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Cyanobacterial oligopeptides comprise a wide range of bioactive and/or toxic compounds. While current research is strongly focused on exploring new oligopeptide variants and their bioactive properties, the biological role of these compounds remains elusive. Oligopeptides production abilities show a remarkably patchy distribution among conspecific strains. This observation has prompted alternative approaches to unveil their adaptive value, based on the use of cellular oligopeptide compositions as biomarkers of intraspecific subpopulations or chemotypes in freshwater cyanobacteria. Studies addressing the diversity, distribution, and dynamics of chemotypes in natural systems have provided important insights into the structure and ecology of cyanobacterial populations and the adaptive value of oligopeptides. This review presents an overview of the fundamentals of this emerging approach and its most relevant findings, and discusses our current understanding of the role of oligopeptides in the ecology of cyanobacteria.
Cyanobacteria are among the oldest and most successful forms of life still present on Earth. Ancient cyanobacteria are believed to have been instrumental in the transition of the atmosphere to oxic conditions. Today, these phototrophic prokaryotes are present in almost every habitat on Earth, including terrestrial, brackish, marine, and freshwater environments. They can be found in extreme environments ranging from arid desert areas and polar regions, to the inside of rocks (endolithic), or as symbionts with other organisms. The remarkable adaptability of cyanobacteria is attributable, in part, to the production of a wide repertoire of secondary metabolites with diverse bioactive activities, which likely contributed to the colonization of such a range of ecological niches.
The term secondary metabolism is generally used to refer to metabolic pathways that are not directly involved in the growth, development or reproduction of the organism. In the case of cyanobacteria, secondary metabolites present a vast chemical diversity and are widespread across cyanobacterial taxonomic units. A growing number of these compounds has been isolated and characterized from cultured strains and field samples. Their discovery has been driven by the growing interest toward their potential pharmacological applications or, alternatively, their toxic effects on human and animal health. Resulting from this dual interest, we perceive in the literature a somewhat artificial separation of these metabolites into cyanotoxins and other bioactive compounds. This dichotomy has largely influenced the perspective by which the study of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites has been approached in the last decades. Exceptions notwithstanding, much of the research effort has targeted these compounds toward their potential pharmacological uses, e.g., as antibacterial, antiviral, anticoagulant or anticancer compounds [
The discovery of intraspecific polymorphisms in picoplanktonic cyanobacteria has stimulated the perception that addressing the species as the lowest taxonomic level might be insufficient to understand the ecological plasticity of cyanobacteria.
In other cyanobacteria, the existence of intraspecific polymorphisms with regard to the synthesis of secondary metabolites is not a new notion. However, chemical polymorphisms have been mostly addressed in relation to the co-existence of toxigenic (
Research focusing on the study of cyanobacterial chemotypes and their differential behavior under natural conditions has yielded unique insights into the composition and dynamics of natural populations. Furthermore, chemotyping approaches have led to the formulation of new hypotheses regarding the role of cyanobacterial oligopeptides, which will most likely shape future research efforts exploring their involvement in the ecology of cyanobacteria. Our intent here is not to recreate some excellent reviews comprehensively addressing the biosynthesis, chemical diversity, or bioactive properties of these compounds (e.g., [
A major part of the array of secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria is represented by oligopeptides, a highly diverse group of low molecular weight peptides containing a range of both proteinogenic and non-proteinogenic amino acids. Oligopeptides display a surprisingly high level of structural variability, although many compounds share in common conserved substructures. These structural similarities led to the current, most widely accepted classification of oligopeptides, proposed by Welker and von Döhren [
Most oligopeptides are synthesized following non-ribosomal pathways (e.g., [
Non-ribosomal pathways are pivotal in (cyano)bacterial secondary metabolism. NRPS genes may account for up to 5% of the genome (e.g., [
Examples of chemical structures of the seven major oligopeptide classes after Welker and Von Döhren [
In addition, single NPRS gene clusters can be responsible for the synthesis of multiple chemical variants (e.g., >100 microcystin variants have been described). A significant part of this structural variability is achieved by relaxation of substrate specificities, resulting in variable incorporation of amino acids at some residues and thereby leading to the existence of multiple chemical variants synthesized by the same enzyme complex [
Oligopeptides are widespread in at least four of the five cyanobacterial taxonomic orders or subsections [
The rapid development of bioinformatic tools has contributed to the increased discovery of new microbial secondary metabolites in the last years (e.g., [
Instead, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has become the technique of choice for chemotyping applications. MALDI-TOF MS enables a rapid determination of intracellular constituents from fresh biomass. As a result, this technique has been increasingly used for the analysis of taxon-specific microbial metabolite patterns for the rapid identification of infective or pathogenic bacterial taxa [
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry consists in the ionization, separation and detection of analytes. A small amount of fresh cell biomass (e.g., individual colonies/filaments) is mixed with a co-crystallizing matrix. Most commonly used matrices are low weight, organic, aromatic acids, usually 2,5-dihydroxy benzoic acid (DHB) or α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA), that are dissolved in a mixture of solvents like water, ethanol and acetonitrile, and acidified by a strong acid, usually trifluoracetic acid [
A commonly highlighted limitation of MALDI-TOF MS is that analysis only yields qualitative (or semi-quantitative) results, as peptides differ in their ionization due to differences in amino acid compositions and hydrophobicity. For example, peptides containing arginine in their structure show preferential ionization [
Oligopeptides are suitable biomarkers of cyanobacterial subpopulations, as their synthesis at the individual level is determined by the presence or absence of the respective gene clusters. Given the patchy distribution of these clusters among co-existing strains, cyanobacterial cells can present any combination of these clusters and thereby exhibit distinctive qualitative oligopeptide compositions, which delineate different chemotypes [
Several studies have evaluated the stability of oligopeptide patterns as reliable subpopulation markers under a range of environmental conditions. Whereas these studies report overall stability of peptide fingerprints, in some cases, nutrient limitation, high irradiance [
Perhaps due to such inconsistencies, existing studies using oligopeptides as subpopulation markers often apply heterogeneous criteria for chemotype delineation, each of which offers a dissimilar trade-off between resolution and stability. Criteria based on (1) single oligopeptide classes (e.g., [
Chemotype delineation based on individual peptide variants, however, reveals a picture of high complexity. The extent of structural variability throughout oligopeptide classes could be enormous. Microcystins present over 100 structural variants, whereas other oligopeptides may bear even more structural variability. Cyanopeptolins, for instance, display variable amino acids at all positions, except for two highly conserved residues. One could hence argue that the potential structural diversity of oligopeptides, considering combinatorial incorporation of amino acids and modifications at variable residues across peptide classes, can give rise to up to hundreds, if not thousands of individual oligopeptides, and, thus, may lead to a virtually endless number of chemotypes. However, field studies have shown that naturally-occurring chemotypes delineate intraspecific linages that present unique ecological features [
Research addressing the composition and dynamics of cyanobacterial oligopeptide chemotypes has revealed that natural populations exhibit a mosaic structure of coexisting strains with different oligopeptide production abilities. Chemotype assemblages showed to be stable over for long periods of time in their respective ecosystem, as evidenced by the continuous presence of four different
As a result of the different chemical profiles among coexisting strains, the phenology of individual chemotypes dynamically affects the properties of the whole-population with regard to average oligopeptide contents [
Tracking individual oligopeptide-based subpopulations in their natural habitat revealed that cyanobacterial chemotypes delineate subpopulations that interact differently with their environment [
Over the course of the season, the temporal evolution of the benthic composition of chemotypes reflects with fair fidelity the major shifts occurring in the overlaying water column [
In light of these considerations, we believe that the ecological relevance of the subspecific level in cyanobacteria as operating basis for biological process is indisputable. Therefore, revisiting the ecology and life-cycles of cyanobacteria under perspectives that recognize the intraspecific dimension of their populations is needed to increase our understanding on how the interplay of ecological processes dynamically shape the populations along their life-cycle at its different stages. Moreover, addressing differential behaviors among chemotypes in their environment constitutes a promising way to identify the selective forces driving their dynamics and thereby unravel the biological role of oligopeptides in the producing organisms.
The notion that chemotypes represent ecologically relevant units raises important research questions: Which factors drive the succession of chemotypes in nature? What is the adaptive value of oligopeptides in the ecology of chemotypes? Furthermore, what forces are behind the subdivision of cyanobacterial populations into distinct chemotypes? Do chemotypes represent discrete evolutionary units? If so, what is their evolutionary history? In our opinion, these questions delineate current frontiers of knowledge on the topic.
The adaptive value of cyanobacterial oligopeptides remains, despite intensive research, still ambiguous. A number of biological functions have been proposed, including their role as defense compounds against grazers [
Traditional approaches to address this issue typically focus on individual peptides to investigate their effects on the producing organisms or their competitors. Alternatively, cyanobacterial chemotyping constitutes a complementary approach based on the study of oligopeptide-based subpopulations to infer a general biological role of these compounds. Combined interpretations of the findings stemming from these approaches have contributed to the formulation of novel hypotheses on the adaptive value of oligopeptides that are consistent with observations at different organizational levels (e.g., population and molecular levels).
Chemotypical subpopulations in their environment can be controlled either by bottom-up or top-down mechanisms. Bottom-up mechanisms are mediated by resource competition among subpopulations. However, although a role of oligopeptides as chelating agents putatively enhancing nutrient uptake has been proposed [
Alternative notions for the existence of top-down mechanisms controlling cyanobacterial populations are not new. However, grazing and competition with other phytoplankton have been typically pointed out as their possible drivers. In fact, putative roles of oligopeptides as grazing deterrents [
Other proposed forms of top-down control refer to parasitic interactions. Parasites in aquatic ecosystems have traditionally been neglected, mostly due to methodological limitations. At present, however, host-parasite interactions are increasingly regarded as fundamental in the functioning of the ecosystem and considered important driving forces of ecological and evolutionary processes, such as species succession, population dynamics or gene flows [
Interestingly, further studies exploring the relationship between cyanobacteria and their fungal parasites reveal that chytrid strains present chemotype-specific host preferences [
In cyanobacteria, predicted host diversification might be reflected, first, at the population level by the co-existence of chemotypical subpopulations with dissimilar susceptibility to parasites. Rather than maintaining an ideal genotype, cyanobacteria may profit from preserving an array of chemotypes to prevent parasites from exploiting the whole population efficiently. The dynamic composition of chemotypes might therefore respond to top-down pressures exerted by parasites or, alternatively, other pathogens (e.g., cyanophages). Secondly, signs of diversification are also evident at the peptide level. It is somewhat notorious that during their evolutionary history, the vast pool of peptide congeners has not been reduced to a few efficient ones. Instead, oligopeptide synthesis is characterized by widespread structural ambiguities that result in the production of a wide array of peptide variants, which in fact exhibit different inhibitory properties [
Differences in oligopeptide profiles arguably imply dissimilar fitness costs among coexisting subpopulations, which likely result from energy burdens, but also from antagonistic pleiotropy associated with oligopeptide synthesis [
While some aspects of this novel hypothesis definitely remain to be experimentally demonstrated, we believe that the coherence between the available pieces of evidence (at both the population and molecular levels), and the theoretical framework explaining the emergence of intraspecific chemotypes is too striking to be overlooked and deserves serious consideration in future research.
The use of oligopeptides as cyanobacterial markers is still in its infancy, but has strongly contributed to tackle the chemical variability among co-existing cyanobacterial strains. High throughput analytical techniques like MALDI-TOF MS allow the rapid analysis of qualitative oligopeptide compositions at the individual level and, thereby, enable the delimitation of chemotypical subpopulations. Oligopeptides proofed to be in general suitable subpopulation markers, given their constitutive synthesis and their steady intracellular concentrations. The analysis of chemotypical subpopulations under natural conditions has revealed that cyanobacterial populations are comprised by a stable mosaic of coexisting chemotypes that are subject to marked seasonal dynamics. Close examinations of the succession of subpopulations in aquatic ecosystems show that chemotypes interact differently with their environment and present different ecological traits. The existence of ecologically functional units below the species level stresses the relevance of the subspecific dimension as the basis on which biological processes operate and shape cyanobacterial populations. Current research in this direction is focused on the identification of the selective forces governing the dynamics of chemotypes in nature, to disentangle the biological role of oligopeptides and to interpret cyanotoxin occurrence in an ecological context. Recent findings stemming from chemotyping approaches strongly suggest that cyanobacterial peptides are involved in defense mechanisms against fungal parasites and, most likely, other pathogens. Cyanobacterial highly diversified oligopeptide repertoires and population subdivision into distinct chemotypes have been proposed as adaptive strategies of cyanobacteria to resist rapidly evolving parasites. Whereas this novel hypothesis on their biological role remains to be experimentally confirmed and will likely shape future research directions, the use of oligopeptides as biomarkers exemplifies how much we can learn by leaving behind traditional notions considering the species as the ecologically relevant unit.
We thank the European Co-Operation in Science and Technology COST Action ES1105 "CYANOCOST" for networking and knowledge-transfer support. We also would like to acknowledge two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript.
Ramsy Agha and Antonio Quesada wrote the manuscript.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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5.0 of 5
March 8th, 2017
Been seeing Dr. Swetz about 15 years -- started out just seeing him as a family practitioner for annual checkups and colds. When I discovered my specialists would only prescribe the most expensive meds on the market, I fired them and began to see Dr. Swetz for thyroid and diabetes conditions also about 5 years ago. He is encouraging, very knowledgeable, willing to talk about my ideas and provide necessary information in a positive manner. Shares telephone service on nights/weekends with another reputable doctor.
1.0 of 5
May 13th, 2016
staff was rude ,talked down to me,
5.0 of 5
June 18th, 2015
Best doctor I've had, great bedside manner
5.0 of 5
March 25th, 2015
Caring and Thoughtful Doctor
Dr. Swetz has provided care to my family and me for the last 16 years... both at his practice and former medical group. Outstanding person. Great staff. Fabulous bedside manner and compassion. Explains his thoughts and diagnosis completely. Does not over-prescribe or over-treat. I look forward to growing old with Mark as my Doctor and friend.
3.7 of 5
September 9th, 2014
Great doctor!
I have been seeing Dr. Swetz since I left my pediatrician. He is kind, courteous, asks a lot of questions & answers mine as well. He's personable, asks about family, checks up on chronic conditions, suggests good things & overall is fantastic. Speaking as a medical professional, he is very good!! His one nurse however, can be a bit cranky & condescending at times...
1.0 of 5
November 8th, 2013
Bad Experience
I like the doctor and was a patient for over 10 years. I recently switched to a new physician beacuse of the office staff. Everything is great until you have an issue then they treat you wrong.
5.0 of 5
May 19th, 2013
Excellent doctor
I have gone to a lot of doctors in my life and Dr. Swetz is the best! Very easy to talk to and goes out of his way to learn your family history. My whole family switched over to him and we all adore him! Don't listen to people that say the staff is nasty cause they are not! They make you feel very comfortable. You never have to wait more than 15 minutes! As for filling out paper work, that is the government and you have to do it every year wherever you go!
1.0 of 5
February 2nd, 2012
my opinion of a good doctor is:
A good Doctor doesnt hand out prescriptions like candy, Main menu is antibiotics and prednisone. I suggest doing your own follow up and get copies of everything. staff ok, one old nurse needs to take lessons on how to speak to people. Staff talks loudly and you can frequently hear them discuss patients illness and their names.A good doctor doesnt just give you what you want. Needs to learn how to use medical records on computer. Progress notes are inaccurate. Staff does to much work for him and probably shouldnt be. Lisa gone thank god she frequently made mistakes . Not sure if he knows what he is doing
5.0 of 5
October 1st, 2011
this man is the BEST!!
No doubt about it. Dr. Swetz and his current staff are awesome. Every business has it's own problems. Dr. Swetz sister-in-law was a problem in the office, however, put yourself in his position. I had my issue with her also but don't judge an entire practice based on the ignorance of one employee. Thank God she is gone and her replacement, Dixie, is just as awesome as Denise, Georgia, and the rest of his staff. The best change I EVER made in my life was to see Dr. Swetz. He was my husband's physician and I fought switching my Dr. Well, Dr. Swetz saved my life!! This is NOT an exxageration. His office is like being with family. I have called and been treated like "one of the family" since DAY ONE!! He is kind, compassionate, empathetic, funny, smart and professional. I have NEVER met a Doctor who was his equal. Please THINK before you write comments about a Doctor's practice. Right about now, he could cut off the wrong leg (THIS IS A JOKE!!!) and I would still forgive him. The man is amazing!!
5.0 of 5
April 1st, 2011
I can't say enough about Dr. Swetz. He will try almost anything he can think of to solve your medical problem. He seems to understand how you feel. His staff is excellent and reflects his personality. I can get an appointment with in a day or two. I don't think I have ever waited more than 10 minutes to see him and when I do see him he spends as much time with my husband and I as we need. If you don't understand what the diagnosos is he will stay with you untill you understand everything. He is funny and make comments on topics that you are interested in. Your not just a patient your a friend.
5.0 of 5
July 5th, 2010
Great Physician
He's not afraid to prescribe what needs to be given as so many doctors are now phobic about antibiotics and government monitored pharms. He's also not at all reluctant to suggest a specialist -- which is great after seeing a doctor for years that thought he could do it all and caused me to waste years with solutions that were anything but. Super neighborhood family man -- makes a great listener and accurate diagnostician. Very, very happy with all aspects of treatment for over a decade -- no exceptions.
1.0 of 5
May 3rd, 2009
why did i get the "letter"? why must I switch physicians? read on...
Dr. Swetz is a wonderful physicain, no complaints from my children or myself. But, can not anyone have a complaint against office staff and the rudeness thereof one person in his office? I don't feel i was disrespectful, i did not yell, i did not scream, (why does it sound like Dr. Seuss??) why would anyone not have a comment on a SEVEN page yearly set of information forms?? if the information never changes, why would you have to fill out the same forms again? Wonderful physician, can't say anything wrong with him or the nurses. but i guess that when the medical assistant at the window does not like you, it's not really you - it's because she does not like you and she is probably the dr's sister-in-law. good luck with all you do, just don't have an opinion.
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In public comments submitted today, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) charged that the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) continues to fail at implementing its Congressional mandate to facilitate the uptake of nonanimal testing methods government-wide. Specifically, the groups charge that ICCVAM's Draft Five-Year Plan (2013-2017):
With the exception of sponsoring one or two workshops between now and 2017, there are few concrete goals described in the plan and no timeframes set for achieving progress. NICEATM-ICCVAM should be playing a leadership role in bringing about change and achieving the 21st century toxicity testing vision; instead, the plan relegates the entities to a peripheral, minor role at best – and to an obstacle at worst – while member agencies and European counterparts take the lead. In addition, PETA and PCRM call upon NICEATM-ICCVAM to promote – rather than oppose – U.S. adoption of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and allow meaningful representation of experts in nonanimal testing from animal protection organizations on its scientific advisory committee.


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Words are, the fourth autobot war movie by Michael Bay will feature 'a high shool senior' girl and 'a Texas racing driver' as its lead characters, replacing Sam Witwicky and his girlfriend.
After Shia LaBeouf confirmed he would not return to play Sam Witwicky in the "Transformers" film series, the producers of the autobot war movie franchise are forced to look for new actor[s] to tackle the leading role[s] in the upcoming "Transformers 4". While the casting hasn't been confirmed, details of the possible new lead characters in the fourth film have allegedly been unveiled.
Spoiler TV has shared some tidbits from the casting call for the Michael Bay-directed movie. It is said that the project is currently looking for actors to play two new new leads in "T4". According to the report, "the new female lead that they are looking for is a high school senior and her boyfriend a Texas racing driver."
Should the report be true, the character may seem very different from Witwicky, who was described as a social outcast in the first movie. He unintentionally bought Bumblebee to impress the hottest girl in his school Mikaela Banes, who was played by Megan Fox. In "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", Fox's was replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. She starred as Carly Spencer, a British curator at Dylan Gould's company.
To arrive in the U.S. theaters on June 26, 2014, "Transformers 4" will have Bay returning as the helmer. Though confirming that the film will include a brand new cast ensemble, Bay insisted that it would not be a reboot. "It's not a reboot, that's maybe wrong," he once said to Hero Complex.
"I don't want to say reboot because then people will think we're doing a Spider-Man and starting from the beginning. We're not. We're taking the story that you've seen - the story we've told in three movies already - and we're taking it in a new direction."
In addition to presenting new actors in the casting department, the latest installment of the Hasbro movie reportedly will include a brand new set of robots. Still, Bay stressed that Optimus Prime would be back for the next film and confirmed that Peter Cullen would return to voice the fan-favorite robot. "Of Course! Of course! Listen, when I heard his voice, it gave me chills," Bay said recently.


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Political parties in Kenya for the first time converged to discuss how to focus on issues in their politics.
Under the auspices of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD-Kenya), senior officials from over 20 political parties participated in a national conference designed to augment and sustain calls for issue-based politics at intra and interparty discourse centered on policy role of political parties.
The conference is part of the ongoing 'politics of ideas and solutions' project that CMD-Kenya is implementing in partnership with the Danish Liberal Democracy (DLDP). The goal of the project is to promote development of new ideas, issue-based politics, and thematic policy development and provide a platform for political parties to reflect on the urgent need to reformulate their policies and programmes to focus on solutions and challenges facing the Kenya.
Speaking at the conference, CMD-Kenya chairperson Omingo Magara said: "Ethinic based parties and political mobilization on ethnic lines in the bane in Kenya and a major impediment to democratic culture and constitutionalism taking root and germinating."
Most speakers at the conference underscored that issue-based politics is the catalyst for better service delivery and development, with party officials emphasizing that political leaders must be compelled to concentrate on issues affecting Kenyan people across societal divides.
Among the speakers included: Hon. Martha Karua who spoke on: Mainstreaming the Gender Parity Issue in Party Politics, Prof. Larry Gumbe:The Role of Political Parties in Tackling the Salient Governance and Issues in the Devolved System and Dr. Adams Oloo who made a Presentation of the Study Findings/Recommendations of the Policy Orientations and Programmes of Political Parties, a survey commissioned by CMD-Kenya to establish the situation currently supported by quantitative and qualitative data to strengthen internal capacities and mechanisms within political parties for the participatory formulation of their policies, articulation, and utilization in public agenda setting.
CMD-Kenya Executive Director Njeri Kabeberi decried the problems with the current political setup in Kenya stating that "people in leadership positions seem to owe their allegiance, not to the people they claim to represent or the country as a whole, but their political masters who own political parties." She called on party members to reinvigorate their demand for policy issues on the political podium at every opportunity.


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Continuing its support of faculty research, Texas Woman's University has announced 10 Chancellor's Research Fellows for 2008-2009.
"The program pairs less-experienced faculty protégés who have strong potential for gaining external research funding with senior faculty mentors who have been successful at obtaining funds from federal agencies or other sources and have published their research," said Dr. Jo Ann Engelbrecht, director of research and sponsored programs at TWU.
This year's protégés and mentors are: Dr. Patricia Casey (teacher education), who will be mentored by Dr. Charlotte "Barney" Sanborn (kinesiology); Dr. Kimberly Booker (psychology and philosophy), who will be mentored by Dr. Lynda Uphouse (biology); Dr. Noralyn Pickens (occupational therapy, Dallas), who will be mentored by Dr. Susan Sheriff (nursing, Dallas); Dr. Pushkala Raman (School of Management), who will be mentored by Dr. Nancy DiMarco (Institute for Women's Health and nutrition and food sciences); and Dr. Jian Zhang (mathematics and computer science), who will be mentored by Dr. Richard Sheardy (chemistry and physics).
Protégés and mentors receive monetary awards to use for their individual research needs. The program is now in its eighth year and funding is provided by the TWU Chancellor's Circle and the TWU Foundation.
Mentors assist their protégés in developing their research agendas and proposals. Protégés are responsible for preparing at least one grant application for external funding during the fellowship year or the following academic year.
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Addressing healthcare reform in the United States is the topic of a Texas Woman's University public affairs forum to be held Thursday, Oct. 16.
"Health Care Reform in the United States: Economic, Political, Social and Personal Dimensions" will take place from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in room 204 of the Classroom Faculty Office Building (CF0). The event is free and open to the public. For more information, email JWilliams2@.twu.edu or call 81-2052.
The forum includes three speakers — Dr. Abigail Tilton, director of the TWU social work program; Dr. Dan Stultz, president and CEO of the Texas Hospital Association; and Zachary Thompson, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department.
Dr. Tilton will discuss the dimensions of the health care problem in the United States and provide a brief overview of the reform proposals of the Democratic and Republican parties. Dr. Stultz will speak about healthcare reform from the vantage point of healthcare institutions, covering issues such as the economic impact of the uninsured population on the healthcare system in Texas and the United States. Mr. Thompson will focus on public health aspects of reform, including challenges of delivering health care to underserved citizens.
The TWU College of Arts and Sciences is presenting this event as part of its ongoing series of public affairs forums. For more information, visit www.twu.edu/as/college/publicforums.htm.
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Texas Woman's University was recognized as having the largest team participating in the education category during the 2008 Komen Houston Race for the Cure® held on Oct. 4. TWU had 80 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends take part in the race. The team, known as the "Pioneers for the Cure," raised $2,956 in registration fees and donations for the event.
The Third Annual Fall Kinship Fair will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 on Pioneer Circle (the Pioneer Woman statue area) on TWU's Denton campus. The fair provides resources for Denton County Kinship families who have opened their homes to children who otherwise would be in the foster care system. The event includes food, games, a petting zoo, as well as resources for the families such as diapers, clothes, haircuts and information. TWU social work students are sponsoring a diaper drive in conjunction with the fair. For more information, contact Ann Hampton, Child Abuse Prevention Society president, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
More than 300 current and future math and science teachers attended the Teachers Teaching with Technology™ Regional Conference held Sept. 20 on TWU's Denton campus. The event, organized by Cathy Banks (math and science), featured hands-on demonstration sessions using new technology. Texas Instruments sponsors the event, which provides professional development for teachers who want to teach more effectively by adding educational technology to their curricula.
A call for candy has been issued for TWU's annual fall festival, "Boo at the U," scheduled from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. More than 3,000 people attended the event last year, so the need for candy is great. Candy may be dropped off in the Student Union Office (room 209), or you may call x3641 and they will come pick it up.
The fourth annual UNT/TWU Child Welfare Conference will be held Friday, Nov. 21 in the Silver Eagle Suite in the University Union at the University of North Texas. Registration deadline is Friday, Nov. 14. To register, or for more information, visit http://web3.unt.edu/rswa/Conf2008/index.htm.
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Mark Sandel (sociology/social work) and Dr. Linda Rubin (psychology/philosophy) were awarded a $300,000 grant, "Reducing Violent Crimes Against Women On Campus: Resources for Ending Violence,"which was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women. This grant will fund the continued work of TWU's Project REV – Resources for Ending Violence.
Dr. Jake Blosser (history and government) has been invited to join the yearlong colloquium "Forms of Religious Experience in the Seventeenth-Century British Atlantic World" hosted by the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The colloquium will meet eight times in 2008-09. This is Dr. Blosser's second invitation in three years to join the Folger Institute. Dr. Blosser is also the recipient of one of two 2008-09 fellowships awarded by the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and the Folger Institute.
Heather Speed has been promoted to the new position of dean of students, effective Oct. 1. As dean of students, she will supervise Career Services, the Center for Student Development, Student Union, International Education, Commuter Services, and the Counseling Center. She formerly served as director of the Center for Student Development.
Dr. Judy Rohrer (women's studies) recently published "Disrupting the 'Melting Pot': Racial Discourse in Hawai'i and the Naturalization of Haole," in Ethnic and Racial Studies 31:6 (September 2008): 1110-1125.
The book EntreMundos/Among Worlds: New Perspectives on Gloria Anzaldua, edited byDr. AnaLouise Keating (women's studies), recently was published in paperback by Palgrave Macmillan Press.
Faisal Aboul-Enein (nursing, Houston) has published and co-authored a paper titled "Pilot study: awareness of university students in Jordan of the positive health effects of garlic" in the internationally peer-reviewed Journal of Public Health. This paper was an international collaborative effort conducted with research pharmacists in Jordan.
Dr. Mahesh S. Raisinghani (School of Management) has the following manuscript accepted for publication: "Toward an Integrated Conceptualization of the Service and Service System Concepts: A Systems Approach" in the International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 1(2), 36-57, forthcoming April-June 2009.
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Mon., Oct. 13 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fitness & Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-TWU Library to screen "Martian Child" in conjunction with the Denton Reads Film Festival, 7 p.m., free. www.dentonreads.unt.edu/events.htm
Tues., Oct. 14 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fitness & Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-Todd and Amy Schendel Faculty Recital, 7:30 p.m., MJPH, free. 81-2500.
-Pioneers Soccer vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 4 p.m., home.
Wed., Oct. 15 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fitness & Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-TWU SECC Charity Ball Volleyball Tournament, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Magee Arena, Pioneer Hall. For more information, visit www.twu.edu/secc.
Thur., Oct. 16 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fitness & Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-Fall Showcase Concert, 7:30 p.m., MJPH, $5 per person. 81-2500.
-Pioneers Volleyball vs. Angelo State, 7 p.m., home.
Fri., Oct. 17 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; bookstore open 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Fitness and Recreation open 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
-Pioneers Soccer vs. West Texas A&M University, 4 p.m., away.
Sat., Oct. 18 -Library open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; bookstore closed; Fitness and Recreation open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
-Pioneers Volleyball vs. Abilene Christian, 2 p.m., home.
Sun., Oct. 19 -Library open 2 p.m.-midnight; bookstore closed; Fitness and Recreation open 2-10 p.m.
-Beverly Hoch Faculty Voice Recital — Concert for the Cure, 3 p.m., MJPH. Free admission; donations accepted. All donations go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure-North Texas Affiliate. 81-2500.
-Pioneers Soccer vs. Eastern New Mexico University, 1 p.m., away.
Mon., Oct. 20 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fitness & Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
Tues., Oct. 21 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fitness and Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-Chamber Singers Concert, 7:30 p.m., MJPH, 81-2500.
-Pioneers Volleyball vs. Dallas Baptist, 7 p.m., away.
Wed., Oct. 22 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fitness and Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
Thur., Oct. 23 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-midnight; bookstore open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fitness and Recreation open 6 a.m.-midnight.
-Two (squared) by John Cage, Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan, pianists, 7:30 p.m., MJPH, free. 81-2500.
-Pioneers Volleyball vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m., away.
Fri., Oct. 24 -Library open 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; bookstore open 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Fitness and Recreation open 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
-Monkey: The Quest to the West, drama production, 7:30 p.m., Redbud Theater. $10 adults, $5 students/seniors. 81-2020.
-Pioneers Soccer vs. Angelo State, 4 p.m., home.
Sat., Oct. 25 -Library open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; bookstore closed; Fitness and Recreation open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
-Monkey: The Quest to the West, drama production, 7:30 p.m., Redbud Theater. $10 adults, $5 students/seniors. 81-2020.
-Denton County Fall Kinship Fair, recognizing families caring for children in Denton County, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Pioneer Oval. For more information, email email@example.com.
Sun., Oct. 26 -Library open 2 p.m.-midnight; bookstore closed; Fitness and Recreation open 2-10 p.m.
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DAVID Cameron's "Big Society" could allow ministers to dodge responsibility for the impact of spending cuts, the head of the Catholic church in England warned last night.
Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols has supported the Prime Minister's call for an expansion of voluntary engagement. But he said the philosophy lacked substance and was at a "critical point" as people started to feel the pain of public service cuts.
The Government could not simply "cut expenditure and expect that the slack will be taken up by greater voluntary activity", he said in a newspaper interview.


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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — A proposal to slap tolls on a 179-mile stretch of Interstate 95 ran into stiff opposition at a series of public hearings from Sussex to Fredericksburg.
Meantime, heading in the other direction, new taxing schemes are being floated to fill what Gov. Bob McDonnell calls a $14 billion budget gap in road construction and maintenance.
The Virginia Department of Transportation stresses that its proposal to impose car and truck tolls ranging from $4 to $12 remains just that – a proposal.
"We take public comments very seriously and will use it to further revise the proposal," VDOT spokeswoman Tamara Rollison told Watchdog.org.
Critics say VDOT should just dump the idea and step aside.
"To say there is overwhelming opposition to this plan would be an understatement," says Dale Bennett, president of the Virginia Trucking Association.
So far, nearly 6,500 people have signed an electronic petition posted by a group called "Virginia Toll Free 95."
Casey Werderman, head of the coalition of 15 business associations and 23 localities, believes that VDOT ultimately wants to extend I-95 tolls far beyond rural Southside Virginia.
The agency, in its application pending at the Federal Highway Administration, defines the I-95 toll "facility" as extending 179 miles from the North Carolina border to Massaponax in Spotsylvania County.
"If they really intended to limit this project, they would have stopped it at Petersburg. It's very clear this is just the first step (northward)," Werderman said.
McDonnell, who launched the toll idea, is now getting more pushback.
"When you get into the business of tolling existing roads, it's a whole different deal," says Bob Chase, who heads the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance.
"The funds this toll might generate don't come close to improving the I-95 corridor," Chase says. Top estimates peg annual revenue at $30 million.
By contrast, Chase said, boosting the gas tax from 17.5 cents to 27.5 cents would yield an additional $500 million a year.
"If you doubled the tax, you could get caught up now."
Though the Trucking Association supports a hike in the gas tax as the most equitable way to spread the cost, others aren't sold on the idea.
One alternative percolating in the General Assembly would abolish the gas tax, raise the state sales tax and dedicate the proceeds to road construction and maintenance.
Boosting the sales tax from 5 percent to 5.9 percent would raise about $800 million annually and be "revenue neutral," said Delegate Dave Albo, R-Springfield.
"It solves the problem of the gas tax cratering," said Albo, noting that inflation and higher-mileage vehicles have diminished the value of the 17.5-cent levy.
McDonnell earlier this month said the purchasing power of Virginia's gas tax has effectively declined 55 percent since 1986.
But Albo cautions that boosting the sales tax "doesn't solve the problem. It just means we're not digging a deeper hole."
Without taking a position on taxes, Werderman says his politically eclectic organization has consensus on one point: "This whole (toll) thing should be brought to the General Assembly."
"Unelected bureaucracies should not be making decisions like this. Right now, the General Assembly has no authority to deal with (the toll plan). This is a major sticking point for us," he said.
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is keeping its options open until the lawmakers convene.
But expressing the frustration of taxpaying motorists, Chamber president and CEO Barry DuVal said, "We want to stop the crossover of funding from new construction into maintenance."
Scott Drenkard, economist with the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, said hiking the general sales tax could compromise Virginia's competitive position versus neighboring states — all of which have higher levies.
Ideally, Drenkard said taxes should be assessed "closest to the people who use the roads." He applauded the commonwealth's expanding use of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, which offer drivers the choice of paying for express access or settling for slower, "unpriced" lanes.
HOT lane additions on I-95 north of Fredericksburg are under construction by private contract. HOT lanes on a section of I-495 use flexible "dynamic pricing" to raise or lower tolls according to traffic volume.
"There, you have a market mechanism working," Drenkard said.
In any event, the Tax Foundation warns that continuing to tap general-fund sources for road work is a dead-end proposition.
In fiscal 2013, the Old Dominion is anticipated to spend $4.1 billion on roads, though the state's gas tax will raise just $961 million of that.
The shifting mix of taxes and tolls stokes skepticism among the fiscal conservatives at Americans for Prosperity.
Audrey Jackson, who heads AFP in Virginia, notes that neighboring Maryland has long had border-to-border Interstate tolls, as well as higher gas taxes.
"And they still say they don't have enough money," Jackson says.
Adam Fried, owner of Atlantic Builders in Fredericksburg, voiced similar misgivings about government inefficiency.
"It takes forever just to get a turn lane in," Fried told Watchdog. "Timetables are so flexible, they're seemingly non-existent. Fredericksburg could have had a bypass years ago, but now the area's all filled in and it's too late."
Contact Kenric Ward at [email protected] or at (571) 319-9824. @Kenricward


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- There must be a dependent child in the household.
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|April 22, 2004
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Tax repeal could cost universities millions
By KC McKenna
Amongst the budget issues facing Cleveland State University (the elimination of the hold harmless provision and funding lost to the Research Incentive), The Citizens for Tax Repeal, a group determined to eliminate the 1 percent sales tax increase imposed on Ohioans last year, could cost universities in Ohio millions in budget allocations in the next year.
The group, led by Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, suggests that spending in Ohio is out of control, and a repeal of the tax will put government spending back on track.
The maximum consequence that Cleveland State would face from the tax repeal would be $6.7 million, or nearly 10 percent of the subsidy that the university receives from the state.
As hard as Blackwell's group is fighting for the repeal of the tax, an interest group, The Campaign to Protect Ohio's Future is determined to end the effort for repeal.
Not only will Ohio's universities lose millions, but according to the group, programs like Medicaid for low-income, working parents, 14 million meals delivered through food banks, child care and Head Start programs, and mental health care will all lose the necessary funding provided by the state to survive.
When the sales tax increase was implemented last year it created an 11 percent increase in the state's budget, and according the Citizens For Tax Repeal Web site (www.repeal-thetax.com), with the help of the tax increase the state's spending has grown more than 70 percent in the last 10 years; more than any other state in the nation and double that of inflation.
If the bill for the repeal of the sales tax, which is scheduled to expire in 2005, is introduced on the floor of the Ohio legislature, Citizens for Tax Repeal will have four months to pass the measure.
If the repeal fails to pass through the legislature in the allotted time, Blackwell's group will have to collect 97,000 signatures to put the bill on the November 2004 ballot.
According to report filed by the Federation for Community Planning, an early repeal of the tax would cost the state $813.8 million, and if applied across the board, 93 percent of the cuts would come from the Department of Education, The Ohio Board of Regents, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and Youth Services.
With across the board cuts, The Ohio Board of Regent would lose 6.1 percent of its budget or $120.2 million. Those cuts would be absorbed by all of Ohio's public colleges and universities.
The Federation of Community Planning's Report also noted that cuts could also have an effect on public safety, especially in Ohio's villages and townships that receive much of the funding for public safety programs from state tax dollars.
According to a poll conducted by the American Association for Retired Persons, 80 percent of Ohio voters are willing to pay more tax to maintain the level of human service funding now provided by the state.
Human service funding includes the area of rehabilitation and corrections, mental health, and job and family services.
Efforts to repeal the tax have stalled as of late with Blackwell's group falling more than 2,000 signatures short of getting the issue on the ballot. The next step for the group is an attempt to have the bill introduced on the floor of the legislature, or recollect the 97,000 signatures needed to put the issue on the ballot for the 2004 election.
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Equidistribution on the modular surface and automorphic L-functions
According to a great discovery of Lagrange there are only finitely many integral binary quadratic forms of given nonzero discriminant up to equivalence, that is, every such form can be reduced by some invertible integral substitution to one of finitely many forms. Depending on the sign of the discriminant the equivalence classes give rise to special points or closed geodesics on a certain hyperbolic surface, and the distribution of these objects have deep arithmetic content. In my lecture I will try to highlight some of the exciting moments of this old new story.


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This thing is waterproof, and if you close it with a bunch of air in it, it'll float, but that's it on the pros list. It doesn't really work well because if you have a camera that has a lens that comes out you turn it on, the lens can't come out all the way if you don't leave enough air in the bag. Also, if it is getting splashed at all or the plastic is not flat over the screen, the picture will be blurry or distorted. If you want good pictures, just buy a waterproof camera or buy a waterproof hard case specifically designed for your camera. (I now use this bag for my phone, keys, and other stuff I need to stay dry, it works great for that).
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I used the NRS Aquapac Compact Camera Case on a Caribbean trip that I took earlier in the year. It is good for fitting medium sized point and shoot cameras, to other things such as a wallet and iPhone. Once sealed, everything stayed super dry and I didn't need to worry about anything. The two side knobs that seal the case sometimes can take a bit of work, but they feel more secure in that way.
I used a Canon S90 in this aquapack during a multi-day raft trip, and loaned it to a friend during a canyoneering trip who loved using it. The temps were generally cool to moderate while I was using it.
Pros: Keeps the water out! The plastic is nice and pliable so it's pretty easy to change settings on the camera -even with a rotating dial, and the long neck string was great to just keep it around my neck hanging down over my PFD -it was always at the ready, and as long as the window was clear for the shot, you can't notice any difference in quality shooting through it.
Cons: because the closure system is a long plastic bar, it didn't fit very well in any pockets of my PFD, and even if it fit, it was difficult to get it back out of those pockets (so I had to just leave it hanging around my neck), you also need to take a little extra care to make sure the plastic window is flat against the lens so your photos don't look warped, but it's not difficult to do that (or you could turn this into a plus and get artsy!)
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I have a small point-and-shoot with a small zoom lens (the lens comes out when you turn on the camera), so I wasn't sure if this would work with my camera or not, but there's enough room in the bag that the lens can come out and it works just fine.
The underwater pictures came out the best - I had the bag submerged in the water in the ocean, and the camera is totally fine. I will say that the pictures I took out of the water (when I was kayaking around) were a bit washed-out, probably because it was hot and humid and that made the bag a bit ... hot, I guess. But for underwater, which is what I wanted it for, I think this works really well.
I use this in all seasons in the Washington Cascades. Nice to know that weather we're out surfing, hiking in the rain, or enduring some wet PNW snow my electronics are well-protected.


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"Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 on the French Singles Chart.
Much of the song was written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. shares songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote.[1] Berry did not drum on the song—a Univox drum machine took his place—but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
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"Love is of all passions the strongest,
for it attacks simultaneously the head,
the heart and the senses."
~Lao Tzu~
That guy knew his stuff...
Everybody Hurts
When your day is long and the night
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go
Everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
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Everybody hurts
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In a sneak peek for a 'Treehouse of Horror XXII' sketch called 'In the Na'Vi', Bart turns into a one-eyed creature and boasts about facing his bullies with his new body.
Bart Simpsons goes green in "The Simpsons" 22nd annual installment of "Treehouse of Horror". In a newly released sneak peek for the special Halloween episode, the eldest child of Homer and Marge is seen waking up as a single-eyed creature and boasting about facing his bullies with his new body.
The scene is included in a sketch titled "In the Na'Vi", which follows Bart and Milhouse as they are assigned on a mission to access a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land's indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare.
"The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XXII" will air Sunday, October 30 at 8/7c on FOX. It also includes a spoof to "Dexter" with a sketch called "Dial D for Diddly" which features Ned Flanders, a devout preacher by day, transforming into a cold-blooded vigilante by night.


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We crossed the Sacramento at the embarcadero, swimming our horses, and passing ourselves over in a small canoe.
The embarcadero, or landing, I think, is six miles from the Pueblo.
It was the raft which the surveyors from the embarcadero had just abandoned.
He glanced backwards almost tenderly in the direction of Los Cuervos, and then turned his head towards the embarcadero.
As he came up the slant of the embarcadero, Chesney had actual difficulty in walking.
It had broken down just before he reached the embarcadero, and he had been obliged to row ashore.
He nodded half impatiently and made his way along the embarcadero.
I'm goin' to have a town along the embarcadero that'll lay over any town in Contra Costa.
As I was saying (when that minister switched me off), I was strolling along the embarcadero.
From the embarcadero we walked, under the influence of the rays of an almost broiling sun, four miles to the town of Sonoma.


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"It was cold, rainy and windy but the fall colors were fabulous," says the photographer, Julie Siegel. "I was more impressed with the potential energy in the waters leading to the falls, than the falls themselves. Miserable weather and a looonnngggg trip, but no regrets. "
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So, I'm not sure exactly what happened but as of right now I can not located the Documents folder...It used to be there but now its not. If I try to open a document, say from word or something like that, it'll tell me the file is not there bla bla bla. If I try to click on the link off of the "start" menu it asks me what software I want to use to open it...*blink* I poked around and located a File that is called "Documents" with 0 bytes...is there someway that I turned a Folder into a File? Any ideas of what I can try to restore the documents/file?
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Matt Chat - Neal Hallford's Early Days
In this week Matt chats with Neal Halford, the designer of Betrayal at Krondor, Dungeon Siege, and Planet's Edge.
Neal Halford is currently also running his own Kickstarter project for a novel called Thief of Dreams.
I don't see anything but the intro right now, but looking forward to chat transcript when it's up. Betrayal at Krondor is on my short list of all-time favorites, and I remember liking Planet's Edge a lot too.
Here's the Matt Chat interview (link in the OP appears to be mis-typed):
Thanks! He's been involved either directly or indirectly in a lot of games I have fond memories of. Enjoyed hearing him talk about them.
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Our middle son was born with DS and it was quite a shock. We were quickly introduced to a parents organization - Down Syndrome Network. We were impressed with the quality of the information and its members and joined the Board to help with growth and development. Since that time, DS Network has grown significantly and has secured the attention of many donors, healthcare providers and educatiors. The organization is building managerial depth and is poised for tremendous growth.
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When my son was born we were overwhelmed upon learning he had Down syndrome. DS Network helped us navigate through the maze of government agencies and paperwork to start early intervention therapy and provided a forum for discussing issues with other parent. We immediately got involved with the organization and it has since grown into a group that educates teachers and parents, maintains a medical and education directors and has ambitions of building a DS center in Arizona. It is the best organization I have worked with and has helped our family immensely. I am proud to be a part of this organization.
DSN advocates for the protection of rights for my nephew who has DS. DSN's efforts have raised awareness about DS issues at the local and state as well as national levels. I fully support the aspirations of this organization.
DS Network is such an amazing organization. With all the cuts to EVERYTHING theraputic for our special needs children, they stepped up to the plate an are offering so many events to help in the growth and development of our kiddo's, with little or no cost. The parents and professionals involved are the most giving and charitable people I have ever come into contact with. Thank you all for your help and support, I only wish I would have found you sooner. Cheer's to a great future.
Down Syndrome Network is an amazing organization. The board members in this organization are incredibly well-informed and fantastic networkers. This group provides social events, educational events, national news, local news, as well as medical talks and information. This group supports DS research. The connecting of so many people with so much info. makes it a progressive group.
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Canterbury traveled to West Palm Beach on Friday, warmed up in a rec center Saturday morning, then showed up in the afternoon ready to play.
As a result, it's headed for Lakeland next week.
The Crusaders beat Summit Christian in straight sets in a Class A region championship, rolling 25-19, 28-26, 25-20.
"It was surprising (to win in three sets)," said Canterbury coach John Milkovich. "When you get to that stage of the state tournament, you think every match is going to go five.
"But we went out and did what we needed to do."
The Crusaders were missing a starter, but Jennifer Crosthwaite filled in and the rest of the team did what it's been doing all season — dig, pass, set, kill.
"We played really well in the backcourt," Milkovich said. "We dug up everything. And then when we needed to, we buried the ball."
The Crusaders (27-6) staved off three set points in Game 2, and after a Megan Burgess ace turned the tables on Summit Christian (19-9) and set up Canterbury's set point, Mansie Hough finished it off with a kill.
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A FUNERAL for tragic Bournemouth University student Tayla Woodard will take place in her home town tomorrow.
The 20-year-old died suddenly in the early hours of Sunday, March 9 after collapsing at her boyfriend's home in South London.
Her death is being treated as unexplained by the Metropolitan Police.
Tayla and her boyfriend, fellow BU student Alex Rickett, had attended a performance by band All Time Low at Brixton Academy the night before her death.
After returning to Mr Rickett's home in Worcester Park, the student collapsed, and ambulance crews arrived shortly before 5am to a report of a woman falling violently ill.
Tayla was taken to hospital, where she died at 6.22am.
Mr Rickett, 21, was also taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, although he was later discharged.
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However, police say her death is not being treated as suspicious, and no arrests have been made.
A funeral will take place at Egloshayle Parish Church in Tayla's home town of Wadebridge in Cornwall at 2pm today.
It is thought that there will not be any hymns, and instead the young woman's favourite songs will be played to the hundreds of mourners expected to attend.
Tayla was in the final year of a multimedia journalism degree, and had plans to move to London after her graduation.
She wrote regular articles for Bournemouth independent newspaper the Rock, and had ambitions to be a showbiz reporter.
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On Fox, "liberal" Juan Williams asserted that it's "true" CNN is "in the tank for the Democrats"
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On The O'Reilly Factor, Juan Williams baselessly asserted that it's "true" CNN is, in Bill O'Reilly's words, "in the tank for the Democrats." Williams added that CNN is "counter-programming Fox" and that "they are becoming more and more partisan, and they think that's what we do here at Fox."
On the October 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams baselessly asserted that it's "true" CNN is, in host Bill O'Reilly's words, "in the tank for the Democrats." Williams added that CNN is "counter-programming Fox, is what it looks like to me." Williams cited CNN's weeklong series, "Broken Government," as purported evidence of CNN's allegiances, stating, "[Y]ou know, Lynne Cheney made a really strong point when she said, 'You know, the economy is doing pretty good.' I mean, where is this [government] broken?" Williams added: "It looks to me ... like they [CNN] are becoming more and more partisan, and they think that's what we do here at Fox." O'Reilly replied, "That's really interesting that you would say that, because Juan, of course, is the king of NPR and a liberal guy himself." O'Reilly and Williams made their comments during a discussion of an appearance by Vice President Dick Cheney's wife, Lynne Cheney, on the October 27 edition of CNN's The Situation Room.
Contrary to Williams's assertion that CNN's "Broken Government" special is evidence that CNN "is in the tank for the Democrats," the special included a report by CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley that was devoted entirely to reinforcing negative stereotypes about the Democratic Party that have been promoted by Republicans and repeated in the media, as Media Matters for America noted when the segment aired on October 19. Crowley asserted that Democrats have been "on the losing side of the values debate, the defense debate and, oh yes, the guns debate"; suggested that Democrats are out of touch with mainstream Americans because "[former Democratic presidential candidates] Al Gore and John Kerry lost every Southern state and most of the mid- and interior West"; and aired only negative opinions of the Democratic Party, such as an Asheville, North Carolina, resident who called the Democrats "losers." At no point during the segment did Crowley say, air, or quote anything positive about Democrats.
Additionally, commenting on public opinion that "the government is broken" during the October 22 edition of CNN's Late Edition, host Wolf Blitzer stated that "this notion of a broken government could further escalate" if Democrats were to regain control of one or both houses of Congress.
Also, as Media Matters has noted, the October 26 edition of "Broken Government," hosted by CNN chief national correspondent John King, contained a series of falsehoods and discredited claims, including that President Bush gave an order for the Pentagon to shoot down unaccounted-for commercial airplanes on the morning of September 11, 2001; that the interrogation of Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah led to "the capture of 9-11 planners Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed"; and that actions by Republican senators, including the negotiation of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, represented a "Republican revolt" against Bush's assertions of executive power. In fact, an analysis of the recordings from the control room at NORAD's Northeast headquarters from September 11, 2001, indicated that Bush did not actually give the order to shoot down the hijacked airplanes; the success of the various interrogation techniques used on Zubaydah has been disputed, and the CIA learned of KSM's alias as early as August 2001.
From the October 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: Now, Juan, in the Virginia race, [Democratic Senate candidate Jim] Webb very close to Senator [George F.] Allen [R], and now, Allen's camp is saying Webb wrote pornographic novels. And that's -- that's how -- and Webb said, "I didn't do anything worse than Lynne Cheney did." That's the dance that's going on.
But the bigger picture is that Lynne Cheney asserts that CNN, in its election coverage, Juan, is in the tank for the Democrats. You buying that?
WILLIAMS: Yeah, I think that's true.
O'REILLY: Do you really?
WILLIAMS: Yeah, I think that they are -- they're counter-programming Fox is what it looks like to me. But you look at that --
O'REILLY: Well, no, MSNBC's doing that. But --
WILLIAMS: Well, but they're both -- I think --
O'REILLY: Do you think CNN's in the tank for the Democrats?
WILLIAMS: Well, I think -- I think that "Broken Government" program that Lynne Cheney was talking about -- you know, Lynne Cheney made a really strong point when she said, "You know, the economy is doing pretty good." I mean, where is this broken?
You might have problems with the administration, but in terms of American democracy, I don't know. It looks to me, though, like they are becoming more and more partisan, and they think that's what we do here at Fox.
O'REILLY: That's really interesting that you would say that, because Juan, of course, is the king of NPR and a liberal guy himself. I don't know. I mean, I have to say I'm busy here working all day; I'm not watching The Situation Room.
WILLIAMS: Right.
O'REILLY: I mean, I see the transcripts, but I don't know if they're in the tank.
Now, Karen, I can't tee you up and ask you if you think they're in the tank. But, of course, you're going to say yes. So, I'm not going to do that. It's too soft a question.
KAREN HANRETTY (Republican strategist): Fair enough.
But I am going to say that Wolf Blitzer flat out said to Lynne Cheney that he wants, and his network wants, the United States to win the war in Iraq. Now I've asked that question to Rosie O'Donnell and to Letterman. Do you believe that Blitzer wants the U.S.A. to win and CNN wants the U.S.A. to win?
HANRETTY: I think CNN would like the Democrats to win the war in Iraq. I do not believe that they want President Bush or a Republican-controlled Congress to win; and I think that their idea of victory is probably different than my idea of victory in Iraq.
I think their idea of victory is the Democrat majority goes over there and negotiates some sort of peace, which I think is completely unrealistic. If only it were that simple. And I think that they just have a completely different view of the world than a lot of Fox News' viewers.
O'REILLY: But you're not willing to sit there and say CNN wants America to lose the war in Iraq?
HANRETTY: I don't. If -- well, you know, what is -- I guess what is losing mean? I'm not trying to parse words with you, Bill. I don't think -- you know, here's -- here's -- let me put it this way. I think there are people like David Letterman out there who would like to see a loss in Iraq much way you see some conservatives actually hoping that the Republicans lose Congress, because they want -- both sides want Republicans to learn a lesson.
And perhaps CNN would like Republicans and George Bush to learn a lesson and just come out, once and for all, and admit, "My golly, you know, we were wrong to go into this war in Iraq."
But I think at the end of the day, if they truly understood and saw what it would mean if Iraq implodes and that whole region becomes so unstable, which will happen if Iraq turns out to be a failure, I think that they would rue the day that they ever hoped for a loss in Iraq.
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Amazon responded to a flurry of competitive announcements from Microsoft last week by lowering prices for storage on its Simple Storage Service.
Amazon, which announced a free level of service Oct. 21, today announced cuts in storage prices of as much as 19 percent.
Last week Microsoft made a series of announcements that make Azure sound a lot more like an infrastructure service like Amazon's.
The announcements were part of the company's Professional Development Conference, at which Microsoft trotted out internal developers and IT folk to show how a real live computer company uses computers (or, in this case, how a vendor uses its own products in publicly visible ways to avoid giving people the idea no one else wants to, either).
In a cloud market that appears to be approaching commoditization before the bulk of its features or markets are even developed, price cuts, marketing and promotions may be the next thing both companies have to develop to avoid having procurement of their complex, expensive services reduced to the time it takes a sysadmin to do a Google Shopping search for the best price on a couple of petaflops of generic compute power.
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23% of people in Green Wedge attended an educational institution in 2011.
The share of Green Wedge's population attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, as it is influenced by the number of children attending school; proximity to tertiary education, which can mean young adults leaving home to be nearer to educational facilities and; the degree to which people are seeking out educational opportunities in adulthood, especially in their late teens and early twenties.
This data is often combined with Age Structure to identify areas with significant university student populations.
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Analysis of the share of the population attending educational institutions in Green Wedge in 2011 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a similar proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 8.5% of the population were attending primary school, 8.0% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 4.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.1%, 6.3% and 4.1% respectively for Mornington Peninsula Shire.
The major differences between the share of the population attending learning institutions in Green Wedge and Mornington Peninsula Shire were:
- A larger percentage of persons attending a secondary school (any type) (3.6% compared to 1.7%)
- A larger percentage of persons attending a Government secondary school (8.0% compared to 6.3%)
- A smaller percentage of persons not attending (70.8% compared to 72.0%)
Emerging groups
From 2006 to 2011, Green Wedge's population decreased by 75 people (+1.0%). This represents an average annual change of -0.19% per year over the period.
The largest change in the number of persons attending education institutions in Green Wedge, between 2006 and 2011 was in those who nominated:
- Primary school (-62 persons)