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AROUND TOWNOn-Line Auction Fundraiser to raise funds for the Juanita Haugen Scholarship.
An online auction is currently in progress to increase scholarship funds, some great bargains are available by going to www....Original post made by Ken mano on Jun. 8, 2017
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALCA Democrats divert Prop money to pet projects
You may have voted for Education, health, and roads spending. But that is NOT what your money is going to be spent on. Sacramento...Original post made by jimf01 on May. 22, 2017
Last comment by Flightops, on Jun 7, 2017 at 10:14 pm | 1 comment | 279 Views
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALHearing Aids
My blogger login has been removed, so I'm posting my final blog here in the Town Square. This is about two new bills one...Original post made by San Ramon Observer on Jun. 7, 2017
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AROUND TOWNBrace for Bernal Bridge rehab work
Pleasanton city officials say residents and commuters should prepare for long delays on western Bernal Avenue starting Monday...Original post made on Jun. 7, 2017
Last comment by fred, on Jun 7, 2017 at 6:17 pm | 1 comment | 1977 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESLPFD battalion chief announces retirement
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department battalion chief Michael Miller will retire on Wednesday after more than 31 years in...Original post made on May. 9, 2017
Last comment by smuchs, on Jun 7, 2017 at 2:46 pm | 4 comments | 1589 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTSPleasanton man shot after allegedly trying to run over ranch owner
A pickup truck driver from Pleasanton accused of trying to run down a ranch owner in unincorporated Alameda County far outside...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2017
Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on Jun 7, 2017 at 1:55 pm | 4 comments | 3019 Views
AROUND TOWNEditorial: Voters want a Costco, so let's move forward
We are at a critical juncture with regard to the future of the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone (EDZ) on Pleasanton's...Original post made on Jun. 1, 2017
Last comment by Lee, on Jun 7, 2017 at 1:48 pm | 49 comments | 3153 Views
AROUND TOWNCostco Update, Please
Was there a discussion of the City's financing, infrastructure costs for Costco at last night's Council meeting? I was unable...Original post made by Kelly K. on Jun. 7, 2017
Last comment by Kelly K., on Jun 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm | 2 comments | 177 Views
AROUND TOWNRIP Scott Schroder
If any of you have ever had the pleasure of taking your car to Scotts Automotive you will be saddened to learn that Scott...Original post made by Jack on Jun. 6, 2017
Last comment by Marcia, on Jun 7, 2017 at 9:09 am | 1 comment | 357 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSSchool board to discuss superintendent finalist's contract Wednesday
The Pleasanton school board will hold a special closed-session meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the proposed contract...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2017
Last comment by Puzzled, on Jun 6, 2017 at 11:39 pm | 3 comments | 1118 Views
AROUND TOWNCostco Among Topics Tonight
The City funding of Infrastructure for Costco will be among buget items discussed tonight. We all should attend, and hope...Original post made by Kelly K. on Jun. 6, 2017
Last comment by Kelly K., on Jun 6, 2017 at 5:56 pm | 1 comment | 177 Views
AROUND TOWNPleasanton council to review proposed budget, capital improvement plan
The Pleasanton City Council on Tuesday is set to discuss the two-year city budget and four-year plan for improvement projects...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2017
Last comment by Gina Channell, Pleasanton Weekly Publisher, on Jun 6, 2017 at 4:21 pm | 6 comments | 1248 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESPolice: Man arrested with burglary tools, shotgun at Dublin park
Police patrolling a park in Dublin on Thursday arrested a man they found with burglary tools and a sawed-off shotgun in his...Original post made on Jun. 5, 2017
Last comment by Can The Weekly Follow up?, on Jun 6, 2017 at 10:32 am | 3 comments | 1662 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSEditorial: PUSD should reveal superintendent finalist before appointment
The school board was expected to select its top choice for the new superintendent this week -- PUSD's fifth leader since...Original post made on May. 26, 2017
Last comment by Resident Reader, on Jun 5, 2017 at 11:42 pm | 45 comments | 2965 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSPUSD representatives visiting superintendent finalist's district
Pleasanton school board members, district administrators and union representatives were set to meet in closed session Friday...Original post made on Jun. 2, 2017
Last comment by Map, on Jun 5, 2017 at 3:36 pm | 11 comments | 2306 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESVoters want a Costco, so let's move forward
We are at a critical juncture with regard to the future of the Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone (EDZ) on Pleasanton's...Original post made on Jun. 2, 2017
Last comment by Pseudonymous, on Jun 5, 2017 at 2:07 pm | 7 comments | 450 Views
SPORTSConstruction set to begin on new Tennis Park courts
Construction is expected to start in the coming weeks on two new lighted tennis courts at Pleasanton Tennis and Community...Original post made on Jun. 2, 2017
Last comment by Dana T, on Jun 5, 2017 at 11:51 am | 4 comments | 1360 Views
COMMENTS ON STORIESPolice report vehicle theft problem in Livermore
Stolen vehicles continue to be a problem for the city of Livermore, with nearly 300 stolen last year alone, and police are...Original post made on Jun. 5, 2017
Last comment by Clint, on Jun 5, 2017 at 10:25 am | 1 comment | 590 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSCongratulations class of 2017
Commence the celebration! Hundreds of seniors graduate from the Pleasanton Unified School District's three high schools this...Original post made on Jun. 4, 2017
Last comment by Sandy Piderit, on Jun 4, 2017 at 1:17 pm | 1 comment | 2996 Views
AROUND TOWNSanta Ana administrator identified as PUSD superintendent finalist
The Pleasanton Unified School District announced late Wednesday afternoon that Santa Ana schools administrator David Haglund,...Original post made on May. 31, 2017
Last comment by Jimmy The Jet, on Jun 4, 2017 at 7:39 am | 29 comments | 5730 Views
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Alpenquintett (co-commissioned by Ventus Bläserquintett and Reicha Quintett, Luzern) Ventus Bläserquintett, Kirche Gsteig, Interlaken, Switzerland, 5/9/15; also Johanneskirche, Thun, Switzerland, 11/14/15. Heidi Suite, Kathleen Spring, violin, Donna Levene, piano, Zeta Zeta Chapter of Delta Omicron, Denver, 10/26/14.
Hommages (for harpsichord), Donna Levene, piano, Denver, CO, 10/25/15.
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Tageslied for violin and piano, recital by Kathleen Spring and Donna Levene for Zeta Zeta Chapter, Delta Omicron, Denver, CO on 10/17/10.
In Memoriam Georgia O'Keeffe for harpsichord was a featured work on Larry Palmer's Limited Edition Concert in Dallas, Texas on 2/26/10. Trifles for harpsichord by Gwen Blumenschein at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Denver on 4/6/10. Larry Palmer also performed Trifles numerous times including at Beall Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene on 7/26/10; and at Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas on 8/30/10. Alpine Suite for horn and piano by Karl Kemm and Dinzin Broñola-Rada on March 30 and 31 in Wolfe Recital Hall on the Del Mar College campus in Corpus Christi, Texas on 3/30 – 3/31/10. Saying Grace (SATB, piano, and percussion) by Salem, Oregon's McKay High School Concert Choir directed by Gretchen Longwell at the Mission Mill Museum Spinning Room on 3/7/10; at the Salem/Keiser Advanced Choral Festival on 3/8/10, and at the OMEA District IV Choral Competition at Willamette University on 4/6/10.
The composer's work In Memoriam Georgia O'Keefe, for harpsichord, was introduced by Larry Palmer, July 28, 2008, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, NM. The work was commissioned by Palmer for the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Harpsichord Workshop XVIII. Palmer presented the piece again on September 8 for the 39th Annual SMU Faculty Recital in Dallas, TX; and once more June 10, 2009, at First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA.
Remembrances was presented March 9, 2008, by cellist Richard von Foerster and pianist Leah Peer, Trinity United Methodist Church, Denver, CO. Violinist Jennifer Crane and pianist Oksana Ezhokina performed Contemplation March 27, 2008, for a recital titled "Icicle Creek: Cascades of Peace," at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Walla Walla, WA. Suite Blues was heard June 16, at the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute in Sandy, UT, as performed by the Teacher Trainee's Orchestra, conducted by the composer; the piece was heard again November 22 in a performance by the Preucil School String Orchestra, led by Carey Bostian, First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, IA. Little Tango was performed by organist Larry Palmer October 12 at First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, NM. Christmas Lullaby received numerous performances in 2008, including December 6 and 12 at Walla Walla (WA) University and December 13 and 20 at Denver South Seventh-DayAdventist Church, the latter during its "Feast of Lights" concert. Several performances took place April 18, 2009: Heidi Suite (violin and piano), Trifles (harpsichord), and Suite for Organ, all by violinist Kathleen Spring and keyboardist Ernie Zenoniani, in Denver, CO.
Hommages for Harpsichord, contains Hommages, for harpsichord; harpsichordist Larry Palmer; Soundboard
Glenn Spring's Saying Grace, for SATB, piano, and percussion, was introduced May 15, 2007, at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, CO. Commissioned by the Greeley Central High School (GCHS) Arts Magnet, the first performance was sung by the GCHS Concert Choir under the direction of Jeremy Francisco. The text is a new poem by Washington State poet Dan Lamberton. A second performance was given May 17 on the GCHS Spring Concert. Denver South Seventh Day Adventist Church devoted its March 3 Evensong to Spring's music, including performances of Fantasia on "Dulcimer" and Cantilena for string orchestra; Amazing Grace for soprano and strings; Contemplation, "Aria", "Erwachen", and "Die Kunstlerin spricht" for violin and piano; Three Etudes for organ; Remembrances for clarinet and piano; and Then Said Abraham for viola and organ.
Linda Raney performed Little Tango and Aria on her October 6, 2006, organ recital at The Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque, NM. The Walla Walla College Church Choir, under the direction of Kraig Scott, performed Christmas Lullaby, for SATB choir, on December 23. Organists Daniel Goltz and Scott performed the harpsichord work Hommages in March 2007, by dividing the movements between two small organs at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, WA. On May 7 the Mercury Ensemble and the Littleton Youth Symphony performed Chiquita and Suite Blues in Littleton, CO. Larry Palmer's July 10 harpsichord recital in Handel House, London, was titled "Hommages" and featured Hommages for Harpsichord. Kraig Scott performed an organ version of Trifles on September 29 at College Place, WA, and on August 11 at Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.

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text: 43 Percent Increase in Two Years for Online University Salt Lake City, Utah - Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, marks another milestone this month — enrollment at the non-profit, online university has surpassed 15,000 students. New students in September alone (WGU students can begin their studies at the first of any month), exceeded 1,400. The growth, more than 43 percent in just two years, is taking place in undergraduate and graduate degree programs in all four of the university's colleges: Business, Healthcare Professions, Information Technology, and Teaching. "The phenomenal growth we're seeing at WGU is the result of a number of factors, including the current economic conditions," said WGU's Vice President of Marketing and Enrollment Patrick Partridge. "Many of our new students have been affected by the recession and are earning their degrees to 'retool' for new careers. WGU makes sense for them because we offer degrees in high-demand fields such as education and healthcare. Our competency-based academic program offers the flexibility to fit study into their busy schedules, and it allows them to use their prior education and experience to accelerate their progress. In addition, our tuition is very affordable, about half that of other online universities." Amid nationwide reports of climbing college costs and degree program reductions, Western Governors University continues to buck the trend. In contrast to other, more expensive online universities, tuition at non-profit WGU is comparable to a state college at about $6,000 per year and, over the past four years, has only increased by $200. WGU's mentor-guided, competency-based academic model provides both flexibility and one-on-one support. Students may begin their terms at the beginning of any month. The university's affordability and accessibility, combined with more than 50 accredited bachelor's and master's degree programs in high-demand fields such as education, business, information technology, and healthcare, make it an excellent value in higher education, even in recessionary times. In addition, WGU has awarded more than 500 scholarships over the past 12 months. "While online study may have seemed 'scary' a few years ago, today it is the preferred approach for many busy adults," Partridge said. "It's critical, however, that students select an accredited, academically rigorous program that support their career objectives and meet employer needs."


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So Brett Salkeld recently entered a 2-Minute Thesis Competition at the comic strip website, Piled Higher and Deeper. I think it would be fantastic if his dissertation on transubstantiation managed to win the thing, so how's about we go vote for it?
An Odd Thing You Can Do to Promote the Faith
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Jorge Cham (the creator of Piled High and Deeper) and I lived in the same apartment complex when we were both in grad school together, which means that I've been reading it ever since it was a procrastination hobby for an engineering grad student. Which means that I've been reading it longer than any of you. Which means that I'm either way cooler or considerably less cool than any of you.
Just thought that I'd throw that out there. Also, go Brett!
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I voted, not just because of the topic, but because of those I listened to it actually was the best.
- http://backoftheworld.com Ryan M.
Wow, that was… stunningly good, for a two-minute summary of hundreds of years of deep theological debate. Well done, Brad! Thou hast mine vote!
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I'm afraid this would be an occasion of sin for me. See, I sink way too much time into the Internet, and PhD comics chew up at least half a day every time. I can't even get close enough to it to close the tab!
But I might be willing to risk it for a good cause. But first, some prayer and fasting.
(I'm only mostly kidding.)
- http://www.vox-nova.com Brett Salkeld
Thanks for the promo Mark, and for the votes all!
We're currently in second place thanks in great part to your efforts! Keep the votes coming (and keep spreading the news) and we just might win this thing!


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The United Methodist Men are beginning a relationship with PET® International to manufacture and assemble hand cranked carts in the North Georgia Conference. These will be shipped to various parts of the world where adults and children are immobile without the use of their legs. These carts provide a means of independent transportation.
At the UMMen Igniting Faith Retreat we will be assembling carts with components manufactured by PET Memphis, an affiliate of PET International. Mark Griffy and volunteers from PET Memphis will be training men in the manufacturing of various components, assembly, testing and packaging carts for shipping and distribution.
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A Wilmington couple is suing a southwest suburban school district because their 10-year-old daughter was humiliated on a field trip last January when teachers allegedly refused to stop for a bathroom break and forced her to urinate in a cup on a moving school bus.
Todd and Lisa Holmes filed the emotional distress lawsuit Tuesday against Wilmington School District 209U, Supt. Jay Plese and Wilmington Middle School, among others.
Lawsuit claims 10-year-old girl forced to urinate in cup on school bus - Chicago Sun-Times
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An Iqaluit woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2009 death of her husband will be sentenced for the crime at the end of May.
For the past two days, Crown and defence lawyers have been presenting their sentencing submissions at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit.
Eulalie Ussak spoke for the first time in court Wednesday during her sentencing hearing.
Kenneth MacFarlane's body was found in the remains of a burnt-out shack near their house.
Ussak, 53, told a judge at the Nunavut Court of Justice that while her husband was alive she felt like a slave and lived in fear he would hurt her.
The court heard how MacFarlane was verbally and physically abusive towards Ussak. Police were called to their residence many times but she didn't press charges for fear the violence would escalate.
Ussak told the court that when MacFarlane was drunk, he would grab her by the hair and demand she perform sexual acts in the shack behind their home.
In December 2009, he was drinking there. Ussak returned from a trip for work and wanted him to come inside.
There was an argument and Ussak says she threatened to burn down the shack.
Ussak has already admitted to pouring the gasoline that fuelled the fire. She told police she wanted the shack gone to stop her husband from drinking and beating her up.
Ussak told the court she's sorry MacFarlane died, that she still loves him and forgives him for what he did to her.
She said she still has flashbacks and nightmares about the fire and has not returned to the house.
Ussak has been free on bail while waiting to be sentenced.
The Crown is asking for two years less a day in custody. Crown prosecutor Leo Lane said Ussak saw the shack as competition for her husband's affection.
The defense wants a suspended sentence, with no time in custody.
There is no minimum sentence for manslaughter. The maximum sentence is life in prison.
Justice Sue Cooper will sentence Ussak on May 31.


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SALT LAKE CITY -- Mark One Foods is rolling out a line of shelf-stable canned sandwiches that can vend from a standard packaged cold drink machine.
Following a decade of development, company founder Mark Kirkland said his "Candwiches" are set to roll off the production line and hit the market next month in vending machines operated by AVT Inc. in southern California. Kirkland plans to penetrate his local Salt Lake City market with canned sandwiches and then ramp up production in the fall for nationwide distribution.
Each 24-oz. package contains a ready-to-eat sandwich overwrapped with cellophane, or wrapped shelf-stable bread with separate fixings. The initial varieties are peanut butter and jelly with squeeze tubes of the spreads, pepperoni pizza pocket and barbecue chicken. They will vend for $2 to $3. Kirkland plans to add new varieties each month.
The technology used to can the sandwiches is similar to the military's "meals ready-to-eat" supplied to soldiers. The one-year unrefrigerated shelf life is achieved by controlling the amount of oxygen, acidity and water inside the packaging to prevent the growth of pathogens.
In addition to meeting the needs of on-the-go consumers, Kirkland said his shelf-stable sandwiches are already attracting the interest of disaster-relief agencies. Check out Kirkland explaining the Candwich.


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In my SPAM folder, an email sent Saturday afternoon from Dunn For Congress campaign consultant Doug Herman. His message was simple. The Dunn team chose not to file a candidate's statement. "Unlike ballot measure campaigns where it is used, research indicates that voters rarely read material in the sample ballot booklets for candidates. Additionally, we…
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The Cancer in the DPOC – Stage 2
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It's not often you get to read the political equivalent of a suicide note, but I was astonished to read this comment from serial Democratic candidate and OJ blogger Greg Diamond in a post on the Orange Juice blog from last week. The comment was left on July 31, and my business trip really didn't…
Assembly Speaker John Perez enters race for State Controller
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Today California Assembly Speaker John A. Perez announced his candidacy for State Controller in 2014. In describing his reason for seeking the office, Pérez emphasized that while California's economy has improved significantly in recent years, considerable work remains.
Young Democrats Host Summer Event August 28
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Yes, this is a press release, but it's a pretty good one and it's all about an exceptional event the Orange County Young Democrats are hosting next week. And don't let the word "young" hold you back. I'm a non-voting member of the OCYD. On Wednesday, August 28th Orange County Young Democrats will host our…


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Jenny McCarthy Claims to Have Defeated Autism
Us features an interview with Amanda Peet arch-enemy Jenny McCarthy in which Jenny claims that she was able to cure her son Evan of autism.
In the cover story, Jim Carrey's girlfriend McCarthy says that a wheat-free and no-dairy diet was able to help her son overcome his illness.
Evan appeared to overcome the condition, a developmental disorder in which children seem to have become mentally cut off from their surroundings, one day while watching an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants.
"I heard Evan laugh…I jumped on the bed and started screaming. When he finally hugged me, I prayed, 'Please God don't let this be the only time.'"
McCarthy blames her son's condition on child vaccinations.
"Before the vaccination, he was huggy, lovey, snuggly," she says. "Then it was like someone came down and stole him."
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On Aug. 28, Montana District Court Judge G. Todd Baugh read a public apology in which he described himself as a "blithering idiot" for remarks he made from the bench while sentencing high school teacher Stacey Dean Rambold. It was the first time in several days that something his honor said was met with widespread agreement.
The previous week, Baugh had sentenced Rambold to 30 days for sexually abusing 14-year-old Billings student Cherice Moralez㬋 years suspended, 31 days in prison and credit for one day already served. During the sentencing, Baugh suggested that Moralez had been in control of her sexual relationship with the 54-year-old Rambold, remarking that the adolescent girl was "older than her chronological age."
It was an awful thing to say about any 14-year-old, but it was a particularly awful thing to say about Moralez, who killed herself in 2010.
Under Montana law, a 14-year-old cannot consent to sex with an adult, and Rambold's relationship with her constituted statutory rape. Baugh's "chronological age" claim was not only irrelevant to the law, but also manifestly false in the context of Moralez's suicide. The psychological agony she suffered as a result of Rambold's abuse shows that she was absolutely not in control of that relationship, as no child could be.
Baugh's remarks and the sentence that accompanied them prompted an outcry in the national media, and a petition circulated calling for the judge's resignation. Baugh backtracked quickly, but he botched his apology nearly as badly as he botched Rambold's sentencing.
First, he apologized for what he said but stood by the sentence. Shortly after reporters discovered that he had never signed a written sentencing order, Baugh scheduled a new hearing for Sept. 6, arguing that the first sentence had been "illegal."
That plan would have undermined the appeal that Attorney General Tim Fox filed with the Montana Supreme Court on Sept. 4. In a weirdly perfect perversion of how an apology is supposed to work, Baugh's attempt to show everyone that he regretted what he did threatened the state's attempt to actually undo it.
The judge went ahead with his planned resentencing anyway, telling reporters that he intended to hold the Friday hearing even if he was the only person present. Less than an hour before the scheduled time, the Montana Supreme Court ordered him to stop. That afternoon, Baugh told Billings NBC affiliate KULR that the fiasco could have been avoided "if I'd been more alert or if the state had pointed out to the court the correct mandatory minimum."
Which brings us to where we are now. It seems there are two lessons to be learned here, and I'll start with the most obvious.
First, the honorable G. Todd Baugh has absurdly poor judgment. He showed it when he sentenced Rambold, and he showed it in the days that followed, as he persisted in his bizarre attempts to save face even when they threatened efforts to undo his mistake. That is a man who does not understand what contrition is. I hesitate to think how he applied this warped faculty over three decades as a professional judge.
Second, and perhaps less obviously, this mess underscores the need for statewide training in how judges approach sexual abuse cases. Baugh's claim that Moralez was somehow older than her actual age is closer to the mindset of her abuser than to the law. It reflects a victim-blaming attitude that is too common in certain pockets of a state that did not establish an age of consent until 1973, when Baugh was in his 30s.
For whatever reasons, it has been a bad couple of years for Montana and rape. The Department of Justice continues its investigation into how the Missoula County Attorney's Office handles sexual assault cases. A related inquiry concluded in May that the police department showed pervasive gender bias in its own responses to complaints.
Perhaps these instances only show that the federal government is overstepping its authority, as County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg has suggested. Perhaps the national press has made too much of Baugh's stupid mistake. Regardless of why, though, the Montana criminal justice system's attitude toward sexual assaults has been very publicly out of line with the rest of the nation's on multiple occasions in the last two years.
Why not do something about it? Why not provide standardized training to Montana police, prosecutors and judges, so that men like Baugh cannot claim ignorance of the laws they are trusted to enforce?
After 29 years as a district judge, his honor claimed that he did not know the mandatory minimum sentence for statutory rape. He says that prosecutors should have told him. Maybe he's right. Maybe we should hold a few seminars, or print out a packet or two, so that the state of Montana can do justice even with a blithering idiot on the bench.
Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and lying at combatblog.net. His column appears every other week in the Independent.


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Disruption of termite gut-microbiota and its prolonged fitness consequences
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KeywordColony fitness; Gut microbiota; Mutualism; Oogenesis; Social insects
The disruption of host-symbiont interactions through the use of antibiotics can help elucidate microbial functions that go beyond short-term nutritional value. Termite gut symbionts have been studied extensively, but little is known about their impact on the termite's reproductive output. Here we describe the effect that the antibiotic rifampin has not only on the gut microbial diversity, but also on the longevity, fecundity, and weight of two termite species - Zootermopsis angusticollis and Reticulitermes flavipes. We report three key findings: (i) the antibiotic rifampin, when fed to primary reproductives during the incipient stages of colony foundation, causes a permanent reduction in the diversity of gut bacteria, and a transitory effect on the density of the protozoan community, (ii) rifampin treatment reduces oviposition rates of queens, translating into delayed colony growth and ultimately reduced colony fitness and (iii) the initial dosages of rifampin on reproduction and colony fitness had severe longterm fitness effects on Z. angusticollis survivorship and colony size. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that the antibiotic-induced perturbation of the microbial community associates with prolonged reductions in longevity and fecundity. A causal relationship between these changes in the gut microbial population structures and fitness is suggested by the acquisition of opportunistic pathogens and incompetence of the termites to restore a pre-treatment, native microbiota. Our results indicate that antibiotic treatment significantly alters the termite's microbiota, reproduction, colony establishment and ultimately, colony growth and development. We discuss the implications for antimicrobials as a new application to the control of termite pest species.
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"Keeping all these devices in sync is driving us crazy," Jobs said.
Neither of these sync exactly with the top stated goals of American intervention advocates.
Which raises the question: can a performance be great if it is completely out of sync with the rest of the film?
The result is food that often is out of sync with our ancient Stone Age biology and dizzyingly technical and complex.
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A new trailer for Thor: The Dark World has appeared online, despite the fact that this is Odin's Day and not - as has become traditional for this film - Thor's Day. But don't worry: the Thunder God is very much present and correct, standing up to defend the world against a tide of darkness that threatens "the very fabric of reality".
This time around Asgard is under threat from the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, led by Christopher Eccleston's Malekith, and Earth too faces destruction at the hands of this still-mysterious force. Meanwhile, Natalie Portman's Jane Foster gets an outing to Asgard to visit the in-laws, and Chris Hemsworth's Thor is forced to call on his treacherous brother Loki, who seems to be the one person around who might have useful information on this new enemy. We guess that's who he was studying with between the first Thor and The Avengers.
Much of this footage was shown at Comic-Con, but there are new segments of death and destruction (especially around Greenwich, which is in for a really bad day) and this is missing the finally shocking shot of that selection (read our Comic-Con article for more on that, but beware potential spoilers). What it does have is more of Tom Hiddleston's Loki in prison and more crashing wreckage than previous clips.{Thor The Dark World Empire Images}
It's all directed by Alan Taylor and also stars Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Kat Dennings, Zachary Levi, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Skargard and Ray Stevenson.
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In this multi-character drama, Sylvia (Charlize Theron), a young woman who has had a difficult childhood, returns to Oregon to try and reunite with her mother (Kim Basinger). Mariana and Santiago (Jos_ Mar_a Yazpik and Jennifer Lawrence) are teens in a border town who try to make sense of their parents' shattered lives, while Nick (Joaquim de Almeida) carries on an intense affair with a married woman. Directed by Guillermo Arriaga. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2008.
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Charlize Theron also appeared in The Devil's Advocate, The Italian Job, The Cider House Rules, Monster, Aeon Flux, In the Valley of Elah, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Sleepwalking, Hancock, Battle in Seattle, The Road, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Men of Honor, and The Astronaut's Wife.
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Joaquim de Almeida also appeared in The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Desperado, and Che.
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In a previous article I explained how you can use Conditional Formatting in Excel 2007 and later to highlight duplicate values with just a couple of mouse-clicks. Although easy to implement, this technique identifies all instances of a duplicate value. A reader then asked how to format only the second and any subsequent instances. In this article I'll explain how, along with instructions on identifying duplicate values in Excel 2003 and earlier.
Figure 1: Conditional Formatting can identify the second and subsequent instances of duplicate values.
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Videos before age 2? Don't do it! By Jennifer Mangan
If you have taken your child to the pediatrician's office lately perhaps you noticed the doctor asking questions about your child's habits, including how much time is spent watching television, videos, playing video games or sitting in front of a computer. Depending on the child's age, the pediatrician may even ask the child, rather than you.
The academy suggests clear limits on viewing time. Even one hour of screen time a day is a lot for preschoolers with one to two hours maximum for older children. These recommendations are part of the academy's 1997 Media Matters campaign, where pediatricians were asked to expand their role with families to become media literacy educators to teach parents the influence and power that mass media have over families' choices.
Doctors were asked to make parents aware that not only do these various media have an effect on children but so do the messages sent through those media, which help shape a child's understanding of the world. Parents should also recognize mass media are influenced by financial and political considerations.
Those media messages can also contribute to serious public health issues with children, which is why pediatricians found the issue so compelling.
Two years later, the academy announced a policy that urges parents to avoid all screen entertainment for children under 2. The policy says: "While certain television programs may be promoted for this age group, research on early brain development shows that babies and toddlers have a critical need for direct interactions with parents and other significant care givers for healthy brain growth and the development of appropriate social, emotional, and cognitive skills."
The policy also suggests that children's room be media free, without televisions or computers and that parents should avoid using media as an electronic babysitter. Simply put, television distracts and deters from what a baby fundamentally needs to grow.
I don't know about you but I am guilty as charged.
When my kids were little, I sometimes used TV and videos as a babysitter. I thought it was a treat for them to spend time with Big Bird and little Elmo. I needed to disconnect and recharge. What I didn't know is that it was my kids who needed to unplug. Television is stimulating for a child, not relaxing.
During the 1990s when I wrote the Family TV column for the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News, I knew too much TV wasn't good, but I was more focused on content, not the developing brain.
Jane Healy is an educational psychologist and author of of several books on children's brain development and learning.
In an article for the AAP News titled "Understanding TV's Effects on the Developing Brain," Healy writes extensively about how neuroscientists have found that a child's experiences or lack of experiences will dictate how the brain develops or doesn't develop. She says that during these first two years, the brain cells connect determining who the child will be and what he is capable of doing. These connections between brain cells allow us to solve problems and figure things out.
Consequently, if a child's brain experiences repeated exposure to a TV screen, it may have a bad effect on those connections and the child's mental and emotional growth.
A young brain thrives with attention, touch, communication and consistent interaction with a loving adult. Healy points out that without these ingredients, brain connections are undernourished and develop in a disorganized manner causing problems with language, cognitive and social development.
Eye contact, talking, snuggling and holding your child close reinforces love and connection. This critical bonding enables your child to feel loved and secure, have more capacity to control his or her own emotional states and keeps his or her brain challenged throughout the day.
So, as I watch the piles of videos aimed at babies grow in the corner of my office I don't feel a bit guilty about not recommending them to readers. That's not to say that if you let your toddler watch an age-appropriate video or television program now and then, they will end up with poor social, emotional and cognitive skills-mine didn't. But my older kids did develop bad media habits that I am still working on today. If you let your toddler watch a program, be sure to watch the program with them. Don't encourage your child to be a spectator. Remember that viewing is not doing. Ask questions, interact and have fun with the message.
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Beneath the screen, you get a sturdy, clicky 4-way control button for navigating menus, while tapping on the right hand side of the screen turns on a (slightly wan-looking) light. In the dim environs of the Beurs van Berlage, it fared well enough, though how it'll cope with direct sunlight will have to wait for a full review.
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The Multi-Sport packs in an accelerometer and Bluetooth connectivity, for pairing up with a range of accessories including a heart rate monitor and cadence sensor. The accelerometer, TomTom promises, is sensitive enough to track your arms as you run on a treadmill and calculate your distance; it can even work out what swimming stroke you're using in the pool.
The top-of-the-line model also packs in an altimeter, while there's a (slightly flimsy-looking) rubber bike mount for cyclists.
TomTom Multi-Sport GPS watch - hardware and accessories
Tap that big button and the Multi-Sport pings up a menu offering running, treadmill, cycling and swimming options. The control setup is simple to use and responsive, with a little haptic feedback buzz as you cycle through the menu options.
A Graphical Training Partner provides a handy, at-a-glance measurement of your performance in three different modes: Race mode lets you compare your current exercise with previous efforts on the fly, showing how you're overtaking (or lagging behind) your earlier self; Goal mode lets you set distance, time and calorie goals and shows how close you are to working off that lunchtime Mars Bar; while Zone mode shows how you're performing relative to a goal pace or heart rate. Helpfully, the watch will buzz as you meet your goals, saving you from having to glance down mid-exercise.
Once you've burned off those calories, you can upload your data to MapMyFitness, RunKeeper, or any open-source platform – along with TomTom's own MySports service.
So is the Multi-Sport a champion runner or a wheezing old drafthorse? At first glance, it packs in some useful features – that big, bold screen and simple control interface are ideal for sporty types on the move – though why TomTom opted for a monochrome LCD display rather than a Pebble smartwatch-style E-Ink screen is a little puzzling. We also noticed the TomTom reps fumbling with that 4-way control a bit, though it seemed plenty responsive in our short time with the device.
The TomTom Multi-Sport is – obviously – somewhat out of its element at its launch, surrounded as it is by waiters carrying trays full of drinks – so a full appraisal of its sporting prowess will have to wait until we can get on in for a proper review.
Pricing and release date info have yet to be revealed, but expect the TomTom Multi-Sport – and its less feature-packed TomTom Runner sibling – to arrive in Summer.
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Mihaela Pirjol
Untitled - Poem by Mihaela Pirjol
Nothing here, nothing to share.
I died in flesh devoured by death;
Look not for life; it isn't there!
I lost love, —I lost my breath.
The face you see, still in its youth:
Oh! it is old enough, saw many tears!
Look in the heart the face of truth,
Then you can say you guessed my years.
The rosy cheeks and lips you lust,
Too long neglected, forgot to shine;
Did you expect our love to last,
Improved with time like the finest wine?
No more the songs can melt my heart,
Or hymns of love to chant with angels:
Oh! do not declare your love too loud,
For words of mind, of lying tells.
Topic(s) of this poem: hurt, love
Form: Quatrain
Comments about Untitled by Mihaela Pirjol
Daniel Brick (6/26/2015 9:24:00 PM)
I read Roseann Shawiak's wise commentary on this poem, and she wrapped her mind around its essential truth.
This is an uncompromising poem, it seeks no common ground regarding desire and fate, love and reality. The dualities are unbending, rigid, unresponsive. The honesty speaks for itself but crowds out any tender mercies we might want to extend. (Report) Reply
Roseann Shawiak (3/9/2014 5:35:00 PM)
Losing love through the telling of lies takes away the basis of all love,
that of trust in one another. Without it someone may loudly proclaim
their love day and night, and it will not be heard, because a mind
knows of the lies that have been told. Genuine feelings of loss because
of hurt another inflicts upon you in this poem. Thank you for sharing.
RoseAnn (Report) Reply
Murugadas A Karippode (3/8/2014 6:53:00 AM)
The poem 'Untitled' is simply beautiful with theme of mortality.The use humble & rustic words adds more beauty to each lines. (Report) Reply
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With the completeness of genome databases, it has become possible to develop a novel FISH (Fluorescence
The introduction of Fluorescence
With further improvements of fluorescence light microscopy towards molecular resolution, e.g., STED–microscopy [
Thus, COMBO–FISH has several advantages in comparison to standard FISH: (A) Due to the theoretical probe design from the human genome database, any site can be precisely targeted and specifically labeled. (B) Denaturation of the double strand chromatin target can be omitted, which may allow specific chromatin domain labeling even of vital cells [
In a first proof of feasibility, we combined two novel techniques: gene size measurements by SMI (Spatially Modulated Illumination) microscopy [
Using PNA oligonucleotide probes [
PNAs were synthesized and purified in parallel in microwell plates for a series of target sequences (for details see [
For the investigation described here, new type PNA oligonucleotide probes were used which were synthesized and purified according to new protocols. In order to test the hybridization quality of the PNA COMBO-FISH experiments, the three probe types were separately hybridized on methanol/acetic acid fixed peripheral blood lymphocyte cell nuclei and metaphase spreads. In all cases, the cell nuclei showed two fluorescent spots and the centromeres of two middle sized metaphase chromosomes were labeled (data not shown). To better verify the binding specificity and efficiency, we also performed simultaneous two color experiments with different spectrally labeled centromere 9 PNA probe types (one with OregonGreen 488®, the other with TexasRed®–Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Merging the green and red color image plane of the same nuclei or metaphases revealed a correct colocalization of the green and red labeling spot indicating competitive binding at the same target site (
In the next step, it was verified that the labeled chromosome is really chromosome 9. For this purpose, the lymphocyte specimens were subjected to another two-color experiment (
By illuminating the sample with a high laser excitation intensity (ten to several hundred kW/cm2 Alexa 488® shows the characteristics of a PHYMOD (Physically Modifiable) dye,
High sensitive SPDM of cell nuclei after COMBO-FISH revealed localization images in the green image plane with PNA probe signals and unspecific background presumably due to label-free fluorescence [
For the experiments, two types of cells were used: (a) peripheral blood lymphocytes from a healthy donor; (b) cells of the line AG11132 (Coriell Institute, Camden, USA), human mammary epithelial cells of a healthy donor which have been established from normal tissue obtained at reduction mammoplasty.
Peripheral blood lymphocytes were isolated using a Ficoll gradient. 20 mL Ficoll (GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany) preheated to 37 °C were slowly covered with 30 mL heparinized whole blood. By means of centrifugation (200 g, 20 min) the cells were separated into four different gradients. The layer with the peripheral blood mononuclear cells was transferred into RPMI 1640/Fetal calf serum (FCS) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA/Biochrom, Berlin, Germany) (1:1, 37 °C). After centrifugation (200 g, 10 min) the supernatant was discarded. The pellet was washed once in 1 × PBS. The lymphocytes were further cultivated in preheated chromosome medium B (Biochrom, Berlin, Germany), which contains phytohaemagglutinin (PHA). After incubation for 72 h at 37 °C in a CO2-incubator, the medium was spiked with Colcemid (concentration 10 μg/mL) (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany) and the cell suspension was again incubated for 10–30 min at 37 °C. After centrifugation (200 g, 10 min) the supernatant was discarded. Then the hypotonic treatment followed with pre-warmed 75 mM KCl (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany). After incubation for 15 min at 37 °C and another centrifugation (200 g, 10 min) the supernatant was removed. The cells were then fixed by adding slowly −20 °C cold methanol/acetic acid (3:1) while the tube was agitated slightly. This fixation step was repeated 3–4 times.
AG11132 cells were grown in mammary epithelial growth medium (MEGM) supplemented with 4 μL/mL bovine pituitary extract, 5 μg/mL insulin, 5 ng/mL epidermal growth factor, 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone (MEGM BulletKit from Lonza, Walkersville, USA), 10−5 M isoproterenol (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany), 5 μg/mL transferring (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany), 10 mM HEPES buffer (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany) in a standard CO2-incubator. All cells were seeded onto glass slides (Menzel-Gläser, Braunschweig, Germany) and allowed to attach and grown overnight. Cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde in PBS when they reached 80% of confluency. At all following steps (see below) drying of the formaldehyde fixed cells was avoided.
The basics of database searching for appropriate combinations of oligonucleotides have been described in detail elsewhere [
Only small quantities but high quality and purity of PNA sequences were needed. Therefore the PNA probes carrying different types of dye molecules (OregonGreen 488®, TexasRed®, Alexa 488®) were synthesized in 384 microwell plates followed by a low-cost parallel purification. Purity and recovery of the PNAs were determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and HPLC. Details will be published elsewhere [
10–15 μL of the lymphocyte-solution was dropped on a wet slide. Slides were then air-dried. The pre-treatment of methanol/acetic acid fixed cells included multiple steps such as 0.7% Triton X-100/0.1% Saponin (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany/Serva, Heidelberg, Germany) in 2 × SSC for 30 min at room temperature, RNase A digestion (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany) (100 μg/mL in 10 mM Tris HCl, 1 h at 37 °C), pepsin-treatment (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany) (10% pepsin with a concentration of 100 mg/mL was diluted in a 0.01 M HCl, pH 2.3), dehydration of specimen in an aqueous ethanol series of 70%, 90%, and 100%. Denaturation was carried out in pre-warmed 70% formamide (AppliChem, Darmstadt, Germany) in 2 × SSC (pH 7.0) for 5 min at 75 °C. After denaturation, the slides were transferred back into an ice-cold ethanol series. Slides were air-dried.
The pre-treatment of formaldehyde fixed AG11132 cells included multiple steps such as 0.5% Triton X-100 in PBS, 20% glycerol (Sigma-Aldrich, Hamburg, Germany) in PBS, repeated freezing-thawing in liquid nitrogen and incubation in 0.1 N HCl. Slides were subsequently stored in 50% formamide in 2 × SSC (pH 7.0) at 4 °C until usage. Denaturation was carried out in pre-warmed 70% formamide in 2 × SSC (pH 7.0) for 3 min at 72 °C. After denaturation, the slides were transferred back into the 50% formamide in 2 × SSC (pH 7.0). The following steps (hybridization, washing steps and counterstaining) were accomplished equally for both preparation methods.
For hybridization, about 200 pmol/μL of the fluorescence labeled centromere 9 PNA probe (
For the acquisition of high resolution fluorescence images, an Ultra-View confocal spinning disc (PerkinElmer Life Science) on a Nikon TE2000-E inverted microscope was used (Nikon Imaging Center, Bioquant, Heidelberg), which was equipped with a Plan Apo 100x/NA1.4 oil immersion objective lens and lasers for excitation wavelengths of 488, 568 and 647 nm. The fluorescence was detected via appropriate band pass filters on an electron-multiplying charged-coupled device camera (EM-CCD, C9100-50, Hamamatsu). Emission of OregonGreen 488® was detected via band pass filter 527 (55) nm, TexasRed® via 625 (70) nm emission filter and TOPRO-3-iodide via 705 (90) nm. The lateral scanning area was up to 1000 × 1000 pixels corresponding to a voxel size laterally of 82 nm × 82 nm. Within this scanning area, a ROI (region of interest) was selected according to the size of the cell nucleus recorded. The step width for optical sectioning was 200 nm in axial direction. All the 3D image stacks of the cell nuclei were evaluated by Matlab based algorithms.
Localization measurements were performed with the SPDM setup [
For the present experiments, a DPSS laser with a wavelength of 488 nm (Sapphire HP 488, Coherent, Dieburg, Germany) was used. The laser beam was expanded by a factor of 2.5 before being focused into the back focal plane of an oil immersion objective lens (HCX PL APO, 63x, NA = 0.7–1.4, Leica, Wetzlar, Germany). Fluorescent light emitted by the fluorophores in the sample passed a dichroic mirror (AHF Analysetechnik, Tübingen, Germany) and a blocking filter (F73-491, AHF Analysentechnik, Tübingen, Germany) before being focused onto the CCD chip of a very sensitive camera (SensiCam QE, PCO Imaging, Kehlheim, Germany). An additional lens can be mounted in the excitation pathway for increasing the laser intensity in the object plane to obtain appropriate conditions for the reversible photo bleaching.
For the measurements presented here, data stacks consisting of several thousand images were recorded with an integration time of the camera of 50 to 150 ms. After conversion of the count numbers into photon numbers, a differential image stack was calculated by subtracting the succeeding from the preceding frame. This had to be done to filter out the signals of the single molecules due to background noise and bleaching gradients of biological samples. After segmentation of the raw data, a 2D Gaussian was fitted to the single molecule signals to determine the positions of the detected molecules [
During the last 30 years, FISH has been developed into a powerful tool in biological research and medical diagnostics. For the first time, it has become possible to investigate the structure–function correlation of the genome, the architecture of chromosomes, and subchromosomal domains in intact cell nuclei. With the improvement of fluorescent microscopy and novel techniques circumventing the Abbe-Rayleigh diffraction limited resolution conditions, science has entered the cosmos of genome nanostructure analysis under native conditions. This has forced methodologists to further promote FISH to the application of nanoprobes on the level of oligonucleotides still maintaining the high specificity of standard FISH probes.
COMBO-FISH fulfils many requirements of nanostructure labeling for fluorescent light nanoscopy like localization microscopy. A combinatorial approach of probe set design maintains specificity by unique colocalization of oligonucleotides while only small DNA/PNA–stretches with one or two fluorochromes each are used for hybridization. This avoids harsh treatment and should reduce structure modifications on the nano-level of gene targets to a minimum.
Here, we present for the first time evidence that PNAs synthesized in small scales with high purity, labeled with PHYMOD dyes like Alexa 488® are well suited for SPDM. Although our data only demonstrate the principle feasibility of COMBO-FISH SPDM, the data clearly show that real COMBO-FISH labels can be discriminated from background signals by localization accuracy. Moreover, the detection of clusters of single molecule signals indicates that it should be possible to quantitatively analyze nanostructures of chromatin within the domains of genes or gene subregions. This will open new perspectives in the investigations of structure dependent genome function or dysfunction.
The authors thank the Nikon Imaging Center, Bioquant, University of Heidelberg for the access to the spinning disk microscope. Financial supports of the BMBF to M. Hausmann (FKZ 01IG07015G-Services@ MediGrid) and J. Hoheisel (PB12425) are gratefully acknowledged. Furthermore the authors thank Phillip S.I.B. Litty, European Centre of Feasibility Studies, Strasburg, for his continuous flow of ideas.
Examples of a lymphocyte cell nucleus (
Example of a lymphocyte metaphase spread after a two-color experiment with the repetitive centromere 9 PNA COMBO-FISH probe (green signals: OregonGreen 488®, λex/em = 496/524 nm) and a 9q subtelomere (9qtel) DNA standard FISH probe (red signals: rhodamine, λex/em = 546/580 nm). For DNA counterstaining TOPRO-3-iodide was used.
Examples of image sections of a mammary epithelial cell nucleus after COMBO-FISH of the centromeric region of chromosome 9 with repetitive PNA probes labeled with Alexa 488® (λex/em = 495/519 nm). Two labeling clusters of individual probe molecules are visible (
Frequency histograms of the localization accuracy of signals that have been detected within the (
PNAs labeled with different dyes (with excitation λex and emission λem maxima) and their amounts used for specimens in this article. All probes were specific for centromere 9.
|PNAs with fluorochrome
|λex/em [nm]
|Probe concentration
|Probe amount used for COMBO-FISH
|PNA sequence with Alexa 488®
|162.3 pmol/μL
|1.3 μL
|PNA sequence with OregonGreen 488®
|203.9 pmol/μL
|1.0 μL
|PNA sequence with TexasRed®
|94.3 pmol/μL
|2.0 μ


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Since then she has always had a great respect for the vast amount of water that surrounds the South West.
Not able to swim well, she might have chosen to put a distance between herself and the ocean.
But instead she has immersed herself in it, leading a campaign to protect the region's whale, dolphin and porpoise population.
"I'm quite frightened of the sea, but it has led me to the animals I love," she said.
Controversial move
As the founder of Brixham Seawatch nearly two decades ago with her then-husband John, skipper of a fishing boat, she has fought tirelessly to stop these animals from being killed.
It was a controversial move which could have seen her fall out with a number of fishermen but she says they have always been very supportive.
"No fisherman wants to kill a dolphin or a whale and the guys that have been doing it just stay quiet, they know what they've been doing, they probably don't enjoy it, but it's a way of life for them."
Although she has managed to get confirmation from post mortem tests that many of the thousands of cetaceans - creatures such as whales, porpoises and dolphins - washed up around the South West were killed by bass pair trawlers, she has been unable to get this type of fishing banned entirely.
In December 2004 Defra stopped pelagic pair trawling for bass by UK vessels. It means two trawlers towing a large mesh net between them are not allowed within 12 miles of the south west coast of England.
But Lindy said: "All species are being seriously depleted."
She believes bottle nosed dolphins will become extinct from south west waters within the next five years and said: "We have a group now that's down to five - eight years ago there was 10 or 12."
The industry that Lindy has been involved in for 25 years is a hard one.
Sam Cattell knows only too well what life at sea can be like. At 17 she joined her first beam trawler from south Devon's Brixham harbour.
She spent up to six days at a time at sea towing a cone shaped net along the seabed to catch fish.
For three years she worked alongside the men, hauling up the catch every two-and-a-half hours.
She ate with them and slept in the same cabin as them.
Being out beaming and scalloping, was, she said, the time of her life when she was at her fittest.
She said she would be there still, but things changed when she married her husband and had a family.
"I loved it, but when my son wanted to go to sea I only let him go with his father," she said.
"He did four trips and that was enough to put him off."
And Sam is in the same boat as Lindy in that she is also not a very good swimmer.
"I can only swim a length, so getting caught in a force nine gale was pretty scary."
"I swore then I wouldn't go back to sea, but I did."
Sometimes wives and girlfriends were jealous about her spending so much time at sea with the fishermen, and the men can be superstitious about women at sea too. But her capability at the job meant she was in demand.
Times have changed and she is now married with four children and views the future of the fishing industry as bleak.
She said: "I can see it going back to small boats again - day haulers.
"But I don't think it's a life for anybody, there's no money in it anymore."
"I just wanted to prove a point that a woman can do the job."
Women and the Sea is a series of features by BBC News Interactive South West which will be appearing on the BBC news website all this week.
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HTC's popular Droid Incredible smartphone is entering 4G territory.
The device manufacturer and carrier Verizon Wireless announced the Droid Incredible 4G LTE, which will be available in the coming weeks.
The Incredible 4G will feature a 4-inch, super LCD qHD touchscreen display, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and mobile hotspot support that allows user to share a 4G Wi-Fi connection with up to 10 other devices.
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Given that we're currently only buying things at the supermarket with white and blue economy stripes and cutting out money-off coupons from the local rag, a luxury phone won't be too high on our must-have list. But it still doesn't stop us admiring the expert craftsmanship of the new Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte.
The Finns' Arte collection has always haunted the more affordable end of the luxury phone market (well, affordable if you can shell out a grand without having a seizure) and the Carbon Arte is the third in the series, arriving with a new metal outfit and slightly more expensive price tag.
Carbon cut
We can only assume the extra cost is down to the new durable carbon fibre and bullet-proof titanium build. Although little has changed in core design terms, it certainly feels more deluxe and sophisticated than the leather clad, gemstone flaunting predecessor, the Sapphire Arte.
At 150 grams heavy, this Symbian S40-fuelled Arte still cuts a reassuring heft in your Saville Row suit pocket, while the exquisitely fluid but springy slider action remains the best in the business. The vivid, battery-efficient OLED display is also dutifully protected by scratch resistant glass.
It's great to see Nokia adopt a more eco-friendly stance on the Carbon Arte, constructing the phones using recyclable parts, banning environmentally harmful chemicals and reducing energy consumption.
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Skin deep, the Carbon Arte is certainly impressive but we're disappointed to report there's little in the way of a key feature upgrade to match its new hunky titanium body.
Apart from an internal memory hike from 1GB to 4GB and some exclusive Fritz Fitzke arty-farty themes and Kruder & Dorfmeister composed ringtones, it's as you were.
This means the autofocus-rocking 3.2MP snapper comes up short for printing snaps, although the 640x480 pixel resolution at 15fps video capture is YouTube friendly, should owners have time to dabble away from the Ambassador's ball.
With more onboard memory, the lively sounding music player doesn't feel as redundant. Okay, the lack of an expandable option is tad restricting, but with enough space for around a 1,000 average-sized MP3s, most music snackers will be happy.
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Thankfully, the Carbon Arte comes embedded with an Opera Mini web browser so full-fat internet surfing over its pokey two-inch screen is actually rather effortless. Download speeds don't stretch to HSDPA, but 3G is sufficient in most cases.
If you are one of the lucky ones to not be affected by the current economic squeeze and just can't resist the allure of owning an exclusive posh phone then the Carbon Arte is worth a once over.
Considering the Crocodile skin clad Tag Heuer Meridiist costs a tear-inducing £2,650 and the Motorola Aura around £1,500, the feature richer Nokia actually feels like great value – in luxury terms, anyway.


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