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Seoul (AFP) Jan 11, 2013
A top Chinese envoy acknowledged Friday South Korea's "dissatisfaction" with China's policy towards North Korea, but asked for Seoul's understanding over Beijing's reluctance to punish Pyongyang.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun also suggested that China and South Korea should stand side by side in pushing Japan to face up to its aggressive militaristic past.
Zhang was wrapping up a three-day visit to Seoul as the envoy of China's next leader Xi Jinping that included talks with South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye.
During their meeting on Thursday, Park had stressed the need for South Korea and China to send a "clear and consistent" message to North Korea to abide by its international responsibilities.
Seoul is known to be frustrated with China's reluctance to approve expanded UN sanctions against Pyongyang for its long-range rocket launch last month, which most of the world saw as a disguised ballistic missile test.
"I understand some South Korean friends are dissatisfied with China's policy toward the North, but I ask them to understand China's difficulties as well," Zhang said Friday.
China is North Korea's sole major ally and has repeatedly argued that pushing Pyongyang into a corner could provoke a reaction that would seriously destabilise the Korean peninsula and the wider region.
"The greatest tragedy of the North and the South was the fratricidal conflict," Zhang said, referring to the 1950-53 Korean War.
"All the measures China has been taking so far have been aimed at preventing such a tragedy happening again," he told a breakfast meeting of businessmen and journalists.
"The chronic disease with regard to issues of the Korean Peninsula is a lack of trust," he added.
Separately, Zhang urged Japan to avoid any rightward, nationalist shift under the new premiership of the hawkish new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"If Japan walks a dangerous path, it will significantly hurt cooperation among China, Korea and Japan," Zhang said.
Beijing and Seoul are involved in separate territorial disputes with Tokyo and both have long criticised Japan for failing to show enough contrition for the abuses of its military expansionist past.
"If Japan continues denying history and turning a blind eye to history, it will not be able to act with moral authority in the international community," Zhang said.
"Korea and China should stand up on this issue of history and express their positions," he added.
There is still widespread public resentment in South Korea over Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule and the plight of Korean women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers.
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Jerry T. Edge
Jerry T. Edge is Founding Partner of RMC Consultants. In this capacity he has consulted with over 35 companies over the past 10 years in the areas of compensation management, plan design, Variable pay, including sales incentive design and International Compensation.
For more than 30 years, he has specialized in compensation management in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, food and transportation. Over the past 30 plus years he worked with Callaway Golf Company, ALARIS Medical Systems, Solar Turbines, Inc., (a subsidiary of Caterpillar), Morrison Incorporated, and Southern Railway Company designing, implementing, and administering programs for domestic and international compensation and benefits, performance management, training, organization development, management and sales incentives. He has designed and implemented compensation and benefits plans for various countries outside of the United States, including, England, Ireland, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Singapore, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Venezuela.
Organizations and Certifications
Jerry is a life member of WorldAtWork (formerly The American Compensation Association and served in Regional and National offices, including National President and Chairman and holds their Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification. He is also a member of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists, and holds their Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) Certification. He has made numerous presentations to the human resources community on compensation subjects.
BS, University of North Carolina
MBA, Georgia State University
DBA course work, George Washington University
Edge, Jerry T., "Re-Engineering Compensation Systems," California Human Resources Magazine
Ghorpade, Jai and Edge, Jerry T., "Understanding Skill-Based Pay," published by the American Compensation Association as one of their Compensation Building Blocks Series
Davis, Michael L. and Edge, Jerry T., Editors, "Executive Compensation, The Professionals Guide to Current Issues and Practices," Windsor Publishing, May 2004.
Edge, Jerry T., "Compensation Philosophy," HR & Corporate Relocation News, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2004
Edge, Jerry T., "Base Salary," HR & Corporate Relocation News, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2004
Melissa Drake, MA, CCP, SPHR
Melissa Drake is the newest partner and Senior Consultant with RMC Consultants. Prior to joining RMC, Melissa spent three years as the President of the San Diego Employers Association (SDEA) managing the day to day operations and strategic direction of the non-profit HR consulting firm in San Diego County. Here, Melissa managed a staff focused on assisting employers with their human resources, training, and compensation planning issues through personal consultation, customized and course trainings, consulting projects, survey development, and development of solutions that address a wide variety of the daily challenges of managing their Human Resources.
Melissa's over 10 years of experience encompasses work with both profit and non-profit organizations. Utilizing a variety of valuable perspectives gained through past employment in diverse commercial environments, she serves as an effective advocate and consultant to human resources departments and individuals in companies of all sizes.
A regular speaker on human resources and compensation matters, Melissa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of California at San Diego and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. She has a certificate in HR Management from San Diego State University, is a Certified Compensation Professional, and Senior Professional in Human Resources. Melissa teaches in the HR Management Certificate program for SDSU, and is also past president and programs director for the Compensation & Benefits Association of San Diego.


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Bestselling Author, Loreen Niewenhuis, to Complete 1000-Mile Great Lakes Walk at Niagara Falls
Author and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis has completed 987 miles of her 1000-mile hike that has taken her along the shores of all five Great Lakes. The final miles will be hiked this month in a two-day finale culminating at Niagara Falls.
When Niewenhuis turned 45-years-old, she felt compelled to break out of the day-to-day routine and take on a big challenge. She decided to walk all the way around her favorite place: Lake Michigan. "Instead of having a mid-life crisis," Niewenhuis said, "I had a mid-life adventure!"
In April of 2012 Niewenhuis began her second 1000-mile hike. This journey has taken her to the shores of all five Great Lakes. "During my hike around Lake Michigan I became captivated with the Great Lakes, these vast Inland Seas. I decided that one adventure wasn't enough. I wanted to touch all five of these amazing bodies of water and to explore the entire fresh water system, how it shapes and defines the region, and how vital these waters are to us all."
Niewenhuis's adventure began in April in Port Clinton, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie and continued west through Toledo, then north along the edge of Michigan's "thumb" to Bay City. This first portion of the journey was 302 miles hiked in 23 days. "The month of April was rather cool," Niewenhuis said, "which was great for hiking. It was also quite windy. That was great when the wind was at my back, but tough when it was a headwind."
The hike continued in June along the eastern edge of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Niewenhuis hiked 303 miles from Bay City north to Mackinaw City at the tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. This 22-day hike allowed her to explore Lake Huron's shoreline. "The geology of Lake Huron is different from Lake Michigan's,"
In July, she hiked along Lake Superior's coast: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising and some areas on the Keweenaw Peninsula including the Estivant Pines Preserve. Niewenhuis is the mother of two college-aged sons and her older son, Ben, joined her for the Lake Superior portion of her adventure. "It is rugged country in Michigan's Upper Peninsula," Niewenhuis said, "so it was wonderful to share that hike with my son and to have some company while camping in the wild. The geology of Lake Superior is radically different from the other lakes due to an ancient rift in the tectonic plates that meet underneath the lake." Together they hiked 77 miles in 6 days.
The last part of July, Niewenhuis hiked in Ontario along Lake Ontario's northern shoreline between the cities of Belleville and Toronto, a total of 146 miles in 10 days. "Ontario has established a Waterfront Trail," Niewenhuis notes. "It stretches along the province's edge of this Great Lake. I stayed as close to the water as possible, and I used the trail when it stayed close to the shore." Niewenhuis made a detour from Lake Ontario to hike the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area near Peterborough, Ontario. "The Warsaw Caves Conservation area has some interesting geological features," Niewenhuis said. "There is a limestone plain and caves and holes drilled by water into the rocks there that tells the story of the formation of our Great Lakes. I wanted to explore and understand this area before I walked the shoreline of Lake Ontario." This leg of her journey brought the total miles hiked to 829.
The next portion of her adventure was along the shores of Lake Michigan. She hiked around North Manitou Island and the length of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. She then hiked south to the city of Ludington. This 158 miles were hiked in 13 days and brought the total miles hiked to 987.
On October 19 and 20, Niewenhuis will complete the final miles of her 1000-Mile Great Lakes Walk. This finale will be along the Niagara River Recreational Trail from the city of Niagara-on-the-
Around 50 people will gather with Niewenhuis to celebrate the final miles of her journey. "I've split up the final miles into a two-day hike so that people who have followed my adventure can walk with me," Niewenhuis said. "And we'll have a party to celebrate the completion of my 1000-Mile Great Lakes Walk!"
This journey of 1,002 miles hiked in a total of 76 days (for an average of 13 miles hiked each day) will give rise to her next book titled A 1000-Mile Great Lakes Walk. Crickhollow Books of Milwaukee will publish the book in early 2013.
Loreen Niewenhuis has a bachelors of science from Calvin College, a masters of science from Wayne State University and a masters of fine arts from Spalding University. She currently lives in Battle Creek, Michigan. She is the author of A 1000-Mile Walk on the Beach (the account of her hike around Lake Michigan), the novella ATLANTA, and many literary short stories. She was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction in 2009 for her collection of short stories titled Scar Tissue.
Niewenhuis gives lectures about the Great Lakes and readings from her work. To contact her for interviews or a speaking engagement, e-mail her at Loreen(at)LakeTrek.com
Please learn more about Niewenhuis, her writing, and her adventures at her website http://LakeTrek.com and her blog http://LakeTrek.Blogspot.com
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One ramus (the endopodite) alone developed—the original axis or corm serving as its basal joint with or without gnathobase.
In many cases, one of the branches, generally the endopodite, is more strongly developed than the other.
At the distal end of the coxopodite arise the endopodite and exopodite.
The endopodite of Cryptolithus is bent backward at the carpopodite and this segment is always thickened.
The whole six segments of the endopodite of the third thoracic segments are together 21 mm.
endopodite: The inner one of the two main divisions of the limb.
The endopodite best shown is very slender, and the segments are of uniform width and only slightly longer than wide.
The outer ends of one endopodite and three exopodites project beyond the margin on the right side.
One endopodite on the right side of the head and the first five on the right side of the thorax are the best shown.


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Carmelo Anthony: Lin offer 'ridiculous,' hopes Knicks do it
WASHINGTON – If Carmelo Anthony had it his way, Jeremy Lin would be wearing a New York Knicks jersey at the start of the 2012-13 season. But he still thinks the Houston Rockets' offer to Lin is "ridiculous."
"I hope we get it done, man. I hope we can get it done," Anthony said following Team USA's 80-69 exhibition win against Brazil on Monday, the last game before the team departs for Europe ahead of the London Olympics.
"I would love to see him back, honestly. I would definitely love to see him back. But knowing the business of basketball, it's kind of a tough situation, kind of for both parties. With Jeremy, I know he definitely would want to be back in New York, and with the team, (owner James) Dolan definitely wants him back. It's just a matter of figuring it out at this point."
ANOTHER VIEW: Fans go to Twitter to react to Lin leaving the Knicks
COLUMN: Lopresti: Knicks should give Lin the shot
Despite expressing frustration with Houston's offer of three years and about $25 million to Lin, Anthony says he has an outstanding relationship with the Knicks point guard.
"Ask Lin. He'll tell you how good of a relationship we have," Anthony said.
Still, he wouldn't back off his "ridiculous" comment.
"It was ridiculous for them to do what they did, as far as throwing that out there and making it tough on us to sign him back," Anthony said again of the Rockets. "That's why it's called free agency, though."
Knicks teammate and fellow Team USA member Tyson Chandler also wants Lin to remain in New York.
"I would love to see him back," Chandler said.
The deadline for the Knicks to make a decision is Tuesday night at 11:59 p.m. ET — if the Knicks received the offer sheet from the Rockets on Saturday when the deal was announced. The Knicks have not confirmed they did. The deal includes almost $15 million in the final year.
New York recently signed point guards Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd.
Even if Knicks management and players wish to retain Lin, the real question is whether they can afford him. Matching the offer would cost the Knicks even more in the third year of the contract in luxury tax payments because of language in the new collective bargaining agreement. It would also give the Knicks more than $75 million committed to Anthony, Chandler, Lin and Amar'e Stoudemire for 2014-15.
It's difficult to imagine the Knicks matching the offer for an undrafted player who has only started 25 games and is coming off a knee injury. But it's also difficult to forget the month of February, when Lin became a global sensation, averaging 24.6 points and 9.2 assists in 10 games to help keep the Knicks' season alive.
Fans in New York and around the country have voiced their opinion, too. More than 5,000 signed an online petition at Change.org asking the Knicks to keep Lin in town, and other petitions have been put together, too.
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It's hard to imagine that someone as sweet as Sarah Wilson could be at the centre of a sugar war. On A Current Affair recently she was one of several experts quoted in a story about sugar and the campaign calling for a tax on soft drinks to help combat obesity.
''I popped up as a sugar-quitting expert,'' Wilson says on her blog, sarahwilson.com.au. ''However, I was used mostly as a voice of extremeness, via some quotes I've made to ACA journalists previously, repackaged in rather extracted form.''
Rather than get angry, Wilson, who's about to release the hardcopy version of her highly successful I Quit Sugar (IQS) program, is revelling in the opportunity to talk about something that she's very passionate about.
''I don't tend to get upset by these kinds of things. ACA presented an interesting take on the subject. And besides, how splendid! I now have a great opportunity to clear things up nice and crystal-like.''
For a start, she eats fruit. About five pieces a week. She recommends eating low-fructose fruit where possible: kiwi, berries, grapefruit … And while the eight-week IQS program does recommend giving up fruit for the first six weeks, ''to break the sugar addiction and to recalibrate our bodies, just for that short period'', at the seven-week mark it is reintroduced so people can gauge how their bodies react.
She refers to research from the American Heart Foundation, which says our bodies are only able to handle six to nine teaspoons of sugar a day.
''Which is about the amount contained in two to three pieces of low-fructose fruit . . If fruit is your only source of fructose in a day, then two to three pieces of fruit is fantastic.''
For Wilson personally, it's the amount her body can handle before she starts to feel the effects.
It was her body that steered her down the IQS path. Growing up as the eldest of six children, she lived on a semi-subsistence property just outside of Canberra, and the family ate ''very naturally''.
It wasn't until she moved into town as a teenager that ''a cocktail of girl hormones, access to malls and convenience stores as well as a-kid-in-candy-store delight with foods I'd previously been denied meant I went sugar crazy''.
Studying at the Australian National University, Wilson says she couldn't function without a cinnamon scroll at 10am, ''convincing myself that the dried currants made it healthy''. This soon wasn't enough. There would be apple pie after lunch, and chocolate. ''I was riding a horrible rollercoaster of sugar highs and lows. I was bingeing, then feeling guilty. I would starve myself the rest of the day.''
Wilson became sick off the back of this ''reactionary eating''. She developed mood disorders, and sleep problems, adrenal issues, and Graves - an autoimmune disease that leads to overactivity of the thyroid gland. She's also had stomach problems linked to a gut imbalance and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease - another autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.
So after doing extensive research and interviewing experts (she says that's the journalist in her) she decided to quit sugar, ''just to see what happened'', and after only two weeks she felt so much clearer and cleaner she decided to keep going.
''I wasn't draconian about it … I just remained curious,'' Wilson says.
Talking to Relax before Christmas, Wilson had no idea that the ACA story was on its way, no idea that she'd be painted as an extremist.
Dr Alan Barclay, the human nutrition manager at Diabetes Australia, New South Wales and media spokesperson for the Dietitians Association of Australia, was quoted in the ACA story accusing Wilson of ''nutritionism'' - of focusing on one nutrient at a time, such as the way that fat was pilloried in the 1990s - and slammed both Wilson and David Gillespie, author of Sweet Poison: Why Sugar Makes us Fat, for having no scientific qualifications to back up their calls to quit sugar.
''David and I are not claiming to be impartial scientists or doctors with no agenda. We both are really open: we were curious, we tried quitting sugar for ourselves, we read up on research around the world, and now we're sharing the information and our personal experiences. We're also open about the fact we sell books on the matter.''
Even back before Christmas, Wilson was all fired up about the experts and some nutritional bodies who don't disclose their side interests in the debate. According to Wilson, Barclay also represents Glycemic Index Ltd, the body that hands out a ''tick''-like ''GI'' symbol to companies who pay them to. One such company is sugar giant CSR, she says.
''It baffles many why a scientist or dietitian would be so hell-bent on slamming people like me who argue we shouldn't be eating so much sugar,'' Wilson says. ''It seems an odd thing to get fired up about if you're engaged in nutrition, no? Unless there's a vested interest.''
Two years later, sugar no longer plays a role in her diet but it's playing an increasingly important role in her life.
Via her blog, she chronicled her sugar journey, writing about the steps she was taking, the recipes she was cooking, how she was feeling and what the experts were saying. In January last year, she published the IQS e-book and cookbook.
The hardcopy version is out this week. ''Some people still like actual books,'' she says laughing. And she's also starting up a website specifically dedicated to quitting sugar: iquitsugar.com. ''My lifelong goal now is to encourage people to eat good food,'' she says.
■ I Quit Sugar, by Sarah Wilson. Plum, $34.99.


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7Customizer: Freeware to Customize and Tweak Windows 7 Setup ISO
UPDATE: It seems the previous software mentioned on this page "RT Seven Lite" is no longer available. So we have replaced it with a new working software.
If you want to install Windows 7 in your system, but miss a customization tool like vLite (for Windows Vista) or nLite (for Windows XP) to customize Windows 7 setup ISO file, here is a great news for you.
Today we are sharing a free tool "7Customizer" which is claimed to be a vLite replacer for Windows 7.
7Customizer is a tool for creating a customized Windows 7 installation (both 32-bit and 64-bit editions). It works on both English and non English installation sources.
Here is what the developer says about the tool:
7Customizer is still in development stages and it is still in testing phase. It is far from being a complete vlite replacement but the aim is to replace vlite. It will need time and effort and feedback to complete it. Also, it might not work for you or crash with error.
Features List:
- Languages integration (Windows UI language not the setup language)
- Updates integration
- Basic unattended installation
- Driver integration
- Wallpapers Integration
- Tweaks
- Services
- ISO Creation
- Presets
- UAC trigger
- Clean mount folder
System Requirements:
- Host OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
- .Net Framework 3.5 (for Windows Vista)
- WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) for Windows 7
- Windows installation source
Important Notes from the Developer before using the Tool:
- Make sure you have enough free space (at least 5 GB) in your drive where 7Customizer is located (7Customizer will warn you if the drive does not have sufficient space).
- It is highly recommended to run the program in a folder that does not have white spaces in its name. For example, C:\7Customizer\
- It is highly recommended to place your installation source in a directory that does not have white spaces in its name. For example, C:\win7\
- When choosing the path for ImageX and DISM, make sure you choose the same exe architecture (x86 or amd64) as your Windows, e.g. when using Windows 7 x64, choose the ImageX located in amd64 inside the WAIK installation.
- Always test the result in a virtual machine first.
- It is highly recommended to use 7Customizer on an unmodified (clean, untouched) Windows installation source.
- Fill the whole information in the unattended part or the setup will fail.
Known Issues:
- 7Customizer fails to read the images information correctly.
- 7Customizer might not label the ISO.
- When selecting updates, sometime you will be able to select one update only. If you select more than one update 7Customizer will crash.
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Girls learn how to create fresh and fun 'dos for her doll on
game days. Includes easy-to-follow tips, plus doll hair accessories
to take home. Reservations required.
Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of
Lascaux transports visitors to the Lascaux cave in France,
where they'll discover prehistoric cave paintings. Walk through a
full-sized replica of the cave, meet a lifelike stone-age family
and play with interactive displays explaining the life of people
who may have inhabited the cave.
Tickets are included in both Discovery and All-Access passes to
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Chicago Kids Company performs the classic tale from Feb. 6-April
The Cat in the Hat is the perfect friend for a boring rainy
afternoon. From games and mischief to Thing One and Thing Two, The
Cat brings all sorts of trouble to this gray day--but will Sally
and her brother be able to explain the mess to Mother? Performances
run Jan. 26-June 9, 2013.
When happily ever after isn't what he expected, the Frog Prince
heads out for a new adventure. While searching for his true
amphibian self, he meets witches from Snow White, Sleeping Beauty,
Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Performances
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The classic tale, live on stage. A special one-hour presentation
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LOS ANGELES – Admittedly, a 13-game stretch is just a snapshot of where any team is at during a long season.
But it is a very unflattering snapshot for the Dodgers – one that caught them with their eyes closed, their hair looking funky and the lighting bad.
A disappointing homestand came to a conclusion Sunday afternoon with a 6-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers lost six of 10 on the homestand, dropping two of three to the Rockies this weekend.
It's not a new trend, though. The Dodgers have lost five of their past seven and eight of their past 13. They have won just four of their first nine series this season – and three of those series victories were against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"I can't say I'm totally happy but I can't say I'm totally dissatisfied either," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said, surprisingly accepting of the poor results. "We haven't played very well at home which is kind of surprising. But that's going to change."
It will change in the short term – if only because the Dodgers now have a chance to be mediocre on the road as well. A nine-game trip to Minnesota, Miami and Washington starts Tuesday.
Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu might be first in line to board the team plane on Monday. He hasn't allowed a run in 26 innings pitched on the road. But he has given up 16 in 13 innings at Dodger Stadium this season after a poor start against the Rockies Sunday.
Poor defense figured in to part of Ryu's problems – including his own misplay of a sacrifice bunt – and continues to be a major problem for the Dodgers. They have 26 errors in 26 games after a three-error game Sunday. But Ryu also gave up nine hits in five-plus innings including a three-run home run to Josh Rutledge.
"Not as sharp as we've seen him," Mattingly said of Ryu. "He was just a little shorter with his fastball. At times we've seen him pitching 90-91 (mph). We saw some 87s today and things like that.
"It just brings the changeup a little closer and makes him a little more vulnerable."
The Dodgers' offense seems vulnerable to pitching of any kind.
They managed just four hits in seven innings against Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa who came into the game with a 6.38 ERA for the season and a 5.99 ERA in 16 previous games against the Dodgers.
But De La Rosa isn't alone recently in keeping the Dodgers in check. Over their past 13 games, they have been held to two runs or fewer seven times, are barely averaging three runs a game and batted just .236 as a team.
Over the past week, the teams doing the checking were the Rockies and the Philadelphia Phillies. Going into Sunday, they ranked second and third in the National League in runs allowed. Only the Diamondbacks pitchers have allowed more.
"Honestly we swung the bats pretty good yesterday, I thought. Today not that good," Mattingly said. "We're going to go through periods like this. As long as we continue to work and our guys are showing up, getting ready to play, doing their work and not being satisfied with what's going on – I feel like we're going to be OK. It wouldn't be OK if we weren't working or not getting after it.
"So, it's an area where we want to get better, other areas also. But I'm not willing to say it's going to be this way all year."
The Dodgers' only run of the day came in the first inning thanks to the speed of Dee Gordon.
Gordon beat out a bunt single to start the inning, went to second on a bunt by Yasiel Puig and stole third – his major-league-leading 17th stolen base of the season. He scored on a two-out single by Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzalez is second in the National League with 23 RBI.
That was it for a homestand that saw the Dodgers score just 35 times in 92 innings.
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Biological Sciences
Cellular Metabolism
Many chemicals that are poisons exert their toxic effects by interfering with some aspect of aerobic respiration, usually involving the electron transport chain of the mitochondria. Three such poisons are cyanide, 2,4-dinitrophenol, and the antibiotic oligomycin.
Cyanide is a potent and deadly human poison. It causes its effects by binding to one of the electron carriers and inhibiting the passage of electrons to oxygen, so that electron transport, proton-pumping, and ATP synthesis stop virtually instantaneously.
2,4-dinitrophenol is also a deadly poison to humans. It is an example of the general class of poisons known as "uncouplers", which allow protons to pass back from the intermembrane space to the matrix without passing through the ATP synthase enzyme. Electron transport and proton pumping continue, but ATP is not made. Such uncouplers are also called ionophores.
Oligomycin, an antibiotic, is not deadly to humans, but does interfere with respiration, which is how it kills bacteria, and accounts for its side effects in humans. It is representative of a group of poisons that directly inhibit ATP synthase by blocking the passageway for protons. As with the uncouplers, electron transport and proton pumping continue, but ATP is not made (although for a different reason).
Use the information above, the following observations, and your knowledge of respiration when answering the questions.
Observation 1
When a person breathes a particular deadly poison (compound A), the following effects are observed. Clinically, body temperature quickly increases, causing profuse sweating, and ultimate death. At the biochemical level it is noted that normal to greater than normal amounts of oxygen are used, and normal to greater amounts of carbon dioxide are produced. The pH of the mitochondrial intermembrane space does not change appreciably; if it does, it may increase slightly.
Observation 2
When a person ingests a particular toxin (compound B), the following effects are observed. At the biochemical level, it is noted that the Krebs cycle continues to function, producing NADH, and that the NADH is oxidized back to NAD+ as it donates electrons to the electron transport chain. Strikingly, the pH of the mitochondrial intermembrane space is noted to drop significantly.
During cyanide poisoning, which of the following molecules would increase its concentration dramatically?
|Carbon dioxide
Again, refer to the information from question 6. NADH will build up as electron transport is discontinued, as it has no place to give up electrons. NAD+ and FAD, the oxidized forms of coenzymes, will eventually decrease in amount until there are none left. Carbon dioxide will ultimately stop being produced, so its concentration will not change very much.


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University at Albany President Karen R. Hitchcock and President Yong
Soo Park of Kangwon National University in Korea have signed an Agreement
of Cooperation between the two universities. The signing will took place
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Other Kangwon National University officials joining President Park on
this visit were Soong Hee Kim, director of International Affairs and
Young Jun Chung, a professor of computer science.
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Scientists are reporting "laboratory resurrections" of several 2-3-billion-year-old proteins that are ancient ancestors of the enzymes that enable today's antibiotic-resistant bacteria to shrug off huge doses of penicillins, cephalosporins and other modern drugs. The achievement, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, opens the door to a scientific "replay" of the evolution of antibiotic resistance with an eye to finding new ways to cope with the problem.
Jose M. Sanchez-Ruiz, Eric A. Gaucher, Valeria A. Risso and colleagues explain that antibiotic resistance existed long before Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic in 1928. Genes that contain instructions for making the proteins responsible for antibiotic resistance have been found in 30,000-year-old permafrost sediment and other ancient sites.
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This Sunday in the New York Times, a review of the new set from the National Film Preservation Foundation, "Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film 1947-1986," which includes 26 restored films from such masters of non-narrative filmmaking as Stan Brakhage, Storm De Hirsch, Hollis Frampton, Ken Jacobs and (above, from "Film No. 3: Interwoven") Harry Smith.
Anthony Kaufman's excellent piece on the end of VHS and what it means for you, the movie consumer, has been generating a lot of discussion since it was published on Moving Image Source last Friday, including this reaction from Peter Martin at Cinematical. Must reading!


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Women In The Workplace Is "A Problem," Says Morocco's Prime Minister
- The Prime Minister of Morocco recently spoke out against advancements for women, bemoaning how us ladies aren't embracing the "sacred status that God gave to women" by finding "time to get married, to be mothers, or to educate their children." Society, it is crumbling. [New York Times]
- NBC allegedly refused to air ads for the film "Obvious Child" that contained the word 'abortion.' [Page Six]
- The Presbyterian Church has voted to change the definition of marriage to mean between "two people" and to allow ministers to perform same-sex marriages where it is legal. [New York Times]
- Here's Hillary Clinton's conversation with NPR's show "Fresh Air." [NPR]
- The federal government has extended the available marriage benefits for same-sex couples. [Guardian UK]
- California's sterilization of female inmates is fucking scary. [Jezebel]
- How Washington, D.C. finally stopped punishing sex workers for carrying condoms. [Citylab]
- The European country of Luxembourg has legalized same sex marriage. [Washington Post]
- On a Jewish girl causing problems in the ultra-Orthodox church. [The Toast]
- Stephanie Kwolek, the chemist who created the materials in Kevlar body armor, has died at 90. [NPR]
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WASHINGTON/LONDON – The U.S. military plans to set up a base for drones in northwest Africa to bolster surveillance of al-Qaida's affiliate in the region and allied Islamist extremists, a U.S. official said Monday.
The base for the robotic, unmanned aircraft would likely be located in Niger, on the eastern border of Mali, where French forces are currently waging a campaign against al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The base was first reported by The New York Times earlier Monday.
A U.S. defense official called the plans "preliminary" and said the Pentagon, the State Department, the White House and the government of Niger would all have to approve. "But it would be a good place to be, in terms of access," the official added.
The airfield would allow for better intelligence gathering by unarmed drones monitoring the movements of AQIM and other militants, which Washington considers a growing threat, the official said.
If the plan is approved, up to 300 U.S. military service members and contractors could be sent to the base to operate the drone aircraft, according to the Times.
U.S. Africa Command was also looking at an alternative location for the base in Burkina Faso, the official said.
But State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland reiterated that there were no plans to commit U.S. troops to any fighting on the ground.
"The U.S. military is not going to be engaged in combat operations in Mali," she stressed. "We don't expect U.S. forces to become directly involved on the ground in combat either."
The United States and Niger signed a "status of forces" agreement Monday, which will provide legal safeguards for any American forces in the country. The Pentagon secures such agreements for base arrangements or troop deployments.
The Obama administration has increased counterterrorism assistance to Niger in recent years and sent Special Forces personnel there on training missions, but the numbers have been limited to a dozen or so troops at a time.
The French intervention in Mali, the recent hostage-taking at an Algerian natural gas plant and the deadly assault on a U.S. Consulate in Libya in September has increased the demand in Washington for more intelligence on militants in the region.
As news emerged of the planned drone base, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. military and intelligence officials were weighing plans to provide French fighter aircraft with sophisticated data to help them hunt down militants in Mali.
President Barack Obama's administration waited for more than two weeks before agreeing to offer aerial refueling tankers to the French forces, amid concerns among some advisers that assisting the French could draw the United States into an open-ended conflict.
The Obama administration has also provided transport planes to help ferry French weapons and troops and to share intelligence with Paris from surveillance aircraft, reportedly including unmanned Global Hawk aircraft.
Britain, meanwhile, is considering sending about 200 noncombat troops to aid the military operation, with a decision expected within days, media reports said Tuesday.
This would likely include a small number deployed to Mali itself, as part of an EU training mission. A larger number would help train West African forces in the region to join the battle alongside the French and Malian troops.
Prime Minister David Cameron called President Francois Hollande on Sunday to say Britain was "keen" to provide further help to French forces in Mali.
But his Downing Street office declined to give more details other than to stress that as more than a decade of conflict in Afghanistan finally approaches its end, Britain would not be deploying combat troops to another war zone.


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"I was just ready to go and get after it again," Deonte Thompson said Thursday after practice. "You're just so excited to be out there running around with your teammates again."
The excitement building in the Florida locker room comes from a sense of expectation. Despite what Florida lost to the NFL last season, players look around the locker room and see a team saturated with talent. The things they see written and said across the country don't match that.
"I feel like we're the team that nobody expects to do good," Thompson said. "There are a lot of hungry guys on this team, from the coaches to the players."
No one in the Florida locker room is complaining about the lack of expectations from the national media. In fact, they embrace it. When a team loses the face of the program for the past three seasons like Tim Tebow and Brandon Spikes were, the assumption is the Gators will be in store for a rebuilding season.
That's exactly what Thompson wants people to think.
"We like it like that," Thompson said. "We don't want to have all that attention. Last year we had a lot of it, but this year we want to be under the radar and surprise people."
The loss of talent would hurt most programs, but the Gators are still dripping with talent. However, it goes further than that. The team is as close as veteran players have ever seen it.
Comparisons were even made to the team chemistry that made the 2006 national championship team special.
It built on the offensive side of the ball when the players worked out on their own. Thompson and quarterback John Brantley sent mass text messages to other players about running routes, whether early in the morning before summer classes or late at night.
"This is the tightest the receiving group has been since I've been here," Thompson said. "We are like brothers. We're really close. It's not even football. We always hang out together. We stay together a lot. We go to each other's house and play video games."
The chemistry of the wide receivers was tested when Frankie Hammond was arrested for a DUI in June. He returned to the team and was forgiven for the mistake, only to be accepted by his teammates with open arms. The upperclassmen preached the importance of one mistake, while also taking Hammond back on the team.
"He took it very hard," Thompson said of Hammond. "He's still taking it hard. He's still kind of quiet, but he's alright. We just tell him we've got his back. Everybody makes mistake."
The work Thompson put in this offseason was to eliminate any doubts about his hands. The stigma surfaced that Thompson struggled with his hands after he dropped a few passes in games early last season.
He called it the worst thing that can be said about a receiver, but also added there's little doubt the questions about his hands won't be there anymore.
"It's alright, though," Thompson said. "It'll get shook this year though."
Thompson also hit the weight room hard. He played at 195 pounds last season, but thanks to strength and conditioning coach Mickey Marotti, Thompson added ten pounds and will play at 205 this season.
That could raise worries about his speed. Thompson said it wouldn't be an issue because he actually feels faster right now. He also claims to have run a 4.22 40-yard dash during the offseason on a wet surface.
Despite the gaudy numbers, Thompson hasn't put together the season that justifies him as the top receiver on the team. This is the year that is likely to change, but Thompson doesn't look at it that way. He doesn't want to dwell on how badly Florida needs him to step up. Instead, he will go about practices this year with nothing different.
"I wouldn't say that (there is pressure) because everybody has been making plays, from quarterbacks to wide outs," Thompson said. "There's no pressure on me. It may look like it, but there really is no pressure."
The biggest relief for the Florida players is the ability to be back on the field. The offseason workouts and early morning conditioning can get tedious, but they are a thing of the past. From now on, it's all about what happens on the field.
"It's about ball now," Thompson said. "It's not about lifting weights and all that. It's all ball now."
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Arteries Veins Artery-Vein Comparison Capillaries Summary Of Blood Vessels The Heart
The Blood Flow Through The Heart The Double Circulation System Blood For The Heart To Use
Heartbeat Control Stages Of Heartbeat Sounds Of The Heart
Blood Pressure Lifestyle Effects On Heart
Click here to view a general animation of the circulatory system
Click here to view an animation of the formation of the heart in an embryo
Functions of the Circulatory System
Arteries and Veins have many differences:
1. Carry blood away from the heart always.
2. Have thick muscular walls
3. Have a pulse
4. Deep under the skin
5. Have no valves
6. Arteries branch at their ends, into tiny arterioles those then join capillaries.
1. Carry blood to the heart.
2. Have thin walls
3. Do not have a pulse
4. Near surface of the skin
5. Have valves to stop back-flow of blood.
6. Veins branch at their beginnings into tiny venules which join capillaries.
Veins have valves which stop the blood from flowing backward. Compared to the arteries, pressure in the veins is very low. The blood is being pushed through the arteries as the heart squeezes the blood out. This is not true for the veins. Blood is pushed through the veins when body muscles contract and squeeze the veins. In this way the blood moves.
The contraction/relaxation cycles of skeletal muscles squeeze the veins forcing the contained blood towards the heart.
Artery-Vein Comparison
Arteries Veins
Transport blood away from the heart;
Transport blood towards the heart;
Carry Oxygenated Blood
Carry De-oxygenated Blood
Have relatively narrow lumens (see diagram above);
Have relatively wide lumens (see diagram above);
Have relatively more muscle/elastic tissue;
Have relatively less muscle/elastic tissue;
Transports blood under higher pressure (than veins);
Transports blood under lower pressure (than arteries);
Do not have valves (except for the semi-lunar valves of the pulmonary artery and the aorta).
Have valves throughout the main veins of the body. These are to prevent blood flowing in the wrong direction, as this could (in theory) return waste materials to the tissues.
Capillaries are small blood vessels acting as veins and arteries. They surround the body cells at the ends of the arteries and at the beginning of the veins. The walls of capillaries are only one cell thick so substances (Food or cells) can easily get through them and into the blood or out. If all the capillaries of the body were set end to end they would be 100,000 km long!
The Heart
The heart is located slightly to the left of the centre of your chest between the 2 lungs. It is made of cardiac muscle and is surrounded by a double membrane called the pericardium. There is fluid between these 2 membranes called pericardial fluid. This fluid helps to reduce friction when the heart beats. The heart is about the size of a clenched fist.
The human heart is primarily a shell. There are four cavities, or open spaces, inside the heart that fill with blood. Two of these cavities are called atria. The other two are called ventricles. The two atria form the curved top of the heart. The ventricles meet at the bottom of the heart to form a pointed base which points toward the left side of your chest. The left ventricle contracts most forcefully, so you can best feel your heart pumping on the left side of your chest.
The left side of the heart houses one atrium and one ventricle. The right side of the heart houses the others. A wall, called the septum, separates the right and left sides of the heart. A valve connects each atrium to the ventricle below it. The bicuspid valve connects the left atrium with the left ventricle. The tricuspid valve connects the right atrium with the right ventricle. The semilunar valves allow the blood to flow out of the heart into the 2 main arteries (aorta and pulmonary artery). They prevent blood from returning to the heart.
The top of the heart connects to a few large blood vessels. The largest of these is the aorta, or main artery, which carries nutrient-rich blood away from the heart. Another important vessel is the pulmonary artery which connects the heart with the lungs as part of the pulmonary circulation system. The two largest veins that carry blood into the heart are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava. They are called "vena cava" because they are the "heart's veins." The superior is located near the top of the heart. The inferior is located beneath the superior.
The heart's structure makes it an efficient, never-ceasing pump. From the moment of development through the moment of death, the heart pumps. The heart, therefore, has to be strong. The average heart's muscle, called cardiac muscle, contracts and relaxes about 70 to 80 times per minute without you ever having to think about it. As the cardiac muscle contracts it pushes blood through the chambers and into the vessels. Nerves connected to the heart regulate the speed with which the muscle contracts. When you run, your heart pumps more quickly. When you sleep, your heart pumps more slowly.
Considering how much work it has to do, the heart is surprisingly small. The average adult heart is about the size of a clenched fist and weighs about 11 ounces (310 grams). Located in the middle of the chest behind the breastbone, between the lungs, the heart rests in a moistened chamber called the pericardial cavity which is surrounded by the ribcage. The diaphragm, a tough layer of muscle, lies below. As a result, the heart is well protected.
Day and night, the muscles of your heart contract and relax to pump blood throughout your body. When blood returns to the heart, it follows a complicated pathway. If you were in the bloodstream, you would follow the steps below one by one.
Oxygen-poor blood (shown in
blue) flows from the body into the right atrium.
1. Superior and inferior vena cava (deoxygenated)
2. Right atrium
3. Tricuspid valve
4. Right ventricle
5. Semilunar valve
6. Pulmonary artery
7. Lungs
8. Pulmonary veins (oxygenated)
9. Left atrium
10. Bicuspid valve
11. Left ventricle
12. Semilunar valve
13. Aorta
TO BODY and then back to the superior and inferior vena cava (Step #1)
Click here to see a general animation of blood flow
The heart has a double circulation system. The pulmonary circuit pumps blood to the lungs and the systemic circuit pumps blood to the body systems (i.e. The head limbs, and trunk).
This system separates the oxygenated and the deoxygenated blood. (See diagram below)
The right ventricle pumps blood through the shorter pulmonary circuit while the left ventricle pumps blood through the longer systemic circuit. As a result, the left ventricle's walls are thicker and stronger.
The Systemic System can be divided into THREE SUBSYSTEMS
B. RENAL CIRCULATION - SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE KIDNEYS. Nearly one-forth of the blood that is pump into the Aorta by the Left Ventricle flows to the Kidneys. The Kidneys Filter Waste From the Blood.
C. HEPATIC PORTAL CIRCULATION - Nutrients are picked up by capillaries in the small intestines and are transported to the Liver. Excess nutrients are stored in the Live for future needs. The Liver receives oxygenated blood from a large Artery that branches of the Aorta.
The heart also needs a supply of blood for its nourishment. It does not use the blood it pumps for itself. The blood flowing through the heart does not directly serve the heart. Like all other organs the heart muscle has its own blood circuit. The heart gets blood from the coronary arteries that emerge directly from the aorta. Two coronary arteries arise from the aorta just beyond its semilunar valve. The right coronary artery mostly serves the right atrium and right ventricle. The left coronary artery is much larger and supplies the left atrium and left ventricle. The blood then goes through arterioles into capillaries and then to the heart's cells. Venules then carry the blood to the coronary veins and back to the right atrium.
The pumping action of the heart is controlled by the pacemaker (also known as the sino-atrial node (SA). It is in the wall of the right atrium. The pacemaker receives messages from the brain. Two nerves from the medulla oblongata connect to it influencing its rate of contraction. One nerve quickly accelerates the heart rate and the other can quickly reduces it back to resting rate. These messages are transmitted as electrical impulses that cause the atria (both left and right) to contract. This contraction is called atrial systole. Contraction of the atria sends blood to the ventricles.
The electrical impulse then enters the ventricles at the atrio-ventricular node and travels through the septum to the ventricles at the atrio-ventricular node (AV). The ventricles contract and force the blood towards the openings of the arteries, pulmonary artery and aorta. This is called ventricular systole.
The rate of heartbeat is very important. The average healthy person will have a heart rate of about 70-80 beats per minute. Brain impulses and hormones can change this rate. Also, exercise, temperature, emotions, and shock will increase the heart rate. Relaxation and sleep decrease the rate.
A heartbeat is a two-part pumping action that takes about a second. As blood collects in the upper chambers (the right and left atria), the heart's natural pacemaker (the SA node) sends out an electrical signal that causes the atria to contract. This contraction pushes blood through the tricuspid and bicuspid valves into the resting lower chambers (the right and left ventricles). This part of the two-part pumping phase (the longer of the two) is called atrial systole.
The second part of the pumping phase begins when the ventricles are full of blood. The electrical signals from the SA node travel along a pathway of cells to the ventricles, causing them to contract. This is called ventricular systole. As the tricuspid and bicuspid valves shut tight to prevent a back flow of blood, the semilunar valves are pushed open. While blood is pushed from the right ventricle into the lungs to pick up oxygen, oxygen-rich blood flows from the left ventricle to the heart and other parts of the body.
After blood moves into the pulmonary artery and the aorta, the ventricles relax, and the pulmonary and aortic valves close. The lower pressure in the ventricles causes the tricuspid and bicuspid valves to open, and the cycle begins again. This series of contractions is repeated over and over again, increasing during times of exertion and decreasing while you are at rest.
When the atria are contracting the ventricles are relaxing. This is called ventricular diastole. Likewise, when the ventricles are contracting the atria are relaxing. This is called atrial diastole.
The sounds of the heart are caused by the closing of the valves.
1. The "lub" sound- quieter, longer, lower pitched- caused by the bicuspid and tricuspid valves closing.
2. The "dub" sound- louder, shorter, higher pitched- caused by the semi lunar valves closing.
3. A heart murmur is an abnormal sound of the heart. It is usually an indication of damaged valves.
Blood pressure is the blood pressing against the blood vessel walls. It is measured by a sphygmomanometer.
The pressure varies along the circuit – decreasing from artery to arteriole to capillary to venule to vein.
Pressure is highest at the start of the artery and lowest at the entrance to the atrium.
Blood pressure is much higher in the aorta than in the pulmonary artery.
The measures of a person's blood pressure it taken at a large artery in the upper arm. It is the pressure need to stop blood flow in this artery and is measured at diastole and systole. Standard healthy readings are 80 mm Hg diastolic, 120 mm Hg systolic.
People with a diastolic number at or above 95 have hypertension (high blood pressure). It is usually caused by blockages in the arteries.
Click here to view an animation about blood pressure
1. Hardening of the arteries.
2. Increased risk of heart disease.
3. Raised blood pressure.
Click here to see an animation of smoking's effects on arteries
Click here to see an animation about strokes
Click here to see an animation of clogged arteries
1. Lower resting heart rate – more efficient heart.
2. Dilated arteries caused by aerobic exercise – improved blood flow to all the organs and less risk of heart disease.