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These tomatoes are different than sun-dried tomatoes as they are not dried as long, leaving them a bit "meaty" and juicy inside. You could cook these tomatoes longer and this will dry them out and concentrate their flavor, making them more like sun-dried tomatoes.
It all depends what you are using them for I guess.The great thing about this particular method is the tomatoes can be served as is. Unlike sun-dried tomatoes, these tomatoes are great served as a side with grilled chicken, steak, pork...and like sun-dried tomatoes they are even good tossed in pasta.
I made these tomatoes and the flavor was intense and delicious!
I served them with a nice pan seared Arctic Char and my guests went nuts over them!
I stored them as suggested and after a day or two I sliced them up and tossed them with some capellini for an easy and yummy dinner during the week.
Thanks for a super recipe and easy to prepare as the previous poster mentioned.
I've just put two more trays of these delicious tomatoes in the oven. They are amazingly easy to make and deliver an incredible flavor. My husband insists on having them at least once a month and swears they are addicting. The only difficulty is having to wait the 4.5 to 5 hours for them to slow roast. Thank you for all the memorable recipes and meals!
I use a similar marinade for lamb and veal roast. Increase the volume; add 1/3 to 1/2 cup dry white wine; fresh squeezed lemon juice (1 or 3 lemons depending on quanitity) and 2 tablespoons good Dijon mustard.
For a zippy switch use lime juice instead of lemon.
Place marinade and roast in a plastic bag. Marinade for at least 3 hours in the refrigerator or overnight in the refrigerator.
The meat roasting will most certainly bring people to the table before it's done.
I add the bag juices to the roasting pan or clay baker and let them cook with the roast. Use the cooked juices and suc to make a light or thicker sauce to drizzle over roasted potatoes and the slices of roast. Of course handle the juices with care to ensure health safety.
I sliced my tomatoes before I reviewed the recipe, but it was not a total failure. I had sliced each roma tomato into ~3/8 inch slices (about 5 slices per tomato). I seasoned with oil, herbs and salt and baked them for an hour at 275 - 300. They were actually pretty good and ended up great in sandwiches and garnishing the top of a chile corn chowder. I cut the tomatoes in half and formed a nice scalloped circle in the bowl and put fresh chopped chives in the center. My question is this: With the slender slices of tomatoes roasted in oil, dare I say I could call my blunder a 'tomato confit'? Would that be correct? 2nd question: do these freeze well? As soon as tomato prices drop, I am making a ton of these (both sizes!!) Thanks!!
Regarding your first question about whether or not you could call what you made tomato confit or not, to this I would say, that if you like you can say they are tomato confit; however technically the true definition of "confit" is a meat cooked and then stored in it's own fat. Unfortunately, the word confit is quite misused just to make things sound fancier, even Thomas Keller has a recipe for tomato confit in his Bouchon cookbook. I have to admit that tomato confit does sound a bit sexier than tomatoes cooked in olive oil but really that is all they are (sorry tomatoes).
For a bit of a funny read about this you may want to read this article I found a while back called "What does "Confit" mean?"
As for freezing these tomatoes, I am not sure as I have not done it myself. I simply cover them with olive oil and store them in the refrigerator (they last for several weeks like that). Due to tomatoes high moisture, I am not sure that they will freeze that well but you could always take a small bit of your last batch and try to freezing them to see if you are happy with the results. Hope this helps. Cheers!
Thanks Rouxbe for staying true!! I have seen the term confit used on many foods and I thought it was a meat preparation but who was I to argue? I love the article; it cracked me up...
"Chefs 'confit' everything; tomatoes, aubergines, onions, fruits, coffee percolator, cuddly toy, kitchen sink, you name it and it's on a menu at a restaurant near you."
Thanks again for setting the record and the term'confit' straight! Keep up the great work!!
They will be delicious roasted. You can put them in pasta or risotto, on pizza, in sandwiches, frittatas or salads...on a steak, or serve them as a side with chicken...or make a roasted cream of tomato soup out of them. The list is endless. They will store for a week or so in the refrigerator or longer if you cover them with oil (see attached drill down). Cheers!
Hi, I put these in oven for 5 hours and they ended up looking like the 2 hour photo in the video when I checked. (In the end I left them in oven from 10pm to 6am!) I also had delays with the braising recipes.
I am concerned that my oven needed re-calibrating- do you have a recommendation for an oven thermometer? For my miniature underused NYC oven?? Or another way to test that the temperatures are accurate?
Indeed, it sounds like the temperature of your oven might be off. One of the best and simplest ways to test the accuracy of your oven is by using an oven thermometer. You might be surprised by how much your oven can be off.
This is the oven thermometer that we use. It's not too big and not too expensive but it does the job. Cheers!
ive made these a few times now and love em! However the other day I put in a batch at 160 c (by mistake) ! When I checked, luckily, after 2 hours some of them (the smaller ones) had started going very dark- at which point I realized the temp! However i thought they were just as good and think from now on I may go with the higher temp to save time!
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The problem, critics argue, is that today's gathering lines no longer match their old description. Driven in part by the rising demands of hydraulic fracturing, operators have built thousands of miles of new lines to transport gas from fracked wells. Despite the fact that these lines are often just as wide as transmission lines (some up to 2 feet in diameter) and can operate under the same high pressures, they receive little oversight.
Operators use a risk-based system to maintain their pipelines – instead of treating all pipelines equally, they focus safety efforts on the lines deemed most risky, and those that would cause the most harm if they failed. The problem is that each company use different criteria, so "it's a nightmare for regulators," Weimer said.
However, Andrew Black, the president of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines, a trade group whose members include pipeline operators, said that a one-size-fits-all approach would actually make pipelines less safe, because operators (not to mention pipelines) differ so widely.
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Critics say that PHMSA lacks the resources to adequately monitor the millions of miles of pipelines over which it does have authority. The agency has funding for only 137 inspectors, and often employs even less than that (in 2010 the agency had 110 inspectors on staff). A Congressional Research Service report found a "long-term pattern of understaffing" in the agency's pipeline safety program. According to the report, between 2001 and 2009 the agency reported a staffing shortfall of an average of 24 employees a year.
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We still haven't seen 3IOB, Skeletonwitch, WOP, or Unearth, and we probably won't see Arsis, JFAC, or Evile, either. It's kind of a bummer that something that seemed like such a rad idea is reduced to so little for PS3 owners, limited choices, taken from a barrel of primarily talentless bands that present little to no challenge or entertainment.
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By Ben Pearce, Tottenham correspondent
Thursday, May 24, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Ledley King is adamant that Harry Redknapp is the right man to take Tottenham forward into the next campaign.
And the Spurs captain believes that Manchester United and Arsenal have proved the importance of managerial stability as the Lilywhites come to terms with their failure to qualify for the Champions League.
Despite finishing fourth in the Premier League for the second time in three seasons, Tottenham were denied a place at Europe's top table as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties to win the Champions League final.
That led to renewed calls for Redknapp to be held accountable for his failure to hold onto third place as Spurs threw away a 10-point lead over Arsenal following the north London derby.
Tottenham fans continue to debate whether the 65-year-old, who is entering the final year of his contract, should be in charge next campaign and get a new deal – but King has no doubts that Spurs have the right man at the helm.
"We've never been that high [fourth] before so the manager's obviously doing something right," he told London24. "With the teams that are in the league at the moment, it's the strongest league in the world and the teams that have finished above us are good teams. I think the manager's done a brilliant job.
"Sir Alex Ferguson shows the benefits of sticking with a manager, and having that longevity – and Arsene Wenger also. It's key to a club growing and maintaining success, so it's important for our club to try to do that as well.
"I think we're moving in the right direction all the time. This season we had the Europa League to contend with, which can throw teams off, so we've been trying to maintain that with the league – and also getting to the semi-final of the FA Cup.
"It's been a tough, long, hard season, but it's been a good one. We've played some excellent football, and there haven't been too many games where we've performed badly.
"We've obviously taken some defeats, but there haven't been too many games where we really haven't been at it, and I think that's a good thing."
King also disagrees with the view that the speculation over Redknapp's future during the Football Association's search for a new England manager was to blame for Spurs' slump between February and May.
"I just think the Premier League is a tough league, and you're going to have some sticky spells," he said. "We went on a run of losing games, but we could quite easily have won them.
"We could have got points out of those games but at that moment in time things were going against us.
"It seemed like we were winning again once everything was settled with the England manager situation, but it's a coincidence.
"I just think it was one of those things. It was a tough period – a little bit of a lack of confidence, but once we got that back we were back on a good run again."
King's theory is supported by the fact that Tottenham endured a similar run of poor form at the same stage of the previous season, collecting just 15 points from a possible 36 between February and May in 2011.
"In a way that shows that you can't really think that our form was down to the England thing, because it happened the previous year too," he said.
"It's something that we'll have to look at. We play a lot of high-intensity football at Tottenham – we've got a lot of speed and power going forward, and maybe that has an effect later on in the season.
"Again, it's one of those things where we're not too sure why it's happened. But it's important that when you're having a sticky spell you stick it out, and I think we've done that this season."
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Mike D'Andrea led this live discussion on 4 December 2003.
Participants: Mike D'Andrea, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Division; Dara Dickstein, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; March D. Ard, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Keith Crutcher, University of Cincinnati, Ohio; Monica Carson, The Scripps Research Institute; Bob Nagele, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Amanda McRae, University of the West Indies in Trinidad; Greg Howes, Bloomington, Illinois; Mark Smith, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Walker McGraw, McGraw Intelligent Design Research, Atlanta, Georgia; Bernard Viau, Coordinator for the Alzheimer Home in Saint-Jerome, Quebec; Gabrielle Strobel, Alzheimer Research Forum.
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Gabrielle Strobel Let's get started. I am Gabrielle Strobel, managing editor of Alzforum, and pleased to moderate today. Mike, would you like to start? I believe you may have some lines prepared?
Mike D'Andrea Thank you for joining us, and thank you to the staff of the Alzheimer Research Forum for the invitation, support, and recognition of this work. As you may have read already, the exciting aspects of this work are not that neuronal-specific autoantibodies exist in normal and AD patient serum, and not that the blood-brain barrier (BBB) becomes dysfunctional with increasing age and in AD patients, or that AD is associated with inflammation, but what appears to be novel is:
1) there are unique populations of neurons as per Ig immunoreactivity; 2) Ig-positive neurons appear apoptotic-like; 3) more parenchymal Ig immunoreactivity was detected in AD than in age-matched control brain tissues; and 4) there are more Ig-positive neurons in AD than in age-matched controls.
We have sketched out a few questions from the background information. There is no order, so perhaps we can start off by asking if there are potential animal models available to test the hypothesis. Any thoughts?
Keith Crutcher Mike, I am not completely sure I understand the hypothesis, so I would have a hard time proposing a suitable animal model. What is the precipitating event in your model? Loss of BBB function?
Mike D'Andrea I guess one part is to determine if anti-neuronal antibodies (if allowed to enter the brain) can injure neurons.
Gabrielle Strobel AD mouse models generally do not have much neuronal loss. Are there exceptions, or is the small amount of loss later on in their lives sufficient to test your hypothesis?
Mike D'Andrea Certainly, if the antigen becomes characterized (and we're trying), the pursuit of animal models will become a bit easier.
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, how could one isolate these antibodies?
Mike D'Andrea There are methods to break down BBB function, i.e., Pertussis toxin, but we'll still be handicapped studying the models as regards the antigen. As for now, since it is somewhat known that anti-neuronal antibodies exist in non-AD people, and for that matter, perhaps us, certainly the BBB becomes a focal point.
Amanda McRae Hello, Mike. As you know, we have found antibodies directed against microglia cells in the serum of AD patients. So I am very happy with your results. A very interesting paper, indeed.
Monica Carson I would not advocate using Pertussis toxin (PT), which has effects on more than the BBB. For example, it induces T cells to leave the lymph nodes and infiltrate multiple tissues, including the brain. We find that without PT, 1) T cells can readily enter the CNS after homeostatic (antigen-independent) proliferation, and 2) interestingly, in a normal, healthy mouse the CNS autoreactive T cells are specifically prevented from proliferating. PT changes that, and allows the CNS autoreactive T cells to become CNS destructive. Some of the changes in microglia function seen in murine transgenic models of AD should cause changes in the ability of microglia to present antigen to T cells, and thus, changes in the ability of the CNS to regulate the proliferation/activation of CNS-autoreactive T cells.
Mike D'Andrea Monica, thanks. What are the actions of those T cells once in the brain?
Gabrielle Strobel Monica and Mike, this is so interesting. You probably know the Martino study of Aβ vaccination with Pertussis toxin. It generated encephalitis. Monica, which autoreactive T cells are you referring to? What are they reacting against in brain?
March D. Ard Animal models may be lacking exactly this feature of AD—the autoantibodies. Are mice comparable to humans in their partial loss of immune regulation with aging, allowing expression of numerous autoimmune diseases?
Gabrielle Strobel How much of a barrier is the BBB really, even normally? I am confused about that.
Keith Crutcher Mike, is it possible that the BBB dysfunction is a secondary consequence of something else going wrong in the brain and then allowing these antibodies to get in?
Bob Nagele Keith, a great example is stroke-induced AD onset, and head trauma-associated AD.
Mike D'Andrea Keith, great point; in fact, couldn't it be possible that the BBB dysfunction is related to increased amyloid?
Keith Crutcher Sure, if you think amyloid has anything to do with AD!
Amanda McRae March, if you would like, we can check to see if autoantibodies exist in the serum of mouse models.
March D. Ard Amanda, that would really be a useful piece of information.
Amanda McRae March, send me your e-mail address and we can discuss this further.
Mike D'Andrea Gabrielle, what struck me about the vaccine story was that the Igs were getting into the brain.
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, I think the numbers there are very unclear. Some labs say a fraction of a percent gets in. The Koistinaho lab transplanted GFP bone marrow of APP transgenic mice into irradiated animals and their brains became full of green microglia, so these cells came in (see ARF related news story). This was in old mice.
Dara Dickstein When you irradiate a mouse, don't you compromise the integrity of the BBB? This would explain the GFP-positive microglia.
Gabrielle Strobel Dara, I did not know that. Does irradiation compromise the BBB?
Monica Carson Yes, irradiation does harm the BBB. Greg Howes Blood vessels are very sensitive to the effects of irradiation.
Mike D'Andrea ...which brings us back to the integrity of the BBB as a function of how much Igs can enter the brain.
Bob Nagele Mike, the pronounced memory and cognitive loss seen in patients with systemic lupus are a point in favor of this whole idea.
Keith Crutcher Mike, did you look at any regions other than the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus?
Mike D'Andrea How about methods to find the autoantigen? Any thoughts?
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, good question. It has taken a huge effort to identify the offending autoantigen in multiple sclerosis and I am not sure it is definitively proven.
Mike D'Andrea We are trying several modalities, such as using laser capture to characterize the Ig-positive neurons vs. the Ig-negative neurons, like those in Figure 3 of the paper (see D'Andrea, 2003).
Monica Carson How important is it to find the autoantigen? There really hasn't been much progress on MS or autoimmune diabetes on these fronts. Due to the genetic polymorphisms in the human population, multiple antigens could be a problem.
Amanda McRae Hello, Mike. As we have discussed, how do your results relate to Down's syndrome?
Mike D'Andrea Amanda, how is the cardiovascular system in Down's? Are there BBB issues?
Bob Nagele Amanda, Down's patients have many cardiovascular problems, which most likely extend to the level of defective vessels, especially in the elderly.
Monica Carson In answer to Mike's earlier question: We have placed a transgene antigen in the CNS (not localized anywhere else in the mouse), and then have followed T cells specific for this antigen. In our case, they reacted to astrocytes.
Bob Nagele Monica, we may be looking for more than one antigen.
Monica Carson Bob, I agree with you.
Mike D'Andrea Perhaps we might be able to understand the receptor type that's expressed on the immunoreactive neuron, and presume that the autoantigen could be a unique receptor, ion channel, etc?
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, regarding the ion channel: The disease limbic encephalitis can, in rare cases, be caused by autoantibodies against potassium channels. British researchers reported this at the last ANA meeting this October. Patients who were treated with plasma exchange, intravenous immunoglobulins, and steroids reportedly improved. Has anyone heard about this?
Mike D'Andrea It's interesting to note that Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) has one known autoantigen, but I agree with Bob that it could be several, not to mention an antigen that mimics another.
Gabrielle Strobel If finding the autoantigen(s) is not the priority, what should the next experiments be to advance the hypothesis?
Mike D'Andrea Good question, Gabrielle. We also have efforts to characterize serums of all sorts (AD, non-AD, young) and see if there are pattern differences in the labeling, titer differences, etc.
Bob Nagele All, it would be interesting to see if the autoantibodies are cell type-specific.
Monica Carson If the BBB is generally leaky, then why are selected neurons affected in AD? Should we model specific neuron autoimmune responses against specific neurons (and not specific autoantigens) to see the physiological effects?
Mike D'Andrea Monica, I think you hit it on the head. Why are only specific neurons affected?
Dara Dickstein Monica, some recent papers state that the leakiness of the BBB in AD may be transient and/or focal. Maybe this explains why certain neurons are affected.
Keith Crutcher Dara, your suggestion might account for regional variations, but I am not sure I see how you would get neighboring neurons with such differences.
March D. Ard It would be interesting to see if antibodies from AD serum can really cause neuronal apoptosis.
Monica Carson I like March's experiment!
Mike D'Andrea March, your idea may not be too difficult to perform...in vitro on neuronal cultures. What do you think?
March D. Ard Mike, yes, I think it would be reasonably easy.
Bob Nagele Monica, I would like it better if there were more evidence that apoptosis really played a role in early stages of AD.
Walker McGraw Could it be that distressed neurons (i.e., neurons performing overactive autophagy) are spewing out antigenic components?
Monica Carson I think it would be interesting to test if AD serum specifically binds certain brain regions (i.e., in AD, do we have specific immune responses against specific neurons or susceptibility of specific neurons to a global immune insult?).
Mike D'Andrea Walker, certainly, but as I mentioned in the paper, greater than 99 percent of apoptotic cells were Ig-positive.
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, would that not suggest that the autoantigen is a specific receptor? Or perhaps the affected neurons are already "vulnerable" due to specifics of their metabolism (this seems to play a role in PD) or oxidative stress, or proximity to amyloid.
Mike D'Andrea I think we're back to neuronal-specific antigens, right, Keith?
Keith Crutcher Mike, yes, and the fact that next-door neighbors appear so differently labeled.
Mike D'Andrea Keith, I think that what appeared most interesting was seeing some very strongly labeled neurons right next to completely negative neurons.
Keith Crutcher Yes, that is what I meant. It would seem that any local opening of the BBB would affect all of the neurons in the neighborhood, not just a subset, unless there is something else going on.
Monica Carson Has anyone tested if antibodies from AD patients bind certain brain regions (AD-affected regions) of non-AD human autopsy brains? This would indicate a specific cellular autoimmune target, not necessarily one single autoantigen.
Mike D'Andrea Of course, it may also be that some positive neurons next to some negative ones could be explained by the projection of these neurons. If the entry of the Ig is through the synapse, and if neighboring neurons have their synapses in different areas of the brain, then Ig-positive neurons could lie within microns of an Ig-negative neuron. So then, if the BBB injury (a focal event) does not incur total Ig labeling to neighboring neurons, then the projections may provide a better clue.
Keith Crutcher Mike, that is an interesting possibility. But then you might expect some correlation with soma size. Did you see that?
Mike D'Andrea Keith, another good point. No, I did not adjust for size, but could take that into consideration. It's not always easy to get the proper orientation.
Keith Crutcher Mike, I asked a question early on that I think got overlooked. Have you looked at any other brain regions, i.e., areas that are not primarily implicated in AD?
Mike D'Andrea Good question. I did look at cerebellum and noted Ig labeling, but not to the point where those cells appeared apoptotic.
Greg Howes The BBB theory has been argued before with leaking amyloid proteins, causing start-up amyloid plaques. However, if the BBB is leaking, it would be a more general pattern, I would think.
Bob Nagele Not if the leaks were focal and caused by local pathological changes in blood vessels.
Mark Smith Sorry if this has been asked, but do you see anything in diseases with a high vascular component, e.g., "pure" CAA? Also, do you see correlation between Ig neurons and CAA in vessels?
Mike D'Andrea Ah, I did do some earlier work on Aβ and Ig; in fact, it's what got me to this point. I wanted to validate that there are unique plaque types in the AD brain, such as vascular vs. neuronal, so I figured leaky proteins such as Ig could be the fingerprint, but not all plaques lined up. I'm still pursuing this.
Monica Carson Thomas Krucker at The Scripps Research Institute is studying the APP23 murine model and has argued that changes in the vasculature of the young APP23 mouse appear earlier than any other changes. See Beckmann et al, 2003.
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, may I ask why you did this study at home?
Mike D'Andrea Peace and no distractions allow intense microscopy. Is that what you ask?
Gabrielle Strobel I was just curious because it is so unusual. Having done this "home alone," were you able to blind your samples? Or was the difference in Ig binding between controls and AD very large?
Mike D'Andrea Gabrielle, all were blinded, but if anyone tells you otherwise, image analysis really doesn't care which is which. I think the BBB could be the first hit as per AD, but is that attributed to oxidative damage, head trauma, amyloid?
Bob Nagele Gabrielle, I have also observed what Mike is reporting here—but in my lab!
Mike D'Andrea Thanks, Bob. Did you also do that at your home?
Bob Nagele Mike, You know me—at home—at the shore—it's easy to carry a slide box.
Gabrielle Strobel Bob, thanks for the confirmation—always a plus in science.
Mark Smith I may have missed it in the paper; did you isotype Ig?
Mike D'Andrea Yes, IgG, IgM, and IgA were all present. We tested our antibodies and we also have specific neurons that light up.
Dara Dickstein We have recently published in Microcirculation (Ujiie et al., 2003) that in the Tg2576 mouse, the BBB appears to be leaky as early as four months, whereas plaques do not appear until around 10 months.
Mark Smith Dara, so you find similar neuronal Ig in Tg mice?
Dara Dickstein We didn't look at specific neuronal Ig.
Mark Smith Surely you will now?
Bob Nagele Dara, could that be because it may take a while for this stuff to accumulate in neurons before plaques appear?
Mike D'Andrea Dara, can I ask how you stain for plaques? Formic acid? Are they around vessels?
Dara Dickstein Mike, we and others have looked for plaques using both Congo red staining and using a monoclonal against human Aβ. Not sure about the vessels in particular; however, Aβ is known to be present in vascular cells.
Mike D'Andrea Dara, I ask because of our (Bob Nagele's, as well) notion that there are different plaque types. Can we obtain some of these brains? I can do some detection of murine Igs in the brain as a function of BBB leakiness? And as for neuronal death, did you see it in these animals, and at what stage? Do you typically use formic acid for your Aβ detection?
Gabrielle Strobel It looks as if a lot of attention these days is shifting away from neuronal loss and toward synaptic dysfunction, synaptic loss, and then a gradual dying back of the projections toward the cell body rather than an initial insult at the cell body that causes apoptosis. Do you think this emphasis is misguided? Or would the two processes fit together?
Mark Smith Gabrielle, processes certainly fit together; emphasis on one or another likely has to do with shifts in direction of wind and, of course, which model you are trying to validate.
Bob Nagele Gabrielle, you are right—this may be reflecting the recognition that most of what we know about AD comes from brains that are pretty far gone, with lots of secondary inflammation.
Mike D'Andrea Gabrielle, no, not misguided. In fact, synaptic decline precedes plaques (at least from what we have learned thus far), and synaptic decline appears to correlate with amyloid loading, as well. Can you comment, Bob?
Walker McGraw Mike, I know in five-micrometer sections that it is difficult to see, but did you see any signs of T cell recruitment either in or adjacent to the vessels?
Mike D'Andrea Good question. I do see monocytes in vessels and some appear to be marginating, but not to the point where I see many around these affected neurons. What's your thought?
Walker McGraw Just thinking about how loss of BBB and endothelial damage can lead to recruitment.
Mark Smith Mike, do we know what these antibodies are recognizing or do you think they are random selections from blood?
Mike D'Andrea Mark, no, not yet, but at first glance they appear to be recognizing something very specific.
Monica Carson Mike, what kind of specificity?
Mike D'Andrea Specificity from the point to labeling. As there is plenty of Ig labeling in the parenchyma (Figure 1C), most appear not to be specific to neurons.
Mark Smith I would agree. Do you think only the specific ones get through or all get through and only the specific ones stay?
Mike D'Andrea I agree. Sometimes I notice intense Aβ labeling around small vessels, yet the endothelium appears to be just fine. I'm not a BBB person—can you have leakiness with an intact endothelium? Glial cell issues? I sometimes think it's dumb luck that these vascular-derived Igs find their way in, and then bind.
Monica Carson Mike, how significant (for disease) is the non-neuronal Ig labeling of non-neurons?
Mike D'Andrea Monica, I think it's pretty benign, as the astrocytes appear to have internalized the Igs and they look fine. Is that what you ask?
Monica Carson I might suggest that glial binding of Ig may not be benign. In vitro, it isn't. It can lead to glial activation (such as cytokine production).
Mike D'Andrea Okay, but as for neuropathology, they "look" okay.
Monica Carson Mike, while glial morphology changes are clearly indicative of changed function, I think it's important to note that glial activation and glial changes in gene expression do not always correlate with overt changes in morphology. Thanks for the discussion!
Walker McGraw Yes, there is a great deal of work with vascular permeability enhancement (directed and active), especially with bradykinnin and proteinases. That is one reason I asked about monocyte recruitment.
Mike D'Andrea Walker, do you see such things?
Walker McGraw I am mostly a wet biochemist, but some of the proteinases I have been working on have a very similar staining pattern with neighboring cells that are just as "clean."
March D. Ard Mike, Gabrielle, and all, thanks; this has been fun.
Gabrielle Strobel Mike, would it make sense to compare the APP23 mice to other transgenics, since the former have lots of CAA? Perhaps that would provide indirect hints at the role of the BBB?
Keith Crutcher Very interesting idea, Mike. I think the biggest questions for me are: Is this a cause or consequence of the disease? Is there regional specificity that correlates with other pathology? And how would this hypothesis relate to known genetic risk factors? Thanks for a stimulating session!
Mike D'Andrea Keith, you ask the silver bullet ones. I guess at this point, we can't afford to miss out.
Walker McGraw No, the Ig-positive neurons are dystrophic, etc., but there is a tight correlation to vascular location, i.e., halo effects.
Mike D'Andrea I agree!
Gabrielle Strobel As we have reached the end of the hour, let me thank you all for coming. Thank you to Mike and all for your time and interest.
Walker McGraw Thanks for the interesting discussion.
Mike D'Andrea Thanks to all. Please e-mail me for follow-up comments and questions.


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Dear Editor
First, let us thank the members of the Yazoo City Fire department for their dedication and hard work.
However, regarding the purchase of a new television set, as a taxpayer I have to say, sorry, but no especially when the city is wondering where to get funds to fix the crumbling roads. Shame on you for even considering such a request. Even $200 spent on a smaller TV now when others are struggling just to get by is wrong, selfish and plain ridiculous.
Frankly, I can't believe the fire department even had the audacity to request any TV, especially a 55 inch one. When taxpayers and governments are trying to count pennies, one does not simply get rid of a television that works, and purchase a new one simply because it is aged. What happened to the principal of use it until it no longer works? Reduce, reuse and recycle needs to apply to everyone, not just to taxpayers. All government employees, not just the fire department, need to be more responsible when using taxpayers' money. Would you purchase a 55 inch television or a new television if you couldn't afford one and had no way to pay for it? I wouldn't. In fact, the television I currently own was purchased in 1987. It's not a big screen, high definition, nor 55 inches, but it works fine and I have no intention of purchasing another television while this one works. Why should the fire department or any other government entity be allowed to or even begin to think of doing such a ridiculous thing on the taxpayer's dollar?
Fire department employees are well taken care of by the city they serve. We provide them with meals and a place to stay when they are on duty due to the nature of their job. We want them to be comfortable, but there comes a point when comfort turns to luxury. As long as their television is working, why should the taxpayers foot a bill for a new one? We shouldn't.
The fire house is for comfort and not for luxuries. I'm curious to know if the fire department is also utilizing cable or satellite television also at the taxpayer's expense. Time to stop the buck and the time is now. If the firemen really want a new television for their luxury and enjoyment, they are free to pool their resources, their income, and purchase one for their use. Certainly, the fire department can use their television a little longer until it no longer works and let the $200 go to fix the crumbling roads, which are far more important.
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- Be Honest: Most men will say that their dream woman is a Barbie doll or playboy model and women say that they want a Brad Pitt lookalike. The truth is that everyone is looking for that other person who can make them feel good about themselves and happy to be together. Focus on what characteristics of a person you are looking for, such as enjoying a good sense of humour rather than just physical attractions. Do not lie about yourself, especially your age, height, and weight. You will eventually meet this other person who may not appreciate your lack of honesty.
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L!fe Happens | Film review
Typos aren't the only problem with this sitcom-level comedy.
Kim (Krysten Ritter) and Deena (Kate Bosworth) are hot young L.A. singles and roommates. But after both bring men home on the same night with just a single condom between them, Kim winds up pregnant. A year later, they're still hot, young and single, but now Kim's a mom, too, which puts a crimp in her dating life and drives a wedge between the roomies. It's Sex and the Kiddie, basically, with all that entails: The actresses have spunky banter, there are a lot of scenes in bars and restaurants, and the comedy is strictly sitcom-level material (although one funny moment will teach ignorant men in the audience—this writer included—something new about lactating).
Ritter, who wrote the screenplay with director Kat Coiro, gave herself a juicy showcase for her talents and charm, and the story will surely resonate with single mothers struggling to balance romance and responsibility. But after a first act full of trenchant observations, L!fe Happens devolves into a series of exhausting mistaken-identity subplots and one-scene-wonder supporting bits from good—and wasted—actors like Jason Biggs and Seymour Cassel. The exclamation point in the title is not a typo, by the way—at least not our typo.


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Are you a conservative or a liberal?
The ORDINANCE FOR A SMOKE FREE SAN ANGELO reminds me of the HEALTH CARE BILL Obama got passed. It is very long and confusing. I submit to you that the no smoking ban is only the first step to take our rights away.
How many people do you know of or have heard of being hurt or killed when alcohol was involved. Now think of how many people you have heard of being hurt or killed by second hand smoke. If the anti second hand smoke people were truly concerned about you they would be trying to bring back prohabition. Their true motive is taking control of your life.
Once they take away a right you don't like, they will come after a right that you don't want to give up. Don't come crying to me when these same people come after your guns. I can't help thinking that this is on their agenda. They start by taking away rights that are small and once they have more power they will come after the rights that give them absolute control. If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns he does not want anyone to have a gun. The same goes for smoking.
We are West Texans, we don't give up our rights easily. As for me I will vote conservative. I will vote no on the smoking ban.Fred Gomez
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Work is currently underway to assess and/or remediate Urumau reserve.
The process for assessing these areas and carrying out any works does take time and is affected by the subsequent seismic events we are having. Please be patient and observe the closed status of these area while we work within them.
The survey work is picking up many loose and dangerous rocks/ bluffs, above these tracks. As part of the survey work rocks are being rolled or made safe by repositioning. However many need to be removed (blasted) netted, or bolted back to surrounding bedrock. Specialist contractors are being brought in to do this work. Other areas will be left to 'season'. This means some reserves will remain closed for the winter and assessed after the wetter months. At the moment it is simply too dangerous to work within some of the track areas.
The Summit Rd remains closed between Cavendish Saddle and the top of Rapaki Track. This closure is in place under the CERA legislation and significant penalties may occur if people are found within the cordoned area. This section of the road is under very high risk of rockfall and is also subject to remedial work making this a very unsafe area.
This page will be updated when information changes. To talk to a Port Hills Ranger phone (03) 941 8999 .
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Eastern Section – Castle Rock Reserve to Godley headIncludes the Bridle Path and Godley Head/Awaroa
Search Light and Tunnel tracks
Whitewash Head Track
Scarborough Bluffs Track
Godley Head Coastal Walk
Top part of Captain Thomas Track
Barnett Park Walkway
Eastenders Track
Heathcote Quarry Track
Scotts Valley Track
Crater Rim Walkway – Mt Pleasant gun emplacements to Bridle Path
Chalmers Track
Major Hornbrook Track
Bridle Path (Heathcote to Summit Rd to Lyttelton sections)
Whakaraupo Track
Stan Helms Track
Kahukura Track
Central Section – Dyers Pass to Castle RockIncludes Victoria Park and Sign of the Kiwi
Bowenvale Valley-4wd track
Eastside Bush Track-Summit Rd to Bowenvale valley
Hidden Valley Loop Track
Mitchells Track
Gilpins Track
All tracks in the Mt Vernon Farm park except the Mt Vernon Farm Track which is open-managed by the Port Hills Trust Board.
Rapaki Track
Lamar Track
Huia Gilpin Track
Latters Spur Track
Crater Rim Track-via Cedrics Track to Rapaki Track
All tracks in Victoria Park
Harry Ell Walkway
Huntsbury Track
Mt Vernon Shared Use Track
South Western Section – Dyers Pass to Ahuriri Reserve.
Crater Rim Walkway on the harbour side-just south of the Sign of the Kiwi
Crater Rim Track through Cass Peak Reserve
All Tracks in Ohinetahi Reserve – managed by the Summit Rd Society
Coronation Hill track behind Sign of the Kiwi
Rueters Reserve
Prendergasts Track and the track up to Gibraltar Rock
Crater Rim Walkway – except for two short sections indicated above
Worsleys Track
Kennedys Bush Track
Kennedys Bush Reserve – all walking tracks
Halswell Quarry – all walking tracks
Old Dyers Pass Track
Maps with track information covering the central, eastern and southern sections of the Port Hills reserves:
Walking in the Port Hills (low res PDF 5MB) includes closed walking tracks in red as at 26 April 2013.
New signage has been erected on the Port Hills by the Christchurch City Council to provide track and park users with clear guidelines on how they can stay safe while enjoying their outdoor experience.
With the status of tracks (either open or closed) clearly sign-posted, and with information on who can use the tracks and any restrictions or hazards in place, the public will be better informed on how they can use their common sense to ensure they stay safe while on the tracks. Many of the guidelines are common sense and apply to any visit to the wonderful regional parks of Christchurch.
Recommended - please follow these guidelines
In addition to the signage, the Council recommends the public follow the guidelines below regarding safety on the Port Hills.
Safety checklist
These simple guidelines, if respected and properly observed, will ensure people of all ages can enjoy the Port Hills and their surroundings this summer.
The Port Hills are one of the best-loved landscapes of Christchurch. The tussock grasslands and rugged rock out-crops, contrast the flatness of the Canterbury Plains below. In some valleys the remnants of podocarp forests provide links with the past, while in other valleys, and beside the Crater Rim walkway, regenerating and restored native bush lands enhance the biodiversity of the Port Hills, and the pleasure of being there.
People enjoy the Port Hills in many different ways, from scenic drives along to picnic lookouts. Walking, running, mountain biking and road biking are all very popular. Botanists explore the crater rim forests, rock climbers dangle down the sheer volcanic bluffs, and paragliders soar high over the tussock slopes. There are permanent orienteering courses set up, great places from which to launch model planes, and many a photogenic view and rock. The many beautiful views of the Port Hills themselves, and of Lyttelton Harbour, the city and plains, and the Southern Alps in the distance are ideal for photography, drawing or painting.
The Christchurch City Council manages 31 of the 39 reserves on the Port Hills. Other reserves are run by the Department of Conservation, privately or by trusts. Access to the reserves and the other amenities of the Port Hills is via a network of walking and biking tracks, and by a heritage road. Both the reserves and the road are the living legacy of one of Christchurch's foremost citizens.
Henry George (Harry) Ell, (1862-1934) was one of New Zealand's first conservationists. As a Member of Parliament (1899–1919) he was the main parliamentary advocate for the Scenery Preservation Act 1903. Harry's vision was to establish a network of scenic reserves along the Port Hills, with the Summit Road providing the linkage between reserves and regularly spaced rest houses for walkers and travellers. In 1906 Harry's fundraising and organising efforts paid off with the first scenic reserve, Kennedys Bush, being established. Two years later, in 1908, work commenced on building the Summit Road.
During Harry's term in Parliament he secured over 500 scenic reserves around New Zealand. He worked hard to encourage conservation of the Port Hills and was an advocate for increased public access. In 1948 the Summit Road Society was formed to continue the work of maintaining and developing the reserves and tracks that Harry envisioned a hundred years ago.
Port Hills Recreation Strategy [PDF 7.64MB]
The native remnants of bush on the Port Hills are home to some of our native birds. Many of the native birds visiting city gardens in the winter come from the Port Hills forest areas. The clear notes of the bellbird (korimako) can be heard in the bush during the summer months. Fantail, silvereye, grey warbler, shining cuckoo and a few South Island tomtits are commonly seen and heard in the bush.
The New Zealand wood pigeon (kukupa or kereru) is the largest berry-eating bird in New Zealand and an important seed-disperser for many native plants. The wood pigeon can often be seen when walking through the bush areas. The most common birds seen on the Port Hills are introduced, such as the blackbird, chaffinch and thrush.
A large range of native invertebrates occupy the Port Hills bush and grass lands areas, including the native copper butterfly (Lycaena salustius). Lizards native to the Port Hills include gecko and skink species.
The contrasting sheltered valleys and exposed windswept hillsides provide a range of growing conditions for a wide variety of plants. Local endemic plants which are found only or mainly on Banks Peninsula (and nowhere else in the world) include the Banks Peninsula hebe (Hebe strictissima), the Banks Peninsula blue tussock (Poa colensoi) and the rare and endangered 'Lyttelton forgetmenot' (Myosotis australis var. lytteltonensis). The Port Hills are also home to rare ferns.
Remnant pockets of podocarp forest shelter 500-600 year old matai, totara and kahikatea trees and regenerating seedlings. A diverse range of fruiting and flowering hardwood species including kowhai, lacebark, ribbonwood, mahoe, five finger, cabbage tree, kanuka, lancewood, fuchsia, and many shrub species, thrive in these remnants. The sunny northern slopes of the Port Hills feature tussock grasslands, dominated by silver tussock (Poa cita). They also include many other native and introduced grasses, and the blue and white flowered harebell (Wahlenbergia gracilis). Tussock grasslands are rare worldwide, and such extensive tussock lands close to a metropolitan area are even rarer.
Many organisations have an interest in the Port Hills including the Christchurch City Council, Department of Conservation, Ngai Tahu and especially the Rāpaki Rūnanga (Te Hapu o Ngati Wheke), the Summit Road Protection Authority, Summit Road Society, Selwyn District Council, Environment Canterbury, Mt Vernon Trust, John Britten Trust, and Godley Head Trust.Summit Road SocietyThe Society is a voluntary group promoting the enhancement, preservation and protection of the character of the Port Hills for people's enjoyment.
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