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If you're in the Bay Area, pick up a copy of today's San Francisco Chronicle for the activity page we did in the Date Book section. It's full of comics and games, but not so many that you need to feel intimidated. It looks like this, but bigger and on newsprint.


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Confidential files give insight into Margaret Thatcher's view of Northern Ireland
Previously confidential files from 1983 released on Thursday by the National Archives in Kew shed new light on the ongoing attempts by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to deal with the political and security situations in Northern Ireland and, in particular, the threat by Sinn Féin to overtake the SDLP as the voice of Northern nationalism.
Sinn Féin's record 13.4% of the regional vote in the June 1983 election and the return of its President, Gerry Adams, as MP for West Belfast came as a shattering blow to Mrs Thatcher, who had returned to power with a renewed mandate after the Falklands war.
Ministers believed that up to a quarter of the Sinn Féin vote was down to impersonation and intimidation.
At a cabinet meeting in June that year, Northern Ireland Secretary Jim Prior warned colleagues that the republicans' success could lead to the destruction of John Hume's SDLP.
'Weakness never pays'
Mrs Thatcher's growing sense of despair at events surfaced at a meeting with Mr Prior in July 1983 when, according to the minutes, she "expressed doubt as to whether we (the British government) could solve the Northern Ireland problem".
The prime minister asked Mr Prior whether he believed Britain should organise a "tactical withdrawal" but the secretary of state thought this would be "utterly wrong" and could lead to civil war.
The files also demonstrate Mrs Thatcher's opposition to the involvement of the European Parliament, which intended to publish a report on Northern Ireland.
At the suggestion that a minister should meet the report's author, Neils Haagerup, Mrs Thatcher retorted angrily: "A meeting would compromise our basic position. I am absolutely against it. Weakness never pays."
Propaganda weapon
In the wake of Mr Adams' triumph, the cabinet authorised the lifting of "exclusion orders" against republican elected representatives but insisted that official replies should be "formal in style" and avoid any hint of friendliness.
Following the assassination of leading Ulster Unionist Edgar Graham by the IRA in December, the cabinet actually considered proscribing Sinn Féin, but then rejected it as likely to give the party a propaganda weapon.
The files reveal Whitehall concern at the republican jail-break from the Maze Prison on 25 September 1983.
Thirty eight prisoners escaped and a prison officer was stabbed to death when guns and knives were used to overpower guards, in what was the worst prison break in British history.
Nineteen of the prisoners were later recaptured.
The Foreign and Colonial Office advised the government to "take every opportunity to limit the propaganda benefit the IRA will try to reap from the outbreak" as they regarded the event as a "propaganda tonic for their flagging morale".
On the report into the escape, which reached her desk five days later, the prime minister wrote: "Even worse than we thought."
Mr Prior came under pressure from unionists to resign but the subsequent report blamed the prison management.
The files contain the first hints of the Anglo-Irish diplomacy that would eventually crystallise in the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Contacts resumed with the return to power in Dublin of Prime Minister Dr Garret FitzGerald at the start of the year and his decision to set up the New Ireland Forum to consider the issue of Irish unity.
In a memo to Mrs Thatcher on 3 October 1983 the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Robert Armstrong, outlined some of the Irish proposals.
These included a commitment to accept Northern Ireland as part of the UK in return for the involvement of Irish judges in North Ireland's judicial system and the use of Irish police for policing in nationalist strongholds "under the tricolour".
The ideas were floated by Michael Lillis of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs who claimed they had the support of the SDLP leader, John Hume.
Significantly, in view of her earlier assertion that "Northern Ireland was as British as Finchley", Mrs Thatcher seemed interested but sceptical, writing: "We will explore further - but no good will come of it - indeed…I believe the risk of worse violence is very high."
In a further note on the file, Mrs Thatcher asked pointedly: "What happens if one of them (Irish police officer) is shot by a unionist paramilitary group?"
Stumbling block
Sir Robert advised the prime minister that it "would be premature to dismiss Dr Fitzgerald's ideas out of hand".
In the end, however, Irish recognition of Northern Ireland - involving the amendment of Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution and inevitable political risk - proved the stumbling-block for Mr FitzGerald.
The files also contain a report from the British Embassy in Dublin from the newly-appointed ambassador, Alan Goodison, dated 13 December 1983.
He informed the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe that while many people in the Republic of Ireland were uninterested in Northern Ireland, "underneath there is a basic nationalism" accompanied by a tendency to blame Britain for the "persecution" of the (Northern) nationalist population.
"This is a raw nerve which never sleeps," he added.
The papers also contain a personal note from Mrs Thatcher to Pastor Robert Bain following the murder by a group styling itself the 'Catholic Reaction Force' of three members of his congregation at Darkley Pentecostal Church on the south Armagh border on 21 November 1983.
She described the atrocity as a "despicable and disgusting act".


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The Indians made their first free agent signing during the Winter Meetings Monday, taking another chance on first baseman David Cooper, 26.
While still recovering from the back injury that derailed his once-promising major league career, Cooper was originally signed by the Tribe in August. But he only appeared in 13 games between the organization's rookie Arizona League club and Triple-A Columbus. Cooper batted .192 in seven games with the Clippers before requesting and being granted his release.
The Tornonto Blue Jays 2008 first-round pick (17th overall), made a brief major league debut in 20011 before spliting the 2012 season between Triple-A Las Vegas and the big league club. After the left-handed hitter batted .314 with 27 doubles, 10 home runs and 52 RBI in 62 games to open the season at Las Vegas, Cooper was promoted to Toronto in May.
There, the former Cal State Fullerton and University of Cal star hit .300 with 11 doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI in 45 games with the Blue Jays. But Cooper's promising season came to a halt in late August due to a back injury that led to a plate and screws to be fused into his vertebrae and ultimately led to his release.


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SingleServeEspresso.com reader Shelli mentioned these a couple of days ago, so they must be in decent distribution.
Back to the Caribou Coffee Caramel granola bars; again they nailed a pretty good granola bar. Sweet like caramel should be, with enough salty flavor in there to cut the sweetness down a bit. Doesn't quite have the espresso kick that I would like, but overall a very good and indulgent bar. It has 140 calories per 35 gram bar, and again, don't eat these things because of the caffeine. There's probably only about 150 milligrams of ground coffee beans in there after looking at the label, and of that only a few percent is actually caffeine. Stick with the espresso if you need a buzz. Out of all of them, the Mocha flavored ones pack the most coffee flavor.
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Three months after California declared whooping cough an epidemic, cases have soared to levels not seen in 60 years and health officials say the potentially deadly disease has yet to peak in many areas of the state.
There is no single cause for the rapid spread of the infection, which causes a deep, violent cough that lasts for weeks in adults but can kill infants and the frail.
Health officials, however, are urging parents to get booster shots, because the effectiveness of the vaccine fades after five to 10 years, and to get their children inoculated against the disease.
"We still have a small population who don't vaccinate," said Rosa Vazquez, department administrator for the flu clinic and immunization services at Kaiser Permanente in Woodland Hills.
"But we get a lot of people over 65 who are getting (the shot). They've been listening to their children, to the television messages, and they tell me they remember they had it when they were a child."
The California Department of Public Health last week reported 6,431 cases and 10 deaths in 2010 from whooping cough, compared with a record 6,613 cases six decades ago.
The last significant outbreak of whooping cough was in 2005, when 3,182 cases were reported.
"We honestly don't know (the cause of the epidemic), because there are several factors," said Mike Sicilia, spokesman for the Department of Public Health.
Overall rates of infection are highest among Latinos, with about 17 cases per 100,000, followed by whites, with about 14 cases per 100,000, the department reported. Age-specific data, however, suggest a very high rate among Latino infants.
Latinos composed nearly 80 percent of the infants under 6 months old hospitalized with whooping cough, the health department reported in September. And all but one of the 10 deaths reported this year have been Latino babies.
The state noted that Latino households are typically larger, exposing infants to more possible sources of whooping cough from siblings, adults and the elderly.
But concerns that whooping cough has been spread by the Mexican immigrant community are unfounded, health officials said.
Mexico has few whooping cough cases in part because until recently children there received a much more potent vaccine than those in the U.S., Sicilia said.
The babies who died were too young to be fully immunized, which is why state health officials recommended in July that in addition to parents, pregnant women and caregivers, grandparents also should receive the vaccine to form a cocoon of immunity.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed the state's recommendation in September.
Beginning next year, all children entering seventh grade will have to be immunized against whooping cough, according to a state law recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Pertussis is a respiratory infection caused by a bacteria that is spread during uncontrollable coughing spells. The early symptoms are similar to a cold, but the cough can develop into a deep whooping sound that can last for weeks and even months.
It can be prevented with a series of inoculations that can be given to infants as young as 2 months. Adults also can protect against the disease with a booster shot that became available in 2005.
"Because pertussis was nearly wiped out in the 1980s, many clinicians are not looking out for this," Sicilia said.
More worrying is that the uninsured or underinsured may have problems locating affordable vaccine clinics because of state budget cuts.
"When the state budget was signed (in October), the Infectious Disease Branch's Immunization program funding was decreased by $18million," said Debra Rosen, director of public health programs, chronic disease and health education for the Northeast Valley Health Corp.
The corporation operates clinics in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys.
Patients of the clinics can still receive the vaccine, but not the general public, Rosen said.
"We are referring people to L.A. County public health centers for immunizations like the whopping cough vaccine," Rosen said.
Response to the recommendations has been positive for the most part, but local health officials still see some hesitation among pregnant women and senior citizens.
"We feel that when we talk to our patients about it, they are open-minded and willing to get the vaccine," said
Dr. Marie Medawar, a pediatrician of Valley Pediatric Medical Group who is on staff at Providence Tarzana Medical Center.
"There's some resistance from grandparents," Medawar said. "It's 50-50 among them."


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The inconvenient truth for those hoping to watch the group of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship: Insomniacs have a distinct advantage.
The all-world grouping tees off in Thursday's first round at 7:40 a.m. Abu Dhabi time, which is 10:40 p.m. EST Wednesday and 7:40 p.m. PST.
Its second-round tee time is 12:05 p.m. on Friday, or 3:05 a.m. EDT and 12:05 a.m. PST.
Of course, recording it always is an option, but for the hard-core fans who want their golf live, here is Golf Channel's schedule (all EST):
Golf Channel is offering replays: First round 3:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the final three rounds 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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ALL those annual predictions of doom and gloom in the Winnipeg School Division could finally be about to come true.
The province's largest division is facing property-tax increases up to eight per cent just to maintain the status quo, said school board vice-chairman Mark Wasyliw -- and parents are demanding costly improvements that go way, way beyond the status quo.
The word is out since a recent invitation-only meeting for parents councils, trustees, and MLAs that was closed to the general public and media.
"We have to raise taxes, or cut programs, which means job losses," Wasyliw said.
"We're anticipating another three per cent increase" in overall spending just to maintain what the WSD already has, he said.
Last year, provincial funding support was virtually frozen for the WSD, and staff are warning it could be the same this year, Wasyliw said.
"A freeze is as good as a cut," he said.
Given how the province and the division share that overall three per cent increase -- about $11 million -- if the WSD has to carry the load alone, "It's a seven or eight per cent tax increase," said Wasyliw.
That's $112 on a house assessed at a value of $200,000.
But, said Wasyliw, "A lot of our parents want us to improve math. The division has put together a strategy to enhance learning in math."
That carries a price tag, but it's not the heftiest potential addition.
"Our parents want us to put in full-day kindergarten -- we'd need at least $6 million," he said.
Finance chairwoman and budget chief trustee Cathy Collins declined to discuss the budget Tuesday.
"I'm not confirming or denying anything. We will be examining everything in January," she said.
Collins said the WSD will hold its usual public forum on the budget at the end of February, about two weeks before the March 15 deadline for boards to set budgets.
Wasyliw said parents are often surprised to learn WSD pays the entire cost of nursery, as well as breakfast and milk programs for many schools in low-income neighbourhoods. The division pumps in $20 million from property taxes to go above and beyond provincial support for special-needs programs.
The division is undergoing huge growth, especially in its northwest, but with that growth last year, "we only hired 25 teachers to cover off 1,000 (additional students)," Wasyliw said. There is no way to maintain adequate student/teacher ratios without significantly increased hiring.
"We need to find new money, and it's not going to come from the province," Wasyliw declared.
There may be major growth downtown, he said, but that's in economic-development zones where property taxes are deferred as an incentive to build: "We're not going to see any new revenue for 20 years."
Wasyliw and division officials said the WSD does not know how much school property tax it will get from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, or when.
"We don't have an expenditure problem, we have a revenue problem. We need a growth tax -- when the economy expands, we get more money."
But Wasyliw argued the board must be out in the public, engaging residents in policy issues. "I see a shift, that parents are far more political now," he said.


text: Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 86, Issue 3 (June, 1986) http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22088 2017-07-25T16:46:19Z 2017-07-25T16:46:19Z Back Matter http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23145 2006-07-07T06:26:53Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Back Matter 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z The Alumni and Faculty Authors http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23144 2006-07-07T06:26:52Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z The Alumni and Faculty Authors 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Substrate Selection by Fantail (Etheostoma flabellare), Greenside (E. blennioides), and Rainbow (E. caeruleum) Darters Hlohowskyj, Ihor Wissing, Thomas E. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23143 2006-07-07T06:26:52Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Substrate Selection by Fantail (Etheostoma flabellare), Greenside (E. blennioides), and Rainbow (E. caeruleum) Darters Hlohowskyj, Ihor; Wissing, Thomas E. The seasonal substrate preferences of fantail, greenside, and rainbow darters were examined in a laboratory stream tank. The fantail darter, tested singly or in the presence of congeners, exhibited a strong preference for the largest substrates (i.e., pebble, cobble-boulder) in all seasons. The percentage of observations of fantail darters on pebble and cobble-boulder substrates ranged from 44.3% to 71.1%. Of the three species examined, the greenside darter showed the greatest preference for the largest substrates. The percentage of observations on the pebble and cobble-boulder substrates for this species ranged from 52.1% to 73.9%. In contrast to the other species, the rainbow darter used all substrates with approximately equal frequency. The results of similarity analyses revealed high levels of overlap (>0.600) in substrate use among the three species in all seasons. However, interspecific differences in morphology, foraging method, and foraging area may reduce the potential for competition for space among these species. Author Institution: Department of Zoology, Miami University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Hlohowskyj, Ihor Wissing, Thomas E. Miospore Zonation in the Brookville (No. 4) Coal (Pennsylvanian) of Ohio Hasenstaub, Thomas S. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23142 2006-07-08T06:07:04Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Miospore Zonation in the Brookville (No. 4) Coal (Pennsylvanian) of Ohio Hasenstaub, Thomas S. Samples of the Brookville Coal collected from two localities in northeastern Ohio were analyzed palynologically. Laevigatosporites globosus, the most abundant species, accounted for up to 85% by number of the sample populations. Four assemblages, characterized by combinations of the genera Laevigatosporites, Lycospora, Florinites, and Acanthotriletes, are recognized. Although the basal zones at the two localities are somewhat different, the middle and upper zones are remarkably similar, providing palynological evidence which suggests that the two exposures are part of the same stratigraphic unit. Paleoecological evidence indicates that the Brookville was deposited in a swamp that was forested primarily by tree ferns during most of its existence. Author Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Hasenstaub, Thomas S. Egg Diameter Variation in Eastern North American Minnows (Pisces: Cyprinidae): Correlation with Vertebral Number, Habitat and Spawning Behavior Coburn, Miles M. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23141 2006-07-07T06:26:51Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Egg Diameter Variation in Eastern North American Minnows (Pisces: Cyprinidae): Correlation with Vertebral Number, Habitat and Spawning Behavior Coburn, Miles M. Data on mean diameters of mature, unspawned ova were obtained for 12 genera and 71 species of eastern North American cyprinids. Sizes ranged from approximately 0.7 mm for several species of Notropis, Hybognathus hankinsoni, and Hybopsis aestivalis to 2.0 mm for Campostoma anomalum (Reed 1958). Mean diameter is strongly conserved in several taxa including different subgenera of Notropis. In Notropis (Luxilus), mean diameter ranged from 1.24-1.41 mm, in Notropis {Hydrophlox) from 1.13-1.18 mm, and in Notropis (Alburnops) from 0.71-0.93 mm. Notropis (ss) and Cyprinella were exceptions, with both having a range of mean egg diameters that varied more than 0.50 mm. Mean vertebral counts were tabulated for 61 species. Regression and correlation analyses were performed on 20 non-Notropis species, 41 species of Notropis, and both combined. In all cases the slope of the regression line differed from zero at P < 0.001. Correlation coefficients (r) for the relationships of vertebral number to egg size were 0.930, 0.715, and 0.810, respectively. In addition, upland and montane species have larger eggs than lowland species; territorial and/or nesting species have larger eggs than those lacking these behaviors. Author Institution: Biology Dept., John Carroll University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Coburn, Miles M. Potent Natural Inhibitors of CaCO3 Crystallization From Chalk Deposits Gunthorpe, Martha E. Sikes, C. Steven http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23140 2006-07-07T06:26:47Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Potent Natural Inhibitors of CaCO3 Crystallization From Chalk Deposits Gunthorpe, Martha E.; Sikes, C. Steven Fossilized calcareous structures in chalk collected from exposures of the Selma formation in Alabama yielded organic components comparable to the organic matrices of the calcium carbonate (CaCO3) shells of sea urchin and oyster. The organic matrix of the chalk was composed of 0.05% soluble protein and 0.17% soluble carbohydrate per dry weight. The possible role of the organic matrix as a regulator of CaCO3 formation was tested by use of two crystallization assays, the nucleation assay and constant composition assay. Results of the nucleation assay showed total inhibition of crystallization at 0.25 ug protein/ml and partial inhibition at 0.025 ug protein/ml. However, the Selma extract was not an inhibitor of the rate of crystal growth, once crystals had already formed, as shown by use of the constant composition assay. Analysis of the chalk extract by high performance liquid chromatography yielded distinct peaks in UV absorbance, indicating that it may contain more than one presumably protein component. In addition, the relatively high content of carbohydrates in the chalk extract suggests that some of the inhibitory activity may be due to the presence of these materials. Author Institution: University of South Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Gunthorpe, Martha E. Sikes, C. Steven Prevalence, Mean Intensity, and Relative Density of Lintaxine Cokeri Linton 1940 (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) on Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in Lake Erie (1984) Mergo, John C., Jr. Crites, John L. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23139 2006-07-07T06:26:46Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Prevalence, Mean Intensity, and Relative Density of Lintaxine Cokeri Linton 1940 (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) on Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in Lake Erie (1984) Mergo, John C., Jr.; Crites, John L. A total of 309 freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), including 32 young-of-the-year (YOY), were collected from two localities in northern Ohio. Prevalence of infestation with Lintaxine cokeri was 9.71%, whereas relative density was 0.21. The highest prevalence (17.33%) and relative density (0.56) occurred in immature drum; highest prevalence (25.00%) and intensity (2-8) of infestation among the various size classes of drum occurred in fish ranging from 100-140 mm (standard length). All drum designated as YOY were uninfested, but may become infested with L. cokeri late in their first year. Excluding YOY, overall prevalence and relative density were 10.38% and 0.24, respectively. Immature drum (—YOY) showed a prevalence of 30.23% and a relative density of 0.98. Mean intensities were slightly higher than relative densities, but similar to the entire sample. Seasonal prevalences and relative densities increased, reaching summer highs of 11.11% and 0.34 in June and July, respectively. A seasonal low prevalence of 5.88% and a relative density of 0.058 occurred in November. Seasonal fluctuations in prevalence, mean intensity, and relative density are related to freshwater drum life history. This represents the first report of L. cokeri parasitizing freshwater drum in the area east of the Mississippi River. Author Institution: Department of Zoology, Ohio State University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Mergo, John C., Jr. Crites, John L. An Ecological Model of the Effects of Exotic Factors on Limiting Hawaiian Honeycreeper Populations Mountainspring, Stephen http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23138 2006-07-08T06:07:03Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z An Ecological Model of the Effects of Exotic Factors on Limiting Hawaiian Honeycreeper Populations Mountainspring, Stephen The object of this study was to construct a quantitative model to compare the effect of several exotic factors on limiting natural populations. The effect of habitat loss, range loss due to avian disease, feral ungulate activity, and interspecific competition for food resources from exotic birds on 33 populations of 16 Hawaiian honeycreeper species was examined. The impact of the four limiting factors was characterized in terms of the percent reduction in range or population density. Habitat loss resulted in a 74% average reduction in the original range; probable range loss due to disease averaged 46% of the available habitat; and feral ungulates and exotic birds lowered honeycreeper population densities by an average of 22% and 9%, respectively. The combined effect of the four limiting factors, which was modelled as their multiplicative product, represented an average loss of 89% in potential population size due to their operation, and accounted for 75% of the variation in present population sizes. Author Institution: Mauna Loa Field Station 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Mountainspring, Stephen Pup Survival and Development Following Hippocampal Lesions in the Female Rat Murphy, Helen M. Wideman, Cyrilla H. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23137 2006-07-07T06:26:42Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Pup Survival and Development Following Hippocampal Lesions in the Female Rat Murphy, Helen M.; Wideman, Cyrilla H. Animals with hippocampal lesions, induced by aspiration, are inferior to cortical control and normal animals in providing some aspects of maternal care needed for the proper survival of their young. Pup survival of animals with hippocampal lesions is significantly lower than pup survival of cortical control and normal animals. Nest construction of dams with hippocampal lesions is inferior to the cortical control and normal groups. Female animals with hippocampal lesions retrieve sensory altered pups more slowly than cortical control and normal animals. The deficits in retrieval behavior in animals with hippocampal lesions may be linked to defects in their ability to properly sequence cues. On day 5 after parturition, pups born to animals with hippocampal lesions weigh significantly less than those born to cortical control and normal animals. By day 14 after parturition, there are no significant differences between pup weights of animals born to hippocampally lesioned dams and those born to normal dams. If pups survive to 21 days after parturition, there are no significant differences in a number of serum components when pups born to hippocampally lesioned animals are compared to control pups. Serum levels of the following are similar in all three groups of pups: TSH, total T4, free T4, Na, K, Cl, P, Fe, glucose, uric acid, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, cholesterol, triglycerides, total protein, albumin, and bilirubin. If pups born to mothers with hippocampal lesions survive until weaning, endocrinological and biochemical abnormalities are not apparent. Author Institution: Departments of Psychology and Biology, John Carroll University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Murphy, Helen M. Wideman, Cyrilla H. Partial Characterization of Human Neutrophil Plasma Membrane Components which Bind Concanavalin A and Wheat Germ Agglutinin Tschismadia, Irene Ackerman, G. Adolph http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23136 2006-07-08T06:07:01Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Partial Characterization of Human Neutrophil Plasma Membrane Components which Bind Concanavalin A and Wheat Germ Agglutinin Tschismadia, Irene; Ackerman, G. Adolph Partial characterization of normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) plasma membrane components which bind Concanavalin A (Con A) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) was accomplished. Plasma membrane preparations of PMNs, separated on 9% SDS-polyacrylamide (PAGE) gels, showed the presence of 24 protein bands after Coomassie blue staining. Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed cell surface radioiodination showed that 16 of these bands represented cell surface proteins containing tyrosine residues. Molecular weights (MW) of these proteins ranged from 32,000-300,000 daltons. The PMNs were also labeled with 3H-WGA and 3H-Con A in separate experiments. Electrophoretic separation of plasma membrane components and subsequent fluorography revealed three radioactive bands in 3H-WGA labeled gels (MWs of 90,000 55,000, and 40,000) and two in 3H-Con A labeled gels (MWs of 70,000 and 34,000). The WGA/Con A labeling ratio was approximately 2:1. These labeled bands represented surface glycoprotein WGA and Con A receptors of PMN plasma membranes. Spectrophotometric comparison of 3H-WGA and 3H-Con A labeled bands indicated separate and distinct labeling of surface glycoproteins by WGA and Con A. These substantially different binding patterns indicate major differences in membrane carbohydrate residues that are sterically available for WGA and Con A binding. Author Institution: Department of Zoological & Biomedical Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Tschismadia, Irene Ackerman, G. Adolph The Morphology and Emergence Patterns of the Cercaria of Allocreadium pseudotritoni Rankin 1937 (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) Catalano, Paul A. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23135 2006-07-07T06:26:39Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z The Morphology and Emergence Patterns of the Cercaria of Allocreadium pseudotritoni Rankin 1937 (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) Catalano, Paul A. Cercariae of Allocreadium pseudotritoni, a trematode parasite of salamanders, develop in the sphaeriid clam, Pisidium casertanum, and have the eyespots and stylet (ophthalmoxiphidiocercaria) characteristic of this larval stage in the genus Allocreadium. Allocreadium pseudotritoni cercariae are further characterized by a flame cell formula 2[(4 + 4 + 4) + (4 + 4 + 4)] = 48, three pairs of penetration glands, cystogenous glands, and a slender unadorned tail. Maximum cercarial emergence occurs within three hours of the onset of light with large numbers from individual clams usually appearing in a single day. Author Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Catalano, Paul A. Food Habits and Prey Specificity of the Common Barn Owl in Ohio Colvin, Bruce A. McLean, E. Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23134 2006-07-08T06:07:00Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Food Habits and Prey Specificity of the Common Barn Owl in Ohio Colvin, Bruce A.; McLean, E. Bruce Pellets from common barn owls (Tyto alba) were collected in 1976 and 1979-1981 from seven different locations in Ohio, yielding 14 distinct samples. A total of 12,589 prey items, including 21 mammal species, was identified. The meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) was 63.9% of all prey and 75.7% of all biomass of mammalian prey. Two species, the meadow vole and short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), accounted for 84.1% of total prey and 87.8% of biomass of mammalian prey. Birds constituted only 1.5% of total prey. Mean weight of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) taken by owls was 59-1 g; the mode was 42.5 g, suggesting selection of small rats since adult rats weigh 200-500 g. Comparison of prey among samples showed a high degree of similarity. The diet of common barn owls can be described as highly stereotyped and restrictive; thus, barn owl foraging behavior should be considered when evaluating habitat requirements and prey resources appropriate for maintenance of barn owl populations. Author Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University; Department of Biology, John Carroll University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Colvin, Bruce A. McLean, E. Bruce In Vitro Flouride Resistance in a Cariogenic Streptococcus Brussock, Susan M. Kral, Timothy A. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23133 2006-07-07T06:26:32Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z In Vitro Flouride Resistance in a Cariogenic Streptococcus Brussock, Susan M.; Kral, Timothy A. Stable fluoride-resistant mutants of Streptococcus mutans GS-5 were isolated with a stepwise selection procedure. First-step mutants were isolated at a frequency of 6.4 X 10~10 and demonstrated six maximal levels of resistance ranging from 400-1000 ug/ml sodium fluoride. Second-step mutants with higher levels of resistance were isolated at a frequency of 1.4 X 10~8. Second-step mutants demonstrated two maximal levels of resistance, 1600 and 3000 ug/ml sodium fluoride. Other than fluoride resistance, the characteristics of both first- and second-step mutants were similar to those of the parental strain. Growth rates did differ, however. First-step mutants exhibited slightly longer mass doubling times than the parental strain (average of 50 vs 45 min, respectively). Second-step mutants exhibited substantially longer mass doubling times (average of 71.5 min). The results suggest that fluoride resistance may be regulated by more than one gene, and that high levels of resistance may be due to a cumulative effect of at least two genes. Author Institution: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Arkansas 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Brussock, Susan M. Kral, Timothy A. The Marginal Nuclei in the Spinal Cord of Reptiles: Intraspinal Mechanoreceptors Schroeder, Dolores M. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23132 2006-07-08T06:06:59Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z The Marginal Nuclei in the Spinal Cord of Reptiles: Intraspinal Mechanoreceptors Schroeder, Dolores M. The marginal nucleus is a congregation of large cells in the lateral portion of the spinal cord and is found in a number of vertebrates including man and is prominent in reptiles. Recent studies suggest that these cells are mechanoreceptors that respond to stretching of the spinal cord, and are unique in that they are located within the central nervous system. Studies on the marginal nucleus in crotaline snakes show that the denticulate ligament forms an intimate part of this mechanoreceptive area. It undergoes structural changes within the intervertebral areas where stretching and bending of the vertebral column occur. This was also the case in two species of colubrid snakes that were studied, although some slight anatomical differences were noted within the marginal nucleus and the ligament. In lizards, the basic structure is also the same, but only the ventral portion of the ligament undergoes changes, and the marginal neurons are associated primarily with this portion of the ligament. In turtles, the ligament is considerably reduced in size, and the marginal nucleus is represented by only a few cells in the upper cervical regions of the spinal cord. Ultrastructural studies on the crotaline spinal cord show that the neurons extend dendrites into a lateral neuropil area, and that dendrites give rise to a number of small tubules, parallel to the spinal cord and ligament. Other ultrastructural features, characteristic of peripheral mechanoreceptors, are also found in this intraspinal mechanoreceptive area. Author Institution: Anatomy Section, Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University School of Medicine 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Schroeder, Dolores M. Photographs of Invertebrate Megafauna from Abyssal Depths of the North-Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean Foell, Eric J. Pawson, David L. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23131 2006-07-08T06:06:57Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Photographs of Invertebrate Megafauna from Abyssal Depths of the North-Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean Foell, Eric J.; Pawson, David L. A series of RV PROSPECTOR cruises to survey ferromanganese nodule deposits at depths of 4000-5200 meters in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone of the north-eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean resulted in the acquisition of over 70,000 seafloor images. Real-time television, coupled with 35-mm remotecontrolled still photography, revealed a conspicuous epibenthic invertebrate megafauna of more than 70 species. Approximately 38 species are echinoderms. Porifera and Cnidaria are each represented by approximately 12 species. Several molluscs and arthropods, a bryozoan, a hemichordate, and an ascidian urochordate constitute the remainder. Author Institution: Marine Science Department, Deepsea Ventures Inc.; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Foell, Eric J. Pawson, David L. History of the Biology Department of John Carroll University Gavin, Donald P. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23130 2006-07-08T06:06:56Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z History of the Biology Department of John Carroll University Gavin, Donald P. From 1886-1928, biological science at the then St. Ignatius College (now John Carroll University) was taught as an elective, normally by faculty from other departments or by local medical doctors. Father Edward Calhoun, S. J., appointed in 1928 to chair the newly organized Department of Biology, was the first faculty member trained in biology. By 1936 the department had the stated purpose of preparing students for entry into schools of medicine and dentistry, and teaching. In I960, when Fr. Philip Vogel succeeded to the department chairmanship, serious discussions concerning expansion into other areas were held. In 1966, the department announced its intentions to make its orientation three-fold: pre-professional (medical), basic biology, and basic research. Plans for this change in purpose were slowed in 1969 with the deaths of three of the seven faculty members. Their replacement was seriously questioned, and the department was on the verge of being absorbed by Chemistry. Dr. Jean Cummings successfully reversed the opinion of the administration, and the department survived. A second change in policy occurred almost immediately when, in 1970, the department and administration agreed to seek replacement faculty for both teaching and research duties. The present faculty of eight is reflective of that policy. The department enters its second 100 years committed to both undergraduate and graduate education, with a diverse faculty and an outstanding record of achievement over the past 10 years. Author Institution: John Carroll University 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Gavin, Donald P. Foreword McLean, E. Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/1811/23129 2006-07-07T06:26:16Z 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z Foreword McLean, E. Bruce 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z McLean, E. 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In a deadly reminder, a suicide attacker hit a checkpoint in southern Kandahar city, killing himself and a policeman and injuring six others. The blast occurred around 8:30 p.m. at a checkpoint near the governor's guesthouse, said police commander Agha Lala.
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More than 10,000 Afghan and coalition troops have been deployed in the south to hunt them down in a massive military campaign billed as the largest since the Taliban regime were ousted in 2001.
At the ceremony in Kabul, Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin said the military donation was in addition to the more than $2 billion the United States has already committed for military equipment and facilities to Afghanistan.
"The equipment on display today represents an additional $2 billion that the U.S. alone will provide ... to continue with the equipping and building of the proper facilities and (to) continue to enhance the Afghan National Army to build toward the 70,000 force," he said.
Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said about 200 Humvees and 2,000 assault rifles — the first part of the donation — will be arriving by year's end. The $2 billion also covers the building of a national military command center.
A total of 2,500 Humvees and tens of thousands of M-16 assault rifles will be coming. About 20,000 sets of bulletproof helmet and flak jackets will also be given.
"Without the support of the international community, we cannot modernize the army," Wardak said. "NATO and the U.S. have promised to help us and we are very happy. Thanks to the United States for the rebuilding of the Afghan national army."
There are 38,000 men in Afghanistan's army, according to the Defense Ministry.
The U.S.-led coalition has been heavily involved in training the Afghans and the end result will be an army "that will be able to stand on its own two feet," Durbin said.
Afghan and coalition have been dealing with a surge in violence in recent weeks, particularly across southern Afghanistan, where the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, is preparing to take over security from the U.S.-led coalition.
Since May, more than 600 Afghans, mostly militants, have been reported killed in Afghanistan, according to an Associated Press tally based on coalition and Afghan figures.
In western Afghanistan, an explosion killed a teacher and wounded seven female students in an English class at Herat University Monday.
Police were investigating who planted the explosive in a trash can, said Nasar Ahmed Piakar, director of the criminal department of Herat police. He said he suspected people who "are against peace and stability. And they don't want education for women."
Taliban extremists oppose women receiving education and have bombed many schools and universities that they attend.
In a separate development, 30 Afghans were released Monday from detention at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, said Syed Sharif Yousafi, spokesman for the national reconciliation commission. The men had been held for a minimum of one year, he said.
"From the beginning, we tried to get all Afghans released from American jails," he said.
Most of them were from provinces in the southern and eastern parts of the country, including Kandahar, Uruzgan, Helmand, and Paktia provinces, he said.
Several hundred Afghans remain at the detention facility at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul.
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A DRUNK Halesowen woman slashed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife as he was punching her during a booze-fuelled row, a court heard.
Sacha Taylor cut Stephen Tanner's arm, which needed stitches, as the pair argued after a heavy drinking session.
The 20-year-old, with a history of assault and battery offences, admitted wounding her 21-year-old boyfriend and was put on supervision for two years.
Recorder Stephen Linehan QC told Taylor, at Wolverhampton Crown Court: "You drank a lot and you were having a relationship with a man who was no good for you.
"You took a large kitchen knife and you slashed him with it. It is out of circumstances like this that people appear in the dock accused of murder."
Justin Jarmola, prosecuting, said both Taylor and the victim had been drinking heavily and he struck her a number of times.
He said Taylor, of Nimmings Road, maintained she picked up the knife intending to frighten Mr Tanner but caught him with the weapon on the arm and finger.
Jas Mann, defending, said his client, who had already spent six months in custody on remand, had been provoked


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COPPERAS COVE Billy White sent a message to a few of his normal starters Friday night. Just to make a point we had some guys show up late to some things, so we had to change it up, the Copperas Cove head coach said.
Ricardo Artis was one of those who didn't make the starting lineup. But when the Bulldawgs needed him, the senior delivered. Artis didn't score until the final seconds of the third quarter, but his 13 points helped Cove erase a double-digit deficit and hold off Temple 59-54 at home.
I realized I have to keep working my spot's not guaranteed, said Artis, who had six rebounds. With a minute left in the third quarter, a Shaquille White jumper put Temple (11-15, 1-6 District 12-5A) ahead 50-37. The Wildcats were on a 22-8 run, giving everyone in the gym a reason to forget about the back-and-forth first half. The Dawgs (14-12, 2-5) went four one-shot possessions without scoring, with Juwan Rice hitting two free throws to stop the bleeding.
Jonathan Bridges then stole an errant Temple pass and found Artis for a layup with 7.2 seconds left in the quarter. The bucket cut Temple's lead to nine (50-41), and set up Artis' big fourth-quarter performance.
Ricardo did what Ricardo can do, White said. He's huge and the dude can play.
Artis opened the fourth with a 3-pointer, making it a six-point game. After a Stacey Dodd jumper, Artis came back with one. The teams traded turnovers before Artis bookended a Cory Scott layup with two of his own, the second giving Cove a 52-50 lead with 4:24 to play and forcing a Temple timeout.
They needed me to play, Artis said.
The Wildcats turned it over after the break, and though Artis missed on the other end, he came back with a steal and found Scott for a layup and 4-point Dawg lead.
Rice, who led Cove with 17 points, made it 58-54 with a minute to go, and Cove had a chance to stretch it out when Temple's Volney Willis was called for traveling on the other end. After two timeouts, Cove's Robert King went to the line but missed the foul shot.
Temple quickly went down the floor, and after a missed 3-pointer, Andre Schooley went up for the follow. Artis jumped as well, blocking the shot and bringing the Cove fans to their feet.
It always starts off in the third quarter when we go into a drought, Artis said. But the new story of Copperas Cove is we come back and we're going to play hard regardless of who we're playing against.


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Yet, America also contains awkward tensions and contradictions. Many Americans – of all races, ethnicities and national origins – historically, and to this day, have neither achieved equality nor escaped poverty. Nature has been subjected to intense exploitation in the search for riches. Agricultural lands have lost productivity from poor farming practices, and industrial pollution has fouled waterways, soil and the air. Pollution has most often affected the people who are least able to afford the protections used by the prosperous, leaving a legacy of concerns about environmental health.
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The tympanic membrane is derived from the tissue which separates the meatus auditorius externus from the tympanic cavity.
Finally, a pledget of cotton-wool soaked in a 20% solution of cocaine is pushed into the tympanic cavity.
Its relation to the tympanic cavity varies in its different parts.
From the inner part originates the tympanic cavity, and further inward, the Eustachian tube.
The tympanic cavity is cleansed and rendered ansthetic (see p. 310).
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Charleston, S.C. (UPI) Jan 6, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed ashore on the South Carolina coast Thursday morning, littering the sand along the tide line, wildlife officials said.
State wildlife biologists say early indications are that it's another in a series of wildlife die-offs blamed on record-breaking cold conditions around the nation this winter, The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier reported.
The dead fish, a variety known as menhaden, appear to have been healthy otherwise, wildlife experts said.
Menhaden are mouse-sized bait fish that travel in large schools, and swim closer to the surface than other fish which makes them more susceptible to cold temperatures.
The die-off joins a growing a growing list of sea life trauma caused by unusually cold water temperatures that have wildlife officials alarmed for food and game fish such as shrimp, as well as sea trout and red drum.
"We certainly are nearing temperatures where we're concerned about shrimp too," Phil Maier of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said.
The cold up and down the East Coast has already caused a massive fish kill in Maryland, and a number of stunned sea turtles are being treated locally at the South Carolina Aquarium's turtle hospital.
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UC San Diego Adopts Strongest Fair Trade Policy in the United States
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
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(La Jolla). After a five year campaign, UC San Diego has signed the strongest Fair Trade Policy of any University in the nation. The UC San Diego policy makes a "commitment to promote Fair Trade Certified TM Products… support livable wages, humane working conditions, and guarantees against the use of child labor." In cooperation with TransFair USA and the national Fair Trade Universities Working Group, UC San Diego is pursuing the status of a "Fair Trade University."
The signing of the policy, which had been in the works for over five years, represents a huge step in the US Fair Trade movement. All future food and vendor contracts at UC San Diego are mandated to require 100% Fair Trade Coffee, Fair Trade Tea and Fair Trade Sugar at all locations on campus.
"This is more than simply a victory for the university or for the students, who have worked hard on this policy over the past five years, this is a victory for the farmers who have been working for trade justice for generations," said Yuki Murakami, Co-President of the UC San Diego Chapter of Amnesty International.
The UC San Diego policy follows the commitment made by the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh in 2008, which became the first Fair Trade University in the US by adopting the British Fair Trade University campaign standards.
"At UC San Diego, the turning point came when Chancellor Mary Anne Fox and the Director of Housing and Dining Services, Mark Cunningham, both expressed their support for our campaign" said UC San Diego Student Sustainability Collective (SSC) Co-Founder, Chris Westling.
The UC San Diego student government President, Wafa Ben Hassine, echoed the commitment today, stating "I will work through all necessary avenues to ensure that this policy is upheld. That said, I am more than confident that this will bring a new sense of social and environmental responsibility among students and faculty alike."
The Fair Trade campaign was originally conceived by student organization One Earth One Justice, which worked over the years to successfully advocate that individual vendors on campus phase out non-fair trade products.
"We express special thanks for the strong commitment shown by University Centers, the UCSD Bookstore and Housing and Dining Departments on campus. Without their strong support, and the students' persistence, this would not have been possible" remarked Elizabeth Elman, Director of Public Health, of the SSC.
"This is one great step forward to making all UC San Diego food systems sustainable," Jared Muscat, SSC Director of Food Policy, noted after completing discussion with the UCSD food systems directors that call for 25% real food on the UCSD campus by 2016 and 30% by 2021. He added, "Fair Trade is an important part in the category of food sustainability and to have this policy makes the numbers our university strive for not only look realistic, but possible to push further."
The Student Sustainability Collective was founded in Spring 2009 as a student-controlled component of the newly opened UC San Diego Sustainability Resource Center. Through an understanding that environmental sustainability and social equality are deeply connected, the SSC hopes to expand the understanding of sustainability both on and off-campus.
The SSC intends to advocate for expanding the Fair Trade University campaign UC-wide and then nationally. "We're at a tremendous crossroads here. People across the country are starting to demand that producers be afforded the same basic rights as consumers," said Westling.
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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and the Board of Legislators are working together to finalize legislation by April 15 changing the governance of the county's Local Development Corporation to give legislators more say.
Astorino formed the LDC to issue tax-exempt bonds for non-profits early last year but the Board of Legislators refused to ratify his version of the organization and the state Authorities Budget Office raised questions about whether the LDC bonds would be tax exempt without board approval.
Astorino sent down revised legislation earlier this year and the two sides met Wednesday to address lingering questions.
"We walked out of there, I think all of us, feeling great progress had been made," said Legislator Peter Harckham, D-Katonah, Thursday at a legislative committee meeting.
The LDC will now have three members, the county executive, the majority leader of the Board of Legislators and the minority leader. They will appoint representatives to the LDC board, including a mutually-agreed-upon representative of labor.
A new draft of the law is expected to be available next week.
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The biennial Ngāpuhi Festival is launched today announcing a programme that promises to be one of the most spectacular in its 10-year history.
The 2014 Ngāpuhi Festival incorporates one of the country's most elite art exhibitions and will include works from some of the world's most sought after artists including Peter Jemison, Lillian Pitt, Sid Dominic and Bindi Waugh.
They will combine with Ngāpuhi and Māoridom's best like Bob Jahnke, Sandy Adsett, Fred Graham and his son Brett, Darcy Nicholas, Allen Wihongi and Manos Nathan to produce an international exhibition that could rival any exhibition in the world.
The festival is hosted by Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi and chairman, Rāniera (Sonny) Tau, said the 2014 Ngāpuhi Festival will be the biggest and best ever.
"We are literally, bringing the world to our doorsteps with some of the most recognised faces in the indigenous art community exhibiting at the 2014 Ngāpuhi Festival," he said.
The Ngāpuhi Festival will showcase
Ngāpuhi culture, arts, history and entertainment. The
entertainment line up is the cream of Māori performing artists including the Honour Matariki group (Maisey Rika, Ria Hall, Whirimako Black and Betty-Ann Monga), Paua, Soljah, 1814 and Sons of Zion whose album Universal Love currently sits in the top 20 New Zealand albums on the NZ Music Charts.
Said Mr Tau, "We aim for the best and our people expect the best. Nothing less, and we've been fortunate that our sponsors recognise this and have committed to long-term partnerships to celebrate an event that grows from strength to strength."
The 2014 Ngāpuhi Festival runs from 25-26 January at Northland College, Mangakāhia Rd, Kaikohe.
It is a free, whānau-oriented event with free rides and activities for the children, a kapa haka super 12 competition, talent quest, wananga forums on Ngāpuhi culture and tikanga, over 100 stalls and a mass haka on the last night to close.
"With over 40,000 people coming to the Ngāpuhi Festival there's wide ranging benefits for everyone," he said.