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Situated in Genoa, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Villa Brignole Sale Duchessa di Galliera, Fiumara Shopping & Fun, and 105 Stadium. La Lanterna and Galata Maritime Museum are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, meeting rooms, and dry cleaning.
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All 120 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find LCD TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include room service and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 120
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Express check-in
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 2
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Premium TV channels
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Al Serro - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 2 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night
- 1 per room (up to 10 kg)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
24-hour check-in
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2 per person, per night, up to 8 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 14 years of age.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between EUR 0.00 and EUR 10.00 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30 per night
Hotel Name
- Idea Genova San Biagio
- Idea Genova San Biagio Genoa
- Idea Hotel Genova San Biagio
- Idea Hotel Genova San Biagio Genoa
- Mercure Genova San Biagio Hotel Genoa
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. One child 2 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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I am having my fifth girl! I have 3 daughters from a previous marriage, and this will be my second daughter with my husband. My first husband insisted after our first 2 that girl #3 also be an A name. When I remarried, and we had our daughter, he wanted her to have an A name as well so that she would be the same as my first 3, which at the time was sweet and thoughtful.
I do regret it now. Here we are with girl #5 and it feels like we are stuck having to use an A name. I feel like I'm going to have to end up picking a name that I'm not a huge fan of so that she, too, will have an A name like her sisters. Is this a big deal? Do you think that we are too far into this naming cycle to just go ahead and pick something else?
My daughter's names are Azriel (Hebrew: God is my help....long A, NOT like the cat in smurfs!) Ava, Alanna, and Anna-Ruth.
A names that I DO like are Arden and Afton. Dh likes Ainsley. I'm just meh about it.
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After suffering a 39-point beating at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at the Amway Center, the Orlando Magic complete their home-and-home series with the Nets on Sunday at the Barclays Center.
The Nets (2-2) got double doubles from Andray Blatche (15 points, nine rebounds) and Brook Lopez (14 points, 10 rebounds), while Joe Johnson (13), Deron Williams (12), and Jerry Stackhouse (11) also finished in double figures.
Orlando (2-3) was led by the surprising E'Twaun Moore's 18 points and five assists. Arron Afflalo notched 12 points, while Nikola Vucevic and Andrew Nicholson scored 10 apiece.
The loss was the Magic's third in a row, while Brooklyn's victory ended a two-game losing streak.
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-- 15Mickey20 (talk to Mickey) 20:45, 1 September 2008 (UTC) I'll take a look:) enjoy Noel for now — Sir Sycamore (talk) 11:05, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
For a bumming session with Noel Fielding
|Excellent topic, not too sure about the handling. The first thing that struck me was the prose, I dislike the first person narration articles for the most part - the reason why is clearer here. Many sentences seem off string with "And" in the second section and shorter sentences like "That message came across loud and clear." - This style of writing is not so great, unless it's appropriate to the context, like Observational Comedy. I think I would really go over the prose style; admittedly most of it would go though a spell checker, its just not good writing - much of the humour seems to have become lost in the style that you've written it in. The second thing is the formatting and structure (sorry to be so critical here) the into is way off (though good use of Russian name which kicks off to a good start) it should be a lot longer - to reiterate the maxim "Say it, say it more and say it again" - the intro is not doing this and is shows.
The Georgia bit at the end seems tacked on - although Wikipedia will do this, I think there's a pretty good argument that the entire article should be more cohesive, I would bring n the Georgia issue with wider foreign policy f the Russian Federation, and this will give a fuller sense, I don't think that as a conclusion it works well. "References" - this is not really a reference but a footnote - this is an inaccurate in a bad way. The template at the bottom is a mixed issue, on one hand it whores one of my articles in another it looks ugly, and too large for the article length - I suggest removing it and having a "See also" section, this will keep relevant issues tied in. the other Whoops template at the top also looks a little out of place - If you have a built up introduction these this tend to blend in a little - if it's shorter like here it really sticks out.
There's good understanding of the topic, I feel that there's a real issue with formatting and prose - this is likely to put my critic hat on, I think there's a good article in here, it a question of maybe reworking it into a better state - this is always the way with articles, its just more so with this one. The "Policies section is listy, these are discouraged in the Pee guidelines and by me - again these should be worked into prose - preferably encyclopedic, but still funny.
A major issue I feel was that the article seems to lack a voice, i.e. you don't seem to have any opinion - it sort of "Medvedev is a tyrant puppet of Putin lol" - If I was personally doing it I would maybe have quite a torn writer (in a similar way Russia seems to be torn into extremes) - possibly o one hand hating the government and Medvedev and on anther kind of embracing a Faustian pact with him and his ideas? - This is a bit ambitious but it's a very interesting topic and I think that it would not hurt to really go for it. To be honest it's a little predictable, however you've done some really great articles and I think you could really pull a stormer with this.
|Brilliant concept, poor execution - I would consider the writing style very seriously as it seems to be missing the spot here. The formatting is unfortunate t say the least. it also reads too much like a propaganda piece - this could be alright, its just a little narrow, I would maybe try and write it from how you would imagine a Russian to write it, or even what he himself would think of the article if he read it - would Medvedev find it funny and witty? It's just a question of broadening out the concept - it's just too narrow at the moment
|Prose and formatting:
|The images are all wrong, there all over the place and of different sizes: ideally align write and have them all the same size (Mhaille usually has around 250px, or 300px if he's too lazy to make or find more - I personally think this looks about right). I like many of the ones you've chosen; I would say that around four on an article of this length, and less all over the place.
As I mentioned before the prose is not too cool, I would have a look though it very closely, Often clunky short sentences and poor grammar really cripple an article - For example "Elected in" would better be "He was elected in 2008" - there's few of these throughout, and it's definatly something to work on. I maintain that unless specifically relevant to a topic, articles should be detached (encyclopedic, a major aspect of the humour I that they are like wikipedia articles a pseudo academic resource with blatant bias and inaccuracy), that's not to say they don't have a voice, for example I did another Russia themed article in Battleship Potemkin - there's a fair bit of dissent against much of the Russian ideology there, something along similar lines would work very well here I think.
Ultimalty it's going to be about spending the time to get he flow right and all the sections into a cohesive state, there's little use of subsections, (Georgia should be one of these I think) and also of linkage - A lightsabre look is the aim in my opinion; the article is a little short on links.
|Good images for the most part, one too many and contrasting sizes and alignment make them look pretty crap to tell the truth - The captions are however funny, and I would not change anything too drastic with these, I also like the use of real images here rather than photoshopped ones, this feels like a good way you go about things wit the topic. Nothing too critical here, Overall the images are good again, I have a gripe with the overall formatting, the bottom one although very funny is write small and cannot be enlarged like the others - its the weakest link.
|Great concept to work from, needs a lot more work in my view, particularly on the prose and formatting front. I find the whole Kremlin and Russia issue quite interesting, the criticism is based on what I would say to myself if I were to take over the article from here. I think this is a promising article, I hope you continue to work with this one.
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|I hope I've been more helpful than your last review - should there be anything else, do not hesitate to leave note. If there's any desire to collaborate I would be interested in contributing to this one:)
|— Sir Sycamore (talk) 12:06, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
I've had a go at making some bits read better and I've obliterated the main bulk of the policies section, which was rubbish.
Some of your points confuse me. You say I could go for a more straightforward encyclopedic style, when that's what I thought I did. It's certainly nothing like Observational Comedy. Furthermore, in two years of writing on the site, this is the first time I've ever come across any sort of image-placing convention. Some do it your way, others do it in my alternating-side style. Admittedly, the article may look different on different computer screens. Do the images overlap on yours? -- 15Mickey20 (talk to Mickey) 16:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
- The vast amount of featued content on Wikipedia, will align in the way I've described, very long articles will often stagger images - waht i've suggested is not a convention (nor is the the opinion of my reviews:)), but here I felt that the second image forced the section title over, and though I felt the image aligment would benefit from the formatting I descibed above. With reagrds to writng style, it is not strightforward encyclopedic - you write like as if you are are talking to a persons rahter than describing a state of affairs/ or using expamples to fill out point and develop cohiesive views/points etc - as I said this can be fine as in RAHB's article where it was used to great effect; however here I flet that being a little more rigid encyclopdic would add to the humour. — Sir Sycamore (talk) 16:58, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


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SENATOR Doug Cameron, a Left convener, has called for the government to quickly spell out when it will lift the refugee intake to 20,000 and what arrangements it will set up so the Labor caucus can monitor offshore detention sites.
It should also move as soon as possible to deliver on the regional framework that the Houston panel said was vital, he said.
The government had managed to move quickly on all the ''punitive'' aspects of the panel's report, and now needed to undertake the positive measures it had accepted in ''principle'', Senator Cameron said.
Early this week there will be discussions between caucus members and the executive, including Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, on these issues, likely to be further canvassed at tomorrow's caucus.
Ms Gillard was again unable to say yesterday how long people could be left on Nauru and Manus Island but agreed it could be many years.
Ms Gillard said she was not surprised at the latest influx of boats, as the people smugglers ran around ''saying to people: 'move now, get in quick, circumstances are changing'.''
The Immigration Department over the weekend has been gathering film footage on Nauru and Manus Island for confronting videos aimed at discouraging asylum seekers from getting on boats - even though the facilities where boat people would be housed have not yet been built. As the ninth boat arrived since the government announced its new offshore processing policies, a department spokesman confirmed a video producer, part of the reconnaissance team, was collecting video material.
The spokesman said that the department would produce videos titled, ''Australia by boat? No advantage'', aimed at asylum seekers considering coming by boat.
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Earlier this week, certain Team Obama members and loyalists insisted that Team Romney's relatively late-in-the-game push into some new battlegrounds definitively means that Team R has at last figured out that they cannot win with the electoral map they originally planned, characterizing their movements as "desperate" and "flailing" to mark off some more territory. Obama campaign senior adviser David Plouffe echoed those sentiments on Sunday, contending that Team Obama is not at all in the defense-mode that might appear to the naked eye, but that they're actually in offense-mode.
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A young man travels through his dreams and nightmares as he searches for a love that ultimately proves to be elusive. Based on the classic George Harrison song, "What is Life". This marks my final animated film as a student at UCF.
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Off-roading usually brings images of muds bogs, lifted vehicles and trucks buried up to the axle to mind. But in today's automotive world, there is coverage in just about every single niche one can dream up, and Lexus keeps customers looking for durable construction, off-road abilities and a luxury interior satisfied with the GX460.
|Engine: 4.6-liter V8 with 301 hp and 329 lb-ft of torque. 2. Fuel economy: 15 mpg city, 20 mpg highway. 3. Transmission: Six-speed automatic. 4. Price: $49,995.
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First off, how many of us out there truly want to be coddled in a soft-leather interior while tackling treacherous terrain? Luxury off roaders are not unheard of, but they do present an automotive quandary. Going off road can be risky for your vehicle, and most don't want to tempt fate in a vehicle worth more than their house downpayment.
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In 2003 however, Lexus managed to move over 35,000 GXs, cashing in on the SUV craze of the early 2000s. Ever since, sales have been waning. So is the new GX just a carry-over model that the brand hasn't allowed to die, or does it deserve to wear the Lexus badge and exist in 2014?
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For starters, Toyota stays committed to body-on-frame construction, as the GX460 is based on the same underpinnings as the Toyota 4Runner, but shares more in common with its worldwide counterpart, the Toyota Prado. One of the few actual updates this year is the styling, which now includes Lexus' signature spindle grille and makes the GX look like its snarling.
It is a big vehicle, coming in at 192.1 inches long, 74.2 inches wide and equally as tall. Its off road stats are pretty impressive too. It sits 8.1-inches off of the ground, and sports an optional air ride suspension that can boost the GX to give it a 28-degree approach angle and a 25-degree departure angle. However, in the base trim like we tested, the angles shrink to 21 degrees on approach and 23 degrees on departure.
Also like the 4Runner, the GX is always sending power to all four-wheels and a Torsen limited slip-differential is fitted in the center of the vehicle, complete with an electronic diff-lock. For drivers with trail-tackling ambition, the GX can be fitted with "CRAWL Control," which is a system that will hold the GX at a desired slow speed, despite throttle input or grade. That means that the driver can simply put their foot to the floor and the vehicle will take care of the rest, leaving you to concentrate on wheel placement. Hill-start assist and hill descent control are also available.
Big, Heavy and Slow
And yet, even with all of this off-road gear, it is most likely that the GX will be found in well-to-do suburban driveways, so let's talk about how it does on the road. Because of its construction, size and 5,305-pound curb weight, driving this land yacht is not for the feint of heart.
As mentioned, the GX is big, and it feels that way. It is a body-on-frame SUV with soft suspension for sopping up the bumps, not for cornering. It dips, dives and rolls through the corners and on take off, and the light steering lacks confidence. Comfortable cruising in a straight line is easily achieved, but that is the only dynamic characteristic of this beast worth praising.
While getting used to this driving experience isn't too hard an obstacle to overcome, if you never need to leave the road, there are plenty of unibody luxury crossovers that offer tight steering, solid suspension and a more planted feeling. You could consider bumping down to the GX's smaller cousin the RX, or even to some of its German rivals like the BMW X5.
Power comes from a 4.6-liter V8 that makes 301 hp and 329 lb-ft of torque, hooked up to a six-speed automatic. The engine always feels taxed, and no one will ever be caught calling the GX fast.
Fuel economy isn't great either. Officially rated at 15 mpg in the city and 20 mpg on the highway, we managed to an average 16 mpg in our time with the GX.
Just a Re-Skinned Toyota?
Jump inside the Lexus and it is all about understated luxury. This isn't quite the opulent cabin that has come from Lexus in some of its cars like the GS or LS, and it simply lacks the "wow factor" that those cars present. Comfortable seating and plenty of usable storage up front make the interior a decent place to spend time, but it just doesn't seem to fit with some of the other beautiful products Lexus has released.
The base model GX is outfitted with an infotainment unit that is identical to the one found in many Toyota products. To strongly bolster Lexus, you might expect that the company would fit the GX with the upgraded Enform infotainment unit as standard fare, but you have to spend roughly $1,800 to bump up to the better system. There isn't even a navigation system in the bottom-of-the-barrel GX, which is just plain wrong for a luxury vehicle that starts at this price point. Add on that the infotainment unit is slow, and not laid out in clear way, and the tech in this SUV dissapoints.
More than any other Lexus, the GX460, especially the base model, feels a lot like a re-skinned Toyota.
Second row legroom measures in at 34.1-inches and is spacious enough for adult passengers. There is a third row, but is best left for children. One nice touch for the camping or tailgating crowd is a 120V three prong outlet located in the very back of the vehicle. And speaking of the rear end, the tailgate is worth mentioning, as the GX employs a side-hinged rear door. It requires a huge amount of space behind the GX to open, and the cargo area can only be accessed from one side. This seems like a carry-over design that has no place in today's automotive market.
So, is it worth it? A base Lexus GX460 comes in at $49,995, actually offering a fairly good value. A Mercedes-Benz ML-Class will cost you at least $50,290, while an a BMW X5 sells for at least $53,725, and neither of those offer the same off-road ability or durable body-on-frame construction as the GX. Even fully optioned, the GX460 will leave showrooms for a hair over $61,000, while many of its competitors will climb to much higher price points.
The Verdict
Putting it simply, for the small subset of customers that want to off-road in luxury, the GX460 will be one of the cheapest ways to do it. But if you value on-road driving dynamics or a flashy modern interior, this is not the right luxury SUV for you.


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This report was commissioned by UNHCR's Shelter and Settlements Section (SSS).
It combines the findings of two separate evaluations undertaken in Somalia in the latter half of 2014:
1) Shelter response
2) Shelter cluster coordination
Sixty-fourth session
Item 72 (a) of the provisional agenda
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination
Appeal Target: US$ - 3,800,321
Geneva, 17 February 2009
Dear Colleagues,
Drought, floods and the effects of 17 years of armed violence and lawlessness have driven much of the Somali population into destitution. The ICRC has been providing hundreds of thousands of Somalis with food, water and other aid.
General situation
The ICRC is one of the few organizations that can reach conflict-affected communities in remote areas.
GENEVA -- UNHCR is seeking $92 million to ease the plight of nearly 250,000 Somalis in one of the world's oldest, largest and most congested refugee sites amid growing fears of even more arrivals as the situation in Somalia deteriorates. The emergency assistance to Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, focuses on relieving dramatic overcrowding in three adjacent camps that are now three times their initial capacity, with thousands more people continuing to arrive each month.
Rome, 17 December 2008 - Facts, figures and the latest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.
- Negotiations to resolve the conflict, between delegations from both the DRC Government and the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), which started on 8 December 2008 in Nairobi under the mediation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for eastern DRC, Olusegun Obasanjo and former Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa, will resume again on 17 December 2008.
Main Developments
- The latest nutrition surveys conducted by the UN Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) in October and November confirm the continuing humanitarian crisis, particularly in Central Somalia where some levels of severe malnutrition are nearly 6% compared to 3% in May 2008. The emergency threshold is 4%.
CHAD: Civil insecurity has increased in the east following the end of the rainy season, impeding humanitarian assistance. Localized flooding, dryness, and pest attacks may increase food insecurity in other areas. Cereal prices remain high due to flooding in produc tion areas, the retention of food stocks, poor road access, and high trader demand, preventing improvements in livestock/cereal terms of trade.
Overall, Deyr rains are considered to be normal, resulting in regeneration of pasture, normal crop establishment and improved water availability. The outlook for the Deyr season is expected to be normal in most of the central and south. Pasture, and water availability has improved and migration patterns are resuming to normal in most areas. Cereal crop establishment and development is good in main producing areas of the south.
Key Overall Developments
FAO's Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) reported that the threats of floods in the riverine areas of South Somalia are diminishing in the upper river reaches of Juba River. However, river levels are still high in the mid-and lower reaches. Consequently, there is still the possibility of reduced moderate flooding in the lower reaches of the Juba for the coming week.
NAIROBI, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - At least 8,000 hectares of farmland in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region have been destroyed after the Shabelle river burst its banks, displacing thousands of people, officials said.
The flooding occurred around the town of Kurtunwarey, 140km south of Mogadishu.
"In Afgoye Yarey alone, the population of some 1,750 families [about 10,500 people], were affected.
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Key Overall Developments
During the week, Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) raised the flood alert from moderate to high on the Shabelle and Juba Rivers following significant rainfall in parts of South Somalia and the Ethiopian highlands where the two rivers originate.
In these five Districts of M/Shabelle Region namely: Warsheik, Adale, Aden Yabaal, Mahaday and Balad the Sanitation and Hygiene conditions were very poor after the collapse of previous regime. People have inadequate of access getting of safe drinking water, people are eating contaminated food.
As result of these conditions many people died, malnourished and got sick especially marginalized women and children and Aged people who can not cope the effects of poor sanitation and hygiene.
There were high influx of IDPs fled from Mogadishu as a result of endless …
Food Security Summary:
- Due to the combined effects of drought, conflict and inflation, the food security condition in many parts of Somalia, especially in south and central regions, continues to deteriorate.
NAIROBI, 4 November 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods in south-western Gedo region have displaced hundreds of families and inundated hectares of farmland in and around Bardera, the regional capital.
Abdirisaaq Mohamed Geriyow, executive director of the Social and Agricultural Development Organisation (SADO), an NGO based in Bardera, said the floods followed heavy rains in the town and in the hilly areas around it.
"We had 11 hours of very heavy rains on Monday [3 November]," he said.
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ocal community leaders and organisations gathered in Wyndham to seek joint support for tackling issues related to alcohol and other drugs. The key stakeholder forum was initiated by Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation and involved senior representatives from local government and health and service organisations. Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation chief executive officer Ken Riddiford said everyone agreed that there were a number of successful initiatives in place now but fresh thinking was needed.
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Scribner, June 2003, 24.00, 240 pp. ISBN 0743205243 After all the trauma he experienced in Vietnam and as a police officer in Boston who got shot in the line of duty, J.W. Jackson is happy living on Martha's Vineyard and making ends meet by taking odd jobs. One day while he and his wife Zee are eating at the local deli, shots ring out and J.T. rushes out to see Paul Fox lying down on the sidewalk. The shooter is nowhere to be found but Paul is ...
Murder at a Vineyard Mansion
Scribner, June 2004, 24.00, 272 pp. ISBN 0743246764 Retired police officer J.W. Jackson lives in the Ocean Heights section of Martha Vineyard with his wife and two children. He takes on odd jobs to earn extra money including some detective work when he becomes interested in an unusual crime. The Silencer is a modern day Robin Hood, who �fixes� music systems which are playing too loud in moving vehicles or homes with the windows open. He somehow...
Vineyard Enigma
Scribner, Jun 2002, 24.00, 256 pp. ISBN: 074320523 Former cop J.W. Jackson enjoys his current life on Martha's Vineyard not so much because of the laid back lifestyle, but because he loves his wife Zee and their two kids. Still while much of the residents fret over the unsolved headless horseman murder, J.W. worries that something is bothering his beloved as Zee is very distant from him and even their kids. While he ponders how to reach his s...
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Scribner, Jun 2001, 24.00, 356 pp. ISBN: 0684855453 Fifteen years ago, Boston police officer J.W. Jackson was injured on the job and subsequently retired on disability. He moved to Martha's Vineyard and married his beloved Zoe. They raised two children. One day, two thugs enter the Jackson home looking for Tom Rimini. Zoe informs them that she does not know anyone by that name, but they do not believe her. They injure her and her daught...


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This is a deeply disturbing book. Essentially a summary of a more detailed examination of Alfred Kinsey by Dr. Judith Reisman, it was released in time to counter the new film "Kinsey" which lionizes the controversial sex researcher.
Kinsey's sex research at Indiana University from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s fathered the sexual revolution, led to changes in the law of sex crimes and pornography, was cited in the Roe v. Wade decision, and spawned the sex education industry. The Kinsey Institute he founded lives on at the university. Yet his methods and his personal life were repulsive and his statistics were specious. Today, his exploitation of children for his "research" would probably land him in prison.
This book documents that behind the façade of a family man, Kinsey approved of wife-swapping and kept up a double life as a bisexual with an interest in boys. He engaged in compulsive genital self-mutilation which may have contributed to his death. He presented surveys relying on large numbers of prison inmates and prostitutes as representative of the American population. He pressured his staff to perform sex acts, some adulterous, on film. He employed no trained statistician.
Worse, he used serial child rapists and molesters as long-term sources without reporting them to the authorities. His infamous "Table 34" reported round-the-clock data on the sexual response of infants and young boys, including a report of 26 "climaxes" in 24 hours by a 4-year-old and a 13-year-old. The book quotes one unnamed victim who recalled being abused by her father at the age of four - his watch and a Kinsey questionnaire at the ready - and having to meet with Kinsey to discuss her experiences.
Such an abhorrent history did not stop the Kinsey Institute from reprinting Kinsey's two big studies on male and female sexuality in 1998. The American Legislative Exchange Council, with a membership of 2,400 state legislators, recently concluded that Kinsey's work presents "evidence of illegal and criminal acts masquerading as science."
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This offseason has been a relatively quiet one for the Redskins, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The team didn't go out and make any big moves during free agency but they did retain almost all of their own talent. The Redskins went 10-6 last season and they return all but one of their starters. Mike Shanahan has already had one extra year with all of those players adapting and growing within his system and as teammates. That is going to spell huge dividends for the production of both the offense and defense.
For Washington to be at its peak performance, they need a healthy RG3. Word from the team is that he is ahead of schedule with his rehab. However, being ahead of schedule and playing the game, the way he plays, on Sunday are two different things. RG3 will be credited with being the quarterback that really brought the zone option into the NFL. He was extremely effective both running and throwing the ball last season. Of course, he will need to continue to develop as a passer to become elite.
To complement the play of RG3 the Redskins ultimately have two other playmakers; Alfred Morris at running back and Pierre Garcon at wide receiver, I'd like to include Fred Davis on potential alone, but he has yet to produce consistently and is coming off an injury. Morris is solid as a running back. In his rookie season he delivered 1,613 yards rushing per game. He's a good fit in the system and will more than likely continue to develop and become even better. Garcon is a solid receiver who should provide the downfield threat the team wants. He has good straight speed and can catch the ball well. He can make corners and safeties pay when they make mistakes, which fits in well to the rest of the offense. The different looks that RG# gives a defense consistently had them out of position last season. Garcon would be a huge beneficiary to an improved deep ball from Griffin.
On defense it's no secret what Jim Haslett wants to do, he came from Pittsburgh. They run a 3-4 look and like to play aggressively.
Up front they have a solid nose tackle in Barry Cofield. He has quickness and power and rarely gets beat. However, the defensive line is not the spotlight on this defense. The linebacker corp, led by London Fletcher is there for that. Fletcher is the unquestioned leader of the defense and a valued member on the inside. He's tough and relentless and makes people around him better. Hopefully Brian Orakpo will return at full strength and produce a pass rush he's capable of for an entire 16 game series. He is a huge asset as a pass rusher and the team has to play differently when he is not on the field.
Defensive back is a position that has some needs. Second round draft pick David Amerson will become an immediate starter. Out of N.C. State, Amerson won't be contributing right away because of his outstanding skill level, the unit just needs some help. DeAngelo Hall will be lining up in the slot where he turned in an inconsistent performance last year. Wilson is a solid player however he is being asked to play guys a little above his level. The team ranked 30th in pass defense last year, they need to pick that up.
All that being said, it's still not a stretch to think the Redskins can go 10-6 again. The NFC East is always a tough division but they have a lot going for them. If RG3 stays healthy it is very likely they will make the playoffs again, possibly even win the East. Shanahan is an aggressive coach who knows how to put his players in a position to succeed. Even if the defense misses a beat here and there, the offense has the potential to just outscore the other team. It is going to be a good year in Washington.


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"How should the United States handle threats?"
Original Opinion by ekoc (37)
When the United States receives threats from foreign nations or groups, how should the country leaders handle it?
There are two options:
1. Should we negotiate with words only and accommodate to meet the threats needs to keep the country safe?
2. Use force, use our powerful military to keep our country safe?
"what threats?" by Gaelin (212)
the only nations with the power to hurt us are threatening our troops over seas. solution: remove troops from over seas. also when Nicaragua was suffering from US sponsered terrorists, they tried to use diplomatic means to stop the attacks. this failed because America just vetoed every resolution the UN passed condeming American actions, but no one would veto us. when it comes down to it only china or Russia would have even a slight chance at winning a war against us IN AMERICA, and if they tried would be condemned internationally immediately. America has no real threats. By responding millitarily, for instance against muslims, all we have managed to do is piss off more Muslims.
"Attacking Terrorist?" by Vultren (259)
It's impossible to negotiate with terrorists, they simply won't listen. So the choice is either negotiate and get nothing, risking national security, or fight back and show them we won't back down.
"attacking terrorists has only created more terrorists." by Gaelin (212)
Terrorist aren't pissed cause they despise America for no reason. they're pissed because they see us as an imperialistic power. by fighting terrorists overseas all we do is back up that claim


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"Got some bad news, boss."
Clay Forrester looked up as his assistant ducked beneath the painter's scaffolding and played hopscotch over the electrical cords crisscrossing his office. Wallpaper swatches hung from a wall streaked with paint samples. Drop cloths protected his leather couch and chairs, but a fine layer of construction dust covered his mahogany desk. "What is it, Marie?"
Marie Cirillo opened her mouth just as the electrician started a high-powered drill. For a brief moment, the earsplitting electrical squeal seemed to emanate from his assistant. Clay choked back a laugh as she shot the construction worker an exasperated look.
The drilling stopped, and Clay asked, "Has anyone ever told you thatyou have apromising future as a ventriloquist's dummy?"
"You know, walking in here, I felt bad having to tell you this, but I'm feeling better about it now." She smirked. "Doug Frankle's sick."
His smile faded. "Our office Christmas party is in less than two hours, and our Santa is sick?"
The company party was being held two weeks before the holiday so it wouldn't interfere with family gatherings and vacations. The event was the culmination of a long, difficult year, and Clay was determined nothing would go wrong.
"Tell me we have a backup," he pleaded.
"His wife dropped off the costume if you want to substitute," Marie offered, with a cheeky grin.
Unfolding his six-foot frame from his leather chair, he ran a frustrated hand through his hair. "Do I look like a fat old man with a beard?"
"If Christmas was for the naughty instead of the nice, you're exactly what Santa Claus would look like."
"Very funny." Pulling out his wallet, Clay tossed two one-hundred-dollar bills onto his desk. "Go steal some supermarket Santa."
"You dare to bribe St. Nick?" Marie gasped in mock horror.
"Why not? Good ole St. Nick has been putting the thumbscrews to overworked parents for years. Accepting a bribe would be a step up from consumer extortion and emotional blackmail."
"You know, for a guy about to host a holiday party, you don't sound very festive." As the electrician left the office, mumbling something about splitters, she added, "You really haven't been yourself since" She shut her mouth so quickly, her teeth clinked together. That his outspoken assistant even tried to curb her tongue was proof of her worry.
"Since my father died," he filled in for her. "You can say it, Marie."
She stepped closer. "You've changed, Clay. Back when your father was running the company"
"He's not running the company anymore. I am."
Marie drew back slightly. "That's right. And you're doing a damn good job. So don't you think it's time you start living in the present again?"
"What do you think I've been doing?"
"You're locked on the future and where you want the company to go, as if you can erase where it's been."
Clay flinched at the reminder of where the company had beenheld tight within his father's hands. Only after Michael Forrester passed away had Clay realized how ruthless and relentless those hands could be.
"This is business, son," his father had once explained. "And business is all about the bottom line."
Growing up, Clay had accepted that statement, the same way he'd accepted that his father often missed the big game or the science fair, phoning in an excuse and leaving Clay and his sister to pretend to understand. It was business, after all, and business came first.
But not to everyone, Clay thought grimly as he recalled a confrontation several weeks after his father passed away. He'd been leaving for the day when an older man wearing a beat-up trench coat stopped him in the lobby. Taking one look at the man's bloodshot eyes and unkempt hair, Clay had assumed some bum had wandered in from the streets. Until the man called him by name.
"Where are your promises now, Forrester?" the man had demanded. "All the lies my grandchildren were foolish enough to believe about how you would 'turn the company around'? With a little more time, the loan would have come through, and I would have turned it around. But thanks to you, I never got the chance. You went behind my back, bought out the company from my own family and sold it off piece by piece until there was nothing left. Nothing." His voice had broken on the word, and he'd pushed past Clay to rush out onto the sidewalk.
He hadn't tried to stop the man, hadn't said a thing. What was there to say? That time wouldn't have made a difference?
That no bank would give a struggling company a loan? That his father had been the one to decimate the man's business?
It was only later, on the long drive home, that Clay realized that he had no idea who the man was. That his business could have been any one of dozens.
Slowly, he was reversing the company's philosophy, from tearing down troubled companies to building them back up. His first move had been to give Kevin Hendrix, the CEO of Hendrix Properties, some practical business advice and infuse the company with capital, saving it from certain bankruptcy and assuring them both an impressive profit. He'd built on that success, certain he could change the company and his father's legacy.
"I'm trying to do what's right," Clay finally said to Marie. "And in case you've missed it, not everyone agrees."
Marie waved aside his comment. "Albert Jensen thinks only the bottom line counts."
Clay's smile twisted. "He wasn't my father's right-hand man for nothing." And while he didn't give a damn what Jensen thought, Clay couldn't escape the knowledge that his father would have disapproved.
Shaking off the dark thoughts, he said, "Look, no more business tonight. We've got a Christmas party to save. Go find someone to play Santa, and I promise to enjoy myself at the party."
"Sorry, Tiny Tim, but no can do," she responded.
"Oh, come on!" he exclaimed. "Don't tell me I've insulted your Christmas spirit."
Marie laughed. "Not quite. The caterers called. Their delivery truck broke down. I've got two dozen red-and-green cheesecakes to pick up."
"So it's a toss up between Santa and dessert?"
"Exactly. And I'm saving the cheesecake." She tossed the words over her shoulder as she strode from the office. "See you tonight." And then, as if to assure them both all was forgiven, she turned back, with a challenging glance. "And it better be in a red velvet suit."
You've changed, Clay. The accusation echoed in his mind long after Marie left. It was the same one Victoria had hurled at him the night she stormed out of their apartmentand out of their marriage.
She'd been furious that he'd missed some party. "I was working," he'd argued, the excuse uneasily familiar. And even though he and Victoria had lived like strangers for the last months of their relationship, at one time she'd known him very well. Well enough to make sure her pointed comments hit their mark.
"For a man so determined not to walk in his father's shoes, you're covering some well-worn ground."
As much as Clay wanted to argue, the proof was therein the forgotten parties, the late dinners, the missed holidays.
Ever since the divorce, he'd kept his life simple, with no one to disappoint, no one to let down. No one
The office door opened again, interrupting his thoughts. The electrician reentered, toolbox and several wires in hand. "Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Forrester."
The office remodeling had taken so long, Clay had grown accustomed to the ever-present construction workers. With a sigh of frustration, he asked, "I don't suppose you know where I can find a Santa Claus?" Hearing how stupid he sounded, he vowed he would fire the electrician on the spot if the man said "The North Pole."
Setting his toolbox on the floor, the man said, "There's been a Santa in the lobby all week. In front of that flower shop."
"You're kidding." Clay walked by the flower shop on his way to the elevator every day. How had he missed a fat man in a velvet suit? Maybe Marie was right. He had focused too much on work lately. He glanced at his watch. Floral Fascinations closed at six. He still had a few minutes. "Thanks for the tip." Grabbing his jacket from the back of his chair, he said, "Are you almost finished for today?"
"I'll be done in a few minutes." A shower of sparks flared from the Christmas-colored wires. Clay shook his head and left his office, with the man's curses following him out the door.
The reception area was empty. Marie was already en route to rescue the stranded cheesecakes. A small stack of files lined the edge of her otherwise bare desk. For all her teasing remarks, she was an amazing assistant. He couldn't have managed this last year without her. No doubt the files were ones he needed first thing Monday morning.
As Clay stepped inside the elevator car, he vowed to put work aside. He needed a night to relax, and the party promised to be a good time. He'd invited the employees to the elegant Lakeshore Plaza Hotel ballroom. He had caterers and a band lined up, gifts to raffle. All he needed was a substitute Santa.
Moments later, the elevator bell chimed, and the doors slid open to reveal the elegant gray and white marble lobby. Green garlands trailed down either side of the black granite water feature. Red bows and mistletoe decorated the floor-to-ceiling marble columns. Piped-in music played Christmas carols.
And, sure enough, a red-suited St. Nick stood outside the flower shop. After a quick greeting, Clay cut to the bottom line. "I have a holiday party tonight and a sick Santa. How about a hundred dollars to fill in?"
He pulled the money from his wallet and watched the man's eyes widen above his snowy beard. Looking far more greedy than jolly, the man protested, "I already got another gig lined up."
Recognizing the negotiating tactic, Clay pulled a second bill from his wallet. "Does it pay two hundred dollars and include a meal catered by one of Chicago's finest restaurants?"
Santa snatched the money from Clay's hand.
Holly Bainbridge flipped the hanging sign to Closed, slipped out of the flower shop, and locked the door behind her. Six o'clock. She had a half an hour to get to the foster home. Pocketing the keys, she turned and was surprised to see Clay Forrester talking to the storefront Santa.
Working in the same building as Forrester Industries, even if it was thirty some floors below his skyscraping offices, Holly knew his company's reputation as an avaricious giant, gobbling up small businesses. And she'd seen for herself how ruthless Clay Forrester could be. Months ago, she'd watched, unnoticed, as he stared down some poor old man whose company he had destroyed. Forrester hadn't bothered to say a single word; his featuresand his heartcould have been carved from the same stone that filled the lobby.
Holly had dealt with that kind of ruthlessness before, with the kind of hardball businessmen who cared more about turning a profit than turning foster children out of their home. Fury filled her, but Holly buried the useless emotion and the ache of tears that accompanied it.
She watched Forrester hand the Santa a piece of paper. Was he donating to charity? Perhaps the holiday spirit had the power to touch even the most cynical hearts. Forrester smiled, but the twitch of his lips reflected the look of a man who accepted victory as his due.
Holly waited until he strode away before approaching. "We'll have to hurry to get there on time, Charlie," she told the costumed Santa.
A bad feeling crept into her stomach the second he glanced toward Clay Forrester's departing figure. "Uh, Miss Bainbridge, something's come up. I've got another party to go to."
She couldn't believe it. "I have half a dozen kids waiting for Santa, and you're going to disappoint them?"
"Sorry, Miss Bainbridge."
Sorry. People always said they were sorry. But apologies didn't make heartaches heal any faster or hurt any less. She had promised the foster kids at Hopewell House a Santa, and she was not going to disappoint them! Especially this year, when the group home would soon be closing its doors for good.
Determined, Holly marched toward the elevators where Clay Forrester stood waiting. A bell chimed, and the gilded mirrored doors slid open. The rapid tattoo of her boots striking the marble floors increased as she ran toward the elevator. She squeezed through the doors, with inches to spare.
He glanced at her with a touch of curiosity as the elevator rose. Holly had seen the handsome businessman before; a woman would have to be blind not to notice six feet of black-haired, blue-eyed perfection. But she'd never had the chance to study him up close. Never noticed the straight, serious eyebrows, the stubborn jaw, his sculpted, sensuous mouth
"Mr. Forrester " Flustered by the huskiness in her voice, Holly stopped speaking.
He looked again, charting a course from the top of her dark hair, to her sweater and jeans, to her ankle boots. By the time his lingering gaze made its way back to hers, curiosity had turned to interest, and somehow the elevator reached high enough altitude to steal the breath from Holly's lungs.
"I'm sorry. Do I know you?"
It should have put her at an advantage, knowing who he was when he didn't know her. Instead, Holly felt insignificant. "Holly Bainbridge. I work at the flower shop, and you stole my Santa."
"Excuse me?"
She flushed. If only he weren't so darn good-looking, maybe she could complete an intelligent sentence. "Charlie promised me he would make an appearance tonight."
"He did mention another job, but"
His words cut off as the elevator jerked to an abrupt halt. Holly gasped, losing her balance and falling against Clay. He caught her body with his as the elevator went dark. She couldn't see a thing.
But she could feel. Oh, yes, she could feel. The imprint of each finger grasping her upper arms. The slight catch in his breath as her breasts grazed his chest, the quickening of his heartbeat. His rock-solid chest beneath her hands. And his belt buckle, hard and cold against her stomach, a sharp contrast to the rest of him, which was definitely hard and warm.
Awareness skittered along nerve endings, and her own heart beat double time, nearly drowning out the sound of their combined breathing.
"What happened?" she asked when she found her voice.
Holly felt the slight shaking of his chest a split second before laughter filled the small space. Jerking away, she demanded, "What's so funny?"
"I've got the Three Stooges remodeling my office, and my guess is that Larry just blew a fuse."
Adrift in the darkness, without his touch to anchor her, she reached back for the elevator wall. "The building's lost power?"
"With the luck I've had recently," he said wryly, "all Chicago's probably lost power."
A faint electronic hum punctuated his words, and after a tense moment hanging in space, the car resumed its ascent. Giving a sigh of relief, Holly closed her eyes and sank against the side of the car.
"Are you okay?"


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Who am I ?
Chude Mondlane, Janet's mother, left Tanzania not long after her father's assassination. She received a scholarship to study at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow, and then in Almaty, Kazakhstan. But when she was 17, she returned to the newly independent Mozambique. After more than a decade of conflict, the young nation was hungry for culture. "It was a country," she says, "with a place for ballet."
Chude left again, though, this time for Switzerland. At the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, with Elizabeth Taylor in the audience, Chude got up onstage and sang a jazz standard—Sinatra's "My Way." She didn't stop singing for more than two decades. She performed with Roberta Flack, the Average White Band, and as a session singer on countless albums. In between gigs, she finished her high school requirements and began at Hunter College. And then: a daughter. Janet's father, Carlos Rodrigues, is Portuguese—"My mother married the colonizer," Janet observed, laughing—and they returned to Maputo. For the first eight years of Janet's life, her mother continued to play world music shows and organize massive, pan-African concerts. But when Janet was nine, her mother decided to go back to school, specifically to Eduardo's alma mater, Oberlin.
Chude was 40. "Maputo was claustrophobic after a while," Janet says. But the decision to leave music for academia wasn't easy. For three years, mother and daughter lived together in a small, spare, dormitory room. Chude's scholarship covered tuition and board, but not living expenses. The pair depended on Chude's part-time job at the library to scrape by, and Janet was forever happy to tag along to her mother's night classes, contributing to the discussion when called upon.
Oberlin is a mostly white town, and Janet was quickly emerging into the awareness of late adolescence. "When we first arrived," Chude says, "the elementary school heard there was this girl coming from Africa. So they brought out all the black kids at the school to greet her." She gives a sad laugh as she recounts the story. "That question of 'What are you?' followed her. She began to notice segregation on television, on all the sitcoms. Black characters were always acting the fool. And she really couldn't figure it out. It marked her."
The difficult questions that Janet continues to ask today are refined versions of the ones she grappled with then: What does it mean to be an American with African heritage? And what does it mean to have multiple racial identities in a country that talks about race in terms of blacks and whites?


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The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily, which is an important, highly conserved family of enzymes associated with cell membrane receptors and regulative targets. In the central nervous system, there is almost no mature neuronal proliferation and differentiation, but the regulation of MAPK and its upstream and downstream molecular pathways is still widespread, with the ERK signaling pathway being one of the most actively studied signal transduction pathways. It is activated by a variety of cell growth factors and substances which promote mitotic activity, and transmits extracellular signals from the cell surface to the nucleus, which transmission plays an important role in the process of cell proliferation and differentiation. In recent years, accumulating evidence has shown that the ERK signaling pathway has an important link with the higher functions of learning and memory.
Learning and memory are high-level brain functions, and they constitute an area of rapid advances in the field of neurobiology. At present, the neurobiology of learning and memory is largely focused on the high degree of plasticity in the central nervous system, especially synaptic plasticity and its functions. Synapses are a critically important structure for the transmission of information between neurons. Under certain conditions, the effectiveness of synaptic transmission depends upon morphological change to modify biological function. The process of central excitatory synaptic transmission, including both long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), is a well-known model for neural synaptic plasticity research.
The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway belongs to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily, which is an important, highly conserved family of enzymes associated with cell membrane receptors and regulative targets. In the central nervous system, there is almost no mature neuronal proliferation and/or diferentiation, but the regulation of MAPK and its upstream and downstream molecular effectors is still widespread. The ERK signaling pathway is one of the most actively studied these signal transduction pathways. It is activated by a variety of cell growth factors and substances promoting mitotic activity, and transmits extracellular signals from the cell surface to the nucleus, which transmission plays an imortant role in the process of cell proliferation and differentiation. In recent years, accumulating evidence has shown that the ERK signaling pathway has an important link with the functions of learning and memory [
The MAPK cascade signaling pathway is a critically important cell-mediated response. The composition of the MAPK pathway and its upstream regulating kinase form a functional unit, serving as a bridge between the upstream input signal and a wide variety of output signals. The functional unit is composed of three kinds of kinases, MAPK kinase kinase (MKKK), MAPK kinase (MKK), MAPK. These allow a series of kinase cascades which constitute a module for the activation of the three components. The module from yeast to humans is very highly conserved. MKKK is a serine/threonine kinase, and it effects the phosphorylation of MKK when it is activated; MKK is a dual specificity kinase that recognizes and phosphorylates threonine-X-tyrosine (Thr-X-Tyr) MAPK activity. It activates the Thr-X-Tyr sequence, in which X can be any of the eukaryotic amino acids. MAPK is the last kinase of the activated three-component module, and the MAPK phosphorylation site is the substrate of the serine and threonine residues. The MAPK pathways in mammalian cells is divided, based on the different Thr-X-Tyr sequences, into the ERK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (c-Jun
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The MAPK cascade signaling pathway is of critical importance in a broad variety of cells. It responds to a wide range of extracellular stimuli, and is a major mechanism by which extracellular signals are transduced in the cell. The activation of ERK1/ERK2 regulates synaptic proteins and promotes the formation of new dendritic spines. It also has an impact on the phosphorylation status of nuclear transcription and translation factors related to LTP and synaptic plasticity, and plays a positive regulatory role in the induction and maintenance of LTP. Various studies have demonstrated a number of pathways which participate in the induction and maintenance of LTP, but a clear and detailed description of the interaction between the various signaling pathways and the regulation of LTP awaits further investigation.
This work was financially supported by the Grants from the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. H200645) and the Science Foundation of the Health Bureau. Wuxi City, China (Grant No. XM0805).