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NEW YORK -- Lucas Duda is officially the Mets' starting first baseman in an experiment that will last … at least until this weekend.
Manager Terry Collins assumed a softer tone when discussing his first-base situation Friday, saying that while Duda is the starter, both Ike Davis and Josh Satin will continue to play. Davis, for example, will start one of the Mets' three games this weekend against the Reds, instead of Duda receiving an uninterrupted run at the position. Satin will still start every so often against lefties.
Duda immediately helped his cause in the bottom of the fourth inning Friday night against the Reds, crushing a towering two-run home run to center field to give the Mets a 2-1 lead -- and then again in the bottom of the sixth with another a two-run home run, this one to right field, to give the Mets a 4-1 lead.
The goal is to keep all three first basemen on the Mets' roster sharp, all while awarding the lion's share of at-bats to Duda. But nothing is "etched in stone," Collins said, and "[Davis] may be the first baseman next week."
"I just didn't think it was fair to anybody coming to the ballpark every day not knowing what their role is," Collins said. "We want to see if Lucas Duda can be the first baseman. If he doesn't do it or we think he maybe doesn't play it the way we want it played, then he becomes a guy that can perhaps go to other positions. So we'll just see how it works out."
Yet a day after stating his intention to give one of his first basemen a lengthy opportunity to sink or swim, Collins was noncommittal in nearly every aspect of the situation. He would not -- or could not -- say how long this will last, how frequently Davis and Satin will play over Duda or what a successful run for Duda might even look like. All Collins committed to was giving Duda more playing time than his teammates -- something that had already happened over the first three games of the season.
"I'm sure there will be more adjusting as the season goes on," Davis said. "I'm not going to get too many at-bats, but eventually something will happen and I'll get a chance to play."
Collins also spent much of Friday's pregame talking about what might happen if Duda does not succeed in his new role. Even Duda, who entered the night 0-for-6 on the season, conceded that the situation could quickly devolve back into a time-share.
"Definitely I'm excited to play," Duda said. "This doesn't mean it's my job. I'll just go out there every day and see what happens."


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1. Raft! Half day to full day trips and mild to wild. Raft on the Roaring Fork, the Colorado or Arkansas. Class 3 – 5.
2. Bike. Enjoy an easy downhill cruise along the road, mountain bike on paved and unpaved terrains, or learn the basics of mountain biking on a singletrack adventure. Rent your own bike or take a guided trip or lesson.
3. Hike. Guided hikes are available for nature tours to power hikes and all day adventures! Or ask for a few suggestions for our favorite in-town hikes!
4. Jeep. Scenic town rides or backcountry jeeping tours with Blazing Adventures.
5. Fish. Learn the sport of Flyfishing and experience the art of casting for trout on the gold medal Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers. Fish on the river or in a private pond.
6. Shoot. Take a lesson in clay target shooting. This can even be combined with a half day of fly-fishing.
7. Float high above the Aspen Mountain peaks in a hot air balloon. Leave early in the morning and be back in time to enjoy the rest of the day.
8. Learn. Attend a lecture presented by the Aspen Institute or Aspen Center for Physics. World renowned speakers and leaders are always on the docket.
9. Spa. Spend a relaxing day at the Aspen Club & Spa. Get pampered with a massage, facial, manicure or a revitalizing package.
10. Stroll. Take a guided walking tour with Aspen Walking Tours or Aspen Historical Society and learn about Aspen's past or if you don't want to walk you can ride the History Coach (electric vehicle) for the tour, weather permitting.
11. Glide. Seek the thrill of tandem paragliding as you step into the sky and soar high over Aspen Mountain!
12. Scare. Take the Dark Side Tour with Aspen Walking Tours. Uncover Aspen's tarnished past of ghosts, murder and mayhem with true stories of Aspen's darker history from 1879 to the present.
13. Befriend. Visit the Aspen Animal Shelter and take a local shelter dog for a walk or hike. Who knows – maybe you'll have to take one home!
14. Eat. Have a gourmet lunch or dinner at the historic Pinecreek Cookhouse. If you want to earn your lunch, rent a road bike at a shop in town and cycle the 13 miles uphill to the cookhouse.
15. ARC. Fun for the whole family, the Aspen Recreation Center has a water slide, lazy river, pool, hot tub, steam room, indoor ice rink, a climbing wall and cardio & weight room.
16. Stretch. Enjoy an early morning yoga session at the Sundeck on Aspen Mountain.
17. Soak. Venture to Glenwood Springs and visit the Glenwood Hot Springs – the world's largest hot springs pool.
18. Art. Visit the Aspen Art Museum or one of the many art galleries throughout Aspen.
19. Restore. Visit the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) for environmental classes and programs about the local ecosystem.
20. Mine. Take a tour of the Smuggler Mine – where back in the day they discovered the largest silver nugget ever mined!
21. Eat. Do as the locals do and grab a bite to eat at one of the many bar menus in town. Many of Aspen's restaurants will offer a special bar menu with similar entrees as their regular dinner menu in a slightly smaller portion for a reduced price.
22. Lunch. Here at The Gant our favorite lunch spot is Big Wrap. We order a Big Wrap delivery at least five times a week! Grab a wrap or salad at this popular spot and enjoy a low key but delicious lunch!
23. Drink. Head to Justice Snows and order a specialty cocktail from their list of 100s of different drinks!
24. Shop. There are so many different shops in town. From ski shops to high end boutiques, there's something for everyone. You can even find treasures at a bargain at the Aspen Thrift Store or the consignments stores.
25. Wander. Take a little stroll through Aspen's historic West End and check out the beautiful Victorians.
26. Listen. Enjoy one of the many concerts and recitals of the Aspen Music Festival. On Sunday, pack a picnic and sit out on the lawn outside the Music Tent. A local's favorite activity, sitting on the lawn is a fun (and free) way to spend Sunday afternoon.
27. Market. Saturdays through the summer visit the local farmer's market. Pick up local peaches and tomatoes or maybe a steak to grill from Crystal River Meats. Grill your dinner on The Gant's barbeques.
28. Rodeo! Wednesdays in Snowmass. Grounds and barbeque start at 5pm, rodeo starts at 7pm.
29. Music. Thursday night concerts in Snowmass are a fun and free way to spend the evening. Located on Fanny Hill on Snowmass Mountain.
30. Plays. Theatre Aspen, located in a newly landscaped area on the Rio Grande Trail, offers a variety of plays throughout the summer.
31. Tennis. Reserve a court at The Gant, or book a private tennis lesson to improve your game.
32. Golf. A Frank Hummel design, the Aspen Golf Club provides a challenging 18-hole course set in the heart of the Rockies and Roaring Fork Valley.
33. Gallop. Trail rides to overnight pack trips, there's horseback riding for everyone. Pony rides for kids are also available.
34. Frisbee. Try out the Frisbee golf course on top of Aspen Mountain.
35. Gondola. Ride the gondola throughout the summer to the top of Aspen Mountain. From Sunday Bluegrass concerts to activities for the kids, there's something happening all summer. The views alone are worth the ride! In Snowmass throughout the summer, ride the Gondola with your bike and ride down the mountain, or for evening events check out Valhalla Nights for dinner, dancing and festivities!
36. Hang out. Throughout the summer just hang out in town and listen to burgeoning music students from the Aspen Music Festival and School practicing and performing throughout town. Grab a scoop of Paradise Ice cream as you hop from corner to corner.
37. Get Pampered. Relax with an in-room therapeutic massage by professionally trained massage therapists.
38. Sunset Dinners. Take a late afternoon jeep ride to a secluded log cabin for a Colorado-style dinner.
39. Skate. Get out your skate board and head to the Rio Grande skate park. Helmets required!
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If the nickname "Honest Abe" weren't already taken by America's 16th president, it would have fit actor Abe Vigoda – certainly better than any of the baggy suits the baggy-eyed actor wore as Detective Phil Fish on the 1970s cop sitcom "Barney Miller."
For Abe Vigoda, who lived to four score and 14 years, honesty wasn't conveyed via rhetoric, but through his hangdog mug, which couldn't help but express his seemingly eternal discomfort.
It's a look that defined the career of the oddly beloved character actor, who died Tuesday at age 94, after years sharing the face that launched a thousand laughs.
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Vigoda's appeal spanned generations, a feat all the more remarkable for a performer who always looked old, even when he was relatively young, during his heyday in "The Godfather," and in his breakout role on "Barney Miller." He later starred in a spinoff, "Fish," in which he played a grouchy foster dad to a variety of semi-troubled street kids and a heckling husband to his long-suffering wife Bernice.
His grumpy uncle persona served him well, even beyond his sitcom years amid oddly persistent rumors of his death. David Letterman cracked Vigoda-is-dead jokes for years, and Conan O'Brien later frequently called on Vigoda for comedy cameos, gaining the actor a following of younger fans who ate up his "Droopy Dog" act and perhaps related to the perpetual annoyance with the world that he projected.
If Betty White became a revered figure in her later years, her peer Vigoda inspired a more mordant following as he aged, with the death-rumor mill finding new life on the Internet. The duo co-starred in a rough-and-tumble Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV in 2010, a laugher that still holds up among notable big-game ads.
When a published report erroneously declared Vigoda dead in 1982, he responded by taking out an ad in Variety showing him sitting in a coffin reading his obituary. Abe Vigoda, until the real end, showed a sense of humor that he flashed one honest, pained look at a time.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Beta Streamer Tournament Review, 1.3 Billion Damage Lorewalker Cho, Weekly News Recap
Patch 5.4 - Visions of Time: Courting Destiny
Patch 5.4 adds a quest line on the Timeless Isle that involves working for Kairoz of the Keepers of Time. He is on the Timeless Isle because the Bronze Dragonflight is not as powerful as it once was, only being able to catch furtive glimpses through time. He has created an hourglass that will allow for a window into the timeways, but you must collect 50 x Epoch Stones to make it usable.
After collecting the stones, you embark on a series of weekly quests to use the Vision of Time in different locations to calibrate the Vision of Time. Kairoz eventually will reveal that there is a traitor among the Bronze Dragonflight.
As the hourglass grows more powerful, he will send you to the Temple of the White Tiger to see a glimpse of Garrosh and Anduin, which is the scene you see below.
Patch 5.4 - Malkorok Preview
Malkorok is the ninth boss in the Siege of Orgrimmar. The encounter takes place under Ragefire Chasm in Orgrimmar.
Raid Testing Schedule - September 3 - 4
Blue Posts
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Blue Tweets
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Weekly News Recap
Another very busy week full of news, so here is your chance to catch up!
- August 26
- We looked at the General Nazgrim encounter.
- Another developer interview:
- The Horde version of the cinematic after Garrosh will show the process of the Warchief selection. The Alliance version will be slightly different.
- The technology for scaling up old content is mostly in place now, but the devs haven't come up with a good rewards scheme for scaled up old dungeons and raids yet.
- DiabloFans posted a nice recap for the Reaper of Souls expansion.
- August 27
- Patch 5.4 PTR - Build 17337 had a few class changes.
- The official PTR notes were updated with many class changes.
- August 28
- We looked at the Visions of Time: Hidden Threads cutscene, which takes place in the destroyed Stormwind Harbor.
- Another developer interview:
- Blizzard isn't ready to show off any of the new player models yet, but hopefully will have an announcement soon.
- Changing the player model risks causing players to no longer feel attached to their character.
- Upgrading player models has never been done successfully in an MMO.
- August 29
- We looked at the Galakras encounter.
- A monk soloed Stone Guard Heroic 10 Player difficulty.
- August 30
- There was a small PTR build with a few changes.
- We looked at the Reins of Galakras mount. This is the reward for the Glory of the Orgrimmar Raider achievement, which can be completed in Flex, Normal, or Heroic difficulty.
- September 1
- We got a big developer interview that is worth reading! It includes information like the 25% completion of new character models.
- Setup of the Month was posted.


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YUCAIPA, Calif. (KTLA) — Funeral services are still pending for Jeremiah MacKay, the San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy killed in the final gun battle with Christopher Dorner.
Hundreds of rounds were fired on Tuesday as deputies surrounded a cabin in Seven Oaks where Dorner was believed to be holed up.
Two deputies were hit and were airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where McKay later died from his wounds.
MacKay, 35, leaves behind two children, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son.
His body has been moved from the coroner's office to Mountain View Mortuary.
The sheriff's department had a small service on Thursday with color guard and bagpipes, then the procession to the mortuary was led by deputies on motorcycles.
MacKay joined the sheriff's department in July 1998, and he was also a field training officer with the department.
He was also a sergeant-at-arms for the Inland Empire Emerald Society, a charity that benefits the families of fallen soldiers.
MacKay was a sheriff's deputy based out of Yucaipa, and he graduated from Rim of the World High School in 1995.
"He was just a good man, and it's sad to see that his life was taken by someone else," neighbor Robert Aguilar said.
"The fact that he just had a child about four months ago, and he was so happy with the little boy."
Aguilar said that, just a few days ago, the two had a conversation about former LAPD officer and accused killer Christopher Dorner.
"He was hoping that it wouldn't end like this. He was hoping that he would jsut surrender," Aguilar recalled.
"This one you just never know if the guy's going to pop out, or where he's going to pop out," Jeremiah MacKay told the Associated Press.
"We're hoping this comes to a close without more casualties," he said. "The best thing would be for him to give up."
The other deputy, identified as Alex Collins, underwent surgery Tuesday afternoon and is expected to be okay.


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One of my nodes died last night. It's got a Corsair GS700, AsRock 990FX Extreme 3 mobo and an AMD FX 8150 cpu. The mobo and PSU are 2 years old, whereas the CPU is over three.
In it's full configuration, it refuses to turn on. There's no indication that there's any power. No lights, no fan movements, no beeps.
I checked the PSU, and it's fine.
I then discovered that if I only plug in the 24-pin motherboard PSU connector, but don't attach the 8-pin EDS CPU power, the computer behaves as if there's power i.e. all fans, including on PIC-E VGA card, spin etc.
There's no output though, and no POST beeps.
Plugging in the EDS/ATX12V1 cable again leads to a dead system.
Removing the CPU or RAM still yields a dead system (not sure what a mobo without a CPU is supposed to do i.e. whether it's supposed to POST. Either way, it's dead).
The CMOS battery tests fine with a DMM. The EDS/ATX12V1 output yields 12 V on all four yellow pins.
The power button is obviously working given that the system 'turns on' when the EDS cable is unplugged.
So it's down to the MOBO or CPU being faulty.
I've ordered a POST card and a CPU socket tester, and will update when I've done further diagnostics.
UPDATE 18/11: I put an old Phenom II in the socket. System still won't light up. This points towards the motherboard being dead. That's not a bad thing as the mobo might still be under warranty.


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Jan Plan 2013 - BI474 Advanced Neurobiology
Jan Plan 2011 - BI474 Advanced Neurobiology
Studied Four Species of Crustaceans
- Cancer irroratus
- Cancer borealis
- Uca Pugilator
- Homarus americanus
Microdissection (removal of neural tissue)
- Eyestalks
- Pericardial Organs
- Somatogastric Nervous System
- Brain
- Cardiac Ganglion
MEL in Crustaceans (and other invertebrates)
- Melatonin produced in crustacean eyestalks
- Similar physiological and behavioral roles
- Invertebrate receptors not yet studied
- May have conserved role in cellular functions such as neurite growth
X-organ Cells:
- Ease of culture
- Similarity to vertebrate neurons
- Survive and grow up to 7days
- Multipolar
- Neurosecretory (like vertebrate hypothalamus)
Sinus Gland
Purpose and Goals
- To identify areas of the crustacean nervous system with antidieuretic hormone, melatonin, and melatonin receptors
- To learn techniques such as microdissection, cell culture, brightfield microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, and image analysis.
- To apply these techniques to a collaborative group project.
- To gain expertise in an area of neuroscience research; to design and conduct a research project; to analyze, interpret, and present results.
- To construct and update this website as an informative and instructive tool for the course.
- To gain scientific skills in microdisection, immuncytochemistry, immunohistochemistry, flourescence and brightfield microscopy, confocal microscopy
Potential Clinical Implications
- Neurodegenerative Diseases: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS
- Axonal Regeneration
- Nervous System Repair
- Nerve damage, Paralysis
To anesthetize crustaceans for dissection, place them on ice for 25-45 minutes. To begin dissection, first remove all limbs and mouth parts from the animal. Next, use 'crushers' to break the shell around the outer edge, being careful not to get too close to the eyestalks. Use the scraper to gently separate the muscle from the inside of the shell. Break the shell away from the body in order to free the face of the crustacean. Use the scraper again to separate the muscle from the bottom shell, focusing on the area near the eyes and exposing the two thin gastric muscles just below the eyes. Then use large scissors to separate the eyestalks and surrounding shell from the rest of the crab (making sure to cut laterally). Place the eyestalks into crab saline and put them in a refrigerator until you are ready to dissect them.
Using the forceps, gently hold the start of the esophagus, which can be found right under the eyestalks that were just removed. As you hold the esophagus in one hand, in the other use a small pair of scissors to separate the stomach from the rest of the crab, ending the dissection at the end of the pylorus. Once the stomach is removed, gently rinse it with crab saline and then use the scissors to cut through the stomach following the esophagus to the pylorus. On the end opposite of the esophagus, make two butterfly cuts diagonally from main cut in order to allow the stomach to lie flat. Using the small scissors, remove the three teeth from the stomach, and then pin it in a dissecting dish with the side that once had the teeth face down. Gently pour enough crab saline to cover the stomach and then place the dish in the fridge until dissection.
Pericardial Organ (P.O.)
After removing the stomach, use the scissors and the scraper to separate the tissue from the remaining shell, and then remove the shell altogether. With a large pair of scissors, cut off the rounded sides of the crab (both left and right) and remove the gills. Using a scraper, gently remove the rest of the crab parts left in the body cavity. Next, using a large pair of scissors cut down the center of the crab, separating the left from the right. Place both parts in saline and put them in the fridge until you are ready to dissect them.
Crab dissection
Stomach fully isolated from crab
After removing the eyestalks from the fridge, use the scissors to cut down middle between the two eyes, separating them. Gently remove the excess shell from around both eyes, until they are free. Holding the eye in one hand, use a small pair of scissors to make an incision from the base of the eye stalk up through the retina. Make an identical incision on the opposite side of the eyestalk, and repeat for the other eye (note: each eyestalk should still be in one piece when you are finished). Place each eyestalk in a dish with crab saline for dissection and use a dissecting microscope for the remainder of the dissection. Under the microscope use a pair of dissecting forceps and scissors to remove the eye tissue from the outer shell. The sinus gland can be identified by its brighter white or sometimes opal color. Remove the majority of the unwanted tissue, making sure to keep some tissue surrounding the sinus gland and parts of the retina and optic nerve for orientation. It is important to change the saline every 15-20 minutes in order to keep the sample cool and remove excess tissue in the solution. When the dissection is complete, fill a new dish with crab saline. Using forceps, gently place the dissected eyestalk into the new dish and pin it down. Cover the dish, and using tape, label the dish with the date, genus, species and sex of the organism, and the type of tissue.
Remove the stomach from the fridge and continue the dissection under the microscope. On the esophagus end, locate the brain of the crustacean. Gently follow the nervous tissue eradiating from the brain and using a pair of dissecting scissors separate the brain from the rest of the tissue making sure not to remove too much nervous tissue. Place the brain in a clean dish with crab saline, pin it down, cover it, and label it according to the previous system. Back at the stomach, near where the brain was removed, there should be more nervous tissue. Remove the commissural ganglion (COG), the oesophageal ganglion (OG), the stomatogastric ganglion (STG), and surrounding nervous tissue (see picture more detail). Place the stomatogastric nervous system (STNS) in a clean dish with saline, carefully pin it, then cover and label it.
Remove one pericardial organ from the fridge, place it in a deep dissecting dish with enough crab saline to cover the entire thing and put it under the microscope. The P.O. is typically located in a small hole on the part of the tissue that would have faced the inside of the crab. With the part of the tissue where the limbs once were face down in the dish, the aforementioned hole should be in the lower center part of the tissue. Remove the pericardial organ (with as little tissue on it as possible) using dissecting forceps and scissors, making sure to include both nerve bars.
Close-up view of crab eye
P.O., ready for microdissection
A carefully pinned STNS
After each dissection was completed the tissue was carefully pined as flat as possible into the fix dishes, covered with saline, and labeled in both in the master book and on the dish. All of the tissue samples collected during that day would then be fixed overnight. The fix solution consisted of 4% Paraformaldehyde, The entirety of the Paraformaldehyde ampoules' (10ml, pre-diluted) was mixed with 30ml of PBST to total 40 ml of liquid. Using gloves, the saline was poured out of each of the fixing dishes and was replaced with the 4%PARA solution. The tissues would sit in the fix solution overnight. After the fixation process each tissue was rinsed 5 times every half hour using PBST. One half hour after completing the rinses, each tissue was assigned one of three test antibodies: a-CLDH (calcitonin like diuretic hormone), a-melatonin receptor, a-melatonin. For each of these antibodies a solution was made and placed into the Eppendorf tubes.
The primary antibodies were comprised of 10% Normal Donkey Serum (NDS), phosphate buffer solution with tricane-x (PBST), and antibody. The melatonin antibody was made with a ratio of 1:500, the melatonin receptor antibody was made with a ratio of 1:300, and the calcitonin-like anti-diuretic hormone (CLDH) was made at a ratio of 1:1000. These ratios represent the amount of given antibody to the total volume.
The solution for each antibody was then placed carefully into Eppendorf tubes, using extreme care to not cross contaminate. For eyestalks the tubes were filled halfway, while the other tissues (P.O and S.T.N.S) were filled all the way. Each tissue was next carefully removed from the fix dishes using microscopes to properly remove the pins and placed into the properly labeled Eppendorf tubes. The tissue then sat in the primary antibody for 3 days. Next a second rinse was conduced rinsing the tissue 5 times in PBST every half hour. One half hour after the last rinse the tissues were moved into the same secondary antibody a- donkey anti rabbit solution:
The secondary antibody was made in a similar fashion to the primary antibodies. We used a 1:300 ratio of antibody to total volume, again with 10% comprised of NDS, antibody, and the remaining volume of PBST. As mentioned, regardless of the primary antibody used, all tissues received the same secondary antibody.
The secondary antibody was extremely sensitive to light, and both the Eppendorf tubes and the solutions need to be covered with tinfoil at all times possible. The tissues would sit in the secondary antibody overnight. In the morning a final rinse was conducted, 5 rinses, every 30 minutes in PBS and one hour after the final rinse the tissue was removed from the Eppendorf tubes and mounted.
Slides were prepared using 2-3 drops of Vectashield with or without DAPI. Tissue samples were added and covered with a clear glass cover slip sealed with clear nail polish. They were labeled according to their tissue type, species, and primary and secondary antibodies.
Fluorescence and brightfield microscopy
After mounting, we waited an appropriate amount of time for the slides to dry. All slides were initially looked at under a Zeiss Axiovert 200 fluorescence microscope. We viewed a total of 59 stained slides under the fluorescent microscope and chose selected slides to be imaged in more detail using an Olympus Fluoview 1000 confocal microscope.
Confocal microscopy
After locating the area of interest on each slide using regular fluorescence and brightfield microscopy we used the confocal imaging software. To optimize the image we adjusted the focus, offset, voltage, and gain. To generate the images below we used a Kalman filter to minimize background noise and a longer exposure time to obtain high quality images. We additionally took Z stacks of the slides in order to view a 3D perspective of the tissue.
C. borealis eye (near retina) and pericardial organ labeled with DH, respectively
2009 Class Group
Jan Plan 2009 - Advanced Neurobiology BI474
Course Goals:
- To learn techniques such as microdissection, cell culture, brightfield microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, and image analysis.
- To apply these techniques to a collaborative group project.
- To gain expertise in an area of neuroscience research; to design and conduct a research project; to analyze, interpret, and present results.
- To construct and update this website as an informative and instructive tool for the course.
Crustacean X-organ cell with neurites, 400x, Phase
Lola the Microscope, Funded by INBRE-Maine
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory:
Jackson Laboratory: We also toured the
More MDIBL Pix:
[Above] MDIBL Coop
[Above] Christina, Jen, Ruthie, Kimberly, Ben, Sharonda, Vic,
Other Laboratory Activities:
Tilden Research Page
- 1. BI474 Protocols
- 2. General Laboratory Technique Links
- 3. Microscopy Links
- 4. Neurite Growth Research Project-JanPlan 2009
- Amy's babies
- Benwants8children.com
- Christina's Toodlers
- cool youtube video about neuron degeneration and metals
- Kimberly's Offspring
- My name is Vic- I like Neurons.
- Sharonda's Chillins
- Spring 2010 - BI474 Advanced Neurobiology


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The fact is, there is a good proposal now — one that includes a riverboat restaurant — and fortune favors the bold.
Port Orange leaders were right to bet on the future of the proposed Riverwalk development.
After more than a year of debate and consideration, Port Orange officials recently approved a "master development agreement" and a conceptual plan put forward by developer Buddy LaCour and partners.
The proposal still has to be tweaked, and even so, not everyone is happy. Some critics were hoping the Florida economy would improve and thus bring with it a tide of proposals for Riverwalk. That is a hope that has lingered since at least 1998.
The fact is, there is a good proposal now — one that includes a riverboat restaurant — and fortune favors the bold. The proposal could get the engine started for greater development of this attractive riverfront area.
The Riverwalk area lies between Ridgewood Avenue and the Halifax River, north of Dunlawton Avenue. It consists of 35 acres owned by different individuals. Seventeen acres are owned by Port Orange.
What has generally been agreed to is a 38-slip marina, an 80-seat caf� and a 150-seat riverboat restaurant. The plans do not preclude future improvements.
After 15 years of what has been described as "dormancy," the city has the opportunity to begin shaping Riverwalk as a place to work, play, relax and eat.
It's important to remember that other plans for Riverwalk have fallen through. In 2005, an ambitious plan to create a "town center" came up. It included plans for high-rise condominiums, shops, parks and restaurants along the Halifax River. Then the Great Recession hit. Those expensive plans went up in smoke.
Since 1998, the parcel — which some Port Orange leaders believe is a key to the city's destiny — has sat idle. Now leaders have chosen to move forward.
LaCour and his partners have been faithful to Riverwalk, spending about $20 million over the years on land and planning. City leaders thus rightfully saw LaCour as a determined partner who could get the project moving.
It's important to note that the project has flexibility. The caf� is the only fixed part of the project on the mainland. LaCour's vision is but the beginning of the development of Riverwalk, not the sum total.
Port Orange residents have waited a long time to see Riverwalk become a reality. The 35 acres have much potential to make the city an even better place to live, work and play. Port Orange city leaders were right to opt for a serious plan to realize Riverwalk's future.


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A cute, very easy rendition of a baby giraffe eating some flowers.
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[Verse 1]
Meat shaking on your bones
I'm gonna go down to the river and get some stones
Sister's on the highway with that steel-drivin' crew
Papa's in the big house, his working' days are through
Tough Mama
Can I blow a little smoke on you?
[Verse 2]
Dark Beauty
Won't you move over and give me some room?
It's my duty to bring you down to the field where the flowers bloom
Ashes in the furnace, dust on the rise
You came through it all the way, flying through the skies
Dark Beauty
With that long night's journey in your eyes
[Verse 3]
Sweet Goddess
Born of a blinding light and a changing wind
Now, don't be modest, you know who you are and where you've been
Jack the Cowboy went up north
He's buried in your past
The Lone Wolf went out drinking
That was over pretty fast
Sweet Goddess
Your perfect stranger's comin' in at last
[Verse 4]
Silver Angel
With the badge of the lonesome road sewed in your sleeve
I'd be grateful if this golden ring you would receive
Today on the countryside it was a-hotter than a crotch
I stood alone upon the ridge and all I did was watch
Sweet Goddess
It must be time to carve another notch
[Verse 5]
I'm crestfallen
The world of illusion is at my door
I ain't a-hauling any of my lambs to the marketplace anymore
The prison walls are crumbling down, there is no end in sight
I've gained some recognition but I lost my appetite
Dark Beauty
Meet me at the border late tonight


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio will once again weigh competing testimony Friday from expert witnesses sparring over the effects of a lethal injection method never tried in the United States.
An anesthesiologist hired by lawyers for condemned inmate Dennis McGuire says the state's untried two-drug process will subject him to agony and terror as he tries to catch his breath.
The state says its own anesthesiology expert is ready to argue that experiments have shown nothing of the sort will happen.
Ohio plans to use intravenous doses of two drugs, midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, to put McGuire to death. The method has been part of Ohio's execution process since 2009, though never used. The drugs were chosen because of a shortage of other lethal injection drugs.
Judge Gregory Frost scheduled a hearing Friday for McGuire's legal team to make its case ahead of the inmate's execution set for Thursday.
Such dueling arguments have taken place often in Frost's courtroom over the years. Frost has heard numerous arguments for and against Ohio's lethal injection process.
He has never ruled the drugs themselves unconstitutional, but he has at times harshly criticized the state for conducting haphazard executions by not closely following its own policies.
McGuire, 53, was sentenced to die for the 1989 rape and fatal stabbing of Joy Stewart in Preble County in western Ohio. The 22-year-old Stewart was newly married and pregnant.
"McGuire will experience the agony and terror of air hunger as he struggles to breathe for five minutes after defendants intravenously inject him with the execution drugs," the inmate's attorneys said in a Monday court filing.
Higher courts have twice rejected claims that the drugs pose a risk of severe pain, the state argued in opposing McGuire's attempt to stop his execution.
The state says that because courts have upheld the use of those drugs in the backup method, McGuire can't challenge their use just because they are to be given intravenously.
There is no excuse for not raising this claim years ago, "much less presenting it for the first time in an eleventh-hour stay of execution," lawyers for the Ohio attorney general's office said in their filing.
Late Wednesday, McGuire's attorneys filed a separate appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, saying information about his chaotic childhood of abuse and neglect could have prevented him from being sentenced to death if it was presented at trial.
The filings argue McGuire was so malnourished as a child that his stomach was swollen and distended. He also had to frequently steal food for himself and his younger sister, the appeal said.
McGuire was physically abused by at least four different parental figures and shows signs of brain damage from head trauma, the attorneys said.
The filings say jurors who sentenced McGuire to death never got to hear the full extent of his chaotic childhood because his trial attorneys didn't properly investigate reasons he should be spared.
Even without the full picture of McGuire's life, a juror held out for 12 hours before relenting, a sign that a full investigation might have led to a different outcome, the lawyers said. In Ohio, one juror can block a death sentence by voting against it.
The state's response to that claim is expected Monday.
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Thursday, February 24
Got Leftover Canned Pumpkin? Make Chocolate-Chip Pecan Pumpkin Muffins
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are all long past, yet I still have two big cans of pureed pumpkin in my pantry. I'm not surprised. I do the same thing every October. Upon spying the end aisle display of canned pumpkin, molasses and brown sugar, I become giddy. With visions of festive holiday pumpkin pie, pillowy soft pumpkin spice cookies and maple spiked pumpkin bread pudding clouding my judgement, I put at least six, sometimes eight, cans in my carriage. Then I'm happy. That is, until February rolls around.
Pumpkin pie in February is just wrong. Pumpkin cookies are decidely autumn treats best paired with mulled apple cider. Pumpkin bread pudding wears out its welcome by December. So what's a girl to do with all that remaining canned pumpkin? Make muffins. For some reason, pumpkin muffins taste right anytime from October to March. Just don't eat them in April. It's unseemly.
Chocolate Chip-Pecan Pumpkin Muffins
Makes 6 jumbo or 12 regular muffins
Printable recipe.
This is an adaptation of my mom's pumpkin muffin recipe. I used pecans instead of walnuts and added chocolate because, well, because it's chocolate. Oh, and Jeff asked me to mention that these muffins are even better with a generous smear of peanut butter or Nutella.
1/3 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup black strap molasses
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
2 cups all-purpose flour or white whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl combine oil, sugar, eggs, molasses and pumpkin. Stir well. In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Add slowly to the oil mixture, stirring well until flour is thoroughly dissolved. Gently stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared muffin tin.
3. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned and a cake tester inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing.
You might also enjoy these recipes for baked goods featuring pumpkin:
Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes recipe from Annie's Eats
Pumpkin Scones with Spiced Glaze recipe from Brown Eyed Baker
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans recipe from Food Blogga
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cake with Maple Icing recipe from Gluten-Free Goddess
Low Sugar, Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins with Pecans recipe from Kalyn's Kitchen
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cranberries, Raisins, and Pecans recipe from Food Blogga
24 comments:
- féenoménale said...
I like pumpkin chocolate mixture. I find this original.
thank you for your recipe, I will try.
- February 24, 2011 at 6:45 AM
- Betty Ann Q. said...
Susan, I can't bear to look at this post first thing at breakfast. It looks so choco-licious, it's killing me! Oh, all right, will go try it with Nutella, or chocolate...if you insist! Seriously, can't wait to try this one....thanks for sharing!
- February 24, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Jocie's Mom said...
Yummy! I always have far too much pumpkin left over that just sort of stare at me from the cupboard. Can't wait to toss that mock back in their little pumpkin faces with this muffin recipe. Thanks for sharing!
- February 24, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- Unknown said...
YUM! I love pumpkin bread and muffins! Adding the chocolate and pecans sounds delicious!
- February 24, 2011 at 7:34 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
You can't go wrong with pumpkin, chocolate and pecans. Wow what a trio for muffins.
- February 24, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Holly said...
Yum-love pumpkin chocolate chip and especially love the addition of pecans!!:)
- February 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Joanne said...
Oh if only you could see the approximately 8 cans of pumpkin I have left...you'd be cringing. I really like it in pizza dough also. And I think that's pretty acceptable year round...
These muffins sound delicious! There's something about pecans and chocolate and pumpkin that go so well together.
- February 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I do love pumpkin and it especially with nuts thrown in for good measure.
- February 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM
- Jacqueline Meldrum said...
I wish I had leftover canned pumpkin. I can't get it anywhere over here and I would love to try it. The muffins look amazing. I bet the flavour is immense.
- February 24, 2011 at 12:19 PM
I had a recipe for chocolate chip and pumpkin cookies years ago - forgot all about this delicious combo! Great recipe -
- February 24, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Unknown said...
How did you know I have some leftover pumpkin sitting in my fridge (from making pumpkin pecan spice scones, YUM!) wanted to do something different with it, think I will be making some of these!!
- February 24, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- Sammie said...
This sounds like a great idea to get rid of those pesky pumpkin cans that seem to find no place in my kitchen this time of year! Thanks for posting!
- February 24, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Sprigs of Rosemary said...
I love the idea of chocolate with pumpkin! I just posted a pumpkin muffin recipe, too -- cream-cheese stuffed. Learned about it from blogging! Not exactly diet fare but definitely delish! Now I don't have enough pumpkin to make these. But they're on the list!
- February 25, 2011 at 3:16 AM
- GF Gidget said...
I NEVER have leftover pumpkin. I eat a bowl of it every morning for breakfast, straight-up, and often a bowl for dessert with a crumbled GF graham cracker! Obsessed much? hahaha!
- February 25, 2011 at 3:29 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
I think we are shoppers separated at birth. I exhibit exactly the same behavior in the supermarket, and I too, have those extra cans of pumpkin in the pantry right now! Muffins it is, then. And, I think Jeff's advice is very wise.
- February 25, 2011 at 6:39 AM
- alyce said...
Yes I have a ton of leftover pumpkin in my pantry! Just noticed it the other day, so thanks for this recipe.
- February 25, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- lisaiscooking said...
I was just talking about how pumpkin isn't just for October and November, and it works so well in baked goods anyway. These muffins look like a great use it! Love the thought of peanut butter on them too.
- February 25, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Magic of Spice said...
I love pumpkin and chocolate, these are fantastic :)
- February 25, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
feeonmenale-I'm so glad you like it!
betty-Nutella. Yes, I insist. ;)
parsley sage-ha! Now you'll know how to handle those sarcastic little guys. ;)
jennifer-Thank you!
teachercooks-It's a trio I love for sure!
holly- Me too!
joanne-Pizza dough? Now, there's one I haven't tried. I'm intrigued.
val-I'm for any excuse to add nuts!
jacqueline-Really? Is it sold just seasonally then?
liz-Glad I gave you the tasty reminder.
olga-Oh, I'm just psychic that way. ;)
gidget-Out of the can? Really? That I can't do. But I do love it in smoothies for breakfast.
TW- Haha. It's because we get so excite over food. :)
alyce-Oh, good. I'm glad to help!
lisa-You have no idea how good they with pb!
magicspice-Oh, thank you!
- February 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Gwen said...
I am right w you on the pumpkin front! I stock up like a crazy person, molasses too! Trader Joe's canned pumpkin is spectacularly fresh tasting (no preservatives either). not only that, but I roast several pie pumpkins and puree and save them in my food saver...... Just in case. ;)
I am so making these, pumpkin is healthy so no guilt!
I don't care for pb but oddly that sounds really perfect on these.
- February 26, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Scott at Real Epicurean said...
I've never even made a muffin! Worth a try though, surely, especially with pumpkin.
- February 27, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- steven said...
I love chocolate. And this chocolate chip muffin is amazing
- February 28, 2011 at 3:20 AM
- Kalyn Denny said...
They look so deliciously chocolatey! I'd love to have one of those in front of me right now.
- February 28, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
healthy mama-You roast your own? That's savvy! Then you never have to worry about running out.
scott-Really? They're the easiest thing to bake!
steven-Thanks so much!
kalyn-Me too!
- February 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM


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what the hell makes you think that ARTISTS would ever sgree to such a stupid idea ...
Like people in book circles usually say "Obscurity is far worse than piracy"
This was never an even fight, from GeoHots point of view he never had a chance at winning, not when the other side has near unlimited funding and could very well keep this case going in court until GeoHot died from old age.
This was very much a David Vs. Goliath legal fight, and sure, everyone always roots for the little guy, but to sneer at him for chosing to not fight a losing battle against overwhelming odds is a bit harsh.
Not really, the LHC is trying to prove or disprove a theory.
We might be right or wrong, but all the LHC is doing is letting us find out, ergo - it's not 'changing the truth' it's letting us know if we were right or wrong in assuming we knew the truth.
Tim Tim Tim!
"with digital revenues per user at less than 1% of the US equivalent."
Just for clarification, is that revenue to 'merican companies or revenue total ?
i can totally see it being the first, not so much the second.
my post but somehow my cookie for being logged in keeps getting eaten, but do you have an answer on that ?
oh oh burn! oh wait no ... that's not the word i'm looking for ... FAIL!, that's it.
You sir, fail at trolling.
meh, something keeps eating my cookie >.
so true.
It's a common mistake to assume that the government is always right.
Immoral or criminal actions are no less immoral or criminal because your government told you to perform them.
Stereotypes are a great timesaver. =)
yes yes we get it ... you'd rather hide a problem than deal with it at the source.
Newsflash, filtering it wont make it go away, and filters are easily bypassed.
Recorded music sales are through the floor. It doesn't take much though to see the impacts of piracy on the music industry.
Oooor, it could be ... you know ... real simple.
If you're trying to sell Model T Fords in a world where the customers want to buy Prius, your buisness will tank.
Digital music sales without DRM do real good, what doesn't sell is CD's because the customer no longer wants them.
Record companies refuse to adapt to the reality they exist in and they're dying because of it.
It's no longer a sustainable model to sell two good tracks and the rest 'filler' on an album, since with digital sales the customer will simply just buy the good tracks and ignore the filler.
Piracy is not the music industrys problem : stupidity is.
Wow TAM ...
You are truly so far bent that the air probably comes out crooked when you breathe.
You should really seek professional help, soon.
Careful now DH, yer gna need a new liver if you try to play a drinking game with Average_joe's posts =)
Not that simple when it comes to DNS.
"Eventually, on Sunday the domain seizure was reverted and the subdomains slowly started to point to the old sites again instead of the accusatory banner. However, since the DNS entries have to propagate, it took another 3 days before the images disappeared completely."
People were fingered as child molesters for up to 3 days, this was not a matter of being checked and then let go.
To go with an analogy this was hanging a "Child Molester" sign on their mailboxes for anyone going to that adress to see.
Seriously dude ... this is not taking action against child molesters or those that traffic child pornography, this is the appearance of taking action.
Not a single child was saved, not a single pedo was arrested - they just swept the sites under the rug.
Oh, and wrongfully accused 80.000+ people of trafficking child porn in the process.
Not to mention shat all over due process and probably a whole lot of civil liberties aswell.
Don't even try the whole 'Greater good' thing, because if that's your opinion your sympathies should lie with the 80.000 wrongfully accused.
If they were they'd trace traffic to the sites, bust down doors and apprehend pedos ... not block a domain name followed by some flexing and political grandstanding.
Why the derision? Do you not think that sites dealing in child porn should be taken down? We know you love pirates, but do you love child molesters too?
This is NOT taking the sites down, this is the equivalent of taking down the house number on a known crackhouse - the house is still there.
But hey, if you'd rather hide child molesters than deal with them then ... sure ... whatever floats your boat.
Sticking their finger in the wind to see the reactions before going ahead with it.
That might not be as stupid as it sounds.
What if a plastic surgeon who designs their own implants go with this.
Restriction is the wrong way to go, criminalize it with a 5 year minimum at Rikers or a similar place, and forfeiture of all legal possessions for anyone caught.
It's only useful as a deterrence if people stand to lose more on it than they could potentially gain.
This would suit me but I am afraid that it is virtually impossible to stop all means of lobbying.
It's actually so so simple. Document (publicly) any and all interactions with a politician, afterall why should they have the right to more privacy than they give the people ?
Back that up with some more funding to the IRS for this purpouse and it's a done deal.
Have the IRS do a full check of the personal and professional finances of anyone meeting a politician, and of course the politicians themselves.


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Fifth Harmony Rehearse New Song 'Reflection' [VIDEO]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Footage of Fifth Harmony rehearsing a new song titled 'Reflection' was leaked today from a member of the band's team. The group was rehearsing for their tour this summer with Austin Mahone. While the original footage has since been deleted off that person's Instagram account, the video has reappeared on YouTube and spotted by DirectLyrics.
Fifth Harmony begin their tour with Mahone tonight in San Antonio, Texas. The girl group is expected to perform songs from their 'Better Together' EP and also perform a few new tracks, including their current single, 'Bo$$,' as well as a few new tracks from their forthcoming album.
Back in May, Ally Brooke Hernandez of 5H revealed to Billboard that the album would sound "more rhythmic," and described it as "laid-back" with "less pop."
Click on the video snippets below to check out footage from Fifth Harmony rehearsing 'Reflection.' Harmonizers, what do you think of the track?
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