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Test yesterday was negative. So we now have a patient with symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, a negative-positive-negative test constellation and nobody seems to really know how to proceed further from there and referred to the public health department.· 3 replies
Antigen/Antibody testing available?
Yes, PH department was just like "Well, no quarantine for you, go back to work!" - yeah, the hell I won't with an infection of the respiratory tract. I'm on sick leave until the end of the week per my GP (waiting for the paper to arrive with mail as they don't want you to come in in person if possible).
Hospital is a bit more cautious than PHD and didn't press me to come back tomorrow. They suspect recent unnoticed infection and wanted me to come in today for drawing blood for antibody testing. So now I'm stalking my labs for the results from home via VPN-client.
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The vacation was great and lovely and I stayed very active while still getting to sample foods I hadn't yet tried since surgery. After getting back, I decided to stay off of social media for a little while, which also included these forums. I had a lot of work in the office to catch up on and needed to focus on that. Of course, the past week or so I have been struggling a lot mentally and emotionally. I've desperately wanted comfort food and have done well not giving into that temptation. This week doesn't feel like it'll go much better, but October always seems to be the worst month for me.· 1 reply
Had an anxiety dream last night involving a substantial weight gain in the past week. Absolutely no basis in reality since I've stayed on plan. I think it stems from Saturday when I ate some extra calories due to a 2 hour hike earlier in the day that burned 900 calories. The extra calories brought my total intake up for 1025, as opposed to 700-800. And my extra calories were from curry egg salad, so it was a protein packed choice. And yet, my brain some how decided that would lead me to gain 10 pounds in one week and threw that are me while I slept. Brains can be jerks.
Glad to hear you are doing ok. I noticed you missing from here and was a bit concerned as it sounded like you were dealing with some stuff.
Great work with staying on plan on vacation! Always a tougher than the routine at home.
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Okay, I see plenty of VEPR-12 shotguns advertised "stock welded open". I presume this is due to some import restriction. Anyone know for sure? I know that these folders wlded open can easily be "reopened" with a little dremel work and small file, but that seems silly to weld open these stocks. May look into something like this if I find the time.
Also seen some builders doing conversions in various configurations (i.e. Lone Star) but don't see any drum mags on the horizon yet like with the Saiga-12s. May want to expand from my small Saiga-12 collection by adding a VEPR-12 or more.

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Studying Film from Any Perspective
Film studies is a long-established interdisciplinary study theme at Grinnell. This is because film and media studies are supported throughout the curriculum, explains Terri Geller, assistant professor of film theory and history in the English Department.
For example, the Center for the Humanities and the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights, with help from the Center for International Studies, are sponsoring a short course in the spring. Jason Livingston, a film and video maker from upstate New York who teaches film and video production at the University of Iowa, will teach a short course on Nonfiction Video: Informing the World through Form. His interests include political documentary, avant-garde history, indigenous media, left history, and eco-poetics.
"[The] deeply interdisciplinary support for this short course," says Geller, "attests to the commitment to interdisciplinary study and artistic production on the part of the centers at the College, and the inventive educational opportunities made possible by the Interdisciplinary Study Themes [funding]."
The Russian, Central, and East European Studies Department is offering a second short course, Fashion and the Cinema: 100 Years of Rivalry, taught by returning visiting professor Galina Askenova, who teaches film studies in Moscow. As well as being a lecturer in Russian and film studies, Askenova is also a freelance theatre and film critic and screenwriter for Russian TV.
With the mix of courses offered, you can learn about the social and aesthetic implications of film and/or the art forms and cultural practices that shape it.
Visiting speakers further enrich this interdisciplinary study theme. For example, the chair of the Film and Media Studies Department at Swarthmore, Patricia White, will be visiting campus in March. Grinnell students are encouraged to learn more about film studies by applying to the annual student symposium held at the Telluride Film Festival every Labor Day. Also, Grinnell students have shared their research at national conferences, like the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Undergraduate Conference held each spring.
Spring 2014 Film-Related Courses
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Non-Fiction Video: Informing the World through Form
An introduction to the basics of short documentary production. Students will create short videos of their own, with exercises, screenings of international cinema, readings, and workshops to broaden awareness of cinematic possibilities. Taught by internationally recognized director Jason Livingston.
Fashion and the Cinema: One Hundred Years of Rivalry
An examination of films from world cinema, exploring how fashion and cinema competed with one another for a leadership role in what we wear. Taught by Galina Aksenova, associate professor, Moscow Art Theater School.
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An introduction to theoretical approaches central to the study of film, including semiotics, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies, focusing on the analysis of film as a language and "reading" film texts for their meanings.
History of Russian Film From Eisenstein to Tarkovsky and Beyond
An examination of the fascinating and controversial history of Russian film from Andrei Tarkovsky's sophisticated Solaris to the daring films of the glasnost era; from chernukha (noir) films of the 1990s to contemporary cinema about the Russian mafia, New Russians and the dramatic search for a new Russian identity.
Studies in Film Theory Domestic Cinema — Feminist Film Criticism and Practice
A deeply interdisciplinary course studying film theory and history, feminism, and human geography. The course focuses on the ways space shapes gender, race, nationality, and sexuality, and examines complex feminist topics through film studies.
The Cultural Politics of Fashion
A seminar that considers fashion and taste as a dialectic shaped by local and global networks. Students will consider links between companies and consumers, bodies, brands and boutiques, malls and museums, and examine fashioning identities (age, gender, class, ethnicities) in print and moving images.
Postcolonial Performance
An exploration of the exciting theatre genre developed during the last half of the twentieth century as former British colonies struggled for independence. The course includes foundational theory and works from throughout the world, including Africa, the Caribbean, Polynesia, Australia, North America, and Great Britain.
Orientalism Revisited (conducted in French)
An analysis of the relationship between France and the Orient — including Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon — as portrayed in paintings, photos, films, and prose fiction from the mid-19th century to the present.
Placing, Projecting, and Protecting American Identities in Movies
An exploration of representations of American identities and the binaries such as here/there, foreign/local, abroad/home, and American/Other. Films and readings will highlight the theme of amalgamation (the melting pot) shaping Americanness and its association with characteristics such as respectability, recognition and respect?
Representing the Body in Contemporary Literature and Film (conducted in French)
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The nationals of the following countries may apply for a 7 or 30 day visa upon arrival in Indonesia: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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This is a preppy school, there is no doubt about it. When I first visited the campus, that was all I could see. I only looked at the people and had a preconceived notion of how life at Trinity would be. I was completely wrong. I am not the least bit preppy and I love it here. I now cannot picture myself anywhere else.
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I've recently had the opportunity to visit Trinity and the atmosphere is wonderful.Read More
The professors and staff and fellow students are all wonderful and friendly. Outside of the academics, there are many campus and off-campus opportunities offered in which students can become involved within both the Trinity and Hartford communities. I am a non-traditional student - in the IDP program (Individualized Degree Program) and love the atmosphere of the whole community. I am in classes during the day with other IDP students as well as traditional students and while some of us may be a little older than the others in class, we are not treated any differently. Everyone in class is there for the same purpose - to study and learn.Read More
Trinity is a very good school with what i would call A- level academics. It almost has a big university feel in that it isn't as incestuous as other smaller liberal arts schools. However compared to other NESCACs it doesn't have the same level of academic rigor. Overall it's a fine college, well rounded and balanced with lots of nice kids and professors.Read More
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The compassion shared from one spontaneous random act of kindness is elevating, priceless and not easily explained. It is an instant connection between souls that can change a life forever. This is the experience of being a Secret Santa. Being a Secret Santa has blessings beyond words.
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Anonymity: They do not draw attention to themselves and strive to protect their personal identity and those of other Secret Santas.
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Below this French Rafale jet is a missile that can travel about 300 miles before deploying a completely untested 300 kiloton nuclear warhead. This shot wasn't taken at the height of the Cold War. It was taken last week. To understand why you have to understand the French approach to nuclear deterrence.
Films like War Games and Dr. Strangelove have brainwashed us into believing the whole world plays by the same rules of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) that dictate the use of nuclear weapons will cause a chain reactions that results in all of us dying a fiery death while a few generals in a bunker strip down for a game of post-apocalyptic hide-the-warhead with their secretaries.
The French don't traffic in that nonsense. It's been a longstanding policy of the country, going back to the Cold War, to keep a few aircraft-based weapons around to fire off as a "warning shot." The basic idea was to stop an advancing horde of Soviets and other Warsaw Pact countries from overrunning France by dropping a small tactical nuclear weapon somewhere they'd notice.
On one hand, averting an all-out global conflict by using a small nuclear device isn't the worst last ditch effort idea. On the other hand, as Defense Tech points out, "I'm not sure how effective nuclear warning shots are if the other guy has nukes, too." Whatever sense this policy made in 1986 when the first jets equipped with these short range deterrence nuclear weapons launched, it's increasingly questionable what use they are now that the risk of dirty Ukrainians storming the Champs-Élysées is pretty low.
But it still exists. Here's a quote from then French President Jacques Chirac in 2006 regarding the country's willingness to use nuclear weapons in self defense even if someone else hasn't fired them.
"Leaders of States resorting to terrorist means against us, as those who might consider, one way or the other, weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they risk a firm and adapted response from us. And this response can be of a conventional nature. It can also be of another nature."
It doesn't take much to read between the lines there, but that quote comes from a report by the Stimson Center on the French Nuclear policy [Stimson.org (PDF)] that includes this comforting assurance:
French policy makes clear that when referring to deterrence, they are referring to nuclear deterrence; the two words are still very much associated in the nation's strategic culture.
With this policy in mind, the French went about updating the arsenal of the Force de Frappe — tasked with carrying out France's nuclear deterrence and making frozen coffee drinks.
The original ASMP nuclear missiles launched in 1986 on board a small number of Mirage jets and were recently replaced by the advanced ASMP-A tactical missiles with a longer range (300 miles) and the ability to attack a target at a lower angle.
Successful tests of the missile itself were conducted last fall, but a ban on nuclear weapons testing means they couldn't test the warhead and instead relied on old test data and computer simulation.
All this takes us to last week when the newer and more advanced Rafale jet from Strike Squadron 1/91 was spotted taking off from the Istres base along the Mediterranean coast by an aviation photographer with the telltale red-tipped standoff ramjet missile underwing in "Nuclear strike" configuration.
Currently, the main conflict theater for the French air force is Libya, where Rafale jets are being used. Technically, under the current French nuclear doctrine it could launch one of these nukes at Tripoli if Qaddafi were to, say, get terrorist forces to set off chemical weapons around the Eiffel Tower.
It's an unlikely scenario, perhaps even more unlikely than one of these jets crashing or going all "broken arrow" in the hands of an insane pilot, which makes the fact that they're up there at all a little unnerving. We prefer the American approach of carrying warheads around in 18-wheelers.
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The first session of the PrepCom met in New York from 31 January - 11 February 1994. The objective of PrepCom I was to define the expected output and provide elements for inclusion in the documents to be adopted at the Summit. The first week of the session was devoted to opening statements from governments, NGOs, UN agencies and other intergovernmental organizations. During the second week, the delegates drafted a series of decisions to help guide the Secretariat and the PrepCom in the preparation of the expected outcomes of the Summit.
By the conclusion of PrepCom I, delegates had agreed on the existence, format and basic structure of a draft Declaration and draft Programme of Action as well as the possible elements to be included in these documents. Delegates agreed that the draft Declaration should contain three parts: a description of the world social situation; principles, goals, policy orientations and common challenges to be addressed by all actors at the local, national, regional and international levels; and an expression of commitment on issues relating to implementation and follow-up. The Declaration should be concise and focused, and reaffirm international agreements, instruments, declarations and decisions adopted by the UN system that are relevant to the Summit. The Secretariat was asked to prepare a draft negotiating text on the basis of the contents of the objectives and three core issues contained in paragraphs 5 and 6 of General Assembly Resolution 47/92.


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The "ephemeral" messaging app Snapchat has settled as of Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that its messages are not actually ephemeral. The FTC's complaint alleged that there are a number of ways Snapchat messages can be saved, so the company's claim that they "disappear forever" was disingenuous.
"There is value in the ephemeral… That's because they are shared, enjoyed, but not saved," stated the Snapchat blog in January of this year. Yet there are ways of saving snaps both within and without the app, including screenshots and opening messages in third-party apps. The FTC also faulted Snapchat for harvesting its users' contact information from their address books without disclosing the activity.
As part of the settlement, Snapchat has to start a privacy program that will be independently monitored for 20 years, under which the company will be fined if it steps out of line. The deal is similar to the one the FTC struck with Facebook in August 2012.
"We continue to invest heavily in security and countermeasures to prevent abuse," Snapchat wrote Thursday on its blog. "We are devoted to promoting user privacy and giving Snapchatters control over how and with whom they communicate. That's something we've always taken seriously and always will."


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Consider this example: In January 2000, a 50-year-old client had $2 million, and his retirement was looking reasonably secure. But by 2002, if he was lucky, he'd only lost half his nest egg. By the fall of 2006, again if he's lucky and had a good advisor, he'd climbed back to $1.7 million or so. Then, by April 2009, he'd lost another half and was down to about $850,000. Today, his portfolio is back to nearly $1.3 million, but his prospects for an early retirement have vanished—and his future isn't looking nearly as bright.
These days, every financial advisor is familiar with this scenario, regardless of their personal experience: As clients approach retirement age, their time frame for riding out major market corrections shrinks, exposing the flaw in traditional asset allocation. In fact, the entire advisory profession is wrestling with the problem of what to do about it. While there are a number of strategies that purport to offer a solution, until recently, none have convincingly overcome the likelihood of actually increasing risk rather than reducing it, or the potential for adding substantially higher costs.
Sure, you can limit risk by reducing exposure to equities, but in the current ultra-low interest rate environment, portfolio growth will slow to a crawl, requiring the downward revision of many retirement plans. What's more, with massive global debt levels nearly a lock to drive interest rates up, bond holdings don't look nearly as low-risk as they used to (it was recently pointed out to me that when interest rates go up 1%, long-term bond values fall in the neighborhood of 19%). That leaves moving aging clients into all cash, which, after any inflation, means dwindling portfolios; that doesn't bode well for rosy retirement plans either.
Another option, of course, is to try to "time" market downturns through strategic or dynamic asset allocation, a direction in which many advisors are turning, or at least exploring. The problem with this solution is that myriad studies and loads of anecdotal evidence suggest that even if such timing is possible, success on a regular basis requires such a specialized talent that its use for managing retirement portfolios on an industry-wide basis seems irresponsible.
That leaves us with hedging strategies: using sophisticated financial instruments to limit the downside exposure of equity or debt holdings. We know that large institutional investors have used hedging strategies to manage their portfolio risk for years, often quite successfully. Yet, the relatively high cost of both the hedging vehicles themselves and the expertise to use them effectively has prohibited their use in all but the largest retail portfolios. At least, that's been the case until recently, when the explosion in the size of the retail retirement market combined with its huge demand for better risk management, has motivated the financial industry to make hedging tools more affordable.
I recently discovered just how far this trend has progressed when I was introduced to Harry Clark, founder and CEO of Clark Capital Management Group in Philadelphia. A 40-year veteran of the financial services industry, Clark founded CCMG 25 years ago to manage retail portfolios. It wasn't until the mid-1990s that he began to feel uncomfortable with increasing market volatility and started to look for better ways to manage portfolio risk. It was during this time that he realized volatility itself could be thought of as an "asset class" and therefore managed within an allocated portfolio. But the cost of hedging strategies was a major limitation.
CCMG's big break came when Clark's theory was put to the test in 2001. "The dot-com crash was a big turning point for us," he remembers. "Both because even back then, our portfolios did better than most; and because in the aftermath, a growing number of more sophisticated risk management products were introduced into the retail marketplace." During the recovery of the following decade, the firm became a TAMP and focused its business on managing assets for clients of independent advisors and on other TAMP platforms, increasing its assets under management from $500 million to $3 billion today.
For CCMG, the most notable development of the new millennium was the creation of the S&P 500 volatility index, or VIX, in 2004 by the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. The following year, Standard & Poor's launched a pair of VIX futures indexes: the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index (SPVXSP) and the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index (SPVXMP). "Being able to use the contracts on the VIX is a major step toward making hedging strategies available to retail investors," he said. "We actively manage them—holding them when the market is trending down and selling them for additional profits when it's trending up—which has reduced our cost of hedging substantially: from about 5.5% a year down to around 3.5%."
The VIX is an effective hedge against equity risk because of its low correlation to the S&P 500 Index. According to Morningstar Direct, the VIX correlation with the S&P 500 from Jan. 1, 1996, to Sept. 30, 2011, was -67%. A look at Figure 1 (see left), which shows a graph of the monthly movements of the S&P 500 versus the VIX, reveals that while their magnitudes may vary, the VIX moved in the opposite direction of the S&P 500 (up or down) in 63 out of 69 months from January 2006 through September 2011.
Still, 3.5% a year isn't an insignificant cost for a retiree's, or a pre-retiree's, portfolio, which raises the question that all hedging strategies need to answer: Is reducing the risk really worth the price tag? The answer depends on the hedging strategy in question, and even more importantly, on the investment manager's ability to use that strategy effectively. In the case of CCMG, a look at how its strategies performed during the subprime meltdown provides a pretty good answer.
For instance, from September 2006 to September 2011, the S&P 500 had a cumulative return of 2.27%, or 0.39% annually. Its biggest single-quarter loss was -21.94%, and it had a maximum drawdown of -50.94%, from which it did not fully recover during this period. At the same time, CCMG's Global Equity Hedged Model Portfolio returned a total of 46.8%, or 6.95% annually, with a worst single quarter of -9.15% and a max drawdown of -28.35%, from which it fully recovered in less than two years.
To put these figures into perspective, if the 50-year old client in my initial scenario had his $2 million in the Global Hedged Equity Portfolio with similar results, he would have only lost $500,000 in 2001, another $850,000 between 2007 and 2009, and ended up with slightly more than $2 million today (some 50% better than he would have done in the S&P 500)—and his portfolio would have survived a pretty rough decade intact, despite the cost of hedging. For clients at or near retirement who can't afford to take another major hit to their portfolios, the peace of mind from this kind of hedge could be invaluable: particularly in the increasingly uncertain times in which we find ourselves today.


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And approach it responsibly I'll have to do, because just like any other entertainment medium, digital gaming has a very broad spectrum. There are platformers, shooters, role-playing games, adventures, puzzlers, and a number of other genre types that run the gamut of demographic appeal. Yet despite that fact, there's no denying that titles aimed at teens and older groups are the ones that dominate store shelves. Walking into your local Target or Best Buy with a young son or daughter in search of an appropriate videogame isn't always easy with IPs like Halo 2, Resident Evil 4, and God of War prominently displayed on the end caps.
What are your kids playing?Long story short, my new lot in life got me to thinking about this subject rather heavily. Though I don't claim to be the next Dr. Phil or anything, as an industry professional that's been in the games business for almost seven years, I figured that my knowledge could be put to good use and might provide would-be and existing parents with a possible helping hand. With that in mind, I've set out to answer several questions that I've already considered for my own child, while also addressing inquiries that I've received from parents just like you.
At what age should I let my child play videogames?
I'm not an expert in child development so obviously that decision is entirely yours as parents. That said, I can speak from my own personal experience and point out that I first began playing videogames around the age of three via the household Atari 2600. At the time, my parents found it to be a rather constructive way to use the television between episodes of Sesame Street and the Electric Company, and as avid gamers themselves, thought it a good method of spending time with my brother and me without having to take us outside. Speaking of which, my brother has a child of his own that is almost five years old, and he allowed his son to start playing videogames at roughly the same age we were when we started.
For those that feel that three or four years may still be too early to sacrifice your kids' thumbs to the plastic mash monster, you might be interested in the findings of a recent study conducted by the National Institute of Media and the Family (a non-profit organization aimed at watching media content for families). In it, the organization surveyed 657 young people between the 4th and 12th grade age bracket to better understand the demographic and its gaming habits. Of those surveyed 87% of 8-to-17 year-old children play videogames at home. Specific data indicates that 92% of boys and 80% of girls in that demographic play with entertainment software, while the average age of survey participants was 13.7. This data suggests that most parents allow their children to start playing videogames at or before the tail-end of grade school.
How long should a child play videogames before taking a break and what's the optimal distance for them to sit?
It has been the general consensus of eye specialists and vigilant moms for years that television watching (be it interactive or not) is best suited at distances of five feet or more. It's also a good idea to have some kind of ambient or overhead light as opposed to the playing in the dark. This distance and the accompanying light are both measures meant to reduce eye strain and fatigue.
As for the length of the gaming sessions themselves, in an ideal situation nobody (including children or adults) should be playing games for longer than an hour at a time (followed by a 15- to 30-minute break). Just as the light and distance advantages mentioned above are meant to reduce eye strain and fatigue, so too are the frequent pauses... plus it'll teach your kid that there are other places to go in the home other than the couch.


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- 1 Primer on ADA, CAP, CES, and CAMK2G (KCC2G) : An advanced AHL (light/energy) activated riboswitch and psychochemical agent using orthogonal (synthetic) recombinase promoters
- 2 Positively matching SNPs (clinical data)
- 3 Parkinson disease/CES tristable riboswitch device abstraction
- 5 Glossary
- 6 References
Primer on ADA, CAP, CES, and CAMK2G (KCC2G) : An advanced AHL (light/energy) activated riboswitch and psychochemical agent using orthogonal (synthetic) recombinase promoters
- EC 126.96.36.199 ref
- also named Adenosine deaminase CECR1
- Uniprot accession number Q9NZK5 - Check this! Also you may want to verify rs2231495 for hints about the relevance of auxotrophic genes (alternative splicing) in the phylogenetical evolution of CES.
- See also the primary reference (FASTA) for the GRCh37.p10 assembly (genome).
- The latest genome reference for the GRCh37.p11 assembly is available here.
- reaction type -> deamination
- tissues: brain, liver, thymus...
- Litterature review: http://www.omim.org/entry/115470
- related to chromosome 22q11
- for PD (Score 8.991) and BPA (bis-phenol-A), see also gene CAMK2G (KCC2G) - also known as chromosome 22q10. [1] [2]
Positively matching SNPs (clinical data)
- Oracle: You seem lost.
- Chuck: Keep going... I've seen worst than this.
- Oracle: Fair enough...
- Chuck: Look, I have tons of fb cuties waiting for some action.
- Oracle: Sure. Do you want a little blue cheese with that, sir?
Parkinson disease/CES tristable riboswitch device abstraction
- A Parkinson/CES disease "riboswitch" is a AHL-activated (Acyl-Homoserine-Lactone) xenobiotic compound (recombinase system) modulating Ca2+/Mg2+ (CAM2KG) specific ions channel to activate RNA polymerase transcription and controlled DNA release of the V. Fischeri specific "LuxR" protein: a functional beta-amyloid ligand regulated by the EnvZ (OmpR) gene.
- See also Featured_Parts:Light_Sensor. [ENVZ, CAMK2G, RIBOSWITCH]
- See also Mind control: An introduction movie to optogenetics from the BBC.
- See also the relevant Ecocyc.org entry for EnvZ here.
- Accession number (E.coli K-12 MG1655 substr): "EG10269".
- Full data available here.
- See also the histidine kinase entry (EC 18.104.22.168) here.
- Get the latest BLAST results for EG10269 here.
- Down syndrome phenotype http://omim.org/entry/190685
- http://omim.org/entry/147150
Role and implications of orthogonal rRNA (16S) transcription and translation promoters in the Down Syndrome mutant phenotype acquisition
- chromosome 21q22.3
- APP: Patients with Down syndrome develop the neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer disease at a much earlier age than individuals with Alzheimer disease without trisomy 21 (Wisniewski et al., 1985). Characteristic senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are present in the brain of all individuals with Down syndrome over the age of 40 years (Wisniewski et al., 1985). The triplication of the amyloid precursor protein gene (APP; 104760) may be the cause of this phenomenon. Several mutations in the APP gene have been described in families with early-onset Alzheimer disease without trisomy 21 (e.g., Goate et al., 1991). [1] http://omim.org/entry/104760
- (Interferon-inducible) p78 protein : Mapping of the chromosomal region that, if triplicated, results in the phenotypic characteristics of Down syndrome has been facilitated by the use of DNA samples from individuals who have partial trisomy 21 with or without features of the Down syndrome phenotype (Rahmani et al., 1989; McCormick et al., 1989; Korenberg et al., 1990; Delabar et al., 1993; Korenberg, 1993). Although detailed analysis of these DNAs is still under way, an area of approximately 5 Mb between loci D21S58 and D21S42 has been identified that is associated with mental retardation and most of the facial features of the syndrome. In particular, a subregion that includes D21S55 and MX1 (interferon-induced protein p78; 147150), the latter being located in band 21q22.3, has been associated with mental retardation and several morphologic features, including oblique eye fissure, epicanthus, flat nasal bridge, protruding tongue, short broad hands, clinodactyly of the fifth finger, gap between first and second toes, hypotonia, short stature, Brushfield spots, and characteristic dermatoglyphics (Delabar et al., 1993). Additional phenotypic characteristics may map outside the minimum critical region (symbolized DCR). Material from other rare patients who have features of Down syndrome but no visible chromosomal abnormality may help to narrow down the critical region. In several such studies, however, no triplicated region has been identified (McCormick et al., 1989; Delabar et al., 1993). It is possible that these patients do not have any chromosome 21 abnormality and their phenotype is a phenocopy of Down syndrome. [1] http://omim.org/entry/190685
- 16S RNA inducible transcriptions/translations in E.coli K12: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12732305
- p78 + RNA : http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bfind_sub?mode=bfind&max_hit=1000&dbkey=all&keywords=p78+RNA
- http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P20591
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC43917/
- "Look (2002) reviewed the mechanism by which GATA1 mutations might interact with trisomy 21 to result in AMKL. He pointed out that several lines of evidence indicated that at least 2 classes of mutations are needed to transform a normal hematopoietic stem cell into a clonal acute myeloid leukemia. One class imparts a myeloproliferative or survival advantage, as illustrated by activating mutations in FLT3 (136351), encoding a receptor tyrosine kinase, or the increased dosage of genes in chromosome 21 in persons with Down syndrome. To generate overt leukemia, a second class of genetic alterations must produce lineage-specific blocks in differentiation. The mutations responsible for this step have been demonstrated mainly in genes encoding chimeric transcription factors produced by chromosomal translocation. GATA1 is a transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in myeloid lineage commitment." [1]
- recombinase
- Calmodulin
- LuxR
- EnvZ
- LacZ
- PD - Parkinson disease
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Value often can't be measured in dollars and cents
Federal contractors are staking out a major presence on social media — often with a hazy view of return on investment — and that is just fine with Tom Haser of Lockheed Martin Corp. Just as with e-mail and Internet access 15 years ago, it is difficult to quantify social media's utility, said Haser, director of social media solutions for Lockheed Martin's information systems and global solutions group. But he is confident that involvement in social media will pay off.
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"You can measure the value, but not in dollars and cents," Haser said. "It is making us more transparent, more agile and more connected." Federal contractors are actively increasing their participation in social media both externally on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, GovLoop and other Web sites, and internally, with collaborative tools such as wikis and blogs. Contractors also are researching new social media solutions for government clients and one area for exploration is emergency response. Lockheed Martin, for example, has developed its own social media platform, Eureka Streams, for its employees and clients. The company recently made Eureka Streams available as open-source software for free to the community, in the hopes of stimulating collaboration and innovation, Haser said. It seems to be catching on: the introductory video featured on Lockheed's YouTube channel has received more than 4,700 views. Most of the attention in contractor social media has been on their public activity. A recent survey of 167 federal contractor employees by Market Connections Inc. research firm highlighted the expanding nature of federal contractors' involvement in social media. Overall, 55 percent of the respondents said they are utilizing social media for communications with their government clients: just more than a third of those respondents are using formal strategies, while two-thirds are doing so on an ad hoc basis, the survey said. Overall, 87 percent of the 167 federal contractor employees surveyed are using social media at home or work. Fifty-nine percent said their companies use social media for customer engagement, 59 percent for marketing, 48 percent for lead generation, 42 percent for employee recruitment and retention, and 41 percent for collaboration. The greatest challenge for federal contractor use of social media was in measuring return on investment, cited by 63 percent; lack of resources, cited by 50 percent; difficulties in identifying the appropriate channels for engagement, cited by 46 percent; and security, cited by 45 percent. John Kagia, research manager at Market Connections, said the informal nature of the federal contractors' experiences with social media indicates an evolving process. "They are still in the early stages of understanding which tools are most effective," Kagia said. Most are using ad hoc strategies, trying out a variety of tools to gauge where they get the greatest response. Lockheed Martin has received 2.3 million views on YouTube, for example, but only has 2,300 fans on Facebook. The most popular social media tool for contractors is LinkedIn, used by 36 percent, followed by Facebook, with 26 percent. "LinkedIn has surpassed Facebook as the platform for engaging with an audience. It allows for a more specific, targeted audience," Kagia said. The companies tend to experiment internally before using social media tools to reach targeted audiences, Kagia said. "The contractors have become very sophisticated users of social media; many have learned from mistakes made when they were using the tools internally," Kagia said. Those mistakes typically fell into the category of making too much information available to too many people, running the risk of offending a client or releasing sensitive information, he added. Because social media demands a lot of attention — with a staff dedicated to responding to comments within hours and not days — there is concern about difficulty in measuring return on the investment of time and resources. Contractors are split on how to view social media ROI. "One group views social media to be as integral as e-mail, and how do you measure ROI on e-mail?" Kagia asked. "Others might be rigid about needing to find a dollar value for social media, but most are in the middle and believe it does open doors." On Facebook, among the largest federal contractors, the ones with the greatest number of fans are Hewlett-Packard, with 86,000 fans, and Booz Allen Hamilton and Northrop Grumman, each with about 6,200 fans. Several of the very large contractors with thousands of employees had fewer than 400 fans on Facebook. One factor that might have helped Booz Allen and Northrop gain fans was that both of their Facebook pages allow fans to submit comments, while most of the other federal contractors' Facebook pages do not allow for comments. Allowing for interaction is a major factor in gaining more fans on Facebook, said Adriel Hampton, manager of the Gov 2.0 group on LinkedIn, which has 4,000 members. "Attracting fans is more successful if you allow interaction," he said. Although many federal contractors fear spontaneous interaction or losing control of the message when they use social media, most of the time those fears are overblown and there can be valuable conversations that take place, Hampton added. He advises that social media is most effective when used in a hybrid fashion, mixing business with personal insight and interests. "If you go into social media trying to tweet and network strictly for business, you will not have much to show for it. People are looking for a human element. If you want to make connections, you have to be more personal in social media," Hampton said. Steve Radick, a lead associate and consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and an active blogger, said his social media activities have helped bring visibility to both him and his company. In some cases, government executives have contacted him after reading a blog entry or engaging in a discussion on a social media site. "With social media, now I'm a person, not just a cog in a machine," Radick said. Making relationships through social media can be empowering, especially for junior employees, he added. Sometimes, a young blogger or tweeter may develop greater access to a government official than the contractor executive in charge of the account does. If that happens, it may be awkward but manageable, Kagia said, adding that contractors are smart if they can take advantage of those relationships to everyone's benefit. Many federal contractors are active on GovLoop, interacting with government executives and employees. "Those who are most successful are jumping into conversations and raising awareness without a product pitch," said Andrew Krzmarzick, director of community engagement at GovLoop. "If you are seen as a thought leader in the Gov 2.0 and social media space, the government agencies want to work with you."
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Great article, Alice. Even mid-tier government contractors are finding the benefits of using new social media tools to engage and interact with prospective customers and their community. Take WBB Consulting, a client of mine, for example. They recently launched a geographically-focused blog called Celebrate Huntsville that is designed to be a tool to both existing residents of the city and military personnel moving there via BRAC. Although it just launched a few weeks ago, the portal is already drawing great traffic predominantly from the targeted region and has become a news source and resource for Huntsville residents. Check it out at www.celebratehuntsville.com.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will open an exhibit called Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll on April 8th. The exhibit will feature more than 130 instruments that were used by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Metallica.
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"Canadian LNG projects 'difficult to justify'" was the headline in the National Post last week, atop a story on a report from the International Gas Union that identified some of the competitive disadvantages facing B.C.
"Project costs in Canada far exceed counterpart projects in the United States," said the report from the Norwegian-based agency for the bulk of the world's natural gas producers. "Moreover, the distance between the proposed export facilities and the North American gas pipeline grid is large, and connections are small in both capacity and number."
Proposals to develop LNG for export from the United States would be able to take advantage of existing infrastructure, reducing development costs and risks associated with an inherently volatile market, the report went on to say.
Similar concerns were aired earlier this month in the Wall Street Journal.
"Some of the world's largest energy companies are racing to transform backwaters like this hamlet of 544 people into boom towns," wrote reporters Chester Dawson and Ben Lefebvre in an Aug. 5 story datelined Port Edward, B.C.
"The energy giants are proposing half a trillion dollars in projects to export vast new finds of North American natural gas. Western Canada and the U.S. are competing to see which region receives the lion's share of the investment."
Notwithstanding the province's relative proximity to prime Asian markets, the story then went on to note that question marks remain about the B.C. ability to round up the majority of those investment dollars.
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The article then quoted rival developer Michael Smith of Texas-based Freeport LNG: "The reality is that the additional cost to build the pipeline and liquefaction equipment in such a remote and pristine area" — places like Port Edward, Prince Rupert and Kitimat — "will raise the cost so much that their advantage of lower shipping will be completely eliminated."
But the B.C. advantage consists of more than an enthusiastic government and a convenient geographical location. There's also the competitive edge conferred by our obliging climate.
The latter factor hasn't received a lot of attention, so I am indebted to David Austin, the Vancouver-based lawyer and expert on the energy industry for drawing my attention to the climatological advantage.
Most notably, there's "Rules of Thumb for Screening LNG Developments," produced by Nick White, director of process engineering for Australian-based Clough Ltd., and presented to an engineering conference in Perth last year.
Among other factors he noted the significance of the starting temperature in a manufacturing process that consists of chilling the product to 160 degrees below zero.
Hence White's rule of thumb regarding the impact of ambient temperature on the amount of energy that will be consumed to liquefy a given quantity of natural gas: "One degree centigrade increase reduces LNG production by approximately 1.7 per cent."
He then went on to note that for Northern Australia, the near-tropical locale for most of the LNG proposals in his country, the average annual ambient temperature is 27 degrees.
By comparison, Environment Canada records the annual daily mean temperature for Kitimat and Prince Rupert, prime sites for LNG development in this province, at a mere 7 degrees.
The 20-degree difference translates into an almost 30 per cent advantage in terms of power consumption, if one applies White's rule of thumb of a 1.7 per cent impact on production for every one degree change in temperature.
The chilly head start provided by the anything-but-sunburnt climate of our northwest coast would presumably confer an advantage over rival jurisdictions for LNG production like Louisiana, Mozambique and Qatar.
One of the major proponents indicated as much during a B.C. government-sponsored conference in Vancouver earlier this year. The observation came from Betsy Spomer, senior vice-president of global business development for the BG Group, the U.K. based company proposing to build a massive LNG terminal near Prince Rupert.
"The Prince Rupert chilling advantage is 'what pays for the pipeline' to carry B.C. gas to the coast," Spomer told reporter Nathan Vanderklippe of the Globe and Mail in an interview published Feb. 26
BG, as the Wall Street Journal noted, is also "hedging its bet" with a proposal to build a terminal in the U.S. Neither it nor any of the other proponents have committed the billions of dollars needed to build even one LNG terminal.
Given the B.C. advantages — geography, climate, and the quality of the resource among them — the Liberals have every reason for optimism. But they'd surely like to see their hopes translated into at least one signed, sealed and delivered decision to proceed with construction by the end of the year.


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The Central Connecticut softball team started the season a perfect 2-0 in NEC play after sweeping the Sacred Heart Pioneers (9-10, 0-2 NEC) on Saturday in a doubleheader at home in New Britain, CT. The Blue Devils (11-9, 2-0 NEC) shut out SHU in game one 5-0 before earning a narrow victory in game two 4-3.
Junior Laura Messina pitched both games for CCSU, registering her fifth shutout of the season and racking up eight strikeouts in game one. She retired three more batters in game two and gave up just six hits on the day. With the wins, her record improves to 11-6.
Game #1
CCSU got on the board early when clean-up batter Tessa Brown doubled to left center, driving in senior Arielle Bruno, who had singled and advanced on a Kat Malcolm sacrifice bunt.
Central added four more over the course of the second and third innings on five hits, including a two-run homer by freshman Alexis Debrosse. Debrosse tallied her fourth home run of the season, driving in Brown who had singled.
The Blue Devils posted seven hits in seven innings of errorless field play. Debrosse and Brown each went 2-for-3 at the plate. Debrosse also scored twice and drove in two RBI.
Game #2
It was Sacred Heart who would score first in game two, registering their first run of the day in the top of the third on a solo homer from Annie Draher.
Down by one, CCSU answered in the bottom of the fourth, rallying for four runs on three hits. Central notched one of its runs on an Eileen Purcell single before plating two more on a two-out single from sophomore Hannah Cooper. Cooper ripped the ball through the right side to plate Debrosse, who walked, and Purcell, giving Central a 4-1 advantage.
The Pioneers added two more in the top of the fifth to cut the deficit to one, but were unable complete the comeback.
Three SHU pitchers combined for five strikeouts and four hits while Messina struck out three and allowed four hits.
Offensively, Purcell registered one hit, one RBI and one run while Cooper hit one and drove in two.
CCSU will remain home for its next three contests as the Blue Devils' doubleheader at Fairleigh Dickinson scheduled for Sunday, March 30, has been postponed due to wet field conditions.
Central will take on Holy Cross in a single game at the CCSU Softball Field in New Britain, CT on Wednesday, April 2, at 4 p.m.


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The appeal and practicality of guaranteed income investments is rising. Your clients are willing to pay significant fees for the peace of mind they provide. Academic research shows that guaranteed income offers the potential for higher returns with less volatility over the long run. Product providers are committed to meeting the needs expressed by you and your clients. These ongoing changes demand your attention as you seek to help your clients live comfortably in retirement.
These trends are discussed in detail in "The Missed Opportunity: Guaranteed Income as an Asset Class," a white paper based on a survey of 248 independent financial advisors in addition to interviews with two academic thought leaders and 11 leading providers of guaranteed income products. The research was conducted by the Aite Group, an independent research firm, and commissioned by NFP Advisor Services Group.
Your Clients Crave Guarantees
Research shows many Americans would like income guarantees. Almost half—61.5 million—of households said, "I would put most of my assets in an investment providing guaranteed income even if it provides a low return," in a survey conducted for Strategic Business Insight's 2010-2011 MacroMonitor. More than two-thirds of those surveyed—45 million households—held enough wealth to be served by a financial advisor.
This included 5.1 million households in the pre-retired (age 50-64) and retired (age 65 and older) wealthy (top 5%) and affluent (next 15%) categories.The pro-guarantee households hold a big chunk of investable assets—$10 trillion. Most of these assets are held by pre-retirees and retirees, the most likely candidates for products promising income guarantees (see Figure 1, left). The bottom line? You're likely to have some of these security-craving households among your clients, and they may be seeking a new financial advisor who can satisfy their craving.
Guaranteed income products aren't cheap, so you may wonder if clients will pay for them. The cost of the guarantee alone typically runs about 100 basis points (1%), without factoring in other expenses. Other fees may boost expenses to 3% or more. Advisors often cite fees as a reason to avoid the current generation of guaranteed income products. However, consumers "said they were willing to pay between 4% and 6% of assets to guarantee that they wouldn't run out of money in retirement," according to a 2007 survey by Alliance Bernstein. It seems likely that the market downturn of 2008-2009 increased this openness to paying fees to achieve peace of mind.
Despite individuals' enthusiasm for guaranteed income, advisors—especially independent RIAs—aren't sold on these products (see Figure 2, above). Roughly half (51%) of independent RIAs do not recommend income guarantees to pre-retirees facing longevity risk, according to the Aite Group survey. There are also some holdouts among advisors of independent broker-dealers and insurance broker-dealers.
The gap between individuals' interest in these investments and some advisors' reluctance to use them is striking. We asked Aite Group to examine academic research on the impact of guaranteed income on a portfolio designed for distribution in retirement.
The Academic Case: Higher Returns With Less Risk
Evolving academic research makes a case for incorporating guaranteed income into the portfolios of individuals preparing for retirement. Essentially, it lets retirees live better for longer. This is critical as more Americans face the risk of outliving their assets due to longer lives and volatile markets.
Retirement income increased and risk decreased when guaranteed income replaced the cash or fixed income allocations. This was the conclusion of "Retirement Portfolio and Variable Annuity with Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit," an Ibbotson study for Nationwide Insurance.
"Rational Decumulation," a 2007 study by Professors David Babbel and Craig Merrill, fellows at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, found that taking advantage of insurers' economies of scale allowed individuals to gain financial security for retirement using 25% to 40% less money than would be required for a retirement portfolio not using income annuities. Babbel and Merrill also found that annuitizing a large percentage of wealth helped retirees provide bequests for heirs, contrary to the conventional wisdom.
Using guaranteed income also allows you more flexibility in managing your retired clients' income. For example, with an income guarantee, you can keep a higher percentage of your clients' portfolios in stocks for a longer time. This permits your clients to potentially benefit from the historically higher long-term returns from stocks.
Based on this evidence, advisors should consider including guaranteed income as an asset class when constructing client portfolios. More than half of the advisors in our survey already view guaranteed income as an asset class.
Products Are Changing for the Better
Aite Group's research showed product providers are aware of advisors' challenges in using guaranteed income. These companies are committed to education and product development to overcome those challenges.
Senior executives identified some practical barriers to advisors' adoption of guaranteed income. For example:
- Financial planning tools were created without guaranteed income in mind. Questionnaires, models and proposal generation systems need to be redesigned.
- Inadequate clearing systems require manual processing of guaranteed income products in many cases.
- Some managed account platforms don't incorporate guaranteed income products.
These are all challenges that can be addressed. In fact, solutions are in the works.
Getting Ahead of the Curve
To attract and retain clients, you must keep up with the dynamic, ever-changing investment environment. This includes offering innovative solutions that meet your clients' needs and choosing partners who think ahead of the curve.
Clients are intrigued by guaranteed income, and they're willing to pay for it. Academic research says their interest is justified.
The right guaranteed income products at the right price in the right portfolio can improve your ability to boost clients' retirement security.


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The hits keep coming for Brett Favre.
The gunslinging Vikings quarterback admitted to the NFL this week that he did in fact leave voicemails for former sideline reporter Jenn Sterger, but he denied sending her lewd photos of himself while he was a New York Jet, reports Fox Sports.
The league is investigating allegations of improper conduct by the star signal caller based on evidence first made public by the sports website Deadspin.
Sterger has yet to make any public statement about the situation, but that may be about to change.
"We have an ongoing dialogue with the NFL, said Phil Reese, a spokesman for Sterger. "Ultimately this decision is hers and hers alone," adding that she's "strongly considering" talking to NFL officials.
Favre spoke with NFL vice president for security Milt Ahlerich last week about the case, but no details of that meeting have been made public.
"That's a league issue, that I just have to leave at that," Favre said.
If the allegations are proven true, Favre could face a possible suspension for violation of the NFL's personal conduct policy along the lines of the punishment given to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was forced to sit out the first four games of this season for allegations of sexual misconduct.
Selected Reading: ESPN, Deadspin, Fox Sports


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Looking for the best Eggs Benedict in Joburg? We've done the research, now here's our low down. If you think you've got one better or worse, please feel free to let us know!
Junipas – Bryanston
You may have to wait a while. The service is not the best. But guaranteed the Benedict is worth waiting for. The bread may change from time to time. Oh and spelling is not their forte.
Licorish – Bryanston
A hands down winner. This is officially, in our books, the best Eggs Benedict in Joburg! Perfectly poached eggs, soft, crispy English muffin, and just the right amount of top notch Hollandaise.
Mugg & Bean – Lone Hill
Stick to ordering the OTG breakfast. Mustardy mayo does not equal Hollandaise. And coddled eggs just don't cut it.
Vovo Telo – Lonehill, Parkhurst
Vovo Telo seemed to fuel the trend that now dominates the social circles of career breakfast goers. Heavenly breads, great coffee and sidewalk culture. However, their breakfasts are disappointing. Their take on an Eggs Benedict just isn't up to scratch.
Tashas food in general is better than their service. Breakfast are tasty but there is no Benedict unfortunately.
The Green Peppercorn – Morningside
Cousin to yummy Licorish, it's no wonder this restaurant doesn't disappoint! The Eggs Benedict were in our opinion, delicious but JUST beaten by Licorish in overall flavour. This is still one of our favourite restaurants, with a wonderfully appetising menu (more on that later). That said, experimental dishes are not always for the faint-hearted and we didn't love the French Toast with pesto mousse, bacon and mozzarella and sticky sweet sauce.
Deli One – Sandton City
This cafe is always abuzz with busy shoppers taking a break. The ambience is great but not the Benedict. No mustardy mayo and coddled eggs please!
Voodoo Lily Cafe – Illovo
This is still one of the favourites for Eggs Benedict. The way it should be.


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Worcester man gets up to 7 years in slamming death
Albert Wheaton convicted in death of Joseph Gubish
A Worcester man who slammed another man's head to the ground, resulting in the victim's death days later, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Albert Wheaton was sentenced to up to seven years in prison Tuesday in connection with the January 2012 death of 48-year-old Joseph Gubish.
Prosecutors say surveillance video and witnesses indicated that Gubish had just exited a cab when Wheaton grabbed him by his face and shoved him to the ground, causing injuries that resulted in his death at a hospital three days later.
The Telegram & Gazette reports that an autopsy determined Gubish died from blunt force trauma to his head and neck that caused injuries to his spinal cord and brain.
Wheaton's lawyer said his client's mental illness "clearly played a role" in the attack.


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This weekend almost saw the DeltaWing pull of a surprising victory at Road America, with the phallically-shaped race car pulling away from its twice-as-powerful competitors in the wet. It would have been the first victory for the weird race car.
Of course, as strange as the DeltaWing is, I'm sure there are stranger race cars out there. Cars with six-wheels or with three. Show us the weirdest-looking car ever to race.
(QOTD is your chance to answer the day's most pressing automotive questions and experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good "Question Of the Day" send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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It was a field trip kind of day, a holiday. I went to Brooklyn for a long walk in Prospect Park, and was struck all over again by how many moments of unsurpassed elegance there are in this city, often unheralded, discreet.
This time what did it to me were the ceiling tiles in the 1905 Boathouse. I could have sworn they were Guastavino tiles of the sort that are found in the vaulted arcades in Grand Central Station but no one could tell me.
I was especially taken by the color of the tiles, and their raked, corduroy texture.
After craning my neck and staring at them for a while, my gaze drifted down to the water in front of the building; there were the same, murky, emerald to bronze to mud hues.
And then because I was in a walking kind of mood I visited the botanical garden next door, where I was entranced by a wizened and quirky survivor of a tree, a Camperdown Elm planted in 1872. Marianne Moore, one of my favorite poets, saved it from certain death when she wrote a poem about it in the late sixties--at a time when the parks were suffering from general neglect, and, as Moore wrote to her friend Elizabeth Bishop, she was becoming afraid for her safety in her neighborhood. A group of concerned citizens came to the tree's rescue.
My first camellia sighting of 2013, a dashing crimson against the leaden sky.
And not far from her is a scarlet gate whose audacity is far more remarkable in the dead of winter.
Sluggish fish, halfway hibernating under halfway frozen ice.


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Celebrating Chinese New Year - even on Mars!
Romain wrote in his latest diary Chinese New Year, that happened just after they have 'entered' orbit around the red planet. The text has been now updated with new photos from the 'Spring Festival´ party. But this was just one of the many traditions from different countries the crew celebrated in January.
The opening of the Martian landing module is not the only big event that will happen in the next few days in our Mars 500 facility. A huge party celebrated by more than 1 billion people will also reach us who are so far from Earth. The Chinese New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', is brought to us on the evening of 3 February – thanks to Wang Yue. For months he has been training on his calligraphy and for this special occasion he has used his skills to craft lamps and posters decorated with Chinese characters. In particular, he prepared six special posters where six different wishes were written: one for each of us.
For a whole evening we all learned our sentences in Chinese. I let you imagine how the noise level rose gradually as we repeated our words aloud. Diego was the first to pick up a phrase and to start learning it. It was one of the most difficult with a lot of 'sh' sounds. I joined him when I repeated mine again and again to have a correct Chinese accent: "Fu Ju Dong Hai". These sounds mean "May your happiness be as vast as the Eastern Ocean (=Pacific Ocean)". I was amazed to see that only four Chinese characters could lead to such a complex sentence in English. Our three Russian guys soon added their voices to the general humming filling the volume of our modules.
After one hour of intensive learning and laughing we made several videos which will be shown on 3 February in China. From what we understood, the Spring Festival is something huge in China but also all around the world, with a lot of dragons, lamps and firecrackers.
I was equally surprised to learn how important the New Year party was in Russia. At the end of December, I could see that my three Russian crewmates were more and more excited by the upcoming event. It took me several days to understand why I couldn't match their 'cheering level'. In our Western countries we tend to celebrate Christmas in our families and then the New Year's Eve is spent with friends. Here in Russia you have to imagine celebrating both Christmas and New Year on the same day to have an idea of the importance of it.
Traditionally they would begin the party with their families until 01:00 or 02:00 at the morning. Then they meet with friends to continue the festivities until dawn!
In our spaceship on 31 December both Sukhrob and Alexey woke up more than one hour earlier than usual because of their excitement. Our whole day was filled with smiles, expectations for the evening and food preparation (the latter being very quick as we still had our strict menus to follow).
Around 19:00 the party started and we spent the next five hours between the kitchen (talking together) and the living room (watching typical Russian comedies). Just before midnight we gathered again in the kitchen, we started the countdown and we ended it with a loud: "C Novam Godam!"» – throwing a lot of paper ribbons and paper balls all over the place. A few minutes later we were immortalising this 'extra-terrestrial' party with a lot of cheerful pictures! We waited till 02:00 to celebrate again the New Year but this time for France and Italy. After that, one after the other, we headed back to our rooms.
A few days later it was my turn to introduce a French tradition to my crewmates. Two religious gatherings could have been observed on 6 January. The first was the Orthodox Christmas, based on the Julian calendar, which is delayed by 13 days compared to our Gregorian calendar, and the second was the Epiphany for our Western Countries. I focused on the second because we have a nice tradition for it in France called 'la galette des rois' – the Kings' pancake.
The idea is to make (or buy) a cake filed with an almond stuffing: 'la galette des rois'. A small porcelain figurine – called 'la fève' in French - is hidden inside. At the end of the meal on this day, the cake is shared between everybody around the table and the lucky one who gets the figurine in his slice becomes king (or queen) for the day. In honour of his newly earned status, he gets a crown that he has to wear for the rest of the day.
As we didn't have this special cake inside the modules I took one with the closest taste to a real 'galette des rois'. I hid 'la fève' (that was hidden in my belongings since my entry in our Mars500 modules) in it and I made a paper crown. On this evening I asked everybody to stay around the table to share this colourful tradition. It's always possible to find some hints of the presence of the figurine in the cake and then a ceremonial is observed to assure a fair trade. The youngest – Diego – had to hide so that he couldn't see the six portions of the cake. Then another person – our commander Alexey – pointed at one random part and a very complex question is formulated to Diego: "Who?". He had to announce all our names randomly until everybody was served.
The best part of the evening comes just after, because then we could, at last, enjoy our cake. We stabbed quite wildly at all our portions to discover who was our 'king of the day'. The winner was: DIEGO! If you get a chance, don't hesitate to taste a real 'galette des rois'
As an international crew it's a pleasure to understand and celebrate each other's traditions. And it also provides a good change from our days' work.
Happy Spring Festival from the Mars500 crew!
- Romain


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Know Your Score – Before an Induction
Knowing your Bishop's score prior to agreeing to an induction when not medically necessary or setting the stage for a medically necessary induction can make a great difference in expectations, additional interventions and understanding for the process as a whole. Knowing your score can help you determine the type of induction or whether or not to be induced at all.
Your score is based on a vaginal exam that takes into consideration the areas listed in the chart below.
Dilation, Effacement, Consistency and Position all have to do with your cervix. Station is telling where the presenting part of baby is in relation to the ischial spines. (sitz bones).
Additional links and information on induction can be found in this previous post https://prepforbirth.com/2009/08/12/preparing-for-labor-induction/.
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