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Gauges/monitor first!!! You need to check the health of your motor for known issues. After you have addressed the issues, your ready for power mods.
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The best bang for the buck will be the ScangaugeII ($160ish), but you'll need analog fuel psi and EGT gauges. It looks cheap, but gets the job done.
The Edge Insight CS/CTS will monitor everything needed for the 6.0. You'll need the expandable cables and probe/sensor for fuel psi and EGT, which cost extra. The old school analog gauges can get costly and take up room when you mount them in the cab. IMO, the minimum would be EGT,fuel psi, ECT,EOT, and trans if you tow. If you owned a '03-'04, then throw in a boost gauge. The ScangaugeII and Insight CS/CTS will monitor WAY more than you could afford analog gauges. It just depends on how deep your pockets are and what you prefer to look at. The ScangaugeII is plain number readout, the CS/CTS has a fancy display. |
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Firstly, congrats on the new truck and welcome to the org! As everyone has already stated, gauges first before any tuner. There are some tuners out there, like the EDGE Evolution CS & CTS models that have gauges built in, but truthfully the SCT is where its at for a programmer. The EDGE Insight CS, which is a digital multi-gauge much similar to the Evolution just without tuning is probably one of our biggest sellers, that coupled with the SCT tuner creates a powerful duo. Exhaust wise, everyone is going to tell you differently, I prefer the 4" kits with a muffler and the 5" kits without a muffler. Intakes are another one of those endless topics that we can all debate on for years, but when it comes down to it, go with the AFE Stage 1 or the S&B Cold Air Kit. Both of them are at a great price and both are great filters. If you have any further questions let me know!
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But the Duke lacrosse rape case, which has drawn a firestorm of national attention and debate over the past 14 months, has shown a tendency for involving even those far from North Carolina. What began in March 2006 as an ordinary rape investigation quickly ignited an increasingly public and widespread discourse on racism, sexism and college athletics.
The reverberations has been felt even in faraway Williamstown as three current and former Williams professors have played roles peripheral to the case, which came to a legal conclusion on April 11 when North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper cleared the three accused lacrosse players of all charges.
Few commentators on the alleged attack have drawn as much attention as Grant Farred, a former professor and junior varsity soccer coach at Williams in the late 1990s who has since moved on to Duke. Currently a visiting professor of Africana Studies at Williams this semester, Farred delivered a talk titled "Public Secrets, Public Scandals: the Event of Duke Lacrosse" at Griffin Hall on Monday.
Farred decried the finality of Cooper's declaration of innocence and what he considered the all-encompassing immunity it offered the accused. Though he eventually admitted that the three players were not guilty of rape or kidnapping as initially charged, Farred felt that they (and the rest of the lacrosse team) have shown "a tendency toward misogyny and arrogant sexual prowess."
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"The Duke lacrosse program is indicted here not for whatever happened on that night, but for its past its blemished past," Farred said. "The lacrosse team has a history of being inhospitable, of being bad neighbors to Durham ... it is the history of racism in the South."
Farred first achieved a measure of recognition as one of the 88 faculty signers (commonly known as the Group of 88) of an advertisement in The Chronicle, the student newspaper at Duke. The final statement in the full-page notice read, "We're turning up the volume in a moment when some of the most vulnerable among us are being asked to quiet down while we wait. To the students speaking individually and to the protesters making collective noise, thank you for not waiting."
Farred created more controversy last October when he wrote an editorial in The Herald-Sun, the primary daily newspaper of Durham, that accused Duke students then participating in a voter registration campaign of "closing ranks against Durham" and "(displacing) the problem of racism from the lacrosse team and the university to Durham's political system."
On Monday, Farred reserved some of his harshest criticism for the North Carolina legal system: "The law is madness because it is megalomaniacal. The law is authoritative and tyrannical enough to close this event with a single word and a press conference."
Asked how his experiences as a coach at Williams had influenced his thinking, Farred responded, "I don't understand institutional loyalty. I don't understand the uncritical relationship between sports and institutions."
Farred, who courteously declined to answer questions from the Transcript afterwards, claimed that the lacrosse program at Duke operated from a privileged position that allowed athletes any misconduct as long as they performed well on the field.
The audience on Monday was mostly supportive in its questioning, but another former Williams professor has established himself as perhaps the foremost critic of Farred's actions with regard to the Duke case.
K.C. Johnson, who taught history at Williams from 1995 to 1999 and is currently a professor at Brooklyn College, has become one of the most unlikely figures in the public debate over the Duke lacrosse case. Initially intrigued by an interest in what he termed "academic groupthink," Johnson began posting messages on a historians' Web log concerning the investigation. As his interest grew, he formed a blog of his own the amusingly named "Durham-in-Wonderland" and became a highly prominent critic of the prosecution of the case and professors such as Farred.
"Maybe I'm naive, but I'd like to think that the academy stands for due process," he said in a phone interview recently. "The more involved I became in the case, the more upset I became. This was basically a case where everything was upside down. Nothing was happening as it should have."
Johnson, who at this point posts several long blogs per day and has become incredibly well versed in the investigation's minutiae, is also the co-author of an upcoming book about the case.
Of Farred, Johnson would only say, "He has unusual attitudes toward sports," referring to his former colleague's book "Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA."
Johnson also said his experiences with Williams athletics were overwhelmingly positive.
"Athletically, Williams is kind of the Division 3 equivalent of Duke, where you have the combination of high-class academics with high-class athletics," he said. "I had a decent number of athletes in my classes at Williams. Some were extremely smart and some weren't, but all were very hard working in the classroom. This idea that athletes are somehow given special treatment at academically elite institutions just felt false to me. I didn't have the sense that Williams had compromised its academic standards for athletics."
Johnson's comparison between the two colleges didn't sit right with Williams President Morton O. Schapiro, who noted that Duke is a major research university with more than 12,000 students, while Williams is six times smaller.
"I wouldn't overplay that," he said of the similarities between his institution and Duke. "The world in Division 1 is so different than Division 3. I'm not saying we can't learn something from Duke and Duke can't learn something from us, but they're in a completely different world down there. I know Division 1. It's a different ball game."
Schapiro also was tangentially involved in the lacrosse case as a member of the Presidential Council, one of the five committees that Duke President Richard H. Brodhead formed in the immediate aftermath of the accusations.
The council's mission, according to Schapiro, was to "scrutinize Duke's responses to the lacrosse team incident, advise the president on best practices in other university settings and consider ways Duke can promote its values."
Schapiro, who thinks he was asked to join because of his past experience with athletics as a dean at the University of Southern California, traveled to Durham last November. His duties for a weekend consisted mainly of reviewing reports by the other four committees. He was unable to attend the council's most recent meeting several months ago but provided a critique of a final overarching document published in February called "The Report of the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee."
Schapiro said the primary lesson he drew from his experience was the importance of campus communication. Unlike Farred and Johnson, he had only praise for Duke's administration.
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Janet Jackson was forced to postpone Monday night's Bell Centre concert in Montreal at the last minute after being rushed to a hospital "due to illness," according to promoter Gillett Entertainment Group."We're not entirely sure [what happened]," said Michal Wielgus, a representative for Gillett, reached shortly before 8 p.m. "We don't have all the details. We just found out 20 minutes ago."
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Don't tell me she's about to try and pull a Britney. You know they go crazy for a minute (ie, record sales drop, being dropped from label, hospitalization) and then go on two win FIVE MTV moonmen.
Get well Janet.
I smell a comeback and an album dropping (on an independent label) soon.
She ain't sick. Nobody goes to the hospital for exhaustion and dehydration. I fwe walked into the emergency room with that sh!t, they'll laught at us and send our ass to bed. TRUST, she ain't sick. . .
loves me some janet damita jo. an icon.
get well baby.
and i agree if this were madonna, cher, or any of the white older icons (tina too LOL…) age would not be an issue. madonna dances hard as anybody and just turned 5-0…
She just wants some publicity i dont think anyone even knew she was on tour………..
She actually canceled her concer here in Detroit last weekend. They rescheduled it for late October with no explanation and it was sold out!
I think she's probably in pretty good shape and will probably recouperate just fine! She hasnt toured in a while, and dehydration and exhaustion seem to happen to alot of artists remember, Kelly Rowland, Beyone, Mariah, Aretha, Micheal Jackson..and those are just the ones I remember!!
This is a stunt…my Mom is over 50 years old and she speed walks every other day 3 miles (No joke, I can't keep up with her and I am in my 20′s).
Janet has the best health care that money can buy and I know she eats right. My Momma eats all kinds of Fatty Southern food and she doesn't get exhaustion.
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This week Pat Buchanan posted an article about whether the Republican Party has a future at all. Most of his arguments are tied to demographics and raw numbers, but he also brought up the fact that massive immigration–both legal and illegal–has created a vast new base of entitlement-seekers who will always vote for Democrats to expand the welfare-state. This effect is doubled when you factor in the abortion rate and subsequent reductions of native-born Americans.
To be sure, the Republican Party has never been a comprehensively conservative party. They've become the de facto conservative party in contrast to the Democrats. In reality, the Republicans represent soft liberalism whereas the Democrats are basically socialists. Even so, continued losses by Republican candidates are indicative of a declining conservative movement. With controlled immigration a distant memory, the Republicans seem destined to remain a minority party.
But what about abortion? After all, abortion is a huge factor in what drives mass-immigration. The nearly 50 million children murdered through abortion in America since 1973 represent 50 million less native-born workers in the labor market. Immigration has filled that gap and then some. The vast majority of immigrants come from nations that have virtually no concept of limited government, the rule of law, or federalism which are rooted in America's Anglo-Protestant heritage.
The result of this demographic shift has been painfully obvious. In their attempt to emulate Democrats in their level of pandering, the Republican leadership has supported amnesty for illegal aliens, an expansion of entitlements, and numerous bailouts for disaffected groups. Yet none of this has benefited the GOP electorally. Today's Republican Party is a mess and the prevailing sentiments are to move the party even further to the Left.
In their failure to seriously bring an end to legalized abortion, the Republicans have committed political suicide. To be sure, there probably would have been increased immigration even if abortion had remained illegal. However, there would not have been the type of mass third-world immigration that has been the American experience as of late. Culturally, socially, and politically the alternative would have been a much more conservative America.
For decades, the Republicans held over the heads of social conservatives the possibility of reversing Roe v. Wade without any real intention of doing so. In fact, the Republicans have a policy of preemptive concession when it comes to abortion. Superficial gains may be made here and there–just enough to keep pro-lifers coming back to the polls to support them every election cycle.
With Democrats having strong majorities in both houses of Congress, amnesty for illegal aliens is virtually inevitable. If given the chance, President Obama will most certainly push for it the way Bush did. In doing so, the Democrats are guaranteeing their own political future as amnesty will mean a permanent Democratic majority. From that point on, the Republican Party will fade away into relative obscurity, taking with it the conservative movement it never represented in the first place.
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Abortion, immigration issues, and the death of conservatism are indications of an increasingly self-centered, individualistic, political paradigm shift that's taking place in the United States, right now.
Your statement, "Republicans represent soft liberalism whereas the Democrats are basically socialists," is, I believe, a very accurate assessment of the two parties' positions.
Conservatism is dying, and with its death, there will be new challenges for new generations, whose children will have to live with the consequences of their parents' actions, just as our children have.
To expect everything to remain the same may fuel news, discussion, and debate, but it is naive.
roho on 22 Jan 2009 at 2:25 pm #
I agree, but feel that the historical timeline is behind. "Conservatism" was placed in a wheel chair cripled, long ago. Many years later it died. And just over the past 8 years it was burried.
Conservatism was the "Dixiecrats" and George Wallace was the last man standing. Neocons were never able to "infiltrate" the Dixiecrats. After the death of George Wallace, the GOP hijacked a new force called "TV Evangelism", inorder to create "Christian Zionism". One of the most destructive forces against Conservatism was LBJ, whom became the Architect for the destruction of any conservative vallues, heritage, and continuity.
Long ago, George Wallace knew that only through a 3rd party, would Conservatism survive. But, it was new Republicans still trying to find their place in the GOP under Reagan that true conservatism was leaving it's roots out of hatred for liberalism. And now they lay on the floor underneath the GOP table waiting for table scraps, still listening to their TV evangelists and wondering how much farther they will move to the left?
God bless Strom Thurman and George C. Wallace.
Ivan on 22 Jan 2009 at 2:32 pm #
Problem is: the vast majority of those aborted babies were Black. Blacks vote for Democrat candidates at an even higher rate than immigrants. The Republican strategy (which is still in progress, and may or may not backfire in the long run) was to appeal to the support for traditional family and limited government one finds in Mexican immigrants. The problems the Republicans have faced in this strategy is that in a couple of generations, the descendants of Mexican immigrants no longer embrace traditional family values, or an appreciation for limited government. They begin to resemble the typical American, and embrace the rejection of tradition and limited government, in favor of "progressive values" and socialism.
To claim that Barack Obama was elected because there are fewer Blacks than there would have been if abortion was illegal is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
telecomsearch on 22 Jan 2009 at 4:39 pm #
Indeed, the purpose of unfettered allowances for illegal immigration is also to continue the support of the great Ponzi scheme known as FICA and SSI aka the Social Security System.
Without new legal and illegal immigrants feeding the bottom, it would quickly wither away in a great political debacle, of which, all Washington pols with to cowardly avoid. Indeed, "white" citizens do not supply enough new contributors. -
roho on 22 Jan 2009 at 6:44 pm #
Take a walk down memory lane and read this speech:
George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax". July 4, 1964.
The greatest orator of the 2oth century IMHO.
ERIC on 24 Jan 2009 at 6:42 pm #


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UAA's new "Amazing Stories" brand, chocolate tasting with Chef Vern, Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup, Physical Sciences Building remodel and a generous donation of a Boeing 727 to UAA's aviation department.
Dear UAA Community,
We are in a time of focus and change and I want to share one amazing example: restructuring of the credit transfer process.
• UAA transferred in 275,000 credits last year, 41 percent more than just four years earlier. • 6,000 students transferred in credits to UAA last year, 65 percent more than four years earlier. • UAA continues to build articulation agreements with University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and popular universities in the Lower 48 allowing for the quick and seamless transfer of credits from one degree program to another. • 100 percent of UAS and UAF's GER courses now transfer into UAA and satisfy the same GER requirement at UAA.
Today, UAA's transfer credit processing time is three days, compared to 45 days in 2011.
This change was accomplished through focus and collaboration. The UAA Office of the Registrar focused on improving the effectiveness and efficiency with which students enter the university, receive optimal placement and advising, and navigate the pathways through programs to graduation. The Registrar's Office partnered with the offices of Admissions, Student Financial Assistance, Electronic Student Services and Academic Affairs to make this happen. Registrars from UAA, UAS and UAF now collaborate as a Transfer Credit Team, meeting regularly to strengthen transferability of credits in the University of Alaska System. Read the PDF report.
Focus and change are fundamental to improving the way we do things. Thanks to the outstanding partnership between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs we are making real progress.
I couldn't think of a better way to show you our new brand in action. This is just one of the "Amazing Stories Being Written Every Day" at UAA!
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Bob McDonnell, director of Business Services, received the 2013 Operations Award from the Northwest Association of College and University Housing Officers for outstanding service in the housing operation areas, particularly in his work outside of the traditional residence life arena.
Director Carol Swartz
Homer Council on the Arts presented Kenai Peninsula College Kachemak Bay campus Director Carol Swartz with the Arts in Education Award for 2012.
Diane Hirshberg, director of the UAA Center for Alaska Education Policy Research (CAEPR), shared with Juneau legislators CAEPR's current research agenda and introduced the work that CAEPR is doing in partnership with the Alaska Statewide Policy Research Alliance (ASPRA), a partnership between CAEPR, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, the legislature, district superintendents and other key stakeholders.
Dr. Sharon Chamard, faculty, Justice Center; Barbara Armstrong, editor, Alaska Justice Forum, Justice Center; Justice alumna Heather MacAlpine, Municipality of Anchorage associate ombudsman; and Susan Hviid, administrative assistant, UAA/APU Consortium Library Dean's Office, volunteered at the 11th Annual Project Homeless Connect.
Program note
The University of Alaska Center for Economic Development (CED), housed in the College of Business and Public Policy, reports providing technical assistance to 20 client projects*. These include clients with new technologies or products approaching CED to assist with business planning that leverages debt financing. UAF faculty, as well as students from across all three MAUs, are contributing to CED projects throughout the state.
• AKSourceLink, CED's entrepreneurial portal, has had more than 30,000 unique visitors and has more than 140 resource partners shared through the site. UAF Cooperative Extension Services has been an active collaborator and partner in AKSourceLink.
• Entrepreneurial programming with CED support includes Entrepreneurial Edge, Entrepreneurial Bootcamp and, with help from Rick Wolk, UAS support, CED is working to expand programming to prison and veteran populations.
• More than 30 economic development professionals participated in CED's Basic Economic Development course — Alaska now has two CED professionals with several others in the process of obtaining this professional designation.
* source: CED mid-year report
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The three-year renovation of the science building is complete. The revamped Natural Sciences Building is making it possible to double the number of physics classes offered. More on the renovation.
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Seawolf Athlete Micah Chelimo was named the NCAA Division II Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2012 cross country season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Mat-Su College Computer Systems Technology program students competed in the USA/Canada Post-Secondary 2012 NetRiders competition. MSC is the only academy from Alaska to be competing this year. This competition is open to all U.S. and all the provinces in Canada and provides an opportunity for Networking Academy students to learn Networking /IT skills through a series of online exams and simulation activities. More...
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The University of Alaska Press published a new book "Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands" by Kodiak College adjunct/employee Sara Loewen-Danelski, a graduate of UAA's M.F.A. program in creative writing.
Matanuska-Susitna College Business Professor Holly Bell was published in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Feb. 8. Her article "Regulator, Go Slow on Reining in High-Speed Trading" provided insight into high-speed algorithmic trading.
Associate professor and coordinator of the French Department of Languages Sudarsan Rangarajan's article "Gide's La Synmphonie pastorale as a Bildungsroman" has been accepted for publication in Neophilologus, an International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature.
Public squarees
Leslie Tuovenin, interim director of International Affairs, and Irene Gawel from GlobaLinks
UAA's Office of International Affairs organized the Global Opportunities Expo to encourage exploration of the connections between study abroad, academic programs and international internships and careers. Exhibitors included the Peace Corps, Engineers Without Borders, Consulate of Japan in Anchorage, College of Business and Public Policy and many others. Read more...
Matanuska-Susitna College Assistant Professor Dan Mielke and his second year refrigeration and heating students installed a walk-in cooler (8' x 8') for the Big Lake Food Pantry. The cooler and most of the refrigeration equipment were made possible by the generous grant of $14,000 given by Mat-Su Health Foundation. Read more...
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UAA alumni are invited to a tailgate party before the Governor's Cup UAA/UAF hockey game on Saturday.
UAA Alumni Association inducted its interim board of directors including Ben Anderson, Reporter, Alaska Dispatch; Heather Cavanaugh, Director of Corporate Communications, Alaska Communications; Carol Comeau, Retired Superintendent, Anchorage School District; Patty Hickok, Director of Employee Relations, NANA Development Corporation; Leverette G. Hoover, General Manager, Siemens Industry Inc. – Alaska; Andrew Romerdahl, General Manager, PTP Management Inc.; and Eric Wohlforth, Senior Partner/Attorney, Wohlforth, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking APC. Rachel Morse, interim director of Alumni Relations for the University of Alaska Anchorage is ex-officio and will serve as the board's executive director. Special advisors to the board are: Cathleen Hahn, Certified Public Accountant, Cathleen S. Hahn CMA CPA LLC; Gloria O'Neill, President & CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council; and Dave Rand, CEO, ATS Alaska.
One more amazing story:
UAA's freshman retention rates are approaching an all-time high this year. The first-time, full-time retention rate among baccalaureate degree-seeking freshmen is 71.5 percent in FY13, a 0.8 percent increase from FY12 and a 3.9 percent increase from FY06. The combined associate and baccalaureate first-time, full-time degree-seeking retention rate is 67.6 percent for FY13, a 1.3 percent increase from FY12 and a 4.4 percent increase from FY06. Currently, nearly 90 percent of Anchorage campus degree-seeking freshmen enrolled for the first-time in fall 2012 are continuing with their enrollment this spring semester — a new record.
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A New Character Joins 'Two Wives'
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Albert's ex-girlfriend returns in the the top-rating Korean drama "Two Wives" beginning Monday (Oct 8).
Albert's ex-girlfriend, Cheska, returns in his life as his new boss. Cheska was chosen to become the new regional director in the company where both Albert and Yvonne work for.
What is her purpose for stepping back into Albert's life? Is she an ally or an enemy? How will she affect Yvonne and Albert's relationship? Don't miss the intensifying story of the country's number one morning Korean drama, "Two Wives," before "Be Careful With My Heart" on ABS-CBN's Umaganda.


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Short stroking & mag release leaver pin drifting out. I could not get this Rifle to feed by hand from the Factory 5 RND Mag. I ordered two thirty round magazines. Bulgarian black circle ten. It would function manually smoothly with them. However, when fired it would not extract fully and many occasions when it did extract fully, the bolt did not come back far enough to strip and feed the next round. "IE" closing on empty chamber and bolt catching the side of the casing instead of the back of the head.
What is the likely hood.
#1 Not enough gas,= Short stroking?
#2 Too much gas,= Causing the bolt to bounce back faster than the mag can push up the next round? At times not giving the casing time to clear the chamber.
#3 I notice manually cambering the round with the hammer down the carrier hits the HAMMER at a bad angle. Causing a lot of extra force to kick the hammer back. I believe this could be robbing the momentum of the action process. However If this is the problem shurley Arsenal would have found this as a common problem?
Surely someone else has this problem? If so? I could really use some info on this. I have a RMA# from Arsenal and I am ready to send it back. However I would prefer to avoid that if possible.
Please advise.
gsd2053 [Member]
Ok, Well I used a lapping compound on the hammer and the carrier contact points. Cleaned it up and sprayed some CLP on it. Flawless. Simply flawless. It runs like a raped ape now. The hammer and carrier had a rough contact point. That was robbing the momentum of the extraction process. It runs perfect on the two blk circle 10 thirty rounders. I fired 10 Remington soft point loads though it first. I figured the had more power than the Tula and Wolf. I then fired 30 rounds of Wolf then 30 rounds of Tula. All ran flawlessly. I ran 310 rounds without a single problem. I even folded the stock held it loosely beside myself and fired a few mags through it to see if the week hold on the rifle would produce a failure and it fan 100%. The rifle has gained my trust as reliable. I hope this helps anyone who may encounter this issue.
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Director John Malkovich
Playwright Christopher Hampton
Based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Set design Pierre-François Limbosch
Costume, hair, and makeup Mina Ly
Lighting Christophe Grelié
Music Nicolas Errèra
Fight director François Rostain
Sophie Barjac (Madame de Rosemonde), Agathe Le Bourdonnec (Cécile de Volanges), Jina Djemba (Madame de Tourvel), Lazare Herson-Macarel (Azolan), Mabô Kouyaté (Chevalier Danceny), Yannik Landrein (Vicomte de Valmont), Pauline Moulène (Madame de Volanges), Julie Moulier (Marquise de Merteuil) and Lola Naymark (Emilie)
More than twenty-five years ago, John Malkovich soared to international stardom with his memorable performance of Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's Academy Award–winning film Dangerous Liaisons. Now, Malkovich steps into the role of director with his modern interpretation of this famous story, based on Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 novel that centers around the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, a pair of restless and seemingly amoral aristocrats who form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game—one they play with wit and style, and diabolically well. This updated script by Christopher Hampton deftly translates the original source material into the world of today—among other details, love letters become text messages and emails—making the seductive power of this perverse conflict irresistibly new.
Performed in French with English supertitles.
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"Malkovich steers Liaisons with dramatic savoir-faire."
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This production contains nudity and explicit adult situations.
This performance is approximately two hours and 35 minutes, with one intermission.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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1Legendary Texas singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen brings his storytelling and musical talents back to Fort Worth with a performance at Bass Hall on Saturday. He's calling it his Merry Christmas from the Fam-O-Lee Tour. If you can't wait, he plays Friday night at the House of Blues in Dallas.
House of Blues: 8 p.m. Friday, 2200 N. Lamar St., Dallas. $33.75-$97.50. 214-978-2583; hob.com
Bass Hall: 8 p.m. Saturday, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth. $33-$82.50. 817-212-4280; basshall.com
2We don't need any Canadians to tell us how to get our Cirque on. Enjoy North Texas' own Lone Star Circus this weekend, and through Tuesday, when it presents Cirque Banquiste!, featuring an assortment of clowns, acrobats, hand balancers, aerialists -- and dogs. Be sure to get there early -- about 45 minutes early -- for the pre-show in the lobby.
7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Monday, 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938 Skillman Ave., Dallas. $20-$25 children, $38-$46 adults. 214-206-1449; lonestarcircus.com
New Year's Eve
3Neither Anderson Cooper nor Ryan Seacrest will be there, but that won't stop the annual Big D NYE celebration from drawing crowds from all over the Metroplex to Victory Park. It's a free, open-air party with entertainment from Breaking Southwest, DJ Ro Parrish, Forever the Sickest Kids, Leogun, Time Machine and Arlington's The Sing-Off winners, Pentatonix.
7 p.m.-1 a.m. Monday at American Airlines Center and Victory Park, 2500 Victory Lane, Dallas. Free; the DART Rail stops at Victory Park. www.bigdnye.com
4Sometimes you want to celebrate the new year in a familiar place, and if you're a Stockyards regular, there's no better place than Billy Bob's Texas on New Year's Eve. This year, the Casey Donahew Band will ring in 2013.
10:30 p.m. Monday at Billy Bob's, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, in the Fort Worth Stockyards. $20-$30. 817-624-7117; www.billybobstexas.com
5Are raves coming back? Did they ever go away? Lights All Night, a three-day New Year's weekend party featuring some of the biggest names in dance music, has moved to Fair Park this year, and features DJs and bands on four stages. Headliners include Diplo, Tiesto, Avicii, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris, Axwell and Ghostland Observatory.
Saturday-Monday. General admission is $99 each day, with three-day passes for $199; VIP packages are $450-$999, with additional hotel packages available. www.lightsallnight.com
6The story of a boy and his need to dance comes to Hurst with a production of Footloose the Musical at the Artisan Center Theater in Hurst. The regular run begins Thursday and continues through Feb. 9. But there are two New Year's Eve performances, with the 5 p.m. show featuring appetizers, dinner and party favors. The 8:30 p.m. set has appetizers, dessert, party favors and an '80s-themed dance afterward. This is a nonalcoholic event.
5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Monday at Artisan Center Theater, Hurst. $35 for 5 p.m. ticket, $25 for 8:30 p.m. ticket, $9-$18 for regular run tickets. 817-284-1200; artisanct.com
Local arts
7 Black Spurs, which celebrates the history of black cowboys, completes its run at Jubilee Theatre on Sunday. This is your last chance to see the show before it rides off into the sunset.
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Jubilee Theatre, 506 Main St., Fort Worth. $10-$25. 817-338-4411; jubileetheatre.org
8The last day for laughter and learning at Stars Theater's Holiday Komedy Kamp for Kids will be Friday. Kids ages 8-12 will receive either a full day, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., or half day, 9 a.m.-noon, of instruction in comedy and performance technique.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday at ONSTAGE, Bedford Boys Ranch Park, 2819 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford. Full day $200 plus $10 registration fee; half day, $125 plus $10 registration. 817-925-1430; www.starstheater.org
9The holidays are the perfect time to take your kids to experience the Dinosaurs Live! exhibit at the Heard Museum in McKinney. Families will encounter life-size animatronic dinosaurs, including a 46-foot-long T. rex, along the nature trails. The trail is jogging stroller-friendly.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 3. Closed Mondays. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Place, McKinney. Admission is $11; $8 for ages 60 and older and ages 3-12; free for ages 2 and younger. 972-562-5566; www.heardmuseum.org
10Catch the final days of Legoland Discovery Center's Holly Jolly Holidays, through Monday. Santa joins this seasonal celebration in Miniland, where kids can compete to win fun prizes in the Lego Champion Game Tournament from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For a donation to Merlin's Magic Wand, build a Lego ornament or participate in holiday-themed builds, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Open 10 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday and 11 a.m. Sunday. Legoland Discovery Center, 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, Grapevine. Admission: $19 ages 13 and older, $15 ages 3-12, free for kids 2 and younger. 469-444-3050; www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/dallasfw.
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New York -- U.S. stock markets jumped out of the gate Thursday as the New York Stock Exchange welcomed General Motors back into the fold as a public company.
Listed as "GM," the automaker returned to public trading after undergoing bankruptcy in the summer of 2009 and paring down its assets.
Its initial public offering was on track to fall short of a record, but came close by raising more than $18 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. In New York, GM was celebrated in lights, with cars parked in front of the New York Stock Exchange and in company T-shirts worn over button-down shirts and ties.
Most importantly, share prices rose. GM quickly added $1.81 or 5.48 percent to $34.82 from its initial share price.


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Otter vs Walrus
The Walrus. Of the Marine Mammals, it is widely looked upon as the most evil. The most feared. The most racist. They eat penguins (I think) and have big scary tusks. They look like the animal equivalent of a slave plantation owner. Thankfully, the owners of this Sea Otter are aware that when their little otter grows up and wants to move out, it just may find itself up against one of these old men. This video is great. It may go on a little too long for some you ADHD animal internet video watchers, but *spoiler alert* if you watch long enough, another otter will appear
Oh, and don't think Walruses are all that bad?
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The otter video is beyond cute, I couldnt bring myself to watch the walrus...
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Oh yeah same happened to me.. where was it? Oh yeah Blue Maccaroni.. er sorry I mean Blue Martini. Where do I sign up to be added to the court case. Its not about the money its about the principle.. When was I there? Er.. yeah couple or three weeks back. Had a half dozen or so Martini's and fell over. Woke up with a killer headache, must have been something in those drinks cuz I'm usually good for a half dozen or so.......
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How absolutely gorgeous is the vibrant turquoise blue of Camille's hair?! I love the way it fades so nicely into a lighter turquoise. Here is what Camille says about her hair:
Mixture of light turquoise and dark purpley blue.
First I bleached out all other colors and then took 2 hair color bottles and went wild. And it came out extremely amazing. And the colors fade amazingly!!! ;D
And here is the same color but faded through a few washes:
Light turquoise and purpley blue faded.
Camille also sent in this awesome turquoise greeny blue teal hair color:
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Q: Has anyone else in this area been contacted by an alleged representative of Windows, like in Microsoft, who claims their home computer is messed up and needs work? I feel sure this is a scam - because I don't even have a home computer. - D.W., Fayetteville
A: It's indeed a common scam.
If you had a computer - and the inclination to listen - the caller would have tried to persuade you that you needed to take some immediate actions to prevent your computer from becoming unusable. Ultimately, the caller would almost certainly have sought to get your personal information, including your credit card number, possibly for a subscription fee for regular "preventative" services.
You might also have been urged to download an online program which supposedly would "repair" your computer but which in reality would do who the heck knows what.
It's utterly bogus. Microsoft doesn't make unsolicited calls like this.
It's not worth your breath or aggravation to give the caller(s) a piece of your mind or even to tell them that you know what they're up to.
Better to just hang up on them without warning or comment the second you realize what they're up to.
Q: My father died about four months ago and left me over his estate and will. Do I have to have his will probated? - B.S., Fayetteville
A: It probably isn't necessary if your father didn't have any property to transfer.
But you might decide to open a probate if he had any debts or if you need to set a deadline for creditors to file claims.
For more information on your general responsibilities and duties, check ncbar.org/download/planning yourestate/index.html and click on "administration of estates."
Q: Can you find an address where I can contact Robin Roberts during her time away from "Good Morning America"? - C.M., Fayetteville
A: Sure. Write her in care of GMA. Really.
The morning show that she co-hosts will certainly forward mail while Roberts is on leave for treatment of a rare blood and bone marrow disease called myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS. You can also send her messages via Facebook, Twitter and her GMA blog.
On Monday, Roberts tweeted that she was heading to the hospital for a bone marrow transplant.
Write her in care of GMA at 147 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023. You can find the link to her blog, "Onward and Looking Upward," at gma.yahoo.com/robin.
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Christiane V. Löhr
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Anatomic Pathology
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Professional Awards:
- 2007 Elected to membership in the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Society of Phi Zeta
- 2002 Charles Louis Davis Foundation Student Scholarship Award, New Orleans, LA
- 2001 Graduate Student Competition Award, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Hershey, PA
- 1997 Karl Pfizer Award for Doctoral Thesis in Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Professional and Research Interests:
- Neoplastic diseases-pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention
- Infectious diseases-diagnostics, pathogenesis
- Aquatic and exotic animal diseases especially diseases of marine mammals, alpacas and llamas
Selected Publications:
Chapter - Postmortem Examination. In: "Small Animal Pediatrics: The first 12 Month of Life"; Editors: ME Peterson and M Kutzler; to be published September 2008 by Saunders, Elsevier Inc.
Editor and Text Translation - German edition of "Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease" (McGavin, Zachary); Editors JP Teifke, CV Löhr, R. Klopfleisch and R. Marshang; to be published May 2009 by Elsevier, Munich, Germany
Wang R, Löhr CV, Fischer K, Dashwood MW, Greenwood JA, Ho E, Williams DE, Ashktorab H, Dashwood MR, Dashwood RH.
2013. Epigenetic inactivation of endothelin-2 and endothelin-3 in colon cancer.. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer. 132(5):1004-12. Abstract
Siddens LK, Larkin A, Krueger SK, Bradfield CA, Waters KM, Tilton SC, Pereira CB, Löhr CV, Arlt VM, Phillips DH et al..
2012. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as skin carcinogens: comparison of benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[def,p]chrysene and three environmental mixtures in the FVB/N mouse.. Toxicology and applied pharmacology. 264(3):377-86. Abstract
Bildfell RJ, Löhr CV, Tornquist SJ.
2012. Diagnostic sampling and gross pathology of New World camelids.. The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice. 28(3):577-91. Abstract
Schaefer DL, Bildfell RJ, Long P, Löhr CV.
2012. Characterization of the microanatomy and histopathology of placentas from aborted, stillborn, and normally delivered alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and llamas (Lama glama).. Veterinary pathology. 49(2):313-21. Abstract
Löhr CV, Polster U, Kuhnert P, Karger A, Rurangirwa FR, Teifke JP.
2012. Mesenteric Lymphangitis and Sepsis Due to RTX Toxin-Producing Actinobacillus spp in 2 Foals With Hypothyroidism-Dysmaturity Syndrome.. Veterinary pathology. 49(4):592-601. Abstract
Piripi S, Hustace J, Carney KR, Heidel JR, Löhr CV.
2012. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in two adult alpacas (Vicugna pacos).. Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 24(1):198-201. Abstract
Smith TJ, Baltzer WI, Löhr CV, Stieger SM.
2012. Primary synovial osteochondromatosis of the stifle in an English Mastiff.. Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T. 25(2):160-6. Abstract


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Fox's coverage had me thinking I was watching the Indy 500 and three time Indy winner Ashley Judd.
Jimmie Johnson meet Dario Franchitti.
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From July 2008 there will be two separate motor tax systems for cars. Cars under the existing motor tax system will continue to be taxed based in engine size (c.c.). New cars registered from 1 July 2008 will be taxed based on their CO2 emissions level. New cars registered in the first six months of 2008 will be switched to the CO2 system on first renewal of motor tax after July 1st 2008, if the new CO2 tax rate is lower.
Before a new model is put on sale in Europe, it must undergo a series of tests to ensure that it has achieved approved standards regarding safety, environmental impact, etc. This process is called Type Approval and each car achieving the approved standards is issued with a Certificate of Conformity. Among the details included on the Certificate of Conformity is the level of CO2 emissions of the car. This is the information that will be used for taxation purposes for both vehicle registration tax (VRT) and motor tax. This CO2 rating will be captured initially by the Revenue Commissioners at vehicle registration tax stage and passed on to the national vehicle file for use in connection with the administration of the motor tax system. In the absence of a Certificate of Conformity and the Revenue Commissioners not otherwise being satisfied as to the CO2 rating of a car by reference to any other supporting documentation, the motorist will be required to pay the highest vehicle tax rate (VRT). The same approach will apply to Motor Tax.
A private car registered in Ireland before 2008 continues to be taxed under the system related to engine size (cc).
New cars registered in Ireland between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2008 will initially have their motor tax charged on the basis of the existing engine size (c.c.) system. However, a low CO2 emitting new car registered between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2008 will have its motor tax switched to the lower CO2 based motor tax rate on first renewal of motor tax post 1 July 2008. New cars which are registered in the first 6 months of 2008 whose tax would be more under the new CO2 based system will continue to pay motor tax on the basis of engine size (c.c.).
New cars registered after 1 July 2008 will be taxed on CO2 emissions
A private car first registered abroad prior to 1 January 2008 will be taxed on engine size (c.c.). The CO2 based motor tax system does not apply to second-hand imports that were registered abroad prior to 2008.
A private car first registered abroad between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2008 inclusive and subsequently registered in Ireland will be taxed on whichever is the lesser of the motor tax rates based on engine size (c.c.) or CO2 emissions.
A private car first registered abroad after 1 July 2008 and subsequently registered in Ireland will be taxed on CO2 emissions. The aim of the new motor tax system is to encourage the use of smaller, cleaner, fuel-efficient cars in the fight against climate change by reducing the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from cars to help protect the environment and improve local air quality. Cars registered before 1 January 2008 will continue to pay motor tax on the basis of engine size (c.c.). Also second-hand imports that were registered abroad prior to 2008 will be taxed on engine size (c.c.).
Cars registered before 2008 (i.e. cars in the current motor tax system before 2008) will continue to be taxed under the existing system related to engine size (cc).
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For our first 8 years we were entirely not-for-profit. However, acne.org members demanded we produce a larger size 2.5% benzoyl peroxide to use with The Regimen, and so we began our journey to produce ideal products for use on acne-prone skin. For the past 10 years we have sold what we strive to be the very best products of their kind in every way, including being offered in giant bottles at affordable prices so people can really take control of their skin.
Our cleanser is an ultra-gentle liquid cleanser formulated with carefully selected ingredients to be pH balanced so it doesn't over-dry or strip the skin. It is also completely dye-free and unscented. It lathers well and rinses clean.
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Our AHA+ is a 10% glycolic acid plus licochalcone. It works wonders as a spot treatment, a back acne treatment, and to combat irritation. It is fragrance-free and dye-free with an approximate pH of 4.0 - 4.1.
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U.S. Codex News — Friday, May 6, 2011
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Recent Committee Meetings:
The Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CCFFV) concluded its 16th session on May 6 in Mexico City. The Committee forwarded two standards to the Codex Commission (CAC) for adoption: The Draft Standard for Tree Tomatoes at step 8 and the Draft Standard for Chili Peppers at step 5/8. The Committee also endorsed, and sent to the CAC for approval as new work, a project document for golden passion fruit prepared by Colombia. The Committee advanced the Draft Standard for Pomegranate to step 5, and it established an electronic working group, led by the United States, to work on the sizing provisions and uniformity rules contained within the draft pomegranate standard. The Draft Standard on Avocado was retained at step 7 pending finalization of the sizing provisions. The Committee also decided to retain the Standard for Chanterelle mushrooms as a regional standard within Europe due to limited trade outside of that region. The Committee was unable to conclude discussion of the standard layout and will take up discussion at its next session.
The Friends of the Codex Chair concluded their discussions on the proposed ractopamine maximum residue limits (MRLs) in Beijing, April 26-27, with a decision to forward two proposals to the CAC session in July. One proposal will be for adoption of the MRLs as recommended by the Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) for muscle, liver, kidney, and fat in pork and beef. The other proposal would defer to 2016 consideration of the MRLs by the CAC, with a series of activities proposed for the interim. Among these are a JECFA evaluation of data from China in order to recommend an MRL for lung tissue and a JECFA review of the components of the food basket that is used as a basis for its recommendations. Both of these activities are underway with support from the United States, but the United States and others do not consider it necessary to complete them before adopting the recommended MRLs now before the CAC.
Upcoming Committee Meetings:
The Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL) begins opens its 39th Session Quebec City, Canada, on May 9. The agenda features proposed revisions of the Guidelines on Nutrition Labeling, the Guidelines on Nutrition and Health Claims, standardized symbols, and mandatory nutrition labeling to implement the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. Also on the agenda are proposed revisions to the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods; the labeling of foods and food ingredients obtained through certain technique of genetic modification; and proposed draft definitions of Nutrient Reference Values.
Upcoming Outreach:
CCAfrica: A group of 20 officials who work on Codex issues in 9 African countries (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia) and the African Union's Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) will visit Washington, May 16-25, for a mentoring program organized by the U.S. Codex Office, the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), and the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service. The visiting officials are, typically, the chairperson of the national committee that sets a country's policy on Codex issues, and the manager of the office of the Codex contact point. The purpose of the program is to provide advice for enhancing African participation in Codex meetings. The program will feature meetings with U.S. Codex Office staff and discussions with U.S. Delegates, Alternate Delegates, and other government experts, as well as meetings with representatives from the Food Industry Codex Coalition (FICC) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). This mentorship program is a follow-up to a sequence of bilateral workshops that were held in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, and Zambia from 2008 to 2010.
CCNASWP: Members of the Coordinating Committee on North America and the Southwest Pacific will participate in a workshop to enhance the management capabilities of the National Codex Contact Points for the Pacific island countries. The workshop is being organized by the FAO in collaboration with Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and it will take place, May 10-12, in Apia, Samoa.
New Working Groups:
The Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) inaugurated two electronic working groups (eWG), whose recommendations will be considered at the next session of CCFA:
- Aluminum-containing food additives - The eWG is charged with making recommendations on the adoption, discontinuation or revocation of maximum use levels for sodium aluminum phosphates, aluminum ammonium sulfate, sodium aluminum silicate, calcium aluminum silicate, and aluminum silicate in the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA). Brazil is leading this eWG and invites member countries and observer organizations that are interested in participating to contact email@example.com and email@example.com by May 13.
- Discussion Paper on Composite Foods Category - The eWG is charged with developing a detailed description of the products to be included in the food category and proposals for the revision of the name and descriptor of the food category to better reflect the nature of these products. The United States is leading this eWG and requests that member countries and observer organizations interested in joining the eWG contact firstname.lastname@example.com by June 17.
Other News:
The Secretariats of the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) issued a call for data and experts on foodborne parasitic diseases. This call responds to the decision at the 42nd Session of the Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) to undertake new work to elaborate "Guidelines for Control of Specific Zoonotic Parasites in Meat: Trichinella spiralis and Cysticercus bovis," pending approval at the 34th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in July. Deadline for submissions is July 31, and the links to the FAO and WHO announcements are:


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I haven't done a LetsBlogOff post in a while, but when I saw the topic for today's blogoff, I knew I wouldn't be able to resist, so here goes.
Where do I get my ideas? Well, the first place to look is the enormous gulf between the right way to build, renovate, or improve a building and the way things are actually done. Take the photo at left, for example. That ductopus is not the result of a proper HVAC design. It's just not. If it actually moves the proper amount of air through each duct in the system and keeps the house comfortable and does it efficiently, it'd be a miracle.
A lot of my articles in the Energy Vanguard blog come from the photos I've taken over the years of monstrosities like that ductopus. Sometimes when I don't have an idea yet and want to write an article, I'll just go through my photos and find one or a collection that I can put a few words to and send it out. Other times, I'll go to a house and snap a photo that I know immediately will appear in an article very soon. The post on the disconnected water heater flue was one like that.
I also get ideas from things I see on Twitter or LinkedIn or the news. The two I wrote about measuring infiltration rates and what a Blower Door really does came about from something I saw on Twitter and then further discussion of the topic on LinkedIn. Sometimes my ideas come from an event, like Building Science Summer Camp (and stinkin' or not, I'm going this year!).
Fear also motivates my writing. And if you've read the blog long enough, you probably know I'm talking about peak oil when I say that. In fact, my first LetsBlogOff post, The Optimism of Pessimism in the Age of Peak Oil, was on the topic of peak oil.
Mainly, though, my ideas come from the voices in my head. Them, and aliens.
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Great letter, Julia. Spot on!
Sad to see Haslam supporting this; he's not usually in the pocket of the far right
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Reminds me of his set this weekend. It was the last song of the night, he stood up on the table and had everyone in the crowd making hearts with their hands and singing along together..
So much love. This is why I love music.
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Energy Transfer Pathways in the Minor Antenna Complex CP29 of Photosystem II: A Femtosecond Study of Carotenoid to Chlorophyll Transfer on Mutant and WT Complexes Biophysical Journal, Volume 84, Issue 4, 1 April 2003, Pages 2517-2532 Roberta Croce, Marc G. Müller, Stefano Caffarri, Roberto Bassi and Alfred R. Holzwarth Abstract The energy transfer processes between carotenoids and Chls have been studied by femtosecond transient absorption in the CP29-WT complex, which contains only two carotenoids per polypeptide located in the L1 and L2 sites, and in the CP29-E166V mutant in which only the L1 site is occupied. The comparison of these two samples allowed us to discriminate between the energy transfer pathways from the two carotenoid binding sites and thus to obtain detailed information on the Chl organization in CP29 and to assign the acceptor chlorophylls. For both samples, the main transfer occurs from the S2 state of the carotenoid. In the case of the L1 site the energy acceptor is the Chl a 680nm (A2), whereas the Chl a 675nm (A4–A5) and the Chl b 652nm (B6) are the acceptors from the xanthophyll in the L2 site. These transfers occur with lifetimes of 80–130 fs. Two additional transfers are observed with 700-fs and 8- to 20-ps lifetimes. Both these transfers originate from the carotenoid S1 states. The faster lifetime is due to energy transfer from a vibrationally unrelaxed S1 state, whereas the 8- to 20-ps component is due to a transfer from the S1,0 state of violaxanthin and/or neoxanthin located in site L2. A comparison between the carotenoid to Chl energy transfer pathways in CP29 and LHCII is presented and differences in the structural organization in the two complexes are discussed. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (624 kb) |
Energy Transfer Pathways in the CP24 and CP26 Antenna Complexes of Higher Plant Photosystem II: A Comparative Study Biophysical Journal, Volume 99, Issue 12, 15 December 2010, Pages 4056-4065 Alessandro Marin, Francesca Passarini, Roberta Croce and Rienk van Grondelle Abstract Antenna complexes are key components of plant photosynthesis, the process that converts sunlight, CO2, and water into oxygen and sugars. We report the first (to our knowledge) femtosecond transient absorption study on the light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes CP26 (Lhcb5) and CP24 (Lhcb6) of Photosystem II. The complexes are excited at three different wavelengths in the chlorophyll (Chl) Qy region. Both complexes show a single subpicosecond Chl b to Chl a transfer process. In addition, a reduction in the population of the intermediate states (in the 660–670 nm range) as compared to light-harvesting complex II is correlated in CP26 to the absence of both Chls a604 and b605. However, Chl forms around 670 nm are still present in the Chl a Qy range, which undergoes relaxation with slow rates (10–15 ps). This reduction in intermediate-state amplitude CP24 shows a distinctive narrow band at 670 nm connected with Chls b and decaying to the low-energy Chl a states in 3–5 ps. This 670 nm band, which is fully populated in 0.6 ps together with the Chl a low-energy states, is proposed to originate from Chl 602 or 603. In this study, we monitored the energy flow within two minor complexes, and our results may help elucidate these structures in the future. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1092 kb) |
Chlorophyll b to Chlorophyll a Energy Transfer Kinetics in the CP29 Antenna Complex: A Comparative Femtosecond Absorption Study between Native and Reconstituted Proteins Biophysical Journal, Volume 84, Issue 4, 1 April 2003, Pages 2508-2516 Roberta Croce, Marc G. Müller, Roberto Bassi and Alfred R. Holzwarth Abstract The energy transfer processes between Chls b and Chls a have been studied in the minor antenna complex CP29 by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Two samples were analyzed: the native CP29, purified from higher plants, and the recombinant one, reconstituted in vitro with the full pigment complement. The measurements indicate that the transfer kinetics in the two samples are virtually identical, confirming that the reconstituted CP29 has the same spectroscopic properties as the native one. In particular, three lifetimes (150 fs, 1.2ps, and 5–6ps) were identified for Chl b-652nm to Chl a energy transfer and at least one for Chl b-640nm (600–800 fs). Considering that the complexes bind two Chls b per polypeptide, the observation of more than two lifetimes for the Chl b to Chl a energy transfer, in both samples, clearly indicates the presence of the so-called mixed Chl binding sites—sites which are not selective for Chl a or Chl b, but can accommodate either species. The kinetic components and spectra are assigned to specific Chl binding sites in the complex, which provides further information on the structural organization. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (498 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 84, Issue 1, 450-465, 1 January 2003
Jante M. Salverda*, Mikas Vengris*, Brent P. Krueger†, Gregory D. Scholes‡, Adam R. Czarnoleski*, Vladimir Novoderezhkin*, §, Herbert van Amerongen*, ¶ and Rienk van Grondelle*, ,
* Department of Biophysics and Physics of Complex Systems, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
† Chemistry Department, Hope College, Peale Science Center, Holland, Michigan, USA
‡ Lash-Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
§ A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
¶ Laboratory of Biophysics, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Three pulse echo peak shift and transient grating (TG) measurements on the plant light-harvesting complexes LHCII and CP29 are reported. The LHCII complex is by far the most abundant light-harvesting complex in higher plants and fulfills several important physiological functions such as light-harvesting and photoprotection. Our study is focused on the light-harvesting function of LHCII and the very similar CP29 complex and reveals hitherto unresolved excitation energy transfer processes. All measurements were performed at room temperature using detergent isolated complexes from spinach leaves. Both complexes were excited in their Chl b band at 650nm and in the blue shoulder of the Chl a band at 670nm. Exponential fits to the TG and three pulse echo peak shift decay curves were used to estimate the timescales of the observed energy transfer processes. At 650nm, the TG decay can be described with time constants of 130fs and 2.2ps for CP29, and 300fs and 2.8ps for LHCII. At 670nm, the TG shows decay components of 230fs and 6ps for LHCII, and 300fs and 5ps for CP29. These time constants correspond to well-known energy transfer processes, from Chl b to Chl a for the 650nm TG and from blue (670nm) Chl a to red (680nm) Chl a for the 670nm TG. The peak shift decay times are entirely different. At 650nm we find times of 150fs and 0.5–1ps for LHCII, and 360fs and 3ps for CP29, which we can associate mainly with Chl b ↔ Chl b energy transfer. At 670nm we find times of 140fs and 3ps for LHCII, and 3ps for CP29, which we can associate with fast (only in LHCII) and slow transfer between relatively blue Chls a or Chl a states. From the occurrence of both fast Chl b ↔ Chl b and fast Chl b → Chl a transfer in CP29, we conclude that at least two mixed binding sites are present in this complex. A detailed comparison of our observed rates with exciton calculations on both CP29 and LHCII provides us with more insight in the location of these mixed sites. Most importantly, for CP29, we find that a Chl b pair must be present in some, but not all, complexes, on sites A3 and B3. For LHCII, the observed rates can best be understood if the same pair, A3 and B3, is involved in both fast Chl b ↔ Chl b and fast Chl a ↔ Chl a transfer. Hence, it is likely that mixed sites also occur in the native LHCII complex. Such flexibility in chlorophyll binding would agree with the general flexibility in aggregation form and xanthophyll binding of the LHCII complex and could be of use for optimizing the role of LHCII under specific circumstances, for example under high-light conditions. Our study is the first to provide spectroscopic evidence for mixed binding sites, as well as the first to show their existence in native complexes.