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BBC Review
A lovely sixth record from Brazil's great Afro-bossa veterans.
Jon Lusk 2010
This Rio de Janeiro-based band may hold the world record for the longest gap between albums. After their eponymous debut in 1962, it wasn't until 2001 that they released the aptly titled 'follow-up', The Return of The Ipanemas – the result of a reunion initiated by Far Out founder Joe Davis. Since then they've improved their work rate considerably, Que Beleza being their sixth – and possibly final – album.
It's not as if The Ipanemas did nothing for nearly four decades, though. During their 'break', original members Neco (guitar) and Wilson Das Neves (percussion, vocals) toured and recorded with the cream of Brazilian music, and Das Neves also surfaced recently as a member of gafieira samba revivalists Orquestra Imperial. The Ipanemas themselves have also put the Afro influence back into bossa nova with their rootsy 'Afro-bossa' – a richly rhythmic re-interpretation that pulls the style back towards its samba roots without losing its melodic and harmonic richness.
Sadly, Neco died after recording 2008's fine Call of the Gods album, and Que Beleza is thus dedicated to his memory. He's replaced by Jose Carlos on acoustic guitar, so the band's sound hasn't changed much, though there is an air of melancholy about this album. That's in spite of the sunny acoustic samba vibe, which makes it ideal undemanding summer listening.
Das Neves contributes a world-weary vocal to about half the tracks, most confidently on the opener Que Beleza de Nega and the wonderfully expectant vibe of Euê Ô. The other most distinctive 'voice' is Vitor Santos' woozy trombone, which either leads or accompanies most of the tunes. His easygoing and seemingly effortless playing is best heard on A Cara Dele, Espelho d'Agua and Nega E Kota.
There are also four guest vocals by veteran singer Andrea Martins. She shines on Festa, though sounds somewhat wobbly duetting with Das Neves on Lembranças. He even seems a little tired on the other duet, Traz Um Presente Pra Mim, perhaps intentionally, to convey being fed up with her nagging request of "Bring a present for me".
The roster of guest players isn't as rich as that on Call of the Gods, and Jose Roberto Bertrami's organ is a little too low in the mix to be fully appreciated. But even if it's not an essential addition to The Ipanemas' discography, this is still a rather lovely record.


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Part of Backbench Business – in the House of Commons at 7:01 pm on 5th December 2011.
I thank the hon. Gentleman. It would certainly be useful to have an update on the cases that have attracted so much limelight and controversy.
More generally, we ought to have some discretion in this country to prosecute such cross-border cases here. Jurisdiction ought to be decided transparently, by independent courts, according to clear legal rules, not by prosecutors haggling behind closed doors. That is why the idea of guidelines for prosecutors does not go far enough. Of course, the legislation is already in place under the Police and Justice Act 2006. Let us bring it into force and take the political heat out of these cases, which I respectfully suggest would be in the interests of both countries. The previous Government enacted that legislation, so it is difficult to understand why Labour Front Benchers might seek to block it by opposing the motion.

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José James - Words and Music - 2013
3.24.13 8:00pm
Minneapolis-born, NYC-based José James crafts an intelligent and intoxicating mix of jazz, beats and soul. His third album, called No Beginning No End, is his first on the Blue Note label, and it continues to show José blending styles and forging a new vision - while also drawing inspiration from classic pop song structures. In his recent Studio A visit, he scaled back the songs to just voice, piano and acoustic guitar, and we were lucky enough to get video of the performances.
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text: Peat continues ascendance at left tackle as first spring session concludes March 10, 2013 1 Comment Share tweet Sam Fisher By: Sam Fisher The wide receiving corps and sophomore left tackle Andrus Peat starred again as Stanford football finished off its first session of spring practice with a scrimmage-style open practice Saturday afternoon. Though played most of his freshman season on the right side of the line, Andrus Peat has solidified his role as Stanford's starting left tackle for 2013 by dominating the Cardinal's first spring practice session. (DAVID BERNAL/isiphotos.com) Junior Ty Montgomery is likely to lead the charge at receiver in the fall, but the wildcard, junior Kelsey Young, came up with the big play of the day on a route Stanford fans aren't used to seeing from the speedster. Junior Kevin Hogan hit Young on a 46-yard bomb that looked like the backyard "just go deep" route. It was a welcome sight for those in attendance, as the main criticism of Hogan's performance last season was his inaccuracy on those deep passes. But looking back at the first session of spring practice, the biggest difference seems to be a much-improved offensive line. All the way through last year's Cardinal & White Spring Game, Stanford's veteran defense dominated the offense up front. Its quarterbacks, and running backs, didn't even have a chance. This spring has been a different story, and a lot of that is due to the emergence of Peat at left tackle and the corresponding move by senior David Yankey back to left guard. Peat has drawn praise from his coaches throughout the spring. Though he gave up a sack to junior Kevin Anderson on Saturday, Peat has been, in head coach David Shaw's words, "phenomenal." Mike Bloomgren, who coached the offensive line until receiving a promotion to offensive coordinator this season, said that Peat "has come miles" since entering Stanford's training camp last August. But it's not just the coaching staff that has taken notice of Peat's play. His teammates on the offensive line — including Yankey, the senior anchor of the line — have been impressed as well. "We always knew he had the physical tools," Yankey said of Peat. "Even as a true freshman he did some special things physically and didn't completely grasp the playbook. But he's just come such a long way. He's really matured as a player and he's got the playbook down mentally and he has the drive, the will — you see his frustration after bad reps — and he's gotten better every day." One of the biggest keys to Peat's emergence in his second season has been his mastery of a deadly, open-handed punch. Peat learned the move from his father, Todd, who played six seasons in the NFL, and has used it very effectively throughout the spring. Peat has also shown some agility in addition to his power. Fifth-year senior nickelback Usua Amanam, who is one of the fastest players on the team, tried an outside speed rush again Peat on Saturday. The 6-foot-7 Peat kept up with him without a problem, pushing Amanam harmlessly behind junior quarterback Kevin Hogan. "He's quick," Peat said of Amanam. "I made sure I got out of my stance quick and just [get] ready for him. He's a small guy, you've gotta bend down really far to block him." One other interesting tidbit to take from Saturday's scrimmage was the play of sophomore quarterback Dallas Lloyd. Shaw used Lloyd in an option package, similar to how he used Hogan for the early part of the 2012 season, and Lloyd was impressive. Lloyd operated the triple-option very smoothly from the shotgun. Then he showed great footwork rolling out across his body to the left out of a great play-action fake before eventually taking off for a big gain. "He's a great athlete," Shaw said. "If that ends up translating to the games, we'll see. But it's nice to have another running quarterback in the mix that can also throw. So we had some fun. "The thing is, our quarterbacks aren't live in these periods, but that drives him crazy. He wants to be live. He wants to be tackled. He wants to be hit and run through guys. We made him live at the end and he did a good job." Stanford now enters a three-week break for finals and Spring Break. The Cardinal returns to action on April 1 for a second and final two-week practice period that will see the return of fifth-year senior linebacker Shayne Skov and senior running back Tyler Gaffney. The session finishes with the Cardinal & White Spring Game at Stanford Stadium at 3 p.m. on April 13. Contact Sam Fisher at safisher "at" stanford.edu. Andrus Peat Cardinal-white spring game Dallas Lloyd David Shaw David Yankey football kelsey young kevin hogan Mike Bloomgren Shayne Skov spring practice Todd Peat ty montgomery Tyler Gaffney Usua Amanam 2013-03-10 Sam Fisher March 10, 2013 1 Comment Share tweet Subscribe Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter of top headlines.


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BARBARA AND FRED FELDT have two gardens—a sun garden and a shade garden—and the birds and butterflies flock to both. But don't picture a half-acre in the suburbs. Welcome to Backyard Wildlife Habitat site #20895, an Art Deco apartment building in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The Feldts' shade garden blooms in the dim, cement-floored space between their building and its neighbor. Their sun garden is on the roof, six stories up, with views of the East River and Times Square.
The Feldts' home is one of more than 36,000 U.S. properties certified by the National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat program, which took root 30 years ago. And like the nectar flowers and berry bushes planted by participants, it has grown bigger and branched out. Today, other programs complement its original mission. The Habitat Stewards™ program, launched in 1999, trains volunteers to create wildlife habitats in their communities. The Schoolyard Habitats® program, which began in 1996 and includes almost 1,800 schools throughout the country, offers workshops and educational materials. There's also the Community Wildlife Habitat® project, which encourages entire communities—residences and businesses—to make green space a haven for wildlife. And for more than a decade, NWF's Campus Ecology® program has helped transform some of the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society while training a new generation of environmental leaders.
The programs' roots date back to 1973 when the nation's environmental movement was still in relative infancy. That's when NWF leaders noted a striking statistic: 70 percent of Americans lived in cities and suburbs. "As we become more and more urbanized," wrote Editor John Strohm in the April/May 1973 issue of National Wildlife, "fewer and fewer children will be able to rub shoulders with nature." How could kids "brought up on concrete" grow into adults who would care about wildlife? NWF had a plan: Bring the wildlife to kids.
The idea was that backyards—large or small, rural or urban—could, at little cost, be transformed into wildlife habitats, creating a network of mini-refuges for plants and animals displaced by development. That magazine issue's lead article explained the core tenet of the program, unchanged to this day: Wildlife needs four basic elements to survive: food, water, cover and places to raise young. Readers also found out how to get started in their own yards, with a detailed garden plan and lists of native plants.
One year later, 249 homeowners had certified their yards. Today, many of these original habitats are maintained by the same homeowners—though the landscape around them has often changed. One of those habitats is the home of Fred and Edith Halbut in Brownsburg, Indiana. When they moved there in 1946, their three-acre lot was "out in the middle of nowhere." Now, says Edith, the birdbaths, butterfly garden and handmade marsh create an oasis in the middle of a sprawling city.
As the country grows increasingly more urban, the number of certified backyard habitats has also grown steadily. They range in size from tiny apartment balconies to the sprawling grounds of governors' mansions. And that number may be just the tip of the iceberg. "There are many thousands of people who are using the program to create and restore habitat for wildlife who haven't officially certified their habitat with NWF yet," says program manager David Mizejewski. "We have more than 45,000 individual users visiting the Backyard Wildlife Habitat Web site every month, and we distribute habitat information to tens of thousands of people annually."
Meanwhile, the increasing mobility of American families means some certification numbers represent more than one habitat. For example, Don Hohimer of Alpine, California (Habitat #28685), has moved three times in the last ten years. With each move, he and his family created a new backyard habitat—and the buyers inherited the old habitat. "Our houses sold quickly because of the gardens," Hohimer says.
Some certified "backyards" are actually on the grounds of small businesses, where customers get a free education about the value of gardening for wildlife. At Dover Canyon Winery (Habitat #29356), located in Paso Robles on California's central coast near San Luis Obispo, owners Mary Baker and Don Panico and their ten-year-old son, Troy, live in a 1920s farmhouse next to the winery barn. The habitat certification sign is on display in the tasting room. "Our visitors are always interested and ask lots of questions," says Baker.
Then there's Niche Gardens (Habitat #15467), a plant nursery near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, that specializes in native wildflowers. Horticulturist Kim Hawkes saw the need for a specialty nursery after purchasing mail-order wildflowers for her own yard. "It was obvious most of the plants had been dug from the wild," she says. "That bothered me." So today she offers her customers sustainably cultivated natives. She also teaches them about wildlife gardening on tours of her demonstration gardens, which include a bog and a "meadow giants" garden vibrant with sunflowers, bee balm and Joe-pye weed. Children from nearby schools visit on class field trips.
Other certified backyards are actually public spaces, including parks, government buildings and places of worship. After Dale and Pat Bulla finished certifying their backyard (Habitat #29482) in Austin, Texas, they enrolled in the Habitat Stewards training program, which involves three days of training on topics such as creating a butterfly habitat and building a backyard pond. The Bullas went on to help create habitats at a neighborhood school and at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Austin. Says Dale, "We've had several 'walkabouts' after services, where we explain why the plants are here and what they do."
The program's original mission—to get entire families closer to nature—is still NWF's main focus. In Cohassett, Massachusetts, Barbara Canney is giving a tour of her wooded yard (Habitat #25511), when Garrett, age ten, comes running up. "Mom, there's a slug! Come see it!" he exclaims. "My parents taught me to appreciate nature," Canney says. "I want to pass that along to my son."
When she and her family moved into their English cottage-style home nine years ago, the two-acre lot was already shaded by mature oaks, maples and white pines and surrounded by viburnum, holly and mountain laurel. "Making habitat for wildlife here was mostly just letting things be," Canney says. Still, several family projects enhance the habitat: Garrett and his father recently installed a small pond; there's also a brush pile, a bat house and a songbird nesting box. Even Stoney, the family golden retriever, pitches in to help wildlife. The fur he sheds goes in a mesh bag to provide nesting material for birds.
Jim and Judy Lambert (Habitat #3247) in Selma, Indiana, wouldn't have known about the backyard habitat program if it hadn't been for their kids—they read about the program in their son's Ranger Rick magazine. The Lamberts' 100-year-old farmhouse sits on six acres in the middle of corn and soybean fields. A portion of the land has been returned to tallgrass prairie, with big and little bluestem grass, Indian grass, gamma grass and compass plants. Close to the house are evergreens that provide shelter for rabbits and songbirds and "food trees" that provide fruit for songbirds and small mammals. A patch of plowed-under wetland has been restored, and Jim designed a large pond that attracts sora rails, double-crested cormorants, wading birds and nesting Canada geese.
Although the Lamberts' three children are grown now, "They're still gardeners and environmentalists," Judy says. "Our son in particular is an avid birder and butterfly-watcher." And Jim and Judy continue to educate young people about wildlife. Scout groups and school groups come regularly to tour their prairie oasis.
But having wildlife-friendly habitat is not all about owning a home surrounded by a big yard. Even renters can help attract native species. Take NWF's Mizejewski. When he joined the NWF staff three years ago, he was eager to practice what he was about to preach. But his home (Habitat #32156) in an urban part of Arlington, Virginia, is a rental house with a postage-stamp yard. "I don't own the property, so I don't want to spend a lot on plants," he says. "I also have to pay the water bill, so I don't want plants that need a lot of it."
To create a habitat on a budget, Mizejewski gets extra plants from his friends' gardens or picks up specimens at "plant rescues," places such as construction sites where native plants will be uprooted. He has planted more than 20 native species, including columbine, white wood aster, bleeding heart and wild geranium. "In last summer's drought, my natives did better than my neighbors' ornamentals," he says.
An old silver maple—a haven for nesting squirrels and birds—shades the yard. So far, Mizejewski has convinced his landlords to keep it. In fact, he says, most landlords are pleased to have a tenant take an interest in the yard. "My landlords have seen what I've done," he says. "They think it's great."
Recognizing the importance of educating people about wildlife-friendly habitat at an early age, NWF started its Schoolyard Habitats program, which, most notably, encourages schools to transform their surroundings into living laboratories. For example, thanks to a renovation in 2000, Tuckahoe Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, is now surrounded by micro-habitats, including a pond with a resident red-eared slider named Tess and a bird-viewing habitat outside the art room, says Beth Reese, the school district's outdoor learning coordinator.
With nature just outside the door, students at Tuckahoe have a real-life lab within reach. Last spring, when Tess emerged from hibernation, second graders deduced independently that water temperature, not air temperature, had stimulated the turtle to emerge—thanks to the data they had been diligently logging three times a week.
Students also seem proud to leave something permanent behind them. "Every weekend I see families coming to check on the garden," Reese says. "And I hear, 'Look there's the tree I planted,' or 'Hey, that's my brick!'"
The movement to create habitat around schools extends to the halls of academe. At Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, the grounds around Jordan Hall now reflect the subject studied inside—biology. That's thanks to Jennifer Hannink, who recently graduated with a master's degree in environmental policy and natural resources management. She had enrolled in an NWF-sponsored Habitat Stewards class to complement her course work. Then she looked around campus for a place to translate concepts into action. "It seemed appropriate that the biology department should have some areas planted with native species," Hannink says.
With funding from a Campus Ecology fellowship, Hannink has transformed the massive planters fronting the building from an untended jumble of gravel and invasive species to a gemlike sample of prairie habitat. She grew prairie plants from seed—including purple coneflower, butterflyweed, cardinal flower, columbine and mountain mint—in a campus greenhouse, then moved them to the planters along with dogwood and redbud trees and nest boxes for birds. "There's all sorts of insect activity around the planters now," she says, "with ladybugs, wasps, bumblebees and butterflies flittering about."
Certainly, gardening for wildlife can transform people's surroundings, but it can also transform their lives. In San Diego, Jenny Parker is an anesthesiologist at a local hospital. Lately, neighbors have been admiring her yard and asking for help with their own. Now she's started a small landscaping business with a budding clientele, and eventually she hopes to retire from medicine and do landscaping for wildlife full time.
"It's funny," Parker notes. "When I first talk to people, they don't want animals in their yard—because birds make a mess and so on. So I go a little slow. I say, 'See that phoebe over there swooping down? It's eating the bugs that are causing problems for your plants. Wouldn't it be nice if you could keep him around?'
"Then I recommend some plants that work really well to attract hummingbirds. And well, once they start seeing hummingbirds up close, they get hooked! Wouldn't you?"
Pennsylvania writer Cynthia Berger recently received a certificate from NWF for making her backyard wildlife-friendly.


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We used to watch our landscaping disappear each day through the palates of dozens of rabbits. We'd see between 15 and 20 at one time devouring our lawn and plants, and the 'grass' looked more like a cocoa puff cereal truck accident. Mr. Benjamin Sheridan, in .22 cal, has helped me remedy that situation over the last few months.
Up until now these critters have ended up in 'bunny body bags' - plastic bags from the grocery store. We're reluctant to eat the meat, since this is still a somewhat urban area, and these little guys dine on everything in the neighborhood - I assume much of their food is laced with pesticides and other chemicals. However, the skins may be a different matter. I've always hated waste, and even though I'm glad to reduce the damage to our property, I don't like simply disposing of our 'little friends' this way.
Occasionally I see rabbit skins for sale, but I assume the prices are so low that it isn't worth the trouble to skin our rabbits. So, a question - if I wanted to sell rabbit skins, where would I sell them? And, am I right in thinking this is much more trouble than it's worth? If it makes any sense at all, my boys could pick up some extra change and learn some valuable skills on this easy project.
Thanks. Regards from AZ
[Now that I've picked up a lot of pointers on hunting mice and rabbits, perhaps I'll finally get drawn for deer next year ...
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Research Topics
Genomes and Genes
Wouter de Laat
Affiliation: Erasmus MC
Country: The Netherlands
Detail Information
- Looping and interaction between hypersensitive sites in the active beta-globin locusBas Tolhuis
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, P O Box 1738, 3000DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mol Cell 10:1453-65. 2002..Moreover, two distant hypersensitive regions participate in these interactions. We propose that clustering of regulatory elements is key to creating and maintaining active chromatin domains and regulating transcription...
- Nuclear organization of active and inactive chromatin domains uncovered by chromosome conformation capture-on-chip (4C)Marieke Simonis
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus Medical Centre, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nat Genet 38:1348-54. 2006..Our data demonstrate that chromosomes fold into areas of active chromatin and areas of inactive chromatin and establish 4C technology as a powerful tool to study nuclear architecture...
- Three-dimensional organization of gene expression in erythroid cellsWouter de Laat
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Curr Top Dev Biol 82:117-39. 2008..Here, we discuss the most recent insight into the three-dimensional organization of gene expression...
- Spatial organization of gene expression: the active chromatin hubWouter de Laat
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Chromosome Res 11:447-59. 2003..Possible mechanisms by which distal DNA elements encounter each other in the 3D nuclear space will be discussed...
- Long-range DNA contacts: romance in the nucleus?Wouter de Laat
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Dr Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Curr Opin Cell Biol 19:317-20. 2007..Novel high-throughput methods, such as 4C technology, that study DNA interactions in an unbiased manner should uncover the generality of this romantic concept of nuclear architecture...
- Transcription and chromatin organization of a housekeeping gene cluster containing an integrated beta-globin locus control regionDaan Noordermeer
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS Genet 4:e1000016. 2008..We identified long-range interactions between the LCR and two upregulated genes and propose that LCR-gene contacts via chromatin looping determine which genes are transcriptionally enhanced...
- Beta-globin active chromatin Hub formation in differentiating erythroid cells and in p45 NF-E2 knock-out miceJurgen Kooren
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, P O Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Biol Chem 282:16544-52. 2007..Moreover, we used knock-out mice to show that the erythroid transcription factor p45 NF-E2, which has been implicated in beta-globin gene regulation, is dispensable for beta-globin ACH formation...
- The active spatial organization of the beta-globin locus requires the transcription factor EKLFRoy Drissen
Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, The Netherlands
Genes Dev 18:2485-90. 2004..We conclude that transcription factors can play an essential role in the three-dimensional organization of gene loci...
- Maintenance of long-range DNA interactions after inhibition of ongoing RNA polymerase II transcriptionRobert Jan Palstra
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 3:e1661. 2008..We propose that these parameters, more than transcription or RNA polymerase II binding, determine the maintenance of long-range DNA interactions...
- The beta-globin nuclear compartment in development and erythroid differentiationRobert Jan Palstra
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, ErasmusMC, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nat Genet 35:190-4. 2003..We conclude that during erythroid differentiation, cis-regulatory DNA elements create a developmentally conserved nuclear compartment dedicated to RNA polymerase II transcription of beta-globin genes...
- FISH-eyed and genome-wide views on the spatial organisation of gene expressionMarieke Simonis
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Biochim Biophys Acta 1783:2052-60. 2008..Here we will evaluate evidence implying that the folding of DNA is important for transcriptional control in mammals and we will discuss novel high-throughput techniques expected to further boost our knowledge on nuclear organisation...
- Beta-globin regulation and long-range interactionsRobert Jan Palstra
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Adv Genet 61:107-42. 2008....
- CTCF mediates long-range chromatin looping and local histone modification in the beta-globin locusErik Splinter
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Genes Dev 20:2349-54. 2006..We postulate that throughout the genome, relative position and stability of CTCF-mediated loops determine their effect on enhancer-promoter interactions, with gene insulation as one possible outcome...
- Joining the loops: beta-globin gene regulationDaan Noordermeer
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
IUBMB Life 60:824-33. 2008..Here we discuss the significance of ACH formation, provide an overview of the proteins implicated in chromatin looping at the beta-globin locus, and evaluate the relationship between nuclear organization and beta-globin gene expression...
- Multiple interactions between regulatory regions are required to stabilize an active chromatin hubGeorge P Patrinos
Erasmus University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, MGC Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Rotterdam, 3000 DR, The Netherlands
Genes Dev 18:1495-509. 2004..We conclude that multiple interactions between the LCR and the beta-globin gene are required to maintain the appropriate spatial configuration in vivo...
- Inter-chromosomal gene regulation in the mammalian cell nucleusWouter de Laat
Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Dr Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Curr Opin Genet Dev 17:456-64. 2007..This stochastic concept of nuclear organization predicts that tissue-specific interactions between two selected loci present on different chromosomes will be rare...
- An evaluation of 3C-based methods to capture DNA interactionsMarieke Simonis
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam
Nat Methods 4:895-901. 2007..Here we discuss the intricacies of 3C and new 3C-based methods including the 4C, 5C and ChIP-loop assay...
- 3C technology: analyzing the spatial organization of genomic loci in vivoErik Splinter
Department of Cell Biology, ErasmusMC, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Methods Enzymol 375:493-507. 2004
- Allelic exclusion of the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus is independent of its nuclear localization in mature B cellsSjoerd J B Holwerda
Hubrecht Institute KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CT, The Netherlands
Nucleic Acids Res 41:6905-16. 2013..This, we speculate, may help to restrict enhancer activity to the productively rearranged VH promoter element. ..
- Integrated transcript and genome analyses reveal NKX2-1 and MEF2C as potential oncogenes in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaIrene Homminga
Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cancer Cell 19:484-97. 2011..We propose NKX2-1, NKX2-2, and MEF2C as T-ALL oncogenes that are activated by various rearrangements...
- Domain organization of human chromosomes revealed by mapping of nuclear lamina interactionsLars Guelen
Division of Molecular Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nature 453:948-51. 2008..Taken together, these results demonstrate that the human genome is divided into large, discrete domains that are units of chromosome organization within the nucleus...
- Quantitative analysis of chromosome conformation capture assays (3C-qPCR)Hélène Hagège
UMR5535 CNRS UMII, IFR122, Institut de Genetique Moleculaire de Montpellier, IGMM, 1919, route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Nat Protoc 2:1722-33. 2007..Here, we provide a detailed protocol for this method, which we have named 3C-qPCR. Once preliminary controls and optimizations have been performed, the whole procedure (3C assays and quantitative analyses) can be completed in 7-9 days...


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Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) reported diluted earnings per share of 70 cents in the second quarter, an all-time quarterly record and an increase of 4.5% over the 67 cents per share earned in the second quarter of 2011. The impact of foreign currency reduced reported earnings per share by approximately four cents in the second quarter. Foreign currency translation also significantly reduced both revenue and operating income in the second quarter. Revenue was $367.8 million in the second quarter compared to $377.0 million in the second quarter of 2011. Operating income was $54.3 million in both the current quarter and last year's comparable period. Stated in local currency, revenue increased 2% and operating income increased 5% compared to last year's second quarter. The second quarter earnings include legal costs of two cents per share incurred by the Company in a legal action against one of its former law firms. The action related to significant environmental claims arising out of a 1988 transaction in which the law firm was the Company's legal advisor. The underlying environmental liability was minimized in a negotiated settlement in 2009. The Company did not receive an award as a result of this legal action, and it has concluded its efforts to recover its costs with respect to this matter. Management does not expect any impact on future financial results. Diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2012, increased 6.7% to $1.28 per share, compared to $1.20 reported in the first half of 2011. Revenue was $733.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $726.7 million reported in the first six months of last year. Revenue and diluted earnings per share increased 4% and 11%, respectively, in local currency. Cash provided by operating activities in the second quarter of 2012 was $40.1 million, an increase of 4.5% from the $38.4 million reported in last year's second quarter.
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Dear Hearing Officer,
It's happened again, and I am really sorry.
This ticket was a street cleaning violation, and I know its fall and the leaves are falling and clogging up the sewer grates, which leads to huge puddles of standing water. I appreciate what the city does to prevent this problem, and regret getting in the way on the day in question, this past Tuesday, October 21st.
I was out of town, writing poetry. I could never have known that it was time for the streets to be cleaned, as the signs posted in our neighborhood appear only the day before.
And so it is with humility, slight embarrassment even, that I again appeal for your leniency. Any reduction in the fine you can afford would be much appreciated.
Still broke,
Cyrus Dowlatshahi


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Connecticut Audubon Society worked on several bills in the state General Assembly in 2012. Details follow.
Bills We Supported
An Act Concerning the State's Open Space Plan, SB 347
An Act Increasing the Penalty for Poaching. HB 5263
An Act Concerning the Use of Pesticides at Schools. HB 5121
Bills We Opposed
An Act Modernizing the State's Telecommunications Laws, SB 447
An Act Modifying the Ban on Pesticide Applications on School Grounds, SB 5155
An Act Concerning the State's Open Space Plan
Status: Passed by the Senate and the House
Connecticut Audubon Society Supported This Bill
Bill Purpose
To revise the state's open space plan by increasing the frequency of revisions to such plan, identifying lands appropriate for preservation as open space that are held by state agencies and water companies, identifying lands of highest priority for conservation and making recommendations for the establishment of a system to accurately keep track of lands preserved as open space.
Text of the Bill
Why Connecticut Audubon Society supported this bill
The bill requires the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to identify lands that are the highest priorities for open space acquisition, including wildlife habitat and ecological resources, and the general locations of these highest priorities.
The legislation also requires the DEEP to work with other state agencies to identify state-owned lands that are important for conservation but which are not protected open space, and to plan a strategy for preserving them in perpetuity.
The legislation also broadens the number of stakeholders that the DEEP must consult when it works on these projects. Added to the list are municipalities and regional planning agencies, in addition to the Council on Environmental Quality and private nonprofit land conservation organizations such as CAS.
These revisions to Connecticut's open space acquisition process are among many that we have enumerated over the years in our Connecticut State of the Birds reports. This year's legislation was drafted by the Council on Environmental Quality and is supported by other conservation organizations as well.
The proposed legislation is important, we believe, because it will help focus the state's land acquisition program as we move toward the goal of preserving 21 percent of the land in Connecticut by 2023. As things stand now, state officials know how much land has been preserved but they do not have a good idea of what kinds of lands have been preserved — whether it be conservation land, farmland, recreation land, etc.
The proposed legislation also is important because it will require the DEEP to make careful judgments about what kinds of lands should be preserved and to identify in general where those lands are located, so they can be viewed in the larger landscape context that is essential to serious conservation.
In addition, we know that state agencies other than the DEEP own large tracts of land, some of which have habitats that are rare or play an important role in a larger mosaic of habitats. This legislation will require the DEEP to work with its sister agencies to find and evaluate those lands. Because they are already state-owned, it would be a relatively-easy next step to protect them with conservation easements so they remain preserved forever.
An Act Increasing the Penalty for Poaching
Status: Passed by the House and the Senate; signed into law by Governor Malloy on June 6, 2012
Connecticut Audubon Society Supported This Bill
Bill Purpose
To impose a mandatory one-thousand-dollar fine for poaching. [This bill was amended to make the fine not less than $500 and not more than $1,000.]
Text of the Bill
Why Connecticut Audubon Society Supported this Bill
Illegal hunting of deer has been a problem on Connecticut Audubon Society sanctuaries. Here is an excerpt from the testimony to the Environment Committee of Andy Rzeznikiewicz, the Land Manager at our Center at Pomfret:
"I have personally caught and reported many people poaching on our sanctuary in Pomfret. In the end, these people get a little slap on the hand, and face virtually no consequences for their actions. … In late December of 2010, after deer season was finished, I found where an abutter to the sanctuary had been baiting deer on our sanctuary and shooting them from his house. He had shot and killed three deer and injured a fourth that particular day. Judging by what I saw there this wasn't his first time that year. When the conservation officer approached him at his house he readily admitted guilt. He was only fined $100 and he got his gun back! … Just beyond where he was shooting the deer, we have a public hiking trail. Someone could have been hurt! The poacher asked the conservation officer if it was the women walking her dog five minutes after he shot the deer who reported him. That's how close we were to a potential injury."
An Act Modernizing the State's Telecommunications Laws
Status Sections of the bill that would have made cell towers compatible with state parks and forests were deleted; the revised bill did not pass
Connecticut Audubon Society Opposed those sections of the Bill
Bill Purpose
One provision of this bill would allow cell towers to be erected in state parks and forests by declaring them to be compatible with parks and forests.
Text of the Bill
Why Connecticut Audubon Society Opposed this Provision of the Bill
This would fundamentally change the current state practice of not allowing towers on watershed land, state parks or state forests. Passage of this provision would lead to the construction of communications towers that would seriously damage wildlife habitat by causing forest fragmentation; cell towers are also a hazard to migrating birds.
An Act Modifying the Ban on Pesticide Applications on School Grounds
Status: The bill was killed by Rep. Richard Roy, chair of the Environment Committee
Connecticut Audubon Society Opposed this Bill
Purpose of the Bill
To allow the application of certain pesticides on school grounds, to authorize the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to adopt regulations regarding such pesticide applications and to provide for a penalty for the violation of laws concerning such pesticide applications.
Why Connecticut Audubon Society Opposed this Bill
The purpose of the current law is to help safeguard Connecticut's children from exposure to dangerous pesticides used on school lawns, playing fields, etc. The law has a residual conservation benefit in that many of Connecticut's most common birds – including the American Robin, the official state bird of Connecticut – use lawns and playing fields to search for the insects that make up the bulk of their diet. Rolling back this law would subject Connecticut's school children to an unnecessary risk, while also threatening many of our state's birds by killing their food source and exposing them, directly and indirectly, to toxic pesticides.
An Act Concerning the Use of Organic Pesticides on School Property and Authorizing Municipal Regulation of the Use of Pesticides on Residential Property.
Status: This bill did not make it out of the Committee on Planning and Development
Connecticut Audubon Society Supported this Bill
Bill Purpose
To allow the use of organic pesticides on school property and to authorize municipalities to regulate the use of pesticides on residential property.
Text of the Bill
Why Connecticut Audubon Society Supported this Bill
HB 5121 would allow schools to use organic pesticides and would authorize municipalities to pass local pesticide regulations that are stronger than state regulations. These changes are likely to result is a reduction in the use of harmful pesticides.


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Jeff's targeted therapy has kept his advanced lung cancer at bay.
In the spirit of the late Tom and Jean Yawkey's nearly half-century
of dedication to the fight against cancer, the Yawkey Foundation has
awarded $30 million, the largest gift in its history, to Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute. The gift will help underwrite construction of the
Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, a state-of-the-art outpatient facility
that is proposed to be developed on Brookline Avenue, at the heart of
Dana-Farber's campus.
The Yawkey contribution is the second largest single gift made to Dana-Farber's fundraising campaign, Mission Possible: The Dana-Farber Campaign to Conquer Cancer,
which seeks to raise $1 billion to accelerate the pace of cancer
research, promote the translation of scientific advances into new
life-saving therapies, and expand Dana-Farber's ability to provide its
signature patient- and family-centered care.
"We're immensely grateful for the Yawkey Foundation's generous
support for this project, and for Dana-Farber and our mission," said
Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, president of Dana-Farber. "More than 50 years
ago, Tom and Jean Yawkey and our founder Dr. Sidney Farber shared a
vision of one day conquering cancer. The Yawkeys' longstanding support
of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund has enabled us to move much, much
closer to this goal and has helped save countless lives along the way."
The Yawkey Foundation's gift extends the Yawkeys' unwavering
commitment to the Jimmy Fund, which supports adult and pediatric cancer
care and research at Dana-Farber. "Tom and Jean Yawkey were deeply
committed to supporting the lifesaving work of Dr. Sidney Farber and the
Institute. They gave generously of their resources and personal time in
the hope of one day realizing a world without cancer. The Trustees of
the Yawkey Foundation take great pleasure in commemorating this
longstanding relationship between the Yawkeys and Dana-Farber," said
James Healey, president and trustee of the Yawkey Foundation.
The histories of Dana-Farber and the Yawkey family are inextricably
linked. In 1953, the Yawkeys adopted the Jimmy Fund as the official
charity of the Boston Red Sox, which they owned from 1933-2002. The Red
Sox-Jimmy Fund partnership, which remains strong and fruitful to this
day, has generated millions of dollars in support for cancer care and
research at Dana-Farber and has made contributing to the Jimmy Fund a
New England tradition.
The Yawkeys also were extensively involved in the governance of
Dana-Farber. Tom Yawkey served as a trustee from 1954-76, during which
time he was president of the institution from 1960-69 and chairman of
the Board of Trustees from 1969 until his death in 1976. Jean Yawkey was
a Dana-Farber trustee from 1976 until her 1992 death, and she served as
chair of the Board of Trustees from 1976-79.
The need for the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, which will be the
first new clinical building at Dana-Farber since 1976, is driven by the
rapidly accelerating pace of cancer research, both in the clinics and
the laboratories, and a dramatic increase in the number of patients
cared for by the Institute. Between 2001 and 2005, outpatient visits and
chemotherapy infusions at Dana-Farber grew by more than 43 percent,
from nearly 128,000 to more than 184,000. The number of clinical trials
available to Dana-Farber patients increased 60 percent, from 409 trials
to 658. Dana-Farber officials expect this growth to continue, due in
part to the aging of the U.S. population — cancer disproportionately
strikes people over 60 — and increased survival rates.
As proposed, the Yawkey Center for Cancer Care will house many of
Dana-Farber's adult clinical services, as well as translational research
space and patient and family services. The 275,000 square foot
building, to be constructed near the intersection of Brookline Avenue
and Jimmy Fund Way, will include 100 exam rooms, 150 infusion beds, and a
new, patient-friendly front entrance for Dana-Farber. It also will
consolidate many of Dana-Farber's clinical services into a more open,
accessible space and provide a new, modern entrance into the renowned
institute. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in early
The new building's location just down the street from Fenway Park,
home of the Boston Red Sox, is fitting. The Yawkeys encouraged Red Sox
players to visit young cancer patients at Dana-Farber starting with the
great Ted Williams. For years, signage promoting the Jimmy Fund has
been prominently displayed in the ballpark, and today a Jimmy Fund
insignia adorns the park's "Green Monster" left-field wall. (For more on
the Red Sox-Jimmy Fund relationship, go to www.jimmyfund.org/redsox/.)
"The Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, by bringing together clinical
care and translational research under one roof, truly will embody the
strengths of Dana-Farber and, more importantly, it will enable our
clinicians to provide patients and their families with the finest care
and treatment options available," said Josh Bekenstein, co-chair of the Mission Possible Campaign and a managing director of Bain Capital.
The Yawkey Foundation's gift comes at a critical time, said Larry Lucchino, who is also co-chair of the Mission Possible Campaign and president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox. "We're extremely fortunate
that so many people and organizations already have demonstrated their
support for Dana-Farber, but we have much more work to do. The Yawkey
Foundation's gift is significant both for what it is funding and the
momentum it generates for the overall campaign. And today's Red Sox are,
of course, proud to carry on the Yawkey/Dana-Farber traditions."
"I am honored to have been part of this unprecedented partnership
between the Yawkeys, their foundation and Dana-Farber," said Mike
Andrews, chairman of the Jimmy Fund and a former Red Sox second baseman.
"There is nothing like it anywhere else, and it has been uniquely
productive and effective in the fight against cancer."
The Yawkey Foundations were established more than twenty years ago to
further serve the family's many charitable goals. The mission of the
Yawkey Foundations is to continue the charitable legacy of Tom and Jean
Yawkey by making grants that provide immediate, significant and positive
impact on the quality of life of youth, families and the underserved,
primarily in the areas which the Yawkeys called home, New England and
Georgetown County, South Carolina. For additional information about the
Foundations, visit their website at www.yawkeyfoundations.org.
Founded in 1947 by Sidney Farber, MD, the father of modern chemotherapy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (www.dana-farber.org)
is a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, a founding
member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a National Cancer
Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, and a federally
designated Center for AIDS Research.
Mission Possible: The Dana-Farber Campaign to Conquer Cancer seeks to provide Dana-Farber scientists with the tools to further
uncover the genetic and molecular roots of cancer, and to turn that
knowledge into ever better therapies for people battling the disease.
The $1 billion campaign will support four critical areas: research and
care; technology; the proposed Yawkey Center for Cancer Care; and the
Jimmy Fund and unrestricted funds, which will support the most pressing
needs and promising developments at Dana-Farber.


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"The Guild" will live to conquer the web again.
Tubefilter is reporting that Microsoft has officially renewed "The Guild" for its fifth season, which will debut this summer on Xbox Live, MSN Video and the Zune Marketplace, with Sprint also on board as a sponsor.
Back in 2007, Felicia Day created, wrote and starred in "The Guild," which follows a group of online gamers whose lives seem to revolve around a MMORPG. Day appears as the main character, Cortex; with Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis, Vincent Caso, Robin Thorsen and Amy Okuda also starring in the series.
Since its initial debut, "The Guild" has become one of the biggest web TV hits, with over 100 million views and numerous awards.
"I've never been more excited for anything. Take that Christmas 1989," joked Sean Becker, direct of "The Guild." "I'm really excited for the renewal of season 5. I think this decision could really turn Microsoft into a household name."
At the end of the fourth season, a trip to a gaming convention (probably similar to BlizzCon) was teased, which will likely pay off in the fifth season.
"The convention based story line will allow us to take these characters further out into the unknown (meaning away from their computers), which will be new to us as well on the production side," continued Becker. "I look forward to personally exploring this new environment as well as seeing the characters interact in it. It's going to be a lot of fun, and by fun I mean extremely hard work."
"Every season has had a different style and sensibility. That has been on purpose," said Day. "We're always exploring different aspects of our characters. This season will be no different!"
Day also added that fans should "expect more characters, more color more…fast quips! I'm not sure, let me write the season first."


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Blood on Satan's Claw, aka "Satan's Skin", is a 1971 British horror film made by Tigon British Film Productions and directed by Piers Haggard. The film was written by Robert Wynne-Simmons, with additions by Piers Haggard, and stars Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Barry Andrews. It is set in 17th century England, and tells the story of a village taken over by demonic possession.
In his 2010 BBC documentary series A History of Horror, writer and actor Mark Gatiss referred to the film as a prime example of a short-lived sub-genre he called "folk horror", grouping it with 1968's Witchfinder General and 1973's The Wicker Man.


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BOSTON, Mass. (CBS News) — The first clue that police had finally captured the Boston bombing suspect came when officers and onlookers began to cheer and clap.
Crowds of people had gathered around the Watertown, Mass., property where police believed 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. Police said the teen was hiding in a boat behind a house.
After nearly a nearly two-hour standoff, Tsarnaev was taken from the scene by ambulance to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, where sources said he is being treated for injuries suffered before Friday night's standoff.
The first confirmations came a little bit before 9 p.m. Boston time.
"Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info," wrote the Boston Police Dept on Twitter. It received over 75,000 retweets.
"We got him, thank god we got him," Boston Mayor Tom Menino told WBZ Radio.
Massachusetts residents and reporters crowded around the Watertown home as people heard gunshots fired in the area around 6:50 p.m. A flurry of police activity then erupted moments after authorities wrapped up a press conference. They announced a day-long lockdown in Watertown, Boston and several surrounding communities was over.
More loud bangs were heard an hour later.
After police announced Tsarnaev's capture, people continued to line the streets and clap as local and federal law enforcement official drove away from the scene.
While happy about the outcome, officials took a somber tone remembering those who lost their lives in a press conference shortly after the capture.
"Our thoughts and our prayers are with their families," said U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
"Tonight we're all going to rest easy," she added.
Tsarnaev had been on the run since FBI identified he and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, as suspects in the Monday marathon bombings that killed three and injured more than 180 spectators and runners, including an 11-year-old Bay Area boy, Aaron Hern of Martinez. The brothers are also suspected of killing an MIT police officer as he sat in his vehicle Thursday night.
Tamerlan was killed during a firefight and car chase with police late Thursday.
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The group is comprised of Alex Roy (vocals), Patrick O'Connell (guitar), Toby McAllister (guitar), Ben Briggs (bass), and Nathan Spencer (drums). Seasoned musicians of over a decade, the crew started playing together in high school where they spawned from three local bands. They shared stages frequently at local shows and events until they decided in 2005 to become one single entity, Sparks The Rescue (deriving their name from Nicolas Sparks' novel The Rescue). " – last.fm
Central PA musical artist Kingsfoil focuses on finding ways to capture the emotional nuances of life through catchy lyrics and interesting music. Since hitting the music scene in 2007 with their debut EP "Bear in the Attic", the indie pop rock band has shared dates with many national artists including We The Kings, Creed, Anberlin, The Ting Tings, Chiddy Bang, and Lovedrug. Now riding on a Summer 2010 release of their critically acclaimed self-released LP "On Our Own Together," the band continues to show they have a unique but enjoyable sound. Support from world renowned Philadelphia radio station 88.5 WXPN has helped the band dive headlong into conquering the mid-Atlantic region and beyond with energetic live performances and their signature songwriting. Kingsfoil frontman Jordan Davis' strong vocals soar above carefully crafted arrangements by bandmates Tristan Martin (guitar, keys), Tim Warren (bass), and Frankie Muniz (drums). As their recent feature in Beatweek Magazine pointed out, "each new endeavor the Kingsfoil boys take on seems to make them increasingly popular and marketable." At the very least they're trying to make great music and have fun.
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The Russian problem
Have you met The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga? Neither have I.
Garrett Harris 6 a.m., Sept. 16
Genre: Classical
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Inception: Carlsbad, 1995
Current Status: She plays in the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest and is the concertmaster and assistant first violinist of the San Diego Youth Symphony's Symphonic Orchestra. As an eighth grader at San Elijo Middle School (2007/2008) she plays flute with the school band.
Influences: Brahms, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Daniel Avshalomov and the American String Quartet, Chopin, Beethoven
Twelve years old in 2007, Hannah Cho began studying the violin at age three. The Carlsbad resident has already appeared at Carnegie Hall, after winning the 2006 International Hymn Competition. Born in South Korea, her father is a VIA Telecom engineer and her mother an accomplished piano teacher.


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Remember that highly creative budget reconciliation bill that Representative Richard Pombo engineered through the House Resources Committee that he chairs? The one that would open up public lands to more mining in the name of economic development? Well, it turns out that it still contains a poison pill or two that potentially could open up 18 national parks in the West to mining.
When the measure first surfaced in the Resources Committee back on October 26, it called for 5.5 million acres of public lands, including national park acreage, to be made available for mining. After that generated some outcries, Mr. Pombo amended the measure to do away with that section. Or so that's the word his spokesman, Brian Kennedy, handed out.
But there remain two sections of the proposed legislation that concern park advocates. One is under Section 6204, "Mineral Development Lands Available for Purchase." That section allows for "holders of mining claims," to purchase adjoining acreage that contains patented or unpatented mining claims.
The other problematic area is the amendment tacked onto the measure supposedly to exempt national parks from these provisions. The wording seems in fact to exempt from that amendment folks who hold "valid existing rights" to claims within the parks.
Now, the problem with interpreting legislation is that often it's so horribly written it's near impossible to discern exactly what its authors are hoping to accomplish. And then there are what I'll dub to be "black holes" of cleverly worded phrases that get overlooked because they're buried deep within the poorly written sections.
So I turned to Craig Obey of the National Parks Conservation Association and John Leshy, the Interior Department's top lawyer during the Clinton administration, to help me understand the legislation. They tried their best, but admitted that the 184-page document is pretty convoluted.
Obey, NPCA's vice president for governmental affairs, told me it seems that one section of the legislation "provides for the sale of unpatented claims," of which there are 903 inside the parks.
"It's pretty clear that national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife refuges are not protected from that," he pointed out. "So, what it would mean, for $1000 per acre, sites in national parks could be patented."
Leshy, who these days works as a law professor at the University of California's Hastings College of Law and for the Wyss Foundation, which focuses on land preservation in the Intermountain West, says he's particularly concerned with the amendment that supposedly places parks off limits.
While that amendment states that the legislation does not apply to national parks, it contains a phrase that seems to exempt from that provision "people who have valid existing rights in those parks," Leshy notes.
"Those 903 claimants, are they sheltered from that exemption?" he asks. "This is kind of a puzzle. Nobody really knows that it means. I would assume that the people who have those claims in the parks would say they have valid existing rights to take advantage of this program."
And then there are another 638 holders of patented claims inside the parks. Leshy wonders if the Section 6204 language means they could begin purchasing adjoining acres that once were mined.
"Who knows what valid existing rights means," he says. "A court would have to tell us."
The measure is scheduled to come up before the full House on Thursday, so work those phones to express your displeasure with these provisions.
"People are scrambling now to prevent this from happening, because it's a pretty nefarious provision," says Leshy. "It's pretty awful. It opens up the potential for a lot of mischief."
So, what park properties are in peril? Here's the list:
Bering Land Bridge National National Park.........8 unpatented claims
Denali National Park and Preserve.................28 patented and 21 unpatented claims
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve...........20 patented claims
Kenai Fjords National Park............................1 unpatented claim
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.............13 patented claims
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve...297 patented and 27 unpatented claims Yukon-Charley Rivers National Park................15 patented and 112 unpatented claims
Grand Canyon National Park...........................5 patented claims
Saguaro National Park..................................6 patented claims
Death Valley National Park..........................119 patented and 286 unpatented claims
Mojave National Park..................................76 patented and 432 unpatented claims
Joshua Tree National Park............................12 patented and 1 unpatented claims
Glacier National Park....................................4 patented claims
Great Basin National Park.............................10 unpatented claims
Lake Mead National Recreation Area.................32 patented claims
North Cascades National Park..........................8 patented claims
Olympic National Park...................................3 patented claims
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area............5 unpatented claims