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FSL notes: Fernandez fulfilling dream
Cuban right-hander continues dominance with Hammerheads
By Guy Curtright / Special to MLB.com | August 22, 2012 6:49 AM ET
It took four tries for the Marlins pitching prospect to escape Cuba as a teenager and make it to the U.S. It could take him just a few seasons to reach his baseball goal in Miami.
"It was always my dream to pitch in the Major Leagues," Fernandez said.
The 14th overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft appears to be on his way. No one in the Minors has had a more impressive first full season on the mound this year.
Fernandez, who turned 20 on July 31, is a combined 13-1 with a 1.81 ERA in 23 starts for Class A Advanced Jupiter and Class A Greensboro, striking out 150 in 124 innings.
The stellar season has vaulted Fernandez to No. 90 among MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects, and the right-hander ranks No. 3 on the Marlins' list.
Things didn't go nearly as smoothly in the pitcher's early attempts to join his father in Florida and pursue his baseball dream.
Fernandez was caught in his first try at age 14 and imprisoned for a while. In another attempt, he had to rescue his mother, who had fallen overboard from the boat.
"It is not easy to talk about," Fernandez said.
But at age 15 he was able to make it to Mexico along with his mother and sister and then later on to Tampa to be reunited with his father.
Although unable to speak English at first, the budding pitcher enrolled at Alonso High School and quickly began dominating opposing hitters as impressed scouts watched.
The Marlins, seeing a potential gate attraction for their new ballpark in Little Havana, gladly took Fernandez in the first round and gave him a bonus at the August signing deadline worth $2 million -- well over slot.
Fernandez got into just two Minor League games last year but has more than made up for any lost time this season.
The hard thrower was 7-0 with a 1.59 ERA in 14 starts for Greensboro in the South Atlantic League and is 6-1 with a 2.20 ERA in nine Florida State League starts with the Hammerheads.
His only loss came July 16 before family and friends in Tampa, when he allowed just four hits and one run while striking out eight and walking none.
Fernandez, who can hit the high 90s with his fastball, has been limited to five innings in each of his starts since being promoted to Jupiter, usually throwing 65 to 80 pitches.
"I'd like to go seven or eight innings," he said. "But they know what they are doing."
Fernandez has certainly made the most of his time on the mound. He has won each of his past five starts while allowing just one run on 11 hits. In the 25 innings, he has struck out 31 and walked eight.
"Everything is working and I feel good," Fernandez said. "The team is trying to make the playoffs and I want to be at my best each start."
Fernandez's success at Jupiter is a carryover from the All-Star Futures Game in Kansas City. He pitched a scoreless second inning for the World Team, allowing one hit and striking out two. Both of the third strikes came on curveballs, and he hit 99 mph on one fastball.
"It was really exciting -- I was pumped up," Fernandez said. "It was my first time pitching in a Major League stadium before a big crowd."
More such outings may not be that far off. In a few years, the native of Cuba could be a big gate attraction in Miami.
"It would be amazing," Fernandez said. "Every day I wake up I'm thankful. I know how hard life can be. What has happened is incredible. My dreams are coming true."
Barnes ties record: Danny Barnes tied the Dunedin record set by Wes Etheridge last year with his 32nd save in 34 opportunities. He had allowed one run in 22 1/3 innings since the All-Star Game while giving up nine hits and recording 32 strikeouts to four walks. The FSL record for saves in a season is 38, done most recently by R.A. Dickey of Charlotte in 1998. Barnes had appeared in 48 games and had an overall ERA of 1.47.
O'Neill promoted: Mike O'Neill was leading the FSL with a .342 batting average and a .442 on-base percentage when promoted by St. Louis from Palm Beach to Double-A Springfield. The outfielder had 132 hits and was nine short of Juan Lucena's franchise mark set in 2006. O'Neill had 70 walks to 24 strikeouts in 108 games with Palm Beach.
Hot duo: Jupiter has two of the FSL's hottest hitters in outfielders Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna. Yelich, Miami's No. 2 prospect and No. 27 on the MLB.com Top 100 list, is hitting .362 since the All-Star Game and moved into second place in the league batting race with a .324 average. He leads the league with a .524 slugging mark. Ozuna, the Marlins' No. 6 prospect, is hitting .364 with four homers and 17 RBIs in his past 10 games. He leads the league with 22 home runs and is second with 85 RBIs.
Collier goes deep: Clearwater outfielder Zach Collier matched his previous season total of three when he homered in each game of a weekend home series with Brevard County. He also had a triple in the series opener and drove in three runs. Collier was hitting .271 in 69 games after serving a 50-game drug suspension to start the season.
Guy Curtright is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The office is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Eastern time.
Tri-County Fish & Wildlife Area was established in 1951. By 1953, formal management of the property was underway. In 1963, a dam was constructed at the outlet of six natural lakes, creating Flatbelly Marsh. This wetland is an important area for migratory waterfowl, furbearers, shorebirds and fish. Most revenues used in land acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of Tri-County Fish & Wildlife Area are derived from the sale of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses. Funds are also received from the federal Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson programs to aid fish and wildlife restoration. These funds are derived from taxes levied on sport hunting and fishing equipment. Indiana hunters and fishermen are proud to provide this property for the enjoyment of all people.
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Global citizen discussion regarding climate change to be held on Mines campus
GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 18, 2009 – World Wide Views on Global Warming (WWViews) will hold a nonpartisan global citizen discussion regarding future climate policy at Colorado School of Mines, one of five locations in the U.S., on Sept. 26.
WWViews, initiated and organized by The Danish Board of Technology and The Danish Cultural Institute, aims to give citizens around the world the chance to contribute views and influence negotiations on issues that are up for discussion at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen (COP15) in December.
Thirty-nine countries will participate in WWViews, with the Mines delegation representing the U.S. Intermountain West. One hundred Coloradans hailing from Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Weld Counties will enter into the Mines discussion. Other universities participating in the U.S. include Arizona State University, Boston University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Pomona College.
Each national and regional WWViews meeting will involve 80 to 100 citizens, who applied to take part in the sessions. They will be informed about the issues through videos, expert speakers, teaching sessions or video-recorded interviews.
Participants will then be divided into smaller groups of eight to 10 people to debate and vote on various issues related to climate change. Each group will formulate one recommendation for negotiators at the COP15. These group recommendations will be gathered and put to a general meeting vote, which will determine priority and the prominence in which the recommendations are given to politicians.
Results from the national and regional WWViews meetings will be made immediately available through the WWViews web site, where expert commentators will also supply a first-impression analysis of the results. In the weeks following the meeting, other experts will further analyze the results and a policy brief, as well as a final report, will be produced and presented at COP15.
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Fifth Harmony gained fame on the second season of "The X Factor," and although they didn't win (they took third place), L.A. Reid signed the girls to Epic Records.
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(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Elizabeth Smart is opening up about her nine-month kidnapping ordeal. In an interview with NBC News, Smart described the night she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home at knifepoint in 2002 and forced to hike to a makeshift campsite, where she was forced into a bizarre marriage ceremony and raped. Smart was only 14-years-old when she was abducted by religious fanatic Brian Mitchell. During the interview, Smart returned to the site where the infamous campsite once stood. Smart is telling her whole story in a memoir being published this week. It's called "My Story."
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IOC President Says L.A. Could Get 2024 Or 2028 Olympics
Los Angeles might not end up with the 2024 Summer Olympics, but the city could get the 2028 Games. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach held a press conference and announced a new IOC group that is set to look at the candidate process for Olympic cities. There's no guarantee changes will be made to the selection process, but Bach says the new group is going to look at all ideas.
Bach says there is a chance that when the IOC meets in Peru this year, they could announce host cities for both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics. Currently, Los Angeles is battling Paris for the right to host the 2024 Games, with both cities preparing for this September's announcement. Olympics watchers say if the rules change, whichever of the two cities doesn't get the 2024 Olympics could be immediately announced as the host city for 2028.
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LONG BEACH - A bicycle sharing program could soon allow bike rentals at public rights of way in Long Beach.
Bike Nation Inc. of Tustin has proposed to invest $12 million in Long Beach to create a bicycle rental network that would include 250 bike share stations, 2,500 bikes and 3,750 bike docks. The contract length is 10 years.
The Long Beach City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the contract, which requires no city subsidy and has an option to renew for an additional 10 years.
The city would provide locations in rights of way around the city for the self-service program, where people can rent a bicycle and pay in one location and return at another kiosk at no additional charge.
Locations for the bike hubs have not been selected.
Officials hope to have a "significant number" of the bike kiosks downtown after Jan. 1, according to City Traffic Engineer Dave Roseman.
"I think it changes the dynamic of downtown on how you get around," Roseman said.
Those using the service would have to first buy a membership, which are $6 for 24 hours, $12 for 72 hours, $25 for seven days, $35 for a month and $75 for a year, according to the Bike Nation website. Students and seniors may purchase annual memberships for $60.
Rental prices vary, but trips of 30 minutes or less are free.
The cities of Anaheim and Los Angeles have also made similar agreements with Bike Nation Inc.
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Residents whose homes are located along a strip of Anaheim Road east of CSU Long Beach have a message for students: You're in our parking spots.
The City Council may provide some relief if it approves the creation of a preferential parking district on Anaheim Road between Studebaker Road and Almada Street.
The ordinance that would establish the district, which also includes the east side of Studebaker Road between El Jardin Street and Almada Street, is scheduled for a first reading on Tuesday.
A petition of residents in the two-block area found that 96 percent supported the parking district and a proposal for a one-hour parking limit between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Residents of the neighborhood would be eligible to buy a permit to park during restricted hours.
A parking study cited by the city found that 75 percent of on-street parking was occupied during peak hours, and 84 percent of the vehicles were not registered to surrounding residents.
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Chimps, genetically humans' closest relatives, live in family units and often use tools.
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Chimpanzees are social animals that live in bands. Mothers give birth to a single infant, which she cares for until the age of two. Like humans, females reach physical adulthood before males.
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Swinging from branch to branch, a young chimpanzee moves quickly through the trees. Chimps usually walk on all fours but are also able to walk upright on two legs.
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I am having same issue. Anyone got some ideas?
I am currently trying to install BT4 pre-release and besides the language crashing on starting the install.sh thing on the live disk gui (it still works and is still english) there seems to be a problem with it recognizing any partition on my 2 Raid 0 configured 7200 rpm 500 gb hard drives. i used the gPARTED live disk for the partitions and that found them just fine. i had one 80 gb and the rest was windows. backtrack 4 pre release seemed to not find any sort of data on the disk at all. it just saw 2 500 gb (actually a number in the high 400's) hard drives that were supposedly empty. i tryed formatting the 80 gb option in every option possible. could raid cause this? how do i fix it?
I am having same issue. Anyone got some ideas?
I don't know about RAID causing this - I suppose if it is software raid (you didn't specify, but I'm guessing it is) it could because it tends to depend on the system in place.
For the record, a good rule of thumb: RAID0 is called RAID-Zero because that's the number of files you're likely to get back if a drive fails*
Do you have a hardware RAID card? Could you mirror the drives (RAID-1) to see how they go together?
*Yes people I know. I've done enough forensics to understand the real story behind this, but it's a good rule of thumb and funny to boot.
Still not underestimating the power...
There is no such thing as bad information - There is truth in the data, so you sift it all, even the crap stuff.
I was always under the impression that in software raid the boot partition cannot be in raid 0 anyway. The boot partition must be raid 1 and then you can make the rest raid 0. Software raid pretty much sucks in my opinion and I have never had much luck with it. best thing to do is get a hardware raid card and a couple ssd drives. Then you will be flying.
once the live image of bt4pre loads do,
this will enumerate your raid0 array, from then it will work perfectly, boot partitions and allCode:apt-get install dmraid
Yep, working for years, until one day it doesn't, and all your stuff is gone. I've seen it happen, and it seldom ends well. More often than not, you either cannot recover anything, or you'll have to re-mortgage your home to send the drives out to a data recovery place to try and have it recovered.Originally Posted by Wikipedia
If you're running a RAID0, it's only a matter of time.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
As for scaremongering, I'm talking from tons of experience in the matter, and no one ever said to swear off RAID all together, just RAID0. Some machines are RAID1 some are RAID5. But I would never rely upon RAID0 for anything important. Since restoring the OS and then restoring from backup is very time consuming. Whereas fixing a RAID5 can be done without even bringing the machine down, and fixing RAID1 is a matter of shutting down the machine, pulling the bad, installing new, rebooting and re-establish the mirror.
To me, it makes sense to not only have backup's handy, but not have to necessarily rely upon them when you have other methods of maintaining the integrity of the system.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.


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Rock Hill, S.C. - The 2011-12 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll was released on Monday, with 757 of the conference's student-athletes earning recognition for their academic achievements over the past year.
All 10 SAC member institutions and each of the league's 14 sponsored sports were represented on the 2011-12 honor roll.
To be eligible for the distinction, student-athletes must have lettered in a varsity SAC-sponsored sport and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher throughout the academic year.
"I'm proud to recognize each of these outstanding student-athletes for their hard work and dedication in the classroom," said SAC Commissioner Patrick Britz.
"The achievements of such an impressive number of student-athletes are a testament to our schools' efforts to develop these young men and women academically in addition to athletically."
Lenoir-Rhyne led the SAC with 95 student-athletes on the honor roll. All 14 of the L-R teams that compete in SAC-sponsored sports had at least one student-athlete named to the honor roll, including a program-best 23 football players.
Mars Hill and Tusculum finished with the next-highest number of honor roll selections with 84 and 81, respectively.
They were followed by Newberry with 75 and Catawba with 74. Carson-Newman, Lincoln Memorial and Wingate each placed 70 student-athletes on the honor roll, while Anderson and Brevard had 69.
Included in the 757 honor roll selections were seven SAC Players of the Year and five SAC Freshmen of the Year from 2011-12. The SAC Players of the Year to earn honor roll distinction were Justin Gragg (Mars Hill men's cross country), Kate Griewisch (Lenoir-Rhyne women's cross country), Catherine Hauck (L-R women's soccer), Liz Willis (Wingate volleyball), Liam Ashby (Carson-Newman men's golf), Maria Luz Besio (Newberry women's golf) and Craig Goodman (Tusculum baseball).
They were joined by SAC Freshmen of the Year Madison Hill (Brevard women's cross country), Hanna Kiebel (L-R women's soccer), Lexi Potter (WU volleyball), Emee Herbert (TC women's golf) and Lukas Winkelmann (TC men's tennis).
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Adam's opponent is confirmed, great fight. Just waiting to get the word to announce it.
Adam's opponent is confirmed, great fight. Just waiting to get the word to announce it.
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Adam and his opponent will be fighting for the vacant belt.
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Fly - Hissy?
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Fw - Svensson
Lw - Turner/Stevenson
WW -Westin
Is this right?
Flyweight: Brian Hyslop
Bantamweight: David Haggstrom
Featherweight: Martin Svensson
Lightweight: Lax retires belt, so either Graham Turner or Adam Stevenson at VISION FC 4: Evolution
Welterweight: Robert Radomski
New website is complete for launch, just waiting on a few little things to finalise it...
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Would have preferred to have seen Turner and Svensson for the FW belt!
I would ban the triangle choke, the refuge of cowards everywhere.
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By Lisa Hager
Twelve years ago in San Francisco, a doctor originally from Mexico City named José Ramón Fernández-Peña founded the first Welcome Back Center, a place where doctors, nurses, dentists, and other health care professionals who trained outside the United States could find vital information and resources about securing health care jobs in their newly adopted communities.
That first center, based at City College of San Francisco, has expanded to include nine others nationwide. That includes, I'm proud to say, the Northwest Washington Welcome Back Center at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, part of the Welcome Back Initiative (www.welcomebackinitiative.org).
The Welcome Back program, for immigrants who are either citizens or have green cards, helps put their experience, training, and knowledge — not to mention bilingual skills — to work in their new communities. More than 65 people — from 27 different countries and speaking 30 different languages — have seen positive results from the program at EdCC.
The program's benefit to immigrant health care workers is huge.
Many arrive here and learn that their training does not translate to a comparable job. Consequently, they may find themselves on public support and working low level jobs. But, with help from EdCC's Welcome Back Center, they can obtain their Washington state license, seek guidance in reaching their health care career goals, or explore other options in the health care field.
Just as important is the program's benefit to communities, which can further diversify their workforces. Our cities and towns are better served if more people make appointments for well-baby checks, prenatal care, and other important visits. And research shows that immigrants are more likely to get regular checkups if they feel a connection to their health care providers. It's simply more efficient if patients connect with those who speak their language and understand their culture. There are plenty of success stories. Here's just one:
A doctorate-level pharmacist entered the Welcome Back Center one day, seeking help in qualifying to take the pharmacy licensing exam. A permanent U.S. resident, she was seeking credit for the education, training, and experience she earned in Iran.
Although she trained as a pharmacy technician at EdCC in hope of finding related employment, her real goal was to become a licensed pharmacist. However, the Washington State Department of Health determined that she needed an additional 1,000 hours of clinical supervision as an intern — almost six months working full-time — to qualify for the exam.
Prior to arriving at the center, this hard-working woman told me she'd sent out more than 100 inquiries for jobs and internships, with no luck. But although internship opportunities for any health training program are usually limited to currently enrolled students, thanks to the Welcome Back Center this pharmacist was able to secure a spot at a nearby tribal clinic pharmacy.
I'm happy to say she's now well on her way to becoming fully licensed to practice.
Getting back into the heath care field is not easy, as our pharmacist from Iran will tell you. The time and energy participants must put forth takes a concentrated commitment, meaning those who want to enter health-care professions in the U.S. are highly motivated. But it's not simply motivation that's required. Those seeking licensing take the same tests as everyone else, so they must be fluent in English and have a working understanding of current medical practices and procedures in their fields.
Here's the challenge: Helping immigrants assimilate into health care professions is not something accomplished in the short term. Welcome Back Centers are nonprofit, and services are free. We rely on grant funding, which is money well spent for both immigrants and their communities.
To learn more about the Northwest Washington Welcome Back Center at Edmonds Community College, go to www.edcc.edu/welcomeback.
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Gliotransmitters are chemicals released from glial cells that facilitate neuronal communication between neurons and other glial cells and are usually induced from Ca2+ signaling. [3] While gliotransmitters can be released from any glial cell, including oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and microglia, they are primarily released from astrocytes. Astrocytes rely on gap junctions for coupling, and are star-like in shape, which allows them to come into contact with many other synapses in various regions of the brain. Their structure also makes them capable of bidirectional signaling. It is estimated that astrocytes can make contact with over 100,000 synapses, allowing them to play an essential role in synaptic transmission. [3] While gliotransmission primarily occurs between astrocytes and neurons, gliotransmission is not limited to these two cell types. [8] Besides the central nervous system, gliotransmission also occurs among motor nerve terminals and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Another occurrence of gliotransmission takes place between glial cells in the retina, called Müller cells, and retinal neurons. [8]
Function Edit
The word "glia" illustrates the original belief among scientists that these cells play a passive role in neural signaling, being responsible only for neuronal structure and support within the brain. [2] Glial cells cannot produce action potentials and therefore were not suspected as playing an important and active communicative role in the central nervous system, because synaptic transmission between neurons is initiated with an action potential. However, research shows that these cells express excitability with changes in the intracellular concentrations of Ca2+. Gliotransmission occurs because of the ability of glial cells to induce excitability with variations in Ca2+ concentrations. Changes in the concentration of Ca2+ correlate with currents from NMDA receptor-mediated neurons which are measured in neighboring neurons of the ventrobasal (VB) thalamus. [8] Because glial cells greatly outnumber neurons in the brain, accounting for over 70% of all cells in the central nervous system, gliotransmitters released by astrocytes have the potential to be very influential and important within the central nervous system, as well as within other neural systems throughout the body. [4] These cells do not simply carry functions of structural support, but can also take part in cell-to-cell communication with neurons, microglia, and other astrocytes by receiving inputs, organizing information, and sending out chemical signals. [4] The Ca2+ signal from the astrocyte may also participate in controlling blood flow in the brain. [8]
Gliotransmitters have been shown to control synapse development and regulate synaptic function, and their release can lead to paracrine actions on astrocytes as well as the regulation of neurotransmission. [3] The definition of a gliotransmitters is not only defined by its presence in glial cells, but is determined by other factors, including its metabolic pathway. [7] Also, the function of gliotransmitters varies according to their type, and each gliotransmitter has a specific target receptor and action.
Glial cells are important in hormonal and neuroendocrine function in the central nervous system and have an active role in sleep, cognition, synaptic function and plasticity, and promote remyelination and regeneration of injured nervous tissue. [2] Other functions include the regulation of neurosecretory neurons and the release of hormones.
Types of gliotransmitters Edit
The major types of gliotransmitters released from astrocytes include glutamate, ATP, and D-serine. Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter within the central nervous system that can also be defined as a gliotransmitter due to its ability to increase cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations in astrocytes. [5, 11] Its main target receptors include Kainate receptors, metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), and especially N-methyl D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). [1,3] NMDARs are glutamatergic receptors that play an important role in synaptic plasticity. [3] Other functions of this gliotransmitter include synchronous depolarization, increasing the frequency of postsynaptic currents, and also increasing the likelihood of release and frequency of AMPA-receptor-dependent postsynaptic currents [3] NMDARs are controlled by a voltage-gated channel receptor that is blocked by magnesium. [5] Calcium can enter through NMDAR channels due to the cell's depolarization, which removes the magnesium block, and therefore activating these receptors. [5]
ATP is a gliotransmitter that is released from astrocytes and restrains neuronal activity. ATP targets P2X receptors, P2Y, and A1 receptors. [3] ATP has several functions as a gliotransmitter, including injection of AMPA receptors into the postsynaptic terminal, paracrine activity through calcium waves in astrocytes, and suppression of synaptic transmission. [3] Neuronal activity is controlled in the retina by the molecule's ability to hyperpolarize the neuron by converting from ATP to adenosine. [11] ATP plays a role in facilitating neuroinflammation and remyelination by entering into the cell's extracellular space upon injury to activate purinergic receptors, which increase the production of gliotransmitters. [10] The mechanism of ATP release from astrocytes is not well understood. Although it is unclear whether or not ATP-mediated gliotransmission is calcium-dependent, it is believed that ATP release is partly dependent on Ca2+ and SNARE proteins and involves multiple pathways, with exocytosis being the suggested method of release. [4,11]
Other less common gliotransmitters include:
- homocysteic acid, an endogenous N-methyl-(D)-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) agonist
- taurine
- atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)
- tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha).
Cell-to-cell communication Edit
While neurotransmission is defined as information exchange between neurons, gliotransmission does not simply occur between astrocytes, but also between astrocytes, neurons and microglia. [4] Between astrocytes, a "Ca[2+] wave" of activity can be initiated, even when they are not in contact with each other, stimulating release of gliotransmitters. [4]
Gliotransmission can also occur between two types of glial cells: astrocytes and microglia. [4] Calcium waves within the intracellular matrix of the astrocyte can cause a response in microglia with the presence of ATP in the extracellular matrix. One study demonstrated that a mechanical stimulation caused astrocytes to release ATP, which in turn caused a delayed calcium response in microglia, suggesting that astrocyte-to-microglia communication could be mediated by ATP.[4]
Communication between astrocytes and neurons is very important in neuronal function. [4] The "tripartite synapse" is that most common example of intercellular communication between astrocytes and neurons, and involves the pre- and postsynaptic terminals of two neurons and one astrocyte. Astrocytes have the ability to modulate neuronal activity, either causing exciting or inhibiting synaptic transmission, depending on the type of gliotransmitter released, specifically glutamate, which typically has excitatory influence on neurons, or ATP, which has shown to typically inhibit certain presynaptic functions of neurons. [4]
Tripartite Synapse Edit
The fact that the release of gliotransmitters via elevations in calcium causes synaptic transmission leads to the idea of the "tripartite synapse." [11] The tripartite synapse involves the localization of astrocytes and synapses and is a concept of synaptic physiology in which there are three parts of a synapse: the presynaptic terminal, the postsynaptic terminal, and an astrocyte in between them. [8] One model of the tripartite synapse shows the presynaptic and postsynaptic terminals lying adjacent to each other, which the astrocyte is wrapped around the postsynaptic terminal. [3] However, localization and spatial distribution of the three elements of the tripartite synapse vary in different regions of the brain. Potassium channels between the astrocyte and the presynaptic terminal make it possible to release K+ ions and avoid accumulation after neuronal activity. Also, the release of neurotransmitters from presynaptic vesicles activates metabotropic receptors on the astrocyte, which then causes the astrocyte's release of gliotransmitters from the cell. [3]
The astrocyte is bidirectional, meaning that it can communicate and exchange information with both pre- and postsynaptic elements. Communication is primarily controlled by the change in Ca2+ concentrations, causing excitability within the astrocyte. [8] The capability of a human to respond to change in both the external and internal environment is increased due to the hormonal regulation of the tripartite synapse. [2]
Roles in Health and Disease Edit
It is believed that an increase in gliotransmission may contribute to epilepsy, while a decrease may contribute to schizophrenia. [3] Also, counting the number of astrocytes has proven to be useful; patients with depression are shown to have a lower astrocyte cell count. Further research and understanding of the correlation between gliotransmission and neurological disorders could lead to new targets for therapeutic treatment in the brain.[3] Studies have also shown that increased and decreased stimulation of NMDARs, which is controlled by astrocytes, play a role in various neurodegenerative disorders. These include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases as well as schizophrenia, stroke, and epilepsy. [7]
It is believed that certain neurodegenerative disorders, particularly schizophrenia and epilepsy, may be partially caused by varying levels of gliotransmission and calcium excitability. [3] One theory, called the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia, suggests that glutamate deficiency, which leads to the dysfunction of NMDARs at the presynaptic terminal, is believed to cause symptoms of schizophrenia. According to research, this hypofunctionality of NMDARs has been shown to be caused by lower amounts of gliotransmission facilitated by D-serine. The fact that cycloserine, which acts as an agonist for the NMDAR's binding site, is used in the treatment for patients with schizophrenia further supports the glutamate hypothesis. In the case of epilepsy, it is known that glutamate plays a role in synchronous depolarizations. [3] This has led researchers to believe that excitation of epileptic discharges may be caused by the glutamate-mediated gliotransmission. Although that some studies show that the all excitations caused by gliotransmission lead to epileptic discharges, but it could possibly increase the intensity of length of epileptiform activity. [3]
The 5 first mentioned transmitters are primarily excitatory and can thus lead to neural apoptosis through excitotoxicity when expressed at large amounts.[3] From neurodegenerative diseases, there is evidence at least for Alzheimer's disease that point to increased glial activation and amount (both glia and astrocyte) which accompanies simultaneous decrease in the amount of neurons [9]. Excess quantities of the gliotransmitter TNF, documented in the cerebrospinal fluid in Alzheimer's disease, are hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of this disorder, perhaps by dysregulating synaptic mechanisms which are modulated by TNF [12].
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References Edit
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2. Garcia-Segura, Luis M. And Margaret M. McCarthy. (2004). "Minireview: Role of Glia in Neuroendocrine Function. Endocrinology. 145(3): 1082-1086.
3. Halassa M, T Fellin, and P Hayden. (2006) "The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in health and disease." Trends in Molecular Medicine.13 (2):
4. Koizumi S, K Fujishita, and K Inoue, "Regulation of cell-to-cell communication mediated by astrocytic ATP." 1:211-217.
5. Martineau, Magalie, Gérard Baux, and Jean-Pierre Mothet. (2006). "Gliotransmission at central glutamatergic synapses: D-serine on stage." Purinergic Signalling. 1: 211-217.
6. Mothet, Jean-Pierre, Lordano Pollegioni, Gilles Ouanounou, Magalie Martineau, Philippe Fossier, and Gérard Baux. (2005). "Glutamate receptor activation triggers a calcium-dependent and SNARE protein-dependent release of the gliotransmitter D-serine." 102 (15): 5606-5611.
7. Oliet, Stéphane H.R. and Jean-Pierre Mothet. (2006). "Molecular Determinants for D-Serine-Mediated Gliotransmission: From Release to Function." Wiley InterScience. http://www.interscience.wiley.com
8. Parea, G. And A. Araque. (2005). "Synaptic regulation of the astrocyte calcium signal." J Neural Transm 112: 127-135.
9. Rivera EJ, Goldin A, Fulmer N, Tavares R, Wands JR, de la Monte SM. (2005). "Insulin and insulin-like growth factor expression and function deteriorate with progression of Alzheimer's disease: link to brain reductions in acetylcholine". J Alzheimers Dis. 8 (3): 247-68. PMID 16340083.
10. Walter, Lisa, Thien Dinh, and Nephi Stella. (2004). "ATP Induces a Rapid and Pronounced Increase in 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Production by Astrocytes, a Response Limited by Monoacylglycerol Lipase." J Neuroscience. 24 (3): 8068-8074.
11. Zhang, Q. And P.G. Haydon. (2005). "Roles for gliotransmission in the nervous system." J Neural Transm 112: 121-125.
12. Tobinick E. and Gross, H. (2008). "Rapid improvement in verbal fluency and aphasia following perispinal etanercept in Alzheimer's disease." BMC Neurol. 2008 Jul 21; 8:27. PMID: 18644112.
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(This likely represents my last post here.)Update- some of the text of this long post disappeared when I first posted it, but it's been reinserted and set off.Part 1 of the series and Part 2My note-taking mechanism consist of two things*: Evernote and a pocket notebook. I'll explain what they are, and how I use them to keep track of all my Church and scripture notes.Evernote is a free very easy note-taking program. I haven't used Evernote competitors like MS Onenote, Si … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
The most important, most overlooked, most easy and most superlative tool in scripture study: Part 3 (updated)
Marketing to the faithful
Last night I read to my son from an illustrated book called New Testament Stories. The book fell open to the story of Jesus cleansing the temple, and my impulse was to skip over it to avoid having to explain the image of Jesus using a whip. But my son wanted to hear the story, so I relented. I told him the basic outline of the story and conveyed the message that temples and the churches are houses of God, places where the Holy Ghost can be. That makes them special, and we don't do everyday t … [Read more...]
The most important, most overlooked, most easy and most superlative tool in scripture study: Part 2
(Part 1) I have my functional stylish desk, sharpened pencils, scriptures and a clean slate.... and there it sits, stubbornly remaining that way... blank.Many people just don't know what to write in their notes, which often means that they haven't really crossed the line from scripture reading into scripture study. (The problem with scripture study is you can often barely get through a verse without running down all kinds of interesting rabbit trails, questions, etc.) … [Read more...]
The most important, most overlooked, most easy and most superlative tool in scripture study: Part 1
It's happened to you before. Lots, actually. You're reading the scriptures, and say "hey, I read something about this that was cool/insightful/important! I wish I'd written it down, because I can't really remember it."Or you're on a blog, trying to recall that perfectly a propos statement you've read, but you can't even remember when you read it or what the title was, or even if it was print vs. electronic and googling is no help at all.Or you made some notes somewhere on a lesson you had to … [Read more...]
Quotes of Note- Joseph Smith on Easter and Mormonism
"The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it" -Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 121 (I usually post a picture of the person quoted, but today thought in more appropriate to picture the subject of the post.) … [Read more...]
Quotes of Note: Elder Maxwell on Increasing Faith
I miss Elder Maxwell... There are other things we can do daily to bolster the faith of others as well as our own. Peter prescribed: "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear" (1 Peter 3:15).The word answer here means a verbal defense or a reason statement. The very act of so giving our witness will help not only others but also ourselves. As Brigham Young said, we will … [Read more...]
President Lee on your Seminary Teacher's Uncle's Friend whose Daughter Married a Guy who Ran Into President Hunter and the Three Nephites in an Elevator
In context of rumors, random stories, space doctrine, and basically the kind of thing missionaries pass around without any kind of substantiated provenance, President Lee said, "...it never ceases to amaze me how gullible some of our Church members are..."— President Harold B. Lee, "Admonitions for the Priesthood of God", Ensign, Jan 1973 … [Read more...]
As an eagle gathereth her eaglets
I spent some time today watching live feed of a pair of eagles caring for their hatchlings in a large cottonwood tree in Iowa. One egg hatched on April 2, a second on April 3, and the third will hatch within a couple of days. You can catch the 24 hour feed here. It was remarkable to watch them - especially around 5 pm central time when one was feeding the hatchlings a fish. The female and male take turns sitting in the nest while the other hunts for food - and the nest is fit for a noble … [Read more...]
Is Strong AI Possible? Mormonism Says No.
Last month the artificial intelligence computer system "Watson" beat the two biggest winners ever on Jeopardy!. Watson is a kind of specific artificial intelligence - it's programmed to do something very specific, which is to answer questions for Jeopardy!. As David Ferrucci, lead researcher of the IBM team that created Watson said, it can only respond to content it's been given and analyzed; it understands language "only in a way we call statistical machine learning. It gives you the answer … [Read more...]
Quotes of Note- The FP and President Clark on Assertion vs. Revelation
I'll admit upfront that there's more than one way to read this.Dogmatic assertions do not take the place of revelation, and we should be satisfied with that which is accepted as doctrine, and not discuss matters that, after all disputes, are merely matters of theory. Your brethren, (Signed) JOSEPH F. SMITH, ANTHON H. LUND, CHARLES W. PENROSE. -James R. Clark, comp., Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6 vols. [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965-75], … [Read more...]


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After an evening spent at dinners with BRA and Magic, as well as the Agenda and Flex Fit crews, we were able to hit the floor for a few more hours on Wednesday before we left, and had meetings at the UFC and Virus booths. Check out the updated gallery below.
Transworld Business caught up with buyers from Vertical Urge, Modern Skate and Karma Loop at the show Tuesday to learn more about what how they are utilizing the show, what opportunities they are seeing with bringing in new brands, and the overall vibe at Magic, Slate, Project and Pool. Check out our day two gallery, too.
The consensus from retailers and buyers at the show seemed to be that both Project and Slate, along with the Pool section, were very useful. Project, because it has many brands that most action sports specific retailers might not have had a chance to see yet this season, seemed to be a popular show to pick up new accounts, such as smaller, up-and-coming accessory brands. SLATE seemed to attract a steady crowd throughout day two and retailers were pleased for the most part with the chance to meet with key accounts, although several indicated that they had already met with most brands at early shows this season. Pick up a copy of our next issue to get a more in depth look at how buyers were utilizing the show.


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Jailbreak FAQ
Hardware Related
Q: You say XBMC can do 1080p but it only display's 720p! You liar!
A: XBMC can decode 1080p video's but atm the ATV2 is limited to display 720p output only. Its still a question if this is hardware limited or software limited. Currently this has no priority.
Q: Can I use a BT Keyboard with XBMC?
A: Yes you can! look here
Q: My volume control isn't working, not even with a custom remote!
A: Digital output (as all outputs are with the new ATV2) do not carry db information. So the receiving device (receiver, TV, Soundbar...) is the device to amplify the signal with the right volume.
Software Related
Q: How do i install XBMC on my ATV2?
Follow this excellent YouTube tutorial.
Q: How do i setup XBMC? How does thing network thing work?
This Youtube tutorial tell's you how to setup sharing with a Mac
Q: Official build or unofficial build?
A: Official builds are build by the XBMC team, unofficial builds are (almost) daily builds with the latest fixes/features for that day. But these builds aren't tested so could contain more bugs.
Q: SSH say whut?
A: SSH is a secure shell to access your and install software on your ATV2. For browsing the filesystem on OSX, Windows or Linux you can use Filezilla. For commandline you can use putty on Windows, or terminal on OSX or Linux.
Q: How can i reset the AppleTV2 without having to re-jailbreak again?
SSH into your AppleTV
Login with user: root and password alpine (if you didn't change it)
type: killall AppleTV (it's case sensitive!)
or for windows users use this script by danmedhurst
Q: Can I enable DTS and AC3 on my ATV2?
A: Yes you can! look here if you have an official build. It's already enabled in the unofficial builds.
Q: Ok I have enabled it, but I still don't have any sound!?
A: Kaiserlein came up with a solution for some of us. It's not the xbmc software on your atv, but it has to do with your receiver. Click for Denon receiver or Sony receiver
Q: How can I connect to a network/share drive?
A: Kaiserlein has a made a great explanation for it here
Q: What's the general timeframe for the XBMC for iOS code being merged into the main trunk?
A: Developer: Davilla says : The plan is a) another official release gets pushed out, then b) we sync very close to Dharma and push out another for 'stable' and then c) the big sync into trunk. a) will be soon, b) depends on what we find after the sync and c) is sometime after that.
Q: Is XBMC on ATV2 the same as on Windows/OSX/Linux?
A: No, this is just a first release and some things are still broken. But around 80% of all the features are working.
Q: My time is wrong in XBMC, and I cannot change it!
A: There is a fix for that: look here
Q: Some of my MKV's are crashing! HELP!
A: Does it have embedded subtitles? Try to disable them and retry if the mkv works.
Q: Some of my AC3 files stutter or have static noise!
A: AC3 Audio can stutter and pause video. Generating Thumbnails is the culprit, go into Settings > Video > File and deselect 'generate thumbnails'. Fix is in mainline, not atv2 branch yet. Also some are experiencing static with this enabled, regardless of Generate Thumbs selected or not.
Q: My wifi is not working after the GreenPois0n RC6 untether jailbreak!
A: SSH into your ATV2 over ethernet
Quote:apt-get update
apt-get remove com.nito.nitotv
apt-get install com.nito.nitotv
killall AppleTV
Q: Settings are not saved, Updates don't work, Clone Settings from any XBMC to ATV2
A: Fix the permissions of the data folder by doing the following in ssh:
chown -R mobile: /User/Library/Preferences/XBMC/
Q: I get no video output/black screen after the GreenPois0n RC6 untether jailbreak! (should not occur with latest GP-RC6)
A: Restore your ATV2 again, and rejailbreak and retry.
Q: My question/problem isn't listed here!
A: First use the search if you can't find an answer then make a new post.
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A construction bond measure on the Nov. 6 ballot would enable El Camino College to replace or renovate about half of the buildings on campus - including the football stadium, which would be torn down and rebuilt.
If approved by South Bay voters, Measure E would borrow about $350 million to upgrade the segments of the Torrance-area campus that construction crews couldn't get to after the passage of a similar bond measure about a decade ago.
"This is for the students of the future," El Camino spokeswoman Ann Garten said. "Many of the students that would benefit are currently in elementary or middle school."
Passage of Measure E would add $7 per $100,000 assessed value on top of the $17 already paid by area taxpayers for the 2002 bond measure. The cost to the average property owner would increase from the current $51 a year to $72.
Most of the projects from the $394 million facilities bond in 2002 are either newly finished or will soon come online.
Measure E is just one of several school-related tax-hike requests that voters in this area will face in November.
For instance, they'll help issue a verdict on two statewide initiatives - Propositions 30 and 38 - that would raise taxes for the benefit of schools. And, in an unusual undertaking, voters in Lawndale, Hawthorne, Lennox and the west Hawthorne-area neighborhoods that make up the tiny Wiseburn school district will decide whether to approve a region-wide parcel tax that would benefit their K-12 schools.
Not only would Murdock Stadium be replaced with bond proceeds, but Measure E would provide funds to upgrade classrooms, labs, lecture halls, and instructional equipment, as well as make health and safety repairs and energy-efficiency improvements, college officials say.
"Many of our buildings and facilities are more than 50 years old now, some are nearly 65 years old," said El Camino President Thomas Fallo. "They have been well-maintained, but, like any structures of that age, they need repairs and renovations."
The El Camino Board of Trustees decided to put the item on the ballot in mid-July, but the school's administration issued a press release last week to coincide with the beginning of the fall term.
Although the bond measure would tax businesses as well as residents, it was endorsed last week by the South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce, which represents 53,000 businesses in the area, Garten said.
But the ballot measure did not receive unanimous approval on the El Camino board. Casting the lone dissenting vote on July 16 was Trustee Maureen O'Donnell. Reached at home, O'Donnell said she's skeptical about the idea of borrowing money to erect new buildings at a time when community colleges lack sufficient funds to staff them.
Bill Beverly, the college's board president, dismissed this argument as "silly."
"We're not building these buildings or making improvements for next year, we're looking down the road 15, 20, 25 years," he said. "Think about it: With the 2002 bond, some of the projects are just coming online. ... So we expect 10 years from now, when we're halfway through spending the new bond money, we'll be back in a climate where we're looking at expanding enrollment (and staffing) again."
A poll conducted in May suggests that Measure E could be a success. The bond measure needs just 55 percent approval to pass, but 68 percent of the likely voters surveyed said they'd support it, Garten said.
If the tax hike is approved, the football team would have to find another field to call home during the 2013 season. (The college is currently in negotiations with an area high school, though the administration declined to identify which one.) The new stadium would replace a 60-year-old facility that, unlike most of its contemporaries, is not encircled by a track.
Improvements also call for replacing the music building, student activities center and arts-and-behavioral-sciences structure, as well as renovating the student library and Marsee Auditorium.
They would enhance classroom space and training for future nurses, firefighters, and other first responders, as well as improve educational resources for students who are veterans, college officials say.
Officials insist that energy-efficiency improvements from the 2002 bond measure are already saving the college $100,000 each year. They say the current initiative would lead to an additional savings of $260,000 annually.
By law, funds from facility bond measures can only be spent on buildings, classrooms or instructional equipment. No bond funds can be spent on administrator pensions or salaries.
Voters in the El Camino College Community College District include residents of El Segundo, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance.
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Deffinitely something truly amazing and incredible to see. All the acts are amazing and crazy to watch. My favorite is Leo The Human Gumby the way he is able move and contort is truly unbelievable.
There is something extraordinary about this show and it's not just the acts, it's the way it both harks back to a previous era and yet at the same time feels incredibly fresh. I've been a couple of times and it's on my list of things I most recommend to anyone heading to New York who wants to experience something slightly 'different'. The acts are amazing and the show feels edgy, controversial and extreme. Like Coney Island itself it's an acquired taste but one definitely worth trying.
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The Community Chest of Port Washington awards grants to 25 local charities whose funded programs serve close to 10,000 people, or one in three Port residents.
These Community Chest grants deliver a range of needed services to our community, including social and nutritional programs for seniors, leadership programs and scholarships for children, youth and veterans, job training, college scholarships, food distribution, childcare and parenting education, cultural enrichment scholarships and more.
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Over-Ear item created by nightmancometh, Oct 18, 2011
Pros - Comfortable, Light, Looks nice
Cons - Too much bass sometimes even for my taste, creaking in fabric headband
These are the rugged headphones Phillips and the surfing brand O'Neil have come up with.
These fit pretty well on my head, the ear pads are really soft they adjust to the perfect spot on me, the fabric headband is OK there's a plastic band that goes through it (it makes the creaking noise when you first put it on) other wise they are really comfortable. and they are really light (lighter than my iphone 3g)
The Philips Stretch have 40mm Drivers and are 32ohms, they are really bass heavy, i can hear the bass guitar and the drums really well more than i can hear the highs if you listen to anything bass oriented try these. the mids and highs are somewhat drowned out by the bass but that just might be me, i heard that you can take the fabric in front of the drivers off and the mids/highs will be alot better but I'm not gonna try this...yet. these have some holes in the housings (three 4mm ones an the bottom and two 2mm ones at each hinge where the headband connects to the housings.
These seem like very durable headphones just the simplicity of them and the few parts make them durable. the super stretch nylon is stretchy and holds its shape really well (if I'm right the same plastic is used in tooth brush bristles, just to give you an idea) the fabric headband is stretchy also because of two plastic bands go inside of it and conforms to the shape of your head (those plastic parts in the fabric headband creak a bit) the Stretch headphones are dual coated with paint (the black on the housings turn to dark magenta) the semi detectable cable comes in hand when putting these away and for a few "oh crap" moments when the cable catches on something. and the nylon cables are a promising sign of cable durability. if the cable near the housings die ill probably do a full detachable cable job on these.
These isolate very well i cant hear people talking or the TV at 1/3 the volume and i can turn these up full blast and people have to be within a good 5 inches of my head to faintly hear them.
i bought these headphones on amazon for $33 i got them Oct.13th 2012 the model number is SHO9560 i got the UN-mic'd version my previous pair of headphones were the Skull candy Titans, these sound a lot more bass heavy them them and highs aren't exactly there, these do a really good job of isolating i run these UN-amped from my iphone 3g (yes that dinosaur of a phone) the bass is overwhelming sometimes but if you listen to dub-step in these these will be good for you (i listen to mostly pop, metal and rock)
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-Strip fabric in front of drivers to bring out mids/highs
-Turn these into a fully detectable headphone
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-Buy a mic to make these a nice headset for games
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Resilience Tips and Resources
The news of the tsunami disaster and developments in Iraq remind us that we live in an unpredictable world. We do not all respond the same way to these events, which may trigger for some distressing feelings and thoughts from previous traumatic experiences, such as September 11. To help you manage these emotions and to broaden understanding of the effects of trauma, Families of September 11 continues to provide our members with a range of resources and articles. Below is a highlight of recent postings. Please visit the Families of September 11 website and Children of September 11 webpage for more information and similar resources. In addition, look for details on an upcoming online chat this month with a licensed mental health professional titled "Retriggering Trauma: When Events Evoke Emotions." As always, email us your thoughts at email@example.com or visit our bulletin board.
• Treating Children's Emotional WoundsHow children worldwide may feel the emotional impact of the tsunami.For more information
• Coping With Traumatic EventsTips for parents and teachers for talking about traumatic events.For more information
• Children, Terrorism & DisasterDisaster preparedness tips and guidelines for children from the American Academy of Pediatrics.For more information
• Wartime Stress & TeensTips from the American Psychological Association.For more information
From Families of September 11 …
• Tsunami Disaster: How to HelpLearn how to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia.For more information
• Managing Traumatic StressTips for recovering from disasters and other traumatic events.For more information
• Resilience in a Time of WarTips from the American Psychological Association.For more information


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In social argument, the discussants treat each other and each other's positions with respect. Their mutual goal is not necessarily to come to complete agreement or consensus, but to keep the issue open for further discussion and consideration. Discussants stay focused on the issues, represent counter-positions fairly and completely, and establish and maintain common ground even as they disagree with reach other. They are engaged in dialogue, not merely talking at each other but actively responding to one another.
In social argument, in dialogue, your audience is active. They are not just listening to you, but thinking through what you are saying, weighing your arguments, testing your hypotheses. They can and will respond to what you have said.
In your groups, use the assigned roles as guidelines for participation to discuss possible solutions to the scenario below. Be prepared to present the group's ideas to the workshop forum.
Scenario: There are twelve people in your class. The instructor has posed a question related to last week's reading assignment and is expecting a lively discussion. Three people are monopolizing the conversation and the instructor is not facilitating full-group participation. You have something to say and would like to contribute during this class period. How do you break into the conversation and become an active discussant?
Active Listener/Participant: contribute to group discussion and take an active role in informing and assessing possible solutions to the scenario.
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Food Bank Fears Rush as Food Stamp Cuts Kick in today
Now Hungry Families are Down a Meal
Cuts in food stamps now in effect
Cuts in food stamps go into effect today, November 1st.
Celia Cole of the Texas Food Bank Network says families will be less $36.00 a month for food ... and when you're poor, that's a lot.
"For a struggling family on a tight food budget, $36.00 can mean the difference between putting food on the table or not," says Cole.
Cole says the food banks are traditionally just for emergencies ... but they are slowly becoming a main source of food for low income families.
"The Food Bank Network is to help retailers and food manufacturers be an outlet for their waste and to help families with emergencies but now we're becoming for many Texans a regular outlet for food aid."
Cole says local food banks will need more donations for their pantry now that cuts in food stamps are in effect.
She says congress giveth ... and now they taketh away.
Once enhancing food stamp benefits, they then decided not to.
"And then they changed their mind
a few years later, and diverted that money to other things and decided to abruptly end the boost of the money to other things Nov. 1, 2013."
She says donations pick up this time of
year, but decline in the new year ...
yet people stay hungry all year long.


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"Now Moses was 80 years old, and Aaron 83 years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh."
Exodus 7:7
Dear Multnomah family,
The significance of this simple verse is often overlooked. Moses had been through a lot up until this point in his life. But at 80 years old, he was just getting started! The exodus from Egypt, the wilderness wanderings and the Promised Land awaited him. But first he must risk everything and stand before Pharaoh.
As Multnomah nears its 80th anniversary, Moses' story reminds us that some of our best days are yet ahead of us. And just as Moses had Aaron by his side, we have the MU family — alumni, friends, staff, faculty and students. Aaron gave Moses confidence and courage. The MU family strengthens us every day with love, support, prayers and service.
MU is entering a new chapter as we expand our degree programs, sports and online offerings (check out multnomah.edu/new for more details). We move forward deeply committed to prayer, outreach and the Bible, living out our mission in a way that's relevant in today's world. Just as we started in 1936 as a response to what the Pacific Northwest needed then — we respond today to what the world needs now.
This intentional response has brought about some exciting changes:
- We have met our university enrollment goals for the fall semester
- Athletic recruitment is up 100% from last year
- Our seminary has added a Certificate program and a Church Enrichment program for nontraditional students who don't have time or financial resources for a full degree — but still want to experience the seminary's rich learning environment.
- Our business program grew 150% since last year and is now our most popular program
The business program's growth is certainly a reply to the world's clamor for more business graduates. But in a culture obsessed with money and power, business leaders who are ethical, fair and conscientious are needed more than ever.
That's where our graduates come in. One of them, Dave Munson '96, is accepting our Alumnus of the Year Award later this month. Even though Munson graduated long before our business major was around, MU equipped him with the foundation he needed to launch Saddleback Leather Company, his thriving business that crafts high-quality luggage, wallets, backpacks and more.
"Even if I knew the path of my life back then…even if I knew that one day I'd own Saddleback, I would go to Multnomah again," says the CEO. "It was instilled in all of us there to be honest. There was a constant pounding on the drum for integrity."
Munson hasn't only applied those principles to his personal life — he's built his entire business around them. Saddleback is committed to investing in its employees and cultivating a sustainable work environment for them. Read Munson's full story.
Support from our Multnomah family helped Dave go into the world and make a difference. It prepares our graduates for careers in service to Jesus. And it sustains our mission: helping students become spiritually-formed and culturally-engaged servant leaders. Thank you for standing with us over the years like Aaron beside Moses! Will you boldly move forward with us and participate in an inspiring opportunity?
A wonderful friend of Multnomah has chosen to match — dollar for dollar — every gift* from MU alumni who have never given to MU or have lapsed in their giving. This friend will also match every gift from current givers that goes above what they gave last year. For instance, if you gave $1,200 last year and give $1,500 this year, the friend will match the $300 increase in your giving. Here is the really exciting part: This friend has committed up to $500,000 to MU!
Would you consider partnering with MU in response to this wonderful opportunity? Think about it: If every one of our alumni gave $80 in honor of our 80th year, we could meet the matching gift of $500,000 and launch more graduates like Dave Munson.
Please prayerfully give according to your ability. No gift is too small. To participate with your gift, fill out our gift form.
Your prayers, service and offerings strengthen Multnomah's impact every day. Stand with us, like Aaron with Moses. Imagine all God has in store for us!
Rev. G. Craig Williford, Ph.D.
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Students win eight awards from local AAF chapter
Seven students at the University of South Carolina were honored for their creative design work at the American Advertising Federation of the Midlands ADDY Awards on March 14.
The student designers won eight individual ADDY awards in the competition, including four Student Gold ADDY awards.
Aidan Zanders, a visual-communications major from Irmo, won three Student Gold ADDY awards for editorial spreads in the Garnet & Black magazine. Two awards were for "Fantastic," featured in the October 2008 issue, and one was for "A Model Student," which appeared in the Holiday 2008 issue.
Broadcast–journalism majors Corey Burkarth of Richmond, Va., and Brian Walker, of Lawrenceville, Ga., each won a Student Gold ADDY award for their collaborative work on a 60-second commercial promoting Capital City Sports show on SGTV (student government television).
Elizabeth Howell, a visual-communications major from Lexington, won a Student Silver ADDY award for her "Blitz 2008" editorial series featured in The Daily Gamecock.
Morgan Reid, a marketing major from Fort Worth, Texas, won a Student Silver ADDY award for her creative design for the 2008 Election Coverage Guide featured in The Daily Gamecock.
Meredith Ray, a visual-communications major from Charleston, won a Student Silver ADDY award for her "100 Years Later" editorial cover design featured in The Daily Gamecock.
Megan Sinclair, a visual-communications major from Clover, won a Student Silver ADDY award for "Lipstick Jungle," which featured university alumna and Survivor contestant Jamie Dugan on the cover design for the February 2009 issue of Garnet & Black magazine.
Conducted annually by the AAF, the local ADDY contest is the first of a three-tiered, national competition to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. Local gold winners are eligible for the district-level ADDY competition.
The Daily Gamecock is the student newspaper at the University of South Carolina; it celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008. Established in 1994, Garnet & Black is a consolidation of a yearbook and literary magazine.


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2013 is here and as we look back at 2012, few areas within the IT industry have seen the kind of growth that cloud computing has experienced.
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To help you figure out what vendor offerings are out there and where to begin, CIO.com has put together a list of currently available cloud certifications. This list isn't all-inclusive, simply because the cloud computing market is in a state of transformation. Please add any certification we may have missed to the comments section.
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Hey guys,
I've been researching over the past two days to solve this problem, does anybody know of a decent MVC CMS? So far all I have found are Web Forms.
Not sure if they are decent, but Orchard and N2 are both MVC at this point. Might be some interesting stuff coming out running on ravendb but I haven't seen a clear winner yet.
I should add I have never found a non bespoke CMS decent but I'm perhaps a lunatic on that front.
In my opinion, the only decent CMS is the one you write yourself. Just the features you want, with no inactive fluff.
I'll check out Orchard and N2, thanks for that. Damn shame their aren't more MVC CMS's out there. It's not like MVC is brand-spanking new.
Yeah, in the end it looks like that is what I am going to do. Just trying to make things more streamlined and effecent. But hey, I get to practice on being an Architect.
Can't wait for MVC 4!
MVC is pretty brand spanking new as web frameworks go -- 1.0 isn't even 2 years old. Combine that with the fact that generic CMS isn't really a sexy problem and a problem most people are fobbing off on drupal / wordpress and you don't see much felt need to do a MVC-based CMS.
Here I thought it's been around since '08, good to know. Yeah, I can see how a MVC Framework isn't sexy, which is why I can't find s**t. Well, if no one felt a need to build a MVC CMS, I guess it's time for a first one (excluding the ones you mentioned.
Truth be told, I'm not even sure I need a CMS. Here is what I am doing, I'm starting a Financial Content Membership website. So, my question is, just for strictly paid membership subscription site, would I need a CMS?
I guess it comes done to personal preference, but open for suggestions on building a website (With CMS + Membership Subscription), or with the Subscription Software alone? Again, subjective.
Though not completely production ready, umbraco 5 is MVC based, and 4.x is a solid product, so I would venture that v5 will be pretty solid as well.
Concept and CTPs have been about since late 2007 but the 1.0 release was in 2009. See wikipedia for a complete list.
Knowing that, and remembering that big, open source cms are largely infrastructure driven so add six months to a year to get hosts regularly installing it. Add that 1.0 was really not that good without doing lots of work -- we've got a few big 1.0 based apps that are perhaps 50% infrastructure that 3.0 gives you or makes irrelevant. My suspicion is now that 3.0 has been great, out, stable and installed w/ 4.0 we'll see more and more MVC-based FOSS apps.
My general inclination on "to cms or not to cms" these days revolves around how much one is updating and who is doing the updating. If you are the one handling the content, you might as well just update the HTML. But if it is your admin you might want some tooling. Umbraco is pretty nifty from what I've heard, but I'm already on the record as a crumudgen.
Umbraco is probably your best bet, it's a great CMS on .NET (I've used the 4.x versions in numerous projects), their latest release (v5 Jupiter) is indeed running on MVC and the developers and community are working hard on making it completely bulletproof - and being open source, it's even free. :o
Link to Umbraco v5: [http://umbraco.com/umbraco-5-status.aspx and the community page for addons/discussions: [URL="http://our.umbraco.org/"]http://our.umbraco.org/](http://umbraco.com/umbraco-5-status.aspx)
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text: Wheaton's lawsuit dismissed in federal court College gets one-year reprieve on contraception insurance mandate. Wheaton's lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services "tilts at windmills" because Wheaton does not face actual imminent harm, according to a federal judge who dismissed the college's complaint over contraception insurance last Friday. More > Fresh Market plans in Wheaton make progress The long-awaited Fresh Market prepares to break ground. Replacement of the old Hubble Middle School facility with a Mariano's Fresh Market is expected to begin next week. "We will be closing and starting our asbestos removal by the end of next week," said Bradford Real Estate CFO Chad Jones in a recent email. Right now, Bradford is awaiting permits from the county in order to close out the deal and begin work. More > They're ready for some football The Thunder opens year with first-ever weeknight contest. Though the calendar has not quite ushered in the fall by turning to September, it has not kept away the beginning of the collegiate football season. The first game on the Division III football schedule was played last night between Wheaton College and Benedictine University at McCully Stadium. More > Speed and offense will define women's soccer this fall After making it to the championship game last season, the women's soccer team start out with high hopes for the year. The Wheaton women's soccer team of 2011 was a force to be reckoned with, not only in the CCIW, but also on a national level. The team went 23-2-2 overall on the year, won the CCIW regular season and tournament crowns, and made a run all the way to the Division III National Championship game in San Antonio last December. More >


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What does What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us mean?
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JOSEPH - Up a dirt road, on five acres of sloping wooded grassland, Buddhist monks chop wood and carry water. Following a centuries-old balanced daily practice of meditation, physical work, formal ceremonies, vegetarian meals and discussion of the teaching, the monks of the small remote mountain temple welcome those who join them in search of inner peace.
Sounds like a scene from ancient China?
It's happening right here in Wallowa County, about a quarter-mile uphill from the Hurricane Creek Grange, at the Wallowa Buddhist Temple.
Visitors come from afar to retreat for a week or so, usually one-by-one. Local folks take time for inner reflection, individually or in small groups meeting Sundays and Wednesdays for a morning of meditation and discussion.
Walking paths wind through pine and aspen on the forested temple grounds, ideal for quiet contemplation. Sitting quietly on a bench along Hurricane Creek, a guest or a resident monk may find solace by the tumbling glacial waters.
Speaking with the priest of the temple, Reverend Meido Tuttle, one may find a spiritual refuge. A familiar brown-robed figure in the county since she came to settle here nine years ago, Rev. Meido freely offers a kind ear, a cup of tea, and good practical wisdom to those who ask it of her. After more than 30 ears as a contemplative monastic, Rev. Meido has come to embody the compassionate teaching of her tradition. Also practicing at the temple under her guidance is Reverend Clairissa Beattie, a younger monk who came from Portland last October after 10 years of monastic training.
The Wallowa Buddhist Temple is a log cabin heated mostly with wood, so the monks are kept busy splitting and stacking firewood. During the summer heat, Rev. Meido waters young fruit trees by hand where drip hoses don't reach. Seeing her carrying water in buckets recently, a neighbor couple kindly insisted on the monks using their nearby faucet. .cont/.... here


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SAN JOSE , Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced the immediate availability of several solutions that digital display designers can use to accelerate the development of complex image enhancement algorithms in high-quality flat-panel displays. Available through partners in the Xilinx Alliance Program, the reference designs are proven on a Spartan(TM)-3 based validation platform developed specifically to address key technical challenges faced by LCD and PDP television panel and video board designers. Visit www.xilinx.com/displays for more information.
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The flat-panel display market is one of the fastest growing segments inthe electronics industry, thanks to declining prices and government mandates promoting digital programming. Panel makers are expanding their production capacities to meet demands and encourage adoption. According to iSuppli, worldwide shipments of LCD and PDP TVs are expected to increase from 20 million units in 2004 to nearly 80 million units in 2009.
To address this demand, Xilinx has partnered with Alliance partners Digital Design Corporation (DDC), Tata Elxsi and Apical to introduceready-to-use, FPGA-optimized, fully-tested reference designs that enable advanced image processing features such as precise gamma correction, motionartifact estimation, noise reduction, sharpness enhancement, and connectivity features like LVDS/RSDS Rx/Tx and flexible timing controllers.
"Designers of display systems compete to the be the first to deliver advanced imaging processing techniques and differentiated value-add features for high-quality television viewing at price points that enable them to capture the largest market share for a given panel size. Spartan-3 FPGAs have gained wide acceptance across key digital display manufacturers worldwide and continue to help them manage time-to-market, differentiation, and cost pressures," said Krishna Rangasayee, senior director of Vertical Marketing and Partnerships at Xilinx.


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CNN senior medical correspondent to speak Oct. 11
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen will discuss the challenges and opportunities of reporting medical and public-health news in the digital age Monday, Oct. 11, as part of a University of South Carolina conference.
Cohen is the keynote speaker at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications' 2010 conference, "Convergence and Society: Science, Health & New Dimensions of Communication." Her address, which is free and open to the public, is set for 8 p.m. at the Courtyard Marriott on Assembly Street across from the Carolina Coliseum.
Cohen's reporting has contributed to CNN winning two Emmy Awards for news coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. She has received numerous awards for her health-consumer reporting. Her digital news column, "The Empowered Patient" on CNN.com, provides information to consumers on how to ensure the best medical care for themselves and their families. In August, she released her first book, "The Empowered Patient: How to get the Right Diagnosis, Buy the Cheapest Drugs, Beat Your Insurance Company, and Get the Best Medical Care Every Time."
Dozens of U.S. scholars are expected to attend USC's annual conference on convergent journalism, which will take place Oct. 11 – 12. This year, the event is co-sponsored by USC's Science and Health Communications Research Group and provides a forum for presentation of research, particularly on how science and health messages can be effectively communicated to the public through new media and technology.
For more information about Cohen's talk, visit the website: http://jour.sc.edu/, or e-mail Dr. Andrea Tanner at email@example.com.
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- What: Keynote speech at School of Journalism and Mass Communications' 2010 conference, "Convergence and Society: Science, Health & New Dimensions of Communication"
- Who: CNN senior medical correspondent
- When: Oct. 11, 8 p.m.
- Where: Courtyard Marriott, across from Carolina Coliseum