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42 U.S. Code § 1395w–111 - PDP regions; submission of bids; plan approval
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(a) Establishment of PDP regions; service areas
(1) Coverage of entire PDP region
The service area for a prescription drug plan shall consist of an entire PDP region established under paragraph (2).
(2) Establishment of PDP regions
(A) In general
(B) Relation to MA regions
To the extent practicable, PDP regions shall be the same as MA regions under section 1395w–27a (a)(2) of this title. The Secretary may establish PDP regions which are not the same as MA regions if the Secretary determines that the establishment of different regions under this part would improve access to benefits under this part.
(b) Submission of bids, premiums, and related information
(1) In general
A PDP sponsor shall submit to the Secretary information described in paragraph (2) with respect to each prescription drug plan it offers. Such information shall be submitted at the same time and in a similar manner to the manner in which information described in paragraph (6) of section 1395w–24 (a) of this title is submitted by an MA organization under paragraph (1) of such section.
(2) Information described
The information described in this paragraph is information on the following:
(A) Coverage provided
The prescription drug coverage provided under the plan, including the deductible and other cost-sharing.
(B) Actuarial value
(C) Bid
Information on the bid, including an actuarial certification of—
(ii) the portion of such bid attributable to basic prescription drug coverage and, if applicable, the portion of such bid attributable to supplemental benefits;
(iii) assumptions regarding the reinsurance subsidy payments provided under section 1395w–115 (b) of this title subtracted from the actuarial value to produce such bid; and
(E) Level of risk assumed
(i) In general Whether the PDP sponsor requires a modification of risk level under clause (ii) and, if so, the extent of such modification. Any such modification shall apply with respect to all prescription drug plans offered by a PDP sponsor in a PDP region. This subparagraph shall not apply to an MA–PD plan.
(ii) Risk levels described A modification of risk level under this clause may consist of one or more of the following:
(I) Increase in Federal percentage assumed in initial risk corridor An equal percentage point increase in the percents applied under subparagraphs (B)(i), (B)(ii)(I), (C)(i), and (C)(ii)(I) of section 1395w–115 (e)(2) of this title. In no case shall the application of previous sentence prevent the application of a higher percentage under section 1395w–115 (e)(2)(B)(iii) [1] of this title.
(II) Increase in Federal percentage assumed in second risk corridor An equal percentage point increase in the percents applied under subparagraphs (B)(ii)(II) and (C)(ii)(II) of section 1395w–115 (e)(2) of this title.
(3) Paperwork reduction for offering of prescription drug plans nationally or in multi-region areas
The Secretary shall establish requirements for information submission under this subsection in a manner that promotes the offering of such plans in more than one PDP region (including all regions) through the filing of consolidated information.
(c) Actuarial valuation
(1) Processes
For purposes of this part, the Secretary shall establish processes and methods for determining the actuarial valuation of prescription drug coverage, including—
(A) an actuarial valuation of standard prescription drug coverage under section 1395w–102 (b) of this title;
(B) actuarial valuations relating to alternative prescription drug coverage under section 1395w–102 (c)(1) of this title;
(C) an actuarial valuation of the reinsurance subsidy payments under section 1395w–115 (b) of this title;
(2) Accounting for drug utilization
Such processes and methods for determining actuarial valuation shall take into account the effect that providing alternative prescription drug coverage (rather than standard prescription drug coverage) has on drug utilization.
(3) Responsibilities
(A) Plan responsibilities
PDP sponsors and MA organizations are responsible for the preparation and submission of actuarial valuations required under this part for prescription drug plans and MA–PD plans they offer.
(d) Review of information and negotiation
(1) Review of information
The Secretary shall review the information filed under subsection (b) of this section for the purpose of conducting negotiations under paragraph (2).
(2) Negotiation regarding terms and conditions
Subject to subsection (i) of this section, in exercising the authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary—
(A) has the authority to negotiate the terms and conditions of the proposed bid submitted and other terms and conditions of a proposed plan; and
(e) Approval of proposed plans
(1) In general
After review and negotiation under subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the prescription drug plan.
(2) Requirements for approval
The Secretary may approve a prescription drug plan only if the following requirements are met:
(A) Compliance with requirements
The plan and the PDP sponsor offering the plan comply with the requirements under this part, including the provision of qualified prescription drug coverage.
(B) Actuarial determinations
(C) Application of FEHBP standard
(i) In general The Secretary determines that the portion of the bid submitted under subsection (b) of this section that is attributable to basic prescription drug coverage is supported by the actuarial bases provided under such subsection and reasonably and equitably reflects the revenue requirements (as used for purposes of section 300e–1 (8)(C) of this title) for benefits provided under that plan, less the sum (determined on a monthly per capita basis) of the actuarial value of the reinsurance payments under section 1395w–115 (b) of this title.
(ii) Supplemental coverage The Secretary determines that the portion of the bid submitted under subsection (b) of this section that is attributable to supplemental prescription drug coverage pursuant to section 1395w–102 (a)(2) of this title is supported by the actuarial bases provided under such subsection and reasonably and equitably reflects the revenue requirements (as used for purposes of section 300e–1 (8)(C) of this title) for such coverage under the plan.
(D) Plan design
(i) In general The Secretary does not find that the design of the plan and its benefits (including any formulary and tiered formulary structure) are likely to substantially discourage enrollment by certain part D eligible individuals under the plan.
(ii) Use of categories and classes in formularies The Secretary may not find that the design of categories and classes within a formulary violates clause (i) if such categories and classes are consistent with guidelines (if any) for such categories and classes established by the United States Pharmacopeia.
(f) Application of limited risk plans
(1) Conditions for approval of limited risk plans
The Secretary may only approve a limited risk plan (as defined in paragraph (4)(A)) for a PDP region if the access requirements under section 1395w–103 (a) of this title would not be met for the region but for the approval of such a plan (or a fallback prescription drug plan under subsection (g) of this section).
(2) Rules
The following rules shall apply with respect to the approval of a limited risk plan in a PDP region:
(A) Limited exercise of authority
(B) Maximizing assumption of risk
The Secretary shall provide priority in approval for those plans bearing the highest level of risk (as computed by the Secretary), but the Secretary may take into account the level of the bids submitted by such plans.
(3) Acceptance of all full risk contracts
There shall be no limit on the number of full risk plans that are approved under subsection (e) of this section.
(4) Risk-plans defined
For purposes of this subsection:
(A) Limited risk plan
The term "limited risk plan" means a prescription drug plan that provides basic prescription drug coverage and for which the PDP sponsor includes a modification of risk level described in subparagraph (E) of subsection (b)(2) of this section in its bid submitted for the plan under such subsection. Such term does not include a fallback prescription drug plan.
(g) Guaranteeing access to coverage
(1) Solicitation of bids
(A) In general
Separate from the bidding process under subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall provide for a process for the solicitation of bids from eligible fallback entities (as defined in paragraph (2)) for the offering in all fallback service areas (as defined in paragraph (3)) in one or more PDP regions of a fallback prescription drug plan (as defined in paragraph (4)) during the contract period specified in paragraph (5).
(B) Acceptance of bids
(i) In general Except as provided in this subparagraph, the provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall apply with respect to the approval or disapproval of fallback prescription drug plans. The Secretary shall enter into contracts under this subsection with eligible fallback entities for the offering of fallback prescription drug plans so approved in fallback service areas.
(ii) Limitation of 1 plan for all fallback service areas in a PDP region With respect to all fallback service areas in any PDP region for a contract period, the Secretary shall approve the offering of only 1 fallback prescription drug plan.
(iii) Competitive procedures Competitive procedures (as defined in section 132 of title 41) shall be used to enter into a contract under this subsection. The provisions of subsection (d) ofsection 1395kk–1 of this title shall apply to a contract under this section in the same manner as they apply to a contract under such section.
(iv) Timing The Secretary shall approve a fallback prescription drug plan for a PDP region in a manner so that, if there are any fallback service areas in the region for a year, the fallback prescription drug plan is offered at the same time as prescription drug plans would otherwise be offered.
(V) [2] No national fallback plan The Secretary shall not enter into a contract with a single fallback entity for the offering of fallback plans throughout the United States.
(2) Eligible fallback entity
For purposes of this section, the term "eligible fallback entity" means, with respect to all fallback service areas in a PDP region for a contract period, an entity that—
(A) meets the requirements to be a PDP sponsor (or would meet such requirements but for the fact that the entity is not a risk-bearing entity); and
(B) does not submit a bid under subsection (b) of this section for any prescription drug plan for any PDP region for the first year of such contract period.
For purposes of subparagraph (B), an entity shall be treated as submitting a bid with respect to a prescription drug plan if the entity is acting as a subcontractor of a PDP sponsor that is offering such a plan. The previous sentence shall not apply to entities that are subcontractors of an MA organization except insofar as such organization is acting as a PDP sponsor with respect to a prescription drug plan.
(3) Fallback service area
For purposes of this subsection, the term "fallback service area" means, for a PDP region with respect to a year, any area within such region for which the Secretary determines before the beginning of the year that the access requirements of the first sentence of section 1395w–103 (a) of this title will not be met for part D eligible individuals residing in the area for the year.
(4) Fallback prescription drug plan
For purposes of this part, the term "fallback prescription drug plan" means a prescription drug plan that—
(A) only offers the standard prescription drug coverage and access to negotiated prices described in section 1395w–102 (a)(1)(A) of this title and does not include any supplemental prescription drug coverage; and
(5) Payments under the contract
(A) In general
A contract entered into under this subsection shall provide for—
(i) payment for the actual costs (taking into account negotiated price concessions described in section 1395w–102 (d)(1)(B) of this title) of covered part D drugs provided to part D eligible individuals enrolled in a fallback prescription drug plan offered by the entity; and
(B) Performance measures
The performance measures established by the Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) shall include at least measures for each of the following:
(i) Costs The entity contains costs to the Medicare Prescription Drug Account and to part D eligible individuals enrolled in a fallback prescription drug plan offered by the entity through mechanisms such as generic substitution and price discounts.
(ii) Quality programs The entity provides such enrollees with quality programs that avoid adverse drug reactions and overutilization and reduce medical errors.
(iii) Customer service The entity provides timely and accurate delivery of services and pharmacy and beneficiary support services.
(6) Monthly beneficiary premium
Except as provided in section 1395w–113 (b) of this title (relating to late enrollment penalty) and subject to section 1395w–114 of this title (relating to low-income assistance), the monthly beneficiary premium to be charged under a fallback prescription drug plan offered in all fallback service areas in a PDP region shall be uniform and shall be equal to 25.5 percent of an amount equal to the Secretary's estimate of the average monthly per capita actuarial cost, including administrative expenses, under the fallback prescription drug plan of providing coverage in the region, as calculated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In calculating such administrative expenses, the Chief Actuary shall use a factor that is based on similar expenses of prescription drug plans that are not fallback prescription drug plans.
(7) General contract terms and conditions
(A) In general
Except as may be appropriate to carry out this section, the terms and conditions of contracts with eligible fallback entities offering fallback prescription drug plans under this subsection shall be the same as the terms and conditions of contracts under this part for prescription drug plans.
(B) Period of contract
(i) In general Subject to clause (ii), a contract approved for a fallback prescription drug plan for fallback service areas for a PDP region under this section shall be for a period of 3 years (except as may be renewed after a subsequent bidding process).
(h) Annual report on use of limited risk plans and fallback plans
The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report that describes instances in which limited risk plans and fallback prescription drug plans were offered under subsections (f) and (g) of this section. The Secretary shall include in such report such recommendations as may be appropriate to limit the need for the provision of such plans and to maximize the assumption of financial risk under section subsection (f) of this section.
(i) Noninterference
In order to promote competition under this part and in carrying out this part, the Secretary—
(1) may not interfere with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and PDP sponsors; and
(j) Coordination of benefits
A PDP sponsor offering a prescription drug plan shall permit State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs and Rx plans under sections 1395w–133 and 1395w–134 of this title to coordinate benefits with the plan and, in connection with such coordination with such a Program, not to impose fees that are unrelated to the cost of coordination.
[1] See References in Text note below.
[2] So in original. Probably should be "(v)".
Source(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XVIII, § 1860D–11, as added Pub. L. 108–173, title I, § 101(a)(2),Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2092; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title III, § 3209(b),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 460.)
References in Text
Section 1395w–115 (e)(2)(B)(iii) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(E)(ii)(I), was in the original "section 1869D–15(e)(2)(B)(iii)", and was translated as reading "section 1860D–15(e)(2)(B)(iii)", meaning 1860D–15(e)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because the Social Security Act does not contain a section 1869D–15 andsection 1395w–115 (e)(2)(B)(iii) of this title provides for an application of a higher percentage for years 2006 and 2007.
In subsec. (g)(1)(B)(iii), "section 132 of title 41" substituted for "section 4(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(5))" on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c),Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
2010—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 111–148added par. (3).
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148applicable to bids submitted for contract years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2011, see section 3209(c) ofPub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 1395w–24 of this title.
Study Regarding Regional Variations in Prescription Drug Spending
Pub. L. 108–173, title I, § 107(a),Dec. 8, 2003, 117 Stat. 2169, provided that:
"(1) In general.—The Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall conduct a study that examines variations in per capita spending for covered part D drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w–101 et seq.] among PDP regions and, with respect to such spending, the amount of such variation that is attributable to—
"(A) price variations (described in section 1860D–15(c)(2) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w–115 (c)(2)]); and
"(B) differences in per capita utilization that is not taken into account in the health status risk adjustment provided under section 1860D–15(c)(1) of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w–115 (c)(1)].
"(2) Report and recommendations.—Not later than January 1, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include—
"(A) information regarding the extent of geographic variation described in paragraph (1)(B);
"(B) an analysis of the impact on direct subsidies under section 1860D–15(a)(1) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395w–115 (a)(1)] in different PDP regions if such subsidies were adjusted to take into account the variation described in subparagraph (A); and
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After Republicans swept into office in 1994, Bill Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over. Nearly $10 trillion of federal debt later, the era of big government is at its zenith.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, this will be the third consecutive year in which the federal government is running a deficit near or greater than $1 trillion. The solution to the government's fiscal crisis must begin by cutting spending in all areas, particularly in those that can be better run at the state or local level. Last month I introduced legislation to do just that. And though it seems extreme to some—containing over $500 billion in spending cuts enacted over one year—it is a necessary first step toward ending our fiscal crisis.
My proposal would first roll back almost all federal spending to 2008 levels, then initiate reductions at various levels nearly across the board. Cuts to the Departments of Agriculture and Transportation would create over $42 billion in savings each, while cuts to the Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development would save about $50 billion each. Removing education from the federal government's jurisdiction would create almost $80 billion in savings alone. Add to that my proposed reductions in international aid, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and other federal agencies, and we arrive at over $500 billion.
My proposal, not surprisingly, has been greeted skeptically in Washington, where serious spending cuts are a rarity. But it is a modest proposal when measured against the size of our mounting debt. It would keep 85% of our government funding in place and not touch Social Security or Medicare. But by reducing wasteful spending and shuttering departments that are beyond the constitutional role of the federal government, such as the Department of Education, we can cut nearly 40% of our projected deficit and at the same time remove thousands of big-government bureaucrats who stand in the way of efficiency.


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TeleTweet makes it incredibly easy to type in tweets without looking at your phone. You can seamlessly type tweets with one finger on the paddle, once you learn Morse Code of course. TeleTweet was created as a novelty application to showcase our love for Steampunk design, while providing a unique twitter client that encourages you to type in tweets using Morse Code.
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If you don't want to learn Morse code, you can fall back to entering tweets using the standard keyboard you have come to love. Although, you never know when knowing a little Morse code could save your life...such as being ship wrecked off the coast of California, having to send S.O.S. because your satellite Internet connection has gone down. Turn TeleTweet into landscape mode, and watch your tweets come through in real-time, as the ticker tape rolls..
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Send tweets with one finger on the paddle. Watch your real-time twitter feed come in on the ticker-tape. Learn Morse code. Impress your friends with your ability to code in Morse.
Steampunk design by IconFactory. Save your own life some day. Replace your keyboard with TeleTweet to send tweets. Compete with your friends with the speed at which you can bust out a new tweet.
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Turn your phone into landscape mode and receive your tweets on a circa 1869 Ticker Tape Machine designed by Thomas Edison. Watch your tweets come to life as they scroll across the screen in both Morse Code and human readable text.
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Be Mindful, Live in the present
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How serious is the Federal Trade Commission about its look into Google's business practices? Perhaps more serious than many had initially thought. The FTC has recently brought in an external lawyer to take over control of the investigation, leading some to believe that information already uncovered by the year-old probe might not be entirely favorable to Google's position that it has done anything wrong or illegal.
The FTC is denying that the addition of former Justice Department prosecutor Beth Wilkinson is a sign that it intends to sue Google. Richard Feinstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, said that they were "delighted to have someone of her caliber helping us on such an important matter."
However Dave Wales, the former FTC director of competition, believes Wilkinson's involvement hints toward possible issues that would require greater legal action on behalf of the FTC.
"This may not be not a declaration of all-out war, but it's like things have been ratcheted up to 'Defcon 4,'" Wales said. "You don't do something like this unless you think there is a good chance there will be litigation."
Wilkinson is a legal heavyweight. In addition to having experience in various antitrust law and white-collar cases, she is also responsible for the conviction of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, in 1997.
Google declined to comment on Wilkinson's appointment to the investigation, but maintains no wrongdoing in the highlighting of its other services in search results. The company also denies fixing search results to promote clients of its advertising network, another accusation being investigated by the probe.
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With relatively long reviews like this I generally prefer to dive into history a little bit, to establish context and provide some background. When it comes to tablets, I've already written that history, so I decided to re-print it here for convenience's sake. If you've already read the article on the history of tablets, you can skip straight to page 3 to dive into the actual review.
This is the beginning of the reprinted article.
In an article about the supposed upcoming Apple tablet, Paul Thorrot made a jab at the hype that has developed, arguing that Microsoft was first with its tablet PC initiative in the early 2000s. Daring Fireball's John Gruber disagrees with Thurrot, and claims that Apple's Newton was the first tablet. In rushing to defend their pet companies, I say both are wrong. Nor Apple, nor Microsoft has anything to do with the conceptualisation or realisation of the tablet computer.
Thurrot made his remarks in a short post on his blog right before CES, when it was revealed that Steve Ballmer would debut a new tablet computer made by HP. "I can now reveal that Microsoft and its PC maker partners will announce and then deliver their own Tablet PC well before Apple. And I have an exclusive photo of a prototype of this unbelievable, trend-setting, and innovative product," Thurrot wrote, "From 2001. The devices shipped in 2002. Almost eight years ago."
Yesterday, John Gruber argued that if you really want to dive into who was the first with the tablet computer, the credit should go to Apple. "Even if you're only concerned about who was first, shouldn't that credit go to Apple, for the Newton MessagePad that first shipped in 1993?" Gruber wonders in his piece called "The Original Tablet".
Well, no. They're both wrong. Both Microsoft and Apple were late to the game when it comes to tablet computing, and so far, neither of the two companies have been able to popularise the paradigm in any meaningful way - but boy, did they try. Later this month, Apple could unveil a tablet that will finally jumpstart this so far insignificant market, but up until then, their best attempt is an admittedly cool device that was far ahead of its time - but failed, nonetheless.
The tablet computing concept
If you want to dive into the history of the tablet computing paradigm, you must first separate the concept from the product. It's not uncommon in the world of computing (or any field, for that matter) for concepts to be much older than the first actual product, but in the case of the tablet it's all rather obvious.
The first complete concept of a tablet computer was the DynaBook, conceptualised by Alan Kay in the late 1960s and early 1970s in his article "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages" (much more information about the DynaBook here). The DynaBook was not just a tablet form-factor computer long before even the laptop appeared on the scene - Kay also described several ideas that would become commonplace only decades later.
The DynaBook was to be a tablet-style computer aimed at learning and gathering information. Kay envisioned that DynaBooks could connect wirelessly to centralised information storages, and could "abstract" information from those storages. It was about the size of a notepad, with a hardware keyboard at the bottom, and a screen at the top (using "liquid crystal", a brand-new technology back then). It could also play audio files, record voice memos, and much, much more.
So far, it sounds like a tablet, but you are all wondering where the stylus comes in. Apart from printing the word "stylus" in one the illustrations, there's no further mention of it in the article. In fact Kay takes it all a few steps further: he basically describes a multitouch display. In 1972. That's almost 40 years ago.
The DynaBook is the first tablet computer concept, but it is so much more. The ideas underlying the software of the DynaBook are based on then-new insights from psychology on how children learn and develop, from articles written by people like Omar K. Moore, Seymour Papert, and Jean Piaget.
"A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages" should be required reading material for anyone interested in computing. We often claim that people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are visionaries, but they don't hold a candle to the likes of Alan Kay and Douglas Engelbart. These last two are people who thought up concepts and ideas that would only become possible and widespread decades after, whereas Jobs and Gates are businessmen, who take existing ideas and come up with ways to trick us into buying those technologies. Having good business sense is admirable - but it hardly makes you a visionary.
The DynaBook most likely wasn't the only tablet computer concept, but it is one of the most well-known. As a side note, the different components of tablet computing had been in development since long before the DynaBook; stylus input specifically has origins dating back to 1888 (!).
By the way, look at this gem from Kay's DynaBook article about storing books on the DynaBook bought from vending machines: "The ability to make copies easily and to "own" one's information will probably not debilitate existing markets, just as easy xerography has enhanced publishing (rather than hurting it as some predicted), and as tapes have not damaged the LP record business but have provided a way to organise one's own music."
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Greetings fellow dirt diggers: Are you ready to get down and dirty...in the garden? I collected my soil samples February 19th just in the nick of time.....
Early Season Vegetable Gardening
By Linda Workman Smith
Greetings fellow dirt diggers: Are you ready to get down and dirty—in the garden?
I collected my soil samples February 19th just in the nick of time, as the next day snow covered my landscape. It has been two years since I had my soil tested. I grow a variety of vegetables—including an asparagus bed—as well as grapes, strawberries, blackberries and several fruit trees. I'm curious to see how feeding requirements for different crops have influenced nutrient levels in my soil. I assembled samples from 7 different areas and took them to the OSU extension office in Shawnee. These will be sent to OSU—in Stillwater--for analysis. Soil testing is the first step in good gardening practice. The test will determine the pH and the quantity of nutrients that may be deficient in soil; it can also prevent unnecessary expense, labor and possible contamination of soil or nearby waterways, caused by applying fertilizers when not needed.
Each winter, most gardeners impatiently await getting back to their vegetable gardens. We gardeners just love getting our hands dirty. The average last spring frost date in central Oklahoma is mid-April. This means that until that date, some vegetable transplants or new seedlings planted outside may need extra protection in the event of a frost. However, many vegetables are quite cold tolerant and can be planted long before the mid-April frost date. Collards, onion sets, garden peas, radishes, spinach, kale, turnips, leeks, mustard, potatoes, Swiss chard, beets, cabbage family, carrots, Bibb lettuce and leaf lettuce are some crops that do best in cooler weather. Planting these cool season crops can provide an early vegetable harvest with extra sweet flavor.
Early spring planting also lets you take advantage of a gardening technique called interplanting; slow-starting or late-maturing plants are planted between or within the rows of early spring vegetables. After mid-April, peppers, tomatoes and eggplant can be planted within rows of lettuce, spinach, radishes and peas that were started 6-8 weeks earlier. By the time hot weather arrives, the early crops are ready to harvest, making room for the warm season plants to grow. Shade tolerant species like lettuce and spinach may also be planted in the shadow of taller crops. Heavy feeders, such as cabbage family members--including cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts--should be interplanted with less voraciously feeding plants. Interplanting is also beneficial in insect and disease control. Pests are frequently crop specific; that is, they prefer plants of one type or family. Mixing families of plants will break up large areas of the pest-preferred crop. Containing early pest damage to a smaller area will help control problems more quickly.
If you are going to grow transplants from seed for your warm season garden, most should be started 6-8 weeks before our last frost date so...anytime now. My biggest problem is starting too early and allowing plants to get leggy before weather permits moving them to the garden. I am forcing myself to be patient; this year I'm shooting for the first week in March.
As always…happy gardening.
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The Lafourche Parish Council has long had a reputation of holding long and chaotic meetings, and its new leader says it's time to change that perception.
The Lafourche Parish Council has long had a reputation of holding long and chaotic meetings, and its new leader says it's time to change that perception.
Chairman Lindel Toups is asking the council to adhere to its rules of conduct, a measure that was debated during the governing body's Tuesday night meeting at the Mathews Government Complex.
"It makes us look like clowns," said Toups, adding that overseeing a well-behaved council will be a priority during his fifth, non-consecutive stint as chairman. "I'm going to try to put an end to all of that."
Council meetings are attended by local residents and broadcast on local television, meaning that every outburst is in public view
"This is just a reminder that we have to keep this to the business of the parish," said Councilman Aaron Caillouet, who wrote the resolution imploring the council follow Robert's Rules of Order, the standard by which most public meetings are conducted.
The measure passed in a 7-2 vote. Daniel Lorraine and Jerry Lafont cast the two no votes.
"The most egregious is commenting on the performance of employees at public meetings."
Last year's battle over the new residency requirement for parish administrator seemed to bring out the worst in the council, routinely eliciting name-calling and rude responses. Voters ousted former administrator Crystal Chiasson in November by approving an amendment to the Parish Charter that requires the administrator be a Lafourche resident. Chiasson lived in Assumption Parish.
Tuesday, during the discussion about Caillouet's resolution, the council veered from the Robert's Rules of Order on decorum at least three times.
"Mr. Caillouet ... when you are going to follow Robert's Rules of Order, I will consider it," snapped Lorraine in response to Caillouet's opening comments on the resolution.
The rules prohibit personal attacks and councilmen addressing each other by name.
Caillouet's motion specifically asks the council to confine remarks to the business at hand, refrain from attacking other members' motives and avoid addressing other members by name.
Robert's Rules state these guidelines keep debate from becoming personal, as it often has in the past six months.
Perhaps the most talked about lapse in decorum in recent memory happened in July. The council was discussing money that had been taken from a drainage-project account to resurface a street in Councilman John Arnold's district when Lafont made a comment Arnold found offensive.
"Mr. Arnold keeps bringing up the safety of kids, and that plays a role — we all have kids. But Mr. Arnold, you own a strip club, and I'm not too fond of strip clubs. I don't necessarily think those are good for kids," Lafont said during the meeting.
Arnold owns Club Illusions, formerly known as the G-Spot, near Lafourche Crossing on La. 1. The two exchanged shoves in the parking lot after the meeting, but charges went nowhere.
During debate on Caillouet's resolution, Lafont questioned its wording and whether the rules are applicable to current standards.
"What I do not like about the resolution: it says we shall follow, it could be a request," Lafont said. "Robert's Rules of Order, I'm trying to find a date, but I think it was right before Jesus Christ, that it was written."
Toups then broke decorum by interrupting Lafont, insisting the antics will end with his chairmanship.
"If somebody talks out of turn, I will shut them up," Toups said. "And nobody will criticize each other."
Terrebonne's Consolidated Government Council runs relatively smooth and shorter meetings with minimal arguments. Lafourche Council meetings often last four hours.
Terrebonne Council Chairwoman Arlanda Williams said the smoother meetings are due to her council's use of Monday night committee meetings. She said most debate is done during these meetings, and most actions are ratified quickly and without antics during regular council meetings.
"You have to be strong as the chair too," Williams said. "You have to be diligent (at enforcing the rules) and unbiased during debate."
Lafourche ceased holding committee meetings in the late 1990s
"We don't have the committee meetings so there is arguing," Toups said. "If it keeps on, I am going to suggest we go back to the committee format."
Parish President Charlotte Randolph said civility among council members is a must.
"The more business-like we appear, the more seriously people will take us." Randolph said.
Randolph has been on both ends of heated exchanges in the past year. She most often clashes with Lorraine but that didn't happen Tuesday.
"Tonight was good. Maybe Daniel thinks I'm the best thing since sliced bread," Randolph joked following the meeting.


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Welcome to buddypress.org Ninjas
In the June 30, 2010 BP dev chat http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/summary-of-june-30th-dev-chat/, it was decided that a small group would form to address some of the ongoing issues with the buddypress.org website. I'll be leading the effort.
Anyone who is interested in playing a role in this process should join the group. In this thread, I'd like to work out how things will work. Here's what I know so far:
– There have been numerous discussions on this site and elsewhere about the current state of buddypress.org. @r-a-y, @gigalinux, and @lph2005 have been working on a whiteboard that assembles some of these threads and organizes them by severity/priority. You can view the list here: http://123.writeboard.com/7555930eb348e12b5 (password is cake)
– @apeatling is working on getting me access to the buddypress.org environment. Once I have that access, I can act as the implementer of fixes. That said, I don't want or need to be the only people fixing things. Many of the fixes on the list – especially feature requests – can and should be developed independently. If there's something on the list that you're particularly interested in coding, please start a thread in this group.
A few other thoughts:
* The purpose of this group is NOT to discuss the BuddyPress software more generally – ONLY its implementation as the software that runs this site, http://buddypress.org. If you want to discuss the BuddyPress software and its development, there are many places to do so: BuddyPress Trac, the BuddyPress Development Updates blog, the forums, #buddypress-dev and #buddypress on irc.freenode.net.
* The purpose of this group is not to complain. (May I suggest that you start your own blog ? ) The purpose is to find bugs and develop solutions for them, as well as to discuss/develop new features or UX/IA directions for buddypress.org.
Let's get cracking!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 56 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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We are two software professionals in the SFO Bay Area with over 50 years of experience in the field of software engineering. Not surprisingly, we're also Trekkies. We've been delighted with Apple's success with the iPhone and are now very excited about the prospects for a gaggle of completely new user-experiences with the iPad. Unfortunately, we've also seen a lot of 'hacks'. Hence, we recently started a company to develop quality-engineered iOS 4 Apps. Note that "well-engineered" doesn't mean S L O W and expensive; it means great design and great performance, but with quality and economic certainty. It also means transparency, along with properly setting and 'meeting' client expectations. Bottom line: we love creating and using software and we believe there are LOTS of companies out there who will want our services.
deck5 Software will primarily target businesses in the food and wine, financial services and medical services industries. We have unique domain experience in each of these market segments. The iPad applications we already have under-way all have server-side application components and are all relatively sophisticated from a logic, integration, and data management perspective.
In this regard we are primarily targeting business professionals with business apps, although we are also targeting (albeit to a lesser extent) business professionals with consumer-oriented apps. We expect our services to be priced toward the higher end of the market.
We want to project innovation, credibility, dependability and quality to our clients. And we want our brand to emote confidence. We want to look 'current', but not 'hip'. In fact, I'm fairly certain that 'hip' is out of our reach! Many clients who want to commission the development of an iPhone or iPad app don't know whether to call IBM, Electronic Arts, or the kid at the local college. The fantastic job that Apple has done with their iOS SDK and App Store has caused a tsunami of development, much of which is not very good. But it 'has' stimulated a helluva lot of innovation. We respect this and, in general, want software developers to make boat-loads of money. But where the Apps are business-critical, software developers simply have to operate at an entirely different level. We intend to build our company brand around these important themes. So we want our logo to embody all of the above.
As part of our deck5 logo, we also want to incorporate an abstract rendering of the blueprint of Deck 5 of the USS Enterprise. We have attached a file containing a photo of the Deck 5 blueprint. While this blueprint is copyrighted and definitely NOT our intellectual property, we wanted to challenge the logo designer to come up with some type of rendering of it that is sufficiently intelligible as to perceive the connection between the graphic and the deck5 name.
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Emotional maltreatment of children deserves as much attention as that given to physical and sexual abuse, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
"Psychological or emotional maltreatment of children and adolescents may be the most challenging and prevalent form of child abuse and neglect, but until recently, it has received relatively little attention," wrote Roberta Hibbard, MD, of Indiana University in Indianapolis, and colleagues.
The result can be difficulties in socialization, attachment, and education during childhood, aggression, delinquency, and suicidality during adolescence, and problems with intimacy, sexual function, and caregiving in adulthood, according to the authors, writing on behalf of the academy's Child Maltreatment and Violence Committee.
Psychological abuse can take many forms, including spurning, which refers to belittling or ridiculing the child in public; terrorizing, or allowing the child be be in chaotic or dangerous situations; and isolating.
Other abusive behaviors include exploiting or corrupting, avoiding emotional responsiveness, and neglect of mental and medical health or education.
These behaviors "may be verbal or nonverbal, active or passive, and with or without intent to harm," and can be most damaging in the first 3 years of life, when profound growth and development are occurring, the authors stated.
Although it can be difficult to determine the actual prevalence of psychological and emotional maltreatment of children, an estimated 4% of men reported having experienced some form of this abuse as children, as did 8% to 9% of women.
An isolated incident that may appear abusive does not necessarily indicate systemic maltreatment, they cautioned. Rather, it's a pattern of behavior on the part of the parent or caregiver that may be interpreted by the child as rejection and that interferes with healthy development.
The problem most often is found in families with high levels of conflict, and where substance abuse, violence, and parental mental health difficulties such as depression exist.
The damage associated with emotional abuse is not limited to the child. "Psychological maltreatment carries a significant burden for society, as can be seen in its effects on the health and social care systems, such as the costs of educational failure, crime, and health services as a result of poor mental health," wrote Hibbard and colleagues.
Detecting emotional abuse in children can be challenging, the authors conceded, and requires that clinicians develop skills for interviewing the child about the parental relationship and feelings of self-esteem and safety.
In addition, as with physical and sexual abuse, corroboration must be sought from others such as teachers.
Another important aspect of the evaluation requires observing the interactions between the child and caregivers, keeping in mind that parental behavior during a physician office visit may not accurately reflect the larger parent-child relationship.
Reporting abuse also poses difficulties, requiring systematic, careful documentation and records of statements from the child, parents, and others, as well as referrals as appropriate.
The key to avoiding the potentially devastating consequences of childhood emotional abuse is in preventing it from happening, according to the authors of the report.
"Prevention before occurrence involves both the use of universal interventions aimed at promoting the type of parenting that is now recognized to be necessary for optimal child development, alongside the use of targeted interventions directed at improving parental sensitivity to infant cues," they wrote.
Accordingly, every contact between healthcare professionals and family is an opportunity for observation of parent-child interactions, with the provision of targeted interventions if signs of trouble are seen.
An example of a targeted intervention that has shown benefits for child abuse in general is the Nurse Family Partnership, which involves prenatal and early infancy home visits to help first-time low-income mothers better care for their infants.
However, no consensus exists on the optimal treatment for children who have experienced emotional or psychological abuse.
Some research has examined different types of cognitive-behavioral and child-management programs, but a "major need for research" remains to identify effective therapies for these children.
"As with other types of child maltreatment, children showing signs of behavioral and psychological problems should be assessed to identify specific conditions, such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, for which there are evidence-based treatments," the authors stated.
Clinicians should always be alert to problems within families, including spousal violence and mental health problems, and should advise parents of the potential impact of these conditions on their children.
They also need to coordinate with others. "Collaboration among pediatric, psychiatric, and child protective services professionals is essential in formulating a management plan for a child at risk for or experiencing psychological maltreatment," the authors wrote.
The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
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A new theory put forward by Harvard scientists suggests the Moon was once part of the Earth that spun off after a giant collision with another body.
In a paper published on Wednesday in the journal Science, Sarah Stewart and Matija Ćuk said their theory would explain why the Earth and Moon have similar composition and chemistry.
The Earth was spinning much faster at the time the Moon was formed, and a day lasted only two to three hours, they said.
With the Earth spinning so quickly, a giant impact could have launched enough of the Earth's material to form a moon, the scientists said in an explanation published on a Harvard website.
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According to the new theory, the Earth later reached its current rate of spinning through gravitational interaction between its orbit around the Sun and the Moon's orbit around Earth.
The scientists noted that their proposition differed from the current leading theory, which holds that the Moon was created from material from a giant body that struck the Earth.
Stewart is a professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard, and Ćuk, an astronomer and an investigator at the SETI Institute, which supports research into the search for extraterrestrial life. The latter was conducting post-doctoral research at Harvard.


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I have always had a soft spot for patchwork and quilted things. I love how the mix of colors and patterns come together to form one cohesive and diverse item.
Here are a few of my favorite patchwork goodies I found while perusing the internet, perfect for spicing up your home or wearing on your person:
Where you can get them:
- Quilt by Carrie Strine
- Bunting by The Merriweather Council
- Pouch by Hip To Piece Squares
- Pillow by Octavi
- Flower Brooch by Sewn Sunday
- Tunic by Larime Loom
My favorites of this bunch are the quilt and the tunic – But all of these items are so bright and fun and you just can't help but smile when you look at them!


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Xclio Hovercraft Notebook Cooler Review
As laptops get more and more advanced and start heading towards the desktop replacement for some people, they also produce more and more heat. This problem is made even more apparent for people who play games or do other intensive tasks, like [email protected], on their laptops. To combat this trend, many manufacturers are coming out with new laptop coolers to raise and increase airflow around the bottom of the laptop. One company that has been making laptop coolers for some time, however, is Xclio, and today I am looking at their Hovercraft cooler, an offering that looks pretty heavy duty.
Closer Look:
The packaging that the Hovercraft comes in is pretty standard, having the "cardboard latch" keeping it closed and the hinged opening. On the front of the box is just a graphic of the device as well as the company's name and product title. The back of the box has Specifications, Features, and several more product images. Opening the box reveals that the Hovercraft is encased in foam to ensure its safety.
Few items come with the Hovercraft, but this is fine as not many are needed for a simple device such as a notebook cooler. What is included is a direction sheet and a USB to mini USB to power the fans.


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Troubadour Harry Chapin's tragic death is now part of musical history, but his music — and philanthropic contributions — remain very much alive. The keeper of Chapin's legacy, Stuart Markus, a fixture on Long Island's folk and acoustic scene, is committed to keeping Chapin's musical heritage vital and ongoing among musicians and fans.
The classically trained Markus, who grew up in Rochester, N.Y, and is now based in Malverne, remains passionate about Chapin's music and his humanitarian zeal. He's ready to share Chapin's legacy yet again at "Just Wild About Harry," the tribute concert — now in its 10th year — that he organizes at Eisenhower Park.
Despite the 32 years that have passed since Harry Chapin's shocking death on the Long Island Expressway en route to a performance in Eisenhower Park in July 1981, Chapin's music still resonates with his fans and the music community.
That concert that he intended to give now has become a memorial concert and food drive, featuring a rotating slate of local musicians and bands. It is being held this year on Monday, July 22, at the theater in Eisenhower Park that was named in Chapin's honor, where it has taken place for the past nine years.
The 40 musicians involved take great pride in playing Chapin's songs for the cause to which he dedicated himself. "It's as if the Long Island music community comes together to give the concert he had meant to," Markus said. A commemorative plaque was dedicated in his honor at the concert in 2010.
"I never expected to be doing this for 10 years now," Markus said, reflecting on a decade's worth of producing the event. "Each year there is a flurry of activity leading up to it, my stomach is in a knot and I vow that it will be my last year, then it turns into such a wonderful concert and everyone has a great time, which is a tribute to what a great man Chapin was."
"His songs are about people that anyone can identify with and that is why they remain so popular. His songs make you care about the characters and in turn fellow human beings."


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Official video for Wiz Khalifa's single "Let It Go" ft. Akon off the album O.N.I.F.C. Download "Let It Go" on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/onifcitunes
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19yr Old From Detriot Who Raped His Grandmother Twice Back In 2009 Gets 15 Years In Prison! "I Hope They Make Him Somebody's Princess"
"The Detroit man who raped his step-grandmother will spend up to 15 years in prison. Lee Arron Moorer was sentenced March 29 in Wayne County Circuit Court. The 19-year-old plead guilty in March to sexually assaulting his 48-year-old relative. She told investigators Moorer raped her several times." - Detriot News
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I would say that the major benefit to being gay is not having to be straight.
absy, you're doing a good job of selling me on boston. I assume Harvard has all those things?
I should probably end my propaganda for now, but I'm more than happy to answer any questions about my current home. I really encourage all LGBT applicants to apply to HLS.


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Nepal fails to meet human rights commitments
London (IANS): The Nepal government failed to take significant steps towards fulfilling numerous key human rights commitments in 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
In its 665-page World Report 2013, it said that failures in Nepal included a lack of movement on measures to improve the rights of women, children and Tibetan refugees.
A May deadline to draft a new constitution lapsed and since then the country has been left with a caretaker cabinet and without an elected legislature, with only vague promises of fresh elections.
Despite policy initiatives aimed to ensure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as an inclusive education system for children with disabilities, government rhetoric for those initiatives exceeded actual implementation.
â2012 was a sorry replay of Nepalâs past seven years of impunity and government unwillingness or inability to deliver on its commitments to human rights,â said Brad Adams of HRW.
In 2012, the Nepal government again ignored its human rights obligations built into the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord.
At least 13,000 people were killed and over 1,600 became victims of âdisappearancesâ during the decade-long conflict between government forces and Maoists from 1996 to 2006.
Instead of seeking justice for serious abuses, the government has consistently promoted to senior positions officials and military officers linked to serious rights violations, the report said.
In March 2012, the government refused to extend the tenure of the Nepal office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
It also failed to respond to a request by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to place a human rights officer in Kathmanduâs UN Development Programme office.
The caretaker cabinet attempted to establish, through an executive ordinance, a Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth, and Reconciliation with powers to grant amnesty for suspects implicated in war crimes, in violation of international laws.
The ordinance remains stalled in the Presidentâs office.
The constituent assembly was dissolved in May after it failed to meet yet another deadline to draft a new constitution.
Promises to hold fresh elections to establish another constituent assembly remained stalled as parties bickered over the formation of a cabinet to lead the country through elections.
The government completed the integration of a total of 1,450 former Maoist combatants into the Nepali Army in October.
In a positive development, the government has made significant progress in ensuring equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people although there are gaps in implementation.
Similarly, despite promoting an inclusive education system for children with disabilities, in practice many schools remain inaccessible and the current curriculum was inadequate for students with different learning needs, HRW said.
In a troubling development, in August the government banned young women under 30 from travelling to Gulf countries for work because of numerous cases of abuse of Nepali domestic workers including unpaid wages, excessive work hours and physical or sexual abuse.
Women continued to face violence in various forms in Nepal; rape, sexual assault and domestic violence remained serious concerns.
The government also increased restrictions on Tibetan refugees, under pressure from the Chinese government.
It continued to deny Tibetans the right to openly celebrate their holidays, including the Tibetan New Year and the Dalai Lamaâs birthday.
The government also continued to make it difficult for Tibetans to use Nepal as a passageway to India.
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This chase, like so many others in the game, requires you to simply stay on your target. You don't have to try to run the target off the road (not that you'd be able to catch him anyway) or shoot at him. Holster your gun and concentrate on the road. This chase has an unusual amount of events that occur each time you play through, such as crashing vehicles spiraling out of control and incessant intersection congestion. Thankfully, this is a forgiving chase, so if you fall far behind, you can always catch up. That doesn't mean that you should fall too far behind, however, or an automatic mission failure is right around the corner.
Eventually, you'll find yourself on the west end of Algonquin, when the enemy's car loses control. They'll crash in a small park off of Castle Drive. When they do, Niko will tell Bernie to stay put. Get out of the car and head towards the two red dots on your HUD in the park. These dots represent the car's driver and passenger. Both are armed with pistols, but can be easily picked off with any weapon in your arsenal. Once they're slain, go back to the car where you left Bernie, get on in, and head back to Bernie's place on Union Drive West to conclude the mission.
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Ivan Menezes will be appointed chief executive of Diageo with effect from July 1. Paul Walsh, who will step down from the board at the September annual general meeting, will retire from the company on June 30. In the last 12 months he will focus on transitioning partner and external relationships to Menezes. These will include those relationships essential to recent acquisitions.
Kay Towner has been promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing at Centerplate. In her new role, Towner will continue to guide business development, while directing both local marketing plans and as well as specific programs designed for national roll-out. Previously, Towner served as the vice president of sales, marketing and event services for the Pennsylvania Convention Center and had two decades of catering sales experience at convention resorts in the Sheraton and Marriott organizations. Additionally, Towner served as national director of sales and customer relations for the convention center division of Aramark.
Richard Minotta has been named director of sales of New Castle Hotels' SpringHill Suites in Tarrytown, N.Y. A career hotelier, Minotta most recently led the $25 million renovation of the Hudson Hotel in New York City on behalf of the APCO Group. Previously, he served as national accounts director for Primero Mundo Meetings and Incentives. Earlier in his career, Minotta worked in varying sales capacities for the industry's leading brands, including Marriott, Loews, Hilton and IHG.
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Registry use workshop videos
The following website contains really good videos that teach how to efficiently use registry. It could be useful to explore these videos before starting the extensive search for coding sequences. It provides answers to:
- 4 searches to choos from - which one should I use?
- how to add parts to registry?
- what are the requirements of judging parts?
- what are the safety concerns?
Chassis Options
Ideally, we would use B. subtilis because it is a well characterised gram positive bacterium that does quorum sensing using small peptides as autoinducers. These small peptides could be produced as a result of cleavage of a membrane-anchored protein by a protease from the parasite which we want to detect.
However, there are issues regarding the extracellular proteases produced by gram positive bacteria. These could interfere with the system and could result in false positives or degrade the protease detection peptide. There are protease deficient strains available that may bypass some of these problems.
Protease detector peptides (small linear quourum sensing peptide attached to protease recognition sequence) may also get trapped between the cell wall and cell membraine. To avoid this we looked into mechanisms of transport and attachment of these peptides to the ouside of cell wall. An alternative is to secrete detector peptides into the medium as B.subtilis is very good at secreting proteins.
Another option is to attach the small protease detector peptides on to pili (fimbriae) that are normally presented on the bacterial cell. This has been done routinely on E.coli fimbriae at non-conserved regions and outer membrane proteins to present various antigens [[1]]. There is also a good review of a variety of export patways that have been used [[2]] in gram negative bacteria. There is a lot work done on gram positive bacteria, although there is a detailed and very accessible review [[3]] of current understanding of G+ve cell surface.
Surpulus information on B. Subtilis chassis Subti-Wiki
E.coli was also considered as a possible option. Despite the G-ve outer membraine, there are strains that have been made more permeable through knockout of Lipid A biosynthesis in lipolysaccharides (lpxA,lpxD [[4]]). There are also proteins that can disrupt membraraines when they are inserted in them, thus making them more permeable. These chages in permeability are likely due to transient ruptures of outer membraine and so unlikely to make a very responsive or robust detecton organism [[5]].
ComCDE signaling
ComC accession no AAC44895.1, ComD accession no AAC44896.1, ComE accession no AAC44897
The Com operon sequence can be found in this word document. The individual ComC, ComD and ComE genes, including their flanking sequences can be found in this word document. More information about the amino acid sequences, including the protein sizes can be found in this document.
ComE binding site
ComE binding sites in the promoters of the comCDE and comAB operons:
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OAKHAM — A Quabbin Regional High School senior died and another Quabbin senior was seriously injured when their car veered off Old Turnpike Road and struck a tree early Sunday morning.
Quabbin Regional School District Superintendent Maureen M. Marshall identified the teen who died as Jeremy Kauppila of Hubbardston, and said Aaron Witkos, 17, of Oakham, was the driver.
Mr. Kauppila, 17, was a member of the Barre high school's junior ROTC program and a player on the football team, Ms. Marshall said.
"He was very, very involved in ROTC," Ms. Marshall said.
Fellow junior ROTC members and adult officers were at the high school today talking about Mr. Kauppila's death, and crisis management teams will be available at the school to talk with students starting Monday, Ms. Marshall said.
"It's obviously going to be a very tough week for us," she said.
Authorities are investigating the crash with the help of the State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Oakham police Sgt. Kevin R. Tucker said the Oakham Fire Department was called to the accident scene at 4:22 a.m. The accident happened near Barre Road on a popular cut-through road in town.
Mr. Witkos was taken by medical helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus in Worcester with serious injuries. Police do not believe the injuries are life-threatening.
"The best we can determine, the car left the roadway and hit a tree," Sgt. Tucker said. "We're still investigating the reason why."
Oakham and Rutland firefighters extricated both victims from the vehicle, described as a small sedan.
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Toaster Oven Review: Breville Smart Oven
Ever since we read a post about oven energy and efficiency on our sister site Re-Nest, we had been yearning for a convection toaster oven. However, in a countertop-challenged kitchen, it wasn't something we could see fitting into our lives any time soon ... until we tried the Breville Smart Oven. This oven isn't small, but we're definitely finding a way to make room for it.
Countertop ovens
Countertop ovens are, of course, invaluable in kitchens without full-size ovens, but they can be useful for anyone who wants to conserve power and avoid firing up the main oven to cook small portions. It might not be an issue for most of us right now, but we can also imagine how nice it would be to roast vegetables or bake cookies in hot weather without heating up the whole room (or whole apartment and everyone in it, as is the case in our studio). And then there are all the great uses Sara Kate recently shared in 10 Best Uses for Your Toaster Oven – things like warming plates, toasting nuts, and defrosting frozen ingredients.
The Smart Oven – features and strong points
Having missed out on these advantages for so long, we were excited to start using Breville's Smart Oven. The Smart Oven is an 1800-watt oven with an optional convection setting. Within the sleek, stainless steel exterior is a 4/5-cubic-foot nonstick interior, five quartz heating elements, and three rack positions.
The oven has nine menu functions: Toast, Bagel, Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Cookies, Reheat, and Warm. Each of these has preset temperatures and times, which are easy to adjust if desired. In fact, the functions, dials, and LCD screen are impressively streamlined and intuitive. (And for those of us who are aesthetically inclined, the absence of garish fonts, colors, and doodads on this oven is a breath of fresh air.)
We have played around with all of the settings, making toast, bagels, toasted nuts, roasted vegetables, roasted chicken, baked tofu, pizza, cake, and quick bread. Whether you select the convection option or not, the oven preheats quickly and cooks evenly. With the energy-efficient convection setting on, it also cooks more quickly. We have actually switched to using the Smart Oven for almost all of our toasting, roasting, baking, and heating needs.
The oven comes with a magnetic wire rack (which pulls out when the door is opened – very cool feature), two 12 x 12-inch baking and broiling pans, and a 13-inch non-stick pizza pan. There's also a removable crumb tray that makes cleanup easy.
The not-so-good
We have only two criticisms of the oven. First, the digital timer alert is not as loud as we'd like. Since we have been using this for baking, we expected the beep to be more like that of a full-size oven and audible from another room. But this is really a minor issue, and we'll just rely on our portable timer.
Another possible drawback is the oven's size. It measures 18.5 x 12.5 x 10.75 inches, which might not be a problem if you have large/deep counters, but for small space dwellers, it isn't ideal. (At the same time, this oven's size is what makes it especially useful for baking and roasting a variety of dishes.) So where did we put it? On top of the fridge. We weren't sure whether this was a good idea at first, but fortunately heat has not been an issue.
Do any of you own the Smart Oven? What do you think?
• More information: The Smart Oven
• Buy it: Breville BOV800XL The Smart Oven, $245.65 at Amazon.com
Related: 10 Best Uses for Your Toaster Oven
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