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A new four-channel GC, Airborne Chromatograph for Trace Atmospheric Species (ACATS-IV), was deployed for the first time in 1994 as part of the year-long Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment/Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (ASHOE/MAESA) mission. ACATS-IV flew successfully on 24 flights spanning latitudes from 70°S to 60°N during four seasons. During ASHOE/MAESA, ACATS-IV was configured to measure ten different molecules. In addition to CFC-11, CFC-113, and CH4 (compounds measured previously with a two-channel version of the instrument) ACATS-IV measured CH3CCl3, CCl4, CFC-12, H-1211, N2O, SF6, and H2. ACATS-IV provides an important set of tracer measurements for several different aspects of atmospheric research: (a) Dynamic and chemical models can be constrained by the wide range of these tracer´s lifetimes (4.5-3200 years). (b) Halogens play an important role in stratospheric ozone destruction and ACATS-IV provides in situ stratospheric measurements of 80% of the chlorine containing species and the bromine containing compound, H-1211 which contains about 20% of the total organic tropospheric bromine. (c) Apart from tropical transport of water from the troposphere to the stratosphere, CH4 oxidation is the largest source of stratospheric water, which has a large global warming potential. Simultaneous CH4, hydrogen, and water measurements completely constrain the stratospheric hydrogen budget. (d) The age of stratospheric air is an important input to atmospheric models. SF6 is a purely anthropogenic compound with no known tropospheric sinks, a stratospheric lifetime of 3200 years, and an approximately linear tropospheric growth rate that makes it an excellent indicator of the age of stratospheric air.
A complete instrument description can be found in a recent publication by Elkins et al. [1996]. The GC has been optimized for low ppt work and frequent sampling of 3-6 minutes by using an appropriate choice of separation columns, very sensitive ECDs, and 12-port gas sampling valves that permit heart-cutting the chromatogram (Figure 5.17). The measured tracers have a wide range of lifetimes that can be used to estimate a tropical-midlatitude exchange in the stratosphere as demonstrated in Volk et al. [1996]. The H-1211, SF6, CFC-11, and CFC-12 measurements from ASHOE/MAESA have also been incorporated into a calculation that indicates the oldest stratospheric air measured by ACATS-IV has 17 ± 3 ppt of bromine and that all of the bromine resides in inorganic form.
Fig 5.17. (a) Schematic of the ACATS-IV instrument showing pressure transducers (P), electron capture detectors (ECD), gas sampling valves (GSV), and the stream selection valve (SSV). Shaded areas are temperature-controlled zones where the temperatures for the GSV, SSV, and flow module are indicated. ECD and sample loop pressure controllers use a valve (MKS Instruments, Inc., Andover, Massachusetts) servo-controlled to a pressure gauge (Micro Gage, Inc., El Monte, California). The GC inlets for the calibration, carrier gases, and air sample have 10m screens to remove particles. (b) The first position of the 12-port GSV permits loading the sample loop, backflushing of the pre-column, and detection of the peaks of interest from the previous sample injection. (c) Turning the rotor of the 12-port GSV allows injection of the sample onto the columns and diversion of the column exhaust away from the ECD.
ACATS-IV observations in the lower tropical and midlatitude stratosphere during ASHOE/MAESA provide new information about mass exchange between the tropics and midlatitudes. Because of the profound impact of transport on the distribution of long-lived stratospheric constituents, the magnitude of such exchange is critical for prediction of ozone depletion by human activities. The sparse set of previous tropical in situ tracer data [Goldan et al., 1980; Murphy et al., 1993] and satellite observations of tracer and aerosol distributions [Trepte and Hitchman, 1992; Randel et al., 1993; Mote et al., 1996] have provided evidence for a subtropical "barrier" to horizontal exchange. These observations led to the suggestion that the stratosphere might be closer to a "tropical pipe" model [Plumb, 1996], in which tropical air ascends in isolation from midlatitude influence, than a "global diffuser" model [Plumb and Ko, 1992]. For the first time the ASHOE/MAESA campaign provided extensive tropical measurements of many tracers with local lifetimes ranging from less than 1 to 100 years. These data provide a powerful tool for quantifying the amount of transport across the subtropical barrier. A simple tropical tracer model was used to analyze ACATS data for CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CCl4, CH3CCl3, halon-1211, and CH4 along with measurements of N2O, NOy, and O3 from three other instruments aboard the ER-2 [Podolske and Loewenstein, 1993; Fahey et al., 1989; Proffitt and McLaughlin, 1983]. The observations during ASHOE/MAESA span latitudes from 60°N to 70°S and altitudes up to 21 km. The model considers the vertical evolution of a tropical tracer, including loss and production resulting from local photochemistry and entrainment of midlatitude air (due to isentropic mixing):
where and mid are the mean tropical and midlatitude mixing ratios; is potential temperature used as vertical coordinate; Q = d/d is the net diabatic heating rate, equivalent to vertical ascent rate; P is the photochemical production rate; is the lifetime for photochemical loss; is the long-term growth rate; and in is a time scale for import of midlatitude air, the quantity to be determined by this analysis. Tropical ascent rates (Q) were obtained from published calculations [Rosenlof, 1995; Eluszkiewicz et al., 1996]; chemical production and sinks for the species considered were calculated with a radiative transfer model [Minschwaner et al., 1993] and a photochemical model [Salawitch et al., 1994]; and long-term growth rates () were derived from CMDL network data. Midlatitude mixing ratios were constrained from observations between 35° and 55° in both hemispheres. Tropical air was identified as the region equatorward of the sharp meridional gradient in the NOy/O3 ratio observed in the subtropics [Murphy et al., 1993].
A qualitative impression of the isolation of the tropical ascent region can be gained by comparison of vertical profiles of tracer mixing ratios observed in the tropics to profiles calculated assuming unmixed ascent (unmixed profiles), i.e., solutions to Eq. (1) with in = (Figure 5.18). Observed profiles of the longer-lived species, N2O and CFC-12, and also of CH4 and NOy (not shown) deviate noticeably from unmixed profiles, indicating mixing with photochemically aged midlatitude air. However, for CFC-113, CFC-11, and the shorter-lived species CH3CCl3, CCl4, and halon-1211 (not shown), observed profiles fall within the uncertainty range of values calculated for unmixed ascent because their vertical profiles are controlled primarily by photochemical loss that dominates loss by mixing for these shorter-lived species.
Fig. 5.18. Vertical profiles of mixing ratios of several long-lived trace species in the tropics (light filled circles) and at midlatitudes (dark filled squares) [Volk et al., 1996]. For the midlatitudes the data was binned into 10K increments of potential temperature (); the profiles shown represent the bin averages and the error bars represent the standard deviation within each bin. Calculated tropical profiles are shown for unmixed ascent (in = ) (-) from = 380K (the mean tropical tropopause height) along with an uncertainty range induced by a 50% uncertainty in Q (---). Also indicated is the "effective lifetime" T (=1/(-1+)) at = 440 K (~19 km altitude) for each of the species.
Quantitative derivation of the rates of transport between the tropics and midlatitudes is best achieved by analyzing correlation diagrams of two species with disparate lifetimes [Volk et al., 1996]. Differences in the slopes of correlations observed at midlatitudes and in the tropics provide a direct measure of exchange between the two regions if horizontal mixing is fast compared to photochemistry for one of the two species (but not both). As an example, for a given mixing ratio of N2O, the shorter-lived species show lower abundances in the tropics than at midlatitudes because their loss processes are larger near ~20 km (Figure 5.19), whereas N2O is not destroyed until the air reaches higher altitudes. Because the abundance of N2O in the tropics is sensitive to isentropic mixing, however (Figure 5.18), the tropical correlations do not match the correlations calculated assuming unmixed ascent.
Fig 5.19. Correlations of mixing ratios for the shorter-lived species versus N2O in the tropics (dark filled circles) and at midlatitudes (light filled circles) [Volk et al., 1996]. Mean midlatitude correlations used in the model (long dash) were obtained from quadratic fits to the correlations. Calculated tropical correlations are shown for the unmixed case (in= ) (short dash) and for a constant entrainment time in that yielded the best agreement (in a least-squares sense) with the observed tropical correlations (long dash). Also indicated is the "effective lifetime" T (= 1/(-1+g)) at = 440 K for each of the species.
In order to derive the entrainment time (in) from the correlation diagrams in Figure 5.19, we consider Eq. (1) for the tropical mixing ratios of two tracers X and Y:
Eq. (2), constrained by the mixing ratios for midlatitudes from observations and computed photochemical sources and sinks, is solved to calculate the tropical correlation Y(X) of two species; the entrainment time in is treated as a free (altitude-independent) parameter. For each pair of tracers displayed in Figure 5.18, the value of in is determined giving best agreement between the calculated tropical correlations (Figure 5.19) and the observations. The same procedure was also applied to correlation diagrams of the longer-lived species, CH4, N2O, CFC-12, CFC-113, and NOy, versus O3, which is shorter-lived (with a photochemical production time of only ~3.5 months at 19 km). Analysis of each correlation diagram yielded a mean for in of 13.5 months, with an uncertainty of ~20%. This seasonally and vertically-averaged entrainment time is longer than the time scale for isentropic mixing at midlatitudes of less than 3 months [Boering et al., 1995], confirming that mixing into the tropics is slow compared to mixing within midlatitudes. Because of the variability of the tropical correlations and the limited seasonal coverage, the data do not provide information on the dependence of in with height.
Entrainment of air into the tropics is not necessarily balanced by poleward detrainment from the tropics. In the annual mean, the net mass flux out of the tropics (detrainment minus entrainment) must be balanced by the mean mass divergence within the tropics (that can be determined from the mean ascent rate):
where out is a time scale for export of air whose inverse is the detrainment rate; is the air density; z is altitude; and w is the mean vertical velocity. Detrainment rates computed from Eq. (3) for the estimate of in (13.5 months) and ascent velocities averaged over 24 months, show that over much of the altitude range considered, more air is exported from the tropics than is imported (Figure 5.20a). The corresponding detrainment time (out) of less than ~6 months below 19 km and the morphology of decreasing detrainment with altitude is consistent with observations of the propagation of the seasonal cycles of CO2 and H2O from the tropics to midlatitudes [Boering et al., 1995; McCormick et al., 1993] and with studies of aerosol dispersal from the tropics [Trepte and Hitchman, 1992].
As shown in Figure 5.20b, for an entrainment time of 13.5 months, ~45% of air of extratropical origin accumulates in a tropical air parcel during its ~8 month ascent from the tropopause to 21 km. The large uncertainty range in this result (Figure 5.20b) results from the uncertainty of the ascent velocity. This substantial entrainment of midlatitude air into the tropical ascent region of the lower stratosphere implies that a significant fraction of NOx (=NO + NO2) and other effluents emitted from supersonic aircraft at midlatitudes between 16 and 23 km will likely reach the middle and upper stratosphere where enhancements in NOx are expected to lead to reductions in ozone [Stolarski et al., 1996].
Fig 5.20. (a) Entrainment rate into and detrainment rates out of the tropics versus potential temperature, expressed as % of air within a tropical air volume (at a fixed altitude) entrained/detrained per month [Volk et al., 1996]. Results are for in =13.5 months and ascent rates from Rosenlof [1995] (short dash) and Eluszkiewicz et al. [1996] (dotted). The disagreement between the detrainment rates based on these two studies reflects differences in the vertical profiles of the ascent rates. (b) Fraction of midlatitude air within the tropics versus potential temperature for nominal (long dash) and extreme (dotted) values of in and ascent rates w from Rosenlof [1995] as indicated.
While estimating the effects of human activity on ozone remains a task for multi-dimensional models of atmospheric transport and chemistry, the determination of the rates of transport and the fraction of midlatitude air within the tropical ascent region constitutes important tests for the accuracy of such models. Most current 2-D models do not reproduce steep meridional tracer gradients in the sub-tropics such as observed in the NOy/O3 ratio [Murphy et al., 1993], suggesting they generally overestimate the magnitude of mixing between the tropics and midlatitudes. Tests with a particular two-dimensional model show that greater reductions of midlatitude ozone are calculated, improving agreement with observed trends, if mixing parameters are modified to simulate restricted exchange across the tropics [M.K.M. Ko, private communication, 1996]. Realistic representation of dynamical coupling between the tropical source and midlatitude sink regions of ozone may thus hold the key to understanding and reliably predicting the response of the stratospheric ozone layer to a variety of anthropogenic as well as natural perturbations.
Concern over bromine´s contributions to stratospheric polar ozone loss [McElroy et al., 1986] and potential for midlatitude ozone destruction [Yung et al., 1980] has resulted in an international regulation of halons and methyl bromide. These bromine-containing compounds occur at much lower stratospheric mixing ratios than chlorine-containing compounds, but bromine is 40-100 times more efficient than chlorine at destroying ozone in the lower stratosphere [WMO, 1995]. In an effort to improve the understanding of brominated compounds in the strato-sphere, the first real-time, in situ stratospheric measurements of the purely anthropogenic compound, CBrClF2 (H1211) [Elkins et al., 1996] were obtained. Measurements of H-1211 and nine additional tracers were obtained in 1994 at latitudes ranging from 70S to 60N and to altitudes of 20 km as part of the ASHOE/MAESA mission. The complete H-1211 data set for ASHOE/MAESA is shown in Figure 5.21. These measurements were incorporated into a calculation of the total 1994 stratospheric bromine burden. The lower stratosphere was calculated to contain 17 ± 3 ppt of bromine in 1994 and that essentially all of the organic bromine had been converted to inorganic forms.
Fig. 5.21. Latitudinal profile of halon-1211 as a function of pressure (mb). ACATS-IV measurements of halon-1211 in ppt during ASHOE/MAESA.
The total stratospheric bromine burden was calculated by summing the bromine content in the tropospheric organic bromine species with lifetimes long enough to allow their transport to the stratosphere. This approach assumed that the only source of stratospheric bromine is at the earth´s surface. The organic bromine species included in the model are CH3Br, H-1211, H-1301, CH2Br2, H-2402, and CH2BrCl with November 1994 mixing ratios of 10.1, 3.3, 2.3, 1.1, 0.47, and 0.14 ppt respectively. The CMDL background site monitoring program provided a historical record of H-1211, H1301, H-2402, and CH2Br2. The CH3Br data were collected on transects of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in 1994 by CMDL researchers[Lobert et al., 1995]. The CH2BrCl data are from Whole Air Sampler (WAS) measurements taken by researchers at NCAR in early 1995. Taking the weighted sum of the mixing ratios of these species yields the following equation for the total bromine contained in these species as a function of time.
where t is time in years measured from 1994. The tropospheric burden of these species provides an upper limit on the concurrent stratospheric bromine burden. ACATS-IV ASHOE/MAESA measurements of the sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) mixing ratios are used to determine the age of the stratospheric air and thus, the total bromine present in the air being sampled.
Photolysis of the organic bromine species produces inorganic bromine species with the majority of the inorganic bromine in reactive forms. The partitioning of stratospheric bromine was calculated using the equation
Total Bromine = Organic Bromine + Inorganic Bromine (5)
where Total Br is determined as outlined previously. The only organic bromine species that ACATS-IV measured is H-1211, but from whole air sampler measurements from NCAR (Schauffler, private communication, 1996) and the University of California, Irvine (Blake, private communication, 1996), correlations were compiled of the unmeasured species with measured CFCs. These correlations are shown in Figure 5.22. These correlations permit an estimate of total organic bromine (Figure 5.23). The oldest air sampled by ACATS-IV during ASHOE/MAESA indicated that all of the stratospheric bromine was in inorganic forms.
Fig. 5.22. Correlations of bromine-containing species with CFC-11. The longest-lived species, H-1301, is correlated with CFC-12. Each data set was normalized individually and then the complete data set for each species was fit with a function of the form [Xn] = [CFCn](1/d), where the subscript, n, represents a normalized quantity. The longest lived species, H-1301, is correlated with CFC-12. ACATS-IV data are shown by circles. NCAR data are denoted by triangles and UC-Irvine data are shown by squares.
Fig. 5.23. Calculated results for the total stratospheric bromine, Brtotal.
(open triangles), and its partitioning into total organic CBry (open
circles), and inorganic, Bry (open diamonds), components. The dashed
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Mechanical Stability of Single DNA Molecules Biophysical Journal, Volume 78, Issue 4, 1 April 2000, Pages 1997-2007 Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, Matthias Rief, Carolin Tolksdorf and Hermann E. Gaub Abstract Using a modified atomic force microscope (AFM), individual double-stranded (ds) DNA molecules attached to an AFM tip and a gold surface were overstretched, and the mechanical stability of the DNA double helix was investigated. In λ-phage DNA the previously reported B-S transition at 65 piconewtons (pN) is followed by a second conformational transition, during which the DNA double helix melts into two single strands. Unlike the B-S transition, the melting transition exhibits a pronounced force-loading-rate dependence and a marked hysteresis, characteristic of a nonequilibrium conformational transition. The kinetics of force-induced melting of the double helix, its reannealing kinetics, as well as the influence of ionic strength, temperature, and DNA sequence on the mechanical stability of the double helix were investigated. As expected, the DNA double helix is considerably destabilized under low salt buffer conditions (≤10mM NaCl), while high ionic strength buffers (1M NaCl) stabilize the double-helical conformation. The mechanical energy that can be deposited in the DNA double helix before force induced melting occurs was found to decrease with increasing temperature. This energy correlates with the base-pairing free enthalpy ΔGbp(T) of DNA. Experiments with pure poly(dG-dC) and poly(dA-dT) DNA sequences again revealed a close correlation between the mechanical energies at which these sequences melt with base pairing free enthalpies ΔGbp(sequence): while the melting transition occurs between 65 and 200 pN in λ-phage DNA, depending on the loading rate, the melting transition is shifted to ∼300pN for poly(dG-dC) DNA, whereas poly(dA-dT) DNA melts at a force of 35pN. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (177 kb) |
Identification of Binding Mechanisms in Single Molecule–DNA Complexes Biophysical Journal, Volume 85, Issue 3, 1 September 2003, Pages 1968-1973 Rainer Eckel, Robert Ros, Alexandra Ros, Sven David Wilking, Norbert Sewald and Dario Anselmetti Abstract Changes in the elastic properties of single deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules in the presence of different DNA-binding agents are identified using atomic force microscope single molecule force spectroscopy. We investigated the binding of poly(dG-dC) dsDNA with the minor groove binder distamycin A, two supposed major groove binders, an α-helical and a 310-helical peptide, the intercalants daunomycin, ethidium bromide and YO, and the bis-intercalant YOYO. Characteristic mechanical fingerprints in the overstretching behavior of the studied single DNA-ligand complexes were observed allowing the distinction between different binding modes. Docking of ligands to the minor or major groove of DNA has the effect that the intramolecular B-S transition remains visible as a distinct plateau in the force-extension trace. By contrast, intercalation of small molecules into the double helix is characterized by the vanishing of the B-S plateau. These findings lead to the conclusion that atomic force microscope force spectroscopy can be regarded as a single molecule biosensor and is a potent tool for the characterization of binding motives of small ligands to DNA. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (138 kb) |
Force-Induced Melting of the DNA Double Helix 1. Thermodynamic Analysis Biophysical Journal, Volume 80, Issue 2, 1 February 2001, Pages 882-893 Ioulia Rouzina and Victor A. Bloomfield Abstract The highly cooperative elongation of a single B-DNA molecule to almost twice its contour length upon application of a stretching force is interpreted as force-induced DNA melting. This interpretation is based on the similarity between experimental and calculated stretching profiles, when the force-dependent free energy of melting is obtained directly from the experimental force versus extension curves of double- and single-stranded DNA. The high cooperativity of the overstretching transition is consistent with a melting interpretation. The ability of nicked DNA to withstand forces greater than that at the transition midpoint is explained as a result of the one-dimensional nature of the melting transition, which leads to alternating zones of melted and unmelted DNA even substantially above the melting midpoint. We discuss the relationship between force-induced melting and the B-to-S transition suggested by other authors. The recently measured effect on T7 DNA polymerase activity of the force applied to a ssDNA template is interpreted in terms of preferential stabilization of dsDNA by weak forces ∼7 pN. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (240 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 96, Issue 7, 2918-2925, 8 April 2009
Changhong Ke†, ‡, Anna Loksztejn†, §, Yong Jiang†, Minkyu Kim†, Michael Humeniuk†, Mahir Rabbi† and Piotr E. Marszalek†, ,
† Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
‡ Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York
§ Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
We report the results of direct measurements by atomic force microscopy of solvent-driven structural transitions within polyadenylic acid (poly(A)). Both atomic force microscopy imaging and pulling measurements reveal complex strand arrangements within poly(A) induced by acidic pH conditions, with a clear fraction of double-stranded molecules that increases as pH decreases. Among these complex structures, force spectroscopy identified molecules that, upon stretching, displayed two distinct plateau features in the force-extension curves. These plateaus exhibit transition forces similar to those previously observed in native double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). However, the width of the first plateau in the force-extension curves of poly(A) varies significantly, and on average is shorter than the canonical 70% of initial length corresponding to the B-S transition of dsDNA. Also, similar to findings in dsDNA, stretching and relaxing elasticity profiles of dspoly(A) at forces below the mechanical melting transition overlap but reveal hysteresis when the molecules are stretched above the mechanical melting transition. These results strongly suggest that under acidic pH conditions, poly(A) can form duplexes that are mechanically stable. We hypothesize that under acidic conditions, similar structures may be formed by the cellular poly(A) tails on mRNA.


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Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and CommunitiesDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryOffice of Environment & Heritage (NSW)
Illegal wildlife seized during Operation Eclipse
Joint media release
16 May 2013
Exotic snakes and lizards have been seized during Operation Eclipse—a joint Federal and state investigation into the alleged importation of illegal wildlife into Australia.
During a regular inspection of an international courier's warehouse in Sydney, officers from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) discovered exotic snakes and lizards.
The DAFF officers immediately seized and humanely euthanased three pythons and three lizards.
Snakes and other reptiles can carry diseases such as mycoplasmosis, ranavirus infection, herpes virus and paramyxovirus and various parasitic and bacterial infestations that could spread to both native species and pets.
Australia is free from many pests and diseases found in other parts of the world and any animals imported illegally have the potential to threaten Australia's native species.
The Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) said the importation of snakes and other reptiles is prohibited under Australian law except where the animal is being imported by a government-registered zoo or wildlife institution.
Following further investigations by officers from DSEWPaC, DAFF and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, a warrant was executed at a residential address in inner Sydney.
During the search of the premises, additional snakes and lizards believed to have been illegally imported into Australia were also seized and euthanased due to the serious risk they posed to the state and the country's biodiversity and biosecurity.
Assistance was also gratefully received from the NSW Police for Operation Eclipse which is continuing.
The Australian and NSW governments are committed to combating illegal wildlife trade which often involves cruel and dangerous methods of transportation. Smuggled animals suffer stress, dehydration, or starvation and many die in transit.
Operation Eclipse is an example of the collaborative approach taken across Federal and state agencies to protect our native flora and fauna from exotic pests and diseases and prevent the illegal trade in wildlife.
Under the Australian Government's national environment law the maximum penalty for wildlife trade offences includes up to 10 years imprisonment and/or a fine of $170 000 for individuals and up to $850 000 for corporations. Penalties also apply under the relevant state legislation.
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February 29, 2012
NYBC's ThiolNAC – Antioxidant Supplement
NYBC's specially manufactured antioxidant supplement, ThiolNAC, is again in stock at the nonprofit co-op. Below is the product description for this combination supplement, which is available only through NYBC, and which provides a key part of NYBC's MAC-Pack, our LOW COST alternative to K-PAX:
ThiolNAC (NYBC) Each bottle, 90 tablets, sustained release formula. Each tablet contains 500 mg of NAC and 134 mg of alpha lipoic acid. As part of the MAC Pack, three per day provide the equivalent dose as used in the original neuropathy study published in the journal AIDS: 1500 mg of NAC and 402 mg of alpha lipoic. This is an excellent formula for those suffering from liver inflammation. It is also extremely convenient for many PWHIVs who take both NAC and Lipoic Acid since this 2-in-1 combination eliminates some pills while providing the same, generally accepted dosages. Suggested use is 2-3 tablets daily with meal or as directed. Reduce dose if headaches occur.
Note: This version of NYBC's ThiolNAC intentionally decreases the alpha lipoic acid amounts per tablet from our original formula's 200mg/tab to the present formula's 134mg/tab. This change brings us precisely in line with the dosage studied in Jon Kaiser's study, and also responds to a concern raised by our colleague Lark Lands regarding higher dose alpha lipoic and hypothyroidism.
February 28, 2012
MAC-Pack and Opti MAC-PACK: Alternatives to K-PAX at HALF THE PRICE
K-PAX®, the popular multi-supplement pack, was developed following Dr. Jon Kaiser's 2006 study that found an increase in CD4 count among HIV+ individuals using a mix of a potent multivitamin and antioxidants.* Eventually, Medicaid or ADAP formularies of many states included K-PAX®– a validation by the healthcare system welcomed by those of us who have long maintained that supplements can help to address chronic illness. Unfortunately, many people do not have access to these programs and for them, cost can be an issue. Even worse, some states, such as New York, are cutting budgets and eliminating items like K-PAX® from their formularies.
That's why NYBC continues to offer the MAC Pack (for Multivitamin Antioxidant Combination), a low-cost alternative to the "Double-Strength" K-PAX® formula, based on products already available through our nonprofit co-op. (Unlike K-PAX®, the parts of the MAC Pack are delivered in their original bottles, so "some assembly is required"–one reason we also stock small ziplock baggies, which are great for travel, too!)
Note that the NYBC MAC Pack is based on the formula that was originally studied and published in the journal AIDS, while the current version of K-PAX®, on the other hand, has considerably less of certain micronutrients, such as vitamins B6 and B12. Nevertheless, the NYBC MAC Pack still costs HALF THE PRICE of the retail "Double Strength" K-PAX® formula. (That's $62/month for the MAC Pack, versus $139/month for K-PAX® Double Strength.)
Subsequently, NYBC added to its MAC Pack offering by introducing the Opti-MAC Pack. This version of the MAC-Pack relies on SuperNutrition's OptiPack (iron free), which has higher amounts of B vitamins than Added Protection, and so represents a further economy in number of bottles (no P5P or B12 needed!) and in cost (about $56/month).
For more information on NYBC's MAC Pack or Opti-MAC Pack, or to place an order, visit us at www.newyorkbuyersclub.org, or call us at 1-800-650-4983. A comparison chart of the exact ingredients is available on our website. All the components of the MAC-Pack or Opti-MAC Pack can be ordered individually as well.
* Micronutrient Supplementation Increases CD4 Count in HIV-infected Individuals on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Kaiser JK, et al. JAIDS 2006;42[5]: 523-528.
August 17, 2011
NYBC's MAC-Pack on the "Ask The Experts" forum, thebody.com
We were glad to see a recent Q&A on the "Ask the Experts" forum of thebody.com, which is one of the leading online sources of information for people with HIV. The question concerned NYBC's MAC-Pack, our low-cost, close equivalent to K-PAX, a multivitamin/antioxidant combination which has been shown in research to raise CD4 counts, and which is available thru some — but not all–formularies in some — but not all — states.
For more information, see NYBC's entry
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are you familiar with the co. NYBC and their MACPAC-combination multivitamin & antioxidant program sells for 65 dollars and they compare to KPAC for 1/2 the cost..don't want to throw money away on useless vitamins or vitamins that are sub-par or not testedANSWER: Response from Mr. Vergel
Supplement quality is always an important issue. One available resource is http://www.consumerlab.com although they are a for-profit company. It would be preferable if there were a government agency that routinely tested supplements and published the results!
It will always be a bit of a crapshoot, but the good news is the majority of supplements tested by them either pass and those that do fail often do for relatively minor reasons (though some do spectacularly).
According to Jared Becker and George Carter from the New York Buyers Club, the brands used in NYBC's MAC Pack come from companies as reputable as K-PAX and with longer histories. NYBC has assessed Jarrow, Douglas Labs and Montiff, the providers used to make the Mac Pack. A few years ago, NYBC sent Montiff's acetylcarnitine for testing and it came back fine. NYBC also uses consumerlab's reports to verify quality of our big suppliers like Jarrow and Douglas.Nelson Vergel
Entry posted at: http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Nutrition/Q216051.html?ic=700101
December 15, 2010
Opti-MAC Pack
The Opti MAC Pack is NYBC's simplest and least expensive alternative to the K-PAX multivitamin/antioxidant combination, which was the subject of Dr Jon Kaiser's groundbreaking study showing the value of these supplements for people with HIV.
Instead of the Added Protection multivitamin, it uses SuperNutrition's Opti-Pack, which includes about 1000 mcg of B12 and 250 mg of B6 as pyridoxine, thus providing a good replacement for the extra pills offered in NYBC's regular MAC (Multivitamin Antioxidant Combination) Pack. As we've said before, though the regular MAC Pack and the Opti-MAC Pack are not precise, 100% matches of the K-PAX, they do, we feel, provide a close equivalent, and at a much lower cost (less than half the price!) Note that some may wish to add more Vitamin C to the regimen, but note also that NYBC's Opti-MAC Pack and regular MAC Pack both have the advantage of providing more acetylcarnitine than K-PAX–not a bad idea, in our estimation, especially if you're experiencing neuropathy. And the NYBC combination products are available iron-free, which is a good idea for those dealing with liver disease or impairment as well as HIV.
Read more about the general ideas behind the MAC Pack and Opti-MAC Pack at
April 6, 2010
K-PAX Canadian Trial
K-PAX, the comprehensive multivitamin/antioxidant formula for immune support, is now the subject of a randomized clinical trial in Canada. The sponsors of the Canadian trial are the Canadian HIV Trials Network and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN). This is a high-quality scientific study, that is, it's a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial–the same kind of investigation required by the FDA before approval of drugs.
The Canadian K-PAX trial is enrolling antiviral-naive HIV-infected patients, and seeks to test whether K-PAX can provide useful support for the CD4 counts of HIV(+) individuals who have not yet begun taking anti-retroviral medications. (Patients starting the study will have CD4 counts between 350 – 800.) Half the group will be randomly chosen to receive K-PAX, while the other half will receive a low-dosage type multivitamin like those sold over the counter in drugstores.
We welcome this follow-up study on the K-PAX formula. The first study, which led to wide release of the K-PAX formula, was published in 2006 and did show a significant increase in CD4 counts among those taking it, whereas other participants had no increase or even some decline. We should also mention that our predecessor organization, DAAIR, was suggesting multivitamin/antioxidant protocols for people with HIV/AIDS back in the 1990s, even before anti-retroviral therapy became generally available.
In 2006, meanwhile, NYBC developed a close equivalent of the K-PAX formula using components from its product list. This allowed the purchasing co-op to offer its MAC-Pack (Multivitamin-Antioxidant-Combination Pack) for approximately half the price of the K-PAX, a useful alternative especially for those living in localities where K-PAX was not covered by ADAP or other insurance. See www.newyorkbuyersclub.org for more details.
November 10, 2008
The MAC-Pack: a K-PAX alternative from NYBC
The New York Buyers' Club continues to offer its MAC Pack, or Multivitamin-Antioxidant Combination pack, which is a close equivalent to the double-strength K-PAX but at about half the cost. (K-Pax is usually listed at $139; NYBC's MAC Pack sells for $62.)
K-PAX, a multi-supplement pack, was developed following a study by Dr. Jon Kaiser that found an increase in CD4 count among HIV+ individuals using this mix of a potent multivitamin and antioxidants.
At this point, the Medicaid or ADAP formularies of many states include the K-PAX formula. Unfortunately, some people may not have access to these programs and for them cost can be an issue. That is why NYBC designed the alternative MAC-Pack, which is based on products and prices currently available through its nonprofit purchasing coop.
The MAC-Pack includes:
Acetylcarnitine: 3/day, one month supply = $15.50 (one bottle; 500mg/90)
ThiolNAC (NAC + alpha lipoic acid): 3/day, one month supply = $14.00 (one bottle; 500mg/200mg/90)
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxal-5-phosphate/P5P): 3/day, one month supply = $10.00 (one bottle; 50mg/100)
Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin): 2/day, one month supply = $3.75 (one bottle; 1000mg/100)
Added Protection (without iron): OR Added Protection (with iron): 6/day, one month supply = $19.25
All of these components of the MAC-Pack are also available as individual items; click on links for more information.
1) The NYBC package actually has MORE acetylcarnitine than the double-strength K-PAX. Not a bad idea, especially if you believe, as we do, that acetylcarnitine is probably one of the key elements in the multivitamin-antioxidant combination. (Two a day is probably sufficient if you are just interested in matching the K-PAX formula, but three or more can help if you are dealing with neuropathy.)
2) The multivitamins available through NYBC have somewhat different formulas than the K-PAX (see product labels available on the NYBC website for details). Taking an extra vitamin C tab along with the regular multi would make up for one significant difference. And some might wish to take a bit more calcium and vitamin D3 than Added Protection offers, as bone loss remains a concern among people with HIV.
3) K-PAX only comes with iron; for those with liver issues, this is probably NOT a good idea. With the multivitamin Added Protection, you can choose whether to take iron or not. (Please specify when ordering.)
October 29, 2008
Unexpected liver damage in people with HIV – a connection to ddI? And a potential antidote: NAC
The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) has reported on a small but significant study suggesting that exposure to the anti-HIV drug ddI (didanosine, Videx or Videx EC) may be the cause of otherwise unexplained liver damage in a small percentage of people taking it.
Researchers analysed health information, collected from three clinics, of HIV positive patients with unexplained and unexpected liver disease. All patients underwent extensive medical tests to try to find the cause of their problem(s). In total, the teams found 13 patients (2 females and 11 males) who had the following features in common:
- all had higher-than-normal levels of liver enzymes
- there were no obvious causes of liver problems
- no hepatitis-causing viruses were detected
- none of the participants were alcoholics
- swollen blood vessels in the throat and abdomen
- bleeding in the throat or abdomen
- water retention in the abdomen
- unintentional weight loss
- black stools
- exposure to ddI for at least two years
Researchers decided that all 13 patients should discontinue ddI and replace it with another suitable anti-HIV drug. Once this was done, liver enzyme levels fell and symptoms began to resolve.
Quite interesting was the researcher's speculation about the cause of this liver damage:
[...] ddI may have decreased levels of a protective compound called GSH (glutathione) in cells. GSH is used to make enzymes that help detoxify harmful chemicals. Low levels of GSH may result in liver cells being susceptible to ddI-related toxicity.
The CATIE report goes on to discuss GSH deficiency in people with HIV, and the possibility that this deficiency may be in some cases intensified by ddI. As further noted in the report, the supplement NAC has been used to raise GSH levels. Perhaps NAC has a role to play in preventing the kind of liver damage discussed here? The CATIE reporter leaves the question open-ended:
Experiments with HIV positive people suggest that supplements of the amino acid cysteine (which is converted into GSH inside cells) can raise GSH levels in the blood. A formulation of cysteine called NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine) is used to help detoxify the liver in cases of overdose with the pain medication acetaminophen (Tylenol). To our knowledge, no clinical trials of NAC have been done in ddI users to assess its impact on GSH and liver health.
For NYBC's view on NAC supplementation, see these entries:
PharmaNAC (an effervescent form of NAC, easy to take; made available in North America after some early research on the benefits of NAC supplementation for people with HIV in the 1990s)
ThiolNAC (NAC + alpha lipoic acid–another supplement recommended for liver support)
Note that NAC is also a key component in NYBC's low-cost alternative to the K-Pax multivitamin/antioxidant combination pack:
March 11, 2008
Can supplements reduce cancer risk? – Price and pill count drop for NYBC's low-cost K-pax alternative, the MAC Pack – A healthy response to a recent and sobering New York Times article, "AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer"
These and other stories can be found in the latest issue of the New York Buyers' Club newsletter, THE SUPPLEMENT, now available online at
On this page, you can also browse through SUPPLEMENT issues from the past three years, which contain stories on topics ranging from the latest thinking on supplements and cholesterol control, to US practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine and their formulas for liver health.
You can also visit www.newyorkbuyersclub.org for NYBC's full set of information resources.
February 22, 2008
ThiolNAC (NAC + alpha lipoic acid combination) is back at NYBC
ThiolNAC, a combination of the two antioxidants NAC (N-Acetyl-Cysteine) and Alpha Lipoic Acid, is again available as a combination supplement from the New York Buyers' Club. The manufacturer of this supplement is Montiff, which also produced NYBC's previous version of ThiolNAC.
ThiolNAC (NYBC): NAC 500mg, Lipoic 200mg [90 tablets/bottle].
NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine) is recommended for its antioxidant properties and because studies have suggested it may improve immune function. Often used in Europe to treat chronic bronchitis and chronic sinusitis. Also recommended if you are taking acetaminophen (Tylenol). Alpha Lipoic Acid is widely recognized as a potent antioxidant and liver protective agent. Research suggests it has the capacity to protect many organs and tissues from damaging inflammation due its antioxidant power. Long used to treat neuropathy in diabetics.
Note: ThiolNAC can be used to replace the separate NAC and Lipoic components of NYBC's MAC (Multivitamin Antioxidant Combo) Pack, the purchasing co-op's low-cost alternative to K-Pax.
November 27, 2007
Acetylcarnitine from Montiff
NYBC has been working with this company for some time. The NYBC product that we had was from them, via the contract manufacturing of "mass quantities" through DAAIR. We had that material tested at an independent lab and it came through fine.
This link provides some additional information on the product, which is included as part of the Mac Pack. Don't forget that if you are suffering from neuropathy, the data from Youle's study suggest a higher dose may be necessary.


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"Meaningful" action?
"Meaningful" gun control?
What the hell does that mean? How about "effective" and that ain't gonna happen either…ever. The closest we'll ever come is some knee-jerk political posturing, always after the fact, that 'somebody oughta do sumptin'. It's too late. That ship has sailed. There are hundreds of millions of guns in the possession of millions of Americans and no government agency will ever try to confiscate them, but the bad guys will always be able to get at them.
The ugly truth is that the government will never be able to protect you from bad guys with guns. Like it or not, the last line of defense will always be yourself.
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UTO Change Management Digest 11/20 – 11/27
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012UTO Change Management Digest 11/20 – 11/27
Scheduled Changes
Changes to the ASU Technology Systems scheduled for this week include the following. (This list subject to change.)
Tuesday, 11/20/2012
PA 8:00 AM WEB Web Migration – Undergraduate Admission ITWENTY Application
PA 8:00 AM WEB Web Migration – Undergraduate Form Manager Application
PA 7:00 PM APP Data Warehouse: changes to Financial Aid views
PA 8:00 PM APP PeopleSoft Application Changes
PA 9:00 PM NET Data Center – Configuration Change on Data Center Switch
PA 9:00 PM DC Data Center – Rack Cleanup
Wednesday, 11/21/2012
PA 5:00 AM PO Power Swap – Tempe Campus – Old Main Comm Room
PA 7:00 AM WEB Web Migration – My ASU
Thursday, 11/22/2012
Friday, 11/23/2012
PA 6:00 AM APP Blkbrd LMS – McGraw Hill Connect Create Building Block Update
LI 8:00 AM APP Application – Micros POS
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Sunday, 11/25/2012
LII 6:00 PM NET Network – DRT – Failover Secondary Border Firewall
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PA 7:00 AM WEB Web – QA Server Apache Updates
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Tuesday, 11/27/2012
PA 4:30 AM APP Installation of Service Patch for ISAAC systems
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Another year and another conference is underway. Before you continue reading this post, be sure to check out my impressions from last year's event. It will save me a lot of typing.
Why would I say something like that? Well, to be perfectly honest, not a lot has changed this year it seems. The formula is essentially the same though I will admit that the content feels a bit more polished overall. There is quite literally only 1 talk per profession per session block. Don't like the one and only programming talk for that hour? Well, you better start liking business development or education.
Though the bar is slightly higher from last year, the lack of content makes it difficult to ever feel like you are missing out on something. I generally found myself with an abundance of time between sessions. Where GDC would often pack and overlap sessions at near 15 minute intervals, ECGC would have a 1 hour session followed by a 15 minute break before the next session. Even the 1:30 hour lunch break felt a bit stretched, especially for only a 2 day conference. The entire show had maybe 4 sessions a day.
By GDC standards, 3 or 4 sessions a day might be okay but that is only because there is a massive expo floor to crawl and plenty of developers at each booth who are eager to strike up conversation. This leads me to the other half of the ECGC, the expo floor. Taking up the same tiny space as last year, the exhibitors didn't seem to know why they were there. Many of them lacked the barest of enthusiasm and striking up a conversation was like pulling teeth. I had to run outside and do a quick breath check; was it me??
Some booths didn't even have signs while others had personnel who gave mixed messages. Some were there to show off a new game or software but other individuals from the same booth claimed to be there recruiting. To amplify the confusion, no developers were there to speak with potential recruits. Most of the HR personnel would look up from their texting session to point to a black box and tell you to drop your card in there or point you to the same corporate website that any joe sixpack could have visited without paying to travel to the conference. If I was actively looking for work and flew out here to get personal with a company I would have been pretty upset right about now.
I know it sounds like I'm beating down pretty hard on ECGC but I really did have high hopes to see a little more progress. It is definitely moving in the right direction, but at a turtle's pace. Admittedly many of the things I mentioned above are also reasons why the ticket prices are more affordable. The affordable price tag is a definite draw, but my presence next year is a little more on the fence than it was in 2011. The only real saving grace of the event was the two kenotes given by Zynga's Paul Stephanouk and EA's Paul Barnett.
Paul Stephanouk was very much a quite roar, a man with lots to say but had the undeniable mumble of someone who probably spent more time with his own thoughts than expressing them to the world. It was a bit refreshing to see a personality like that on stage and honestly has put a small crack in the ass hole imagery often portrayed when Zynga's name pops up. He appeared to genuinely care about his games, and his speech was focused on how he stopped making games for himself but instead has turned to making games for his wife and children. I still hate your games Zynga, but Paul has brought a human side to the company that is otherwise known for ripping off small business.
Paul Barnett (I just realized they are both named Paul) was like the Yin to the Yang of Paul Stephanouk. Barnett was a loud, rambunctious, and candid speaking individual who delivered his speech more like a stand up comedy routine than a formal keynote. Playing the crowd like a deck of cards, he often left everyone laughing as hard as he did leave them thinking about their place in the industry. He described what he called the "golden age" and how it changes for each generation. He went on to say that no game will ever be better than the games we all played in our golden age and that we must recognize this when speaking to people of a different golden age. He rambled off some statistics about the newest generation, the millennial generation, and how they valued internet access more than cars, or how email is what "old people do". I listened to his description and it completely shed light on the fact that kids today are a bunch of self entitled brats that don't know how good they have it =). It's all so clear to me now.
Barnett ended his keynote with a string of statements that were sure to be humorous, but like any good comedy, has a lining of truth. To paraphrase, he said, "There are three kinds of developers. The first kind are the greats; and if you are here listening to me you are not one of them." Admittedly game conferences have this sort of weird chemical way of dragging me down a bit, but that line gave me pause and I've been soul searching ever since. Who knows, maybe my search will lead me back to where I am now, but I won't know until I question my place.
Over all, these two keynotes and a few other needles in the stack were saving graces for this conference. But if they hope to entice a wider array of professionals from around the US or the world, the East Coast Games Conference has a very long road ahead. Education focused talks are fine but with such a short list of sessions there needs to be a stronger focus on professionals with less talks for the common kid on the street. If I wanted to learn a textbook definition of cloud computing or navigation meshes, or learn high level lessons like "social games are a growing space" I could open Wikipedia. I attend conferences to learn what the books can't tell you and converse with industry people who share the same love, but this year I just wasn't feeling the love.


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People who live their dreams expect to encounter adversity and setbacks. It isn't a question of whether it's going to happen; it's a question of when. It's impossible to do anything worthwhile without meeting up with adversity and setbacks. You hope your judgment is right more often than it's wrong, but mistakes are inevitable, and you need to know ahead of time exactly what you are going to do when setbacks come your way. A strategic plan increases the probability you will survive adversity with your objectives intact
There are eight common sense steps you can take when adversity pays an unwelcome visit.
1. Never panic.
2. Make a limited and orderly retreat.
3. Sacrifice only those things that are unimportant and expendable.
4. Assess the situation.
5. Marshall your resources.
6. Plan your counterattack.
7. Take enthusiastic, positive, and fearless action.
8. Never quit.
Panic is a non-resourceful state that makes it impossible to deal with adversity in a constructive manner. Apparent calamity is a time for calm determination. Step back from the problem, regain your composure, and deal with adversity after you regain an objective state of mind.
Panic causes you to lose your perspective, and taking precipitous actions in a panic-stricken state is likely to make your problems worse. When you feel panic welling up inside, it's time to stop acting and start thinking. That's not to say you shouldn't take immediate action when there is a life threatening emergency; just be certain what you're doing is appropriate, and it actually makes the situation better rather than worse.
In 2004, there was a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed nearly 200,000 people and washed millions of tons of debris out to sea. We had to sail our yacht from Thailand through all of that debris in order to reach the Mediterranean Sea. There were three large debris fields, and the only way to get across the Indian Ocean was to sail through all three. It was scary to sail blindly at night wondering whether you were going to run into floating logs or even whole trees. The first two debris fields off Thailand and the Nicobar Islands had smaller size debris, and except for floating logs, weren't too much of a worry.
South of Sri Lanka, it was a completely different story. There were hundred foot trees floating in the water and if you hit one of them, they could easily sink your boat. When we talked with other yachts on high frequency radio, we heard tales of them sailing over logs in the night causing damage to their rudder. This was a real opportunity for the voice of fear to fill my mind with panic.
Fortunately, panic never got the upper hand. In fact, we kept panic easily at bay by simply taking down our sails at sunset and drifting alongside the debris all night long. After sunrise the next morning, we again raised our sails and carefully worked our way out of the debris field, sailing past giant trees that could have damaged or sunk our yacht.
If we had panicked, and irrationally sailed at top speed through the night because we wanted to escape the debris field as quickly as possible, we probably would have sustained serious damage to our yacht. Panic could have had potentially lethal complications.
When adversity pays an unwelcome visit, make sure you don't let panic come in the front door. You can handle adversity and setbacks as long as panic stays away.
It is rare that a mistake is so large and so wrong that all is lost. You can usually assume a fall back position. In any campaign, you should have fallback positions prepared in advance for the moment of adversity. This guarantees that if you experience a setback, you limit the amount of damage and the amount of ground lost. A limited and orderly retreat is preferable to total unconditional surrender, and the amount of ground lost and assets compromised may be smaller than feared.
When we sailed up the Red Sea, we always had a fallback position and an alternate destination we could head for. More than once, we had to make a limited and orderly retreat because it was impossible to continue.
One evening, we left a secure anchorage in southern Egypt, and motored north in flat calm seas without a breath of wind. We thought we had it made in the shade; our next destination was only forty miles north, and we would get there just after daylight the next day. It was a great plan except for one thing; at one o'clock in the morning, the wind suddenly increased to forty knots directly on the nose, and within one hour all forward progress stopped.
When the wind blows that strongly, it's not long before the seas build up and start breaking over the yacht. The boat motion becomes dangerously chaotic, and it becomes progressively more difficult to keep the boat safely under control. That's exactly what happened to us; we were in trouble in the middle of the night, and we had to make a limited and orderly retreat back to where we started eight hours previously.
Although it wasn't fun getting beaten up by strong winds and heavy seas in the middle of the night, at least it wasn't an overwhelming problem, because we had a fallback position to which we could make a limited and orderly retreat. We were mentally and physically exhausted when we put our anchor down in the morning, but at least we had not lost ground from where we started.
That's what you try to do when setbacks happen. Give up the least amount of ground possible, and quickly regroup at a fallback position. Just because you can't move forward, and just because you temporarily have to go into reverse, doesn't mean you have to go back to square zero.
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I finally selected the Panasonic BDT210 as my Blu-ray player and gave it a try on Saturday night with the Blu-ray version of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rented from Redbox). The verdict? It looked and sounded really, really good.
The BDT210 was on sale at Best Buy last week so I took the bait. Also, these players come with a coupon redeemable for a copy of Avatar 3D and people are reselling the BD for around $100. By the time I get my copy of the BD (8-12 weeks according to the coupon) the price will probably be closer to $19 but we'll see...
Like my other two recent purchases (the TV and the soundbar), my new Blu-ray player is loaded with complicated features and I struggled a bit with the audio setup. The player is set up to output 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound sampled at 96 kHz and my Sony soundbar will not handle anything over 48 kHz so it took some time with the user manual to find the right settings. It took quite a bit of reading and experimenting to get everything set up and I hope I don't need to change it for a long time because I will forget all the details within the next 5-7 days.
One other tidbit I learned about TV audio... if you drive your audio equipment with a connection from the TV you can get only 2-channel stereo regardless of the type of connection. Most all new televisions will output surround sound only when the source is over-the-air. If you are using a cable box, or other equipment such as a DVD/BD player, as the input source, the TV will "down-convert" the sound as per some licensing restriction. So, boys and girls, feed your audio equipment directly from the box/player for the best sound.


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With jobless rates falling in every metropolitan area across Missouri, the labor market is showing signs of improvement, the Missouri Journal reported.
The unemployment rate in April dropped in each of the state's eight metro areas compared to the previous month, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In the St. Louis area, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in April compared to 8.4 percent the month before.
The jobless rate fell to 6.6 percent during April throughout the Kansas City area, down from 7.6 percent during March.
In the Springfield metro area, the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent during April compared to 7.1 percent in March.
Continuing with the largest to the smallest metro areas across Missouri, the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent from 5.2 percent in Columbia, dropped to 6.1 percent from 6.8 percent in Joplin, declined to 5.6 percent from 6.4 percent in Jefferson City, fell to 5.8 percent from 6.6 percent in St. Joseph, and fell to 6.3 percent from 7.2 percent in Cape Girardeau.
The unemployment rate across the state inched lower to 7.3 percent during April compared to 7.4 percent in March, according to data released earlier this month by the federal statistical agency.
As Missouri Journal reported, more people in the state started jobs in April than left the labor force for the first time this year. To be counted as unemployed, a person must be actively seeking work.
In the metro areas, the labor force climbed in Kansas City, Joplin and Jefferson City, while staying even in Springfield and Cape Girardeau. The labor force fell in St. Louis, Columbia and St. Joseph.


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