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Multiple myeloma genomes sequenced
Initial genome sequencing and analysis of multiple myeloma
Michael A. Chapman,1, 22
Michael S. Lawrence,1
Jonathan J. Keats,2, 3
Kristian Cibulskis,1
Carrie Sougnez,1
Anna C. Schinzel,4
Christina L. Harview,1
Jean-Philippe Brunet,1
Gregory J. Ahmann,2, 3
Mazhar Adli,1, 5
Kenneth C. Anderson,3, 4
Kristin G. Ardlie,1
Daniel Auclair,3, 6
Angela Baker,7
P. Leif Bergsagel,2, 3
Bradley E. Bernstein,1, 5, 8, 9
Yotam Drier,1, 10
Rafael Fonseca,2, 3
Stacey B. Gabriel,1
Craig C. Hofmeister,3, 11
Sundar Jagannath,3, 12
Andrzej J. Jakubowiak,3, 13
Amrita Krishnan,3, 14
Joan Levy,3, 6
Ted Liefeld,1
Sagar Lonial,3, 15 Scott Mahan,1 Bunmi Mfuko,3, 6 Stefano Monti,1 Louise M. Perkins,3, 6 Robb Onofrio,1 Trevor J. Pugh,1 S. Vincent Rajkumar,3, 16 Alex H. Ramos,1 David S. Siegel,3, 17 Andrey Sivachenko,1 A. Keith Stewart,2, 3 Suzanne Trudel,3, 18 Ravi Vij,3, 19 Douglas Voet,1 Wendy Winckler,1 Todd Zimmerman,3, 20 John Carpten,7 Jeff Trent,7 William C. Hahn,1, 4, 8 Levi A. Garraway,1, 4 Matthew Meyerson,1, 4, 8 Eric S. Lander,1, 8, 21 Gad Getz1 & Todd R. Golub1, 4, 8, 9
Multiple myeloma is an incurable malignancy of plasma cells, and its pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here we report the massively parallel sequencing of 38 tumour genomes and their comparison to matched normal DNAs. Several new and unexpected oncogenic mechanisms were suggested by the pattern of somatic mutation across the data set. These include the mutation of genes involved in protein translation (seen in nearly half of the patients), genes involved in histone methylation, and genes involved in blood coagulation. In addition, a broader than anticipated role of NF-κB signalling was indicated by mutations in 11 members of the NF-κB pathway. Of potential immediate clinical relevance, activating mutations of the kinase BRAF were observed in 4% of patients, suggesting the evaluation of BRAF inhibitors in multiple myeloma clinical trials. These results indicate that cancer genome sequencing of large collections of samples will yield new insights into cancer not anticipated by existing knowledge.
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Maria "Ria" Damgren Nilsson, is a Swedish sports coach, member of the Swedish Olympic Committee since 2011 and the International Triathlon Union's board of directors since 2002 and was 2002 - 2005 was also a Member of the European Triathlon Union's board of directors.
Ria has been a board member of Swedish Triathlon Federation since 1997. She was responsible for the Competition Committee 1998 through to 2001 and Media Officer at the World Cup in Stockholm 1997. She has served as Vice President of 2000-2001 and 2008-2010. She was elected president of the Swedish Triathlon Federation 2001 - 2007 and re-elected in 2010.
Ria has a sporting background with qualifications at district level in swimming and orientation.
She has a degree in media and mass communication from the University of Gothenburg and civil works at Volvo Car Corporation.


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A Conversation with UCSF Fellow Chris Adrian, a New Yorker Writer to Watch
By Catherine Rauch
Being selected for a fellowship in pediatrics at UCSF is a rare distinction, but Chris Adrian, a UCSF pediatric fellow in hematology/oncology, also is one of the rare few named by the New Yorker as one of its "20 under 40" writers to watch.
As the New Yorker's list triggers ripples of discussion about its meaning and merits, its featured writers, including Adrian, are garnering attention and acclaim. The magazine, which announced the writers in its traditional June summer fiction issue, is publishing new stories from all of them.
Adrian's story, slated to run later this summer, is from his soon-to-be-released new novel, The Great Night, a retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream, set in Buena Vista Park, San Francisco. The magazine already has published four of Adrian's stories. One of them, A Tiny Feast, was also taken from the new book. Adrian is the author of two previously published novels, Gob's Grief and The Children's Hospital, as well as numerous short stories. Many of the stories are published in the anthology, A Better Angel.
Adrian writes frequently of sick, injured or dying children and doctors and hospitals. As a fellow, his hospital surroundings are a place of science and hope, of tangible treatments and mixed results. His literary medical world adds angels, mythical beings, and magic.
Adrian is drawn to history; in his writing fact and fiction are intertwined. Gob's Grief is set during the Civil War. Children's Hospital is a revisiting of Noah's Ark. He writes with a down-to-earth humor that softens the pain.
Q. Can you please give a mini-biography?
I was born in Washington, D.C. and lived in Annapolis, Maryland until I was about ten. Then we moved the Miami—my father was an airline pilot and was able to fly a larger plane with the transfer—and then Orlando, which is where I went to high school. I went to the University of Florida in Gainesville for undergrad, to the University of Iowa for an MFA, to Eastern Virginia Medical School for an MS and MD, and then did my residency in Pediatrics in San Francisco. After residency I started at the Harvard Divinity School for a divinity degree, and then interrupted this to come back to UCSF to start fellowship training. I'll finally finish divinity school this fall, and then return to San Francisco to finish the fellowship.
Q. How do you have time for writing, your medical training, and your divinity studies? Does it feel as overwhelmingly busy as it sounds?
I'm lucky that the folks in charge of me in both places have built a lot of flexibility into my education program. Each discipline has made time for the other in a way. It does get a little gruesome at times, but I never feel as busy or as potentially overwhelmed as I did as a resident. I think there's something about not having to sleep at the hospital that makes all subsequent types of business seem less onerous.
Q. When did you start writing fiction? When did know you wanted to push it along as a serious pursuit?
I started writing in high school after I figured out I had no talent as a painter, and planned on sticking with it in college, after I fell under the influence of a couple of extraordinary writing teachers.
Q. When did you become interested in being a doctor? What do you think prompted this?
My mother gave me a toy stethoscope when I was five and informed me that I was going to become a doctor one day. I was a relatively suggestible kid, and a nerd, so that all seemed fine to me. During the managed-care misery of the late-eighties and early nineties, she later encouraged me to do something else, but it was too late; it was all I had ever considered doing with my life.
Q. What drew you to pediatrics, and then to pediatric oncology?
Both choices were surprises. Pediatrics was the last thing I thought I would do. I was kind of afraid of kids, and so I made it the last of my third-year medical school clerkships. But it was the only thing I liked. I was rather terrified of my oncology rotation as a resident, but fell quickly in love with the patients and staff on the oncology ward. At the end of the six weeks I could no longer imagine doing anything else. In both cases—my pediatric clerkship and heme-onc rotation—I met people whom I greatly admired and wanted to be like.
Q. Do you see yourself equally as a doctor and a writer, kind of morphed into one being? Or are they more compartmentalized, with you needing to shift gears between mindsets or activities?
I think both disciplines inform each other in obvious and not-so-obvious ways. Being a good listener and a good observer is useful both to a physician and a writer, but it's not good for your patients if you're spacing out about their imagined interior lives when you should be signing for their chemotherapy. I definitely find that I need physical and psychological distance from the hospital to make progress on a big project like a novel.
Q. What influenced your interest in going to divinity school? Are you strongly religious or spiritual?
I became interested in divinity school towards the end of the residency. The used bookstore down the street from my apartment had a fantastic western theology section, and I was doing a lot of amateurish reading for the novel I was working on at the time. I wanted to go study what I had been reading systematically, and with supervision. Once I decided I wanted to be an oncologist, it seemed like I had an even better reason to go. It's been really useful to go back to the divinity-school world after having done pediatric hematology/oncology for a year. As young oncologists we learn skills to be supportive of families in crisis, and that's similar to what young ministers are taught—although the teaching in divinity school is much more explicit and transparent about its philosophical underpinnings. I'm not particularly religious—although I was a very serious Catholic as a boy—and I'm lucky to go to a school someplace where it's okay to leave the "religious-affiliation" space on your study card blank.
Q. You're also taking a course in medical ethics? Is this a place where writer, doctor, and student of divinity merge?
I just finished a fellowship in medical ethics at Harvard Medical School. I was doing it this past year alongside the divinity schoolwork. It actually was kind of an opportunity for the three career paths to start to overlap, and it helped me clarify my ambitions for my fellowship research project here at UCSF.
Q. Many of your stories take place in hospitals and deal with doctors, patients, sickness, death, and specifically with children and pediatrics. Why do you think you ended up here in your writing?
Probably because medicine has occupied such a large portion of my life. The first novel was written during medical school, the second during residency, and the third during fellowship training. I think as I move forward out of medical training my imagination will be able to move out of the hospital, and the world of medicine, a little more.
Q. Do you see yourself as a clinician, researcher or both?
Both, although I discovered early on that I have little talent for bench research. I'm a disaster in the lab. The research I'm doing for my fellowship project has a qualitative bent, and I will probably remain at play in qualitative or mixed-methods sandboxes for the rest of my career. My research is a mixed-methods project – both qualitative and quantitative, looking at what it's like for the parents of young patients to participate in phase-III clinical research trials with us in pediatric oncology.
Q. You're bi-coastal now, commuting between San Francisco and Boston, where your partner, also a pediatrician, lives. How is this going, and do you look forward to staying in one place for a while?
I'll get to stay in Boston for the next few months and will finally finish up school. I'll be coming back to SF a few times for work on my research project. The bi-coastal thing is not ideal, and I'm looking forward to reducing travel time drastically.
Q. Is your dream or goal to keep writing and keep doctoring, side-by-side, for as long as it works or feels comfortable?
I can't imagine not doing one or the other. Back in medical school when someone asked me which profession I'd rather give up, if I had to, I said it was like being asked which eye I'd prefer to have gouged out with a spoon.
Q. Has anything changed for you since being named one of the New Yorker's "20 under 40"? What is the significance of this to you?
Lists are problematic whether you land on them or off of them, but I'm very grateful to have been chosen. It's neat how many people in the hospital noticed. Some colleagues in the pediatric intensive care unit all started staring rather intently at me the other day, and when I asked them if I'd done something wrong they said, no. They were watching me because the New Yorker said to watch me. I thought that was hilarious.
Q. Any advice for busy medical professionals or medical students with artistic as well as medical interests or aspirations?
I think finding a place that puts some sort of value on that kind of mixed-enterprise is important. I've told folks before that UCSF is a great place to try to pursue artistic interests that can complement one's work in medicine, and I still think that's very true.
Related Links:
Summer Fiction: 20 under 40
The New Yorker, July 2010
A Tiny Feast
The New Yorker, April 20, 2009


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Policies & Procedures
The following is a summary of policies and procedures stated in the Student Handbook related to sexual assault. Please see the Student Handbook for the complete explanation.
- Definition: Please see our Definition of Sexual Assault section of the website.
- Healthy sexual activities involve mutually expressed consent. Please see our Definition of Consent section of the website.
- The use of alcohol and other drugs, in conjunction with an incident of sexual assault, does not mitigate accountability for the commission of this crime or diminish the seriousness of the crime. The use of substance with the possibility of harm to another individual will be considered by the Judicial Hearing Officer or pre-hearing Adjudication Officer when determining responsibility and appropriate sanctions.
- This policy is subject to change to comply with changes in relevant laws or University operating procedures.
- Rights of Victim's of Sexual Assault: Please see the Victim's Rights section of our website.
- Providing or making available to a victim, and/or using any substance (e.g. alcohol, GHB, Rohypnol, etc.) will be considered by the Administrative Hearing Officer when determining responsibility and appropriate sanction.
- Use of these substances in violating this policy may constitute "Forced Sexual Assault" and result in explusion from the University. In addition, the use of these substances by an alleged assailant may constitute violation of other University policies, and the student may be charged with these violations as well (e.g. Drugs, Harm to Persons, Disorderly Conduct, Disruptive Activity, Alcohol, etc...)
- The use of alcohol and other drugs by either party, in conjunction with an incident of sexual assault, does not mitigate accountability for the commission of this offense or diminish the seriousness of the offense.
- In the event that the alleged sexual assault is committed by more than one person, there will be a hearing conducted for all accused students. However, charges against students may vary.
- As noted above, in publishing this policy the University is not intending to substitute or supersede related civil and criminal law. It is the policy of the institution to strongly encourage victims to report all incidents and violations to the law enforcement officials or agencies with appropriate jurisdiction and avail themselves of all the services and rights to which they are entitled by law.
- It should be clearly understood that there is a fundamental difference between the nature and purpose of student conduct procedures and criminal law. Regardless of the charge issued or procedures employed, sanctions issued by the University can be expected to be consistent with the educational mission of the institution.
- According to university policy, the University may bring disciplinary action against the student for the same incident if the alleged conduct is prohibited by the institution and/or if it is judged to b adverse to the recognized mission of the institution. University conduct procedures are distinct and independent of any and all criminal procedures. Student conduct procedures may precede, occur simultaneously, or follow and consider the results of court action. When necessary, temporary action may be taken in the form of summarily suspending, summarily restricting, or officially requesting no contact between the victim and assailant, as well as possible relocation or removal from the residence halls. Any of these measures may result in a student's restricted participation in University events outside attendance of classes and appointments related to the resolution of discipline matters.


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The University, in accordance with FERPA, may publicly release directory information without the written consent of the student. The University has identified directory information as:
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J Psychiatry Neurosci 2011;36(1):47-55
Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, MD; William G. Honer, MD; Sheila M. Innis, PhD; Cheryl L. Wellington, PhD; Clare L. Beasley, PhD
Vila-Rodriguez, Honer, Beasley — Department of Psychiatry; Innis — Department of Pediatrics; Wellington — Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Background: Apolipoprotein E (apoE) and cholesterol play a critical role in synapse and myelin maintenance and integrity and are thus appealing candidates in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. To explore the role of these 2 molecules, we quantified cholesterol and apoE levels in prefrontal grey and white matter in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and healthy controls. Furthermore, we investigated the relations between apoE and cholesterol levels and the APOE genotype.
Methods: We obtained dorsolateral prefrontal grey and white matter from the Stanley Medical Research Institute Brain Collection (schizophrenia n = 35, bipolar disorder n = 35 and controls n = 35). Cholesterol levels were quantified using high-pressure liquid chromatography, whereas apoE was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results: We found no significant differences in cholesterol or apoE levels among the groups. ApoE levels were higher in grey matter than in white matter in all groups; conversely, levels of cholesterol were higher in white matter than in grey matter. We observed a significant inverse correlation between apoE and cholesterol levels in both grey and white matter. Furthermore, in grey matter, apoE levels were significantly higher in APOE ε2 carriers compared with APOE ε3 or APOE ε4 carriers, with cholesterol levels following the opposite trend.
Limitations: Limitations of our study include our inability to control for poten tial confounding variables and the small numbers of APOE ε2 and ε4 carriers in each group.
Conclusion: Although large amounts of cholesterol are present in white matter, apoE expression is limited. The APOE genotype may play a role in the regulation of both cholesterol and apoE levels in grey matter. The impact of APOE polymorphisms on lipid homeostasis in people with psychiatric disorders warrants further investigation.
Submitted Sept. 14, 2009; Revised Apr. 29, 2010; Accepted May 31, 2010.
Acknowledgments: Postmortem brain tissue was donated by The Stanley Medical Research Institute's brain collection. We would like to acknowledge Jennifer Chan for technical assistance. Funding for this study was provided by a BC Mental Health and Addiction Services Clinical Research Fellowship (to Dr. Vila-Rodriguez), BC Mental Health and Addiction Services, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-14037, NET-54013, MOP-81112) and the Stanley Medical Research Institute (to Drs. Honer and Beasley).
Competing interests: None declared for Drs. Vila-Rodriguez, Innis and Wellington. Dr. Honer is a paid board member of the Alberta Heritage Medical Research Foundation, Janssen, Novartis and AstraZeneca and a voluntary board member of In Silico Biosciences; he has received or will receive grants from Janssen, Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca; he has received honoraria from Partners in Psychiatry, Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston), Rush University, the Capital Mental Health Association (Victoria), Université de Montréal, Janssen and AstraZeneca. Dr. Beasley declared having received an honorarium from the Ontraio Mental Health Foundation and a Winter Conference on Brain Research travel fellowship.
Contributors: Drs. Vila-Rodriguez, Honer and Beasley designed the study. Drs. Vila-Rodriguez, Innis, Wellington and Beasley acquired the data, which Drs. Vila-Rodriguez, Honer and Beasley analyzed. Drs. Vila-Rodriguez and Beasley wrote the article, which Drs. Vila-Rodriguez, Honer, Innis and Wellington reviewed. All authors approved the article's publication.
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.090116
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Ivgorod was the name of a nation in the north of Sanctuary's western continent.
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Home of an ancient culture, Ivgorod's people followed the tenets of the Sahptev faith.[1] Ivgorod once held sway over its surrounding lands, including portions of Entsteig, and the northern deserts of Aranoch. Some of the land's rulers were interned in the Valley of the Ancient Kings.[2]
During the 11th century, Ivgorod found in conflict with the Sons of Rakkis, as they marched west to spread the Zakarum faith. Sahptev was (and is) a vastly different religion from Zakarum, and as such, Ivgorod vehemently opposed Rakkis and his beliefs. Across the dunes of Aranoch, the two sides clashed in a series of one-sided engagements. The Kehjistani forces were masters of warfare across open terrain, and crushed their adversaries at every turn. Ivgorod's control over Aranoch was shattered, and the kingdom would never again reclaim its desert territories. However, the forces of Ivgorod continued to hound Rakkis as he led his crusade across the Tamoe Mountain Range, prompting Rakkis to construct Eastgate Keep as a safeguard against their attacks.
History would downplay Ivgorod's actions in this stage of Rakkis's campaign, though other sources speak of Ivgorod's forces being far more effective in the mountains than they had in the deserts. It has been said that Ivgorod intentionally lured the Kehjistani forces further north into the dense forests and craggy terrain that suited its kingdom's style of warfare far more than Aranoch. Here, the Monks of Ivgorod were unleashed, hounding the Sons of Rakkis at every turn. Rakkis's crusade turned into a true clash of faiths as his Paladins went toe to toe against the Monks. A clash of faiths on this martial scale has never since been seen.
As the Kehjistani pushed north, they also had to deal with the Barbarians as well. Ultimately, the Sons of Rakkis failed to conquer either Ivgorod or the Northern Steppes, and he was forced to retreat to Eastgate. Ivgorod's culture survived, but the conflict had taken its toll.[1] Ivgorod was reduced to a city state.[2]
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Sanctuary — Aranoch • Bakuli Jungle • Bilefen • Dreadlands • Dry Steppes • Fractured Peaks • Greyhollow Island • Hawezar • Ivgorod (defunct) • Kehjistan (defunct) • Marshland • Samauren Empire (defunct) • Scosglen • Skovos Isles • Swamplands • Torajan Jungles • Uie • Western Kingdoms (Entsteig • Khanduras • Westmarch) • Wojahn • Xiansai
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Palisades, New York facts for kids
Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing, (pronounced SNEE-dens) is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Rockleigh and Alpine, New Jersey; east of Tappan; south of Sparkill; and west of the Hudson River.
The hamlet has no mayor, nor any official legislative bodies. It does, however, have its own library, and post office with the zip code 10964 and served by the 359 exchange in Area Code 845. It is almost entirely residential with the exception of a small industrial area section on the Tappan border. The area commonly referred to as Snedens Landing is located within the eastern portion of Palisades between U.S. Route 9W and the Hudson River.
The hamlet has a registered historic district known as the Closter Road - Oak Tree Road Historic District. The district comprises the area from the north side of Closter Road and south side of Oak Tree Road approximately 1/2 mile west of US Route 9W in Palisades. (List of Registered Historic Places in Rockland County, New York)
Earliest recorded history
In 1685 Dr. George Lockhart purchased 3,410 acres along the west bank of the Hudson River which would become Palisades, NY. In the ensuing 20 years the land would change hands twice. By 1702 there were two houses with 14 people, eight being slaves. During this period the land was claimed by both New York and New Jersey. A king's commission settled the dispute in 1769 by drawing an official border between the two states. It placed Palisades just inside of New York.
Palisades during the Revolutionary War
The Palisades vicinity saw considerable activity during the Revolutionary War. Loyalties were split more than normally in such a conflict, because the area marked the dividing line between American and British combatants. This situation is demonstrated within the family of Mollie Sneden, a legendary resident whose family name was given to Snedens Landing, as Palisades was known at that time. She and most of her sons were Tories, but her son John was a Patriot. He was allowed to keep the family ferry operating across the Hudson River to Dobbs Ferry during the Revolution. An action by Mollie Sneden during this period illustrates the close interaction of British and patriots in this vicinity.
The story goes that a British soldier was pursued down the gully by some patriots; she hid him in her house in a large chest on which she set pans of cream to rise, and when the patriots arrived she misinformed them; they were tired and asked for refreshment, and she offered them all the milk she had, but told them not to disturb the pans of cream which she had just set out. In the evening she is said to have ferried the soldier across the river.
The British General Cornwallis crossed the Hudson with 6,000 men in November, 1776 from Dobbs Ferry and forced the evacuation of Fort Lee. His natural disembarcation would have been Snedens Landing, directly across the river; but a force of 500 patriots armed with four cannon and a howitzer at Snedens Landing caused the British to reroute their crossing to Closter, farther south. In 1780 George Washington ordered a blockhouse to be built at Snedens Landing to serve as a guard for the ferry service, an intelligence center and a means of communication. The General is known to have passed through the area and visited the blockhouse a number of times, and the road descending to the site of the ferry is named Washington Springs Road. According to tradition Washington and his troops used a small spring bordering this thoroughfare as source of refreshment. This vicinity is also associated with Benedict Arnold, who was seen by an American soldier lurking in the woods during the period he was attempting to betray West Point. He is also known to have spent a day at the blockhouse avoiding patrol boats along the Hudson.
Across the river at Dobbs Ferry, General Washington planned a campaign with Marshal Rochambeau to bring the war to an end at Yorktown. After its conclusion, the first official recognition of the infant United States was a 17-gun salute fired from the British warship HMS Perseverance which had sailed to Snedens Landing for General Sir Guy Carleton to meet General Washington at neighboring Tappan.
The early 19th century
In 1800 the population of Palisades was 114. Because of the local topography the town was well suited to become a river center. Rising from the west bank of the Hudson River, the Palisades Cliff forms an obstacle to transport seeking access to the river. A break in the terrain occurs at Palisades, still known as Snedens Landing in the early 19th century, where the landscape is rugged but not precipitous. It afforded New Jersey farmers the opportunity to bring their produce down Washington Springs Road to the river, where they could ship it across to the east side of the Hudson and continue down to New York City. Also, at this time the city created a demand for quarried stones for use in paving streets and building houses. According to tradition, the stones cut from the Palisades Cliff paved many New York City streets, including Broadway. Snedens Landing provided these farmers and quarrymen with the first access for a stretch of about 13 miles above Burdetts Landing, or roughly the spot where the George Washington Bridge connects New Jersey and New York today. The town became so busy that a 500 foot pier was constructed. In the first half of the 19th century steamboats began plying the Hudson. The Sneden family, which continued to ferry passengers and goods across to Dobbs Ferry, also communicated with steamboat traffic, which could not dock in the shallow water at the shore, mid-river.
The latter 19th century
In the mid-19th century the Erie and Northern railroads arrived and drew off much of the transportation which had earlier depended upon river shipping. In 1855 the town's name officially became Palisades. With its raison d'etre diminished, Palisades languished. Its 500 foot pier was abandoned and disintegrated. The once thriving river port transformed to an agriculture-based economy depending upon orchards, vineyards and farms. By the 1870s railroad travel enabled wealthy New Yorkers to build seasonal homes in Palisades. Not only did these new-comers promote the economy by employing local workers on their estates, they enriched community affairs, establishing a library and the Presbyterian church.
Highlights of the 20th century
At the turn of the century the population of Palisades was almost 400. Modern conveniences arrived, such as piped water in 1910 and electricity in 1920. Access by car was facilitated in 1929 by the construction of Route 9W, the George Washington Bridge connecting the east and west sides of the Hudson 1931, and the Palisades Parkway in 1955.
Popular culture
Sneden's Landing is mentioned in Alec Wilder's song "Did You Ever Cross Over to Sneden's?" (originally titled, at the time of its first release, simply "Sneden's Landing"), one of Mabel Mercer's signature pieces.
In the 1997 film Men in Black Sneden's Landing is referred to as the location of a hidden alien spaceship. It is also mentioned in the Woody Allen film Manhattan.
The 1988 Neil Simon play Rumors takes place in Sneden's Landing
Historical markers
- Cliffside (Palisades, New York) (NRHP)
- Closter Road-Oak Tree Road Historic District (NRHP)
- Washington Spring Road-Woods Road Historic District (NRHP)
Places of interest
- Abner Concklin House (NRHP)
- Big House (NRHP)
- Haring-Eberle House (NRHP)
- Little House (NRHP)
- Sneden's Ferry - The Sneden family operated a ferry at Sneden's Landing along with John Dobbs, who operated from the opposite shore Dobbs Ferry, New York. Begun by Dobbs in 1698, the ferry service was one of the oldest in the region and continued until 1944. In 1775, when Martha Washington and her son John Parke Custis, George Washington's stepson, drove from Mount Vernon to Cambridge, Massachusetts to meet her husband, venerable ferry mistress Mollie Sneden (1709–1810) piloted her across the Hudson River.
- Neiderhurst (NRHP)
- Seven Oaks Estate (NRHP)
Palisades is served by Rockland Coaches (also known as the Red & Tan Lines, operated by Coach USA), with frequent bus service via Route 9A to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal and via Route 9W/9T to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The bus travels down Oak Tree Road and has its main Palisades bus shelter at the intersection of Oak Tree Road and Route 9W. Traveling northbound on these routes provides local service to locations throughout eastern Rockland County, including Nyack, Piermont, and New City.


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WSL: Arsenal seek Sunderland repeat
PUBLISHED: 08:20 16 December 2017 | UPDATED: 08:20 16 December 2017
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Arsenal take on Sunderland in the quarter-finals of the FA Women's Super League Continental Tyres Cup on Sunday in the hope of replicating their 3-0 victory over the Black Cats in November.
The Gunners' new manager Joe Montemurro will look to make his mark this weekend after his first scheduled game in charge, against Liverpool last weekend, was called off due to a frozen pitch last week.
Sunderland, who relied heavily on their keeper in the group stages, will look to continue their unbeaten run in the competition.
Arsenal dispatched London Bees, Oxford City and Millwall 7-0, 6-0 and 5-2 respectively in the group stage but suffered a defeat at the hands of Reading, losing 2-1.
That loss to the Royals meant they finished second in the group despite a sensational plus-15 goal difference.
The North London outfit have won their last two games and sit four places above their rivals in the FA WSL 1 table.
Sunderland go into the game having lost 5-1 away to Everton last week in the league, their second-heaviest defeat of the season.
Much of their success in the Cup is down to goalkeeper Rachael Laws, whose performances in penalty-shoot outs against Sheffield and Durham proved decisive.
A 3-1 and 1-0 victory against Aston Villa and Liverpool enabled them to finish top of the group with ten points, which should give Melanie Copeland's side confidence for the weekend.
Before the 3-0 victory for Arsenal in November, the two sides had drawn on the last two occasions they had met, suggesting this match could be a close encounter.
Arsenal's dominant performance last month however gives them the edge going into Sunday's game.
Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs said: "For us not to have any game time in the last few weeks, obviously it has been crucial that we've had good training sessions and been able to spend a little bit longer with Joe on the training field.
"I think he's a great asset to the club and hopefully the game on Sunday will show what we have been working on.
"We want to win every single game that we play and bring back trophies.
"I think it was a good draw for us but we don't want to take anything for granted with any team in this league.
"We just have to go out there and win, and have a nice Christmas knowing we are in the semi-final."
Sunderland midfielder Kasia Lipka said: "We were beaten 3-0 last time (against Arsenal in FA WSL 1 on November 12) but we were beaten 4-0 against Liverpool last time and we turned that around, beating 1-0 and playing really well in midweek.
"We know they like to keep the ball. They've got lots of good players but we have got plenty of quality in our squad to get something."
Sunday's game between Arsenal and Sunderland starts at Boreham Wood's Meadow Park at 2pm.
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Colorado Atty. Gen. Cynthia H. Coffman (R) sued Boulder County over
an oil and gas moratorium it has kept in place despite the state Supreme
Court's May 2016 ruling that such local bans are preempted if they
conflict with the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Act.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 1000 block of Coliseum Drive.
Police received a call for service about 8:45 a.m. in response to a fight. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead by medical personnel.
The victim has been identified as Kevin Crosson, 26. His family has been notified of his death.
Police arrested Michael Stephon Lineberger, 20, for the murder of Crosson. They also charged him with firearm by felon.
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Fair, standards-referenced grading systems that communicate what a student knows and can do are often difficult to design. Developing grading systems that are fair and consistent across an entire school district can seem like an impossible task. However, it is a task that is necessary and worthwhile. (more…)
Standards-Based Grading in High School: Where Grades Matter the Most
How can you assure that all students in your building have met a minimum proficiency on all of your priority standards, regardless of the teacher? As Lander Valley High School began to answer this question, it became apparent that we needed to have a different grading system to ensure that when I sign a diploma, I can verify that the student has met the standards. (more…)
Changing Grading and Reporting Practices to Enhance Student Learning
Guest post by Tom Dodd
Three years ago, our teachers began changing the way they assess student progress at Lesher Middle School in Fort Collins, CO. Standard/criterion/competency-based grading and reporting, as it's commonly known, allows teachers to authentically evaluate student learning progress based on state academic standards, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), or in our case, the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IBMYP) Aims and Objectives to better communicate levels of academic performance and work habits. (more…)
Process Report Cards: Creating a Behavior-Based Reporting System
Guest post by Cameron Soester
Grading has always been a tricky issue for school leaders to master. How do you ensure it captures the full picture of a student's progress and achievement?
Thomas Guskey suggests that a well-rounded and comprehensive grading policy has three well-defined components. They include a product grade that assesses what students know and can do at the moment the assessment is given; a process grade that measures student behaviors; and a progress grade that considers a student's improvement over time. (more…)


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Give RoseGold a spin - it's the latest tape from K. Roosevelt, having dropped on Tuesday, January 8th, 2013. K. Roosevelt's musical situation is improving with every new release, and RoseGold will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work K. Roosevelt has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what K. Roosevelt has in store.
The following artists contributed to the project: Hit Boy, Mibbs (of Pac Div). The following producers soundtracked the project: The Futuristiks, Hit Boy.
How do you feel about the production here?
Have you heard K. Roosevelt's Ready?
If you dig this, visit K. Roosevelt's profile for the latest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.


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Paul George's injury and recovery to Olympic gold has been well-documented. From his awkward fall on the stanchion in Las Vegas, to surgery, a visit from Coach K, and missing out on the first 76 games of the 2014-15 season.
He returned to All-Star form last season, his first full year back. And nearly set the scoring record in the All-Star game. Led the team to Game 7 of their Round 1 playoff series. Voted Second-Team All-Defense and Third-Team All-NBA.
George then followed his heart, and returned to USA Basketball in quest of an elusive gold medal. Playing for his country was a dream of his going back to his childhood days in Palmdale, California.
In an NBC special feature that will air before Sunday's gold medal game (2:45 p.m. ET), George talks about his journey back and what it would mean to be golden.
"A gold medal would represent just being resilient, just being a fighter, being determined, being strong, having belief, having faith," he said. "I think it symbolizes me being who I am; can't break me."
Watch the feature below (via @NBCOlympics):
"A gold medal…would symbolize who I am." – Paul George
You can't break @Yg_Trece. #Rio2016
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Adidas is out with another mobile app, All Day, which unlike its previous efforts doesn't target serious athletes and true fitness fans. Rather, it is made for just about anyone, and goes beyond basic fitness/movement tracking to also include health aspects such as nutrition, mindset and rest. To that end, the app will prompt users to exercise, meditate, eat and rest.
Content-wise, All Day features a collection of text and video tutorials ranging from quick yoga moves to "green" recipes. It also uses sensors built into your smartphone to track distance, calories and other metrics. The numbers collected sync with Apple HealthKit and Google Fit platforms so you can get a better picture of your well-being. Or their lack off.
Initially though, the app targets women — most of the content is apparently made for the fairer sex — and the upcoming updates will also include stuff men like, too.
All Day is now available in beta for iOS and Android devices, with the full blown rollout expected later this summer.
Adidas' earlier mobile efforts include the miCoach app/platform (which even has its API) and Adidas ZONE activity tracker. The company has also acquired the popular fitness tracking app Runtastic in 2015.


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OH --- Hail!
Short Story by: D. Thurmond aka JEF
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In the land of Gray Shallows there were three kingdoms separately governed by Emperor Moon, to the east, the shared Monarchy of Talleyrand, to the west, and King Drumlin, II, held all the lands in-between, including the great city of Krill and its coastal ports.
King Drumlin's castle, called Starlet, set atop a great mountainous hill that overshadowed the city.
When King Drumlin died, some 20 years ago, he had only one heir to the throne, His sickly and allergy prone child, George Eric Drumlin the second.
Unknown to the populace, the new king's coronation was held using a look-alike.
The soon to be king was afraid to go out into the myriad of flowers lining the streets and the bushels that were in the great Cathedral.
The new King confined himself to his castle and always used his double to attend day to day social and military events.
The new King's Son, George Eric Drumlin, III, was appointed Supreme Leader of the Drumlin Army and commander of the Drumlin Knights.
With none of the frailties of his father, he became a brave warrior and a gallant knight. He carried out the kings wishes regarding all military actions.
At the time of this story, the King's Son, Prince Drumlin, was waging war with and unknown Prince and his seafaring armada. They had invaded the shores of kingdom's northern region and were attempting to gain a permanent foot-hold near the city of Sway.
"Halt! Who goes there?" said the Commander of the castle's guard.
"It is I, Trundle Kroger, your Prince's emissary. Now open the gate for I have an urgent massage for the King."
"I received no mention of you from the Prince or the King. The hour is late," said the Commander, "now go and return in the morning.
Trundle replied, "There must be a mistake! I come from the battlefield at Hailstone Bay where the King's Son and his army is in a heated exchange with the Prince of Nolan and his army.
I would think, for your sake it would be good for you to send someone to ask the King, this matter is urgent and the king will most certainly want to act on it right away.
Here is an envelope with the official seal of the King's Son, Prince Drumlin. I bring it and its contents from the battlefield and it will explain the situation. Please understand, it is urgent that the king receives this envelope right away, his very life and kingdom may depend on what is within."
"Yes Commander!"
"Take this envelope to the king right away and inform him that his Son's emissary is waiting at the gate."
"Yes sir!
The Commander grew impatient, so he tended to other duties while waiting for the Sergeant to return. When the Commander came back to the gate the Sergeant had not returned and Trundle Overladen was gone.
"Yes Commander?"
"The man that was standing at the gate, where did he go?"
"Well sir, he told me to give you a message, it made no sense, and then he got on his horse and rode away."
The Commander looked somewhat puzzled, and a seven foot, six inch man with muscles everywhere, does not easily look puzzled. That is when he asked, "Message, what message?"
"He just told me to ask you if you knew the story of the Trojan Horse."
With that said the Commander summoned a dozen guards and they made their way to the king's chamber.
There on the bed was the king, he was franticly gasping for air and his face was swollen beyond recognition.
Alas, the King died within moments and there was nothing the panicked Sergeant, the Commander, or anyone else could do.
Many of the King's assassins were also dead, some of their bodies were smashed against the king's night clothes, and still others were flying franticly around the room.
On the floor the Commander saw the opened Envelope and when he picked it up he saw one dead Bee inside of it.
There was a commotion coming from outside so the Commander went to the bedroom balcony. From that vantage point the army surrounding the castle could easily be seen in the full moon's light.
Trundle's voice rang out in the stillness of the night, "Your King is dead by his own frailty, his Son and his Knights died in the battle of Hailstone Bay, so you have nothing left to fight for!
Commander of the Guard, do not make a second mistake on this day, avoid further bloodshed and open the gate!
Do not be a fool, surrender and join my army, or die defending a King-less Castle!"
The Commander thought for a while and then he sent his men to the main gate. His orders were to open the gate and to surrender to the new king.
As Trundle Kroger Overladen rode triumphantly into the castle compound he had to pass under the king's fifth story balcony, and as he did so two bodies fell from above.
One was the 350 pound body of King Drumlin and the other was the armor plated, seven foot, Commander of the Guard.
Both fell upon the Prince of Nolan, RIP, Trundle Overladen.
D. Thurmond / JEF--- 04-10-2017
Submitted: April 12, 2017
© Copyright 2020 D. Thurmond aka JEF. All rights reserved.
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The legendary composer's work is channelled through everybody's favourite sardonic comic in bringing Indeterminacy to Liverpool, Getintothis' Joseph Viney sifts through the rubble of an ambitious artistic endeavour.
If it's art you want, then it's art you're gonna get!
Indeterminacy is two artistically adventurous and complementary performances exploring conceptual links of chance and humour via improvisational approaches.
The late John Cage was an artist who constantly sought to push boundaries, and with Indeterminacy he looks set to set new markers for himself.
The responsibility to interpret and transmit Indeterminacy's challenging structures has been taken up by Stewart Lee, the comic whose long career speaks for itself. Always offering more than your average Live At The Apollo mic-wielder, Lee's posthumous partnership with Cage is something that probably should have been explored long ago.
No matter, because it's here and now and it's coming to Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall on Friday March 28.
Indeterminacy was originally a 1959 double LP on the Folkways label by John Cage and David Tudor.
Cage read ninety of his stories, each one, whether long or short, lasting one minute. Unheard by Cage, Tudor simultaneously played the piano and other things in another room.
The show contains compositions that explore experimental terrains, twisting technology to transform organic sounds into eerie calls that flow from intense waves of abrasive, noisy, chaos invoking industrial nostalgia, to structured pulsating rhythms, to melancholic, metaphysical drones.
As you can probably tell, Indeterminacy comes replete with a lot of weighty concepts, so in the interests of fairness let's allow the show's original mastermind to explain it in his own words.
Cage had previously said about Indeterminacy that "(his) intention in putting the stories together in an unplanned way was to suggest that all things – stories, incidental sounds from the environment, and, by extension, beings – are related, and that this complexity is more evident when it is not oversimplified by an idea of relationship in one person's mind."
Got that? To get the full story and to be given the chance to glean brand new perspectives, get yourself down there and immerse yourself in another world.
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Central American agouti
The Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) is a species of agouti from the family Dasyproctidae.[2] The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula (southern Mexico), through Central America, to northwestern Ecuador, Colombia and far western Venezuela. A highly disjunct population is found in southeastern Peru, far southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, western Paraguay and far northwestern Argentina. The disjunct population has been treated as a separate species, the brown agouti (Dasyprocta variegata),[3] but a major review of the geographic variation is necessary.[2] The Central American agouti has also been introduced to Cuba and the Cayman Islands.[2][4]
|Central American agouti
|Gamboa, Panama
|Scientific classification
D. punctata
|Binomial name
|Dasyprocta punctata
(Gray, 1842)
Though some populations are reduced due to hunting and deforestation, large populations remain[3] and it is not considered threatened.[5]
Central American agoutis from the main part of their range weigh 3–4.2 kg (6.6–9.3 lb) and are typically reddish, orange or yellowish grizzled with black.[3][6] In northern Colombia, western Venezuela, and on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica and Panama the foreparts are brownish or blackish grizzled with tawny or olivaceous, the mid-body is orange, and the rump is black or cream.[3][6] In western Colombia and Ecuador some have tawny foreparts and yellowish to the rump.[3] Agoutis from the disjunct southern population (Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina) which sometimes are treated as a separate species, Dasyprocta variegata, weigh 3–5.2 kg (6.6–11.5 lb) and are grizzled brown, yellowish and black, or grizzled black and orange.[3]
Like other agoutis, Central American agoutis are diurnal and live in monogamous pairs.[6] They mainly feed on fruits and seeds, and are important seed dispersers.[5]
|Wikispecies has information related to Central American Agouti
- ^ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89497686/78319610
- ^ a b c Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1558. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c d e f Emmons, L. H. (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. Pp. 227-229. 2nd edition. ISBN 0-226-20721-8
- ^ Long, J. L. (2003). Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence. Csiro Publishing, Collingwood, Australia. ISBN 9780643099166
- ^ a b Less, E.; Ojeda, R.; Bidau, C.; Timm, T.; Samudio, R. & Emmons, L. (2008). "Dasyprocta punctata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
- ^ a b c Reid, F. A. (1997). Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Pp. 243-244. ISBN 0-19-506400-3
External linksEdit
- Infonatura
- Decker, J. 2000. "Dasyprocta punctata", Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 26, 2008