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Local lawmaker questions projected gambling revenue figures
by T.W. Budig
ECM Capitol reporter
The Vikings' stadium bill is moving to the House floor for the first time.
The House Ways and Means Committee Monday, April 23, blew a breath of life into the stalled Vikings' stadium initiative in the Republican House through two key votes.
The committee Monday evening amended a Vikings' stadium provision onto a charitable gambling bill.
The move is significant, because House Vikings' stadium bill author Rep. Morrie Lanning's bill failed in the House Government Operations and Elections Committee a week ago.
Indeed, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, last week styled the bill as "essentially dead." But he also noted that there are ways of reviving dead bills.
But today's resuscitation of the stadium bill in Ways and Means was done only after lengthy debate.
Several committee members questioned the legislation in fundamental ways.
Rep. Keith Downey, R-Edina, in an exchange with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak over the city's contribution towards the construction of the $975 million Vikings' stadium in Minneapolis, suggested a hole existed in the mayor's logic.
Rybak, as he has in the past, argued that since the state controlled the various Minneapolis local sales taxes that would be used in stadium financing, Minneapolis City Charter language concerning a required city referendum for stadium expenditures in excess of $10 million was not applicable.
That's because the state, not the city, controls the local sales tax revenue streams, Rybak argued.
But Downey countered by arguing that if the state controls these sales taxes as Rybak says, why does the city count them as part of its $150 million contribution towards the stadium?
Isn't that really a state, not city, contribution? Downey argued.
"It seems like you kind of want it both ways," he said.
Minneapolis has the same attitude towards local sales taxes collect in Minneapolis that the City of Edina would have towards local sales taxes collected in that city, Rybak answered back.
Because Lanning, R-Moorhead, retained changes made to his stadium bill last week in the House House Government Operations and Elections Committee, a Minneapolis City Charter exemption, which was removed in that committee, is still out of the bill.
But Rybak argued the provision wasn't needed in the first place.
Another sharp questioner of the bill was Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, who argued the projected electronic charitable gambling revenues the state looks to to cover its $38 million a year stadium bonding debt service were essentially fictitious.
"It's (debt service) going to be back on the state of Minnesota," said Hackbarth, arguing there's no real history of electronic charitable gambling on which estimates can be made.
The same hyper-skepticism that Hackbarth took towards electronic pull-tabs and bingo, Lanning argued, could be leveled against any form of gambling.
But Hackbarth, a racino advocate, argued that wasn't true at all.
Racino has a well-documented revenue history, he argued.
"I just want to make it crystal clear what you're voting for in this bill," said Hackbarth of the perceived flabbiness of the electronic pull-tab and bingo projected revenues.
But Dayton Administration officials backed the estimates.
"The methodology was very careful," said Commissioner of Revenue Myron Frans of crafting the estimates.
Similar expressions of confidence were voiced by others.
"What's being proposed in Minnesota is a different apple," said Minnesota Gambling Control Board Executive Director Tom Barrett to the experience with electronic charitable gambling experienced in the State of Iowa.
Beyond this, Lanning noted that five "blink-on" provisions exist in his bill that could kick in extra revenue should projected gambling dollars fall short.
Several attempts were made in Ways and Means to amend the stadium bill.
Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, attempted to amend a community ownership provision to the bill.
But Minnesota Vikings' stadium front man Lester Bagley said National Football League bylaws prohibit community ownership.
"The Green Bay Packer situation has been grand fathered into the league," he said of the community ownership of that team.
Rep. Tom Rukavina, DFL-Virginia, successfully amended the stadium bill to require that to the greatest extent possible American steel made from Minnesota mined iron ore be used in stadium construction.
"Everybody's a friend when you need the votes," said Rukavina of Lanning's acceptance of the amendment.
The two stadium votes in the House Ways and Means Committee on the stadium bill were voice votes.
No roll calls were taken.
The committee moved the stadium bill to the House floor without recommendation.
Lanning, in thanking the committee, spoke of having the up or down House floor vote on the legislation many people desire.
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has been calling for such a vote for months.
The Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee is scheduled to hear Sen. Julie Rosen's Vikings stadium legislation Tuesday morning.
That bill broke free of a Senate committee on Friday after being snared by a lack of votes for weeks.


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Gate formation
We mixed M13mp18 and staples of tube and annealed them. We tried two annealing method. The one is annealing with boiled water, and the other is annealing based on "A Logic-Gated Nanorobot for Targeted Transport of Molecular Payloads". And we did electrophoresis using this sample. This results is following.
(20120906,50v, 40min,tutu,somenaosi画像の下にannealing with boiled water とその横に20120914,body structure,50v,90min.画像の下にannealing based on " A Logic-Gated Nanorobot for Targeted Transport of Molecular Payloads")
As a result of the experiment, we got that the Shawn annealing was better than annealing with boiled water. And the tube structure made on Shawn annealing was observed by AFM. This result is following.
(Seiseigo0001画像の下にannealing with boiled water 、seiseigo0007画像の下にannealing based on " A Logic-Gated Nanorobot for Targeted Transport of Molecular Payloads")
This object whose shape is rectangular object may be the tube because we consider that the shape of the tube is transformed to rectangle when it is crushed by cantilever. Then, we tried various patterns of annealing condition; the concentration of Mg and the speed of cooling. We tried 20h annealing(80℃ to 70℃→2min/-1℃,70℃ to 30℃→30min/-1℃,30℃ to 4℃→2min/-1℃)and 40h annealing(80℃ to 70℃→2min/-1℃,70℃ to 30℃→60min/-1℃,30℃ to 4℃→2min/-1℃)and the annealing based on the article proposed by Dr. Shawn Douglas [1].
(20hannealingtsutsu2画像の下にannealing for 20 hours, 40hannealingtsutsu画像の下にannealing for 40 hours)
For the result, the tube annealed by 20h annealing and 40h annealing could been seen as a band when we did electrophoresis but could not been seen when we observed by AFM. On the other hand, when we observed the tube annealed by the condition based on the article proposed by Dr. Shown Douglas [1] by AFM, we could find some structural object. In general, we considered the best condition of annealing is next; the condition of Mg is 8mM and the speed of cooling is based on the article proposed by Dr. Shawn. Next,we tried to create the tube which can be decorated with cholesterol to connect it with liposome. We call this tube "connect-able tube".
(Administrator 2012-10-13 17hr 14min画像の下に) When we annealed the connect-able tube and did electrophoresis, the band could be seen at the similar position compared with normal tube. For this, we consider the connect-able tube also may be created and we could find many granular objects when we observed the connect-able tube by AFM.
[1] A Logic-Gated Nanorobot for Targeted Transport of Molecular Payloads (Shawn M. Douglas,* Ido Bachelet,* George M. Church 2012)
AFM image
Porter functionality
We carried out electrophoresis to see if the target moved and hybridized to Porter of higher bonding energy and if the target was successfully transported through the three Porters.
DNA sequences
|Sequence (5' to 3')
|Porter 1
|Porter 2
Transportation of Target by Porter
First, we mixed Porter1 and the target for reaction.
Second, we added Porter2, expecting that the target would be passed from Porter1 to Porter2.
Finally, we added Porter3, expecting that the target would be passed from Porter2 to Porter3.We waited for 15 minutes at each step, letting the target attach to a Porter of higher bonding energy.
The final concentration of samples were follows.
The target DNA: 0.5 μM
Porter 1,2,3: 1.0 μM
Dilution was performed with 1 x TAE Mg2+. The total volume was 5 μM.
Electrophoresis were performed with:
20% acrylamide gel
1×TAE as running buffers
Constant volt 100 V, 3h
If the target has passed well through Porters, bands of the target hybridizing with Porter1, 2, and 3 should appear. In the gel, bands above each Porter can be seen as the Porter hybridizing with the target.
In the first 15 minutes, Porter1 attached to the target (fig.1: lane 3). After another 15 minutes, the band of Porter1 and Porter2 hybridizing with the target were seen. In the last 15 minutes, the band of Porter1 and Porter2 and Porter3 were seen.
So the result shows that target hybridized with available Porter during the 15 minutes, and then it moved to the Porter that has higher bonding energy during another 15 minutes. Therefore, this indicates that Porters successfully work as "porter" of the target.
We also saw the gel after staining all the samples (fig.2)
Comparison of Porter and Toehold
We saw that Porter catches the target more effectively than the toehold structure by our simulations. In addition, we actually confirmed this idea through experiments.
We compared the carrier set of the target as below.
1. Porter1 and Porter2
2. Toehold A and toehold B
First, we mixed the target and Porter1. At the same time, we also mixed the target and toehold A.Second, we added Porter2 to the sample of Porter1 and the target. At the same time, we added toehold B to the sample of toehold B and the target. We waited for 15 minutes at each step, for the sample to react.
The final concentration of samples were follows.
The target DNA: 0.5 μM
Porter 1,2,3: 1.0 μM
Toehold A,B: 1.0 μM
Dilution was performed with 1 x TAE Mg2+. The total volume was 5 μM.
Electrophoresis were performed with:
20% acrylamide gel
1×TAE as running buffers
Constant volt 100 V, 3h
Similar to Transportation of Target by Porter, Porters and the target, Porter1 and Porter2 attached to the target respectively. Also, the target was passed between Porters (figure3: lane 7).
As for the toehold structure, the target hybridized with toehold B. On the other hand, in the lane of the target and toehold A, the band of the target was still strong (lane 9). So, the target didn't hybridize with toehold A.
It follows that toehold A cannot catch the target only in 15 minutes, and that the target cannot be delivered by using toehold structures.
Therefore, we concluded that Porter structure, which has some loops, is more effective and efficient than toehold in terms of catching the target.
Cholesterol tag modification
Making mini-gate
We prepared a preliminary step to that cell gate insert into the liposome. We designed a smaller tube and attempted to insert into liposomes using it.
Similar to the cell gate, we stretched single-stranded DNA of 10 bases that can be modified cholesterol from the side of this tube.
We attached cholesterol to the single-stranded DNA, and confirmed by electrophoresis.
We expected that these enter into the hydrophobic portion of the liposome. Then, it is likely to that the tube stick to the liposome.
Making liposome
We examined the appropriate composition of the liposome. And we decided the composition; DOPC:DSPE-PEG2000: Fructose = 100:1:1000.
General methods for formation and functional analysis of liposome with DNA
At first, the lipids mixture as follows was prepared.
DOPC 5mM 10μL
DSPE-PEG2000 0.5mM 1μL
Fructose 10mM 50μL
Tube 20μL
Chloroform 70μL
We dry a sample of that composition under argon gas condition.
For liposome formation, 125μL of 1×TAE Mg2+ were added and incubate for 1 h at room temperature.
When indicated, 1 mM Lucifer Yellow fluorescein was added 1/50 fold of total volume (20 μM final). For DNA staining 1/100 fold Hoechst was added after liposome formations. Fluorescence of DNA by Hoechst was observed by a fluorescence microscope.
As this picture, we observed liposome. So there seems to be some liposome.
Confirming Gate attaches to the membrane
We use fluorescein to confirm that the tube insert into the liposome.
For example, We put Lucifer Yellow fluorescein into big liposome and made a hole using the α- Hemorijin into liposomes. Then, we observed that fluorescein was flowing out from it. Alpha-hemolysin is toxin which makes a hole in the cell and is often used in experiments liposome system.
The figure shows that fluorescein flowing out from a liposome.
Therefore, we are sure that observing fluorescein would be a confirmatory experiment which our tube stuck to the liposome or not.
Confirming whether min-gate with cholesterol-leg sticks in liposome by using Biacore.
What's Biacore?
Biacore is the device that monitors the interaction between the biological molecules using optical phenomena called surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in real time, without the use of labels. To study an interaction, one of the interaction partners is immobilized onto the sensor surface of a Biacore sensor chip. Immobilization occurs by direct coupling to the surface or via a suitable molecule already coupled to the surface. It is necessary to choose the most suitable sensor tip by contents of the kind of molecules to immobilize and the analysis.
We used sensor tip L1. The matrix is that: lipophilic groups are covalently attached to carboxymethylated dextran, making the surface suitable for direct attachment of lipid membrane vesicles such as liposomes. After attachment, the lipid bilayer structure is retained, facilitating the study of interactions involving transmembrane receptors in membrane-like environments.
Immobilization of lipid
1. Set a sensor tip L1 and running buffer on the SPR sensor.
2. Inject 5% Triton X-100 25 μL when the sensor gram becomes steady.
3. Inject lipid suspended in running buffer 100 μL when the sensor gram becomes steady again.
4. Inject 10mM NaOH 5 μL.
5. Inject the lipid 50 μL.
6. Inject 10mM NaOH 5 μL.
7. Repeat 5-6 until the baseline of the sensor gram does not rise.
8. Check the rise in RU levels is 100 RU or under after injection of 100 μg/mL BSA 25 μL.
Running buffer: 10 mM HEPES 150 mM NaCl pH =7.0
BSA: Bovine Serum Albumin
Measurements of samples
Inject sample 10 μL and start measurement. After end of measurement, inject 10 mM NaOH 5 μL. It is necessary to unify measurement time and RU levels when inject sample.
Sample 1:
min-gate (4.2 nM) 50 μL
Cholesterol 12 μL
Running buffer 38 μL
min-gate 50 (4.2 nM) μL
Running buffer 50 μL
From the graph, we confirmed that min-gate with cholesterol-leg had higher RU levels than only min-gate. It shows that min-gate with cholesterol-leg has higher strength of binding. Therefore, we can insert min-gate into liposome by attaching cholesterol-leg.(グラフを貼る)
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The evaluation of judges' work, the quality of
justice and respect for judicial independence (Opinion No. 17)
The Committee of Ministers has entrusted
the CCJE for 2014, having regard to Recommendation
Rec(2010)12 on judges: independence, efficiency and
responsibilities, with the preparation and adoption,
in 2014,
of an opinion for the attention of the Committee of
Ministers on issues regarding the status of judges
and the exercise of their functions. The draft opinion
on evaluation of judges' work, the quality of
justice and respect for judicial independence has
been submitted for adoption at the 15th
plenary meeting of the CCJE, from 22 to 24
October 2014 in Strasbourg.
Working party
The working party in charge of drafting the opinion had 2 meetings in
Strasbourg, from 17 to 19 March 2014 and from 23 to 26 June
2014 in Berlin (Germany).
Working group meeting
report (17 to 19
March 2014 in Strasbourg)
Working group meeting report (24 to 26 June 2014 in
Berlin, Germany)
The composition of the Working group is as follows:
Mr Orlando AFONSO (Portugal)Mr José
Francisco COBO SÀENZ (Spain)Mr Nils ENGSTAD
(Norway)Ms Aida-Rodica POPA (Romania)Mr
Gerhard REISSNER (Austria)Mr Raffaele SABATO
(Italy)Mr Duro SESSA (Croatia)Mr
Jean-Claude WIWINIUS (Luxembourg)Mr Osman
Nesuh YILDIZ (Turkey)
Mr Alain LACABARATS (France) Ms Katarzyna
GONERA (Poland)
Useful documents
Questionnaire for the preparation of the CCJE
Opinion No. 17 (2014) on justice, evaluation and
Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 on judges:
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Replies by country
The uniform application of the law
The role of Court Presidents
The independence of the judiciary and its relationships
with the other powers in a modern democratic state
Evaluation of judges' work, the quality of
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The relationship between judges and lawyers
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Magna Charta of European Judges
Principles of public prosecution as regards juvenile
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The race for the NFL playoffs heated up during Week 14 action. While the Indianapolis Colts added to their wild-card cushion in the AFC, the Chicago Bears are no longer in such a cushy position in the NFC.
1. Houston Texans (11-1)
Although they caught a break with the Baltimore Ravens losing, the Texans can't afford to let up in their quest for both the AFC South title and the top playoff seed. That's because the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos both won in Week 14. There's a lot riding on Monday night's game against the New England Patriots.
What's left: at New England, vs. Indianapolis, vs. Minnesota, at Indianapolis
2. Denver Broncos (10-3)
Having lost to the Texans and Patriots, the Broncos probably aren't going to gain the No. 1 seed. But if the Texans defeat the Pats on Monday and the Broncos can sweep their remaining three games, Denver would grab the No. 2 seed. The big test will come next Sunday at Baltimore.
What's left: at Baltimore, vs. Cleveland, vs. Kansas City
3. New England Patriots (9-3)
The Patriots have a chance to take home-field advantage in the AFC for the second consecutive year. The Ravens' loss on Sunday and the Patriots' earlier win over the Broncos were critical in the pursuit of the top seed. Now, New England must beat the Texans and then hope Houston loses again.
What's left: vs. Houston, vs. San Francisco, at Jacksonville, vs. Miami
4. Baltimore Ravens (9-4)
The Ravens can't put everything together of late, and it doesn't get any easier after consecutive losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Their remaining opponents—the Broncos, New York Giants and Cincinnati Bengals—all will give them plenty of fight as all three have much to play for.
What's left: vs. Denver, vs. New York Giants, at Cincinnati
5. Indianapolis Colts (9-4)
The Colts got a huge win over the Tennessee Titans, and it came with the bonus of the Steelers and Bengals losing. That gives them a two-game lead for the top wild-card berth, so they can now set their sights on upending the Texans in two of the final three games and giving themselves a chance to steal the AFC South.
What's left: at Houston, at Kansas City, vs. Houston
6. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6)
Ben Roethlisberger's return didn't quite boost them as they expected in a hard loss to the San Diego Chargers. The Cowboys helped them by sneaking past the Bengals. Now it's the Steelers' turn to rebound and beat those two teams to hold on to the wild card.
What's left: at Dallas, vs. Cincinnati, vs. Cleveland
Alive: Cincinnati Bengals (7-6), New York Jets (6-7).
To get in, the Bengals will probably have to win at Pittsburgh in Week 16. It's hard to believe the Jets, with all their problems, are only one game off the pace.
Desperate and dire: Cleveland Browns (5-8), San Diego Chargers (5-8), Buffalo Bills (5-8), Miami Dolphins (5-8).
Over and out: Tennessee Titans (4-9), Oakland Raiders (3-10), Jacksonville Jaguars (2-11), Kansas City Chiefs (2-11).
1. Atlanta Falcons (11-2)
The Falcons lost some breathing room by losing at Carolina. They might need to go 2-1 to hold on to the top seed, and next week they host one of their playoff nemeses, the Giants.
What's left: vs. New York Giants, at Detroit, vs. Tampa Bay
2. San Francisco 49ers (9-3-1)
We'll get a good idea of the 49ers' mind-set for the playoffs the next two weeks, as they get tested by the Patriots and Seattle Seahawks on the road. They will either have a first-round bye as NFC West champions or fall all the way to the No. 5 seed.
What's left: at New England, at Seattle, vs. Arizona
3. Green Bay Packers (9-4)
Now that the Bears have lost two straight, the Packers are a full game ahead and already have a victory over them. That means if the Packers can win at Chicago in Week 15, they will take the NFC North.
What's left: at Chicago, vs. Tennessee, at Minnesota
4. New York Giants (8-5)
The Giants' roller-coaster ride continues with a pair of division leaders, the Falcons and the Ravens, on the road the next two weeks. To soar over those teams, Eli Manning needs to keep New York's offense ablaze.
What's left: at Atlanta, at Baltimore, vs. Philadelphia
5. Seattle Seahawks (8-5)
The Seahawks are perfect at home and have only one road game remaining, against a struggling Bills team at Toronto. Because they defeated the Bears, they now own the top wild card over Chicago.
What's left: vs. Buffalo in Toronto, vs. San Francisco, vs. St. Louis
6. Chicago Bears (8-5)
The Bears figure to have one easy win left—at Arizona—but they are not who we thought they were just a few weeks ago. Forget the division title—they have their hands full just trying to get in as a wild card now.
What's left: vs. Green Bay, at Arizona, at Detroit
Alive: Washington Redskins (7-6), Dallas Cowboys (7-6), Minnesota Vikings (7-6).
The Redskins' near future is cloudy because of quarterback Robert Griffin III's knee injury, and the Vikings aren't getting enough offense beyond running back Adrian Peterson. That makes it easier to like the Cowboys as the team here with the best chance of jumping up, either in the wild-card or NFC East race.
Desperate and dire: St. Louis Rams (6-6-1), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-7).
Over and out: New Orleans Saints (5-8), Detroit Lions (4-9), Arizona Cardinals (4-9), Carolina Panthers (4-9), Philadelphia Eagles (4-9).


text: It could be a big year for big bucks By John McCoy November 17, 2012 Story Share John McCoy Bucks with sizable antlers are turning up more often at game-checking stations throughout West Virginia. The number of trophy deer killed during last year's firearm buck season more than doubled the number killed during each of the previous two seasons. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia has fewer deer now than it did two decades ago, but more big-antlered bucks.That's good news for hunters about to head afield for Monday's opening day of the annual firearm season for bucks. Gary Foster, game management supervisor for the state Division of Natural Resources, said a simple change made 14 years ago to the state's hunting regulations makes this year's hunters more likely to kill deer with better-than-average headgear on their noggins.In 1998, the DNR gave private-land deer hunters the option of taking either a buck or a doe during the buck season. Foster said the change made a significant difference in buck-kill dynamics."Before we put that regulation into effect, it wasn't unusual to see 80 percent of a county's yearling bucks get killed each year," he explained. "Not very many bucks survived long enough to grow trophy antlers."Now, since hunters have the option of taking an antlerless deer, the percentage of yearling bucks being killed has dropped below 50 percent. More yearlings are surviving, and they grow bigger antlers the following year."According to data taken at game-checking stations, antler rack sizes and beam diameters have grown slowly but steadily since the doe-buck option went into effect.Foster believes hunters' buck-season tastes have changed, too. "[Hunters are] more selective than they were 20 years ago," he said. "Back then, they'd be perfectly willing to shoot a spike buck or a four-pointer. Now they're holding out for bucks with better racks."The state's most trophy-rich counties - Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming - have been closed to firearm hunters since 1979. The counties immediately surrounding those four are open, however, and Foster believes antler-seeking sportsmen would be wise to focus their efforts there."The key is to look for counties that have remote, relatively inaccessible areas," he said. "Bucks in those remote areas can grow to be 41/2 to 5 years old, and those are the bucks that usually have trophy antlers. A lot of that [remote] country can be found in Kanawha, Boone, Nicholas, Fayette and Raleigh counties."Agricultural counties are also good bets. Foster said Mason, Jackson and northern Putnam counties have been reliable big-buck producers the past few years. Last year was particularly good for trophy seekers. Firearm hunters bagged 27 whitetails that qualified for the DNR's Big Buck Club, a 145 percent increase from 2010, a 136 percent increase from 2009 and a 35 percent increase from 2008.Foster isn't predicting similar success for 2012, but he did predict that hunters would kill approximately 60,000 bucks before the season ends."That harvest would be similar to last year's," he said. "A couple of factors should contribute to that. Following the banner mast crop in 2010, we had a really good fawn crop in 2011. The bucks in that fawn crop will be yearlings this year, so hunters should have a lot more young bucks to hunt."Sportsmen who aren't concerned about killing big-antlered deer should find oodles of those young bucks in counties where deer are most abundant. Foster said the counties from the Northern Panhandle down along the Ohio River boast the highest whitetail concentrations. "If you look at last year's buck kill, those were the counties with the highest numbers of bucks killed per square mile," he added. "Those would be the best places for hunters to go if they aren't interested in trophies."DNR officials estimate that as many as 300,000 hunters will venture into the woods for Monday's opener. Paul Johansen, the agency's assistant wildlife chief, calls the buck season a "bonanza" for small businesses, especially in deer-rich rural areas."During the buck season, there are lots of hunters spending lots of dollars in small communities," Johansen said. "I'm no economist, but I've heard that dollars spent in small communities circulate longer, and that increases the economic impact."Those 300,000 hunters are roughly equivalent to the number of people who attend five sold-out West Virginia University football games. In the case of the WVU fans, the financial impact would be spread out over most of a 12-week season. For hunters, the impact occurs over just 12 days."And when you think about it, the buck season's impact is concentrated even more than that," Johansen said. "The real push of the buck season occurs during the first three days of the season and the following Saturdays. That really concentrates the cash inflow to those small rural businesses."The bottom line is that the buck season means bucks to hunters and bucks - the green kind - to West Virginia's business people." Reach John McCoy at 304-348-1231 or email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 Vietnam veteran builds prosthetics in war zones 4 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 5 Former Charleston National employees gather for a reunion Keep a close eye on your deer carcass Previous Story Winter is no match for kinglets Next Story


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By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
A little magic is happening in Missouri's woods. The show will go on through much of April.
After a seemingly endless winter, the sun shining through the leafless trees is warming the forest floor, causing spring wildflowers to awaken. Like little jewels, they poke through the leaf litter and dot the drab landscape with bouquets of white, yellow, pink and blue.
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Rectal and Oral Omeprazole Treatment of Reflux Disease in Infants.
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|Gastroesophageal Reflux Esophageal Atresia Hernia, Diaphragmatic
|Drug: Omeprazole suppository
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Rectal and Oral Omeprazole Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants With Esophageal Atresia or Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia; A Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Study.
- Therapeutic efficacy
- Intragastric pH, Pharmacokinetic parameters, PK-PD-relation,
- Pharmacogenetic parameters
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|Study Start Date:
|September 2005
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
Omeprazole is a highly effective drug for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants. Infants, aged 0-12 months, require a non-standard dose of omeprazole. Due to this fact extemporaneous formulations of omeprazole are administered to these infants. The oral bioavailability of omeprazole in nonproprietary formulations may be unpredictable and produce variable degrees of drug exposure. The dose range for GERD management in pediatric studies using omeprazole is 0.3 - 3.5 mg/kg/day.
Dosing information, aged-specific pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic data are not available in infants, aged 0-12 months. Two adult studies at healthy volunteers suggest that an omeprazole suppository is an effective dosage form.This study is designed to evaluate and to compare the efficacy, the pharmacodynamics and the pharmacokinetics of oral and rectal omeprazole treatment in infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Weeks to 3 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 6-12 weeks
- weight: 3 kg or > 3 kg
- gastroesophageal reflux as a result of esophageal atresia or congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- Informed consent of both parents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy to omeprazole
- Infants with gastroesophageal reflux as a result of congenital errors of CNS
- Changes in the co-medication during the study
- Participation in a study that is interfering with this study.
- The use of the following co-medication: alprazolam, midazolam, triazolam, carbamazepine, clorazepate, ciclosporin, disulfiram, phenytoin, iron, itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole, methotrexate, ticlopidine, warfarin.
- Infants of the non-Caucasian race
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00226044
|Contact: P. Bestebreurtje, Pharm D
|Erasmus Medical center
|Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3015 GD
|Contact: D. Tibboel, Prof. dr.
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|Sub-Investigator: A. A. van Sorge, Pharm D, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: C AJ Knibbe, Pharm D, PhD
|Principal Investigator: P. Bestebreurtje, Pharm D
|Study Director:
|D. Tibboel, Prof. Dr.
|Erasmus Medical Center
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|Rijnstate Hospital
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|Study First Received:
|September 22, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 25, 2013
Keywords provided by Rijnstate Hospital:
Omeprazole, suppository, infants
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Esophageal Atresia
Hernia, Diaphragmatic
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Deglutition Disorders
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Digestive System Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Anti-Ulcer Agents
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Proton Pump Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Posted 13 June 2011 - 06:51 PM
Funny thing is, I know that in the past a site I have used did offer the option of setting "rel", but I cannot remember what it was.
Posted 13 June 2011 - 08:17 PM
Posted 13 June 2011 - 08:24 PM
Also might be a great linkbait idea for an SEO rockstar.
Edited by EGOL, 13 June 2011 - 08:25 PM.
Posted 13 June 2011 - 08:45 PM
Posted 14 June 2011 - 02:30 AM
I am guessing (a big guess admittedly) that the only people who use this are those that are most passionate about their writing and would like a way to tie together their work to help promote themselves further. Although if there is an SEO boost, then I guess some people will work out a way to get some advantage from it without tripping too many wires.
Posted 14 June 2011 - 05:00 AM
Donna, the Twitter link to your site is actually with rel=me :-), Facebook as well (at least as far as I can tell). Linkedin seems to use a redirector and doesn't use rel=me though. Which other profiles would you need? It would be interesting to compile a list of the relevant ones, not the least to encourage the others to add it as well.
Posted 14 June 2011 - 08:09 AM
Obviously, that's really just luck on our parts though, as we can't force any other 3rd party sites to use it, but yes I'm sure the big Goog could "encourage" other major ones to add it.
It's too early in the morning for me to think of which sites should be added to the list, but I'm sure we can all come up with a good list.
Posted 14 June 2011 - 02:22 PM
Michael, I don't quite understand what kind of link circle spam issues you see coming. Do you mean that I might buy an older, trusted author profile and integrate it with my own profile with rel=me links? I'm not quite sure how blocking PageRank from passing on those links would change much in that regard, but I agree that it's something worth keeping an eye on.
Scenario 1:
I'm a spammer. I just set up 50 blogs on fresh domains. I spend the next 12 months populating them with innocuous posts under the pseudonym of "John Doe". I interlink them in an Author HubNet.
During those 12 months I Tweet and socially promote occasional high-value posts from each blog and earn a smattering of natural links. I of course also rely on the autoposting industry to spit my RSS feeds in every direction possible and show up on various credible sites like "AllTop", "Business-such-and-such", etc.
At the end of the 12 months I can leverage that blog network in several ways, including (but not necessarily limited to):
- Selling relevant links
- Promoting my own made-for-advertising network
- "Boosting" link spam networks
- Leveraging the "John Doe" name into helping launch spam blogs
I'm a freelance writer who sells his articles to the highest (or most willing) contractor. I spend the next 12 months writing for 50 blogs that allow me to create an Author HubNet.
At the end of the 12 months I sell my HubNet (logins and passwords) to the highest bidder and start building a new one.
Scenario 3:
I'm a subscription blog network operator. I set up 2,000 blogs. I invite 25 of my nearest and dearest SEO friends to populate the blog networks with content published under personas they create. The only rule: No spinning.
At the end of 12 months I have 2,000 blogs I can leverage into a new link-placement service with credible author personas shoring it up.
Scenario 4:
I'm a hacker and I find a large number of orphaned blogs. I hack them, create Author HubNets, and sell the Author HubNets to various miscreants and scoundrels who are willing to risk being caught in order to launch all sorts of malware blogs, low-value link farms, etc.
In short
What I am suggesting, John, is that the envelope is going to be pushed in every direction, every way possible, and in ways that neither you nor I can imagine. But it IS going to be pushed.
So the less value those links are perceived to have with respect to gaming search results, the better for all of us because that makes it more likely that the only people who would be interested in building Author HubNets are career-minded freelancers and professional opinionators who want to be invited to write for prestigious Websites.
That incentivizes the creation and distribution of what most would regard as "high quality" content. I think it also helps blunt the sharp edge of Webspam innovation just a little.
Guys like me will be impacted by any growth in spam methodologies because we operate Websites that spammers target for all manner of solicitations.
And I haven't even touched on the intellectual property rights issues that corporations are going to face (probably sooner than the freelancers and employees realize) with new contract language.
Edited by Michael_Martinez, 14 June 2011 - 02:23 PM.
Posted 14 June 2011 - 09:44 PM
The ones that I worry about are not on your list - maybe they are not possible.
I worry that if I have a big portfolio of articles that someone else might be able to start spoofing my author identity to promote works that don't belong to me.
Or... grab the identity of one of my competitors and use it against me.
I also worry about the intellectual property side of this. Does an author own his identity or do the people who have paid him for pieces of work each own a piece of it? I'd hate to see people with identities like EGOL@TheCompanyStore
Posted 15 June 2011 - 09:12 AM
No idea how many articles I have written in the last 5 years. A Fair few no doubt. Must count for something.
Posted 15 June 2011 - 09:21 AM
No idea how many articles I have written in the last 5 years. A Fair few no doubt. Must count for something.
Other possibilities include combining those articles into a book or using them as the basis for a membership site.
Just ran across a tool that might be useful to you: http://anthologize.org/ which says: Use the power of WordPress to transform online content into an electronic book. Easily pull content from blogs. Drag & drop organization & layout. Generate your book & publish in print & digital formats.
Posted 16 June 2011 - 04:58 AM
See sig, the start of a mini promo hub. Sitting by the phone, waiting for some new business ....
Posted 16 June 2011 - 01:47 PM
Posted 28 June 2011 - 05:46 PM
Many of you create great content on the web, and we work hard to make that content discoverable on Google. Today, we will start highlighting the people creating this content in Google.com search results.
Why? Because authorship is a great way to identify and highlight high-quality content. Plus, the web is centered around people. People discovering content on the web often want to learn more about its author, see other content by that author, and even interact with the author.
Were piloting this new search experience with a small sample of authors who have linked their Google profile with their content.
I'm too tired to even try to understand the help center info tonight. It was just a bunch of words to me. Will look at it later.
Posted 28 June 2011 - 05:52 PM
I have other concerns these days but I may try it out.
Posted 28 June 2011 - 06:13 PM
However, I am feeling like I am in an arms race with all of this author, +1, schema, review stars, etc. stuff being rolled out... if you are work at a small biz where a few people have to do everything there is a limit on what you can do to respond.
The more of these things that get rolled out the more the big companies have an advantage and the more the little guy will be strangled.
So, I am sitting on the sidelines waiting for other to throw their crap against the wall and when I see what is sticking for them I might throw some of my own.
Posted 01 July 2011 - 06:33 AM
Mine is obviously not set up right at the moment!
I think maybe you need to link to your Google Profile and use that as the hub for it to work at the moment.
Posted 01 July 2011 - 02:34 PM
Highlighting content creators in search
Posted 02 July 2011 - 06:17 AM
Nice and easy explanation.
Unfortunately for me, when I got to the testing bit, it showed me that apparently I've done nothing right. I just get an "Insufficient data" message. Bah.
Posted 13 July 2011 - 02:13 PM
First, they introduced the "what is the tool all about" on their blog at http://raventools.co..._source=Twitter
We picked the six most popular schema types, and then added the most popular item properties to a form. Enter data into the form automatically creates your HTML with microdata for you.
As you fill out the form, a preview is instantly updated on the screen.
After you finish filling out the form, you can click on the code in the text area, and then copy and paste it into your HTML document.
Schema Creator is designed to get you started with microdata, which means it doesnt provide you with every possible schema type and item property. However, it should give you enough data to help you understand how to enhance or build your own schema types.
The actual tool lives at http://schema-creator.org/
Have fun!
Posted 13 July 2011 - 06:28 PM
Posted 13 July 2011 - 06:54 PM
Rabbits and childcare might not be a bad blend... kids like rabbits... both require knowledge, patience and care... I think it is all about how you blend them.
Posted 13 July 2011 - 07:38 PM
Or you can rise above these temptations to promulgate your wisdom across the Web and simply be all that you can be.
Or you can jump on the bus and laugh heartily at those who mingle and mutter as they fall behind you in the distance.
Or you can take the blue pill and forget all this and go back to being who you were and what you were.
In other words, in short, to be less verbose about the whole business: Do what you want to do and let everything else work itself out. There will be plenty of time to reconsider things either way later on.
"It is said: 'Do not go to the elves for advice, for they will answer you in both Sindarin and Quenya and then refer to Martinez for a definitive explanation either way.'"
Posted 18 July 2011 - 01:58 AM
I have modified my Google Plus User Profile page to link to various sites that I am claiming authorship for. In turn, I have set three blogs to point to that profile page. My personal Website is only being linked to by the Google Plus Proifle at this point.
There are limitations in Wordpress that I have to find or figure out workarounds for. Google linked to a plugin that really doesn't provide an adequate solution.
The Google profile page also lets you designate a site that "about me" so I don't know where that takes you but I assigned that attribute to my personal domain.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 03:29 AM
Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:06 AM
<?php $by_donna = false; if($post->post_author == '1') { $by_donna = true; } ?>
You'd change donna to your name (or anything really), and the 1 to your user id.
Then, where I wanted to display the link to my about page on single.php (a little further down from that code above), I used this:
By Donna Fontenot
So the end result is that all posts by me, show my byline, with a link to my about page (and not the "author" page that WordPress uses*), with a rel="author" attached.
My about page then has a link to my google profile using rel="me".
My google profile has a link back to my about page using rel="me".
Now when I use the rich snippet tool, it shows everything correctly.
1. All my DD blog posts link to my DD blog 'about' page using rel="author".
2. My DD blog 'about' page links to my Google profile page using rel="me".
3. My Google profile page links back to my about page using rel="me".
Posted 18 July 2011 - 01:40 PM
What limitations have you found with Wordpress? Hope I am not doing anything wrong. I am just using the Wordpress bio box to point to the about page.
What I was thinking of when I spoke of limitations was the lack of an actual "author bio" page. Sure, I can CREATE a static page but I shouldn't have to. Wordpress allows me to enter all sorts of information about myself but it doesn't publish that information on any specific page.
I could search around for a theme that uses the information but then I'll have to compromise on design and structure.
I could modify the existing themes I'm using to use the information on the "author" page that Wordpress generates (essentially just a list of articles from the author). I've already hacked both Wordpress and one theme to do this, but I hate hacking software because the next upgrade wipes out the hack.
Wordpress is not yet really there for creating an actual author profile page. I would want it to focus on the author and not just lump article summaries together (or full article texts, I guess, if I didn't restrict article references to summaries).
There is a theme I am using on a couple of sites doesn't even produce author pages. I like the theme's visual appearance but I'm probably going to have to find another theme (or create static "About" pages).
Posted 18 July 2011 - 01:45 PM
I don't know why, I just assumed that Google would automatically assume that any site I link to in my profile has something to do with me.
I guess I've made too many self-centered profiles....
Posted 18 July 2011 - 02:11 PM
Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:31 PM
I found an interesting post where the author and lots of commenters are reporting significant traffic gains after claiming authorship of their content.
Nearly a 40% increase in traffic since authorship was applied. More evidence that you should be participating in Google's Authorship program.
Click-through rate increased 38 percent by Implementing Google authorship markup with the Rel=Author Tag.
I'm still monitoring but believe it's responsible for an additional 1000-ish daily visitors.
Has anyone here implemented this and is seeing improved traffic.... how about improved rankings? Is that happening yet?
Edited by EGOL, 01 April 2012 - 03:16 PM.
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I suggest that the only way we can see the 'real world' for what it is is through mindfulness, or what I call intuitive awareness. Otherwise, we merely operate from within our perceptions, conceptions, and habits. This ignorance and the attitudes that come out of it are the "real" world for most people. Even now, though one might understand what I'm saying, I'm still using only words, and words are limited conventional forms like anything else. The real must be realised. It must be recognised, this sandhitthikko akalika dhamma — apparent here and now, timeless, to be looked into — it's immediate. Having the idea of it but not the reality, one can't recognise the real. With meditation, with bhavana (spiritual cultivation; meditation practice), it's a breaking down, a destruction of the world through insight. It's Armageddon — the end of the world that we take to be real. See the world as simply this: the conditions that we hold to, the attachment, the habit formations that we identify with.
sundara wrote:Ending of the world is when senses and body disappear. In the Text by Ajahn Brahm, ending of things is done by meditation. So things end, do you get anhialated or what. And how does it work to get there, it's not instant isn't it , it's gradual.
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London Tesco will open its first Express convenience store in China as part of its international-expansion plans to offset slowing growth at home in its food business, according to a Reuters report.
"We don't have a firm opening date, but yes we are planning to open our first Express store in Shanghai shortly," said a spokeswoman for the company, adding that the retailer already operates 46 hypermarkets in China.
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Red Bull F1 driver battle intensifies
Sebastian Vettel intensified his fight with Red Bull teammate Mark Webber on Tuesday, saying the Australian hurt the team in the past so he did not deserve consideration in the Malaysian team orders affair.
Vettel revealed at the Chinese Grand Prix that his decision to ignore team orders and pass Webber in the closing stages of the Malaysian race was "indirectly" related to past incidents when he felt Webber went against the best interests of the Formula One team.
"There was more than one occasion in the past when he could have helped the team and he didn't," Vettel said.
Asked if that was why he ignored the team orders, Vettel replied: "Indirectly so."
The world champion maintained he had not understood the team order to stay behind Webber, even though he acknowledged that the code "Multi-21" - meaning the No.2 car stays ahead of the No.1 car - had been in use at the team for a long time.
Despite his claims of a mistake, Vettel said he likely would have ignored any further order from the team to give back the lead.
"I would have thought about it and would probably have done the same thing because Mark doesn't deserve that."
Vettel's candid comments revealed the depths of division within Red Bull. Asked whether there was trust between him and Webber, Vettel said, "I would not call it trust, to be honest - we have a professional relationship.
"I never had support from his side (of the garage), I have a lot of support from the team and the team is supporting us both the same way."
The German had apologised to staff for breaking team rules but laughed when asked if he had been punished in any way: "There are lots of marks on my back," and "What do you expect to happen? Make a suggestion."
The relationship between Vettel and Webber appeared fractured beyond repair, and it looked unlikely that the Australian would get another contract after his one-year deal expires at the end of the season.
Webber said on Thursday that initial reports that he considered quitting immediately in Malaysia were wrong, but said the accumulation of incidents of perceived favouritism toward Vettel led to career options crossing his mind.
"Malaysia is not just one event in this scenario," Webber said. "There are lots of things that come into your mind. We have to try to keep the emotions down but it's part of our job.
"Year by year is how it's always been for me," he said, when asked about his future with the team.
"During the summer, I will talk to (Red Bull owner) Dietrich (Mateschitz) and we will go from there. I have never ever made decisions on my career at this point in the season. I don't see why I should make any decisions at the moment for my future."
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Currently when registering people have to answer a question: What number is larger than 1000 but smaller than 1002. Seemingly this question is meant to stop some of the more basic spam bots, but it also seems that a number of bots have been programmed to answer this question correctly. I wonder if the software allows you to change the question. If so I think it might be beneficial to do so, to change the question to something the bot programmers do not have in their list of default questions the bot can answer.
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Rail-free High-speed Control
- Break through the limits of speed― It is one of the most difficult goal, and we are attracted on it. As well as its own attractive, speeding up is also greatly benefit to our lives, such as mass transport and signal transduction.
|It is the same in molecular world. When we desire to have control of substances at nano scale, someone uses bio molecular robots such as DNA spider. However, the speed is limited. Compared to DNA spider, kinesin can move much faster(0.8~2μm/s). Kinesin has a shape and function to maximize speed and efficiency, and therefore it is utilized throughout our bodies as the fastest motor protein.
- To exceed the speed of kinesin, we decided to work on the development of a completely new molecular robot,'Biomolecular Rocket'.
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Rocket is one of the most fastest vehicle that can be controlled, and not only these features,rocket has innovative features, 'Rail-Free'. That means, rocket can move around freely in a long distance, while other molecular robots need rails to move, so their movement is limited. Concept of rail-free enable rocket to move freely without being bound to the rails. In addition, combined with the fast-moving that, rocket allowed the long-distance movement.
- 1, 'Rail-free'... Energy production for rail-free movement
- Upon building Biomolecular Rocket, in order to product energy for rail-free movement, we looked at the function of the platinum catalyst. Platinum decompose H2O2 and emit H2O and O2 bubbles. The dissolved O2 surrounding a bubble continues to diffuse into the bubble causing it to grow while the buoyancy force and surface adhesion compete against one another. While O2 detached from platinum surface, a momentum change which induces a driving force away from the surface. So, by placing the platinum on the back of the rocket body, platinum will move forward. A new bubble will be generated and released as long as hydrogen peroxide is present, and so the platinum is continuously propelled in the solution. Since the driving force created by divergence of bubbles, and rocket proceeds by dissociation of oxygen, rail does not require.
- 2, 'High-speed' ...Energy production for high-speed movement
- In order to further accelerate the Biomolecular Rocket, we conjugated numerous platinum catalytic engines to a micro-sized rocket body by taking advantage of DNA hybridization and denaturation. Platinum hemisphere emit sufficient amount of bubbles to move forward in a dilute H2O2 solution. Emission of the bubbles depends on the surface area of catalyst. If the catalytic surface area is expanded, it is obvious that our rocket will be able to emit more bubbles and speeding up. Compared to the surface area of platinum hemisphere, we can increase the surface area of platinum for the reaction with H2O2, by conjugating numerous catalytic engine. So our rocket is speeding up in that we can increase the emission of O2 bubbles from the rocket.
- 3, 'Control' ...Directional control of Biomolecular Rocket
- Direction of the rail-free movement of our rocket can be controlled, since we designed the photoresponsive DNA. Photoresponsive DNA structure is changed by UV light irradiation, then denaturation of double strand DNA will happen. This reaction allows the detachment of the engines from the body upon the UV light irradiation in a region-specific manner. Difference in the amount of bubbles are generate at the position of the body. So, we can change the direction of our rocket by only irradiating UV light.
- Based on the above contents, we have created the most simplest rocket that combines these three features.
- Why DNA?
- There are three reasons of using DNA. First of all, we can connect Platinum particles with Rocket body in a region-specific because DNA has complementarity. If we bind DNA single strand to the target point, the target molecular which has the complementary DNA, would hybridize and connect with the target point naturally.
- For the second, it is necessary to detach catalytic engine in a region-specific manner. While there are a variety of ways, using the denaturation of photoresponsive DNA can be done very easily than others.
- Thirdly, there is a merit that we can conjugate each material with use of only one way.If we use several ways to conjugate in response to each material, it is difficult for each conjugation to stay one another because their suitable conditions are different, such as pH and temperature.However, by using DNA, we can conjugate various materials at time due to the DNA's characteristic, because DNA's conjugation depends on the base sequences. So, if we design DNA's base sequences, it enables each conjugation at the time.
- This study embodies the concept to utilize and control non-biological reactions by designing biomolecules for achieving novel functions implemented by synthetic molecular systems.
0.Body construction
- Biomolecular Rocket is consisted of 10μm beads, platinum or catalase, and DNA. By using DNA, platinum or catalase particles are conjugated to 10μm beads. Beads have been addressed by the deposition of gold and chromium, so DNA was able to conjugate to beads region-specific. In addition, we designed the photoresponsive DNA for allowing detachment of the engines from the Biomolecular rocket's body upon the UV light irradiation in a region-specific manner.
- The body is made of polystyrene beads, Pt beads and DNA. Polystyrene beads are processed to conjugate different kinds of DNA.
SAM(Self-assembled Monolayer)
Bond photoresponsive DNA with Au and bond normal DNA with Polystyrene.When we add Pt which has complementary DNA,we can connect JET's BODY with Pt regiospecifically.
Hydrogen peroxide is decomposed into water and oxygen by the catalyst, and platinum and catalase cause the decomposition reaction. This reaction creates a high concentration of oxygen gas on the catalyst surface. The bubble continues to grow until it reaches the detachment radius and is released from the surface. The detachment induces a driving force from the catalyst surface.
When we irradiate UV light on biomolecular rocket, Pt beads are cut off from Au and the power from Au side disappears and finally, the direction of JET's power would be changed.


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The economy is getting better, which means some things may be getting worse. That's how it appears as the business aviation industry slowly and haltingly starts to emerge from a long and deep recession and a search begins for skilled labor to fill the growing number of openings.
As Yogi Berra famously said, "This is like déjà vu all over again." And so it is, though not as dramatic. Following the recession that began in 2001, thousands of skilled workers hired during the boom time of the late 1990s through early 2001 were laid off and furloughed as struggling companies "right-sized" to meet the drop in demand. In mid-2006, the economy was righting itself and business aviation followed suit, and many of those skilled workers let go during tough times didn't come back when things got better. Some had found other work in areas where the same skills were in demand, others retrained for new careers in different fields, and still others left for more stable, if not greener, pastures.
And so the competition for skilled labor became intense, with one company going so far as to paper the automobiles in a competitor's employee parking lot with help-wanted flyers.
Now, on the heels of this most recent recession, assuming a recovery is indeed under way, the business aviation industry is already starting to see a new shortage of skilled workers.
Layoffs at Gulfstream Aerospace, from March 2008 through the end of 2009, totaled 1,200. Duncan Aviation, a family-owned and -operated MRO that had long taken pride in the fact that it had never laid off an employee in its 55-year history, implemented a reduction in force that affected 306 positions. Wichita alone, long the self-described air capital of the world, saw a combined total of nearly 13,000 workers laid off by Cessna, Learjet and Hawker Beechcraft and their vendors.
As business aviation begins this recovery, it faces the same problem it did in 2006: many of those who were laid off, as well as those lost to natural attrition, are not coming back.
"A lot of people got out of the industry, and a lot of them aren't coming back, at least not here," said George Kythreotis, general manager of Jet Professionals, a global aviation staffing specialist based in Teterboro, N.J. "Some of them went overseas, to the Middle East, China and India."
These are growth areas for business aviation, he explained, and skilled, experienced A&Ps who would command salaries of $80,000 to $90,000 at Bombardier or Gulfstream are making as much as $120,000 a year in an overseas assignment, said Kythreotis. He added that there can be considerable tax advantages, depending on the host country's tax treaty terms with the United States. A U.S. citizen working in Shanghai, for example, will pay taxes on earnings only in China, "but it's significantly less than the U.S. tax rate."
"The fact is," concluded Kythreotis, "human capital is evolving on a multinational and international stage, and skilled workers willing to go abroad may find some real advantages." This, he added, is one reason that Jet Professionals International now has recruiting offices in Basel, Switzerland and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
As for wages in the U.S., Kythreotis said the structure has remained rather flat, "maybe 3 or 4 percent higher than in 2008." This means a starting salary of about $50,000 a year, or roughly $24 or $25 an hour.
To be sure, even though the industry as a whole appears to be slowly recovering in the U.S., it is halting and spotty and not everyone is hiring. Some pockets of the aerospace industry are recruiting. Atlanta and St. Louis, for example, are cities where aviation businesses are hiring. In fact, "St. Louis [home to Jet Aviation] is hiring both full-time employees and contractors," said Kythreotis. Other areas, notably Wichita, where Hawker Beechcraft continues to lay off workers and where Boeing is in the process of closing the plant at which it employed more than 2,160 workers, are generally not hiring–although Bombardier Learjet recently announced plans to boost its payroll in Wichita by 300 jobs related to the Learjet 85 program.
Public-Private Training Partnerships
The Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) in Virginia Beach, Va., reports that enrollment starts were up 7 percent last year, and enrollment continued to show positive growth early this year. At its 10 schools around the U.S., a new 80-week program for A&Ps starts every five weeks, and corporate aviation education director David Jones said, "In the Atlanta area, virtually everybody graduating could find an aviation job."
Gulfstream Aerospace hired 1,300 at its U.S. facilities nationwide last year and is currently shopping for mechanics, avionics technicians and engineers in some specialized areas. The hiring process emphasizes the individual merit of the candidate and previous work history, including previous Gulfstream experience, said a spokesman.
Looking ahead to a continued recovery, Gulfstream has a number of partnerships with government programs and with local institutions to ensure a continuing pool of entry-level workers.
It is working with Georgia Quick Start, which delivers training in classrooms, mobile labs or on plant floors, to provide leadership training. The company has also made arrangements with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to offer master's degree programs for engineers who qualify for extra tuition reimbursement, and with local Savannah Technical College to offer skill-building classes "with the intent of potentially hiring the program graduates."
When Duncan Aviation, headquartered in Lincoln, Neb., was forced to adopt layoffs, it offered severance packages, assistance with counseling services, grief management, training, résumé writing, networking and job hunting. Today, with the market improving, Duncan has begun hiring and saw its workforce grow approximately 6.7 percent last year.
Further, Duncan is seeking to hire the best skilled people with an attitude that fits its corporate culture. "All things being equal, the candidate with prior experience at Duncan Aviation will be given preferential consideration." Duncan has rehired about 13 percent of those who were laid off or furloughed.
Looking at such key growth indicators as customer feedback, requests for information and quotations, as well as a growing backlog, Duncan has established alliances with colleges in Nebraska and Michigan, and Duncan employees serve on the board of advisors at the schools.
Greenpoint Technologies, an independent completion and refurbishment center in Kirkland, Wash., is hiring, but carefully, "to match our staffing to our workload," said head of sales and marketing Christine Hadley. She said the center is not finding it difficult to find technical talent, but she emphasized that it is also important that those hired understand and embrace the corporate culture at Greenpoint of "a highly productive, customer-centric team."
(Partnerships to boost the base of trained mechanics exist elsewhere as well. AAR has teamed with the city of Chicago to create ab initio maintenance training programs.)
Indications are that while an industry recovery is slow, and may be somewhat lengthy, it is happening and it is evident in the gradual growth in hiring. What is less clear is to what degree and how quickly demand for skilled and experienced employees will surpass the available worker pool.
Jones at AIM said the institution expects approximately 1,750 people to graduate this year, with about 65 to 70 percent going into aviation. He added that those who want jobs in aviation will be able to get jobs, "If they're willing to go where there are jobs."
Will that change? Dale Forton, president of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association in Ionia, Mich., notes that about 80 percent of the A&P community is between the ages of 40 and 65 and over the next 20 years "those people are going away." But that's the long term.
Another long-term look, said Forton, came from Boeing, which last year estimated a need through 2030 for 650,000 A&Ps worldwide, approximately 32,000 of them in corporate aviation.
In the short term, there is yet another factor to be considered, and that is an end to the war in Iraq and the numbers of highly skilled aviation mechanics who will be leaving the military as their enlistments expire and looking to enter the civilian job market. "It may not be a dramatic number, but it is there," said Kythreotis.
In the meantime, said Forton, the industry can be thankful that the slow recovery is–for the moment–keeping demand from rising too sharply.
DOUG MCCOLLUM (not verified)
January 18, 2012 - 5:15pm
Jeff (not verified)
January 18, 2012 - 5:59pm
The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics is forecasting for the need of A&P's to be flat (just a 7% increase) over the next 10 years. With the number of A&P schools that have closed due to low enrollment and a decade of upheaval in the airline industry, I think its anyone guess as to what the future looks like. Most recent graduates that I know are not finding good options for earning livable wages in either A&P or flight. Combine that with the level of college debt and its a recipe for disillusionment. Hopefully A&P's will fare better than pilots, where the perceived pilot shortage seems to translate in to a lack of highly qualified pilots unwilling to work for free.
ATP,CFII, MEI, A&P, IA, FCC GROL (now working in a non-aviation role)
LouE ( Interior... (not verified)
January 18, 2012 - 8:34pm
I have been saying this for quiet some time their is going to be a shortage of skilled techs (craftsman) for the Business Jets . .As I see Completions Centers/MRO's expanding ,building new hanger space.Awaiting BBJ 747-800Vip/787 Dreamliners and BBJn 737 on their 12 yrs cycle .Refurbs. Having been an Interior Tech(VIP)
25+yrs. I've been to several Completion Centers and they are in dire need Exp.
Interior Techs.Following the industry myself,I was getting calls through the Holiday.Normally it's slow from mid Dec.-Jan not the case this time around. Rate's
have been ticking upward as well ! Supply and Demand. I believe demand will out pace supply. Job listings on www.jsfirm.com have increased also.
Thanks for the artical well needed.
LouE Vip Interior Tech
Fred (not verified)
January 19, 2012 - 9:49am
How many mechanics that get their A&P are still in the industry after 5 years? Class enrollment may be up but how many actually complete the programs after hearing all the horror stories of low wages, long hours, industry volatility, layoffs and lack of respect as they attend school?! Not a career I would recommend to anyone pursuing, there are so many better ways to earn a living, use technology and support your family all without putting your license on the line every day....I have been doing this for over 30 years and make much less now that I did 10 years ago, the one thing that is the same is I have been treated just as unfairly way back then as I am now....we are not needed until we are needed yet are on-call 24/7/365
PETE D.O.M. (not verified)
January 19, 2012 - 10:15am
With no question is the above article spot on. The problem is the new hires to aviation A&P"s find out very quickly that the demand for this profession requires the 24-7-365 mind set. Also the liability for the level of work on aircraft that are very complex. The pay dose not equal the job. When compared to an auto mechanic or train mechanic who works a 9-5 week aviation becomes a hard choice when compensation dose not deliver. I did not want this comment to be drawn out but I am sure the point is made.
Bill (not verified)
January 19, 2012 - 2:08pm
The shortage story is all fiction. I have heard this sad line for over 30 years and it has not come true yet. The airlines still dump their techs like old garbage when the first money crunch comes. The factorys due the same. There are plenty of people who apply, they just for the most do not pass muster on exsperiance or skills. The real issue is that the pay is low and hours are the worst for new hires. Nothing has changed on that front. Most techs now are the ones who recieved their A and P from the weekend A + P schools that dole them out to all with $$$ and some token OJT. The issue now is not getting somebody its getting somebody to work for nothing and take all the heat when something goes wrong. When you bring your boat to the shop or BMW and they charge $140 hour and up to work on them and you bring your jet to the shop for $90 a hour the system is broken. Boost the pay and the issue will fix itself. There are plenty of people who love aviation but putting food on the table and having a life trump that hands down.
John DeMario (not verified)
January 19, 2012 - 4:39pm
Same ole same ole. Been reading this junk since 1978 when the first round of "shortages" was going to change our industry. NOT. Bummer that our "industry leaders" have an imbedded mentality that we really are not skilled labor, and that of course translates into low pay, crappy conditions etc etc. I too am a 30 year plus aviation guy, now not in aviation. Is it any wonder that we have to keep a steady pool of new prospects coming when all the seasons talent bails for more stable and financially rewarding pastures? Hence the problems you see in nearly every major MRO. Two guys who know whats going on, three recent business school grads who haven't a clue running the show, and a couple of ex pilots/military officers trying to manage an operation they really don't have a clue about. Sad. This will not change until aircraft are actually sitting on the ground, broke, with nobody to work them. And before that happens you'll have to witness the demise of all the smaller shops going under first, then the major MRO's feeling the skilled labor pinch. And that sadly hasn't happened in the last 30 years and really is only just starting now with all the closures of mom and pop and small specialized shops folding under the economy. Then the issue of location comes up. Bigger shops, bigger metro areas, higher costs of living, less optimal geography's, essentially concentration of the work force. And when they let loose, see Wichita and MO., crazy unemployment and no opportunities for the skill sets available. Some day...maybe...but I fear not in my lifetime. So...its off to the land of computers, IT and project management and let the corporate and commercial operators fend for themselves.
Doctor Needlube (not verified)
January 20, 2012 - 1:26am
"There is a shortage of A & Ps........"
".........that will do this crappy, thankless, high stress job for $20/hour."
I've been working corporate for 30 plus years.......20 at one of the ICT OEMs, then as a DOM in various corporate jobs (until the company gets into money trouble, and the Flight Department are the first thrown under the bus.....). I'm currently the DOM on a top of the line Falcon, and a mid-size Cessna part time.
And make about the same money as I did 12 years ago, in my first DOM job. Basically twice the headaches and responsibilities, for 50% less (inflation corrected) pay. There are any number of other "skilled labor" fields where you can hear the same story.
Wake up and smell the BS, guys. When it comes to guys like us, who are considered "overhead" and not "profit generating", there will never be this candy-crapping unicorn-like, mythical thing called a "free market". Too many "business plans" don't work if people actually had to start paying a premium for people who know what they are doing. So the market is designed to work around a new crop of newbies/lemmings coming online every 5-7 years, who have bought into the "shortage of A & P's" myth; assisted by the FAA, who continues to turn a blind eye to the "pencil-whipped A & P Certificate".
Ten generations from now, you will be reading stories about the "shortages of experienced Spacecraft and Powerplant technicians" in the Milky Way......
Doctor Needlube (not verified)
January 20, 2012 - 1:32am
And all of these so-called "experts" quoted in this story.......
Do they actually go out and interview people, or do they just swap interviews with each other's PR and HR departments?
PETE D.O.M. (not verified)
January 20, 2012 - 12:37pm
Reading the above comments is a true testimony of the truth about this end of aviation. I have chosen to make it clear to my children that this field will not offer stability and pay to raise a family and certainly not on one house hold income.
Make no mistake it is hard to generalize all in aviation, my passion for the industry will not wavier and that spans 30 years. The people who do make the pay know what I am talking about when you will realize that when the A&P floor worker is no longer present you will have to jump in and keep the fleet going......
Finally retired (not verified)
January 20, 2012 - 6:58pm
Been around the horn since 1967 in aviation as a USAF aircraft maintenance officer, civilian chief of maintenance of a large corporate flight department, corporate pilot, major airline maintenance supervisor, and a service representative for two engine manufacturers. I even taught for the better part of a year at one of the AIM school mentioned above. (I have to say their pay scale for instructors was absolutely horrible, especially in the very high-cost of living area where the school I taught was located.)
The only remotely decent jobs I had were the USAF and the engine manufacturer service rep positions. My advice to a young man of woman would be to go to a decent state university (NOT Embry-Riddle) and get a mechanical engineering degree. Do NOT get an aeronautical engineering degree as you can always find work with a ME,which is not the case with an AE. Then join the USAF or Navy or Coast Guard as a pilot or Maintenance Officer and stay in as long as possible - retire if you can. Avoid the US Army and Marines like the plague. Then leverage that experience to get employed with a good airframe or engine manufacturer. Rolls-Royce, Dassault, and Embraer come to mind. Avoid at all costs Hawker-Beechcraft, Cessna, Piper, Teledyne Continental Motors, and Lycoming.
As for the airline A&P mechanic position the pay is horrible, you will be working night shift which plays hell with your health and family life, you will start out in a main hub which is often a very high-cost metro area. After years of that you will be able to move out to an out-station where you will return to midnight shifts again. Your airline will almost certainly go bankrupt whill you are there. Just not worth it at all, especially if you have any regard or responsibility toward your family members.
R. Randall Padfield
January 22, 2012 - 11:26am
Hello Finally Retired,
Thanks for the well reasoned post. I just wonder why you don't recommend a degree from Embry-Riddle for budding maintenance professionals. I don't know any maintenance folks from ERAU that I could identify as such, but I do know other ERAU grads (pilots and others), and I've found them well educated. I do know ERAU can be pricey, as my daughter had considered going there.
I also wonder why you recommend that maintenance grads avoid the U.S. Army and Marines. So you know, I am former USAF (joined in 1967, too). Again, I have met and know people in all the services, though they are mostly pilots or former pilots.
Randy Padfield
Editor-in-Chief, AIN
Finally retired (not verified)
February 4, 2012 - 11:50am
Thank you for your questions. I was trying to write a (brief) reply when American Airlines wrote it for me. American is planning a 13,000 employee reduction including 4,600 mechanics. FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MECHANICS!. American is effectively closing their Ft. Worth maintenance base and scaling back their Tulsa maintenance base. Gone will be the relatively high-paying jobs with pension plans, medical benefits, and other middle-class benefits. How many spouses are also affected? How many kids?
American's work will be done by "third-party" mechanics in low cost non-union shops in the US, and more and more likely overseas. The employees will have low pay, no benefits, and no job security. A lot of these displaced mechanics will be competing with recent A&P school graduates for short-term "contract" jobs in the Middle East cesspools, if they don't get out of aviation altogether. Happily the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas might be able to absorb the displaced mechanics in other industries. Godspeed to them.
I recently read another article where a mechanic for a major US airline was fired for reporting a large crack in a structural member of an airliner undergoing a heavy check. The area where he found the crack was not in his work area!
I really think you need to rethink and revise your article.
Tom Clarke (not verified)
April 26, 2012 - 2:33pm
I have not had much trouble finding people for jobs as A&P mechanics, but we have been doing this for years. Sometimes we have trouble in certain regions. If I can help, let me know. email@example.com
Aneesh Asokan (not verified)
January 18, 2013 - 1:24pm
Every time wen i attend an interview in any airline industry ,de first question dey ask me..is dat.,being a graduate in aeronautical engg y do u wanna work as ground staff or in customer service?could u plz help me to answer diz question?