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Morning Five: 07.06.12 EditionPosted by rtmsf on July 6th, 2012
- It's been an exceptionally quiet news week in college basketball, but some legal-related information has come out this week that doesn't involve health care hype and hysteria. In response to the Bernie Fine scandal at Syracuse that broke last November, a Board of Trustees report released on Thursday found that Syracuse officials acted promptly when allegations against Fine were first reported to them in 2005, but they did not go far enough in reporting the information to law enforcement officials. This inaction, which included the possibility that if the allegations "turned out to be true, then the failure to have approached law enforcement at best exposed the university to harsh criticism, and at worst allowed a child molester to remain in place in the community without being called to account." There's a lot more detail in the story linked above, but the one thing we can all agree on is that we're not alone in hoping the truth comes out on this story soon.
- Moving to a story that we hope is finally over for good, the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati ruled on Thursday that attorneys for convicted Rick Pitino extortionist Karen Sypher "advanced no arguments of merit on appeal" in her latest attempt to have her prison sentence overturned. Her arguments centered on whether she received a fair trial given the significant amount of publicity that the case engendered, but according to the three-judge panel, she failed to provide evidence that she had in fact received an unfair trial. Sypher will no doubt continue appealing the various federal courts on the basis of any number of frivolous constitutional claims, but her sentence goes through 2017 so she has plenty of time to figure out next steps. Who knows — maybe America's
leastfavorite justice, John Roberts, will have a chance to rule on Ms. Sypher somewhere down the line.
- It's not a ruling from the legal world, but the NCAA fashions itself as judge, jury, and executioner anyway, so we'll continue this theme. Just prior to the start of the July recruiting evaluation period next week, the NCAA barred four AAU 'travel teams' from involvement in its sanctioned events because of a "prohibited association" between three administrators and a coach with an agent named Andy Miller. Miller apparently sent an e-mail to the four men pushing and cajoling them to live up to their obligations in getting players to the NBA, and the NCAA somehow caught wind of it. The players on these four teams — the New England Playaz, Worldwide Renegades, Florida Rams, and SEBL Elite — are not prohibited from jumping to other teams in order to play in the events, but they'll have to hustle to find openings over the weekend. Our stance on summer AAU basketball is well-established, but this is just another example of why it needs a major NCAA-led overhaul.
- One of the unique quirks of BYU basketball is that most of us sometimes forget that they have good players stashed away on missions overseas while the rest of college basketball is constantly trying to reload its talent base — it's almost like a basketball safety valve of sorts. BYU rising sophomore Tyler Haws is one such example, having spent the last two years in the Philippines after a promising freshman season where he averaged 11/4 and shot 50% from the field. One of the peculiarities of Haws returning to NCAA basketball is that he is an exceptional free throw shooter, hitting 91.5% of his attempts in 2009-10. He is also the current owner of a streak of 48 makes in a row, putting him a little more than halfway to the NCAA Division I record held by Butler's Darnell Archey from 2000-03. With a lot of downtime on his mission in basketball-crazy Philippines, maybe Haws used some of it to perfect his stroke to make a run at the record.
- From a player returning to college hoops after a two-year layoff to a head coach doing so after 24 years, Larry Brown is getting his legs under him at SMU this summer. In a recent interview with the Topeka Capital-Journal, the only coach to have ever won both a national title (Kansas) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons) explained that: a) he wouldn't have been offered the SMU job had Maryland's Mark Turgeon not initially floated his name out there; b) top assistant Tim Jankovich approached Brown about leaving potentially his best team at Illinois State; and c) he doesn't care much for the games themselves, rather preferring the teaching aspect of practices. This experiment at SMU is certainly going to make for an interesting storyline the next couple of seasons — we'd hate to suggest that a head coach with an all-time record of 177-61 (.744) in college might struggle, but his previous stops at UCLA and Kansas are much different animals than what they have down in the north side of Dallas.

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An 8-year-old Hesperia boy died Friday night from injuries he suffered in a plane crash at El Mirage Dry Lake, according to his family.
Despite the efforts of doctors and the prayers of many in the community, Sebastian Joshua Grewal died at Loma Linda University Medical Center at approximately 10 p.m. Friday, his father Joshua Grewal said.
"Sebastian passed away peacefully last night in my arms, surrounded by family," Joshua Grewal said Saturday morning by phone. "I am humbled and touched by all the love and support from the High Desert community and I am forever thankful."
Sebastian, who loved planes and dreamed of becoming a pilot, was critically injured in the crash late Monday morning and was airlifted to Loma Linda where physicians treated him for severe brain injuries, according to his father.
During his stay, doctors performed multiple surgeries on the boy, including one to relieve pressure to the brain, Joshua Grewal said.
As his son was being treated, Joshua Grewal, the owner of Menchie's frozen yogurt shop in Hesperia, asked the community to lift his son up in prayer and at times wished that he could exchange places with his little boy who also loved cars, golfing and dirt bikes.
Joshua Grewal said Sebastian was "fighting very hard to live" and that "it's a miracle that he is still alive" after seeing the wreckage of the single-engine Grumman AA-1A aircraft.
Brian Lee, 47, a family friend and pilot of the aircraft, was pronounced dead Monday night at a Palmdale hospital after being airlifted there. Lee was a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter pilot and firefighter/paramedic.
According to the LAFD, Lee was a 25-year veteran of the department and was not on duty when the plane experienced problems and crashed.
Joshua Grewal said Lee had taken the plane out to give Sebastian a plane ride during a camping trip. Grewal said Lee left behind twin girls.
Hesperia Mayor Pro Tem Eric Schmidt said the High Desert community, and Hesperia in particular, mourns the loss of Sebastian.
"Our support and prayers go out to Josh and the rest of the family and friends impacted by this tragic accident," Schmidt said.
Hesperia Mayor Thurston "Smitty" Smith reached out to Joshua Grewal soon after the crash and said he'll continue to pray for the family and to make himself available to them.
"It breaks my heart that another father has lost his child," Smith said Saturday morning. "I lost my son, Brandon, seven years ago and the pain is still there. … This is a tragic and sad day. Father's Day will never be the same for Josh."
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By: Nu Yang
Journalists sometimes have to put themselves in other people's shoes to get their stories, but for two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and National Geographic fellow Paul Salopek, he will have to rely on his own two feet.
Last month, the former Chicago Tribune reporter embarked on a solo 21,000-mile walk that will trace the path of human migration from Africa, through the Middle East and Asia, across the Bering Sea to North America, and down the western coast of the Americas to the tip of South America. He anticipates the journey will take seven years.
The project — called Out of Eden — is funded by the National Geographic Society, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will support Salopek's use of new storytelling and technology approaches. For example, a cartographic-based laboratory portion of the website will experiment with new digital mapping tools that enhance long-form online journalism.
Salopek said he will carry as little as possible in his backpack, including notebooks, writing utensils, a camera, and a laptop to file online written, video, and audio dispatches to his editors back home. Though he won't be using Twitter or Facebook for any real-time updates, he said there are social media feeds on both outlets that will keep followers plugged into his journey.
After working many years as a foreign correspondent, where he traveled back and forth from country to country, Salopek said Out of Eden gives him the opportunity to explore what he calls "slow journalism."
In an industry that is focused on digital and instant news, Salopek said he wants to create meaningful stories. He said the common news story's structure is centered on how much time a reader stays on a website, where a reader is engaged "only for eight seconds, then they click away." Although he will be using new technology on his assignment, he said the project will "slow people and my own journalism down.
"It will give people an intellectual oasis, where they can step out of the river of information and give them an island of contemplation," Salopek said.
With the "world as his palate," Salopek said he will report on a variety of topics from environmental issues, to language and culture, and science and human adaptation. Along the way, he will stay with a network of colleagues — from school teachers to farmers — he has met over his years working as a correspondent.
Salopek said he expects the first two months to move at a quicker pace, because he will be filing stories weekly in order to give readers "a taste" of his reporting. Longer, more in-depth pieces may take a month to complete. "It depends on the human typography; that will vary," he said. "And there will be periods of quiet."
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By Ralph D. Russo
AP College Football Writer
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Along with all that flash and dash and those snazzy uniforms, No. 1 Oregon will bring a hefty dose of good old-fashioned grit to the BCS national title game.
Heisman Trophy contender LaMichael James, Kenjon Barner and the fast-paced Ducks negotiated the last speed bump on the way to Glendale, Ariz., grinding out a 37-20 victory against Oregon State in the Civil War on Saturday.
James ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns while Barner had 133 yards and scored twice for the Ducks (12-0, 9-0 Pac-10), who used some stiff defense in the red zone and three interceptions to fend off their feisty rivals.
Not until the fourth quarter did Oregon finally shake free.
Barner's 23-yard touchdown run with 12:16 made it 30-13 and James popped through the middle for a 10-yard score with 4:27 left to seal it.
Jacquizz Rodgers had 87 yards rushing for the Beavers (5-7, 4-5) and scored a touchdown, but they were forced to settle for short field goals twice in the third quarter – and that just won't do against the most prolific offense in the country.
When the game was over, James and his teammates bounded over to a corner of Reser Stadium to celebrate with their band, their famous Donald Duck-clone mascot and their fans.
The Oregon faithful spilled onto the field and the push up-pumping mascot got swallowed up as he crowd surfed. The party was headed south, 40 miles down Interstate 5 to Eugene.
The Ducks, the Pac-10's new power with their high-speed spread offense, rising star coach Chip Kelly and the wildest uniforms Nike and Oregon alumni Phil Knight can provide, will play for their first national title on Jan. 10.
TCU, which was sitting in third-place in the BCS standings coming into the weekend and needing an upset to get to the championship game, didn't get it from the Beavers.
The stakes for the 114th Civil War were higher than for any of the previous meetings, with the Ducks assured of a spot in the national title game with a victory. The Beavers? They were simply looking to get to .500 and avoid sitting out the bowl season for the first time since 2001.
Oregon State didn't play like a three-touchdown underdog and Oregon never did unleash a wave of big plays, like those that have consumed so many other teams.
The Beavers' blitzes got to quarterback Darron Thomas and the Ducks sometimes sputtered, failing to land a knock-out shot until late.
The Ducks' best play of the third quarter came from their special teams as Michael Clay, the upback on the punt team, burst through the middle of the line and rumbled 64 yards on a fourth down deep in Oregon territory.
That set up a 19-yard touchdown pass off a screen to D.J. Davis that made it 23-7.
The Beavers inched closer with two short field goals by Justin Kahut (26 and 22 yards) and 10 seconds into the fourth quarter Oregon's lead was 23-13.
But with the aide of a pass interference call on third down, Oregon responded. The penalty led to Barner's 23-yard touchdown up the middle. The Ducks, sporting silver helmets and pants (they call it steel colored), were finally in the clear.
Oregon State, maybe looking for inspiration, went with a retro look. The Beavers were decked out in 1967 black throwback uniforms. That team beat No. 1 USC and O.J. Simpson and had a win and a tie against teams ranked No. 2.
This one won't even go to a bowl.
For decades, Oregon was a second-class Pac-10 team, too. But in 1994 Rich Brooks led the Ducks to their first Rose Bowl since 1965 and it turned out to be no fluke. Brooks left for the NFL and handed the program off to Mike Bellotti.
With Knight helping to fund the cause, the Ducks became a factor in the Pac-10 and probably should have played for a national title with quarterback Joey Harrington after the 2001 season. The BCS numbers didn't work out for the Ducks that season and the window of opportunity in the Pac-10 closed the next season as Southern California began its dominant run.
After the 2008 season, Bellotti stepped aside and Kelly, after just one season as offensive coordinator, was promoted to head coach. The Ducks finally knocked the Trojans off the Pac-10 throne and went the Rose Bowl last season, wrapping up the conference title with a victory in the Civil War.
The Rose Bowl would have been a consolation prize for these Ducks. The Beavers' fans were ready to taunt them by tossing roses on to the field if Oregon State had pulled the upset.
After three early turnovers (two by Oregon), the rivals traded touchdown drives that would typify the way each wanted to play.
Oregon State took 15 plays and a season-high 7:36 off the clock to go 62 yards for a 6-yard touchdown pass to Rodgers.
Oregon responded quickly, needing only 2:43 to go 60 yards, capped by a 3-yard TD pass from Thomas to Barner. The Ducks botched the extra point, a low snap leading to a block. Kicker Rob Beard made a 36-yard field goal in the second quarter and missed a 25-yarder on the final play of the first half.
In between, James capped a 74-yard drive that took 1:55 and included no completed passes with an 8-yard touchdown run to make it 16-7.
The Ducks were from their best Saturday, but as the clear skies turned gray and clouds began to cover Mount Hood off in the distance, Oregon showed its resolve and toughness.
Now it's on to Glendale, Ariz., for the fashion plates of college football.
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A writing challenge in SecondLife®. Writings inspired by works of art in the OZLAND Art Gallery
What are Ozlandish Writings?
From July 2010 to December 2014 we ran OZLAND PICTURE STORIES as described below. Sadly though the number of writers reduced over the years and we decided to call it a day. We leave these as a record of the good times we had.
Are "You" ready to challenge your writing skills? Then participate in our OZLAND Picture Stories writing series at The Ozland Art Gallery.
Each month a new picture will be picked, from our OZLAND Artist of the Month collection, with different themes. Your goal is to write a 500-1000 word... poem... essay... or story about the picture picked. This is a chance for you to challenge your writing skills each month. Story can be written in ANY genre... sci fi... romance... ghost... fantasy... fiction... non-fiction... biography... mystery... historical... whatever your writing genre... feel free to experiment. Send your writing inworld to Sven Pertelson as a notecard to have it included on the web site. We meet at the The Ozland Art Gallery each Wednesday at Noon and 6pm SLT to read the latest submissions on voice. More Information
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Late-model Mopars invaded El Toro this past Saturday, as the SoCalLx's annual "Spring Festival of LXs" took place on the landing strip of the Orange County Great Park.
A variety of custom and stock Dodge Challengers, Chargers, Magnum, Chrysler 300s, and Jeeps were in attendance. The cars range from cosmetic upgrades to serious motor improvements. There were quite a few turbo and supercharged systems on display.
The biggest sponsor looked to by Dodge, bringing an enormous tent and its line-up of production vehicles. Food was provided for those in attendance, along with raffles and awards for different competitions.
The event was a private, invite-only car show for those who are members of "Southern California's First Modern Mopar Club." The show began early on Saturday and ran into the mid-afternoon. The weather was beautiful as no clouds were seen all day.
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CARLOTTE — In the spring of 2010 the Charlotte Bobcats got a fleeting glance at the NBA playoffs.
CARLOTTE — In the spring of 2010 the Charlotte Bobcats got a fleeting glance at the NBA playoffs.
It was four games against the Orlando Magic, all losses to a Dwight Howard-led team that reached the Eastern Conference finals
Turns out the only participant in that playoff series who ended up mattering to the Bobcats was a Magic assistant coach named Steve Clifford (more about that later).
Over the following 14 months every significant member of that playoff roster was gone: Gerald Wallace was dealt for draft picks in February; Stephen Jackson was shipped to Milwaukee the following June; Raymond Felton wasn't re-signed.
And in the ultimate statement that this franchise was starting over, center Tyson Chandler was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in return for Erick Dampier's unguaranteed $13 million contract: The salary dump-of-all-salary dumps.
These decisions were painful and costly to the team's relationship with Charlotte. There was rage over trading Wallace, the closest thing to an iconic player. He fanned that fire shortly after the move to the Portland Trail Blazers by saying he felt betrayed by the Bobcats front office.
It all came crashing down in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons when the team went 28-120. The situation looked hopeless.
One season later it turns out the front office knew what it was doing.
The 43-39 Bobcats will make their second playoff appearance starting Sunday at 3:30 p.m. against the defending champion Miami Heat (ABC). They have a star in center Al Jefferson who will draw All-NBA and Most Valuable Player votes. They have a rising star in Kemba Walker at point guard.
They'll have cap room once Ben Gordon's salary falls off their books in July. They have a potentially high draft pick owed them by the Detroit Pistons that will be conveyed sometime in the next three Junes.
They have a Coach of the Year candidate in Clifford and a rookie in Cody Zeller who's made rapid improvement the last two months of the season.
They have a future. It is sustainable. That was always the goal.
"We thought we were pretty careful about the kind of team we were putting together," said Rod Higgins, the Bobcats' president of basketball operations. "Both the right skill sets and the right kind of people."
Successfully recruiting Jefferson as an unrestricted free agent proved to be a coup. They signed him to a three-season contract paying about $13.5 million per season. At the time of the signing the Bobcats were second-guessed about overpaying. Turns out Jefferson — the only player in the Eastern Conference averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds — was a steal.
An Observer study called "Building the Bobcats" in June of 2012 and '13 illustrated how unlikely it was this team would sign an impact free agent. The Observer ranked the top 100 players in the league to study how those players develop and their careers transpire. Only two of the top 50 players in last year's model had joined their current teams as a direct result of free-agency.
Jefferson was ranked No. 45 in that top 100.
The rules give teams significant advantages in retaining key free agents. But in this case of Jefferson's old team, the Utah Jazz was starting over and already had young replacements for Jefferson and power forward Paul Millsap (now with Atlanta).
Walker started recruiting Jefferson all the way back in May on the team's behalf. Once free-agency started on July 1, Higgins, general manager Rich Cho and Clifford pounced, locking Jefferson down over the July 4 holiday.
This was something team owner Michael Jordan always envisioned: A star talent who would embrace Charlotte as a destination the same way he did Chicago as a Bulls rookie.
Jefferson wanted to play for a winner. They sold him on this being a place he could win. It's all turned true faster than anyone really expected.
"We've been underdogs ever since I got here," Jefferson said after the regular-season finale victory over the Bulls. "Seems to have worked so far."
Walker's rising star
Jefferson is key because he forces the opponents to double-team in the lane, something teams seldom needed to do to guard the Bobcats. But he wasn't the only upgrade: Walker has improved as a defender and a pick-and-roll decision-maker.
From November through January, Walker averaged five assists per game. From February through the season's conclusion, he averaged 7.6.
Jordan played a role in the Bobcats drafting Walker No. 9 overall in 2011. Jordan saw Walker leading Connecticut to the national title as representative of his poise in big games.
Not all the recent lottery picks have been so successful. Bismack Biyombo, chosen seventh in 2011, has been hanging on as a backup center with little offensive skill. Small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the No. 2 pick in 2012, has been a defensive specialist who sometimes doesn't play in the fourth quarter.
Zeller, picked fourth in 2013, struggled initially as a rookie but has been a better rebounder and shooter in recent weeks.
Getting value from those top-five picks is crucial, based on the Observer's "Building the Bobcats" study. Twelve of the top 19 players in the top 100 – tiered "franchise" players – were top-five picks. But the Bobcats' history has not been good in that regard: The team chose not to re-sign Felton (No. 5 in 2005), and Adam Morrison, picked third in 2006, was a bust who's long out of the NBA.
The Bobcats lost their own first-round pick in June (No. 16) to the Chicago Bulls, completing the Tyrus Thomas trade. They'll have Portland's pick (No. 24), completing the Wallace trade. They will have the Pistons pick this draft it if falls outside the top eight in the draft lottery. If not, that pick is protected only at No. 1 in 2015 or unprotected in 2016.
Adding key parts
The Bobcats consider those extra picks precious. They warded off trading either one for quick help in February. Instead they moved Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien to Milwaukee in a deal for shooter Gary Neal and backup point guard Luke Ridnour. Neal has been a valuable complement to Jefferson's low-post scoring. He's one of several small-but-wise moves that started in February of 2012 when the Bobcats acquired starting power forward Josh McRoberts for Hakim Warrick, who was immediately waived by Orlando.
They signed relative unknowns Anthony Tolliver and Chris Douglas-Roberts, and both have contributed in the rotation.
They put a competitive product on the floor this season without mortgaging future cap flexibility. With Gordon's and Ridnour's contracts expiring, they're on the books next season for about $44 million in salary, roughly $20 million less than this season. (However, much of that future savings will eventually be used in Walker's next contract).
None of this would have mattered much had the Bobcats not finally found the right coach. Between December of 2010 and last May, they burned through three coaches, firing Larry Brown and Mike Dunlap and not re-signing Paul Silas.
Finally, they arrived at Clifford, a protégé of Jeff and Stan Van Gundy over 13 NBA seasons. He organized the team defensively and established priorities where the Bobcats are last in the NBA in fouls and turnovers.
How important was finding Clifford? "He gave us something as an organization we needed in a big way," Higgins said.


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(Reuters) - Major U.S. banks said on Wednesday they had reopened more than half of the branches that were closed as Hurricane Sandy battered the U.S. East Coast earlier this week.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) said it had reopened 587 Chase branches, about 55 percent of the total in the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nearly 60 percent of the New York City-based bank's 3,200 automated teller machines in the area were running.
Citigroup Inc (C.N), as of mid-day Wednesday, had re-opened 55 percent of its nearly 300 branches in and around New York City. Some 70 percent of 1,500 automated teller machines in the area were working.
Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) said that nearly 90 percent of its nearly 1,200 branches in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut had re-opened.
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) said about 75 percent of its 1,700 banking centers in the Northeast were functioning again. It had 13 branches open in Manhattan and planned to have several more open on Thursday. It was also deploying mobile ATMs in the area.
At least 134 of the 183 Morgan Stanley (MS.N) brokerage offices that were closed had reopened by mid-morning, the company said. The offices that remained closed either lacked electricity or were inaccessible due to flooding or other damage. Most of the closed offices were in New Jersey and New York, with some in Connecticut.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) opened both its headquarters in lower Manhattan and its office across the river at 30 Hudson Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Wednesday.
Goldman offices in Princeton, New Jersey, and Greenwich, Connecticut, were open for some employees, while others worked remotely. Staff in the securities division - especially those who live in Manhattan - generally came into the office, though the lack of public transportation and traffic made commutes longer than usual.
Goldman's two main buildings in the New York area, on opposite sides of the Hudson River, sustained some flooding but no serious damage from the hurricane, a representative said.
Citigroup's lower Manhattan buildings used for trading and investment banking remain closed. The company said on Tuesday night that it would update information on access to those Greenwich Street buildings later this week.
A Citigroup spokeswoman said the company is using back-up offices to continue to do business.
Bank of America's 2 and 4 World Financial Center offices in lower Manhattan were closed, but it's One Bryant Park location in Midtown was open.
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Schizophrenia Study Reveals Molecular Target for New Treatments
Blocking errant protein could stem runaway brain activity in psychosis serving as new molecular target for schizophrenia treatment.
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key such potassium channel was found to be 2.5 fold higher than normal in the brain memory hub of people with the chronic mental illness and linked to a hotspot of genetic variation.
An extensive series of experiments suggest that selectively inhibiting this suspect form could help correct disorganized brain activity in schizophrenia – without risk of cardiac side effects associated with some existing antipsychotic medications. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and European colleagues report on threads of converging evidence in the May, 2009 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
"The end game in linking genes with complex disorders like schizophrenia requires that we not only demonstrate statistical association, but also show how a gene version acts biologically to confer risk," explained Daniel Weinberger, M.D., director of National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) Genes Cognition and Psychosis Program, who led the research. "We found schizophrenia-like effects in brain circuitry and mental processing in perfectly healthy people who carry the risk-associated version of this potassium channel gene, even though they don't show any psychotic behavior."
Evidence suggests that schizophrenia stems from complex interactions between multiple genes and environmental factors. Several candidate genes have recently been statistically linked to the illness in large genome-wide association studies.
"Our study goes further, spanning discovery of a new gene variant, confirmation of its association with the illness, and multi-level probes into how it works – in human post mortem brain tissue, the living human brain, and neurons," added Weinberger.
By regulating the flow of potassium ions into the cell, potassium channels control when neurons fire – electrically discharge and release a chemical messenger that signals neighboring neurons in a circuit. This flow is regulated, in part, by activity of the chemical messenger dopamine, the main target of antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia.
One type of potassium channel, called KCNH2, attracted the researchers' interest for its potential role in sustaining the type of neuronal firing that supports the higher mental functions disturbed in schizophrenia. Spurred by hints from postmortem studies of genetic variation linked to schizophrenia in the genomic neighborhood of KCNH2, the researchers analyzed the gene's association with the illness in 5 independent samples comprising hundreds of families. This pinpointed 4 variations associated with schizophrenia within a small region of the KCNH2 gene.
"Yet this statistical association didn't imply a mechanism," said Weinberger. "It didn't explain how KCNH2 might increase risk for schizophrenia. So we went back to the post-mortem brain tissue in search of an answer."
It was only then that the researchers discovered a previously unknown version of KCNH2, called Isoform 3.1, that soared to levels 2.5 times higher-than-normal in the hippocampus (memory hub) of people who had schizophrenia – especially those with the risk-associated variations. Isoform 3.1 was also higher-than-normal in healthy individuals who carried the risk-associated variations. This signaled the existence of a risk-associated version of the KCNH2 gene.
Healthy controls carrying the risk gene version also:
* Performed significantly worse-than-normal on measures of IQ and mental processing speed. Previous studies have linked similar performance with genetic risk for schizophrenia.
* Inefficiently processed memory in the hippocampus and working memory in the prefrontal cortex, as revealed by functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans. Although they performed similarly to controls on these tasks, their brains had to work harder to compensate for disordered tuning of circuitry – a phenomenon previously implicated in schizophrenia.
* Showed significantly decreased volume in the hippocampus – a heritable trait – in anatomical MRI scans.
In addition, Isoform 3.1:
* Showed levels 1,000 times lower in the heart than the other main form of KCNH2 and does not exist in lower animals, suggesting that it has evolved a unique role in the primate brain. Mutant forms of KCNH2 in the heart can lead to arrhythmias and even sudden death – a rare risk of taking antipsychotic medications, many of which interact with KCNH2. So targeting this brain-specific form potentially opens the way to development of new treatments free of such cardiac side-effects.
* Dramatically changed activity in rodent brains toward a neuronal firing pattern that may be important for thinking and memory tasks unique to primates.
* Is expressed much more prior to birth, compared to the other main form of KCNH2, suggesting that it plays a prominent role in the early stages of brain development.
* Is associated with a hotspot of variation in an area that controls gene expression, hinting that the suspect variations may contribute to schizophrenia risk by over-expressing Isoform 3.1.
Even though it is normally important for our higher order executive functioning, such over expression of Isoform 3.1 in schizophrenia could result in "abnormally increased neuronal excitability, runaway circuit activity and inefficient information processing," suggested Stephen Huffaker, Ph.D., the article's lead author, now a medical student at Harvard. The researchers propose that a treatment designed to inhibit just Isoform 3.1, might spare any heart-related side effects while improving the disorganized neural firing characteristic of the brain in schizophrenia.


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Entrepreneurship and B-Plan workshop at the college
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All mushrooms are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms. For those fungi that produce them, the mushroom plays a similar role to a flower or a fruit in plants. Some part of each mature mushroom produces microscopic spores that are similar to pollen or seeds, sometimes numbering in the trillions [1]. The rest of the fungal organism typically lives in the soil, wood, or some other material and is composed of thread-like strands known as mycelium. The expanding growth of the mycelium often results in circles of mushrooms or "fairy rings." An individual mycelium can grow quite large, with at least one well-documented case covering more than 1,500 acres in Oregon [2].
Many mushroom-producing species are important decomposers, particularly of wood. These species are often relatively easy to cultivate. However, many species have a special, symbiotic, "mycorrhizal" relationship with particular species of plants. Often, neither the mushroom nor the plant will grow without a mycorrhizal partner.
Most mushroom-producing fungi are members of the phylums Basidiomycota or Ascomycota. The technical difference between these groups has to do with how the spores develop, which can be detected only by using a microscope. However, the "ascos" (ascospores) are less frequently noticed and are often shaped like small cups. Probably the best-known ascos are the highly prized morels (genus Morchella), which typically fruit in the spring and are often mycorrhizal, or the true truffles (genus Tuber), all of which are mycorrhizal.
Some types of mushrooms that may interest you
Most of the well-known mushrooms are "basidios," including widely cultivated species like the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), various oyster mushrooms (genus Pleurotus) and shiitake (Lentinula edodes). Popular wild edibles (which are also mycorrhizal) include the porcini (Boletus edulis and its relatives) and the chanterelles (genus Cantharellus).
Poisonous mushrooms
The common death cap (Amanita phalloides) or its relatives can be fatal if eaten. There are several other species that can be deadly if eaten, but all known species can be handled safely. However, relatively few mushroom species are dangerously poisonous. Many more species, including the commonly illustrated Amanita muscaria, can cause stomach pains, vomiting, or diarrhea. Even the popular morel is toxic if eaten raw.
A number of species, most notably some species in the genus Psilocybe, are psychoactive and can cause various types of hallucinations. This is considered a type of toxicity, but they are not known to have any long-term effects. However, possession of many of these species is illegal in many countries.
Medicinal mushrooms
Some species of mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years, particularly in China and Japan [3]. Some of the immune- enhancing and anti-cancer effects of traditional species such as Ganoderma lucidum and Trametes versicolor have been demonstrated scientifically [4]. regular consumption of oyster mushrooms has been shown to reduce cholesterol [5].
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Alam N, Yoon KN, Lee JS, Lee MW, Lee TS. (2011) Pleurotus nebrodensis ameliorates atherogenic lipid and histological function in hypercholesterolemic rats. International Journal of Pharmacology 7(4): 455-462.
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Cross Country Opens Training for 2013 Season
Nashville, Tenn. – Head Coach Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice and the men's and women's cross country teams opened practice today for the 2013 season. Both teams will compete in five meets in preparation for the Ohio Valley Conference Championships to be held on Nov. 2 in Morehead, Ky. The Tigerbelles have also scheduled a dual meet for Sept. 20 on the TSU campus with Alabama A&M.
"We are excited to be back for our first day of training," Cheeseborough-Guice said. "We have some new people who have joined the Tiger men and the Tigerbelles and we are excited about this year. We are not known as a cross country team and have been predicted to finish 11th. I don't want to finish last in the OVC so look for us to knock someone off. I know we focus on sprints and hurdles, but we are still here to compete."
The two teams will compete on Friday, Aug. 30 in the Belmont Opener before traveling to run in the Bobby Lang Invitational hosted by Florida A&M on Sept. 7. The Tigers and Tigerbelles return to Nashville for the Commodore Classic on Sept. 14.
"The schedule is a little tougher," Cheeseborough-Guice stated. "We are excited though as we open with Belmont and then travel to Tallahassee to compete against FAMU and other schools from down in the Florida area. We are going to put a good team out there and we are going to be positive."
The Belmont Opener will be held at Percy Warner Park in Nashville and will begin at 5:30 pm.


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February 25, 2009
Five in the Morning decamped from NJ today to take a quick visit to none other than IOWA. Mike Sansone, that partriarch of Mid-America bloggers, that mentor of many, Chief Conductor at the Conversation Station and Founder of PaneraU, volunteered to find us five gems this morning. Go and see.
Mike is one of nicest guys I've pre-met (still haven't met face-to-face!) via social networking, and if you're not connected to him yet, be sure to subscribe to his blog when you're there, and follow him on Twitter at @mikesansone.


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The Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program provides place-bound students an opportunity to earn a regionally accredited bachelor's degree that can be completed fully online, and requires no on-campus attendance. The General Studies program allows for maximum transferability of courses and is designed to meet the student's individual needs. A major is not designated for this highly individualized and flexible degree program, but students may earn academic minors. Please see the General Studies section of this catalog or wiu.edu/bgs for additional information on the Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program.


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I am unbelievably excited to be starting on this journey, and even more thankful to everyone who supports this site. I started PCPartPicker because I love it - not for money - and now I get to do it as my full-time job. It is truly a dream come true. It all started on a couch, coded late at night while the rest of the family slept. Later it migrated to my garage, where I enjoyed the delightful fragrances of our diaper pail a few feet away while benchmarking hardware. Now I'm thankfully back in air-conditioning (a must for Texas summertime weather) and no longer sharing space with dirty diapers. I can't wait to see what the future brings.
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Just months ago, Lindsay Lohan earned a prestigious position as an artistic advisor to fashion house Emanuel Ungaro — an honor soon dimmed by poor reviews of her first collection for the line with designer Estrella Archs at Paris Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Week earlier in October.
But according to FOX News, the prestige – and a mountain of free clothes – may be Lindsay's only payment for the gig.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan - From Teen Queen To 'Mean Girl'
"Ungaro is not paying her at all to be a consultant for them," a source reportedly close to Lindsay told FOX's FOX 411 blog. "Her team is working to get Lindsay some form of payment from the fashion house, but right now they will only give her free clothes."
A source also claimed to the site that Lindsay's much-delayed musical career is on the rocks.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Paris Fashion Week, Fall 2009
"Casablanca [Records] has suspended all further recording sessions of her album and put their working relationship with her on hold," the source told FOX. "Lindsay was committed to making music and has been working on it for 16 months. She is going to go what she can to keep her music career going."
However, in a Times of London interview with Emanuel Ungaro CEO Mounir Moufarrige on Sunday, the executive disputed the fashion accusations, telling the newspaper that Lindsay is being paid "quite enough" for her new position.
"It's expensive," he said.
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The Forex world is constantly evolving and during its weekly trading hours there is a wealth of news a trader must keep on top of if they want to make the most money possible. Indeed, because the market can be affected by a number of dynamics, it is essential they know exactly what's happening at all times in order to avoid any unprofitable deals.
For example, let's assume the US Dollar is trading well against the Great British Pound during the first half of the week. This would be a good time to invest some money and reap the benefits of a positive market condition. However, by Wednesday a series of negative news stories emerge from the UK and affect the country's economic performance. These dynamics then adversely affects how well the two currencies are trading. At this point it's important to know what's just happened because it will influence whether or not someone should cease trading this currency pair for a while or continue.
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Postcards From Mary
Mary Elizabeth Rollason, the eldest of nine children of Richard John Rollason and Lucy (nee Evans) was born 25 September 1879 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Her mother was a member of the LDS Church and the girls of the family were also members.
Peter Christensen was in Brisbane, possibly on missionary service, when they met and became engaged. Mary left her family and went with Peter to Salt Lake City where they married on the 7 April 1904. She remained a member of the LDS and died in 1966.Mary remained close to her family and wrote regularly of her life.
I have been lucky enough to inherit some of these communications to her mother, Lucy, sister Violet and niece Myrtle who was my grandmother. Postcard collecting was popular as they were pretty and showed scenes of the times. and all three women collected Mary's postcards into albums. In these, there are mentions of letters and postcards to the other members of her family, who remained in Brisbane and the news was shared between the family.
I'd like to share them with you.


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It's Getting Less Cold in Here
We are now significantly in the month of March. Or as it was called last year, February Part II – This Time, It's Personal.
Last March was terrible. And last April and May weren't much better. This March, however, isn't as bad in most places. March first in New York was actually t-shirt weather. Last March first, the only way you could get away with wearing t-shirts in New York was if you sewed them together in a quilt.
I don't know what last spring was like in the rest of the country. I also don't know what last spring was like in New York, because we didn't have one. Last year, winter lasted from October to May, with a few blasts of Super Winter thrown in. Super Winter, for those of you who do not follow the latest developments in the weather community, is a genetically altered version of winter, imbued with the power to freeze your patooties off.
I do not want to get too excited about the weather being warmer than it was a few weeks ago. In all fairness, most ice cubes are warmer than it was a few weeks ago. But I can't help get excited at the thought of being able to wear my leather jacket again. It is warm enough to put away my big poofy winter coat, a garment that is as dorky as it is useful, and it is extremely useful. It makes sense that something that keeps me very warm also prevents me from ever being cool.
I have been a New Yorker long enough to know that the northeast gets one more shot of cold before everything warms up for real. It has often snowed after March 21st, which is unfair because that is supposed to be the first day of spring. If god wakes up in the morning and wants it to snow, he ought to look at a calendar. Making it snow in spring is like wearing white after Labor Day – you're just not allowed. Which makes things difficult for god since, according to movies, he wears white constantly. (As an aside, how much fun would it have been to write "for god's sake" in that paragraph?).
I am a big fan of warmth, which makes winter difficult for me. This year, I spent a month of it in Los Angeles. I know, I cheated. But it was for a good cause. Cause I didn't want to freeze my patooties off.
Where are your patooties, anyway? Men and women both seem to have them, and they're plural, meaning they are not your butt. Unless a patootie is a butt cheek. Whatever it is, I freeze mine off constantly.
My final two years in college, I tried a different kind of cheating by getting to spring a week early. I went to spring training in Florida for spring break, figuring that by the time I got back, it'd be warmer. No. By the time I got back, it was just as cold, albeit later in the year. But it felt even colder since I'd just spent a week in shorts.
And then it got worse. Mid March is when it's still cold but all the landlords shut the heat off since it should be warm by then. I was left shivering, having to do all the schoolwork I didn't touch while on break, with no patooties to be found anywhere.
There are people that purposefully live in Vermont and Washington and (gasp!) Canada that deal with cold a lot more than I do. My worst winter probably pales in comparison to their best, though anyone who gets as little sun as they do pales in comparison to anything. There's a reason why people in North Dakota and Minnesota have those accents. Because their mouths are frozen about a half inch narrower than everyone else's. There's also a reason they call it "pop." Because saying the name of their states taught them that words rhyming with "soda" sound funny coming from people whose mouths are frozen about a half inch narrower than everyone else's.
My mocking aside, I do have a great deal of respect for anyone who lives in any of those places. I respect anyone who knows how to put snow chains on a car, who considers fifty degrees spring, and who can deal with cold on such a regular basis.
But not while they're wearing those big poofy winter coats. Those just look silly.


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Imagine All the People
After a week in San Francisco, a month in Los Angeles, and a night in Las Vegas, four days in Tulsa didn't sound like the most rocking time. But we were armed with a six-year-old to entertain us. And this wasn't just any six-year-old. This was a six-year-old who has an imaginary news anchor that talks to him through the microwave.
I introduce you to Zack. A friend in Tulsa is dating Zack's mother, and I'm very glad about that. Not just because I get along with her and think that she's a good match for my friend, but because Zack could keep me amused for years.
We were all having dinner when Zack first introduced us to Joe, the imaginary news anchor that talks to him through the microwave. But Joe doesn't just talk to him through the microwave. Joe is also in the wall, the toaster, and, occasionally, Zack's ravioli.
It's nice to see Zack have such a vivid imagination. Because as we grow older, our parents and teachers stifle our imaginations in favor of teaching us reality. I had an imaginary friend once: Rachel I. KaBenjamin. I derived her name from mixing the middle names of myself and all of my siblings – Rachel, Israel, Lorraine, and Benjamin. Where's the K from? Well, it's one letter away from L, and (I am not making this up) I thought Rachel I. LaBenjamin sounded too French. Keep in mind that my only exposure to the French at the time was through a cartoon skunk.
But as I got older and my imagination faded, I made Rachel move away. I stopped crafting shapes from the clouds. And I no longer wondered what could lurk in the shadows. Though I have gotten pretty good at picturing women naked.
I have grown so out of touch with my imagination (except for that naked thing) that I forgot what age I stopped believing in the tooth fairy. And, in front of news-anchor-befriending Zack, I let something slip about my parents giving me money for my baby teeth.
The whole table stopped eating. Even Joe (he can be a bit of a cannibal).
"I knew it!" Zach said, pointing to his mother. "You're the tooth fairy!"
Uh oh. I had, with a single boring anecdote, began the downward spiral that would lead to the destruction of this child's imagination. I needed a quick recovery. Zack needed a quick recovery.
"No, no no," I said. "MY parents are the tooth fairy. You didn't know that? I figured you'd have met them by now - They've been at it a while. That's why I travel so much. My parents keep moving around. It's hard to make friends this way, but if AC Slater can do it, so can I."
The Saved By the Bell reference was for the adults at the table, a group to which I allegedly belong. But Zack heard the important part. And what's crazier, he believed it. There is now a six-year-old in Tulsa that thinks the tooth fairy is a combination of Mr. and Mrs. Hofstetter.
Just before we left Tulsa Saturday morning, we had breakfast with everyone again. Halfway through the meal, Zack went to the bathroom and came running back, complaining that there was soap in the toilet. Of all the things that he could have told us was in the toilet, soap was the least threatening, so it took us a few minutes to realize he was referring to the urinal cake. We thought of the impossibility of explaining a urinal cake to a six-year-old, and by the time we finished laughing over who was going to tell him, Joe had returned to distract us, this time in pancake form.
Zack has a nine-year-old brother who thinks he is crazy. And he's quite possibly right. But Zack, while standing--actually standing--over his plate, threatening to eat Joe's sausage nose, reminded me that I could use a little more imagination – after all, I'm in one of the few professions that rewards it. Perhaps I can begin exercising my imagination more often.
Ah, here comes the waitress now.


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Kim Kardashian is money.
Glu Mobile knows.
The app-maker is the publisher of "Kim Kardashian: Hollywood," a free-to-play game downloadable from Apple's App Store. And Glu Mobile is also enjoying a wave of success after its stock shares jumped 42 percent in recent months thanks to the Kim game, Bloomberg News reported.
San Francisco-based Glu Mobile officials say they're not surprised that Kim's celebrity power could compel hordes of downloads and plenty of in-game purchases, the trick that makes free-to-download games lucrative.
In the game, users try to negotiate their own celebrity landscapes, using advice from Kardashian herself to rise from the "so-called E-list" to the "A-list," the website reported.
Revenue from the game could hit $200 million, an analyst told the website.


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Residents pushing for Medicaid expansion
Corbett won't sign one of key Affordable Care Act components
"What we have isn't working," said Jenny Englerth, CEO of Family First Health.
Gov. Tom Corbett agrees, and it's why he won't sign on to one of the key components of the Affordable Care Act, a $34 billion expansion of Medicaid in Pennsylvania. It's a system he says is broken.
Another republican governor against the law, Florida's Rick Scott, did a 180 this week, agreeing to accept the federal government's Medicaid money.
"The president's health care law, it's the law, and so we have a choice," said Scott.
Now Republican state lawmakers are calling for Pennsylvania to do the same.
Pennsylvania's House Human Services committee Chairman Gene Digirolamo echoed Scott in a statement Friday, even citing his own family's time without health coverage.
He says, "I will never forget that feeling of fear, hoping and praying that no one would get sick."
Health providers say that this decision is about much more than politics; they say that if Medicaid isn't expanded, almost 7,000 Pennsylvania residents will be missing out on health coverage.
"Every day we talk to parents who are going without care because they can't afford care," said Englerth.
Englerth says that right now, a family of three needs to be making less than $8,300 a year to enroll in Medicaid. Under the expansion, that same family could make up to $26,000 and still qualify.
She agrees that Medicaid isn't perfect, but says the state cannot do anything while residents suffer uninsured.
Republican governors in Michigan and Ohio have also recently agreed to accept the Medicaid expansion. Those changes are set to take effect in 2014.