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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has yet to receive a formal request from Kukui Gardens Corp. to pay off the HUD-backed mortgage on its Kukui Gardens rental housing complex in downtown Honolulu.
But if it does, HUD will ensure that the property will continue as rental housing for low- and moderate-income families through 2011, according to a letter from Beverly Miller, director of HUD's Office of Asset Management.
The letter is included in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of the current Kukui Gardens residents. The lawsuit seeks to block the mortgage prepayment. The nonprofit Faith Action for Community Equity is also a plaintiff.
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, Kukui Gardens Corp. and Carmel Partners Inc., a California real estate company that has agreed to buy the 857-unit Kukui Gardens from Kukui Gardens Corp., are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
May 1, 2011, is the date the current mortgage is scheduled to be paid off. It is also the date HUD oversight to keep the rents affordable for low- and moderate-income people ends.
Kukui Gardens Corp. issued a notice to its tenants in July, informing them of its intent to prepay its mortgage on or after Dec. 22.
"Besides being a terrible time, it's a terrible thing," said Nancy S. Young, housing committee chairwoman for Faith Action for Community Equity.
The department can approve prepayments as long as the owners of the housing projects enter into use agreements to continue to provide rental housing for low-income families through the date of the original mortgage, under a HUD policy first approved in 2004 and renewed this year.
But that contradicts federal law, which prohibits the HUD secretary from approving prepayments on projects that continue to meet a need for rental housing for low-income families in the area, said Gavin Thornton, attorney for the Kukui Gardens tenants.
"And if there's anywhere where there's that need, it's in Hawaii right now," he said.
The lawsuit challenges the HUD policy and the department's anticipated approval of the Kukui Gardens mortgage prepayment.
Rents will rise under a use agreement, Thornton said. And prepayment will allow Kukui Gardens Corporation to sidestep current requirements to sell its project to a nonprofit corporation and deposit the proceeds into a trust for low-income housing.
Kukui Gardens Association President Carol Anzai said the tenants were forced into filing the lawsuit yesterday.
"This is absolutely not how we wanted it to go. We just want to save our homes. And because they're not working with us," she said.
Gov. Linda Lingle approved a law this year that allows the state to use its powers of condemnation to intervene on the sale of Kukui Gardens. Negotiations are ongoing.
Officials of Kukui Gardens Corp. have no comment on the lawsuit because they're still reviewing it, a spokeswoman said.


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Late blight Survey Mapper
This is a dynamic, interactive tool for potato late blight surveillance in the Nordic countries. Data are uploaded via a web-based data entry form on the Potato Late Blight Toolbox. The user can select to see one or more countries, - click on the dots to see background data and see all background data in the table below the map.
This is a small single country map without the table with background data, and you can not get attribute data.
The Blight Tracker APP was developed in the frame of EuroBlight – a potato late blight network for Europe, to track early attacks of potato late blight in Europe. In this first version the countries covered are Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. To use the APP you need to be registered as a user. Late blight surveillance is organized nationally or via the EuroBlight Monitoring initiative. After registration the user can login and have access to the following features:
- Report: Upload registration of late blight attack, Where, how much, at which growth stage, production type etc. The user can take a photo and attach to the registration. The location information as latitude and longitude is taken from the GPS on the phone. Only after quality control by a system manager, the sent data will be published on the map. This includes then a delay from sending to display on the map.
- Map: the APP returns a map where late blight is found (currently for DK, NO, SE and FI)
- Infection Pressure: This is implemented for Denmark. The user selects a postal code from a drop down menu. The APP returns a graphics of the infection pressure indicating the weather based risk of attack by late blight including the use of a 7-day weather forecast.
- Unsent Reports: If there is no mobile connection the APP will store the report that will be available under Unsent Reports. When connection is available Unsent Reports can be posted to the system.
Step 1. Register via your national survey manager. You will receive User name and password that is required for using the APP.
Step 2. Log into the system. Select REPORT and use the Blight Tracker to report your observations: Field name, level of attack, growth stage, field type, take a photo, press include GPS and press Send.
If you have no contact with the mobile network, the APP will store your report in Unsent reports. You can send the report when you return to an area with mobile network coverage
Step 3. When your report is stored in the Database, it will by default be marked as unpublic until your national survey manager has quality-controlled your data and then marked the report as public.
Step 4. Select MAP and see a Google map with public observations
Step 5. Select INFECTION PRESSURE and then search on postal code region names to get a graphics of the late blight risk indicated by the infection pressure.
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Hi all,
Right before I closed out the year, all of my other accounts were positive. Right after I closed out, the unspecified Other Authorities Member-Financed Activities account carried over a negative balance of $302. I don't understand why.
I looked into what specific expense/transfer may have been entered. Went back years and years, and now MLS is showing that the unspecified OAMFA account has been negative for years, which has not been the case. For years, I have made sure to bring that account to zero to avoid an audit exception. I can't point to any one event on why it suddenly is showing up negative for years and years.
With the new audit questions, I hope this doesn't cause an exception. It also is $302 in money that our stake is losing. Advice is appreciated. Thank you.
Unspecified Other AMFA suddenly goes negative?
Discuss questions around local unit policies for budgeting, reconciling, etc. This forum should not contain specific financial or membership information.
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I would call MLS support on this one. There were some bugs closing out the year, and they may be able to help you resolve it quicker than anyone here on this forum.
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Pension Funds in Figures - Preliminary report for 2017
01/06/2018 - Pension fund assets in the OECD area grew over 11% in 2017, exceeding USD 28 trillion or 56% of OECD-area GDP, according to preliminary data and early estimates.
Pension Markets in Focus, 2017 edition
20/10/2017 - In 2016, private pension assets in OECD countries reached their highest-ever level at over USD 38 trillion. Investment losses resulting from the financial crisis have been recouped in almost all reporting OECD countries.
The 2017 edition contains a special feature on foreign investment by pension providers.
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Recent years have witnessed intense pension reform efforts in countries around the globe, often involving an increased use of funded pension programmes managed by the private sector. These funded arrangements are likely to play an increasingly important role in delivering retirement income in many countries and privately managed pension assets will play an increasing role in financial markets, notably as a source of long-term savings.
This annual report, which now covers 85 countries, gives an overview of private pension systems worldwide and outlines latest developments. It assesses the amount of assets in funded and private pension plans, describes the way these assets are invested in financial markets, and looks at how investments have performed, both in the past year and over the past decade. It provides accurate, comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date statistics to help policy makers, regulators and market participants measure, compare and evaluate programme developments and country experiences globally.
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OECD report on trends in the financial performance of private pension plans (hyperlink here). Covering 85 countries, it assesses the amount of assets in funded and private pension plans, describes the way these assets are invested in financial markets, and looks at how investments have performed, both in the past year and over the past decade.
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It is one of the best things for the people that who are all seeking for a long time. Yes, we all know when comes to music there are many categories of music available in online. However, among that music, love tracks always plays the major role.
Especially these kinds of songs love mostly by the lovers across the globe. For information, there are huge numbers of collections as well available in the online sites to download. One must know some of the best songs for lovers have been allotted for the year 2017 so far.
List of Best Love Songs
Many of them are keenly waiting to know about the love songs to download for this year 2017. Here we are listing some of the best songs which grab the huge attention. When comes to love song, the first song we remember is the "shape of you".
It is one of the best songs that lead everyone to go crazy. Ed Sheeran is the man who brings the song with soulful along with the best music to reach this level.
"Close" is another song which was done by Nick Jonas gets a huge thumbs up for its best portrayal. Along with that "send my love", "you & me" were the popular songs as well.
Where can you download?
From these online websites, many can download the love songs in different languages. Generally, it consumes low memory while downloading the songs. So people who are all struggling to download the best love songs can visit these sites.
On Finishing Note
So, the people who are all looking for the amazing love for the year can visit the site to know. Also, you can download the songs on time to listen to anytime. One must be aware of that there is a site to charge the songs as well.
Best Love App: Tinder Vs StreetSpark
So visiting the site for free songs might help you to download for your device. At this scenario, you may find the best love songs for free at any time. You can also collect the huge number of songs for the year 2017.


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Sanford Medical Center Fargo takes care to a next level – combining expertise, state-of-the-art technology and compassionate patient care. The new, 284-bed, one million square foot facility provides services including emergency/trauma, Family Birth Center, Children's Hospital, brain and spine surgery, heart surgery, interventional cardiology, general surgery and more.
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Actors: Luke Goss, Kevin Howarth, Matt Lucas, Carly Turnbull, David Baker
Director: Andrew Goth
Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Suspense
R 2005 1hr 34min
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Very good "B" movie
Bryan Fitzgerald | salem | 06/14/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"after a seemingly fatal accident, a dedicated cop gain unnatural abilities that he and his partner use for their own savage kind of vigilante justice. the body count grows as the transformation continues, and one cop must choose between loyalty and morality."
Horrible. 5 out of 100
Wisconsin Dad | Wisconsin United States | 08/19/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"30 minutes into Cold and Dark, I still had no clue what the plot was nor knew anything interesting about the characters. There are few films that bore me to tears in the first half an hour, but Cold and Dark did so.
There is not much to say about the film, as most every aspect was not but, but more so dull. The plot did a lot of telling and not showing. The actor's dialog was often mumbled, and when it was heard I had a hard time figuring out what there words meant (or brought) to the plot.
The actors seemed like they were fairly decent, but were given absolutely nothing to work with.
Cold and Dark is of one the worst films I have seen this year. There are too many other films waiting for your hard earned money. Pass on it, please.
Total Score (out of 100) = 5
1 (out of 50). Enjoyment. A rating based on my overall enjoyment of the film.
3 (out of 10). Acting. How good was the acting?
1 (out of 10). Immersion. Did the movie suck me into the story?
0 (out of 10). Intangibles. Special effects. Movie pace. Is the movie forgettable, or something you will talk about and remember for weeks? Years?
0 (out of 10). Must see. Is this movie worth seeing/renting?
0 (out of 10). Must buy. Is this movie a must buy/purchase?"
Something different
Soldier Boy | UK | 09/23/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I liked it, it was different to the crap that we're usually sold as British horror. The story was more complex that average but the characters were so good (and wierd) that i was involved all the way through. Loved Luke Goss and the guy who plays Mort - briliant brilliant performances. The directing style was ballsy, loved it. Will watch more from Andrew Goth."
Not worth your time, except for one thing.
Robert P. Beveridge | Cleveland, OH | 01/16/2010
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Cold and Dark (Andrew Goth, 2005)
I was all set to give Cold and Dark a typical awful review, because it was a typical awful movie. Then, suddenly, like a ray of light in the murky stupidity of this well-below-average monster movie, we got Lardeson Dahl, played by the wonderful Michael Culkin (Mrs. Henderson Presents, Candyman, An Ideal Husband, et al.). While I can't say this about any other part of the movie, the character of Lardeson Dahl is quirky, intelligent, fantastic, and will stay with me for years. He's enough to make me bump the rating for this movie up an entire star. I wish there'd been more of him.
The plot: a couple of cops, John Dark (Unearthed's Luke Goss) and Mortimer Shade (Last Orders' Kevin Howarth), get involved in a nasty battle, during which Shade is killed. He gets right up and starts doing his job again posthaste, though, because he's now the host for a particularly bloodthirsty parasite. And if you're a particularly bloodthirsty parasite, who better to inhabit than the body of a police officer who deals with violent crimes?
The bulk of the film veers back and forth between "boring", "predictable", and "slightly less boring"; if you don't know that Dark (I'm kind of surprised Shade's last name isn't actually "Cold"; point for scriptwriter Joanne Reay there) is going to have some sort of crisis of faith when he finds out his partner is no longer fully human, then you haven't seen enough buddy-cop movies (or haven't been paying attention). The appearance of Lardeson Dahl in the movie signals that things are going to get interesting, and when we meet the paranormal-obsessed doctor (Shaun of the Dead's Matt Lucas)in the last third of the film, I hoped that it was suddenly going to get awesome. I was wrong, but at least I had that little spark of hope. And I still have Lardeson Dahl. **


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1. If you're at all interested in the Wikileaks/Julian Assange rape charges issues, read this post that says what I wish I'd worked out in my own head. So many really important issues to sort out and Liz teases them all out in a really straightforward way.
2.This just blew my mind about feeding kids of all ages: Why Some Kids Should Spit
3. I'm having a Mary Kay online party with my friend (and Mary Kay lady) Jenny, who is one of my personal heros of taking a really bad divorce and creating an amazing new life for yourself. Stop in and buy Satin Hands for your grandma (Satin Hands + a bottle of nail polish + coming over every other week to do your grandma's nails: priceless) or the new illuminating liquid (it's what we use to create that glow on the cheekbones) or some eye cream (which won't make up for the lost sleep but will make you feel better about not looking like you lost all that sleep). Through Wednesday: http://bit.ly/e08koT
4. I am fascinated by The Biggest Loser. I hate the show itself and loathe Jillian but love Bob, which doesn't make a ton of sense, and love and hate the contestants at the same time. It's a Horatio Alger story, and a prison break, and consumerism and commodification and low self-esteem and shaming and victory. I wonder if anyone else is as confused but drawn in as I am.
5. My throat still hurts, but I am extremely grateful that my chance of dying from strep throat is small. Hooray for antibiotics.


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UKIP spokesperson revealed as head of kidnapping gang
A UKIP spokesman has been revealed as the leader of a kidnap gang.
Mujeeb ur Rehman Bhutto was jailed for seven years for the £56,000 ransom plot.
Bhutto, 35, regularly appeared on TV as the party's Commonwealth spokesman. But Ukip chiefs yesterday tried to distance themselves from him, insisting he had resigned after being confronted by officials.
West Yorkshire-based Bhutto had a prominent party role, organising a visit to a mosque for leader Nigel Farage, right, and canvassing in a key election to appoint a Ukip MP.
"When we recently became aware of possible issues relating to his past and raised the matter with him, he resigned his membership"A UKIP spokesperson
The scandal is the latest blow for Mr Farage, 49, following a string of gaffes by his party's politicians. It comes after Ukip councillor David Silvester claimed the current floods were God's revenge for David Cameron allowing gay marriages.
And MEP Godfrey Bloom, 64, sparked outrage by branding developing countries "bongo bongo land".
Bhutto admitted conspiracy to blackmail before a UK court in 2005 after fleeing Pakistan. But he told BBC's Newsnight that he only confessed to avoid being extradited to Pakistan and hanged.
But Pakistani police sources said Bhutto is still wanted.
A Ukip spokesman said: "When we recently became aware of possible issues relating to his past and raised the matter with him, he resigned his membership."


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There is no doubt about it, Snakes On A Plane has been the unparalleled Internet phenomenon of 2006. The viral coverage on the action/disaster flick whose title says it all have more or less invaded every nook, cranny, and niche of the global pop culture slipstream (never mind that the story sounds suspiciously similar to the 2001 direct-to-DVD clunker Tail Sting, which was about scorpions on a plane) to the point of over saturation.
Naturally, the SOAP momentum has boiled over into the film's accompanying soundtrack. The music push for the film began months ago when an online contest prompted a vast amount of unsigned bands and bedroom producers to crank out ironic (and not-so-ironic) songs based on the movie's title and story outline. The end results of the competition were that two unsigned bands-- Captain Ahab and Louden Swain--got their songs included on the enhanced portion of the soundtrack. Next up was the formation of the super group Cobra Starship, featuring members of The Academy Is&#Array;, Gym Class Heroes, and The Sounds. Top that off with a song about snake phobia by Goodie Mobb-slash-Gnarls Barkley flamboyant MC Cee-Lo Green and you would think that you'd have a classic soundtrack in the making, right? Wrong.
This soundtrack could have capitalized on the buzz rush, but instead it seems to go for the quick fix. For starters the track by Cobra Starship is horrid. Given the pedigree and cred that the assembled members have, one easily expects greatness. Instead "Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)" is nothing short of cheese manifested in a sonic permutation. It sounds as if the friends got together for a quick day in the studio and cranked the song out in a hurry. The verses aren't too bad, with punchy guitars, but it's the chorus that kills any momentum achieved. The careening vocals and synth laden slickness make it sound like a throw away from a forgotten '80s action film. When Travis McCoy from GCH raps "ladies and gentlemen/snakes are slitherin'/with dollar signs in their eyes&#Array;" it's as if he's revealing the crass tie-in marketing at work here.
In terms of exclusivity, the only other truly new track on the album comes from the aforementioned Cee-Lo. "Ophidiophobia" (that would be the fear of snakes) is pure Mr. Green, which is to say it's all slinky ATL soul courtesy of Organized Noize. Utilizing bits of Sam Jackson's catch phrase from the film (I'm tired of these muthaf@#kin' snakes on a plane!), Green and ON deliver a silky, rump shuffling chunk of modern R&B slickness. Granted it ain't nothing new under the sonic sun, but it's heads and tails better than the Cobra Starship contribution.
The rest of the album offers up remixes of previously released material from a large cross-section of current Alt/Modern Rock favorites. Panic! At the Disco's "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" gets the Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire remix treatment. The standard emo/indie angst of the band is transformed into a slightly swaggering club number infused with gurble, buzz, and chopped and screwed symphonia. The synchronistically titled "Black Mamba" by The Academy Is&#Array; receives the Teddybears remix overhaul. The changes are subtle, but nice. The bass is bumped up and deceptively filtered electronic nuance is pumped through the track resulting in a mildly lurching electro shuffle.
"Can't Take It (El Camino Prom Wagon Mix)" removes the symphonic strings from the original All-American Rejects tune and replaces it with bubbly keyboards, giving it a late night faux jazz feel that is wonderfully understated and which works well with Tyson Ritter's plaintive vocals. The '80s New Wave theatrics of The Sounds' "Queen Of Apology" undergoes the Patrick Stump remix treatment, which again favors electronic embellishment to change the pulse of the original composition. It's surprising how a simple upgrade changes the feeling and cadence of the track, in many ways improving on the original, both in sound and texture.
Meanwhile Fall Out Boy's "Of All The Gin Joints In All The World" falls victim to house stylings via "Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch." FOB fans may find it intriguing, but it sounds more like oil and water trying valiantly to mix together. The mainstream stylistics of Gym Class Heroes gets the underground re-boot courtesy of Hi-Tek, who instills "New Friend Request" with a nice synthesized slab of strings that ebb and flow underneath Travis McCoy's lyrical discharge, bumping him up from the Gap gravitating ambiance of his band into the outer parameters of hardcore underground rap theatrics. Sadly, this is the only rap inclusion on the album and its groove is abruptly interrupted by the dingy rock grind of The Bronx's "Around The Horn (Louis XIV Remix)," which doesn't veer too much from the original source (i.e. you'll be hard pressed to notice any difference between the version on The Bronx's album and the remix).
The final three remixes on the album include Armor For Sleep's "Remember To Feel Real (Machine Shop Remix)" which adds some nice additional crystalline guitar washes, gurgling synth chugs, and echo flange reverb to create a shifting glimmer; The Hush Sound's "Wine Red (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch)" is another somewhat staid house styled number that features a female vocalist with nods to Suzanne Vega and an uber cheesy Top 40-esque chorus; Jack's Mannequin's "Bruised (Remix)" strips the song down and makes it more mournful and somber in tone.
Tucked in at the end of the album is an acoustic version of Coheed & Cambria's "Wake Up," which serves to bring the overall momentum down a few notches. The acoustic vibe is continued with Donavon Frankenreiter's rhythmic "Lovely Day," which belongs to the Dave Matthews/Jack Johnson school of rusticated pop. Just as the acoustic feel begins to sink in the album shifts tempo and style yet again, delivering the head nodding reggae infusion of Michael Franti & Spearhead through "Hey Now Now." The closing number goes for yet another drastic shift, rendering a brief glimpse into Trevor Rabin's score with "Snakes On A Plane - The Theme." Turgid and filled with nail-biting strings and Rabin's patented rock guitar blitz, it's just the type of main title theme you'd expect to accompany a film of this nature.
It's safe to say that the art of the remix, at least in commercial terms, has suffered over the years. But the lone saving grace of Snakes On A Plane: The Album is that most of the remixers involved have taken otherwise standard teen oriented Alt-cum-Indie-cum-Emo-cum-Modern Rock and given it a beguiling electronic twist, turning some routine radio/MTV hits into interesting slices of sound that more often than not bear little resemblance to the originals. Sadly, however, that's not enough to save this soundtrack from feeling like a somewhat callous marketing tool hell-bent on exploiting not only the film, but more specifically the grass roots fan base that rose up from the depths of the Net to embrace it.
Definitely Download:
1. "Black Mamba (Teddybears Remix)"
2. "Ophidiophobia"
3. "Can't Take It (El Camino Prom Wagon Mix)"
4. "Queen of Apology (Patrick Stump Remix)"
5. "New Friend Request (Hi-Tek Remix)"


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Viking & Anglo saxon Portrait shoot
The Regia Anglorum group are a Viking and Anglo Saxon re-enactment group bringing history to life with an amazing attention to detail.
Over 60 portraits were captured in a makeshift studio on 2 locations within their historical encampment. So many to thank, but particular thanks to Ted Jones and Mike Everest for all their kind help.
Locations: Detling, Kent and Winchester UK.
Assistants: Stefan Jacobs & Benjamin Meredith-Hardy.


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Aboriginal art by recognised and renowned Australian Indigenous artists now has a reduced market value compared with the previous decade. This is a healthy market correction to counter-balance considerable marketing hype and price bubbles that plagued the Aboriginal art industry prior to 2008 / 2009.
Australia Gift Shop's prices for Aboriginal art for collectors and investors have been permanently adjusted in accordance with the healthy market correction. In fact, all collectible artworks by major Aboriginal artists from artistically-illustrious Utopia in Australia's Northern territory ( NT ) have been reduced to half-price compared with prices for comparable (and sometimes exactly the same) artworks prior to the Global Financial Crisis ( GFC ).
Comparatively highly sought-after paintings by renowned artists from Utopia, such as Gloria Petyarre, Caroline Numina and Louise Numina, are all for sale at half price. All paintings are acrylic on canvas, unframed.
Each painting is accompanied by a photograph of the artist holding their artwork plus a Certificate of Authenticity. This is crucial information for any collector, investor, interior designer and/or lover of beautiful works of art. All of these potential buyers should understandably be aware of the salience of authenticity in relation to art, in general, and to Indigenous art and Australian Aboriginal art, specifically.
All the paintings from Utopia offered by Australia Gift Shop include one of the artist's Dreamings (or tribal responsibilities). In relation to the particular artworks on offer, the subject of each relevant Dreaming is Bush Medicine Leaves. So it is no coincidence that every one of the artists is an Aboriginal woman because, as nomadic hunter-gatherers, the men were the hunters, while gathering was the social role of women in the traditional tribal setting. Indigenous women were responsible for gathering the bush tucker (food) and medicinal leaves.
Tribal lore in stories, traditional law and social protocol engender great and abiding respect due to the belief that they had been passed down from god-like ancestors or spirits during the Dreamtime – the time of creation. It follows that social roles and responsibilities (such as the gathering of Bush Medicine Leaves) have powerful spiritual, and even supernatural significance. These authentic Aboriginal art paintings have this sacred element of a hunter-gatherer society, while also clearly exhibiting aesthetic qualities that are beyond sacred. Simply put – they are beautiful; they have a visceral magnetism beyond the sacred.
- For an Online Visit to the Aboriginal Art Gallery for Investors & Collectors of Fine Art at Australia Gift Shop please visit www.australiagift.com.au/aboriginal-art.php . In the online shop, you will also find an Aladdin's cave of bright and colourful hand-painted Australian Aboriginal artifacts, Australian Aboriginal art products including homeware and decor, Australiana gifts and iconic Aussie souvenirs to purchase from.
- Contact Australia Gift Shop (07) 54727224 (within Australia)
- Contact Australia Gift Shop +61 7 54727224 (outside Australia)


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IBM on Wednesday made available a free portal component, which IBM calls a portlet, that lets users link nearly 4,000 Google Gadgets to their WebSphere Portal environments.
IBM Portlet for Google Gadget lets users pull Google gadgets into their network, turn them into portlets and then use them safely behind the firewall.
The use of the Gadgets, which will be provided at no cost, is supported in WebSphere Portal 6.0 and WebSphere Portal Express.
IBM announced in February it was developing the Portal/Google integration. The portlet technology is available here .
Google is supplying IBM with a set of APIs to foster the integration. A refresh mechanism ensures that the Gadgets are constantly updated.
The Google Gadgets include services such as Maps, World Clocks, a YouTube Player, Chat and a language translator.
IBM officials said users could do things such as integrate Maps and customer contact applications so when a WebSphere Portal user clicks on a customer they are presented with a Map and directions to that customer's location. Users also could overlay Google's traffic information service or World Clocks to display the current time in the customer's time zone.
IBM already has existing relationships with Google, including integration of Google Desktop Search with Lotus Notes and integration of Lotus Sametime instant messaging with Google Talk.
IBM has said the Google Gadgets integration may go deeper into the IBM platform, but it has not announced any specifics.
The forthcoming Lotus Notes 8 ships with a composite applications framework that has the capability to host application components such as Google Gadgets.


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How Well Do You Shoot Iron Sights? [VIDEO]
Despite how advanced optics have become, mastery of iron sights remains important. Can you connect with your target using irons?
Just about any rifle made today has provisions for a scope. That even extends to some handguns as well. Yet few rifles made today have iron sights from the factory.
It's a real pet peeve of mine. Optics and irons have merits and demerits, but I prefer the fool proof backup of iron sights over any optic.
In my shooting experiences, I have come across many people who bash iron sights for limited range and limited accuracy. I like to shoot irons out to 200 yards (given the opportunity I would take it further). Hitting a target at that distance with iron sights is considered to be a matter of luck by some, but that is not the case at all.
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Iron sights have numerous advantages over optics, and that's why I think both systems should be mastered. In my book, optics are overpraised and irons are over bashed.
While the human eye's ability to focus at distance is a limiting factor, iron sights remain very useful.
So that begs the question: How well do you shoot with iron sights?


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The voucher debate has thus far focused almost exclusively on elementary schools. Since Catholic and private high schools tend to be more expensive to operate than elementary schools, this article hypothesizes about the potential future impact of voucher programs on Catholic high schools.
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Superb new split release featuring 2 brand new tracks from each band.
This is a joint venture by Randale Records and Pirates Press/Longshot with a limited edition of just 1000 copies.
1 – Helltown
2 – The Morning After The Riot Before
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With fashion forward fits, you might feel like you're in your favorite hoodie, but you definitely won't look like it.


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FOX's Gotham has cast a couple more characters to fill its ranks - the first being The Princess Bride/Scrooged's Carol Kane as The Penguin's mother.
Of course, Robin Lord Taylor's Oswald Cobblepot isn't exactly The Penguin yet as Gotham is all about origins. Kane will play - according to TVLine - Gertrud Kapelput, "a proud and faded beauty with delusions of grandeur." Gertrud will first appear in episode 2.
Then, also via TVLine, Disney Channel alum Kyle Massey (That's So Raven, Cory in the House) has signed on as "Macky, a neglected/abused kid who lives on the streets of Gotham."
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/Showrenity.


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Some games that we play have an inherent rank structure. Some other games (most that we play) have built in perks for being born into or elevated to a privileged status.
Are we playing these aspects of the game right?
If you have some input on this, leave a comment here, via email or on our Facebook page.
Cast – Eric, Mike, Dan, Shannon, Greg and Shawn
Intro: Jayson
Outro: Shannon
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- Wedding: June 2015
I'm still surprisingly fuming after what happened last night.
Fiance treated me to a meal out in my favourite restaurants a town over. We had to get the train back at about eight o'clock. Now at that time on a Saturday night you usually find some people are a bit rowdy after a few drinks, but when we got to the first stop I noticed that there were a few people who were trying to get off.
They were too plastered to figure out how to open the door and missed their stop – they then started yelling and running up and down the train pleading with everyone to find and pull the train's emergency stop button! Of course nobody told them. You don't stop the whole bloody train because you couldn't sort the door!
But I could have ignored all of that if not for what they did at the next stop, which was ours. We went out and stood by the doors, near where they were. When the train stopped they spent about thirty seconds staring at the door and asking each other why it wasn't opening. Me and Fiance realised they were going to make us miss our stop too so we told them to push the button for the door.
They did, but they'd left it so late and took so long piling out of the train that as Fiance got out, the doors started automatcally closing on me. It didn't shut enough to really hurt, but there was a scary moment I thought I was going to be pinned in the door and stuck until the next stop, which was a half hour away!
Luckily Fiance jumped in and started pulling the doors open so I was able to squeeze out, but I was – and still am – absolutely fuming! I can't believe that people would be so ignorant and stupid and selfish as to do that – if you're planning on getting so drunk you won't be able to operate a train door, then don't get on the god damn train!!
Rant over.
ETA: Whoops, could someone move this to The Lounge for me please?


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The Board of Investment has decided to call for applications for the Green Channel facility in import / export documentation & verification.
The relevant application form can be downloaded from the below link and also collected from Investor Services Department - Director's Office - located on the 06th Floor, West Tower, World Trade Center, Colombo 01.
Please complete the application form and forward to Kaushalya or Dilrukshi & obtain confirmation of the receipt of the application, from the Investor Services Department (BOI).
The completed application form should be submitted before the 28th of February 2014 & please note that no further extension of time will be given.
Paperless Documentation system for Exports will commence in the near future. In order to implement the system, it is necessary for BOI enterprises to sign a proxy, nominating Custom House Agents who will act as declerents for documentation and clearing purposes.
BOI enterprises should sign a proxy form for each Custom House agent. Each Custom House agent should sign the "Acceptance of Proxy" form undertaking to take full responsibility for all activities performed by him/them.
BOI companies are requested to download the "Proxy" and "Acceptance of Proxy" forms from the BOI Website http://www.investsrilanka.com ( Services Provided by BOI > Investor Services (Imports & Exports). The proxy form should be signed in the presence of the Senior Deputy Director – Exports, Mr. Priyanga Bandara.
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September 23, 2011 – The University of Houston Law Center is hosting a new international scholar as part of the U.S. Department of State's Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program. Nargiz Balakishiyeva from Azerbaijan has joined the Law Center's LL.M. program.
Established by the U.S. Congress in 1992, the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State. The Muskie program aims to promote mutual understanding, build democracy and foster the transition to market economies in Eurasia through intensive academic study and professional training.
Muskie fellows gain exposure to American values through a community service experience and develop professional skills through a full-time internship in their field of study. The program is highly competitive, averaging nearly 4,000 applications per year with a 4% rate of acceptance.


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1998 Spotlight on Graduate and
Undergraduate Research at ESF
ANOPHAGEFFERENS. Jeff Alexander, Darlene Szmyr and Gregory L. Boyer.
THE EFFECT OF IRON ON THE GROWTH OF THE BROWN TIDE ORGANISM, AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS. Jeff Alexander, Darlene Szmyr and Gregory L. Boyer.
CERIUM AMMONIUM NITRATE INDUCED CHIRAL OXYGENATION. Scott Corbin and Dr. Robert T. LaLonde.
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE DETECTION BY PHOSPHOIMAGERY. Mark Driscoll, Andrea E. Tobin and Neil P. J. Price.
UNIQUE STEROLS FROM GYMNODINIUM BREVIS BIOMARKERS FOR A RED TIDE ALGA? Juan Faraldos and Jose L. Giner.
ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PARALYTIC SHELLFISH (PSP) TOXINS IN NATURAL SHELLFISH SAMPLES. Gregory D. Goddard, K. Haya, and Gregory L. Boyer.
CHEMICAL ACTINOMETERS FOR UV LIGHT FLUX MEASUREMENTS: INTERCALIBRATION AND 1997 ANTARCTIC SPRINGTIME RESULTS. Joseph J. Jankowski, David J. Kieber, Kenneth Mopper, and Patrick J. Neale.
PARTICLES ON LEAVES. Venera Jouraeva, Dr. David Johnson, and Robert Hanna.
APPLICATION OF MERCURY CHELATORS TO DEVELOPMENT OF A PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR MERCURY IN WATER. Josef W. Kaser and John P. Hassett.
WATER SWELLABLE COPOLYMERS WITH LINEAR-DENDRITIC ARCHITECTURE. Kevin R. Lambrych and Dr. Ivan Gitsov.
LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF ALKOXY RADICALS AS A TOOL FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY. Michael D. Lilien, Liat G. Shemesh, and Theodore S. Dibble.
CONSTRUCTION AND COMPONENTS OF FUEL CELL. Han Liu, Cortney K. Mittelsteadt, Suoding Li, Youxin Yuan, Prof. Israel Cabasso.
MIREX AS A TRACER FOR MODELING LAKE DYNAMICS. Kelly A. Lowe and John P. Hassett.
ACTION SPECTRA FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN NATURAL WATERS. Gary W. Miller, David J. Kieber, and Kenneth Mopper.
SYNTHESIS OF 9E,11Z-HEXADECADIENAL: SEX ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE OF THE PECAN NUT CASEBEARER, ACROBASIS NUXVORELLA NEUNZIG. Linda C. Passaro and Francis X. Webster.
INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPING LIGHT SCATTERING MODEL. Feng Peng and Dr. David L. Johnson.
FINDING SOURCES OF ORGANIC CONTAMINATION USING PISCES (PASSIVE IN SITU CONCENTRATION EXTRACTION SAMPLER). Jocelyn Polito, Donald Hughes and John Hassett.
DE-ACYLATION OF RHIZOBIUM NOD FACTORS BY FATTY ACYL AMIDASE II (FAA II). Peggy J. Sutherland, Andrea E. Tobin, Charles L. Rutherford, and Neil P.J. Price.
BIOSYNTHESIS OF 2-O-METHYLATED CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE AND NODULATION FACTORS IN RHIZOBIUM FREDII USDA257: A COMMON METABOLIC PATHWAY. Andrea E. Tobin and Neil P.J. Price.
PREPARATION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST FERRICROCIN. Tzu-Pin Wang, Jeff Alexander and Gregory L. Boyer.
ISOMERIZATION OF CYTOCHALASIN D TO CYTOCHALASIN C: A PROSPECTIVE ANTICANCER AGENT. Karie Wellington, Suzanne Hatfield, Tom Fondy and Neil Price.
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SIDEROPHORES AND HEAVY METALS. Guozhang Zuo and Gregory L. Boyer.
IDENTIFICATION OF REACTIVE SPECIES RESPONSIBLE FOR PHOTODEGRADATION OF QUADRICYCLAN. Emily Zebrowski, Michelle Beretvas and John Hassett.
Jeff Alexander, Darlene Szmyr and Gregory L. Boyer, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210.
Blooms of the Pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens are responsible for the brown tides that occur in the Peconic estuary on Long Island. The occurrence of these blooms does not appear to be correlated with the level of macronutrients (N,P) present in the water column, and for this reason trace metals (Fe) have been implicated in controlling bloom formation. To investigate the effects of iron on the growth of this organism, A. anophagefferens (CCMP1708) was grown in trace metal defined artificial seawater. Two different conditions of iron availability were utilized; (1) iron was complexed with twice its concentration using EDTA, and (2) cultures were grown in trace metal buffered cultures using 100 (M excess EDTA. Growth was measured by in vivo fluorescence or visual cell counts. Both approaches gave the same result in that A. anophagefferens from the Peconic Estuary shows a very low iron requirement, the minimal iron quota below 10 nM. Low iron cultures showed little decrease in growth rate or growth yield. This is in agreement with the hypothesis of an oceanic origin for this species. The in vivo fluorescence per cell changes little with iron supply. Further experiments are in progress examining the effects of different chelators on the growth of Aureococcus, and if metabolic markers such as the ferredoxin /flavodoxin ratio or the ratio of variable to maximal fluorescence (Fv/Fm) can be used as an indicator of iron limitation in this species. This work was supported by New York Sea Grant and the Suffolk County Department of Health.
Blooms of the Pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens are responsible for the brown tides that occur in the Peconic estuary on Long Island. The occurrence of these blooms does not appear to be correlated with the level of macronutrients (N,P) present in the water column, and for this reason trace metals (Fe) have been implicated in controlling bloom formation. To investigate the effects of iron on the growth of this organism, A. anophagefferens (CCMP1708) was grown in trace metal defined artificial seawater. Two different conditions of iron availability were utilized; (1) iron was complexed with twice its concentration using EDTA, and (2) cultures were grown in trace metal buffered cultures using 100 m M excess EDTA. Growth was measured by in vivo fluorescence or visual cell counts. Both approaches gave the same result in that A. anophagefferens from the Peconic Estuary shows a very low iron requirement, the minimal iron quota below 10 nM. Low iron cultures showed little decrease in growth rate or growth yield. This is in agreement with the hypothesis of an oceanic origin for this species. The in vivo fluorescence per cell changes little with iron supply. Further experiments are in progress examining the effects of different chelators on the growth of Aureococcus, and if metabolic markers such as the ferredoxin /flavodoxin ratio or the ratio of variable to maximal fluorescence (Fv/Fm) can be used as an indicator of iron limitation in this species. This work was supported by New York Sea Grant and the Suffolk County Department of Health.
In recent years, the importance of chiral compounds in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals has been realized. The focus of the research in our laboratory has been the development of a synthesis to induce optical activity in substituted benzhydrols by oxygenation of appropriately substituted diphenylmethanes with cerium ammonium nitrate (CAN). It is known that oxygenation of benzylic carbon of diphenylmethane in the presence of CAN and a carboxylic acid will give an ester at the benzylic carbon. Accordingly, if a chiral carboxylic acid is used a new chiral center at the benzylic carbon may be induced.
Radioisotopic tracing is an important technique in chemistry and biology that has traditionally relied on autoradiographic detection using X-ray film. In phosphoimagery, radioisotopic samples are exposed to a storage phosphor screens. The screens are subsequently "read" using a rapid, pulsed laser scanner, and the data is digitized for display and analysis. There are several advantages over the traditional use of X-ray film:- 1) The screens can be "read" in a normally lit room, and are then erased for reuse. Substantial time is saved compared to photographic development of X-ray film, without the need for a darkroom. Furthermore, phosphoimagery side-steps the problems of disposal of waste photographic chemicals and used film. 2) Phosphoimagers have 10-100 times greater sensitivity to radioisotopes than film, allowing substantially shorter exposure times (20-100 x faster than film) and the use of considerably less radioisotopic materials. This additional sensitivity often allows totally novel experiments to be performed that would otherwise require over long exposure times. Data can be analyzed in days rather than weeks or months. 3) Phosphoimagery allows detection of both strong and weak signals with a single exposure and has a 5 order of magnitude dynamic range (10-100 times that of film) with excellent linearity. Exposure of agarose and acrylamide gels, TLC plates, glass slides, microtiter plates, and blots are therefore feasible over a wide range of energies. These advantages are highlighted in this presentation.
Gymnodinium brevis is a marine dinoflagellate that causes
red tides. This organism is responsible for massive killings of fish, as well as human
poisoning, due to its production of potent neurotoxins, the brevetoxins.
1. Giner, J.L., "Biosynthesis of marine sterol side chains", Chem.Revs. 1993, 93, 1735-1752.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning occurs when shellfish feed
on toxic dinoflagellates. A potent neurotoxin, saxitoxin accumulates in the shellfish and
is passed up through the foodchain. We are studying two approaches to the detection of
paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) toxins by HPLC. One protocol uses a post-column chemical
reaction (PCRS) to oxidize the saxitoxin ring system to form a fluorescent chromophore1.
The oxidation of the ring system is a critical component in the detection of saxitoxin and
congeners. Serious disadvantages accompany the PCRS method, such as the precipitation of
salts that can damage HPLC pumps and the need for careful control of flow rates. The
oxidation of the saxitoxin ring system can also be achieved by electrochemical techniques
(ECOS)1,2. These initial studies were conducted with standards and clean algal
extracts. In this poster, we report on the comparison of the two methods of analysis for
PSP toxins in shellfish. Analysis of saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin by ECOS techniques gave
results that were comparable to the PCRS-HPLC method. The analyses of gonyuatoxins (GTX
The determination of ultraviolet (UV) light fluxes is
critical to the quantification of in situ photochemical and photobiological
processes in seawater. We developed a dual chemical actinometry system for the
determination of integrated scalar irradiances in seawater. The integrated scalar
irradiance below 330 nm is determined from the photolysis of nitrate. The photolysis of
nitrite is used to quantify the integrated scalar irradiance from 320 to 380 nm. The
nitrate and nitrite actinometers are based on the photoproduction of the hydroxyl radical
that is scavenged by benzoic acid to form salicylic acid. The salicylic acid is quantified
by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.
Fine particles (less than 2.5 mm) are of a special concern from an environmental point of view. These particles are
enriched in carcinogenic substances. Due to their small size, they are not trapped in the
upper respiratory system and directly deposited in lungs, where their residence time is
months or years. Vegetative surfaces are known to be good collectors of small atmospheric
Passive samplers for hydrophobic organic compounds that
operate by diffusion of hydrophobes from water through a polymer membrane and into a
receiving solvent have been successfully developed and employed in our lab. Organic
solvent-soluble chelators offer a route to a selective passive sampler for metal ions in
water such as mercury. In this project two organic chelators, dithazone and
dimercaptotoluene, have been examined to determine the feasibility of the uptake of
mercury through a polymer membrane, polyethylene or cellulose, into an organic solvent
from an aqueous mercury solution. The organic chelators were made up in isooctane and
placed in a lab PISCES that was subsequently immerged in an aqueous 0.5mM mercuric nitrate
solution. Samples were taken at 4 hours, 24 hours, and 6 days. The samples were back
extracted using a 0.25N H
Amphiphilic copolymers that are capable of swelling to form physical gel networks in aqueous media have potentially important applications in the environmental clean up field. The ability for the linear-dendritic copolymer [G4]-PEG11,000-[G4] to encapsulate environmentally dangerous polyaromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, is analyzed in this study. N-methyl-4-(1-pyrene) vinyl pyridinium iodide is used as a model for PAH derivatives. Linear-dendritic architectures offer unique advantages over traditional linear copolymer architectures in that they have increased interstitial voids for the encapsulation of polyaromatic molecules placed in the intramolecular and intermolecular spaces formed by the dendritic fragment. In preliminary UV-Vis studies it was found that [G4]-PEG11,000-[G4] was able to completely encapsulate and bind N-methyl-4-(1-pyrene) vinyl pyridinium iodide in a aqueous environment within 24 hours. These are encouraging results for the employment of novel linear-dendritic copolymers in the removal or recycling of polyaromatic pollutants from internal, coastal, and groundwater resources. There are also several potential industrial applications such as utilization as phase-transfer agents and micro-reactors. Currently, kinetics studies on encapsulation and release of N-methyl-4-(1-pyrene) vinyl pyridinium iodide from [G4]-PEG11,000-[G4] are being conducted.
Alkoxy radicals are of key importance in atmospheric
chemistry. The chemistry of alkoxy radicals profoundly influences low altitude ozone
production both globally and in polluted environments. While the chemistry of small alkoxy
radicals has been well studied, the larger species have yet to be investigated directly.
A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy
of the feed gases directly to electricity (see figure below). They represent a unique
alternative energy source with no emissions and efficiencies that are not bound by the
Carnot cycle. The components of the fuel cell are: A carbon-based anode with a thin layer
of surface catalyst for fuel gas oxidation (H
Many pollutants, such as PCBs and dioxins, share similar
physical properties. For this class of compounds, sedimentation is the major removal
pathway of the pollutant in a lake. The rate of sedimentation is lake-specific, and varies
temporally and spatially, influenced mainly by plankton dynamics. Current models utilize
sediment cores to calculate annual average sedimentation rates, which leads to poor
precision in the model.
Hydrogen peroxide (H
The pecan nut casebearer, Acrobasis nuxvorella Neunzig, is one of the most significant pests to the pecan nut industry in the
southwestern United States and Mexico. Extensive research has been aimed at finding more
environmentally sound ways to manage and control the pecan nut casebearer. An alternative
synthesis of 9E,11Z-hexadecadienal, the major sex attractant of the pecan
nut casebearer has been carried out. Starting with 1-heptyn-3-ol, 9E,11Z-hexadecadienal
was obtained in seven steps and characterized using NMR. Key transformations include an
orthoester Claisen rearrangement, rearrangement of the product to a 2E,4Z-diene
ester using basic Al
Turbidity, a measurement of water clarity, is accounted
for primarily by the absorption and scattering of lights by the suspended particles in
most freshwater systems1. It is our interest to partition the turbidity as a
function of size distribution of particles and of their chemical compositions.
1 Effler, S. W.; Wodka, M. C.; and Field, S. D. J. Env. Eng. Div., ASCE, 1984, 110, 1134-1145.
2 Jiao Jianfu, Ph.D. dissertation, 1991, Department of Chemistry, SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
3 Skaneateles Lake Hydrodynamic/Turbidity Evaluation Report, 1995.
PISCES is a sampler for hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) in natural bodies of water. It consists of a reservoir of solvent contained in a metal sampling device, with a window of polymer membrane separating the solvent from the water. HOCs diffuse across the membrane and accumulate in the solvent, mimicking the diffusion of HOCs across gill membrane of fish and bioconcentration within the tissues. PISCES are left in the field for about a month and resulting data obtained is time integrated. PISCES sampling rate have been calibrated in the laboratory for a variety of HOCs including naphthalene, chlorinated benzenes and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). The effects of temperature, degree of turbulence and different membranes have been investigated. PISCES has been used to monitor organic compounds in Onondaga Lake, NY, the Oswego River and elsewhere previously. We propose to extend the applicability of PISCES by investigating the uptake of a variety of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). We plan to demonstrate the use of PISCES in the lower Hudson River and New York Harbor areas.
Dictyostelium discoideum (Amoebidae) secretes cell lysing enzymes; esterases, amidases and glycosylases, many of which degrade soil bacteria to provide a source of nutrients. Two of these enzymes, fatty acyl amidase I (FAA I) and fatty acyl amidase II (FAA II) act sequentially on the N-linked long chain acyl groups of lipid A, the lipid anchor of gram negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). FAA I selectively hydrolyzes the 3-hydroxymyristroyl group N-linked to the proximal glucosamine residue of de-O-acylated lipid A. Substrate specificity for FAA II is less selective, but does require prior de-N-acylation of the proximal sugar, i.e. the bis-N-acylated lipid A is not a substrate. We have synthesized a 14C-labeled substrate analog for FAA II, and used this in a novel assay to monitor its purification. Inhibitory studies indicate that FAA II is not a serine protease but may have a catalytic mechanism similar to metalloprotein de-N-acetylases such as LpxC. Interestingly, Rhizobial Nod factor signal oligosaccharides that substrate recognition by FAA II. In vitro evidence indicate that R. fredii Nod factors are induce root nodules on leguminous plants have many of the structural requirements for selectively de-N-acylated by purified FAA II suggesting that the enzyme may reduce the N2-fixing efficiency of Rhizobium-legume symbioses. In contrast, N-methylated Nod factors from transgenic R. fredii carrying the rhizobial nodS gene were resistant to FAA II, suggesting a mechanism by which Nod factors may be protected from enzymatic de-N-acylation. Since FAA II and Nod factors are both secreted, and Nod factors that lack the N-acyl group are unable to induce nodules, dictyostelial FAA II may decrease the efficiency of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the environment by reducing the available biologically active nodule inducer signal.
Rhizobium fredii USDA257 is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulates soybean. Nodulation is initiated upon secretion of Nod factor signal compounds synthesized by the microsymbiont. Rhizobial nodulation genes (noe, nod and nol), localized on the symbiotic plasmid, are important for determining host-specificity and biosynthesis of the nodulation factors. Nod genes noeI and nodS, for example, both encode for methyltransferase proteins. However, NoeI methylates a sugar residue at the 2-position, while NodS N-methylates the nonreducing terminal glucosamine residue on the Nod factor structure. Since the wild type strain does not carry an active nodS gene, the Rhizobium sp. NGR-234 nodS gene was cloned into 257pJFA31. Thus extending Rhizobium fredii's nodulation host range to include Leucaena. Rhizobium fredii USDA257 and 257pJFA31(NodS+) produce 2-O-methylfucose and fucose containing Nod factors and two capsular polysaccharides (CPS) consisting of mannose-Kdo repeating units and 2-O-methylmannose-Kdo repeating units. Upon induction of the nod genes with 5x10-4M apigenin, the Nod factors of both strains became labeled with [methyl-14C]methionine in the 2-O-methylfucose position. The 257pJFA31 strain also became labeled in the N-methyl position on the nonreducing glucosamine residue. The capsular polysaccharide, determined by the Kdo assay, became labeled with [methyl-14C]methionine in the 2-O-methylmannose portion of the disaccharide. After hydrolysis of the labeled disaccharide, the 2-O-methylmannose was isolated and characterized by GC/MS. Autoradiography-TLC, HPLC and LC/MS were utilized in confirming the presence of 2-O-methylfucose and 2-O-methylmannose in Nod factors and capsular polysaccharide. The evidence suggests that there may be a common precursor that is labeled with [methyl-14C]methionine and then feeds into both the inducible Nod factor biosynthetic pathway and CPS pathway.
Wilcoxina produces the siderophore ferricrocin (FCR) in iron-limited culture. To study the occurrence of FCR in forest soils and in mycorrhizia-plant associates, we are preparing antibodies against FCR. Ferricrocin was first reacted with succinic anhydride to give the FCR-hemisuccinate. This compound was purified by HPLC and gel chromatography, and characterized by NMR and mass spectroscopy. FCR-hemisuccinate was activated by 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethyaminopropyl)carbodiimide-HCl and reacted with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), to yield BSA-succinate-FCR or KLH-succinate-FCR conjugate, respectively. These conjugates were characterized by SDS-PAGE, Csaky assay, and Bradford protein assay. KLH-succinate-FCR has hapten to protein ratio (mole/g) of 4.08 ¥ 10-4; and BSA-succinate-FCR has hapten to protein ratio (mole/g) of 2.37 ¥ 10-4. The KLH-succinate-FCR has sent for antibody generation. This antibody will be screened against the BSA-succinate-FCR conjugate, and used to develop an ELISA assay to determine siderophore concentration in roots and natural soils.
Cytochalasins are biologically active mold metabolites.
The name "cytochalasin" refers to its diverse effects in cultured cells, which
arises because cytochalasins disrupt the actin microfilament cytoskeleton and inhibit
cytokinesis, the cytoplasmic dividing of a cell. The growth inhibiting capabilities of
cytochalasins make them prospective anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agents, but this is
limited by their inherent toxicity. In vivo testing in mice indicates that the
different cytochalasin congeners vary in toxicity. Our goal was to convert cytochalasin D
into cytochalasin C with an isomerization reaction under a hydrogen atmosphere.
Cytochalasin C has been found to be ten times less toxic in mice than cytochalasin D but
with essentially the same biological effectiveness against cells in culture. These two
compounds differ only by the placement of a double bond. The isomerization reaction
results in the changing of a methylene group in cytochalasin D to a methyl group in
cytochalasin C. After filtration of the charcoal catalyst, cytochalasin C is isolated from
any remaining cytochalasin D in the reaction product. On TLC plates the Rf value for
cytochalasin D is higher than that of cytochalasin C. Therefore, they can be separated on
C-18 reverse-phase thin layer chromatography plates in MeOH:H
Siderophores are small peptides that are important in the chelation and uptake of ferric iron. These peptides may also bind other metals and provide a mechanism for the uptake for toxic heavy metals into the cell. We have purified the siderophore ferricrocin (FCR) from iron-limited cultures of Aspergillus sp. and characterized its structure by chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Ferricrocin forms strong complexes with aluminum and copper in addition to iron. Formation of the aluminum-FCR complex inhibited the formation of the ferri-ferricrocin complex as measured by HPLC using radioactive iron for detection. In contrast, prior addition of copper to form the copper-FCR complex stimulated the formation of the ferri-ferricrocin complex. The importance of this results for the uptake of heavy metals by fungi will be discussed.
Quadricyclane has been suggested as an alternative
jet fuel by the air force. Prior to its use, research into the environmental fate of this
compound has been undertaken. Studies have shown that quadricyclane does not undergo
direct photolysis that is the action of sunlight alone does not cause degradation
of the compound. However, in the presence of dissolved natural organic matter (humic
acids), photodegradation can take place. Reactive intermediates formed by irradiation of
the humic acids appear to react with quadricyclane. Experiments on the effects of pH, O
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Why local online sites died: a post-mortem with a possible silver lining
Hyperlocal online news startups can resemble the bloody wars convulsing the Middle East.
"In the world of community news, you win or you die," said David Boraks, founder of the Davidson News and Cornelius News in North Carolina.
Boraks died, or at least his sites did a few months ago, he recounted to the Local Independent Online News Publishers/LION Publishers (LION) annual gathering in Chicago last week. "I'm totally at peace with the decision to shut down," Boraks said. "We kicked ass until the end."
The auditorium at Columbia College in Chicago's downtown South Loop might have been draped in black for a gathering whose de facto predecessor was called Block by Block. There was, after all, a distinctly funereal air to a session titled, "Turning out the Lights."
Conducting the journalism autopsy was Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, an incubator for U.S. news entrepreneurs and innovators. She's also the Entrepreneur in Residence at American University in Washington, D.C.
The subjects of her genteel dissection were Boraks; Ned Berke, founder of Sheepshead Bites in Brooklyn, New York; and Mike Fourcher, founder of Center Square Journal and Roscoe View Journal in Chicago (with whom I partnered briefly at the Chicago News Cooperative, which for two and a half years produced local content for The New York Times).
The local news journalists shared distinct commonalities. When they started, they saw a potential market. They were proud of their work. And, in hindsight, they weren't especially good businessmen and wish they had given more disciplined forethought to that element of their enterprise.
By the time they came to that realization, it was too late.
Boraks had about 105,000 unique monthly visitors to his two sites, he said, and revenues actually rose last year. But he was also up against two weeklies, two monthlies, a daily with its local section, a local deals site, even the Chamber of Commerce selling ads both in its print magazine and on its website. It was all competition for slices of the same advertising pie.
When new business surfaced in the area, he just wasn't in their marketing plans. They may have loved the notion of his writing about them but not necessarily in signing a contract. He couldn't ever get a Small Business Administration Loan since banks didn't quite understand his business.
There were other problems. He really needed to expand to a few more towns to sell to a larger network of advertisers. He didn't have a mobile site (partly because he never thought it would actually help in selling ads). He didn't do money making events or charge for access to his sites. He was totally dependent on an advertising model to support what at one point were four full-time and three part-time staff, which was essentially the preponderance of his costs.
So after nine years, he decided that was it. His counsel to attendees was simple: If you start, have a business plan. He really didn't.
Ned Berke ran his Brooklyn site for six years until he sold to Corner Media Group (a rarity that he got out via a sale). Until he departed recently for LifePosts, he continued to edit the publication that he started "on a lark." It is still alive.
But the challenges he referenced were similar to those of Boraks and Fourcher, with the latter the most vivid in discussing the ups and downs he encountered.
He started in 2010 after a career in politics and doing consulting for alternative papers. It was a very small operation, with himself, a full-time reporter and a part-time sales person. He grossed around $120,000 a year, which was healthy "but not healthy enough." He had around 120,000 to 150,000 unique monthly visitors.
But was what perhaps most interesting about his post-mortem was the unexpected competition that undermined him.
Yes, AOL's Patch came to Chicago, but they didn't prove that much of a threat, he said. Then there was the arrival of DNAinfo, which was and remains a strong editorial product "since they hired good people." But even that wasn't a killer.
The biggest threats were email newsletters produced by various neighborhood businesses, in part to fill a gap created by the demise of some neighborhood papers, and even newsletters by local Chambers of Commerce and Chicago aldermen.
Yes, news of individual wards provided by the politicians themselves was a competitive impediment. One newsletter, he said, has 40,000 readers. And, of course, it's free.
"You can't go to the alderman and say, 'Stop doing that!'" Fourcher said not long after he tongue-in-cheek thanked Schaeffer for his "being on the most depressing panel EVER."
When he pitched a big museum, it pointed to the larger audience of the Chicago Tribune online and, Fourcher said, asked, "Why do I care about you?"
He then realized how very small he was and how difficult it was "to make a value proposition. They wanted customers from all over, not just a small area. That was devastating."
He did partner with the group I helped to start, the Chicago News Cooperative (CNC), and charged $150 for a six-month political newsletter leading up to big local elections. It was very good and inspired a brief uptick for the CNC. But, for him and his primary endeavor, it was too little, too late, even if the essence, and name ("Early and Often"), of the political newsletter is now found at the Chicago Sun-Times, albeit without his involvement.
There was less interest in the quality of his editorial product than he had originally assumed. When he held a community meeting to discuss his site's future, "120 people showed up to support me." But when it came to actually committing to raising money for him, there were no takers.
But even though he closed down, he was not deterred. The past failure led to his latest venture and to his ultimate advice to the gathering.
He's now turning out a newsletter, Aldertrack, about Chicago aldermen. There's a free email, with a basic aggregation of news; a $345 a year newsletter with original reporting each weekday; and what he calls "white label reporting," in which he charges thousands of dollars for content of specific interest to a client, be it a trade association or a lobbyist.
"That's the thing I learned from the CNC [and other endeavors]: Audiences may be declining in value but services and understanding those audiences are increasing in value."
"Building subscribers and providing a service they think they can't get anywhere else is increasingly valuable and difficult to attack."
And here's the real kicker for those who get too down over the tales recounted at the conference: a lot of the content he's making money from may well be in the public domain, but it's what his customers want.
And who are the people who can find and communicate that content, he asked rhetorically. "Journalists."


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3.42 rear axle... would you own it ? GMC pick up.....thanks for the feedback ... I pull a tin center console
3.42 rear axle... would you own it ? GMC pick up.....thanks for the feedback ... I pull a tin center console
I had a 4.3 GMC way back in the day, 1994. It was my first new car ever. Loved it. It was 2wd and I think AC was the only option it had. Got great mileage and was so smooth if I didn't pay attention I'd be going 85 mph everywhere. I didn't have a boat back then but when I moved I used it to pull a 20 something foot tandem axle Uhaul trailer with everything I owned at the time. No problemo. I think it would quite sufficient to pull any bass boat, aluminum or glass. It's rated to pull over 7000 lbs and it makes almost as much HP as the 5.3 GMC I had in 2004. A lot of guys think you can't pull a jon boat unless you have 1 ton diesel but that's BS.
2008 Triton TR-186
Mercury 150 Optimax (1B541231)
HDS 7 bow and console w/StructureScan
HDS Compatibility Matrix
As long as you don't get in an all fired up hurry it'll do just fine. The dealer gave me one for a day or so back when they had my 14 Silverado for repairs and I had to open the darn hood to make sure they gave me a V-6 and not a V-8. All I told them was I needed something that would tow a bass boat and they said it would no problem. I never did it but I belive it would have. Seems like the V-6 came with a 3.73 back then?
Depends on tire size your gonna run?! The motor has enough power but if not geared right your gonna go thru some transmissions. Regearing on assuming a 2 wheel drive is really not that expensive.


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I am thinking to buy iPod Touch 4. Do you think it's worth to buy or should I wait for the 5 generation model?
This is my first iPod Touch and I want to buy the best. Do you have any idea when the new iPod Touch will be launched?
Thanks for reading my question!
Unfortunatly you can never be sure, the best indications are past release dates and some rumour sites. The decision is basicly maths, the probability of it being released this year and the financial circumstances of you as an individual. Also consider other options such as buying a second hand one or buying a new one now, selling it when the 5g comes out and putting the money you get towards it.
Some good information on Wikipedia (can't believe I said that) if you want more evidence or feel free to ask me anything else.
Also you ask about release dates:
1st gen iPod touch - September 2007
2nd gen iPod touch - September 2008
3rd gen iPod touch - September 2009
4th gen iPod touch - September 2010
5th gen, didn't get realised on September 2011
So, it's already what, 18 months old. ALSO, consider we're only on the iPhone 4S and the touch is basically an iPhone with no phone! My guess is an iPhone 5 will be out by September, October time so an iPod touch isn't going to be that far behind. As they skipped a year consider that there may also be a big jump in specification too which is only going to be hard for your 18 month old yet 6 month new iPod touch 4th gen to keep up with come iPod touch 5 release day. So my advice is if you don't have the surplus cash just wait, I know it's hard, or just get a 2nd hand cheaper one to bide your time as I doubt your a secret millionaire or you probably wounldnt be asking the question in the first place. I got burned, so you don't have too!
Ok i would be waiting for 5g model but are you sure that its going to release this year
Personally I would wait. I got my iPod touch 3rd Gen as a free gift when I signed up for mobile broadband but this was after the 4th Gen had been realeased and on the website I used they incorrectly referred to the iPod offer as a 4th Gen iPod (why I signed up) but what actually came was a 3rd Gen. I complained but got nowhere (It was 3 the mobile network and their customer service is terrible, the only people who would speak to me we're indian and just kept saying "everyone else got the 3rd gen too so even though we advertised a 4th gen we don't see your point"
Anyway I quickly found as I updated applications many stopped working or were not supporting 3rd gen iPods and I felt that even though the iPod was less than a year old it just wasn't "new enough" for me to experience at least a year of cross compatible applications. I do appreciate that the leap from 3rd gen to 4th gen was a big one (retina display and mic for example) but it did feel not fit for purpose far far too soon.
Another consideration (if your applications) is that most applications you use on the touch are actually written for the iPhone, so if that gets an update you can often be left behind so also consider what iPhones are on the horizon too. My girlfriend wanted to buy me an iPad for my birthday last tear but I actually told her to wait and that I would wait until the iPad 3rd gen was released as I didn't want the same "outdated" experience I had with the touch.


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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Period of Adjustment
Got just THREE shifts left in work. It feels weird. After working there for over three and half years, all I have left to do is 35 hours. I thought I'd feel a bit sentimental about by now, but to be honest my three shifts this week have been shifts from hell. Talk about going out with a bang.
Obviously, in this line of work, you face incidents which could be classed as challenging constantly. But this week I had an "official" challenging incident as defined by my employers policies and procedures. In the whole time I've worked there I think I've only ever had two incidents serious enough to warrant official Challenging Incident procedures. This one involved a knife.
Not the quiet, hassle-free final shifts I envisaged! And last night I had to file a missing persons report which we haven't had to do there for ages either.
If anything I am now more sure than ever that packing it all in and retraining is the best decision I have ever made. I hope my last three shifts this week will be more like their usual selves.
One lovely thing did happen last night though. Our projects are dispersed and sometimes staff who don't usually work at my hostel have to come and cover the sleep-in shifts. A senior member of staff was sleeping-in last night and we were chatting about my future, when she turned and said to me that the first time she ever came to the hostel to do a sleep-in I'd made her feel more welcome and comfortable than she'd ever felt anywhere before. Apparently I took her down to the staff areas and showed her around, and fetched her a glass of water for the night.
I couldn't remember any of this – and she said that I probably wouldn't because those little actions are probably things I would have done for anyone and are simply in my nature, but that night they meant the world to her.
I was so moved by that! Small actions can sometimes make big differences – go share the love, people!!!
It's a hell of a tough job that even at the best of times can really take it out of you, so it's nice that I guess somewhere, somehow, over all that time in the hostel I made at least the smallest difference to someone, even if they were a colleague.
Either that, or she made it all up just to be nice to me hahaha!!
So anyway…………I'm all ready to start my new life. Three more shifts and a bit of mental-adjustment, and I'll be a student. A trainee teacher. Weird!!!
Can I also say a big thanks to all the kind wishes people have sent me for starting the course, especially the offers of a shout out from teachery peeps should I need any advice or help. It really truly is appreciated and no doubt I'll be calling upon your expertise in the near future :)
I said I'd been shopping for lots of things I probably won't be able to afford anymore…..namely clothes! Here are some pics of my loot!
I love these bags from good ole cheapy Peacocks, I lug my stuff to work in one now, and when I saw them reduced to just £1.50 each I thought I'd snap a couple up for uni. A couple turned into 4 as I had trouble choosing between all the fab designs! My fave is the blue heart one – it's such a cute size and has little pleats in it. They are just the right size and as they're cotton they can just be chucked in the wash and come out like new. Fabulous! I also made sure Lee treated me to a couple of smart leather bags too and a hoard of new shoes. I bought myself the bargains; he got to pay for the pricey stuff. I'm quite an opportunist like that!!!
Here's my new student wardrobe lol! At the moment it's nicely organised into sections: knitwear, long sleeves, tshirts, vest tops..........wonder how long that will last?!How I will decide what to wear first I don't know! My top picks are:Tweet!Twoot! (I wore this to the Swansea retreat and got pasta sauce down it. Praise the lord for Vanish Stain Remover in all it's pink-bottled glory!!)Bought loads of accessories too. Whilst picking up those cotton bags in Peacocks I spied they had their fashion jewellery reduced to stooooopid prices so bagged plenty, and then headed down to Outfit, where they always have loads of nice fashion jewellery from Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Evans reduced to under £4. I often pick up things for a pound there! Think this big blue heart on a long chain and little silver butterfly were my favourite finds this time though.Speaking of jewellery – lookey what I made! I got my ever-so-talented mum to show me how to make wrapped loop, nicked all her tools for a couple of evenings and away I went! This is a pendant but I haven't attached it to anything yet. I'm thinking either a long chain or organza ribbon, although the pendant might be a bit heavy for that. I lurve green at the mo!Right. I'm off to see if I've won the lottery :) Catch you soon blogeroonies xxx
5 comments:
- Thirteen Pink Ladybirds said...
Wow, we are long-lost twins! I have THREE weeks to go and then I finish Uni! Nearly a midwife! OMGosh! Sort of twins, huh?
Okay, anyway, GO YOU! with all that shopping and jewellry-making.
Best of luck on your first day at Uni.
Victoria xx
- 4:43 pm
- Gemma* said...
wow, you have been busy! Like that purple top with the birdie on it, very scrapbooky!!! You going to SW crop on Sat? I'm going, but may not be able to stay all day . . . trying to do too much as usual! Maybe see you there?!
- 6:36 pm
Ooh look at all of those goodies?! Some gorgeous things there girly! xxx
- 8:19 pm
- Caroline said...
You have been a busy bee Nat. Getting all organised too. Good luck being a student - I bet you'll have a blast.........
- 10:36 pm
- Di said...
Ha ha well done Nat, get that last minute shopping in.
Go for it girly and enjoy Uni. I love your wardrobe, it's so funky.
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Can anyone recommend a local shop who might have them?Thanks Anton
TristanSpill - 2 August 2011, 12:25 pm
Maybe this?http://tonisgotsole.com/
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