the cellar year after year.
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › tenkara vs B&M fishing pole
Apr 18, 2013 at 12:53 pm #1301891
I know people on this forum really like tenkara style fishing and tend to use tenkara usa rods costing $150 to 200. I have come across this fiberglass rod for $9 which looks like a poor man's version of the carbon fiber poles. Does anybody have any insights into the differences between the two? Are the tenkara USA rods worth it? I would personally carry a few more ounces if it means not spending a lot of extra money.
Here is a link to the cheapo pole I was thinking of:
http://www.amazon.com/BnM-Black-Widow-Ready-13-Feet/dp/B0010G6USE/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_1Apr 18, 2013 at 1:54 pm #1978138
Dustin ShortBPL Member
First thing is this isn't a tenkara pole. Tenkara is a japanese style of fly fishing where the western reel is removed. You still cast similar to fly fishing but don't have a retractable line. It's technologically simpler but potentially more complicated technique (like stalking fish due to limited range). This style requires a long but very flexible pole to land fish, primarily used for trout, so a fair bit of engineering/experience goes into designing tenkara poles. Hence their price (still FAR cheaper than traditional western flyfishing setups).
What you posted is a cane pole, used for dapping. Think Huck Finn style of fishing. You tie a string to a stick and drop it into the water. Works well for dumb fish like blue gill, not so well for wary trout. You might as well find a big stick in the woods and just tie some fishing line onto the end, it'll be lighter/cheaper than carrying a full blown 13' fiberglass pole (which by the way only breaks down into 3.25 foot sections).
It is cheap and will let you fish for some species, but no substitute for a tenkara pole unfortunately.Apr 18, 2013 at 2:31 pm #1978151
Peter GriffithBPL Member
@litesmithLocale: Litesmith.com
If you're looking for a tenkara rod that's supposed to be just as good but less expensive, check out the Fountainhead Stone Fly 360. At 12' it's $80. There have been a few good reviews on BPL, do a search.Apr 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm #1978160
Pete StaehlingBPL Member
The B&M pole you linked is next to impossible to fly cast with. I bought one to play with and decided it was nearly worthless as a tenkara substitute.
I like my Fountainhead Caddisfly 330 and it was fairly inexpensive, at least compared to the high end stuff.Apr 18, 2013 at 3:37 pm #1978170
Adan LopezSpectator
@lopezLocale: San Gabriel Valley
The only way to know if that rod will flip a flyline good enough for your purposes is to try it. Tenkara is not magic. I have casted fly lines with spinning rods, old fiberglass bait rods, and yes, sticks. The key is to find an instrument which will load sufficiently with only the very subtle weight of a fly line, which is trickier than it sounds, especially with any wind. Sometimes, adding 2-3 split shot along the line for added weight will help with this and will get your fly deeper as well. If you are after the classic, upstream, dry fly experience, then your "rod" will have to be quite supple. I have used one of the long 10-14' fiberglass bait fishing rods that you see many asians use on lakes. These have a tip which is quite supple, but only the top 20% of the rod or so, the rest of the rod is a bit on the stiff side. If this rod is anything like those, it might just work with a flyline about the same length as the rod (length of rod x 2 = casting distance). However if you want to cast a line 1.5-2 times the lenght of the rod as is often done with Tenkara rods, then your "rod" will need to be even more precise, not to mention your technique. Often, I find that any 8' rod, with an across-and-downstream presentation in broken water (wet fly style) will produce pan-size trout. My daughters have done this into the wee hours of the evening and had a blast. Whether or not some people would call this "Tenkara", I dont know or care. But if it helps folks in any way, there was no reel involved and the line had to be repeatedly "casted" behind us and forward into the current.
I'm no expert, by the way. I've just tried a few things and found some that worked. In my experience, any experimentation you do along the way will result in temporary decrease in fish landed and a proportionate increase in skills/experience gained.
Personally, I had already chosen a very supple 9' fiberglass spinning rod circa 1970 as my "tenkara" rod when my wife, unbeknownst to me, bought me an actual Tenkara USA rod for Christmas. :) And I love it! I already caught a very memorable fish on the Upper Owens this past summer with it. Could I have caught the same fish with the same method if I had used the spinning rod? Yes. this fish was caught about 5 feet in front of me in a deep hole.
I'm not trying to start an argument about the definition of "Tenkara". I dont care about that really. Just making sure you get both sides of the coin. Here is a quote from some Tenkara badass at a big flyfishing hooha back in '09…
"Originally the rod was simply a bamboo/cane rod, which was cut and treated, but unlike contemporary western bamboo rods, they were not "manufactured" (i.e. split and glued back together). Unlike in the western fly-fishing tradition where anglers used heavy wooden rods, in Japan anglers always used bamboo, which is readily available and very light. Because of its light weight, Japanese anglers were able to use very long bamboo rods and reach as far as needed without the need to develop reels for the short rods developed in the west"Apr 18, 2013 at 4:56 pm #1978183
The responses have been much appreciated! I have literally no experience fly fishing. Catfish are currently my favorite quarry and are seemingly on the opposite end of the spectrum. I also don't really care to define tenkara or adhere strictly to any definitions, I was just looking for a compact and lightweight system to carry around and get into other types of fishing. I will definitely not get the b&m, I already have a 10ft crappie rod that seems like it should do the same thing. Thanks for the links to fountainhead rods, I'll look into those.Apr 18, 2013 at 7:49 pm #1978231
Bradley DanylukBPL Member
I have yet to catch anything with my Tenkara setup. It still feels really cool to use it, so simple and light, though the 15 ft line length feels really short to me (also a non-fly-fisher myself) as it tends to curl back under its own tension to be right under the rod within a couple seconds of landing (alpine lake fishing).
My main issue is that I've been unable to find any advice for non-flyfishers just getting into Tenkara. No idea what my presentations should look like for different situations or how far I should be casting or what flies to use. Even tried cheating with some trout Powerbait. No luck in known productive rainbow trout lakes.
I use the old TiGoat CF extension that hooks into their trekking pole upper. Such a cool idea and it weighs practically nothing. But the tip is so fine and delicate, that leads me to another worry: how much bending can these rods take under weight and run of a fish on? Is there a special technique for fish retrieval that involves less rod bending?
Don't mean to derail this thread… but I thought presenting these questions might interest you as well if you're just getting into it. And a definite recommendation for the TiGoat extension, not sure if they still make it but it was *cheap*! ($80 or so)Apr 18, 2013 at 7:54 pm #1978232
Justin BakerBPL Member
@justin_bakerLocale: Santa Rosa, CA
Tenkaras are best for fishing small streams.
Rod and reel set ups are better for lakes.Apr 18, 2013 at 8:07 pm #1978237
I got the advice that I came for and would always appreciate input on how to fish using the tenkara rod once I get one.Apr 18, 2013 at 8:35 pm #1978248
Greg MihalikBPL Member
@greg23Locale: Colorado
If you know how….
… it can be done.Apr 18, 2013 at 8:53 pm #1978251
Stephen BarberBPL Member
@grampaLocale: SoCal
Get the little book listed in the title above. While it is on "normal" fly fishing, 95% is directly applicable to Tenkara. It is one of the best books on trout fishing ever written, errr, drawn….whatever!Apr 18, 2013 at 9:23 pm #1978258
David W.BPL Member
@davidpcvsamoaLocale: East Bay, CA
I have found this book to be helpful for leaning the basics of fly fishing like how to read a steam, presentation, fish behavior, etc. Some of the chapters on mending line and traditional equipment are not as helpful for Tenkara. I usually pick up and re-read this book right about this time of year to get ready for trout season.
The significant difference I have noticed between the Tenkara USA and Fountainhead rods in the finishing. I found rods from each brand to cast well (although handle differently). The materials and detailing on the Tenkara USA rods are exceptional. Although I have not has issues with a rod, it seems like Tenkara USA's customer service may also stand out.
Brad, What kind of water are you fishing and where may I ask? Are you fishing water that you know holds fish?Apr 19, 2013 at 6:33 am #1978327
David ChenaultSpectator
@davecLocale: The West Slope
Some of the older vids on TenkaraUSAs Youtube channel are a good visual demonstration of casting and fish landing techniques. Reading a few intro fly fishing books is a good idea, as is a fly fishing guidebook to your area (if available) so you'll be fishing in areas which have fish.
The Fountainhead rods, and some of the cheaper ones TenkaraBum sells, are perfectly adequate. The TenkaraUSA rods are high quality, very durable, and have better handling characteristics.
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Dr. Ronald L. Ciombor, 64, Little Compton
Dr. Ronald L. Ciombor, DDS, 64, of Plainville and Little Compton, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, while playing golf, the sport he loved, in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was the loving husband of Maureen (Murphy) Ciombor for over 41 years.
Born January 30, 1948 in Pawtucket,he was a son of the late Louis and Jean (Wucjik) Ciombor.
Ron grew up in Seekonk and has been a resident of Plainville since 1982. He was a graduate of St. Raphael's Academy in Pawtucket and a 1971 graduate of Providence College. He then received a Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from Georgetown Dental School in Washington D.C. in 1974.
Ron practiced dentistry for 38 years at his office on Central Avenue in Pawtucket and was proud when his daughter, Lindsay, joined him at the practice in 2006. He was a member of the American Dental Association, the Rhode Island Dental Association and the Pawtucket Dental Society.
Ron loved golfing and was a member at Highland Country Club in Attleboro, New Bedford Country Club and formerly a member at Walpole Country Club.
Together with his wife, he was an active communicant of St. Mark's Church in Attleboro Falls and involved in the marriage preparatory program within the Diocese of Fall River. He also loved gardening, flowers and plants and supporting the local sports teams especially the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots.
Above all Ron was completely devoted to his family and friends and especially loved spending time with them at his family home in Little Compton.
In addition to his wife, survivors include three children and their spouses, Jaclyn Cunningham and her husband Mark of Cumberland, Dr. Lindsay Brislin, DMD and her husband Christopher of North Attleboro and Justin Ciombor and his wife Andrea of Walpole; and four grandchildren, Henry, Cormac, Maeve and Charlotte.
Visiting hours will be held on Friday, Nov. 16 from 4-8 p.m. in the Sperry & McHoul Funeral Home, 15 Grove Street, North Attleboro. A funeral will be held from the funeral home on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 9 a.m. followed by a Mass in Sacred Heart Church, North Attleboro at 10. Burial to follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Attleboro Falls.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any of three organizations: The Haiti Dental/Medical Mission, c/o Sacred Heart Church, 58 Church Street, North Attleboro, MA 02760, St. Catherine of Siena Parish, 74 Simmons Road, Little Compton, RI 02837 or St. Raphael Academy, 123 Walcott Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860.
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Luce inspired a second label, Lucente, a blend of Sangiovese and Merlot sourced throughout Tuscany. A third label, Danzante, produces Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese/Chianti, and Merlot sourced throughout other important Italian wine regions. View all Luce Della Vite Wines
About Tuscany(TUSS-can-ee) Sangiovese. Most of the wine coming from Tuscany is made from some clone of this varietal, but a growing trend, started by the renegade winemakers of those Super Tuscans, is to incorporate more international varietals.
Notable FactsThe most well known sub-districts of Tuscany are Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (note that Montepulciano here refers to the local village, not the grape variety found in the Italian region of Abruzzi). Wine labeled from these regions is DOC-regulated and Sangiovese-based blends. Quality wine from these DOC areas has been on the rise for decades, with top-notch winemakers and wineries shedding the low-quality image once held for Tuscan wine by producing consistently outstanding bottlings that range from deliciously drinkable to highly ageable. Newer to the scene are regions like Bohlgeri and the Maremma, home to of what are now termed "Super-Tuscans," named for the wine coming from the Tuscany area, but not following all of the DOC or DOCG laws required in Italy. In the 1970's, some pioneer winemakers began buying land outside of Chianti and Montalcino, and planting not only Sangiovese, but also international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The wine they produced only fit into the lowest Italian category of "vina da tavola," but the winemakers sold the wine for high prices, creating an almost cult following, and spurning a new wine category called IGT.
About Italy
A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.


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Jefferson City police investigating armed robbery
Police: Suspect struck victim in the face with gun, took victim's money
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Police in the capital city are investigating an armed robbery Monday night.
Officers were called to the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street around 11 p.m. for a report of a robbery. The victim told police he went to meet someone he knew at an apartment when the suspect came up to him, struck him in the face with a gun and demanded money.
The 41-year-old victim told officers he handed over money then fled the apartment and called police. He did not require medical attention for his injuries.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and detectives are following several leads.
They say there is a suspect in the case, but anyone with any information is asked to contact Jefferson City police or call CrimeStoppers at 573-659-TIPS.


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Daniel Simberloff
LISTED: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act. Joe Roman. viii + 360 pp. Harvard University Press, 2011. $27.95.
The U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) has been variously criticized for being costly and marginally effective (by Charles C. Mann and Mark L. Plummer, for example, in their 1995 book Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species) and lauded for having pulled many species back from the brink of extinction (by Brian Czech and Paul R. Krausman, for instance, in their 2001 book The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy, and by the contributors to The Endangered Species Act at Thirty, a 2006 book edited by Dale C. Goble, J. Michael Scott and Frank W. Davis). The statute has been periodically under threat from Congress since the snail darter case in the 1970s, which resulted in amendments to the Act. In Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act, Joe Roman uses the ESA as a springboard for the exploration of a broad range of conservation issues. Each chapter opens with discussion of a prominent and usually controversial species listed under the Act. Roman details the disputes that have driven the controversy over that species and then shows how those disputes or similar ones reveal problems and conflicts that are pervasive in conservation worldwide.
Many famous actors appear: the snail darter, the Florida panther, the ivory-billed and red-cockaded woodpeckers, the gray wolf, the humpback whale, the manatee. So do some not as famous: the Indiana bat, the fat threeridge and purple bankclimber snails, the gopher frog. Many of the species are members of what Roman terms the "Class of '67"—the 78 animals that the Department of the Interior declared to be threatened six years before passage of the ESA. The book's main focus is listed animals—plants are discussed only briefly.
Roman is a conservation biologist specializing in marine species and genetics. It is remarkable that even when he is discussing very well-known species, he manages to include interesting, little-known aspects of their stories. Often he has acquired this information from the people who are working on the ground to save these species. He undertakes a staggering amount of travel to interview them, and on many occasions he accompanies them on field excursions under difficult conditions.
These stories read like dispatches from a war reporter in the midst of battle. Roman superbly conveys not only the excitement and dedication of Environmental Protection Agency employees, but also the emotional stresses they face in fighting what is sometimes demonstrably a losing battle against great odds—often in the face of the active opposition of their own employer, as sometimes occurred during the administration of George W. Bush. It is painful to hear about the annihilation of dozens of species of freshwater mollusks from a biologist who has devoted his life to trying to save them, or about the serial destruction of the few ponds suitable for the gopher frog from someone who has studied the species for 30 years. In these cases, as in most of those that Roman details, the science was more than adequate to pinpoint the problem, but the scientists could only watch helplessly as the species fell to deliberate habitat destruction in the service of societal goals—goals as large as water for a burgeoning Atlanta or as small as finding a new site for a truck-repair shop displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
The book's many digressions encompass some issues not directly related to listed species—Lyme disease, AIDS, surgical patients viewing trees from their hospital rooms, the music on Roman's iPod. Usually, however, what initially seems to be an extraneous excursion eventually leads to an important point relevant to the ESA. For instance, a description of six people admitted to Flushing Hospital in New York with high fevers and headaches leads to the fact that mosquitoes are spreading West Nile virus to birds, which leads to the fact that the northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens, is one of the primary vectors of West Nile to robins, house sparrows, starlings and humans, which leads to the discovery that many birds, such as egrets and herons, are not competent hosts for West Nile virus, which leads to speculation that a diverse suite of bird species might lower the frequency and transmission rate of the virus, which leads to a discussion of the dilution effect—the controversial hypothesis that increased species richness generally leads to reduced prevalence of zoonotic disease—which constitutes another rationale (albeit a tortured one) for preventing extinction.
The main theses of Listed are that all species are important to humans from a utilitarian standpoint and that what is really required to save them all is an act that targets habitat rather than species. The ESA has been pressed into service for want of an explicit habitat act, because the ESA does restrict destruction of "critical habitat" for listed species; the same habitat may house other species that are threatened but unlisted. As Roman shows in great detail for the red-cockaded woodpecker, in an account replete with telling interviews with many stakeholders, this restriction has often had the perverse effect of causing massive habitat destruction, as landowners rush to destroy features of their land before a species is listed or a piece of its habitat is designated as "critical." (Because the red-cockaded woodpecker nests in mature long-leaf pines, thousands of the trees were felled by people trying to prevent their land from being deemed essential to the bird's survival.) Roman explains that this problem was the basis for the Safe Harbor program, which allows qualified landowners to keep their options open without trashing their land.
A related problem with the ESA as a conservation tool is that far more species deserve listing under the ESA than receive it: Roman cites authors suggesting that the number of species that should be on the list is 10 times greater than the number actually listed. Many species are candidates for listing, but the listing agencies (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service) have insufficient resources to study all of them. In addition, pressured by groups or individuals with vested political or economic interests, the agencies often avoid listing certain species or even discourage their scientists from studying them. Roman argues cogently that a law that targets habitat would serve to save many species that are probably threatened already but are so poorly known that the threat is not recognized.
Less convincing are the various arguments Roman adduces for the utilitarian benefits of saving all species, which include old chestnuts like the possibility of finding valuable pharmaceuticals in unstudied species, and newer ones, such as the dilution effect and the claim that greater species richness leads to greater ecosystem function. Some, such as the dilution effect and the ecosystem function argument, are controversial on scientific grounds; Roman acknowledges this in the first case but not the second. In any event, three decades of giving concrete examples of human benefits from single species (for example, a marine bryozoan that produces an anticancer compound) does not appear to have stemmed the rush to destroy habitat. To Roman's credit, however, he often provides new nuggets of information when recounting old arguments. For instance, he includes a substantial discussion of the likelihood that many of the useful pharmaceuticals thought to derive from plants and animals are actually produced by fungi and bacteria that live on them.
In sum, Listed takes an idiosyncratic approach to the ESA, using it as an entry to many issues and controversies in conservation. Roman is an engaging author, and readers will enjoy the book. They will also come away having gained a deeper understanding of the Act, along with a plethora of interesting facts about listed species.
Daniel Simberloff is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee. His research interests include ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology and biogeography.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/encounters-with-vanishing-species
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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Personally I switch between a glock 36 .45, Jericho 941 compact 9mm, and Kimber Stainless II (full size) .45. Really depends on what I am wearing and what I feel like that day. I love the glock because its relatively small, light, reliable, and 6+1 of 45. Great carry option for when its hot out side and not wearing any layered clothing. The Kimber is by far my personal favorite pistol. Obviously its more accurate than the G36, but I just really like the weight and feel of a full size steel frame pistol. The only reason I don't carry it more often is because I have to dress around it in order to properly conceal it seeing as I'm not that big of a guy (5'10" 175). A little warning though, the whole crimson carry line are all aluminum frames. I did have an issue with a Pro Carry II were some hallow point rounds would excessively wear out the aluminum frames feed ramp causing feeding issues.
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For a number of years I have been considering building some ghost rings for some of my hand guns. I would like to build some ghost rings for my S&Ws,. and since I am cheap even several of my Rugers. Anyway here is where I kindly got the original idea off of, well not the original idea, but this guy has done what I have been wanting to do, so figured that he has basically made a blue print to be used. Does anyone else have any ideas on this , and/or have you made any of the ghost rings.
The RUGER One Hole Sight
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Fixture News | 10th August 2005
Gladiators given thumbs down
Gloucestershire Gladiators 87 (Younis Khan 3-5)
Notts Outlaws 88-2 (Singh 30*)
Notts Outlaws won by eight wickets
The Director of Cricket is looking for at least four wins from our last five games to avoid relegation and admits a win away to runaway leaders Essex would be a great lift to the side.
He said: ?Beating Gloucestershire has given us a chance of missing the drop and if we were to get something out of a very tough trip to Chelmsford it would be a real bonus.
?Our other games are against teams who are in big trouble just like us and there will be plenty of movement at the bottom of the table. It?s important we don?t get distracted and concentrate on our own matches.?
On a difficult batting track at Cheltenham College, we skittled out the hosts for just 87, with the wickets shared around the seamers and part-time leg spinner Younis Khan picking up three scalps inside four overs.
Khan?s expertise against spin shone through as he guided us home by eight wickets.
Newell added: ?We bowled pretty well on a wicket where 150 would probably have been a winning total to defend. It wasn?t a good track for one-day cricket and gave far too much help to the spinners.
?In that respect it was a bonus that our seamers got early wickets. Younis Khan?s experience against spin was crucial because batting certainly wasn?t any easier in our innings.?


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Exciting changes are coming to your student email and Blackboard accounts when the systems are upgraded May 17th-18th. You will have access to a number of new, powerful teaching and learning tools.
There are some crucial steps that all students, need to take to successfully access any Google Apps, including Gmail, after the upgrade. When you log in to your Gmail account after May 18th, everyone in the VCCS domain must click through and agree to a new consumer Terms of Service (TOS). No Google Apps can be accessed until users agree to these new TOS. To see these TOS, click here: http://www.email.vccs.edu/terms-of-service.
Second, when setting up a profile in Google Plus (G+), a Facebook-like social networking service included in the upgrade, it is especially important that users include a correct date of birth (or at least a date of birth that will make them 13 years old or older). If you include a date of birth indicating you are younger than 13, you will be permanently locked out of all Google services. This cannot be undone without significant effort and additional costs. For more about reactivating a disabled account, click here: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1333913.
More information about VCCS Google Apps for Education can be found at http://www.email.vccs.edu/extra-apps.


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Note to FBI agents (and other men): Stop sending shirtless photos to women
posted at 6:31 pm on November 13, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via the Washington Free Beacon, a public-service announcement from Andrea Tantaros and Fox News. Are guys who do this to women they don't know seriously expecting results or is it more about an exhibitionist thrill? My beta-male mind can't compute it. On the one hand, an alpha would never stoop to something so tacky. On the other hand, the average beta doubts his physical appeal sufficiently that he doesn't even like being naked in the shower.
Perhaps these are the long fabled omega males. They exist after all.


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When it comes to switches, all Toro switches are designed for the life of the machine. Period. Our goal and intention is to try and design our machines to be failsafe. This means that if you have a switch that allows for a connector to be accidentally pulled loose or a wire that could be cut, we want our machine to fail so that it's not hurting the operator. The question is, does this matter as much to a will-fitter supplier when they recommend replacement switches? Probably not.
A switch is a pretty low-interest replacement part for a lot of you, but here's the point. If a switch is used as a safety device that lets an operator know if the decks are up and the blades have stopped spinning, the operator counts on that switch to prevent himself or a co-worker from getting seriously injured.
There are several different variations in switches. At Toro, we design a switch that will work best for the application. Switches can range from 18¢ to $18.00. Today, Toro engineers are trying to use more switches that are sealed. Toro uses several switches that are magnetically operated for more reliability and less maintenance. The trend at Toro is to use a high-tech, non-contact switch in new models. The cost is higher than a standard switch but a non-contact switch is capable of performing more complicated tasks such as interfacing with on-board computers.
The majority of switches that are often most replaced are called "open" switches. Open switches - used in headlight or ignition applications - are not environmentally sealed. Open switches generally fail because the machine has been left outside where it is exposed to rain, dust and debris. Over time, open switches oxidize which means the two contact points in the switch will get rusty and the contact surface will no longer be conductive. The electrical current can't "bite" through the oxidation so there's no electrical arching and the switch won't work.
Switches can be designed with a wiping action which allows the contacts to open and close instead of just go up and down. This rocker-type action actually wipes across the contact points and breaks through that oxidized layer to prevent the switch from failing.
Specially design for Toro machines. - What makes a Toro switch better than a will-fit switch? Here's the key. At Toro, we don't specifically make switches, we buy them from long-time, reliable Toro vendors. In most applications, we spec our switches to be made from both standard vendor components and custom-built components that are specified by Toro engineers. For instance, Toro engineers may call for a unique seal, custom lead or custom connector or a special actuator that fits a Toro mower better. The point is, the will-fit parts supplier can't know why Toro engineers specified certain components for a particular application - which could mean replacing a Toro switch with an inferior switch that doesn't fit the application.
Not all switches are created equal. A lot of times people will rely on a will-fit replacement switch because the will-fitter may give the impression that the switch is equal to a Toro switch. The thing you may not realize is who's the person who is doing the equivalent comparison? There's a lot of design and logic that goes into selecting the right switch for the job. For instance, a will-fitter may look at the Toro switch and see that it's one-inch long and a half-inch wide and has a three-inch long actuating arm. But chances are the will-fitter may not have a clue if there are any special components inside the switch. So the question is: How does the will-fitter know it's going to work? Something you may not want to take a chance on.
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