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Argyle 1Gow pen 90
Cardiff City 3Chopra 4, 80, pen 85
IF Home Park is to become a fortress again, someone is going to have to remember to pull up the drawbridge before kick-off.
Argyle started hesitantly against a side that may well prove to be one of the Championship's promotion-chasers and lived to regret that uncertainty.
Cardiff striker Michael Chopra took easy advantage to net after less than four minutes from an opening that £4m strikers do not pass up.
After that, Argyle matched or bettered their visitors in all departments but could not find the breakthrough to help lay their Home Park hoodoo - 11 defeats last season; a draw and a loss this.
It might have all been so different if Jamie Mackie had not spurned a sugar-coated chance towards the end of the first half, but he did, and it was not.
The Pilgrims also hit the woodwork twice in a second half in which they stretched every sinew before Chopra doubled the Cardiff lead with ten minutes to go.
A third, when Marcel Seip scythed down Chris Burke, was harsh on the Pilgrims, but not bad for Chopra, who completed his hat-trick with a showboating penalty.
Even a late Greens' penalty that reduced the arrears - from debut-making substitute Alan Gow - and saw ex-Home Park favourite Tony Capaldi sent off for handball, could not sweeten a bitter pill.
Argyle's initial line-up showed one change from the one that had gone into battle with Queens Park Rangers the previous Saturday, Luggy opting to start the game with the side that had begun the second half against the Hoops.
That meant on-loan Celtic forward Cillian Sheridan replaced the man he had come on for at half-time of the 1-1 weekend draw, ex-Rangers' man Steve MacLean.
Having been a starter in all three of the Pilgrims' previous games, MacLean failed to even make a seven-man bench that included just one striker - new signing Gow.
Cardiff were forced to make three changes to an already injury-hit squad, having lost forward Ross McCormack, midfielder Stephen McPhail and defender Paul Quinn to injury in their 1-1 draw at Blackpool three days earlier.
Their substitutes at Bloomfield Road - Burke, Gavin Rae and Adam Matthews - kept their places in the Bluebirds' starting line-up.
The visitors began with intent and had already looked threatening before they took the lead in the fourth minute.
Jay Bothroyd, who had had the beating of Krisztián Timár every time in the opening exchanges, made ground on the right and crossed for the unmarked Chopra, who had so much time that he could take stock of Romain Larrieu's position and scuttle a shot past the Frenchman with impudence.
Argyle responded well, with two menacing corners, well defended, with some desperation, by Cardiff's Scottish international goalkeeper David Marshall and his defenders.
However, the Pilgrims looked alarmingly exposed at the back at times, not the sort of frailty to display against a side with the purpose and talent of Cardiff. When Burke broke down the right and crossed into the danger area, Bothroyd ought to have tested Larrieu more than he did so with an ill-judged low-to-the-ground header.
After such a disappointing start, Argyle settled to their task well, shored up the midfield and took the game to their yellow-shirted visitors: Sheridan had a long-range shot which was turned round the post by Marshall, and Carl Fletcher fired in a dipping free-kick which the Cardiff goalkeeper pouched.
Sheridan was lost to the Pilgrims after a heavy yellow card-earning foul by Anthony Gerrard, bringing Gow into the picture for an earlier than expected debut.
Gow was involved in the build-up to what should have been the Pilgrims' equaliser ten minutes before the break as Argyle turned up the pressure.
The ball arrived at the feet of Fletcher, whose low drive was partially blocked by the Cardiff defence. The ball, however, broke to Mackie, eight yards from goal and in the clear. He had to take his shot early, true, but he really should have done better than to stab the ball wide.
Let off, and with their hosts deflated, Cardiff turned the tide. Peter Whittingham and Burke both found sight of goal and asked a question which the imperious Larrieu answered.
A half that never let up for a minute ended with Argyle back on the attack, Gow showing craft to link well with Judge and find angles that had the Cardiff defence grasping at thin air and which offered hope for the second half.
The Greens were inches from being on level terms in the opening minutes after the interval. Jim Paterson, who had worked as hard as anyone in the first period, swung in a cross from the right to the far post where Rory Fallon stretched to head back what might have been intended as an assist but ended up hitting the top of the Cardiff crossbar.
Argyle continued to dominate the post-break play with some swift, controlled passing. Paterson caused Marshall mild concern with a long shot, and Sawyer induced more of a panic from a goalkeeper the Pilgrims had probably decided did not fancy the ball slung at him with what was probably a cross when it left Sawyer's boot.
The flow almost turned fatally when Cardiff captain Mark Hudson relieved pressure with an aimless punt that saw Chopra sprint clear and beat Larrieu to the ball at on the edge of the penalty area.
He could only toe it, however, and, luckily for Argyle, the ball trickled wide.
The more Argyle chased the game, the more Cardiff sensed the prospect of a deciding goal on the break, and David McNamee's block of Rae's stinger was vital.
Sawyer then rattled the Cardiff crossbar with a powerful header from Paterson's corner before Luggy withdrew a tiring Judge in favour of Craig Noone, to the obvious disapproval of some of the Home Park crowd.
Joe Ledley nearly defeated Larrieu with another chip, this time from the edge of the area, before Chopra secured the points for Cardiff with a sharp piece of finishing in front of more than 1,000 ecstatic travelling fans.
Chopra's third, from the penalty spot, was his sixth goal of the season and sent the unbeaten Bluebirds to the top of the Championship.
The Green Army were given something to cheer in the final minute, when Capaldi earned a second booking for a needless handball in the box, and Gow stroked home the penalty.
Rick Cowdery
Argyle (4-3-3): 1 Romain Larrieu; 16 David McNamee, 5 Krisztián Timár, 19 Marcel Seip, 18 Gary Sawyer; 25 Alan Judge (17 Craig Noone 74), 4 Carl Fletcher (capt), 3 Jim Paterson; 8 Jamie Mackie, 14 Rory Fallon, 21 Cillian Sheridan (26 Alan Gow 25). Substitutes (not used): 2 Karl Duguid, 11 Kári Árnáson, 20 Luke Summerfield, 22 Réda Johnson, 23 Kyle Letheren (gk).
Booked: Sawyer 23.
Cardiff (4-4-2): 1 David Marshall; 27 Adam Matthews, 15 Anthony Gerrard, 5 Mark Hudson, 12 Tony Capaldi; 11 Chris Burke, 4 Gavin Rae, 16 Joe Ledley, 7 Peter Whittingham; 9 Jay Bothroyd (29 Josh Magennis 88), 8 Michael Chopra (24 Miguel Comminges 90). Substitutes (not used): 6 Gabor Gyepes, 20 Peter Enckelman (gk), 23 Darcy Blake, 32 Aaron Morris.
Sent off: Capaldi 90 (second yellow card)
Booked: Gerrard 20, Capaldi 29, Matthews 36.
Referee: Russell Booth (Nottinghamshire).
Attendance: 11,918 (1,091 away).
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Characters: MinaKushi. Mentions of Rin, Kakashi and Jiraiya
Rating: T, for themes and, uh, implications.
Notes: I have to stop writing fic and start doing things that will help ensure I get into med school in the next couple years, but here we have Minato's rumination on Kushina's attraction to the dashing and debonair Stephen Moyer from a vampire franchise that is vasty, vastly superior to Twilight, True Blood. True Blood isn't heart-stoppingly amazing by any means, but it is loads of fun--violence, gore, interesting(ish) plots and characters, enough political and social allegories to keep me mildly interested, and lots of sex. (Though if all you little kiddies go and watch and are traumatized, don't blame it on me.) It helps if you have watched the first episode and know about Jason's shenanigans, but for those of you who don't, well, it's not that big of a deal--there is bondage and dirty language involved, is all. In any case, enjoy and remember to review!
Minato, for the umpteenth time since meeting and falling disastrously and hopelessly in love with Uzumaki Kushina, realizes that he Just Doesn't Get It.
"So," he asks slowly, because he wants to get this right, "this new show you've been gushing about has vampires in it?"
Kushina nods absently, biting into an impossibly large chocolate chip cookie and flipping though Konoha Today! magazine. "Yes, that's right. Hey, the Daimyo's third daughter's pregnant! Again! And no one knows who the father is!" She snickers and bites another chunk off the cookie.
He lifts her swollen feet up and settles himself underneath them on the end of the couch she's decided to sprawl all over. "Hon," he says, "weren't you just ranting a month ago about how you couldn't stand vampires? Didn't you say that they were, ah, poisoning the youth or something?" He absently strokes the arches of her feet as he talks.
"Hm?" she hums, poring over the sexual shenanigans of the Fire Country nobility. All he can see is her forehead peeking out over the cover of the obnoxious magazine. "Oh, do that again, Minato, that thing with your thumb," she says, wiggling her left foot.
He sighs, obliging. "Kushina, love, you're not listening to me."
He feels more than sees her elaborate eye-roll as she snaps the tabloid closed and sets it on her still mostly flat abdomen. "This better be good," she says. "That article was hilarious."
He begins running firm fingers over her calves. "I thought you were ideologically opposed to vampires or something, love. Why the sudden change of heart?"
She smiles at him crookedly. "Oh is that all?"
He raises his eyebrows at her. "Darling, you know better than I do the sort of influence you wield over prepubescent little girls, and if you are planning on, I dunno, starting a riot or inciting a rebellion, I'd like to know beforehand."
She tries to glare at him, but his fingers are doing a wonderful job making her go languid against the fluffy throw-pillows she's arranged behind her. "Look at you, being all sarcastic and junk. Oh, Minato, do that again, and harder. Um, no, no, True Blood is different from those trashy novels."
"How so?"
"The main character has personality for one thing. She also spends most of her time yelling at the male lead, which is very amusing."
"And very true to life," he says, amused. "Are you identifying?"
"Something like that," she says. "I don't speak with such a ridiculous accent, though. It's so obviously put-on, it's kind of grating. But whatever, it's still a good show. The characters are interesting, there's a serial killer on the loose, her brother is a moron. Good stuff." She flashes a mischievous smile at him. "It's also got enough sex to keep even Kakashi-kun interested."
He chuckles at her. "Really."
She rolls her eyes at him and pokes him in the ribs with an errant toe. "Yes, really. And besides, the male lead is ridiculously good looking." She giggles a bit at this, and Minato ears perk up. Never has Kushina giggled at the mention of another male—laughed, commented snidely, and perhaps even appreciated with an open, honest air, but never giggled. "He's got the most ridiculous accent ever, and he follows all of these antiquated laws of chivalry. It's kind of adorable." She arches her back as his fingers hit a particularly sore spot on her right foot. "And he's chiseled, and oh lord, is he built. I'm still not sure if I'll ever get over how wonderful his cheekbones are. And you know what? I thought I would be grossed out by all the blood-sucking, but you know?" She smirks at him, eyes sparkling with deviousness, and Minato feels the bottom of his stomach fall out. "It's the hottest thing in the world when taken in context. His second sex scene with the female lead, god, I think I got shivers, he was that amazing and that intense."
Minato clears his throat. "So you're, ah, going to keep up with this show?"
"Oh, don't worry about it. I'm not going to make you watch," she says nonchalantly, still smiling a little. "I'll just TiVo it and watch it while you're out or something." She nudges his elbow with an insistent foot. "A little more, please, your fingers are heavenly."
That evening, instead of working on the millions of little things he had to do, he has his intelligence team throw together a report on this…actor, this man who playes the vampire Bill Compton. Minato frowns as he studies the picture: the man, as far as is concerned, was nothing overwhelmingly special, and not, he feels, at all worthy of all the praise Kushina had showered him with. He has sunken-in eyes, sunken-in cheeks, and a rather haughty tilt to his lips that Minato really finds distasteful.
Besides, he grouses while pouring over trade agreements, this Moyer character really isn't an issue—it is the outrageous amounts of imports Konoha is absorbing, everything from small stuffed toys to restaurant chains to TV shows that showcase vampires that captivate otherwise sane ninja women! It is nothing short of neo-colonialism—a siege on Konoha's culture, its values, its economic integrity! He scowls at Moyer—an actor, for crying out loud, who wouldn't even be able to hold a kunai correctly, let along charge one with chakra and send it flying into the dead center of a target in the middle of a raging battlefield, thank you very much—and drives a kunai right into the center of the picture.
"Right," he mutters. "Right. If they're going to colonize our airwaves, then we'll just return the favor. Damn vampires," and begins to draw up plans for a ninja TV show based on Icha Icha series and has already drafted a letter asking Jiraiya to come on board as screenwriter and director and is on the cusp of ordering Kakashi to play the ninja-vampire hybrid male lead, when Rin walks in. She takes one look at him, reads his plans, and laughs herself out of his office.
And at that point, Minato admits to himself that he Will Never Get It, resigns himself to this fact, and decides that he'd watch the damn show with Kushina and then make such explosive love to her in the aftermath that she'd forget all about built, chiseled and intense pretty boy actors.
"Really? You want to watch it with me?" She cocks her head to the side and pins him with a quizzical glance. "You don't like watching TV."
"Yes," he responds, "I don't like it, but I don't like not spending time with you more. Now that you're on leave and the baby isn't here yet, I figure I ought to monopolize your company while I can."
Her smile is brilliant, and without further preamble, she settles herself in the crook of his arm and props her fuzzy neon-green and orange sock-clad feet on the coffee table. "In that case," she says happily, shifting to leave a quick kiss on the side of his neck, "we have to watch from episode one!" She does something complicated with the remote and the TV blinks to life.
An hour later, Minato is staring at the screen and wondering what to make of the steady stream of blood, sex, violence and really bad accents that his brain has been fed.
"Isn't it great?" Kushina asks, shifting so she's half on top of him and smiling up into his eyes expectantly.
If he's honest with himself…"It is good, love," he says, running his left hand through her hair, "though some of it is just really strange."
Her smile takes on a slightly sinister edge. "Like that bondage and video-tape scene? Don't bother to deny it, I felt you stiffening up." She pokes him in the ribs.
He catches her hands and gives the offending finger a quick kiss. "Yes, that one."
She just raises her eyebrows at him, and suddenly, he knows. She had calculated the entire thing—the giggling, the praise, the shivers she had purportedly gotten from watching the sex scenes. All of it, so he'd watch the show with her and witness that particular spectacle and tie her to the ceiling and—and—
He can't even complete the thought, let alone translate it into action.
"You—I—what—I'm not going to harness you to the rafters and say all those horrible things to you!" he sputters. "I can't—I mean, being kinky is one thing, and you know that I'm willing to go through with most of the things you come up with, but this—"
She silences him with a finger across his lips. "Who says," she asks silkily, her voice low, "that I'd be the one tied up?"
He blinks at her, letting her words sink in and thinking through the implications.
"Oh," he says a moment later, "In that case..."
She laughs. "I knew you'd see it my way," she says, and that's all the warning he has before she pounces.

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OAKLAND (AP) Golden State forward David Lee (FSY) has undergone successful surgery to clean out an infection in his left elbow.
The Warriors said Saturday they don't know when Lee will return to action. The former All-Star is out for at least a week.
Lee stayed in the hospital overnight after surgery Friday in Fremont, Calif. His progress will be updated late next week.
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text: Drugs and Music Christina Gov, Steven Galarnyk, Timothy Bates, Amanda Siu, Jae Lee "Music is the soul of language" - Max Heindel Since the dawn of society, humans have jammed to music and used drugs for spiritual and celebratory reasons. This is one of the oldest cultural phenomena still going on strong today. We will each present five music genres of their cultural influences and their relationship to drugs. Genres • • • • • Reggae Electronic Rock & Roll Jazz Country Reggae • Associated with marijuana • Many reggae artists were followers of the Rastafari movement o Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear o Cannabis referenced in lyrics "Legalize it" - Peter Tosh A Brief History • 1655-1838 - Jamaica captured as a British colony o slave economy • 1838 - Jamaica was emancipated Rastafarianism • A religion and ideology that developed in Jamaica • Rejection of imperialism, westernization - "Babylon" • Promoted regular use of marijuana o Called ganja, the herb, the weed, the holy herb • Did not encourage rum, liquor, or cigarettes Rastafarianism: Marijuana • Ganja used as a religious ritual • Expression of freedom against Babylon • Used recreationally and religiously o Smoking ganja considered a spiritual act o Followed by Bible study o Brings one closer to Jah • Smoking of ganja to "loosen up" o brainwashed by capitalism and colonialism o the only way to clear the mind would be through use of ganja enables you to see your "true self" • Belief that the Bible encouraged use of the herb o "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and the herb for the service of man." Psalm 104:14 More Biblical Citations "...thou shalt eat the herb of the field." Genesis 3:18 "...eat every herb of the land" Exodus 10:12 "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb-bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." Genesis 1:29 "And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw it was good." Genesis 3:18 Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley Reggae artist and Rastafarian Spread the Rastafarian Movement worldwide Electronic Electronic What is Electronic Music? • According to the EMA, electronic music is any music produced or performed primarily using electronic instruments in a unique, non-generic fashion, such that the focus of the music is on the electronic aspects. • Some popular artists in this genre includes; o Steve Aoki o Infected Mushroom o Armin Vaan Burren o The Prodigy o Skrillex History of Electronic Music "If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Marcus Brigstocke • Electronic music could be dated back to as 1900s. However, to us the more culturally relevant portion of electronic music history starts out in 1980s when the rave culture started to take off. o Gained popularity in the U.K with influential figures such as Paul Oakenfold. o Not surprisingly, E started to get popular around this time First news report of E seizure in 1987. Iconic Drugs • MDMA o Pharmacodynamics Indirect agonist for 5-HT and for DA and Ne in lesser amount It's effects are unique because it makes you feel sympathetic towards others. (empathogenesis) Perhaps this is the reason it is popular with teenagers. (That or the increase in sensuality known as enactogenesis) o Pharmacokinetic Usually swallowed in pill form peaks in 1 hour and last from 3-12 hours depending on purity MDMA crystals Iconic Drugs continued • Stimulants o Cocaine, Amphetamine These are insufflated or cut into the ecstasy pills • Psychedelics o LSD Taking MDMA and LSD at the same time is known as "Candy flipping." Interview These were the people I had to interview, this was difficult for several reasons. 1. The music was blaring non-stop, it was very hard to carry on a conversation. Apparently rave culture promotes unity, not conversation. 2. People wouldn't stop offering me massages and light shows. While flattered, some of these people had to be avoided. Interview continued Many claimed that the effect Example from my hands-on interviews: of MDMA made them feel more connected and close to 1. "Sick bass beats and ecstasy one another. just goes together." - Hyper (empathogenesis) Nova* • MDMA was used for 2. "I can feel the music with all of marriage counseling. my body and makes me want • This also coincides with to dance all night long." Crush Bunny* (enactogenesis) PLUR, the rave philosophy of Peace, Love, Unity and • This person probably took Respect pill that was cut with uppers such as amphetamine. (*= In rave culture, people are designated a raver name from either their rave parent or a total Rock & Roll Early Rock • Elvis Presley o A heavy prescription drug user Amphetamines, Barbiturates, Hydromorphone... o Denounced illicit drug use o Traces of 14 different drugs at time of death • The Beatles o Very heavy use of illicit drugs LSD (a ton), Amphetamines, Cannabis, Cocaine... Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds o Eventually denounced drug use • These were typical patterns among other artists of the time Jimi Hendrix and Psychedelic Rock • • • • Became symbol of the psychedelic movement. Used LSD, Barbiturates, Amphetamines Message of peace and love, supported hippie movement Died famously by choking on vomit while on Barbiturates • Psychedelic rock associated with many drugs o LSD and LSA, psilocybin, Mescaline, DMT, DOM (STP) o also used Cannabis, Cocaine, Ketamine and others • Use extensive references to drugs Focus on: LSD • d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide • Derived from ergot, a fungus on rye • Acts primarily on 5HT-2A receptor o Direct agonist • Also acts on many other 5HT, NE and DA receptors o Does not cause dependence • Rapid tolerance due to down-regulation of 5HT-2A receptors o Cross tolerance with Mescaline and Psilocybin • Significant open and closed eye hallucinations and possible synesthesia, surfaces seem to breathe and morph, after images o Set and Setting very important to avoid bad "trip" • Schedule I drug Ozzy Osbourne and Heavy Metal • Former lead guitarist and vocalist for Black Sabbath • Abused drugs including alcohol for 40 years • "I've been loaded on booze, coke, acid, Quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list in this footnote. On more than a few occasions I was on all of those at the same time." • Suffered from tremors due to Parkin Syndrome o Not from Drug or Alcohol Abuse • Heavy Metal is associated with harder drugs o Cocaine, Heroin, PCP, LSD, Alcohol, Cannabis, Crack, Amphetamines, solvents, Barbiturates "Resting Arousal, Sensation Seeking, and Music Preference" • Suggests that some individuals may be predisposed to seek out more intense and complex stimuli than others o some individuals may enhance stimulation, resulting in over stimulation o others may reduce intensity of incoming stimuli, resulting in stimulus deprivation. • Adolescents that listen to heavy metal were more likely to use, but not abuse illicit drugs • Drug taking and other reckless behavior associated with higher levels of arousal, and are therefore preferred by stimulus seeking individuals • These individuals engage in these activities in order to reach their ideal level of stimulation Jazz and Drugs "The jazzman has always been tagged with the current vice of the times. In the Twenties the jazz musician was a drunkard. He was a jazz musician, therefore he was a drunkard. In the Thirties and early Forties, he was a jazz musician, therefore he used marijuana. In the later Forties and Fifties, into the Sixties, he's a jazz musician, so he's a dope addict." – Billy Taylor *Marijuana • History: o o o 1910: Introduction of marijuana to US 1923-1930: Racially charged anti-pot campaign 1937 Marijuana Tax Act • Muggles, moota, gage, reefer, Mary Warner, tea, mezz, ju-ju, grifa…. • Effects: o o o Increased metabolism - useful on late nights Distorted perceptions - enhanced listening experience Impaired coordination, learning and memory Focus: Heroin • Faster-acting version of morphine • Can be smoked, snorted, injected • Effects o o Euphoria – "a deep sense of satisfaction" Followed by exhaustion, sense of apathy Aid for performance anxiety o Nausea, slowed metabolism *Heroin: Pharmacology • Pharm. term: Diacetylmorphine o o o Morphine + 2 acetyl groups µ opioid agonists Increases dopamine production by inhibiting GABA release analgesic, euphoric effects *"the idea was going around that to use heroin might make you play as great as Bird." - Miles Davis Country Music and Drugs The Joke: " What do you get when you play a country song backwards?" Answer: You get your dog back, your truck back and your wife back. "I'm just gonna go home, lie down, and listen to country music. The music of pain." -Xander from Buffy "Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy." -Dierks Bentley "Country Music is three cords and the truth." -Harland Howard Drug References Alcohol- Brad Paisley Whiskey Girl- Toby Keith Tequila Makes her Clothes Fall Off- Joe Nichols Whiskey for my men, Beer For My Horses- Toby Keith Tear In My Beer- Hank Williams Whiskey river- Willie Nelson, Whiskey bent and hell bound- Hank William's, Jr Beer thirty- Brooks & Dunn Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On- Neal McCoy All Jacked Up- Gretchen Wilson Tennessee whiskey- David Allen Coe Whiskey Girl- Toby Keith Tequila Sunrise- Eagles Drugs or Jesus- Tim McGraw Cocaine Blues- Johnny Cash Etc. What does Country Music reference? • Researchers who looked at the bestselling songs in several genres from 2005 found that 37% of top country songs featured references to drugs or alcohol, compared to just 14% of rock songs. Rap songs referenced drug usage in 77% of songs. R&B and Hip-hop were at 20%. • The same study found that the drug most often mentioned in country songs is alcohol. So we know the reference stats… • A study by Loyola University found beer consumption was greatest for country music at live concerts when compared against Rock, Reggae and Hip-hop/Rap. Overall alcohol consumption however was highest for rock concerts. Where is country music? • Primarily in the USA but also Canada and Australia. Where in the US is country? • The size of each state is proportional to the number of times it is mentioned in country music. Tobacco Usage l Alcohol Usage (binge) Source: http://www.statemaster.com/red/graph/hea_alc_con_bin_dri-health-alcohol-consumption-binge-drinkers&b_map=1 So why all talk and no drink? • Drinking is clearly considered wrong but in most of the songs it's seen as expected and routine to use it to face the tough facts of life. • The answer to the paradox: The concept of Redemption. • Two famous country stars, Johnny Cash and George Jones, both drank and it almost ruined them but they both found the strength to turn their lives around. That's country music. Drinking is about humor? • A University of Pittsburgh study found that in country music drinking tends to be portrayed as humorous. Alcohol isn't quite given a blanket acceptance as much as a humorous portrayal. "Don't have to go home but you can't stay here, That's what they said when I got my last beer. Oh my God, its 2 oclock, I can't find my keys and my trucks locked So I grabbed a tire tool and I broke my window, hurt my elbow got me in though Two foot later backed into the light pole, all the town folk got a good show" From "All Jacked Up" by Gretchen Wilson "He's on the dance floor yelling Freebird Singing off pitch but he knows every word Grabs him another girl and he holds on tight Now he's chasing everything in sight he'll fall apart when he gets home Right now his worries are gone Life looks good, good, good Billy's got his beer goggles on" From "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" by Neal McCoy "She'll start with kickin' out of her shoes Loose an earring in her drink Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall Drop a contact down the sink" From "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" by Joe Nichols Prescription Drug Abuse • Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older Thank you! Enjoy your spring break and continue this cultural phenomena at your own discretion. Questions? References http://thinkexist.com/quotation/music_is_the_soul_of_language/214749.html http://www.newagejournal.com/sexdrugs.shtml Reggae: http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/dorsey.html http://www.jamaicans.com/info/brief.htm http://www.religionfacts.com/a-z-religion-index/rastafarianism.htm Barrett, Leonard E Sr. The Rastafarians. Beacon Press: Boston 1997. Rock: http://www.beatlesbible.com/features/drugs/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2002/aug/11/features.magazine27 http://www.erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?A=ShowDoc1&ID=6318 http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=2498 McNamara, L., & Ballard, M. E. (1999). Resting Arousal, Sensation Seeking, and Music Preference.Genetic, Social & General Psychology Monographs, 125(3), 229. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. References continued... Country: http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/healthday/071108/one-third-of-popular-songs-refer-tosubstance-abuse.htm http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/256.php http://current.com/1ndce4c http://christianmusic.about.com/od/editorial1/a/lyricsstudy08.htm http://www.statemaster.com/red/graph/hea_alc_con_bin_dri-health-alcohol-consumption-bingedrinkers&b_map=1 http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/TobaccoUse/Smoking/StateInfo-large.html Ben Marsh, "A Rose-Colored Map" Harper's, July 1977, 80. http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/TobaccoUse/Smoking/StateInfo-large.html http://www.thestate.com/2010/02/09/1147170/country-musics-love-affair-with.html SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006 and 2007. References continued... 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Germanwings is owned by Lufthansa and its Berlin base is at TegelInternational Airport.The company provides three fare types: Best, Smart and Basic. With Best, you can benefit from free drinks and snacks, two pieces of luggage, lounge access and free adjacent seat. Smart fare will allow you to get one drink and snack on board and to choose your preferred seating. Finally, the Basic fare doesn't include free catering, but enables you to check-in one hand-luggage. Despite of these fares, you should bear in mind that the fleet only features economy class.
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Here are examples illustrating when YOU made a difference by contacting your Senators and Representatives to encourage their support on bills pertinent to the district energy/CHP industry.
In the Senate, two letters were being circulated to the entire Senate by Senators Sanders, Begich, M. Udall, Wyden, Shaheen, Leahy and Merkley--please click on the links to download the letters in Microsoft® Word:
The first letter requests a total of $300 million for two grant programs authorized by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Sections 471 and 451) which are strongly advocated by IDEA. The second letter supports the $5 million budgeted by the President for the Community Wood Energy program.
In the House, similar request letters are being circulated to all House members by Representatives Welch, Van Hollen, Michaud and Hodes:
Here's What Members Did:
1. Clicked on www.congress.org
2. Under "Get Involved", typed in zip code and clicked "Go". This brought them to a page with links to the offices of their members of Congress.
3. For their Representative and for each Senator:
If you have any questions, please call Rob Thornton, IDEA President (508-366-9339 or 508-254-7369 cell) or Mark Spurr, IDEA Legislative Director (612-607-4544).
On Thursday August 8, 2009, Senator Sanders (I-VT) introduced Senate Bill S. 1621, the Thermal Energy Efficiency Act, which was co-sponsored by Senator Merkley (D-OR).
This legislation would dedicate 2% of revenues from climate change legislation to fund combined heat and power (CHP), waste energy recovery, and district energy projects. Based on various estimates, this could mean between $1 billion and $1.5 billion per year for clean energy infrastructure.
The Thermal Energy Efficiency Act would provide 40% of its funding for institutional entities (defined as public or non-profit hospitals, local and state governments, school districts and higher education facilities, tribal governments, municipal utilities, or their designees), 40% for commercial and industrial entities, and 20% to be used in the discretion of the Secretary of Energy to fund institutional entity projects, commercial and industrial projects, or federal facility projects. A match is required of all non-federal applicants, starting at 25% from 2012-2017, and rising to 50% from 2018-2050.
The breakdown of how the money would be used is: 75% for construction of infrastructure, 15% for planning, engineering, and feasibility studies, and the remaining 10% to be used at the discretion of the Secretary for either infrastructure or planning, depending on the need.
Thermal energy and CHP have been long neglected in national energy policy but offer a huge opportunity for efficiency and emissions reduction using today's technology. CHP can be used with a variety of fuel sources, including coal, natural gas, geothermal, biomass, oil, and waste.
According to the Department of Energy, moving from having 9% of our electric power as CHP today to 20% by 2030 would:
In order to achieve this, however, we need to increase long-term funding support for these systems. DOE has a stimulus-related funding application for $156 million for CHP, waste energy, and district energy. They have received 359 applications for projects valued at $9.2 billion. This represents a 25 to 1 ratio in terms of funding need to federal funding available. Based on the federal match, this shows that additional federal funding could leverage billions in state, local, and private sector dollars if more federal funding was available.
RELATED AMENDMENT – Appropriations for EISA
On July 26, Senator Sanders presented Amendment 1903 to Senate Energy & Water Appropriations committee, which was passed. It directs the Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program to make $15 million available for the Section 399A of EISA, supporting technical and feasibility assessments for district energy and CHP.
Click here to download a copy of the Amendment.
WHAT'S NEXT – IDEA member support and contacting legislators
IDEA members, particularly in states with Senators on the Environment & Public Works Committee, are urged to contact their senators and representatives to seek support for Amendment 1903 and co-sponsorship and support for S. 1621. IDEA staff contacted key constituents to garner specific support during August recess. It is essential that we gain support over the coming weeks and months.
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Intrepid vets and nurses battled rain and sleet in the Lake District to raise thousands of pounds for the guide dogs of the future.
Twelve intrepid vets and nurses battled rain and sleet in the Lake District to raise thousands of pounds for the guide dogs of the future.
Two veterinary teams – one from White Cross Vets' practices in Guiseley and Roundhay and another from Chapelfield Vets in Norfolk – successfully completed the Coniston Challenge on September 7. Both teams were raising money for mobility charity Guide Dogs.
The event consisted of a 10km hike up the Coniston Old Man peak, cycling 12km through the Grizedale Forest and kayaking two miles across Coniston Water.
The White Cross team came seventh out of 26 teams, and the Chapelfield team finished in 12th place.
RVN Vicky Neave was part of the Chapelfield team. She said: "We were quite tired at the end of it and by the after-party we were all trying to keep ourselves awake.
"We were so pleased to all make it through, despite the hail, rain and sleet – we had sleet during the kayak and a run-in with some Highland cattle during the bike so it was quite eventful."
RVN Amanda Hatfield from the White Cross team said: "We were so pleased everybody managed to complete it, despite the freezing cold and the hail and rain when we were making our way up Coniston Old Man."
Commenting on the chosen charity Amanda added: "We have a lot of clients who are puppy walkers and we also have a couple of guide dog owners as clients, so we get to see the difference these dogs make every day."
As VN Times went to press, White Cross had raised almost £2,000 for Guide Dogs, and Chapelfield a further £1,700.
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Elnias led them through a doorway in the back of the room and into a quiet, dimly lit chamber with an arched ceiling. It looked as if it had at one point been part of a tunnel that had since been bricked off, and it contained no furniture.
Their shadowy host closed the door behind them, blocking off the noise from the other room. He stood facing them for a moment, eyes burning like hot coals set into his otherwise indiscernible face, then began to cross the room.
He stopped in the middle, his back to them. "Long ago, before such creatures existed as humans, Aechyeds, goblins and elves, when the intelligent arts of language and architecture belonged alone to the Fae, the Messengers, and the Gods—the Ancients, as you call us—there was foretold the coming of an age of misery, of fear, of parasitic thought, ushered in with disease, and brought to a close with one of two possible outcomes: the beginning of a new, brighter epoch, or the end of the world…the end of time itself."
Elnias turned slowly to look at them once more, as if making sure the full impact of his statement had registered.
"It was determined," he continued in his usual deep, somber voice, "that when the time came, six champions would be chosen to combat this…parasite.
"The time has come. The Blood Plague of six years ago brought it to the surface, although it had been quietly festering below ground for much longer—a millennia, perhaps. The Six have been chosen."
Seymour had a sudden recollection of a strange dream he had had the previous night, and without knowing why, he glanced sidelong at Henry and saw the same terrified recognition on the human's features as he felt on his own.
"The Six?"
Elnias nodded slowly. "Six shall go," he recited, "three men, three not, all in masks of falsehood wrought, bearing a piece for every queen, into the land of light unseen. Make the three of dreams align, Worm shall fall at three, six, nine."
Henry and Seymour stared back at him, wide-eyed.
"What does it mean?" Seymour asked eventually.
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"Is its meaning a secret, or do you not know it?"
Elnias met his eyes. "I can't tell you," he repeated. "I have said all that I can say."
"You can't even tell us who the rest of the Six are?" Seymour prodded.
"No. But you will know each other when you meet. You will be drawn together—already have been, by the looks of it. I can tell you this, however: you will find that you have allies outside of the Six. Beware of them, especially of my fellow Ancients. Morality is an invention of mortals, and we immortals have little concept of it. Any that join with you are motivated entirely by self-interest. Most will want payment for their services, and generally not of the…monetary variety."
Seymour raised his eyebrows. "I get the strong impression," he droned, "that you are hinting at something, Elnias."
Elnias turned his back and began to walk away from them. "Of course I am."
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Leeds United striker Richard Cresswell has agreed personal terms with Hull City.
The Championship club have spent the weekend in negotiations with Cresswell over a £300,000 move to The KC Stadium.
The forward, who cost Leeds £1.15million two years ago, has accepted a three-year contract with Hull and is due to undergo a medical on Monday.
Tigers boss Phil Brown confirmed a deal has been struck and is now waiting to conclude the signing of the former Preston front man.
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Mariah Carey was hanging out poolside with her 1-year-old twins Moroccon and Monroe. Doesn't the mom look so happy to be with her babes?
The 42-year-old mom looks fantastic in her shades and effortlessly chic bun while swimming with her kids.
The singer and her hubby Nick Cannon have affectionally dubbed her kiddos "Dem Babies" and posted this adorable pic on their website.
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General Advertiser (Newspaper) - May 23, 1846, London, Middlesex The General Advertifer. FRIDAY, May 23, 1746. Numb. $6tt* The FARMER's Fifth Letter to the Proteftants of Ireland. �URING the Silence of my Friend, I had juft prepared to addrefs him with fbnae Observations, which had QCcaned touching his Hiftory of the Bees i when, without perceiving my Intentions, he proceeded. ' When the Queen of the Bees ' obfervcd.to what a fuddenStrength 4 and Maturity this Infant of Rebel-' lion was grow* j flie conjectured, that other Events * might alfo fpeedily come to pais, which, till now, had ap-�peared altogether impoffible. ' t to defend, but to aboliih their own Rights j and hazard their Lives to facrifice, what every Bee, fince the Creation of the World, would have facrificed his Life wpreferve. Great Powers! they take up Arms againft "a Prince who would fave them j and their Prince takes up Arms, merely to prevent them from working their own Perdition. A glorious iEra indeed for the Prince, but moil ignominious for fuch a People ; blot it out kind Heaven from the Accounts of Time ! deliver not our Name among thy Works to Pofterity I or give us again fuch Hearts as were fenfible to Truth, return us thofe Underftandings that once were guided by Reafbn. * But wherefore is this Infatuation of the Soul; from whence can ariie this Mift that clouds our Senfes ? If we really apprehend any Danger of Encroachment on out Privileges, can that be a reafon for facrificing our Con* ftitution i if we fear the Damage of a, Part> can fuch Fear induce us to ruin the Whole ? to avoid a Spark, Ihall we leap into a Furnace ? To efcape a Shower, {hall w� plunge into the Sea ? 4 We are not all fo depraved, my Brothers, and I truft this Defection is not fo general as our Enemies look for. Truth is ftrong, and ever valiant were the Defenders thereof; Liberty I allew may be weakened by Luxury, and brought to Diffolution by Corruption, but it never was won by Arms; itmay be undermined by Treachery, but it cannot be ftormed by Force. 4 Let us put it to the Proof, Let our Nation be-number-ed, let that Number be divided into three Parts, leave two Thirds to the Difloyal and the Fearful of Heart, but fever to us one Third for the Lovers of Liberty ; again divide that Third, and one Half thereof {hall be fuffici-ent to quafh Rebellion, the other to'encounter Invafion ; One fiiall be fufficient to the Defection of our Country, and the Other to the reft of the World. * Know therefore, great Qeeen ! that whatever the Spirit of Faction may dictate^ or Flattery infiuuate to other Princes, the Spirit of Liberty is now your only Safety, as k will ever be your fureft Support. 4 Whatever may be the Original Foundation of Right in any Monarch to Dominion, Popularity can alone be the Confirmation thereof; nor is there any Power, Divine or Human, to'/upporta Prince, who appeals from the Welfare and Good-will of his People. * rjad you, great Queen, attempted, or mould you ever attempt to invade thofe Rights ef which you are confti-tuted the Guardian, or to fap that Conftitution whicii you are entrufted to fuppott; believe not what Courtiers may fay, neither hope that any Partiality of AffeSion to your facred Perfon will engage your Subjects to defend x Monarch, who makes an Aftault upon theafelves. If we are to be Slaves, it matters not to whom, the Name or Perfon of our Mailer is to us ef no farther Concern: Iniereft, thro1 all Nature, is a neceftary Motive to Action, Love generates Love, Regard begets Regard, and Protection Protection: It is this mutual Relation,through-out the World, that keeps the Whole from Diffolution, by thus connecting (he Parts : Force cannot be exerted but" by Action, nor Action but by the Will, and the Will ever was and muft be free to Eternity ; no Power in Heaven or on Earth can conftrain it, it muft be won by good Offices, for we ourfelvcs cannot compel it in your Favour. 4 Lay hold then, thou chofen Monarch! on this Prin* ciple of Liberty; preferve to us our* Freedom, that we may ever be willing, and therefore able to fight for you: Let your Goodnefs continue to beget Gratitude, and your Defeuce of our Privileges a Defence of your Dominion : So (hall you be as one great Soul, animating the whole Body of your Subjects, into the utmoft Power of a voluntary Exertion, for Advantages that redound from yeu to themfelvcs, and that are equally the Intereft of Prince and People. 4 Had you been a Tyrant, I dare not fpeak thus; as^ yet I dare greatly in-the Caufe of Liberty. . ^ '. 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You didn't need to be a pessimist to scoff at Tony Blair's speech to the Iraqi Business Board last week. Striking a familiar note, the former Prime Minister called for more British investment in Iraq and trumpeted the region's economic growth.
Nearly ten years on from the invasion, the only people who seem chuffed about the Iraq War these days are its architects and their dedicated cheerleaders. Blair's particular cynicism lies in the fact that he frames promoting British interests in Iraq as a moral obligation - something to help the Iraqi economy - rather than as a continuation of the looting of that country.
We've heard many times already that this war was "all about oil". While that's no doubt a simplification, there is a widely held view that the goals of big business, the military and Westminster politicians are bound up more than ever in the post 9/11 wars.
Prime Dealer
Take Cameron's recent visit to Saudi Arabia. There, the PM attempted to soothe relations and convince the regime to buy British when they replace their fighter jets. Cameron seems at ease in the role of salesmen and advocate of our (highly inefficient) arms industry. Time and again, the arms industry is singled out for helpful state intervention. Critics point to the hundreds of millions of pounds laid on to bolster what is a very small contributor to GDP (at a little over 1%) and employment at this time of particular hardship.
The moral question of arms-dealing must also be accounted for. The argument that countries in this fraught Middle Eastern region are entitled to defend themselves is less convincing when you consider that the main challenge to the Saudi regime and others in recent times has issued from its own people. The Prime Minister's assertion that it's important to respect "individual countries' journeys" seems not to include the people in those countries - who for some time now have been having a red-hot go at journeying towards a few relatively mild reforms.
Uneven field
In Afghanistan, the fact that big business and the military are profoundly interwoven was literally right on top of us. The size of private military company Kellogg, Brown and Root's presence in Kandahar wasn't far off the British Army's when I served a tour there in 2006. The KBR workers were on higher pay and were better equipped than us lowly squaddies, who had to wait several months to get boots which didn't tear our feet apart.
The blurring of war and business is also apparent on the home front. I visited the Imperial War Museum recently, for the first time since I was a nervy recruit on an educational day out from Deepcut barracks. I found that the slickly-presented exhibit 'War Story: Serving in Afghanistan' was being officially supported by Boeing, outfitter of the Chinook and Apache helicopter fleets which are mainstays of the British effort in Central Asia. Among the looped video testimonies were a number of officers and NCO's suggesting the viewer focus less on the deaths and more on the good works being done in Afghanistan. That's certainly better publicity for Boeing...
Only a month after I visited the museum, Cameron made an uncomfortably celebratory pledge in his speech there, promising tens of millions for events remembering WW1 and the conflict's major battles. Needless to say, the tone was one of the uncritical soldier worship which we see throughout our society today.
More perturbing still, there have been suggestions that retired military officers have used Remembrance Day as a cover for business interests. Lt. General John Kiszely went as far as to claim - unfortunately in front of journalists posing as arms dealers - that events meant to commemorate our glorious dead are "tremendous networking opportunities".
Is it a coincidence or merely inept timing that Blair has chosen the period of remembrance to urge businesses to capitalise on the opportunities derived from the 'sacrifices' of British soldiers?
And is it too far-fetched to suggest that Cameron's wearing of the poppy while fetching and carrying for the arms industry is at odds with the lessons of past wars?
I doubt anyone who can get close enough is likely to put the questions, but whatever our economic sensibilities, the nexus of unaccountable arms companies, elected politicians and modern-day brass hats isn't just worrying in terms of transparency and vested interest; it is entirely disrespectful to the war dead and their 'sacrifice'.Reuse content


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In a paper published April 26th in mSystems, a team of researchers led by microbiologists at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, describe a successful trial of a new method of identifying the carbon uptake of specific marine bacterioplankton taxa. The technique uses proteomics – the large-scale study of proteins – to observe directly the metabolic processes of communities of microorganisms.
Oregon State microbiologist Ryan Mueller, senior author on the paper, says the technique illuminates the carbon uptake process at three levels. "It shows how much is being used, by which microbes, and how they're using it to produce new proteins," he says. "It provides information about which organisms are taking up different substrates."
Marine bacterioplankton play a critical role in the carbon cycle. They recycle chemicals and decompose carbon-rich material like dissolved free amino acids (DFAA), which can result from many processes including lysing cells or phytoplankton bloom die-offs. Bacterioplankton process half of the organic carbon fixed by phytoplankton and other microbes through photosynthesis, but not all microbial communities have the same uptake rates. Linking particular taxa to metabolic responses has been an open question in the field for decades.
The researchers tested their new method, called proteomic stable isotopic probing, or proteomic-SIP, on eight seawater samples, including six collected from the ocean at Monterey Bay, California, and two from Newport, Oregon. To those samples they added DFAAs enriched with the isotope carbon-13. Using high-resolution mass spectrometry, they extracted and analyzed proteins from the samples – half of the samples after 15 hours, and the other half after 32 hours. They used software developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee, to analyze the proteomics data.
As medical professionals search for new ways to personalize diagnosis and treatment of disease, RPB-supported researchers at the University of Iowa have already put into practice what may be the next big step in precision medicine: personalized proteomics.
Proteomics is the large-scale analysis of all the proteins in a cell type, tissue type, or organism. In contrast to genomics, which shows how genetic differences can indicate a person's potential for developing a disease over a lifetime, proteomics takes a real-time snapshot of a patient's protein profile during the disease. Doctors can use this information to tailor diagnosis and initiate treatment, sometimes long before a conventional diagnosis even begins to home in on a cause.
"Proteomics allows us to create a precision molecular diagnosis that's totally personalized for the patient," says Vinit Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D., UI clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and recipient of a 2011 RPB Career Development Award.
Mahajan's lab recently used proteomics to devise a successful treatment strategy for a patient with uveitis, a potentially blinding eye disease that can have many causes, making it particularly difficult to diagnose and treat effectively. The team's findings are described in a paper published in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.
Learn more: The Future of Precision Medicine
After a decade-long $3 billion international effort, scientists heralded the 2001 completion of the human genome as a moon landing achievement for biology and the key to finally solving intractable diseases like cancer.
But it turns out this was only the end of the beginning, with a much greater complexity to life revealed by the roughly 20,000 genes found within the human genome. For one, most diseases are incredibly complex, with very few caused by a single gene mutation. Rather, the more accurate picture is many acting genes acting in concert, with the routes to disease looking like public transit or subway maps.
Since then, efforts such as the modENCODE project – a $57 million multi-center initiative funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) – have been aimed at identifying all the genome elements that can turn on and off genes.
Now, an international scientific team, led by Arizona State University professor and Biodesign Institute researcher Marco Mangone, has added a new worldwide resource with the first library built for researchers to explore genes' deep and hidden messages. The paper was published in BMC Genomics (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/16/1036, DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-2238-1).
The end of the message
"If the genome is considered the blueprint of the cell, proteins are the really bricks and mortars," said Josh LaBaer, director of the Virginia Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, which aims to undercover the telltale early warning signs of disease from a systematic study of all of the proteins in the human body, a field called proteomics.
But to make proteins, first the DNA genomic information must be transcribed with complete fidelity, chemical letter by letter into an intermediary molecule, called messenger RNA, or mRNA. In what is known as the central dogma of biology, DNA makes RNA, which makes protein.
Marco Mangone, a core faculty member in LaBaer's center, has devoted his career to looking at a peculiar region found at the ends of the mRNA sequence information, called untranslated elements, or UTRs. As the name suggests, these regions do not go on to make protein, but stresses Mangone: "They have to be there for a reason."
Mangone's raison d'etre is to understand the function of every UTR in the human body, called the 3'UTRome (3′ indicates a location at the end of the mRNA).
And so he and his team have painstakingly put together the first and largest human 3?UTRome library in the world. It is made up of 1,461 human 3?UTRs to date (representing about 10 percent of genome), and freely available to the worldwide scientific community to explore all aspects of biology, gene regulation and disease.
Shooting the messenger
Sophocles first wrote in his Greek civil war play "Antigone": "no one loves the messenger who brings bad news." And when all roads led to ancient Rome, and messengers were sent about delivering the news, a revolutionary change occurred in communications tactics: killing the messenger to prevent the communication from taking place.
Mangone, a native Italian who did his doctoral studies in Rome, has harkened back to this strategy when examining the role of the 3'UTRome. His lab uses standard molecular biology and bioinformatics tools to study the production, function and disease contributions of UTRs and their role in governing gene expression. He pioneered this work in a simple animal, the worm C. elegans, and now, in the new BMC paper, toward human genomics.
Why would this elaborate system be in place? Based on numerous studies, the role of the 3'UTRome is complicated, but one major theme that has emerged is to prevent the mRNA message from ever being delivered, or in biology terms, ever translated into protein.
Small RNAs, called micro RNAs (miRNAs), work to pair with a UTR to block translation, killing the message, and thus, silencing a gene. Uncovering the interplay between miRNA and their specific UTRs have become a hot area in biology, and big business.
Big pharma, big future
These gene silencers have become all the rage in the pharmaceutical industry. So much so, that the global miRNA research market was valued at nearly $295.1 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $763 million by 2017.
It's become big business because of their potential as therapeutics for the treatment of some severe diseases, including cancer and genetic disorders, by introducing specific miRNAs into diseased cells to silence the defective gene.
A broad portfolio of miRNA pathway drug candidates have been developed, some already in Phase II clinical trials, showing promising clinical data in different areas of medicine, such as cancer, HCV infection, and cardiovascular diseases.
Read more: New ASU worldwide resource for exploring genes' hidden messages