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The veteran point guard is gone, the star may play out of position again, and significant issues remain with defense and rebounding.
So why is coach Sean Miller so excited about opening full practices Friday with his Arizona Wildcats for his second season?
He has a bench.
That's right: If MoMo Jones turns the ball over at point guard, there's freshman Jordin Mayes. If Brendon Lavender's shot is off, there's freshman Daniel Bejarano. And if Jamelle Horne hits an inconsistent spell, there's junior college transfer Jesse Perry.
Everyone else is back, too, except point guard Nic Wise. So even though standout forward Derrick Williams may be stuck at center again, the Wildcats have enough quality depth to make life fun for their coaches.
"I think we have 11 or 12 players who all think they're going to play - and three of them are wrong," Miller said Tuesday, at UA's preseason media day. "That's a good thing - having that highly competitive environment and (having players) saying, 'I'm going to be ready to practice because if I'm not that's going to hurt my opportunity to play in the game.'
"I really believe we've been able to establish that in a short period of time, and players like Jesse Perry and Jordin Mayes and Daniel Bejarano should do nothing but help that."
Perry is expected to provide a boost at power forward - and maybe a fire under Horne - and Mayes and Bejarano may find time in the backcourt. Miller said Mayes has shown enough potential already to backup Jones at point guard, while Bejarano will be pushing Lavender for time behind Kyle Fogg at shooting guard.
"Daniel and Jordin, I think they're both going to make an impact right away," Fogg said. "They can both shoot the ball, so that's going to force the defense to guard them, and Jordin can really bring the ball up."
Even though full-length practices won't start until Friday evening, when teams are allowed up to 20 hours a week, the Wildcats already have gotten a pretty good feel for things during the limited workouts the NCAA allows in the early fall.
"We've already been competing like crazy, and it's a great atmosphere," Lavender said. "It's only going to make us better for this year."
It's been a particular eye-opener for Bejarano, who led Phoenix North High School to two state titles.
"Guys are bigger and stronger than me, and I'm just trying to compete with them," Bejarano said. "Kyle and Brendon Lavender are at the same spot as me. It's great because they've been here for a while."
Bejarano and Lavender may be in one of the tightest playing-time squeezes on the team at shooting guard because Miller is emphasizing offensive rebounding and two-point field goal percentage defense, two UA weak spots last season.
That emphasis means Miller may exclusively use capable rebounders Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom as small forwards instead of shooters. Perry, meanwhile, is slated behind Horne at power forward.
"He's similar to Jamelle in certain ways," Miller said of Perry. "Jesse can offensive rebound. I think he can put the ball on the floor easier than Jamelle. He's a capable shooter, though maybe not as advanced right now as Jamelle is … and (he's) not afraid to stick his nose in there and mix it up, which is a quality that we need."
Miller said Natyazhko's confidence has improved since representing his native Ukraine in the European under-20 championships this summer, though Natyazhko has been slowed lately by a sore back.
But even if Natyazhko and Jacobson don't develop sufficiently, Perry could give the Wildcats enough for a smaller three-man post rotation along with Horne and Williams.
Besides, it wasn't as if Miller could complain about the way Williams survived without a true center around him last season. At 6feet 8 inches and 240 pounds, the crafty Williams turned into the Pac-10's Freshman of the Year and is now an All-America team candidate.
"The challenge was on defense, where he was forced to guard players that were much heavier, much bigger than him," Miller said. With "how we use him on offense, I don't think I'd be a very good coach if I changed that a whole lot because of how much success he had."
On StarNet: Follow the Cats as the season approaches on Star reporter Bruce Pascoe's blog go.azstarnet.com/pascoe
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Final phase of establishing Zamzam Tower starts
Kuwait's Munshaat Real Estate Projects Company (MREPC) stated on Saturday the commencing of the final phase of establishing Zamzam Tower in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.
In a press statement, MREPC's acting CEO Ahmad Al-Omani said the final phase features applying the final touches to interior design and furnishing through contracting with a competent and specialized British firm with a total cost of US$ 55 million.
According to KUNA, he said that establishing Zamzam Tower, with an area of 91,326 square-meters, is going according to schedule, adding that the leased area will be 31 floors containing 1,240 luxurious residential suites.
Founded in 2003 and employing 15 staff, Munshaat is a dedicated Islamic real estate finance and investment company headquartered in Kuwait. Zamzam Toweris its biggest project to date.


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Understanding solvents is family affair - Solvents for water-based finishes
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No other finish offers the versatility of lacquer and catalyzed lacquer because no other finish has a solvent with the characteristics of lacquer thinner.
Solvents for water-based finishes
Water is used as a carrier in water-based finishes, but it's the solvent in these finishes that makes them cure. The solvent softens the microscopic droplets of finish so they stick together after the water evaporates.
This solvent has to be very slow evaporating so it remains in the finish longer than the water, even in humid weather.
The solvent family that best satisfies this requirement is the glycol-ether family. All of the individual solvents in this family evaporate very slowly.
Glycol ethers are large molecules (the reason they evaporate so slowly) and have very long names. For example, a commonly used solvent is "ethylene glycol mono-butyl ether," also called "2-butoxy ethanol" in another naming system, and by the more user-friendly nickname "butyl cellosolve."
You may see any of these names listed on cans or MSDSs. It's helpful to know that the solvents used in water-based finishes are almost always in the glycol-ether family and to understand why.
Butyl cellosolve and also butyl carbitol are sometimes sold separately to use as a "flow additive" for water-based finishes and as very slow evaporating retarders for lacquer.
Solvents are the ingredients that make it possible to spray finishes. You will gain better control of your work if you have a basic understanding of the five families and what each does.


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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Kindergarten orientation
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First of all, best wishes to you and your son for a great year full of learning, friends, and fun.
Now for my hopes for this year: my youngest is in 8th grade. The students are all getting netbooks, so I hope that they learn how to use new tools to enhance the academic learning, and that I can keep up. I hope that, now that he can take a high-school-level class, the HS board and union agree on a contract so the high school doesn't strike. I hope that, with a gifted ed specialist taking over the LA class, he is challenged but not overwhelmed (she is known to pile on the homework, from past experience).
My elder son is a college freshman. I hope he dedicates effort to his general requirements as well as his major. I hope he makes good friends and good decisions. I hope he washes his sheets at least once this semester. He seems to be relaxing a bit after the initial nervousness and tension, and I hope that continues. I hope the textbook we ordered that was lost in the university mail is found.
With one boy gone for 3 months and another gone for 9 hours a day at least and a dear husband gone for 12 hours a day, I hope that I run out of excuses and finish painting kitchen.
My kids are in a different school this year.
I hope that my 3rd grader makes friends quickly and settles into her new environment. The first few weeks have already been a bit stressful for her because of social concerns. I also hope that she relaxes into school and gets over some negative self-perceptions imposed by the previous school (she still thinks she is bad at math because she couldn't write both fast and neat enough to take timed math fact tests...in First grade). She loves science (the kid gets excited about Mythbusters and the Discovery Channel), so I hope she feels that she is learning a lot.
My kindergartener has already settled in pretty well. He talks about his friends, he makes up homework for himself to do on the days he isn't assigned any. So far, he gets one pretty basic worksheet a week. Last night, for his self-imposed assignment, he wrote the alphabet out twice, once in order. The second time he drew a line down the center of the page and alternated sides of the page, going down from the center (hard to explain, and even I didn't quite see the pattern until my husband told me...and then I realized how complicated he made it and how he followed through with his pattern to the very last letter). LOL. He's a hoot. I hope he isn't bored :)
For us parents, I hope we have a good year, with less stress on us, less stress on the kids. And that the kids don't hold on to resentment for the big change (It is for the best...It is for the best...It is for the best...I think I can...)
Update: my son took charge of tracking down the misdelivered textbook, learned that university staff WANT to help out (twice he told me how nice someone had been), and I swear I felt his sign of relief come through his text when he delivered the good news. One of my hopes was that he'd, well, grow up and take care of things like this, and he has been, and he's actually enjoyed it. I feel much better. Shall I let you know if he ever washes the sheets? Uhhh, maybe I'll let that one go.
- Laura Vanderkam said...
'Nother Barb: I read the other day about some biodegradable sheets that never have to be washed... something to look in to!
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I hope that DC1 is challenged (I'm really hoping that they're just doing review at the beginning of the year and that's why he's getting 100% on everything) and that he loses the perfectionist streak that snuck back up on him over the summer.
I hope he isn't bullied and that he is able to take things in stride and that the school is at least as good a social fit as it was last year even though this year he's starting to realize he's different. And I hope different never turns into superior, or at least takes a while to do so.
My hopes are
1) that all of the teachers are competent in the subjects they teach
2) the Regents in NY decide that 9th and 10th graders can earn college credit via dual enrollment since the school has no other appropriate instructional options aside from independent study.
3) the year goes safely. The partnerships with the police and the increased security is helpful, but it would be nice if the street element stayed in the street instead of bringing it in to the school.
- Raising a Happy Child said...
Congratulations on the start of this journey! My daughter is in the first grade now. My biggest hope is that she retains the same enthusiasm for school that she had in K. On academic side I am hoping for some progress in writing - it's her least favorite subject.


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In my earlier write up about Bing, I just used what was presented to me when I launched Bing. What I didn't notice was that it automatically determined that I was in Canada and displayed the Canadian version of Bing. I didn't expect that the US version would be any different – but I was wrong. After changing my location to US – English, I saw a similar, yet different Bing.
On the home page, Bing shows Travel and Shopping, which are not displayed on the Canadian version. When I search in the shopping section, you are presented with options down the left hand side – much the same way as images or video's works. These allow you to filter your search even further. For Shopping, the options are Show, Category, Brand, and Price.
Under the Travel section, you enter your travel information (like departure and arrival locations and dates) and Bing will search various sites to find you the best possible price for your travel or hotel stay. And once again, down the left side are a number of options to allow you to filter the results. You can select Non-Stop, Times, Airlines, and Price Ranges.
When I was using the Canadian site, I noticed that the News page was blank by default, but worked when searching. On the US site, the News page is populated with current news stories. As you would expect, the left side allows you to filter the news based on categories. I also noticed that the news page is web-slices aware. When you hover over a story, The web-slice icon appears allowing you to add this to your collection.
And finally, something that I picked up via Twitter (Thanks Berry!) and I didn't notice this on the Canadian version either – There's some pretty cool inline searching that Bing allows you to do. If you Bing for UPS, FedEx, Google, or the like, you are presented with an inline search box allowing you to track parcels or locate things without having to click through to the site first. Pretty slick stuff!


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ThinkGeek's "Why Cry Baby Analyzer" purports to decipher the exact meaning of a sprogling's wails. For entertainment purposes only, one presumes.
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Don't knock it dude, that thing made Herb Powell rich!
"I have soiled myself. How embarrassing."
From the same folks who brought you the canine version?
#2 dammit you beat me to it!
Alternatively, if you're not into wasting your money on useless crap, I recommend checking out a copy of "The Happiest Baby On The Block" DVD from your local library.
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Discusses clinical cases, recent journal articles, and global environmental health scenarios relevant to the clinical practice of environmental and occupational health. Explores collaborative management of environmental and occupational health-related illnesses and navigation of complex environmental health scenarios through real-world cases and critical analysis of published literature. Offered: AWSp.
Class description
Course Description: Developing EOH practitioners need a regular forum in which to discuss the most recent advances in clinical EOH, as well as a forum to discuss challenging patient-related cases and to learn from the "real-world" experiences of others. To provide the best possible patient care, Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) trainees must also have the ability to select and critically analyze the clinical EOH scientific and public health literature.
This course offers an opportunity to developing EOH clinical practitioners for the discussion of real-world patient cases, and recently-published EOH scientific articles. Sessions in the course will be almost entirely student-led but with strong faculty oversight regarding specific subject matter content and appropriate scheduling, and each student will present at length, at least one clinical case presentation or community environmental health issue to be accompanied by one journal club article per quarter. Additionally, the following week will consist of a brief review of key pearls illuminated by the prior case discussion. We are fortunate to have members of our Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) faculty in attendance at these sessions, so discussions are lively and engaging.
This course is designed to ensure that, upon completion of the class, providers can effectively engage in the evidence-based practice of environmental and occupational health using the most current information available, applying that information to real-world patient care and public health practice scenarios. Upon completion of this course, providers will be well-equipped to communicate information about EOH patient illnesses and injuries with their colleagues with an evidence based approach to patient care. Emphasis will be placed on multidisciplinary collaboration, using the broad expertise of UW faculty and staff combined with the current literature that addresses patient-care and community-based EOH challenges.
This course complements the curriculum of the OEM residency program, and specifically supplements the ENVH 576 course, "Clinical Occupational Medicine," although ENVH 576 is not required to take this course.
This course is appropriate primarily for clinicians at the graduate medical/nursing school level or higher, although others who provide EOH services to individuals may also benefit from this class (particularly industrial hygienists / exposure scientists). This course may be relevant at an advanced stage of a non-clinician EOH trainee's education and permission for non-clinicians to take the course should be discussed with the course instructor.
Email is the standard medium used for communication regarding this course, and readings will be distributed via e-mail. Students are responsible for ensuring that their correct email address is on file, and for informing the instructor if unable to use electronic media.
Course Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to: Patient Care and Medical Knowledge • Obtain problem-focused patient histories that identify clinical syndromes and occupational / environmental exposures • Analyze relationships between clinical syndromes and occupational / environmental exposures • Select and interpret the most appropriate clinical tests and workplace evaluations to characterize occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses • Distinguish work-related from non-work-related or environmental conditions Interpersonal Communication Skills • Communicate effectively with colleagues and interdisciplinary teams to improve the quality of patient care • Effectively communicate information about EOH health risks and patient prognosis • Effectively communicate information about health risks in a complex global environmental health scenario Systems-Based Practice • Treat occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses more effectively, emphasizing appropriate job accommodations and work restrictions that address the physical and psychological factors in the workplace that affect a patient's ability to successfully return to work • List and describe the needs of critical stakeholders involved in a complex, global, community-based environmental health scenario • Integrate evidence from multiple sources to perform a comprehensive risk assessment in a complex global environmental health scenario • Identify, summarize, and critically evaluate and discuss the critical issues (relevant exposures, social and economic context, political issues) surrounding complex global environmental health scenarios Practice-Based Learning and Improvement • Identify, summarize, and critically evaluate and discuss the validity and clinical relevance of recent articles in the EOH literature as they relate to cases seen in clinic Professionalism • Demonstrate timeliness and collaborative relationships with faculty and colleagues / other students
Course format:
The course consists of 12 quarterly sessions. Approximately 80% of the sessions will consist of student-led presentations of EOH cases which the student has either seen in a clinic / hospital / or another clinical setting (such as a workplace). The remaining sessions will consist of student-led presentations / discussions of 1) recent, instructor-approved, clinically-relevant articles in the EOH literature, 2) relevant, complex, current scenarios in which environmental public health concerns play a role. OEM faculty members attend all sessions.
Course Requirements: Individual Assignments Each student is required to complete: Administrative tasks Post conference surveys: Each student will complete a very brief post-conference online survey to solicit feedback, improve the course, and track attendance. DUE: Each week on Friday. Case selection: Each student must submit to the instructor for approval a brief (2-3 sentence) description of the case that will be presented the week of her or his scheduled presentation date. Further details about the case may be sent to the instructor for distribution to the class but are not required. Brief case discussions: Each week, other students and faculty will briefly (~5 minutes) describe a case seen in clinic that week. Brief discussion will follow. Case presentation: Each student will demonstrate skills in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of OEM disease through the presentation of 1-2 case studies approved by the instructor. This approximately 20-minute presentation will focus on developing an appropriate differential diagnosis, evaluating the work-relatedness of the case, discussing potential treatment options and workplace modifications, and summarizing the features of the most likely diagnoses. Please present all relevant details, including appropriate displays of relevant imaging tests, specific numerical test results, pictures of flow-volume loops, et cetera. It is important to leave time for discussion; cases often present ambiguities and questions that allow us to take advantage of our experienced OEM faculty who are present. Discussion is often quite lively! Dates for each student are assigned and distributed by the chief resident.
At the discretion of the course instructor, one session may be set aside for oral demonstration of group lessons learned. Final examination: There is no final examination.
Student learning goals
This course is designed to ensure that, upon completion of the class, providers can effectively engage in the evidence-based practice of environmental and occupational health using the most current information available. Emphasis will be placed on multidisciplinary collaboration, using the broad expertise of UW faculty and staff combined with the current literature that addresses patient-care and community-based EOH challenges.
Students will apply that information to real-world patient care and public health practice scenarios.
Upon completion of this course, providers will be better equipped to critically evaluate and understand current EOH research, and to communicate information about EOH patient illnesses and injuries with their peers.
Students will learn the in depth aspects of case management in selected topics. Emphasis will be placed on multidisciplinary collaboration, using the broad expertise of UW faculty and staff combined with the current literature that addresses patient-care and community-based EOH challenges. Students will understand the roles of the different areas of expertise and how to collaborate on health issues.
Students will be learn to assess each case for etiological and preventive aspects. Students will learn to broaden their concern from individual to public health matters of concern.
Students will gain experience in teaching other colleagues through their case presentations, their choice of medical literature to supplement their case and their compilation of key case points to take away.
General method of instruction
Case presentation and group discussion supplemented by a relevant and current article from the medical literature regarding the topic. Students will provide a link of their selected peer reviewed journal article and send it to email@example.com and cc to email@example.com at least several days before the class. Sessions in the course will be almost entirely student-led but with strong faculty oversight regarding specific subject matter content and appropriate scheduling, and each student will be assigned to at least one clinical case presentation or community environmental health issue, select one representative journal club article per quarter, and summarize key points of the topic presented.
Recommended preparation
The course is designed for physicians, PA's, NPs and nurses. Others require permission of the course director to ensure they have the appropriate background for understanding of the content and participation in presentations and discussions.
The soft cover text Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 4th Edition by Joseph LaDou is a great resource for basic occupational medicine and is believed to be helpful when studying for the Occ Med Board exam. They are coming out with a 5th edition shortly which will be authored by LaDou and Harrison but it's not yet available.
Class assignments and grading
The trainee selects with the approval of the instructor, a clinical case which is to be presented comprehensively with attention to complex medical and diagnostic aspects, work environment, L&I and psychosocial issues addressed in the treatment plan. Prevention of injury and public health (e.g. co-workers or others with similar exposures) considerations are also key elements to include in the presentation.
Grades are assigned based on comprehensive preparation of cases for presentation, discussion of the relationship of the injury or illness to the workplace, public health aspects of the injury and prevention prevention of the injury. Also, selection and understanding of journal articles to supplement the case presentation, summary of key points of presentation, class participation in other's presentations, and attendance are key elements upon which grades will be assigned.


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Apple has just released another little iOS update, iOS 6.1.2. According to CNET, this latest update is primarily designed to address the battery life bug, or, as Apple puts it, "an Exchange calendar bug that could result in increased network activity and reduced battery life.†As the update has only just gone live, it is early days to know whether or not it also affects any jailbroken iPhones that have been jailbroken using the new Evasi0n jailbreak. With that in mind, as ever, the advice to those of you with jailbroken iPhones and iPads is to wait before installing this update until you hear that it is okay to do so. Let's hope that this fixes the battery life bug for everyone else. As iDownload Blog also notes, some users have been experiencing problems of some sort with Exchange since last October, so a fix is long overdue. [/FONT]
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Button continues at Honda next year but he has already failed, Mansell says, because he did not get the most out of a competitive car when he had one.
"Jenson should have won more races, he has under-performed and that is down to him," Mansell told BBC Sport.
"He had the opportunity and he didn't take it; there won't be any more."
Button reached a career-high with Honda last season, clinching a first Grand Prix victory in Hungary in his 113th race.
But the Briton was not able to push on, finishing sixth in the drivers' standings and going backwards this season with a car that has not been able to match the pace of its rivals.
And he failed to win a race in 2004, the most consistently competitive season so far for his team, which was then called BAR-Honda.
However, Mansell says Button, hailed as one of the most talented active drivers behind Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, must accept some of the blame for his failure to live up to his potential.
"Jenson is a great talent," said Mansell, who won the F1 crown with Williams in 1992.
"But he was far better years ago than he is now because he was hungry then.
"He's got a great reputation for partying and that's taken the edge off it. He's a typical example of too much, too soon.
"He'll have a great lifestyle but he's had his opportunities and it hasn't happened for him."
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Mr. Riggs has it right. Heavy rail, as proposed by Caltrain/Dumbarton, is good for moving freight and bad for moving people. Heavy rail has become the hammer to which every people-moving problem looks like a nail. Caltrain is pushing for Dumbarton because they believe that they are competing with BART for rail dominance in the entire Bay Area. The various transit agencies are competing, each one saying that they can do it better. Financial resources available to one are therefore denied the others. It's a pointless zero-sum war of transit empires.
The rail bureaucracy suffers from a malignant rail gene and egocentric shortsightedness. At the risk of repeating myself for the millionth time: Rail and transit are not the same. Equating one with the other is deceptive and misleading. Rail is one — and only one — modality of mass transit. Transit systems incorporate a large variety of modalities, including light rail, buses (both high speed and local), subways, shuttles, taxis, and yes, private cars.
The perpetual argument about rail being better than cars or buses (cheaper, less polluting, etc.) is a mindless discussion. The real and substantive issue is urban mass transit. What the Bay Area needs is an urban mass transit system built into an integrated network of multiple modalities. Rail is not the answer to everything. And heavy rail is the least appropriate technology for people moving. Bus-rapid-transit, light rail, shuttle and local buses (and adequate car parking at transit stations), all connected and run on coordinated schedules, managed by a single urban transit authority that is accountable to the government and to us, the taxpayers and commuters. That needs to be the subject of discussion; not whether Dumbarton rail should go to Union City or Newark.
Frankly, everything about Dumbarton is counter-indicated and our own Public Works Director Kent Steffens and Mayor Fergusson have written a wonderful letter (staff report # 07-098) to the Dumbarton/Caltrain group specifying many of the problems and concerns that have not been yet explained.
Finally, the Almanac, like many newspapers, tends to consider the content of press releases a source of factual data. When the Dumbarton people say the projected costs will be $600 million, how do you know that is in fact the case? There are other cost estimates that suggest that a seismically appropriate new bridge alone will cost much more than the present $600 million figure. Low balling construction costs is standard operating procedure for rail and other large infrastructure promoters. Will we ever learn? Bay Bridge Eastern Span: 2001 = $2.6 billion; 2006 = $6.3 billion. Boston Big Dig: 1985 = $2.8 billion; 2006 = $14.6 billion. Palo Alto Homer tunnel? Ditto.
This is NOT a NIMBY issue, the Almanac's allusion to the contrary notwithstanding. For all of us living in the Bay Area, the Bay Area is our backyard. And we want much better urban mass transit in our backyard than what Dumbarton has to offer.
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Egypt's Mubarak said to be off life support and in coma
CAIRO (AP) – Security officials say Hosni Mubarak is in a coma but off of life support and his heart and other vital organs are functioning.
Overnight, state media reported that the 84-year old former president, who was ousted in last year's uprising, suffered a stroke and was put on life support. He was later transferred to a military hospital from the Cairo prison hospital where he recently began serving a life sentence.
The security officials said Wednesday that a team of 15 doctors was supervising the condition of Mubarak, who needed help with his breathing.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The developments add more layers to what is threatening to become a new chapter of unrest and political power struggles in Egypt, 16 months after Mubarak was ousted by a popular uprising demanding democracy.
The Muslim Brotherhood, emboldened by its claims that it candidate won the election, sent tens of thousands of its supporters into the street. It was an escalation of its confrontation against the ruling generals over their grab this week of sweeping powers that give them dominance over the next president.
About 50,000 protesters, mostly Islamists, protested in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday evening chanting slogans in support of the Brotherhood's candidate Mohammed Morsi and denouncing the generals. "We, the people, gave them (the military) legitimacy and we now are taking back," said Saber Ibrahim, a 36-year-old school teacher who came from his native Beni Suef south of Cairo to participate in the rally.
The conflicting claims over the election could further stoke the heat. The campaign of Mubarak's former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, said Tuesday he won the election, denying the Brotherhood's claim of Morsi's victory. Hundreds of his supporters took to the streets in Cairo in celebration.
The election commission is to announce the official final results on Thursday and no matter who it names as victor, his rival is likely to reject the result as a fraud. If Shafiq is declared winner in particular, it could spark an explosive backlash from the Brotherhood, which has said Shafiq could only win by fraud.
The sudden health crisis of Mubarak, who is serving a life prison sentence, briefly overshadowed the political standoff.
Moving Mubarak out of prison is likely to further infuriate many in the public. Many Egyptians have been skeptical of earlier reports that his health was worsening since he was put in prison on June 2, believing the reports were just a pretext to move him to another facility. There is a widespread suspicion that security and military officials sympathetic to their old boss are giving him preferential treatment.
Details of the crisis were still sketchy. Earlier the state news agency MENA and officials said that while at the Torah Prison hospital he suffered a "fast deterioration of his health." His heart stopped beating until he was revived by defibrillation, then he suffered a stroke.
At that point, he was moved from the prison hospital to Maadi military hospital — notably the same one where his predecessor Anwar Sadat was declared dead more than 30 years ago after being gunned down by Islamic militants.
When Mubarak arrived at the hospital, he was "clinically dead," MENA reported. It said doctors repeatedly defibrillated him with no initial response. But later, a security official said Mubarak was on life support. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, had no further details.
Maj. Gen. Mohsen el-Fangari, a member of the ruling military council, told the Al-Shorouk newspaper website that Mubarak was in a "very critical condition," but denied he was dead. Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, came to the hospital, where Mubarak was in an intensive care unit, another security official said.
The criteria for using the term "clinically dead" are "poorly defined," said Dr. Lance Becker, a University of Pennsylvania emergency medicine specialist and an American Heart Association spokesman.
"My speculation would be that he had that sort of event where his heart temporarily stopped," said Becker, who is not involved in Mubarak's treatment. "That doesn't mean that it's irreversible." Life support can be used to keep his blood circulating and replace breathing if he is unable to do so on his own, Becker said.
Mubarak's condition brought to mind former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon — though it was not known if there was any medical similarity in their conditions. Sharon suffered a massive stroke on 2006. Intensive treatment and repeated operations by a team of brain surgeons stabilized his condition, but he never regained consciousness. Sharon, 84, is still alive but remains on life support in a deep coma.
Mubarak has been serving a life sentence at Cairo's Torah Prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising against his rule last year. The verdict against him has already been a spark for protests — thousands massed in Tahrir when the court acquitted him and his sons on separate corruption charges and cleared several top security chiefs on the protester killings.
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HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals;)
How dear and dreadful they are to the earth;
How they inure to themselves as much as to anyWhat a paradox appears their age;
How people respond to them, yet know them not;
How there is something relentless in their fate, all times;
How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and reward,
And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same great purchase.
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An Urbana man was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty in a domestic incident.
Tyrone Hart, 32, who listed an address in the 1100 block of Scottswood Drive, Urbana, pleaded guilty to domestic battery with a prior domestic battery conviction, admitting he punched and slapped his girlfriend in the head multiple times on Oct. 27 at her Pomona Drive home.
He was sentenced to two years of probation and 24 days in jail with credit for time served.
A more serious charge of home invasion was dismissed.
Kanis said Hart had prior convictions for delivery of a controlled substance, intimidation, driving under suspension and domestic battery.
So this guy has beaten up a woman before, he does it again, and he gets probation? He has a controlled substance, intimidation, driving under suspension, and domestic battery as his priors and we think this guy is going to get better with probation? What in the world are you prosecutors thinking? And the court system? How many times does a man have to beat a woman before it's a jailable offense? Just let us know, so we can be prepared!


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American Sign Language Classes Updated info FALL/ WINTER 2013
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- ~American Sign Language Classes for Homeschoolers UPDATED INFO FOR FALL/WINTER 2013
Hello HS families,
It's my pleasure to offer ASL to Homeschoolers for the 13th year! This program has been highly successful because of the wonderful attendees and host families.. The cost of class remains unchanged $5.00 per week per student however:
I'm no longer able to offer a pay as you go option. Sadly and unfortunately I've been faced with a great number of situations which result in me not getting paid. For 12+ years many of you have enjoyed the $5.00 per class pay as you go system. This "pay as you go" system helped make it possible for your children to attend class. I'm truly sorry that I must ask for the cost of each 6 week session to be paid in full at the first class. This was a tough but necessary decision
I would like to offer this class on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 1pm-2pm "ish". As always we will need a host family. If you wish to host ASL class the cost for you and your children will be waived. ( I'm always flooded with offers to host class, I'll choose the host family based on best location). The exact day/time/location will be determined based on your feedback and responses. Look for this info to be posted by the 2nd week in August.
We will continue with our "shoes off policy" many pairs of feet can sure drag in lots of mud, rain, snow etc .
This class will be opened to kids and parents (yes .parents may register as well for the same weekly fee of $5.00) ages 6 and up .
~PLEASE NOTE: There is another ASL class which I will open/offer to older homeschoolers (middle school/high school aged kids). This class meets Thursday mornings in Bridgewater @ The Conant Community Health Center from 10:00-11:30. This program runs for 6 weeks at a time (Sept/June).
Because the classes are longer ( 90 minutes) the cost is a bit more. Non-homescholers pay $75.00 for the 6 week course. I will lower the cost for homeschoolers and their parents to $65.00. This is a beginner program however many older kids prefer it as it's faster paced and loaded with content. Many homeschoolers attend this class and receive foreign language credit from me!
The next Thursday morning Bridgewater class begins Sept. 5th and runs until Oct. 10th. Slots for this program will be held on a first come/first serve basis. Payment for this 6 week program is due at the first class. To sign up for this class please contact me : manny66@...
You can find a complete schedule and learn more about this ASL program on my website:
Those of you who are new to homeschooling or to the area may not be familiar with this ASL program.
Please read below for a description of what you can expect to learn. I look forward to meeting many new families. Class cancellations ( due to weather) will always be posted on my website: mariannemolinariasl.com
American Sign Language IS a true language accepted under the label "foreign language"/"world language"
Did you know:
1)Deaf is different from deaf?
2)That there are 22 signing systems AND one true manual language .ASL? WOW .this means the Deaf sure are diverse communicators!!
3)In 1894 the football huddle was created by a Deaf football players at Gallaudet University?
(Hummm sure makes sense to hide your signing hands when you're deciding on the next play)!
4)The definition of ASL literacy is knowing/understanding the language AND Deaf culture?
5)The Deaf have "accents" on their hands, just as hearing people have accents in their voices. This means that ASL signs can vary depending upon where you live!
6) VOCABULARY only accounts for 4-6% of ASL. Therefore you will learn about:
Classifiers, eye gaze, grammar/sentence types, indexing, contrastive structure, sign inflection, loan/lexicalized signs, spatial agreement etc
7) CULTURE is vital to you as an ASL student. Understanding a Deaf person culturally will allow you to be accepted into the Deaf community. The Deaf are very proud of their beautiful ASL and Deaf culture!
On a cultural note you can expect to learn about: Deaf folklore, Deaf traditions, Deaf history, Deaf personality traits/social norms, Deaf poetry , Deaf art and literature, Deaf humor etc ..
8). The FREE Deaf events which I host enable all of my students to use their signing skills in real life experiences!
9). Facial expression is NOT an option .it's a MUST when using ASL
10). Deaf/blind people communicate via tactile sign which is not the same as ASL.
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Movies: Harry Potter, Moulin Rouge, Pulp Fiction, When Harry Met Sally, Pocahontas, Paris J'Taime, My Neighbor Totoro
Shows: The Daily Show, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Shark Week
Music: Gogol Bordello, Sufjan Stevens, The Black Keys, Regina Spektor, the Beatles, Jack Johnson, M83, Ratatat, the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Food: potstickers, Naan 'N Curry, potatoes in any form, chocolate, chai lattes, kim chi ramen
Coconut water
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Stupid games on my iPhone
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The Inc. 5000 list was recently announced and included 131 companies in Maryland, 63 of which are in the Baltimore metropolitan region. The list details the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in America, similar to the Inc. 500 list announced earlier this year.
Click here to read more. View all 63 Greater Baltimore companies to make the Inc. 5000 here.


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As a small business owner, it's important to be aware of average pay within your industry so you can figure out how much is fair to pay both an employee and yourself. It's no secret that throughout history, women have been paid less than men, but many employers still overlook the discrepancy.
Sheryl Sandberg addressed the issue in her popular book, Lean In, and The New York Times recently wrote that "there is a salary gap even when women pay themselves." But what do the numbers really say? How much lower is the median salary for women in each state? Click on the infographic below to get a closer look at our illustration of data from the latest U.S. Census on the subject.
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Posted/Updated by Bryan Penberthy on 2004-08-04.
Discussions of a lighthouse at Westport started in 1854 before Washington was even a state in The Union. By the time discussions were done and money was appropriated, it was 1897. Construction took just about a year, and on June 30, 1898 the third-order Fresnel lens was lit for the first time. Standing 107 feet tall, Grays Harbor lighthouse is the tallest in Washington State and one of the tallest on the West Coast. The lighthouse serves as a harbor light for the Port of Westport, and as a coastal light to mark a dark section of coastline between Willapa Bay and Destruction Island.
The original station was comprised of 107 foot tall tower with attached workroom, two oil houses, a windmill, a fog signal building, water tank, a single dwelling, a double dwelling, two outhouses, a barn, and a tool room. The entire cost for the station was $56,000. All that remains of the station is the tower, and the two oil houses. Future plans call for reconstruction of the work room at the base of the tower and the fog signal building.
The tower optics are still considered an active aid to navigation and are maintained by the US Coast Guard. However, the tower itself is owned by the Westport-South Beach Historical Society.
Directions: From I-5, get off at US-101 and head west. At the US-101 / SR-8 split, take SR-8 for about 20 miles until the town of Elma. At this point, SR-8 ends, and US-12 continues west. Continue on US-12 until Aberdeen. From here, take US-101 south across the river to connect to SR-105. Continue on SR-105 for about 19 miles, and then follow the north spur of SR-105 into Westport. Once in Westport, make a left onto Ocean Ave. West.
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You wouldn't think of buying a house without thoroughly checking it out first – the foundation, the plumbing, the roof, the deed. Any hidden costs that would skew the deal.
So, imagine if you were about to put up $344.5 million for 10 miles of highway.
That's what SANDAG is about to do and on Friday its board of directors will receive the "due diligence review" on the South Bay Expressway, which this year emerged from bankruptcy.
The consulting firm HTNB has cast a discerning eye on the privately operated toll road, also known as State Route 125, looking at the road and buildings, toll and traffic management systems, operations and maintenance and financial audits.
In short, as with a well-lived- in house, they found things the agency needs to be concerned about – but no deal breakers.
Among the concerns listed in the HNTB report:
• A commitment to connect the southern end of SBX to I-905 (and thus the Mexican border) could cost SANDAG $30-35 million.
• Other interchange connectors – dependent on traffic growth – could cost $11 million.
• Special seal coatings on four of six bridges inspected could cost up to $100,000. (There are 16 more bridges to be evaluated).
• Recommended long-term bridge and pavement maintenance costs could run over $2.7 million and $2.1 million respectively.
• Pavement "distress and deterioration" on the northern portion of the road near Sweetwater Bridge need repair at a cost of up to $80,000.
• Sections of the Otay River Bridge could require remedial work – at $2 million – because an unapproved concrete mix was used during construction.
• Future widening of the toll road would be the responsibility of SANDAG, but also appears to be optional. No dollar amount is given in the executive summary.
• Some concern is raised over the software for the tolling collection system. The concerns "do not appear significant" but could limit SANDAG's ability to modify the system in the future. (The consultant praised SBX for improvements made to the system since launching in 2007.)
SANDAG plans to take over ownership of the franchise by Dec. 21.
On Friday, SANDAG staff will ask the board to approve an expenditure of $160,000 from contingency reserve funds for the next phase in the acquisition of the toll road franchise.
"The findings from the five due-diligence reports as well as the discussions with SBX representatives support SANDAG moving forward with the purchase of the SBX assets," writes executive director Gary Gallegos, in a report to the board.
He further notes that "Caltrans confirmed that the toll road has been maintained in conformance with its standards and no issues were cited during Caltrans' last inspection."
If the board accepts this report and allocates the funds, SANDAG's board will begin receiving massive amounts of documentation on the purchase in two steps, at its December 2 and 16 meetings. The board will be asked to select a final financing option, approve the purchase documents and authorize Gallegos to execute the final purchase of the franchise.
SANDAG is purchasing the right to operate the toll road – not the road itself. That's owned by Caltrans.
How SANDAG will acquire the toll-road franchise in a key part of the discussion heading into December.
One option calls for the entire $344.5 million cost to be borne by toll collections. Second option calls for a $55.5 million TransNet loan, a $192 million TransNet project swap (for work no longer needed on I-805) and toll revenues.
With the second option, SANDAG plans to reduce tolls by as much as 50 percent, thus drawing more traffic from nearby I-805 and reducing the need for expansion there. Option A allows for "minimal" reductions in tolls.
According to Gallegos, both sides have committed to completing the deal by the Dec. 21 target date.


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Corrosion and Lubrication evaluation
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Product: One Shot® Muzzleloader Cleaner & Protectant
Shooter: Ron Kulas
Posted: May 19, 2014
I became a member today as a way of contacting Hornady to share with you the results of a gun care product evaluation I recently completed. I evaluated 46 products for various claims including lubrication, corrosion resistance, odor, compatability and Water displacement. Hornady's One Shot did very well and out performed the other products. The details can be found at this link. http://ronkulas.proboards.com/thread/274/review-comparison-gun-care-products


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The Joseph Smith Papers: Television Documentary Series, Season 1
by Excel Entertainment
Product Description
The Joseph Smith Papers Project is illuminating the Prophet Joseph and the Restoration in exciting new ways. In this series, Larry H. Miller and KJZZ Television have partnered with the Church History Department and a variety of prominent scholars to discuss the project, the documents, and the life and work of Joseph Smith.
This DVD set contains all 52 episodes from the much-requested television documentary series as seen on KJZZ Television.
- In each episode, scholars tell the story of Joseph Smith using historic documents to illustrate his life, many of them the very text that compose the volumes of The Joseph Smith Papers.
- A one-hour introduction that explains the ambitious effort to compile, transcribe, edit, and present all the papers directly related to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
- Commentary by historians and experts on Joseph Smith, including the compilers of The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Vol.1
- A comprehensive Topical Index
By Kimball R., Submitted on 2015-02-25
Get to know the Prophet Joseph as you learn from original documents the extra details of his life, His many hardships as he faithfully followed the Lord to bring about the foundation of the Kingdom in the latter-days. Every episode will have its "I didn't know that," moments. A treasure that lets you see the faith and devotion to divine duty as the life of Joseph Smith is reviewed by Members of the Church History Department. This is a wonderful resource.
By Samuel, Submitted on 2015-02-25
I was looking forward to viewing this DVD series, the original TV documentary not being available for European audiences at the time of broadcasting. The content of the discs is exciting and informative, a treasure trove of facts allowing an intimate look over the shoulders of the privileged scholars working on the unprecedented JS Papers project, as well as providing an excellent review and summary of Joseph Smith and Restoration-related facts. However, the product has two significant defects: firstly, the sound quality is horrendous and widely inconsistent. For a product of this prize and relevance to a monumental work of scholarship, one would expect the soundtrack to match the visual content. Unfortunately, some of the interviews are unbearable to watch, even with the TV volume set to max levels! Second, the worlwide potential audience is ignored once again. If subtitles had been included in the program, it would have made for a great teaching tool. Sadly, Deseret Book still seems oblivious to the globalised markets and international Church setting in which we live. Making the DVD set viewable in All DVD zones is not enough. This content will benefit members and non members all over the world. Give localization a chance!
By DEJAH, Submitted on 2015-02-25
The Joseph Smith Papers books are a bit intimidating to me, but the stories and background that the scholars find in the documents are brought to life in this DVD set. Each segment focuses on a certain aspect of church history and would be very easy to use in a classroom. I've grown up in the church but learned a lot more details about the first vision and the early days of the church.I would definately watch this again and recommend it especially to others who aren't that interested in reading a lot about church history.


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Perceptions of job security in Australia
This study examines workers' perceptions of job security in Australia between August 1999 and May 2002. It uses a new quarterly survey that asks probabilistic questions on the likelihood of involuntary job loss, and of finding a similar job if involuntary job loss occurs. Workers' perceptions of job security are shown to display significant variation by gender, age, education, and recent job mobility, to vary pro-cyclically with business cycle conditions, and to have decreased significantly from late 2001 onwards - in the period following September 11 and several major corporate collapses in Australia. A comparison with perceptions of job security in the United States finds that there is a cross-country difference in perceptions about the probability of involuntary job loss that appears correlated with the institutional environment in those countries. Finally, there is some evidence that workers' expectations about the environment for making major household expenditure are related to their perceptions of job security.
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- David Neumark, 2000. "Changes in Job Stability and Job Security: A Collective Effort to Untangle, Reconcile, and Interpret the Evidence," NBER Working Papers 7472, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Nickell, Stephen & Layard, Richard, 1999.
"Labor market institutions and economic performance,"
Handbook of Labor Economics,in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 46, pages 3029-3084
- Nickell, S. & Layard, R., 1997. "Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance," Papers 23, Centre for Economic Performance & Institute of Economics.
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This exercise will lead you through the important concepts of membrane transport, so that you will understand its importance to living cells. You will also learn the different mechanisms and uses of membrane transport, and the overall structures of different types of transport proteins.
Organisms are not isolated systems at equilibrium, and need to intake nutrients and electrolytes, as well as remove waste.
Similarly, cells within an organism must also exchange compounds with their environment by passing them across their biological membranes. In eukaryotic cells, there is also transport across membrane-bound organelles such as the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. Examples of compounds commonly exchanged across membranes include metabolites such as glucose and pyruvate; ions such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride; as well as amino acids and nucleotides.
The lipid bilayer is fairly permeable to a few small, uncharged molecules such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. However, the lipid bilayer component of biological membranes is very hydrophobic, and therefore retards diffusion across the membrane by hydrophilic, polar, or ionic compounds. Since the import of many hydrophilic compounds such as ions and metabolites is necessary for a cell's survival, cells have developed other means to move these compounds across their membranes.
The hydrophobic barrier that characterizes biological membranes is predominantly due to the two layers of nonpolar fatty acid tails found in the interior of the lipid bilayer. Hydrophilic polar groups are found on the exterior of the membranes because they face an aqueous environment.
However, a membrane of a living cell is much more complex than a simple phospholipid bilayer. Biological membranes also incorporate other types of lipids, including cholesterol and membrane proteins. Integral membrane proteins span the membrane, while peripheral membrane proteins are bound and exposed on one side only. Many membrane proteins are glycoproteins, which possess covalently attached carbohydrate chains.
Many of these proteins found embedded in the membrane are involved in transporting
ions and small molecules across membranes that do not cross readily by passive
diffusion, either because of their hydrophilic nature or because they would be
moving against a concentration gradient. This process is termed facilitated transport.
There are two types of membrane transport: passive and active. Keep in mind that the major difference between these two types of transporters is whether they require an input of free energy to function.
Passive transport can be thought of as accelerated diffusion: the transporters simply allow the passage of molecules across the membrane at a much faster rate than would occur through normal diffusion, thereby bringing about an equilibrium more rapidly. Because of this, passive transporters do not generate a concentration gradient for a compound across a membrane but can only dissipate the gradient. Also, note that because this process of reaching equilibrium is energetically favored, there is no free energy requirement for passive transport.
Active transport involves moving a solute across a membrane against its concentration gradient. This is like moving water uphill, and thus requires the input of free energy. The most obvious source of energy within a cell is ATP, and in fact many active transport proteins utilize the hydrolysis of ATP. However, we shall see later that dissipation of a concentration gradient of one solute can be used as a source of free energy to drive the movement of another solute across a membrane against its own gradient.
Passive transport can be facilitated by transporters that provide passageways across the membrane of the right size and environment for a particular compound to cross. These types of transporters are often referred to as pores or channels.
Porins form aqueous channels and accelerate the passive diffusion of small hydrophilic molecules across the membrane. They are found as monomers or trimers in the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria, as well as the mitochondria and chloroplasts of eukaryotic cells. Shown on the left is the OmpF porin side and top view. On the right is the side view of the surface of a single subunit, colored by hydrophobicity.
Solute selectivity of a porin is determined by the characteristics of the amino acid side chains at the entrance and interior lining of the pore as well as the size of the opening. Another porin, PhoE, is weakly selective for small anions due to positively charged residues, such as lysine, that attract anions towards the mouth of the porin. A specific lysine protrudes into the channel, forming a positively charged patch that draws anions into the pore, as well as constricts the pore size so that only small anions flow through.
Note the positively charged regions at the mouth of the pore and at the constriction site. This makes the pore specific for small anions.
Ion channels are more complex than porins, generally requiring more than one subunit to form a membrane passageway. Additionally, while porins are formed from membrane-spanning b barrels, ion channels commonly span the membrane with a helices. Shown here are two different ion channels: a tetrameric bacterial potassium channel and the dipeptide antibiotic gramicidin.
Sometimes, these channel-like transporters open only when stimulated to do so, and are called gated channels. The signal could be through a ligand binding to the transporter, changes in membrane potential, changes in pH, or covalent modification by a cellular enzyme. After stimulation, the blocked gate then opens by structural changes that move a polypeptide segment out of the channel, or by a concerted conformational rotation of helices that open the pore like the iris of a camera.
Some transport proteins do not have a channel or pore, but instead bind molecules very selectively and change their structure to allow them to pass to the other side of the membrane. These "bind-and-release conformational transporters" can be classified as either uniport, symport, or antiport, depending on the number of types of solute molecules transported and the respective direction of transport.
One membrane transport protein found in the cells of the liver functions to shuttle glucose between the liver and bloodstream, and is an example of a uniport transporter, for it moves only one solute. The direction of movement is passive, or with its concentration gradient.
A good example of a symport conformational transport protein is the Na+–glucose transporter found in the renal epithelial cells of the kidney. This process is not passive, for the potential energy of a steep sodium gradient is dissipated and used to drive the movement of glucose against its concentration gradient.
The Na+,K+–ATPase that is responsible for maintaining the membrane potential so important for neural cell function is an example of an antiport transporter, and also demonstrates active transport. The free energy of ATP hydrolysis is used to drive the movement of sodium and potassium against their concentration gradients, maintaining a source of potential energy to be used by other cotransport proteins, such as the sodium-glucose transporter we described earlier.
The import of dietary glucose for use by tissues of the body brings together all elements of conformational transport. In this process, intestinal epithelial cells use uniport, symport, and antiport mechanisms to move glucose from the intestinal space into the bloodstream.
First, a sodium-potassium ATPase transporter uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to concentrate sodium outside the cells in the intestinal space. This sodium gradient is a form of stored potential energy that is used by the sodium-glucose transport protein to translocate dietary glucose from the intestinal space against its gradient into the intestinal cells. Finally, the glucose that has been brought into the cytosol of the intestinal cells flows with its concentration gradient through a glucose transporter into the bloodstream.
The hydrophobicity of membranes is a barrier to the movement of hydrophilic compounds and ions into cells and organelles. To circumvent this problem, cells produce membrane transporter proteins that facilitate the movement of these lipid-insoluble molecules. Passive transporters accelerate diffusion, moving molecules across the membrane with their concentration gradient towards equilibrium. Active transporters use free energy to move molecules against equilibrium, generating a concentration gradient.


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For first time, census data on married couples includes same-sex spouses
The Census Bureau released new data today that for the first time counted same-sex spouses along with all other married couples in its largest household survey, which, despite the new additions, showed no reversal in the long-term national decline in marriage.
The share of Americans ages 18 and older who are currently married inched downward in 2013, to 50.3%, compared with 50.5% in 2012, according to Pew Research Center calculations from the 2013 American Community Survey.
The Census Bureau estimates there were nearly 252,000 households headed by same-sex married couples in 2013, a notable increase from the 182,000 estimated in 2012, but still a small fraction of the 56 million total U.S. married couples. In the past, if two people of the same gender said they were married, the Census Bureau reclassified them as cohabiting partners.
Because there are relatively few same-sex married couples so far, Census Bureau officials and other experts do not expect the change in how they are counted to have a big impact on overall statistics for married couples. But if the number of same-sex married couples continues to rise, that could change.
In the newly released data, same-sex cohabiting partners appear to make up a smaller share of 2013 households than in 2012. This change would be expected if some same-sex couples previously counted with cohabiting couples were reclassified as married in census data, according to Gary Gates, a demographer who studies same-sex couples at the Williams Institute at UCLA Law School.
However, any Census Bureau statistics on same-sex couples should be viewed with some caution, because the agency has acknowledged problems in counting this relatively small group. The largest issue seems to be that, in filling out their forms, some people make unintentional errors, such as choosing the wrong gender for themselves or their spouses or partners, for example.
Also today, the Pew Research Center is releasing a public-use dataset from the 2013 Survey of LGBT Adults, an online survey of 1,197 self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults in the U.S. ages 18 and older. The survey found that most of these adults believe that society has become more accepting of people who are LGBT. Even so, a majority of LGBT adults report that they have been discriminated against or excluded at some point in their life because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
An SPSS file containing the dataset, along with complete documentation, are available for download.
The Census Bureau's decision to include same-sex spouses as married couples coincides with rising public support for same-sex marriage, as well as court or legislative decisions favoring it. Same-sex marriage is legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia. An additional 28 states have constitutional prohibitions against same-sex marriage.
The overall decline in marriage among adults in part reflects the rising age when people first get married. Although the median age at which Americans first marry was once in the low 20s, it's now is in the late 20s for both men and women. But other factors may also be in play: Marriage is declining most sharply for less-educated adults.
In part because marriage is so uncommon at younger ages, the Pew Research Center analyzes marriage trends for adults ages 18 and older. A recent widely cited analysis by the Martin Prosperity Institute concluding that single people make up more than half the U.S. adult population based its numbers on ages 16 and older.
Correction: A previous version of this post inaccurately said that the Census Bureau did not supply a breakout of the number of same-sex married couples.
D'Vera Cohn is a senior writer/editor focusing on immigration and demographics at Pew Research Center.
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Inclusion of same-sex marriages in the married population will cause an abrupt change in statistics such as numbers of children living in married households and similar metrics. This will affect comparative data over time. Also, the measurable differences between male and female same sex couples will be interesting to note. Policy makers may regret not collecting more definitive data on the composition of married couples right from the start.
There is a marked withdrawal in men, from the institution of marriage. They seem to be avoiding the stressors of modern married living, and the high probability that the destiny of their marriage is hostage to her filing for divorce. Therefore, likely causing him to be divested of his children, family, financial savings and property. This too, is a survivalist response, and men are factoring it into their social perspective, that it is safer for them to forgo participation in a deeply flawed and unbalanced system, rather than risk emotional capital. This trend is only going to grow and coalesce.
"The largest issue seems to be that, in filling out their forms, some people make unintentional errors, such as choosing the wrong gender for themselves or their spouses"
Gee, gay or straight, we do not know how many people are really married.


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Jealous—p'raps—knows the young lady—wouldn't have believed it prob'ly.'
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And prob'ly you noticed those posts along the road that hold the tell-tale strings.
prob'bly you don't remember it, twins, 'cause you were too little, but I do.
That was just as he died, and you can figure out how long it prob'bly took him to make those eleven knife strokes.
prob'ly his music has legs, too, and I haven't any use for such things these days.
prob'ly it wouldn't do no good for me to talk mattermony to Phar—Phar—to t'other one.
"She would want 'em herself, prob'ly, Uncle Jed," she added.
"I found it on the shore, where it was prob'ly washed up by the waves," she answered.
An' Purdy, he's prob'ly wishin', by now, that he'd listened to me.


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Attention Area Dairy Farmers
Senator Bill Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson) today announced that distribution of $30 million in aid to the state's dairy producers has begun under the New York State Dairy Assistance Program.
Over 6,000 dairy farms are eligible for this program throughout New York State.
Area dairy farmers should note the following dates:
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Most importantly, dairy producers must complete, sign and put their application in the mail by the April 27th deadline.
Producers who have not received an application by mail need to get an application as quickly as possible by:
* Printing one from the Department of Agriculture's website at www.agmkt.state.ny.us;
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The Glinka Quartet to perform
January 20, 1982
The Glinka Quartet will make its first American appearance since defecting from the Soviet Union at 8 p.m. Thursday, February 4, in the Mandeville Center Auditorium at the University of California, San Diego.
In 1978 the acclaimed Glinka Quartet disbanded when two of its members defected to the West. Shortly afterwards, however, these two - Misha Geller and Dimitri Ferschtman reformed the quartet with another Russian emigre, Zino Vinnikov, and a Dutchman, Kees Hulsmann.
The original group was founded in 1967 and was called the Moscow String Quartet. When Russian string quartets have achieved international recognition they are given the name of a great Russian composer. The group won first prize at the International Quartet Competition in Liege, Belgium, in 1969 and the name Glinka was bestowed on them.
Geller was born in Moscow in 1937. In 1962 he won the gold medal at the International Competition for Violists in Helsinki. In 1964 he formed what was later to become the Glinka Quartet. In 1978 he immigrated to the Netherlands, where he now serves as first violist in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.
Ferschtman, born in Moscow in 1945, was in addition to being a founding member of the Glinka Quartet a professor of chamber music at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory from 1969-73. In 1978 he also immigrated to the Netherlands and is presently first cellist in the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
Violinist Vinnikov was born in Tschelabinsk. In 1974 he was appointed leader of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Leningrad. In 1979 he fled to the Netherlands where he is presently the leader of the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague.
Hulsmann was born in Gouda, the Netherlands, in 1949. Since 1978 the violinist has been leader of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and was recently appointed leader of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands.
At UC San Diego the Glinka program will include Webern's "Quartet, Opus 28," Wolf's "Quartet (Italian Serenade)," Mozart's "Quartet in F, K. 590" and "Quartet No. 2, Opus 59" by Beethoven.
The concert is part of the Chamber Music Series sponsored by the University Events Office. Ticket prices are $10 and $9 and are available at the UCSD University Events Box Office, 452-4559.
For more information contact: Henry J. DeVries, 452-3120
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Normally I wouldn't be all ga-ga about baby pictures, but when the baby in question is the daughter of Milla Jovovich, it's hard to deny the cute factor. 6 month old little Ever Gabo (Yeah, yeah, celebrities name their kids weird shit, let's get over that, shall we?) is fortunate enough to have the great genes of Leeloo Dallas Multipass. Her other DNA contributor, Milla's RESIDENT EVIL director, Paul W.S. Anderson isn't all that bad looking, but this most definitely isn't another Joel/Brinkley match-up.
Jovovich blogged about having gained 70 pounds during her pregnancy, allowing herself to enjoy eating and laying off the martial arts practice while her cute little bun rose in the oven. Her appearances at Cannes this year have proven that she's yet another one of those Hollywood women who can shed baby weight with portion control, hard work and someone cooking, cleaning, and doing every other human task for them.
My bet is on Ever over Shiloh in the future for hottie status, regardless of the recently minted 2-year-old Brad Pitt look-a-like's luck in getting mommy's pouty lips. Hell, I don't care. If I'm still writing about gossip in 18 years, someone should just take my ass out to the backyard and shoot me.


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July 30, 2010
Green cloverworm populations have crashed in the last few days in many fields, partly from a fungus that is killing the larva, but also because the larger larva have pupated and turned into the moth. Moths are very easy to find in many fields. They are fairly small and tan with a snout (proboscis). The celery leaf tier moths look similar and are also common in fields where the leaf tier larva were present. Most of the leaf tier damage was done in the lower part of the soybean canopy. It skeletonizes the leaves and makes webs.
The green cloverworm moths will be laying eggs for the 3rd (last) generation of the worms, but in the past the cloverworms that hatch in August have not been very destructive because they are killed very soon by the fungus. One thing to keep in mind when debating about whether to spray soybeans with a fungicide is that the fungicide may actually help protect the cloverworms.
Japanese beetle populations do not seem to be as high as in some past years. Very few fields have reached the 20% defoliation threshold. For more information on Japanese beetles and their management, see http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/2009/0630hodgson.htm and http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/2009/0727hodgson.htm.
Soybean aphids are still at low levels in the area. The warm weather we have had recently should help to slow down their reproduction and allow beneficial insects to keep on top of them. Insecticides sprayed when aphid numbers are very low can actually create an aphid problem by killing all of the beneficials, allowing the aphid populations to explode. So far it is looking like this may be an "off year" for aphids, but the next 2-3 weeks will tell.
Sudden Death Syndrome is already showing up in some fields, so this may be another bad year for it. I haven't seen any white mold yet, but suspect it will be showing up soon. Brown spot has been common on the lower leaves in many soybean fields. I have also been seeing some frogeye leafspot already, which is early for this disease. Fungicide application can help manage these two diseases. Downy mildew and bacterial blight are also showing up in some fields. Fungicides do not prevent these two diseases because they are caused by bacteria. Most soybean fields are now in the R3 stage, which is usually the best time for fungicide applications if they are going to be made. For pictures of frogeye leafspot see X.B. Yang's website at http://ssnavi.public.iastate.edu/frogeyeleafspotpics.html.
Gray leaf spot is showing up in many fields, especially in the south. There has also been a report of southern corn leaf rust in the southern part of the area. Southern rust is much more virulent than common rust. Eyespot is more common in the north. If a fungicide is to be sprayed, it would be best if it could be done within the next week or so. Fields with hybrids that are more susceptible to foliar diseases that are showing fungal disease lesions within three leaves of the ear leaf are the fields that are most likely to respond to a fungicide application.
Several thousand acres were flooded this past week along the Wapsipinicon and Maquoketa rivers. There were reports of only corn tassels showing above the floodwaters. For corn and soybean fields that were totally submerged, it is doubtful that there will be much of a crop to harvest, so the focus should be on preparing for future year's crops. Partially submerged crops may survive, but debris will need to be removed from the field to avoid damage to harvest equipment in the fall. Pastures that were submerged for a few days will likely survive, but mud and debris will need to be removed before the pastures can be utilized.
By the time corn and soybean fields dry out enough to walk in them it will be more apparent how much of the crop will survive. One of the first things that should be done is to check out the insurance options on the crop. Even if the crop is totally destroyed, there are things that should be done this summer and fall to restore the productivity of the soil. After removing debris, any sand and gravel deposits of more than 4" will need to be removed from the fields. Silt deposits can usually be worked in to the original topsoil. Since there is now new soil in the field, the soil fertility level has likely changed so the soil should be tested for fertility before planting the next crop.
To prevent soil compaction problems, avoid running trucks and heavy equipment over the wet soils. Most soils are not dry enough for traffic until the top 5-6 inches crumble, rather than slick over or pack. A cover crop such as oats or rye can help to keep weeds under control the rest of the season and can help to dry out waterlogged soils. New weeds may have been introduced to the field in the flood, so these will need to be managed in future years. There may also have been herbicides, such as atrazine, introduced with the soil. An oat cover crop this fall would also help to identify any potential future problems with herbicides in the introduced soil. The main concern with herbicide contamination would be for fields where a late summer seeding of forages will be attempted this August. Late summer forage seedings should be done by August 10-20. For more information on reseeding flood damaged forage crops in the late summer see Steve Barnhart's article in the ISU Extension Integrated Crop Management News at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/2008/0710barnharts2.htm.
Forage grasses and legumes can withstand a few days to a week underwater, but will not perform well if the soil remains saturated for several weeks after the water recedes. Any flood debris that will harm livestock or equipment should be removed as soon as possible. If flooded areas are recovering slowly and there are concerns about the viability of the stand, dig random plants in several areas and evaluate the condition of the root systems. Legume plants with a firm taproot, creamy white in color with no evidence of root rot, and that have green and visually healthy crowns and crown buds have the greatest likelihood for survival. These plants need a week or more of sunshine and drying soils. Legume or grass plants with watery, mushy, textured roots, yellowish or tannish in color, and those with no evidence of active crown buds will be the least likely to survive, even with good growing conditions during the next few weeks. For other information on dealing with the aftermath of the flood see ISU Extension's Flood Cleanup website at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/disasterrecovery/flood.htm.
Jeff Bermal Farm on NW Corner of Keota (Corner of W15 & G32)
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Corn and soybean disease identification and management will be the focus of the tour, with scouting techniques and fungicide trial results presented by Mark Carlton, ISU Extension Field Agronomist. Free Meal Sponsored by BASF.
Northeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm, Nashua
Demonstration Garden Field Day on August 7, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Fall Field Day on August 26, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Details are and will be posted at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/eccrops/meetnerf.html.
Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm, Crawfordsville
Fall Field Day on September 15, 2010
Tentatively there will be a manure application field day in the morning followed by a "more traditional" field day in the afternoon. More details will be posted at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/eccrops/meetserc.html.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Iowa State University Extension Office.
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