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From there get back on the mainland for guided bushwalks, koalas & kangaroos. Enjoy a 'knees-up' at a farmstay then head back to the beach. But not just any beach, Surfers Paradise, serving up some of the best surf & sand in the world!
Day 1 CAIRNS TO CAPE TRIBULATION
Meet up with the other Contiki travellers and your Tour Manager in Cairns. Then we hit the road and travel north to Port Douglas. Known for its idyllic white sands and palms trees, this resort town attracts both the rich & famous and travellers. You'll soon see why.
Sticking to the coast, we follow the Coral Sea past remote beaches and gorgeous scenery to the lush, tropical Daintree Rainforest. Get back to nature as we walk through this UNESCO World Heritage-listed site and head to a stunningly clear swimming-hole in Mossman Gorge, where you can cool off in the waters.
Tonight, get to know your group and Tour Manager over dinner in Cape Tribulation.
Aboriginal experience at Mossman Gorge
Day 2 CAPE TRIBULATION TO CAIRNS
We check out Cape Tribulation beach & go for a guided walk through the mangroves, before we hit the road and travel to Port Douglas. Known for its idyllic white sands and palms trees, this resort town attracts both the rich & famous and travellers. You'll soon see why.
Later this afternoon we arrive back in Cairns.
Resort Breakfast
Mangrove boardwalk with our expert guide
Days 3-4 CAIRNS
Wake up to the warm waters of Cairns where there's something for everyone. This is your chance to experience the Great Barrier Reef on an optional day trip.
If you have always wanted to go scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef then this is your chance! There are scuba diving options for both certified and introductory divers (no experience necessary). Check out the amazing World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef, you are sure to see one of Nemo's cousins, tiny schooling fish right up to giant Maori wrasse and if you're lucky, even a small reef shark! There are local marine biologists on board to answer 'which fish is that?'
Tonight you have the opportunity to try kangaroo fillets, amongst other delicious Australian delicacies during your included dinner at one of Cairns' most awarded restaurants.
On day 2, for those who are keen for a fun and thrilling ride on the rapids of the Tully River, join our optional whitewater rafting adventure activity with our professional Local Guides. There are loads more activities available in Cairns like hot air ballooning, sky diving and bungy jumping – just ask your Tour Manager for some more info.
Catch up with your new buddies to swap stories on your day at a local hot spot. The food and entertainment is sure to leave a lasting impression!
Resort Breakfast,Dinner,Breakfast
Cairns city orientation
Outer Barrier Reef Cruise
from A$160
Cairns Tropical Zoo with transfers
Rainforestation nature park
Ma Mu Rainforest & Misty Mountains day trip
Cape Tribulation day trip
Skyrail rainforest cableway
from A$40 one way; A$65 return
Whitewater Rafting
Hot Air Ballooning
Tandem Skydiving
AJ Hackett Minjin Swing or Bungee Jump
Days 5-6 CAIRNS TO THE WHITSUNDAYS
Relax on the coach as we cruise past thick, tropical rainforests into Tully, home to some of Australia's best whitewater rafting.
Slowly leaving the tropics behind us, we hit Townsville for some free time. Check out the colonial buildings and get a feel for its maritime past as we drive along the esplanade and into town where you can grab some lunch.
See vistas over Magnetic Island, a National Park and bird sanctuary, before we continue our travels south. Play some tunes on your ipod, have a chat, catch a DVD or simply enojoy some downtime before you board a ferry out to stunning Daydream Island.
The time is then yours to enjoy the picture-perfect Whitsundays! Slow the pace down, kick back and make the most of the fantastic facilities available at the resort. Go for a rainforest walk, swim in the pool, get into some beach or water sports, try your hand at fish-feeding, catch a film at the big outdoor cinema or laze about on the beach.
For those that are up for it, you could get away from it all with our optional day sail. Check out some of the Whitsunday's 74 islands from the boat – you'll soon understand why this region is so famous. Experience what is known as one of the top ten beaches in the world, uninhabited Whitehaven Beach. Swim off the boat and play beach volleyball or cricket with the local skipper and crew before enjoying a tasty lunch and a few drinks on the way back to Daydream Island.
Resort Resort Breakfast,Dinner,Breakfast
Pass through Tully, home to Australia's best whitewater rafting
Pass Hinchinbrook Island - Australia's largest island national park
See Magnetic Island
Townsville city orientation
Visit the vibrant seaside town of Airlie Beach
Transfer boat to Daydream Island
Stay on Daydream Island and enjoy all the resort facilities
Whitsunday Day Sail
Daydream Island group photo
Day 7 THE WHITSUNDAYS TO FARMSTAY
Today you head back to the mainland, plug in you ipod or chat with friends as we drive through scenic Mackay, with countryside full of vibrant green vegetation and sugar cane plantations. Continue down the Capricorn Coast and head inland to an authentic country homestead, right in the heart of Queensland's cattle country, for our overnight stay.
During our time at Langmorn, a working cattle station, you'll experience a taste of real Aussie country life. The owners will show you around the enormous property in a behind-the-scenes look at daily life on the farm.
Taste local hospitality tonight as your welcoming hosts pile your table high with a hearty roast beef and vegetables (like you've never tasted before) followed by an indulgent home made decadent desert.
Later, have a go at whip cracking an authentic leather stock whip under night lights before heading back inside for traditional Aussie bush dancing. Have some fun and a giggle with some evening karaoke. See if you can spot the 'Southern Cross' amongst a chandelier of stars, a constellation only visible in the southern hemisphere & featured on the Australian flag.
Country Homestead Breakfast,Dinner
Visit the main region of Australia's sugar cane industry
Visit & cross the Tropic of Capricorn
Rockhampton sightseeing tour
Meet the cattle station owners
Check out the farm & animals on a hay wagon ride, then try whip cracking!
Aussie Outback experience: Langmorn Station Special Stopover
Day 8 FARMSTAY TO FRASER ISLAND
After breakfast we drive back out to the coast and jump on board a ferry. Enjoy the cruise out to famous Fraser Island, where we'll stay at an eco-lodge for our time here. Each cabin has its own kitchenette and living room, as well as a balcony – perfect for hanging out and listening to the sounds of the bush surrounding your lodge.
If you're done with the pool and spa, you could take a stroll along the sand, check out the busy crabs on their evening march up the beach or the fish that dart amongst the jetty pylons. Make yourself comfortable on the beach and take in a unique sunset over the water near the Jetty Hut.
Tonight, grab a bite to eat at one of the resort restaurants, then grab your dancing shoes and use the coloured chalk to write on the walls of the popular Dingo Bar.
Eco Lodge Breakfast
Stop in Childers, known for its heritage & farming history
Stay on the world's largest sand island, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Stay in an eco-village & enjoy the resort facilities
Day 9 FRASER ISLAND TO NOOSA
Experience a slice of paradise on Fraser Island this morning. This UNESCO World Heritage-listed site is the largest sand island in the world and is 800,000 years old. Packed with around 40 fresh-water lakes, lush rainforests and diverse wildlife, Fraser Island lives up to its amazing reputation.
Jump on our included 4WD adventure through the island's sand dunes, rainforests & freshwater lakes. Our Local Guide will show you some of the island's best spots and hidden treasures, such as Lake McKenzie – make sure you keep your camera handy – this is one of Australia's most beautiful regions.
Once we're back on the mainland, Noosa is up next. It's a trendy beach resort town. Enjoy a drink or two with dinner tonight at the local surf club. Later if you want to take it up a level, head out into the town & explore Noosa by night.
Resort Lunch,Breakfast,Dinner
Take a locally guided 4WD trip across Fraser Island & indulge in a gourmet BBQ lunch with drinks
Drive along Australia's only sand highway
Visit the picturesque seaside town & beach of Noosa
Dine beachside at Noosa Surf Club & meet a lifesaver
Day 10 NOOSA TO SURFERS PARADISE
There's time to explore Noosa this morning so take a stroll through the shops or sunbathe and swim at the beach before we make our way south. We also stop off in Brisbane today. You'll get a feel for the capital of Queensland's laid-back atmosphere when we have a look around town.
Tonight we pull into legendary Surfers Paradise, the Gold Coast's party hot spot and home to some of the best surfing beaches in the world.
Grab some of your new friends and join the party atmosphere of Surfers tonight. With loads of restaurants and buzzing nightlife, there's something for everybody. Head to the happening Orchid or Cavill Avenues, where clubs and bars line the street or shoot some pool at the pub.
Resort Breakfast
See the Brisbane River, South Bank, Royal Botanical Gardens & visit Queen Street Mall on a city tour
See the Glass House Mountains
Stay at a resort located right by the beach
Day 11 SURFERS PARADISE
With a free day, hang out among the bronzed bodies, bikini babes and surfer dudes on the golden sands. Check out what Surfers is most famous for, the three kilometers of gorgeous natural beaches. Kick back and spot some locals showing off their talents in the waves.
If you want to get amongst the action there's so much happening in Surfers Paradise you are spoilt for choice. You could head up into the Hinterland Mountains on a 4WD trip, visit South Stradbroke Island on a kayaking safari or spend all day at Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Zoo, Australia Zoo.
Our hotel is only a short walk from both the beach and downtown Surfers Paradise so you could also hit the shops – Surfers has some great places to shop and a huge outlet mall for bargains, so get some tips from your Tour Manager on where's best to head.
Hotel Breakfast
Relax on some of Australia's most famous beaches on the Gold Coast
VIP nightclub entry
Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant
Tandem Skydiving
from A$325
Sea Kayaking
Learn To Surf Lesson
from A$50
Australia Zoo
Day 12 SURFERS PARADISE TO BYRON BAY
This morning, we visit the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where you'll get up close to Australia's amazing native animals. Cuddle a koala, feed the kangaroos and see wombats, emus, crocodiles, dingoes, Tasmanian devils and colourful birds. You can feel good about doing this too, as our visits to this not-for-profit organisation go towards the sanctuary's animal hospital and help over 4000 injured animals every year.
Next up: cross the Queensland/New South Wales state boarder to one of Aussies not-to-be-missed spots - gorgeous Byron Bay. With a laid-back lifestyle, cute little shops, organic food, alternative therapies and around 30km of pretty beaches, it's a must see. Byron Bay is situation on a marine park also known for its incredible marine life.
Head out to Cape Byron, the mainland Australia's most easterly point and see the local pod of dolphins and if you're lucky the seasonal humpback whales. Grab some lunch back in town and maybe take a swim at the beach.
There are loads of other things on offer here too, like a sea kayaking adventure where you catch up with a family of dolphins at Wategos beach, their curiosity often brings them right up next your kayak, and snorkeling at Middle reef home to turtles, rays, corals, eels, starfish and sharks.
Hostel Breakfast
Visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary - cuddle a koala and see native Australian animals including kangaroos, emus, crocodiles, dingoes & Tasmanian devils
Visit Australia's most eastern point & Cape Byron lighthouse
Get into Byron's organic lifestyle & cool nightlife
Kayak Adventure
Day 13 BYRON BAY TO COFFS HARBOUR
This morning you'll wake up to more good times in Byron Bay. Maybe head to the beach for a swim or a wander round town before it's time to leave the chilled out atmosphere behind after lunch.
Later, there's more beach action. Tonight we'll stay in Coffs Harbour, home to surf beaches, fishing and banana plantations. This is a chance for a unique experience with our overnight Special Stay experience – we're staying at a Surf Village!
This afternoon it's time for an awesome Aussie experience - hit the waves & learn to surf with some professional instructors as you have a go at surfing! Join some of the coolest people on the planet as you get involved with Australia's beach culture. It's a fun way to learn how to surf as our professional local instructors show you just how it's done. Our cabins are right on the beach, so soak up the surf vibes, top up your tan and relax by the open fire under the stars tonight.
Surf Village Breakfast,Dinner
Learn to surf the waves or ride a kayak at our beachside surf camp
Day 14 COFFS HARBOUR TO SYDNEY
This morning, chill out on the coach and chat with your travel buddies as we head south. We pass the iconic 'Big Banana' in Coffs Harbour, before heading to Port Macquarie for lunch. Relax with your travel buddies…it's a chilled out day before reaching Sydney.
From the high-energy downtown area to its popular beaches, Sydney has something for everyone. You'll soon understand why this is one the world's most beautiful harbour cities.
See the sails of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Sydney Opera House and the famous Harbour Bridge. We will pass the iconic 'Coca Cola Sign' and cruise along 'The Strip' of Kings Cross, and hear stories of the underbelly of Sydney's Red Light District.
See the famous 'Big Banana' & banana plantations
Stop in the seaside resort town of Port Macquarie
Sydney Harbour BridgeClimb
from A$188
Day 15 SYDNEY
First up today - get in the know on Sydney as your Tour Manager points out all the hottest spots & icons of this harbourside haven. From the babes on the beaches of Manly, the buzzy Kings Cross & its colourful characters to Chinatown & Darling Harbour, the sights & sounds are as varied as its residents & we're here to uncover it all. We'll also take you to Macquarie Street & The Rocks, for undoubtedly the city's best views of the Opera House & Harbour Bridge in one go (so it's perfect for some of those legendary Sydney snaps).
Later, it's a totally Sydney experience with an included ride to the famous Manly Beach. We'll drop you right at the beach. Bliss! On arrival, grab some lunch then throw down your towel, pop in your iPod & take time to paddle in the cool water, work on your tan if the weather is right, or just people watch as you soak up the vibes & atmosphere. There are loads of shops & restaurants here too, for those that are keen to check out the local buzz. Later, take the Sydney scenic route back - you'll get a panoramic view of the city as your backdrop whilst you cruise on the famous & iconic ferry
On arrival back in the city tonight, dinner is guaranteed to impress. We'll head to one of Darling Harbour's locals restaurants for a delicious included meal right by the water. Watching the sunset with a drink in hand & a great meal as you people watch the cool Sydney siders is the perfect way to end the day.
Celebrate your last night on tour together by heading out for dinner at Darling Harbour & soaking up the buzzing nightlife of Sydney with your friends one last time!
Hotel Breakfast,Dinner
Take a tour of Kings Cross, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Macquarie Street & The Rocks
Cruise across Sydney Harbour on a ferry to Manly
Cook your own BBQ dinner
Sydney Opera House Tour
Day 16 SYDNEY
This morning we're heading out of the city & into the country for our included Blue Mountain's day trip. The dramatic landscape of gorges (some up to 760m) are massive & will impress with the endless views into the distance. We'll take a casual hike along the Jamison Ridge overlooking the ridge of the same name. You'll also check out the iconic 'Three Sisters' – the famous rock formations at the same location. With amazing views & photos to keep your memories fresh when you get home, we'll head back to Sydney.
Don't worry, on arrival back in the city this afternoon there's still time to get your fix of other activities – you could try scaling the heights of the Harbour Bridge on the BridgeClimb, or give your credit card a work out at some of Sydney's incredible shops.
This city is home to some of the world's best shopping, so it's a haven for those who love to shop! From Aussie favourites like Sass & Bide, Witchery, Mimco, Billabong, Sportsgirl & all round favourite General Pants Co, there is plenty to tempt at every turn. Explore the unique boutiques in beautiful surroundings at the historic Queen Victoria Building right in the heart of the city. It's a shot walk from Darling Harbour, Hyde Park, the Botanic Gardens and Sydney shopping Mecca Pitt Street Mall – home to Australian retail giants Myer and David Jones.
Say a farewell to your new friends as your tour winds up upon arrival back in Sydney this afternoon.
Day trip out to the stunning Blue Mountains
See the famous Three Sisters rock formation
Hike along the ridge overlooking Jamison Valley
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Evolution of complex structures
Hello guys, I recently had a year of evolution in high school and a question came to my mind - don't worry, I'm not a creationist and I don't want to debunk Darwin as Evolution is an observable effect.
But the following thing got me curious:
Evolution happens because of mutations and recombination. Which suggests that only mutations on the DNA can create complete new things instead of just combining the things that exist.
So... we have many kind of complex structures which were not so complex when they developed, but:
As these things started to develop once, they weren't so complex at all at the beginning because there were needed more mutations and selection to optimize them.
How can e.g. the evolutionary beginning of an arm, a heart or wings kind of survive the process of evolution as their first forms weren't just mostly useless ( due to them not being complex and not having a function yet) and they were just like... extra mass?
Maybe I understood something wrong but I guess you'll tell me the truth
See examples:
The eye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ybWucMx4W8
The wings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca6dl_12KUc
Furthermore some structure can appear fully formed because of the way limb formation are controlled. There are quite a lot of version of mutant drosophila that have bits where they should not after their HOX genes have mutated (antennapedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antennapedia]being just one the most famous)
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Re: Evolution of complex structures
I don't know why but most internet forums when it comes to evolutionary mechanisms most folk are stuck in the 1950s by citing only mutation and selection. Mutation and selection are not the only evolutionary mechanisms.
Evolution is much more complex than that. You want to know how complex structures have come about? Then educate yourself about all of the known evolutionary mechanisms not just mutation.
Genetic drift, gene flow, horizontal gene transfer, molecular drive, saltation, symbiosis, niche construction, evo-devo, epigenetics (also see neo-Lamarckism) hybridization, self-organization etc... theres even a mechanism called "internal selection" theres also controversial stuff like orthogenesis or directed mutagenesis or even claims about evolution & earths magnetic field or electromagnetic fields or if you want to be even more heretical check out rupert sheldrake's ideas about morphogenetic fields or research into "biofields"... Theres loads of evolutionary mechanisms and processes out there to study. When we think about how complex nature is and how many of these mechanisms there are then its not suprising that we have complex structures as there is many evolutionary mechanisms at work. There is no need to resort to creationism.
Most mutations are neutral, there are beneficial mutations which have been observed, but there is also evidence for many other evolutionary mechanisms see some of the above for just a small amount of them... theres many others.
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YWCA executive director resigns
JANESVILLE—Allison Hokinson has announced her resignation, effective Jan. 1, as executive director of YWCA Rock County for family reasons.
"I have a daughter with cognitive and physical challenges who turns 18 this spring. I really feel I need to be more present during what will be a transitional time for her," Hokinson said in a news release issued Friday afternoon.
Hokinson was promoted to executive director in February 2011 from public relations director. She said the decision to leave was not easy but was made in the best interest of her family.
"I consider my time here as a gift. I have learned a lot and am grateful for the incredible education I received and the opportunity to work professionally with you," she wrote in an email.
Hokinson will finish projects before her departure and will help welcome and train the new executive director.
"I will miss being a part of all the wonderful work the YWCA does in our community," she said.
Hokinson noted in her announcement that during her tenure she helped:
-- Raise revenue through donor relations.
-- Secure new grants for programs.
-- Develop a more efficient staff and program model that enhanced wrap-around services.
-- Implement a bottom-up approach to budget development.
-- Bring finance functions back in house.
-- Manage a change to a team-oriented internal culture.
"I feel I am leaving the YWCA at a good time," Hokinson said.
"I've achieved many personal goals, and the organization is in great shape as a nonprofit that is poised to continue to grow and succeed,'' she said.
YWCA Board President Jenny Revels said the board of directors would review the job description, organize a search committee and begin taking applications for the position immediately.
The YWCA has done well under Hokinson's leadership, Revels said.
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Ralph F. Wetmore, age 80, of Avalon, WI, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Bradford Township, on June 25,1933, the son of John and Mabel (Taylor) Wetmore. Ralph graduated from Clinton High School in 1950, and served in the Army from 1954 to 1956. It was during his time in the Army that he met his wife, Jo (Johnson), whom he married in Chehalis, WA, in August of 1956. They were life-long farmers on Rock Prairie. Ralph was an active 4-H member and leader. He was a sports enthusiast with a deep passion for golf.
Ralph is survived by his wife, Jo; his five children: Curtis Wetmore, Kelly (Richard) Jones, Katherine (Lance) Fox, Julie McMartin, and Linda (Paul) Williams; eight grandchildren; a brother; and two sisters.
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UW Hospital and Clinics provide high-quality care that has earned them a well-deserved recognition for excellence. But the hasty decision by politicians to include UWHC in Act 10 puts all of this at risk. UWHC employees are not state employees. The organization gets no financial assistance from the state of Wisconsin.
Unions have played a key role in preventing the use of forced overtime, which endangers patient safety. I believe quality will suffer if UWHC employees are allowed to lose their union rights. UWHC's reputation for quality and its position in the marketplace could also suffer if UWHC becomes a non-union workplace where employees have no civil-service protection and fewer rights than Wal-Mart workers.
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Designers of portable electronics are challenged to create devices that do everything while running endlessly on a single battery charge. While it is impossible to fully meet this challenge, each successive generation of batteries at least comes closer to that goal. With devices now sporting large vibrant touch-sensitive displays, multicore CPU and graphics processors, and an assortment of wireless modems for high speed communications anywhere on the planet, high battery capacity is essential. Battery manufacturers have met the demand with light weight, compact cells with capacities to over 30 watt-hours.
While USB has become the dominant standard for device interconnect, synchronization and data exchange, its power delivery capabilities have not kept pace with battery demands. USB 2.0 allows a maximum 2.5W load, while USB 3.0 extends the limit to 4.5W. Even with perfect efficiency and all power going directly to the battery, a full charge cycle via USB would require overnight and then some. Though USB is not suitable as a primary power source for large capacity batteries, it still has great value as an opportunistic power source to charge when and where possible, and to prevent battery drain when the device is tethered to a traditional computer.
Linear has introduced the LTC4155, a monolithic switching battery charger that delivers 3.5A charge current efficiently in a compact PCB footprint. Figure 1 shows the required components in a typical application. The 2.25MHz switching frequency allows for a small inductor and bypass capacitors to minimize the overall PCB footprint.


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NEW YORK MediaTek, the worlds fastest growing smartphone chip supplier, has this week begun sampling what the company calls the industrys first commercial quad-core smartphone chips, integrated with multimode modem.
Others are already shipping quad-core apps processors, but none has introduced an apps processor integrated with a modem in a single chip, claimed Finbarr Moynihan, MediaTeks general manager for business development.
MediaTek's quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC, dubbed MT6589, is being positioned to compete head-to-head with Qualcomm, which announced last week two new quad-core chips, similarly integrated with a modem that works with UMTS, CDMA and TD-SCDMA.
Both are based on ARMs Cortex A7 cores.
The difference is that we are sampling now, and the chips are ready for mass production in the first quarter of 2013, Moynihan said. We have a customer shipping in January handsets with MediaTeks quad-core chip inside. Qualcomms quad-core chips will start sampling in the second quarter of next year, with volume production scheduled for the second half of 2013.
MediaTek's SoC, fabricated using a 28-nm process, integrates its multi-mode UMTS Rel. 8/HSPA+/TD-SCDMA modem, a quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU subsystem from ARM and a PowerVR Series5XT GPU from Imagination Technologies.
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Drawing a sharp distinction from mobile chip vendors who have seen the market shrink due to the dominance by smartphone chip giants like Qualcomm and Samsung, MediaTek said its smartphone chip shipments increased more than ten-fold this year, from 10 million units in 2011 to 110 million units.
Key to this success was MediaTeks mid- to entry-level smartphone chip platform based on its single-core Cortex A-based MT6577 running at 1 GHz and a dual-core, 1-GHz Cortex A9-based MT6577. That platform was primarily designed for the under-$190 smartphone market, Moynihan said.
With the new quad-core SoC, MediaTek said it plans to move up the value chain to tackle the market for premium- to high-level smartphones everywhere but the U.S.
In the first half of 2012, Strategy Analytics ranked MediaTek second (with a 12.8 percent share of revenues) in the global cellular baseband processor market that includes2G, 3G and LTE. While MediaTeks strength in the feature phone market is well known, MediaTek made significant progress with the help of its strong 3G smartphone processor shipments, according to the market researcher.
MediaTeks quad-core SoC adds HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA to the companys established 3G/HSPA modem. This is the first platform for HSPA+, supporting Dual-SIM" so users don't miss calls, Moynihan said.
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President Barack Obama and House Republican leaders were moving toward an agreement to extend the nation's borrowing authority as they remained at odds over terms for ending the partial government shutdown.
They met for 90 minutes at the White House yesterday after House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said he would offer a measure to postpone a potential U.S. default to Nov. 22 from Oct. 17, a step back from the brink that was enough to trigger the biggest rise in U.S. stocks in nine months.
The developments were the first sign that the president and House Republican leaders could resolve the fiscal impasse without negative economic consequences from a default as the halt in government operations moved into its 11th day.
Any prospective deal faces many questions, including whether Boehner can make a deal with Obama without losing the support of his members who are backed by the limited-government Tea Party. They've sought to use the debt ceiling and partial government shutdown to force curbs to Obamacare and federal spending cuts.
Obama didn't accept or reject House Republicans' plan for a short-term increase in the debt limit. The two sides planned further talks among their staff members last night to address the president's insistence that Republicans agree to fund the government before starting broader fiscal talks.
"No specific determination was made," the White House said in a statement. The two sides talked about "potential paths forward."
Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House majority leader, called the meeting "constructive" and that, with talks continuing overnight, "hopefully we will have a clearer way, path forward."
Obama began the meeting by acknowledging that Republican leaders' offer to extend the debt limit was a positive step while urging them to open the government, according to a Democratic official who asked not to be identified discussing the closed-door deliberations.
The Republican lawmakers responded by saying that they needed concessions in order to do so, the official said. Obama said that, while he would consider what they want, nothing would be delivered in exchange for a spending bill that would allow federal agencies to resume operations.
Obama "would like the shutdown stopped," Representative Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican, said after the White House session. "We are trying to find out what it is he would insist upon" in a spending measure to open the government.
The meeting was "very positive" and "a lot of air was cleared," another participant, Representative Howard "Buck" McKeon of California, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said today on MSNBC. "At the end of the day, we're going to get this worked out."
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors were taking the lead in last night's talks with House Republican aides, the Democratic official said.
As word of possible progress emerged, stock indexes rallied around the world. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.5 percent to 385.43 at 7:07 a.m. in New York. Royal Mail Group Ltd., Britain's 360-year-old postal service, jumped as much as 38 percent on its trading debut. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures increased less than 0.1 percent after the gauge rallied the most since Jan. 2 yesterday. Japan's currency dropped for a fourth straight day against the dollar. Oil fell 1.3 percent.
Rates on Treasury bills scheduled to mature on Oct. 17 dropped yesterday for the first time in six days. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose two basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 2.68 percent, after touching 2.72 percent, the highest level since Sept. 23.
The financial markets, which have weathered fiscal brinkmanship at least four times since Republicans gained the House majority in January 2011, so far have taken Washington's dysfunction in stride. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew warned in testimony to lawmakers yesterday that "uncertainty" over the debt limit is starting to stress financial markets.
It was unclear whether the talks will lead to a breakthrough, after House Republicans yesterday had planned to bring Boehner's debt-ceiling extension plan to a vote as early as today. Without congressional action, the government will exhaust its borrowing authority Oct. 17.
Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said yesterday that Obama would support a short increase in the U.S. debt limit with no "partisan strings attached," though he prefers a longer extension.
Under Boehner's plan, the Treasury Department wouldn't be able to use so-called extraordinary measures to further extend borrowing authority, creating a hard deadline, said Representative Tom Reed, a New York Republican.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California said ending the extraordinary measures "isn't very smart" because it would limit Treasury's flexibility.
If the U.S. fails to raise the debt limit by Oct. 17, the government will have $30 billion plus incoming revenue to pay its bills. It would start missing scheduled payments, including benefits, salaries and interest, between Oct. 22 and Oct. 31, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are pressing ahead with their preferred plan, which would push the next debt-limit fight into 2015 and include no policy conditions. A test vote could occur tomorrow.
Democrats, who control 54 seats in the 100-member Senate, would need the support of at least six Republicans on procedural votes to pass their bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposal would suspend the debt ceiling through Dec. 31, 2014. Because the Treasury Department can use extraordinary measures to stave off default, another increase wouldn't be needed until sometime in 2015. The previous debt-limit suspension expired on May 18 and the extraordinary measures are lasting five months.
Senate Republicans are scheduled to visit the White House at 11:15 a.m. today.
"I hope the Republicans decide what they want and we'll be happy to work with them in any way," Reid, of Nevada, said at the White House after he and other Senate Democrats met with Obama for almost two hours yesterday. "We'll just wait and see because they cannot decide what they want."
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released yesterday found that 53 percent of those surveyed blamed Republicans for the fiscal impasse, compared with 31 percent who blame Obama.
The shutdown would pare 0.2 percentage point from U.S. economic growth if it lasts through this week and as much as 0.5 point if it continues another two weeks, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists.
Boehner and Republican leaders say they want to engage Obama in talks about the budget. Those conversations would start under an unwritten agreement that wouldn't be part of the debt-limit measure, said Representative Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Republicans are debating what policy conditions they would want to attach to a bill that would end the shutdown, said a Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss strategy. House Republicans are backing away from demanding major changes to the 2010 health-care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the aide said.
The government shutdown started Oct. 1 after Republicans insisted that further funding for many programs be tied to a one-year delay in the health-insurance mandate.
Obama and Senate Democrats refused, and the resulting furloughs and agency shutdowns have slowed mortgage closings, small-business loans and nutrition assistance to poor mothers. Some programs, such as Social Security, continue uninterrupted.
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The Gazette's revamped website, gazettextra.com, has been up for almost three weeks. It's a good time to share some of what we've learned:
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Unidirectional ORI, Onion-Skin-Model
Hi there!
I have a question regarding to the onion skin model in Drosophila melanogaster. I understand why D. melanogaster amplificates its chorion genes etc.
I always read that the onion skin model uses an unidirectional ORI. My question: the ORI in the illustrations which i've looked at is always placed in the center of the amplification bubbles. The amplification (so as the replication?) however proceeds into two directions. So why is the origin of replication unidirectional? Are the illstrations wrong or am i missing something?
In my opinion one ORI has to be placed either at the left or the right of the "onion skins" / the chorion gene cluster. Am i right?
...and sorry for the propably creepy english
Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about, I don't know the onion-skin-model, but from what you wrote I would understand, that it goes only on one strand in each point, not like in the case with Okazaki's fragments.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Re: Unidirectional ORI, Onion-Skin-Model
I mean the process which is described below. The paper also says that the ORI lies in the middle of the gene. The illustration looks like the replication went both ways. From my understanding a unidirectional ORI should only start a replication in one and not two directions. So it has to lie either at the right or the left of the amplification bubbles...
"Unlike the amphibian rRNA genes in Example 13.16, the eggshell genes of Drosophila can be amplified without extra chromosomal replication. A large number of follicle cells surround the egg and produce the chorion. The genes encoding the chorionic proteins exist in two clusters (one on the X chromosome and one on an autosome). Only a single copy of each somatic gene is present. A developmentally controlled origin of replication, located within each gene cluster, is programmed to fire 3–6 times during interphase within the 5 h of choriogenesis. The process shown in Fig. 13-1 usually produces a 32- to 64-fold amplification of the eggshell genes."
http://01.edu-cdn.com/files/static/mcgr ... ION_01.GIF
Part C of the following figure ist somewhat interesting regarding the topic:
http://www.google.de/imgres?start=92&um ... ,s:92,i:46
Re: Unidirectional ORI, Onion-Skin-Model
anybody no idea?
I cannot access the paper you are talking about and the picture does not explain much. The only thing I can tell from it is that it clashes with your statement: "The paper also says that the ORI lies in the middle of the gene" since it says that "replication origin near the chorion genes"...
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Michigan Middle Schools Wins Credit Union's Video Contest
A Buchanan, Mich., middle school won $3,000 and some face time on the Internet in a competition sponsored by the $433 million Honor Credit Union in St. Joseph, Mich.
Buchanan Middle School's entry won the 39,300-member credit union's first Video Challenge competition. The idea was to create a 30- to 60-second video highlighting Honor CU and its contributions to the community.
The winning video will be featured on the credit union's website, Facebook and YouTube pages and local Moore Theaters later this year, the credit union said.
"I am so proud of the students, their hard work and creativity. This award will go a long way to enhance our current Tech Club program." said teacher and Tech Club Director Brian Brown. "We thank Honor Credit Union for supporting financial literacy and technology in our community schools."
South Haven High School in South Haven, Mich., won the second place prize of $1,000. Honor CU serves 14 Michigan counties.
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'Ice' storm: Craig's Berghammer goes viral
What's in a name? Let me tell you.
On Wednesday morning, Janesville Craig High senior Isaiah Berghammer submitted his letter of intent to attend Wayne State University in Nebraska and play football.
By Thursday morning, his signing was mentioned on several national radio sports talk shows, by ESPN and in numerous Twitter posts.
Nothing against the 6-foot-3, 235-pound Berghammer, but the popularity of his commitment had nothing to do with his football ability—although he bench presses 315 pounds, squats 405 and runs the 40 in 4.75 seconds.
The national appeal had everything to do with his nickname.
You see, Isaiah has been known as "Ice" since he was 3 or 4.
"I even use Ice on my school papers," Berghammer said Friday afternoon.�
Ice Berghammer. If you still don't get what makes this smile-worthy, think of it this way: Iceberg Hammer.
That's what the national media caught while skimming through the thousands of football commitments submitted Wednesday to schools that offer scholarships.
Any list of "best names of signees" included Berghammer. The reaction caught Berghammer like the Seattle defense caught Peyton Manning last Sunday.
Can you say "surprised?"
"Definitely not," the son of Mike and Jean Berghammer said when asked if he expected anything like this. "I was in school and was randomly getting tweets from people I never heard of. Some of them had a half a million followers."
The next morning, Ice was mentioned on the "Dan Patrick Show," the "Mike and Mike" show on ESPN Radio and was included in tweets from an ESPN recruiting expert.
He got this tweet from Chris Vernon, a Memphis sports talk radio host: "THE Ice Berghammer?!?! Shout out to you @iceberg_31. Congrats on signing day, and the name."
This is all for a player who earned honorable mention Big Eight Conference honors this past season. Berghammer has been working out with athletic trainer Brad Fitzke for the past 18 months. Fitzke went to Wayne State and suggested Berghammer look into attending the school.
After an unofficial and then an official visit to the campus, which is about a seven-hour drive from Janesville, Ice said he "fell in love" with the Nebraska university.
The rest is tweeting history.
The only name that may have received more attention than Ice was defensive end Lion King of Southfield, Mich. Lion King signed with Eastern Michigan. He used to be Lion King Conaway but legally changed it to just Lion King.
Don't laugh. Having Isaiah legally change his name to Ice has been discussed around the family dinner table.
Ice has rejected that because of business considerations later in life.
Let this be a lesson to people who don't understand how fast something can take off in today's ever-expanding media world. You can be an 18-year-old kid in Janesville, Wis., one day and mentioned on national TV the next.
In this instance, at least it was all in good fun.
The sudden exposure made Ice a bit of a celebrity in the Craig hallways this week. But most of his peers have accepted Ice Berghammer for years.
"It's a cool name," Ice said.
Gotta love it.
Tom Miller is a page designer/sports writer for The Gazette.


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Our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Cheese, Truffles, Chocolate and More!
We know that shopping for friends and family isn't always easy. So, we put our thinking caps on, brainstormed, debated and created some exciting new bundles of goodies! We think there's something for most every kind of foodie on your list:
Truffle Kerfuffle – Many customers come to us for all manner of truffle products, so this bundle was a no-brainer. While we don't include an actual fresh truffle, this selection of products delivers the gorgeous, earthy truffle flavor in a variety of ways. The bundle includes a box of Marco Giacosa's exceptional Tajarin truffle pasta, a bottle of truffle oil, a jar of truffle honey and a container of truffle salt. The pasta can fly solo with just a touch of olive oil to keep the pasta easy to twirl. The truffle oil we include is great for amping up risotto, soups or even your favorite mac and cheese. Truffle honey is beautiful when paired with robust, salty cheeses and aged Italian pecorinos. Last but not least, truffle salt – which we admit to using with abandon on big bowls of popcorn – or more classically, sprinkled on chicken or beef.
Mast Brothers Chocolate and Stumptown Coffee – Do you have a coffee and chocolate addict on your list? If so, this bundle will knock their socks off! Bringing together the best of both worlds, it includes a bar of Mast Brothers chocolate and a bag of Stumptown coffee. Both are true artisan producers at the forefront of their respective fields. Consume them together for a powerful flavor combo or separately to make them last that much longer.
Charcuterie Sampler – Our charcutière, Julie Biggs, works meaty magic every day she is in the shop. From fresh sausages, to pâté, to cured meats, her award-winning delicacies are favorites of staff and customers alike. This sampler includes a wonderful representation of her work: sausages, pork rillettes and bacon. If your gift recipient is local to the Cambridge/Boston area and you're looking to up the stakes – don't miss the charcuterie share in the Formaggio Food Community program – a perfect gift for a die-hard meat lover!
Olio delle Caselle Olive Oil and La Vecchia Dispensa Organic Balsamic Vinegar – Here, we pair one of our favorite olive oils with one of our favorite vinegars. Give this duo to the home cook who likes making salads, soups, grilled meats and/or pasta dishes. Produced by the Cimicchi family, Olio delle Caselle is a beautifully balanced expression of the ripe olives from their land near Orvieto, Italy. La Vecchia Dispensa produces a variety of superbly crafted vinegars and this organic balsamic is one of our go-to bottles.
Heirloom Beans and Ancient Grains – In this bundle, we combine a selection of some of the finest healthy and tasty whole grains and beans. Le Puy lentils are a protected food staple in France – small, green and flavorful, they are a wonderful base for a delicious salad. Rancho Gordo heirloom beans are a routine favorite in our staff survey. Steve Sando, the man behind the beans, is responsible for re-popularizing many heirloom varieties that present a wide range of flavors and textures. Also included in this bundle: a bag of ancient red farro from a small, Italian farm, Gioie di Fattoria in Le Marche and a bag of cicerchia beans, grown by the Loschi family on their farm in Umbria. Last but not least, we tuck in another Italian favorite – a bag of Mulino Marino's cornmeal – perfect for making polenta or truly delicious cornbread!
Fondue Night – Party time! In this bundle, we include almost all of the ingredients needed for a tasty fondue evening with friends and family. Our house recipe is slipped into the parcel, along with three of our favorite fondue cheeses, whole nutmeg, white pepper and a jar of cornichons (a classic fondue accompaniment). Fondue is a great focal point for a holiday meal and we have many a fond memory of family gatherings around a bubbling pot of cheese. That said, we also enjoy this dish "à deux," with a crackling fire in the background and a nice bottle of wine. Either way, we think this bundle will delight lovers of Alpine cheeses both young and old!
Cheese of the Month Club – If you know a cheese enthusiast, be they well-seasoned or new to the field, consider giving them a subscription to our Cheese of the Month Club. Available in three, six or twelve-month increments, this is a great way to introduce someone to new and exciting cheeses from around the world. Each month, Adam, the head of our mail order department works with our lead cheese buyer to select three cheeses for club members. The selection is seasonally appropriate and includes a variety of milks and textures. Connoisseur Club members receive a fourth cheese and a matching condiment is also selected. For gift recipients who are local to Cambridge, the cheese share in our Formaggio Food Community provides yet another alternative for cheese lovers!
Grilled Cheese Galore – On Christmas Eve and Thanksgiving Eve, we set up our panini press in front of the shop and make grilled cheeses for hungry customers picking up their holiday provisions. In 2011, we were thrilled to be recognized by Food & Wine as the makers of one of the top 10 grilled cheeses in the country — in this bundle we share our grilled cheese secrets! Included are the key ingredients for our two go-to grilled cheese pairings: Cabot Clothbound Cheddar with Wood's Cider Jelly and Marcel Petite Comté with a caramelized onion spread. Trust us, you won't be disappointed.


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CAP COM Debuts Mobile RDC
CAP COM, the $972 million federal credit union based in Albany, N.Y., has announced that it has won substantial member adoption of its recently introduced mobile remote deposit capture app that lets members who own an iPhone or Android snap an image of a check and deposit the item electronically.
Corrie Jayne Foust, manager of electronic services at the 96,000-member institution, said that in the first two weeks after the apps' debut on Oct. 15, 1,000 members had downloaded it and, collectively, they had deposited 700 items totaling more than $200,000.
Forty-four percent of the members who had downloaded the app and enrolled in the CAP COM service had in fact made a mobile remote deposit in the first two weeks the app was out.
Foust elaborated that marketing of the service – built into an app developed for the credit union by ProfitStars and centered on image software from Mitek Systems – has been minimal. Pent up member demand has apparently been so strong that they have been finding the app on their own.
The CAP COM mobile RDC requires a separate app; it is not built into the credit union's existing mobile banking app. Despite that, said Foust, demand has remained brisk.
"We have been delightfully surprised," she said.
CAP COM imposes no fees on members for using mobile RDC.
Foust added that, thus far, problems and issues encountered by members have been scarce. "We did exhaustive preparation before rolling this out," she added.


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Tracy, Espinosa lead Nationals past Astros
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VIERA, Fla. -- Chad Tracy's fifth-inning double put the Nationals ahead to stay in a 7-1 win over the Astros in the teams' first meeting this spring on Tuesday afternoon at Space Coast Stadium.
With the score tied at 1, Tracy dropped a double down the left-field line off Astros reliever Hector Ambriz, scoring Kurt Suzuki from first. Suzuki, the previous batter, reached on an infield single that struck off Ambriz and bounced back toward home plate. It was Ambriz's Grapefruit League debut.
After cruising through the first two frames, Nationals starter Dan Haren ran into some trouble against the bottom of the Houston order in the top of the third.
Astros catcher Carlos Corporan singled to start the rally, then leadoff man Tyler Greene later walked with two outs. A Jose Altuve line-drive single to left field broke the scoreless tie.
But the Nationals battled back against Houston starter Lucas Harrell in the bottom of the inning when Danny Espinosa singled to lead off the frame, stole second base and came around to score on a Jayson Werth grounder through the hole at shortstop.
Both pitchers left the game with the score tied at 1, as Haren gave way to Zach Duke in the fourth and Harrell was replaced by Ambriz in the fifth.
Haren threw 50 pitches in three innings, surrendering the one run on two hits and one walk while striking out two. Harrell also allowed just one run, scattering three hits and one walk while striking out four. He threw 61 pitches (36 for strikes) over his four innings of work.
"I felt good," said Haren. "The first couple innings went real quick. After that, I had a long third inning, which is probably what I needed here. Throw some out of the stretch, get extended. Probably a little bit fatigued, but that's a good thing. Overall, I feel healthy. I got some good looks and can just build off it."
Harrell has been working on his curveball this spring, and was pleased with the outing.
"I really worked on [the curve] the last couple of days, really worked on it a lot this offseason trying to get it better," said Harrell. "Corporan and I were on the same page the whole time, and then the defense made some good plays."
Haren was throwing to Wilson Ramos, who made his first appearance behind the plate since he tore the ACL in his right knee on May 12 of last year. Ramos struck out in his only at-bat, and appeared to have little difficulty behind the plate in his three innings of work.
The Nationals put up five runs in the sixth, when Espinosa knocked a two-run single, Tracy added a sacrifice fly, and two runs scored on Corey Brown's RBI single and a throwing error by Houston center fielder Justin Maxwell on the play.
Newly acquired Nationals reliever Rafael Soriano, expected to step in and take over the closer role this season, also made his first appearance of the spring in the seventh, allowing one hit and striking out one in one scoreless inning of work.
Up next: Washington will make the trip to Clearwater on Wednesday to take on the Phillies for the first time this spring in a 1:05 p.m. ET matchup that will feature Stephen Strasburg taking on Roy Halladay. Nationals position players making the trip include Denard Span, Anthony Rendon, Micah Owings, Tyler Moore and Matt Skole. Fernando Abad, Yunesky Maya, Erik Davis and Cole Kimball are scheduled to throw behind Strasburg.
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The Implausible Engines of Evolution
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You seem to miss one important concept here: what makes a mutation positive or negative in the first place?
Most mutations are quite useless in their current environments, because the organisms are already pretty well adapted to living there. But since the environment tends to change all the time, new mutations have constantly chances to prove their worth. I will give you an example of a situation where the very same mutation can be either good or bad.
If a normal gut bacterium undergoes a mutation that affects the composition of its cell wall, the resulting cell wall can be a bit more costly to synthesize than it is for its non-mutant counterparts living in the same gut. The bacterium having the mutation does poorly in competition because it spends too much effort in building the mutated cell wall and that strain dies away soon.
However, if the person in whose gut the bacteria live has to take an antibiotic treatment for some reason, the bacteria with normal cell walls are in trouble, because the antibiotic makes holes in their cell wall and makes them die in numbers. But if the cell wall mutation mentioned above happens now, the new, more costly cell wall happens to be immune for the antibiotic and the mutant strain flourishes now - not because its cell wall was nice and good and cheap to build like the previous one, but because it keeps the bacterium alive. And thus, after the antibiotic treatment the main strain of bacteria in the gut is the mutant that makes costly but protective cell wall. In theory even one such well-timed mutation that happens to be protective by pure chance, can give rise to a new flourishing bacterial strain and since billions of bacteria live in our guts that very unlikely event can (and often will) happen.
Eventually the drug treatment ends. Now all the bacteria have the mutant, protective cell wall. But one of them undergoes another mutation (perhaps a back-mutation to the old form of the gene) and starts to synthesize the old cell wall, which is cheaper to make and thus saves resources for other things, such as quicker cell division. And now, the opposite happens: the bacteria with cheaper but non-protective cell wall increase in numbers and the mutant strain loses ground. If the antimicrobial pressure was constant (for example, a life-long antimicrobial treatment of a person who has undergone splenectomy), the mutant strain would be the dominant strain for the rest of the host organism's life - unless, of course, some new and even more beneficial mutation would emerge. And during this time, it could spread to other hosts that are on an antimicrobial treatment in, say, hospital environments.
This was of course a simplified example, but this happens all the time. The mutated gene can be anything, depending on the target of the antibiotic. The very same mutation can be good and bad, it is all up to the environment of the organism.
Naturally, the overall probability of a positive mutation increases if there are more mutations. The percentage of positive mutations in relation to total number of mutations remains unaffected, though.
P.S. Sorry for the double post, I tried to attach this to my previous one but was too slow.
Re: The Implausible Engines of Evolution
I understand the example of the HIV mutations.
However, there is a problem. HIV is a single strand. We and most organisms have double helix. Also, HIV is RNA while we have DNA. The probability becomes much lower when you have a stronger structure like DNA.
I think I need to clarify something. You are referring to the event occurrence, which I think is zero. However, the case of the development of viruses in general, where viruses adapt quickly to antibiotics, is observed in nature. I should have mentioned this earlier, and asked for an example other that HIV, Swine Flu, SARS, E colli, etc.
Although this occurs in micro organisms, I have not seen this in multicellular organisms.
If this debate is over, I will be publishing a new thread: Irrefutable Facts Against Evolution. We could sit here and debate the conjectures over mutation and the lack of or presence of examples. In this next thread, I will be talking about generally excepted facts and one science which do not permit evolution to be viable. This has been the meat of most of my argument for the past few years, and I have not found a single evolutionist able to find a way around these facts. I began with mutations primarily because I have just began to look into it, and had some rebuttal.
Truly, we can be somewhat copacetic on all other topics expect for the examples of multicellular organisms who have had random, beneficial mutation.
-facts, observed events, plausible explanations, and solid evidence
1) E coli is not a virus
2) you argue, that HIV is single stranded RNA virus, but you refuses even bacteria, which have double stranded DNA
3) observation of evolution in multicellular organisms is more complicated mainly because of their long life-span. Whereas bacteria are able to divide once in every 20 minutes, in multicellular organisms it takes usually at least days and if you were referring to something like mammals, then it takes even years.
Biohazard tried to show you, that mutation can be either bad or good, it just depends on the conditions and environment. But you're still refuting to understand that and states that probability of positive mutation occuring is near zero. And even when we show you, that even with such low probability the absolute numbers are not that low, you just ignore it.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
I understand that whether or not it is beneficial is predicated upon the environment.
Again, mutations occur separate from the environment. How can a random mistake in DAN end up being beneficial to survival? Recall that the probability of a positive mutation is low, and that most mutations are neutral or lethal. Out of every positive mutation that occurs from the many that are not, what is the probability of it being beneficial to that organism in its environment? Again, this is far stretched. So far stretched, that it is practically impossible.
By piling on another factor that determines positive or negative mutation, you just made it harder for animals to allow random genetic mistakes to be beneficial in its environment.
-facts, observed events, plausible explanations, and solid evidence
I will not press further debate on this topic.
Otherwise, will you be on the look out for the new thread "Irrefutable Facts Against Evolution"?
I will be presenting observed, proven facts and science that do not allow for evolution to be possible. For this thread, facts will be what I am mainly discussing. However, debate on the theory of evolution, and its mechanics, possibility, etc. will not be the main focus.
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I will give you one more, well-studied example of beneficial mutations in multicellular organisms. The example case is called "industrial melanism", and it is apparent for example in certain species of moths. The "normal" camouflage of the moth is light so that it can rest again trunks of birches and among lichen and remain unnoticed by predators. If there happens to be a mutation that turns the moth's colour darker, it is quickly spotted and eaten by birds.
However, in industrial areas there is so much soot and dirt on the surfaces of the trees that the moths are having a hard time hiding there. In these environments, the dark mutant suddenly has much better chances of survival and thus its genes start to spread, ultimately becoming the dominant type of moth in the area.
Again, the very same mutation can be practically lethal (in clean forests) or a life-saver (in industrial settings).
If this does not convince you about beneficial mutations in multicellular organisms, there are plenty of more to find. Just try googling something like insect pesticide resistance, for example.
Unfortunately, it seems you have already carved your own views into stone and no matter what evidence and examples we present to you, you ignore them. This, in turn, makes this debate quite useless once again. Curious how often all this happens when debating with men of faith...
Here is my question: has the dark color of the wings been assumed to be a mutation or has it been proven to be a mutation?
Also, if darker wings is a mutation, a random mistake in DNA, then there would be evidence showing that at the time before the mutation, there were only white color moths, and then after, there were dark color moths. Has this been observed? Also, this must have been recent considering that industrial smog began being released into the air 250 years ago when England first began to use coal.
-facts, observed events, plausible explanations, and solid evidence
Why didnt you talk about the recentness of the mutation? There is no proof that this is a mutation, and that this genetic trait appeared when smog began to be produced 250 years ago. Since there is no proof of this (unless you can show), I conclude that this is not an example of the theory of evolution.
Also, in reference to the article,
1)apes and humans are easily located, and existed in a large area at the time when evolution was supposed to be taking place. Show me the intermediate fossil for apes and humans.
The answer to this is simply, there is no intermediate or fossil of a common ancestor. Therefore, how can evolution claim something existed when there is no such evidence? Obviously, the theory of evolution is false for lack of evidence.
2)So basically, every human got malaria, survived it, and maintained the mutation?
If this animals's sialic acid lethal, then I wonder how animals survive today with this still present in their gene. If animals can live with this gene, then I wonder the gene became prevalent. Humans with this could have survived just the same as animals do. In other words, what else besides malaria could have eliminated humans that had not undergone the change? Obviously, all humans did not get malaria.
3)"Then, for reasons possibly linked to a malarial parasite that bound Neu5Gc, a gene mutation three million or so years ago inactivated the human enzyme involved in making the molecule."
This is conjecture. This is hypothesis, and yet they state it as fact towards the end of the article.
4)"The researchers tested the idea by exposing chimpanzee sperm"
The scientists had leeway to try which ever testing method. They chose to genetically alter mice, which I would disagree with. However, even in mice, it showed that infertility rate would be 100%. However, they were not able to replicate the mutation of genes that would cause a change in the immune system. They, instead of provoking the mutation, genetically altered the mice.
If they truly want to prove this, they would have to replicate the mutation. All they did was prove that female eggs with anti-Neu5Gc antibodies would kill all sperm with the Neu5Gc. This evolution is only possible if the mutation occurs as a result of malaria. They've shown that the unchanged sperm with Neu5Gc would die. Now replicate the mutation that would change the genetic code a result of the mutation.
5)There is no differential reproduction
As the article mentions, the infertility rate with males that are unaltered is 100%. A male and female who have both been infected with malaria, and then survived with the mutation, would have to mate. But again, there is no evidence showing that malaria provokes a mutation, which is what is necessary for the evolutionary process.
6)The production of Neu5Gc anti-bodies was not replicated. If anti-bodies would be produced, it would be to eliminate malaria, not Neu5Gc. The experiment does not replicate this production. So basically, what this article is saying, is that our body made an antibody for Neu5Gc instead of malaria? Antibodies are made for foreign substances. If Neu6Gc was produced by the body, and malaria attaches to it, then why werent malaria anibodies made rather than a antibody for a substance the body makes? This makes no scientific sense.
The "speciation by infection"is conjecture, not observed, replicated, proven science. When there is solid evidence, please give me a private message or alert me in some sort of way.
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I still believe the most telling example to reply to Tomn with, is the one of multiple genetic pathways to get a cancer tumor-affected phenotype.
The more genetic ways the animal could get the same cancer, the higher the payoff must be wrt to passing on the genetics that do it [ and also pass on the other thing ( whatever it is) , which happens to be so beneficial under the extant circumstances ].
this is so universally applicable a hypothesis, that one could say "Even lab rats line-bred to be a tumor producing strain, are being selected for, by the breeder of those lab rats". That's a direct payoff for having those genetics, but the indirect payoff in nature would be in a highly beneficial trait ( under circumstances) which must go along with the tumor producing genetics...such as enhancement of some brain activity, or increased reproductive drive..."
Yes, e.g. in England virtually all peppered moths used to be white before the start of the industrial era, because the moths bearing a mutated black pigment allele were quickly eaten by birds. And the moths remained white even during the industrial era in places where there were no factories. But they turned black in the industrial areas, and this was noticed around halfway to the 19th century in England. It was well-documented already during that time, and it has been experimentally studied in many ways since then and is considered as one of the hallmark phenomenons demonstrating the mechanisms of evolution.
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Deputies to focus on Newville's Break in the Weather Party
NEWVILLE—Rock County sheriff's deputies will be focusing on the Newville area on Saturday, when the local taverns host their annual Break in the Weather Party.
The sheriff's office plans extra patrols to enforce traffic laws and local ordinances to deter drunken driving, according to a news release.
Similar efforts have been made in past years.
Deputies will also check taverns to ensure minors are not being served alcohol.
Intoxicated driving and underage alcohol consumption are the main targets for deputies, but they also will be on the lookout for aggressive driving, following too closely, speeding and failure to wear seat belts, according to the release.
"Sheriff (Bob) Spoden firmly believes selling alcohol is a legitimate business activity, but such action is a privilege to which very serious and specific responsibilities apply," the release reads. "This same responsibility also pertains to persons choosing to consume alcohol. Therefore, Sheriff Spoden is asking everyone involved in this annual event to have fun but remain responsible."
The weather forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with a high of 56 and low of 38, with a chance of showers at night.


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