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ACL reconstructionAnterior cruciate ligament repair
ACL reconstruction is surgery to rebuild the ligament in the center of your knee with a new ligament. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) keeps your shin bone (tibia) in place. A tear of this ligament can cause your knee to give way during physical activity.
You will probably receive general anesthesia right before surgery. This means you will be asleep and pain-free. Sometimes, other kinds of anesthesia are used for this surgery.
The tissue that will replace your damaged ACL will come from your own body or from a donor. A donor is a person who has died and, before death, chose to give all or part of his or her body to help others.
- Tissue taken from your own body is called an autograft. The two most common places to take tissue from are the knee cap tendon or the hamstring tendon. Your hamstring is the muscle behind your knee.
- Tissue taken from a donor is called an allograft.
The procedure is usually done by knee arthroscopy. With arthroscopy, a tiny camera is inserted into the knee through a small surgical cut. The camera is connected to a video monitor in the operating room. Your surgeon will use the camera to check the ligaments and other tissues of your knee.
Your surgeon will make other small cuts around your knee and insert other medical instruments. Your surgeon will fix any other damage found, and then will replace your ACL by following these steps:
- The torn ligament will be removed with a shaver or other instruments.
- If your own tissue is being used to make your new ACL, your surgeon will make a larger cut. Then, your surgeon will remove this tissue through the larger cut.
- Your surgeon will make tunnels in your bone to bring the new tissue through. This new tissue will be in the same place as your old ACL.
- Your surgeon will attach the new ligament to the bone with screws or other devices to hold it in place. As it heals, the bone tunnels fill in. This secures the new ligament.
At the end of the surgery, your surgeon will close your cuts with sutures (stitches) and put a dressing on them. Most surgeons take pictures during the procedure from the video monitor so that afterward you can see what was found and what was done.
Why the Procedure Is Performed
NOT treating a torn ACL can lead to tissue damage and early arthritis. ACL reconstruction may be recommended for these knee problems:
- Knee that gives way or feels unstable during daily activities
- Knee pain
- Inability to continue playing sports or other activities
- When other ligaments are also injured
Before choosing to have this surgery, you should understand the time and effort it will take for you to recover. You will need to stick to a program for 4 to 6 months before you can return to full activity. The success of the surgery depends on how well you stick with your rehabilitation program.
The risks from any anesthesia are:
- Allergic reactions to medicines
- Breathing problems
The risks from any surgery are:
- Bleeding
- Infection
Other risks from this surgery are:
- Blood clot in the leg
- Failure of the ligament to heal
- Failure of the surgery to relieve symptoms
- Injury to a nearby blood vessel
- Pain in the knee
- Stiffness of the knee or lost range of motion
- Weakness of the knee
Before the Procedure
Always tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, even drugs, supplements, or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the 2 weeks before your surgery:
- You may be asked to stop taking drugs that make it harder for your blood to clot. These include aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve), and other drugs.
- Ask your doctor which drugs you should still take on the day of your surgery.
- If you have diabetes, heart disease, or other medical conditions, your surgeon will ask you to see your doctor who treats you for these conditions.
- Tell your doctor if you have been drinking a lot of alcohol, more than 1 or 2 drinks a day.
- If you smoke, try to stop. Ask your doctor for help. Smoking can slow down wound and bone healing.
- Always let your doctor know about any cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or other illnesses you may have before your surgery.
On the day of your surgery:
- You will usually be asked not to drink or eat anything for 6 to 12 hours before the procedure.
- Take your drugs your doctor told you to take with a small sip of water.
- Your doctor or nurse will tell you when to arrive at the hospital.
After the Procedure
You will probably go home the day of your surgery. You may have to wear a knee brace for the first 1 to 4 weeks. You also may need crutches for 1 to 4 weeks. Most people are allowed to move their knee right after surgery to help prevent stiffness. You may need medicine to manage your pain.
Physical therapy can help many people regain motion and strength in their knee. Therapy can last 2 to 6 months.
How soon you return to work will depend on the kind of work you do. It can be anywhere from a few days to a few months. A full return to activities and sports usually takes 4 to 6 months.
Outlook (Prognosis)
ACL reconstruction is usually very successful. A torn ACL used to end the careers of many athletes. Now, improvements in the surgery and in rehabilitation provide much better results. These improvements include less pain and stiffness, fewer complications with the surgery itself, and faster recovery time. Most people will have a stable knee that does not give way after ACL reconstruction.
Phillips BB. Arthroscopy of the lower extremity. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 48.
Honkamp NJ, Shen W, Okeke N, Ferretti M, Fu FH. Knee: Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the adult. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 23, section D.
Amy E, Micheo W. Anterior cruciate ligament tear: Knee and lower leg. In: Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo TD Jr, eds. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 55, section 7.
Review Date: 6/4/2011
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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The doldrums of the NFL lockout cannot stifle the lingering bitterness from New York Jets LB Bart Scott toward the archrival New England Patriots.
Scott -- who gleefully mocked the Patriots after the Jets' upset playoff win in Foxborough three months ago -- continued to bash the team last week.
In an interview with the New York Metro, Scott said the normally-stoic Patriots are coming loose in an attempt to mimic the Jets' bold-talking ways.
He told the paper that bold words from Patriots QB Tom Brady (who hasn't backed down from comments last summer that he hates the Jets) and WR Wes Welker (who appeared to mock Jets coach Rex Ryan in a news conference days before the playoff game) illustrate that the Jets have gotten into the Patriots' head.
Said Scott:
"That's doesn't sound right, that kind of talk. That's when you know they're buying into us, when they start sounding like we talk. Wes Welker start trying to be us, sounding like we do. That's how you know they want to be us."
The Jets have reached the playoffs as a wild card in Ryan's first two seasons as head coach and advanced to the AFC title game each year. The Patriots have won the AFC East both of those years but have been bounced from the playoffs in their first game each time.
Ryan has consistently said he considers Patriots coach Bill Belichick -- a three-time Super Bowl winner -- a better coach whom he only wants to be better than on game day.
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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Chinese professor: Raping female escorts is less harmful than raping honest women
July 18, 2013Jing Gao3 Commentsgang rape, Law, li guanfeng, li tianyi, rape, tsinghua
Li Tianyi, the 17-year-old son of a nationally known Chinese folk singer who holds the military rank of major general, has been charged with gang-raping one woman in February alongside four other teens. The case has been the center of attention in the past few months as it provides perfect fodder for social hatred in country marked by wealth gap and class divides.
17-year-old Li Tianyi (right) and his celebrity father (major general) and mother.
The public fury over the defendant and his privileged family has only got bigger since then when the Beijing police announced Li and his four friends were taken into custody for taking turns having sex, which netizens believed was the official whitewashing. Later, Li pleaded not guilty. His family even accused the female victim of being a bar girl, saying she worked at a bar.
Just when you think the Li family can't possibly get into a bigger PR disaster, a Chinese professor defended the young perpetrator, which has riled up the online population.
Yi Yanyou, a law professor at the prestigious Tsinghua University, wrote on Sina Weibo, the Chinese Twitter, "The defense team emphasized that the victim was a bar girl. It does not mean a bar girl can be raped. Rather, it means a bar girl is more likely to consent to sexual intercourse. Even if he (Li Tianyi) did rape, raping a bar girl is less harmful than raping an honest and clean woman."
Later, Professor Yi even ramped up his noise by writing, "A correction about my previous comment: Raping an honest and clean woman causes more harm than raping a bar girl, a night club girl, a female escort or a prostitute."
His comments, having been shared more than 90,000 times, backfired heavily on the Internet.
They think there are low-class people and high-class people; there are decent jobs and indecent jobs. That's how they get this conclusion: Raping an honest woman causes more harm than raping a hooker. If this conclusion holds water, than, you deserve to be unable to cast a ballot. You deserve to see your posts deleted. You deserve to fall a victim to forced demolition. You deserve to be beaten by chengguan. You deserve to eat gutter oil. You deserve to have your flight delayed. You just deserve it. Because obviously making cadres and officials eat gutter oil, drink dirty water, suffer from beatings and forced demolition causes more harm than making you do that.
Can we get the following conclusions based on Prof. Yi Yanyou's logic: Robbing a rich guy is less harmful than ribbing a poor guy. Murdering a homeless guy or an old man is less harmful than murdering a wage worker or a young man. Murdering a professor is less harmful than murdering a principal. Murdering a Tsinghua law professor is less harmful than murdering a Harvard law professor?
Is a sex worker really cheaper than an ordinary person? Not necessarily. She sells her body, which is simply a form of labor. They disrobe, nevertheless it is way better than those dressed-up beasts who sell their soul. If the latter can enjoy lavish banquets, then the former deserve respect even more.
When a crime with details clearly available and without disputes over which law to apply surfaces, some people in the society are heatedly discussing the identity of the victim. This itself illustrates social degeneration and loss of civilization. It's simply immoral. Discussing the harm of a crime based on the identity of the victim is a Nazi logic, a logic of enslavement. Its premise is: a crime, or even a murder, that targets certain groups, is acceptable, or even beneficial.
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Do Chinese people really act like this? Well, maybe this guy is an exception because I've known a lot of good Chinese people before. A Sydney and Brisbane escort is not supposed to be treated like that. It is a profession and they deserve to be respected as well.


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Features of the brick chimney at the old KCA make it an ideal site for chimney swifts. A Kentville resident believes these endangered birds are using the site. – Wendy Elliott, www.kingscountynews.ca
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Last May, Kentville resident and keen birder James Churchill saw a chimney swift at Miner's Marsh. He went home and used Google StreetView to tour Kentville for chimneys that might harbour the migratory birds.
He went up to the old Kings County Academy that evening at dusk and watched. Churchill saw two of the endangered birds at the large brick chimney on the old high school. In August, he returned and saw another bird using the chimney.
Over the Easter weekend, Churchill found out about the planned demolition of the school and its chimney, so he sent a message to town officials, indicating that the chimney is a known roost site and possible nesting site for birds that are federally-threatened and provincially-endangered.
The features of the chimney - including its diameter, height above the roof and unobstructed top - and its location near bodies of water where chimney swifts are known to forage, like Miner's Marsh, "make it excellent habitat for roosting and nesting swifts and, in my opinion, one of the best sites in Kentville," Churchill said.
Chimney swift populations in Canada have declined by 95 per cent since 1968. As a result, they are protected under the federal Species at Risk Act and the N.S. Endangered Species Act. Churchill says they are also protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act.
He would like to see the town delay the demolition at least until after the breeding season ends in September.
"If the demolition activities were to occur in May of this year, and the chimney is occupied at that time, there is a high likelihood that birds will be disturbed and/or destroyed. If the chimney is in fact a nesting site for chimney swifts, then removal of the structure would possibly be considered destruction of habitat."
Churchill has been in touch with several local experts for advice on the subject. He also questions whether the town has consulted wildlife authorities to determine "if there are permits required or other appropriate measures to be taken to ensure the welfare of any individual chimney swifts using the site and to ensure that habitat integrity is maintained."
Churchill is hopeful that further evaluation of the site can be carried out.
As a trained ornithologist, he says he would be willing to carry these out himself between May and September.
Churchill is a board member of the Blomidon Naturalists Society, a member of Nova Scotia Bird Society and an avian ecologist with the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre.
Chimney swifts were once common in the area. Their cigar shaped bodies with wings only touch land when nesting and roosting at night. Two decades ago, hundreds would spiral around large chimneys at Bear River's Oakdene Centre, the Annapolis Royal Community Center and Middleton Regional High School at dusk. In Wolfville, the Robie Tufts Nature Centre was created in 1990 around a large chimney that is a roosting site.
Chimney swifts make the return trip to eastern North America each year from South America's Amazon rainforest. When they arrive at favourite spots, they stay airborne all day, eating flying insects.
As of press time, Churchill had not heard from the Town of Kentville. Check back for updates.


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Enjoy the season's bounty
Wed., Aug. 7, 2013
Washington and Idaho farmers markets are celebrating national farmers market week with events, recipes and fun at the markets.
Here's a recipe from the Washington State Farmers Market Association to help you celebrate with the abundance farmers are bringing to the market this time of year.
The recipe was developed by chef Jason Brzozowy at Tilth Restaurant in Seattle.
Sweet Corn and Pepper Salsa
This simple, versatile salsa made from farm fresh ingredients gathered at your local farmers market can be served with spice-rubbed pork, grilled fish, chicken or steak, or try mixing it with beans or grilled tempeh for a vegetarian twist. Add whole grains and a leafy green salad and you have a healthy, delicious meal for four. (Leftovers go great with your favorite chips or a hunk of crusty bread.)
4 ears sweet corn
6 sweet or hot peppers, a mix is best
1 medium sweet onion
2 garlic cloves
Vegetable oil of your choice
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 bunch cilantro
Salt and black pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
Cut the corn kernels from the ears of corn. Dice the peppers and onions. Mince the garlic. Sauté the onions and garlic in a little oil, over medium heat, until fragrant. Add the corn and peppers and sauté until tender. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Add tomatoes and chopped cilantro. Let cool. You can serve immediately, but it will be better the next day.
Variation 1: Leave out the fresh corn and add in 2 cups of fresh summer squash, any kind, chopped small. Add some fresh chopped oregano, marjoram or thyme with the salt and pepper. Instead of cilantro, use 1 bunch of flat leaf Italian parsley. You can add some torn fresh basil leaves right at the end if you have some. Serve with pasta, salad and protein of your choice.
Variation 2: Leave out the fresh corn and stick with the summer squash. Add oregano, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon allspice when you add the salt and pepper. Use parsley again, and some fresh mint if you have it. Throw in a handful of black olives (kalamata if you have them) with the tomatoes and parsley. Serve with couscous or rice, a spinach salad and grilled lamb, lamb burger or chicken. Or, add garbanzo beans (chickpeas) for a vegetarian version.
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The Carroll County High School Band presented its Winter Concert on Dec. 16 in the school gymnasium.
What is your favorite thing about school and why?
"I like having the opportunity to learn new things and see my friends. It's a great experience."
What is your favorite subject and why?
"Spanish, because I may not know it all too well, but I am learning a lot!"
What was the last book you read?
A book on the Salem witch trials
What was the last movie you saw?
"The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
The 12th annual Shop with a Cop event was held Thursday, Dec. 20. The event is sponsored by the Carrollton Police Department, Carroll County Sheriff's Office and Carroll County Detention Center. Fifty-three children shopped with officers and volunteers at VF Outlet and Walmart, while 24 younger children were shopped for in advance. Over the past 11 years, more than 830 children have been helped and more than $156,000 has been spent.
The News-Democrat is highlighting local businesses that have recently opened or changed owners. More profiles will be published in upcoming editions.
Artful Gifts Etc.
Owner: Dinah Marshall
Address: 509 Highland Ave, Carrollton 41008
Phone: (502) 532-0155
Opened: Spring of 2012
A proposal to hire a building inspector for the city will have to be decided by the new Ghent City Commission next year.
Commissioners at the Dec. 11 meeting agreed to table the proposal, brought by Tom Torline of Ghent.
Torline has offered to contract with the city as building inspector on an as-needed basis to inspect new residential and commercial structures, as well as exterior additions such as decks "to determine if they are complying with code," he told commissioners last week.
A Kentucky State Police arson investigator is looking into a fire that destroyed the home of Diana Anderson on Hunters Heights Road in Carroll County.
The home located at 2252 Hunters Heights Rd. was the scene of two fire calls within 48 hours, according to Carroll County Dispatch logs. The first call came in on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 9:58 p.m. and was quickly extinguished, damaging only one wall of the home. The second was on Monday, Dec. 17, at 6:30 p.m.
A job fair at the Carroll County Courthouse will mean jobs for about 100 people in the new year.
Diversco Integrated Services will hold the job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, in the second-floor courtroom.
Carroll County Judge-Executive Harold "Shorty" Tomlinson said the jobs are full-time positions on the North American Stainless property that include vacation, holidays and comprehensive benefits.
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As Barack Obama returns to work after being re-elected US President, another nation is set to anoint its own new leader – one who will arguably have far more impact on our lives.
China's population is 1.3 billion but only a few, hardcore Communist Party members will be involved in the secret, Soviet-style selection process.
Even if we do not know exactly how the new leaders of this one-party state are chosen, there is little mystery over who will be the next President.
He is Xi Jinping, 59 – a so-called Princeling and the son of Communist revolutionary general Xi Zhongxun, a comrade of Chairman Mao.
When Xi junior was in his teens, his father fell out with the political strongman.
He was purged and sent to a remote village in central China to work in the fields.
The family lived like peasants in a cave-like house carved into the yellow rock.
Life was tough, there was little food and they were far from their old privileged existence in Beijing.
Locals who remember young Xi told me he worked hard to attain his first position within the Communist Party.
There is still a mural on the wall of a building he designed and helped to build.
It was the village power station, run on methane from pig manure.
He is still in the power business – but this time as the most powerful man in Chinese politics.
After Xi's seven years in the remote valleys of Shaanxi Province he likes to portray himself as a man of the people.
He is quoted as saying that problems he encounters today do not seem as big as the ones he faced then.
His name may be new to you but what Xi Jinping and the elite of the Communist Party are about to do over the next 10 years will affect Britain more than any action of President Obama.
China's economy has more than doubled in the past decade.
It has about £2trillion in foreign reserves.
This year growth has slowed to about 7.5%, the sort of figure our Chancellor can only dream of.
And China has been investing its mountain of cash into Britain. It has bought into Thames Water.
Jaguar Land Rover recently had a deal to build a new £1.2billion plant near Shanghai approved.
A Midlands firm supplying parts for Range Rover has just seen its order book jump by £10million as a result and hundreds more jobs are being created.
Chinese telecom equipment company Huawei has announced that it is put-ting another £1.3billion into its UK operations, a deal brokered with David Cameron's help. More jobs being created.
All this investment from an economy that opened up to the rest of the world only relatively recently.
Now, if Xi Jinping is the reformer many Western diplomats expect, then imagine what more economic freedom could bring.
His track record as he rose through the ranks in China's eastern provinces reveals a business-friendly approach.
He was known as a problem solver.
As China's Communist Party Congress continues this week, expect more talk about reform and opening up.
There is little detail but Xi commissioned a look at the effects of expanding economic freedom.
It is worth noting that during the opening speech at the Party Congress, China's leaders promised to "double incomes" within the next 10 years.
That was clearly aimed at trying to address public anger over the startling and widening gap between rich and poor – yet the point is that if the Chinese get wealthier then so do we.
By 2020 it is projected that half the world's middle classes will be in Asia.
By then, recent research predicts, consumer spending in China and India will be in the order of £40billion a year.
That means more of those nations' people visiting the UK, studying in the UK and buying luxury goods from the UK.
Professor Kerry Brown, a former British diplomat in Beijing, told me China "has a stated aim to be a middle-income nation by 2020 – and no nation in history has achieved middle-income status without immense change."
That change is already happening at an astonishing rate.
This year China began building a space station and launched its first aircraft carrier, while 500 million of its people are now internet users and more than 50% of its population live in urban areas.
Its 2.25 million-strong armed forces are becoming better trained and use more advanced technology.
Analyst Bloomberg recently reported that members of Xi's family have assets worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
In response its website was blocked by Chinese state censors.
In the West, as we have seen during the $6billion US election campaign, we accept top politicians are rich.
In China the suspicion of vast corruption is casting a shadow over the Communist leaders, including Xi Jinping.
Official salaries are low. The President is thought to be paid about £25,000 a year.
In his speech to the opening of Congress this week, out-going President Hu Jintao warned that corruption "could prove fatal to the party and even cause the state's fall".
Xi himself has spent time in the West. As a party official in the mid-1980s he visited farms in the US, living with an American family.
He will now deal directly with Obama during state visits.
He has already visited the White House this year, part of his grooming for the top job.
And Xi may know more about the UK than we imagine.
His niece, Hui Ng, is married to British businessman Daniel Foa.
The pair are well known in expat circles and have many British friends in Beijing.
They run a number of firms, selling organic baby food and promoting green energy.
No one becomes leader of the Communist Party in China without being devoted to the ideology that still governs the political process.
So, along with economic opening-up, can we expect political reforms? Freedom of the press? Freedom of expression? Unlikely.
There are too many vested interests with too much to lose to loosen the Party's complete grip on the country.
Unlike Mao, today's Chinese leaders are selected not because they stand out from the crowd but because they are committee men keen on compromise and keeping the status quo.
Xi is in that mould – so whatever reforms are desired and needed will not come easy.
The system does not favour men who stick their neck out.
Xi Jinping is being seen as the man who must change China.
If he does then we all benefit– and not only those in China.
* Angus Walker is the ITV News China Correspondent in Beijing


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Sonia Ghattas-Soliman, "Les proverbes arabes: expression d'un idéal collectif et individuel. Etude socio-linguistique des proverbes dans Un Eté Africain de Mohamed Dib, La Terre et le Sang de Mouloud Feraoun et Au-Hasard de la Pensée d'Out-el-Kouloub," Les Saisons Littéraires. Montreal: Editions Guérin Literature, Fall 1997.
Sonia Ghattas-Soliman, "The World of Fate and Faith of Out-el-Kouloub's La Nuit de la Destinée," Al'Arabiyya, Journal of AATA (Spring 1998).
Marcel Hénaff, Claude Levi-Strauss and the Making of Structural Anthropology. University of Minnesota Press, 1998 (292 pp).
Roddey Reid, "Unsafe at Any Distance: Todd Haynes' Visual Culture of Health and Risk," Film Quarterly, 51.3 (Spring 1998): 32-44.
Jerome Rothenberg, Delight/Délices & Other Gematria, with drawings by Ian Tyson and French translations by Nicole Peyrafitte. Nimes, France: Editions Ottezec, 1998.
Jerome Rothenberg, At the Grave of Nakahara Chuya, Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series. Ellsworth, Maine, 1998.
Jerome Rothenberg, Poems for the Millennium, Volume Two: From Postwar to Millennium. University of California Press,1998.
Jerome Rothenberg, Honger [Hunger/Faim], with translations into French, German, and Dutch, and woodcut by Jan Voss. Ghent, Belgium: Ergo Press, 1997.
Jerome Rothenberg, "The Leonardo Project," a suite of twelve (10+2) visual poems (photography-xerography) in "A Supper with Leonardo," curated by Carlo Palli and Francesco Conz for the Armand Hammer Center, the Region of Tuscany, and the City of Florence. Lorenese Palazzina, Forte da Basso, Florence, September 12, 1998, to January 3, 1999.
Jerome Rothenberg, Revolution of the Word: An Anthology of American Avant-Garde Poetry 1914-1945 (reprint). Boston: Exact Change Publishers, 1998.
Jerome Rothenberg, Indiens d'Amérique du Nord: une anthologie de Jerome Rothenberg, translated into French by Anne Talvav. Paris: L'oeil du Poète series, Editions Textuel, 1998.
Ami Silber, "The Insomniac" (short story), Glimmer Train Stories (Summer 1998).
Fraser Cocks, "Moral Geometry: Paul Strand's
To Gregory Lobo, selected by the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies to receive a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for 1998-99.
To Jorge Mariscal who received an award at the UCSD Cross-Cultural Center's Second Annual All People's Recognition Ceremony for "his inspirational work in empowering, educating, and motivating students."
To Iñigo Sánchez-Llama who has been offered a one-year Visiting Assistant Professorship, beginning Fall Semester 1998, in the Department of Foreign Languages at Notre Dame University.
To Maria Van Liew who has been appointed Assistant Professor in Spanish, beginning August 1998, in the Department of Foreign Languages, West Chester University, Philadelphia.
To Lisa Yoneyama who has been awarded a fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. During the 11-month period of the fellowship, Professor Yoneyama will be affiliated with Kyoto University where she will undertake research on the art of laughter and comedic performances, with a special focus on the issues of modernity, utopia, and modes of cultural resistance.
Saturday Workshop for High School Teachers. On Saturday, June 6, 1998, the Department of Literature is sponsoring a workshop for high school teachers from the San Diego area. Chancellor Dynes' welcoming remarks (10:00 a.m.) will be followed by four concurrently scheduled morning session (10:30 - 11:30 a.m.):
Three concurrent sessions are scheduled for the afternoon (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.):
All events will be held in the Literature Building. Please call 534-4618 for additional information.
Readings from an Extended Community. This non-academic series offers readings by four authors who share common Italian roots although they live and work in geographically and socially diverse communities. Three readings have already taken place (Antonio D'Alfonso, Mary Bush, Dodici Azpadu); the fourth and final reading presents Theresa Carilli on June 19, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. at the Frame Maker (2215 India Street). The project, designed by Professor Pasquale Verdicchio, is directed by Ph.D. student Teresa Fiore. This free series is organized by the Italian Community Center and also made possible by a California Council for the Humanities Grant, the restaurant Il Fornaio, and The Frame Maker. For information, please call the ICC (619-237-0601).
UC President's 1999-2000 Research Fellowships in the Humanities. The fellowships, awarded in an annual competition modeled on that of the NEH, provide salary support to approximately 18 UC faculty per year who are conducting research in the Humanities. Active ladder-rank faculty are eligible to apply, and Assistant Professors will be given special consideration. The maximum award is $25,000, but combined funding from all sources may not exceed the fellow's regular salary. The fellowship must be used in the academic year following the year the fellowship is awarded. All applicants, except junior faculty, must also apply to appropriate extramural agencies that offer funding for their research fields; junior faculty are encouraged, but not required, to do so. Applications are available from Greg Llacer at OGSR (534-3556) and must be postmarked by October 13, 1998.
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Seeing into the Heart
Epiphany 2 | Ordinary Time 2
Anna Shirey
John 1:43-51
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First Thoughts: Here we are looking at Jesus' first "recruiting" mission, as depicted in John. The gospel writer portrays him as having supernatural knowledge of the disciples-to-be and calling the disciples based on what he alone can see. What do we think God sees when God looks into our heart? I think too often we expect God is disappointed or at best sees us as fixer-uppers. But that's more likely how we see ourselves and not how God really sees us. Scripture tells us over again that we are God's beloved, the apple of God's eye. I invite you to spend a few moments reflecting on that, letting it sink in. Then turn and apply that meditation to the children you will teach!
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Get an overview of this hotelStylish Florence hotel steps from Ponte Vecchio and Uffizi Gallery
Popular property highlights
Near Ponte Vecchio
This Florence hotel, a block from the Ponte Vecchio and less than 1 km to the Uffizi Gallery, Piazza della Signoria, and the Academia, also hosts contemporary art/photography exhibitions.
Fine dining amidst art
The Fusion Restaurant offers fine dining and beverage selection including alfresco terrace dining as well as contemporary art and photography exhibits under the same roof.
Modern furniture, contemporary photographs
Rooms are chic and modern with air conditioning, LCD TVs, free WiFi, and minibars. Bathrooms include bathrobes, complimentary designer toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guest Highlights
- Comfortable rooms
- Good location
- Good for sightseeing
- Breakfast and onsite bar
- Helpful staff
Gallery Hotel Art
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Gallery Hotel Art, owned by the Ferragamo family, is 1 block from Ponte Vecchio, spanning the Arno River. The Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori (Il Duomo), the Baptistery, Pitti Palace, and the Bargello Museum are among the many famous attractions nearby.
Contemporary artworks and photography are exhibited in the hotel's lobby, library, and restaurant, The Fusion Restaurant. The restaurant serves local and international cuisine. Al fresco dining is available, weather permitting. The hotel also offers room service during limited hours and a generous breakfast (surcharge).
Onsite amenities include free WiFi, multilingual staff, concierge services, and a 24-hour front desk.
- Concierge services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 74
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Library
- Number of floors - 7
- Elevator/lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Train station drop-off (surcharge)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Porter/bellhop
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
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- Family Hotel
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Premium TV channels
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- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (limited hours)
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The Fusion Restaurant - Gourmet restaurant with city views and a bar. Serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Some meals may not be served daily. Reservations required. Lunch served noon to 3:30 PM. Dinner served 7:30 PM to 11 PM. Bar open 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM.
Room service during limited hours is available.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 3 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Pets allowed (no fees)
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 4.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 28 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 35 per day
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 3 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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District 7 Employee Receives Medal of Valor for Heroic Act
Tracy Armstead Receives the Governor's Gold Medal of Valor Award
In a public ceremony on December 10 in Sacramento, Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar awarded the 'Governor's Medal of Valor Awards' to 27 state employees whose extraordinary acts of bravery and heroism saved human lives or state property during the past fiscal year.
Caltrans District 7 congratulates all recipients, but is particularly proud of one Gold Medal of Valor recipient, Tracy Eugene Armstead, a structural steel painter, who on September 8, 2008, attempted to rescue a man from drowning.
As Armstead prepared to paint a bridge deck 25 feet above the Dominguez Channel in the Long Beach harbor, his coworkers alerted him to a man who had darted down the embankment and jumped into the channel. While the crew called 911 for help, Armstead immediately jumped in after the man, swimming against a rapid, downstream current. Repeatedly, he reached for the jumper, but the man drifted farther away. Nearing exhaustion, Armstead had to abandon his efforts or risk drowning himself. Paramedics arrived shortly thereafter, retrieved the man, and attempted to revive him. He did not survive.
"The State of California is proud of the actions of Caltrans employee Tracy Armstead for his extraordinary act of kindness and for his service above and beyond the call of duty," said Richard Land, District 7 Interim Director. "Armstead is a very caring, vigilant, and brave individual. He is a deserving recipient of the Governor's Medal of Valor."
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the highest honor that the State of California bestows on its civil servants. Over 400 medals have been awarded to state employees since the program began in 1959. Joining Armstead this year are 26 other state employees from Caltrans, CAL FIRE, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Military Department, California State Parks, Department of Community Services and Development, and the Department of Mental Health.
There are two types of honorary Medal of Valor Awards given to state employees: gold and silver. The Silver Medal is awarded for a special service or an act of heroism extending above and beyond the normal call of duty or risk to his or her safety to save human life or State property. The Gold Medal is awarded for a special or extraordinary act of heroism extending far above and beyond the normal call of duty or service, performed at great risk to his or her own life in an effort to save human life. Both awards consist of a certificate, citation, medal and lapel pin.
The other Caltrans recipients were Brandon S. Akers, of Caltrans District 5 (San Luis Obispo), and Dale William White Jr., of District 6 (Bakersfield). Akers received the Silver Award for his actions on June 18, 2009, when he assisted a motorist under medical distress and set up a traffic block to prevent further accidents and injuries. White received the Gold Award when he pushed two individuals out of the path of a reckless motorist on December 18, 2008.
Following the award presentation, it's customary for all Medal of Valor recipients to join the Governor at the State Capitol tree lighting ceremony, and for that reason, the tree is called the "Tree of Heroes."
"I played action heroes in movies, but these are true action heroes," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a statement released about the Medal of Valor awards. "There's a big difference; their stories are factual. I want to thank them for their great work and courage."
Armstead gave credit to his coworkers George Bedolla, John Reid, Ray Guidry, and their supervisor, Joe Perez, for playing a part in the attempt to save the life of a citizen. "I am very proud of the conduct of my fellow workers in the team effort to help this man," said Armstead. "They all played a part to save his life."
Real heroes, like Armstead, don't flaunt their heroic actions; they quietly go about doing what they do best. Often, they are the ones you'd least suspect, but would most like to have on your side.


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Already Making a Difference
As Berklee students work toward their personal goals this spring, the college is making excellent progress on its own institutional goal: to raise $50 million through Giant Steps, Berklee's first capital campaign. We're on track to do it, and gifts from our 7,500 donors are already making a difference.
The college now boasts two new focused areas of study: the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) and the American Roots Music Program.
BGJI is an honors performance program with a holistic twist. About 20 top students travel the world, explore multidisciplinary approaches, and work to promote social change. The emphasis draws on the personal ideals and path of the institute's artistic director, Grammy-winning pianist and Berklee Professor Danilo Pérez .
As BGJI Managing Director Marco Pignataro puts it, "You have this great talent. What do you do with it?" These students have used it to reach out. Last year, members of the BGJI performed and taught at the Panama, Monterey, Newport, and Puerto Rico jazz festivals. Spring 2011 destinations include Italy and New Orleans. But it's not all stardust. BGJI musicians also played a gig at a Massachusetts prison hospital.
"We really develop this idea of the artist as agent of change in the community," Pignataro says. It's a "different mindset about what artists are and what they can do."
The in-class curriculum uses a rolling residency model, with a different faculty member or visiting artist each week. Some of Berklee's top jazz faculty, including saxophonists Joe Lovano and George Garzone, now teach exclusively for the institute.
Thanks to Giant Steps, jazz isn't the only genre that has gotten special attention. The American Roots Music Program creates an official focus on Americana styles.
With alumni starring in hot bluegrass bands such as the Infamous Stringdusters, and students such as virtuoso mandolinist Sierra Hull, "Berklee has become an epicenter" in the roots-music world, according to Matt Glaser, the artistic director of the American Roots Program.
But it's one thing to have a hot jam scene and another to promote and teach roots music as an institution. The American Roots Music Program "creates an educational focus that doesn't exist at any other college," Glaser says. It's "a brilliant expansion of curriculum opportunities."
One Giant Steps donation got the program off the ground; two others brought in additional visiting artists who specialize in banjo and country-blues guitar. This semester the roster will include banjoists Béla Fleck, Noam Pikelny, and Tony Trischka and guitarists Paul Rishell, Woody Mann, and Corey Harris.
"The funding allows us to deepen the student experience," Glaser says. "And that's a tremendous gift to the students."
Another initiative, Berklee's City Music Program (BCMP) builds skills and dreams in underprivileged youth in Boston and nationally, culminating, for some, in the gift of a full scholarship to the college.
Thanks to Giant Steps, this year, for the first time, every deserving student received a full-tuition scholarship, says J. Curtis Warner, the program's director. Despite the economic downturn, Berklee's annual gala raised $1.4 million in 2010 for BCMP scholarships.
With the $50 million goal in sight, there's no reason to stop. Every dollar contributes to the goal of enriching the Berklee experience for the world's most promising students.


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Poor Sony. Last week, it detailed the problems behind the millions of defective, prone-to-combustion laptop batteries it's recalled, which is costing the company $429 million.
Now today, according to reports, it's going to be shipping 20,000 fewer PlayStation 3 video-game units than it had originally announced, due to a delay in part production.
That delay won't affect shipments in the U.S., which is slated to get 400,000, as opposed to the 80,000 units now scheduled to drop in Japan.
Notably, the company is already planning to sell the units at a loss, with the 20GB model priced at $430. That's not an uncommon practice for game-system vendors, though, who make up the loss through software and licensing sales.
Sony is currently running at a 94% profit loss this quarter, due to the battery recalls and troubles in its gaming division.
By the way, if you think discussing video-game consoles is too end-user-y for an enterprise IT blog, well, you may be right.
But then again, have you seen the specs on the high-end system? In addition to having Blu-Ray optical drive and built-in 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, it will be the first commercial device powered by the Cell processor, a 3.2GHz chip that Sony developed with assistance from IBM and Toshiba. Boasting seven SPEs, the chip is said to perform at 218 gigaflops. Maybe there'll be a place for one in your server room?


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The mill certificate that comes with your cement is a useful document that is often overlooked. Understanding mill certificate information just requires some basic knowledge of the composition of cement and the terms used to describe it. Among its complex chemistry, portland cement has four principal components, measured by a system developed by R. H. Bogue, and therefore known as the "Bogue Compounds." Of the four Bogue compounds, tricalcium silicate is the most abundant. It hydrates and hardens quickly, and, consequentially, influences concrete's setting time and early age strength significantly. Dicalcium silicate, the second most abundant compound in portland cement, develops strength more slowly than tricalcium silicate. Most of its strength is contributed after four weeks. Tricalcium aluminate plays a major role in the characteristics of fresh concrete. It starts the hydration process quickly upon exposure to water, and contributes to the very early age strength. The final Bogue compound, tetracalcium aluminoferrite is primarily a result of materials used in the cement manufacturing process to lower the temperatures required in the kilns. It hydrates rapidly, but contributes little actual strength. Its most significant effect on concrete is its influence on color. In addition to Bogue compounds, two other values reported on a mill certificate are important to consider. The total alkalies will help determine if the cement may be used with reactive aggregates. Sulfate level can be important in controlling initial and final set time and performance with admixtures.
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If I could earn a living doing what I love most, it'd be helping people in whatever way I can. My plan for now on trying to help people is to go to undergraduate school, the hopefully pass the MCAT and get into medical school so I can hopefully become a doctor and help them in that way. I want to be either a pediatrician or a cardiologist and help people get better. If somehow I do not get into medical school and become a doctor my second plan is to do biology cell research. Maybe cancer cell research or stem cell. If somehow both the plans I have for myself do not work out though I'll be happy in life knowing I can help people, whether it be just through making them smile or helping them with small little things in life. A few years ago, I realized what I love doing the most and that was making people happy and helping others. As the years went by I decided that if somehow my plans in undergraduate school and then medical school fall through that I would be completely content if I could just make people happy in whatever way I can. So far, I think I've done an alright job but I still plan on furthering the world and bettering it starting small: putting a smile on people's faces in any way I can. Making a mark in their life through my interactions with them.


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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
This work studies the effects of water deficit and heat, as well as the involvement of chlororespiration and the ferredoxin-mediated cyclic pathway, on the tolerance of photosynthesis to high light intensity in
dry weight
relative electron transport rate
maximal fluorescence yield in the dark adapted state
minimal fluorescence yield in the dark adapted state
variable fluorescence
fresh weight
NADH dehydrogenase
NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase
pulse amplitude modulation
photosynthetic photon flux density
plastid terminal oxidase
reactive oxygen species
relative water content
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Environmental stresses, such as high irradiance, high temperature and drought, negatively affect photosynthetic processes [
Tolerance to stress results from integrated events occurring at all organization levels, from anatomical and morphological, to cellular, biochemical and molecular levels. At the biochemical level, plants alter their metabolism in various ways to accommodate environmental stress, and photosynthesis is one of these ways.
Photosynthesis in chloroplasts involves a vectorial electron transfer from water in the lumen to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) in the stroma, by means of redox carriers. Besides this major pathway, alternative electron transfer pathways, involving non-photochemical reduction or the oxidation of plastoquinones at the expense of stromal electron donors or acceptors, have been proposed based on functional measurements. These additional reactions cover two main concepts, one based on the cycling of electrons around PS I [
Two thylakoidal enzymes, both of which are important in chlororespiration, have been molecularly characterized: the plastid-encoded NADH dehydrogenase (NDH) complex [
Several studies have proposed that chlororespiratory components may be involved in the protective or adaptive mechanisms of plants in response to environmental stress, such as heat, water deficit and high light [
Plant water status was estimated by measuring the relative water content (RWC) of leaves in plants at the start of the experiment (control) and immediately after exposure to three photoperiods with reduced irrigation and heat (
The fluorescence imaging technique was used to assess the maximal quantum yield of PS II (variable fluorescence (Fv)/maximal fluorescence (Fm)) in intact leaves from plants in control conditions and when exposed to three photoperiods with reduced irrigation and heat (
The light response curves for the quantum yield of PS II and the relative electron transport rate in intact leaves from control plants and plants exposed to water deficit and heat were studied using the fluorescence imaging technique (
The activity of electron donation by NADPH and ferredoxin to plastoquinone was assayed as an increase in the chlorophyll fluorescence emitted during exposure to light of a very low intensity (1.0 μmol m−2 s−1). The fluorescence level reflects the reduction of plastoquinone by electron transport from ferredoxin [
The PTOX activity in plastoquinone oxidation was assayed in recently isolated thylakoid membranes, as described by Joët
The NADH dehydrogenase activity was assayed as NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase (NADH-PQR) activity in thylakoid membranes of leaves recently detached or incubated under high light intensity (
Water deficit and heat resulted in the downregulation of linear electron transport in leaves from
Alternative routes to photosynthetic linear electron transport, such as cyclic electron flow around PS I and chlororespiratory pathways, may contribute to protecting the photosynthetic apparatus under stress conditions. It is known that cyclic electron flow increases in response to high light intensity [
The relative importance of chlororespiration and the cyclic electron pathways regulating the flow of electrons may differ in each plant species. We have described how the PGR5-dependent cyclic pathway is more active in sun plants, whereas in shade plants, other pathways involving the NDH complex and PTOX may be more important [
Plant water status was estimated by measuring the relative water content of leaves (RWC). Leaves were collected and immediately weighed to determine fresh weight (FW). Leaves were then re-hydrated for 24 h at 4 °C in darkness to determine the turgid weight (TW) and subsequently oven-dried for 24 h at 85 °C to determine the dry weight (DW). The RWC was determined as 100 × (FW − DW)/(TW − DW).
Chloroplasts were isolated from leaves, as described by Quiles and Cuello [
Chlorophyll fluorescence was measured in the thylakoid membrane suspension (50 μg Chl mL−1) using a PAM-210 chlorophyll fluorometer (Heinz Walz GmbH, Effeltrich, Germany), and chlorophyll fluorescence was imaged, using the MINI-version of the Imaging-PAM (Heinz Walz GmbH, Effeltrich, Germany) in entire leaves. Prior to the fluorescence measurements, the leaves were dark-adapted for 30 min. Minimal fluorescence yield (F0) was measured at a low frequency of pulse modulated measuring light, while maximal fluorescence yield (Fm) was measured with the help of a saturation pulse. The maximal quantum yield of PS II (Fv/Fm) was calculated using the PAM fluorometer software (Heinz Walz GmbH: Effeltrich, Germany, 2006).
Light response curves were made by illuminating the entire leaves with actinic light of different intensities (60, 90, 120, 150, 210, 310, 440, 600, 850 and 1250 μmol m−2 s−1 PAR), with 2 min illumination periods at each intensity. After each illumination period, a saturation pulse was applied to determine the quantum yield of PS II and the relative electron transport rate, all of which were calculated using the PAM fluorometer software.
The NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase (NADH-PQR) activity was determined, as described by Gamboa
Protein was quantified using the method of Lowry
The relative importance of chlororespiration and the cyclic electron pathways in the tolerance of photosynthesis to high illumination differs under stress conditions. When plants are not subjected to stress, the contribution of chlororespiration to regulating photosynthetic electron flow is not relevant, and another pathway, such as the ferredoxin-mediated cyclic pathway, is more important. However, when PS II activity is inhibited by water deficit and heat, chlororespiration, together with other routes of electron input to the electron transfer chain, is probably essential, not only to support cyclic electron flow and ATP production in chloroplasts, but also to reduce the formation of ROS by preventing over-reduction of the plastoquinone pool in the chloroplasts.
We thank J. Gamboa for assistance in the laboratory. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grant BFU2008-00331).
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Images of the maximal quantum yield of PS II (variable fluorescence (Fv)/maximal fluorescence (Fm)) from a typical leaf of
Light response curves for the quantum yield of PS II and the relative electron transport rate (ETR) in intact dark adapted leaves from
Increases in chlorophyll fluorescence after addition of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) (0.25 mM) 30 s into the run and ferredoxin (Fd, 5 μM) 60 s into the run, under weak measuring light (1.0 μmol·m−2·s−1) in thylakoid membranes (50 μg Chl·mL−1) isolated from recently detached leaves (
Effect of exogenous addition of NADH (2 mM) and
NADH-plastoquinone oxidoreductase (NADH-PQR) activity in the thylakoid membranes isolated from leaves recently detached (white bars) or incubated in water for 20 h under high light intensity (1400 μmol·m−2·s−1) at 24 °C (striped bars) from


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Beginner--getting rid of dot products with zero
i am economics student... not very familiar with mathematica yet.
i am currently using mathematica to verify derivatives i need in another system's code. and, i am stuck with a not so uncommon problem. however, browsing forums i haven't found the solution for my particular version of the problem yet.
when taking partial derivatives of this expression:
L[k1_, k2_, alpha_, beta_ ] = Total[Log[q[k1, k2]]] + Total[(y - alpha - beta*q[k1, k2])^2/q[k1, k2]];
∂\_alpha\ L[k1, \ k2, \ alpha, \ beta]
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x.{0,0,0} or 0.{, ,}
how can i get rid of those? one way is probably by using a replace rule, but this seems rather cumbersome, beside the mere fact that i didn't even get this to work, yet. Simplify, or FullSimplify don't help either.
any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Review
Long battery life; Relatively inexpensive; Multiple color options
Outdated OS; Dull screen; Weak performance; Low-res cameras
Lenovo enters the sub-$250 Android tablet market with its 7-inch IdeaPad A1, but it doesn't bring much to the table.
One day soon, you'll find a free tablet in every box of Cracker Jacks, but until then, $249 remains a decent price for a 7-inch Android slate. Unlike other bargain tablets that are loss-leaders for content services such as the Kindle Fire or creaky also-rans such as the Ainovo Novo7, the Lenovo IdeaPad A1 promises a complete Android experience from a reputable vendor. However, that experience includes too many compromises for many users, particularly when it comes to performance and usability.
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In a market filled with ubBarnes & Noble Nook tablet (8 x 5 x 0.48 inches, 0.9 pounds). However, the glossy plastic bezel and bulbous plastic back and faux chrome sides give the IdeaPad A1 a less premium look than the Nook's styled gunmetal gray designs, the Fire's soft-touch back and sleek black front or the Toshiba Thrive 7-inch's textured backside.
Though the A1 doesn't look pricey, you can get it in your choice of back colors, including blue, white, black, and pink. At least the A1 doesn't creak in your hands like the Ainovo 7.
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Worse, when we angled the tablet away from our body, or twisted it left or right, colors started to really wash out. Perhaps we should not be surprised because, at full brightness, the IdeaPad A1's screen registered only 271 lux on our light meter, far less than the Kindle Fire's 460, the Nook Tablet's 392, or the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus's 326. All of the competitors offered far superior viewing angles, sharpness and color vibrancy.
We don't expect 7-inch tablets to provide strong audio, so the IdeaPad A1's mediocre sound is on a par with the rest of the industry. Its single speaker, which sits on the bottom short side of the tablet, delivers sound that's loud enough to fill a small room, but when we played a rock tune - Tragedy's "Staying Alive" - the music was monotone and very tinny. Users who like to hold the tablet in landscape mode may find themselves covering the speaker and thus muffling the sound.
Operating System and Interface
The only customization Lenovo has made to the stock Android 2.3.4 interface is the addition of the Lenovo Launcher Widget on the center home screen. First appearing on the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and later on the ThinkPad tablet, the Launcher has four block-shaped zone buttons with a globe icon in the middle. Each of these buttons represents one of five "zones," which are configurable shortcuts. By default, Watch zone goes to the gallery, Listen zone goes to the Android music player, Read zone launches a Kindle app, Email zone goes to the non-Gmail email client and the Globe launches the web browser. A shortcut to the settings menu appears to the right of the zones and a settings menu just for the zones themselves is on the left.
Where more recent Android tablets let you see and choose between tasks by taping a layers icon in the lower left corner of the screen, the only way to see open tasks on the A1 is to hold down the home button as you would on most Android smartphones. Rather than providing access to quick settings in the lower right of the screen as on Android 3 and above, users must go to the full settings menu either by using the menu button or by hitting a shortcut on the center home screen's launcher widget.
The IdeaPad A1 has three customizable home screens that can hold your widgets or shortcuts and a bland app menu with an all-black background and alphabetically listed apps. Neither the app menu nor the home screens rotate to landscape mode. At the bottom of each home screen sit three shortcut icons, which by default go to the Lenovo app store, the apps menu and the Web browser.
NavDroyd provides turn-by-turn directions, which are also available from Google Maps. mSpot Movies 2 lets you rent or buy films to watch. News and Weather provides headlines from some leading news services.
With its single-core 1-GHz CPU, the IdeaPad A1 is fast enough to play games and videos, but the tablet felt sluggish during our testing. Whether we were launching apps, typing on a virtual keyboard, or swiping through the home screens or other menus, the device suffered from a noticeable amount of lag. When we streamed a high-def video or played a round of the racing game "Raging Thunder Light," motion was smooth though images were a bit pixilated.
Synthetic benchmarks confirmed the IdeaPad A1's subpar performance. On Linpack, a benchmark that measures overall processing power, the A1 got a single-threaded score of 16.6, well below the 18.3 category average and miles behind the Kindle Fire (36.75), the Nook Tablet (42.57) and the Toshiba Thrive 7-inch (31.25), all of which have dual-core CPUs.
On the 3D graphics-oriented AN3DBench, the IdeaPad A1 scored 6,183, lower than the 6,266 tablet average and far behind the Kindle Fire (7,006), Nook Tablet (7,120) and Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (7,899). On FPS2D, which measures 2D graphics ability, the A1 got a respectable 59, just above the 56 tablet category average.
The front-facing 0.3-MP camera shot blurry, pixilated images of our face with shadows covering our features under the fluorescent lights of our office. When we called a friend using Google Talk's video chat feature, the incoming video was smooth and sharp, but a picture of our face was jerky and appeared upside down on his end. With the front camera in the middle of the upper long side of the device, it was also hard to align our face with the camera while also looking at the screen in landscape mode.
Battery Life
The Lenovo IdeaPad A1's single-cell battery lasted a very-strong 8 hours and 2 minutes on the LAPTOP Battery Test, which involves continuous surfing over Wi-Fi. That time is much longer than the 5:34 tablet category average and the 5:18 offered by the Toshiba Thrive 7-inch. The Kindle Fire was about half an hour behind at 7:34, and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus lasted 7:18.
VerdictAinovo, Archos, and Pandigital--and the battery life is strong. However, in too many ways you get what you paid for with a dull screen, sluggish single-core performance, and an outdated OS. Hardware hackers looking to improve the experience by rooting the IdeaPad A1 and installing a more up-to-date version of Android may find this device a bargain, but most others would be better off with the less expensive Kindle Fire, similarly priced Nook Tablet, or pricier but more powerful Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.
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MTV Films Enters the Twilight Zone3/11/2004 7:55 AM Eastern
MTV Films and Maverick Films are wandering off into the Twilight together.
The two studios announced Thursday that they have acquired the film rights to Twilight, a novel set for publication from Little, Brown in September 2005.
The film will be released through Paramount Pictures, a sister company to MTV Films under Viacom Inc.'s umbrella.
The teen-age vampire love story was written by Phoenix-based author Stephenie Meyer.
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That's why fans pack Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia day after day, night after night, as the Phillies completed their longest homestand of the season this afternoon by winning their ninth game in eleven tries on the home turf.
Cliff Lee was simply fantastic, throwing his second complete game of the season, shutting out the Marlins and allowing only two hits on the day. Cliff flirted with a no-no into the fifth. Alas, history was not meant to be, but that didn't prevent sheer awesomeness from prevailing.
"His command was the biggest difference," Charlie Manuel said of Lee. "Today he moved the ball around really good."
Lee added a few points to the Four Aces hitting competition as well, by ripping an double in the fourth inning. That was all Clifton Phifer needed.
And the Phillies head out onto the road winners of seven in a row. The offense is finding its groove and the pitching staff is dominating exactly how we all expected them to.
24 innings pitched, 3-0 record, and one earned run in three games. That's how Cliff pitched during this 11-game homestead. Sick numbers.
Off to Seattle for some West Coast AL action.
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One real interesting note after the game: Ruben Amaro Jr. has announced that J.C. Romero has been designated for assignment to make room for Vance Worley, who will start this weekend in Seattle.


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I am not getting all my emails on my iPhone anymore. I will get some on the iPhone but not all, then a day later they might show up. Example, I received emails on my iPhone emails at 7:00 this morning, then a few more this afternoon, but I didn't get the emails in between. I can see those emails on my Outlook or on the server account. This did not used to be an issue. I would hear my phone and my Outlook ding around the same time showing new mail. Someone please help! This is a big problem when I am not in the office.
Hi, Did you do a software update on your iPhone? Try holding both power and home buttons for 10 seconds to reboot your iPhone.
Then go into settings ---->>>> mail, contact and calendar, then remove your email account and reinstall it, and see if that helps.
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I did that and it did not fix the problem. I did do a software update this morning, but this problem was before that. I did setup an icloud account because I just bought an ipad.
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The best option is to restore your phone as it seems your mail software has become corrupted.
•Attach the phone to the pc •Turn the phone off •Press and hold power. Keep holding power. As soon as you see display on the screen of any sort press and hold home. •Hold power and home together for *exactly* 10 seconds. •Release power but keep holding home until the pc beeps as a USB device is recognized. •At this point the display will come on. Now your restore should work.
After you finished all those steps, open iTunes and click yes when they asked if you want to restore. Let me know if you still have problems after you have restored it.
I have never plugged my phone into my pc.
So you have never synced or backed up your iPhone with iTunes? Doing a restore will erase all data on your iPhone. If you have any important data on your iPhone you want to keep, it is not recommended to do a restore before you back up your iPhone with iTunes.


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Muttville's mission is to rescue older dogs (aged 7+) slated for euthanasia all over California. Muttville gives these dogs the veterinary care they need and finds them permanent, loving homes. Founded in 2007, this October, Muttville celebrates saving its 500th dog.
Muttville performs a special rescue function: older dogs are seen as less desirable than puppies. They often need extensive veterinary care, making them expensive to care for and hard to place for adoption. In this ailing economy, animal shelters are overflowing with record numbers of unwanted animals. Muttville serves as a "shelter of last resort" for these dogs.
Many of Muttville's dogs come from homes where people have passed away. Muttville's "Seniors for Seniors" program recognizes the special gift older dogs have to offer by placing them with senior citizens.
As an all-volunteer organization, Muttville manages to do so much with so little. Muttville fosters up to 40 dogs at a time in 27 foster homes. Veterinary costs constitute 85% of expenses. Yet in 2009, with a budget of only $170,000, Muttville rescued, provided veterinary care for and adopted out 300 elderly dogs.
Muttville's goal is to never have to say "no" to any senior dog in need. We offer these wonderful older dogs a second chance, a forever home that will love them to the fullest.
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Apr 16, 2014 - By Kelli Ameling, Staff WriterThe Fremont County Museums Board of Trustees has agreed to let Wyoming PBS use electricity at the Dubois Museum.
During the board's meeting March 13, the board heard a presentation from John Angst of Wyoming PBS regarding the use of power at the museum.
Angst said he wanted permission to have extended power to the workstation truck from the museum's main panel to film a production for PBS.
"They needed the extra service for their video-sound-light-recording project to take place in the Dennison building," chairman Jon Lane said.
During the meeting, Angst said PBS would "bear the cost of the 58 kilowatt hours."
However, trustee Tom Duncan made a motion to allow the extension at no cost to Wyoming PBS and use money out of the general fund to cover the expense.
"That's a good idea," trustee Carol Chidsey said.
Duncan said the publicity value would be worth "much more" than the cost.
The board unanimously approved the motion.
Angst said the museums board and museum will be added to the credits and a donation would be considered.
"That is up to you," Duncan said.
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