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Healing Springs Animal Hospital offered a series of basic dog obedience classes this month, a seven-part series taught by dog trainers Dr. Heather Jenkins, a veterinarian at the clinic, and Stephanie Burnette.
Classes began with an orientation, where just the owners came to meet and discuss what would be covered in other classes.
The following week, owners brought their dogs along for the first time. Jenkins and Burnette led the class to a nearby barn, where there would be plenty of room to practice tricks.
The trainers began the lesson with a "meet and greet" by asking owners to unleash the animals. Puppies pounced about in one room while the bigger dogs were led into another.
Once everyone was comfortable, class began with the instructor teaching commands, such as following on a leash.
The instructor encouraged enthusiastic praising and treats as an incentive at every moment that the dogs obeyed. This not only encourages repetitive favorable behavior, but it also fosters trust between dog and owner.
"Each week, we have a specific goal for the class," said Burnette. She briefly described the lesson plans outlined in the series, naming practical commands such as sit, down and stay.
Instead of fancy tricks such as "beg" or "shake paw," Burnette and Jenkins opt for more behavioral lessons. "The concept behind our classes is to make dogs well-behaved and better family dogs," said Burnette.
Lessons such as not pulling on a leash, not jumping on visitors and obeying commands from far away serve to strengthen the master/pet dynamic, with the owner earning respect and the dog earning precious moments with their master.
The class gives the opportunity for the dogs to socialize with each other, other people, and most importantly, their owners.
"This is a great way to allow that one-on-one time with your dog every week," said Burnette. "With busy schedules, there's not necessarily a guarantee that people will find time to spend with their dogs, so it's easier have a pre-determined time set."
Working by day as a paralegal for Lyons and Mitchell, Burnette trains in her spare time with Jenkins. The two met when they brought their own dogs to the sessions, which were then taught by a different instructor.
"We both love dogs. She has five and I have six," Burnette said. Both care for therapy dogs through a group called Pet Partners.
They remained in the program with their pets for several years, and soon became good friends.
"When [the trainer] moved away, we decided that we didn't want to stop having these classes available in our area," said Burnette.
Because both had been involved with the classes for so long, Jenkins and Burnette felt comfortable in their abilities to teach. "It was a bit of a transition going from the student role to the teacher role, but we already knew the protocols," said Burnette.
For the most part, the training sessions go very smoothly. "Our biggest problem is the 'down' command," said Burnette. "'Sit' is easy, but when it comes to 'down,' it's considered very submissive so dogs [sometimes] don't want to do it," Burnette said. "We have had classes that literally took 20 minutes to get the dog in a 'down' position. What it comes down to, unfortunately, is that there has to be a winner, and that winner has to be you."
Following the beginners classes are intermediate and advanced classes. In these sessions, pets are trained off of the leash and from greater distances as the trust between dog and owner slowly grows stronger.
The ultimate trick to training a dog, Burnette says, is to stay consistent. "If you did something once a week for an hour, chances are it won't be fresh in your mind next week," Burnette explained. "Also, a lot of people think that they can teach their dog everything they want them to know in the seven-week timeframe. That's not going to happen."
Outside of classes, Burnette advises owners to spent 10 to 15 minutes training their dog each day. "More, if possible," she said.
Not only will the hard work pay off, but that time each day will help owners spend even more time with their best friend.
• For more information about programs offered through Healing Springs, call 236-5103.
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Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon
It is our view that God oversaw the collection of the Canon of the New Testament by providence
God's providence gave us the 27 book New Testament Canon, not the church. God, not men decided the canon. This providence does not mean that church leaders were inspired in their selecting the canon, only that God had his eye on the scriptures the whole time and brought about His will to form the Bible we see today!
This of course does not mean that there was direct inspiration in the many men who were part of the process, just that God, in His providence, achieved His goal of a 27 book canon. For example the late 4th century councils that drafted lists of 27 books, were merely rubber stamping what had long been the universal standard for the majority of Christians.
By 100AD, all 27 books of the New Testament were in circulation and all but Hebrews, 2 Peter, James, 2 Jn, 3 Jn, Revelation were universally accepted.
"All of these elements -the notation of the nomina sacra, the codex form, the uniform arrangement and number of writings in the manuscript tradition, the formulation of the titles, and the evidence indicating that the collection was called "New Testament" from the very beginning- are evidence of a careful final redaction. These editorial features did not originate with the authors of the individual writings. They serve to combine disparate material into a collection and to create the impression of a cohesive literary unit for readers of the work. Furthermore, these elements are so idiosyncratic that they cannot be credited to several independently operating editors but must be the work of a single editorial entity." (The first edition of the New Testament, David Trobisch, p 44, 2000)
"But this question, like most over which Christians disagree, is not the cutting edge of what Christianity is all about...there was division everywhere in the church on the books that might be called the 'fringe,' but there was very little disagreement over what was at the core of the matter...The division of opinion...was not over the core, but over the 'fringe.'" (The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, Lee M. MacDonald, 1995, p 132)
Basilides was a Gnostic heretic who lived about 117-138 AD. Basilides, however, quoted from 1 Corinthians prefacing the quote with: "the scripture says".
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A. The use of "Nomina Sacra": Although non-inspired books also contained these abbreviations for special words, it does prove the existence of a special collection of books.
B. The Codex Form rather than scrolls. It is quite amazing, but the New Testament breaks with the Old Testament tradition of using scrolls and used book form (codex) right from the very beginning.
C. That books were distributed within four sets of collections: Gospels, Paul's letters, Catholic epistles, Revelation. So consistent are the sets of collections, that there are standard symbols used in the study of Bible manuscripts to designate each collection.
D. Uniform Arrangement within each category: Generally there was a similar order of books like Matthew, Mark Luke and John within the gospel collection. Although there were exceptions to the ordering of the books, they were often very similar.
E. Number Of Writings within each category: 4 gospels, Paul's letters etc., Catholic epistles, Revelation.
F. Formulation Of The Titles: The titles (ie. Gospel according to Matthew, etc.) were added at a later date by those who compiled the letters into one volume. Although the titles are not inspired, the fact that all the manuscripts employ the same titles for each book, strongly argues for an early and unified canon of scripture.
"In view of the unanimity on this point of the tradition of the Church which can be traced back to the beginning of the second century, we are justified in assuming that the Epistle [Ephesians] had this title [in Ephesus 1:1] when it was incorporated into the collection of Pauline letters which afterwards came into general circulation in the Church." (Introduction To The New Testament, Theodor Zahn, 1909 p 481)
G. The Collection Was Called "New Testament"
H. Marcion's restricted canon: 125-144 AD
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I. Roman Catholic and Orthodox confuse the issue:
"The second big surprise came when I realized that the first complete listing of New Testament books as we have them today did not appear until over 300 years after the death and resurrection of Christ. (The first complete listing was given by St. Athanasius in his Paschal Letter in A.D. 367.)" (Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein, Orthodox churchman, 1994, p 6)
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Clugston, Richard M. Higher Education, Strong Sustainability, The Earth Charter, and Rio+20. 2011
Despite 25 years of global chatter about sustainable development, climate change, poverty alleviation, and so on, we are making insufficient progress toward a just, sustainable and peaceful future for all. In fact, on the majority of indicators of sustainability, things are getting worse. National governments pursue their own narrow short term interests, civil society is fragmented, multinational corporations shape the global agenda to achieve short term profits with little real concern for the environmental and social dimensions of a triple bottom line.
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Colleges and universities in the United States have increased their efforts to incorporate sustainability in their academic programs and operations. Yet most of this progress is adding sustainability material to a small set of disciplines and professions (e.g, ecology, architecture, environmental law, etc.), and achieving eco-efficiency gains in the campus' energy use and in the design and operations of buildings and grounds.
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This paper argues that if we are to meet the sustainability challenges of our time, colleges and universities will need to teach and practice a deeper form of sustainability than just ecoefficiency and 'greening' a small set of courses. The Earth Charter points to what this deeper form of sustainability might be, and over the 20 years as the Earth Charter was drafted and put into practice, a wealth of Earth Charter education materials have been developed to help inform changes in the critical dimensions of university life.
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EC-Assess is intended to be a community-wide process that draws on and combines the perceptions of critical stakeholders. Thus, to do EC-Assess properly, we would need to involve FGCU administration, faculty, staff, and students and draw on participants' various perspectives on the institution's commitment to and actions for Earth Charter Principles and Supporting Principles.
The Earth Charter, as a document and the focus of a social movement, is making a catalytic contribution to accelerating our transition to sustainable ways of living. Its integrated ethical vision increasingly serves as an inspiration as well as a "standard by which the conduct of all individuals, organizations, businesses, governments and transnational institutions are to be guided and assessed" (Earth Charter, 2000, Preamble, paragraph six). Over the 20 years that individuals and organizations have been drafting the Earth Charter and translating it into action, the Earth Charter has been used as an assessment framework for local and state governments, corporations and NGO's.
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Twenty years after the declarations from the Earth Summit in Rio, the world faces an unattenuated host of problems that threaten the goal of sustainable development. The challenge to cooperatively solve socio-ecological problems has been portrayed in Garrett Hardin's essay "The Tragedy of the Commons". While this paper remains controversial, it has inspired a vast number of theoretical, experimental, and empirical contributions that have clarified the mechanisms of collective action problems and suggested ways to overcome these. This article reviews the recent game-theoretic research in this field.
Hardin's paper "The Tragedy of the Commons" [
Hardin's paper has in many ways coined the term for this very common problem where benefits from an action are private but the costs are borne by all. However, an analysis of the problem that Hardin formulated does in fact not yield a "Tragedy of the Commons" as it is conventionally understood in game-theoretic terms. Neither does "freedom in a commons bring ruin to all" [
Two themes run through this review, namely the issues of coordination and cooperation. Let me introduce these concepts with the help of two examples. Consider first the following situation: There are two actors (players): One who likes to listen to Stravinsky, and another, who likes to listen to Bach. Now picture that both are at work and agree to go a concert (both prefer to go to a concert together rather than alone) but they have not decided where to meet. So, if Player 1 goes to the Bach concert and his partner goes there, too, 1 gets a payoff of 2 and Player 2 gets a payoff of 1. If Player 1 go to the Stravinsky concert and Player 2 goes there too, 1 get a payoff of 1 and 2 gets a payoff of 2. But if Player 1 goes to the Bach concert and Player 2 goes to the Stravinsky concert (or vice versa), both are alone and get a payoff of zero. (See
Bach or Stravinsky: A game of coordination.
This is very different in the second example, the "Prisoner's dilemma". The story here is that there are two robbers that have been caught, but the police have no evidence who the main culprit is. If both robbers cooperate and do not talk, the police cannot do anything and both robbers get only a slight punishment. If however one of the robbers defects and speaks to the police and tells the officers that the other one did it while he was merely standing by, the defector will be set free and the other robber will go to jail for a long sentence. If both robbers talk to the police, both will get punished, although they do get some reduction as they have talked to the police. (See
Prisoner's dilemma: A game of cooperation.
How do non-cooperative games play out in situations where a good is shared by all? Let me start out by quoting the original passage in Hardin's article that is the basis of his metaphor. It is a situation where a group of herdsmen put cows on a common pasture:
As a rationale being, each herdsman seeks to maximize his gain. Explicitly or implicitly, more or less consciously, he asks, "what is the utility to me of adding one more animal to my herd?" This utility has a negative and a positive component.
(1) The positive component is a function of the increment of one animal. Since the herdsman receives all the proceeds from the sale of the additional animal, the positive utility is nearly +1.
(2) The negative component is a function of the additional overgrazing created by one more animal. Since, however, the effects of overgrazing are shared by all [...], the negative utility for any particular decision-making herdsman is only a fraction of −1.
Adding together the component particular utilities, the rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit—in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination towards which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. [
Partha Dasgupta [
An essay to capture Hardin's game in normal form.
There are several issues with Hardin's metaphor. First, it is not clear who is "all". Commonly, "all" is interpreted as "open-access", meaning that there are no barriers to enter the pasture and that the number of players is in fact indeterminate. Under open access, effort will enter until all rents/profits are dissipated. There are two things to say about this argument: First, common property is not nobody's property. Quite to the opposite, common property belongs to an often well-defined group of people and in many cases institutions and social norms exist that regulate the harvesting/extraction of the communally owned property, so that it is managed in a more or less sustainable way. Second, if the characterization of open-access is correct, then the individual actor plays such a small part that his actions have only a negligible effect on the other players. In this case, Game Theory plays no role.
Furthermore, Hardin's metaphor is criticized on the grounds that it contains a dynamic dimension which should be treated explicitly. For example, Brekke
In order to discuss the effect of non-cooperative harvesting, one needs a benchmark of optimal dynamic resource management. Consider therefore the canonical model of renewable resource use [
Equation (1) says that the objective of a social planner is to maximize the Net-Present-Value from harvesting the resource by choosing the appropriate level of effort
We can see that it is linear in the control variable E so that whenever the term in the squared brackets is negative, it is best to set effort to zero, and whenever the term in the squared brackets is positive, it is best to set effort to its maximum level (technically, the optimal strategy is of the bang/bang type):
In other words, when the initial stock level is low, it is optimal to let the stock grow until it has reached the optimal level and then just take out what is re-growing in equilibrium. In contrast, with a high initial stock size, the stock is "harvested down" to the optimal level as fast as possible.
Turning to a dynamic game, one sees that the problem for player
Let me illustrate the outcome of a game with two symmetric players (see, for example [
Stock development under optimal and non-cooperative management. (
Now let me turn to a game where the players are asymmetric in the sense that player
Stock development under non-cooperative management. (
Considering a situation where there are three or more asymmetric players, the stock will be reduced until the first (least efficient) player leaves the fishery. But the two remaining players can also not cooperate on keeping the stock at that level. The situation will be just as before and only the most efficient player will remain in the fishery. He or she obtains some rents, but these are limited by the threat of re-entry of the second-most efficient player. It is plain to see that as the number of players with unique marginal effort cost increases, rents will be dissipated, but all rents will only be dissipated as this number tends to infinity.
To sum up, although Hardin's simile of the pasture's problem does not lend itself to a formal model while maintaining the same properties that Hardin claimed, formal dynamic models can be constructed that lead to the total dissipation of rents.
Among the most prominent scholars who have criticized Hardin's essay and its dismal implications is the Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom. She highlights that Hardin's essay is overly pessimistic and warns that those who blindly advocate formal property rights solutions might do more harm than good. There are many empirical examples of successful community management and introducing formal property rights and other external laws in these regimes might crowd out existing informal arrangements. There is by now also ample evidence from lab-experiments that people are not only rational, narrowly self-interested maximizers. In many lab-games, where self-interest would dictate zero contributions to a public good, many people actually do contribute significant sums. Thus, there are not only "rational maximizers" but also "conditional cooperators" and "willing punishers". To quote Ostrom [
In her work, Ostrom identifies a series of factors that are crucial for success, which can be paraphrased as follows (for an original elaboration see [
To illustrate, imagine that a prisoner's dilemma game (
Illustration of two-phase punishment scheme in [
When all players follow this two-phase punishment scheme, no player has an incentive to stray from the path of cooperation, but also note that—and this is important—a deviating player has no incentive to not accept the punishment and all other players have no incentive to not punish. This two-phase punishment strategy ensures cooperation as long as the rents from cooperating are large enough, there are not too many players, and the future is not discounted too heavily.
In many ways, the climate problem is the "tragedy of the commons" in inverse: Here the benefits (avoidance of dangerous climate change) are public but the costs (of abatement) are private. Hence every country has an incentive to free-ride on the abatement effort of the others. As the local commons analyzed in the previous section, the climate problem is essentially a dynamic stock problem. That is, the strategic interactions play out over the level of the stock variable that is shared by all players. However, cooperation in the climate commons is extremely difficult to establish and enforce. It fails on almost all aspects that Ostrom found to be critical for successful management. In particular, the climate system differs from the local commons discussed above, namely, it is a global commons. This implies that the damages from climate change are potentially unbounded, whereas in a local commons the players could always secure themselves a payoff of zero. They could simply leave the fishery, but one cannot leave this planet (at least not today).
In the following, I will discuss three recent papers that deal with different aspects of establishing cooperation in the commons. In the first paper, Heitzig
In contrast, Mason
The last paper I want to mention on this topic is a working paper from Scott Barrett [
However, when the location of the threshold is uncertain, then coordination is ineffective. Technically speaking, the expected damage function is continuous again. Figuratively speaking, the players are walking towards the edge of a cliff, but it is so foggy that they do not see anything and do not know where exactly to stop. Then each individual has an incentive to just take one more tiny step. We are back again in a situation where cooperation is necessary, but very difficult to enforce.
This is clearly an exiting and most important area of research. One approach could be to merge the idea of a relative punishment scheme to enforce cooperation with a more realistic modeling of the climate change situation by means of a dynamic game. Progress towards solving the collective action problems that humanity faces will only be made if both the natural and social aspects of the respective problem are appreciated and understood. A deep understanding in turn is only possible when people with different points of view come together and discuss. It is exactly by raising discussion, by provoking research, and by providing a focal point of consent or dissent that Hardin's metaphor of the "Tragedy of the Commons" has deeply influenced the way we think about current socio-ecological challenges. One may object to his analysis and his conclusions, but as pointed out in the epigraph to his article, achieving sustainable development still requires, at its root, a change of human relationships with the environment.
I would like to thank Nils Christian Stenseth for his support and comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. This research is funded by NorMER, a Nordic Centre of Excellence for Research on Marine Ecosystems and Resources under Climate Change.


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Idaho followed Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah, and Wisconsin in enacting similar measures.
Fox grew up in Ketchum, Idaho—the Hemingway home base for decades and where she still frequently visits.
Eight o'clock of the following morning found the Idaho crowd on its way down Lake Linderman.
Certainly there was room enough, plenty of room, that was much nearer than Idaho.
From southern Wyoming to Idaho was too far, he reasoned, to make it worth while stating his exact place of residence.
"If you are tired you should try the ranges of Idaho," Mr. Clark said.
I wished to ask him not to use his political influence in Idaho against Senator Fred.
c.1860, as a place name, originally applied to part of what is now eastern Colorado (Idaho Territory organized 1863; admitted as a state 1890); from Kiowa-Apache (Athabaskan) idaahe "enemy," a name applied by them to the Comanches.
State in the Rocky Mountains bordered by British Columbia, Canada, to the north; Montana and Wyoming to the east; Utah and Nevada to the south; and Oregon and Washington to the west. Its capital and largest city is Boise.


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For carbon, the basis of life, to be able to form in the stars, a certain state of the carbon nucleus plays an essential role. In cooperation with US colleagues, physicists from the University of Bonn and Ruhr-Universität Bochum have been able to calculate this legendary carbon nucleus, solving a problem that has kept science guessing for more than 50 years.
The researchers published their results in the coming issue of the scientific journal Physical Review Letters.
"Attempts to calculate the Hoyle state have been unsuccessful since 1954," said Professor Dr. Ulf-G. Meißner (Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik der Universität Bonn). "But now, we have done it!" The Hoyle state is an energy-rich form of the carbon nucleus. It is the mountain pass over which all roads from one valley to the next lead: From the three nuclei of helium gas to the much larger carbon nucleus. This fusion reaction takes place in the hot interior of heavy stars. If the Hoyle state did not exist, only very little carbon or other higher elements such as oxygen, nitrogen and iron could have formed. Without this type of carbon nucleus, life probably also would not have been possible.


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If you can't hard-code the speed and duplex on both sides of the
ethernet link you shouldn't do it at all. If you do, you're setting
yourself up for reliability and performance problems.
What you are describing (host forced to 100 full, switch set to
auto-negotiate and deciding to use 100 half) is exactly what the
Ethernet specification says should happen when two ethernet devices are
unable to use N-Way autonegotiation.
The best thing to do would be to set the switch port properly, but if
the ISP won't help the only real solution you have is to leave the
Soekris at it's defaults, which are to auto-negotiate the link parameters.
Holger Bauer wrote:
> I'm at a loss and that ISP-provided device is out of my control and
> they only allow that one default configuration. No way to change it
> unfortunately.
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We gave it a B-
As if seeing Jim Caviezel get whipped to a bloody pulp on the big screen wasn't enough, you can now enjoy The Passion of the Christ at home, presented with a "maximum bit rate" (a fancy way of saying it's a nice-looking transfer), thereby making the graphic torture scenes that much more graphic. But alas, the disc is bonus feature-free. (Sorry, no blooper reel.)
While most of "The Passion"'s controversy is over the film's portrayal of Jews (although the Romans don't come off so hot either), is the rest of it any good? Well, the acting and cinematography are competent, but your feelings about the film probably depend on whether you view this depiction of Jesus' last 12 hours as excessive or uncompromising.


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Consider the dilemma of the scientist who must choose between hundreds of potential research subjectsall desperate to participate in a study testing a promising new treatment for their terminal cancer. What criteria determines who is accepted? Who decides?
Or the scientist who discovers that one of her now-healthy research subjects has a good chance of developing a devastating neurological condition that will be passed on to her children. Should the young woman be notified? Does her fiancee have the right to know, as well?
Unlike most researchers conducting basic academic research, scientists working in the field of human genetics at the Medical Center are often faced with questions like thesequestions with troubling ethical and serious legal ramifications. To help answer these difficult questions, they turn to the faculty, staff and community experts who volunteer to serve on the U-Ms Genome Ethics Committee.
The scientific, ethical and policy issues addressed by the Genome Ethics Committee were discussed at an Aug. 29 briefing for about 20 legislators and policy-makers at the Medical Center. Convened in 1991 by George Zuidema, then-vice provost for medical affairs, the 42-member committee addresses all ethical and legal concerns associated with genetics research at the Human Genome Center and clinical applications at the Medical Center.
The U-M is the first research-oriented university to organize a committee devoted to societal goals and values related to genetics research, said Toby Citrin, director of community and government relations at the School of Public Health, who chairs the committee.
Organized into five subcommittees, the Genome Ethics Committee provides advice to clinicians and basic scientists; acts as a bridge to the general public; advises policy-makers on laws, professional standards and policies related to genetics; and stimulates research on the ethical and legal implications of the Human Genome Projecta federally-funded research program to identify and map all human genes by the year 2005.
Our hope is that by giving the public an advance look at whats around the corner and providing information on the potential benefits and harms of genetic research, we can improve public policy before a crisis occurs, Citrin said.


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Although a car tow dolly can be useful in some situations, for the most part, they are only good to tow smaller front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicles.
Some car dollies are also able to tow rear-wheel drive (RWD) and four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicles. The weight that can be towed by the car dolly in regards to the RWD and AWD is normally a little higher than the FWD and AWD however, it is important to note that the driveshaft needs to be removed from these cars in order for it to be towed.
Popular Car Tow Dolly Capacities
The most popular tow dollies are those that can tow a maximum of 3,500 lbs. for FWD and AWD cars and 3900 lbs. for RWD and 4WD cars.
Vehicles that weigh 3,500 lbs. or less include most cars that are part of the mid-size category or smaller. Certain full-size cars such as the Nissan Maxima (especially older models) weigh less than 3,500 lbs. however in 2009 the Maxima was redesigned and now weighs 3,565 lbs. therefore it is a little over the limit.
This means that most car dollies will be able to tow FWD and AWD mini-compact cars, subcompact cars, compact cars and mid-size cars.
Vehicle Examples:
Examples of mini-compact cars are:
- Audi TT
- MINI Cooper
Examples of sub-compact cars:
- Nissan Versa
- Chevrolet Aveo
- Toyota Yaris
Examples of compact cars:
- Mazda 3
- Honda Civic
- Toyota Corolla
- Hyundai Elantra
Examples of mid-size cars:
- Buick Regal
- Ford Fusion
- Subaru Legacy
- Chevrolet Malibu
RWD and 4WD vehicles may be towed with a car tow dolly if they are less than 3,900 lbs and the driveshaft is removed to prevent transmission damage. That would mean all large cars including some mid-size station wagons can be towed by a car dolly.
Some RWDs that can be towed:
- Ford Mustang
- Hyundai Genesis
4WD vehicles are mostly bigger vehicles such as SUVs that would weigh too much to be towed; however, there are a few AWD/4WD cars that would be small enough to be towed such as:
- All Subaru models
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
- Toyota Matrix
With extensive research, it is even possible to find a car tow dolly that can carry about 5,000 lbs. However, these are not recommended as a bigger car like this should be towed on a car trailer which is much safer for these big vehicles.
Things to Remember When Using a Car Tow Dolly
It is not only important to remember that the driveshaft needs to be removed when towing a AWD or RWD vehicle with a car dolly, some experts even recommend that these not be used on car dollies at all as it could be dangerous for the car. Before attempting to tow any car with a car dolly, it is important to check the vehicle owner's manual and to do some research in order to find out whether or not it is safe to use a car tow dolly to tow your car.


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"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." (Psalm 139:7-10)
If you like to play hide-and-seek, it is probably fun for you to think about hiding places. Maybe when you visit a new place or go to someone else's house, you scout out all the best places to hide. If you're good at finding hiding places, the "seeker" probably has to spend a long time looking for you. There may even have been times when you've hidden so well that he's given up looking for you!
In Psalm 139, David was thinking about hiding places, but not because he wanted to play a game. He was thinking about how impossible it is to run away and hide from God. In the first part of the psalm, he wrote about God's very personal knowledge of His creatures. He thought about how God knows every move we make, every word we say, and even the thoughts that go through our minds! When we think about a God who knows us so deeply and personally, we might feel like we want to get away and hide from Him – especially when we consider that we're sinners and He is holy.
David considered several places he might go. Perhaps he could go up into the sky – even into outer space. Or maybe he could go to the world beyond the grave – the world where people go after they die. Perhaps he could go as far east as the sunrise, or to the farthest reaches of the sea. Do those sound like good hiding places? The problem is, none of those are places a person can hide from God. God's presence fills the earth and the sky. He is there, no matter where we go, no matter how much we might want to run away from Him.
In verse 10, David thinks about the fact that God is loving. His gentle, strong hand is actually leading us when we try to run from Him, and wherever we end up, His hand takes hold of us there. We can never run away or hide from Him.
What are some ways you try to "run away" from God? Do you close up your heart when He speaks to you through His Word or through your pastor's preaching? Do you refuse to cooperate with Him when He shows you a need to forgive someone or to change your attitude? Do you try to shrug off something He tells you to do because you know it will make you uncomfortable?
Since God is loving, why would we want to be apart from Him? The Bible says that the best place to be is in His presence (Philippians 1:23). It is only there that we can have "fullness of joy" (Psalm 16:11). Being close to Him, loving Him, and obeying Him is the very best thing for every one of us.
We can never run away from God.
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An Everlasting Light
Isaiah 60:19-20 – "The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."
No, because Christians must still fight against the flesh. But even though a Christian cannot gain perfect freedom from all sin in this life, increasing Christlikeness and fellowship with Christ should be his goal. Romans 7:21 – "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me."
The Biblical word "glorification" means that each believer will one day be given a perfect resurrected body like Christ's. Those who trust Christ will experience victory over the death that was caused by the fall of Adam and Eve. 1 Corinthians 15:26 – "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
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Chicago • Brandon Marshall saw the grin on Jay Cutler's face, and that was all it took to put him at ease.
The Chicago Bears were trailing again. Time was running out. "That's when you want that type of quarterback," Marshall said.
Robbie Gould kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired after Cutler rallied the Bears in the fourth quarter for a 23-22 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
The Bears trailed 19-7 in the fourth period when the game turned in a big way.
Chicago (6-1) took over on the Carolina 38 after Brad Nortman shanked a 6-yard punt, and Cutler connected with Kellen Davis on a 12-yard scoring pass with just under 7 minutes left.
On Carolina's next play from scrimmage, Steve Smith slipped on an out pattern and Tim Jennings returned his second interception of the game 25 yards to make it 20-19. The pass failed on the 2-point attempt.
Cam Newton drove the Panthers to the Chicago 27, and Justin Medlock's 45-yard field goal hit the right upright and went through to put Carolina ahead 22-20 with 2:27 remaining. But Cutler moved the Bears 55 yards to the 23-yard line, going 6 of 7 before Gould nailed his winner.
"[Cutler] gets up smiling," Marshall said. "I'm sitting here shaking a little bit of the cold weather, a little bit of (being) nervous and he just starts smiling like, 'Well, here we go.' It just put me at ease right away. The guys feel that vibe and they play off of it."


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Labrador City has eight new millionaires-in-waiting, soon to be splitting the $30 million Lotto Max jackpot.
The United Rentals group learned of their winnings Saturday, July 5. Split evenly, the take will be $3.75 million per person. Although winning ticket was announced as being sold in Labrador City, the win has not been officially declared.
The ticket is on its way to Moncton, N.B., where the Atlantic Lottery head office will complete a security and financial check.
Danielle Pieroni, winner experience co-ordinator for Atlantic Lottery,
said while the winners are anxious to receive the big cheque, the security check should only take a few days.
"If any of the winners have a connection with the Atlantic Lottery or the Gaming Board or a retailer that sells tickets then there's a wait before we can pay the money."
Kelly Tricco is one of the winners waiting for her chance to hold the giant cheque. When asked how she feels being a new millionaire, she told The Aurora she was "very excited."
It's the second big win for lottery players in Labrador City this year; a group of 16 Carol Auto employees split $1 million on a 6/49 ticket in January.
Pieroni said she sees lots of groups share the prize money.
"It's not unusual because many people play the lottery in groups, whether it's with family members or co-workers or friends. Those tickets have as much chance of winning as anyone else's."
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Kalkaska. Great property at a great price. You won't find a better deal in Kalkaska County. Check it out!
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- Middle School: Kalkaska Middle School
- Property ID: 103965989
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- Lot Area: 40.36
- County: Kalkaska
- Elementary School: Birch Street Elementary School
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- High School: Kalkaska High School
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The House last night overwhelmingly passed (411 to 6) its veterans and military construction budget plan which would boost funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs to more than $120 billion for fiscal 2011, a jump of more than $11 billion from this year's levels.
Much of that increase is tied up medical care for veterans; Veterans Health Administration officials estimates they will treat more than 6.1 million patients in 2011, including more than 439,000 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. The VA also will pay out potentially millions more in Agent Orange claims next year, after expanding the list of illnesses linked to the Vietnam War chemical defoliant late last fall.
The House plan, which still must be approved by the Senate before it becomes law, also calls for a $410 million increase in mental health services from fiscal 2010 levels (including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury care); a $696 million increase for homeless veterans assistance programs; a $377 million increase for health care system efficiencies; and a $9 million increase for medical and prosthetic research.
It also sets aside $50.6 billion in advance funding for fiscal 2012, to ensure VA medical programs aren't disrupted if Congress fails to adopt next year's budget before fiscal 2012 begins. In past years debate over the VA budget has drug several months past the start of each new fiscal year, leaving some programs short-staffed or without enough funding to continue.
White House officials said funding veterans care and benefits would be a major budget focus during this administration, and if approved the House plan would give the VA a nearly 30 percent increase in funds since President Barack Obama took office. In fiscal 2002, before the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, the VA budget sat at just under $52 billion. Eight years later, it has more than doubled.


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A distinctive medley of neo-classical knobs and rope rosettes, the Newport is one of our most versatile entry sets - it goes with everything from Victorian to neo-traditional modern. Grandeur's vintage-style designs are enhanced with high-tech mechanics, resulting in silky smooth, trouble-free operation unlike anything you've ever experienced. Created expressly for modern, pre-drilled doors, installation is quick and easy for professionals or home owners alike. Exceptional solid brass forgings and a 10 year warranty make Grandeur entry hardware the perfect choice for your fine home.Door set dimensions: Decorative brass doorknobs measure 2 1/4" in diameter. Newport rosettes are 2 5/8" in diameter.Latch dimensions: Backset is 2 3/8" or 2 3/4" - specify when ordering. Latch case: 1" diameter. Latch face plate: 2 1/4" H x 1" W.Deadbolt specs: Diameter of face plate is 2 5/8". The deadbolt has a pick-resistant Schlage C keyway and a 1" throw. Multiple sets on one order will be keyed alike unless otherwise requested. To key individually or to match a specific key number, please call to place your order.This set will fit doors from 1 3/4" - 2" in thickness, with a minimum 5 1/2" center to center boring for the latch and deadbolt. A "thick door kit" for doors from 2" - 2 1/2" in thickness is available for a small fee. Please call for details.
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Ideally, Jay Henry and his staff at the State Crime Lab would take just three weeks to analyze the DNA, ballistics and fingerprint evidence that helps put criminals behind bars or exonerates the innocent.
Instead, budget cuts between 2008 and 2010 reduced nearly 30 percent of the lab's funds. That, paired with a steadily increasing caseload, has pushed expected average completion times to nearly 80 days for crimes that aren't given the priority of a violent felony.
Henry said the lab handles requests from 140 agencies around Utah and takes on 15 to 20 new cases per week, piling on existing cases and leaving the staff of six under Henry frustrated.
"Any of the cases that are submitted to the laboratory, they do get completed," Henry, the director of the lab in the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services, said. "But, it's the amount of time it takes to get a case out that is our biggest challenge."
For state prosecutors, stalled results can be devastating while trying to build a case. Excessive lab delays can cause valuable evidence to be excluded from trial or force judges to continue trials, allowing the suspect to be released until a new round of trials is scheduled.
"That would be fatal to an identity case where you are relying on the DNA," said Chad Grunander, deputy Utah County attorney.
Grunander said the lab will get the results quickly if the case is a pressing matter, but said he has noticed a lag in evidence for some of his prosecutions. He highlighted the Ramon Somoza case from last year, when delayed lab results pushed introduction of DNA evidence to the limit. Somoza was convicted in September 2011 on three felony counts, including first-degree murder.
"We have experienced some backlog for sure," Grunander said. "I think that there is no doubt they are understaffed up there."
One solution may be outsourcing some analysis to privately operated labs, which the state already does to collect saliva samples of convicted offenders, Henry said.
Grunander said he has approached an independent lab to analyze a weapon used in a violent rape and attempted murder case. However, he said it's cost-prohibitive to rely on those labs except in rare instances.
"Of course, we had to spend the money to do that, and it's not cheap," Grunander said. "Whereas if we used the [state] lab, it's paid for through the state and we don't have to spend extra funds for it."
Henry said the heavy workload is only part of the delay problem, citing responsibilities of lab analysts to act as experts in court testimony and as crime-scene responders who gather DNA samples.
"All of those things just combine to eat our time up," Henry said.
Criminal defense attorneys are also feeling the effects of the congested crime lab.
James Retallick, a defense attorney practicing in Ogden, said he understands the lab must prioritize cases, but the lengthy process could leave the accused with an extended prison stay before case arguments even begin.
"When the client is stuck in jail, it becomes rather frustrating and it could rise to the level of depriving one of his constitutional rights to a speedy trial," Retallick said.
He singled out a case in which analysis of a weapon used in an aggravated assault took nearly eight months. A significant wait could force some defendants to accept plea bargains for crimes they didn't commit in order to get out from behind bars, he said.
"They may waive on a case where they may be right," Retallick said. "It might not be a controlled substance and it may test in their favor, but they'll take the deal just to get out of jail."
Henry said improving communication between lab workers, investigators and prosecutors is a quick solution, but said long-term he is hoping for instantaneous results as technology advances in the forensics field.
"You look at the cost savings that you can get with accurate facts right at the scene or right after the scene," Henry said. "That seems to be pretty invaluable to me."
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Toxicology results coming back faster
While the state crime lab is backlogged, the state forensic toxicology lab is faring better. It processes evidence in 12 days on average, with 100 percent completed within 30 days, Bureau Director Gambrelli Layco said.
Layco said the lab receives around 8,000 cases every year and performs 51,000 tests, attributing the quick testing to streamlining work processes.


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Tammys flat iron waves
Posted in Reader Submitted Photos on August 9th, 2010 by Reagan
Tags: fine hair, flat irons, your pictures
Ive never seen her hair look better She also curled both of my daughters hair that day and they all looked beautiful. (not sure why she didnt offer to do mine.)
Thanks Reagan!
What a beautiful job you did Tammy! I cant figure out how people can flat iron their own hairmaybe Im just not that coordinated:)! Love to see a video on that!
my hair is this exact color and cut, just a teeny bit shorter. i flat iron it straight every day. i must figure this out for myself, because i would love it.
So I tried this. I tried for an hour and could not get it to work. These look so good! I wish I could figure it out!!
There is no denying that woman wearing high heels, aesthetics from either posture upright degrees, or walking for the full charm.
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The Chemoaffinity Hypothesis proposes that axons differentially recognize chemical signals produced by target matching cells. In this way, neurons connect only to specific cells or groups of cells. This selective recognition is the basis for establishing proper functional neuronal connections. The Chemoaffinity Hypothesis was first proposed by the neuropsychologist Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 - April 17, 1994), and is based on classic experiments performed on frogs.
When first proposed, the Chemoaffinity Hypothesis stood in contrast to a competing model called the Resonance Hypothesis. The Resonance Hypothesis predicts nonspecific neuronal connections during early developmental stages. Functional circuits are created by activity dependent rewiring of the initial random connections. Both classic and modern experiments seem to support the Chemoaffinity Hypothesis over the Resonance Hypothesis, making it the most widely accepted model of neuronal wiring.
Early Experiments
In the early 1940, Roger Sperry performed a series of experiments on the visual system of frog. In his experiments, the eye of a frog is severed from the original connection to the tectum, and then rotated 180o and re-implanted. The retinal ganglion cells are able to re-generate axons that project back to the tectum, and re-establish functional synapses. Insterestingly, this rotation of the eye resulted in a subjectively inverted visual world for these frogs: when attracted by a fly in its upper visual field, the frog always lunges downwards. This inappropriate behavior strongly implied that the frog behaves as if its entire visual world is inverted.
These experiments led to the conclusions that when original optic connections were severed, the regenerating axons of the retina grow back to their original location in the tectum and re-established these well-organized connections. Based on these conclusions, Sperry proposed that spatial gradients of chemical cues expressed by tectal cells likely mediate this process during development, i.e. each optic fiber and each tectal neuron possessed chemical cues that uniquely determined their neuronal type and position and optic fibers could utilize these cues to selectively navigate to their predetermined target cell. This inference was subsequently formulated into a general explanation of how neurons form well-organized connections during development and became known as the chemoaffinity hypothesis.
Trophic Interactions in Chemoaffinity
Neurotrophic signaling has two major functions: 1) determining the survival of a specific subset of neurons from an initial larger population, and 2) forming and maintaining axonal connections. Neurons depend on a minimum amount of trophic factors to survive and for preserving their target connections. If the chemoaffinity hypothesis states that nerve cells bear chemical labels to help determine their connectivity, then where and when are these chemical components produced? Trophic factors are synthesized by target tissues and made available to developing neurons in order to guide their potential axonal pathway. In addition, these targets produce trophic factors only in limited amounts, such that developing neurons must compete for the available factor to maintain survival (See Fire Together, Wire Together section for more). One commonly studied trophic molecule, nerve growth factor (NGF), is a protein that has given support to the above assumptions of how axons are attracted to target synapses.
Rita Levi-Montalcini and Viktor Hamburger discovered NGF at Washington University in the 1950s (later got Nobel Prize). Their experiments provided evidence that targets play a major role in determining neuronal populations. Hamburger et al. removed a limb bud from a chick embryo, and at later embryonic stages, he saw a striking reduction in the number of nerve cells in the corresponding portains of the spinal cord where the bud was removed. Hence, it seemed that neurons in the spinal cord competed with one another for a limited chemical resource at the target, since the original amount of "target compound" was greatly reduced following amputation of the limb bud. However, neurons that would have died were then rescued by manually providing the target trophic factor (in this case, by transplanting a limb bud back to the embryo). In support of this idea, adding an extra limb bud to the embyro resulted in an abnormally large number of limb motor neurons. Levi-Montalcini then used a bioassay to isolate and characterize the target molecule: NGF.
More than four decades of work throughout various laboratories have demonstrated that NGF mediates cell survival and neurite growth (The term neurite is used to describe neuronal branches when it is unclear whether they are axons or dendrites) among two neuronal populations: sympathetic and sensory (a subpopulation) ganglions. Observations of the effects of NGF as a chemotrophic molecule have defined four criteria that must be satisfied before concluding that a certain molecule is a trophic factor:
1.) There is death of relevant neurons in the absence of this trophic factor;
2.) There is survival of a surplus of neurons when levels of this trophic factor are augmented;
3.) There is presence and production of this trophic factor in neuronal targets;
4.) There exists receptors for this trophic factor in innervating nerve terminals.
Meyer, R. L., 1998, Roger Sperry and his chemoaf_nity hypothesis, Neuropsychologia, 36, 957-980


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When people walk through the doors of the Lions Club Park Senior Center, the staff knows them by name. They also know how to say "good morning" to seniors who are from various parts of the world in their native language.
"We're the best-kept secret in Killeen," said Debbie Edwards, senior center manager.
When residents join the center, they gain access to the Lions Club facility and the Bob Gilmore Senior Center, both of which provide a wide array of activities to peak the interest of all seniors.
The centers offer art and pottery classes, exercise classes, computer classes, scrapbooking, dance classes, yoga and tai chi, and knitting and crocheting. There's something for everyone.
"When seniors come through the front door, they leave their status, they leave their infirmities and all their hang-ups at the door," Edwards said. "We're here to have a good time, that's it."
The centers also host games from dominos and bridge to pinochle and bingo. They have weekly billiards tournaments, and are equipped with a fitness room and a library for people who just want to sit in a quiet place and read a book.
"All these things keep seniors busy
and active in life," Edwards said. "The most wonderful compliment we receive is that this doesn't feel like a senior center. We don't want it to feel like a senior center. Seniors are still active and participating in life. We're still having fun."
In April, Edwards said more than 4,200 seniors went through the Lions Club center doors.
"As a person ages, they have to re-direct their life. Once a person retires, they feel they have to find meaning," she said. "The healthiest ones are those who get out of the house and get active whether they're volunteering or participating."
Edwards said the elderly have a crucial purpose, and that's to be an example to youth — showing them how to live their lives up until their last breaths.
"We don't age here," she said. "Your body can physically age, but don't let your spirit age. When you stop participating in life, that's when you become old."
The Lions Club Park Senior Center, 1700-B E. Stan Schlueter Loop, is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. On Tuesdays, the center stays open until 9:30 p.m. Joining the center is free; the only requirement is that a person be 55 or older. Call 254-501-6399.
The Bob Gilmore Senior Center, 2205 E. Veterans Memorial Blvd., is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 254-699-1717.


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Consumer cyclical stocks declined broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 1.7%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.8%, the Nasdaq declined 1.6% and the S&P 500 fell 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among consumer cyclical stocks include:
- Whirlpool Corp (WHR): WHR stock is up 0.5% today.
- Skechers U.S.A. (SKX): SKX stock is up 0.3% today on 2 times normal volume.
Some of the biggest losers among consumer cyclical stocks include:
- Under Armour (UA): UA stock is down 4.0% today on 6 times normal volume.
- Borgwarner Inc (BWA): BWA stock is down 3.3% today.
- La-Z-Boy Inc (LZB): LZB stock is down 3.2% today.
- Gentex Corp (GNTX): GNTX stock is down 3.0% today.
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB): CTB stock is down 2.9% today.
- Vera Bradley (VRA): VRA stock is down 2.8% today.
- Johnson Controls (JCI): JCI stock is down 2.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL): AXL stock is down 2.7% today.
- Harman International Industries Inc (HAR): HAR stock is down 2.7% today.
- LKQ Corp (LKQ): LKQ stock is down 2.6% today.
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A report from The Child Poverty Action Group says after money is spent on things like electricity or rent there often isn't enough left for enough healthy food.
The group is asking the government to give more help to poorer families including free school meals.
Lack of cash
In the past, it has been said that people with less money don't know how to eat healthily.
But this new report says that's just not true and it's the high food prices and lack of cash which are the problem.
Spend more
The government says it will try to halve the number of children living in poverty by 2010.
More importantly, they plan to get rid of the problem altogether within a generation.
They say the way to do it is to have less unemployment and to spend more money on public services.


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Efek pemberian kedelai (Soya max) terhadap jumlah sperma tikus putih (Rattus norvegicus) yang diasapi rokok putih
Efek pemberian kedelai (Soya max) terhadap jumlah sperma tikus putih (Rattus norvegicus) yang diasapi rokok putih
The effect of Soy Bean on sperm number of Rattus norvegicus smoked by white cigarette
Yuliana Rias Mayasari1, Tri Ratnaningsih2, M. Mansyur Romi3
1Student Gadjah Mada University School of Medicine, Yogyakarta
2Department of Phatology, Gadjah Mada University School of Medicine, Yogyakarta
3Department of Anatomy and Embriology, Gadjah Mada University School of Medicine, Yogyakarta
Substances contained in cigarette had been known to decrease sperm number through the mechanism of DNA oxidative damage, vascularisation disruption, and spermatogenesis hormonal disruption. On the other hand, soybean, a protein-rich food which contains a lot of arginine can increase sperm number. It is expected that arginine in soybean can overcome the negative effects of cigarette smoke on sperm. This study aims to know the influence of soybeans to sperm number of white rats smoked with white cigarette. This was an experimental research. The subjects consist of 35 white rats (Rattus norvegicus), divided into 5 groups: negative control (K-) which was not given any treatment, positive control (K+) which was smoked with white cigarette, and A, B and C which were given treatments with soybean diet of 4 g, 5 g and 10 g, respectively and smoked with white cigarette. Treatment were given for 90 days and K+, A, B, and C were ETS smoked with 5 cigarettes/10 minutes/days each. After 90 days the rats were decapitated and sperm numbers of each groups were calculated and analyzed with Oneway ANOVA by using SSPS 11. Sperm number of K- is not significantly different from K+ (p=0,981; p>0,05). Comparing soybean effects among K+, A, B and C, it shows that sperm number of K+ is not significantly different from A (p=0,790; p>0,05). Conversely, K+ shows significant difference from B and C (p=0,000 for B and p=0,0015 for C; p<0,05). Based on the data above, it can be inferred that soybean of B and C dose can increase sperm number. Smoking with ETS method using 5 cigarrettes /10 minutes /day for 90 days does not significantly reduce sperm number. Taking soybean of 5-7,2 g /day increases sperm number of white rat smoked with white cigarette. Increased soybean dosage were followed with increased soybean effect.
Aktivitas antibakteri ekstrak daun Eclipta alba L. Hassk serta ekstrak dan minyak atsiri daun Piper betle L. terhadap bakteri penyebab karies gigi
Aktivitas antibakteri ekstrak daun Eclipta alba L. Hassk serta ekstrak dan minyak atsiri daun Piper betle L. terhadap bakteri penyebab karies gigi
Antibacterial activity of the extract of Eclipta alba L. Hassk leaves and the extract and volatile oil of Piper betle L. leaves on bacteria as the causative agents of dental caries
Kartini Hasballah 1, Murniana 2, Al Azhar3
1Department of Pharmacology, Syiah Kuala University Faculty of Medicine, Banda Aceh
2Department of Chemistry, Syiah Kuala University Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Banda Aceh
3Department of Biochemistry, Syiah Kuala University Faculty of Medicine Veterinary, Banda Aceh
The bioassay of ethanol, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol extracts of Eclipta alba L. and Piper betle L. leaves along with volatile oil of P. betle L. have been done using Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus kaesal and Actinomyces viscosus as test bacteria. E. alba and P. betle leaves were separately extracted by soxhletation method in 96 % ethanol followed by partition step with chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol respectively. Volatile oil from P. betle was obtained by distillation. All extracts and volatile oil were diluted into concentrations of 0,5%,1%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% w/v successively. Inhibitory effects of the extracts on the tested bacteria were determined applying the agar dilution method. The results showed that (1) ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts of E. alba leaves had an inhibitory effect on the growth of three causative bacteria of dental caries i.e. S. mutans, L. kaesal and A. viscosus. Chloroform extract of E. alba leaves was only active on A. viscosus,and its butanol extract was inactive to A. viscosus; (2) all ethanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and butanol extracts of P. betle leaves as well as its volatile oil showed an antibacterial activity on S. mutans, L. kaesal and A. viscosus; (3) ethanol extract of P. betle showed the highest antibacterial activity; (4) phytochemistry assay showed that extracts of E. alba and P. betle leaves contained some secondary metabolites identified as alkaloid, phenolic, flavonoid, steroid or saponine compounds. Volatile oil of P. betle leaves contained only one secondary metabolite characterized as a terpenoid.
Efikasi insektisida actelic 50 EC dengan aplikasi thermal fogging terhadap nyamuk Aedes aegypti vektor demam berdarah dengue
Efikasi insektisida actelic 50 EC dengan aplikasi thermal fogging terhadap nyamuk Aedes aegypti vektor demam berdarah dengue
The efficacy of actelic 50 EC insecticide against dengue haemorrhagic fiver vector Aedes aegypti by thermal fogging application
Akhid Darwin, Damar Tri Boewono dan Hasan Boesri
Vector and Disease Reservoir Control Research Unit, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Departement of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Salatiga
The invention of an alternative insecticide with the aim to control Aedes aegypti is important in order to subtitute an insecticide which provide a resistance effect to the vector. A trial on Actelic 50 EC at dosages of respectively 50 ml/Ha, 75 ml/Ha, 100 ml/Ha, 150 ml/Ha dan 200 ml/Ha by applying the thermal fogging technique against the Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever vector Aedes aegypti has been carried out. The fogging was conducted in the morning at the residence of the people living in Salatiga in the year 2005. The bioassay showed that as many as 100% of mortality of mosquitoes in the house was obtained by using Actelic 50 EC at dosages of 100 ml/Ha, 150 ml/Ha and 200 ml/Ha applying the thermal fogging (ULV) technique whereas outside of the house it was also effective at dosages of 150 ml/Ha and 200 ml/Ha. Indoor and outdoor fogging gave a different effect to kill Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Hubungan antara beberapa ukuran antropometri ekstremitas atas dan kemampuan memukul yang dinilai dengan Poole Forehand Clear Test (penelitian pada atlet Bulutangkis PB Djarum Kudus)
Hubungan antara beberapa ukuran antropometri ekstremitas atas dan kemampuan memukul yang dinilai dengan Poole Forehand Clear Test (penelitian pada atlet Bulutangkis PB Djarum Kudus)
Correlation between anthropometric measurements of upper extremity and stroke capability using poole forehand clear test (Study on badminton athletes of PB Djarum Kudus)
Hardhono Susanto
Department of Anatomy, DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY School of Medicine Semarang
Stroke skill in badminton contains strength and speed elements that become one of many important factors for winning the game. Whereas anthropometric measurements can be used to predict any functional abilities. The aim of this study is to find out the correlation among some anthropometric measurements in upper extremity (i.e. arm length, forearm length, arm circumference, forearm circumference) and stroke skill evaluated by used Poole Forehand Clear Test. The subjects of this cross sectional study consist of 27 badminton athletes from PB Djarum Kudus (16 males and 11 females) aged 14-20 years old. As the result, there is a significant correlation between the score of Poole Forehand Clear Test for stroke skill and arm circumference (p=0.036) and forearm length (p=0.003). Both of these anthropometric measurements are strong predictors for stroke skill in male athletes. However, all the evaluated anthropometric measurements of female athletes are not significant correlation (p>0.05) with Poole Forehand Clear Test.
A rapid isocratic HPLC assay of diminazene aceturate in blood plasma
A rapid isocratic HPLC assay of diminazene aceturate in blood plasma
Mochamad Lazuardi
Research staff on Medical-Pharmacy Depth., Medical Faculty Airlangga University, Surabaya
A spesific and sensitive method has been developed for the separation and quantification of diminazene aceturate in goats plasma. Diminazen in the plasma samples were obtained by solid phase extraction 3 ml (ODS C-18) after the addition of 0.025 M ion-pairing reagent (1-octanosulphonic acid) in acetonitrile HPLC grade: aqua pro injecton 90% : 10%, and glacial acetic acid 2% (pH 3,8). Reverse-phase ion pairing HPLC system with 0.005 M 1-octanosulphonic acid (mobile phase) were used for the analysis. There was 85 – 88% extraction efficiency after 5 replicates extracts of each samples. The limit of detection was 1.1 ?g/ml and limit of quantification was 3.2 ?g/ml at a detection wavelength of 370 nm,
Benda asing esofagus pada anak di RSU Dr. Soetomo Surabaya
Benda asing esofagus pada anak di RSU Dr. Soetomo Surabaya
Pediatric esophageal foreign bodies in Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya
Sri Herawati Juniati
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Airlangga University School of Medicine Dr. Soetomo Hospita Surabaya
Foreign body impaction is a common clinical finding, but sometime could become a serious problem. Some of the foreign material or objects will pass harmlessly through the gastrointestinal tract. Impaction will occur in the esophagus either due to the size or nature of the material or the narrowing of the esophagus. The aim of this study is to describe the esophageal foreign bodies in pediatric patients during 5 years (2000-2004) in ENT Department Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya. A total of 171 consecutive pediatric patients presenting with history of foreign body ingestion were included. A structured questionnaire was designed to record information of all the patients such as age, gender, kinds of foreign bodies, procedures and complications. The result of this study showed that the youngest patient was 15-days-old with gold earring and the oldest was 15-years-old with tooth impaction. Children up to the age of 5-years-old was 63.74%, males were 53.22% and female were 46.78%. The cervical esophagus was the commonest site for impaction. The rigid esophagoscopy was the only procedure in this study. Extraction of the foreign bodies were successful in all patients (100%). Coins were the commonest foreign body. Complications occurred in 5.85% of the patient; death occurred in 1 patient due to the bleeding after the patient was discharged on request.
Hubungan polimorfisme Pro12Ala gen PPAR?2 terhadap obesitas dan diabetes mellitus tipe 2 (DMT2)
Hubungan polimorfisme Pro12Ala gen PPAR?2 terhadap obesitas dan diabetes mellitus tipe 2 (DMT2)
Association of the Pro12Ala polymorphism of PPAR ?2 gene to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
T. Susmiarsih
Departement of Biology, YARSI UNIVERSITY School of Medicine, Jakarta
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) have become a worldwide public health problem. The improvement of health, socio-economic status and alteration in lifestyle (more westernized tend to) increase the incidence or prevalence of obesity and T2DM. Obesity is a symptom or disorder determined by the interaction of several environmental and genetic factors. It is a result of imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. T2DM is a reflection of an abnormality in insulin production by pancreatic ß cells or/and in the ability of target tissues to respond to insulin. It has been reported that some genetic variations, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may influence the susceptibility to obesity and T2DM, such as C896G (Pro12Ala) of PPAR ?2 gene. However, some studies reported that this polymorphism was not involved in the pathogenesis of obesity and T2DM. Hence, the role of Pro12Ala of PPAR ?2 gene remains controversy in various populations. The aims of this study was to elucidate the association of Pro12Ala of PPAR ?2 gene to obesity and T2DM in Indonesian population. PPAR ?2 is a nuclear hormone receptor which plays a central role in the control of adipocyte gene expression that involves in thermogenesis, lipid metabolism and glucose homeostatic process. To study the association of the polymorphism of Pro12Ala of PPAR ?2 gene to obesity and T2DM, some 100 obese with T2DM individuals and 90 normal individuals were examined employing by PCR-RFLP. Restriction endonucleases employed was BstUI. The results of the study revealed that the allele frequencies of Ala12 was 0,025 in obese with T2DM individuals and C896G (Pro12Ala) of PPAR ?2 gene was associated with decrease of the blood glucose levels (p=0,025) in obese with T2DM individuals. It was concluded that Pro12Ala of PPAR ?2 gene might play a role as a predisposing factor for obesity and T2DM. Further studies are still required to confirm this finding.
Patofisiologi molekuler pada stroke
Patofisiologi molekuler pada stroke
Molecular pathophysiology in stroke
Hasyim Fachir
Department of Neurology, Ulin General Hospital/Lambung Mangkurat University School of Medicine, Banjarmasin-South Kalimantan
Stroke is one of cerebrovascular disorders that causes serious problem in the world until now. These problems include disability, morbidity caused by stroke complication and death. Development of molecular biology increases knowledge about cerebral blood flow, role of calcium and free radical towards neuron damage. Regulation of cerebral blood flow in the time proportion is related to the pathologic process and the mechanism of adaptation. Calcium influx induces some processes that increases susceptibility to neuronal death. Oxidative stress in ischemic stroke is due to the ischemic reperfusion injury, glutamate excitotoxicity, acidosis and inflammation. This knowledge is beneficial to increase quality in stroke management.
Prospek hormon Testosteron Undekanoat (TU) sendiri dan kombinasinya untuk kontrasepsi pria.
Prospek hormon Testosteron Undekanoat (TU) sendiri dan kombinasinya untuk kontrasepsi pria.
[Suatu upaya dalam pengembangan kontrasepsi hormonal pada pria Indonesia]
Prospect of using isolated Testosterone Undekanoat (TU) and its combination in male contraception.
[An effort in producing hormonal contraception for Indonesian male]
Syafruddin Ilyas
North Sumatera University School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Medan
Male contraception deserves special attention from both government and academic circle that leads to its practical application. This is due to limination of methods and means that discourages male to be actively participanting in family planning. TU is one of prospective male contraception after TE has been discarded. TU has longs pharmaceological effect compared to TE and TU is much safes although it is still in on going research work. TU came out to make volunteer to have severe oligospemia to azoospermia and this effect is reversible. The use of TU has been developed in combination with other progesterone such as DMPA, LNG, CPA, and NET-EN. The combination is more effective compared to the isolated TU. Further research is needed before it can be approved for public use.
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Unity 8 Concert: The Works of André J. Thomas
Jan 26, 2013 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, FSU
The Tallahassee Community Chorus is celebrating its 25th year of filling Tallahassee with song during the 2012-2013 season! Each January, the Chorus presents a community-building performance called our "Unity Concert."
The 8th annual Unity Concert will exclusively feature works by our very own world-renowned Artistic Director, Dr. André J. Thomas. Dr. Thomas has set the gold standard for the performance of African American spirituals all around the world. His acclaimed compositions are performed internationally, and we are bringing them right to his home of Tallahassee!
The Chorus' performance, featuring a full orchestra and talented soloists, will be sure to leave you invigorated and inspired.
Emily Brown